#William McDowell

[brucedinsman]

Today's Theme Song: I Won't Go Back

https://youtu.be/Lxkx2KkCI30 Artist: William McDowell album: “Arise” (2011) “I Won’t Go Back” [Intro][Choir]I’ve been changedHealedFreedDelivered I’ve found joyPeaceGraceAnd favor [Verse 1][William McDowell] I’ve been changed [Choir] I’ve been changed[William McDowell] In the presence of the lord, I have been:Healed[William McDowell] Freed; [Choir] freed[William…

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Of all the actors on 1923, Robert Patrick looks the most like he belongs in 1923. In a good way. Like, he just takes to 100 years ago like a duck to water.

[nerds-yearbook]

On November 18, 1994, Star Trek the Next Generation transitioned to the big screen. William Shatner (Captain James T Kirk), James Doohan (Scotty), and Walter Koenig (Chekov) from the original franchise appeared in the film to pass the torch. Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Deforest Kelley (Bones), and George Takei (Sulu) were originally slated to return with Kirk instead but declined. The movie introduced Alan Ruck as Star Fleet Captain Harriman, and a new villian named Soran played by Malcom McDowell. Returning from the TV series were Patrick Stewart (Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Brent Spiner (Data), LeVar Burton (Geordi), Michael Dorn (Warf), Gates McFadden (Beverly), Marina Sirtis (troi), Majel Barrett (computer), Whoopie Goldberg (Guinan), Barbara March (Lursa), and Gwynyth Walsh (B'Etor). The film saw the death of Captain Kirk, which had to be reshot due to dislike at screenings of the original death. It also featured the destruction of Enterprise.

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[THROWBACK] Bristol-2 2023 Schemes 🏁

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[duranduratulsa]

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[theinfinitedivides]

'can’t we just go back to the way it was before we met that woman?' Ryang Eum angst alert i repeat Ryang Eum part two My Dearest angst alert

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The Way Home 2.08 - Loose Yourself

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Last night, after watching a movie I had recorded, the television defaulted to TCM, which was playing 20th Century Fox's How Green Was My Valley (1941, John Ford). It was already well into the second half of the film, and I let it play on for 10-15 minutes. During that time, the film brought me to tears four separate times. I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous this was, nothing destroys me like this film.

Normally, I'm not a crier. The exception to that is when I'm watching a movie directed by John Ford, but even by John Ford's standards, this was a lot. When I realized that the film was gearing up for its climax, I made myself get up and turn it off.

It's an adaptation how Richard Llewellyn's novel of the same name, about a Welsh coal-mining community seen through the eyes of the youngest child of the family as he grows up. However, it was adapted into film by John Ford, so the film is altogether an Irish affair. The film has one Welsh actor, Rhys Williams, who plays Dai Bando, a local boxer.

Like the novel, the film is centered around Huw (Roddy McDowell,) the youngest of the Morgans, and the home of his coal-mining family. Seen through the eyes of Huw, the movie depicts a town where nothing ever seems to change, and yet everything is irrevocably lost. It is simultaneously one of the most comforting and devastating films ever made.

Typical of a Ford film, every moment, every gesture, and each beat of stillness are full of meaning. Huw's brothers tower over him, we see the characters from their backs, and their shadows haunt the walls. Each life-changing event in Huw's life is catastrophic in its own way, and yet every time, the following day we see the village restored to normality, as if nothing occurred. People fall away, life changes, and though his entire life is contained in this community, he begins to find himself alone.

Also typical of a Ford film, the film is an exploration of what it means to be a community. In fact, it's a rather damning examination of what it means for a community to remain unchanged, in spite of the world around it, and the lives of those in it. The collateral damage from this stasis manifests itself in the lives of its inhabitants. For the community and the mining corporation to remain the unchanged, its people are made disposable.

Somewhat sadly, the films is mostly remembered today as an answer to a trivia question. How Green Was My Valley won 5 academy awards, with Outstanding Motion Picture (awarded to the producer, Darryl F. Zanuck) and Best Director (awarded to John Ford) among them. Given that these wins came over Citizen Kane, these wins are now perceived somewhat infamously as short-sighted folly. This should not be so. However, How Green Was My Valley remains in high critical esteem, and is well-loved by those who've seen it.

Personally, How Green Was My Valley is my second favourite film of all-time, I believe it to be the finest film John Ford ever made, and John Ford is, in my estimation, the single greatest director to have ever worked in film. If a better film has ever come out of Hollywood, then I haven't seen it.

P.S. I also cried once while looking up these photos, and then once more while reading some of the closing narration of the film. This film is to me as 'Li'l Brudder" is to Homestar Runner. All this, and I didn't say a single word about it's two highest-billed stars, Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon.

[thejaymo]

TABlog 1 | Weeknotes

How many tabs do you have open right now? What are they? And why do you have them open?

Don’t have much to write about this week so I’ve decided to start a new semi regular thing: TABlog How many tabs do you have open right now?

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[brucedinsman]

Today's Theme Song: You Are God Alone

https://youtu.be/PHgTlbXuAgI Artist: William McDowell album: “Arise” (2011)   “You Are God Alone” [Verse 1:]You’re not a God created by human handsYou’re not a God dependent on any mortal manYou’re not a God in need ofAnything we can giveBy Your plan, that’s just the way it is[2x] [Chorus:]You are God alone, from before time beganYou were on Your throne, You are God alone.And right now, in…

[screamscenepodcast]

It's a Tim Burton Christmas with 1993's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, directed by Henry Selick!

