#Unorthodox/Homage

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[third-generation-female-warrior]

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Mox / Stak / Deke/ Omega

Last in my installment of character sheets for the Havoc Squadron, a rebel who needs no introduction, but is getting one anyways because I said so.

Leader of the Havoc Squadron, Commander Omega Karr carries her clone brothers and sister with her wherever she goes.

Her "Rebellion" look, I thought it would be apt for her to have part of the pilot's uniform, but I also thought it would be good to merge that with some of her Pabu look but also adding in my own elements as in, Tech and Hunter's vambraces, as well as Tech's goggles. In her "No Order 66" AU look, she does have the pauldron and kamas that typically denote a clone of command, the kamas themselves being a homage to Echo. Her helmet was Hunters, but modified with a rangefinder.

Jack of all trades and master of them all, Omega serves as the squad's primary pilot, medic, droid and demolitions expert, as well as the leader. She's a compassionate heart, but also a fierce fighter, who will take a stand for anyone in need. She will defer her decisions to her team and knows when to delegate and utilize her brother's strengths. Known for her "unorthodox" methods on the field, when the cavalry arrives, you hope it's Omega leading them.

Trained in multiple forms of combat, Omega's weapon kit is as extensive as her repertoire. One DC-17 hand-blaster as her backup weapon, one immaculately kept vibroknife for close-range combat, and, in times of need, one commandeered Firepuncher to serve as the team's sniper.

[katebeckets]

ideas/opinions?

*alternatively “moments with the #otprecinct” - obsessed with this term/homage to the legendary castlegc. basically, moments with any combination of characters from the otprecinct

**I have castle and beckett and #favcs that I might rework into an official “favorite castle scenes” series. Trying to think of one that includes everyone

Basically want to have some love for the other dynamics I love so much in this show 🩵

(tagging some friends who will probably be tagged in a million of these gifsets lmfao but this is a poll for anyone who cares 🩵 @singinprincess @useryoumna @useragarfield @userlaylivia @unorthodox-oblivion @elphabasthropp @iwonderifyouwonderaboutme @renegadesstuff @sculien @scullysconstant @scullay @emilybluntt @spencereid )

[kunosiu]

My top 10 favorite Arashi's Music Videos

To celebrate the 25th anniversary and the fact that MV are now available on YouTube (what a time to be alive...) I wanted to compile a top 10 list of my favourite Arashi's MVs. And it turned out to be quite hard. My last cut from the list ("truth") was painful. 😭 But I did it.

Just couple of things before we start.

This is my very subjective list. If your favourite MV isn't here, I'm sorry, we just have different taste.

I'm choosing basted on the MV itself. For example, I love "I seek" as a song; it's my go to karaoke song, but MV for it is... Not my cup of tea to say the least. In other cases, like "Bittersweet", live performances outshines MV itself.

MVs are in chronological order. Don't make me rank them, I can't 😭

And now, without further ado...

1. A･RA･SHI

What can I say? It's their first MV, it's their debut song... It's iconic. It's also nice to see how far they've come. They are still babies here. 😭

2. Kitto Daijoubu

I honestly forgot about this until I was watching all MVs on November 3rd. And omg, it's so fun! The bad green screen, 4th wall breaks, rainbows, Arashi acting silly... it has it all!

3. Happiness

Let's be honest: you knew this was coming. If someone held a gun to my head I asked me to choose one of Arashi's MV as my favourite, I'd choose "Happiness". Aeons ago, someone said that this MV is 100% Arashi in Arashi and I can't disagree. You have it all: Arashi acting silly, pure chaos, Ohmiya... A LOT OF OHMIYA. And some small moments for other pairings too. xD

And it was also the first MV of them I saw.

4. Crazy Moon~kimi wa muteki~

This maybe an unorthodox choice because it's a very simple dance MV... And that's the reason I chose it. Arashi don't have any other video like this. Just them dancing to the song in an empty hall. Without any backdrop or outfit change. They had to sell it to us by just dancing. And I think they succeeded. The choreography is interesting and bravo to the stylist because I think they all look so good here.

