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wp100 · 1 year ago
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kinda interesting to know that when they released the first pokemon movie on dvd, they edited a SHITE-TON of things. they added cgi, more detail to some scenes. it just looks better and more polished
but what they also did was wipe the original theatrical version off the face of the earth. at least, it seems like it. i wonder if its lost media? might have to do some research here
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radio-4-is-static · 7 months ago
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25コ目の染色体 | RADWIMPS
忘れてた泣き方 でも 今ここにある何か 目を閉じても零れそうな気がして
I will die for you, and I will live for you I will die for you, there is nothing more that I could really say to you
#25コ目の染色体#radwimps#音楽#gif#my gifs#these tags are an open letter to radwimps#an apology of sorts for not posting in time for their major debut 19th anniversary#i've been sitting on this gifset for awhile#wondering if it was still ok to finish up & post#but i love this song#i love this band#and i want to shout it from the rooftops!#thinking a lot about yojiro's latest ig post and#maybe they didn't release any 'new' songs this year#(not even gonna get into yojiro's solo work but like! the parades ost! わたくしどもは ost! WONDER BOY'S AKUMU CLUB!!!!!)#but yes what a full & exciting year it has been anyway!#starting off with 正解 as a fresh take on an older song#the new arrangement & production - not to mention several different versions??#and as someone who had just graduated i cannot even convey how warm & happy it made me feel :')#then we've got a whole 'nother world tour !!!#TWO YEARS IN A ROW !!!!!! ARENA TOUR !!!!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT#from which the white day dream photobook was born btw!#a project & event overflowing with special memories#there was also the blt album release ! not just to dvd/blu-ray but to streaming as well !!#hearing the fans sing along with so much love to songs from years ago - prior even to their major debut -#really drove home just how timeless music can be#more than any other art form i think music is something that can be passed down from generation to generation#and stays with you during every stage of life - continuing to evolve with you#i know i'll be listening & singing along to radwimps' music with just as much fervor & love for years & years to the day i'm no longer here#old & new songs alike i'm so grateful for their music & proud of how far they've come & look forward to the direction they head into next 💕
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the only way to watch tv shows the way they were meant to be watched is through DVDs isn't it? I keep hearing of tv shows that netflix has made major editing/aspect ratio/music changes, once again cementing netflix as my archnemesis. yes I'm pedantic, it's my only talent
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sl-vega · 4 months ago
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SWEET N' SOUR ! - a scaramouche celebrity smau
-> PROLOGUE; all because I liked a boy
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HI HI
i wanted to post this chapter yesterday but i'm SUPER sick right now so staring at a screen was basically a death sentence for me
so to make it up to you guys I wanted to make this chapter longer than I originally wanted it to be!
i was debating whether I wanted to release to prologue or the profiles first, but seeing as how scara's fg isn't relevant yet (and how y/n's entire gc was shown in the second teaser, I decided on uploading the prologue first!
and part of me also want you guys to guess some of the irl equivalents to some of the characters here!
aka half of them
only half of y/n friend group (including y/n mind you) are essentially au versions of another celebrity/semi famous person
so leave your guesses in my ask box/comments!
anyways LMAO other random notes
while this smau won't be an exact one to one of how the music industry works (ie me taking creative liberties with fontinalia being based off of broadway records even though it functions VERY differently from the source) I do like to include accurately depicted parts of it when I can!
when Beidou was talking about qixing showing an interest in y/n, the A&R team that she mentioned is a very real part of any record label!
A&R stands for artists and repertoire, and it's basically a fancy term for talent scouts who find new artists to sign to the label they work for!
anyways lmao this was a VERY long a/n, so thanks for reading all that if you did
as per usual, taglist is always open and please let me know if you want to have a cameo as a fan username (and thank you to all the people who let me use their's as fans in this chapter!)
also let me know if any of y'all are comfortable with being scara haters, venti can't keep doing the work for you
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˚୨୧⋆。 synopsis:  the bright lights of fame and fortune aren’t for everyone, and you’re starting to think you’re part of that majority. You just can’t seem to catch a break! Every movie you’re in goes straight to DVD, every album you drop just barely gets any streams. From child star to sub par popstar, it seems clear that the world has some kind of vendetta against you and you love to blame it on a certain rising musical sensation; Scaramouche. Thanks to your godforsaken luck you happened to go out with the wrong guy at the wrong time because he just so happened to be Scaramouche’s ex, next thing you know you wake up to truck loads of death threats, your record label dropping you, AND a whole album labelling you as the ‘other woman’! After what seemed like a never ending onslaught of straight bullying and harassment, you had long since retreated from the limelight, the only thing left from your music career being ever so occasional covers on YouTube that only your few close friends watched religiously. However, after writing a heartfelt original piece and uploading it from your humble bedroom, it goes viral! A single song has thrusted you head first into stardom once more, and face to face with the person you ruined it for you.
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🍬 (open) taglist: @shrii-kk @freyao7 @analiee6 @thetwinkims @bellflower1257 @blvdmrcnry @bloukoup @yuan1819 @yourstrulymauki @fungaltoehehe @enrions @atlatcaheart @mywillt0live @myeomiz @adornavia @automaticpatroltragedy @scaraenthusiast1 @sesamemin @syunifu @blueberrybxba @fishii28 @a-sorrowful-tune @emvss @jiminscarmex @mwaiu @lloversss @d4y-dr3am3r @usagiarchive @idaissupercool @raytoebiter @lizzie-harper @anqelkoz @blue-moonies @lalalaloveallmydays @jinjjjia
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lizardsfromspace · 7 months ago
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TV networks commonly cut movies short to fit a timeslot, trimming random scenes for time, but on rare occasions they'd have to fill more time and would air a longer version of the movie. This was before the DVD era, in a time before director's cuts and deleted scenes were a regular thing, so it was? Odd?
