#c: biel

[tywysoges-g]

“I... brought coffee?” Was the only thing that sprung to mind as Gwen waited outside Biel’s door. Well, she had brought coffee but announcing why she was there had never been her thing. Ever since her chat with Hafiz, Gwen had felt... uneasy. Did she like him? Was there something more to their banter on her end? Whatever it was, Gwen planned on keeping it deep, deep down. She’d seen what had happened with Gio before and she wasn’t about to “lose” Biel too. 

@bielbraganca​

[fantastickkay]

From Teen Beat, October 1999.

[huariqueje]

View of the Bielersee ,View of Lake Biel  -  Jan Pieter Terwey,  c. 1920.

Dutch , 1883 - 1965

Gouache on paper, laid down on cardboard , 32 x 44.5 cm. 

[digitalfaehaven]

MY TBR LIST !

A list of (almost) every book I want to read, i’ll update as I complete each book ! Suggestions welcome !

I will give each book a rating once they’re read !

Loved - 🫀

Liked - 🥀

Meh/just okay - 🐦‍⬛

Didn’t like - 🪰

Hated - 🪦

Escorted - Claire Kent 🫀

Breaking - Claire Kent 🐦‍⬛

Last Light - Claire Kent

Grave - Shantel Tessier

Cross - Shantel Tessier

Bones - Shantel Tessier

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

Once You’re Mine - Morgan Bridges

That one Night - Emily Rath

Pucking Around - Emily Rath

Priest - Sierra Simone

Captured - Rosa Lee

Haunting Adeline - H. D. Carlton

Butcher & Blackbird - Brynne Weaver

The Mindfuck Series - S. T. Abby

Organized Chaos - Drethi Anis

Unfurl - Elodie Hart

Pretty Monster - Sheridan Anne

Twisted Love - Ana Huang

Vicious - L. J. Shen

Fatal Obsession - Drethi A.

Her Soul to Take - Harley Laroux

No Regrets - Claire Kent

Haven - Claire Kent

Better Run - Alina May

The Ritual - Shantel Tessier

Until I Get You - Claire Contreras

Hunt Me Darling - Maree Rose

No One Has To Know - Carin Hart

Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff

Release Me - J. Kenner

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice

Arse Over Irish Teacup - Jude McLean

Credence - Penelope Douglas

Den of Vipers - K. A. Knight

Scream for Us - Molly Doyle

Satans Affair - H. D. Carlton

The Never King - Nikki St. Crowe

Bonded By Thorns - Elizabeth Helen

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

The Pisces - Melissa Broder

Hitched - Lauren Biel

Across State Lines - Lauren Biel

Beneath the Stars - Emily Mcintire

Praise - Sarah Cate

Devil of Dublin - BB Easton

Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Icebreaker - Hannah Grace

The Irish Lake House - Colleen Coleman

Forget Me Not - Karissa Kinword

Christmas in Coconut Creek - Karissa Kinword

Captured - Lauren Biel

Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas

The Pucking Wrong Number - C. R. Jane

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Abercrombie & Fitch Summer 2002 Quarterly Interview Snippet

OMG, did I find a great excerpt from something old and lost today. It's a small piece of an interview Chris gave for the Abercrombie & Fitch Summer 2002 quarterly magazine. Unfortunately, the person who excerpted it was only really interested in where he was talking about Jess Biel. But, feast:

Q: Who's bigger with Bostonians - Aerosmith or the Celtics?

C: (whispering reverentially) Celtics. The Celtics are legendary. When I was younger my father had season tickets to the old Garden, so I used to go all the time - I remember seeing Larry Byrd play Michael Jordan. But my father's a dentist in Boston, and he was gonna do work on Steven Tyler's mouth. He ended up not getting the work done, but still, it was the biggest deal in my house. My girlfriend did a video with Aerosmith, so she knows them.

Q: Who's your girlfriend?

C: Jessica Biel, from 7th Heaven

Q: Has she used her clout to get you a guest spot?

C: No, but we always talk about that.

Q: What's the deal? She's got an in!

C: She has to marry someone on the show - she's leaving this year. So I was just like, "Hey babe, wouldn't it be cute...?" So you know, we'll see. Maybe we'll give Mr. Spelling a ring.

[solarsonicsoda]

Wrestlemania Main Event Reviews - Wrestlemania 13

The Undertaker def. Sycho Sid (c) in a No Disqualification Match for the WWF World Championship in 21:19

