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[melien]

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Anywhere I want, just not home

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[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Reviews: Men In Black (The Original Trilogy)

(Thanks @knightsweeties for this sick pic)

For this Review I will be talking about Men In Black (1997)

Men in Black 2 (2002) and Men In Black 3 (2012)

Yes I know there is a 4th one but it is NOT part of the trilogy Men In Black international doesnt count as its more akin to a reboot/spinoff

Now normally I only review one movie at a time, but for this review I will be exploring things a touch differently. with the following:

Plot

Characters (and how they develop)

Effects

Action

Moral lesson

How does it build on the previous stories

Overall

Now if you havent watched the MIB trilogy. Spoilers below

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Plot

For the sake of Convenience. I will be taking the IMDB summaries from each and the putting my thoughts. (I will trim the fat on these synopses. to save on time)

Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) is a member of the Men in Black (MIB), a secret agency without ties to any government, whose goal is to maintain Earth as a "neutral zone" for extraterrestrial aliens, whom they disguise as humans around New York City. The agency maintains its secrecy by using a Neuralyzer to wipe the memories of those that encounter either them or the aliens, and also the memories of former agents when they retire.

K's former partner D has just retired after an incident at a border line between the U.S and Mexico where an alien disguised as a human almost killed a INS Officer but K finds New York City detective James Darrell Edwards III (Will Smith) as a potential replacement, due to his ability to follow a disguised alien. After putting Edwards through several tests, K offers him the chance to join the MIB. Edwards' identity is erased, and he becomes Agent J, K's partner. K orients J about the MIB; during this, they learn that numerous alien refugees are fleeing the Earth. MIB is contacted by an Arquillian fleet in Earth orbit; the fleet warns that a "Bug," a member of a giant cockroach-like species that are at war with several alien races, has come to Earth searching for an object known as the Galaxy. It's infinite power could turn the tide of war in favor of the Bugs. To prevent this, they are willing to destroy the Earth unless the MIB can secure the Galaxy before their deadline, only hours away.

Agent K and Agent J find the Bug is disguised using the skin of farmer Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio) after killing the human. It already killed two Arquillians it believed had the Galaxy. The two bodies, along with a cat that refuses to leave its owner, are taken to the city morgue. There, Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino) discovers one of the tiny Arquillians is barely alive inside its human looking robot; struggling with English, it whispers to her that "The Galaxy is on Orion's belt" before it expires. K and J arrive to help remove the alien bodies and wipe Laurel's mind, but not before learning about this message.

As the Arquillian deadline looms, the MIB tries to figure out how Edgar will leave. J then recalls from his initial briefing that the observation towers at Flushing Meadows are disguised spacecraft. Agents K and J race there, finding Edgar climbing one of the structures. Their arrival distracts the Bug but it enters the craft and starts the engines. The agents fire on the ship, forcing it to crash. As the two face off against Edgar, it rips through its disguise, swallows their guns and knocks them across the field. K tells J to keep the Bug from getting to the second ship by creating a distraction. K goads the Bug to eat him, which it does by swallowing him whole. J keeps the Bug distracted by stepping on cockroaches around a nearby dumpster.

Before J can be eaten by the enraged Bug he tells the bug to get out of his face before something bad happens. K having found his gun in the Bug's stomach, then blasts his way out, ripping the alien in half. K is slime covered but safe and J picks up the the Galaxy from among the contents of the Bug's stomach. The news is then relayed to the Arquillian fleet, saving the Earth. While J and K are recovering from their battle, the top-half of the bug suddenly rears up behind them, but Laurel shoots the bug with J's gun which was ejected from the Bug's stomach.

As MIB cleans up the situation, and K apparently prepares to Neuralyze Laurel, he admits that he was not training J as a partner but as his replacement, as he is ready to retire from the agency. J reluctantly acknowledges this and Neuralyzes him. In the epilogue, Laurel is Agent J's new partner Agent L, while K (now Kevin Brown) has returned to civilian life and the girl he left behind, and J and L began to investigate more aliens disguised as humans as they drive away the headquarters.

