#goddamn what an ensemble cast of monsterous characters

[roslimbo]

Dark pink:

And your mother Laura

Make way, make way... ... for the 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓐𝓻𝓶𝔂 is here to steal your lives and souls away

Ahem.

Fuck.

After a day of distraction with chores, homework, and other stuff, this is the finished special post: A long artwork of all Treasure Island OCs and self-inserts in their dark and evil forms >:D

Sadly, it isn’t in color mainly because the majority of the character refs don’t have any color, so I must simply have all in black and white 😅

From top to bottom: Solome (@norusaki), Jonah (@chrishasatumbl-r), Zed (@zedortoo), the Navigator (@johankasas), Jeanna (@gilenart), Maria Blue (@rat-raptor), Kyung Wolf (@onelonecritter), Maria (@marianelidovaart), Rivers (@meat-pvppet), Henrietta (@helenapsent), Mari (@vintagepomeranian), Alicen Blaski (@sunstar-of-the-north), and lastly Kaiden Moses (me))

(also may or may not send individual characters to their respective owners (actually lol gonna do that soon)

[yourdeepestfathoms]

Resident Evil 8 characters but as parts from the report I wrote on a high school production of Carrie the musical

because i don’t have any ideas for a real post

Ethan- As “When There’s No One” fades out and the applause dies away, we all think to ourselves: There’s no way it can get worse. Not after that. There’s hope now!

And then the rest of the cast says, “Yo, watch this” because even though the bar was already so low, they brought a shovel.

Alcina- In the scene that comes after, Carrie and Tommy don’t even interact because Carrie walks offstage before Tommy can even ask if she was okay after being harassed by Billy. This creates no kind of relationship between them. Anyone could take Carrie to Prom and it would make no difference. In fact, I think I would prefer to watch one of the ensemble lesbians take the extremist Christian girl to Prom. I would rather watch the ensemble lesbains, full stop. That would be way more interesting than this trainwreck.

Heisenberg- Carrie the song goes about as hard as the actress does- so not at all. If it’s not the way she pronounces words weirdly, then it’s the way she strains to hold the high notes at the end to the point where I just muted the volume so I wouldn’t have to hear her screeching like a jungle bird in heat.

Donna- Carrie completely butchers “The Destruction”, and the massacre itself is clumsy and hard to watch without getting embarrassed for all the kids. I mean, Carrie fucking makes two girls basically do goddamn ballet before killing them.

Moreau- It’s going to have to go in the G ranking, and there isn’t even a G ranking on the chart.

Mother Miranda- She was better off tying a noose out of those towels and hanging Carrie with them because she was doing nothing to make the girl feel better.

Angie- During the period scene, Carrie should be more embarrassed by her acting rather than getting her period for the first time because she doesn’t even seem shaken by what was going on. She just seems mildly inconvenienced by the whole event. And they don’t even try with the period thing at all because Carrie comes out wearing KNEE-HIGH SOCKS AND FLATS.

Bela- In terms of support, “Unsuspecting Hearts” was about as comforting as my parents telling me to not be anxious when I tell them about my anxiety. It’s like going onto a vent chat on a Discord server and talking about how your depression is making you want to cut yourself and the other people tell you to simply “not hurt yourself” like you hadn’t thought of that before, but this time those people are tone deaf and singing so badly you want to take that razor blade and cut your own ears off.

Cassandra- But even worse than all of that: they make Carrie die during the Prom seemingly for no fucking reason. She just drops to the ground and Sue appears out of nowhere and then she fucking dies, which means Margaret’s line about sacrificing Carrie makes no sense, Margaret is still alive, and Carrie dies an unrepetant monster. Like, I didn’t think this show could get any worse, but Dutchtown continues to prove me wrong time and time again because this is plain garbage. I feel sorry for Margaret for having to be grouped with this cast.

If you find yourself wanting to watch this version of Carrie, I suggest you rip open your stomach, pull out your small intestines, and then hang yourself with them, because that would be less painful than torturing yourself with this production.

Daniela- “In”? More like “Out” because I want to get out of this fucking video and watching something good.

[sincerely-your-fangirl]

After years of inactivity I'm back to give my review on the new MHA movie of all things lmao.

Bear in mind I am a shipper and biased towards BKDK, plus I watched the movie w/ a friend who knows nothing about the show- thus offering her unbiased perspective 👍

This review is NOT spoiler free and briefly mentions things from Heroes Rising as well! Be warned!

Overall, I thought the movie was great and a solid addition to the series! That said, if I had to pick, Heroes Rising is still easily my favorite of the three.

(I say this after re-watching HR yesterday night)

The animation was great overall with way more big action sequences compared to the previous film but I found it to be a little inconsistent??

There were some moments that made me go 🤨 from the way characters were drawn (i.e. that one scene with Bakugo and Shoto on the train), as well as that fight on the cliff. The contrast b/w those scenes vs. the finale fights were pretty stark.

Speaking of final fights, I thought the trio's individual fights were very well done. Bakugo's was particularly brutal but boy, did he show-off how much of a monster he could be on the battlefield! Shoto's as well was incredibly well acted (we watched the dub).

His final move and the change in his voice- the emotion behind it- ahh, Shoto stans were well fed! 😋

That said, I still think that BKDK's final fight with Nine outshined Midoriya's bout with Flect. Like, the soundtrack alone still gives me chills!

