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Me, amidst the avalanche of pictures, trying to decide between filtering the tags, or letting the fangirl beast loose.
#the materialist#I do want to enjoy this movie unspoiled#really really#genuinely#and not as a “Pedro Pascal’ movie#but as a potentially good film#BUT HE LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD#I’m torn#help#like I wanna see the off set and between takes pic#but not the literal scenes being shot#also it must be hell for the crew#BUT HE LOOKS#SO FUCKING#GOOD
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The idea that uni protesters are "elitist ivy-league rich kids larping as revolutionaries" on Twitter and Reddit and even here is so fucking funny to me if you actually know anything about the student bodies at these unis. Take it from someone who's going to one of the biggest private unis in the US, 80% of the peers I know are either from the suburbs or an apartment somewhere in America, children of immigrants, or here on a student visa. I've heard about one-percenter students, but I've never met one in person. Like, don't get me wrong, the institution as a whole is still very privileged and white. I've talked with friends and classmates about feeling weird or dissonant being here and coming from such a different background. But in my art program, I see BIPOC, disabled, queer, lower-income students and faculty trying to deconstruct and tear that down and make space every day. So to take a cursory glance at a crowd of student protesters in coalitions that are led by BIPOC & 1st/2nd-gen immigrant students and HQ'd in ethnic housings and student organizations and say, "ah. children of the elite." Get real.
#also idk how to tell you this but even if it were true. wealthy children potentially sacrificing their educational careers to protest is#a good thing actually. idk how to tell you that caring about people from other nations is good#personal#“this war has nothing to do with most students cuz nobody's getting drafted” idk how to explain to you that we should be angry#that our tuitions of 10s of thousands of dollars that we pay every year for an education is being used to fund a genocidal campaign#also the implication that if you go to a uni institution you are automatically privileged by participation no matter your bg#i didn't /want/ to go to this school. i was supposed to go to a school with an art/animation program. but i realized my immigrant#parents have been working their whole lives to get me here. and turning the opportunity down would be a disservice to their sacrifice#this is getting into convos of “what 2nd gen kids owe their parents” which is different for everyone but. yeah#i just get pissed off at seeing people misrepresenting student bodies as “wealthy” and “privileged” and “elite” when it's such a blatant li#i remember a year ago a friend told me they can't fly home to hong kong for winter break because the plane tickets are too expensive#so they have to find temporary housing around the area#last quarter for a film doc class my film partner made a doc on a small group of marxist grad students from india discussing praxis#during a rally a few months ago in response to police presence the coalition invited palestinian students to speak about their experiences#and lead songs and read poems they wrote. these are STUDENTS. are they elitist too?#this is not to disregard my own personal privilege either.#this whole narrative's just to rationalize a lack of empathy to me. seeing a 19yo student get shot by a rubber bullet and your first#reaction is “HAW! HAW! bet richy rich didn't see THAT coming when she put on her terrorist hood!”#newsflash. these big uni campuses are HAUNTED by the violence of past protests and revolutions and police brutality. we know.#why do you think these coalitions have been making reinforced barricades at record speed
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Concepts for a fictional remake of John Carpenter's "Ghosts of Mars." (for fun)
Each illustration is an homage to a John Carpenter film.
#cinemamind#horror#body horror#digital painting#fanart#artists on tumblr#gore#blood#halloween#orange#john carpenter#ghosts of mars#piercings#and for those of you curious enough to see this film its nothing like this artwork#its not very good but I always thought the concept had potential
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The X trilogy + "psycho-biddy" influences
#x 2022#pearl#maxxxine#x series#strait-jacket#psycho#what ever happened to baby jane#horror#psycho-biddy#hagsploitation#made this whole big thing which i still might post eventually but. in terms of aesthetics. this abridged version is better lol#i'm not gonna finish the other post tonight but consider this a preview of sorts#i can't stop thinking about what if they leaned more into the 'hagsploitation' aspect of it all lol#i actually find it odd + off-putting that they start and end maxxxine with a bette davis reference#with a big significant psycho cameo at the bates motel itself#and there's not really any payoff for those allusions!!#i think if you're gonna try to tie into a legacy of older horror films you should do it in a sincere way#because that just felt like 'elevated horror' bonus points + nostalgia bait#anyway. it's fun to think about the potential it had + how all the building blocks exist within the narrative to do something interesting#and i am a 1960s hagsploitation subgenre apologist lol#what ever happened to baby jane? changed my brain chemistry the first time i watched it as a kid#so maybe i'm just nostalgia baiting myself making these connections lmao#but it could have been so good#it could have been the perfect synthesis of the shared themes across all three movies#but i don't think hagsploitation gets butts in movie theater seats like girlboss 80s nostalgia vaguely true crime related shit#oh wait also i guess calling psycho a hagsploitation movie is like. probably not 100% accurate#but it is though. it's not an inversion of the subgenre bc the subgenre didn't exist yet#but it builds up a mystery 'psycho-biddy' character only to reveal that she's not the murderer#which is also what happens in strait-jacket so i think it counts!!#+ psycho is directly referenced in all 3 movies so it’s a pretty clear influence on the trilogy as a whole
