#commetary

[denminn]

Another State of the Union is in the books. Pastor Dennis talks about an encounter between Rep. George Santos and Senator Mitt Romney and what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 5 about being trustworthy people of character and not saying things to impress people.

[samthechaotic]

I leave the batfandom for A WEEK then come back and find out that not only jason todd is dead AGAIN but *checks notes* he died an EMBARRASSING death??? and *checks notes* HE'S ALIVE???

[anakindoodles]

Prompt fill for: forbidden (love), so how could I not draw these two 

Ao3 Link: x

[moontaeddybear]

[Replay] ‘Ay-Yo’ Commentary Live

[askaceattorney]

Dear MattPatEngarde,

It says they are a species of salamander of the Ambystomatidae family. This species is only found in Lake Xochimilco within Mexico City. They are considered an endangered species.

- Nahyuta Sahdmadhi

[bakinghounds]

Naughty or Nice.

I... WHAT THE HELL DID I DO!

[hollowfaith]

we have a clinic right here

try before u buy, etc etc.

[mayhemmaybe]

She isn't holding back or cowering away despite her current state. Humans really are utterly fascinating.

...

Oopsie, looks like he missed the one that got Rin. Sneaky little things.

[soulsxng]

"Iomhar, who are you talking t--"

...Ah. He's just gonna leave Iomhar to...whatever that is.

It does get a little chuckle out of him, though.

[atangledfate]

" Soldier down, soldier down initiate rescue operation! "

[burned-lariat]

I love my trend of watching two movies on select home flights. The last time I did it, I watched Lady Bird and Love, Simon. I enjoyed both.

This time, I watched The Whale and Bodies Bodies Bodies and...hmm.

The Whale

I'll get this out of the way: Brendan Fraser EARNED that damn award. EARNED IT. His performance was fantastic. Close second to Hong Chau (Liz the nurse). Otherwise, there wasn't much to engage with. The plot was fairly non-existent (I think we were watching this man just kill himself, and thus, it was the "plot"). I was constantly gaslit to think Ellie was worth investment, especially by Charlie, though it's debatable on whether or not he's meant to be listened to (considering how he was never shown to be a liar, seems like his take was meant to be correct). You could've done without Thomas - he was unneeded. I get it's based on a play, but you mean to tell me that the script writer and Aronofsky couldn't toy with certain elements more?

I also think the movie was too short to do what the staff wanted it to do. I saw I was about 80 minutes in, and almost nothing had happened. Nothing progressed the "plot" beyond Charlie's eating disorder as he marched further and further, and this "reconnection" with Ellie was on an infinite loop that was very unearned at the end of the film. I think there could've been something there with having characters like Ellie and Thomas craft deeper empathy upon seeing Charlie's plight, where Ellie understands that her father's decisions are not on a black-and-white binary and Thomas steps out of the fanaticism circle (plus it gives the character more relevance). Liz worked just fine in her role, and she was a high point story-wise. Same with the ex-wife, though her only being in one sequence and having their past all dumped in a lone monologue really is a bummer. Fraser and Chau were great, but the rest couldn't get there.

6/10.

Bodies Bodies Bodies

About 20 mins in, when someone described the BBB game, I realized I'm just basically watching an IRL game of Among Us go wrong and had to hunker down. I actually did find myself quite bored down the stretch, mostly between deaths, because there was just a bunch of walking around and dead air during the hurricane. Each of the characters had the depth of a puddle, even for the characters that were meant to have more than that (like Bee and Sophie). The acting was hit or miss - I think Stenberg was the best of the bunch, Davidson was fine for his limited time, Sennott swung between great and flat, and everyone else was just kind of dull. I didn't care about them. There was nothing to engage with. I don't need to like you, I need to engage with you, and if I can't get that, then it's a wash because I stop caring.

I also think this film suffered from being too short, and I'd actually argue that Bee isn't needed. You could still have the plot work without the end twist (it was dumb!!) and having Sophie as the sole lead, where her return after rehab and the subsequent playing of the game outs all the drama. Speaking of drama, much of these characters' histories were told to me. I want to see it, not be told it. Why not have people mention a memory or flinch on a trigger over behavior instead of dialogue dumps of content (which I'll get to) and constantly saying "oh we're longtime besties!!" every other sentence?

Speaking of, good God did this movie just spill the details of the group's qualms practically unprovoked. We didn't get to see it in nuanced performances or context clues via presence and scenery and dialogue: we got EXPOSITION DUMPS. Jordan's beef about Sophie? Teased for a scene or two in the very beginning, left out to dry for a while, and then dumped en masse when she squared off with Bee and Sophie. Max and David beefing over Emma? Two mini conversations about it with no clues teasing such (like if the idea is that they wanna dangle Max as the red herring, they could leave inside jokes or teases that point in his direction like making David's injuries around the black eye). Max doesn't show up at all until the very last scene, so what was the point of him even being brought up or included? What is the point of everyone dying if the plot unravels to not be a campy murder mystery after all? That's not fun!

If this was meant to lampoon Gen Z/Tik Tok culture and how people like the group bastardize mental health language & AAVE, it did not come across that way to me. It came off as those stereotypes playing Among Us But You Actually Die (and even then it's a stretch considering the ending).

4/10.

[gothamcityneedsme]

finally got my blu ray of the vbros movie so i rewatched for the commentary and like. There were multiple points where i paused to say something to myself and then unpaused to doc and jackson saying the SAME FUCKING THING

[its-pluto2]

Last one but like imagine, just imagine, getting so pissed off at a stranger on the internet when they "changed the title of their blog and that bothers me because they clearly did it to mock me and my besties and they are so problematic boo hoo hoo whine whine whine!!"

like A) imagine being so privileged that that is what makes you furious enough that you have to bypass their block of you to screenshot and put in your sad little callout post and B) imagine having the free time to stalk someone who likes something different to you 😂 and C) imagine being the person who says "Don't like me? Unfollow and block, blegh!!!" and then engaging in the worst dumspter fire of the month yet that one of your besties happened to start

I imagine being as privileged and having as much free time, but I luckily can't imagine being pitiful and hypocritical.

The only problem is when this ridiculous type of person's online presence is so large that they are actually taken seriously and actually manipulate others into thinking and agreeing with their bullshit mentalities.

[rxclaimxr]

"Sometimes the greatest regrets in life- Are the things you never got to say to those you care most about. I can sympathize with the Absol."

[fearless2ndmate]

@cosmicxmuses​

[whiskeysorrows]

can we talk about the exploration of racism in a mixed-race household in interview with the vampire and how lestat has all the power which he uses to abuse louis and clodia but also the vampirism could be a metaphor for how his power as a white man protects them from society through association to an extent