I'll never forget when Might*U started playing after BKDK activated double One for All. How the orchestral background rose as the fight became more desperate. Idk imo that fight just held more weight?? Which is strange considering WHM had a more global threat.

Seeing Midoriya take on Flect alone.. of course I was proud of him. He's gotten so strong! But the fight also felt emptier in a way because to me, MHA shines best during its ensemble fights.

Especially considering what's happened in recent chapters and how important it's become that Midoriya start relying on his friends to fight these battles WITH him.

I almost wish that we had the trio duke it out against Flect during the climax of the fight. Tbh I kinda wish that we had more of the trio dynamic in general.

Like, Rody was great. He's a lovely addition to the cast and his chemistry with Midoriya was very apparent. With that in mind, I did wish that the film had an equal focus on the trio since soo much of the marketing for the movie revolved around our three dorks.

(Seriously, what happened with that whole "Three Musketeers" shtick? 👀)

Ngl my friend and I found the first half to be a little...slow. And as I previously mentioned, the soundtrack this movie was not on par to the previous film. Thankfully the RodyDeku dynamic was nice and Midoriya is just so goddamn endearing-- how can anyone not fall for the kid??!

But yeah, overall the movie was enjoyable. Will I rewatch it in a year or so like HR? I don't think so.

[nellie-elizabeth]

Grey's Anatomy: Helplessly Hoping (17x07)

What the heck did I just watch with my own two eyeballs? What the ever living fuck? Spoilers ahead, ye be warned.

Cons:

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and compare Grey's Anatomy to The Walking Dead real quick. Both are long-running shows with a large ensemble cast, and the cast grows, people leave, new characters are added, and we're meant to feel emotional attachments to new characters as well as to those few originals who are still sticking around. Oh, and main characters die on a semi-regular basis, for the drama of all of it.

Now, the thing is, Grey's is actually better than The Walking Dead at getting me to give a crap about new characters as they get folded into the show. So many of my favorites today weren't originally part of the show. Jo is a good example of this. Callie wasn't an original character, neither was Arizona, and I loved them. Link is a more recent fave. The list goes on. You know one character I particularly loved?

Andrew DeLuca.

And it was a bumpy start, with him. I thought he was boring as sin at first, but gradually he became one of my favorites. The problem with a show like Grey's is that eventually, you might start hemorrhaging all the characters left on it that the audience gives a damn about. This happened to me long ago with The Walking Dead, and over the past couple of seasons of Grey's, I've started to worry about the same thing happening here. Losing Alex Karev last season was such a blow, especially because of the terrible way they went about it. And now, DeLuca? Are you serious? And killing him off? He was one of the only reasons I was excited to follow the show week to week, and one of my tethers to it has just been snapped clean.

And let's talk about the specifics, here. Andrew DeLuca, man struggling with mental illness. Man who starts to learn to manage it, to find happiness and balance in his life. He manages to catch the big bad child trafficker, but dies nobly in the attempt, thus making his death... what, worth it? Heroic? I hate this narrative on TV, especially for young men, especially for young men with mental illnesses. Jesus, this felt particularly tone deaf to me, in a way Grey's usually isn't. Or at least, not on this issue.

To turn to some other aspects, I will say it's super annoying that they want me to watch Station 19. I'm not gonna watch it. It's annoying that Carina is obviously getting all her stories over on that show now, when I like her so much and want more time with her. Although now it's just going to be her grieving her brother after also having lost both her parents young in life so... yay, I'm sure that'll be fun.

In terms of the other subplots, I'm a Tom Koracick stan. I know he's a dick but I just can't help myself. That being said, I thought his whole "I need you to tell me you never loved me" thing with Teddy was a little too high octane drama. It didn't match Tom's whole sardonic personality. Also, Teddy sucks, I don't feel any sympathetic connection to her struggle over how she totally loved both Tom and Owen at the same time. Like, girl, you need to get over yourself.

Pros:

I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I'm liking the whole subplot with Link and Amelia at home with Scout and also Meredith's three kids. They're obviously having a hard time, but we're not devolving into more Amelia-drama. She's upset, and dealing with so much stress, and she's also... handling it. Her conversation with Zola was actually really heartwarming.

I also liked Link, Jackson, and Maggie's new beau (sorry dude, I'll learn your name soon I'm sure), having beers before noon and talking out their stress. I especially liked Link admitting that he's thinking about how his life will be ruined if Meredith dies. The other two reassure him that there can be lots of different reasons to want someone to live, and some of those reasons can be selfish. Link is a good man, and he's doing everything he can, and he's nearing his breaking point. It's okay to be selfish. I think like that too. Like, if I lost someone I rely on or love very much, I'd worry about how it would affect me and my day-to-day. I don't think that makes me a monster, that's just a normal way of framing things inside your own mind.

Not entirely sure what the heck is up with Levi and Nico right now, but I like that Levi is falling apart and Nico is there for him. I hope that we get some time to sort out whatever their relationship is... I really want it to be my theory, where Nico realizes he's in love with Levi, while Levi is having his glow-up and moving on. Nico deserves to suffer a bit of anticipation, at least, before he gets what he wants. Especially after the way he treated Levi.

