#Chariots of Fire

[eightiesfan]

Vangelis in 1980

[7of9ers]

"I hope you find happiness."

"I did. Just had to leave it behind for a while."

Um what? What did she leave? You mean when she left Gabrielle behind. Oh my lord. JUST FUCKING CAUGHT THIS!

THIS IS EPISODE 2!

Not to mention Gabrielle talks about how she has to find a man and get married just as Sears said, she's the classic late in life lesbian.

Cut to another guy trying to domesticate and tie down Xena. Make her softer.

This show isn't just gay it has layers of gay. Like the layers in the earth's crust, man.

And they reunite and how does it end...?

With them talking about leaving their families behind (gay). Did they miss them (gay). Gabrielle says not as much when I'm with you (GAAAAAY).

Y'all they planned this. And I am in awe. Will write academic essays on the space in queer culture Xena carved out for itself. Even when there was no place for it to belong (GAY).

[randomfoggytiger]

Find Five Lines Tag

Thank you for the tag, @television-overload~!

Rules: find any lines in your WIP that fit each parameter given by the person who tagged you. Then change one of the parameters and tag five or more people. Can be lines from multiple WIPs. If you can't find a line that fits, feel free to change the prompt.

My lines: a line about family, a passionate line, a line expressing dread, a line that is screamed, a funny line

Your lines: a line about family, a passionate line, a line expressing relief, a line that screamed, a funny line

Family line: "You Up for Joining Us?"

“I should call Melissa,” Bill rasped, rubbing a hand across his eyes, wondering if his father would already have done so.

Passionate line: Eight Nights of Mulder, Day 1: Gold

Alarmed, her pupils widened as her brain scrambled; and the only thought her mind could conjure through the static was gold, gold, gold on sluggish repeat.

Dread line: Son of Egypt

And if closed, found, 2000, died, resurrected was a possibility, then there was an equal chance that born, adopted, given a new identity could be true as well.  

Screamed line: The Hospital Where You Slept

“Paramedics, now!” Mulder yelled, vaulting forward and pumping, pumping, pumping to keep her soul from leaving once more. 

Funny line: Chariots of Fire

Above the thundering chaos, Krycek could have sworn he heard an angel jamming "Chariots of Fire" on his harp.

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[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar Winners

Chariots of Fire / Alice Krige as Sybil Gordon

Year: 1981

Designer: Milena Canonero

This cream-colored dress looks just perfect for a warm summer day. It has the by-now-familiar semi-sheer top over an opaque foundation (compare these costumes from Enchanted April, which is set around the same time). There's a bit of subtle eyelet work around the seams and hems. It's not quite clear whether the floral designs are embroidered or stenciled on, but they appear to cover the whole dress, based on what we can see of the skirt. The gloves, by contrast, extend down the wrist and have a polka-dot design on the frills.

The cloth band and floral decoration on her broad-brimmed straw hat pick up the colors of the dress, and her parasol appears to be a very pale pink.

[affiches-cinema]

Chariots of Fire, 1981.

[ziphos123]

Movies that no one my age has seen but exist as references and pastiches in other media like fossils in the geology of pop culture

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Prom Praise: Chariots of Fire Live from London's Royal Albert Hall

[itspileofgoodthings]

Lindsay my beLOVED

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Remembering Academy Award Nominated, 2x BAFTA Winning, Tony Winning, SAG Award Winning, Emmy Nominated actor Sir Ian Holm! ^__^

[theatrepup]

"There they are, the two American champions....One of the reasons the film got the finance was it had to have two American stars in it. Brad Davis, who was in Midnight Express, and Dennis Christopher, who had just come out of a film called Breaking Away, about a bicyclist. We approached them and they both came and they both did it, for virtually no money."--Hugh Hudson, Director of Chariots of Fire (1981)

[bignickrgxa2]

Yo old movie nerds?!

The BBCIplayer, at least in Britain so don't quote me, has a genuinely great collection of like "must see old movies".

Casablanca, The Producers, Cleopatra, Hello Dolly, The Graduate, Mary Queen of Scots, Great Expectations (1941), Guys and Dolls, Chariots of Fire, Citizen Kane, El Cid, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof and The Ipcress File.

So anyone wondering where to watch these in this streaming hellscape we live in? BBCIplayer babyyyy

[randomfoggytiger]

Chariots of Fire

(S4, Tunguska)

Tagging @today-in-fic

*****

Alex Krycek had upheld his end of the bargain: dangle the promise of a greater conspiracy in front of Fox Mulder, wheedle him from New York to Washington D.C. to Russia without exposing the dupe, and let his unwitting captive walk straight into the hands of his new countermeasure cohorts. The simplest way of accomplishing those instructions had not, of course, included a sneak-in from the gulag’s backdoor; but Krycek had ulterior motives of his own, and was never one to pass up an opportunity.

Two years ago, he’d been sham-partnered. Two years ago, Mulder’d taken off after a suspect, leaving Alex no choice but to follow. Two years ago, Krycek had eaten Mulder’s dust and embarrassingly pulled a hamstring. Two years ago, he'd been simultaneously angry and impressed enough to note that Fox Mulder ran and ran fast; and that one day he’d find out how fast that fast was.

Two years later, Alex watched, spellbound, as his former partner raced down the hill like an erratic Arabian, mounted militia yelling fruitless commands while their horses panted and slowed in his wake. Not only did Mulder maintain his lead, but he effortlessly lengthened it. 

5 feet, 10 feet, 15--

Above the thundering chaos, Krycek could have sworn he heard an angel jamming "Chariots of Fire" on his harp.

*****

Thank you for reading~

Enjoy!

[annaberunoyume]

A WLW IMAGINE: TWO WOMEN DANCING INTO THE TWILIGHT SKYS...As the stars twinkles and rejoices with them.

[1924chariots1981]

Films Illustrated Magazine

June 1981

[famouxben]

Ian Charleson, Chariots of Fire, 1981