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esepoimipullula · 4 years ago

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Alright, so... this is the utterly self-indulgent essay. XD

For any non-Italian readers: remember the introductory note on my translation of Goofy and The Perfect New Year’s Eve Handbook? About Italian Goofy (Pippo) having a huuuuuuuuuge family? Well, everyone in this family is, ofc, either just as quirky or nearly as quriky as Goofy himself... which makes for a lot of interesting personalities. Like Goofy's cousin, Indiana Pipps. Or Arizona Goof, in English. Presumably to make the joke at least a little bit subtler.

... yes, "the joke" is that he's literally an Indiana Jones parody. Who happens to be related to Goofy and look almost exactly (or exactly, depending on the story) like him. He's an "adventure archaeologist" who spends most of his time scouring South American jungles for lost pre-Colombian temples full of traps and treasure, travelling through scorching deserts to find legendary Egyptian ruins, and stumbling into fantarchaeology/Ancient Aliens/magical/mystical relics. He's brave, smart, passionate, confident to the point of being actually a bit arrogant, kind of reckless and hotheaded, a little rough, rather snarky, and has a strong sense of justice... and a bunch of strange habits and quirks. Like his penchant from entering buildings from the window rather than from the door (because that would be too easy), his preference for sleeping bags over beds and tents over houses (though he does have a house just out of Mouseton... in a dangerous swamp complete with crocodiles), his dislike and distrust for city life in general, and his love for a particular brand of strong-flavored liquorice candies called "Negritas" that almost everyone else finds adsolutely disgusting. Through the years, he's fallen in love with a bunch of female characters (starting with Clarabelle Cow, or so the internet tells me... Goof guys trying to steal her away from Horace must be a bizarre family tradition) and he's had a bunch of female characters fall in love with him, as you can expect considering he's the Dr. Jones of the Mouseverse and everything. But none of these crushes has ever really gone anywhere... whether because of a bout of obliviousness preventing him from realizing his temporary sidekick had been head over heels for him the whole time (sorry, Martina), a misguided attempt to present as a more traditional academic for a nerdy professor who unexpectedly turned out to be really into the adventurer type, or fairy law forbidding him to marry his French fairy sweetheart (yup, that happened).

Ironically, his most constant and long-lasting is with his nemesis, Dr. Kranz. (Nope, no name given.) (Yes, this is going to be an "enemies to lovers" kinda thing... except with, like, A Twist. So if you don't like that kind of dynamic or think people shouldn’t like messed-up ships or anything like that, you'd probably better stop reading.)

Kranz and Indiana appeared together in Indiana's first story, Mickey and Goofy in: Raiders of the Lost Temple by Bruno Sarda, and have been chasing each other for one reason or another ever since. Kranz is an adventure archaeologist, too, but despite being (almost) as skilled and succesful at his job as Indiana, he spends an awful lot of time following him around and trying to steal his discoveries... most often by putting on some disguise, stalking him from a distance, and popping out of nowhere with a gun and a mocking smirk as soon as Indiana finds the hidden lost idol/treasure/artifact/city.

Despite some weird occasional foray into the world of attempted world domination, Kranz is (mostly) into the whole villain business for the money and the fame. The money because he loves luxury (especially fast cars and five-star hotels) and sells a good chunk of what he finds or steals to unscrupulous clients or outright villainous organizations to afford to live the good life, and the fame because he has a big ego and (somehow, still) a reputation as a respectable archaeologist that feeds into it... and he's always trying to overshadow Indiana, because he hates being always second best to him. Which is just as well, because Indiana hates his attempts to steal his own discoveries, his criminal activities, his utter lack of ethics, and his greed. Whenever they see each other without either of them ending up on the wrong end of a gun or tied up for the local authorities to find, they usually still end up at each other's throat anyway. Or at least, insulting and teasing each other the whole time.

Except... it wasn't always like that. Back in the day, Indiana and Kranz were actually students in the same college. And roommates (YES, "and they were roommates!"). And "inseparable" best friends who got along very well despite their differences and genuinely cared for each other. And after graduating, even adventuring partners, at least occasionally. Kranz already loved money and luxury, and Indiana had already started to develop his simpler yet more bizarre tastes, but they were good together.

