Livin La Vida Nerdy

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Tlk has so much unintentional queer rep im starting to believe it is intentional . . They were up to something writing everybody im sure of it

there's so much to talk about with obsession (HECK of a movie) but I'm surprised I haven't seen many people talking about it as like. an AI horror story (to copy from my letterboxd review: the search for the perfect prompts which will give the perfect responses. giggling over a generated cartoon of them as a couple in the montage. Bear using exclusively AI search engines. the increasing demands for attention. the helpline calls which go nowhere. etc etc etc.)

I've seen some people suspect that Nikki was possessed by a demon, but that makes no sense. She was "possessed" but not by a demon. Even though this movie has some references to the Exorcist and such, what possessed Nikki was the spell that makes wishes come true. That spell can make anything happen, but it can't replicate a human soul and human behaviour, so Nikki was acting so crazy because to real humans this behaviour is disturbing, while the spell is just trying to recreate how a real human would behave when in love, but what it really does is replace a real person's soul while the real Nikki is trapped underneath. It was the spell controlling the body, not a demon.

i dislike the whole “horror is so back” narrative people are throwing around recently with obsession and backrooms. both are great movies, but horror was also so back with the long walk. and sinners. and the substance. and nosferatu. and literally anything directed by jordan peele. horror as a genre will always have its flops. but there will always be those few that revive the hype.

I need to see it again to pinpoint the details but I really like how the opening scene of obsession (2026) is Bear practicing his confession with a diner waitress... like already you have a woman (who is not Nikki) fulfilling the role for her, saying the response she thinks Bear would like to hear, but the moment this woman gives her own opinion, offering genuine advice to Bear (something along the lines of buying Nikki something she likes, like her favorite candy, flowers, etc)... Bear disregards it... but then ends up using Ian's recommendation from this same conversation (calling Nikki "Freaky Nikki")... like god its all already right there