5. My Girl

Story MVs are rare in Arashi videography. Practically just "Aozora pedal" and "My Girl". And since my best friend hates MV to "Aozora pedal", I have to choose "My girl" xD

But in all seriousness, it's really cute story where Arashi play siblings who are moving out of their family home after the death of their mother. Their mom is Photoshop monstrosity made of different parts of members' faces xD But MV it's cute nonetheless.

I remember all the fan fiction this video inspired... Good times... xD

6. Troublemaker

This is the first MV I remember waiting for. And I don't wanna say it is here just because of nostalgia. I think it's just really good video on its' own merits. I like stop-motion sequences, I think those suits are impeccable outfits and... there's a lot of Ohmiya. xD Look, I'm a simple gal, if Ohno and Nino are acting cute together, I'm putting the video on this list. xD

7. Aozora no shita, kimi no tonari

I think this maybe another unexpected entry. It's not a very popular MV. It's very simple. And maybe that's why I like it. It was shoot in outdoor locations; stylists again done wonderful job - they all look so good. I love their individual shoots, especially Aiba sitting on the edge a platform looks angelic. And the bbq at the end... ♥ This MV just feels cosy.

8. Fukkatsu Love

It's just good, I don't know what else to tell you guys. I love the parts they shoot in those long takes... Touma is there! It's just so good!

9. Don't You Get it

Another obvious entry I think. They all look good here, they all acting goofy, Sho and Nino do magic tricks, Ohno has hilarious face expressions whenever you pause the video, there's a doggie and Ohmiya dance (I've told you, guys xD)

10. Do you...?

We started with the their first MV, it's appropriate to end at their last. (AT THIS MOMENT! I HOPE 😭) "Do you..." if wonderful homage to Arashi's journey, full of easter eggs to all the previous MVs. And it might be its' only flaw - that it doesn't work so well in a vacuum. But if you were on November 3rd 2020 when this MV and Arashi's last album dropped, you were feeling it. You were crying, you were smiling and you tried to notice all the references to previous MVs. Maybe even at the same time. xD

And that's all. 😊 Thank you if you made it here. Please let me know your favourite MVs! As I've said, this is very subjective list and I had to cut off a lot of MV I love to make it just 10 videos T_T.

[cloverskentwells]

random snippet of a 73rd Games Victor Cato AU that probably wont see the light of day. For context: Cato is the D2M Tribute in Catching Fire instead of Brutus, and Katniss has vivid memories of his Games.

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The Recap then transitions to District 2. Onstage stands the typical Victors I would expect from a Career District. To the right is Enobaria Salinas: obsidian hair cascading down her back in perfectly styled waves, baring her sharpened teeth to the world, dark eyes glowing embers of an emotion I would describe as excitement. A Two Victor being thrilled to reenter the Arena - no surprises there.

Next to her is a younger yet much larger man, eyebrows raised at the crowd as if arrogantly challenging them, jaw clenched tight, cold blue eyes looking directly at the camera with the obvious desire to intimidate. I know him because he's a recent Victor - Cato Hadley, from the Games before mine and Peeta's.

He was infamous for his terrifying brutality and unhinged nature, for how the necks of his fellow Tributes were little more than twigs in his unforgiving grip. What set him apart from his peers, however, was his unorthodox reaction to his District partner's death - Careers are no stranger to violence, and the Packs typically fight amongst themselves for the right to the crown once everyone else is gone.

Although I try to forget the Games after the mandatory watching as soon as they are over, for some reason his stayed with me, probably because it was so unusual. Watching him kneel beside his fallen partner and gently brush her bloodstained hair away from her face, hands shaky, begging her to stay with him, almost made him appear normal, like the rest of us.

Of course, he quickly returned to violence afterwards, and thankfully any misplaced feelings of sympathy I had faded. The Tribute who had killed Cato's partner was subjected to a more intense aggression than any of the others, but otherwise Cato might as well have been just like any other Two Victor. Even now, separated by a TV screen, I feel the fearful effects of his gaze locked on me, promising a sadistic end.

"He's one to watch out for," Haymitch seems to agree, but something in his voice softens.

"What was that girl's name? The one he went in with, who died?" Peeta's curiosity spreads to me, and I wait for an answer. The train speeds across the rails in a soothing glide motion, designed to prevent motion sickness, but acrid bile rises in my throat nonetheless.