There's actually a recent mini-series about their college years written by Bruno Sarda himself, Young Indiana. It's pretty much a shipper's delight, as it contains high amounts of fluff, overdramatic (and suspiciously coupley imho) friendship drama with a happy ending, hugs, kisses, straight love drama taking a backseat as the focus stays firmly on the friendship drama, and a certain amount of foreshadowing of (angsty) things to come. But their old friendship was already an established fact before that...

Like in the story Indiana Pipps and the Return of Doctor Kranz, where Indiana ends up telling Mickey the story of how they parted ways and became enemies. Which was apparently inspired by something that happened in the Martin Mystère comics, but I've never read them so I wouldn't know. Long story short, Indiana and Kranz where on an expedition together when they unexpectedly found an absurdly powerful ray gun left behind by Ancient Aliens. As it turned out, by that point Kranz had already been in contact with a shady organization that would have paid good money for something like that, so he proposed they should sell the gun to them and share the profits of the sale. Indiana immediately opposed the idea, of course, being all like, "wtf dude idk about YOU apparently but I have morals and also a sense of professional ethics"... so Kranz knocked him out, took the gun, wrote him a note about how you shouldn't slap good luck away, and fled to the other side of the world, where a man from the organization would await him. But when Indiana woke up, he immediately started trying to track him, eventually ruining the sale right before it could go through and throwing the gun into the sea, where it would never be found again. At that point, Kranz swore he'd have his revenge on him by basically costantly tailing him and ruining his life and career, never leaving him a moment of peace.

Which he's sometimes been pretty succesful at, considering there's been a whole story about Indiana being so stressed due to Kranz appearing out of the blue to ruin his day, it turns into some sort of bizarre mania where he believes everyone and anyone is secretly Kranz in disguise. However, the same story also has Kranz being so stressed due to Indiana constantly foiling his schemes that he goes on a cruise to just forget about him and relax for a while... and ends up jumping off the ship when he mistakenly believes Indiana might be on it, too. So, that's a two-way street, I guess.

So, basically... friends to enemies, genuine affection being ruined by greed and ambition and turning into resentment and spite and straight-up hatred, a degree of mutual obsession and general unhealthiness. But that's not really all there is to their relationship.

There's also stories where they're forced to collaborate to reach the same goal and have to behave more or less civilly, or even where they choose to do so willingly and end up actually still being a good team. There's stories where getting good results while working together makes them behave almost amicably, as much as they're able or willing to. Stories where they acknowledge their past together, if not their old friendship, and even the similarities between them. Stories where they find themselves with someone they both look down down or hate even more than each other, and find some common ground insulting and snarking at them in-between doing the same to each other. Where they grudgingly help each other out.

And then, there's Indiana Pipps e il soccorso obbligato. The story I blame for getting me into this ship in the frist place, when I could be here reading and writing Scroldie or Dimeshipping or Donsy or Mickey/Minnie or literally any other of my Disney comics ships that people other than me actually ship.

In Il soccorso obbligato, Kranz gets kidnapped by some shady guys while he's working on a revolutionary archaeological discovery, except he's not been kidnapped and he's not actually close to finding anything that awesome, and it's all just a convoluted trap to get back at Indiana for laughing at him one time because he's terrible. But Indiana doesn't know that, and so he and Mickey rush to the rescue and fly to a whole other continent to find him...

That story really has everything. From Kranz coming up with a ridiculous and ridiculously cruel plan because he might be used to Indiana insulting him and mocking him but sometimes his former friend laughing at him and acting all superior and better than him still hurts, to Indiana actually falling for it and trying to justify to himself why he does, telling himself that after so many years spent (fighting) together there's a bond between them and he owes it to Kranz... and admitting he’s worried about him. From Indiana still remembering little details about Kranz and their past together and looking almost fond as he talks about them, to Kranz being both petty and obsessed enough to leave a journal full of insults to Indiana for him to find as a clue and setting his password to a mocking phrase about him (and Indiana, who should expect some stuff like that or at least be used to it, still getting riled up and planning on giving Kranz an earful when he finds him). From Kranz assuming Indiana would only come save him if he threw an imaginary fantarchaeological discovery into the mix because then Indiana wouldn't be able to resist his "archaeological curiosity", to Indiana considering said discovery more of a secondary concern and actually regretting and feeling almost guilty for mocking Kranz the last time they saw each other before the supposed kidnapping... and recklessly, unthinkingly running over a thin ice bridge over a gaping chasm just to get to him, throwing all caution to the wind even as he tells himself he doesn't even know why he's doing it. And the way they still KNOW each other despite everything that happened, maybe even because of everything that happened! The angst! The complicated, unspoken, repressed things! Being a softie and a sap, I'm always a sucker for "the hero and the villain actually have a bond and care for each other on some level even if it's not the healthiest or most normal thing"... but considering the history between these two? Though the story in itself is very fun and entertaining, it never fails to break my heart a little.