The plot throws a lot at the viewer in the beginning, but it never feels overwhelming it immerses the viewer in the world of MIB, and it has K training J to replace him. It is actually a touch heartwarming of a story but outside of that... the actual plot outside of Agent J's origin is pretty middling. Also Laurel is not that interesting of a female lead in this, the chemistry is lacking compared to J and K. Overall I give this plot a 7/10. A solid start for the series, and can be watched with little to no knowledge of the source material

Now for the sequel MIB 2

5 years after the events of Men in Black, Agent J (Will Smith) is now the top operative for the MIB, J is largely without a partner, after Agent L (from the first film) decided to return to her former life and subsequent partners have not lived up to J's professional standards. While investigating a seemingly routine crime at a SoHo pizzeria, J uncovers a diabolical plot by Serleena, a shape-shifting Kylothian queen who disguises herself as a lingerie model (Lara Flynn Boyle), but resembles a plant-like hydra in her own form. The Neuralyzed Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) has assumed civilian life as Kevin Brown, postmaster of a small town in Massachusetts, and to stop her, J must convince Kevin to rejoin MIB, because he is the only operative still alive who knows how to find what Serleena wants, the "Light of Zartha".

While J tries to Deneuralyze Kevin, Serleena breaks into MIB resulting in a lock down; J and Kevin escape after being flushed from the building. J then takes Kevin to Jack Jeebs (Tony Shalhoub), who built an unofficial Deneuralyzer. Although K eventually regains some of his memory, he still has no recollection of the "Light of Zartha" (he Neuralyzed himself) but left himself a series of clues in case he needed to remember. The clues eventually lead to a video-store where they watch a tape that jars K's memory: 25 years ago, the Zarthan Queen Laurana arrived on Earth to try to hide the Light of Zartha, but the MIB refused to help due to their neutrality. Serleena arrived to steal the Light, but K activated the Zarthan ship and sent it away. Serleena, believing the Light is on board the ship, chased the ship, but not before fatally shooting Laurana. K then reveals that the ship was a decoy, and that the Light is still hidden on Earth.

Meanwhile, Serleena frees all of the MIB's high-security prisoners and uses them as henchmen. Believing that the Light is in the bracelet worn by Laura Vasquez (Rosario Dawson), a waitress at the pizzeria, Serleena kidnaps Laura and prepares to send her back to her home-world. K and J assault MIB headquarters, defeat Serleena's henchmen, and rescue Laura. However, K warns them that if the Light is not taken off Earth and returned to Zartha, it will explode and destroy the planet. As they make their way to the departure point, Serleena gives chase but is eaten by Jeff, a giant alien worm living in the New York subway system. When they reach the departure point, K reveals that Laura is Laurana's daughter and the actual Light of Zartha (it's also suggested that he is her father as well). To save Earth and Zartha, Laura reluctantly leaves Earth, much to J's dismay, as he had developed feelings for her.

Serleena returns to try to capture Laura again, but K and J manage to destroy her for good. To cover up the chaos caused by Serleena's rampage, K activates a giant Neuralyzer hidden in the Statue of Liberty's torch. Now that Laura is gone, K and Agent Zed (Rip Torn the head of MIB) try to console J for his loss, but he answers that he needs no consolation and had accepted her departure without much sorrow. To provide a measure of comfort, K puts the aliens found in a Grand Central Terminal locker, as one of the clues, in J's locker. After J suggests, showing them that their world is bigger than a locker, K shows him and Frank through a door, that they, are in fact an alien species themselves, kept in a locker in an alien station, suggesting to his rookie worldview.

This film Builds on what was established in the past, but also has it explained on why K returns but Laurel (L) is no longer part of the MIB. I think this does act as a phenomenal sequel. The plot has higher stakes, the chase around the city that was similar in the last one is more refined. It is basically the plot of the first one but executed better with Rosario dawson's character having much more chemistry with J. And in a way it has a twist of Having Agent J mentoring K in this case, allowing for a roll reversal, keeping the dynamic fresh and then shifting back when needed. The film works well on its own, but with an actually more interesting villain, Serleena, it adds more than the previous one did in plot.