"Clove," I whisper as I recall the name. He screamed it back to her when she called for his help, desperation making his voice crack. Also, I remember he did an interview with Caesar last year to promote his own Tributes, and the conversation somehow derailed to the swirl of dark ink across his chest that was made visible by the V neckline of his shirt. His face went completely white when Caesar commented on how his tattoo, evidently of her name, was "such a sweet way to pay homage to a dead partner."

Needless to say, he wasn't interviewed again. Why exactly I noticed any of this, I'm not sure.

"He and Clove had a history," is all the information Haymitch gives us. "And now he's going back in. Young, fresh from his previous Victory, and still as strong and Trained. A little crazier too. Stay as far away from him as you can, probably for your safety."

"I was planning on it," I mutter. Nothing good ever came from extended contact with a Career. Still, now I can't shake the image of him and that girl dying in his arms from my mind.

[alfdefolf]

Eeyore, nicknamed "Iowa" - Inspired by Slipknot's Iowa.

Eeyore grew up in a secluded, depopulated region of Iowa. Suffice to say he absolutely despised it. He spent decades providing for himself with very little social connection, only the sounds of the wind cutting through the cornfields and harsh spring rainfall kept him company. He became a hermit and never properly self-reflected, opting instead to take his pent up anger out on himself and his surroundings. Living the same painfully silent day over and over again drove Eeyore absolutely mad beyond repair. Longing for some kind of prolonged contact, Eeyore began luring and murdering anybody who crossed his path. To Eeyore, a body was a brand new member of a twisted family. To Eeyore, a body was more of a friend than any beating heart ever could be. He would share meals with them, perform unorthodox mix-and-match surgery on their corpses, and have conversations lasting several hours. A carcass was a toy to Eeyore, now taking on the name "Iowa," a spiteful homage to the place he hates most.

Despite all of this brutality, stench, and sickness - "Iowa" will never reach true fulfillment, and his deranged game of operation will continue on.

"You are mine, you will always be mine! I can tear you apart, I can recombine you!"

[kiigan]

@shisui-uchiha-anon

ㅤIf every day should ideally start with a hearty meal, then a birthday deserves it more than any other. And the extremes of the argument might touch, on whether one man is awake too early or instead it's the other who's oversleeping, but that hardly matters - in fact, it has been accounted for. Because the only thing better than a hearty breakfast during a birthday is a hearty breakfast during a birthday that is served on bed.

«Careful that you don't spill it all over yourself.»

ㅤA valid concern, given that Shisui indeed is still very much getting his sleep-addled brain to function, but it is also said for the sake of teasing [of course it is!], as Itachi sits down by the edge of the bed and carefully places the tray on his lover's lap.

«Hopefully, it's to your liking.»

ㅤWhich is also a way of saying that, should Shisui wish for something more or for anything else at all, it will be taken care of. Again, it is a very special day and deserving of very special treatment. Deserving also of something else, the mandatory gift that is symbolic more than anything else. Neatly packed inside a small jewelry box, which in turn is wrapped in golden paper with a red bow on top. Colors so often associated with Amaterasu-no-Mikoto, and so is the present itself.

ㅤ«Since She brought you back to me and allowed for these celebrations to happen again, I figured it would be rude to not pay Her homage through at least one of your gifts.»

ㅤOne of, yes. There is another. Far less expensive, as far as material value is concerned, and far more personal. It's one of those... gifts that probably only Itachi would come up with, because only his brain and memory would manage to get it done to such detail and only his mind and perspective on the world would think of it as something meaningful. It is, to him, and hopefully it will be to Shisui, as well. Reaching inside his pocket, he brings out a small scroll that he then hands over.

ㅤ«It's a summary of your day of birth, during every year that we spent apart. For each year, I wrote down where I was, what I was doing, anything of importance that happened, what I did to remember the day, and what I've said to you - either out loud or to myself. And I am aware this is an unorthodox thing to offer and going through it might make you upset or uncomfortable, so please don't feel pressured to actually read it. If you don't like it, even, just drop it in the trash - make sure it's the paper bin, though, so it can be recycled. I just wanted to write it down and make sure you know the date has never once gone unnoticed.»

[illimitablespaces]

Dear Reader, I must confess I am sorely disappointed I don't have any recording nor the graphical score for my piece I wrote as an homage to my cats.

