#REFERENCE * ( simon marsden )

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okay, i keep seeing you talk and post about it and i have to ask... what is eerie indiana and should i watch it? :))

what is Eerie, Indiana? Well. on a surface level Eerie Indiana is a family mystery show produced jointly by Hearst Entertainment and NBC in 1992. A show that the network was unable to properly advertise due to the 'tween' audience not yet being a thing it ended up being pit against 60 minutes (and in one case literally not even being aired at all so they could air the speech of a presidential hopeful /conspiracy theorist from jail, and another not being aired due to the network pulling it due to content, it was released by Fox in the 1998 reruns) essentially dooming it to fail. Despite this, NBC ordered a half season and a re-tooling of the show to introduce a more serialized set of storylines rather than episodic. Sadly, this wasn't enough to save the show and it was cancelled after one, single, glorious, practically perfect season in 1992, running for a mere 19 episodes.

Created by Jose Rivera and Karl Schafer (who most recently did Z Nation) the show is made up of immese talent at the very start of their career. I can't even tell you about the amount of talent on this oddball little show. Joe Dante (of Gremlins fame) directs and even acts in one episode. Bob Balaban directs some episodes, Claude Atkins plays a ghost cowboy, Anita Morris plays a sexy secret agent, Ray Walston plays an alien (i mean. duh.), René Auberjonois plays a literal devil business man named 'The Donald', Tobey Maguire (your beloved) plays a ghost who haunts Marshall and makes his family say slurs, Vincent Schiavelli plays an evil dentist, Future Scream Queen Danielle Harris plays a heart transplant recipient...The twist? The heart came from one of Marshall's best friends. and, best of all, John Astin (THEE JOHN ASTIN. GOMEZ ADDAMS) plays the mysterious owner/operator of The World 'O Stuff - the local hangout - for the final six episodes. Like the talent here is truly unreal. (did I mention John Astin?)

with a cast headed by Omri Katz (who you might know from Hocus Pocus) the plot of the show follows the adventures of Marshall Teller (Katz), his best friend/kid sidekick Simon Holmes (Justin Shenkarrow , you might know as the voice of Harold in Hey Arnold) and in the last six episodes, his homoerotic nemesis Dash X (Jason Marsden, you might know him from his many iconic voice roles - notably Max in a Goofy Movie, and also as Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus) an alien with no memory of his past. On the surface, Eerie is a normal if slightly the Burbs esque small town, but once you look a little closer you start to see...Some cracks. A cult of housewives sealing themselves and their families in giant tupperware so they don't age. A Mayor who sends young men up to wolf mountain to ensure low taxes and they...Don't come back. A mysterious Loyal Order of Corn who...Run Things. Marshall and Simon investigate their strange hometown and are literally Just Trying to Get Through This Bestie. In one episode, Marshall goes where lost items go. In another, his friend Steve's retainer starts picking up the traitorous thoughts of the local dog population.

Eerie is a cult classic in basically every sense of the world. After you've seen it, you can see it's fingerprints all over the 'kids with bikes' genre. Stranger Things, Gravity Falls, Goosebumps (the show) all of them owe a massive debt to Eerie Indiana. The show itself is massively intertextual. It references everything from little shop of horrors, to the Howling, to the Twilight Zone to the Fly. But you don't need to have that knowledge to enjoy it, Eerie is a family show. By that I mean it was created for viewing by the whole family, not specifically teens or adults only. If you like Round the Twist (predates Eerie by 4 years), than you'll like Eerie.

in 1998 there was a controversial reboot made in Canada staring Bill Switzler and Daniel Clark. It too only lasted a season. I love TOD but many hate it. Lastly, should you watch it? YES! I recommend Eerie to everyone I know basically. It is a little dated in parts, and some of the themes are really heavy (Child abuse and neglect are very present, long running themes in many episodes - I actually agree that Broken Record should have been pulled from airing because i find the ending very upsetting) Marshall, our protagonist is a very sweet, empathetic teenage boy character who I NEVER saw on television when I was growing up in the era of the Dan Schnider mean spirited sitcom. He's sort of an asshole sometimes but hey - he's a teenager. Simon is just adorable and literally deserves the whole world. Dash X is very cool, mysterious, gay and totally unhinged. Every character on this show is written fantastically, there are no half hearted performances, everyone is selling it the entire time. I'm very fussy about television, but Eerie is a show that I think is genuinely nearly perfect. I almost am glad it was cancelled so no one had a chance to ruin it lol.

