#gary grubbs

[scenesandscreens]

The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)

Director - Rob Bowman, Cinematography - Ward Russell

"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder."

[mlobsters]

the x-files: fight the future (1998)

the x-files s2e24 our town

i'm watching fight the future. again. because listening to an elizabeth holmes trial coverage podcast that had someone named kurzweil in it. so clearly... anyway. apparently this is my liveblog of my millionth rewatch. i had this movie on vhs, my friends.

it's gary grubbs who was in the cannibal town episode!

you know what else i like about this movie. someone's clear helicopter obsession. give me all the helicopters.

what about my men?!

i just think it's neat how they managed to make a fucking cool ass movie in the middle of the tv show run. i know it was hell on the cast and crew and the show itself kind of suffered but damn they made a good movie (some plot silliness aside, it is chris carter after all)

SCULLY: Well, I just climbed up 12 floors, I'm hot, I'm thirsty and to be honest, I'm wondering what I'm doing up here.

MULDER: You're looking for a bomb.

SCULLY: Yes, I know that, but the threat was called in to the federal building across the street.

MULDER: I think they have that covered.

MULDER: Whatever happened to playing a hunch, Scully? The element of surprise, random acts of unpredictability? If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.

What are we doing up here, Scully? It's hotter than hell.

glenne headly (uncredited, bartender)

mr holland's opus (1995) - glenne headly as iris holland

i love her voice. and she had this great little scene with mulder.

MULDER: I'm the key figure in an on-going government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It's a global conspiracy, actually, with key players in the highest levels of power, that reaches down into the lives of every man, woman, and child on this planet. So, of course, no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and who now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun, shouting to the heavens or to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling and when it hits it's gonna be the shit-storm of all time.

BARTENDER: Well. I would say that about does it, Spooky.

martin landau as alvin kurtzweil

fox peeing in the alley on the independence day poster. keep it classy.

KURTZWEIL: That official FBI business?

MULDER: What?

KURTZWEIL: Bet the Bureau's accusing you of the same thing in Dallas. Standing around holding your yank while bombs are exploding.

choppers!

plague to end all plagues. and FEMA!

"going that way" forever burned into my brain. little dudes with their thick accents and coordinated pointing. maybe i'll draw that some day.

MULDER: Five years together, Scully. How many times I been wrong? Never. Not driving anyway.

helicopters and the jiffy pop poppers (still an hour left, how many more choppers can we cram in)

MULDER: But you saved me! As difficult and as frustrating as it's been sometimes, your goddamned strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over! You've kept me honest ... you've made me a whole person. I owe you everything ... Scully, and you owe me nothing. I don't know if I wanna do this alone... I don't even know if I can ... and if I quit now, they win.

fakeout kiss whatever. these little speeches, hugs and forehead smooches are a balm.

LANGLY: What can we do?

MULDER: You can strip Byers naked.

john neville as the well-manicured man

well-manicured man is well manicured.

In the DVD commentary, Chris Carter tries to peddle the idea that the emotions from the almost kiss in the hallway plus the CPR scene later in the movie equals a kiss. Not surprisingly, nobody buys that. (source)

oh, chris carter.

also, famously:

In X-Files Redacted, a 30-minute special that premiered on Comcast (before being leaked online and making its rounds on the Internet, of course), creator and showrunner Chris Carter set up the scene about where the main duo currently stand coming into the revival of the show: “Mulder and Scully, for 9 years, had a platonic relationship.”

SCULLY: I had you big time.

handwave the halfdead out of antarctica to talk to blythe danner.

CASSIDY: Bees and corn crops do not quite fall under the rubric of domestic terrorism.

SCULLY: How many other lives can we save? Look ... If I quit now, they win.

all right, all right. i'm done--WAIT

[bigassbowlingballhead]

Gary Grubbs casually dropping snide comments about Sorbo on this weeks Welcome to the oc bitches podcast is filling me with such joy

Gary Grubbs, you're a real one.

[dndhistory]

523. Various Authors - Dragon #119 (March 1987)

An issue mainly dedicated to Druids, this would have been a pretty indispensable magazine for those playing that character class, in fact, this issue not only covers all things Druid, from new cantrips to rites of ascension within the druidic orders, but it also covers a lot of Druid adjacent themes, such as the Beastmaster NPC or woodland creatures such as the Korred, as well as introducing new ones, like the Uldra and the Anchu, giant Capybara, Leshy, Wendigo or the Wild Halflings. 