I find DeLuca's death to be a uniformly bad choice in terms of scriptwriting, but I can still praise the performances. I liked the beach scenes with Meredith and Andrew. There was something very full-circle about that. It's absolutely bananas bonkers that Meredith is losing another love interest, even though she and Andrew haven't really been together for quite a while... but if we set that aside, they had this really interesting connection, this affinity for each other that was romantic, but was also a lot of other things. It meant something, that we got to see them have that final connection before Andrew died. Also, they really managed to highlight the tragedy with that little sandcastle moment. This isn't someone going peacefully into that good night. Andrew had a lot of shit he still wanted to do. He's not actually okay with dying, even if he is happy to see his mom in the afterlife or whatever. It's bleak, and I appreciate that if they're making this dumb choice, at least they're acknowledging the inherent bleakness.

And just to pile on the tragedy, Jo's patient, the new mother who had to be separated from her premature daughter Luna, dies. Honestly I appreciate that Grey's does this kind of thing sometimes. They let the patients survive often enough that you always have hope, and then when it doesn't happen... oof. I was more angry about Andrew's death, but I was a more choked up about Jo's patient, to be perfectly honest. We also saw Hayes and Jo have a little subplot of connection over grief and loss, which I appreciated.

Okay, I'll stop there. This episode is overshadowed by Andrew's death, and I really hated that aspect of the episode. There are other things going on that could prove interesting moving forward, but goddamn, I am not okay about this at all.

6.5/10

[theskyexists]

Flux

I really really liked that episode.

REALLY liked it. I’m surprised.

Chibnall wrote a big enough cast to fill up the episode. There are a lot of pieces that imply a really cool puzzle through this ensemble of characters. He really needs that - a big cast with their own narrative lines. The episode felt full and had a quick pace. A huge deal for Chibnall’s writing.Maybe the editor has also changed?

More incredibly - he made the Doctor treating her companions only as superficial friends explicit. Yaz’s and the Doctor’s relationship was the emotional backbone of the episode. :holy shit. Going to one companion instantly restored the balance? The Doctor actively keeping Yaz away from her own plot - so to speak - is a PLOTPOINT. fucking finally. no more goddamn ‘fam’ up in this place and nobody and nothing challenging that. Yaz felt integral to the Doctor’s story BECAUSE the narrative acknowledged that the Doctor was trying to keep Yaz out of her story. This made Yaz significant - also cos she actually got to do stuff and be clever too and was snarky and cool af.

EVEN MORE incredibly, the Doctor got to do and confront and figure out and solve things - through being brilliant and daring. Yaz and the Doctor managed to escape a nasty situation, track down their quarry, deal with the TARDIS...bleeding (yikes) and malfunctioning, faced an invasion force which (good twist!) was actually not that, that TARDIS got us looking at the right place, exposition was in cool flashbacks  or flashsides, we have time shenanigans which calls back to Sally Sparrow, BAM, a weeping angel that WASN’T over-used (life moffat really did a lot), the Doctor thinks of a pattern that protects Earth (she’s a genius) and a good cliffhanger. Jodie played all of that wonderfully!

The Doctor asked the RIGHT questions. (Why don’t I know about this? Who else knows about this? This marked it as out of the ordinary and wasn’t a stupid question that she should have long known the answer to (GRRR CHIB DID THAT SO OFTEN BEFORE)) She had an intimate sense of the Universe - something i loved about Nine.

The Doctor tried to track down the Division!!! Continuity??? Character motivation!!!!!

I would have liked a little bit more on Jan and the glitter monster. It eerily resembles The Fugitive Doctor and her being overseen by a spouse/companion while glamoured as a human.

Clearly Dan is going to stay as a companion because they spent an incredible amount of time on him - but he sucks. I dont like him. Chibnall somehow is incapable of writing normal people. Instead they must randomly walk around a museum to talk about how great liverpool is when they’re not guides, randomly chase off a dude asking for sweets at the door, refuse SOUP when he’s got no food and he WORKS AT A SOUP KITCHEN. What are you saying here? he’s an idiot? what. If he loves football so much, why not show him....playing football? or something.

I didn’t think this episode undercut the Doctor - that’s the biggest thing. There was a reason that she didn’t know the flux or the crystal dude. The memory was stolen from her. Yeah - sure, you do need episodes which emphasise what should be the status quo: that the Doctor DOES have hundreds of years of experience and is the smartest and most powerful person in any room. And we’ve NOT had enough of those at all true but this episode genuinely felt like an ‘exception to the rule’ by implying that it WAS an exception (while still giving her wins). AND BUT: the great thing about this choice (which initially i despised) - that the Doctor doesn’t remember an undefined length of their life - that allows for a Bigger Universe.

Moffat’s Doctor Who really suffered from the ‘back yard’ syndrome. You had 10 Greatest Enemies of the Doctor and that was basically it because across all of time and space everybody knew about him and these were the guys that turned up to put him in a box or fight him. moffat’s prophecies and plots were universe-spanning. Implying a ridiculously small span. Chibnalll has introduced ambiguity in the Doctor’s memory - and thus in the universe. Huge horrible guy trying to dust the whole universe? sure - there are places, people, institutions etc. that were perhaps touched by the Doctor, but few remember. The only thing I disliked about crystal guy was the way the actor played his villain challenge - breathing down the Doctor’s neck all sensually. I bet he would never have made those acting choices if the Doctor had not been Jodie Whittaker. The director should not have allowed it.