One of the best known examples was Halloween: when it aired on network TV in 1981, it included several scenes that were newly shot by John Carpenter during the production of Halloween II to fill up time. But that was an advertised event
The biggest of the random airings is The Goonies, when TV airings would sometimes include a scene involving a giant octopus that was deleted from the theatrical cut; bc many kids first saw it via those TV showings, many were surprised when the scene wasn't there on home video or on other networks. But it was just there on TV, sometimes.
I personally encountered one a few years ago: I was watching Independence Day on TBS or something & it had scenes I didn't recognize, bc they were just, with no announcement, airing a rare extended cut for no reason but a baseball game getting cancelled.
Anyway I was reminded of this bc there's an extended version of "Marley & Marley" from The Muppet Christmas Carol. It has, as far as I know, never been released as a deleted scene on any home or streaming release. It just randomly aired in Austin, Texas one day in 2000, and someone recorded it; if they hadn't, and hadn't noticed it was different, we'd have no idea it existed
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sweetmariihs2 · 7 months ago
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Toy Story: Content Masterlist 🚀🌵🍒⊹₊ ⋆
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Trying to compilate every possible movie, short film, animation test, animated commercial, behind the scenes video, DVD extras and more into one single post, in chronological order and where to watch. All of these were produced by Disney and Pixar (or used under license by other companies) but not all of them are considered canon. I'm not a specialist on the subject and I've been making this list by myself so I would be grateful if you had info or content to share with me that is missing or incorrect on this list. This masterlist will constantly be edited since I'll always be adding new links, so it's really important to reblog only the latest versions of this post, or else you might be missing stuff.
Names in bold have links in them, except for the titles. Names without, don't.
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reacting to TS toys
Toy Story 4 Ever
Movies:
Toy Story (first movie): Disney+
Toy Story 2: Disney+
Toy Story 3: Disney+
Toy Story 4: Disney +
Short Films and extras:
Toy Story Toons:
Hawaiian Vacation: Disney+
Small fry: Disney+
Partysaurus Rex: Disney+
Television Specials:
Toy Story of Terror!: Disney+
Toy Story That Time Forgot: Disney+
Short Movies:
Lamp Life: Disney+
To Fitness and Beyond (Pixar Popcorn): Disney+
Spin Offs:
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: Not available to watch on any streaming service but there are episodes on YouTube. There is also an upload of all episodes in high quality on this archive.
Lightyear: Disney+
Beyond Infinity: Buzz And The Journey To Lightyear: Disney+
Forky Asks A Question: Disney+
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Recovered scenes:
Buzz Lightyear Commercial
Woody's Roundup from Toy Story 2 in color, fullscreen and restored
Toy Story Treats:
Toy Story Treats "Full Compilation" (there are some missing)
Toy Story Treats - 4K Ultra HD (but there are some shorts missing)
Toy Story Treats - The Complete Collection (there's more than the last one but they're widescreen, which means that a big part of the screen was cut)
Toy Story Treats: The only 6 shorts that were dubbed in Brazillian Portuguese (it's great to have stuff in my language)
Made in Point Richmond: Television (2000 & 1997) (a huge mix of everything but with stuff missing... it's a mess, but the image quality is good)
ABC Toy Story 2 Bumpers (quite similar to the last ones you saw but different - newer ones)
Woody and Jessie on Ponkickies (the last short from the previous video but with Jessie instead of Buzz)
Buzz Lightyear: Mission Logs:
According to the Disney Fandom Wiki: "In 2008, two years before the theatrical release of Toy Story 3, a Buzz Lightyear toy went into space and returned to Earth in 2009. The special features on the 2010 Toy Story DVDs and Blu-rays say that Buzz Lightyear was Andy's Buzz. Each short shows him telling Rex and Hamm about his trip and how he got home in time for the events of Toy Story 3."
Buzz Aldrin coaches Buzz Lightyear for Shuttle Mission
Episode 1: Blast Off
Episode 2: International Space Station
Episode 3: The Science of Adventure
TV:
BBC Special featuring the Making of Toy Story 2
Oscars:
68th Academy Awards (Oscars) in 1996
72nd Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2000
Jessie Patsy Montana Entertained Award Acceptance Speech (Oscars) in 2000
Jessie Patsy Montana Entertained Award Recipient (Oscars) in 2000
88th Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2016
Character Interviews:
Toy Story: Character Interview
Toy Story: Character Interview (Version 2)
Toy Story 2: Character Interview
Toy Story 2: Character Interview (Version 2)
Commercials:
"Wall-E" Super Bowl AD with Woody and Buzz
Toy Story 2 - Original 1999 Teaser
Toy Story 2: McDonalds Ads (2000) PLAYLIST
Toy Story 2: McDonalds Ad, rare (2000)
Toy Story 2: McDonalds Ad: Surveillance (2000)
Toy Story 2: McDonalds Ad: Periscope (2000)
Toy Story 2: McDonalds Ad: The Remote (2000)
Toy Story 3: Meet Lots-O-Huggin' bear!
