Taylor Swift concert should become like the grand final where they put a big screen outside the ground, set up food trucks, merch stalls, etc for anyone without a ticket and
grand festival was amazing ;___; i cant believe team past did it, i really thought we'd have no chance. sorry for being one of those sweaty splat1 veterans pfft. don't know how to express how profoundly this game series means to me and well, im better at pictures than words so... what do we have here!! photos from the festival!?!?!?!
Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch at Salt of the Earth event → Venice International Film Festival, September 6-7 2024
Sophie Hunter is the director of the immersive performance and installation Salt of the Earth, an artistic production and campaign aimed at raising global awareness to protect our Salt Marshes.
"Salt Marshes are an incredible natural ecosystem that capture up to 50 times more carbon than rainforests. They are nature's buffer against rising sea levels and an essential habitat for diverse ecosystems. But this extraordinary natural asset is facing extinction by 2100, with devastating consequences for the planet."
Salt of The Earth premiered in Venice, a city at the frontline of climate change, which has already lost 85% of its salt marshes.
i’ve stopped expecting interesting animation from bones. the star and stripe fight is cool but like every other fight/moment in mha, it’s only cool bc the source material itself is cool; bones does nothing to elevate the manga
they rarely try to experiment with colour and style. i saw so many colourings of the moment star and stripe made a giant version of herself out of the air; people made her look like a cosmos, like it reflected and bent the sky around her, doing so many inventive things and for the anime to just make her an outline against that godforsaken sky? i’m disappointed
but people will take me saying i’m disappointed and spin it to me saying the fight was bad. it wasn’t, just like most fights and moments in the anime aren’t bad but that’s all bc horikoshi knows how to draw. they never do anything beyond that; they never try and adapt it. whether it’s bc of time, direction, budget, or what have you, they will never do something truly inventive with their colouring
i’ve said this before and i’ll say it again, it’s not just that the sky is blue; it’s what the blue sky represents and that is an unwillingness to broaden their colour palette or atmosphere to support the changes in the tone of the story. the story isn’t just “will midoriya get into his dream high school and achieve his dream job?” it’s child abuse and societal systems and their dysfunctions, it’s racism and morality and is it right to try and save someone who’s determined to destroy the world just bc they are also a victim?
look at the finale of atla, a show that mirrors the narrative tone of mha; it starts out bright and colourful and vibrant to match the happy and small stakes nature of the story and as the tone of the story changes, the environment changes to reflect that. the siege of the north pole? everything goes blood red when the moon spirit is threatened, then goes completely desaturated when it is killed with only fire bending having any colour. the day of black sun? uses a solar eclipse to change the lighting. the entire sozin’s comet fight? has red skies and lighting to show the threat
bones abject refusal to change anything about the art itself is a detriment to horikoshi’s complex narrative
Mao : I wanna eat yakisoba , okonomiyaki , grilled squid and obviously takoyaki too . You can share takoyaki , so it's the perfect snack ♪
Subaru : I want to see a firework show and shout "Ta~ma~ya ! " ☆ There's also " Ka~gi~ya" right ? Let's all get fired up together !
Hokuto : When I go to a summer festival , I want to eat candied fruits . Candied strawberry and candied apple are both delicious so it's hard to decide between the two.
Makoto : The shooting gallery is a must♪ I want to aim for the bigger prizes but those are made harder to fall so I go for the sweets .
Ritsu : Why not cool off with some ramune ? The marble clinking around when drinking makes it even tastier ....♪
Arashi : Setting off sparklers sounds fun , doesn't it ? Let's sit shoulder to shoulder and share secrets ♪
Mika : I dunno what to do...... just lookin' at the stalls is fun , but I also wanna eat something like yakisoba .