So this issue has a lot of interest for druids as well as extensive new bestiary entries. However, no single article in the magazine is more interesting to those charting the history of the game than an unassuming article, with no illustration or fanfare stuck in the middle pages, entitled The Game Wizards: My Dinner with Elminster.

This last article, by Jeff Grubb, details plans for the upcoming campaign setting, a little thing called the Forgotten Realms, and together with detailing plans for a box-set, new modules and novels, it also lets us know that it will be the default setting for Second Edition AD&D which is seemingly just around the corner, which will mean that Greyhawk is going to be left somewhat behind (which is kind of natural as the creator of that setting, Gary Gygax, had been out of TSR for over a year now).  It also lets us know that the Oriental Adventures are actually set in the FR as well, in the continent of Kara-Tur and that some of the modules already released (such as Bloodstone Pass and Desert of Desolation series) had been set in the FR all along. 

[nerds-yearbook]

On June 19, 1998, the X-Files jumped from the small screen to premiere as a feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future. Creator Chris Carter, cast and crew had hoped after season 5 to continue the series as films, however Fox insisted that it continue on as a TV series. The next The X-Files film wouldn't appear until 5 years after the first run of the series cancelled (The X-Files: I Want To Believe July 25, 2008). The movie saw a new development in the pending alien invasion and gave a reason to re-open the X-Files, which had been closed in season 5. It teased fans with a kiss between Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson). The movie also saw the demise of The Well Manicured Man (John Neville). Some of the TV series regulars who appeared in the movie were The Cigarette-Smoking Man (William B Davis), A.D. Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), Langly (Dean Haglund), Byers (Bruce Harwood), Frohike (Tom Braidwood), Group Elder (Don S Williams), 2nd Elder (George Murdock), and the Black Haired Man (Michael Shamus Wiles). Some of the characters that were exclusive to the movie were Kurtzweil (Martin Landau), Bronschweig (Jeffrey DeMunn), Cassidy (Blythe Danner), Michaud (Terry O'Quinn), Strughold (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Fire Captain Cooles (Gary Grubbs), and The Barmaid (Glenne Headly). If the British Valley looked familiar it was because Milton Johns also appeared in the Empire Strikes Back and the original run of Doctor Who. ("The X-Files", Movie, Film)

[batgeance]

Lilac is fully aware that the extremely rare left-hand drive 1964 Aston Martin DB5 waits for her only living uncle with a big purple — at her insistence — bow on its hood, yet gasps for Bruce and drops her jaw once the crypt that is Wayne Terminal illuminates. Her platinum blonde pigtails swing as she clasps her hands over her mouth and shouts, “Grandpa’s! Car!” with such zeal, the bat colony wrenches from their slumber and swarms the abandoned station’s ceiling. Joker preemptively ducks should one fly too low and smack him in the head. 

“Irinka!” before his three-year-old bolts toward the parked vehicle that Nix spent the past three months fighting with a Belgian collector to repossess for a small fee of thirteen-thousand dollars to ship it back to the states, Joker slides his cigarette between his lips and scoops Lilac off the concrete by her waist. She giggles and swings her feet as if it were gymnastics practice as he flips and shelves her on his hip. Lilac loops an arm across the backs of her father’s uneven shoulders and rests her crown against his. He’s regretting giving her pigtails. The elastic cleaves a trench in his scalp.

Now that his toddler’s bulldozed what should’ve been a surprise, Joker pivots on one heel and adjusts his hold on Lilac so she bumps higher up his right hip. A red polyester curtain falls behind her as she waits for her father to sashay backwards without a sound across the concrete that took him, by him he means Gary, an obscene amount of time to coordinate logistics so it’d arrive unspoiled.

“There’s…” Joker pauses to lower Lilac.

She sprints toward the DB5 and wrenches the passenger door open. Its bright red leather interior pops even under the cave’s scarce light. The child disappears inside the passenger seat and waits for her father and uncle to approach. In the meantime, her iPhone slips from her coat pocket so she can set the PopSocket on its dashboard and track their Grubbs delivery.

Joker tosses a glance over his shoulder to ensure his little daughter’s staying put, then plucks the cigarette from his mouth so he, still walking backward like a tour guide, can punctuate with it, “Only 899 of the model left on Earth…so…” he clears his throat, “Naturally…” Werewolf gestures inside the vehicle once he stands parallel to it, “Your three-year-old birthday twin carved the dashboard with a rock she found on the way in.”

