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Wymack is working in his office when Kevin comes in and tosses a piece of plastic on his desk

He finally updated from a West Virginia license to a South Carolina license

(Even though he never drives in the books and relies on Neil and Andrew to take him places, I believe Kevin can drive, because why would Jean be able to drive but not Riko and Kevin. Why would he have been taught and not the others)

Anyway, South Carolina license

Probably the Columbia house is his address bc he can't use the court or the dorms; at least in PA you need proof of residence for a license/ID, so the Columbia house it is

Updated photo, with the queen tattoo instead of the 2

It doesn't have that "under 21 until-" bar on it anymore either

But Wymack doesn't understand why Kevin is showing it to him

It's just a driver's license, congrats, now stop relying on Minyard and Josten to get you everywhere

He tries to give it back

Kevin refuses to take it

So Wymack looks again, trying to figure out the big deal

And then he sees it

"Day, Kevin David."

He knows Kevin didn't have a middle name before

"The legal change went through last week."

Wymack doesn't cry, but it's a damn near thing.

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── ✰. ┊ BASICS : — PART ONE ❜

FULL NAME: jules antoine beauchamp. NICKNAME(S): jul.  AGE: nineteen going on twenty. DATE OF BIRTH: november 13th, 1999. NATIONALITY: french. ETHNICITY: french. OCCUPATION: currently taking a gap year, he will be studying mechanical engineering at columbia university. ORIENTATION: heterosexual and heteroromantic. BIRTHPLACE: saint tropez, france. CURRENT RESIDENCE: in between monaco and new york. ROOMMATE(S): n/a. RELIGION: non-practicing christian. ZODIAC: scorpio. SPOKEN LANGUAGES: french is his native language but he’s also fluent in english and italian.

── ✰. ┊ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE : — PART TWO ❜

GENDER: cis male, he/his. HEIGHT: 6′0″ or 182 cm. WEIGHT AND BUILD: 171 lbs or 78 kg, slim build. EYE COLOR: brown. HAIR COLOR: blonde, lighter during summer, darker in winter months. TATTOOS: the word shhh... on his left index finger, a cross with wings on the back of his neck, a roaring lion surrounded by a rose on the upper part and a treble clef placed on his lower right arm, the quote la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas on his right wrist parted in 2. PIERCINGS: none.

── ✰. ┊ FAVORITES : — PART THREE ❜

PERSON: his godson, francesco. TIME OF DAY: the first hours of the morning, when the sun is rising and there’s little movement still. FOOD: pissaladière, pan bagnat, gnocchi, profiterole, bananas foster. CLOTHING: your sporty-streetwear typical style. loads of nike / jordan jackets, skinny jeans, plenty of hoodies and jumpers, basketball shorts, typically designer shirts. he’s a sneakerhead so you’ll find him with some cool, rare sneakers. HAIR STYLES: usually he has his hair shorter on the sides and longer on the top. SCENT: citrus, jasmine and musk. MUSIC: despite not really having a favorite genre, he tends to favor upbeat songs over your typical mushy, sad ones. if he listens to more mellow stuff, it’s usually r&b but he favors upbeat stuff that’ll lift his spirits over depressing, sentimental stuff. T.V. SHOW(S): brooklyn nine-nine, how i met your mother, f.r.i.e.n.d.s, the office, fresh prince of bel air, the big bang theory, new girl, the simpsons & rick and morty. MOVIE(S): green book, once upon a time in hollywood, blackkklansman, intouchables. MUST HAVE(S): his phone, airpods, a watch, his bracelet with his brother’s heartbeat engraved on it and sunglasses.

── ✰. ┊FUN FACTS : — PART FOUR ❜

FIVE MOST PLAYED SONGS:

runnin’ by mike will made-it ft. asap rocky, asap ferg and nicki minaj

signs by drake

plain jane by asap ferg ft. nicki minaj

apeshit by the carters

nights by frank ocean

PLACE HE ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP: on his home cinema, he always falls asleep midways through a movie. GAME HE’D DESTROY SOMEONE ELSE AT: snooker. MOST USED EMOTICON: 😅 and 😆 HOW HE ACTS WHEN SLEEP DEPRIVED: grumpy, beyond so. it’s best not to talk to him because he’ll literally explode/blow off if someone says something that’ll trigger him. PREFERRED BEVERAGES ON COLD/HOT DAYS: pumpkin spice latte on cold days and plain iced water on hot days. HOW HE BOOSTS HIMSELF UP: running, definitely. a good run or a good boxing / gym session usually is what it takes to cool him off. ASPIRATION AS A CHILD: cliché, but soccer player. IDEAL WEATHER: summertime nights weather, when it’s warm but there’s a soft breeze. THOUGHTS ON SINGING VOICE: he thinks it’s best reserved for himself because he’s awful. WHAT HE DOODLES: bees, he doodles bees and little dots a lot. 

