#TVS Masterclass

[randomness-is-my-order]

ngl walker had me absolutely gagged in this scene. this is some really stellar acting coz it physically hurts to hear the pain in percy’s voice, the way his breath hitches, the way his eyes are shiny with tears, the way his voice wavers as he gets more and more emotional. he makes percy so beautifully human, so real, so natural. i’m hella impressed.

[youjustwaitsunshine]

watching singapore 2019 to feel something again....that undercut was so sexy..bino claiming they gifted this win to him..... but in reality they tried to sacrifice him, ready to push the blame on him....but sebs voluptuous badonkers deflected the knife....💕

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

As much as I love other adaptations of comics, I have to admit it is so refreshing to see Invincible's team follow the source material so closely, with scenes, screencaps, and even dialogue lifted directly from the comic.

And they could've just had it there, with a direct adaptation that adds nothing new. But no! They're able to make changes and decisions that affect arcs and relationships while still keeping to the original series.

It allows for new viewers to experience the same story but make that experience familiar yet refreshing for people who've already read the comic, all while managing to not break the flow.

[jessepinkmvn]

the san francisco episode of interview with the vampire is so unbelievably good

[ilkkawhat]

no one will survive

[mariocki]

Shadows of Fear: The Death Watcher (1.4, Thames, 1971)

"I should like to have danced with you first, you know. It may sound frivolous, but I mean it. There's a certain communication involved there. Have you noticed how some couples have a much more highly developed intuition? They dance as one. There is instinctive anticipation. I used to be very good at ballroom dancing. These are my trophies. Once, I reached the county finals with a girl. Her name was Beryl Harcourt. We were completely in sympathy, you see. That's why I made her the subject of my first experiment. After she'd... gone, I used to play the gramophone in my bedroom for hours on end. We used to do a speciality tango. There's a lot of jealousy and backbiting in those competitions, you know."

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

politicians on reality tv shows make me want to gouge my fucking eyes out

[cassmouse]

Over halfway through S2 now and like. Okay it's nowhere near the beautiful mastery that was S1 and it's story but I can't lie on still sorta hooked lmao

[baynton-nation]

Mathew Baynton at BBC Comedy Festival & Edinburgh TV Festival’s BBC Ghosts’ Masterclasses

[nickmillerscaulk]

the emotional turmoil i’m in after rewatching the superstore finale for the first time in years

[omarfor-orchestra]

When will my husband (Romeo & Giulietta ama e cambia il mondo) come back from war (hiatus apparently also all the actors are doing something else now)

[niccage]

Just got caught up on VPR. Oh my god

[jaded-quill]

So, for my birthday, I asked my parents for a Masterclass subscription to learn from the likes of @neil-gaiman , Margaret Atwood, and more.

I have it now, (yay!) and I'm scrolling through classes to add to my list, and I find John Douglas' "How to Think Like an FBI Profiler."

Hehe, I may skim this one ASAP, just to help writing Will Graham. 🤣 with possible deeper looks later, cause help understanding people would be nice!

[spuffybot]

Someone asked me why Buffy is my favorite show and I had to stop myself from writing more than this but this is what I said…

1. Despite its complicated history (the creator turned out to be an abusive asshole) it’s one of the first mainstream successful examples of smart feminist genre tv and it laid the groundwork for everything that has happened since.

2. The show is brilliantly written and uses metaphor so successfully they teach college classes on it. Every episode / monster / dilemma Buffy and her friends face are a parallel for the real life struggles of teenagers.

3. Sarah Michelle Gellars performance across the 7 seasons of the show is a masterclass in acting.

4. It featured one of the first truly fleshed out lesbian relationships on network tv in the US and THE first wlw kiss between committed partners on prime time network TV. I remember the news covering it right after it aired.

5. Season 6 is to date the best depiction of depression I’ve ever seen in any media ever. It’s unflinching, raw, uncomfortable and hard to watch. And having that to watch when I was 13 was really crucial.

6. The way the show built pop culture references into its DNA had such a cultural impact that it’s responsible for turning “google” into a verb.

7. The makeup, fashion, and hair was simultaneously trend setting and a deliberate part of the story telling. You know what’s happening with certain characters based on the colors they are wearing for example.

8. The musical episode was one of the most successful musical episodes of a tv show at the time and it started a trend that tv shows still follow today.

[cassmouse]

I am thinking about Reservation Dogs again- it continues to be the most incredible series I've ever seen with absolutely no exaggeration

To all my mutuals who didn't see how in pieces I was about the final season when it came out last year (and my absolute obsession with it): PLEASE go and check it out it is single handedly the most magnificent thing I've ever seen

[thebestfriendstoloverstrope]

ok ok i would've put this in the tags but it's kind of a long story and i like sharing it in full so that's what i'm gonna do!! (truthfully it's not that big of a deal lmao but it felt like quite a journey for me so i'm gonna tell the story)

so like most people i've known about st from the very start. it was all the rage in 2016. i'd get college classmates (bc i was 18 when it came out) telling me about it and recommending it. but i knew it was "horror" and supposed to be pretty scary, and most people confirmed that – and i don't do well with horror/scary shows. it's just not good for my mental health. so i was interested but just passed on it. this went on for years, most especially when a new season would come out.

fast forward to s4's release. EVERYONE is talking about st. i am quite frankly shocked that the show hadn't ended yet lol (not in bad way! just that, it's been a long time! i thought it had finished already). suddenly kate bush's song is on every other instagram reel. millions of people are going to comic cons dressed as some eddie munson guy. literally it's non-stop chatter. and, as it happens every season release, i start thinking "stranger things would be cool to watch. too bad it's too scary and wouldn't be good for me." but, the show still lingers in the back of my mind.

then, over the course of august, i stumble upon two separate clips from st on twitter. i figure, since i'm "never gonna watch stranger things", it doesn't matter if i watch a spoilery clip, and i'm curious anyway. so the first clip i ever see of stranger things is... (drumroll please) robin comes out to steve. INSTANTANEOUSLY i'm impressed. first of all... this is not the tone or feel i thought of st at all?? secondly (and this is the aspiring filmmaker in me), the camera angles and shots in that scene are just so good. thirdly, the amount of character-focus in the clip was insane for a show that, for all i knew, was just a supernatural kind of show.

so that gets me intrigued. and then, a couple weeks later, i stumble upon another clip: dustin talks to wayne munson. and again, it's a beautifully emotional character-focused moment. and at this point, i'm finally like, "ok, i just need to try this show. i have to give it a shot." so a few weeks later, i renew my netflix subscription, and i start watching stranger things.

the rest, as they say, is history.

rb this and tag when and why you started watching stranger things