Lilac points out a very long, sad horizontal line that she’s hashed out at the end. Venting a plume of smoke from his nostrils, Joker lifts his eyebrows so the false comma-like pair painted on his forehead vanish.

He clarifies, “She says it’s you.” Another feature catches his eye. Joker throws a finger toward the gearbox on Lilac’s left and further explains, “Apparently Dad swapped the automatic out for a manual. It’s um…” his mouth quirks, “Road-ready, though…” out the side of his mouth he adds, “Not the way you drive. I…”

The placard on the dashboard spells, ‘Thomas Alan Wayne.’ Joker’s hands go up, tossing a smoky thread between the brothers.

As he says, “I-I’m not…exactly…the president of Dad’s fan club either,” Joker’s free hand, though trembling beyond his control, slips a long dark strand behind his little brother’s ear, “But…” His eyes avert, tracking the concrete as if any stagnant shadow might somehow lunge and tear what remains of his throat apart. When no such respite arrives, he blinks until he can feel Melpomene’s elongated diamond begin bleeding blue down his cheek. He shifts his torso and shoulders in a subtle oscillation that ripples from his trunk to his nape and reinvigorates him enough to admit, “He gave me you. And for that, I can’t hate him.” The cigarette returns to his lips. Joker’s thumb roves the slope of his little brother’s cheek as his fingers burrow deeper in his scalp. “I won’t.”

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ—ㅤHAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROOSE!

Bruce  clocks  the  model  just  as  soon  as  he’s  got  the  whip  in  his  sights;    Lilac  takes  precedence,    of  course,    and  her  uncle  anticipates  a  launch  in  his  direction  with  all  the  steady  foundation  of  a  base  gymnast  prepared  for  his  flyer  to  somersault  in  the  air  above  his  head.    She’s  not  exactly  interested  in  practicing  her  parkour  so  much  as  she’s  proud  to  show  off  her  vandalism,    but  Bruce  stays  ready  on  the  very  high  chance  that  she’ll  change  her  mind.  

Arthur  swings  into  focus  next,    though  it’s  difficult  for  Bruce,    a  steadfast  gearhead,    to  listen  so  intently  when  he’s  more  hands  -  on  than  he  is  interested  in  an  instruction  manual.    Or  a  lecture.    @jokethur  probably  knows  it,    but  if  he’s  put  off  by  Bruce’s  split  attentions,    he  doesn’t  ever  show  it.    Maybe  that’s  the  wound  of  brotherhood,    particularly  the  eldest’s.    Or  maybe  that’s  just  Arthur.    Bruce  wouldn’t  know  either  way;    he  only  knows  what’s  being  taught  to  him  now.  

The  coupé  is  pristine  barring  his  niece’s  artistic  upgrade.    Bruce  can  see  that  without  having  to  pop  the  hood  or  get  under  the  chassis.    He’d  like  to,    though.    For  now,    he  settles  for  following  his  big  brother’s  lead  in  this  orchestrated  dance  and  forgets  to  ask  how  he  got  away  with  getting  it  here  without  his  notice.    He’ll  remember  later  when  his  eyes  don’t  burn.  

Bruce  came  in  on  his  bike.    Removing  his  helmet  reveals  the  caked  black  caught  in  his  lashes  and  smeared  past  his  eye  sockets.    He  drops  his  utility  pack  somewhere  along  the  path  he  tracks  along  behind  Arthur  and  continues  to  eye  the  DB5  like  he’s  half  caught  in  a  dream.    It  isn’t  suspicion,    but  his  veneer  is  too  tempered  with  emotion  to  parse  it  one  way  or  the  other.    Either  way,    he  doesn’t  sniffle  because  he’s  allergic  to  anything  in  the  Cave.  

