#Hannah Steele

[felicityfraser]

Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton (Wolf Hall, 2015)

[screenshotingmonstertv]

[jonnyconsequence]

“I’ve enough fighting with pins. I want a sledgehammer.”

The Young Karl Marx (2017) Directed by Raoul Peck Cinematography by Kolja Brandt

[arthurdrakoni]

Friday Knight Fights is an audio drama podcast that follows modern-day college students discovering that they are the reincarnations of characters from Arthurian Legend. This is my review.

Arthur Padron was just an average teenager trying to enjoy his gap year before college. Then he met a girl named Lynn, and touched the magic sword she had with her. Arthur soon discovered that he is the modern-day reincarnation of King Arthur himself. Lynn turns out to be the reincarnation of the great sorcerer Merlin, and the sword is Excalibur itself. They’re also joined by Elliot, who is the reincarnation of Lancelot. The modern reincarnations of the Knights of the Round Table are scattered across modern-day America. Arthur, Lynn, and Elliot must set off on a cross-country roadtrip to recruit the reincarnated knights. However, though magic is returning to the world, so too are dark forces. It’s sure to be an adventure of Arthurian proportions.

There have been a few other works that utilize the premise of Arthurian characters reincarnating in the modern-day. However, it is not how many times a premise has been done, but how well you execute it, that truly matters. Personally, I’d say that @fridayknightfights did a pretty good job handling its premise.

Season one is split into two alternating parts. One part takes place during everyone’s freshmen year at college, while the other takes place one year earlier, and shows how everyone met. Each episode will features scenes relating to both plot lines. Usually, the freshmen year plot line starts off the episode, and then we transition to the one year earlier plot line. Also, in case you’re wondering, the sword on the cover art is Excalibur, and the red threads are the red threads of destiny. 

One of the biggest strengths of Friday Knight Fights is its absolutely stellar cast. I could tell from my first listen that the cast were all extremely talented and hard-working. I don’t know if any of them have prior experience in voice acting, but I see very bright futures for them all. Now, having said all of this, I need to do a bit of tough love. The audio quality, while overall passable, can have some noticeable inconsistencies at times. There will be sometimes when characters will have a noticeable background hiss accompany their dialogue. Also, there’s always a little bit at the end of each episode, after the credits, that feels like it was incidental recordings left in by accident. So, definitely want to even out those audio levels and remove that background hiss. However, I have full confidence that the Friday Knight Fights crew will be able to iron-out these issues.

There’s a lot of really fun little nods and references to the original Arthurian Legends. For example, Gerry is the reincarnation of Gawain, and he hates the color green. This is an obvious nod to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In other nods, Carlos and Delilah are the reincarnations of Kay and Bedivere, and are hinted to have feeling for each other. Very interesting, as Kay and Bedivere were quite close in the original legends. I also love that one episode took place at Medieval Times Chicago.

Season one of Friday Knight Fights brought lots of urban fantasy fun with an Arthurian twist. I can’t wait to see what season two brings us.

Have you listened to Friday Knight Fights? If so, what did you think?

Link to the full review on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-audio-file-friday-knight-fights.html?m=1

[cinemaocd]

From left to right back row: Hannah Steele (Mary Shelton), Lucy Russell (Lady Anne Shelton), (partially obscured) Sarah Pridy (Lady Margerie Shelton), second row is Lydia Lawton (Lady Jane Rochford), Cecilia Appiah (Nan Seymour), front row is Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour.

Kate Phillips in costume for The Mirror and the Light

[lesbianbrodydalle]

i love her

[pretty-little-fools]

[itsmyfriendisaac]

Steel Magnolias: in the late 1980's, a group of women from Chinquapin Parrish, Louisiana are bonded together through the trials of life. M'Lynn, Truvy, Clairee, Annelle, Ouiser, & Shelby share the perfect onscreen dynamic in this incredible dramedy!

[ameliathefatcat]

Fireman Sam x Wizard of Oz

Sarah - Dorothy

Lion - Toto

Derek - The Wicked Witch of the East

Norman - The Wicked Witch of the West

Mandy - Glinda

Hannah - The Scarecrow

Peter - The Tin Man

James - The Cowardly Lion

Station Officer Steele - The Wizard of Oz

[i-lovefandom]

Ladies of Steel Magnolias

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

All the Black Femmes || Misfits

[screenshotingmonstertv]

[raurquiz]

#Happybirthday @dhlovelife #darylhannah #actress #director #thefury #BladeRunner #summerlovers #splash #Roxanne #wallstreet #steelmagnolias #TheLittleRascals #grumpyoldmen #addamsfamilyreunion #MyFavoriteMartian #awalktoremember #Northfork #killbill #attackof50ftwoman #sense8

[theoscarsproject]

Steel Magnolias (1989). A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.

I feel like this is so woven into the pop culture lexicon, but weirdly I didn't actually really know what it was about? Anyway, I loved this weird movie. Sure, it's unfocused, sprawling, and picks and chooses which characters to add real depth to, but it just works for me. A lot of that is probably based on the strength of the cast (Sally Field and Shirley MaclLine in particular, the actresses you are!), but there's also just this throughline of big, messy, beating heart that gets me. 8/10.

[nerdstreak]

if u see a new crush on my list no u didnt

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