#also i really fucking hate jared leto

[emmcduvcl]

you know that scene idk I think it's from the walking dead where he's like "dooon't care, where's rick?"

that's me watching morbius right now but every time matt smith is not on the screen because it's so awful

[traceytonight]

Tracey rambles about Tron Ares again

Tron Ares fills me with so much dread, each passing day is like a countdown to the death of a franchise I care so much about.

The producer, title & main character, is literally Joker Morbius alleged pedophile since the early 2000s himself Jared Leto. That alone ruins the movie for me, and yet every following bullet point makes everything about and around it so much worse.

-Premise is explicitly "What if the Grid came to the real world".

NO, the interesting part of the series is THE GRID, where all of the deeply meditative commentary about our world and visually interesting splendor is supposed to be! Yes we had the lingering plot thread of Quorra coming to our world, however;

-Nothing directly tied to Tron Legacy is specifically being followed up

So no seeing where Sam Flynn could have taken Encom, no Quorra adjusting to our world, No Edward Dillinger Jr scheming with the resurrected MCP; But most disrespectfully of all, they didn't even bother to get Bruce Boxleitnter back, THE GUY WHO PLAYS TRON (and Alan Bradly & Rinzler). The one guy who actively loved this series and campaigned for a Third Tron film for over a decade, and previously Tron Legacy for even longer. But you know who they are bringing back?

-Kevin Flynn is back

THE GUY WHO FUCKING DIED IN THE LAST MOVIE. Undermining the noble sacrifice that was integral to the core themes of the film.

And just today we got this:

This is so far from an advancement design wise of the Light Cycle from either film. None of the simple shape language of the original. None of the sleek visual melding of human & technology of Legacy. While the light cycle was always cool for being a futuristic video game-ass motorcycle, its was just one of the multitude of visual elements that served the thematic purposes of Tron flawlessly.

Meanwhile, this not only physically separates the driver from the cycle, they further emphasize it through all the little gaps where there were none on either prior design. They so easily could've had the red line on Ares connect into the obviously aligned part of the bike.

Even if this is meant to show the separation of the programs from the grid for some thematic element we're unaware of at the moment, we're already going to be getting a lot of that considering the movie takes place in an average ass city.

Also, to be truly nitpicky, it looks really uncomfortable to sit in & I don't like all the added greebles.

To circle back around, what I really hate about the cast, besides the obvious one, is that there are a lot of actors who I think will work extremely well in the world of Tron. Greta Lee, Gillian Anderson, Evan Peters? Inspired casting choices.

Meanwhile production wise we're literally taking David Fincher's collaborator trifecta. Jeff Cronenweth (Cinematographer), Tyler Nelson (Editor), and Trent Reznor (Composer, backed up by Nine Inch Nails) all worked on The Social Network, another one of my favorite films. Jeff is literally the son of Blade Runner's cinematographer, Nelson was co-editor on The Batman, a film with incredible pacing thanks to their hardwork, and while I'm not the most familiar with Reznor's full body of work, I've sincerely liked everything I've heard and think in conjunction with Jeff & Tyler he will make something fantastic and fitting for the tone of this film.

However, the screenplay is done by the writer of Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, and is being handled by the director of Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Choices that feel at odds with the prestige praise I was just handing out a paragraph ago.

Theres so many good elements that are eclipsed by its central glaring protagonist, seeming lack of the interesting setting/designs or integral thematic elements that I look for in Tron, and lack of expectation regarding the choice of director & writers.

Because my two greatest fears are not about if the movie is awful and destroys the franchise as I'm expecting it could, it's either:

What if the movie is genuinely good? Well acted and performed, somehow actually has the same level of philosophical inquiry that Legacy & Identity have? How am I gonna face that reality with the enormous horrific issue starring in it?

What if the movie is bad in everyway that I think it will be, but does financially and/or critically better than the first two? The franchise is not killed again, but revives and bases everything going forward around this awful outlier in the series?

Unless this movie fails so horrifically that Disney wants to scrub it from existence, as they tend to do, the future of any Tron media will undeniably be forced to cohere itself to the existence of Ares.

If you want something that actually expands on the musings and universe of Tron, play Tron Identity. A game so lovingly crafted for fans of those elements of Tron as a connected series. And I know this factually, as the writer of the game itself (who also created Thomas Was Alone) watched my twitch stream of it and confirmed my ramblings about the deep seeded lore and intent of design of the TREES that appear in the game. Only one example of the incredible attention to detail the game delivers on. Plus its also getting a sequel that unlike Ares, I'm awaiting with bated breath.

[propaganda-inc]

Thought I'd post some more propaganda, since people are really getting mad at ONLY /u/Spez for this. For the people in the back that are still using Reddit- this is ultimately the reason why I left Reddit.

TL;DR: Yes, /u/spez is the CEO of Reddit, but now he's beholden to the true owners of Reddit- Literal white supremacists, Chinese businesses looking to subvert American democratic values, and businesses that are desperately looking for new ways to make money after a pandemic has gutted the people dry of all the money it could take.

Let's get a little Pepe Silvia in here, shall we? Setting mood music:

Reddit was originally founded by /u/Spez (real name Steve Huffman), Alexis O'Hanion, and Aaron Swartz (RIP). In 2006, Conde Nast bought Reddit. So, if you read Vogue, Pitchfork, Wired, Vanity Fair, & the New Yorker, you may have gotten some of the same content owned by the same company- just through a magazine rather than Reddit. Also, since June 2020, Conde Nast has claimed that their advertising revenue has gone down 45% have gone down dramatically since the pandemic, alongside the cancellation of major publications by Conde Nast. Buut in 2017, Reddit was made into an independent subsidiary by Advance Publications. Sounds like an innocent enough name, until you look at which companies these lovely people own:

That Charter Communication, is just a fancy name for the lovely ISP known as Spectrum- Better known to some of our older folks as Time Warner Cable. You know, one of the ISPs so hated in the United States that they actively changed their name so that people wouldn't recognize them doing their dirty work again?