Pre-match promo from Sid, he goes from yelling to inaudible, and when you can hear him he barely makes any sense! Here’s Taker, and even in full-on undead mortician mode his entrance is a spectacle! I like Undertaker’s little face paint tear. HBK’s on commentary. Sid comes out and is giving fist bumps but I assumed he was a heel. Sid gets the Sid pyro which is always cool. The two big men square up but here comes Bret Hart! Bret is here to yell at HBK, who Vince McMahon comforts it seems. He also yells at Undertaker and Sid, who laughs and looks around when Hart addresses him, which is funny. He then hits a powerbomb on him to shut him up. Taker attacks Sid as he yells at Bret and hits a lot of strikes and a big splash in the corner. The ring is very stained from I presume Austin vs. Hart earlier. Taker hits Old School and he’s all over Sid to begin until he catches a corner splash with a bearhug. He goes to a knee with it and I still think these bearhugs look rubbish. HBK talks on commentary and gets a picture and picture, but that’s ok with me because this bearhug is still going on. Taker breaks free but Sid locks it in again. Taker comes off the rope into a big boot and then Sid launches him over the ropes, but Taker brings him out under the bottom rope. Sid throws him into the French announce team, then drops him on the barricade and the table. He slams him against the post, rolls in for a cover, but kick out. Taker and Sid go back and forth and Sid locks in a camel clutch. Sid goes middle rope and hits a double axe handle but Taker then mounts a comeback. Sid reverses into an Irish whip and then a powerslam. He backs up with a big leg drop but no successful pinfalls. He’s trying a lot! Squeezing Taker’s face into the turnbuckle, then Taker is able to come off the ropes and hit a leaping clothesline, but Sid is still up first. Attack in the corner but Taker flings him through the middle rope and then over the barricade. They brawl back and forth on the outside and back on the inside Taker misses a big elbow drop. Sid locks in a chin lock on the mat. Taker gets out with some big shots and uppercut, then as Sid comes off the ropes, he hits a big powerslam, but Sid kicks out. Shoulder claw from Taker but Sid gets up and breaks free. He goes for a low-effort big boot off the ropes, but Taker catches, spins him, and hits a clothesline. Double big boot and both are down. Sid crawls over for the pin but kick out. He hammers down on Undertaker with multiple middle rope attacks, but again Undertaker kicks out. On the third attempt, Taker reverses, but an eye rake and powerslam halts Undertaker. Sid goes top rope but Taker sits up and crotches Sid. Biel throw off the top, Taker heads up top and hits the diving clothesline, but Sid kicks-out. Taker signals for the Tombstone but Sid counters, though he only gets 2! He throws him out through the middle and brawls outside but Taker gets the choking hand on Sid. However, Bret Hart attacks Sid with the steel chair, Taker looks annoyed but slams him into the post. Chokeslam in the middle of the ring but Sid kicks out. Taker is thrown into the ropes, gains speed, but Sid ducks the attack. Sid signals for the powerbomb, Hart comes up on the apron, Sid attacks him but walks into a Tombstone Piledriver for the win! New champion! And it was a very slow count too! Taker looks great with all the pale makeup worn off. He poses to celebrate. 

Pros: Good brawling action, high impact, big win for the Undertaker Cons: Bret’s involvement makes Taker look kinda weak?

Fine match! Fun brawl but nothing that particularly catches the eye, Taker is class but nothing out of the ordinary. The Bret Hart involvement felt a little unnecessary past the opening segment, especially him coming back twice, but it’s not the worst thing.

3 STARS OUT OF 5

[phantom-le6]

Ramble of the month February 2024: 90’s MCU phase 5 – transitioning from Secret Wars to Infinity Wars

Having spent much of last month and a fair bit of this one working on submissions to literary agencies for my autism book, this month’s ramble and the one for next month took a bit of a back seat, and as such I’ve still not been able to vary myself away from delving further into my hypothetical Marvel and DC film universes.  Apologies to anyone who, like me, were hoping to vary things more.  However, hopefully what we cover in this ramble and the next will make up for it, and as April will be Autism Awareness time, I can guarantee something different for then.

By this point, I’m sure readers don’t need as much of a recap on what these posts to do with my 90’s-based MCU are about.  Long story short, I’ve done what the meme makers don’t; looked at the comic book and real-world history of Marvel from that era to create an actual 90’s based MCU instead of putting 90’s actors into a present-day MCU.  However, as we’re into a fifth phase and well past the 1990’s, we should at least quickly review phases 1-4 first.

Phase 1:

1992: Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man

1993: Thor, Spider-Man, Ant-Man & The Wasp

1994: Captain America: Fantastic Four 2, Iron Man 2

1995: X-Men, Avengers, Daredevil

Phase 2:

1996: Spider-Man 2, Thor: Land of Enchantment, Silver Surfer

1997: Hulk vs Wolverine, Fantastic Four: Doomsday, Iron Man 3

1998: Captain America: Society of Serpents, Daredevil 2, X-Men 2

1999: Avenger 2, Spider-Man 3, Doctor Strange

Phase 3:

2000: Fantastic Four: World War III, Thor: Ragnarök, Daredevil 3

2001: Hulk: Rise of the Leader, X-Men: Fall of the Mutants, Avengers: Under Siege

2002: Doctor Strange 2, The Captain, Spider-Man 4

2003: Captain Britain, Fantastic Four: Enter the Negative Zone, Ghost Rider

Phase 4:

2004: Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Secret Wars: Part I

2005: Excalibur, Defenders, Ghost Rider 2

2006: X-Factor, Secret Wars: Part II, Heroes For Hire

2007: Namor the Submariner, Doctor Strange 3, Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin

As discussed in previous rambles, phase 1 was all about establishing the MCU and its characters, phase 2 was about the expansion and development of the continuity, while phase 3 was mostly about many characters and teams losing, being put on the back foot and so on.  Phase 4 then covered Secret Wars, which temporarily deprived Earth of some major MCU heroes to put them through a real alien war, and in the process also allowed some other heroes to come to the fore.  Phase 5 then becomes about following on from some of those plot threads while beginning the set-up for this MCU’s version of the Infinity War.  So, let’s quickly show you the phase 5 slate and then get right into the details of these would-be films.

Phase 5:

2008: Spider-Man 5, Fantastic Four: Unthinkable, Ms Marvel

2009: Elektra, Black Panther 2, Defenders 2

2010: X-Men: Proteus, Spider-Man 6, Ant-Man 2

2011: Silver Surfer 2, Avengers vs X-Men, Ghost Rider 3

Spider-Man 5 (2008) Directed by Matthew Vaughan

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Weaton

May Parker = Marg Helgenberger

Flash Thompson = Ben Affleck

J. Jonah Jameson = J.K. Simmons

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson = Denzel Washington

Betty Brant = Parker Posey

Ned Leeds = John Barrowman

Eddie Brock = Wentworth Miller

Randy Robertson = Taye Diggs

Harry Osborn = Ryan Phillipe

Mary-Jane Watson = Alison Hannigan

Herman Schultz/Shocker = Patrick Muldoon

Felicia Hardy/The Black Cat = Elisha Cuthbert

Roderick Kingsley/Hobgoblin = Michael Keaton

Quentin Beck/Mysterio = Nathan Fillion

Captain Jean DeWolff = Jessica Biel

Detective Stanley Carter/”Sin Eater” = James Marsden

In the first three Spider-Man films, we built up to Peter befriending the Osborns and dating Gwen, only for the Green Goblin/Death of Gwen story arcs to play out in Spider-Man 3.  The fourth film then gave Peter a clash with the Sinister Six as he struggles to come to terms with Gwen’s death.  Following Secret Wars, Peter now has the alien costume, and so film 5 is basically the alien costume story arc.  Sounding a little too much like the Raimi/Maguire Spider-Man 3?  Trust me, it’s not like that and for two key reasons.  Firstly, I’m not trying to shoe-horn Venom in for the third act, just set him up for another film.  Second, I’ve chosen Wentworth Miller of Prison Break and The Flash fame to play Eddie Brock, and that’s far from being our only change.

