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king-gob · 4 years ago

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What’s a good comic that doesn’t involve superheroes?

oh buddy. pal. friendo. I’ll limit myself to books currently running to keep this only a single mile long. Note that depending on how loose your definition of “superhero” is will affect this. I’ve seen people call John McClane a superhero so yeah.

Something is Killing the Children

by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera (Boom! Studios)

Kids have been going missing in a sleepy woodland town. A strange woman named Erica arrives, determined to do something about it. She partners with a young boy who claims to have seen the thing stalking the town, and things quickly spiral further out of control. Well-written characters and fantastic art. Easily my favorite book running right now.

The Department of Truth

by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)

Cole Turner is an FBI agent who specializes in conspiracy theories and the deleterious effect it has on the minds of people obsessed with them. Unfortunately for him, he is about to discover that there is more going on under the surface than he realized and belief is far more powerful than he could ever imagine. Tynion is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers, and Simmonds’s art is even better here than it was in Dying Is Easy (which I also recommend). This series has one of the best first issues I’ve ever read, and I was hooked instantly. A definite recommend if you are as interested in conspiracy theories as I am.

Fire Power

by Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee (Image)

Owen Johnson is a regular dad in the suburbs. He has a great wife, two kids and a job working at his father-in-law’s antique shop. What sets him apart is that he had spent years of his early life in a Shaolin temple, mastering martial arts, including the legendary Fire Power, the ability to generate fire from his body. He has long since turned his back on his order and the responsibilities they demand, but his former life is not ready to let him go. Written by Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead and with art by the great Chris Samnee, Fire Power is a great martial arts comic, recommended for fans of Street Fighter or anyone who likes seeing monks and ninjas beat each other up. I definitely recommend starting from the “Volume 0″ prequel trade. It’s not ESSENTIAL but I believe the story flows much better with it that way.

Fear Case

by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (Dark Horse)

Two Secret Service agents are investigating the Fear Case, the Service’s oldest open case. All agents are put on the case, but are only given a single year to investigate, as the case has the tendency to ruin the lives of those who get too close. Winters and Mitchum are in the last three weeks before they have to turn the case over, but they are closer than anyone has gotten in the history of the Service to getting their hands on the legendary box. But the closer they get, the more bodies they seem to find, and the duo’s mental and emotional limits are stretched to their breaking point. Everything Matt Kindt writes is worth reading, and this series is no different. Recommended for fans of the X-Files and other supernatural mysteries.

I Breathed a Body

by Zac Thompson and Andy MacDonald (Aftershock)

Telling too much about this comic would honestly be spoiling it. In the not-too-distant future, the biggest social media influencer in the world posts something horrific and the macabre lengths his PR team go to to handle it. The art is extremely good at showing the body horror involved and while I do recommend the comic, be warned, it is *extremely* fucked up. Excellent horror comic.

Once and Future

by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora (Boom! Studios)

Terrorists resurrect King Arthur in a bid for power, but it turns out that the english legend is not what they thought or bargained for. Now, a retired monster hunter and her archeologist grandson must turn back the tide of returning myths before the world is irreversibly plunged into darkness. But their family history has plenty of shadows of their own. Really great book from two of my favorite creators, and really love the way they play with the metatextual nature of the myths and legends involved. Very fun.

Seven Secrets

by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo (Boom! Studios)

A clandestine order protects seven briefcases which hold seven secrets. However, a betrayal from within threatens to reveal those secrets, and Caspar, the son of two former protectors of the Seven Secrets, must discover the truth before all is lost. Tom Taylor is a fantastic writer that makes everything he writes infectiously fun, and with Di Nicuolo’s great eye for action scenes, this is an adventure book worth checking out.

Stillwater

by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K. Pérez (Image)

A promise of a substantial inheritance brings Daniel West and his friend to the quiet town of Stillwater. However, they quickly realize the town’s sinister secret: in Stillwater, nobody dies. And as the marketing for the book says, that’s not just a promise, it’s a threat. Good writing and an intriguing mystery. Highly recommended.

That Texas Blood

by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips (Image)

The murder of his brother brings an aspiring writer back to the Texas town of his youth, and puts him on a violent road to his own undoing. Fantastic writing. If you’re like me and love dark neo-western and crime stories, then I honestly can’t recommend this book enough. Look elsewhere if you want happy endings.

We Only Find Them When They’re Dead

by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo (Boom! Studios)

Captain Malik and his crew pilot an autopsy ship, so named because they harvest meat, metal and other materials from the fresh corpses of dead gods that appear on the edge of space. Malik wants to see a living god, and is willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. But the ghosts of his past haunt him, and until he confronts them, making history won’t be easy. Fantastic cosmic sci-fi story with gorgeous art by Di Meo. Recommended for people who love stories set in space, and also for people who love long panels.

American Ronin

by Peter Milligan and ACO (AWA Upshot)

In a future where supercorporations rule everyone’s lives (I know that may be hard to visualize but try to imagine it), war is fought not by nations, but by enhanced operatives carrying out all manner of assassinations and espionage. But when one unnamed operative breaks his programming and goes on the hunt, the entire sick system is about to be violently brought down. Really interesting protagonist who has a great ability. Hunt down his targets by ingesting their DNA to learn how they think, and then using that empathic ability to get inside their heads. The cat and mouse games are really fun, and I highly recommend for anyone who likes superspy stories or seeing complex plans pay off.