[seenashwrite]

Imagine This Review

Word Count: it doesn’t matter, you’ll be riveted Category: Imagination Sanitation; humor; pure Crack based upon a stupid-ass Imagine that was sent my way by one of you darling deviants who stoke the fires of my snarkitude  Rating: (Older) Teen & Up Character(s): just read the story. Pairing(s): in a manner of speaking Warnings: Spit-take warning due to aforementioned vitriolic snark Author’s Note(s):  see post-story Overall Summary: per said imagine - “Imagine Sam making home videos” - the NashHole Writers Room Critics Corner obtained one of said movies - this is our review.

No, really - full review below.

From the way-too-dim or way-too-bright lighting, to the clearly unprofessional stunt choreography, to the jittery hand-cam (operated by someone credited as @KansasCooterThug79 who is, based on the frequent burp-chuckle combos, completely inebriated), the 4 1/2-hour ass-disaster of a largely unedited opus entitled "Furry Cock Jockey - Moose Bang: The Beginning" is time this reviewer will never get back.

The leading lady (credited as "Discount Hurley") is a poorly-made, distracting casting choice, as she appears to be anywhere from a decade to fifteen years younger than her co-star. She is introduced in the inexplicably Skynyrd-backed opening sequence, lamenting her inability to “read real good”, then writhing in frustration atop a collection of antique books in a basement library setting, donned in a flannel shirt and stretched-out, faded, pink satin panties that have clearly - even despite the lack of HD resolution - seen better days. Her introductory dialogue consists of moaning "THE LORE!" repeatedly, only to ultimately scream in an octave normally associated with seagulls in heat who have ingested the finest New Jersey boardwalk meth, when our male lead, the eponymous he-of-jockeying-and-banging (credited as "Winchester, Jumbo-Size") appears in a meticulously-constructed moose ensemble, featuring antlers and a split-crotch.

The plot - if one might call such a retinal-burning, synapse-melting glimpse into the garish pageantry of a fantasy come to life in the filmmakers' down time a "plot" - regards a massive moose seeking to woo the constantly pouting-and-lip-nibbling hunter by assisting her in the aforementioned advanced process of reading good, so that she may find a monster-killing answer of some sort, which seems counter-intuitive as one would think it is he whom she hunts. Perhaps this was an attempt at irony, though it is objectively doubtful. We then learn that the opening scene was but a flashback, which was contained in a vision brought on by a cocktail involving - per a label on a re-purposed Cool Whip container - “Djinn Juice”, which was in turn wrapped inside a fever dream that began after mainlining Leviathan goo and snorting rails of powdered nun bone.

It is at this point we will dispense with recapping the many failed attempts at activities involving cars - including, but not limited to, an obscene amount of foiled hood-slide attempts - chiefly because the filmmakers were evidently unaware that as fun an idea as it may be to receive a hummer whilst perched upon the hood of a tricked-out muscle-car whose engine is also humming, doing this for too long in an enclosed place - like, say, an underground garage - is a one-way ticket to carbon monoxide town.

The title-teased "bang" occurs late in the film, as a copious amount of run-time following the re-emergence from CO comas was spent on hair-washing scenes utilizing cruelty-free product, and making protein-powder-filled, “grass”-colored (yes, that breed of grass) smoothies, all admirably accomplished, given the hoofs. Following the beach waves achievement unlock, and post-smoothie consumption, the actual intercourse itself began. It was some bizarre amalgam of seizure activity and self-loathing, though the filmmakers were clear to establish consent - the only non-grunt verbalization by the almost-fellated furry beyond frequent, frustrated chastisement of Mr. CooterThug's physical proximity to the action at any given point in the film - thereby earning the lone star in this reviewer's rating.

While our policy at The NWR is to avoid spoilers, we make an exception here, to tell you the film’s climax. Sadly, the film’s only climax. It trails off as the camera falls to the floor, an empty beer bottle landing in frame, though we eventually see the leading lady's sneakers walking across, hear her announce around what must have been an enormous wad of chewing gum that her cab was outside, subsequently inquiring as to where “the fuck [her] fifty bucks is at”. A crumpled bill is thrown into view and, finally, a slurred voice demands a response to the age old question: "Sweetheart, you didn't take my panties, did you? Swee.... sw.... BITCH! YOU HEAR ME?!" The cap-off is a hard cut to black, followed by the credits, which were merely a still of the names of the participants carved into a table. Also, a rudimentary representation of a penis.

You can find this movie somewhere, we here at The NashHole Writing Room have no goddamned clue, ask the 30% of viewers who found it of some worth. Don’t ask the 70% who began stabbing themselves around the time the antler-play got too nauseating, and huffing kerosene when the barrel of organic lube rolled out, all whilst praying for the chariots to carry them away, didn’t matter to where. The slightly-damaged VHS copy we used for viewing was received, unsolicited, in the mail. After we threw it into the dumpster following the first five minutes of what was possibly a precursor film involving a 6-foot-and-change-tall squirrel and his nuts, which this film was apparently filmed atop (after all, even Monet reused canvases), it resurfaced on various NWR employees’ windshields and on NashHole Headquarters’ front porch with enough regularity to prompt this review, in the hopes this will settle the matter. 

No return address or phone number was provided, the title only known because it was scrawled along the side of the tape in what must be noted as the handwriting of a serial killer if we’d ever seen it. As there was no case, there was no cover art - save a smaller, delicately etched reproduction of the aforementioned penis - so the graphics department here at The NWR has edited down a suitable-for-work version of what we suspect was an attempt at said cover art by the filmmakers (see above), sent to us by the now-defunct email hentai_fapper@discreetfairyrentals.com.  