❝    Did  you  drive  it  in?    ❞  Bruce  poses  this  question  to  Lilac  when  he  ducks  down  to  admire  the  interior.    His  graffiti  -  style  portrait  plucks  a  wince  from  him  prominent  enough  to  dry  his  eyes  for  a  moment.    ❝    Nice,    ❞  is  all  he  offers.    And  then,    his  mouth  quirking,    ❝    Thanks.    I  like  my,    uh,    hair.    ❞

If  he  looks  at  Arthur,    he  knows  his  throat  will  close  up  again.    He  doesn’t  need  the  excuse,    but  he  gives  it  to  himself  as  he  straightens  from  his  fold  into  the  car  and  wheels  toward  his  brother  without  warning.    Bruce  has  nearly  half  a  foot  on  Arthur;    he  still  tucks  his  face  into  the  eldest  Wayne’s  shoulder  and  curves  his  both of own  until  he  can  lock  his  arms  around  his  more  -  than  -  willing  captive.    ❝    This  is–    ❞  His  laugh  is  wet  and  hacking,    as  if  he’s  the  one  that  smokes  a  pack  a  day.    Bruce  squeezes,    and  then  pulls  back  to  reflect  his  brother’s  misty  gaze back at him.    ❝    You  won’t  really  keep  me from  test  driving  it  now,    will  you?    ❞

[snackpointcharlie]

Snackpoint Charlie, for that nagging feeling that there’s gotta be more out there, there just has to be. Spoiler alert: there is, and it’s more alluring and mysterious music from elsewhere and beyond. 10pm to midnight Wednesday August 16 on WGXC 90.7-FM / WGXC.org / the Wave Farm smartphone app / and podcast NOW at https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/fhwfsn

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 121 - 2023.08.16 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/fhwfsn [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Altai music - T. Chinjin (Throat Singing and Topshur lute) - “Karkira” from VOYAGE EN URSS – N° 10 SIBÉRIE/EXTRÊME ORIENT/EXTRÊME NORD – ANTHOLOGIE DE LA MUSIQUE INSTRUMENTALE ET VOCALE DES PEUPLES DE L'URSS https://www.discogs.com/release/1253115-Various-Siberie-Extreme-Orient-Extreme-Nord https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/12/siberia-siberie-voyage-en-urss-n-10.html

2) Ustad Noor Bakhsh - “Des” from JINGUL https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/artists https://honiunhoni.bandcamp.com/

3) Ferka Jilaliya & Zine Mohamed / الفرقة الجيلالية : الزين محمد - “Sidi Mbarek” from TANGEPHONE TAN 480 https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2023/03/morocco-ferka-jilaliya-zine-mohamed.html

4) Faizal Mostrixx - “Loosely (ft. Morena Leraba)” from MUTATIONS https://faizalmostrixx.bandcamp.com/album/mutations

(underbed throught:) Tuluum Shimmering - “Tamalpais (at about 6)” from TAMALPAIS (AT ABOUT 6) https://tuluumshimmering.bandcamp.com/album/tamalpais-at-about-6

plus - Pinchas Gurevich - “Klaus Barbie and Q”

5) ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! - “Dian Ci Long (feat. Namichie & Submarine)” from ELECTROMAGNETIC MATSURI BAYASHI IN NEO TOKYO https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com/news/230620/ https://www.instagram.com/electronicosfantasticos/

6) VAGABOND cpa - “Manhattan Minuet” from RAYMOND SCOTT SONGBOOK http://raymondscott.jp/ https://www.discogs.com/release/5554447-Various-Raymond-Scott-Songbook

7) Son Thoeung - “Damrey Cheung Buon (The Four Feet of the Elephant)” from CAMBODIAN CASSETTE ARCHIVES: KHMER FOLK & POP MUSIC VOL. 1 https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/cambodian-cassette-archives-khmer-folk-pop-music-vol-1

8) Ryuichi Sakamoto - “Replica” from ONGAKU ZUKAN https://www.wewantsounds.com/?lightbox=dataItem-ljdbjhi2

9) ESP Summer - “Land of 102°” from MARS IS A TEN https://hisnameisalive.bandcamp.com/album/mars-is-a-ten

10) Steven Ruppenthal & Gary R. Weisberg - “Post-Apocalyptic Biscuit” from STRANGE TIMES https://importantrecords.com/ https://meterpool.bandcamp.com/

11) Diah Iskandar Dan Jopie's Band - “In My Room” from DIJATI KEKASIH https://www.discogs.com/release/12068152-Diah-Iskandar-Dan-Jopies-Band-Dihati-Kekasih https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2020/01/diah-iskandar-jopies-band-dihati-kekasih.html

12) John Cale - “Terry's Cha-Cha” from NEW YORK IN THE 1960S https://www.discogs.com/master/175544-John-Cale-New-York-In-The-1960s https://www.tableoftheelements.org/all-releases https://www.withinthings.com/

