#August Thompson

[ravenkings]

It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi. By now, I think I know. I have gone through the experience many times—in Germany, in Austria, and in France. I have come to know the types: the born Nazis, the Nazis whom democracy itself has created, the certain-to-be fellow-travelers. And I also know those who never, under any conceivable circumstances, would become Nazis.

It is preposterous to think that they are divided by any racial characteristics. Germans may be more susceptible to Nazism than most people, but I doubt it. Jews are barred out, but it is an arbitrary ruling. I know lots of Jews who are born Nazis and many others who would heil Hitler tomorrow morning if given a chance. There are Jews who have repudiated their own ancestors in order to become “Honorary Aryans and Nazis”; there are full-blooded Jews who have enthusiastically entered Hitler’s secret service. Nazism has nothing to do with race and nationality. It appeals to a certain type of mind.

[...]

Sometimes I think there are direct biological factors at work—a type of education, feeding, and physical training which has produced a new kind of human being with an imbalance in his nature. He has been fed vitamins and filled with energies that are beyond the capacity of his intellect to discipline. He has been treated to forms of education which have released him from inhibitions. His body is vigorous. His mind is childish. His soul has been almost completely neglected.

[...]

Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. They may be the gentle philosopher whose name is in the Blue Book, or Bill from City College to whom democracy gave a chance to design airplanes—you’ll never make Nazis out of them. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.

Believe me, nice people don’t go Nazi. Their race, color, creed, or social condition is not the criterion. It is something in them.

Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t—whether it is breeding, or happiness, or wisdom, or a code, however old-fashioned or however modern, go Nazi. It’s an amusing game. Try it at the next big party you go to.

i think this essay needs to be required reading before anyone posts anything on social media

[sinnamonscouture]

Tessa Thompson Covers Harper's Bazaar, August 2022

[moviehealthcommunity]

The Invitation (2022)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.  

The Invitation has two scenes with severe strobe effects throughout. The first is the opening sequence of the film, which is set against a thunderstorm, which has some extremely bright flashes of lightning. This scene is very loud, and the strobes stop when the sound is quiet. The second instance happens in a dark wine cellar, with several shots showing a broken light that is flickering, which is the only source of light in the scene. Outside of these two scenes (during which important plot details happen), the rest of the film is safe and free of strobe effects.

There is very brief peril on a second-story balcony. All of the camera work in this film is either stationary or very smooth.

Flashing Lights: 10/10. Motion Sickness: 1/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: The opening sequence depicts a death by suicide.

Image ID: A theatrical poster for The Invitation

[augustburnsredau]

Everyone else in August Burns Red

The exes

Jason, Chrissy’s ex who is basketball captain (we as an audience do not follow him because we’re obviously a Chrissy stan, duh)

Tammy Thompson, Eddie’s ex who moved to Nashville to become a country singer (we follow her because she did nothing wrong)

No particular connections

El, she doesn’t know how she got that many followers either

Will, an artist who’s made a few of both Chrissy’s and Corroded Coffin’s merch designs

Argyle, he’s… here…? Lol

Steve, dragged around by Dustin & also Robin

The media

Nancy, a journalist who dabbles in stories from the music industry

Jonathan, a photographer who does work both with magazines and concerts

[trulyinspiringmovies]

The Invitation (2022)

“The Invitation” is an uninspired mystery movie with uninspired horror clichés that’s afraid to admit it’s uninspired.

Evie Jackson is an orphan who barely gets by in New York. Her mother recently died, so she’s feeling like she has no family. She takes a DNA test to see if she has any distant relatives and finds someone from England named, Oliver. Apparently, Evie has a ton of family there and Oliver is insistent on meeting her. Oliver decides that Evie should come to an upcoming family wedding and Evie agrees. After flying to England, Evie meets a charming man named, Walter, who is the lord of the manor she’s staying at. They get to know each other intimately, but something is off about this place.