Do not contact us for the NSFW version.

On a more personal note, this reviewer has a palpable amount of existential dread regarding the intimation in the title - if this is only the beginning, may whatever gods exist have mercy on our souls.

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This Imagination Sanitation was, as per usual, sponsored by snark. Snark: day or night, your call, it’s a dietary staple. Please ingest responsibly. And also wine. Wine was present during the crafting of this tale. Also a dietary staple. Ahem.

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Author’s Note: I just... I just... to fully paint the picture, here’s what I saw that made me double over in laughter. The premise on its own would possibly be fine.... but then the accompanying image. The right gif is completely obnoxious, I wish you could see it in action. These men are in their late 30s, y’all. They ain’t making youtube vids with 16 year olds. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. 🙄

Imagine source [x]

[love-little-lotte]

Cast of The Handmaid’s Tale

Not musical related so you can probably just skip this. But if you’re interested with good quality shows with great acting and great plot, then you probably want to read this. But listen, I’ve only had 3 hours of sleep and I don’t want to lie on my bed right now, so I choose to write this. This won’t probably be good, anyway. 

If you like watching TV shows, then you probably have heard of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. It won a lot of awards, including in the Emmys. That alone tells you that this TV show is going to be good.

I haven’t read the novel, but I’ve heard a lot about it. I know it has a lot of symbolisms and messages, and that it’s a great story about women. But apart from that, I don’t know anything about the plot. So that made watching the show nicer because I was surprised every step of the way.

But one thing that really stood out to me was the cast. Everyone of them, in fact.

Sure, there are other shows with great ensemble. For instance, Stranger Things. But The Handmaid’s Tale is somehow different. Each actor and actress brings something new to the table, and with that, they made the show work, made the audience feel.

Let’s start with Elisabeth Moss who starred as the protagonist Offred/June. 

I definitely couldn’t imagine someone in Offred/June’s shoes other than Elisabeth Moss. She totally owned the role and shined in the process. Not really familiar with her works, though I’ve seen some of her movies, like Girl, Interrupted. But she was only a teenager then. Now, as an adult, she’s amazing more than ever. Moss really helped bring Offred’s character to life. The audience feel along with her. When she gets hurt, you get hurt. When she’s happy, you’re happy. It’s not an easy task to make the audience feel with you. It takes a great actress to have that special talent.

Elisabeth Moss is definitely the main highlight of the show. I don’t think the show would’ve been a success if they didn’t cast her as the leading role. Her performance could’ve been one of the best in TV history of all time. She definitely earned that Emmy.

Another actor that really caught my attention was Joseph Fiennes as Commander Fred Waterford, Offred’s “master.”

Yep, he’s Voldemort’s younger brother. I’m such a huge fan of Ralph Fiennes, so I was really expecting a lot from Joseph Fiennes when I learned he was part of the show. And fortunately, he didn’t fail me. Along with Elisabeth Moss’ stellar performance, he also owned the role of Commander Waterford.

Fiennes made me feel for the character as well. At first, he portrayed Fred as a “mysterious” man, someone who keeps to himself all the time. We don’t know what’s going on his mind, or what he’s planning to do, and that kind of draws the audience towards him. Later, we would learn how cruel he is, making the viewers change their minds. It’s a roller coaster ride with Commander Waterford, I might add.

Sadly, he didn’t get a lot of nominations for his role, but I’d like to just commend him with a job well done.

So, for the next performance I’d like to mention is Alexis Bledel’s, who played the role of Ofglen/Emily. 

So, she came a long way from sharing her pants with her friends, huh? 

I was expecting more scenes with her character because she seemed to be a really, really great character. Hopefully she’s back in Season 2? (Don’t answer this question, please. If you read the book, then shh.) Alexis Bledel was great, too, and well-deserving of her Emmy award. 

Ofglen gained the sympathy of the audience through the help of Bledel’s acting. She really did manage to surprise me in the show, because I didn’t expect that from her. I only know her from the Traveling Pants movies and Gimore Girls so to see her in a serious role is something different. But it’s a good different. And I like actors to shock me how versatile they are.

And then we have Ann Dowd who played the role of Aunt Lydia, who I just want to strangle so much every time she’s onscreen.

Ann Dowd deserves an award for making me want to throw my laptop whenever she says some goddamn thing to Offred or to anyone of the girls. Especially in the last freaking episode when she (SPOILERS ALERT!!!) told the girls to stone Janine to death.

But hey, good actors do that to you.

I wasn’t really familiar with Ann Dowd before, so she was a new face when I watched the show. And I must say, she’s a great, great actress. You don’t know whether to look at her as a villain or not. She kind of reminds me of Javert from Les Miserables. Lol, yeah, I know I said this post is not going to be musical-related but look at me making references from a play. 

Anyway, Javert in Les Mis always follows the laws and rules because he thinks it’s the right thing to do. That’s what Aunt Lydia thinks too. She follows the laws wholeheartedly, and she’s a huge supporter of the government. I honestly believe she loves her handmaids, but the moment you do something stupid or wrong, then she’s coming for you. Just obey her rules, and you’re good to go. That doesn’t mean I fully support the rules, though.

So next up we have Max Minghella who played the role of Nick Blaine.

Okay. The first time he appeared on the show when he was talking to Offred about “tuna” I knew he’s going to be her love interest. That’s probably obvious to those who read the book, but I haven’t, so that makes me feel good with myself, okay? Don’t rain on my parade.

