#melodrama — Public Fediverse posts

🎶🤖 Oh, the horror! Claude's new system prompt is apparently so terrified of song lyrics that it would rather implode than reproduce them. In a twist of irony, they publish the prompt history like anyone cares about their melodramatic quest for AI lyric-free purity. 🎵🙄
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/2/claudes-new-system-prompt/ #AIlyricsfree #AIethics #Technologyhumor #ClaudeImplosion #Melodrama #HackerNews #ngated

Yesterday I watched Will and Harper. Great movie, recommended to anyone that want to understand other people's reality better. You can watch it in Netflix and maybe some other place not legal in some places. I gave it a 8/10 https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film396776.html #FilmReview #WillAndHarper #Movie #MovieReview #Transgender #TransgenderWoman #WillFerrell #HarperSteele #Comic #Drama #Melodrama

The Truth About Youth (1930), a sex comedy/melodrama with cute as a button Loretta Young as the good girl facing fierce competition for her man from gold digger Myrna Loy (in full-on Sexy Bad Girl mode). Very pre-code and great fun.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-truth-about-youth-1930.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #LorettaYoung #MyrnaLoy #melodrama

One Night at Susie’s is an OK 1930 pre-code crime/romantic melodrama. Very pre-code. The theatre world is depicted in all its sleazy reality. The plot has more holes than a hoodlum who’s just been ventilated by a machine gun.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/one-night-at-susies-1930.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #douglasfairbanksjr #billiedove #melodrama

The Painted Veil, a 1934 Greta Garbo romantic melodrama. Based on a Somerset Maugham story. The introduction of the Production Code earlier in 1934 results in characters whose behaviours make no sense but it looks good and Garbo is terrific.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-painted-veil-1934.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #GretaGarbo #romance #romancemovie #romancemovies #melodrama #wSomersetMaugham

Heat Lightning is a deliciously overheated overwrought 1934 pre-code sex melodrama with just a dash of film noir. Two crooks create emotional and sexual tensions in a desert truck stop. Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Glenda Farrell star.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/heat-lightning-1934.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #filmnoir #AlineMacMahon #AnnDvorak #GlendaFarrell

Downstairs (1932) is an excellent hard-hitting pre-code melodrama with John Gilbert in top form as a deliciously slimy cad obsessed with women and money. Lots of pre-code sexual frankness here, and a very pre-code ending.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/downstairs-1932.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #JohnGilbert #VirginiaBruce #PaulLukas

Mandalay (1934) belongs to a sub-genre I dearly love, the pre-code tropical melodrama. With Kay Francis as a high-class hooker and sexual adventuress. She wears fabulous slinky 30s dresses. She’s at the top of her game here. Great movie.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/mandalay-1934.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #melodramas #KayFrancis #MichaelCurtiz

Ann Vickers, a 1933 melodrama with Irene Dunne as a social reformer. There's lots of pre-code sexual content but this a movie that bludgeons us relentlessly with a social message. Amazingly it features a bad performance by Walter Huston. Avoid.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/02/ann-vickers-1933.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #IreneDunne #WalterHuston

This Man Is Mine is a 1934 pre-code comedy/melodrama. Very pre-code, sophisticated, cynical. Irene Dunne's marriage is threatened by her husband's scheming ex. Dunne and Kay Johnson are terrific and wear amazing gowns. Delightful film.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-man-is-mine-1934.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #RalphBellamy #IreneDunne #KayJohnson #melodrama #romanticcomedy #romanticcomedies