This piece dates back to 2015, and I wrote it for a clarinetist while in university. A character piece, each of the four movements depicts (liberally) the character for each cat. I titled it, Four Fragments for Four Felines.

The graphic score was my first and only real venture into that medium, and it was an entertaining experience. I came to understand the workings of the clarinet better as well as understand the importance of musical phrases as likened to a sentence or physical gesture. Despite the unorthodox method, it was more scaling back to basics, in a way.

After this excursion, my writing (music, that is) has been simpler, more open-ended, and also, composed with less frequency. I can't recall the last time I actually put pen to paper, despite ideas coming to mind every now and again. I certainly miss the act of composing music, and perhaps I will resume one day. For now, simply being alive has been a task enough for me, and my musical score editing work over the past several years has been the priority. I've not had occasion to "work on myself," in a manner of speaking.

Poetry, too, has been absent from my life, in the sense that I don't compose or read much these days. It pains me, and of course, one could argue I simply need to make time for these crucial elements of my being, yet, as has been my theme for longer than I care to admit, simply "getting the job done" has taken over my work and the very act of living day to day. Wretched, to be sure.

But here's to hoping--and striving--for better days.

Take care, and be well--M

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 190(?)

Slumber Party/The Snowmen

“Slumber Party”

Plot Description: The brothers call in IT expert Charlie to help them track fallen angels, and they all join forces with Dorothy to stop the Wicked Witch’s evil plans

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: No one died, and it was a flashback to like…the 40s maybe?

I have to ask, is this basically gonna be a bottle episode at the bunker??? I’m kinda hoping so

Crowley, babes, you have basically no leverage

I LOVE when Dean just decides he’s going to get into the nitty gritty of a machine

What is THAT?!?!

He’s so done with being around nerds (despite being one himself)

Charliiiiie “they’re in a top secret place I call Amazon” re: the spn books

Charlie, baby…you are so much better off if you don’t have a destiny or quest. In THIS show???

Gross. Did the witch from the 50s reincarnate or something??

Uh…what now?? Why’d they have to make the woman hunting the “wicked” witch named Dorothy?? And she bound her soul to the witch?

Wait. No. It’s THE Dorothy?? From THE OZ BOOKS?!?!

I cannot take this episode seriously…it’s THE Dorothy and THE Wicked Witch and a game of keep away from the witch so she can’t get back to Oz… come on

COME ON!!! She got the key??? And Charlie may have sacrificed herself for Dean? She Last-Agni-Kai-Zuko-ed for him.

They’re trying to girlbossify Dorothy and…..no……no I can’t do this

There a subplot about Sam not making this place his home and I swear to Chuck if either he or Dean say “there’s no place like home” at the end, I’m not watching any more (me when I lie, but I will be annoyed)

Scrubs did the Wizard of Oz homage episode so much better

Keep the shoes, Charlie

After everything, I can’t believe I’m still feeling bad about Crowley’s situation

Omg, Charlie gets to go to Oz. THAT is not a disappointment

Of course they said it…it wasn’t in the context I THOUGHT it would be, but they still said it…and since it wasn’t in the context I thought it would be, I GUESS I’ll continue watching

“The Snowmen”

Plot Description: Christmas Eve 1892, and the fall of snow is the stuff of fairy tales. When the fairy tale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for help

Oh! And I know we get Definitely-Not-Named-Vriska and Jenny back this episode!!(I think)

Child, why are you actually talking to that not yet fully made snowman??

Rude. Why does snow need to feed on people??

Doctor. What on earth are you wearing?? You have…atrocious taste in headwear

Ugh, stop doing this. Stop traveling alone. Everyone tells you not to, you’ve SEEN what it does to you but you NEVER LISTEN

VASTRA! (One of these days I’ll remember her name on my own)

“Winter is coming” shouldn’t produce such a “ah ha! I see what you did there” response in me anymore…it’s a basic phrase especially in a Christmas special

I really hope Clara grows on me this time. She’s around for a while, but she’s…a little too manic pixie dream girl and everything’s a little TOO mystical around her.