Toy Story 3: Movie Trailer Teaser
Toy Story 3: Dolby 3D Ad
Toy Story 3: 3D Double Feature
Toy Story 3: Silence Trailer
Toy Story 3: Visa Commercial
Toy Story 3: Toys Go To Target Ad
Toy Story 3: Priority Mail Ad
Toy Story 3: Peugeot 5008 Ad
Toy Story 3: Aflac Ad
Toy Story Of Terror: Sky Ad
Toy Story That Time Forgot: Sky Ad
Toy Story That Time Forgot: Sky Ad (Radio) where Buzz and Rex struggle with the wifi
Toy Story EE Ad (Radio)
Buzz Lightyear Attacks Disneyland Resort (TV Commercial)
Toy Story 4: Official Teaser Trailer
Toy Story 4: Make Joy Happen! Ad
Toy Story 4: Seiban Ad
Toy Story 4: Dance Party In The Chrysler Ad
Toy Story 4: Carnival Fun! Ad
Toy Story 4: Happy Meal Ad
Toy Story 4: Boost Juice Ad
Toy Story 4: Disney World Resorts Collection TV Spot, 'The Most Magical Place To Stay' Ad
Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy (song)
Disney Buzz Lightyear tiktok (getting stuck lmao)
Animation Tests:
ALL TOY STORY ANIMATION TESTS
Toy Story Pixar Internship Animation Reel
Riders In The Sky (Woody's Roundup):
Woody's Roundup (Riders In The Sky) music video
Woody's Roundup (Riders In The Sky) behind the scenes footage
Woody's Roundup (Riders In The Sky) music medley
Devon Dawson: How Does She Yodel? Jessie The Yodeling Cowgirl (WMA annual show and gathering, held in Tucson in 2000)
Art Books:
Made with the help and suggestion from @21mandarinka21 !! We didn't found artbooks for the first two movies though.
The art of Toy Story 3
The Art of Toy Story 4
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Dvd Menus and extra content:
The menus have extra content, like concept arts and new/extra character animations, like in the Toy Story 3 DVD. The DVD's contain exclusive extra content, like making offs, deleted scenes, storyboards, games and more. I'll separate them by each movie they belong.
Edit: I just noticed that the amount of extra content from the DVDs is HUGE. You can search about the extra content in Toy Story DVDs. A single DVD has, I don't know, around 20+ extra stuff? I won't add all of them here, just the ones that I found while searching for other stuff because they were already here.
Every Home Video of Toy Story ever - list
Uncategorized Extra Content:
Battlesaurs Opening (from That Time Forgot) (it's OFFICIAL)
Toy Story Of Terror: In-universe Toy Commercials (Combat Carl, OldTimer and Transiton, the only ones)
Toy Story:
Toy Story DVD Menu
Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition 2005 DVD Menu Walkthrough Disc 1
Toy Story CAV Side 5 - Bonus Features
Full Design Gallery (Bonus feature)
Creating the toys from Toy Story (Brazil sub)
Toy Story: Behind The Scenes
Toy Story 1 and 2 The Ultimate Toy Box USA Bonus DVD Walkthrough
Toy Story 2:
Toy Story 2 - Menu Walkthrough's (Blu Ray + DVD)
Full Design Gallery
Which Toy Are You?
Toy Story 3:
Toy Story 3 - Menu Walkthrough's (2-Disc Blu Ray + DVD)
Toy Story 3 Grab Bag (random footage of the Toy Story 3 DVDs)
Accidental Toymakers (Thinkway Toys)
The Making of Toy Story 3 (voice actors)
Toy Story Special Edition (2010)
Toy Story Special Edition (2010) overview
Toy Story 4:
Toy Story 4 USA Blu-Ray Walkthrough
TOY STORY 4 | All Released Bonus Features [Blu-Ray/DVD 2019]
Bo Rebooted (Bonus Feature)
To Infinity And Beyond (Bonus Feature)
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity And Beyond
Games:
I will not include playthroughs of the videogames due to the link limit per post (100 links), so you can watch them on YouTube or buy the games. Recently (december 2024) Buzz Lightyear is making a cameo in Brawl Stars, which is not included in the list.
Toy Story: Disney Animated Storybook Longplay (just because you can't find it everywhere)
Toy Story Activity Center Full Playthrough
Cancelled media:
Jessie's Wild West Rodeo
List with every Toy Story game ever.
Princess Academy — a short film that would include all the female characters from Disney and Pixar, according to the fandom wiki, "interacting with each other, singing, dancing and enjoying each other's company in a royal boarding school". Jessie and Bo Peep were included in concept arts and the songs would be composed by Alan Menken. But the short film was cancelled due to Disney firing most of their 2D animators and closing it's 2D studio in march 2013. (I'm so pissed I would have LOVED to see this)
Toy Story Wonderbook — A cancelled Toy Story game from 2013. There are concept arts, the creators wanted to have the characters in a paper toy style like in a storybook and they would be in tons of different adventure scenarios. According to David Hamblin on the website Artstation, (an artist involved in the project): "Unfortunately with the coming of Playstation 4 and PSVR Wonderbook as a platform was no longer a priority".
Should I include a park attraction topic? It's a quite huge list.
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claraknight · 7 months ago
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I've been having fun watching the different animations from the Simpsons DVD menus. I'm in LOVE with the way they implemented the key characters from each featured episode in such a smooth and clever way? Man, I wish they still released fun and interactive DVDs like this. It feels so.... artificial now in streaming sites (aside the whole "owning what your purchase" debate).
On other matters that also pull my heartstrings.
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Why does Bob look so adorable here. I'm supposed to be worried about Bart, not to chuckle like a school girl with this guy's expressions. This is ENDING ME.