Casual Fling

by Jason Starr and Dalibor Talaji�� (AWA Upshot)

Jennifer Ryan is a successful lawyer with a loving family and a great career, but a bad decision (that is, cheating on her stay-at-home husband) made on a whim has disastrous consequences. Saying much more would be spoiling, but there is definitely something sinister going on beneath the surface. Made in the style of erotic thrillers like Fatal Attraction and Eyes Wide Shut, this book features very well-written, realistic characters and importantly (to me anyway) refuses to condemn the protagonist while not shying away from the destructive results of her mistakes. I picked this book up because I liked Jason Starr’s previous book, Red Border, and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Recommended.

Bitter Root

by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene (Image)

In 1920s Harlem, a long-standing family of monster hunters is splintering. Tragedy and conflicting worldviews are tearing them apart, and they’re going to need to stand together if they want to save New York City from the darkness that’s coming. Hate is a powerful thing, but also a cancer, and it’s about to metastasize. Really great worldbuilding and immediately likeable characters. Despite having a lot of themes about hate and prejudice (and utilizing them particularly well, in my opinion), the book is an exceptional action story. David F. Walker is a favorite writer of mine (See: Shaft, Nighthawk, Luke Cage) and Chuck Brown wrote the incredibly fun On the Stump (also highly recommended). The issues also feature essays from black scholars who expand on some of the historical events and themes that are present in the book, if you’re into that sort of thing (which I am). I’m not sure if those are in the trades, though.

Honorable Mentions/Books that I am too tired to give the full treatment to right now: Babyteeth (Aftershock) Chained to the Grave (IDW) Dead Dog’s Bite (Dark Horse) Decorum (Image) Deep Beyond (Image) Dryad (Oni Press) Family Tree (Image) The Goon (Albatross Funnybooks) Killadelphia (Image) Nocterra (Image) Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology (Dark Horse) Orcs (Boom! Studios) Orphan and the Five Beasts (Dark Horse) Outcast (Image) Proctor Valley Road (Boom! Studios) Redneck (Image) Sea of Sorrows (IDW) Second Coming (AHOY Comics) Silver Coin (Image) Tartarus (Image) Two Moons (Image) Undiscovered Country (Image) Undone by Blood (Aftershock) Vampire: The Masquerade (Vault Comics) Wynd (Boom! Studios) Year Zero (AWA Upshot) Honorable Mentions/Books that have ended but you should check out: A Walk Through Hell (Aftershock) American Born Chinese (First Second) American Vampire (DC Comics) Animosity (Aftershock) Archangel 8 (AWA Upshot) Bad Reception (Aftershock) Basketful of Heads (DC Comics) Black Science (Image) Blacksad (Dark Horse) Chew (Image) Dark Ark (Aftershock) Dark Red (Aftershock) Daytripper (DC Comics) Dead Day (Aftershock) Devil’s Highway (AWA Upshot) The Dollhouse Family (DC Comics) East of West (Image) Folklords (Boom! Studios) Gideon Falls (Image) God Country (Image) Grendel, KY (AWA Upshot) Hotell (AWA Upshot) Infidel (Image) Knights Temporal (Aftershock) Locke and Key (IDW) The Low, Low Woods (DC Comics) The Man Who Fucked Up Time (Aftershock) Midnight Nation (Image) Nailbiter (Image) Orc Stain (Image) Pestilence (Aftershock) Plunge (DC Comics) Preacher (DC Comics) Pride of Baghdad (DC Comics) Red Border (AWA Upshot) The Red Mother (Boom! Studios) The Replacer (Aftershock) Scalped (DC Comics) Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press) Strange Skies Over East Berlin (Boom! Studios) Tokyo Ghost (Image) Transmetropolitan (DC Comics) Unholy Grail (Aftershock) The Wicked + The Divine (Image) Y: The Last Man (DC Comics)

#please read this I worked a long time on it #and now I go to sleep #asks #baronegg #comics #m

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sometimesrosy · 5 years ago

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Hmm regarding the episode titles, a few ancient God like titles and royalty. Also isn't Anaconda meant to be the title of the back door pilot for the spin off I thought it would be later in the season considering they filmed it later but they must of filmed it whenever they got time, probably better it's mid season considering people are usually too distracted to pay too much attention to them if their near the finale like in arrow.

Anaconda is supposed to be the back door pilot. Hm. I thought it was going to be near the end, but it’s not. I wonder what that means. I still think it will have something to do with our plot/story, but let’s see.

Almost all the titles do seem to have something to do with religion/mythology and/or a larger meaningful theme. Well, he did say there IS a point to all this and we’ll find out this season. But I’m pretty sure he’s also threaded that meaning throughout the whole show and I don’t think we’ll be that surprised if we were paying attention to the text.