8/10

Then Finally Men in black 3 (This one is complicated so I didnt cut out the details)

Boris the Animal, last surviving member of the predatory Boglodyte race, escapes from the inescapable LunarMax prison on Earth's moon intent on going back in time to kill Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones), who on July 16 1969, caused the loss of one of Boris' arms and arrested him. On Earth, K learns of the escape after investigating a spaceship crash in the New York City streets and a Chinese restaurant teeming with alien life. While K won't reveal any details to Agent J (Will Smith), he confesses his regret at not having killed Boris in 1969. Meanwhile Boris has reached Earth & attacks the son, Jeffery Price, of the fellow inmate for a device that will allow him to travel back in time & kill K before he took away his arm.

Boris arrives at that restaurant (as it has his favorite dish) & attacks J & K. Both escape, but not before Boris tells K that he is already dead. K is very afraid. Late that night when the two agents are in their respective apartments, K calls J seemingly to tell all but remains silent and J hangs up on him. K then makes preparation for an ambush and sets to wait when all traces of him and his apartment disappear. The next morning J goes to talk with K and discovers the world is different. At MIB headquarters, J learns that all other MIB personnel remember K as having been killed in action in the year 1969.

Agent O (Emma Thompson), the new Chief after Zed's passing, deduces from J's insistence of his reality and knowledge of details about Agent K that a fracture has occurred in the space-time continuum. She deduces Boris time-jumped to 1969 - knowledge of time-travel having been restricted to prevent such an occurrence - and killed K, resulting in a different future reality and an imminent Boglodyte invasion of Earth, now vulnerable due to the absence of the protective ArcNet which, in J's version of reality, K had installed in 1969. Through electronics-shop owner Jeffrey Price, J acquires the same time-jump mechanism as Boris, but his query about how he can remember K when nobody else can merely results in Jeffrey informing him that he must have 'been there'. J's plan is to arrive on July 15th & kill the younger Boris, so that the elder Boris who went back to kill K, wont even exist. As the doomed Earth is being invaded, J jumps off the Chrysler Building to reach time-travel velocity and arrives in 1969 the day before Boris is supposed to kill K.

With some inevitable challenges upon his arrival - including his lack of resources and his skin color - J goes to Coney Island to intercept Boris while he is there to commit a historically recorded murder. Turns out the younger Boris was at Coney Island to find Griffin, the creator of the Arcnet which is a device that can save Earth from a Boglodyian invasion. But a 29-year-old Agent K (Josh Brolin) interrupts and arrests J. After fruitless questioning at MIB headquarters because J had been advised not to interact with the young Agent, K has J placed inside a large Neuralyzer. At the last second, after J confesses the truth of his mission, K aborts the procedure. As a wary team, they follow clues of Boris' trail to a bowling alley then to Andy Warhol's Factory, where they meet the prescient alien Griffin, who occupies 5-dimensions and possesses the ArcNet. Griffin tells them the Boglodytes destroyed his planet, and that he does not wish the Earth to suffer the same fate. Griffin then warns the two agents of Boris' impending arrival with the intent to kill him and leaves just before Boris arrives. Agent K narrowly escapes his own demise at the hands of Boris. The elder Boris arrives, meeting up with his younger self and both agree to get the ArcNet and kill K so that the invasion will be imminent.

The Agents later locate Griffin at Shea Stadium, where he gives them the ArcNet and instructs K it has to be placed onto the Apollo 11 lunar rocket launch occurring in less than six hours in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Boris arrives and snatches Griffin and the Agents pursue to rescue him from a certain fate. Upon arriving at Cape Canaveral, the agents and Griffin are arrested by military police. A colonel, however, allows them to continue their mission after Griffin uses his precognitive power to show the colonel how important the agents are.

At the launch pad, J and K confront both the 1969 and 2012 incarnations of Boris and the battle ensues on the rocket scaffolding as the ignition blastoff counts down. The elder Boris impales J with his spikes before they both fall off the pad; however, J uses the time-jump to travel back to the beginning of the fight and avoid the spikes before pushing the elder Boris off the scaffolding, falling to the pad below. Meanwhile, as K battles the younger Boris, he disconnects a hose causing it to spray liquid hydrogen on Boris' left arm, freezing it and causing it to shatter. K then plants the ArcNet on the top of the rocket in the last seconds before blastoff. The elder Boris is incinerated to death in the blastoff and the protective shield deploys as the rocket leaves Earth's atmosphere.