If you're interested (and I hope I've sold you) then you can buy it on youtube, basically. It was previously on Amazon Prime but isn't anymore sadly. You can pay through the nose for an expensive DVD set like I did or.....You can do the smart thing, google it and watch on like. Kisscartoon lmao. Eerie is a show I am so so passionate about so if you're interested PLEASE watch it and feel free to join in discussion here on the hellsite, or you can go to Dreamwidth (@froodlemonkey/@catschimericalcreations runs this and has a MASSIVE back catalogue of fics, art, meta, random twitter posts, scripts, even the first Eerie Fanfiction...which was published in a ZINE in the 90s! seriously if someone has ever said anything about eerie ever than Cat has catalogued it with her extensive, fantastical tagging system) or even discord but like yeah. Eerie is amazing and you should like totally watch it :)

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American Pastoral at Gagosian Britannia Street, London

January 14, 2020

AMERICAN PASTORAL Opening reception: Monday, February 10, 6–8pm January 23–March 14, 2020 6–24 Britannia Street, London __________ Gagosian is pleased to present American Pastoral. From nineteenth-century industrialization to contemporary patterns of immigration, the pursuit of the American Dream has long been a rich topic of inquiry for artists in the United States. For many, this notion is encapsulated by the imagined tranquility and comfort of rural life—an aspiration arising from the Western tradition of landscape painting, with its picturesque, arcadian lands and idyllic communities. Titled after Philip Roth’s 1997 novel about the social discord that undermines the life of an outwardly untroubled New Jersey family, American Pastoral is a group exhibition that seeks to challenge this idealized vision by delving into the cultural, political, and economic tensions that lie beneath its surface. In this exhibition, modern and contemporary works are juxtaposed with historical American landscapes, ranging from Albert Bierstadt’s depiction of the sublime in Sunset over the River (1877) to Edward Hopper’s tranquil seaside scene, Gloucester Harbor (1926).

Helen Frankenthaler’s 1982 painting Tumbleweed offers a third perspective on landscape that recasts the composition and figures of these earlier works in the vigorous gestures of Abstract Expressionism. Tumbleweed features a velvety wash of grass green interrupted by splotches and tracks of contrasting color—as if mapping an archetypal pastoral scene onto a distinctly modern topography.

Photography features prominently and diversely throughout American Pastoral, as much for its ability to suggest documentary candor as for its potential to manipulate reality through cropping and framing. Diane Arbus’s photograph, A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. (1968), depicts a stereotypical prosperous suburban household, yet a haunting unease pervades in the tensed bodies of husband, wife, and son. In Jeff Wall’s Mask Maker (2015), a young man on an LA street exudes a subtle strain of discomfort, suspended between life and theater.

In other works, recognizable cultural symbols are rearranged to reveal latent, sinister meanings: Banks Violette’s inverted American flag, from 2019, employs a stark gesture of negation to challenge the power and authority of a ubiquitous image, while Jeff Koons’s bronze Toy Cannon (2006–12), in which the titular weapon sprouts flowers from its barrel, combines visual signs with opposing associations, playing on our expectations of consistent meaning while evoking war and its discontents.

Hydraulic Empire (2019), a new painting by Ed Ruscha, refers to the term for a civilization whose governing body maintains power through exclusive control over water access. Ruscha inscribes the title across the center of his canvas in an assertive serif font, isolating the phrase and its historical meaning. An indistinct pall hangs above Ruscha’s words, making visible a sense of oppression. Theaster Gates’s American Tapestry (2019), made from strips of decommissioned Chicago fire hoses, is a sobering, politically charged reminder of the struggles of Black Americans during the 1960s civil rights movement. The seemingly anodyne form of the hose belies its historical misuse at events such as the infamous 1963 student march in Birmingham, Alabama, which police broke up with high-pressure hoses, injuring many children in the process.