Anyway, Nick Blaine is the silent force just staring in the background, watching the story quietly. Minghella played him really well, especially in the episode where they showed his past. He’s one of the actors that I could say who are acting through their eyes. You know what I mean? Those who doesn’t say anything but they try to act through their eyes. And that’s not really an easy thing to do, mind you. 

Then, another performance that I really like is Samira Wiley, who played the role of Offred/June’s best friend, Moira. 

I thought Moira’s not going to be a main character at all. I thought she’s just a passing character, someone who stays in Offred/June’s memory. But, no. Even though most of her scenes are only in the flashbacks, she’s really quite important to the story because she represents the rebellion in Gilead. 

Moira is probably my second favorite character in the show, next to Offred/June of course. She’s a strong-willed character, someone who’s unafraid and tough. And I love the way how Samira Wiley plays her. She made the audiences root for her character. Ugh. I just can’t get enough of her. I love, love, love her character and I really hope to see more of her in the future.

Last but not the least is Yvonne Strahovski,who played the role of Serena Joy Waterford, Fred’s wife and Offred’s “mistress.”

I saved her for the last because I think Yvonne Strahovski is such a wonderful, talented actress. And she doesn’t get the credit she deserves. 

She gives her character sympathy when she needs it, and when she’s acting such a total monster, the audience hates her. What I’m trying to say is that she exactly knows how to play Serena Joy because she’s a likable/dislikable character. She’s definitely one of the reasons why I like the show. 

She represents the oppressed female, having been part of the new lawmaking process but then wasn’t able to get credit of it. She’s very submissive to Fred, and totally had no power but sometimes you can just feel that she wants something more, something to change but does’t have any choice. Strahovski really played the character well, and I really hope to see more of her future. 

There are more characters and actors that I really want to talk about in The Handmaid’s Tale, but these are the ones that really stood out for me. I’m sorry that I couldn’t include O.T. Fagbenle (who played Luke) or Madeline Brewer (Janine/Ofwarren) because I have no time (and frankly because I’m a lazy girl).

But let me just summarize it all that this show has one of the most amazing casts of all time. Like I said, everyone took part in the show and everyone did something to make the show memorable. Good casting make good TV show. And they achieved this. So congratulations to the people who casted these people. You guys did a great job in doing so.

Watch The Handmaid’s Tale if you haven’t! It’s a truly amazing show. If you like sci-fi, drama, romance, and mystery (kind of), then this show definitely won’t disappoint you.

[smokeybrand]

Smokey brand Movie Reviews: Bad Iliad

A friend of mine got into it about the various interpretations of the Medusa myth and it got me going about Greek Mythology. I love me some mythology but my first love was the Greek myths. They’re just so ridiculous and petty and tragic and fun. These things read like old timey comic books with the best villains and human heroes. Medusa a is one of my favorite characters and it’s all thanks to The Clash of the Titans. I saw that old movie way back when i was a wee sprout. It was during my Ray Harryhausen phase and fueled my love for claymation. His work, just like the original Clash, left a distinct impression on me and I've studied all things Greek myth since. When the remake was announced, i was pretty hyped but i never actually sat down to watch the whole thing all the way through, only bits and pieces. I missed it in theaters because the 3D transition ruined the movie and tainting the experience. When it was released to to home video, i skipped it because of all the bad word-of-mouth. Apparently, the remake is on Netflix so, after reminiscing about my love for the ancient myths, I've decided to actually watch this thing all the way through.

The Good

The look of this movie is outstanding. The sets, the costumes, the build of the world were all exceptional. You can tell they used every bit of that massive budget to do the original film justice. This thing s super easy on the eyes.

I really like the updated monster designs, specifically the Kraken and Medusa. Those Furies, then scorpions, and even the Pegasuses; All of them awesomely reinterpreted. The sheer scope of that climactic battle between Perseus and the Kraken was so f*cking epic and Medusa’s whole scene was beautifully tragic. I loved every bit of that sh*t. Also, Calibos was pretty okay in this thing, too. i prefer the old goat-like one but i ain’t mad at this version at all.

This cast is dumb stacked. Sam Worthington, Mads Mikkelson, Gemma Arterton, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Luke Evans, Natalia Vodianova, and Kaya Scodelario all make an appearance. Even Nicholas Hoult is in this thing somewhere. Dope ensemble is dope and i enjoyed mostly everyone, specifically Mads and Neeson. These cats chewed all of the scenery whenever they were on screen.

I have to say, the pacing in this flick is pretty nimble. They got from scene to scene rather swiftly without losing too much story in between. I appreciated that as, i mean, this thing ain’t one for the intellectual. You aren’t puzzling on the underlying themes of this narrative any time soon so the fact that this flick gets you from set piece to set piece as briskly as possible, is a real positive.

The Bad

The editing in this thing is kind of terrible, man. It has a problem with that early 10s, shaky cam, jump cut nonsense that’s supposed to convey intensity but just f*cking obscures whatever is going on in the movie. Your movie can be as beautiful as the stars and your action set piece as epic as anything from Terminator 2, but if you can’t see any of it, what the f*ck is the point?

The writing in this thing is dumb as rocks. The changes made to the plot did not make for a better narrative and a lot of the dialogue is corny as f*ck. The original ain’t winning any awards for it’s narrative but it feels far more coherent than this version of the story.

