#Zelda film

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MAAAN IF IN THE MOVIE WILL BE THE “WELL,EXCUSE ME,PRINCESS”

AHAHAHAHAHAHAGAGAGAHFHAGA

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Cinematic Moments - The Legend of Zelda 2024

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My blog has been pretty much exclusively used to interact with and occasionally create Stranger Things content, but one fandom I am even more obsessed with is The Legend of Zelda. With news of an upcoming Zelda live action film coming out, I’ve become a bit hyper focused on the Zeldaverse lately. While many fans are anxious about the film, particularly it being live action, I’m extremely optimistic about it. We have the filmmaking technology to bring fantastical worlds to life in live action film and with the amount of resources Nintendo is pouring into this project one thing is certain: it’s going to be a sensory spectacle rivaling anything else we have ever seen on screen.

There is one thing I am nervous about however: casting. Particularly of Link. He’s got to be one of the hardest characters to cast in all of fiction, and getting him wrong will ruin the movie for a lot of fans. I’ve been wracking my brain for an ideal pick, and it hasn’t been easy. The three options I have seen suggested the most are Tom Holland, Timmothy Chalamet, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. While I wouldn’t be angry with any of these choices, there a few glaring problems:

1. They’re too old. Link has always, in every piece of official Zelda media, been portrayed as a child or a teenager. Even “adult Link” is only about 17. The only exception is maybe Tears of the Kingdom, where he is, at oldest, in his early 20’s (not counting his 100 year ageless nap in the resurrection chamber), and even there he looks rather young to be in his 20’s. By contrast, Holland is 27, Chalamet is 28, and Brodie-Sangster is 33. Each would have been ideal - 10 or 15 years ago.

2. They’re too established. With the exception of maybe Brodie-Sangster. If Holland or Chalamet played Link I simply wouldn’t see Link. I’d see Tom Holland or Timmothy Chalamet. It’s not their fault that they’re such tremendous talents that they’ve been cast in so many huge career defining roles, but their huge celebrity status would break the cinematic illusion for me.

I think Nintendo would agree, and I know they are taking utmost care with this IP, so I doubt we’re going to see the Chris-Prattization of the Zelda cast. So who do I think they should pick? The first person to come to mind for me is Walker Scobell, of Disney’s Percy Jackson reboot fame. In so many ways he’s just perfect. He’s young. He’s beautiful. He has a very expressive face, capable of conveying Link’s personality with relatively few words (and I do hope they maintain Link’s canonical strong-silent-type demeanor). He fits into the fantasy genre naturally and is capable of the athleticism would will be needed to play Link. The only problem is that he is… Percy Jackson. The starring role in one of the most popular young adult fandoms ever. Could his role as Percy Jackson have the same distracting effect as casting a Holland or Chalamet would have? Does Scobell even have the time for a project as big as The Legend of Zelda will inevitably be?

I’ve heard other great child actors names by fans who would fit the role well, namely Julian Crauser, Thomas Kuc, Mason Thames, and Kiefer o'Reilly (thank you Brian Seeker on YouTube for pointing out these tremendously talented young men), but I haven’t heard anyone mention my personal choice for the role. That’s probably because few people have ever heard of him. My number one pick for Link would be… drum roll please…

Henry Lawfull.

Henry Lawfull is a 17 year old actor who stares in the Netflix original holiday-fantasy film A Boy Called Christmas. If you haven’t seen it, it’s absolutely worth a watch.

He’s a great actor, he’s the right age, he’s a relatively unknown name in the industry, and most importantly, he just kind of looks like Link -

To drive the point home further, I asked Bing AI to imagine what Henry Lawfull would look like as Link, and that absolutely sold it for me:

Tell me what you think. Is this kid perfect for the role or do you just not see it? In any case, I hope this kid has a thriving career ♥️

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Thank you for being nice to me when no one else was. I did notice. It's just that your mom was so heinous that I'd already decided you were, too. You're the type of person who usually bullies me or looks right through me. But you didn't. You actually went out of your way to try to tell people I was part of your family. You really actually wanted me to be your sister. You are, you know? You are my sister. You're a great person, Taff. And I'm sorry I hurt you. I love you.

KATHRYN NEWTON and LIZA SOBERANO as LISA and TAFFY in LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) dir. Zelda Williams

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Lisa Frankenstein (2024), dir. Zelda Williams

[michaelinprogress]

Thinking about how this must have felt...

Being able to freely move his body again, to feel some semblance of life after over a century of lying in that grave rotting. Up to this point, he's been so stiff, lumbering around arduously. But this is where he becomes more man than corpse.

And the first thing he does with his newfound life?

He dances with Lisa.

He knows there is a piano inside. He could go in and play it for her, he could finally play music after nearly 200 years without it. But he dances with Lisa.

With his new life, all he wants to do is be with Lisa. To touch her, love her, make her happy. He has all this energy and he gives it all to her. Everything is for her.

[kissofadeadgirl]

the Development

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Weird angry dude (I said I’d try to animate those eyes on fierce deity, so I did my best)

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Women in Film Challenge 2024: [70/52] Lisa Frankenstein, dir. Zelda Williams (USA, 2024)

They kept saying, “Time heals all wounds.” But that’s a lie – time is the wound. It takes you further and further from that place when you were happy. Makes those good smells go away.

[swannsways]

lisa frankenstein (2024) / ginger snaps (2000)

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𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦: 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, (𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦), 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮: 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴!

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴; 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 , 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦-𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.

𝘖𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬.

𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙣, 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩.

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[scott-summers]

axe murder is something that can be so special

[firelise]

Alfre Woodard on Crooklyn (1994) for R29:

“To my knowledge, we hadn’t seen a Black family that was just presented as we are in life, as human beings,” Woodard said. “I get told in Belgium by white Belgians ‘I love Crooklyn, it reminds me of growing up.’ Which is what happens when you tell a story from a specific point of view, you don’t have to mention race. You didn’t get up this morning like ‘I’m a black woman that wants a cup of coffee.’ You just want a cup of coffee. It was us as we are. Just us being fabulous, complex, funny, delightful, and making ends meet. And seeing, even within that story, that we’re not monolithic...The specificity is what makes it universal. Diversity is not the point; showing reality is the point.”

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new-to-me #195 - Lisa Frankenstein

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KATHRYN NEWTON as LISA SWALLOWS LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) dir. Zelda Williams

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was at a thrift store where there was a gumball machine shaped like Optimus Prime. Jack Black came out of the basement and gave me a glass of milk. he talked how he would be playing Link in the Legend of Zelda movie.