── ✰. ┊ THIS OR THAT : — PART FIVE ❜

COFFEE OR TEA?: coffee. SHOWERING IN DAY OR NIGHT?: shower in the day. BATH OR SHOWERS?: showers. T.V. OR MOVIES?: t.v. shows. WRITING OR READING?: reading. PLATONIC OR ROMANTIC?: platonic. ICED TEA OR LEMONADE?: iced tea. ICE CREAM OR SMOOTHIES?: smoothies. CUPCAKES OR CAKE?: cupcakes. BEACH OR MOUNTAINS?: beach.

[lunchmoneyquizzo-blog]

Ben Simmons, an incredibly talented basketball player, has played in the NBA for 141 games over the course of 3 seasons without ever hitting a 3-pointer.

What you do with that information tells a lot about your character. An ordinary, lesser person would acknowledge the fact but ultimately return to meaningless distractions such as their work or family.  That’s one option. Another route would be to form a secret society, get matching tattoos, elect officials to office, draft a constitution, and eventually create the single greatest gambling idea since the 2007 Fantasy Mitchell Report (That’s a long story).

Which route did we choose?  Well it’s like Betsy Ross once shouted, “Life is but a drinking game, and the only way to lose is by not playing.”

The earliest known chapter of the Ben Simmons Society was founded in Northeast Philadelphia circa 2016. Although some historians disagree, the generally accepted story is that the Society was founded by 10 individuals looking for an excuse to skip out of work and get recklessly drunk.  These founding fathers are commonly referred to as “Ben’s Ten”, and have been rumored to have great influence in the Vatican.

The original mission statement was simple. When (never if) Ben Simmons hit his first NBA 3-pointer, the society would stop what they were doing, consult a map, and immediately meet at a saloon within equal distance of every member.  They would then proceed to get Hammered drunk.

The society quickly began to flourish,  with chapters opening in Washington DC, Southern Columbia County PA, New York City, and Melbourne Australia. In October of 2016, the members created a scholarship program in which they would donate $100,000 to an inner city college-bound graduate for every Ben Simmons three.  Ben ultimately did not connect from deep that season, and the scholarship unfortunately never received a penny in funds, but it still was a pretty chill idea. Good dudes in the Society of Ben.

The second half of the 2018 NBA season is already proving to be the most ambitious era in the Ben Simmons Society’s storied history.  The organization founded the first annual “Ben Simmons 3-Point Block Pool”, with a block being sold for all remaining 21 games. The Society will raise over $100 through the Block Pool fundraising, with all proceeds going to whoever has the winning block.  The members of the Ben Simmons Society always take to heart the other wise words of Betsy Ross, “Gambling is just a badass method of charity”.

We welcome you to join us as we embark on this journey.  Remember, Ben Simmons hasn’t failed 141 times, he just found 141 ways to make the 2018-2019 Sixer’s season more fun.

-The Ben Ten

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SEPTEMBER MOURNING Release Official Music Video for New Single, "Glass Animals"

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Hard Rock Graphic Novel Art Project SEPTEMBER MOURNING has released the official music video for their newest single, “Glass Animals.”

”’Glass Animals’ is about the fragmented soul. It’s about the realization that we are all broken. Something or someone has broken us and within that broken state we ultimately find the strength to survive. Musically, it’s a little bit of a tribute to one of our favorite bands: The Deftones. The song ties into the comic book as well…. Hannah is a broken soul who, through the help of September and Claire, finds the strength to face her personal demons and live again.” – Emily Lazar (Founder)

Shortly after Glass Animals drops, Image Comics is releasing September Mourning The Complete Collection co-created by Lazar and Marc Silvestri, co-written by Mariah McCourt and David Hine, illustrated by Sumeyye Kesgin and Tina Valentino and published by Top Cow. “In a world where Reapers prey on the souls of the living, imprisoning them in the shadow-land of Mortem, there is one last hope for humanity…. September Mourning” describes Lazar. The graphic novel will be sold in comic stores, books stores (Barnes & Noble) nationwide and on Amazon.