The Colonel congratulates K returning from the launch pad. As J watches from the distance, the younger Boris surprises them and kills the Colonel. The younger Boris tries to goad K into arresting him, but the junior agent instead shoots the young Boris this time, killing him. A young boy named James exits a military vehicle looking for his father, who happens to be the Colonel. He pulls out a pocket watch revealed earlier to have been passed down to Agent J by his father, and J realizes that the young boy is actually his younger self (Explaining Jeffrey's revelation that he was there; he was present when Boris altered history by killing K). Unwilling to reveal his father's death, K Neuralyzes James, telling him his father is a hero. It was then J realized why K wouldn't tell him about why he regretted arresting Boris in the first place.

With the time-line restored, J returns to the present day, where he meets his partner at a diner. There, he shows K his father's pocket watch and thanks him. As they leave the diner, Griffin, a few seats away, tells the viewers all is well with the world, except for an imminent asteroid impact on Earth if this is the time-line where K forgot to leave a tip. But when K returns to leave his tip, the asteroid collides with an orbiting satellite instead of the Earth, thus it is safe for now.

Now on principal I am IFFY on all time travel plots. But the way MIB handles this is actually quite methodical. It explains how time travel mechanics work, how the changes work. And it even PROPERLY explains 5th dimensional understanding as we theorize. Plus young Agent K had an amazing performance and had wonderful chemistry with J. And the scene when its revealed that K knew J even before he knew him and that seeing this kid lose his dad is why he became his serious self was something that moved me.

Overall the plot was complicated but never felt dull. It kept you invested the whole way through, and Boris the Animal is by far the best villain in the trilogy.

9/10

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Characters (and how they develop)

For this I am only going to focus on Agent J and Agent K.

Agent J: He started off as a cop that worked hard to protect people to be a hero like his dad, and he has a knack for the MIB world, having instincts that made K respect him. Though K will be hard on him because he wants to protect J, in a way that is almost fatherly, which we understand why after the 3rd movie. I will say that I felt J shined at his best in the second movie, as he had a good romantic subplot going and you got to see his dynamic with K go back and forth at its best.

Agent K: My favorite character, and the one that has the most things that happen to him, going from a jadded guy thinking he wants out so he trains his replacement, to a guy that couldnt adjust back because he was too deep into the world, to an almost father figure to his partner. Each movie has K in some sort of unique situation that helps reveal more of his character, and yet he is still a mystery. I think the best characterization is seen in 3, as we see what made him the man he is now.

The back up characters and aliens all have great personalities and the way they banter with J and K works so well for the world.

I feel the banter and Characters were at their best in 2 and 3.

But a quick ranking of the characters

MIB:8/10

MIB2 9/10

MIB3 9.5/10

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Effects

I normally dont dwell too much on Special effects as unless they are awful, they dont impact my enjoyment of the film.

I think each film is well done considering the time period, though if I had to be real, the first MIB is kind of the most impressive of the 3 because it was done in the late 90's. Its almost shocking how great the effects and use of CGI was for the time. Though it was more practical effects.

The other two movies are fine, but I think the first one is more technologically impressive. Especially with the aliens and slime.

MIB: 9/10

MIB 2 8/10

MIB 3 8/10

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Action

The action scenes in each film are solid, from brawls in small spaces to high stakes monster fights.

The first one probably has the best ending to a big monster fight with K blowing the monster up from the inside.

The second one had the Highest stakes of a fight.

I have to say the 3rd one probably had the coolest set piece with it being on the rocket launch. But each movie had its own iconic final battle scene.

Its hard to say which one was truly objectively the best. So with this.

Soilid 8/10 for all 3

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Moral lesson

Each MIB had a theme/ lesson to take away.

The First one was the Passing of the Torch. K was learning that there comes a time when everyone needs to be ready to let the next guy take over.

The second one was about trust. J learned the importance of trust and how that trust cant grow without putting the effort in.

The Last one was about acceptance, J learned how life changes and twists and we must be willing to accept what the world gives us at our own pace, and that things take time.