13) Alan Courtis & David Grubbs - “Song of a Fence Grown through a Tree” from BRAINTRUST OF FIENDS AND WEREWOLVES https://huskypantsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/braintrust-of-fiends-and-werewolves

14) Hali Palombo - “Voice Scrambler” from RADIO & MY VOICE https://halipalombo.bandcamp.com/album/radio-my-voice

15) Graeme Jefferies - “Brand New Start” from CANARY IN A COALMINE https://allyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/canary-in-a-coalmine

16) Don Van Vliet - “Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind” from GARY LUCAS' SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/garylucas/pork-chop-blue-around-the-rind-don-van-vliet-nyc-7-83 https://www.discogs.com/release/2042457-Don-Van-Vliet-Riding-Some-Kind-Of-Unusual-Skull-Sleigh

17) Robert Wilson & Christopher Knowles - “Excerpt from ‘A Letter To Queen Victoria: The Sundance Kid Is Beautiful’” from BIG EGO https://ubu.com/sound/big_ego.html https://store.giornofoundation.org/products/the-dial-a-poem-poets-big-ego

18) Orkes Aneka Warna - “Lontong Balap” from ORKES ANEKA WARNA https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2020/04/orkes-aneka-warna.html https://www.discogs.com/artist/6759840-Orkes-Krontjong-Aneka-Warna

[naturecoaster]

Hernando County Orders Mandatory Evacuations along the Withlacoochee River

Hernando County Emergency Management is monitoring the Withlacoochee River at US 301 Trilby and Croom after Hurricane Milton. The river is beginning to flood now. The river is expected to reach historic levels, exceeding major flood stage.  Evacuation orders have been announced to start on Friday, October 11, 2024, for residents who reside along the river. Residents seeking safe shelter are encouraged to arrive at their planned location immediately. All residents living on the Withlacoochee River are included. Shelters should be utilized as a last resort. Residents are advised to seek shelter with family or friends who reside in a safe structure. If this is not a possibility, a public shelter is open at the Enrichment Center at 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd., Brooksville, FL34601 for General Population, Pet Friendly, and Special Needs. *If you need the Special Needs Shelter and have a pet, transportation from either your house or shelter location for your pet is done through Animal Control with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Please call the Hernando County Public Information Center (PIC) at 352-754-4083 to arrange pick up. The PIC is open 24/7 until further notice. Ridge Manor and Spring Lake Sandbag Locations Open Two Sandbag Locations are open daily from 8 am to 5 pm, weather permitting. A limited supply of sand and sandbags will be at the following locations listed below. Please bring your own shovel. - Ridge Manor Community Center 34240 Cortez Blvd. Ridge Manor, FL 33523 - Spring Lake Methodist Church 4191 Spring Lake Hwy. Brooksville, FL 34601 Tips on how to properly fill and stack your sandbags: - Fill bags one-half to two-thirds of the way full - Over-filled bags will result in a leaky sandbag wall - Stack sandbags so that the seams between the bags are staggered - Tuck the top of each bag under to ensure that that bag is sealed by its own weight Visit www.HernandoCounty.us/EM for tips on what to bring to a shelter and tips for bringing your pet to a pet friendly shelter. Hernando County Government’s Office of Emergency Management continues to monitor and inform our community about storm impacts. Visit the following web and social media sites for more information. Read the full article

[ulkaralakbarova]