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simplydnp · 10 months ago
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Do you think the recording of TIT (bc it has to be getting recorded at some point tbh) will be a dvd release or a youtube upload this time around? I forget if Dan said any specific reason why WAD ended up being free on YT, but I feel like after setting that precedent, there's almost no going back. Ofc, there is the precedent of the two actual dnp tours being dvd or YT Red/Premium releases, but do you have any thoughts?
oh anon i'm so happy you asked. bc i did so much research for this about WAD before we knew what would happen with it.
so. the problem with dvds is storage capacity. with TIT being 2 hours, that is a lot of footage to put on a singular dvd at the resolution that they'd currently want to. dvds come in 2 sizes: 4.7 gb and 8.5 gb. you can fit a 2 hr movie onto a single layer (4.7) but any longer, and you need the double layer (8.5). thus, TIT would have to be on a double layer, unless they don't plan on including anything else except the 2 hr recording. a dvd can't play high resolution footage, only standard definition (480p). so there'd be a picture quality difference.
this is where blu-rays come in. they can store and play 1080p footage. they also hold significantly more space (a single layer blu-ray can hold 25 gb, a double 50 gb). part of the trade-off here though is that higher resolution footage takes up more space. a single layer can store 2.25 hr of HD video; a double 3 hrs. they could get away with a single layer, and that includes room for 2 hours of standard definition BTS video.
problem is, not everyone has a blu-ray player (not like everyone has dvd players either). but the main issue is that DVD players won't play blu-rays--and this includes disc drives for laptops and PC's. you need a special external driver to do it.
we'd be wading into contracts and companies being interested in selling physical copies, and given how discs in general are sort of becoming obsolete, i would be surprised if they put it on disc.
our next option would be streaming. i don't really see them wanting to attach it to any larger corporation--especially given they're physical media guys. the thought of just losing something simply because a streaming service doesn't want it anymore, or the company goes under, would be enough to keep them away from that.
people pitched the idea of nebula or dropout, but i don't see them posting a single video on nebula and then nothing else. and since i don't see them as patreon guys, i don't think they'd want to do incentives for subscription style stuff. dropout would be more of a possibility, but they'd probably want to do more with dropout in terms of guest starring before entirely handing their baby over, y'know? like hank did a whole d20 season before he did his special there.
i do think they might just upload it to dapg. genuinely. because of what happened with WAD--both rights wise and precedent wise. but also, could be extremely good for them if they can actually monetize it. their longer videos on dapg do very well, and since WAD happened before TIT was fully ironed out, i bet they've included the prospect of doing so into their scripting, so it has the ability to be monetized on their channel. plus, the desire to make it accessible for everyone (even though they are trying to tour in more countries). depending on how that goes, it may be delayed in being released online.
a lot of technical talk but i am so glad you asked anon, i love logistics discussion!
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stxrr-strxckk · 1 year ago
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Something I noticed about I Saw the TV Glow that I haven't seen anybody mention yet
I saw this movie in theaters back in early may when it was released (Twice!), and it's been lingering in my head ever since then. Something I noticed on my second watch through: When Owen (and the audience) first see the Pink Opaque, we see Tara and Isabel in this sort of 90s nostalgia light, and I always thought they looked quite similar to Maddy and Owen. For example: Here is Owen and Isabel next to each other for reference.
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While it's not entirely the same (Owen has softer features and is warmer toned, Isabel is more sharp and cool toned), they do look like they'd at least be related, cousins at least?
Same with Maddy and Tara, though not as much. (They looked more similar after Maddy's haircut, but I'm too lazy to change the photo)
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But then, at the end when Owen is rewatching Pink Opaque? It's completely different. That nostalgic effect is gone and all of a sudden Tara is nowhere to be seen (Since Maddy left the world they were trapped in), and Isabel is completely different. Instead of being the confident, strong, WOC we see her as originally, she's just the same boring white protagonist of every little girl's show we grew up on.
And of course Owen is panicking, realizing that he lost his chance: He buried Isabel; she's dead underground, without her heart and instead of being who he truly is where he truly belongs, he's just... Owen. Stuck in suburbia, living the hell of being a queer kid growing up in the suburbs. Except now, he's an adult living a lie, knowing what he could have had is gone and he's stuck.
And another thing: I think the choice of the fun zone being where Owen works is deliberate. Sure, they could have kept him at the theater, but the theater shutting down is not only accurate (sad but true- please support your local movie theaters!) but shows how everyone is moving on from that experience of going to see a movie (and also from the joy of childhood and into adulthood while Owen is still stuck that awkward teenager!) in person- choosing streaming instead.
And we also notice this change in the Pink Opaque when Owen is watching it streaming. This is a reflection of how media felt more special growing up when it was in a physical form. Cds, vinyl, Dvds, casettes, film reels, even game cartridges, we've always had some physical object that bonds us to the worlds of creativity in which artists express themselves. And whether you've noticed or not, it's a special sort of feeling that just... Dies with streaming. Its like you own a piece of the media. Like saying: "This is mine, it's my personal piece of media that belongs to me and only me." and that's always made it feel special. Sure, there may be multiple copies, but this one belongs just to you. Not to mention the ritual of actually putting in cds, dvds, casettes into a player, or playing vinyl on a record player. There's this action you have to take to consume this media that's familiar and sort of gets you to anticipate what you're about to watch (much like Owen and Maddy's ritual of Maddy taping the show then leaving them around school for Owen to find) whereas now, you're just on a streaming service that lots of people own, and you're just mindlessly scrolling through hundreds of options.
Another thing: What do we see when Owen cuts his chest open in the final few minutes? TV static. Like when a tape finishes and you don't take it out of the player. His tape is over, Isabel is dead, and all that's left is the static of his fake life as he slowly rots in this husk. Now with streaming, you don't get that static. His connection with the Pink Opaque stems from his friendship with Maddy, the nostalgia of his favorite childhood show, and of course: his own queerness.