Overall I think the first one and third handle their themes the best, as the second one basically acted as a retcon to the first one.

MIB: 7/10

MIB 2 6/10

MIB 3 8/10

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How does it build on the previous stories?

The one thing I really love about the MIB trilogy is that it always builds on itself, it references previous films, it keeps reoccuring jokes, and it always keeps developing its characters. Its nothing ground breaking, but in a world of constantly bad sequels, MIB should be the standard on how sequels SHOULD be handled.

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Overall

I enjoyed revisiting these old films and it makes me wish modern hollywood would go back to this era of movie making. It doesnt need to be a 2+ hour epic. Movies can be fun, can be emotional, can be caring, and can bring forth a good nostalgia that cares for its source material

The MIB trilogy is a solid 8 out of 10 and I recommend it for those that like sci fi and want a funny and sometimes emotional movie experience.

[we-will-swallow-your-soul]

Many of us know the story of Dimebag Darrell Abbott's death on December 8, 2004. But, did you know that he and his band Damageplan had a previous incident with Nathan Gale? On April 8, 2004 Gale interrupted Damageplan's performance at Bogart's nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio. He jumped on the stage causing damage to lighting and other stage equipment. Damageplan decided not to press charges because they did not want to return to Cincinnati for the court proceedings. To know that there wasn't just one incident involving Nathan Gale is beyond upsetting. There were so many signs there. This incident could have been prevented from ever happening in the first place!! There are also online metal magazine articles saying how Pantera's official videographer Daryl “Bobby Tongs” Arnberger revealed that Dimebag Darrell wanted to “go back to Pantera” in the weeks before his death!!

[raikan624]

Disciples of The Divines

The Divines have favored people known as their disciples. The Divines are known to favor prayers relating to their beloved disciples. Every now and then, the Divines add new disciples to this list.

The disciples are among this list:

The Outsiders:

Darrel Curtis

Sodapop Curtis

Ponyboy Curtis

Johnny Cade

Steve Randle

Two-Bit Matthews

Love and Deepspace:

Xavier

Zayne

Rafayel

Sylus

Caleb

MCU:

Bucky Barnes

Tony Stark

Sam Wilson

Steve Rogers

Lord of the Rings:

Legolas

Aragorn

Frodo

Pippin

Merry

Skyrim:

Kaidan

Farkas

Brynjolf

Vilkas

Avatar:

Jake

Neteyam

Lo'ak

Neytiri

Tsu'tey

Baldur's Gate 3:

Astarion

Gale

Wyll

Karlach

The Witcher:

Geralt of Rivia

[chaosresturantjandn4eva]

Dimebag Darrell, the legendary guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, was tragically killed on December 8, 2004, during a performance by his new band, Damageplan, at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. The assailant, Nathan Gale, a former Marine with a history of mental health issues, was reportedly obsessed with Pantera. Gale's motivations appeared to stem from a combination of factors, including his anger and frustration toward the band, particularly Darrell, after their breakup. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Gale exhibited erratic behavior, which likely contributed to his violent actions and distorted perceptions of reality. Some accounts suggest he believed that Darrell and the band had wronged him personally or that there were larger conspiracies at play involving the music industry. During the concert, Gale stormed the stage and opened fire, killing Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot and killed by police. This incident shocked the music community and highlighted the potential dangers of celebrity culture, particularly regarding fans with unhealthy obsessions and mental health issues.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.8 (after 1960)

1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. 1963 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board. 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. 1969 – Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history. 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi. 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737. 1974 – A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. 1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. 1985 – The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established. 1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House. 1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada. 1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others. 1990 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time. 1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. 1992 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time. 1998 – Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. 2001 – A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore. 2004 – The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. 2004 – Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer. 2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others. 2010 – With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. 2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi). 2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India. 2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents. 2019 – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

December 8, 2004

Dimebag Darrell is shot dead on stage while performing with his band Damageplan at Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The murderer, Nathan Gale, kills three others before being shot dead by a police officer.