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totk made me feel like i got scammed so badly i dont think i want to get any new zelda on release and instead wait until i know its worth it
im afraid zelda will turn into half baked games with flashy imagery to distract you from its shitty writing and superficial references to older games to catch your nostalgia, that the name alone will sell anyway so why try
#ganondoodles talks#zelda#totk#might have said that before#kinda like pokemon#where you can feel the potential stare in your face but its not being used#and new games being pushed out for the sake of new game#i wonder if totk turned out like this bc they have been focusing on the movie thing#bc its easier money?#and the mario film was so popular#i know totk started develeopment earlier ... probably#but something getting messed up can happen any time#guess i have been too annoying on twitter about it#despite not nearly talking about it as much as here#people going -you just expected too much lol-#shut up!! i wanted a sequel and its not#its not even a good zelda imo#i dont have to be some mindless hater to criticze things that are obviously lacking#also i made the mistake of not censoring -scammed- and immediately got swarmed by bots on twitter lmao
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okay, okay, yes, me and my wife. but also this is a deeply clever and horrifying premise. like "i live in your house" and it becomes true. because he lives in your head, and he is living there. He is in your house even if he isn't.
and you spend the whole time thinking- if its in her head, it will get better once someone else is there- her wife, a loved one who has been expressing concern for her wellbeing.
And then she arrives, and invites him in. And it ends with "do you hear that" and an unbothered "yes".
HORRIFYING. well shot, well written, well composed, well acted.
#smosh#amanda lehan canto#👌#really good! also the cinematography and use of very bold and bright colors for patricks character vs the muted dreary tones for valerie#and when valerie is outside the lighting is normal which almost makes it worse bc she should be safe. but.#anyway! lovely piece. everyone involved did a GREAT job.#also domestic amangela (at the cost of amanda's character absolutely losing her mind/sense of safety with presumably no one on her side)#angela giarratana#patrick mcdonald#i live in your house#the pacing is interesting but. potentially thats just the nature of it being a short film? hm.
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my life’s mission is to personally fight osgood perkins for continually making horror movies that are so close to being spectacular but never quite make it there. nothing on earth is as frustrating as almost
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The biopic epidemic is bad for a number of reasons (awful Pacing, misinfo, general boringness) but the worst thing about them, is how empty they feel.
I love Llewyn Davis and Tick Tick Boom. Before those movies I didn't care about the early 60s folk scene, or a failed musical from the 80s. But those movies made me care.
Those movies were full of passion. Made by people who were obsessed with the topics they were making a movie about. And it showed!
But all these new age biopics (Especially music biopics) are supposedly about artists who were extremely passionate about their craft - but you feel none of it. None of them made me care.
The Biopic Epidemic has turned into a machine - put in a person's life, a barely serviceable movie comes out.
They can't lean too hard into comedy, because then the Oscars won't pay attention. They can't be about anything "frivolous" from the subjects lives, because the Oscars only give awards to movies about Important Topics.
How do serious drama movies adapt to a market full of IP, superheroes and franchises? You make a serious drama movie about something recongnisable.. like a brand. Doesn't matter if that brand is Elvis or Pop Tarts - it just has to be something people recognise.
So these movies can't be "too serious" or go too deep into any one topic, because they have to be scientifically precise brand of milquetoast to appeal to Awards and the general public.
So all the movies end up feeling the same.
No central conflict, no emotional core, no defining info beyond what you'd find on a Wikipedia article.
The bohemian rhapsody and Whitney Houston biopic might as well be the same movie with different actors. They didn't make me care about either of them.
I don't understand why I'm supposed to be excited for a Bob Dylan or Beatles biopic that will feel exactly the same as every other biopic I've watched.
These are unique people, with endlessly fascinating lives and characters. But no matter what, the movie won't feel any different from the last music biopic.
