#Movie Magic

[bitchcakegreen]

In e8, when Pen announces that she’s Lady Whistledown the lighting causes her dress to shift from green to blue.

[bloodashre]

Sorry to ruin the movie magic for some of you, but it's extremely unlikely that the shots of The Kiss are edited to be longer. Like, a million to one.

How do I know? I'm in school for filmmaking, so I'll share a bit with you.

1. The first reason is the most important. It is very difficult to edit a shot to be longer (and almost never done, especially by professionals) and not have it be obvious. It is painfully obvious, particularly to other filmmakers, when someone does actually do this. I can almost guarantee that if this had happened, other filmmakers in the industry most certainly would have called them out for it. I've personally watched the scene literally thousands of times (I'm not exaggerating) and in my semi-professional opinion (yes, I've already made my own films, though I haven't been paid for any of my work yet), it's not edited to be longer.

2. Nearly as important and launching off the above, it's much more likely - and more easily and actually often done - that it's edited to be shorter.

Additionally, there's no reason to think it would be edited to be longer when it comes to the story. It's unnecessary. The reason it looks so awkward to solve of you is because - newsflash - it IS awkward! It's meant to be awkward!

Aziraphale is caught off guard, during a moment of being about to break down, crying, in the midst of an argument. He was just rejected. He's potentially thought about this moment so many times. It is possible he thought The Metatron was threatening Crowley, which just happened only a few minutes ago! And lastly, there's literally thousands of years of feelings that haven't been spoken aloud - at least not properly, depending which theory you follow.

And there's even more depending which theories you subscribe to that support this even further.

And then, there's the fact that, at least for a moment, he kisses him back. He goes from being surprised, to resistance, to acceptance, to reciprocation, to rejection in a matter of less than 30 freaking seconds - while also portraying all the unspokenness, uncertainty, and fear of 6000 years, as well as a possible threat AND rejection of Crowley refusing to come with him ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

It's so awkward and complicated and terrible - and yet also wonderful - and Michael Sheen is honestly a fucking MASTER for the amount of emotions he's able to portray in such an insanely small amount of time. Please please PLEASE don't reduce his abilities and the beauty of the story to editing some bullshit that any filmmaker with any actual integrity would never do.

[famoustriumphheart]

Luke Thompson and Nicola Coughlan need to be in a romcom together. Let’s make it happen. @netflix

[icarusredwings]

It's not my usual content, but trying to work out as a 6" 335 pound man has gotten easier for me because now I just pretend i'm the Wolverine trying to impress Wade (my wife)

I keep fantasizing about her walking in when im mid set all sweaty and going "Ooh big strong boy." And it's getting me through this horrid thing called exercise.

Ladies, fellas, people who all have a masc presenting spouce. Please walk in on your partner doing literally anything that they consider difficult and say "Oooh big strong boy" I promise you they will giggle.

Another thing to remember boys and girls is that Hugh Jackman is a MOVIE star. Im not denying that, yes, he is strong, and yes, he is very big, but he only looks that big for MOVIES.

They physically rub oil on this man, and for the super vieny shots, he dehydrates himself. I am sorry, fellas, but there is no healthy way to look like his movies.

And you aren't supposed to!! He's a superhuman mutant with advanced powers, and his entire character was made around being muscly. You do not have to look like the screen to look good. Hell, im sure you already look hella good now!

Damn. Look at you. All sexy and shit. PLEASE STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO MOVIE MAGIC

Another thing to remember is that most huge guys either get paid to work out, use substances, or are not in good relationship with their bodies needs food wise. I always see these personal trainers and body builders shame people for not making it to the gym every day, but they get paid to be at the gym and paid to be fit.

I'd much rather you be happy and love your body then work yourself to death trying to look like movie or tv editing/lighting while using unhealthy techniques.

You are beautiful and amazing the way you are. You are loved, cared for, and HOT DAMN have you SEEN YOURSELF, LATELY!?? 😳

[movie-magic]

[hicatz]

i watched deadpool recently and honestly the wolverine edits live rent free in my brain

have also heard of people getting unrelated hyperfixations after that movie. Deadpool and Wolverine is the height of movie magic

[writergeekrhw]

Was there any reason why Quark never wore the headdress that other Ferengi wore on the back of their heads?

IRL Answer: The Westmores figured out a way to do Armin's make-up where they could blend the head prosthetic into his neck, so they didn't need to give him a headdress to hide the seem.

In world Answer? I think Quark is a little less of a traditionalist than he likes to admit, especially when it comes to fashion.