Stream Download “Glass Animals” Online: iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Google Play

To support the release of the graphic novel and new music, September Mourning will be hitting the road, supporting Smile Empty Soul. Before and after the dates, the band will also be doing a handful of headline shows that will be announced soon. Doing this tour the band will also be stopping by local comic retailers for special meet and greets and acoustic performances.

Tour Dates: 03/01 @ Dirty Days Car Show – Atkins, AR 03/02 @ Rockhouse Live – Memphis, TN 03/05 @ Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA 03/06 @ Stage West – Scranton, PA 03/07 @ Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ 03/08 @ Webster Underground – Hartford, CT 03/09 @ Wally’s – Hampton Beach, NH 03/10 @ Providence Tattoo and Music Festival – Providence, RI 03/12 @ House of Music – Portland, ME 03/13 @ The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY 03/14 @ Revolution – Amityville, NY 03/15 @ Fish Head Cantina – Baltimore, MD 03/16 @ HMAC – Harrisburg, PA 03/19 @ Frankie’s – Toledo, OH 03/20 @ Cheers – South Bend, IN 3/20 South Bend, IN – Cheers 03/21 @ Token Lounge – Westland, MI 03/22 @ Muddy Creek Saloon – Heath, OH 03/23 @ Music Factory – Battle Creek, MI 03/24 @ Route 20 – Racine, WI 03/27 @ Gabe’s – Iowa City, IA 03/28 @ Rose Music Hall – Columbia, MO 03/29 @ Riot Room – Kansas City, MO 03/30 @ OKC Limits – Oklahoma City, OK

Click HERE for Ticketing & Additional Ticketing Info

“September Mourning’s debut album (Volume II) and comic books (A Murder of Reapers/ The Hand of Fate) tells an epic tale of “heartbreak, loss, pain, joy, love, redemption, but most of all, courage…” while the comic books chronicle the first chapter of her story.” Produced by Sahaj Ticotin and Howard Benson, September Mourning revives the concept of rock star meets superhero. If Marilyn Manson and X-Men’s Storm had a kid, it would be September Mourning, who also cites influences as varied as Motionless In White, Disturbed, and Muse.

“For me, the project is a story, a theatrical art piece,” September explains. “Music is the backbone, but for this to work, it has to include the imagery and the narrative all symbiotically linked into the whole. Music taps into your innermost being. There’s something very intimate and personal about it.”

The character of September Mourning is a human-reaper hybrid, who feels the need to give some human souls a second chance, and thus toys with Fate. To expound on this narrative, September is working with iconic comic book artist Marc Silvestri, who started out on the original X-Men comics and went on to form Top Cow Productions (Witchblade, The Darkness). Together, they are putting together the story of September Mourning in graphic form, to accompany, and enhance the musical message.

Having performed at large festivals like Rock on the Range and Download Festival and shared the stage with acts like Marilyn Manson and Avatar, September Mourning has already built up an impressive fan base, which she calls her “Children of Fate,” constantly encouraging them to have “the courage to embrace their passion… to allow yourself to follow your heart and not be a slave to your fears. To know that the only boundaries that exist in our lives are the ones we allow.””

The next chapter of September Mourning’s journey begins with their debut single “Empire”which will accompany the 3rd comic book in the series, “Trinity”

Connect with September Mourning: Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

SEPTEMBER MOURNING Release Official Music Video for New Single, “Glass Animals” was originally published on RockRevolt Mag

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Hunting a Rogue Prologue

Author’s Note: This prologue was written for AU April  on AOS ficnet 2.0 (hope I’m not too late (EDIT: I wasn't)). This is gonna be the first chapter of a Mass Effect AU where versions of SHIELD seasons 1-4 happened but Daisy is reassigned to rooting out corruption in the Alliance under the guise of “giving Humanity the hero it needs” after Season 4. Also the ME games never gave specific dates for the events of the games; just the years so I’m gonna date them on my own. Also I don’t think I did a good job of describing the Batarians so here’s an image of one: https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/masseffect/images/0/0e/Codex_ME_-_Batarians_%28after_BDTS%29.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20140820044603