“The Invitation” is the first movie where I felt like it was embarrassed by its own existence. I had no prior knowledge going into this movie other than the fact that it has been receiving negative reviews. Although I felt like I didn’t need a review to tell me that, I went in with an open mind. The movie starts off as contrived when the movie expects us to believe that Evie would take a random DNA test for fun, then communicate with her newfound relatives through the DNA tester’s website. Then the movie tells us to believe that this woman would actually go out and meet this stranger that she has no way of verifying is crazy or not. This is all to get Evie into an isolated manor. I thought the mystery of the manor was subpar, but it was the only real thing that was engaging, and the use of that word is generous. Throughout the whole film, you’re trying to figure out what type of beast is lurking in the shadows and why Evie’s great-grandmother decided to commit suicide. The problem is, Evie doesn’t seem to care all that much. She’s barely aware of any of it because she’s too busy swooning over Walter. Instead of following through and building upon the mystery that’s been set up in the beginning, “The Invitation” seems more interested in being a romance movie no one is invested in. That’s partly because everyone knows Walter is somehow involved in this because the movie makes no effort to hide the fact that he’s creepy. I’m not going to root for this couple when I know Walter is up to some shady stuff that’ll be revealed at the end. The formatting of this movie is so dull. It’s a boring romance subplot that overtakes a majority of this movie, then it cuts to one horror scene that has the laziest jump scares in all of horror movie history. Then the movie tries to build Viktoria as a fake-out antagonist, but I don’t think anyone bought it for a second. She’s just written to be comically mean to Evie for no reason. I mean, she’s an antagonist, but we all knew she wasn’t the head honcho. When the third act finally decided to happen, it didn’t feel like a grand reveal in the slightest. So, Walter reveals himself to be a vampire and he basically forces Evie to marry him because it’ll extend his life. What I don’t get is, why did Walter just decide to pressure her and lose favor with her. I mean, they literally had sex the scene prior. She was definitely into Walter and I’m almost 100% certain that Evie would’ve married him if he kept playing his cards right. There was no reason to pressure Evie into marriage other than to finally turn on Walter. It’s contrived and not well thought out. The rules they set up are also really dumb and contrived. Once Evie agrees to marry Walter, Walter will allow Evie to drink his blood which will give Evie vampire powers. Then, Walter must drink Evie’s blood to redeem his extended lifetime warranty. So obviously, Evie takes the powers and doesn’t give him his eternal life. Why did Walter not have any plan to make sure he gets his blood after Evie gets her power? It’s so dumb. It’s honestly all so dumb. To put a cherry on top of this shit pile, Walter dances around calling himself a vampire. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think that the filmmakers were literally barred from using the word ‘vampire’. He insinuates that he’s been called by multiple names and that he’s been a bunch known as a bunch of famous vampires. All this is happening during a really lazy fight sequence that I can barely remember as I’m writing this review. The ending I think tries to tease at a sequel, but it’s really hard to tell because they don’t seem committed to the idea. “The Invitation” is a passionless movie that is embarrassed by its own existence and it deserves no attention at all.

★

Watched on September 2nd, 2022

[only-johnny-deppp]

Johnny, today (August 28), presenting “Minamata” at the Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre, during the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. 

Johnny attended the event with the movie’s writers Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman and one of the movie’s producers, Kevan Van Thompson. Unfortunately, the director Andrew Levitas couldn’t attend the event.

[whats-already-been-broken]

Among Us part 2

Circus Baby/Liz: You cannot affect the game to make yourself an imposter, Jesse

Withered Freddy/Jesse: I'm trying to prove a point... If this works I will be the smartest guy in gaming

Toy Freddy/Teddy: Who's watching Game Theory?

Will: Can I go back to torture?

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: Shut the fuck up, dumb whore

Withered Golden Freddy/Michael: That's not very nice

CC: I don't want to exist.

Withered Golden Freddy/Michael: We have a new player. His name is Lally.

CC: Hi, Lally.

Cassidy: Hello Lally.

Lally: Hello!

Circus Baby/Liz: Aww, he sounds so cute!! I love him!!

RXQ/August: Can we start the game?

Shadow Freddy/Joel:...... Liz is in charge of the game.

CC: Mike isn't back in yet. He had to change his username.

Will: Lovely. When Michael is back in, are we starting, or do I have time to use the loo?

Cassidy: What did he just ask?

Circus Baby/Liz: Go use the loo, Daddy. I have to wait for color changes anyway.

Lally: How does this game work?

Withered Golden Freddy/Michael: It's like Clue, but we have to complete randomized tasks as well.

Lally:..... That sounds fun... I prefer hide and seek.

Puppet/Charlie: I'm just spectating from Cassidy's screen.

Helpy/Sammy: I want pink, pls

Circus Baby/Liz: You don't have to type it in the game's chat. We use discord so we can hear each other.

Lefty/Lex: Why can't I have red? It's my favorite.

CC: That's reserved for Mike...

Lefty/Lex: He can have gray

CC: You can have grey

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: If you use purple, you a moron

Will:... We both use purple. Joel Rodriguez uses purple. His twin uses purple. Elizabeth has used purple.

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: I said what I said.

Bonnie/Jeremy: Fritz says he has bad luck and will get imposter again.

Chica/Susie: Fritz is just being a baby

Freddy/Gabriel: Can you guys be quieter on the headphones?

Foxy/Fritz: Yeah, sure, hang on.... AAAAAAH!!

Lefty/Lex: If you do that again, I will kill you in your sleep.

Yenndo/Malachi: Sorry, I'm late.

Lolbit/Logyn:.... He sounds like Corpse Husband.

Lefty/Lex: Very relaxing, you should sing

Bonnie/Jeremy: Or read bedtime stories

Spring Bonnie/Haru: Or narrate pornos

Puppet/Charlie: There are children here!

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: What's a...

Freddy/Gabriel: You don't wanna know.

Circus Baby/Liz: Mike, how long does it take?

Mike:......

Circus Baby/Liz: Mike, your sound isn't coming through.

Mike:.......

Puppet/Charlie: I'll go check.

Freddy/Gabriel: Malachi, please indulge them in at least one of the suggested things.

Yenndo/Malachi: K... ~You made a mistake~

Circus Baby/Liz: Is he on yet?

