#and supporting movie roles

[catharsistine]

The scene in the Barbie trailer when Barbie is skating around with Ken and asks "Why is everyone staring at me?"

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE AN ADOLESCENT GIRL.

Living in Barbieland (childhood girlhood) but then suddenly you're all grown up in the real world subject to scrutiny and sexualisation (the guy slapping Barbie's ass) and feeling like existing is a crime?

Being forced by adult men into a box (which leads to the not like other girls syndrome) and exploring the 'real world' (being forced to grow up too quickly) while fighting the realisation that maybe the world sucks and being a woman is so difficult while hoping with all your heart that it's not always going to be this way.

Losing touch with the very things that made you happy because they're considered immature and girly? (The group of teens that said they hadn't played with Barbies since they were five.)

Older women telling you that you have to learn the truth about the world and that you can never have your old life back (Kate Mckinnon's Barbie) despite it being the only thing you yearn for, but also older women being a bright spot and support (the old woman on the bench) in the endless slough of life.

And this is just the trailer!!! I'm so excited for this movie I can't breathe, Greta Gerwig the woman that you are 😭

[freepassbound]

A Note On Reality

Okay, one more Picard-related thought (though it applies beyond just that) - lots of people seem to either be forgetting or being intentionally obtuse about the fact that this is a television show? Something that has to be created in the real world?

And that basic reality usually explains so much:

"why wasn't Character X, etc. there?" - well, probably because they couldn't afford the actor, or couldn't get the scheduling sorted out

"why didn't they do this, etc.?" - well, probably because they couldn't afford it, or didn't have the time

Relating to Picard, I have read for some time from multiple sources notes to the effect that they were having to scrimp on various things to save money - sets, locations, actors, effects. Which is a damn shame... but is, again, reality: Paramount has to pay for that giant video set, and the TNG cast, somehow - to say nothing of Champions League football or Kiefer Sutherland or any other thing.

And then, there's another aspect of reality... which I think had a direct bearing on the last two seasons of Picard. This is just my guess, and it's wholly unsubstantiated... but... I think Sir Patrick Stewart did Season 1 - and realized he may not be able to do this for much longer.

He hadn't done a TV show since 2016 (which means it was probably shot in 2015), and I don't think any of his movie roles had been major ones since Logan (which was around the same time, maybe a bit later - anyway, movie filming is an entirely different animal).

SPS originally said the show wouldn't feature the TNG cast, and would have nothing to do with Starfleet - and I don't think Sir Patrick is a liar. But I feel like, after Season 1, he started thinking about how his career was going to end, or at least how that character was going to end... and he changed his mind.

So they shot the last two seasons back-to-back, in the middle of the pandemic no less (I also feel like people forgot that fact), because he wanted to get them done while he still could... and they brought back the TNG cast for a season because SPS wanted to work with his friends one last time. And to me, that explains several important things about these past two seasons.

[pianokantzart]

LUIGI IS CANONICALLY A SHY BEAN WHO DOESN’T CRAVE ATTENTION OR A SPOTLIGHT. HE JUST WANTS TO HELP OUT AND KEEP THINGS TIDY. 

[not-quite-normal]

What’s the difference between head of character animation, animation APM, animation lead, senior animator, animation supervisor, animation coordinator, animator, etc. ? I know it depends on the studio, so what were the differences in your experience?

where i work:

head of character animation (HOCA): one person that oversees the entire animation team and is in charge of the overall look of the anim style. presents shots to the director(s)

supervising animator: manages a smaller team of leads and animators. oversees entire sequences and gives creative direction. reports to the hoca

lead animator: works closely with the supervising animators to help manage their team. more of a mentor role, helping their animators with technical questions/workflow/troubleshooting/general anim advice

senior animator: highest level of animator, after junior and intermediate

animation APM (associate production manager): oversees the team of animation coordinators and manages schedules/notes/deliveries/communication between departments/so many other things

animation coordinators: absolute heroes, perfect angels, would be nowhere without them, etc. they keep track of the shots and numbers and all the kinds of stuff that hurts the average animation brain

[ormymarius]

anyway if Patrick Wilson doesn’t get cast in James Wan’s Cthulhu movie I’ll be a little disappointed but it won’t be the end of the world

[thefabelmans2022]

no one except steven spielberg is brave enough to hold open auditions and chemistry tests these days. no one wants to work anymore everyone just wants to cast twitter white boys of the month when they could be CREATING twitter white boys of the month.

[totheverybestoftimes]

i hope Rhys Darby becomes a leading man in more stuff after this. turns out the world has been sleeping on him.

[misiahasahardname]

i have no idea how the american school system works so i’m currently trying to figure out what kind of subjects the tales turtles would choose for their highers

[fizzigigsimmer]

I literally have to be up early tomorrow * (today lol), but I am laying in bed consumed by the realization that Billy is Jesse Greenwood from Free Willy, if Neil had fucked off earlier and his mom had abandoned him when he was still young enough to be considered precious and worth the effort of saving.

[lewisrises]

i honestly want to hear what you have to say about the dior deal

nothing to say bc it doesn’t rlly shock me 😭

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

saw au anon again the laughingstock aspect of the au is more related to the fifth movie so i'll save that for if/when you watch those! the au overall has aspects of 1-7 plus 10 - for first movie events, it's replacing lawrence with frank and adam with eddie, with wally taking kramer's place :D I am very normal about saw (lying)

damn you're a Saw connoisseur huh

[pianokantzart]

Mario is the protector, Luigi is the emotional support

Exactly! And they fit the bill of exactly what they need from each other.

[declanisms]

ppl say it’s not that deep to like morally grey/straight up villainous male characters and that is true!! u can absolutely like your shitbag dickface character and not condone their actions irl!! but like so many of u r just straight up misogynists like. u can love your emotional support asshole man without degrading women in the process. it’s rlly not difficult

[cowboycannibalism]

Dan Stevens you never let me down

[koheletgirl]

is this really where we're at are we boycotting authors because their books are sold in israel

[felicitykings]

SPIRIT OF THE DUCKS ↳ day four: favourite parallel