Your hosts cover the life and times of Danny Elfman, the making of NIGHTMARE and even dig into what death of the author actually means.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 50:01; Discussion 56:32

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

For multiple reasons, The Nightmare Before Christmas has become a holiday staple: the bold visuals, memorable soundtrack & songs, art direction, inventive plot… there’s no wrong reason to call it a favourite. You’ll be tempted to pop it into your player on Halloween. You'll be tempted to watch it again on Christmas. I say, why not both?

Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon) is the king of Halloween Town but he's grown bored with his crown. When Jack discovers Christmas, he and his demented cohorts decide to bring their own version of the holiday to the world.

Brought to life through state-of-the art stop-motion animation, you only need to see one frame of this film for it to be stamped in your mind forever. The shadows of Halloween Town evoke the horror films of the German impressions era and the stop-motion makes you think of Rankin and Bass’ Christmas stories but nothing we’ve seen before or since looks quite like this. The jagged edges of the architecture, the crooked postures of the witches, the vampires’ bulbous eyes, the ghosts, the pumpkins... every citizen of Halloween Town has emerged from the mind of someone who was thinking completely out of the box. Every year, I hear renewed rumours of Disney wanting to make a live-action adaptation - quite ironic considering the studio didn’t think the film would fit their brand in 1993 (early prints/releases were done through Touchstone Pictures). Whoever thinks a remake is a good idea should get their head examined. It doesn’t matter how many snapshots of fans in Skellington makeup we see, no one could move the way the Pumpkin King does - even with the aid of motion-capture effects. No one could sing the songs the way Danny Elfman does. No one could match Ken Page as Oogie Boogie. Every attempt to replicate Dr. Finkelstein's laboratory, the curved peaks of Halloweentown or the cheerful elves of Christmas Town would be just that: a replication. This is a movie that proves certain things are only achievable through animation.

The incredible soundtrack by Elfman (yes, he does double-duty) guarantees you’ll want to watch the film over and over. From the first number, you’re hooked. Whenever a song ends, you kind of wish it would go on longer. It feels as though you’ve just finally memorized all the words in the refrain and were getting ready to chime in. No worries. At a brief 76 minutes, you can squeeze many viewings into one evening. In fact, if there’s any criticism to give this movie, it’s that it could’ve been longer. Some elements of the conclusion feel a tad rushed (particularly the romance with Catherine O'Hara's Sally) even though the story’s final note is just about perfect.

Whether it’s for the songs, art direction & visuals, characters, premise or a combination, you’ll feel compelled to reach for The Nightmare Before Christmas over and over again. Multiple viewings allow you to fully appreciate the quality of the melodies and rhymes featured in the hit-after-hit numbers. Once you're over the initial shock of the ghoulish characters that strangely feel right at home next to Christmas critters, you're able to spot all of the intricate details in the tiny sets and models brought to life by the talented animators.

Though often attribute to Tim Burton, The Nightmare Before Christmas was actually directed by Henry Sellick (the story was inspired by his ideas but he was busy working on Batman Returns while Nightmare was being assembled). This film is a little twisted and a little scary. It’s also enchanting and warm. The hype around it is well-earned. (On Blu-ray, December 22, 2019)

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1893, H.G. Wells was showing off his Time Machine that he had constructed to a small group of select friends. What he didn’t realize was that one of the friends was actually Jack the Ripper. When the police came close to capturing the murderer, the killer used Wells’ machine to escape to 1979.(Time After Time, Flm)

[gehayi]

We did hear about both cases when they happened.

Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of two felony records tampering charges in January 2011; she enrolled her two daughters in school using her father’s address. 

Williams-Bolar spent nine days in jail. And Gov. John Kasich used his executive clemency authority to reduce her felony offenses to misdemeanors.

Tanya McDowell was arrested in April 2011. Twice. The first time she was charges of first-degree larceny for sending her son to school in Norwalk and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny. McDowell used the Ely Street address of her babysitter to enroll Andrew in a Norwalk public school.

The second arrest came shortly after she was charged with larceny. McDowell was charged with marijuana and crack on two occasions to an undercover officer.  (This probably didn’t help her case.)

McDowell eventually took a plea deal. She was sentenced to five years for the larceny charges. For the drug charges, she was sentenced to twelve years, suspended after she served five years, and followed by five years probation. 

The two five-year sentences ran concurrently.  

McDowell is now out of prison and, as of 2017, was living in Meriden, Connecticut with her son and was working as a chef.

As of 2019...well, I’ll let the Atlantic tell it:

Williams-Bolar has become an advocate for social justice, criminal-justice reform, and public education. She speaks at churches, colleges, and high schools. She lobbies for states to lower penalties for parents engaging in boundary-hopping. And she works in the Akron public schools as a teacher’s assistant, helping kids with behavioral challenges.

I think it’s idiotic that both women suffered for trying to ensure that their kids got a good education. But I’m glad that things seem to have improved for them.  Does anyone know how they’re doing in 2022?

This is really so fucked up. These are the stories we need to be hearing about in the news.