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Newton Knight: Matthew McConaughey Rachel: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Moses Washington: Mahershala Ali Serena Knight: Keri Russell Daniel: Jacob Lofland Sumrall: Sean Bridgers Lieutenant Barbour: Brad Carter Miss Ellie: Jane McNeill Prosecuting Attorney: Gary Grubbs Jasper: Christopher Berry Amos Deason: Joe Chrest Quitman: David Jensen Injured Soldier: Kurt Krause Confederate Color Guard: Carlton Caudle Freedman 1: Martin Bats Bradford Matthew Yates: Matt Lintz Mary: Kerry Cahill Annie: Jessica Collins Confederate Soldier: Juan Gaspard Junie Lee: Liza J. Bennett Polling Station Clerk: David Maldonado Schoolgirl: Serenity Neil Chester: Lawrence Turner Mrs. Deason: Lara Grice Col. Robert Lowry: Wayne Pére Farmer 1: Jim Klock Town Folk: Emily Bossak Sergeant: P.J. Marshall Third Man: Ritchie Montgomery Stillman Coleman: Mattie Liptak Aunt Sally: Jill Jane Clements Col. McLemore: Thomas Francis Murphy Old Man: Johnny McPhail Lt. Barbour: Bill Tangradi First Man: William Mark McCullough Edward James – Cotton Field Worker: Sam Malone Boy at Alice Hotel: Kylen Davis Farmer 2: Will Beinbrink George: Troy Hogan Confederate Soldier: Cy Parks Ward: Dane Rhodes Second Woman / Yeoman Farmer: Lucy Faust Yeoman Girl: Stella Allen Older Coleman Brother: Cade Mansfield Cooksey Maroon (uncredited): Tahj Vaughans Davis Knight: Brian Lee Franklin Film Crew: Casting: Debra Zane Production Design: Philip Messina Costume Design: Louise Frogley Editor: Juliette Welfling Producer: Jon Kilik Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster Editor: Pamela Martin Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme Producer: Scott Stuber Executive Producer: Oren Aviv Set Decoration: Larry Dias Writer: Gary Ross Executive Producer: Robert Simonds Executive Producer: Robin Bissell Art Direction: Andrew Max Cahn Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hsu Executive Producer: Wang Zhonglei Executive Producer: Stuart Ford Prosthetics: Gary Archer Foley: Marko Costanzo Makeup Department Head: Nikoletta Skarlatos Executive Producer: Wang Zhongjun Co-Producer: David Pomier First Assistant Director: Eric Heffron Assistant Costume Designer: Meagan McLaughlin Foley: Eric Milano Second Unit Director: Garrett Warren Visual Effects Editor: Gershon Hinkson Executive Producer: Michael Bassick Makeup Artist: Kris Evans Executive Producer: Bruce Nachbar “B” Camera Operator: Jerry M. Jacob Executive Producer: Matt Jackson Additional Camera: Michael Watson Executive Producer: Christopher Woodrow Hairstylist: Felicity Bowring Casting: Meagan Lewis Music Editor: John Finklea Executive Producer: Jerry Ye Set Designer: Randall D. Wilkins Still Photographer: Murray Close Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith First Assistant “A” Camera: Chad Rivetti Special Effects Coordinator: David K. Nami Hair Department Head: Jules Holdren Key Hair Stylist: Melizah Anguiano Wheat Set Costumer: Adriane Bennett Costume Supervisor: Carlane Passman Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Matthew O’Toole Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud Key Hair Stylist: Theraesa Rivers Executive Producer: Russell Levine Additional Camera: Greg Morris Set Costumer: Tom Cummins Art Department Coordinator: Wylie Griffin Supervising Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic Visual Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port Second Assistant “C” Camera: Griffin McCann Set Costumer: Lisa Magee Wigmaker: Khanh Trance Art Direction: Chris Craine Gaffer: Bob Bates Original Music Composer: Nicholas Britell First Assistant “C” Camera: Wade Whitley Co-Producer: Diana Alvarez Second Second Assistant Director: Marvin Williams “A” Came...

[andynortonuk]

ALAN THE INFINITE from Parabella on Vimeo.

Alan’s excited! It’s his first day at Lamin’8– a stale, grey, humdrum lamination company. Oh boy! If he buckles up, stays focused and impresses Gary, his unhinged boss, this might just be a job for life. But all is not quite as it seems, and when Alan accidentally unleashes cosmic, supernatural forces into the office, he realises that fitting in at Lamin’8 is going to be infinitely more tricky than he ever could have dreamed.

CREDITS Written & Directed by - Mikey Please & Dan Ojari Produced by - Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Alex Holberton & Kev Harwood Executive Producers - Mikey Please & Dan Ojari, James Stevenson Bretton, Tom Stuart & Bart Yates Music by - Ben Please & Beth Porter @ The Bookshop band

CAST ALAN - Dan Ojari GARY - Baker Terry PREA - Theodora van Der Beek SUSAN - Jessica Rayner NEIL - Rob Carter SCIENTIST - Elliot Dear

Sound Design - Adam Janota Bzowski, Ben Please & Dan Ojari Sound Mastering - Simon Harris @ Offset

DOP - Simon Paul Camera Assistant. - Giles Warner Additional lighting - Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Peter Elmore & Max Halstead