It's no secret this movie is about growing up queer and feeling like something is wrong. Like some part of you missing, the part that makes you normal. I've seen many reviews on IMDB that clearly missed the point, so I really want to spell it out here: THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT QUEER PEOPLE FOR QUEER PEOPLE. And I've never seen a movie so perfectly encapsulate that feeling more than this one.
From my experience as a queer POC growing up with little to no representation I know this feeling all too well of seeing someone and realizing: "Wow, that's me." And projecting who I wanted to be onto that person. Even though they're not queer, they're not a poc, they're just a character. We try so hard to make them into who we want to be that the image of this character becomes so distorted you barely recognize them. Then, later revisiting that media to realize that a: you've become them, your true self, or b, in Owen's case: that you've buried that person alive and barely recognize yourself now.
It's really such a unique experience that I've never been able to put into words before. These scenes gave me such a visceral feeling and I almost cried in the theater. The scene of Owen in Isabel's dress is just the cherry on top. I myself am lucky enough to not need to transition and growing up I didn't feel as much dysphoria as my other trans friends, but this reminds me of a good friend of mine who used to dress in heels, makeup, skirts, and dresses to try and lessen the dysphoria she felt growing up in the wrong body.
I also love how the movie shows being queer in school.
Like how Maddy asks Owen if he likes girls or boys, and he replies with: "I think I like TV shows."
Avoiding the question because you either don't know the answer, or are so afraid you're gonna get bullied even more for being who you are.
Growing up, there weren't many queer kids in my school. So when we found each other, we stuck together. But for most of school, we were alone. No groups, not many friends, no space at the lunch table for us.
And seeing Owen, I just felt this connection to him almost immediately. Alone, not part of any group, until he finally finds Maddy. They don't have anything in common except the show, which is really the only reason they're friends, but it keeps them together, They're bonded.
For me, I see this as finding another queer kid in a mostly straight school. You may not have much in common, but that identity means you two will stick together, no matter what.
TLDR: I love isttvg, it makes me cry, everyone is gay and fuck imdb.
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autisticexpression2 · 2 months ago
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I just learned that netflix is now running ads on their streaming service they already charge money to use, so in light of its inevitable demise, here are some links to DVD and bluray copies of their content:
That's the link limit, but the point is that physical media still exists. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
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seriouslycromulent · 5 months ago
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So I'm just going to say it ...
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I know there's a lot of folks who aren't feeling the new Night Court series, and it's likely not going to get renewed for another season. But I am proudly in the minority of folks who are enjoying the show and I appreciate what it's trying to do and the laughs it provides.
And this week's episode is a great example of that. Setting aside my pro-anyone-associated-with-Broadway-is-awesome bias, this week's episode was fantastic!
Sidenote: Yay! Andrew Rannells!
This episode was grounded in what felt like an honest commentary of what is going on in the world. And I especially adored it because my personal backstory is that the episode was probably born from an actual conversation someone had about or with John Larroquette in real life.
There was both silliness (the whole bit about the EDM festival in Flushing) and heart (the conversation at the end where Dan expresses how it hurt that the people he cared about were just humoring him because of his age). I love it when the show does that!
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The B storyline (the lie detector test/crush on Wyatt) was just as funny as the A storyline, and it helped reveal just a little bit more about the characters as well, which is always appreciated. Character development has always been a must when it comes to any show truly resonating with me, and it's nice to see they haven't forgotten that.
I also appreciated the balance of this episode. Sure, there was a commentary about generational differences, but Julianne got to represent the cooler members of the older generations. And Andrew Rannells' character Tad represented how a bit douche-y and annoying some members of younger generations can be, especially toward older gens. The point being that ageism can go both ways. But in the end, everyone got to be funny and showcase how each person in the cast is talented in their own way.
I understand that this might be the last season of the new version, but I am unapologetically enjoying it and wish the network would give it space to find its rhythm like the original series got a chance to do. As much as I enjoyed the OG Night Court, I won't pretend that it didn't need a couple of years to find the right cocktail of talent and its own singular voice.
Surely, I'm not the only one who remembers that there was an entirely different court clerk before Charles Robinson joined in the 2nd season, 2 public defendants before Markie Post joined in the 3rd season, and 2 bailiffs before Marsha Warfield joined in the 4th season. And even though there were funny and heartfelt episodes in the first 3 seasons, the show didn't really hit its stride until the 4th season when Marsha joined the cast.
But unfortunately, audiences have shorter attention spans now, and any series that doesn't deliver nonstop gut-busting laughs in the first 2 or 3 episodes is often automatically considered "unwatchable" by the audiences who rely on a popular influencer or YouTuber to tell them what to think.
Oh well, I am determined to be grateful for what we have been allowed to enjoy. Because the show has really delivered some great laughs at a time when I most certainly needed them.
Now to convince NBC to release each season on DVD or in a downloadable permanent streaming format for those of us who would like to watch the show any time we want in the future.
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triciaisonline · 8 months ago
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WILL & GRACE: LOST EPISODES SEARCH
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EPISODES HAVE BEEN FOUND, SEE UNDER THE CUT (December 21st, 2014)
A couple months ago, I reached out on the Will & Grace subreddit in hopes of organizing a search for potential lost media. Now, if you are a fan of the show - you might not know what I mean by "lost episodes". On home media releases and streaming, all known episodes are seemingly available. This is not any "creepypasta unaired episode" situation - but one where it's a matter of version.