REQUIEM, SYSTEMS ALLIANCE BASE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, MARCH 8, 2183: As Systems Alliance Lieutenant Commander, decorated N7, superhero, and undercover SHIELD agent Daisy Johnson, more commonly known by her codename, Quake, her Alliance nickname Shepard (which came to be after the then Serviceman 1st Class showed excellent leadership skills during the Skyllian Blitz), or “Commander Quake” as some have taken to calling her after her promotion the previous year, stepped onto the SSV Normandy SR1 (a white Frigate (a starship “weight” mostly used as escort or scouting ships) with black accents and red stripes) she felt like she was part of something notable. While the Alliance Navy tended to name Frigates after major battles from throughout human history; naming the first ship designed by the Alliance in conjunction with the Turians (a militaristic species with bird like faces, humanoid bodies, and tribal tattoos (a turian without tattoos on their face is considered in their culture to be untrustworthy)) after a battle so (in)famous and notable that its first day came to called “D-Day” is rather appropriate.

It was also the first of the new “Normandy Class” of Alliance vessels. The Normandy was a sign of improving relations between humans and turians and, (hopefully) by extension, the Citadel Council (a 3 person committee made up of the Asari (a race purely made up of humanoid blue skinned women with solid “crests” instead of hair with a penchant for Biotics), the Salarians (a species bearing a startling resemblance to the aliens seen in the alien invasion stories of the 20th century), and the Turians) that rules a good chunk of the galaxy). These improving relations are good considering that 30 years prior, humanity and the turians had been fighting against each other in the First Contact War. They remained distrusting for a couple decades after the war ended. 

But the Chitauri and Loki’s attempted invasion of Earth in the Battle of New York 8 years ago and an encounter with Thor and the Destroyer a year prior forced the Alliance to attempt to improve relations with the Council and for SHIELD to figure out new ways to keep up as while Earth has heroes like the Avengers (who aren’t in good shape themselves) to protect it, if another cosmic threat comes about, Humans and Inhumans alike will need all the help they can get. When Daisy arrived at her bunk on the Normandy she stared out the window, reflecting on key events in her life.

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, JANUARY 25, 2176: As the then 21 year old Daisy (then thinking she was 20) (going by the name “Skye” at the time) was going about her day, doing voice over for a Rising Tide video she was going to post to their extranet site, she heard the van door open and saw who she’d come to know as agents Phil Coulson and Grant Ward (the now 28 year old Johnson felt disgust when she saw Ward in her memory after what he’d done, Coulson chose to spare Ward on Maveth, she’d wished he killed him that day, it’s not like Hive was in need of a body as Hive had managed to overpower Fitz). They then preceded to black bag her. 

The bag was taken off what Skye presumed was a half hour later. Skye found herself handcuffed in what Skye presumed was an interrogation room but the walls, ceiling, and floor had a honeycomb pattern that made Skye think otherwise. Coulson and Ward were both in the room with her. Skye decided to make herself sound important. “You guys have made a big mistake,” she said to her captors with a hint of snark.  Ward responded with “Really? You don’t look that big.” ‘Well T-1000 over here either doesn’t have a sense of humor or he’s onto me,’ Skye thought to herself. Coulson pulled out what looked like an Omni-Tool (an orange hologram-like cylinder that summoned around his left arm), “Look, we know you’ve been in contact with someone of our interest. A certain hero,” Coulson said to Skye. He then laid out her options there and then: “The way I see it, you want to help this guy just as much as we do and I want to help you; so you can either work with us, or we’ll let you go and let you go back to your fellow hackers and your gang friends you clearly want to escape.”

SSV NORMANDY, ALLIANCE FRIGATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MARCH 8, 2183: Daisy remembered her first encounter with Coulson fondly, she was glad she’d taken his offer. As the Normandy began preparations to take off, Daisy started to recall what happened to Lincoln and how he- ‘NO, don’t go there’ Daisy thought. She instead reflected on the Skyllian Blitz and her heroic actions during it:

ELYSIUM, VETUS SYSTEM, JULY 3, 2180: The then Serviceman 1st Class Johnson was on much needed shore leave at Elysium for her birthday (which was the previous day). She was in her hotel room, just having recovered from a massive hangover from the previous night when she heard gunfire. When she got outside she saw two Batarian pirates (the Batarians being a race with four eyes, human/asari type body structure, bunches of hairs on their face and cartilage formed lines on their faces) rounding up the people. Happening to have a Kessler pistol (a grey pistol that looked like a mix between a Star Trek phaser and a regular gun; it used Mass Effect fields like any other modern weapon) on her, she fired at them. She managed to cap one but the other got away. She picked up the M7 Avenger assault rifle beside his body and chased after him. After a few minutes she caught up, and fired a controlled burst (so the rifle would hit its target). It did and she saved the colonists he rounded up. Daisy decided to give them a rousing speech; “Look, I know things aren’t looking bright and that people you love may have died. But that doesn’t mean we can’t fight back and stop this attack!”