[metaladdicts]

RITA HANEY Reveals How She Learned About DIMEBAG's Death

In a recent interview with comedian and podcaster Zane Lamprey, Rita Haney, longtime girlfriend of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, reflected on the tragic murder of the PANTERA guitarist during a performance at the Alrosa Villa in north Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred in December 2004, just moments after Dimebag‘s band DAMAGEPLAN had taken the stage. Nathan Gale, 25, fired 15 rounds from a 9 mm…

[swifty-fox]

“Say, Ma,” he says one morning, nursing a cup of irish coffee and hoping it’ll cure his stubborn hangover. He’d stayed out too late the night before, well past respectable for civilian life, and his father had been cutting him disapproving looks all breakfast, “Do you remember Albie Green? Lived a few doors down from us, you played bridge with his Ma on Sundays.”

Ma Egan hums in acknowledgment, scrubbing out the dishes and swaying her hips to Perry Como serenading them from the radio. 

“Any idea if he’s back yet? Was thinking I’d call him up, catch up on things.” 

Ma Egan stops her swaying, setting down her sponge and draws a long steadying breath. 

John’s stomach drops down to the floor, and he drains the rest of his coffee in one go, the whiskey hitting his belly like a bowling ball, “Got it. Send them by condolences.” 

“It’s been years,” Ma Egan says, “A few months before you – before you left.”

Gale’s snapping blue eyes, lips curved in a confident gentle smirk that John didn’t know would be his last time seeing it. Marge slips out from being tucked under his arm where they had painted a pretty gold picture, all Midwestern American charm. John oft told them they’d make a perfect War Bonds poster and Gale would scoff at him in that way that mean he was too stubborn to laugh.

“Don’t you die on me before I get over there”

John goes to pour himself another cup, curves his body to hide the flask he tips into it and uses a finger to swirl the scalding liquid, “Is there anyone not dead?” 

Richard Warner, Max Wilkinson, Roland ‘Twocent’ Wood, Bennie Caldwell, Darrell Farmer, Donald McIntyre, Frank McIntyre, Carl Bowen, Tony Simpson, Adrian Glenn

All the boys John grew up with, all the ones he used to flirt with girls with and trade baseball cards and play pick-up games of hockey with. His fellow knights and sheriffs and Heroes on their noble steeds with their shining armor and glorious capes. The boys he scraped knees with and fought with and rescued all their damsels in distress with. 

Dead and gone. Shrouds laid, swords placed upon their chests, passed on to legend and family photo albums. 

“Ah,” He hears his Ma clear her throat a few times, wondering if she’s also remembering all the children who used to come knocking every afternoon asking if Bucky could come play, “Robbie. Robbie Pesci got back a few days ago.” 

John smothers a snort. Of course that big-talking yuck would make it when the boys of real worth got sent home in boxes. The good ones, the brave ones. The ones we were never his best friend because only Buck had show him what that meant, but the ones who were his constants. 

And all of them, who laughed behind their hands at little Albie “Buck” Green who couldn’t swim and wasn’t much of a fighter and turns out never would be.

doing heinous things to Kfak John's mental state while listening to this song

[blurrypxls]

Happy Birthday @melien!

Wow, I can’t believe you’re 24 now! It feels like just yesterday that you were 19 when we first began properly talking, and that we’ve known each other since you were only 16! Time flies, it really does.

I appreciate our friendship so very much and really treasure all our shared memories and the conversations we have, as well as our shared universes. Here’s to another year around the sun and to what I’m sure will be your best year yet! I’m proud of everything that you’ve achieved and how you’ve grown to be your best self. Today is your day!

[the-pinstriped-hood]

This is a tough question.

Gamzee Makara

Medic from TF2

Astation and Gale from BG3 (I couldn't pick...)

Bubba Sawyer

Darrell Todd (by my girl @bluecoolr)

Brynjolf from Skyrim

Hancock from Fallout 4

Benny from Fallout New Vegas (RIP)

Tagged by dear @rottent33th thank you!

9 Favorite Characters

Tagging...

@plentscorner @bluecoolr-main @visceravalentines @ajarofpickledtears @goldrose-star @chimchiri @devil-doll13 @ace-of-hearts-and-spades @damien-mlm @bogboyfriendbreadslice @crookintherafters @fleshworld-bodyprison @the-pinstriped-hood + anyone who would like to do it!!! No pressure!!!