Isn't it interesting that one of the main complaints by Huffman is that Reddit isn't getting it's due in advertising revenue? Huh. I wonder where he's getting that from. But that's only one section of the shit sandwich. Let's talk about some of the lovely* investors that Reddit's had on aboard since 2006. The list is.... interesting. 2014: A group of investors, including Marc Andressen (an investor in nearly all of the major social media networks that exist), Peter Thiel (a literal white supremacist), and for some reason, Snoop Dogg and fucking Jared Leto. 2017: Advance Publications buys Conde Nast and subsequently Reddit, raising its valuation to about $1.8 billion. 2019: Tencent (you know, the CHINESE VIDEO GAME COMPANY THAT HAS BANNED PLAYERS FROM THEIR GAMES FOR SUPPORTING HONG KONG DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS) buys a 5% stake in the company. Did I mention that Tencent is also the largest gaming company in the world? 2021: Fidelity Investments(??? an insurance firm and mutual fund????) decides to add another $700 million to the pot, giving them a whole stake as well too. So, let's tie this all together. Yes, /u/spez is the CEO of Reddit, but now he's beholden to the true owners of Reddit- Literal white supremacists, Chinese businesses looking to subvert American democratic values, and businesses that are desperately looking for new ways to make money after a pandemic has gutted them dry. Of course Huffman is going to stay the course on this one- his job literally depends on it in the first place. All of the people that make this site (what other social media network do you know that doesn't pay it's mods and is valued at $10 billion dollars) ? have been tossed to the side in favor of making money. Remember this:

Reddit and its investors do not give a fuck about their community.

They do not give a fuck about their moderators. They do not give a fuck about disability rights. Most of all? They don't give a fuck about you.

[bruciemilf]

I blame the society nonsense Joker on Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie. Todd Philips hates comic books and hijacked an IP to tell an unoriginal story and not only won awards for his mediocrity, he permanently damaged tons of casuals' perception of this character.

I disagree tbh. Even Joaquin's movie got severely misinterpreted imo. Instead of learning, " hey don't treat mentally ill people like shit. Also, you can be mentally ill and still suck as a person. Be kind and understanding to eachother and don't be ableist for like 2 seconds"

Instead, all they got was a dance scene Joaquin improvised himself and a murder scene that so obviously symbolizes the desire to murder " the oppression of dark humor" or whatever the fuck.

Then it's back to hating women and demonising mentally ill people and reinforcing damaging misconceptions. Jared Leto is a cringy, evil piece of dogshit, but they got mad at him for acting out what Joker really is; An unfunny joke

Also, the "Joker is a hero in disguise, actually" narrative was around since Nolan. It's not about the adoption, but the execution

[dcyllom]

misc. tag game

thank you for tagging me @blood-mocha-latte :)

a band you don’t like that many others do:

definitely Ocean Alley (i don't like their music and their most recent scandal was...interesting. also a guy i used to like but who ended up being a racist LOVED them so i have viscerally negative reactions whenever their stuff plays)

a childhood memory that you remember vividly:

i have a terrible memory, but the thing i remember best is taking our dog around the garden so he could get used to it when we first moved in, and he dug up 23 bones which the previous owners dog had buried around the place.

least favorite animal and why:

CRABS, I FUCKING HATE THEM

hot fandom take:

none, i just see bob stuff and i generally like it. although i do dislike the (not very common) infantilization of the actors or the version of the real life men they're portraying. it's just not something i personally agree with but it's not that big a deal

do you were any jewelry, if so, what’s your favorite piece:

i love rings and necklaces, but my favourite piece is my great-great grandmother's engagement ring which i inherited through my great grandmother. its gold and engraved with cool designs and a ruby and some diamonds.

a movie others liked but you didn’t:

the greatest showman. i detest that movie so much and im possibly a little dramatic about it.

three things you love about yourself:

i like my taste in wine

i really like my hair right now (just got it cut)

i like that i have such an active and extensive imagination

a place you hope to visit in the future and why:

ireland :) my family has a lot of connections to it

an actor that gets on your nerves and why:

jared leto <3

things you’re excited for in the nearby future?:

joining the tramping club at my uni this year (in nz we use the word tramping for hiking im not that strange i promise)

least favorite ship in a fandom you’re in:

legolas/gimli, i just think their story is cooler if its them working through several millennia of racial hate and enmity to become best friends to the point where they want to spend the rest of their lives together. the romance angle just overshadows that for me with them.

what’s the most toxic fandom you’ve been in?:

okay this is quite niche but its funny to me, the girlfailure community on instagram. like those people who make semi-ironic accounts posting about unhinged esoteric books or ideas, astrology, societal/cultural expectations, and religious interpretation of thoughts. its a load of bullshit but its so fucking funny to read and its mostly sarcastic (i think) so i don't feel bad for enjoying it.

list three things you find beautiful about life:

my mother, especially learning more about her and how she interprets life. i've realised recently that we're extremely similar despite having wildly different upbringings. she's also the best person i know.

new zealand :). nz is very isolated with a diverse range of biomes, there is such a large amount of untouched land that you could drive from the southern alps through farmland and native bush to the coast in about 3 hours.

cooking while listening to music!! i love it.

any dreams for the future?

completing my law and arts degrees and going on to do a masters in the uk somewhere.

how are you really feeling today?

extremely tired lol, i've got a doctors appointment tomorrow because it's been going on for several weeks.

tagging (no pressure):

anyone who wants to do it! i forgot i had this tab open so i think everyone's done it. if not, feel free to say i tagged you or something :).