In American Pastoral, the American Dream to which Roth’s text alludes is revealed again as a secular icon—at once lastingly attractive and freighted with numerous and increasingly complex dangers.

American Pastoral will feature works by Diane Arbus, Richard Artschwager, Albert Bierstadt, Joe Bradley, Chris Burden, John Chamberlain, Thomas Cole, Roe Ethridge, Helen Frankenthaler, Theaster Gates, Jack Goldstein, Piero Golia, Duane Hanson, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Neil Jenney, John Frederick Kensett, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Adam McEwen, Thomas Moran, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Taryn Simon, Mark Tansey, Banks Violette, and Jeff Wall, among others. _____ Jeff Koons, Toy Cannon, 2006–12, bronze and live flowering plants, 72 × 121 1/4 × 59 3/8 inches (182.9 × 307.8 × 150.7 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Koons

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DM me as soon as you get confirmation that Sam did serve as an alternate for Glenn on Sundays. :))))))

(I'm not sure if it's an effect of hearing about Kitty's book...but....I now want to grab a copy of this along with Simon Taylor's 'One Night Stand')

Was I surprised to see James Marsden asking a question? Kind of. But it makes sense though...as there are parents who watch the show with their kids. Unless...the shoutout of the film is more....for the parents?

Another surprise was Sam able to answer the question! Then later make an Olaf reference (how it wouldn't be good to head to Brisbane during summer). Does Sam love those films but rarely gets a chance to show how much?

(I know...I'm heading towards his Twitter feed now....)

PS: Is it a coincidence that it's the five of them...but....geez....the chemistry is good!

PPS: Had a peek at The Malthouse and the note about Sam also shows up. If you're in Melbourne...I hope you get in one of the Sunday shows (or split your friend group into two to compare and contrast Sam and Glenn's performances)!

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Highlight:

Marty: Don't forget. The highlight for me as well would be finishing my stand-up tour, Tom, which is never ending. And people: If you want to give the gift of laughter this Christmas. Feel free to buy a friend a ticket. Um.....

[The audience laughs]

Tom: 'Cause this has been postponed and postponed and postponed

Marty: And I'd like to end it as much as the people with the tickets.

[A chuckle from the audience]

Tom: There's an endorsement.

[Sam smiles]

Sam: How are you going to think your Kevin Rudd references are going to go?

[Marty grins.]

Marty: I've got a couple of Julia Gillards in there.

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Episode Rating: 7/10

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A quick guide to every major character on 'Westworld'

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Westworld” season two, episode two.

“Westworld” has more characters and storylines than the average viewer can keep up with, so we’ve assembled a handy character list for your Sunday nights. Here you’ll find all the significant hosts and employees of Westworld, and what they got up to on the first season.

We’ll update this slideshow as new characters are introduced each week, but for now the spoilers only cover through the first and second episodes of season two.

Let’s dive in.

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First up — Dr. Robert Ford.

Played by Anthony Hopkins.

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Ford was Westworld’s park director and one of its co-founders. The process for creating and programming the hosts is all based on his team’s original research conducted over 30 years ago.

On the first season finale, Ford was shot and killed by a host named Dolores.

Ford also build a young host-version of himself who lives in the park.

This is also Robert Ford.

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This host speaks with a blend of Roberts old and young voice, and is coded to continue representing Ford in the park.

Dolores Abernathy is the oldest host in Westworld.

Played by Evan Rachel Wood.

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Since she’s the oldest park host, that means Dolores was created over 35 years prior to the events in “Westworld.”

Stubbs says that she’s been updated so many times “she’s practically brand new.” Dolores was one of the first hosts to get close to sentience. By the end of the first season, it appeared as if she was finally self-aware when she shot and killed Ford.

Arnold was Ford’s original partner and co-creator of the hosts.