I knew I recognized the voice behind the Snowmen. I knew it was a famous old wizard. But I think Moffat missed the opportunity to give the snowmen big naturals

Why is Clara only allowed to speak in one word answers?? That is……..quite the odd requirement

Omg he’s wearing Amy’s glasses still 😭

I’m thankful they didn’t make Sherlock Holmes a real person in this. Though given this was 2012, this is just cruel…putting the Doctor in the getup (this was just 7 months after Reichenbach)

Omg. There’s too much cheesiness in these episodes today. I can abide by the Doctor not realizing he put on his bow tie but I can’t take Clara saying “it’s cooler” after, even if she’s literally talking about the temperature

They’re just too alike. They’re too….I really can’t explain it. No. It’s that they’re both so clever in the exact same way. There is no “I got the bronze in gymnastics” there’s no actively studying medicine, no deep knowledge of how office life works. All of which covers the Doctor’s blindspots

I don’t like the TARDIS’s interior renovation. The lighting is too cool. I liked the warm lighting it used to have. But a 1200 year old alien didn’t consult ME

Girl, that is the quickest you’ve ever given someone a TARDIS key wtf

It’s gotta be weirdly traumatic to watch your NEW companion be dragged off by a grayish humanoid creature in a dress when we just watched Amy get zapped by the Weeping Angels last time

It’s 2012, you can’t just have your villain yell “winter is coming” over and over

Clara repeatedly dying just doesn’t pack the same punch as when it was Rory

STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL. THE INSURANCE WONT PAY NEXT TIME

[kilolojenkinsinsl]

Dinner for One? YES!

I wish I could get mad at my love for not being in the suite when I arrived. But what was left for me more than made up for it.  A gift, flowers, letters of our time together and a scrumptious dinner for one freshly delivered right after I got my shoes off?? YES, PLEASE! I think I’ll have dessert first while I read this little note.  I’ll open my gift later… maybe 😛 ❤ Kilo DEETS Clothing &…

[third-generation-female-warrior]

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My submission for May the Fourth:

A portrait of The Havoc Squadron - One of the most brash and efficient squads in the entire Rebel Alliance; known for being comprised entirely of clones (and Gonky), as well as their compassion, unparalleled efficiency, and their.... "unorthodox" tactics in battle.

AKA, Rebel Commander Omega Karr, with her brothers: Mox, Stak, and Deke, just before they left Pabu to join the rebellion.

Listen, I know Omega got taller, but...... yeah.

Unfiltered version + Fun facts below!

So, the notes I had for designing what I think the boys would look like,

Mox - His appearance plays a homage to Hunter, who I think became his great mentor. The bandana and grown out hair specifically. Warm tones.

Stak, Omega's primary co-pilot - I took inspiration from Cal Kestis's Survivor outfits. He's more eager for a fight than the others. But, he has the "standard trooper cut" in terms of hair. Cool tones.

Deke - Pabu clothes, Pabu style, with the notes "Give him that Howzer-level fade" as I was conceptualizing appearances. Earthy tones.

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Movies I watched this week (#183):

2 by new director Shane Atkinson:

🍿 LaRoy, Texas is an excellent new homage to 'No country for old men', and to the dry, desolated land of all the forgotten small Texas towns. It's populated with loafers and small-time losers who dream about a different life. It's Coen-Brothers-Lite - That's a compliment. Down to the yellow camera filter, the twang guitar on the radio, the oddly-meandering characters, cheating wives, dirty strip joints, and a sad-sack cuckold husband who gets into serious trouble, not knowing any better. And there's this poignant melancholy overshadowing everybody's actions.

Dylan Baker is not as menacing as Anton Chigurh, but he's still terrific as a cold-blooded contract killer. There's even a good 'Where's the money, Lebowski' head-in-the-toilet scene. 💯 score on Rotten Tomatoes. (Thanks, Schlomo). 9/10.

🍿 "They all wear the same uniform! That's why it's called 'Uniform'..."

His first black comedy, Penny Dreadful (2013), likewise dealt with similar bumbling small-time crooks, who are tasked with the simple kidnapping of a Wednesday-Addams-type little girl, and fail spectacularly at it. Cute.

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Limite is considered by many to be the greatest of all Brazilian films. The silent, experimental cult-drama from 1931 was considered 'Lost' until 1978, but was eventually discovered and restored. A man and two women are lost at sea in a leaky rowboat, and they think about their divergent pasts. The flashbacks are from tiny, isolated towns, and empty countryside roads. It's historically important with opaque symbolism and rich, arresting visuals. I found it quite impenetrable.