[eurekq]

movie review time again

Blade Runner 2049 (2017): Mixed thoughts on this one. Sets and backgrounds were gorgeous, but there was a certain quality lacking in the lighting that made it feel like the characters weren't fully in those sets. Would have liked to see more bounce lighting and neons actually reflected on the characters. Also: can we talk about how weird this film is about women? list of major female characters that i remember in this movie:

AI housewife whos first scene is literally her cooking dinner and then she dies and then he stares at a giant naked copy of her

Handler who is vaguely antagonistic but then takes his side because shes in love (?) With him and then dies

Pet sexbot of the ceo creep. Dies at the end from agent k literally holding her down beneath him to drown

That naked lady who Jared Leto pets creepily and then murders while commenting on her lack of reproductive capabilities making her useless

Prostitute who gets in a snippy jealousy convo with ai housewife and does one (1) plot action

Harrison Ford's dead wife whos extra special cool and awesome because she could give birth

Harrison Ford's plot device daughter who gets to actually talk like twice

I hated Joi I'm sorry. I think she probably came off differently in 2017 when AI girlfriends weren't actually a real thing yet, but in 2024 it's just. Deeply pathetic. Also that sex scene with Joi, Mariette, and Agent K was just weird. Not because of the body mashup thing, that was cool, more the fact that we didn't get to see him take any clothes off at all. If I can see both of those women getting sexy with it I deserve some Gosling ogling.

I very much did not like the main plot revolving around reproductive capacity as a qualifier for humanity. It could have worked if it was framed differently imo but in its actual state its just. strange (I have a version of this movie in my mind where the replicant sex workers get more focus, Wallace is a woman, and Luv is a man; Mariette would be the love interest as K realizes over time that Joi is literally a corporate product who is hitting the limits of her programming. but don't get me started) On a completely different note so much of this movies runtime is just Ryan Gosling staring with dead fish eyes at the camera making no particular expression. These go on far too long and force you to confront just how obviously asymmetrical his eyes are, which you will never be able to become unaware of again. Overall plot was cool though I guess. Good movie for background noise, lights, and colors to leave on during a party. 4/10.

Also, hey, uh. Why did this movie have a black man named fucking Mr. Cotton who was using (mostly white) orphan children on masse for free slave labor. what was up with that. i felt insane.

Duck Soup (1933): I'd never seen a marx brothers film before this one, but both my roommates grew up on them and i was deliriously tired so I agreed to watch. And now I understand them on a deeper level because now I know they were raised on comedy where the basis is just fucking with people for no reason. Genuinely solid comedy, points docked for one completely out of left fucking field racist joke. Requires a very specific type of audience if you're going to put it on for other people. 7/10.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): One of the rare movies that I just haven't been able to bring myself to finish. Got pretty far into it because my boyfriend really likes it and wanted me to watch it, but guys. I hate this movie so god damn much. Jim Carrey is the worst fucking romantic lead ever. He has zero charisma and comes off as just awkward, not in like a cutesy way, but in a genuinely pathetic kind of way. Kate Winslet is trying her best to make the god awful character of Clementine work but she just comes off as the worst person you've ever met. Every moment they tried to show me of those two being together I would turn to my bf and be like "why the fuck would I be rooting for them these people are terrible" and not even terrible in a fun way. Like I don't like Jim Carrey's character but literally he was in the right to be mad about someone crashing his car while drunk, like what the fuck? Why did the film act like he was crazy. There is only one character in this movie who's actually any fun to watch and that is Elijah Wood being a little freak with hilariously bad facial hair. I loved watching that little gremlin. i hear the ending is quite good but i just couldn't make it there I'm sorry. 2/10. at least there was a little shitty guy.

Life of Brian (1979): It's Monty Python. Not a lot more to say. Girls with bush rep in this movie though, so awesome. Was curious what Jewish people think of this movie and on the whole it seems to be positive, with some people saying their rabbis regularly quote it, so I don't feel as iffy about it as I might've otherwise. Some pretty funny pastiches of leftist infighting. More coherent than Holy Grail, which I love, but less funny overall, but the bits that I did really like topped a lot of Holy Grail's bits. My personal faves were the Latin grammar one and just the entire ending, which has to be one of the funniest endings I've ever seen to a movie. 7/10, one point removed for really obvious brownface at the start of the movie. Come on guys

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024): I wanted to watch this one for the set design, which aimed for a faithful recreation of Kowloon Walled City, and I wasn't disappointed. The plot in general is kind of bizarre though; the first, like, 75% feels like a pretty grounded historical crime drama with your standard amount of martial arts movie cgi flips and twist punches and stuff. The last quarter though. In a setting entirely removed from magic. One guy randomly has spirit powers. This becomes the focus of the action for the entire ending of the movie. The guy with powers isn't even personally involved in the beef between the leaders of the triad and the main character, which was the main emotional stakes for a lot of the movie. Genuinely kind of bizarre. The powers are pretty par for the course for these movies, it just... was so absent for so much of it that I wasn't expecting it when it happened. I kept turning to Seb and going "WHY DOES HE HAVE SPIRIT SHIELD. WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS" anyways now I'm sad again that KWC was torn down rather than preserved as a historical site. Visually stunning movie with incredible set design and great costuming with a pretty good plot that goes off the rails in the last act. Still a boatload of fun and a good one to put on for friends that like martial arts movies. 8.5/10

[adelaidedrubman]