[theomenmedia]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Rakes In $400M At The Global Box Office

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice spooks its way to $400M at the global box office! Tim Burton's return to the world of the undead is a box office smash. Is a third film in sight?

Link to the full story: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-conquers-global-box-office-with-400m-haul

[cryptticrow]

Ratfish pt. 2 done the comedic timing on this is fucking incredible Sam Geer I owe you my life

[pratchettquotes]

"Apart from anything else," he declared, "it wouldn't look right."

"But it's the real Ankh-Morpork, Uncle," said Soll. "It's got to look exactly right. How can it not look right?"

"Ankh-Morpork doesn't look all that genuine, you know," said Dibbler thoughtfully.

"Of course it's bloody genuine!" snapped Soll, the bonds of kinship stretching to the snapping point. "It's really there! It's really itself! You can't make it any more genuine! It's as genuine as it can get!"

Dibbler took his cigar out of his mouth.

"No, it isn't," he said. "You'll see."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

[dailybehbeh]

Behbeh

[trashyswitch]

Day 29: Magic

Jameson Jackson and Marvin have a little competition. Is magic real? Or is magic just tricks with the audience? Jameson learns the truth the hard way...

And now, some egos content! Hope you all enjoy!

Marvin was sitting on the couch, showing Jamie his magical powers. Now, Jamie knew Marvin had always had these powers. But he had rarely seen them in action. Marvin was moving a deck of cards around with his green magic, showing Jamie how well he could move them around in interesting patterns. 

Jamie smiled a bit, enjoying it. But he couldn’t help but make one little comment: ‘That’s not really magic…that’s just telekinesis.’ Jamie signed to him. 

“Telekinesis IS magic.” Marvin stated. “Your version of magic is called ‘Movie Magic’.” He mentioned. “Nothing like real magic.” 

Jamie smirked and crossed his arms. ‘Magic isn’t real. Magic is just brain tricks.’ Jamie signed. 

Marvin smirks and lifts up one of the cards. “Is that so?” He flips the card around, revealing it to be white with the text [Prove it] on it. 

Jamie smirked and took half the deck of cards before signing ‘Watch and learn’ with his left hand. Jamie shuffled the deck of cards and spread them out like a fan. ‘Pick a card.’ Jamie signed. 

Marvin raised an eyebrow and smirked, taking a card from the deck and looking at it. “Do I put it back?” Marvin asked. 

Jamie nodded and showed him the opened deck. After placing the card in, Jamie sandwiched the card and shuffled it in his hands. 

Marvin raised an eyebrow. “Damn, mate! You’re not even keeping an eye on where the card is!” Marvin reacted. 

Jamie smirked and looked up at him as he kept shuffling. He was determined to prove him wrong, and show him that real magic didn’t exist. Right as Marvin was about to say something else, Jamie put the deck together and hit the bottom of the deck. Suddenly, one single card flew out of the deck about 5 feet above them! 

Marvin widened his eyes and dropped his jaw as he watched the card spin down. “Holy shit!” He reacted. 

Jamie caught it with two fingers, and flipped it around, showing Marvin while mouthing the words ‘This your card?’. 

Marvin covered his mouth. “Holy-” He cleared his throat and pulled himself together. “Yup, it is.” He told him. “Not bad, JJ.” Marvin responded, appreciating the magic trick. “But how does that prove that magic isn’t real?” Marvin asked him next. 

Jamie smirked and opened the rest of the deck. There was an elastic around a few cards that crossed in the middle of the deck. He pulled on the elastic, emphasizing its stretchiness. With this, Marvin realized that elastic must’ve provided Jamie the ability to ‘slingshot’ the card out of the deck. 

“Okay, okay…fair enough. Magic tricks are just tricks.” Marvin admitted. “But what about this:” Marvin used his green magic to pick up the card that was in his hand. Jamie let go of it, and watched the card levitate. “Does this look like magic?” Marvin asked him. 

Jamie raised an eyebrow, and smirked a bit. He grabbed the card and tried to pull it down. But to his surprise, the card didn’t drop. Actually, his hand remained upwards. Jamie’s smirk wiped off his face as he tried to pull it down…but once again, it proved to be pointless. Jamie widened his eyes and pulled one more time…and again, it just wouldn’t budge. His face grew visibly annoyed. 

Marvin was just giggling as he watched. “Awww, can’t get the card, JJ?” Marvin teased. 