SSV NORMANDY, ALLIANCE FRIGATE, VANCOUVER, BC, MARCH 8, 2183: Daisy was taken out of her memory as she heard the PA announcement that the Normandy was about to take off. She looked out the window as the ship took off, on its way to the Charon Relay (this being one of many Mass Relays; symmetrically shaped mass transit devices used for travel between systems (as not even FTL Travel alone was fast enough for that); it’s believed that an ancient, extinct race called the Protheans built the relays, scattered their beacons across the galaxy, and left knowledge of their tech for future species to find, as humans did on Mars). She looked out the window at Earth, in all its beauty.

“Well, What about Johnson? Not much is known of her childhood,” Ambassador Donnel Udina, (a white, aging man with graying hair, and brown eyes) said in an audio call with two others.

“She grew up an orphan, went from home to home until she was coerced into a gang at age 13 and got out and joined the Rising Tide 3 years later,” Captain David Anderson (a middle aged black man with black hair and brown eyes).

“She’s the only reason why Elysium is still standing,” Admiral Steven Hackett (an aging white man with grey hair and blue eyes) added.

“I’ll make the call,” Udina said before cutting the chat before calling Nihlus, a Spectre that owed Udina a favor (Spectres being agents of the Citadel Office of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance who are considered to be above galactic law).

“Nihlus, I think I have that candidate to become the first huma- I mean Inhuman, Spectre,” Udina said.

“Send me the file,” Nihlus simply said.

[itsahamandjlaur-blog]

I- Pride and Joy (Modern Hamilton)

Masterlist- part 2 -part 3-

Hello hello hello!

This is the first part of a series that will be called “A day in the life”, centered on the Hamiltons in modern times. I will try to follow the real story of the Hamiltons, including tragic deaths and cheatings and everything. It is mostly based on the musical, because it is something I know better, even if I am doing some researches on the Hamilton and basing these shots on it.

I picture the characters as the cast, so if some of them have “cast member’s traits” is because of that c:

Enjoy!!

Warnings: I think none? Maybe swearing.

Word count: 869

-J-Laur

“Philip?” Eliza called, her son was typing furiously on his computer, earphones plugged in, nodding eagerly to the beat he was listening. She looked at him lovingly. He was rarely at home, being in college and all, but when he was, he’d stay glued to his computer with his earphones in all the time. She missed her Philip, she missed her sweet boy, that wrote poems for his father and played piano with her and learned French. But it was inevitable, her son was growing up. He grew up so fast, and she missed having him around, giving her a hand with his siblings. He was away at Columbia, studying performing arts, because he didn’t want to be lawyer and a politician like his father, but a poet, a writer, a musician, like his dear mother. At the moment, Philip was working on a song for his mother, her birthday present; he wanted to demonstrate her he loved her more than everything, he even had gotten a tattoo that read “Eliza, my love for you was never in doubt” on his left ribcage, a quote from one of his father’s letters to her, right before they got married. She didn’t know he got that tattoo, she’d flip, but he was going to tell her anyway, on her birthday, right after the song. “Hey mom, didn’t see you there” he said, after a while, when he turned to the door, only to see Eliza smiling lovely at him, a cup of tea in her hands “Hey baby. I made tea, bought you a cup. Are you working on a school project? I’d love to listen,” she entered the room and met him at his desk. “uh, no…this is for a girl. It’s a bit personal, mom. I don’t feel like sharing with you just yet.” He said, feeling suddenly a bit embarrassed. Eliza smiled a knowing smile, and didn’t say a thing, then just sat on his bed. Philip looked at his mother with a puzzled look, saved the track and closed it, then turned to look at his mother, who just shrugged and said “well, aren’t you going to play me something?”. He smiled and nodded, then got up and went to his piano, cracked his knuckles and started playing a much softer version of Mr Brightside by the Killers, one of her favourite songs. “Philip, I swear, you will kill me one day with your music. You are too good for this world,” Eliza hugged her song, trying to fight back the tears. “Mom. Hey, mom. Don’t cry. I will always be your little Philip. Now, what do I play?” he hugged her back and made her laugh, cracking some jokes. Eliza and Philip played all afternoon, until Alex was back from his job. He was THE Alexander Hamilton, New York City’s senator and one of the best lawyers in the city. Hamilton was a Latino man, in his mid-forties, jet-black hair and piercing brown, soft eyes. Even now, he made most of the ladies swoon with his charm, but he was all for his wife, Eliza. She was his light, even if he wasn’t born rich and loved him anyway. The two of them met in university. He was poor, arrived there thanks to his potential. You would expect a Latino orphan to drop out of school after the diploma, maybe even earlier. But not Hamilton. The man had potential, his teachers helped him, he got out from High School with the maximum and got a full scholarship to Columbia, where he studied law. There, during a protest, he met Eliza Schuyler, daughter of Senator Schuyler, one of the richest men in New York. The two of them fell in love almost instantly and not even a year later, the two of them were married. She supported him through all and even got him close to her father, who loved his genius. A few years later, Philip was born. He was his pride and joy, but still; with his frenetic job and his mind always at work, he couldn’t get himself to spend much time with his firstborn. He loved him more than everything, and he was happy he got lots of Eliza’s traits, because she was his world. Everything he did, he did for her. Alexander got home to a beautiful sonata, Philip and Eliza were duetting. It was rare, the boy had moved out of the household to stay closer to the university and to the city centre; also, it was right for him to get his own house and responsibilities. They were now playing Nightswimming by R.E.M., Philip’s favourite band, and it was beautiful. Alexander clapped slowly at them, he was at his son’s door, and was looking at his family with loving eyes. “I missed this so much, Phil. I still have the image of you rapping to me with your mom beatboxing in the living room as if it was yesterday.” He was laughing, but his voice trembled. Philip got up and hugged his father “Pa. It was my first work, still to top!” He replied, making his parents laugh. He didn’t know, but he for sure, was their pride and joy.