7.01 From the Ashes: This comes from our canon story. From the ashes we will rise. It is both the motto of the Second Dawn cult and part of the death rites for the grounders... indicating that the two are connected btw. It’s definitely a post apocalyptic theme, but in the case of Second Dawn, it would be preapocalyptic, indicating that they are a death cult, obsessed with the end of the world (possibly causing it) so that they may rise, in power. (possibly an indication that we’ll see sheidheda back [did he sneak into Russell’s minddrive and body snatch him? sounds likely] and maybe that he knows more about second dawn than expected. what is his connection to cadogan? what is cadogan’s connection to russell?)

7.02 The Garden: From the old testament and from our canon story. The Garden of Eden. 5.01 was Eden. Two serpents, one garden. Also referenced twice (?) when bringing up Adam and Eve.

7.03 False Gods: From the bible and from our canon story. Graffiti painted on Sanctum walls in regards to the Primes.

In Abrahamic doctrines, a false god is a deity or object of worship that is regarded as either illegitimate or non-functioning in its professed authority or capability, and this characterization is further used as a definition of "idol".[x]

7.04 Hesperides: Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas [x]

Not from canon so far. But it reminds me of Second Dawn, the sanctum obsession with eclipses, dawns, etc. Also the buttery light of Bellarke’s last meeting. But this is sunset not dawn. Hmm. I speculate this might be one of the planets. Relates to false gods, because that concept comes from monotheism in reaction to pagan pantheism, like worshipping greek gods and their daughters.

7.05 Welcome to Bardo: A new one to me. This is in fact religious. Not biblical, greek or western.

Used loosely, "bardo" is the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. [x]

This fits with the apocalypse and rebirth of humanity. A waiting place. This also fits with the primes when they are in between hosts. Perhaps Murphy’s “hell” experience. Likely a new planet.

7.06 Nakara: No idea. May be the name of a planet.

Nakara (drum), an Indian musical instrument Nakara (martial art), a traditional martial art in the culture of Kiribati Nakara, Northern Territory, a suburb of Darwin, Australia Nakara people, a group of Indigenous Australians Nakkara language [x]

Ah, wait. It’s an island nation in the pacific, one of the most isolated nations in the world. I suspect it’s also one of the colony planets.

7.07 The Queen’s Gambit: Ah. Not religious/mythic. One of the oldest opening chess moves. Canon theme. Chess. But who is the queen? Clarke who seems to represent the queen in this theme? Octavia our red queen? Someone else? All of them. It also seems to be a move that starts of with the pawns, in order ot open the board up so queen has freer movement, but i’m not a chess player, so if anyone has insight. Who are the pawns though? Wonkru, Sanctumites, COGs, Miller, Niylah, Jackson, Emori, Echo, Madi, Jordan even?

7.08 Anaconda: We’ve talked about this. A giant snake, mythic in nature in South America. We keep connecting it to the ouroboros, the snake swallowing its own tale, a symbol of infinity, sometimes in a circle, sometimes a figure eight. Also the two serpents of Octavia and Diyoza, which might be the light/dark element, in a circle, sorta like a yin yang. idk. This is the backdoor pilot episode supposedly. I tend to think it will be about the circularity of time, as we go back in time to see the original victims (perpetrators?) of the apocalypse.

7.09 The Flock: Whose flock? These are the followers in a religion, particularly judeo christian religions. The sanctumites? wonkru? COG? the people on the other planets? the second dawn cultists? ALL of them? idk.

#the 100 #the 100 s7 #titles #speculation #mythos #allusions

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chiseler · 4 years ago

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Edison and the Rise of the Snuff Film

“Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color. Fog is about the color of the insides of an old split wet summer cottage mattress; smog is the color and consistency of a wet potato chip soaked in a motorman’s glove.” – Chuck Jones

The Execution of Mary Stuart was made in August of 1895, produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark. It has a running time of 18 seconds and depicts the last moments of Mary, Queen of Scots. It is notable for several reasons: as the first costume drama period piece—still a wildly popular genre in the Republic, as proven by The Tudors or Game of Thrones; and as the world’s first horror film (Méliès’ Le Manoir du Diable, which usually takes this accolade, was made the next year). It is also thematically linked to the most famous American flick, our Revelation of St. John or Epic of Gilgamesh: Zapruder’s footage of the Kennedy assassination. This 60-second saga, shot by a Ukrainian-born clothing manufacturer, is so famous that it is probably impossible by now to watch it like one watches other films. The massive literary exegesis/sequel, The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, some 26 volumes in length, shows clearly the aura of holiness around a reel that can hardly be called just a ‘movie’.

Despite its relative obscurity, Edison’s Mary is a more influential production than is usually given credit. Its lingering effects include the modish cult of ‘snuff’ films, short clips showing actual murder with a violent sexual patina, as well as the execution propaganda of insurgent studio systems—most notably those of the Levantine organization, ISIS.