Jamie verbally growled as he started pulling on the card like a cartoon character. This alone made Marvin laugh harder. “Ohoho my god! You’re really heaving on the thing!” He reacted. “You need a little help with that?” Marvin asked him, moving his hand up. 

Suddenly, Jamie froze and started kicking the air as he was raised up by the magic of the card. Since Jamie’s hands were gripping the card, he didn’t have any hands to sign! So his visual comedy was the only thing showing Marvin how he was reacting. 

And his reactions made Marvin laugh again. “Poor JJ…” Marvin walked closer to Jamie, and watched as he started aiming his kicking feet towards him. “Oh come now, mate.” Marvin caught his foot. “Let’s leave this PG, okay?” Marvin encouraged. 

Jamie started pulling on his foot, and managed to pull it out of his grip. “Not bad, JJ. But can you handle THIS?” Marvin started tickling his exposed armpits. This made Jamie throw his head back with a big smile on his face. 

“Look at that! Mr. Jackson here appears to be ticklish~” Marvin teased. 

Jamie shook his head, kicking his feet almost wildly. 

“No?! But I’m tickling you right now, and you’re laughing!” Marvin reacted dramatically. “Either I’ve been living under a rock my whole life, or someone is lying about being ticklish~” Marvin teased. 

Jamie shook his head vigorously.

“Aww…What’s wrong, Jamie? Can’t handle the tickle-tickle-tickles?” Marvin asked him. 

Jamie attempted to shoot him a glare…but due to how ticklish he was, the glare looked more goofy than threatening. 

“Oh my! Was that…a glare? Are you really trying to give me the mom look?!” Marvin asked. 

Jamie audibly snorted and hung his head. 

“Awww, now you’re getting all shy on me! How cute!” Marvin kept teasing. “What would happen if I just…” Marvin moved his fingers down to his belly, earning another snort from Jamie. “Oooooh! I see someone’s got a ticklish tummy-wummy~” Marvin teased, skittering his fingers on his somewhat visible bare belly. 

Marvin could see Jamie trying to yell ‘NO!’, but couldn’t actually voice it. The poor man could only lip sync it. 

“Is someone trying to tell me something?” Marvin teased. “Is someone trying to tell me ‘No no no! No tickling! I’m so ticklish! I’m gonna die! Aaah!’? Is that what you’re trying to tell me?” Marvin asked him playfully. 

Jamie audibly snorted and nodded his head for the first time that afternoon. 

“Ooooh! Looks like someone’s admitting it! I’m so proud of you, Jamie! Admitting the truth like a big boy!” Marvin teased rather evilly. “I wonder what else you could admit if I just kept asking you ‘yes or no’ questions…” Marvin teased evilly as he moved his wiggling fingers down to his hips. 

Jamie snorted yet again, before slowing down his kicks a little bit. It looked like Jamie’s ‘giggles’ and wiggling were lessening due to the spot change. Marvin could safely guess that Jamie’s hips were a little less ticklish than his armpits, ribs or even his tummy. But of course, he had to ask. Marvin giggled. “Is someone less ticklish on their hips?” Marivn asked. 

Jamie nodded his head almost right away. 

“Oh wow! Looks like these hips DON’T lie!” Marvin teased. “But are they just as truthful if I dig into your hips?” Marvin asked as he started digging his fingers a little deeper into his hips. 

Right away, Jamie threw his head back with an audible wheeze. 

“Holy shit!” Marvin reacted. “Is this more ticklish?!” He asked. 

Jamie lowered his head down and nodded his head. 

“Looks like I was right! Such a ticklish little dapper boy.” Marvin teased, before bringing his hands back and poking his side. By this point, Jamie was contemplating letting go of the card so he could get away. Cause a little reminder: Jamie was STILL holding onto the card with both his hands! And by some god out there, Jamie had not let go of the card yet. He was still holding on for dear life, as if he still had a point to make. But evident by the tickles and his deep red blush, Jamie has most likely lost his point. So…is there really a point in still holding on?

“I’m impressed you’re still holding on! You’ve got some wicked arm stre-” Marvin started to say, before Jamie finally let go and dropped down to the ground. “Oh nevermind.” Marvin finished his sentence, before picking up the card and making the magic go away. “Down he goes.” He added. 

Jamie was holding his sides, trying to calm himself down from the tickle attack. He rested on the ground for a few more minutes, before slowly getting himself back up. ‘That was mean.’ 

Marvin giggled. “But I was right…Do you believe me now?” Marvin asked him with a smirk. Jamie tilted his head. ‘Believe you?’ He looked confused. 