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      Frans Balder, éminent chercheur suédois en intelligence artificielle fait appel à Lisbeth Salander afin de récupérer un logiciel qu’il a créé et permettant de prendre le contrôle d’armes nucléaires. Mais la NSA ainsi qu’un groupe de terroristes mené par Jan Holster sont également sur la piste du logiciel. Traquée, Lisbeth va faire appel à son ami le journaliste Mikael Blomkvist qu’elle n’a pas vu depuis 3 ans…

    Origine du film : Canada, Allemagne, États-Unis, Suède, Royaume-Uni Réalisateur : Fede Álvarez Scénaristes : Jay Basu, Fede Álvarez, Steven Knight Acteurs : Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Vicky Krieps, Claes Bang, Synnøve Macody Lund, Cameron Britton, Andreja Pejić, Mikael Persbrandt, Volker Bruch Musique : Roque Baños Genre : Action, Crime, Drame, Thriller Durée : 117 minutes Date de sortie : 14 novembre 2018 (France) Année de production : 2018 Sociétés de production : Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Regency Enterprises, Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird, The Cantillon Company, Pascal Pictures Distribué par : Sony Pictures Releasing Titre français : Millénium: Ce qui ne me tue pas Notre note : ★★★★☆

    “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” ou “Millénium: Ce qui ne me tue pas” pour la distribution française, est un thriller d’action américain datant de 2018, co-écrit et réalisé par Fede Álvarez, à qui l’on doit également “Don’t Breathe” (2016). Les acteurs principaux sont Claire Foy, qu’on a pu voir dans “First Man” (2018), Sverrir Gudnason, qu’on a pu voir dans “Borg vs McEnroe” (2017), Lakeith Stanfield, qu’on a pu voir dans “Get Out” (2017), Sylvia Hoeks, qu’on a pu voir dans “Blade Runner 2049” (2017), et Stephen Merchant, qu’on a pu voir dans “Logan” (2017). Le film est basé sur le roman éponyme de David Lagercrantz, lui-même basé sur les personnages de la série de livres de Stieg Larsson. Ce métrage est une suite de “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2011) de David Fincher, et fait office de deuxième volet de la série de films Millennium produite par les États-Unis.

