#Ben Irving

[electricabsolution]

my friend is watching severance for the first time and it got me thinking about ricken again, the BEST character. he sucks so wonderfully.

i love the fact that his book is so shallow but its exactly what the innies need - so opposite to the rest of the lumon propaganda which is the only thing they know. like its honestly beautiful. anything can be meaningful to someone.

[batmanonthecover]

Brave & The Bold #83 - April 1969 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Irv Novick

PUNISH NOT MY EVIL SON

Script: Bob Haney

Art: Neal Adams  (Pencils & Inks), Ben Oda (Letters)

Characters: Batman; Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kid Flash [Wally West]]; Alfred Pennyworth; Lance Bruner; Grantland Stark; Milo Manton; Charles Hinton

Synopsis: Due to a promise Bruce's father had made to a friend to take care of the friend's child, Lance Bruner arrives in the life of Bruce Wayne as his new ward. Dick and the rest of the Titans try to help Lance mend his delinquent ways, but Lance resists. When he finds out that Bruce and Dick are really Batman and Robin, Lance believes he can cash in on this knowledge.

Batman story #1,271

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue September 15, 1952

Wenda Parkinson wears a dark red velvet coat. A coat with a fine, enveloping shape. Designed by Ben Zuckerman in Martin velvet (rayon and DuPont acetate). The earrings, the rhinestone hoops, mobile, airy, three-dimensional; Eisenberg. Lipstick "Beauty Red".

Wenda Parkinson porte un manteau de velours rouge foncé. Un manteau de forme fine et enveloppante. Conçu par Ben Zuckerman en velours Martin (rayonne et acétate DuPont). Les boucles d'oreilles, les créoles en strass, mobiles, aérées, tridimensionnelles ; Eisenberg. Rouge à lèvres « Beauty Red ».

Photo Irving Penn vogue archive

[sporkazoid]

4got to post this here, hi severance nation

[toastytrusty]

fundamental amrev experience is being assigned the legend of sleepy hollow as required reading in your highschool english class and freaking out A. because it's by washington irving, who was discussed extensively in that one nancy isenberg essay about aaron burr's sexuality, and B. because it Won't Stop Talking About John André, who, of course, is john andré

[wanderingmind867]

The Thing meets The Hulk, The Avengers meet Captain America, and Not Brand Echh acquires it's mascot: Forbush Man! (Not Brand Echh #5):

[nikaknack]

in anticipation of Season 2, I decided to rewatch #severance —only to end up asking myself, ‘Would I do it?’ Join me as I dive back into Lumon’s unsettling world of work-life severance, and let’s see if you’d make the same choice…

[miryel89]

Severance

[goongiveusnothing]

I am laughing at the outrage from Harries on Twitter over Anne’s IG post. They are crying and throwing up that Harry’s mom supports Israel…who wants to tell them that Harry 10000% has the same views?? The thing is, he’s smart enough to post NOTHING on social media but there’s not a chance in hell he doesn’t support Israel. Considering how people are losing their minds over all the crap celebrities are posting this week, I truly wonder what would happen if his actual beliefs came out. Would they actually unstan? Or would they make excuses for him? Honestly Anne’s post is very low on the level of offensiveness IMO and she probably just wants to say she’s for peace all around. So many celebs have posted way worse (Justin Beiber 😵‍💫) I have no idea why or how people think he would be fully and unequivocally pro-Palestine. There’s no way in hell he would ever speak out in full favor of them without also supporting Israel. He’s a white British man with a TON of Jewish friends. I would cackle with glee if the swarm of Harries who think he can do no wrong and that’s he’s the worlds greatest ally for all causes actually showed them who he was. This is one instance where his silence is really helping him stay in good graces.

every single person around him hasn't just been pro israel, but ferociously pro israel. ben winston is now sharing photos of himself at the western wall in jerusalem even as his country massacres thousands of people. not a word about that. just avid support.

i think in the future if an israeli flag is thrown onstage he will prance about with it more loudly. if a palestinian flag is thrown that man will react like a cartoon character escaping gunfire.

there is not a chance in HELL this man supports palestine and would say so clearly.

irving azoff even signed a disgusting outlet to show their support for israel while at the same time claiming that within these days iran would be starting propaganda to make israel look bad and we all needed to ignore it. how disgusting is that. they want us to ignore what we can hear and see for ourselves. that israel is an apartheid occupying state and that they're keeping a starved water deprived group of 2.2 million people hostage in what's essentially an extermination camp, with mothers and children and fathers crying every day about their family dying. and they want us to ignore that as "iranian propaganda". the azoffs, harry, winston, his mother, can all get fucked.

notice how they all started with their big "i stand with israel" shit and were updating constantly because they thought for the first time the world would agree, but now that israel has brutalised and massacred thousands of bloodied people every single day. bombing hospitals, schools, animal shelters, people escaping on "safe" routes they told them to escape on, threatening to bomb aid entering the country. they go silent. ben winston won't say a peep. because they all support it because they're sick racist fucks.