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My first 2 by Czech comedy master Oldřich Lipský:

🍿 How come I never heard of the innovative Happy end (1967) and its successful director before? This is a wild, Dadaist black comedy which is told in real reverse-chronology. The protagonist, a butcher named Bedřich, starts by describing the circumstances of his birth, while his head rolls on the ground after being chopped by a guillotine. He then explains how he came to be accused of the murder of his wife and her lover. And from there, his life proceeds backward until his beginning/death. Long before 'Momento' and '5 X 2' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', it's the first film that used this unorthodox approach (I think). It's weird and brilliant and funny and highly enjoyable. (Screenshot Above).

🍿 Lemonade Joe was another wild & inventive parody, one of the top films in Czechoslovakia in the '60s. Ten years before 'Blazing Saddles' (but without the beans), it's an early European-style Spaghetti Western fun-ride, and it includes a musical, satire and ridiculous adventures. Richard Lester inspired, with tinted stock, silent film pratfalls, and un-serious production. The story is of a 'Clean-living' singing gunslinger who cleans up an Arizona town run by drunks, fights with his archenemy Hogofogo and wins the love of a Brigitte Bardot lookalike love-interest. All the cliches from American Western spoofs are mixed into silly craziness about the son of the owner of the Colaloca lemonade brand. It even uses an early catchphrase like Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger: When the bad guy dies by having a corkscrew stuck in his back, our hero, 'Lemonade Joe', comments: "You screwed up!"

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4 unexpected gems by Neo Sora:

🍿 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus is a closed studio concert that the iconic Japanese instrumentalist held just a few short months before his death. The austere black & white setting of the man and his piano in an empty hall are intimate and meditative. He played 20 numbers from his long career and ended it with the soft score to 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'. Another with 💯 score on Rotten Tomatoes. (The director, Neo Sora, is Sakamoto's son). The trailer.

🍿 The chicken (2020) is an understated poem about a young Japanese man visiting his cousin on a hot NYC day. The focus of the story moves from one object to another, all the while Danza Filipina plays in the background. There's a "one good-looking chicken" [as Charles Grodin said in 'Midnight Run'] playing her part. Wistful. Recommended! 8/10.

🍿 Sugar Glass bottle (2022) is wild and mature neo-noir about 2 friends who prank each other. Like 'The Chicken', it moves from one mood to another unexpectedly and with great finesse. Absolutely mesmerizing 20 minutes and highly-recommended. The best film of the week!

I want to see everything this man will ever do! 9/10!

🍿 Three Daughters (2016) is a short, powerful documentary about 3 Ethiopian single mothers, who are poor, stricken with HIV, and who still exude inner strength and positive vibes. Terrific film-making! 9/10.

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2 by Israeli Hagar Ben-Asher:

🍿 In her short student film Pathways (2007), she directed herself as an oversexed young woman, a promiscuous nymphomaniac, who isn't ashamed, or afraid, of her needs. She returns to the small village of her childhood, and is compulsively driven to have sex with any man who will have her. It's raw and provocative. But it includes one sexually-explicit encounter, and it ends with a brutal rape scene.

🍿"It's the last time I fix your bike"...

Four years later, she expanded that short film into a full feature, The slut. Same village, same character, same actress, same erotic dynamics (There's even a similar scene where she sits on the stairs after a bad experience, and stuffs her face with cream cakes, which she eats mechanically as compensation for some inner void!).

Here she's a reticent single mom to two small girls, and sleeps around with 3 different men, without any attachments. It seems that she in not in control of her desires, as she gives herself to anybody who wants her. When she falls in love with a forth man, a veterinarian, her boundaries get tested. It opens with a symbolic scene of a wild horse getting hit by a car, and ends with a shocking, truly unexpected twist. But on the whole, it was shallow, and un-revelatory. [*Female Director*]

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Baal is a didactic filmed stage production of Bertold Brecht's first play, with David Bowie starring as the amoral anti-hero poet-scoundrel. Made by the BBC in 1982, during Bowie's experimental avant-garde period, he plays the rebellious 'Artiste' as a dirty, nasty, anti-social, banjo-playing "genius", with an ugly mouth full of decaying teeth, and no redeeming qualities. It has a selfish Nietzsche against the bourgeoisie written all over it, it's theatrical, mean-spirited and affectatious.