#biopics#bohemian rhapsody#bob dylan#beatles#tick tick boom#just some thoughts i had#its depressing that most of these people will never get a good film#their lives have so much potential for emotional beautiful movies#but nothing will ever come out of it
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i think it's time that we as a society realized that actually eternals wasn't bad it was just not standard marvel fare and that's okay
#maybe i'm biased#it is my favorite marvel movie after all#but i truly think so much of the hate was that it was a diverse cast with overtly pro-choice messaging that freaked marvel fans out#is it flawed? yes. but all marvel movies are#but something about that found family and cast and creative team that clearly cared deeply about the story they were telling really got me#there was so much care put into the making of it!#lauren ridloff (makkari) made name signs for all the characters because she is actually deaf and wanted to make the film good representatio#and all the cast learned basic sign language so they could talk to her on and off the set#it's so unlike every other marvel movie and that's why i love it#it's not afraid to push boundaries and be strange and make mistakes#and i'm so sad that it will never get a sequel because there was so much potential for those characters and their stories#i wanted to see makkari and druig realize they love each other#i wanted to see them deal with the fallout of their actions#i wanted to see the family fracture and then see them all find their way back to each other#i wanted to see more queer representation in a character of color whose whole story wasn't all about being queer and isn't just a cameo#i wanted more!#and i'm not afraid to admit it!#maybe it would have been better as a tv show but i dunno. i switch thoughts about that a lot#i think the alternating timeline was really interesting and kept me engaged the whole time but i am definitely in the minority for that one#but i also don't like endgame so. you know. maybe i can't be trusted#anyway that was a whole ass essay#if you read all that hope you enjoyed. drink some water. give yourself a pat on the back. i love you.#the eternals#marvel#drukkari
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A sketch page made for a movie that came out before I was born??? Anything for Ewan McGregor
#shallow grave 1994#shallow grave#shallow grave fanart#fanart#digital art#ewan mcgregor#christopher eccleston#movie#art#like....ewan served in this#also I genuinely had no idea what was going to happen and the ending was so good??#theyre so mean#i would love to sit in on a film studies class and have the professor rip this film apart it has such potential#also the next time I go to make a full sketch page again someone hit me on the head with me wacom#it takes SO LONG
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"Film" Rachanun Mahawan as Maki & "Dew" Jirawat Sutivanichsak as Nai
in Home School (2023), dir. "Fon" Kanittha Kwunyoo
#film rachanun#dew jirawat#home school#home school the series#thai drama#manydramagifs#tdramaedit#aaaaaaaaaaaa#just kidding i'm so normal about them i promise#i actually kind of am because they had so few scenes together#but the potential man the potential#(love you though tibet x maki no shade to you at all)#however although i'm biased because their chemistry was SO good#i'm honestly also obsessed with their canon dynamic of being friends (but not best friends) who just click really well#yet their respect for each other is simultaneously really casual#like they're in the same circles and get along well when they do interact but at the same time it's not a big deal to either of them
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JAMES SPADER as William Ashbury SHADOW OF FEAR (2004), dir. Rich Cowan
#this movie SUCKS. truly so bad don't watch it's not worth it. but he plays an evil lawyer it's really hot <3#so gorgeous. I think the last thing he filmed before joining the practice#jim whispers literally the entire movie it's so funny girl speak up!!!!#james spader#shadow of fear#*#not my fave genre anyway but this did have squandered potential. the concept was there. could've been good#if it was written like 207% better#the stuff with william and his feelings(?) for wynn was SO underplayed.#not just saying that bc i'm a james girlie who wants to see him romancing. actually yes I am!#but idk it could've been great motivation instead it was one scene where he verbalizes it and the rest of the time he's just like 👁️👁️#I wish he was my weird family friend who was maybe in love with me and showed up in my yard talking about treehouses
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Kong and Suko Headcanons + Shimo Part 2
Since quite a few of you enjoyed part 1 of this post, I finally came up with some more head canons! (With a bit of fluffy Kong x Shimo tossed in there because that ship has grown on me quite a bit as of late. I think it’s cute and creates room for tons of wholesome interactions for both parties)
Also also, I have been wanting to write a short story featuring these three ever since I saw the movie all the way back in March. I haven’t had time or energy for it, but now that I’ve started writing again and have began taking meds for my ADHD, I might release it soon! :D Nothing too long or crazy, mostly just fluff and hurt/comfort regarding things I’ve discussed in this post as well as the other part. With, of course, some underlying conflict.
Shimo is harshly underdeveloped in terms of social interaction. Unlike Suko, she values her own personal space. Kong tries his best to take things slow and offers her affectionate pats every once in a while to show she’s appreciated and acknowledged in his space. Once she’s gotten used to the touch, she’ll usually headbutt Kong’s shoulder as a way of saying “I want to be acknowledged.”