In this film, Peter’s occupied trying to stop a series of illusion thefts being committed on behalf of a new “kingpin”, who turns out to be the Hobgoblin, while also having to track down a notorious serial killer called the “Sin Eater”.  As the alien costume influences Peter ever more, the question becomes less will he stop all the criminals, but rather will he become one.  Matters are further complicated when costume thief Black Cat begins seducing Spider-Man and the alien costume pushes Peter to accept this despite his relationship with Mary-Jane.  The film culminates with a chance clash with the Shocker revealing the alien nature of Peter’s costume, forcing him to finally fight it off.  Eddie Brock gaining the symbiote is then handled in a credit’s scene.

Direction-wise, I picked Matthew Vaughan as he’s a proven superhero film director due to his work on X-Men: First Class.  He’s the fourth director to take a hand on Spider-Man solo film in this hypothetical MCU, with John Hughes having directed the first two, and 3 and 4 being handled by Frank Darabont and Martin Campbell, respectively.

Fantastic Four: Unthinkable (2008) Directed by Roland Emmerich

Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic = Tom Hanks

Susan Storm (Richards)/Invisible Woman = Meg Ryan

Johnny Storm/Human Torch = David Spade

Ben Grimm/Thing = Bryan Cranston

Alicia Masters = Heather Graham

Agatha Harkness = Angela Lansbury

Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom = Goran Višnjić

Hauptmann = Ronald Guttman

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Black Bolt = Pierce Brosnan

Medusa = Elizabeth Hurley

Crystal = Dina Meyer

Gorgon = J.G. Hertzler

Karnak = Alexander Siddig

Triton = Orlando Bloom

T'Challa/Black Panther = Chadwick Boseman

Namor McKenzie/The Submariner = Christian Bale

Barbara "Bobbi" Morse/Mockingbird = Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

Jericho Drumm/Brother Voodoo = Doug E. Doug

Having had the Fantastic Four directed by Leonard Nemoy (films 1-2), Steven Spielberg (films 3-4) and Ridley Scott (film 5), this MCU closes out their share of films under the stewardship of Roland Emmerich, notable for such films as Independence Day, White House Down and Midway.  This film adapts the events of the storylines ‘Unthinkable’ and ‘Authoritative Action’, but leaves the events of ‘Hereafter’ to the comics and begins introducing the Infinity Stones.  Since non-comics fans and fans who haven’t read those stories won’t get those references, let’s do a quick summary.

In the comics, Doctor Doom turned to magic for an attack on the Fantastic Four, which resulted in Reed and Sue’s son Franklin being taken to hell, and the team having to storm Latveria to get him back.  During the incident, Doom scarred Reed before being dragged into hell.  Afterwards, Reed seized control of Latveria to dismantle Doom’s arsenal and craft a permanent prison for Doom, one in which Reed would serve as warden.  However, when the rest of the team tried to stop Reed, Doom somehow began to possess each in turn, ultimately forcing Reed to kill Ben Grimm just to stop Doom.  The events of the Hereafter arc involved a trip into the afterlife to bring Ben back, in the process healing Reed’s scars.

In this film, Franklin is kidnapped and taken to a demon dimension, and Sue leads a rescue team comprised of her, Ben Grimm, Brother Voodoo and the Black Panther to save Franklin while Reed and Johnny attack Doom, aided by the Inhumans and Namor the Submariner.  The attack seemingly defeats Doom, after which Reed leads the F4 to Latveria, seizing control of the nation.  Fearing Doom is somehow influencing Reed, Nick Fury of SHIELD intervenes along with Mockingbird, Voodoo, Namor and T’Challa, only for the seemingly captured Doom to begin telepathically controlling the other F4 members.  Ultimately, Reed manages to force a feedback that wipes Doom’s mind, but in the process, Ben Grimm dies as he does in the comics.  With Ben’s death, the Fantastic Four decide to step back from hero work, becoming a think tank called the Future Foundation.

The bulk of the film’s cast is from past films, with the only new addition being mystical nanny Agatha Harkness, played by Angela Lansbury in better keeping with the comics version of the character.  As for the Infinity Stone I mentioned, that would be the mind stone, which Doom uses to control the various F4 members until Reed works out Doom is channelling the stone’s power and creates the feedback.

Ms Marvel (2008) Directed by Gates McFadden

Carol Danvers/Ms Marvel = Melissa Joan Hart

Michael Barnett = Brian Krause

J. Jonah Jameson = J.K. Simmons

Frank Gianelli = Rory Cochrane

Tracey Burke = Kate Mulgrew

Tabitha Townsend = Kyla Pratt

Lynn Andersen = Amanda Seyfried

Mystique/Raven Darkholme = Connie Nielsen

Rogue = Anna Paquin

Avalanche = Alessandro Gassmann

Fred J Dukes/Blob = Vince Vaughan

Pyro = Hugh Jackman

Irene Adler/Destiny = Sally Field

When it comes to trying to tackle Carol Danvers in films, one story that’s yet to hit the big screen is the story of her downfall against the X-Man Rogue back when Rogue was part of Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.  Indeed, the 90’s animated series of the X-Men is the only adaptation to handle this, and they did it by neatly sidestepping some disturbing backstory.  Long story short, there was a story arc in the Avengers comics around the late 70’s/early 80’s where Carol (then codenamed Ms Marvel) was mind-controlled and raped by an extra-dimensional being so he could be reborn in a body compatible with Earth, then after fast-growing to adulthood, his presence caused a bunch of time disruptions.  When Carol then agreed to go with this being, the Avengers made no effort to prevent this.