And in all honesty, I might end up writing fanfictions about them. Fanfictions full of angst and pining and conflicted feelings and "we were never lovers but oh god we could have been --- if you hadn't screwed up everything in the end, at least" college stuff with a mess of obliviousness and repressed feelings, most likely.

#disney comics #mouseverse #mickey mouse comics #indiana pipps x kranz #arizona goof x kranz #indiana pipps #arizona goof #dr kranz #the angsty disaster archaeologist not boyfriends project #can you believe i'm gonna have to modify that tag on all my posts about these two because tumblr hates dashes lol #how goofy's indiana jones parody and his usually-not-that-well-handled nemesis ruined my life: a history #PLEASE talk to me about these two if anything in this post sparked your interest

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andcontemplation · 5 years ago

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Video Store Fridays -- the full list

With the help of @unpredictablybittersweet and @hopbyers98 I got all VSF off the whiteboard and into a spreadsheet this afternoon (yes that is how bored I am) and I’ve pasted all 274 titles alphabetically below. @unpredictablybittersweet and I will be working on getting it organized and searching for patterns & clues 🔍 If there's something you think is notable about any of these movies, hit the reblog and let us know!

<< BE KIND, REWIND <<

300

12 Monkeys

13th Warrior

2001: a Space Odyssey

28 Days Later

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Ace Ventura Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Almost Famous

Altered States

Amalie

American Sniper

Analyze This

Annihilation

Aristocats

Armageddon

Arrival

Assassin's Creed Movie

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Babe: Pig in the City

Back Draft

Basketcase

Batman Begins

Batman vs. Superman

Battle of Big Rock

Beauty and the Beast

Beetlejuice

Behind Enemy Lines

Beverly Hills Cop

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Billy Madison

Black Cauldron

Black Swan

Blade Runner: 2049

Blair Witch Project

Boondock Saints

Borat

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Broken Arrow

Burn After Reading

C.H.U.D.

Cabin in the Woods

Carrie

Casablanca

Castaway

Children of Men

Cider House Rules

Clueless

Conair

Congo

Constantine

Crank

Crimson Tide

Dances With Wolves

Dark Knight

Death to Smoochy

Deep Blue Sea

Die Hard 1 2 & 3

Dogma

Don's Plum

Don't Breathe

Doom

Dreamcatcher

Drop Dead Fred

Dukes of Hazard

Dumb & Dumber

Easter Egg (not a movie??)

Edward ScissorHands

Emma

Enter the Void

Event Horizon

Ex Machina

Fallen

Fargo

Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Final Destination

Fisher King

Forrest Gump

Fugitive

Full Metal Jacket

Get Out

Ghost

Ghostbusters

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Girl, Interrupted

Gladiator (?)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Good Fellas

Good Will Hunting

Hackers

Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

Heat

Hell or High Water

Hellraiser (I + II)

Hidden

High Fidelity

High School Musical

Highlander

Home Alone

Hunger Games

Hurt Locker

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

I Am Legend

In Cold Blood

Inception

Independence Day

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom

Innerspace

Inside Out

Interview with a Vampire

Into the Spiderverse

Island of Dr. Moreau

It Follows

It's a Wonderful Life

Italian Job

James Bond (all)

James Bond: Skyfall

John Carter of Mars

JP (= Jurassic Park?)