During the show's history there were two episodes that were broadcasted live, each of these episodes were performed twice. Once for the East Coast timeslot and another for the West Coast, these were the same stories but often had differences in gags, punchlines and acting choices. Only the East Coast versions are presently available. The West Coast editions used to be easily found online but have become increasing scarce as more torrenting and file hosting sites close down.
In addition to this, there are a handful of episodes that have extended cuts that are in serious risk of being lost fully. These super-sized episodes have circulated online, and on random episode collections over the years. A full list can be found further down.
The goal is to track these episodes down in the highest available quality and archive them on the Internet Archive to prevent them from becoming truly lost media until such a point where they can be properly released and accessible in an official capacity.
Will & Grace currently only lives on in it's syndication edits both in home media and streaming - but with the help of you we can save one small piece of television history from being lost for good.
You can help by:
sharing this post / retweeting this message
posting any leads or information on the reddit page (I am the Original Poster there)
searching on archives, torrent, file hosting, hard-drives, etc - maybe you or someone you know may have one or more of these episodes handy!
Live Tapings
Still Missing
These have been found plus more over at: https://archive.org/details/willandgracearchive
Found
"Alive and Schtiking" (West Coast Version) [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"Bathroom Humor" (West Coast Version) [IMDb | Wikipedia]
Extended Episodes
"Strangers With Candice" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"G*psies, Tramps and Weed" [IMDb | Wikipedia] - This episode has been known to be the hardest to find based on research for past hunts
Supersized Episodes
"Ben? Her?" [IMDb | Wikipedia] - This episode is only known to have an extended cut released on the The Best of Love and Marriage DVD compliation
"Women and Children First" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"Dolls & Dolls" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"May Divorce Be With You" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"23" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"24" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"Dames at Sea" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"A-Story, Bee Story" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"Ice Cream Balls" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
"Friends with Benefits" [IMDb | Wikipedia]
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jimintomystery · 1 year ago
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MST3K's most wanted
I've been organizing my Mystery Science Theater 3000 collection, so I've become preoccupied with the handful of episodes that are not easily available, and the reasons why. In case in anyone else is interested, I thought I'd share what I've learned.
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For our purposes we'll be focusing on the ten seasons that aired on cable, from 1989 to 1999. With the post-2017 episodes, it's trivial to purchase them on home video or streaming. And the pre-cable stuff, from KTMA, is widely available as bootleg footage, which is probably about as good as you're ever going to get. But the episodes from the cable era have been notoriously difficult to re-release, and require special attention.
Of the 176 MST3K episodes that aired on cable, 166 have been released on home video, and 145 are available for streaming/download on the Gizmoplex. As someone who's been trying to collect the whole series since the 1990s, I think that's pretty impressive. But there are 40 episodes that have been particularly tricky. Let's take a look, won't you?
Currently available on the Gizmoplex, but never on home video (1):
913 - Quest of the Delta Knights
As I understand it, nobody was sure who owned the rights to this movie, or how to contact them, for years. The situation has only recently been cleared up, perhaps too late for a DVD release.
Currently available on the Gizmoplex, but out of print on home video (8):
203 - Jungle Goddess
317 - Viking Women and the Sea Serpent
319 - War of the Colossal Beast
510 - The Painted Hills
619 - Red Zone Cuba
806 - The Undead
808 - The She-Creature
912 - The Screaming Skull
It looks like all of these went out of print due to being on a set where a different episode's rights expired. Theoretically Shout Factory could re-release any of them in a "Lost and Found" set, but that may not be cost-effective as people move away from collecting physical media.
Currently available on home video and MST3K's official YouTube, but not on the Gizmoplex (1):
615 - Kitten with a Whip (Vol. 25 DVD, 2012)
Kitten is one of the Universal movies that could only be licensed for physical media. And yet, it's the only one I can find on the official YouTube channel. Beats me why that is.
Currently available on home video, but not on the Gizmoplex (16):
401 - Space Travelers (Vol. 32 DVD, 2015)
522 - Teen-Age Crime Wave (Vol. 33 DVD, 2015)
524 - 12 to the Moon (Vol. 35 DVD, 2016)
601 - Girls Town (Vol. 39 DVD, 2017)
605 - Colossus and the Headhunters (Vol. 38 DVD, 2017)
614 - San Francisco International (Vol. 32 DVD, 2015)
704 - The Incredible Melting Man (Vol. 36 DVD, 2016)
801 - Revenge of the Creature (Vol. 25 DVD, 2012)
802 - The Leech Woman (25th Anniversary Edition DVD, 2013)
803 - The Mole People (Vol. 26 DVD, 2013)
804 - The Deadly Mantis (Vol. 27 DVD, 2013)
805 - The Thing That Couldn't Die (Vol. 29 DVD, 2013)
814 - Riding With Death (Vol. 36 DVD, 2016)
815 - Agent for H.A.R.M (Vol. 33 DVD, 2015)
901 - The Projected Man (Vol. 30 DVD, 2014)
1013 - Diabolik (Vol. 39 DVD, 2017)
I was able to find the DVD sets listed above on Shout Factory's website. As far as I know, they'll remain in print for the foreseeable future, but there's no way to know how long that will last.
The general pattern with these episodes is that the movies are owned by major studios that would only license them for physical media. Columbia owns Teen-Age Crime Wave and 12 to the Moon. MGM owns Girls Town and The Incredible Melting Man. Paramount owns Diabolik. But the big player here is Universal, which controls the rights to Space Travelers, San Francisco International, Revenge of the Creature, Leech Woman, Mole People, Deadly Mantis, Thing That Couldn't Die, Riding With Death, Agent for H.A.R.M., and Projected Man.