When Chris Claremont wrote Rogue into Avengers Annual 10 and showed Rogue rocking Carol’s powers, the question that came to be asked was why Carol hadn’t sought out the Avengers upon returning to Earth, and the answer was made clear.  The team hadn’t shown any real concern for Carol during her strange accelerated pregnancy, and then let her go off with a blatantly mind-controlling rapist from another dimension.  As such, telling the story of Carol clashing with Rogue and the Brotherhood should never be an exact re-telling.  Claremont’s story in Avengers Annual 10 was as much about correcting what the writer of the main comics at that time had written, and with film adaptations, you’re better off just taking a different path entirely.

In this case, we’re showing Carol working as an investigative journalist for a Daily Bugle-owned women’s magazine, who uses the Ms Marvel identity to tackle crime where needed.  This is based on her original run in the comics, so we have Jameson borrowed from the Spider-Man films while using the magazine staff from the comics for supporting roles.  As for the villains, roles from past films like Mystique and Pyro are combined with newly cast actors to give us our second MCU Brotherhood.  The film draws in a mix of acting talent, with Melissa Joan Hart reprising the role of Carol Danvers, and Trek alumni Gates McFadden directing the film.  McFadden has played the mutant Plague/Pestilence for three X-films before this and has some directing experience, making her a good choice for this project.

Elektra (2009) Directed by Roxann Dawson

Elektra Natchios = Leonor Varela

Stick = Scott Glenn

Stone = Sigourney Weaver

Kirigi = Daniel Henney

Frank Simpson/Nuke = John Cena

Matsu'o Tsurayaba = Hiroyuki Sanada

Kwannon = Kelly Hu

Turk Barrett = Gary Dourdan

The story of Elektra following her death in Daredevil is one Fox didn’t quite get right, in large part because they tried to incorporate plot elements and tropes that didn’t tonally fit with the character.  Having used two Daredevil films to set her up before giving the character a one-shot solo film, I think the best thing is taking those bits out.  Instead, we get the Hand going after the Chaste with Elektra in the middle, and when Elektra proves more than they can handle, they bring in the pill-popping assassin known as Nuke.  It’s a straight-up martial arts action film initially, but then becomes a more Punisher-like action film when Nuke comes on the scene.

Trek alumni Roxann Dawson takes the helm because she’s one of the few women I know of that would be directing anything back around this time.  Considering that films with female leads are often better handled by female directors, it makes sense to try and make this the case wherever possible.  The cast is either retained from past films of picked to be more comic-accurate.  Case-in-point, picking American actor Scott Glenn to play Stick rather than English actor Terrence Stamp.

Black Panther 2 (2009) Directed by Tim Burton

T'Challa/Black Panther = Chadwick Boseman

Shuri = Tatyana Ali

Ramonda = Alfre Woodard

T'Chaka = Courtney B. Vance

W'Kabi = Chiwetel Ejiofor

Okoye = Nia Long

Zuri = Joseph Marcell

M'Baku = Idris Elba

Nakia = Lupita Nyong'o

Monica Lynne = Kerry Washington

Baron Macabre = Sterling K Brown

Jerome Beechman/Mandrill = Joaquin Phoenix

Nekra Sinclair = Toks Olagundoye

Kevin Plundarr/Ka-Zar = Chris Hemsworth

Shanna O'Hara = Scarlett Johansson

Zaladane = Jolene Blalock

Everett Ross = Martin Freeman

In Black Panther 2, T’Challa becomes allied with Ka-Zar of the Savage Land when it turns out his hidden jungle in Antarctica houses a cache of Vibranium to rival Wakanda’s.  Most would-be Vibranium hunters baulk at trying to gain the Antarctic variety due to the dinosaurs, but soon both nations are threatened when the woman-controlling mutant Mandrill, his adoptive sister Nekra, the Savage Land priestess Zaladane and Wakandan criminal Baron Macabre team up.  Due to the inclusion of some of these villains, I opted to switch from Tim Story to Tim Burton from a directing stand-point.  This film also features a change of role for a couple of real-world MCU alumni.

Defenders 2 (2009) Directed by Stephen Sommers

Dr Stephen Strange = Johnny Depp

Namor McKenzie/The Submariner = Christian Bale

Bruce Banner/Hulk = John Cusack

Silver Surfer = David Wenham

Valkyrie = Diane Kruger

Kyle Richmond/Nighthawk = Josh Duhamel

Patsy Walker/Hellcat = Mena Suvari

Wong = Will Yun Lee

Clea = Keira Knightley

Jericho Drumm/Brother Voodoo = Doug E. Doug

Dr Anthony Druid = Mark Strong

Daimon Hellstrom = James Van Der Beek

Dr Tania Belinsky (Belinskaya)/Red Guardian = Beatrice Rosen

Dr Arthur Nagan = Julian McMahon

Dr Jerold "Jerry" Morgan = Stellan Skarsgård

Ruby Thursday = Alyssa Milano

Harvey Schlemerman/Chondu the Mystic = Stanley Tucci

Shuma-Gorath = Geoffrey Rush

The Defenders, Marvel’s superhero non-team, return for a second instalment at this point, and I’ve picked Stephen Sommers as director based on him directing a live-action GI Joe film around the same time.  In this film, the few routinely active Defenders learn via immigrant Russian doctor and superhero Red Guardian that a team of scientists called the Headmen have stolen the Reality Stone from AIM in an effort to seize world power for themselves.  Allying with Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Defenders seek to stop the Headmen while Clea joins with Brother Voodoo, Dr Druid and Daimon Hellstrom to try and bring back Doctor Strange from the extra-dimensional limbo he sacrificed himself to in Doctor Strange 3.  At the same time, the Silver Surfer seeks the Hulk.  The whole team then comes together when the Headmen open a portal for Shuma-Gorath, in the process transforming into their strange comic-style appearances.