I was actually planning on watching Pabst's 'Threepenny Opera' from 1931 as well, but that's about all the Brecht I could take in one week.

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The mortal storm (1940) is one of the few anti-Nazi Hollywood films released before America entered World War 2. It tells of a family of a Jewish professor after Hitler comes to power. But they are not called Jews, just "Non Aryans". A political thriller, that shows what happens when fascism arrives home. But it was cartoonish, syrupy and sentimental and glossed over any edgy discussion of Nazism. However, it had 💯 score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Talking about creeping authoritarianism, it was horrifying to hear a Gestapo man in the movie says "I hope that the revolution will be bloodless". And on the same day, Fascist-American Kevin Roberts used the exact same quote to describe his vision of Amerika.

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The 1956 version of Nineteen Eighty-Four, made only 6 years after Orwell's death, was "freely adapted" from the book, and partially-financed by the CIA. It was bad, and definitely worse than the later Richard Burton/John Hurt version from [1984...] Orwell's terrifying nightmare must have been too bleak and nuanced to adapt to the conformist 50's, so they had to simplify it into 'Communism Bad' language, and 'One guy against the system' trope. 2/10.

I wish someone would make it today, with today's political hindsight. (But not like Diana Ringo!).

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The Man from Earth is a different science-fiction 'mystery' that came recommended from a friend. A young professor invites a group of friends for a drink before abruptly leaving town. In the little get-together he tells them that he's actually immortal, and that he had already lived for 14,000 years. The whole movie takes place in the cabin where he had been for 10 years, and them discussing if and how is it possible. Supposedly it is philosophical and deeply-intellectual. I liked the fact that it was a low-low-budget indie production, that it was all 'dialogue in a room', and that it was written by the author on his deathbed. But all that didn't help the lame, imbecile amateurism of the story. This is why I avoid SF movies, and why I never saw any 'Star Trek' episodes: A guy says 'Something in the physical world is not what we thought it was', and everybody discuss it. I struggled through 45 minutes before having to click it off.

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The President’s Visit offers a fleeting glimpse of Lebanon. A meek young owner of a tiny soap shop, learns that the president of the republic intends to visit the sleepy, neglected coast town, and purchase some local soaps from him. For security reasons, he’s not to tell anyone about this secret visit.

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2 silent films by early pioneer female directors:

🍿 Lois Weber was a central figure in of the 1910's movie history, who, together with Griffith, was "American cinema's first genuine auteur", the first woman to direct a full-length feature, and the first American woman to own a film studio.

Suspense (1913) is the first of her movies I saw, a truly suspenseful story about a home invasion, and a race to save a woman from a knife-wielding tramp. Possibly the first in the horror/slasher genre, it also featured an early split-screen for effect, an exciting car chase, innovative overhead shots, a-la Hitchcock. 9/10. [*Female Director*]

🍿 The Ocean Waif (1916), a story of a beautiful young woman, abused by her step-father, and rescued by a famous novelist. Another by the 'Mother of Cinema', Alice Guy-Blaché. This is a good time again for a shout-out to her Jodi Foster documentary Be Natural. [*Female Director*]

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2 Eddie Murphy gigs for the first time:

🍿 After reading the new Eddie Murphy interview at the NYT, I realized that I never saw his 1987 stand-up Eddie Murphy: Raw. Even after 40 years, it's still the highest-grossing stand-up concert film, having made $50M. Good for him! It's raunchy, X-rated, politically-incorrect - and for the most part, fucking hilarious. It set the then-record for the highest "Fuck Count" at 223, surpassing 'Scarface' (207), but losing it 3 years later to 'Goodfellas' (300). 7/10.

🍿 The Nutty Professor on the other hand was not so fucking cute. This Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story proved that Hollywood comedies in the '90s were gross, loud, dumb and inherently unfunny. The message it pretended to send was anti-fat-shaming, but the whole story was that he's extremely obese, so obese that he can't get into chairs. Also, that everybody of his fat family farts a lot. (The farting scenes were at least a parody of 'Blazing Saddles', so yeah.)