[theghostwhotumbles]

Every December 8, we remember the 1980 assassination of John Lennon, an event that far overshadows another rock musician murder on that date — in 2004.

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Events 12.8 (after 1960)

1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. 1963 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board. 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. 1969 – Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history. 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi. 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737. 1974 – A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. 1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. 1985 – The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established. 1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House. 1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada. 1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others. 1990 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time. 1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. 1992 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time. 1998 – Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. 2001 – A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore. 2004 – The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. 2004 – Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer. 2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others. 2010 – With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. 2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km. 2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India. 2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents. 2019 – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.

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december 8, 2004

Dimebag Darrell is shot dead on stage while performing with his band Damageplan at Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The murderer, Nathan Gale, kills three others before being shot dead by a police officer.Mor

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source: Blabbermouth October 1, 2020

Will Pantera’s Pre-‘Cowboys From Hell’ Albums Ever Get Properly Reissued? Original Singer Weighs In

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Former Pantera singer Terrence Lee “Terry” Glaze says that he hopes the band’s early albums can receive a proper release one day.

Glaze was the frontman of Pantera during the band’s early’-’80s “party metal” phase and sang on the group’s first three LPs: “Metal Magic“ (1983), “Projects In The Jungle“ (1984) and “I Am the Night“ (1985). After leaving Pantera, Glaze formed the band Lord Tracy.

Glaze discussed possibility of Pantera’s early albums being re-released during an appearance on the debut episode of “Drag The Waters: The Pantera Podcast“.

Asked if he thinks the Pantera records he sang on will ever be properly reissued, Terry said (hear audio below): “It would be amazing to share that music with the rest of the world. I think everybody would really be interested in listening — especially listening to Darrell’s [‘Dimebag’ Abbott] guitar playing. With with the loss of Darrell and Vince [Paul Abbott, drums], I guess it would come down to their father [Jerry Abbott] and Rex [Brown, bass]. I don’t have possession of the master tapes, and with Vince gone… It’d be a great thing for the fans — I’d love to be part of that — but as of right now, I haven’t spoken to Jerry Abbott or Rex about it.”

Glaze went on to suggest a possible new Pantera box set featuring the three albums he performed on plus 1988’s “Power Metal“, which marked the recording debut of his replacement, Philip Anselmo. “Put all four together in a box,” he said. “The rhythm section and the guitars — bass, drums and the guitars — are consistent through the whole project. And you could see the growth through them. It’d be really cool. I would love to help out in that in any way I could. But we’ll see. Hopefully someday.”

During the same chat, Glaze was asked if he left Pantera on good terms or if he was done dealing with the Abbott brothers. He responded: “A lot of times, when you hear those things, where they’ll say ‘musical differences,’ I don’t remember any musical differences. The two hours of the day that we were on stage was the best — but you hear that from a lot of touring bands. It was the other 22 hours of the day that was tough to get on. Ultimately, there were four guys in the band, plus their father was the manager, and three of the five had the same last name. And they never split their vote, so you didn’t really have any say. And so that ultimately started to wear, and ultimately, I just chose to go in a different direction. But I loved the music and I loved playing all of them, especially Darrell.”

Back in February 2018, Glaze said that the last time he saw Vinnie was when he attended Darrell’s funeral in December 2004, just days after the Pantera guitarist was killed while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag was shot onstage by Nathan Gale. He was 38 years old.

In April 2010, Glaze rejoined Brown on stage in at the debut gig from Rex’s then-project Arms of the Sun in Dallas, Texas. They performed a couple of early Pantera songs — “Come-On Eyes” from 1985’s “I Am The Night” and “All Over Tonite” from 1984’s “Projects In The Jungle”.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/41234603?utm_medium=widget&utm_term=episode_title&utm_source=user%3A8464783

Will Pantera’s Pre-‘Cowboys From Hell’ Albums Ever Get Properly Reissued? Original Singer Weighs In source: Blabbermouth October 1, 2020 Will Pantera's Pre-'Cowboys From Hell' Albums Ever Get Properly Reissued? Original Singer Weighs In…

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