Marvin nodded his head. “Yeah! That magic is real!” Marvin responded. 

Jamie widened his eyes and nodded his head. ‘Yeah. I believe you.’ He signed back. 

Marvin smiled. “Alright, good. Now that THAT’S done…Do you have any questions, Mr. Movie Magic?” Marvin asked him. 

Jamie thought for a moment. Gosh…Questions…He had a lot of them. So many questions to ask… He started with one single question: ‘How do you summon the magic?’ Jamie asked him. 

Marvin smiled brightly and pulled out his mask. “Good question, JJ.” Marvin put it onto his face and closed his eyes as he used the mask to summon more magic. Jamie watched in awe as a symbol showed up in Marvin’s hands, and lit up Marvin’s body in a greenish majestical glow. Marvin slowly separated his hands, and opened his eyes before removing the mask. “This mask helps me control my magic. But I’ve also been trained to control it without the mask.” Marvin explained. 

‘Wow…’ Jamie spelled out, making Marvin laugh in response. ‘Can…Can you lift me up?’ Jamie signed next. 

Marvin smiled brightly and shrugged his shoulders. “I think so? I can certainly try.” Marvin admitted as he put his mask back on. Summoning his magic with his hands, Marvin moved his fingers around and covered Jamie in the same greenish glow. With that done, Marvin moved his hands and began to make Jamie’s body levitate. To Jamie’s surprise, he actually started rising up! Holy shit! He was flying! He was actually flying!!!

Jamie’s excitement was super evident on his face. He was throwing his hands in the air, and signing sentences rapidfire. 

“Oh my god, you’re excited!” Marvin reacted, laughing. “I’ve never seen you so excited about stuff like this before!” Marvin admitted. 

Jamie gasped silently and signed the word ‘Up!’ over and over again. 

“Really? You wanna go higher?” Marvin asked. “Okay!” He raised Jamie up a little bit more, making Jamie spin and silently cheer. But Marvin REALLY busted a gut laughing when Jamie started doing backflips while surrounded by the magic. It was honestly super entertaining! He looked so happy! And to think Jamie was only recently trying to prove that magic wasn’t real! Crazy how quickly things change…

[outsiderace88]

These Predator looks are so badass.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

When Jim Henson was still alive and making creative decisions for the Muppets, I could believe that the characters were real. I mean, I know they're just pieces of fabric puppeteered by voice actors, but the performances were so genuine that any cameo or talk show appearance by a Muppet could briefly convince me that I was looking at a real talking frog or pig or monster giving a real interview. But nowadays, whenever I see the Muppets I can only picture them as soulless corporate mascots.

Think of Dr. Steve Brule. He's not real, he's just a character played by John C. Reilly, but I can suspend disbelief long enough to accept that he could be a real local public access tv host. I look at some characters and can only see their actors (Indiana Jones and Han Solo are iconic, but be honest, they're both just Harrison Ford being Harrison Ford), but I look at Steve Brule and I don't immediately see John C. Reilly. And I don't see a Warner Bros character either, certainly not a mouthpiece for David Zazlov himself, I just see Steve Brule. Same thing with all of Sasha Baron Cohen's characters. I know they're all just him in wigs and fake beards, but his performances are so varied and so in-depth that I buy them all as individuals. I don't even know what studio he works for, what company owns the copyrights for Borat or Ali G or that one show where he got Republicans to drop their pants and scream the n-word. Those characters are fictional, but they feel independent.

The mainline Muppets are owned by Disney and the Sesame Street characters are owned by Warner Bros, and that's all I can see now. When Elmo gets on board a social media trend or shows up in some influencer collab I don't see a little monster guy having fun with his friends, I see a Warner Bros executive signing off on a scripted appearance of a character they own for what is essentially a commercial. Kermit the Frog is not a beleaguered comedian/talent manager, he's just a Disney product with a replaceable performer who is just as fake as Mickey Mouse or Disney World princess actors (I will be deep in the cold ground before I call them "cast members...") Even when they're allowed to improv, the Muppets feel like they exist in a box with strict guidelines for how far their performances are legally allowed to stray from corporate mandated archetypes before the lawyers tell them to reign it in to maintain the integrity of the IP. Every character feels the same to me, just with different voices. All the jokes feel stock.

[iwantmygun]

I wish I could see it every fucking day.

This movie was made literally just for me. Genuinely for me to sit and cry alone in a theater.

When this thing gets released it will be all that plays on my TV until I cannot take it anymore

[movie-magic]