The similarities are instructive, formally and practically. The ISIS films also use editing at the denouement, but unlike Edison’s, they do not actually show the moment itself. The focus is instead on the horrible aftermath (at least visually), in order to work on the schooled imagination of the viewer. In the most crucial difference, the ‘star’ is actually murdered. Perhaps their most ambitious production, Though the Unbelievers Despise It, took four hours to make and features at least four cuts, not to mention the lives of some 20 Syrian soldiers. But we will here concentrate on the films that show a single slaying, such as Another Message to America and Its Allies, as the true exemplars of their cinema. Its larger-scale spectacles can never hope to compete with even the most pedestrian shots of the aerial bombardment of a city. But when they work pared down to the essentials, ISIS’ productions are a match for anyone’s.

Here, the sophistication of cinema ISIS relies on color and several well-placed edits, while the static position of the camera remains a self-conscious homage to early documentary. ‘Realism’ is a deliberate pose, as the framing of the films make clear—the executioner may be the real executioner, or just one of ISIS’ soldiers, as the killing is not shown on camera; the empty desert behind the statue-like figures is a stark abstract strip. The films were made in studios with high production values and sophisticated technology, a fact that has led some people to see them as off-Hollywood psyops projects produced with Saudi or American assistance (or at least with the sponsorship of Adidas, as footage of their columns’ early marches into Syria plainly shows). Whatever the case, simple elements are used to maximal effect. The use of free distribution platforms, a sadistic insight into audience fetishism, and the need to produce images for a legitimacy far beyond mere international recognition make ISIS anything but ‘medieval’ fundamentalists. As the movement declared its state, it also declared a foundational myth and for this myth, it knew it must create a cinema.

In Edison’s film, Mary is played by Robert L Thomae, which seems to have been his only role (he is mentioned in several sources as an employee of the Edison Company and may have been a choice of the moment, as with ISIS’ executioner-actor). The action is as follows: Mary steps up to the headsman block. The executioner lifts his axe, dispatches the last Stuart and then holds her severed head up for the audience—that is, for the courtiers and for the film viewer, a dual audience. A crude edit allows for the substitution of a mannequin, making the film also an early example of Grand Guignol special effects.

Historical killings on film were first done as mock-ups. There is film of Archduke Ferdinand reviewing his troops, but no one shot the assassination. Zapruder’s film can be seen an American remake: it shows the doomed President reviewing not his soldiers but the people outside Camelot; his motorcade passes and the good king dies with assassin off-camera (depending on who you ask). There is also footage of Czar Nicholas and other heads of state, but by the time of the First World War newsreels were utterly ubiquitous: anyone could appear on film. The early immortality of the nobles had quickly vanished forever. They were condemned to look like actors or be subsumed into family vacation footage. Zapruder’s accidental film returned some of the glow of eternity to history caught on celluloid, yet constant repetition since then has taken it apart frame by frame and it has disappeared into memorabilia.

Conversely, ISIS’ productions are avant garde agit prop: glowing images brilliantly worked in an uncanny mise-en-scène, a martial, immediate nostalgia for Year One. The use of green screen shows that the production team is more interested in color than with naturalism and is willing to spend money and time for scenes that could have easily been shot verité (Influence of Hollywood on ‘Caliph’ al Baghdadi’s cinema, rather than the 9th Century Baghdad school of optics—which shows again that he is no traditionalist). Offscreen fans blow the hair and flags of the participants; the executioner appears on a miraculous nuclear plane, half future earth and half divine ordination. Obscenely, the Day of Judgment in one man’s death is reduced to a symbol, then reduced again to a threat for tourists. As the brutal killings occur off-screen, the rather clumsily-simulated aftermath is obviously an aesthetic decision. Deciding what is shown and what is not marks every single filmmaker, from a kid with his cellphone to the Bollywood mogul.

ISIS may be most remembered for its cinema—if you discount its innumerable victims in Syria and Iraq, as the Western media always does. Its shrinking land holdings should properly be considered a last pitch to a captive audience or a vast studio lot now under hostile competitor control. Their films are exercises in total Technicolor modernism, with aspects both archaic and experimental, as befits their robust and seductive ideology. There is a Pirandellism even in their military operations—though they are hardly the first. The attack on Palmyra was Epic Vs. Epic, staged in front of the ruins as if these ruins were Caberia or Intolerance. Caberia was partly written and promoted by D’Annunzio; Intolerance was De Mille’s agonized revision of Birth of a Nation, the latter an opportunist attempt at making money from the perverse visions of lynch mobs.

But the greatest invention of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed (studio) head of ISIS, comparable to Howard Hughes but somewhat distinct from ISIS as a collective auteur project, was himself. More lost than the fabled reels of Ambersons and Greed, the final cut may rest deep in impregnable Langley or in the sub-basement of an Ankara post-production house, never to see the light of day. All we have are these eerie franchises played out with grave seriousness in places where empires compete, scored with real screams. Fake desert, fake Caliph, fake enemies.