Shimo flinches whenever any ape raises their fist, thinking they’re going to strike her. As a defense, her body automatically freezes the area surrounding her. Consequently, she hates loud, sudden noises as well. Suko and Kong are the main ones who help calm her down.
Not only are Shimo’s social skills underdeveloped, but so are her communication skills. When she speaks, most of it comes out in a broken speech pattern. (Think of it like how people used to speak hundreds of years ago- Shimo- compared to modern day- most other intelligent Kaiju). She more than likely speaks in the third person out of habit. Kong does daily lessons with her to get her up to speed and make conversations between her and the pack easier.
Suko likes to tamper with/examine various machinery that Illene and the other humans bring to Hollow Earth. Sometimes it can be hard for Monarch to get things done with the little ape rummaging about.
Shimo was the one that fell first. She never had a healthy relationship with any creature since the Skar King imprisoned her. But with Kong, she was free to do what she pleased. Above all, she was safe. She watched him turn the pack into a community where everyone was respected and cared for, despite all obstacles.
Shimo feels guilty for the nerve damage her frostbite did to Kong’s hand, despite the fact that it happened under the Skar King’s control. Kong has assured he harbors no ill will towards her, but Shimo can’t shake the idea that deep down he resents her. Sometimes she’ll grab the glove in her mouth and playfully nibble on the metal (without damaging it) to try and make light of things.
I think their difference in habitat is kind of cool. Shimo is drawn to Kong because of his warmer body temperature, while Kong sits near her if the humid heat of the lava gets too unbearable. And I find it ironic given how in G v K he hated the snow, but spending time with Shimo made him hate it a little less.
Suko loves chewing on ice as a snack. Shimo is his infinite ice cube spawner.
Shimo will occasionally forget his how big she is and flop down onto her friends. (She’s like a giant Great Dane trying to sit on their human’s lap)
Suko has a habit of tackling people when he’s very excited. As stated at the beginning of this post, he lacks any understanding of personal space. This is, in part, due to past trauma of losing his caretaker. It is a huge reason as to why he refuses to sleep alone at night. He’s afraid that if he’s not by someone, he’ll lose them.
Shimo forms little ice figures that she gives to Kong as a gift. It’s her main way of showing affection.
Kong likes to take sticks and draw various symbols and figures into the mud. More often than not, Shimo will rest her head atop his and watch the process. He gets used to it over time and sometimes forget she’s even there.
Kong isn’t used to having others around or forming friendships with people outside of Jia and Illene. Having so many of the pack look up to him is subtly intimidating and puts a weight on his shoulders that he hadn’t had since before the storm on Skull Island. He also doesn’t immediately catch onto or understand the fact that Shimo likes him (Mothra is probably the one who notices first. She likes to keep tabs between the surface world and Hollow Earth). This is mostly a joke but what if Suko tries to set Shimo and Kong up on a Kaiju date— which is just them going hunting together or something. Both of them are oblivious to it.
Shimo becomes increasingly overprotective of Kong and Suko as time passes. In dire situations when Godzilla and Kong have to meet up to stop a threat, Shimo will snap at Godzilla if he tries to provoke or pick on Kong. Godzilla is the Alpha, but Shimo isn’t too intimidated by him. Though she lacks most motivation to fight anymore, she’ll still stand up for those she has gotten close to.