Lead Animators - Andy Biddle, Dan Gill, Steve Warne, Anthony Farquhar Smith, Mikey Please & Dan Ojari Animators - James Carlisle, Luke George, Rachael Olga, Nick Black & Angie Palethorpe

Puppet Design - Mikey Please Puppet Fabrication - Mikey Please, Adeena Grub, Rosie Tonkin & Thomas O’Meara Rigging - Robin Jackson Crowd Puppets design and fabrication - Adeena Grub and Natasha Wigoder

Set Design - Dan Ojari Art Direction - Dan Ojari, Emma Rose & Kat Simpson

Modelmakers - Katy Haggerty-Marks, Becky Weston, Rachael Olga, Nick Black, Luke George, Campbell Hartley, Emily Suvanvej, Millie Tennant, Adeena Grubb, Antonia Trister, Jack Pratt, Rebecca Howell, Steph Marshall, Natasha Wigoder, Beatriz Dominguez, Sofia Rodriguez Serrano, Maria Crus, Mireia Mendez & Brin Frost

2D facial Animation - Mikey Please Additional 2D - Mathias Sgard & Elliot Dear

Lead Compositor - Mikey Please Additional compositing - Mathias Sgard, Dan Ojari, Simone Ghilardoti & Tom Fisher Grade - Elroy Gaskin-Payne @ Onsight

Post Production Supervisor - Benjamin Lole Post Production Manager - Mira Valcheva Post Production Creative Supervisor - Quentin Vien 3D Modelling - Lisa George-Gilroy Rig Removal & 3D facial tracking - Elipse FX Production Support - Ali Albion

Recording Engineer - Robert Frank Hunter

Behind The Scenes Film - Joseph Eckworth

THANK YOU - Charlie Perkins, Matt Day, David Cann, David Lupsein, David Rodger, Katie-Mae Griffith, Lydia Larson, Cross Street Studios, Clapham Road Studios

A Parabella Studios & Blink Industries Film

[kartikdutt]

ALAN THE INFINITE from Parabella on Vimeo.

Alan’s excited! It’s his first day at Lamin’8– a stale, grey, humdrum lamination company. Oh boy! If he buckles up, stays focused and impresses Gary, his unhinged boss, this might just be a job for life. But all is not quite as it seems, and when Alan accidentally unleashes cosmic, supernatural forces into the office, he realises that fitting in at Lamin’8 is going to be infinitely more tricky than he ever could have dreamed.

CREDITS Written & Directed by - Mikey Please & Dan Ojari Produced by - Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Alex Holberton & Kev Harwood Executive Producers - Mikey Please & Dan Ojari, James Stevenson Bretton, Tom Stuart & Bart Yates Music by - Ben Please & Beth Porter @ The Bookshop band

CAST ALAN - Dan Ojari GARY - Baker Terry PREA - Theodora van Der Beek SUSAN - Jessica Rayner NEIL - Rob Carter SCIENTIST - Elliot Dear

Sound Design - Adam Janota Bzowski, Ben Please & Dan Ojari Sound Mastering - Simon Harris @ Offset

DOP - Simon Paul Camera Assistant. - Giles Warner Additional lighting - Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Peter Elmore & Max Halstead

Lead Animators - Andy Biddle, Dan Gill, Steve Warne, Anthony Farquhar Smith, Mikey Please & Dan Ojari Animators - James Carlisle, Luke George, Rachael Olga, Nick Black & Angie Palethorpe

Puppet Design - Mikey Please Puppet Fabrication - Mikey Please, Adeena Grub, Rosie Tonkin & Thomas O’Meara Rigging - Robin Jackson Crowd Puppets design and fabrication - Adeena Grub and Natasha Wigoder

Set Design - Dan Ojari Art Direction - Dan Ojari, Emma Rose & Kat Simpson

Modelmakers - Katy Haggerty-Marks, Becky Weston, Rachael Olga, Nick Black, Luke George, Campbell Hartley, Emily Suvanvej, Millie Tennant, Adeena Grubb, Antonia Trister, Jack Pratt, Rebecca Howell, Steph Marshall, Natasha Wigoder, Beatriz Dominguez, Sofia Rodriguez Serrano, Maria Crus, Mireia Mendez & Brin Frost