Jupiter Ascending

Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom

Karate Kid

Kingsmen

Knives Out

Labyrinth

Leon: the Professional

Let The Right One In

Little Miss Sunshine

Long Kiss Goodnight

Lord of the Rings: Trilogy

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Lost Boys

Mad Max: Fury Road

Magnolia

Mask of Zorro

Men in Black

Mimic

Minority Report

Misery

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

My Cousin Vinny

Mystic River

Never Been Kissed

Nightmare 3: Dream Warriors

No Country for Old Men

North By Northwest

Ocean's 11 + 12

Ocean's 8

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Open Water

Orange County

Ordinary People

Paddington: 2

Pan's Labyrinth

Papillon

Paradise Lost

Peter Jackson's King Kong

Peter Pan

Pineapple Express

Platoon

Predator

Primal Fears

Princess Bride

Prisoners

Pulp Fiction

Ravenous

Reality Bites

Red Dragon

Reservoir Dogs

Robocop

Rushmore

Saving Private Ryan

Scrooged

Se7en

Shape of Water

Shooter

Sicario

Silence of the Lambs

Silver Bullet

Sky High

Society

Source Code

Speed

Splash!

Splice

Spy Kids

Star Wars

Star Wars: Rogue One

Starship Troopers

Step Up 2: Step Up 2 Tha Streets

Stoker

Superbad

Swept Away

Swingers

Sword in the Stone

Swordfish

Tangled

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Terminator 2

Terminator: Dark Fate

The A-Team

The Birdcage

The Birds

The Book of Henry

The Cell

The Craft

The Crazies

The Crow

The Descent

The Devil's Advocate

The Fifth Element

The Fly

The Good Son

The Goofy Movie

The Graduate

The Green Mile

The Guardian

The Guest

The Hobbit: I, II, II

The Lighthouse

The Matrix

The Mist

The Mummy

The Natural

The Neverending Story

The Orphan

The Peanut Butter Solution

The Perfect Storm

The Prestige

The Raid

The Revenant

The Ring

The Rock

The Shining

The Terminal

The Visit

Thor: Ragnarok

Timeline

Titanic

To Kill a Mockingbird

Tombstone

Total Recall

Toy Story 4

True Lies

True Romance

Truman Show

Twister

Unbreakable

Unforgiven

Unleashed

Very Bad Things

Wanted

War Dogs

War Games

Wayne's World

Wedding Crashers

Weird Science

Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Wet Hot American Summer

What Dreams May Come

What Lies Beneath

What Women Want

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Willow

Wizard of Oz

You've Got Mail

Young Sherlock Holmes

Zodiac

Zoolander

#Stranger Things #video store friday #video store fridays #masterlist #stranger things writers #stranger things twitter #stranger things 4 #ST4 #theories and clues

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hawkinslibrary · 5 years ago

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Video Store Fridays

October 11, 2019

The Peanut Butter Solution

The Fisher King

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey

You’ve Got Mail

Ordinary People

October 18, 2019

Hellraiser 2

Billy Madison

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Black Swan

October 25, 2019

Young Sherlock Holmes

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Hackers

Silence of the Lambs

The Good Son

November 1, 2019

Amelie

Paradise Lost

Pineapple Express

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Drop Dead Fred

November 15, 2019

Fallen

Starship Troopers

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Mystic River

Assassin’s Creed

November 22, 2019

12 Monkeys

High School Musical

Let the Right One In

A Goofy Movie

The Matrix

December 6, 2019

Edward Scissorhands

Backdrift

Karate Kid

It’s a Wonderful Life

Congo

December 13, 2019

The Cider House Rules

Mimic

Twister

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

What Dreams May Come

December 20, 2019

Scrooged

Little Women (1994)

Die Hard

Home Alone

Dreamcatcher

January 10, 2020

Primal Fear

My Cousin Vinny

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The Birdcage

Welcome to Marwen

January 17, 2020

Lost Boys

Clueless

Crank 2: High Voltage

Girl, Interrupted

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

January 24, 2020

Casablanca

Reality Bites

The Crow

The Guardian

Orphan

January 31, 2020

Thor: Ragnarok

The Pumaman

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Constantine

War Dogs

February 7, 2020

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Jupiter Ascending

Labyrinth

Splice

Step Up 2: The Streets

February 14, 2020

I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Papillon

The Great Escape

Stalag 17

The Shawshank Redemption

February 21, 2020

The Book of Henry

The Cell

Enter the Void

True Lies

Tangled

March 6, 2020

The Blair Witch Project

Unleashed

Paddington 2

Speed

Mad Max: Fury Road

March 13, 2020

Babe: Pig in the City

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

#this is better than a huge post with pics #will edit and reblog for every friday we get a new one of these #i wonder how many more they'll do #also ?? who knows how any of this actually fits with s4 tbh #it's just fun to theorize and this is like... the only 'content' we have atm #s4 #twitter #(technically)#long post #text #i really hope the read more works..#vsf