Arnold is played by Jeffrey Wright.

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Arnold was the one who began experimenting with bootstrapping consciousness into the hosts. Dolores was his first test subject. He created a “maze” inside the park to help lead Dolores into self-awareness and to spur the creation of a subconscious mind in her.

He eventually decided Westworld shouldn’t open, because the hosts were starting to become sentient. Arnold programmed Dolores to kill all of the other hosts as well as himself in an effort to sabotage the park.

Bernard Lowe is a host Ford built in the image of Arnold.

Also played by Jeffrey Wright.

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Bernard was Ford’s right-hand man, a host who is the the Head of Behavior and a programming specialist. Bernard was programmed to think he was human, but over the course of the first season he learned the truth.

Karl Strand is the head of operations at Delos.

Played by Guståf Skarsgard.

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He’s a no-nonsense kind of man who was sent by the Delos company to fix the mess in the parks after Ford’s new bloody plot wreaked havoc.

Elsie Hughes is a Behavior Specialist who worked under Bernard Lowe.

Played by Shannon Woodward.

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Elsie helps with coding, debugging, and processing the hosts as they receive updates. She was working with Bernard to investigate host glitches when she disappeared. Now we’re not sure where in the park she is, but we’re pretty sure she’s alive.

Antoine Costa is a technician who is not missing, but is helping Strand analyze the hosts in the field.

Played by Fares Fares.

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He first appeared on the second season premiere, where he extracted a cortical storage device from a host and showed the Delos team the video footage kept there.

Ashley Stubbs is the Head of Security for Westworld.

Played by Luke Hemsworth.

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Stubbs has a healthy level of skepticism when it comes to the hosts following their programming, and tends to take on potentially risky retrieval missions himself.

Maling in a new Delos security personnel character.

Played by Betty Gabriel.

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She also first appeared on the opening episode of the second season, where she found Bernard and helped Strand keep the new system in order.

Lee Sizemore is the ambitious Head of Narrative at the parks.

Played by Simon Quarterman.

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Most of the storylines and dialogue you see the hosts act out in the park are all Sizemore’s design and script. He was helping the Delos board smuggle data out of the park by the end of the first season.

Theresa Cullen was the Head of Quality Assurance.

Played by Sidse Babett Knudsen.

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It was Cullen’s job to make sure the guests are happy and the hosts are behaving according to regulations. But Theresa was secretly helping the Delos board smuggle data out of the park.

Ford had Bernard kill Theresa on his orders and make the murder look like an accident.

Charlotte Hale is the executive director of Delos and Westworld’s board.

Played by Tessa Thompson.

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Her friendly demeanor gives way to a stern and calculating woman who has been smuggling data out of the Westworld park. Though she hadn’t yet revealed specific details about the data on the first season, we’re sure her secrets will eventually come out.

Maeve Millay is one of the first newly sentient hosts in Westworld.

Played by Thandie Newton.

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Maeve was the madam of the Marisposa — a saloon/brothel in Sweetwater. Now she’s the most powerful host in the park, and has the ability to control other hosts with voice commands.

Felix Lutz is one of the Livestock Management employees.

Played by Leonardo Nam.

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It’s Felix’s job to patch up the hosts after they’ve been shot, stabbed, or otherwise incapacitated. But Felix “borrowed” a coding console from the behavior department and wound up helping Maeve change her core programming and enabling her to escape.

Sylvester is Felix’s partner in the Livestock Manufacturing lab.

Played by Ptolemy Slocum.

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He had no patience for Felix’s experiment with coding, but was roped into the Maeve-escape plot after she threatened his life.

Clementine Pennyfeather was one of the host prostitutes working at the Mariposa under Maeve.

Played by Angela Sarafyan.

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She specialized in finding newcomers and welcoming them to Westworld. But after Charlotte and Theresa used Clementine as a scapegoat host in a failed experiment, Clementine was lobotomized.

Teddy Flood is another host with a troubled past and a penchant for gunslinging.

Played by James Marsden.