Way too much exposition. This, i think, is a problem that stems from the pour writing. There isn’t any organic way to expound the necessary information outside of having f*cking Io explain literally everything. This movie constantly breaks the cardinal rule of film making by telling the audience everything instead of showing it to us.

The performances weren’t great but that, again, stems from the fact that the writing is so goddamn weak. It’s really, really, hard to get into this click when everything is so goddamn mundane. This is a movie about man fighting gods, riddled with massive creatures and tragic monsters. This thing should be mad epic but it feels so goddamn small.

Bro, the plot holes. They weren’t super egregious like other films, i didn’t feel insulted watching this sh*t, but it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth by the time the credits began to roll.

While i loved the fact that Ralph Fiennes is in this doing his Ralph Fiennes thing, the switch t make Hades the main antagonist and not Thetis effectively ruins the entire story. The best Greek myths are when the gods are just petty assholes toward each other and humans get caught in the crossfire. The original understood this and literally portrayed us a playthings to be manipulated with that pretty on the nose, clay figure imagery. This flick ain’t that and i think it suffers for it.

Kind of in the same vein, the lack of Calibos was very apparent. The decision to move away from him as the main foil to Perseus kind of f*cked up the flow of the story. I wasn’t mad at the change in how the character was represented but there should have been more, direct, interaction between Perseus and Calibos, like in the original. In that one, he felt like a force, like threat. In this one, dude is just fodder and scene filler. Missed opportunity, for sure.

The whole Prokopion subplot was entirely unnecessary. Why was this dude even in the movie? It’s an interesting idea, sure, but there wasn’t anywhere near enough time to explore or develop that aspect of the film. Save that sh*t for a sequel. It would probably make fir a much richer narrative that what we actually got.

A bald eagle, my dude? Word?

The Verdict

This is a bad movie, man. It’s not the worst thing I've ever seen but i can’t say i was continuously entertained. To be honest, i was bored fro probably the first ten or fifteen minutes. It’s really pretty, though, and has some dope ass effects. The Kraken climax and that Medusa set piece was gorgeous to see and i really like this cast but there is no substance to this film. None. The actual story is little more than a skeleton to hang big-budget, CG effects, on to it and that’s fine. I can get behind vapid nonsense from time to time. I mean, i actually like the first Bayformers movie before they got really insulting. I might be giving this thing a harder time than it deserves but that’s because I've seen this movie done better. I’ve seen this story told better. I’ve seen this film executed better and it was done thirty years before this one came out. The 1981 version of this click is superior in every way with the exception of effects. That’s it. If i had to choose between the two versions, I'd definitely watch that one first however, the 2010 remake isn’t that horrible. There is merit to this version of the narrative and it’s definitely one of the more beautiful films out there. If you have an hour and change left, I'd suggest checking out the Clash of the Titans remake.

[entropic-introspection]

What have you written the most fic for? Planned the most fic for? What do you like reading and writing the most for recently?

Written the most fic would deeeefinitely be Problem Sleuth/Mobsterswitch. Part of that was the timing- I got into when I was going into college, so I was out of the house and had my own computer. I didn’t have to fear my family looking over my shoulder to see anything. The resulting anxiety and depression from college weren’t really great, but sometimes they made it so writing felt like the only thing I could do. I had very bad insomnia in particular, so a lot of times I would end up chucking on rainymood and just slapping words down in Word until my brain finally gave up and let me sleep.

Part of it was all y’all in the fandom- it was the first time I was actively involved in an active fandom and made actual friends. People to bounce ideas off of and who made cool stuff or were happy to scream with me about someone else making cool stuff. It’s still some of my favorite memories.

Planned the most fic- Ok, look, I got into Hetalia when I was in high school. I never really wanted to write historical or actual national relations fic, but I was kinda invested in the characters. I had dreams for two separate ensemble cast novel length fics. One of which would have relied heavily on music for certain points, which honestly what the fuck was I thinking. (Kalevala inspired shenanigans and a haunted radio, that’s what I was thinking.) Idk if this was ‘most planned fics’ for sure, but goddamn the ones I planned were monsters. The fandom got weird/bad, and I never was really more than an anon on the kink meme, so I got out quietly.

Recently- Transformers is my current fanfic love, reading and writing-wise, especially Animated. (Memo to self- write. your goddamn. fic.)

I read Overwatch fanfic rn too, and occasionally trek into other fandoms for a good ol visit to memory lane or to satisfy a certain craving. I... kinda have considered giving sort of my last respects to Sleuth with that one magical girl AU I had. Most of my notes for it were on paper, so my laptop dying didn’t wipe it all out, and I never wrote like any of the actual fic. We’ll see! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[spookshowcinema-blog]

Spook Show Cinema Presents: Gojira

Welcome Cinemaniacs to Spook Show Cinema Presents, a showcase for a few of horror’s finer features. Look at the calendar! It’s October, and you know what that means! It’s the 31 Days of Halloween! For this very special month, we’re going to cap off each work week with a very special feature; Godzillapalooza! All Godzilla, all the time! Now without further preamble, Spook Show Cinema Presents Gojira!

C’mon. You know this one right? Awakened by nuclear blasts, a gargantuan beast from the prehistoric era awakens from the deep and descends upon Tokyo in a deadly display of devastating destruction! Blue Oyster Cult wrote a song all about it? You know the one. “woo oo, Godzilla.” That’s all there is to Gojira, right?