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will80sbyers · 2 years ago

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The Peanut Butter Solution

The Fisher King

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey

You’ve Got Mail

Ordinary People

Hellraiser 2

Billy Madison

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Black Swan

Young Sherlock Holmes

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Hackers

Silence of the Lambs

The Good Son

Amelie

Paradise Lost

Pineapple Express

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Drop Dead Fred

Fallen

Starship Troopers

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Mystic River

Assassin's Creed (the movie)

12 Monkeys

High School Musical

Let the Right One In

A Goofy Movie

The Matrix

Edward Scissorhands

Backdraft

Karate Kid

It's a Wonderful Life

Congo

The Cider House Rules

Mimic

Twister

Bram Stoker's Dracula

What Dreams May Come

Scrooged

Little Women (1994)

Die Hard

Home Alone

Dreamcatcher

Primal Fear

My Cousin Vinny

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The Birdcage

Welcome to Marwen

Lost Boys

Clueless

Crank 2: High Voltage

Girl, Interrupted

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Casablanca

Reality Bites

The Crow

The Guardian

Orphan

Thor: Ragnarok

The Pumaman

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Constantine

War Dogs

Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom

Jupiter Ascending

Labyrinth

Splice

Step Up 2: The Streets

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Papillon

The Great Escape

Stalag 17

The Shawshank Redemption

The Book of Henry

The Cell

Enter the Void

True Lies

Tangled

The Blair Witch Project

Unleashed

Paddington 2

Speed

Mad Max: Fury Road

Babe: Pig in the City

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Timeline

The 13th Warrior

Never Been Kissed

The Truman Show

North by Northwest

Zoolander

Total Recall (1990)

Skyfall

Tombstone

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Open Water

The Visit

Sky High

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Death to Smoochy

Shooter

American Sniper

Batman v Superman

The Visit

Italian Job

Mask of Zorro

Dukes of Hazard

Hell or High Water

Castaway

The Fly

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Aristocats

Analyze This

I Am Legend

Armageddon

Pan’s Labyrinth

Batman Begins

Spy Kids

Magnolia

Swingers

2001: Space Odyssey

Burn After Reading

The Prestige

Saving Private Ryan

Reservoir Dogs

The Neverending Story

The Mummy

Leon: The Professional

Goodfellas

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Almost Famous

Men in Black

Zodiac

Little Miss Sunshine

Doom

Sword in the Stone

Wayne’s World

The Craft

The Rock

Ravenous

Cabin In the Woods

Hidden

Forrest Gump

Knives Out

Inside Out

Con Air

In Cold Blood

Inception

Toy Story 4

Road Warrior

The Crazies

The Shape of Water

The Mist

The Revenant

Rogue One

The Ring

Fargo

The Green Mile

Stoker

War Games

Misery

Red Dragon

Swordfish

Superbad

Hellraiser

To Kill a Mockingbird

Ocean’s 8

No Country For Old Men

Orange County

28 Days

Society

Ex Machina

Ferris Bueller

Deep Blue Sea

Full Metal Jacket

The Shining

The Perfect Storm

Dogma

Swept Play

The Dark Knight

Pulp Fiction

Ocean’s 11

Ocean’s 12

What Women Want

Predator

Good Will Hunting

Welcome to the Dollhouse

High Fidelity

Wet Hot American Summer

The Descent

Kingsmen

Prisoners

Hurt Locker

Princess Bride

Arrival

Sicario

Minority Report

Source Code

Se7en

Godzilla: King of Monsters

Basketcase

Willow

Mr & Mrs Smith

Hunger Games

Interview with the Vampire

What Lies Beneath

The Terminal

Unforgiven

James Bond (all)

Beetlejuice

Crank

Unbreakable

True Romance

Terminator: Dark Fate

Peter Pan

The A-Team

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Ghostbusters

Wizard of Oz

Inner Space

Wanted

The Natural

The Fifth Element

Beverly Hills Cop

King Kong (Peter Jackson’s)

Highlander

Silver Bullet

The Birds

Splash

Beauty and the Beast

Event Horizon

Titanic

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Altered States

Into the Spider Verse

Emma (2020)

Broken Arrow

Crimson Tide

Island of Doctor Moreau

Behind Enemy Lines

The Lighthouse

Dancing with Wolves

Get Out

Don’s Plum

The Raid

does anyone have a list of all the movies that inspired season 4? i know where to find the photo but I was wondering whether there was an easy list

#st4 movie insp

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droidsandewoks · 7 years ago

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This week’s new Films and Sydney Film Festival are competing

Composed by David Molloy on Jun 07, 2017

Welcome to The BRAG rundown of what is sexy in the coming seven days of cinematic releases. Clearly last week I should have said to go see Wonder Woman, however you can’t fault me for not expecting DC later everything else.

