#gary shore

[ladyalatariel]

"Death cannot separate us, for one life is born from the other." ↬ Dracula Untold (2014) | dir. Gary Shore

[sesiondemadrugada]

Haunting of the Queen Mary (Gary Shore, 2023).

[josebarrmageddon]

Dracula Untold(2014) 10th Anniversary

Dracula Untold turns 10! I don’t know if anyone remembers or even likes this movie, but I do and I do. It’s the origin story of how Vlad Tepes gained vampiric abilities to help save his people from the invading armies of Mehmed II and eventually becomes Dracula. Though it’s not the suave creature we’re familiar with, Luke Evans is pretty good as Vlad, playing him as a respectable leader who has tried to forget his violent past as a worrier. When his childhood friend turned rival, Mehmed, threatens to take Vlad’s only son for his expanding army, he’s faced with the decision to become a monster with incredible power in order to protect his family.

I’m no world historian, so I don’t know how much of real history was used to craft this story, but it does sound like a neat idea to take from the real Vlad Tepes and combine it with the Bram Stoker story. At the time, it was enough to capture my attention. Also, it’s a Dracula movie being put out by Universal. This was Universal’s first official attempt at recreating the Universal Monsters, which sadly never took off the way they intended. Still, it’s a much better attempt than Tom Cruise meets The Mummy(2017). While the movie is more action/ adventure than horror and does become a bit mediocre in the middle, you get big action set-pieces, a kick ass score by Ramin Djawadi, and a strong lead in Luke Evans, who single handedly carries the movie.

-Jose Barr (10/10/24)

[mikesfilmtalk]

Haunting of the Queen Mary: Confusing Muddle

The 2023 film Haunting of the Queen Mary is a confusing muddle. A parallel storyline mirroring current action leaves to many holes to fill. There are some good moments, but not enough to quantify spending almost two hours watching the movie. The Story? Apparently, there are several gruesome murders committed on the ocean liner. The Queen Mary, a real ocean liner, barely survives a rogue wave…

[jerichopalms]

*Dracula Untold (2014, dir. by Gary Shore)

[cinemaquiles]

Um dos piores de 2023: A Maldição do Queen Mary (Haunting of the Queen Mary)

[aliceevedaily]

I made gifs from Queen Mary's Italian trailer with Alice Eve

[moviesandmania]

HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY (2023) Now with new trailer and several pics

‘Evil has a new vessel’ Haunting of the Queen Mary is a 2023 horror film about the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family’s voyage on Halloween night in 1938 and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day. Also known as Queen Mary Directed by Gary Shore from a screenplay co-written with Tom Vaughan. Produced by Laurie Cook, Nicholas…

[theygotlost]

we're VILLAINS, baby! we SWING!

[slavhew]

Shore me a leave

[whats-9plus10]

If TikTok and Capcut go down tomorrow, I may not edit for a while until I get the hang of another editing software. TikTok played a huge part in #savetheventurebros. Unfortunately, you can't get a million people—yes, a million—to see Venture Bros posts on any other app. But we'll keep trying.

[gnome-adjacent-vagabond]

Psst hey *pulls you closer* Canon middle-aged queer relationships and multiple canon queer/queer-coded characters. *lets you go* Go watch Venture Bros.

There are WAY more than these but I can't put em all up here because queer coding is up to interpretation. I say that everyone in Venture Bros is queer until proven straight but that's just me.

I wrote a whole-ass essay and then accidentally deleted it so the wording on this will probably be off, but it feels important so I'm gonna try be succinct.

Minor spoilers ahead! Skip paragraph three if you don't want those, then resume on paragraph four.

Full disclosure, this is a show that started in the early 2000s and has a LOT of issues in the first few seasons as well as a couple in the later seasons. There are transphobic and homophobic jokes, ableism, racism, and sexism. Sergeant Hatred is a walking trigger warning for about three seasons straight. It goes without saying but I'll say it anyway: DON'T watch this show if you have multiple triggers or are easily offended.

Having said that, these writers realized the problems with what they were writing and have worked to remedy those issues through commentary, retconning, and public acknowledgement of the early seasons' failings. Their opinions evolve and so does the show.

Shore Leave is a flamboyantly gay man who was initially intended to be a one-off joke about the G.I. Joe series and the Village People. Instead he has morphed into a three-dimensional character who presents comfortably as both masculine and feminine. He's in a loving relationship with another gay man, Al, who is flamboyant but tends to be a little less flashy. Steve Summers and Sasquatch have been a happy couple for years now--and all because the epitome of toxic masculinity, Brock Samson, helps them find a quiet cabin away from the government hunting them. Brock's mentor, Hunter Gathers, is a canonically detransitioned trans woman who struggles with her identity throughout the show (I'm still waiting for her to retransition despite the show's cancellation). Hank is perfectly at ease in a hyperfeminine strength suit, and Dean also goes through identity struggles that are never played for laughs and are heavily if not explicitly queer-coded. Vendata's queerness is understated and exists simply as a fact rather than being joked about. Sky Pilot is similar, though slightly more in Shore Leave's camp in terms of presentation. Sheila and the Monarch are self-proclaimed swingers and could be read to be in a poly relationship with Gary, their henchman. Debbie St. Simone has a rather homoerotic obsession with Sheila and is almost definitely bisexual.

The Venture Bros universe is full of queer rep, and the creators of the show write it in with intention. Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick talk about wanting it to be treated as fact rather than completely defining each of their characters--they talk about how few women are in the show and why (Johnny Quest and G.I. Joe, the inspirations for Venture Bros, are heavily malecentric and there's constant homoeroticism in them for that reason). They acknowledge the flaws and work to improve themselves and their writing. This has culminated in a surprisingly moving series about love, death, grief, trauma, and change that radiates queer subtext from any angle--especially Dean's journey.

Try the show at least up to season 4. The first three seasons are on Netflix and the rest are on Adult Swim. If you still don't like it, that's fine. Thank you for trying! Just know that it's out there and that it's an example of how human beings can change and become better people. Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick aren't perfect and neither is the Venture Bros, but for what it is it's a damn fun (shockingly so) show.

[dig-jules]

poor captain kirk hes always got some college situationship trying to kill him

[supersecretventureblog]

Any Which Way but Zeus - Screenshots (part 3)

"living under the villain pete white" is something i think about a lot...

me and the boys feeling morose and somber!!!!

"He can't win, he's a Venture. He'll never shake it" crAZY line to drop in the middle of the sort of "haha silly" scene.

well that's all fer now folks lol

[ruinedholograms]

(1978-1989)

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

Fumio Miyashita - Wave (Sounds of the Universe)

Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe

Angel Olson - Aisles

Howard Shore - Videodrome

Brian Eno - Ambient 4 (On Land)

Brian Eno - Apollo (Atmospheres & Soundtracks)

Vangelis - Blade Runner

The New American Orchestra - Blade Runner (Orchestral Adaptations)

The Reds | Michael Rubini - Manhunter

John Williams - The Return Of The Jedi

Michele Mercure - Pictures of Echoes

Tryanglz | Brad Fiedel - The Terminator

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Left Handed Dream

David Byrne & Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Giorgio Mororder - Scarface 

Piper - Gentle Breeze

V/A - Pacific Breeze

Steve Hiett - Down On The Road By The Beach

John Williams - Superman: The Movie

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Piper - Summer Breeze

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

[20th-century-railroading]

Frigid Morning

South Shore 803 is westbound along Route 12 on a cold morning in Gary. December 1980.