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He often accompanies guests on bounty hunts, or tags along with his programmed love — Dolores. Teddy’s primary directive is finding and helping Dolores, though his good-natured side can be manipulated via coding.

Angela is a host we’ve seen in two roles — a greeter for new guests and as a henchman for Dolores.

Played by Talulah Riley.

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She’s one of the oldest hosts in the park, along with Dolores and Teddy. She’s currently acting as a rallying point for the other rebelling hosts who will support Dolores (as “Wyatt”).

Akecheta is another of the original hosts in the park.

Played by Zahn McClarnon.

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He went with Angela to first pitch Westworld to Logan Delos.

Major Craddock is another host, though his current role is as a dangerous leader in the Confederado.

Played by Jonathan Tucker.

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We saw this host first appear at the party with Angela and Akecheta, but he was without a mustache then. Later, Dolores meets this host while he’s in his solider narrative.

Logan Delos is a powerful businessman who was looking to increase his company’s stake in Westworld.

Played by Ben Barnes.

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Logan is an ambitious and impetuous bad boy who loves indulging in his vices while visiting Westworld. The scenes featuring Logan on the first season all took place around 30 years prior to “current day” on “Westworld.”

James Delos is Logan’s father and the titan of industry.

Played by Peter Mullan.

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James is a no-nonsense man who seems impatient with his son. But James’ daughter, Juliet is dating another promising young man.

William is Logan’s future brother-in-law and his coworker.

Played by Jimmi Simpson.

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William came to the park with Logan to celebrate their future lives as in-laws. But by the time they left, William decided to usurp Logan’s role in the company and go work with James directly.

The Man in Black is William, but in “present day.”

Played by Ed Harris.

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William transformed into the Man in Black by the end of the first season. By current day on the show, William is one of the most powerful Delos board members. His wife (Logan’s sister) has committed suicide, and after their daughter blamed William for her death he returned to Westworld to confront his demons.

Juliet is Logan’s sister and James’ daughter, and eventually William’s wife.

Played by Claire Unabia.

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Juliet marries William and they have a daughter, Emily, together.

Lawrence/El Lazo is a host who spent most of season one with William.

Played by Clifton Collins Jr.

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He’s referred to by other hosts as an outlaw due to his criminal group run under the name El Lazo. Lawrence is a sardonic host who often winds up tagging along with William on his dangerous adventures.

Hector Escaton is the “bad boy” host of Westworld .

Played by Rodrigo Santoro.

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Hector is a bandit who travels with a group of loyal followers and periodically tries to rob the Mariposa Saloon. He teamed up with Maeve after she showed him the truth about how the park works and their role in it.

Armistice is Hector’s host companion and fellow gunslinger.

Played by Ingrid Bolsø Berdal.

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Armistice has a deadly shot and a gigantic snake tattoo covering her body — the relic of a tormented past. She also joined Maeve’s escape mission and is becoming more self aware.

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First Photos from Westworld Episode 6, The Adversary

First pictures from Westworld Show 6, The Foe

HBO has launched some pictures from Westworld Show 6 that you may take a look at within the gallery under, combined with the formerly-launched pictures from previous attacks.

Entitled “The Foe,” Show 6 is formally referred to as follows:

“Maeve (Thandie Newton) necklaces Lutz (Leonardo Nam); Elsie (Shannon Woodward) reveals possible ruin; the Person in Dark (Ed Harris) and Theodore (James Marsden) function afoul of the garrison.”

Westworld stars Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wooden, Tessa Thompson, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jimmi Simpson, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ben Barnes, Simon Quarterman, Angela Sarafyan, Luke Hemsworth and Clifton Collins, Jr.

The sequence is impressed from the film Westworld, created and focused by Michael Crichton. Westworld is created by Bad Software Shows, Jerry Weintraub Shows and Kilter Movies in colaboration with Warner Bros. Television. The sequence is government created, created and focused by Jonathan Nolan, government produced and compiled by Lisa Joy, and government produced by J.J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, Bryan Burk.

Adversary” that is “The may air November 6. Westworld airs Sundays at 9 PM ET on HBO.

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