Anyhow, DC aren’t the only individuals who understand how to kill a franchise. This week, ” Universal (or should I say… ugh…Dark Universe) try their hands at prematurely ending a potential series, while others dig into English history for inspiration.

In addition, now’s the first day of every Sydney cinephile’s favourite fortnight — Sydney Film Festival is awaiting its iteration! As you would no doubt be aware, given all that sweet, sweet content we performed gave ya.

Cruising on to entry #1…

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The Mummy

Back in 1999, goofy comedy bro Brendan Fraser surpassed himself as Rick O’Connell and shot into super-stardom, in Stephen Sommers’ action/adventure/horror movie The Mummy. Every Indiana Jones enthusiast suddenly had a epic franchise land in their lap. Twenty years after, and box office be damned, Sommers and Fraser are both out — replaced by boring normie Alex Kurtzman and global sense Tom Cruise, respectively.

To their credit, they’ve not glommed on to the ’90s franchise’s formulation. But, to their distinct discredit, they did not glom on to the ’90s franchise’s formulation. Instead of an sometimes dim Uncharted-style romp, they’ve crafted a gloomy supernatural action flick worthy of Zack Snyder’s DC output.

It’s not unforgivably bad, however it does not hold a candle to what Jordan Vogt-Roberts cooked up to Warner Bros’ own monster resurrection. Can you expect better from the man who wrote two of those Transformers films? Anyway, it just can’t be what the first movie was –juicy.

Tl;dr Never overlook. Never forgive. Vengeance for Brendan Fraser.

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Churchill

RT: 34%

The board wishes to move that the man who assessed that trailer be placed from the bin. Ok? Ok. Brian Cox is vying for an Oscar by joining the ranks of performers who’ve depicted the late, good Winston Churchill (one of them Albert Finney, Brendan Gleeson and Bob Hoskins), but the issue he has is that the current trend in which incredible true stories are phased out into uninspired screenwriters.

So that the trailer may not be that incorrect, according to the testimonials. It is seen by many as a sterile, plodding affair in which the required weight can’t be carried by the nice acting of Cox. The narrative follows Churchill from the times leading up to the invasion of Normandy from WW2, as his first world war experiences encircle him at every step. With overacting colleagues rather than communicated with real poetry his emotional turmoil is thrown.

All power to stunt manager Jonathan Teplitzky for selecting up the place, but then again, why’s an Aussie making a movie about Churchill in 2017? The title alone is not likely to sell the ticket, friendo.

Tl;dr What a goose, correct? Why would anybody believe invading Normandy has been a bad idea?

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My Cousin Rachel

Hooray, a time play. That’s what I thought, before I realized that the conclusion of the trailer — a panoply of amazing shots that show a cinematographic flair. What may have passed for a different treatise about the evils of women fared much better from the trailer cut than Churchill did.

Adapted from the novel by Daphne Du Maurier (author of The Birds), the movie follows Philip (Sam Claflin, refreshing from The Hunger Games), made miserable by the death of his guardian Ambrose. Philip inherits his mansion, but is soon visited by Rachel (Rachel Weisz), ” Ambrose’s widow and a distant cousin, who is equally mysteriously alluring and potentially harmful.

All this cousin-loving business wouldn’t have flown in the pre-Game of Thrones days, I tells ya. As a reminder of that truth, Iain Glen (aka Sir Friendzone) is here on HBO’s bonus, like to sanctify Claflin and Weisz’s naughty incest.

Tl;dr Who does not enjoy a small cousin lovin’?

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Resident Evil: Vendetta

Set between the events of the matches Resident Evil 6: and the latest entry RE7: Biohazard, this Japanese animated feature pits franchise stalwarts Leon S. Kennedy (Matthew Mercer), Chris Redfield (Kevin Dorman) and Rebecca Chambers (Erin Cahill) from Glenn Arias (Alexander Polinsky), a villain threatening to launch a brand new virus that creates creatures he could control.