The contradiction of supposed ‘snuff’ films is that they have always existed, but as war footage or disaster reels, easily available for free on prime-time television or called up via a million online videos. The selling point is the illegality and home-made aesthetics of ‘outlaw’ works, made for an exclusive conspiratorial club—of which the films of ISIS are really no different than a Netflix True Crime series. They combine the savviness of Silicon Valley with Old World American shell game, brute force and reaction, the poetry of murder and the thrill of feeling like you are the only one watching. For that reason, we can trace a line from Edison straight to the throat-cutters, passing through the gardens of those quiet suburbs our haunted secret agents swear to protect. The real art of the ISIS Corp lies in its Fordian project for a total community, a reworking of the past that is cinematic and available to everyone. It was the United States that understood the epos of the past needed to be self-reflecting if they were to be at all. Pharaoh must be an actor playing Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins, say), just as ISIS’ Caliph—far more film Pharaoh than historical Caliph, neither righteous nor even louche—must be an actor who employs another actor, just as al Baghdadi apparently did for his voice-overs and his doubles (one of them wearing a Rolex). To accuse ISIL, ISIS, Dae’sh of fanaticism obscures the professional, provocative point of their filmmaking. Like CIA, they adhere to a solid critique of realism, similar to Langley’s promotion of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s against the USSR’s Stalinist line on socialist realism.

The representation of death obsessed Edison as much as it did ISIS. His company competed with Westinghouse in what was called ‘the war of the currents’, with Edison promoting a direct and Westinghouse an alternative current to power the electric chair. His West Orange laboratory was used to test his design on animals, most famously on Topsy the Elephant in 1903—which Edison naturally filmed. The two firms finally reached a temporary compromise, and William Kimmler was successfully electrocuted on August 6, 1890. But the killing was botched and agonizing to behold—also the case for ISIS over a century later, who could not allow itself to be seen as incompetent on film. Swiftness says efficiency, and the way around the problem was death offscreen, a sword stroke made all the more poignant by being put into relief. As for Edison and electrocution, Judge Dwight’s ruling had stated that “although the mode of death described is conceded to be unusual, there is no common knowledge or consent that it is cruel; it is a question of fact whether an electric current of sufficient intensity and skillfully applied will produce death without unnecessary suffering.”

Edison made The Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison in 1901, six years after his Mary Queen of Scots film. Leon Czolgosz had assassinated President McKinley that same year and was indeed executed, but Edison’s film was a fake, made to sell his new improved electric chair after the Kimmler debacle a decade earler. A far more ambitious work than any of his previous, perhaps because product placement was involved and contracts were to be won, it begins with a long panoramic shot of dead trees and marshland, ending on the walls of the prison and a cut to the interior. There are four cuts in the film and the execution of the anarchist Czolgosz is more convincingly rendered than the earlier death of the Scots Queen. The establishing shot of the lonely area prefigures those of ISIS in their fastness, and the film is so roughly pixelated in contemporary digital reproduction that this landscape looks like a model in an atom age monster movie.

That the eyes see for a few seconds after decapitation is a perpetual folktale. Also that beheading, like drowning and the chair, is quick and comparatively painless.

by Martin Billheimer

[1] I admit here to not actually having seen any of the ISIS oeuvre. There is no point—they have been seen by millions and watching them would be like falling into the Zapruder spiral. Looking for clues and secrets is an arrogant pastime which reduces everyone to the misery of an 'expert'. It has been noted that ISIS' films do include audio of the off-camera killings, which are real if not in time, just as the ‘confessions’ of the doomed men, recited over the earlier part of the films, are also ‘real’. This adds to the dislocation of watching a ‘mock’ execution which ends in a real one, with 'real' sound over posed images. The whole cruel and disorienting puzzle makes, I imagine, a viewing experience that is both indelible and banal.

[1] Though none of these torture and sex films were actually discovered at the time of the craze (1970s), they did surface later, made by killers who were inspired by the very public investigations launched to uncover them. The original legal targets were standard fare—a series of Japanese shockers with the moniker Guinea Pig (the filmmakers had to show the old rushes in court to prove that their actresses were very much alive, giggling and covered in red syrup); or utter trash, like 1975’s Snuff, which was picketed after the film’s producers spread a rumor that its totally unconvincing killings were real ‘South American’ murder footage.

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aktinopterygia · 5 years ago

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Quarantine Survey

Tagged by @amadryades

~Where are you isolated?

Western suburbs of Athens, regional unit of Piraeus.

~What are you currently reading or watching?

Reading "A Wizard of Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin (and some Basque tales in Spanish on the side). Watching films, and also Sailor Moon.

~If you can go outside, what do you like to do during this time?

All i can do now is walk a few blocks or go to the supermarket. I prefer going to the top of my building to excercise, I don’t like the area here.

~Any fascinating concept you’re studying?

Daoism? And how its concepts relate to chinese martial arts, especially internal ones. I also wrote an essay about Korean diaspora in the former Soviet Union (for my russian lessons).

~What kinds of acts of creativity/forms of art are you currently doing?

Playing some music/ picked up embroidery again/ doing some video editing for fun/ did one (1) digital drawing for my girlfriend on “Microsoft Paint” and it looked like a meme...

~A song/s that resonates with your state of mind at the moment?

At the moment? Here goes:

Get out of my house - Kate Bush The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES Miracle - CHVRCHES Lungs - CHVRCHES

~Favourite impulsive/’bad’ coping techniques?