L’histoire proposée par “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” nous emmène à Stockholm, en Suède, où nous allons suivre Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy), une pirate informatique. Cette dernière est recrutée par Frans Balder (Stephen Merchant), un programmeur informatique qui a créé, pour la NSA, un système capable d’accéder aux codes nucléaires mondiaux. Balder pense que son logiciel est beaucoup trop dangereux. Lisbeth récupère avec succès le programme sur les serveurs de la NSA, attirant l’attention de l’agent Edwin Needham (Lakeith Stanfield). Cependant, Lisbeth se voit dérober le programme par des mercenaires menés par Jan Holtser (Claes Bang), autrefois l’homme de main de son père. Lisbeth va se tourner vers Mikael Blomkvist (Sverrir Gudnason), afin de l’aider à identifier ses agresseurs…

“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” est un métrage assez riche. On peut y voir un aspect dramatique à travers la filiation familiale de Lisbeth Salander. Le métrage s’ouvre sur une séquence flashback qui laisse entrevoir la perversion de son père et la séparation d’avec sa sœur. Une souffrance de part et d’autre du spectre fraternel qui court tout au long du développement et qui explique partiellement les orientations du personnage principal et de sa sœur Camilla Salander (Sylvia Hoeks). La séquence finale vient démontrer la volonté qui anime Lisbeth de tourner définitivement la page avec son passé, et de détruire toutes les traces de son père.

“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” offre également un aspect high tech, mais sans exagération. Lisbeth Salander est en effet une hackeuse de haut vol, et son antre est truffé d’éléments de sécurité, de caméras, etc., ce qui ne l’empêchera cependant pas de faire l’objet d’une attaque physique par des mercenaires, qui finiront par détruire son loft. Malgré ses compétences accrues en informatique, Lisbeth Salander va faire appel à un “collègue” également hacker, Plague (Cameron Britton), à qui elle tend la main quand elle a besoin d’aide.

Cependant, bien que ces précédents éléments soient intéressants dans le développement du métrage, c’est incontestablement l’aspect action qui prend le dessus dans le film. Le personnage principal fait preuve d’une belle énergie, n’hésitant pas à en découdre physiquement parlant, dans une forme très réaliste, avec des blessures, des douleurs et de la souffrance. Les trois scénaristes, Jay Basu, Fede Álvarez et Steven Knight, permettent au personnage de s’exprimer dans des combats à mains, des fusillades et des explosions. Le tout agrémenté par des courses-poursuites, notamment à moto et en voiture. Lisbeth Salander n’hésitant pas à emprunter un Lamborghini Aventador pour faciliter ses déplacements…

Du côté de la distribution, on retiendra la prestation de Claire Foy dans le rôle de Lisbeth Salander. L’actrice s’éloigne quelque peu de ses performances antérieures en livrant un personnage, taciturne, solitaire et hautement déterminé. Il avait été annoncé dès novembre 2015 que David Fincher, le réalisateur du précédent opus, ainsi que Daniel Craig et Rooney Mara, ne reviendraient pas pour ce nouvel épisode. Avant que Claire Foy ne rejoigne le casting du métrage, Natalie Portamn et Scarlett Johansson, initialement approchées pour le film de 2011, furent à nouveau en discussion pour interpréter Lisbeth Salander. Les producteurs ont également tenté d’accrocher Felicity Jones puis Alicia Vikander pour le rôle principal.

En date du 16 janvier 2019, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” avait rapporté 14,8 millions de dollars aux États-Unis et au Canada, et 20,1 millions de dollars dans les autres pays, pour une recette mondiale au box-office de 35 millions de dollars, contre un budget de production de 43 millions de dollars.

“Millénium – Ce qui ne me tue pas” a fait l’objet d’une édition en DVD ainsi qu’en Blu-ray, paru le 14 mars 2019 chez Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Pour de plus amples renseignements, n’hésitez pas à consulter la fiche du film sur le site DVD.Fr.

En conclusion “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” est un très bon thriller d’action, disposant d’une histoire prenante, d’une intrigue usuelle et d’un développement vigoureux, voire viril. Le récit est fluide, la narration est linéaire, la photographie est plaisante et la bande originale vient bien souligner les passages les plus nerveux du métrage. La distribution offre d’honorables prestations, cependant surclassée par la performance de Claire Foy, qui se présente comme indubitablement à l’aise dans ce rôle musclé. Un très bon divertissement que l’on peut aisément recommander.

    THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB (2018) ★★★★☆ Frans Balder, éminent chercheur suédois en intelligence artificielle fait appel à Lisbeth Salander afin de récupérer un logiciel qu’il a créé et permettant de prendre le contrôle d’armes nucléaires.