Everyone from Dr Druid on down in the cast list is new.  As for why we’re skipping over the original male Red Guardian and focusing on the second female iteration for this MCU, there’s two reasons.  First, the second female iteration served as a Defender in the original comics, and second, these MCU rambles are focused on the main film continuity, which in this version of the MCU is strictly cinematic.  TV shows, while allowed as tie-ins, are optional content, and while I’d happily allow a TV show to dive in on Black Widow and some other characters, I think a film was and is a bit much for a character with so little solo comics content.

X-Men: Proteus (2010) Directed by LeVar Burton

Storm/Ororo Monroe = Halle Berry

Polaris/Lorna Dane = Jeri Ryan

Wolverine/Logan = Tom Cruise

Peter Rasputin/Colossus = Henry Cavill

Remi LeBeau/Gambit = Zachary Levi

Cyclops/Scott Summers = Patrick Swayze

Jean Grey = Milla Jovovich

Warren Worthington III/Archangel = Neil Patrick Harris

Beast/Hank McCoy = Alec Baldwin

Robert Drake/Iceman = Michael Weatherley

Banshee/Sean Cassidy = Liam Neeson

Dr Moira Mactaggert = Olivia Williams

Mystique/Raven Darkholme = Connie Nielsen

Rogue = Anna Paquin

Avalanche = Alessandro Gassmann

Fred J Dukes/Blob = Vince Vaughan

Pyro = Hugh Jackman

Irene Adler/Destiny = Sally Field

Professor Charles Xavier = Patrick Stewart

Kevin Mactaggert/Proteus = Iain De Caestecker

Joseph Mactaggert = John Hannah

Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane = Bonnie Wright

Danielle Moonstar = Selena Gomez

Jubilee = Chloe Bennett

Everett Thomas/Synch = Christopher Massey

Douglas Ramsey/Cypher = Devon Bostick

With the third X-Men film Fall of the Mutants having split the X-Men up, and a combination of the Secret Wars duology, Excalibur and X-Factor films following events for the divided team, this fourth X-Men film is intended to reunite some of the scattered team into a new whole.  It also gives Rogue her defection from the Brotherhood following the events of Ms Marvel.  In this film, Moira Mactaggert’s son Proteus emerges as a dangerous mutant and begins a rampage across to Scotland.  With Excalibur unavailable, X-Factor is summoned while the X-Men pursue Mystique’s Brotherhood to Scotland.  The two teams meet up and reunite when they find Professor X is also with Moira, having been recuperating on Muir Island since being released from a SHIELD hospital (this is set-up over end-credit scenes for Fall of the Mutants and X-Factor).

Direction-wise, the X-Men have been handled initially by Jonathan Demme and then Jonathan Frakes in films bearing their team’s name, while Excalibur was helmed by Christopher Nolan and X-Factor by LeVar Burton.  For this film, I’ve put Burton back in the director’s chair.  Casting-wise, I imagine same fans will be perplexed by my choice of Chloe Bennett for Jubilee.  This is because Bennett is of a mixed ancestry that includes having a Chinese mother, and while the ideal is always to try for exact representation from the comics, there aren’t many actresses active in Hollywood around the time of this film with even one parent of Chinese descent, let alone two.

As such, the question becomes which do you compromise; Jubilee’s racial background or her nationality?  My choice, compromise slightly on racial background and bring in some plot threads relating to prejudice against people of mixed race.  Quite honestly, characters of mixed race are among those groups under-represented in film and TV, so if I have to compromise, let me at least try and do so in a positive way.

Spider-Man 6 (2010) Directed by Matthew Vaughan

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Weaton

May Parker = Marg Helgenberger

J. Jonah Jameson = J.K. Simmons

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson = Denzel Washington

Betty Brant = Parker Posey

Ned Leeds = John Barrowman

Eddie Brock/Venom = Wentworth Miller

Randy Robertson = Taye Diggs

Mary-Jane Watson-Parker = Alison Hannigan

Flash Thompson = Ben Affleck

Felicia Hardy/The Black Cat = Elisha Cuthbert

Sha Shan Nguyen = Grace Park

Captain Jean DeWolff = Jessica Biel

Anne Weying = Michelle Williams

Principal Harrington = Viggo Mortensen

Lance Bannon = Hayden Christensen

Gloria "Glory" Grant = Candice Patton

In the sixth of our Spider-Man films, and the last to both start and end with Peter Parker wearing the webs, we showcase Peter and MJ preparing for their upcoming wedding, but the pair are stalked by Eddie Brock, who has now joined with the Venom symbiote and seeks to make Peter’s life hell.  He attempts to manipulate the Black Cat into being his co-conspirator as well, preying on her jealousy after the symbiote-free Spider-Man resists her seduction.  The story ultimately culminates in Venom trying to force Peter into a no-win situation where he has to choose who to save; Mary-Jane or Felicia.  Matthew Vaughan returns to direct, and we get a few extra supporting cast members in lieu of the various villains of Spider-Man 5.

Ant-Man 2 (2010) Directed by Peyton Reed

Hank Pym/Ant-Man = Michael Douglas

Scott Lang/Ant-Man II = Paul Rudd

Maggie Lang = Judy Greer

Cassie Lang = Joey King

William Cross/Crossfire = Ethan Hawke

Taskmaster = Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Alex Gentry/Porcupine = Nick Offerman

Janice Lincoln/Beetle = Naya Rivera

Having left Ant-Man alone in terms of solo films since phase 1, phase 2 marks a return for Hank Pym, who by this point has been out of action since a mental break-down forced him to retire.  Now of sound mind again, he tries to deal with tech thief Crossfire, who steals the prototype for a new, more aggressive variant of the Ant-Man suit, the Yellowjacket.  However, Hank’s old suit is not safe to use as it clashes with his neuro-chemistry, risking more mental break-down.  Even worse, it’s been stolen.  In tracking down the Ant-Man suit, Hank encounters desperate divorced father Scott Lang, who stole the suit to get money to cover his daughter’s medical treatment.