(Digging up an oc I don't really talk about much anymore but I can't resist making fun of John so miss Chanel is here to be a bitch)

"See, I hate the Seeds. I hate ALL of them. Mostly Jacob- I mean, you see what he did to my Staci. But John is no fucking prize himself. This Jared Leto looking motherfucker with his shitty, unorganized tattoos and his tacky fucking ranchsion, Jesus Christ, man...you know, I can't even hate the plane jacket to be honest, I'll give him that one, it's a cute jacket. But everything else? CRINGE. His personality is grating. He's fucking pathetic. If he walks into my clinic I am going to inject him with lethal doses of morphine and I am not kidding."

jestiny’s jaw tenses with an audible click of her teeth, the scrape of enamel against enamel following as she grinds them. her nose twitches, a quick outward flare of her nostrils.  this one actually bothers her.  “are you fuckin’ serious?” she growls, buried low in the back of her throat behind clenched teeth. “look, i’m — i’m real fuckin’ sorry your man got stuck in jacob’s haunted house petting zoo or whatever, but this — you’re crossing a fucking line.”  “i mean — injecting him with lethal doses of morphine? that’s — that’s literally so fucked up, i —” she stutters, losing her place — her brow furrows upward with eyes widened, as if almost pleading with chanel to have some humanity. “do you really think he deserves that?” she asks softly, casting her gaze downward. “that’s — how could you do that?” her voice cracks, sounding unusually small, almost as if she’s holding back tears. “i mean, it’s —” she draws in a deep, ragged breath. “morphine overdose is literally the definition of a painless death, i —”  she exhales, walking away without another word. she clearly lacks the stomach to continue entertaining such an abhorrent thought.

also ty kiki LAUGHED OUT LOUD FR at the jared leto dig. the theme of today is johnjess good ending:

[marashi96art]

Since I laughed at you for not having the anon asks on, I'll ask you a question. :P

Aside from Titanic, what other movies inspire you when drawing Cleon?

I love Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock so much that I want them to be my celebrity parents. But they are just best friends and always have been this way since they worked on the film Speed (1994), and The Lake House (2006) 12 years later.

When I first got into Cleon, they were the only "couple" in my mind and I have been preaching this ever since. I think they are my core of Cleon, and I rewatch Speed every month lmao.

I've also mentioned a few movies on my AO3 log, and here are MORE honorable mentions:

Action Movies:

Point Break (1991) Someone recommended me to watch Fast & Furious series for RE AU(and I have), but this movie is the OG of F&F series.

The Gray Man (2022) Kickass power couple saving a little girl, together. I use it for RE4 era ref, and I kinda have a reverse AU of Claire being trained to be an FBI agent to follow her brother's steps and Leon is just a random college boy.

Mission Impossible series I was talking with my friend about how Hollywood cliche Capcom can be.

RED (2010) & RED 2 (2013) If RE9 is about the OG team reunion like DI, they will be exactly like these movies, grandpas & grandmas still kicking ass.

Fantasy & Rom-com:

One Day (2011) Friends to lovers…The drama. In fact, my newest art has used this for ref, and you will see it in 2 days.

Now and Then (1995) Teenage Cleon. Childhood neighbors, enemies to friends to crushes lmao.

What Maisie Knew (2012) Spoiler alert I'm planning to draw a series of this. I'm not into Cleon having children but if they are, I'll do it my way ;)

Life as We Know It (2010) Enemies to friends to lovers again. And raising a baby together.

No Strings Attached (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011) Not really into FWB Cleon but you writers kinda like to write this? So I rewatch them recently, well, it could work.

The Mummy (1999) You cannot tell me Rick O'Connell didn't reference Leon's design. Again, gonna draw this soon.

The Huntsman: Winter's War(2016) Pretty average, I only use ref for outfit design but Jessica Chastain is so beautiful in this. (But my ideal live-action Claire is Rebecca Ferguson, just FYI)

Far and Away (1992) LMAO I've always thought of this movie as the prequel of Titanic.

Angst:

Drive (2011) My favorite movie of all time. And I saw someone already draw it, I reblog it to my main account a few days ago. I will draw another one soon, my fav scene is not the elevator scene so, no worries.

Marriage Story (2019) Literally just rewatched it last night. I love the arguing/fighting scene so much, and it kinda suits my idea of how Claire will leave Leon for his drinking problem.

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) I don't know why this movie got so much hate, but I think the part when Steve came back and later Diana has to let him go…Inspired me to draw Cleon.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Directed by David Fincher. It's more for Claire honestly. But the Scandinavian scenery is something I long for.

Sci-fi:

Oblivion(2013), Edge of Tomorrow(2014) Both staring Tom Cruise. And I regret that I didn't go to the theater for both of them, at the time I thought the posters were boring, but they turned out to be really good, at least for my taste.

Not gonna put Romeo and Juliet (1996) on the list bc I don't use Leonardo DiCaprio for my Leon when drawing, I use Brad Pitt more, for he has a better fashion sense haha. Claire Danes is already perfect.

Some TV shows as well:

Full House (1987-1995) Uncle Jesse & Aunt Becky, just search them on Pinterest.

My So-Called Life (1994-1995) Angela Chase & Jordan Catalano. I Only use Jared Leto's appearance for ref; characteristically speaking, Leon is more like Brian in this show.

Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) For Noir outfit or Mob AU cuz why not?

Rougue One (2016 movie), Andor (2022) I love Star Wars and fuck…Cassian and Jyn are so Cleon-coded! I'm mostly into SW fashion, they have some dope jackets in Andor. Seriously go watch, Andor is as good as The Last of Us.

Ride with Norman Reedus (2016-) They got some cool bikes in the first season and Cleon bike date on PCH…My beach Cleon is inspired by this show actually.