Up to now, so batshit! Fits well into the wheelhouse of modern-day Resident Evil, then, that famously jumped the shark around the time RE5 integrated crazy racism and RE6 integrated bad game style. It’s unlikely you’ll check out this unless you are a true franchise fanatic — the kind who stuck it out together with Milla Jovovich to get (jesus) six films.

By all accounts, you are better off picking out the sport in VR — at least then, when the lousy dialog finishes, you get to take things. Attempting to get involved with the activity is considered a faux pas in many cinemas.

Tl;dr appears like CG folks continue to be in this uncanny valley.

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Sydney Film Festival

Yeeeeeeaaaah boiiiii, films all day! It’s festival time, and Sydney Film Festival is taking over screens across the city. I’ve written a helpful little manual about the festival program, and we stayed on top of the news cycle from operating through the seven Cannes films they added at the last minute.

Obviously, I and my brain-diseased team of peers will likely be filling out our greasy eyeballs up with Freak Me Out entries, but there is also theater screenings of all Akira Kurosawa‘s classic attributes (if you can manage to snag a single ticket), some really beautiful and innovative VR efforts (more about them shortly), the always divisive Official Competition, and also the first chance to test out year two of SBS string Cleverman.

I will see you in the Festival Hub, at which I will be receiving on mah drank and pitching people who aren’t manufacturers but state that they are to secure cheaper booze screenplays.

Tl;dr And that year’s Official Contest winner is… THE CONTROVERSIAL ONE, WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED

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And now for THE VERDICT — maybe you simply get to see one of those flicks on the big screen, and also you don’t want squander out night. So, drum roll please…

Even though My Cousin Rachel promises the most interesting stand-alone adventure on offer this week, so you just can’t go beyond Australia’s biggest film festival. See you at Okja!

Until next week!

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mitmama · 8 years ago

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Disneyland 2017

We had a blast going to Disneyland with my brother’s family.

This time, our kids are 8 and 5.5, and they definitely enjoyed the parks more compared to our last Disney trip two years ago. They can go on more rides and also able to appreciate more.

Disneyland is really two parks, the original and California Adventure Park. You can do park-hopper or pick one park per day. We did the latter. I’ll cover each park in order then give tips on getting the most out of the parks.

California Adventure Park

The best ride and the longest line is still the Radiator Springs Racers. It’s the most expensive ride made, costing $200 million, featuring not only the usual Disney style story-telling ride, but with a real race at the end. Definitely use the FASTPASS on this one, as it took us only about 10-15 minutes with the pass, while the line was 2.5 hours! You might want to make that the first thing you do after entering the park, and keep in mind the FASTPASS for this ride is near Bugsland.

Nearby is the other kids’ favorite: Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. It’s fun to spin around and see the rest of the family too.

Then there’s my brother and my nephew’s favorite, Toy Story’s Midway Mania, a 3D shoot-them-up game & ride.

Another of the kids’ favorite is Goofy’s Sky School, a smaller, jerkier but fun rollercoaster.

The Grizzly River Run is a fun raft ride, though you will get wet.

There also rides for little ones. Such as a bumper car ride in Bugsland. Just beware it may take a while for young drivers to maneuver so you might be stuck for a while. My daughter also enjoyed smaller rides like the one for Little Mermaid.

All the kids (5.5-9.5) vetoed going on California Screaming, the big rollercoaster, true to its name with screaming all along the way. :) Another one my son and I both liked was Soaring over the World. Apparently they accidentally gave out too many FASTPASS making the wait so long we had to skip this time.

Disneyland

I’ve read somewhere there are more rides in Disneyland than Disneyworld, so kids can have a lot of fun in a short time. We enter the park before it opened at 8 and were able to do a lot before the wait got crazy.

Tomorrow Land is by far our favorite part of the park. We really enjoyed Star Tours, where my nephew got picked as the spy. (My daughter was quick to notice it’s the one in the right most row, 5th or so seats from the back. :) We used the FASTPASS twice and rode it twice, and found that it had a different story the second time around.

My son’s favorite is Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster, a shooting game & ride. Then everyone hopped in Autopia, where kids can drive!