The odd man out here is Colossus and the Headhunters; I can't find any info on who owns the rights to this film, which may be part of the problem.
The real hard cases, the stickiest of wickets, are below...
Released on home video, but now out of print (5):
212 - Godzilla vs. Megalon (Vol. 10 DVD, 2006)
309 - The Amazing Colossal Man (VHS, 1996)
910 - The Final Sacrifice (Vol. 17 DVD, 2010)
1001 - Soultaker (Vol. 14 DVD, 2009)
1012 - Squirm (Turkey Day Collection DVD, 2014)
Megalon and Colossal Man were both recalled when rights issues came up after they were released. Oops. These were produced by Rhino, back before Shout Factory took over.
The Final Sacrifice is particularly tough to find, even unofficially, because director Tjardus Greidanus is very aggressive about tracking down download links. I always figured someone was similarly possessive of Soultaker, since it's clearly a passion project, but that's purely my speculation.
The Turkey Day DVD set is still available on Amazon at a reasonable price, so Squirm is still relatively accessible for now.
Never released on home video or streaming (9):
201 - Rocketship X-M
213 - Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
311 - It Conquered the World
416 - Fire Maidens of Outer Space
418 - Attack of the the Eye Creatures
807 - Terror from the Year 5000
809 - I was a Teenage Werewolf
905 - The Deadly Bees
906 - The Space Children
In 2017, Shout released its final (?) MST3K DVD collection, which included Satellite Dishes, a compilation of host segments from episodes that "may never get a legitimate release." This included the nine listed above, as well as The Amazing Colossal Man and Quest for the Delta Knights. Of course, Delta Knights eventually got a digital-only release, which is cause for a glimmer of hope. But the others are probably tougher nuts to crack.
Wade Williams owned the rights to Rocketship X-M and had a particular sentimental attachment to the film. His death in 2023 may make it easier to negotiate with his estate, but I wouldn't count on that being a swift process.
Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster are part of a prestigious franchise, and it's remarkable MST3K got away with riffing on Godzilla movies in the first place. I get the impression that Japanese culture doesn't particularly appreciate the sort of mockery MST3K is known for, so the rights to these two movies may be a long, long shot. Then again I used to think there was no hope of for the Gamera episodes too.
Fire Maidens, Deadly Bees, and Space Children are owned by Olive Films, and currently licensed to Paramount. It's possible a deal can be made later on, but not until the current arrangement expires.
The major bugbear for MST3K fandom is Susan Hart, the widow of American International Pictures co-founder James Nicholson. One way or another the AIP catalog was split up and Hart laid claim to several of their films, including Amazing Colossal Man, It Conquered the World, Eye Creatures, Terror from the Year 5000, and Teenage Werewolf. Hart's price for licensing her movies is very high, and it seems Shout has given up negotiating with her. I suppose the situation could change when she passes away, but I'd feel rather silly hoping for an old woman to die just so I can pay 8 bucks to watch robots laugh at a werewolf movie.
In conclusion, I've already purchased all the movies available on the Gizmoplex (I got most of them in a Kickstarter reward package), and the 31 that aren't available there can be obtained by, ahem, other means. So it's a great time to be an MST3K fan, and I'm still amazed how easy it is to watch the show nowadays.
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sojourner-between-worlds · 7 months ago
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How can a single of line of text/ dialog be translated [for subtitling] to mean two entirely different things and reference two entirely different characters in the process?
I asked a friend of mine about this, who has experience with French translation, and she was also completely baffled about how something like this could happen, so now I'm yelling it into the tumblr void and hoping someone yells back.
Like, I completely understand that certain things like idioms, puns, and slang terms get a little lost in translation and have to attempt to have an equivalent replacement found, but this... is not that. I also understand that since this is a Japanese anime from 2008 that older translations can be a bit... off in places, I guess, since they were more often than not subbed by fans. (And, since they're old, unless they are super popular, the less-than-legal sites often never get updated to official subs.) In this case, there was also a DVD release that is no longer available for purchase in the US (except off Ebay and shipped from overseas). I have no way of verifying if the same subtitles appear on the DVDs as appear when streaming on Crunchyroll. So the discrepancy is between the "official" Crunchyroll subs and either the DVD release or fansubs. But either option still makes this...weird. Even if the DVDs are older, there shouldn't be this big of a discrepancy. But I also can't blame it solely on "bad fansubs" because in all my years of watching this with varying subs across varying less-than-legal platforms, I have never had anything that has stuck out to me like this exchange this does. Difference in word choice, sure, that's basically inevitable; but I've never seen a conversation where the words spoken are about two entirely different characters.
For greater context, here are the two different ways the dialog in question is presented:
Source 1:
N: He's even stronger than before. Y: His opponent was weak, right? B: Yeah, he was completely played by Jack. Y: He's bored.
Source 2:
N: He's getting even stronger. Y: Was he facing a wimp? B: Yeah, Jack completely toyed around with him. Y: He was probably no big deal then...
So as you can see, this exchange is mostly the same. The baffling part is that last line. In the first one, Y is making a personal observation about someone he knows; in the second, he's making an impersonal observation about someone he doesn't know. The difference is getting information about a character (both the one spoken about and the one speaking) and just being a throw away line that doesn't mean anything at all.
This has been driving me nuts for literal years at this point, as to how this big of a difference in translation could happen. Again, it could have been a whoopsie on the part of a fansubber but everything else largely lines up between the two (as far as I can tell), and you'd think it would at least still be referring to the same character, which just makes it Weird to me.