I didn't even try hard to think about these and can still go on for days…Still, I think it's good enough for one ask for now hehe.

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

Apparently, there is some hubbub going on over a newly announced spin-off of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie franchise that Disney is planning to go forward with. One of two, actually. There was another project that was set to star Margot Robbie as the lead, but it appears that Disney is more interested in another take on the classic Disney parks ride starring Ayo Edebiri.

And of course, the usual suspects, including the wannabe-edgelord dingus running what was once "Twitter", are complaining. They're big mad that Ayo, a Black American actress, is "replacing" Depp... Never mind that this movie is a FUCKING SPIN-OFF???

Also... All of a sudden, people *love* the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequels now?

I was a teenager when most of the PIRATES sequels came out, and I remember them getting rather duff critical reception. Audiences kinda didn't stick around for them, either. They all opened huge, DEAD MAN'S CHEST with a record-breaking number at the time of its release (2006), but then dropped off and had blah multipliers. The 4th film, ON STRANGER TIDES, came out when I was 18. And I just remember it coming and going, whatever. And then the fifth one, again... Just a sort of "ugh, another one?" reaction. That fifth film, titled DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES in the U.S. (SALAZAR'S REVENGE, elsewhere), just did alright. Like, near-$800m is a great amount for any movie, but it was less than the other POTC sequels.

It wasn't a problem when other big movie franchises got reboots with all-new casts. Spider-Man has been played by like three different actors in live-action over the past three decades.

I guess enough time has passed for there to be this kind of intense nostalgia for these movies. That's cool, I guess. After all, filmtwitter never shuts the fuck up about the CGI on Davy Jones, and how the first three movies are Gore's through-and-through.

As for all this clinging to Depp's iconic Captain Jack Sparrow... As if it isn't PIRATES without him?

Pal... PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, the original dark ride attraction, opened at Disneyland in 1967. Depp was about FOUR YEARS OLD when it opened. PIRATES existed long before he had a career or had some kind of prominence in the world, m'kay? PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is more than just one single actor. And hey, why is it just him and not director Gore Verbinski? Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio? Producer Jerry Bruckheimer? They all made that first movie happen, too, ya know.

My MAJOR concern with any new Pirates movie is whether it'll be its own beast or not. I feel a lot of live-action Disney movies as of late are not directed by anyone, they're made for the directors before they get to them. The director is hired, given a template that's already ready-made for them, and then BOOM movie done. Basically the MCU way of doing it. That's kinda how it feels to me. Same studio that won't make a third TRON movie from the previous film's director and the cast (which consists of the guy who directed massive blockbuster TOP GUN: MAVERICK and an actor who lead the massive blockbuster OPPENHEIMER, Disney do you hate money or something???), instead opting for Jared Leto. Like... Make it make sense.

So, if this Ayo-lead PIRATES spin-off goes through, I look forward to it! Pirates are cool, there's still a lot to play with regarding this concept, the ride is iconic. Just... Disney... Get a really good director and let them do their thing, alright? It'll be an all-timer if you do.

My ideal PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN would be animated. With designs based on Marc Davis' exemplary concept art and resembling a 1960s Xerox-era Disney film, like a high seas JUNGLE BOOK or something incorporating the original 1967-era music of the ride. That's what I would make, although I don't know if the public would fly out in droves to watch that, lol.

Anyways, I wanted to rant. People are being silly about a fucking pirate movie franchise.

[let-this-ship-sink-already]

You are so pathetic, making an account just to hate on a black woman… If she is not a good actress then I’m sorry to break it to you, but Tom is also a bad actor (using your logic). He is just a white guy who jumps on a suit and you have the audacity to say that crying and screaming on TV isn’t “good acting”. But wait, if it was Christian Bale or Tom Holland you would say “THIS IS GOOD ACTING!”

Please, it’s giving braindead bigotry…

I honestly think you should change your user to “zendayahateclub”… Pure racism, and it’s so fucking cruel, even worse, you can’t recognize you are being racist.

You really want to hate on people who “don’t deserve their fame” or are “bad actors”? Then start with the ugly white ass of Tom Holland, go for Chris Evans, or Jared Leto, or Chris Hemsworth… Don’t come for the black woman, you know that this world it’s EXTREMELY racist, and you keep contributing to it with your stupid blog.

I do agree with you when you say that shipping IRL can be harmful, intrusive and disrespectful (especially the intense fans who stalk the celebs and start fights with other fans), but you know that this isn’t because of “crazy tomdaya shippers”… you are doing this because you’re just jealous that a black woman is dating your favorite white actor. You can’t stand seeing all the media talking about Zendaya, because you are just a fucking insecure bitch. White fragility at its finest.

If you really care about black lives, stop doing this, is harmful for all the woman of color. And I don’t care if you say I “know much about you & I should give you some therapy”, bitch, everyone with common sense would know that you are doing all of this because you’re an ugly lonely cunt jajsjzjawo and I would gladly give you therapy, you need it so badly.

And to all of the other Zendaya haters, go fuck yourself, you all are insecure bitches who hate to idea of a white man dating a black woman. It’s not bc of the toxic fans of Tomdaya, it’s because you HATE Zendaya. Meanwhile Z is a beautiful, rich and successful woman. She doesn’t give a damn about a few racist Tom stans who think she can’t act… Sorry to break it to you, but Tom is the one who can’t act, so worry about his white ugly ass instead of coming for Z.

I hope you have a day full of Zendaya content popping of in your feed. Much love, asshole 💕

Long a$$ rant. Sorry if all I care to say is: No, I am not racist. Zendaya is a shitty actress. Doesn’t matter if she’s black, white, blue, purple or pink. I don’t care about anyone‘s skin color. I care about talent and she has none.