We also all went on the Hyperspace Mountain, an updated version of the famous Space Mountain. Definitely get the FastPass for this one to skip the wait. I remembered it was very scary when I was a kid, because it was dark and twisty. My kids felt the same way and my almost 8 niece got pretty scared. Wanting to stay with their cousins, my kids didn’t go on Nemo’s Submarine Ride, one of their faves from the earlier trip.

Moving to the left side of the park, using the MouseWait app, we found the Haunted Mansion had only a 5 minute wait. It was fun for my nephew and niece but a bit scary for both of my kids. Our longest wait was for Pirates of the Caribbean, combining a story telling ride with a bit of a water ride.

Everyone also enjoyed Splash Mountain, a water ride with a thrilling drop at the end. :)

We also enjoyed some smaller rides in the Fantasy Land area including Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh. My daughter loved both. We didn’t get to go to It’s a Smaller World, another one of her faves from last trip.

Tips on Disneyland

Save your energy

Stay as close as you can to avoid walk. Even the closest will still take 5-7 minutes walking to get to the park entrance. There’s also Disney’s own hotel with some perks.

Take Uber especially on the way back. There's a taxi pickup/drop off spot that you can ask them to stop at.

Consider borrowing a stroller. We must've walked 5-7 miles a day, and I had to carry my daughter a few times.

Plan on a nap middle of the day: Disneyland can open till 9pm or midnight.

Check the shoes. My 5 year old was wearing new crocs for the trip. After two days there were red spot where the strap is attached. I ended up buying her a pair of sandals at Sanuk at Downtown Disney.

Shorten the Wait.

Get to the park early to avoid the crowd, e.g. 7:30-40. There will be long lines for security check. Then you can go as far in as possible for Disneyland. Tomorrowland is a good place to start. Then you can do a number of fun rides before the park gets busy.

Learn about Fast Pass, so you don't need to spend all day waiting. It'll give you an hour range to come back for a ride, and is available for 5-6 of the most popular rides in the park. On the pass is info on when you can get the next pass. With two parents, you can send one to get the next pass. With this we were able to ride most of the big rides by noon at Disneyland.

Use the app MouseWait so you get a sense of which lines are long. Note it's by other people contributed data so could be a bit delayed.

Also with two parents, you can use Parent Swap so that one parent can wait while the other takes a child on the ride, then swap.

The lines at Calfornia Adventure Park was longer than at Disneyland. Could be the former has more fun rides for older kids, or because at the latter there were more younger kids waiting e.g. for 30-40 minutes for a pretty basic Astro Orbitor ride. :)

Maximize your fun

Read ahead to figure out what rides and whether your kid's tall enough for the ride.

Use the MouseWait app to learn which rides are down, marked CL.

If my younger one doesn't want to do a ride, I coaxed her into it. I told her we must stay together as a family. And that he can always hold my hand. And if she doesn't like a ride, she can always close her eyes.

Types of Rides

Virtual rides: We really enjoyed Star Tours, at least two different stories, and previously Soaring over the World (Cali Park), similar in that they are virtual rides.

Story-telling rides - Pirate of the Caribbean (we liked the water ride) and Haunted mansion (scary for some kids, fun for others). And Radiator Springs Racers (Cali Park) combines story telling with a race at the end.

Water rides can be fun! E.g. Grizzly River Run (Cali Park) and Splash Mountain.

Shooting Games: Toy Story Midway Mania (Cali. Park) and to a lesser extent Buzz Lightyear are good.

Smaller roller coaster can be great for 6+ kids, depending on what they like. My son loved Goofy's Sky School (Cali. Park) back at 6.5, while my 5.5 daughter found it jarring.

Cute rides for younger kids, such as Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh, and Little Mermaid (Cali. Adv. Park)

Roller Coaster/More for older kids: And while both my kids did fine with Hyperspace Mountain (prev. Space Mountain), my 5.5 yr old didn't like it, and my almost 8 year old niece got sick. Also for older kids were California Screaming Roller Coaster (48", Cali. Park) and Indiana Jones (46"), my 6.5 year old had nightmare for a while due to the snakes.

Food tips

In park: the best was Smoked Turkey Leg, tender and delicious, which you can get to go. There are also affordable kids meals. There are sit down places throughout the park with not too bad prices, also gives the kids a chance to rest.

Downtown Disney has a lot of better options if you want good food. Naples good pasta, and Earl of Sandwich affordable salad & soup.

#california #losangeles #disneyland

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