With this film, the aim is to pass the mantle of Ant-Man to Scott Lang in a more comics-accurate manner, while at the same time preserving certain casting that the MCU got right, hence why Pym, Scott and Maggie are all retained from the real MCU.  In terms of Cassie, I switched to Joey King as she’s had a remarkably steady record of employment for a non-Disney child actress, and I think she’s a great choice to take up this role for the remainder of this hypothetical MCU.  Direction-wise, I figured it best to stick with the choices of the real MCU and go for Peyton Reed, having had to go with Sam Raimi on the 90’s-made first Ant-Man of this MCU.

Silver Surfer 2 (2011) Directed by JJ Abrams

Silver Surfer = David Wenham

Thanos = Josh Brolin

Mentor = Michael McKean

Eros/Starfox = Joel McHale

Gamora = Zoe Saldana

Drax the Destroyer = Dean Cain

Adam Warlock = Chris Pine

Pip the Troll = Peter Dinklage

Nebula = Emma Stone

Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel = Jude Law

Following the events of Defenders 2, the Silver Surfer finds himself drawn into yet more Infinity Stone adventures when Kree hero Captain Marvel and the android Drax the Destroyer come to Earth with Adam Warlock, keeper of the Soul Gem.  Hot on their heels are Thanos and Nebula, each of whom has begun to seek the Infinity Stones.  Worse still, Mar-Vell is dying of cancer.  The film is meant to advance the Infinity Stones plot while also adapting the death of Mar-Vell from the comics, not to mention setting up for the Guardians of the Galaxy to appear in the next phase.

For direction, I’ve picked JJ Abrams based on his Star Trek and Star Wars work making him a decent choice for a space-based hero like the Silver Surfer.  In terms of casting, we have a few reprises from past films in this 90’s MCU and from the real MCU.  However, some shifts have also occurred, most notably with Drax due to wanting to use his original comics origins over the revised MCU/later comics version.  The would-be autistic representation of Bautista and Gunn’s Drax quickly become so much farce, so as an autistic person, I’d just as soon avoid that and go down the android route, thanks very much.

Avengers vs X-Men (2011) Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Cyclops/Scott Summers = Patrick Swayze

Jean Grey = Milla Jovovich

Storm/Ororo Monroe = Halle Berry

Wolverine/Logan = Tom Cruise

Peter Rasputin/Colossus = Henry Cavill

Remi LeBeau/Gambit = Zachary Levi

Warren Worthington III/Archangel = Neil Patrick Harris

Rogue = Anna Paquin

Steve Rogers/Captain America = Brad Pitt

Thor = Dolph Lundgren

Janet Van Dyne/Wasp = Catherine Zeta Jones

Iron Man/Tony Stark = Tom Selleck

Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk = Lucy Lawless

T'Challa/Black Panther = Chadwick Boseman

Sam Wilson/Falcon = Will Smith

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Weaton

Professor Charles Xavier = Patrick Stewart

Carol Danvers = Melissa Joan Hart

Mystique/Raven Darkholme = Connie Nielsen

Avalanche = Alessandro Gassmann

Fred J Dukes/Blob = Vince Vaughan

Pyro = Hugh Jackman

Irene Adler/Destiny = Sally Field

Frank Bohannan/Crimson Commando = Harrison Ford

Louis Hamilton/Stonewall = James Brolin

Martin Fletcher/Super-Sabre = Peter Fonda

Dr Valerie Cooper = Malin Åkerman

Sebastian Gilbreti/Bastion = Bruce Greenwood

Congressman Rev. William Stryker = Eric Roberts

Forge = Jimmy Smits

There have been two occasions in Marvel comics where the X-Men and Avengers have been drawn into direct conflict, at least using multiple issues of a comic and to my knowledge.  The first is the 1980’s mini-series X-Men versus Avengers, where the Avengers attempted to arrest Magneto to resume his trial before the world court, while the Soviet Super-Soldiers sought to arrest Magneto for his actions in X-Men #150.  As Magneto was part of the X-Men at the time, this naturally put all three teams at odds with each other.  The second occasion was the AvX storyline in which Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik became possessed by the Phoenix Force, something the Avengers tried to prevent and later combat.

While this film draws on the basic concept of both series, that something sets the Avengers and the X-Men at odds with each other, it’s not about arresting Magneto or issues with the Phoenix force.  Instead, the issue is Rogue; her status as a mutant terrorist is used to convince the Avengers to apprehend the X-Men.  This is bad timing, as the X-Men are working with Rogue to help restore the mind of Carol Danvers.  The masterminds of the plot are rabid anti-mutant politician William Stryker and government advisor Sebastian, who in reality is a new form of sentinel in disguise.  Luckily, government advisor and secret mutant Forge is suspicious of Bastion and convinces NSA director Dr Valerie Cooper to set up a contingency plan.

As a result, the film builds to a climax where, after the intervention of Spider-Man ends a major fight between the two teams, Bastion unleashes his prime sentinels.  Enter Mystique’s expanded Brotherhood in their guise as community service government heroes Freedom Force, and the stage is set for a truly epic battle.  Direction-wise, I opted for Jonathan Frakes to helm this entry, and while many actors are reprising roles from past films, everyone from Crimson Commando on down is new to the MCU as of this film.