But this one-trick pony of 'Fat Man Farting' won an Oscar, made $274M, and probably inspired Obama to adapt his slogan 'Yes, We Can!' - 2/10.

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"....Wouldn't have got the lettuce if I knew it wouldn't fit..."

Another original stand up performance Bo Burnham: Make Happy from 2016. I loved his 'Inside' Special, and his film 'Eighth Grade' very much. This one too is full of insightful and moving songs mixed with farts into the microphone and urging the audience to kill themselves. Genial, exuberant, funny, and highly creative, it's an easy 9/10.

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Re-watch of The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings by mostly-obscure indie director Damon Packard. A.I. short from 2023 - Spread the word! ♻️.

(I still can't understand why my r/truefilm post from last month was deleted with ´out explanation).

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I like cats and I like 'stones, so the adult animated show Stoner cats was exactly for me. 5 cats gets stoned when their old lady shares her medicinal delivery stuff with them.

The producers of this show were fined by the US-SEC because they sold unregistered NFTs as a means towards a pass to view the show. Cute.

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(My complete movie list is here).

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Are you a Cult member or the target or victim of one?

Not all cults have unorthodox religious, political, doomsday or sexual practices.

What is a cult?

A cult can also be any group of people who practice a common belief system. While most if not many cults pay homage to a single charismatic leader, many cults can practice somewhat of a hierarchy, not dissimilar to a military style chain of command.

Typically Cult Members are tasked with the recruiting of new members. This is almost universally true of all cults. Cult members may lie when unable to recruit a desired individual, making other members believe that they have succeeded in their task.

There may be an initiation period with specific tasks, not unlike those of the Greek System. Some cults will require an exchange of money, and the surrendering personal items.

Cult members are encouraged to dress in a similar manner, wear their hair in a certain way. Women may be told to dress plainly, in baggy clothing, cut their hair, wear littler no makeup. This is often true of religious cults, but could be true of any Cult. Conformity is essential.

Women are often assigned a "handler", a male figure who directs their behavior, accompanies them when they go out in public, monitors their contacts. He may be tasked with romancing her, as in a "Honey Pot" style scheme, gaining her trust in an effort to control her thoughts and behavior.

Youth is prized, especially in women and girls. Older people are not valued and seen as non-productive, and less important, at a lower level of status. Children and young adults are more easily manipulated, molded, and groomed.

Drugs and "forced drugging" are often a part of many cults, as are mind altering practices such as hypnosis, NLP, meditation and other less covert methods of control.

Basic needs are sometimes withheld as a punishment, including food, water, financial autonomy, contact with those outside the cult.

Cult members must refrain from contact with non-cult members including family and friends.

Cult members may meet and discuss strategies. Women and men often meet separately.

Cult members are "brainwashed" into thinking that they are smarter, better in every way, than non-cult members. All non-cult members are said to be stupid, mentally ill, useless.

There is almost always some sort of sexual agenda in every cult. Be it the buying and selling (trafficking) of women and girls, Older men having relations with underage girls, women forced to have sex against their will (various forms of sexual assault including rape).

There is always some sort of revenue stream, exchange of favors, barter, reward system for the desired behavior. Punishment is also administered for undesirable behavior.

Members have their safety threatened if they try to leave.

Woman are almost always targeted far more often than men.

Stay safe, know your rights. Speak up, seek legitimate help.

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Among the multitude of variations of these legendary weapons, two unconventional designs have captured the imagination of fans: the fallen order orange Lightsaber and the enigmatic Curved Lightsaber featured in Star Wars lore.

The Fallen Order Orange Lightsaber

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As Cal navigates his quest for redemption and seeks to restore the Jedi Order, his orange lightsaber serves as a symbol of his unwavering commitment to the light side of the Force. Through courage, resilience, and self-discovery, Cal embodies the Jedi principles of compassion, integrity, and peace, inspiring others to follow his example.

The star wars curved Lightsaber stands as a testament to the ingenuity and imagination of lightsaber artisans across the galaxy. With its unique curved hilt and distinctive blade design, this lightsaber captivates the eye and challenges traditional perceptions of Jedi weaponry.

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As we delve deeper into the lore and mythology of Star Wars, let us celebrate the uniqueness and creativity embodied by these remarkable weapons and the characters who wield them.