The obvious: zoning out/sitting at the computer all day

tagging @evmorfias @theidesofmaarch @efhmeros @russrusalka @homo-propagandist if they'd like to play

#tag

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jamesparkar-blog · 8 years ago

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Liberte Karate is a leading karate school, offering taekwondo, martial art, self defense classes to child inSouthern Cross Grammar, Deer Park, Burnside, Taylors Hill, Derrimut, Sydneham, Caroline Springs, Hillside and Western Suburbs Melbourne.

#Western Suburbs Martial Arts

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libertekarate-blog · 8 years ago

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Western Suburbs Martial Arts and Its Health Benefits

Martial arts are combat practices, for the reason of self-defense, military, law enforcement, and various mental and spiritual developments. Techniques like punching, kicking, throwing, joint locking, pinning techniques etc are used in this form of fighting. Martial arts although is now related to the fighting arts of eastern Asia, but originally belonged to Europe. It is practiced by a lot of people and for multiple reasons, mostly for hobby. Jackie Chan, a Hollywood actor, is famously known for martial arts and has performed it in many action movies.

Forms of martial arts and their techniques:

Martial arts have multiple forms like karate, taekwondo etc. Each has varying techniques and features, which differentiate between them. Karate is a form of martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom, predominantly uses hands for the fighting. Karate uses striking techniques like punching, kinking, knee strikes, elbow strikes etc. It is majorly taught in Japan, but is now practiced globally and certified Karatekas everywhere teach this form of martial art. It requires a lot of self-discipline, training, and creativity to master Karate. Karate is taught as art, self defense or for sport purposes, but mostly for self development. Mastering the postures, forms, techniques and mental stability is very important to learn karate.

Taekwondo is a Korean form of Western Suburbs Martial Arts and concentrates on utilization of legs more. Techniques using head-height kicking, jumping, spinning kicking, fast kicking etc are used, in taekwondo. It is a recent form of martial art and uses elements of karate and Chinese martial arts along with other Korean martial arts. Concentration, a sense of equilibrium, breathing control, agility etc are very important while learning and mastering taekwondo.

Importance and benefits of martial arts:

The importance and benefits of martial arts are plenty, and are beneficial for kids and adults alike:

• Martial arts are a great way of keeping your kids and family fit and healthy. A lot of cardio and warm up including exercises like jumping jacks, pushups, stretches are used which helps your kid or an adult fit, toned and flexible. This sets a pattern and keeps the child fitness oriented in the future as well.

• Kids might have to face molesters, bullies and evil people and need to learn self defense. Martial arts is a great way of self defense as by alternating its touch like full power, semi touch, and light touch can be used. Full power might help decapitate the offender and save the kid.

• Karate or taekwondo helps the kid be disciplined, more focused, and task oriented.

• It teaches respect for elders and peers and treats everyone as equal. You have bow in front of each other before and after the practice and respect the other well.

• It builds the child’s confidence and helps building the kids nature.

Where to find great martial arts teaching centers?

You can easily find martial arts teaching centers around your area by searching online or by talking to friends and family. It is recommended research well about the centers, instructors, timings, and their programs. If you are living in Melbourne, Western Suburbs Martial Arts center options are great and have very experienced and skilled karatekas.

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pinnaclemartialartssydney · 9 months ago

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Book Your Free Class With Pinnacle Martial Arts using the form below! Marrickville Address 23 Yabsley Avenue, Marrickville NSW, 2204 Chester Hill Address 12 Banool St, Chester Hill NSW 2162 Our members travel to Pinnacle Martial Arts Academy from Marrickville, Tempe, Dulwich Hill, St Peters, Chester Hill, Bass Hill, Regents Park and South Granville to experience the finest in Martial Arts training for kids, teens and adults. Pinnacle Martial Arts Marrickville Address 23 Yabsley Avenue, Marrickville NSW, 2204 Pinnacle Martial Arts Chester Hill Address 12 Banool St, Chester Hill NSW 2162Phone 0410 686 585 Pinnacle Taekwondo Martial Arts in Penrith is located at the Penrith Baptist Church, Morello Terrace Caddens in Penrith Area Western Sydney. Pinnacle Karate Martial Arts in Earlwood Canterbury Bankstown area in Sydney delivers many Martial Arts Fitness, Taekwondo, and Martial Arts Self Defence programs Sydney wide. E-mail [email protected] Pinnacle Martial Arts Taekwondo Academy in Sydney is the ideal place to learn and progress to your own Pinnacle. The Black Belt Master Instructors and Elite Coaches at Pinnacle Martial Arts Sydney are here to Teach, Motivate and Inspire. Due to the popular and unique Pinnacle Martial Arts in Sydney Style that is a combination of The Dynamic Martial Art of Taekwondo, proven Korean Karate, Progressive Kung Fu influenced Martial Arts, Japanese Karate, Olympic Taekwondo, Boxing and Fitness our members travel to Pinnacle Martial Arts Academy in Chester Hill Southwest Sydney from these nearby suburbs: Chester Hill, Guildford, Bass Hill, Sefton, Birrong, Yagoona, Bankstown, Georges Hall, Villawood, Lansdowne, Old Guildford, Guildford East, Guildford West, South Granville, Granville, Merrylands, Lidcombe, Auburn, Clyde, Fairfield East, Fairfield, Holroyd, Harris Park, Berala, Potts Hill, Condell Park, Chullora, Greenacre, Pinnacle Taekwondo Martial Arts Marrickville Inner West Sydney is with in 2-5 Km from the following nearby suburbs: Earlwood, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, Lewisham, Petersham, Stanmore, Enmore, Newtown, Erskineville, St Peters, Tempe, Sydenham, Wolli Creek, Turrella, Arncliffe, Rockdale, Mascot, Alexandria, Clemton Park, Clemton Valley, Bexley, Bexley North, Campsie, Kingsgrove North, Kingsgrove, Ashfield, Ashbury, Croydon Park, Summer Hill, Leichhardt, Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Camperdown to experience the finest in Martial Arts Fitness & Martial Arts Self Defence training for kids, teens, Adults males and females of all levels. Read the full article