Bonus:
#kong#king kong#shimo#suko#monsterverse#godzilla x kong: the new empire#gxk: the new empire#legendary godzilla#Shimo x Kong#What’s their ship name y’all?#Konimo?#Komo?#Idk#fluff#headcanons#self indulgent#self indulgence at its finest#self indulgent headcanons#Hurt/comfort#angst#Potential short story announcement I suppose#I need to outline it before I begin writing#But I’m excited to explore this dynamic and what might’ve happened post film!#Imma make a poll for their ship name like what r they caallleedd I need to knnnoowww#Frostbite?#I might start calling them frostbite#Idk if it sounds good#This is literally all I’ve thought about all day#When the adhd hits it hits hard#Had to put my thoughts down before it drove me crazy
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various thoughts:
i would like to have a significant other
i would like to develop my personality a bit more before meeting a significant other
i should wait until after top surgery before even considering seeing anyone bc i’m gonna be much happier and more confident after that
i want to know my local area better
i NEED more pretentious local friends who are willing to experience new things with me in my local area
i need to read and watch and listen to and DO more and i have the time to do it now, so i need to make it happen
#there is literally just SO much i haven’t done that i need to do#every time i experience something new i am filled with more love and become more powerful#and it becomes something else i can share with others#i’ve always been hesitant to do this - but maybe i should set actual goals…#and select specific things ahead of time to keep myself on track#i think it’s fun to keep the film list loose - but i could still schedule them#and schedule out like. a book every 3 weeks or something REALLY reasonable like that#unless the book is super long and needs more time#book-scheduling makes sense to me bc i’m less sensitive about what i read than what i watch#2024 ‘resolutions’ incoming??#i’ve never made New Year’s resolutions before bc i hate pressuring myself#but i actually WANT to do things so like. 🤷🤷#i’m sensing some good potential here
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Thank you for your honesty! That's okay! Tell me about Finn. Now I'm intrigued! 😁
FINN my BOY
The Force Awakens introduced so much potential, with this literal no-name stormtrooper who could have come from anywhere in the galaxy, taken and molded and pushed into serving the First Order with no identity beyond being a good little cog in the machine, and the first time he gets to see up close and personal how that machine steam rolls over innocent people in its path, his reaction is to give a hard pass
I just. Words do not describe how much I love this concept. And even better, this is a main character, one part of the Big Trio we were meant to get for this trilogy, he's not a throwaway background "move the plot a step forward but otherwise don't do anything" guy, he's not a traitor who does one helpful thing and then dies for it in the name of freedom or revolution, he gets out, and even with clear reluctance, he finds something bigger and better to throw himself into
And yeah, there are the obvious parallels with the clone troopers of the old Republic, literally created to be cogs in their machine, born with numbers instead of names and given extremely little autonomy but for what they carved out for themselves in a hundred thousand unique little ways - but even beyond all of that, I look at the clones, I look at FN and his fellows, I feel like Maz Kanata seeing the same eyes in different faces
Those are children raised to be living weapons
Those are people raised strictly and sternly and told they have no choice, why would they even want a silly choice, this is the best and only option, this is the only thing they'll ever be good for-
But Star Wars is all about choice
Yes, Finn's squadmate died in front of him, left that bloody handprint on his helmet, but that's not a loss that rips apart his world. That's not a farmstead burned down, a species massacred, a planet obliterated. That's his reality, that he and all his fellow troopers are meant to live and fight and die for those above them - it should, in theory, be the easiest thing in the world to stand up, to shoot, to get back in that transport and return to the First Order and continue onward
But it isn't
Maybe Finn could have been Force sensitive, maybe that was never in the cards, but regardless, he heard those screams and saw the falling bodies, he went back up on the shuttle and saw a captured enemy pilot and he chose
The greatest tragedy of the clone troopers is that at the final moment, when Operation Knightfall kicked into full gear, they didn't get to choose. A set of pre-determined words flipped a switch inside their heads, and good soldiers follow orders, sir, if the Emperor declares these folks are traitors, well, traitors to the Empire must die, and once they're all dead we move on to the next set of orders and the next, good soldiers follow orders, so do good citizens of the Empire, those that don't get to deal with the consequences
How many of their ghosts got to cheer, when a nobody no-name kid, molded to wear white armor and shaped to hold a blaster in his hands, heard his orders and refused, and then went on to choose a course of action that helped take down the biggest superweapon the galaxy had ever seen?
The clones seized what choices they could, with their names and their paint and whatever else they managed, up until the biggest choice of all was stripped from them
FN-2187 didn't even get those tiny scraps of self-expression, of identity, of any choice at all, until he found himself on the edge of a precipice all his fellow squad members jumped into without a second thought, and pulled himself away
The rest of the sequels chickening out of doing a hell of a lot more with that is definitely in the top five travesties of the entire damn franchise, I swear.
#star wars sequals#star wars the clone wars#finn#fn-2187#it's been years and it still burns me up#you PLAN to create a TRILOGY#but you CHANGE DIRECTORS#and DON'T go into it with a cohesive Start Middle and End??#you let the loudest whiniest fans scare you into changing tactics halfway through#THEN IT'S NO WONDER YOUR FILMS TURN TO BANTHASHIT#sorry. I will never get over being annoyed about this#so much potential- WASTED#it's an affront to good storytelling#I will continue to pick out the tiny scraps of Cool Bits and Good Moments#and Ruminate on all the ways it could've gone#the only thing that truly unites Star Wars fans is Suffering
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I just want to keep talking about him but I have no one else to talk to
I hate that the shrek fan base is still there but mostly just consists of memes.
#Like I genuinely wanna talk about how good the franchise is#how excited/afraid I am for the upcoming film#potential character we get to see again#I've seen minimal artists who genuinely love the characters there and make consistent art about it#and I love them#aaaargh I'm so tired#text#rmf speaks#rambles
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