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It’s Not Always Sunny in Hippie Land

Nope. In fact, sometimes it’s cloudy. And even rainy. I went to la plage anyways, because that’s what you do here (and because the other option was hanging out at the hostel and reading Shantaram. Only 750 ish pages to go!) La plage was not lit today, because, as I’ve stated previously, people seem to prefer a sunny plage to a chilly, windy, cloudy plage. Can’t blame them. It wasn’t terrible though; as the saying goes, “a bad day on a Moroccan beach is still better than a good day in PA”.

I walked all the way up to the camels, and then turned around and headed back towards town. On the way back down la plage, I stopped in to visit Mohammed and Morhad at “work”. Their job description is to watch over a herd of beach chairs with umbrellas and pimp them out to tourists. What they actually do is set up camp in one of the said beach chairs, listen to music, and smoke pot. A typical exchange between one of these fine young men and a potential customer goes like this:

Tourist: can I sit in the chair?

Mo/mo: Yes! Please! Sit! Enjoy! But it costs 15dh.

Tourist: Nevermind, see ya.

Mo/mo: Hahahaha sit in the chair anyways! Enjoy! No problem! It’s not my chair, after all!

So yeah, if you’re looking for work in Morocco, it doesn’t seem to be too competitive.

Then we chilled on the beach and talked about the concept of time for a long time (or was it a long time? What even is time, after all? Who are we to define a “long time”?) It’s Mohammed’s birthday today, so shout out to him. He’s going to get a fresh tat to celebrate. Good news, he knows a guy with a “real machine and everything”. I almost embraced living in the present moment and considered adding to my own tattoo collection, but luckily this thing called common frickin sense broke through all the hippie propaganda clogging up my brain and reminded me that hiv/hep/god knows what else is not actually a fun travel souvenir. You’re welcome, Jen.

 Then I walked back into the medina to visit my bread man and my avocado man. On the way, I witnessed a rather heated argument unfolding between a couple of rich white tourists. The woman was adamant about purchasing a large rug to bring back home with her to the UK (I believe). The man was not having it. He was not about to haul that rug all the way back to another continent. This exchange afforded me a glimpse into my future. Take the rug and leave the man, sister.

The rest of the day was well spent post card writing and trying to convince an American  MEDICAL DOCTOR that Saskatchewan is not, in fact, part of British Columbia. So that was rough. But then I had the best olives of my life so things improved from there. While I was eating the Best Olives, I watched like ten kittens frolic mere metres from my table. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: what a place.

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Paracons and all that Jazz!

2017 has been quite a year, hasn't it?  We are just about midway through September already but we still have a few months to squeeze in some fun.  So.........if you are a paranormal enthusiast or if you are looking for something out of the norm to do, take a look at the paracons I have listed below taking place during the remainder of September and through October.  Please keep in mind that this is NOT an endorsement of any paracons, and I am not getting paid for mentioning any of them. This compilation is simply a courtesy based on a simple Google search........because that's the kind of nice gal that I am.  If I miss one, let me know and I will happily update this post.

Events for the remainder of September:

Haldeman Paranormal Expo - Lancaster, PA;

Non Con 2  Paranormal Meet & Greet - Middletown, OH;

Peg Leg's Paracon - Clinton, NJ;

Woodbridge Psychic Fair- Woodbridge, NJ;

Mothman Festival - Point Pleasant, WV;

Paranormal Journeys Expo - Fieldsboro, NJ;

Forest Moon Para-Con - Concrete, WA;

Monster-Mania Con - Hunt Valley, MD;

Scarefest - Lexington, KY;

Walker Stalker Con: Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA;

October Events:

Texas Bigfoot Conference - Jefferson, TX;

Chicago Dark Shores Ghost Con - Willow Springs, IL;

South Bed Para Rally - South Bend, IN;

Little Traverse Bay ParaFest - Petoskey, MI

Halloween in the Catskills - East Durham, NY;

Albatwitch Day - Columbia, PA;

Long Beach Zombie Fest - Long Beach, CA;

Paraween UFO Fest - Salem, MA;

MUFON Philadephia Area UFO Conference - Langhorne, PA;

Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival - Nashville, TN;

Walker Stalker Con: Atlanta - Atlanta, GA;

Emma Crawford Coffin Races - Manitou Springs, CO

I hope to start making my way to some of these but only time and finances will tell (there's never enough time or money is there?).  Feel free to comment below on your experience if you do go. I'd love to hear about it!   Don't forget to make this day count!