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pinnaclemartialartsinsydney · 3 years ago

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SELF DEFENCE NEAR ME | Pinnacle Martial Arts in Marrickville Inner West and Chester Hill, Bankstown Area in South West Sydney

POPULAR MARTIAL ARTS FOR SELF DEFENCE One of the main goals of Pinnacle Taekwondo martial arts Marrickville Inner West Sydney is helping the students to be able to defend themselves. In General, Martial arts practice helps the students assess their surroundings for any immediate threats and develop plans for escape. Each martial arts style is unique and comes with its own characteristic features. Here are some of the martial arts styles that help you to defend yourselves better: - Taekwondo - Well, there is hardly anything about martial arts that we can pass on without referring to Taekwondo. Originated from Korea, this martial arts style uses kicks and punches to defend yourself. The kicks used in this technique are too powerful, which makes it one of the most effective self-defence styles. This technique also teaches you to move fast so that you could get rid of the danger even before the attacker would be able to act. Due to this, taekwondo remains the one of the most popular martial arts styles of all times. - Karate - Is another martial arts style that is worth mentioning. This strong martial arts style originated in Japan and is one of the most recognised martial arts styles. Karate focuses on lateral fighting, where the trick is to side-step, evade, and then strike the enemy when he is open. This style combines both defence and offence. With this technique, you can avoid being hurt, and as you evade, you can find a new opening to take the enemy down. Karate negates the adversary’s ability to attack. It is a more technical and calculated martial arts style, and instead of balancing between defence and offence, it combines the two to form a smooth tactic. - Boxing - No fancy names, no fancy moves, but the western boxing is all that is needed to defend yourself when the time comes. The best thing about boxing is that there are no complicated tactics. We associate boxing mostly with punching, but it is not only about that. It is also about weaving, blocking and so on. What it provides its practitioners with is defensive and offensive skills. Pinnacle Martial Arts Academy provides the best martial arts training for all ages and levels. Being a Martial Arts Self Defence Academy for adults and kids martial arts in Marrickville, we provide age-specific training to kids, teens and adults so that they can develop their skills accordingly. Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence delivers its services at your own location; Pinnacle Martial Arts Academy in Sydney specialises in providing specific martial arts, Taekwondo, self defence and fitness training for preschools, childcare centres, primary schools, high schools, corporate, personal training & diverse groups Sydney wide, especially in Marrickville Inner West Sydney & Chester Hill Bankstown Area, South West Sydney. What is Pinnacle Self Defence? Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence is a popular dynamic mix of Taekwondo, Effective Self Defence, Kung Fu, Karate, Fitness, fun basic Boxing methods, and basic Kickboxing methods that is modified and enhanced to suit kids, teens & adults of all ages & levels. Why Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence? Pinnacle Martial Arts Grandmasters, International Master Instructors, Elite Coaches & Trainers have achieved great results and medals at local, State, National, International, and Continental Competitions worldwide. Pinnacle Martial Arts Athletes have represented Australia in Junior and Senior divisions. The Pinnacle team is fully qualified and certified Nationally and Internationally by Kukkiwon The World Taekwondo Headquarters, The World Taekwondo Federation, The Australian Sports Commission (National Coaching Accreditation Scheme), and The NSW Government Working with Children Check (WCC). Pinnacle Martial Arts team are all Black-belt Master Instructors, Elite Coaches, and Trainers also service the surrounding suburbs in the South West of Sydney. Benefits of training with Pinnacle Kids & Teens Martial Arts Self Defence in Sydney: The Kids Martial Arts programs focus on building the child’s confidence, discipline, Respect, self-esteem, self-control, balance, power, strength, speed, agility, motor skills, determination, problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills & Health. Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence also focus on concentration through specific Kids Martial Arts & Teens Martial Arts and Self Defence in a structured, fun, motivating, safe, and family-friendly environment. Is Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence Near Me? You can visit our popular Pinnacle Martial Arts branch in Marrickville Inner West Sydney at: 23 Yabsley Ave, Marrickville NSW 2204 You can visit our popular Pinnacle Martial Arts branch in Chester Hill, Bankstown Area South West Sydney at: 12 Banool St, Chester Hill NSW 2162 Enrol with Pinnacle Martial Arts Academy Contact us on 0410 686 585 Website: pinnaclemartialarts.com.au Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/sydneypinnaclema Instagram: www.instagram.com/pinnaclemartialartssydney Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence Academy Marrickville, is conveniently located within 2-5 km from these nearby suburbs. Pinnacle Martial Arts in Marrickville is near Earlwood, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, Lewisham, Petersham, Stanmore, Enmore, Newtown, Erskineville, St Peters, Tempe, Sydenham, Wolli Creek, Turrella, Arncliffe, Rockdale, Mascot, Alexandria, Clemton Park, Clemton Valley, Bexley, Bexley North, Campsie, Kingsgrove North, Kingsgrove, Ashfield, Ashbury, Croydon Park, Summer Hill, Leichhardt, Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Camperdown. Pinnacle Martial Arts Self Defence Academy in Chester Hill, is conveniently located within 2-5 km from these nearby suburbs. Pinnacle Martial Arts in Chester Hill is near Guildford, Bass Hill, Sefton, Birrong, Yagoona, Bankstown, Georges Hall, Villawood, Lansdowne, Old Guildford, Guildford East, Guildford West, South Granville, Granville, Merrylands, Lidcombe, Auburn, Clyde, Fairfield East, Fairfield, Holroyd, Harris Park, Berala, Potts Hill, Condell Park, Chullora, Greenacre, Read the full article