[kmp78]

“Do YOU realize you also will never get back the time you spend here screeching about me? 🥱”

Hun, I will not be defensive. I am everything you say I am. Completely submitting myself to your judgement about me: I’m blind, irrational, thinking Jared Leto is a freaking Messiah. Dying of jealousy. I will take it all for the sake of the argument. I’m here bc I love him and I’m hurting when some ppl say bad shit about him. I dream to rub my ass against that plane seat where he farted. Whatever. You call me names, I’ll take them all!!! Not going to defend myself.

Can you just please share your story because I’m struggling to understand you and your motives and I really want to. Your channel is literally the place where people know what rug he has in his fucking bathroom… and what cup his ex girlfriend drank from when living with him. I am just really curious why would anyone invest their energy into something they hate this much? And what makes Leto different from all other assholes of Hollywood?

Share my story?

No I fucking will not be wasting time jotting down an essay for you about me when there's actual happenings going on in Letoland. 😂

Are you STUPID? 🙄

[gutwrenchflowerbomb]

@blaze42323 I got you. But you’ll have to deal with my storytelling, because I can’t just write two sentences. I have to set the scene. So it’s under the cut.

I just googled to confirm the date. It was March 12, 2003. Headliner’s Music Hall in Louisville, KY. Opener was local punk band Christensen. Then S.T.U.N. (Fun fact - lead singer is married to Alicia Silverstone) followed by 30 Seconds to Mars with headliner The Used. Me and my best friend Brittney were there early, since this was a small, GA standing only venue and 1.) we were born shorties and 2.) Brittney was absolutely OBSESSED with The Used. We were both 17.

At this point, I wasn’t a huge fan of any of the bands but I was 17 and a big ol’ emo/indie/rock girl so any chance to see music I was gonna take advantage of. And again, my girl was hella invested. I knew all of the Used songs because again, Brittney and thought the two singles were good. S.T.U.N. were fun and engaging to watch. But I digress, this is about Jared Leto.

The only 30 Seconds to Mars song I knew was Capricorn since their debut album was released just a few months earlier. I didn’t even know Jared was in the band until Brittney told me.

I watched My So Called Life as a kid. I was a few years too young to really appreciate it, but I still watched and I was always mad at Jared aka Jordan Catalano for how he treated Angela. So yeah, I might have already been a little biased towards him but I also worked at a live playhouse and knew well enough that the actor and the character aren’t the same. But again I digress.

Brittney was really into 30 Seconds to Mars as well. She had brought her CDs to get signed because at these sized shows, it was fairly easy to get pics and autographs after the shows. So, the show starts. We get smashed up against the far right metal barrier maybe 2-4 “rows” from the front. That side is where the door leading outside for talent/crew to load in and out. So usually the other bands would hang there to watch the show.

So STUN was getting ready to start their set. Brittney pointed out that the guy standing in that area was Jared’s brother, also in the band. I was like “Aight cool.” A few mins later, Jared came in and leaned against the wall next to his brother. This little space was small. Jared and his brother were maybe 4 feet away from us.

Brittney saw the opportunity and took it. She got out her CD. She was always prepared. She even had the sharpies for them to use. Even tho they were close it was still loud as fuck because that was also where the speakers were, so she did her best to get the brothers attention and did the universal sign for “autograph” while holding up the CD insert book. The brother smiled and took the 2 steps needed to reach and signed it. Brittney asked him if he would hand it to Jared to sign it as well.

Jared was looking. When the bro turned to look at him and kinda head nodded/gestured, Jared shook his head no.

This motherfucker. Shook his head NO. Said no to taking 2 fucking steps and maybe 7 seconds of his life to sign the album someone had spent their hard earned high schooler money on to support HIM. I thought maybe I had been seeing something. But that’s when his brother turned back to us and to be fair, he looked sheepish as fuck and mumbled something about “not right now, he hasn’t been feeling well.”

Brittney was devastated. I was furious. The brother went back outside but Jared stayed there for another few mins, looking at his cell phone. I proceeded to do my best to be louder than the speakers, screaming that his was an uptight Hollywood asshole.

And that is why, to this day 21 years later, I fucking hate Jared Leto and wish nothing but bad luck on him.

Brittney’s night wasn’t completely ruined, however. Despite the blatant disrespect she received, when the show was over she got her CD signed by everyone in The Used and got pics with her fav, Bert along with a bunch of hugs.

Not to bring down the mood, but I’m actually glad I was given a reason to tell the story, as Brittney died back in 2016. We were inseparable from 11 til the day she died, when we were both 30. Here’s a little collage of us. I am the one with the low melanin.

Drew saying that Seth’s hero or whatever was Jared Leto as the Joker is the meanest, most hateful thing anyone could say to another person.

Jared Leto is trash, most people are aware of his predilection for much younger women which is more than enough. But a long time ago back in the year of our Lord 2003, Jared Leto slighted me personally, in actual real life, at a concert and from that moment forward I’ve had a vendetta against his ass.

[pbmonkeybutt]

Morbius was ok but also don't think about anything too hard because it's fucking stupid. Idk the 17% might be a bit harsh but Jared Leto sucks but also this director was made for him. Insane in the membrane. Together<3

Also MCU × SS-MU crossover die challenge

[hepbaestus]

Thoughts on Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) SPOILERS AHEAD

I just got back from a 7+ hour trip back to my uni accommodation and the amount of Glass Onion tiktoks that I've been getting are astounding. So I'm going to watch it.

All I know about this film is that Benoit Blanc is very gay and is in a relationship with Phillip (Hugh Grant's character). (Is that canon?)