Well, not quite. It turns out that the first film in the enormous Godzilla film franchise is a little more complicated than I remembered, both is content and the story behind the scenes. To get a better picture  we’re going to make some deep cuts and take a look under the skin.

NOTE: We’re going to use the Japanese spelling, “Gojira” when referring to the original Japanese film, and the American spelling “Godzilla” when referring to the character and franchise. Got it? Great. Let’s go.

So What's it About?

If you grew up in the U.S., there’s a strong chance that you’ve never actually seen the original Godzilla film. “Now Mateo,” I hear you say, “I had Godzilla on VHS! I watched it every week! I watched it every day! I watched it so many times that I wore out the tape in the VHS! Don’t tell me I’ve never seen the original Godzilla!” To you, I say I get it pal. I was in the same boat until just the other day. I was a Godzilla fan. An aficionado, if you will. But as sure as the world turns, we were both victims of the nefarious process known as “Americanization”

Here’s the skinny. “Gojira” was originally released in Japan in 1954 and was a financial success. Spotting a potential blockbuster, American film executives snatched up the film’s international distribution rights and set out to create a monster movie that was more palatable to their intended audience. Gojira was re-cut, re-dubbed, and partially re-shot to include Canadian actor Raymond Burr as a new main character. The result of these efforts was “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, a film closer in tone to the cheesy giant monster movies that peppered the theaters of the era.

Gojira, on the other hand, is a far more somber and contemplative film. You know how most Godzilla movies are vicarious exercises in voyeuristic destruction, in which one or more giant monster challenges the King for his crown, leading to an all out battle that tramples the terrified teeming masses of Tokyo into dust? Well that’s not how Gojira works. It’s less of a rip roaring monster slugfest, and more of an allegorical exploration of the unpredicted consequences of Nuclear Proliferation, plus the dangers of unfettered application of such destructive technology.

I’m going to skip the bit where I give you the plot of the film. If you’re a fan of the big green mean machine, you owe it to yourself to give Gojira a viewing.

So What's Good?

This is going to sound stupid, profound, redundant, and or all of the above, so bear with me here. In a lot of ways, Gojira is pretty goddamn close to my idealized concept of a proper Godzilla flick. Now before my head starts spinning and steam starts leaking out of my ears, let me unpack that. The Godzilla franchise is a massive ocean of sequels, spinoffs, knockoffs, homages, adaptations and remakes. I’ve dipped my toes in liberally in all of these different waters, and as a result I’ve developed an internal sense of what constitutes a Godzilla property.

Everyone who’s a fan of big franchises has one of these. It’s why you hear angry fans mutter about things “not feeling right” when a new entry makes radical changes that don’t fit in with the franchise’s M.O. When you consume enough of a franchise, you put together all the best pieces in your head to form “the right stuff”. And oh boy, Goijra is jam packed full of the right stuff!

First off, the film features an ensemble cast from all walks of Japanese society. By having a socially diverse cast, the threat of Godzilla feels much more like a national crisis rather than an isolated disaster. So much emphasis is given to the community and how it responds to the existential threat of Godzilla. The countless dead are painted as not just faceless victims, but as sons and daughters, lovers and friends. This gives the destruction a harder edge than normally seen in monster media.

In addition to spreading its cast out on the social ladder, Gojira also excels at fleshing them out. The film feels as if it’s edited more like a modern high production tv show than a film. In the first act we jump from short vignette to vignette, in which we are introduced to unrelated characters and groups of people. We are given just enough time to establish what these people’s everyday lives are like. Then we are shown these lives being cataclysmically altered by the emergence of Godzilla.

You can say that Gojira’s Kaijumation hasn’t aged well, but you’d be wrong. Kaijumation, or the the art of putting a person in a rubber suit and filming them stomp all over a miniature set, is one of those peculiar techniques of filmaking that never quite lose their flavor. Sure, no one will argue that Godzilla’s monster looks more realistic than something out of a modern cg movie. But the one advantage it’ll always have over CG is that it looks real. A man was actually in a giant lizard costume, and actually stomped over miniature sets that were actually there. For a film about a giant monster taking Tokyo, that’s mighty impressive.

So What's The Word?

Gojira is a masterpiece and everyone should see it. I feel like I could write several Thousand word essays on the subject and still have more to say, so for the sake of time I’ll leave it at that. As Always, Stay Spooky My Friends!

[kailiberarts]

Make way, make way... ... for the 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓐𝓻𝓶𝔂 is here to steal your lives and souls away

Ahem.

Fuck.

After a day of distraction with chores, homework, and other stuff, this is the finished special post: A long artwork of all Treasure Island OCs and self-inserts in their dark and evil forms >:D

Sadly, it isn’t in color mainly because the majority of the character refs don’t have any color, so I must simply have all in black and white 😅

From top to bottom: Solome (@norusaki), Jonah (@chrishasatumbl-r), Zed (@zedortoo), the Navigator (@johankasas), Jeanna (@gilenart), Maria Blue (@rat-raptor), Kyung Wolf (@onelonecritter), Maria (@marianelidovaart), Rivers (@meat-pvppet), Henrietta (@helenapsent), Mari (@vintagepomeranian), Alicen Blaski (@sunstar-of-the-north), and lastly Kaiden Moses (me))

(also may or may not send individual characters to their respective owners (actually lol gonna do that soon)