[rickeajacksons]

[columba1234]

My BAHLK AU Incorrect quotes (2)

Oliver : Isn’t it weird that we pay money to see other people? Lilia: Plane tickets? Cherry: Concert tickets? Ada: Prostitution? Oliver , holding his broken frames: Glasses.

[batmanonthecover]

Batman #215 - September 1969 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Irv Novick

CALL ME MASTER

Script:  Frank Robbins

Art:  Irv Novick (Pencils), Dick Giordano (Inks), Ben Oda (Letters)

Batman story #1,288

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue February 1, 1965

Sondra Peterson wears a cheese beige linen fibranne suit with a straight cut. Small cutaway jacket, patch pockets. Striped silk blouse and jacket lining. By Ben Zuckerman. Laguna earrings. Gloves from Van Raalte. Mr. John's hat.

Sondra Peterson porte une tailleur en fibranne et lin beige fromage avec une coupe droite. Petite veste cutaway, poches plaquées. Chemisier et doublure de veste en soie rayée. Par Ben Zuckerman. Boucles d'oreilles de Laguna. Gants de Van Raalte. Chapeau de Mr. John.

Photo Irving Penn vogue archive

[monsterhighalumni]

severance night at the museum au — no i will not elaborate

[tv-moments]

Severance

Season 1, “In Perpetuity”

Director: Ben Stiller

DoP: Jessica Lee Gagné

[adamwatchesmovies]

Tuck Everlasting (2002)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Anyone who's ever been in a relationship will spot something wrong with Tuck Everlasting. If you’re a teenager or inexperienced in love it may take you a bit, but that’s alright. We’ll wait for you to catch up. This film’s romance is unconvincing and bland. When it fails to engage you, all you can do is ask questions about the stuff surrounding the love plot and under the pressure, the film crumbles.

15-year-old Winnifred “Winnie” Foster (Alexis Bledel) wants to escape the life her parents have laid out for her but in 1914, she has few options. In the nearby forest, she meets Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) as he's drinking from a fountain at the foot of an old tree. Spotted, she is kidnapped by his older brother Miles (Scott Bairstow) and brought back to the Tuck home. There, she's told by Angus and Mae Tuck (William Hurt and Sissy Spacek) that she cannot leave -not until they are sure she can be trusted with their secret.

It’s hard to talk about why this film isn’t successful without revealing the Tuck family secret but I think the first scene will give you a good hint and saying a little isn’t spoiling too much. They’re immortal. The fountain Jesse drank from? His family discovered it nearly a hundred years earlier. Since then, they haven’t aged a day and are impervious to injury or disease. With that established, let’s dig into the film's problems.

I try to restrain myself from applying real-world logic to fantasy stories. Let’s assume, for example, that the spring only came to be recently - otherwise you’d have invincible Tyrannosaurus Rexes terrorizing the town of Treegap. We’re told the water’s properties also affect animals. Does it mean herds of bullet-proof deer walk around the woods? Too harsh? Fine. Here’s a question. If the Tucks are so worried the nearby townspeople will discover their secret, why are they still living so close to where they were living a century ago? It’s not like they need to drink the water over and over to stay young. Why not leave before the people start wondering why the children never age? If the Tucks are worried the fountain of youth might fall into the wrong hands, why not destroy it?

It’s easy to see what this story wants to do. Winnie is a plain (but rich) girl who wants more than what life offers. She meets a handsome boy. They fall in love but a secret threatens to tear them apart. If he gives her the same water that made him immortal, they could be together FOREVER. Sounds great but as the rest of the family reminds them, immortality might not be all it’s cracked up to be. They’re right in a way. It’s easy to take something for granted when you know there’s no risk of it going away but this film is not smart enough to convince us. It’s like a multi-millionaire complaining that money corrupts and ultimately doesn’t buy happiness. I guarantee you it beats being poor. Miles' woes seem petty. Angus’ observations about what the family’s life has become are unconvincing. If you sat down and really thought about what it would be like to live forever you could come up with far better material than this.

But ultimately, this film is not about philosophical questions. It’s about a romance under threat. Both from real life coming dangerously close to catching up with Winnie and a mysterious man (Ben Kingsley) looking for the Tucks. Unfortunately, you don’t care about the love story. Winnie and Jesse don’t have anything in common, particularly not when you learn the boy is over a hundred years old. What does he want with a teenage girl? At least Edward Cullen had a reason; he was a vampire that could read anyone’s mind except for Bella Swan's. That made her special. What’s special about Winnie? Nothing. Her only noteworthy trait is being so nondescript any teenage girl can effortlessly insert herself into her shoes. It may be enough to make younger viewers overlook the kidnapping stuff and William Hurt’s ear-splitting attempt at an accent.

Tuck Everlasting is the kind of movie you watch when you’re young and then grow out of. Any serious questions about its plot immediately become too much for it to bear. You could do much worse but unlike the Tucks, your time is limited. Don't waste it. (Full-screen version on VHS, April 2, 2020)