This was filmed during Covid? Nice.

That's the actress for Agatha Harkness in Wandavision!

Oooo she's a governor.

He FAXES??? Jesus Christ, that is old.

Child = NFT??? that's quite hilarious.

Breaking Covid rules? As expected.

I already love Peg.

DAVE BATISTA??? HELLO?

this is the best character introduction to a character.

Dukey? What a cute nickname from his mum.

The breastification of America? What a sentence. (That was also difficult to spell)

Hell yeah, his mum's a badass.

Oooo fancy.

This box is fancy schmancy.

I like their interactions, they seem really human.

I want to meet this Miles Bron. He seems like a fun dude.

"My beautiful disruptors." I love that.

Oh. Of course Miles is dead. Bruh.

Oh no. One of their friends is alone.

I mean, that's one way of opening it that's for sure.

Really? Among us?

Benoit Blanc has a bath fez? That's brilliant.

The old hags playing Among Us is quite funny.

QUIPLASH? AS IN QUIPLASH FROM JACKBOX? hell yeah

Haven't left the bath for a week???

That was Cain's Jawbone on the floor with it's pages missing. Did this fucking man figure out the true way it's supposed to be read?

I love the rubber duckie on the edge of the bath.

No one straight wears a bandana around their neck like that. Or at least none that I know.

The different modes of travel suits each character. Of course she's not wearing a mask.

I don't know if I like the accent.

The reactions to this spray shot thing? Especially Benoit's, you can tell that he's had experience with things in the back of his throat unlike the others.

Oooooo a slap band.

Oh she left Alpha?

Oooo the sad lady again. She's clearly pitted to be the odd one out, probably going to end up being the main suspect or something similar.

The reference to Social Network oml.

AYO?? GLASS SCULPTURES FROM THE SEA

Also the name of the island; Pisceshite. Clearly meaning "piece of shit". I love this film so much already.

The running across the pier reminds me of Mamma Mia

The necklace? Sure dude.

The tension between Miles and Andi? Oof.

Miles looks like he's just in pajamas.

I love Derol. He's just there.

It is just a rich-asshole house.

Oh the slap band is a biorhythm monitor.

Andi's haircut is really cool.

That is very trippy.

I love that the detective has so many questions and stuff about the island.

"Simple children's puzzles."

I'm curious as to what chakra the others got assigned.

Benoit's outfit. Bro that's a homsexual.

Not Jared Leto of all people.

I love this awkward wading in the water.

Benoit's uncomfortableness when Birdie sits way too close to him. Like can y'all not see that he's a homsexual? Look at the outfit for crying out loud.

Dukes is on Twitch? Nice.

So what I'm gathering from this speech is that I would hate all of them if they were real life people.

Evidently, Andi has some seeming common sense of humility.

Of course Duke also got banned on Twitch.

Peg's is just trying to keep her job.

Of course, hiding behind a statue with it's butt just freely showing.

Oh shit.

The superman tattoo on the finger. Nice.

Is that a Ronald McDonald painting series??

The classic red cup

Andi's outfit. I love it.

HE HAS THE MONA LISA IN HIS HOUSE.

The Louvre closed?

Derol's back! My boy!

There's always one that doesn't know the answer. He like me fr.

Claire doesn't like Klear.

Oh shit, Lionel really doesn't like this.

HE JUST HAS THE FRONT OF A GREEK TEMPLE BEHIND HIS DINING TABLE?

IRL Cluedo time

Already starting the game.

Has he already completed it. Jesus Christ, this man is good.

I wonder why people don't tell you the truth anymore .

Of course Take Me Home, Country Roads is playing.

The cool turkey bone brooch thing that Lionel's wearing on his suit. The bone you pull and whoever gets the longer piece is lucky/gets a wish. (That was the worst explanation of it that I've ever seen)

The Mona Lisa's protection thing is going quicker, Miles or someone's about to die. This is where shit goes down.

I knew it

Rip Duke.

Is he choking? Nah shit.

Of course they're trying to cover their own asses.

Now they're going to be moving everything and ruining the scene.

Rip Andi.

That happens at 10 o'clock.

That close-up shot of the Mona Lisa is irking me.

Hugh Grant!!! Man's is just baking for his boyfriend.

Trauma dumping to a random stranger? Like every twitch chat I see.

Why is Andi's body on the gurney and then why is she alive for the party?

A journal since she was six? The dedication of this woman.

Oh wait, sad lady is Andi's twin.

Fuck. No.

Shit so that means both Brand twins are dead.

The good ol' Ted Talks.

I love that Lionel was a substitute teacher before all this shit.

They all betrayed her.

Whiskey has no thought to what she's saying.

She puts on a front.

I love that she's just downing the 9% alcohol.

Serena Williams???

Peg. Poor Peg. Birdie doesn't give a shit about her.

Derol! Turns out he has it.

Ayo what?

Jeremy Renner??

I am confusion.

Oh wait, she's not dead

It's really cool that we're also left out of the story.

That's so cool oh my god!

That son of a bitch.

Fuck bro. No.

Something is going to get thrown at the Mona Lisa and there'll be a camera in it.

That's a cool shot.

Oh shit the hydrogen gas thingy that this entire building runs on!

What a nice fire show!

The car!

I love slow shots where everything is going to shit. It's surprisingly beautiful.

Finally they're on Andi's side.

I like the lil portraits during the credits, very Cluedo style

Overall score: 9.7/10 this is such a good film

Recommendations welcome!

