Why is there so much off topic in this discussion board?
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shareMany, maybe even most of us have migrated to this site from the now defunct IMDB message boards, where some of us have been discussing Psycho for close to ten years now. We got OT all the time back there and now we're doing it again. We're also, some of us, real friends. On-line only perhaps in most cases but genuine enough.
I hope it doesn't bother you, as I'm one of the greatest "offenders"...[insert appropriate blush emoticon]
telegonus tells it true...I think we realize that for as many years as we've discussed Psycho at imdb and now(mercifully) here...we HAD to bring in some OT material so as not to run one movie into the ground.
Moreover, there have been new things directly connected TO Psycho to discuss in recent years: "Hitchcock" the movie; Bates Motel; Hitchocck/Truffaut, the film; and soon, 78/52 about the shower scene.
Finally, we often make the connection of Psycho to practically all the movies around it. Certain movies LED UP TO Psycho(Dracula, Frankenstein, Sunset Boulevard, Diabolique, House on Haunted Hill) and many movies stemmed FROM Psycho (Baby Jane, Homicidal, Strait-Jacket, Wait Until Dark, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, Jaws, Halloween..Silence of the Lambs). Or even The Godfather.
Its fertile ground for talk and what's great is that new people sometimes come and join us.
And yes, I do have some friends here. I hope!
PS. Please note that we DO post on Psycho a lot. This is the Psycho board. We keep finding new angles on that great film -- particularly from new posters.