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rwby-fan-theories · 7 years ago

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jaunes future growth in fightingability the skills he obtains

jaune increasing combat ability the best things he should learn if would be things that came from france for he is themed after joan of arc who was french and the two styles his fighting style and techniques will be themed after are parkour and savate(for hand to hand combatif he doesnt have weapons ) were born from france jaunes dancing skills could help him in a fight ozpin outright said that dancing and fighting arent that different so jaunes dancing skills can help him in a fight. Being a good dancer requires a degree of agility, flexibility, coordination, and good reflexes all things that can go a long way in a fight as well and savate is a fighting style thats graceful and can be similar to dancing but first parkour

Parkour (French pronunciation: [paʁkuʁ]) is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal movement, and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation. Parkour’s development from military training gives it some aspects of a non-combative martial art. Parkour involves seeing one’s environment in a new way, and imagining the potentialities for navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its features. Parkour was developed in France, primarily by Raymond Belle

Parkour (and its similar offshoot free-running) is a physical discipline originating in France, more specifically, a suburb of Paris called Évry (although it’s worth noting that the inventor’s father/teacher was born in French-controlled Vietnam). It can be summed up as either acrobatics meets assault courses or skateboarding without a board.

Parkour is based on general principles of survival: Should one ever need to get from Point A to Point B as fast as possible, the shortest distance is always a straight line. The goal, therefore, is to get past, over, under, or through various obstacles without wasting any time. And it just happened that Évry’s central agora is an incredible mishmash of stairs, decks, catwalks and roofs at different heights — and thus, the best way to go in a straight line from A to B in Évry was jumping and running through obstacles. (As of today, the nearby suburbs of Courcouronnes and Lisses have “parkour parks”, like skate parks made for practicing parkour).

Parkour practitioners run their environment like an obstacle course: vaulting obstructions, leaping gaps, running up walls, Wall Jumps, and otherwise taking wild shortcuts. Although commonly associated with cities, Parkour can be used to navigate any type of environment. They learn to unconsciously scan their surroundings for routes and movements (this mindset would be helpful to jaune as aleader since it would allow him to keep watch over his enemys movements and look for routes to escapeetc ) parkour can help him in combat because when someone is highly skilled in parkour he can jump around and perform gymnastics-heavy moves in order to dodge bullets or other physical attacks. They can do back handsprings, push off of walls, do twists in mid-air and find safety without getting a single scratch. This does not make them invincible, just very hard to hit. ( I saw this multiple times in other media) and will help him in dodging his opponents and evasion

In fights, this can be used to get jaune from a position where they are at a disadvantage (usually out in the open) to a place of safety (behind a wall) or closer to their opponent for an attack.

2. Savate is a martial arts that was developed by french sailors (its the official martial art of france. Savate (French pronunciation: [saˈvat]), also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. savate despite its grace and beauty is effective method of self defense someone who is skilled with savate can look like they are dancing when they are fighting. It has been described as fencing with the hands and feet. (funny note weiss uses fencing)

Kicking, punching, grappling, wrestling and weapons training were once parts of savat. Today, the system includes only empty-hand techniques delivered while standing or jumping. The other skills are taught separately under different names.

so all of this is fitting for jaune and goes along with the idea of jaune combining dancing skills with his fighting and gives him training in hand to hand combat

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Western Suburbs Martial Arts and Its Health Benefits

Forms of martial arts and their techniques:

Importance and benefits of martial arts:

The importance and benefits of martial arts are plenty, and are beneficial for kids and adults alike:

• Karate or taekwondo helps the kid be disciplined, more focused, and task oriented.

• It teaches respect for elders and peers and treats everyone as equal. You have bow in front of each other before and after the practice and respect the other well.

• It builds the child’s confidence and helps building the kids nature.

Where to find great martial arts teaching centers?

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