2D facial Animation - Mikey Please Additional 2D - Mathias Sgard & Elliot Dear

Lead Compositor - Mikey Please Additional compositing - Mathias Sgard, Dan Ojari, Simone Ghilardoti & Tom Fisher Grade - Elroy Gaskin-Payne @ Onsight

Post Production Supervisor - Benjamin Lole Post Production Manager - Mira Valcheva Post Production Creative Supervisor - Quentin Vien 3D Modelling - Lisa George-Gilroy Rig Removal & 3D facial tracking - Elipse FX Production Support - Ali Albion

Recording Engineer - Robert Frank Hunter

Behind The Scenes Film - Joseph Eckworth

THANK YOU - Charlie Perkins, Matt Day, David Cann, David Lupsein, David Rodger, Katie-Mae Griffith, Lydia Larson, Cross Street Studios, Clapham Road Studios

A Parabella Studios & Blink Industries Film

[soberfructosecornsyrup]

X-Files, Season 2, Episode 24: Our Town

Man creeping around with a young woman, you know she gonna put it on you and cause your convulsing medicine taking ass have a heart attack.

Old man was a sacrifice to a Scooby Doo villain looking witch doctor,

Scully referencing her being surprised that the woman who reported the missing horny old man didn't call Oprah reminded me that Oprah wasn't always the queen and king maker she is now, that she was into trash talk shows. Remember rainbow parties? (I'll have to talk about this in another post)

Oh shit, the sheriff is in like so many things, but I don't remember a single one of them lmaoooo.

This man in a suit on the chicken cleaning floor has to be an alien, right?

The vegetarian in me talking again, chicken corpses hanging around waiting to be eaten is wild to me. So gross. Y'all do you though.

Damn, homegirl caught a bullet and fell into chicken protein which also looks extra gross.

All those femurs look like a Mortal Kombat 2 fatality.

Do we got cannibals?

Scully walking around with a bucket of chicken is fucking funny to me.

Mrs. Kerns was in on teh whole thing too.

This man was hanging out with tribesmen and became a cannibal. I don't know this seems kinda racist somehow. And then he has a black maid.

Scully got knocked out, but she also seems like to be the one to be like "if you got knocked out like that, you'd be dead in real life" or whatever happens.

The most egregious thing about this cannibal fest is that they're serving people stew on paper plates.

Lmaoooo man stepping up wiping his mouth is top shelf acting.

Hell yeah we got some decapitation going down.

Mulder showing up like Nate Dogg in Regulators, saving Scully.

Plot twist, the sheriff that's in everything was in the mask. Shocking. Seriously, Gary Grubb (had to look him up) has been in like 1 episode of a whole bunch of shows, and he's even in the X-Files movie as a different character. My man stays working.

Another fun stand alone episode. One more left in season 2 and then we're in uncharted waters.

Rating: 🛸🛸🛸/🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸

[dndhistory]

391. Gary Gygax - Unearthed Arcana (1985)

This could have been really great, the idea is both sound and really useful to both players and DMs, a volume compiling and organizing new play variants, classes, races and so forth into a playtested companion to the core AD&D rulebooks. Unfortunately the execution of this good idea left much to be desired. 

Gygax, with the help of Jeff Grubb and Dragon editor Kim Mohan compiled articles from the magazine and other sources as well as new stuff, playtested them, and put them in the book. All great up until now, however the book ended up being infamous because of the amount of mistakes which made their way into the final volume. Corrections and erratas would be upcoming, but all too late to save the reputation of this volume, which was meant to kick off the process for a second edition of AD&D, but ended up not being used in the next edition of the game at all.

As I say, this is a pity, there's some really good stuff here, and if you use the later corrections and are wary of mistakes, there is plenty of useful material which can still be salvaged from the volume. If nothing else it brought us another iconic Jeff Easley cover and a title which would be synonymous with experimental D&D content up until our days! 

[thecraggus]

Sabotage (2014) Review

Come at me, Bro - this is my testosterone-fuelled Sabotage (2014) #Review

I’ve consulted the Oxford English Dictionary, Webster’s and even urbandictionary.com and none of them provide a definition of “Sabotage” which relates to any of the events in this flaccid, misogynistic, excessively violent and profanity-laden film. Saved from the straight-to-DVD bargain bin by the presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Sabotage” is more of a mystery thriller than the action movie…

[oldfilmsflicker]

[jamieroxx]

Happy Birthday. Today, Nov 14, 1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor was born. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Grubbs)