#Stephen Freeman

[apenitentialprayer]

[I]n an Orthodox understanding, when we talk about God we're not really talking about an abstraction, a set of ideas, a set of doctrines, or something like that. It's always grounded —[by this] I mean our notion of salvation, that is being changed, becoming whole, becoming fully what we ought to be— is most completely expressed in the phrase of "beholding Him face to face." You are looking outside yourself, but you're not looking past the human.

Father Stephen Freeman

[dramoor]

"Ask to know Him. Seek to find Him. Knock on the closed door of the heart until a crack is found."

~Fr. Stephen Freeman

[kirasknightley]

Endless List of My Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

Martin Freeman and Stephen Colbert talk about The Hobbit Lego figures I know, it's an oldie (04.12.2012). To me, Martin's humour always feels fresh, tho.

Also, Martin knows that it was a good one. 😁

[pastel--sea]

Your honour, I'm presenting two identical groups of gifs.

[tokyosmega]

dadtober day 21: mummies

i love the s1 moms so much so i drew them posed like sorority girls . they need happiness

[neverswungonswingingstars]

Sam with the newsreader cast at the s3 premiere

[thestarlightforge]

Based sibling take

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

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[brokehorrorfan]

Funko will release The Shawshank Redemption Pop figures in November. Andy Dufresne and Ellis "Red" Boyd Redding are $12 each.

[samthepotterhead]

am I dumb or does beorn not look like a bear but more like a warg? and in man form he looks like a half transformed werewolf (like fenrir greyback in the movies).

sometimes I can't tell fili and thorin apart. I mean, they are related!

I only just remembered the spiders from the forbidden forest. another parallel between hp and lotr, but I totally glossed over that while reading the hobbit.

I don't know if I've said this before, but martin freeman is so perfect for this role. this inherit englishness and bourgeois vibe. and his body language and facial expressions!

elvish (I don't know which dialect/branch this is ok) sounds not so ethereal when spoken. I mean it was based on finnish, so…

that kili is considered tall for a dwarf works well with the fan theory/headcanon that he isn't fully dwarf.

was the silvan elf king featured this much in the book? and was he mentioned in thorin's back story at all? I honestly recall so little of the hobbit already... but again if it wasn't mentioned, it makes a lot of sense in the movie.

I think tauriel is a bit too human acting for an elf, they are usually so mysterious (legolas and the king are doing that). ok the guards were also in the book and not so elvish. maybe it's just a nobility thing.

I like the romance tbh. a pity they created the only female elf in the movie (apart from galadriel) for that, but better than zero like in the hobbit...

I always wonder how there are not a trillion elves since they can procreate but are basically immortal? like even if they go to the grey havens every once in a while, I'm sure many stay on?

is that balin's tomb? where is gandalf here? I'm a bit confused. but in general, the tie-in with the lotr plot works so well in this one.

ok the plot is quite significantly deviating from the book now. I'm not against it bc the lake town plot was super info-dumpy in the hobbit, but I also don't really need another basic male hero... but stephen fry I approve of! the counsellor gives off a very wormtonguey vibe. was this intentional? but man that was a lot of grossness in a few minutes.

the elves have exactly the weird springly step I imagined, I love the attention to detail :)

ok the secret door looks not so secret in this… but these sets are so intricate, I can't say it enough!

pretty sure the dwarf ring plot was not in the hobbit. will it be in lotr?

smaug, guarding a plot-wise important item is exactly like the dragon in gringotts in dh. though that is of course also originally from norse mythology. at any rate, I didn't remember that smaug could talk? and bilbo has learned not to tell a random being his full name and species. good job, bilbo.

man this movie is long… feels much longer than the first one. they are stalling with these dragon scenes. the liquid gold and statue part was cool, but unneccessary.

they really kept the women-belong-to-the.house theme going here :/ only bard's son is allowed to run around town. and how come no one else in lake town saw the orcs on the roofs?

saving kili's life has become a full time job for tauriel. in general, the kili/tauriel scenes are cute, but adding nothing to the pregression of the plot at this point. but now it seems they've know each other before? maybe I'm misinterpreting.

oh my god, it's ed sheeran. why is he in every fantasy thing? (ok, only in got as well, that I know of, but still - weird that it happend twice right? etc.) wait, I actually know this song, this was in the charts. I never knew this was from the hobbit! it honestly sounds like an ai generated song though, with the words "fire", "mountain" and "desolation" put in as a prompt...

too stunned by this revelation to properly rate the movie now, but I guess I liked as a whole, it was only a bit too long and not as well plotted as the first one.

[loremori]

Martin Freeman (240/366)

🎭|A Going Concern (1996) By Stephen Jeffreys.

Jon Strickland and Martin Freeman at the Stephen Joseph theatre.

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian.

[dramoor]

"The question of forgiveness is not a moral issue. We do not forgive because it is the 'correct' thing to do. We forgive because it is the true nature of the life in Christ. As Dostoevsky described it: it is Paradise. In the same manner, the refusal to forgive, the continuation of blame, recrimination, bitterness, etc., are not moral failings. They are existential crises - drawing us away from the life of Christ and Paradise, and ever deeper into an abyss of non-being.

We who expect to receive such great mercy at the time of our own death - should we not extend the same mercy to all while we are yet among them?"

~Fr. Stephen Freeman, Forgive Everyone for Everything

(Art: "Crucifix," by Eric Gill 1917)

[newsatsix1986]

The Newsreader Turns Three Years Old! 💖

In the morning, it will have been three years since The Newsreader first aired on the ABC, on the 15th August 2021!

Since that day in 2021, we all found this show at various points along the way, and we have created this beautiful community around it across many platforms. As much as this is a day of celebrating what the cast and crew have put together, it is a day for us too, because we’ve kept The Newsreader’s online conversation going even when the media have stopped covering it. We’ve made it the cult hit it has become.

For me personally, I’ll forever be grateful to this show for coming into my life at the moment it did. From rescuing my sense of boredom during lockdown, to helping me grow into the person I’m meant to become, and for giving me creative opportunities that I could have never dreamed of, the past three years have been an incredible creative ride. The 15th August will always be a special day to me, to celebrate the piece of media that has changed my creative life. I am so grateful for the creative spirits behind it, the people in the fan community surrounding it, for nurturing my brain and helping me find my creative voice. It has meant so much joining the News At Six family.

I thank everyone who has contributed to this digital birthday presentation, for their words which demonstrates how much this show means to its viewers. I was in awe of everyone’s words and thoughts about what makes The Newsreader special to them. I’m proud of us all, and thrilled that we found a show which we feel at home in, especially those of us who feel different. There is a place for us after all, where we can feel loved just the way we are.

Happy Third Newsreader Anniversary, everyone, from News At Six 1986! 💖🌟📺📰

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

So those moments wouldn't have been completely scripted, you just give direction and sit back? Stephen Merchant: There'd be a loose bit of script. But we were always encouraging them to add to it, and keep it real. We learned to do that very early on. At first we used to write Tim and Dawn flirtation dialogue, and it was just excruciating when it was performed. It was actually way better if we just let Martin and Lucy talk like friends. Martin Freeman: That's the first time I've ever heard Ricky or Steve admit that! They used to dislike it when people said it was an improvised show. It wasn't, but anybody who knows me knows that some of those lines came straight from me. Of course they did. But I certainly wouldn't claim a co-write on it. “Scripted but loose”, is how I always describe it.

😃

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