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The Vanishing, Spanish lobby card. 1993

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Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Darci

In the past, the Darci Doll was a hugely popular toy. Future fashion designer Lana Lang was an enormous fan of the Darci Doll, collecting all of the doll’s various couture outfits and accessories.  The great fun Lana had with this doll contributed to her future career as a fashion designer.  

Years later, the villainous Toyman wanted a companion and created a sophisticated android in the exact image of the Darci Doll. Entirely life-like, the android was endowed with an artificial intelligence that ultimately gained sentience.  This Darci became bored with the Toyman and she fled.  Now calling herself Darcy Madison, she went on to become a fashion model where her perfect features made her a huge star.  Now a celebrated designer, Lana Lang was struck by Darcy and how she so reminded her of her beloved doll.  Lana asked Darcy to work with her; the model accepted and was soon the face of Lang’s hotly anticipated Fall line.

Feeling betrayed, the Toyman sent his mechanical minions to abduct Darci and bring her back to him.  His toy robots attacked during a fashion show, an event Clark Kent was attending so to support his friend, Lana.  Quickly changing into Superman, the hero fended off the toys and saved Darci.  

Tired of having to hide from Toyman, Darci decided to seek out her creator and kill him so she could be free.  Yet Toyman had built a contingency failsafe into Darci making it so her systems would shut down were she to try to harm him.  Captured, Darci was placed in a life-sized ‘Darci Doll’ box and displayed among the rest of Toyman’s collection.  

Superman, meanwhile, tracked down the Toyman’s layer.  In the following battle, both Toyman and Darci appeared to perish.  

Having survived, Darci fled to Dakota City where she tried to make a new life for herself as a teacher at the prestigious Vanmoor Institute.  There Darci took on the alias of Ms. Moore and became close with her prized pupil, young Daisy Watkins.  

Once again The Toyman managed to track Darci down.  What Darci truly wanted to be more human and to have a new life free from her past.  Toyman agreed to help her; he abducted Daisy Watkins and created a synthetic version of her that Darci’s consciousness could be transformed into.  Of course the real Daisy would have to be killed so Darci could completely take her place and Darci coldly agreed to this condition.  

Fortunately, Superman had been tracking the Toyman.  He and Static teamed up to bring down the villain and save Daisy Watkins.  During the ensuing battle, Darci tried to kill Toyman.  It triggered her failsafe and she self-destructed.  A heart broken Toyman gave up, his precious toy now gone forever.  

Actresses Nancy Travis and Nicollette Sheridan each provided the voice for Darci with the tragic android first appearing in the fourth episode of the third season of Superman: The Animated Series, ‘Obsession.’ 

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Patti Lapel has launched pre-orders for a So I Married an Axe Murderer shirt up designed by Youth Energy for $30. It's available until Tuesday, December 12, at 9pm at will ship in 4-6 weeks.

A set of four enamel pins from the film (pictured below) are also up for grabs for $33.

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Married to the Mob (1988) Jonathan Demme

May 25th 2024

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TLDR; Representation of all different kinds is so fucking important and it's especially important for kids.

Rather niche post, considering the mini-series couldn't be found on streaming for years and years, but here goes.

I watched Stephen King's Rose Red several times as a kid and early teenager, but just watched it for the first time as an adult. I don't remember thinking of Joyce as an antagonist or someone capable of harm. I think, due to gendered norms and most media representation of women, I saw her doting over Annie as her nurturing tendencies and interpreted them as genuine care. When Joyce later becomes wild and explicitly violent, I think I understood that as her falling victim to the house.

She was always that way, though. Right under the surface. Watching as an adult now it's clearly obvious from the beginning that Joyce is obsessive, selfish, and reckless. She snaps at the student who approaches her outside of office hours. She clearly doesn't give two fucks about Steve as a significant other. She dismisses everyone else's contributions during the orientation even though they're the ones with lived experience. She smears blood on her colleague in front of an audience in broad daylight without thinking twice (unrelated: hands-down one of the greatest demonstrations and dialogue about the paranormal ever written, and also a fantastic reaction of female rage). She often gets that bright-eyed spark of a mad scientist in her eyes before masking or turning away.

Women can be cruel and mean and selfish. Not all women are maternal figures. Didn't really know that until much later in life though, did I? Gillian Flynn had to hammer the point home.

Also, even more egregious, certainly in part due to the heteronormative culture forced onto us: I totally missed that Ellen Rimbauer and Sukeena were evidently romantic companions.

I don't know the point of this post other than, man. How terrible is it that representation was so sparse back then that you couldn't see it when you did have it? How is it fair to raise kids in a world that hides reality? It's so shaming and unnecessary. I know there's a lot of backlash against more diverse representation, we need to keep shutting that shit down.

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Stephen King's Rose Red (2002) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 12/8/2023- 2 [1/2] stars- on Hulu

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The Vanishing, Spanish lobby card. 1993

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Becker and Chris, Season 4, episode "Parannoyed"

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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

In today's review, I find that an axe can stop true love. As I attempt a #positive review of So I Married an Axe Murderer. #MikeMyers #NancyTravis #AnthonyLaPaglia #AmandaPlummer #MichaelRichards #BrendaFricker #MattDoherty #CharlesGrodin #PhilHartman

Dating is hard, which you can forget if you’re already in a relationship. Two unknown strangers with their little worlds come clashing together, their hopes, dreams, and secrets are going to have to cohabit to ensure bliss, if all goes well, the rewards can be worth it. In 1993, after Wayne’s World redefined the world, Mike Myers showed us what romantic life is like when your partner has a deadly…

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So I Married an Axe Murderer will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) on July 25 via Sony. The 1993 dark comedy is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) directs from a script by Robbie Fox (The Man from Toronto). Mike Myers and Nancy Travis star with Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, and Brenda Fricker.

So I Married an Axe Murderer has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR and new Dolby Atmos audio along with 5.0 and 2.0 Surround sound options.

Notably, the disc includes over 30 minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

30+ minutes of deleted scenes (new)

Theatrical trailers

When it comes to love, poet Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers) has had his share of bad luck. But when he meets Harriet (Nancy Travis), he thinks he's found "the one" – until a series of coincidences lead him to believe that Harriet might be the serial honeymoon killer "Mrs. X." Charlie and his cop best friend (Anthony LaPaglia) must find out the truth before it's too late in this madcap comic thriller.

Pre-order So I Married an Axe Murderer.