So if anyone can actually explain how this happened, I would love you forever, haha.
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putschki1969 · 6 months ago
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Hello dear Sarah, how are you? You know, I'm anxious, I wanted to know if you know if they will record the Kalafina concert? I'm dying to see that 😭Please tell me if there will be a release, I want to see them. I can't travel to Japan, it's sad to think that maybe I'll never see them live but I haven't lost hope so it would be great if this comeback was released on bluray I would buy it 😭 although I'm scared I won't receive the discs again excuse my weakness for the kalagirls
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Hello there!
I'm good, thank you. A bit overwhelmed with everything that's going on right now but it's fine. I just have to focus on the fact that I will be seeing Kalafina in less than 10 days.
I wish I could give you the answer you are seeking but right now, we simply do not have any info on whether or not they are planning to record the concert. Usually, these things don't get announced in advance, we'll have certainty once the first people are at the venue and can confirm that there are lots of cameras around. I'll try to make a quick post if I happen to see anything.
But yeah, a DVD or Blu-ray would honestly be amazing. In theory, it should be no issue at all for Space Craft to release live recordings of Kalafina's music even without YK' involvement (they have done it before with Wakana's covers) but they might have to pay a fair amount of money to YK for a proper home video release. Not sure if they are willing to do that. We'll see. Maybe they will do a broadcast on a streaming platform instead? This method is becoming more and more popular these days, probably because it's a lot cheaper than a physical release.
I sadly cannot really give you any meaningful advice on how to best receive your packages since I have never really had problems with that. Maybe ask fellow Kalafina fans from your country about how they handle overseas purchases like that. Definitely choose a shipping option that offers a solid tracking service and maybe pick a different address than the one you used before (work place etc). Depending on where you live, you should also expect to pay high import taxes and/or custom fees so it's best to save up some money.
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astoundingbeyondbelief · 1 year ago
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Kaiju Week in Review (March 3-9, 2024)
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Shin Ultraman took an eternity to reach home video, but Godzilla Minus One will proceed as a more reasonable pace (by Japanese standards). Toho will release roughly one billion different editions on May 1, with Amazon- and Godzilla Store-exclusive physical bonuses both on offer. Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is included with some of the pricier versions, or you can buy it as a standalone Blu-ray or DVD.
The black-and-white version of Shin Godzilla, SHIN GODZILLA:ORTHOchromatic, also hits Japanese home video on May 1. Like Minus Color, no 4K edition, just Blu-ray and DVD. A handful of new bonus features about ORTHOchromatic are included.
As is standard for Toho, none of these releases will be English-friendly. But given the films' popularity (and the lack of any legal way to watch Minus One since it left theaters), expect bootlegs to circulate at light speed.
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Unsurprisingly, Godzilla Minus One cleaned up at the Japanese Academy Awards, with eight victories out of eleven nominations: Picture of the Year, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, and Best Lighting. That's one more than Shin Godzilla, and pretty much guarantees that the Toho Godzilla series will keep the prestige pictures coming. Strange times!
We'll see if Minus One can also capture Best Visual Effects at the American Academy Awards tonight. The Creator remains its biggest competition. The Gareth Edwards film is better-positioned by the usual metrics, with a second nomination for Best Sound and five wins at the Visual Effects Society Awards, but the enthusiasm gap for the films themselves may prove decisive. I'll be doing a much lengthier analysis during Wikizilla's Oscar stream tonight, which will start at about 6:00 PM ET, an hour before the ceremony begins.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire tickets may not be on sale yet, but Cinemark theaters have rolled out the above merch (much more efficiently than Target and Walmart have rolled out the toyline, if my local theater's any indication). I have a suspicion those plushies will be worth a mint a few years from now, small as they are; don't know about the other stuff. I bought the larger popcorn tin when I saw Dune: Part Two on Thursday. The promo image is deceptive, as the green area is transparent plastic and the Titan image is on the opposite wall of the tin, so that popcorn's either defying gravity or being held up by a hidden insert. There are Kong and Skar King variants as well, the latter revealing his height (318 feet). Poor Shimo; being the "secret" villain really narrows the amount of merch you get.
The other interesting GxK news this week (apart from the endless TV spot variants, which I'm not even trying to keep track of) is a collaboration with the American Red Cross, of all institutions. Donate blood, platelets, or AB Elite plasma from March 25 to April 7, get a free T-shirt. And for completion's sake, I'll mention the Roblox and Call of Duty cross-promos too.
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Chibi Godzilla Raids Again, an unexpected delight last year, is getting a second season starting April 3. The official site revealed that Minilla is joining the cast, while those silhouettes to his right look like Titanosaurus (unjustly neglected in recent years), Gigan, and Gabara. Expect to follow the first season in being uploaded to the GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO YouTube channel with English subtitles.
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Here's another chance to watch Tsuburaya and Toei Animation's Kaiju Decode short, originally released in 2021. (It goes away at the end of the month, because every Japanese studio is apparently hellbent on making short films ephemeral, so download it now.) It's the basis for a recent mixed reality game for the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro, hence its return to the spotlight.
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UniVersus, a collectable card game predicated on pitting characters from various franchises against each other, is going all in on Godzilla after offering a couple of Minus One cards through highly convoluted means last year. They're releasing a couple of Godzilla Challenger Series (preconstructed decks) on June 21, one based around Godzilla and Mothra, the other around King Ghidorah and Rodan, with Mechagodzilla thrown into the mix for both. I've never played this game in my life, but the prospect of a shiny Godzilla card with James Stokoe art is sort of tempting.
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