[jeanvanjer]

LMAO YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT I SAW ON TWITTER !!!! someone genuinely is agruing with everyone that anthony will have sex with edwina and kate (non book reader) ... cvd THIS is the consequences of promoting a non existant love triangle !!! the ship wars against sisters has already begun. we really are in the darkest timeline. also if u havent seen this is charithras response to the blocking (which as she should! fuck parasocial relationships)

She didn’t need to explain herself but she did. And very nicely responded to a rude ass comment. Good for my sweetest bean. Not good for you Lauren.

People on twitter, y’all need to check yourself.

But on the point of the triangle, it’s in the book and it’s SOLELY because Anthony Bridgerton, my bb boi, is a whore and an idiot. That’s why Edmund begged God from his grave to help his son. How else do you think the bee sting happened?

I’m not too concerned about the nonbook fans, that theory is 🤢, but Anthony isn’t that much of a mess. I’ve seen that @veriteserum had the chance to view some of the episodes and if she, as a Kathony fan, says the show does them justice, I’ll take it as fact and move on.

Look. Edwina is young and wonderful. If she has to marry someone, wouldn’t she try to have feelings for him? She did like Anthony in the books enough to marry him for convenience. We don’t know how old she is in the show but she’s still younger than Kate. The love triangle is not only being used to bring in viewers (I don’t like it but also I’m not head at marketing) but also it’s finally giving a more clear voice/narrative/agency to Edwina that she didn’t have in the book. Does no one remember when she got annoyed at Kate for hating on Anthony a bit too much? And she told Kate that he isn’t that bad? That if she had to marry him she’d be fine, happy even?

CC has constantly repeated the importance of Kate and Edwina and how they choose each other. People need to relax online about all this shipping nonsense. These women will always chose each other. The D be damned.

And Jared Leto is really 50? Damn.

[gncrevan]

alright, i'm bringing back my "nor says some shit about every ESC entry" tradition, sorry or you're welcome, whichever you prefer.

ukraine: i wanna bring goodwill here but the rap is very bad and using black people as set dressing is arguably worse. i like the singing tho

austria: choice quote from this literal girlboss anthem — "we can be CEO / yeah you already know / we can be the boss / fly higher than the gods" cringe

netherlands: boring as usual but it's nice they're singing in dutch for a change

albania: potential to be really funny, the song sucks ass but the music video is game of thrones meets stolen visuals from, like, florence and the machine's king mv and kiki rockwell's same old energy mv it's hilarious

uk: oh my god it's white jesus! he's here! honestly it's not horrible so germany has good chances of being in last place again and that's a reason to celebrate in and of itself, thank you white jesus

sweden: this song has such a weird fucking structure, first it just starts without any real intro which is uncommon for a ballad, then it suddenly drops a synth bass in the second verse, i have no idea what's going on? like i don't hate it but what

france: finally, some good fucking trash! and from france no less, that's so unexpected

serbia: i wish it was a little more unhinged but this is genuinely a good song i would listen to in my free time. i hope she washes her hands on stage.

armenia: walmart mumford & sons

spain: sounds like something they would play in 365 days. also extreme y2k vibes in the video for some reason?

romania: the juxtaposition of a dance beat, really involved choreography, and a singer who just has no energy is honestly. it's a lot. i kinda love it. i love this weird twink

italy: ok so i really like mahmood and i have massive respect for him for showing himself in tender embrace with a man in this video, but the song is kinda. meh. that's sad

cyprus: what's with all the history-themed videos this year? lol anyway this sucks toes

greece: props for singing acapella with only some vocoder backing on this for over a minute. i mean it's still bad but that's kinda impressive

belgium: this one's probably gonna be made or broken by the choreography cause what little they showed of that in the vid was really good and really improved the song

azerbaijan: there was the chance for this to be a really melodramatic power ballad and they didn't take it. the video was a little bit hilarious tho, the rain effects killed me

lithuania: very, uh. lynchian idk

portugal: tfw your back-up singers all have better technique than you

israel: what in the rupaul's drag race contestant's original song

australia: terrible lyrics aside this could have been so fucking operatic and y'all just didn't do it? you just didn't? why???

montenegro: "the air is what they need / the air is what they breathe / they'll die without it / it's unforgivable" so true bestie

san marino: jared leto joker

bulgaria: y'all ever heard wolfgang petry make "rock" cause that's kinda this hook

poland: if more of it was like the bridge it would be pretty great, hoping for good staging

moldova: polka!!!!! fuck yeah polka!!!

norway: it's so fucking stupid i love it

north macedonia: ........ i like the rings in her hair. song's boring.

switzerland: yeah unsurprisingly this is absolutely terrible

malta: what is with these gay/trans pandering songs, why are there so many of them, why are they all so disingenuous and why do they all sound like shit

ireland: this sounds like every other song and also not like a song at all

finland: ok listen. i was a the rasmus stan in my early teens, and i stopped listening cause they got worse. in the shadows was their prime. whatever this is is embarrassing and kinda gross. please hike up your pants, lauri, and don't act weird with your new female band member, and don't write fetishistic shit like "a girl who looks like she's a boy". please stop. you're in your 40s and this is sad.

czech republic: i will probably forget this song in 5 minutes

iceland: country abba. abba but country.

estonia: the only good part was the western horse gallop beat

germany: they really couldn't do a second take on that third line, huh? anyway, germany zero points <3

denmark: i think it's so funny when obvious pop artists act like they're playing hard rock or punk or riot grrl or some shit

latvia: LET! THEM! SAY! FUCK! AND! PUSSY!!!!!

georgia: somehow three songs in one and all of them feel like overly long interludes, idk what's going on

slovenia: anime opening sang by a decently ok guy at karaoke. also the video is just a slide show of the storyboard which is funny

croatia: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man? nobody likes acoustic singer/songwriter bullshit at eurovision