Ghost Rider 3 (2011) Directed by Mark Steven Johnson

Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider = Connor Trinneer

Roxanne Simpson = Jessica Alba

Eric Brooks/Blade = Jamie Foxx

Rachel Van Helsing = Cote De Pablo

Daimon Hellstrom = James Van Der Beek

Vlad Tepish/Dracula = Mads Mikkelsen

Lilith = Felicity Jones

Mephistopheles = Jeffery Combs

Phase 5 of our 90’s MCU closes out by bringing Johnny Blaze’s time as Ghost Rider to its conclusion, in a story where Johnny teams up with Blade, Rachel Van Helsing and Daimon Hellstrom against Dracula and his daughter Lilith, who are secretly in league with Mephistopheles.  The film is partly an original plot and partly an adaptation of the end of the original Ghost Rider run of comics, though it’s far from being the last Ghost Rider film of this MCU.  Just as the comics would have others take up the Ghost Rider curse after Blaze, so too will this MCU move onto those later riders in turn.  Having used Tim Burton on the first two Ghost Rider films in this MCU, I’ve picked Mark Steven Johnson who handled the 2007 Nicholas Cage Ghost Rider film to take on this third instalment of 90’s MCU Ghost Rider.

This wraps up our look into phase 5 of this 90’s-based MCU; next month, we’ll cover phase 5 of our alternate DC movie universe.  Until then, ta-ta for now.

[thelonesomequeen]

No way is that blind item true, based on the women alone LOL. Aside from Jessica Biel from his early days, Chris seems to exclusively go for women who has significantly less clout than him (and it’s been dissected why at length). MAYBE someone could make a case that something happened with Ana when they were shooting or promoting “Knives Out” 4-5 years ago, when they were both single and she was far less famous than she is now. But Emily is A-list and has long been part of a Hollywood power couple. Lizzie may not be A-list yet but she’s been pretty close to it for a while with her talent, resume, and family name. To have made this blind item believable, it would have implied the three were Ana De Armas, Lily James, and some random B- or C-lister.

I do think he dates down, and early in Ana or Lizzie’s career could maybe make sense. But Emily still doesn’t for me. And I still just find it unbelievable that their sex lives (not just his, also theirs) would be a topic of discussion in the middle of a major industry event that is crawling with media outlets. More holes than Swiss cheese in this story! 🦎

[misspeculiar-chroi]

(Draft) And the List Gets Longer 📃

Answer me truthfully. Did you or did you not do anything intimate with A/lba or anyone since your break up with J/enny S/late in 2018?

Sh*t. I forgot to add J/ana "A/spargus P/ee" K/ramer in my "Flings: Rumored and Confirmed" list. Actually, I don't really know where to put her. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[tywysoges-g]

in an act of self preservation, gwen had completely shut out everything around her. that is, until she locked eyes on biel. she couldn’t recall the last time the pair had spoken or if she could... all she could recall was the awkwardness of miscommunication. but that didn’t matter now. at least the pair were still alive, even if that mean they were in a crowded room for who knew how much longer. “biel.”

@bielbraganca​

[bloghzz]

ALFABEIJO(com selinho contando)

A- artur

B- bernardo, brendo

C- cristiano

D-

E- eric

F- fernanado, felipe mocelin

G- gustavo ferreira, guilherme, guilherme 244, guilherme jogador, gabriel (biel ruivo), giovani

H-

I- igor

J-

K- kelvin

L- lukas, lucas pinto, leozin, lennon

M- matheus barquilha, matheus giam, miguel, matheus (paranista)

N- nycolas

O- oliver

P-

Q-

R-

S-

T-

U-

V- vinicius, vitor

W-

X-

Y- yago

Z- zion

[supernovagifs]

Celebrity Masterlist

Below is a list of celebrities (it is not complete)

A

Adele

Alicia Keys

Anna Kendrick

Ariana Grande

Ashleigh Murray

Ava Max

Avril Lavigne

B

Bebe Rexha

Bella Thorne

Beyonce

Billie Eilish

Blake Lively

Blake Shelton

Bridgit Mendler

Britney Spears

C

Camila Cabello

Camila Mendes

Cara Delevingne

Carly Rae Jepsen

Casey Cott

Celine Dion

China Anne McClain

Chris Evans

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Pine

Chris Pratt

Cole Sprouse

Colin Farrell

D

Dakota Johnson

Debby Ryan

Demi Lovato

Dove Cameron

Dua Lipa

E

Ellie Goulding

Eminem

Emilia Clarke

Emily Blunt

Emma Stone

Erinn Westbrook

Ewan McGregor

F

G

Gal Gadot

H

Hailee Steinfeld

Hugh Jackman

I

J

Jenna Ortega

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Stone

Jeremy Renner

Jessica Biel

Jessie J

John Krasinski

Justin Timberlake

K

K.J Apa

Kate McKinnon

Kelly Clarkson

L

Lady Gaga

Lana Del Rey

Lili Reinhart

Lindsey Lohan

M

Mädchen Amick

Madelaine Petsch

Maisie Williams

Margot Robbie

Mark Ruffalo

Megan Fox

Miley Cyrus

N

Nick Jonas

Nicki Minaj

Nicole Kidman

Noah Cyrus

O

Olivia Holt

P

Peyton List

Priyanka Chopra

Q

R

Rihanna

Rita Ora

Robert Downey Jr

Ryan Reynolds

S

Scarlett Johansson

Selena Gomez

Shakira

Skai Jackson

Skeet Ulrich

Sophie Turner

Stefanie Scott

T

Taylor Swift

Tiffany Thornton

V

Vanessa Morgan

Z

Zac Efron

Zendaya

[theweirdspacejellyfish]

weird af books

get in my swamp by g m fairy- basically Shrek romance

bad beehavior by g m fairy- bee movie romance ( im starting to see a pattern)

stuffed by sylvia morrow- smut pillow romance?????

squeak by vera valentine- balloon omegaverse ( im so concerned)

double stuffed- sylvia morrow- how is there a second book

wet hot allosaurus by lola faust- how did we get to dinosaur erotice and somehow theres 8 books??