Puppet/Charlie: No... Sound's not working

Yenndo/Malachi: ~On the day that you met me and lost your way~

Will: I'm unfortunately back. What's happening?

Yenndo/Malachi: ~You saw all the signs~

Lolbit/Logyn: His voice...

Bonnie/Jeremy: So relaxing

Spring Bonnie/Haru: I get you're keeping it PG for the children but you can admit his voice is sexy

Yenndo/Malachi:... But you let it go, you closed your eyes

Bonnie/Jeremy: I don't... Uhm... It's not..... Uuuuh

Foxy/Fritz: His voice isn't sexy! He sounds sleepy and done with our shit!

Spring Bonnie/Haru: You are a child. You don't know what sexy means.

Lolbit/Logyn: I will not admit to any sort of attraction to anyone here

Yenndo/Malachi: *sighs* ~I should've told you to leave~

Mike: Is my Mic working now?

Circus Baby/Liz: Yep! Thanks Charlie!

Puppet/Charlie: I like the singing.

Mike: What singing?

Yenndo/Malachi: ~Cause I knew all the time you couldn't handle me~

Freddy/Gabriel: Are we starting?

Toy Freddy/Teddy: I just finished an entire round of GTFO, why did it take so long?

Mike: My microphone wouldn't work and I could barely hear you guys

Yenndo/Malachi: ~But you're hard to resist~

Will: May Mr. Voznesensky have the red skin? He's annoyed that you have dibs on it, Michael

Mike: Huh? Oh, you can have red. I don't mind.

Yenndo/Malachi: ~When you're on your knees, begging me~

Lefty/Lex: Yes! I am now blood personified!

Chica/Susie: I thought you said you weren't a person?

Lefty/Lex: My character is a person.

Yenndo/Malachi: ~I'll tear you down, I'll make you bleed, internally~

Chica/Susie: Doesn't make sense but okay

Bonnie/Jeremy: Liz, did you mean to click start?

Circus Baby/Liz: Yep! There are supposed to be only 3 impostors, okay? Do not give it away. We won't find out who the impostors are until the end of the game.

Yenndo/Malachi: ~Can't help myself, from hurting you when it's hurting me~

Freddy/Gabriel: Jesse will likely take a screenshot if he ends up as the imposter and send it to me after the game

Withered Freddy/Jesse: I am trying to prove a point. I set it up perfectly and everything

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: Aww... I wanted to be imposter.

Foxy/Fritz: I thought we weren't supposed to give it away?

Will: It could be a diversion tactic

Circus Baby/Liz: Word of the day! Diversion

Mike: It's like leading someone away from the truth by sharing info that seems accurate but is the opposite of the truth

Golden Freddy/Cassidy: Cool

Yenndo/Malachi: ~I don't have wings, so flying with me won't be easy!~

Foxy/Fritz: What the fuck is he singing?

Lolbit/Logyn: Shh, it sounds nice

Malachi: 🎶Cause I'm not an angel, I'm not an angel!🎶

Mike: That was awesome... I am in awe

Circus Baby/Liz: Y'all are so silly. Aw sh-ooooot. Shoot. The lights are out.

[nikihawkes]

Book Review: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

Book Review: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

Title: Soul Taken Author: Patricia Briggs Series: Mercy Thompson #13 Genre: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4/5 stars The Overview: The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking me, some may see it as no great loss. But, warned that his disappearance might bring down the carefully constructed alliances that keep our pack safe, my mate and I…

[phoenixxxlily]

Favorite Movies I Watched in 2021

August Rush (2007, dir. Kirsten Sheridan)

"I believe in music the way some people believe in fairytales."

Chemical Hearts (2020, dir. Richard Tanne)

"Did you know that heartbreak triggers the same areas of the brain as physical pain?"

In The Heights (2021, dir. Jon M. Chu)

"We had to assert our dignity in small ways. That's why these napkins are beautiful. That's why my mother's gloves were beautiful. Little details that tell the world, we are not invisible."

Black Widow (2021, dir. Cate Shortland)

"It was real to me too."

Sense and Sensibility (1995, dir. Ang Lee)

"Love is not love which alters when it alternation finds, or bends with the remover to remove. Oh no! It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken."

Encanto (2021, dir. Byron Howard and Jared Bush)

"Even in our darkest moments, there's light where you least expect it."

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021, dir. Jon Watts)

"With great power, there must also come great responsibility."

[sensitiveaangel]

the way tessa thompson sees a character and says “is anybody gonna make them bisexual ?” and then doesnt even wait for a response

[glimmerofawesome]

[ssk374]

[sinnamonscouture]

Tessa Thompson Covers Porter, August 2020

[chrisquartet]

Happy 36th Birthday Chris Hemsworth!

[hjbirthdaywishes]

August 24, 2021

Happy 40 Birthday to Chad Michael Murray. 

[vuldarian]

🏳️‍🌈 John Constantine, Hal Jordan, August heart

these are my official headanons but tbh 👁 will hc a character as trans in a heartbeat so.