morning glory milking farm by c m nascosta- theres an audiobook of this on the library app and i live in fear of it

frisky the snowman by lauren biel- all i can imagine is the frostbite on all the private parts and ouchhhh

the deviled egg made me do it by holly wilde- im not saying i know ur fetish but i know def know ur fetish

unhinged by vera valentine- why would u wanna fuck a door just why

bagged by the groceries! by fannie tucker- why is there so many food kink book i dont judge but why AND WHY CANT IT BE LIKE TURNED INTO HUMAN

triceratops and bottoms by lola faust- ouchhhh like that just seems like it would hurt like your basically having sex with an elephant

how stego got his groove back by lola faust- my family is questioning my sanity and i see the looks

don juan velociraptor by lola faust- i have gotten ask by my family if this was a cry for help and ive told them that the hamster fic was a cry for help now this is just me going down the rabbit hole

all i want for christmas is utahraptor by lola faust- ive lost sleep and now just live on coffee my family wonders where i am but at least the books r funny

im in love with mothman by paige lavoie- i cant say shit cause i would sleep with mothman

im engaged to mothman by paige lavoie- lucky bitch

railed by the easter bunny by dalia davies- someone didnt see mommy kiss santa but slept with the easter bunny

railed by the krampus by dalia davies- .... is santa the evil stepdad or something

[my-sacred-art]

Jessica Biel (American, born March 3, 1982)

A Bacchanal (after Titian), c. 1640-1655. Johan Danckerts (Dutch, 1616-1686).

[nathank77]

4/9/24

2:39 a.m

So I've spent like 2 or 3 hours being tortured by my auditory hallucination trying to shop on lens crafters.. and once again my face dimensions are not accommodated for.

Idk what to do, for one they don't have hinge to hinge so I've been comparing lense width with nose bridge to what does fit me.

I'm in love with these....

Once again bc I have a, "fat face" there is no way it'll fit me. My current Ray-Bans are 55 lense width, 17 nose bridge and 139 hinge to hinge... I compared Eyebuydirect to lens crafter since LC doesn't have hinge to hinge, how does it compute to fucking 136? I don't fucking get it. It should be like 137-138 at least.

Either way I feel hopeless, my ideal lense width so my eyes are closer to the center (it looks nicer esthetically, since we know my focal point can be adjusted if I do it in store) is like 53...

We already know my ideal hinge to hinge is 139 or maybe even 140 or bigger.....

Nose bridge depends on nose pads and lense height....

If I'm spending 200$ on glasses I'm getting no bigger than 32 lense height. Sorry not sorry I like the tinier lense height it highlights my features better.

I was wrong about the west farms location being closed... I could still go...

Either way I'm thinking bc of my "fat man face" I'm stuck in wire frames.... I want my eyes close to the center. I want room for my finger under my glasses to touch my temple.....

I mean I'm thinking I'll go to some Eyewear companies nearby and try on frames and see what they cost... idk......

Sue me but I don't want to pay 200$ for silver wire frames or even black ones. I want thick black full frames or black half frames.

I mean I would drop like 100$ on silver wire frames that fit well and my eyes are closer to the center but.... I'm broke. I feel so hopeless.

My MacBook runs like molasses on the lens crafters site at least. And with combining gaming clips and uploading videos to youtube.

I got to go to west farms for the apple store soon anyways... bc of that purple screen of death I got a couple times months ago but I've been too overwhelmed with my life to do anything but my doctors appts...

Anyways, this is why I'd rather accept I can't see well.. run around to different glasses stores in town have every pair I like be too small. Try on ugly ass wire frames that cost 200$ with lenses and yea they'll work but I'm broke. I care about being stylish.

If I got to be a geeky nerd, I at least want to like my Eyewear especially when it comes to it being expensive......

Don't get me wrong a silver wire pair with center eyes that fit my head, half frames would probably look nice on me but there are other styles that would look better.....

Anyways, I'm not allowed to write or think or focus on anything or watch or listen to things without hearing my shitty hallucination...

If I stare mindlessly at this TV I can hallucinate significantly less. So this experience made me not want to even try to find glasses.....

Idk I'm done with comparing this frame with that frame, and being like wow those Ray-Bans above are perfect. My eyes would be almost center... but it would be like squeezing my head into a vice....

And that's the story for all of them and then when I find things I like in my face dimensions, my eyes are near the nose pads.

It really seems like wire frames are my only option.

They can have a wider hinge to hinge and have a smaller lense width. I mean I'll wear them but I'm a nerd. And I want to try to look attractive at the very least.

If Elise really is here, she doesn't get how attractive I find her. She's prettier than any woman I have ever seen like Megan fox is a 5 compared to her. Jessica biel is a 5. Kate from lost is a 5.

And I want Elise to think I'm handsome. Even if we are just friends... I don't want her to be like here is my geeky ugly friend. With his nerdy glasses. She wouldn't say that but I don't want her to think that I'm like a total nerd.

Anyways maybe I'll do west farms on Saturday but lens crafters closes so early... i am starting to think I should try local places and try on frames and if I find one that fits that I like I can have them make my lenses if it's affordable.

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Biel went from jetter, champion, to JT who was a huge music star. She was an up and coming actress not known for talent, she was seen more as sexy than anything else. Dating JT brought her A-list status, and so she can finally get the respect she craved. Chris wasn't going to give that to her. That's how Hollywood works, actors will join others who can benefit them. I'm not saying she doesn't love JT, but in the end it's about mixing business with pleasure. The same happened with Bl*ke L*vely who had a bad reputation in Hollywood. She was nicknamed Veronica Bee-Stings by Ted Casablancas, who revealed her antics with married men. Nowadays she is respected because RR.

For those who don't know, Ted C was a gossip who had a column called the awful truth. He would sarcastically rant about fake relationships, and all the shit celebrities do. He would write blind items too, he used to nickname celebrities so he could talk freely about them, but he would drop hints, and eliminate suspicion, so people were left guessing who it was. Other times.

Toothy Tile! I will never, ever forget Toothy Tile!