#it reminds me of John Connor

[moreauyves]

Just finished watching the Terminator movies and I can't get over how much young John Connor in Terminator 2 reminded me of Andrew.

And then I watched the latest movie and they showed young Grace😭

PLEASE TELL ME THAT I'M NOT INSANE AND YALL ARE SEEING THIS AS WELL

[toasttt11]

practicing

November 28, 2019

Connor walked into the locker room and was not at all surprised seeing a pair of converses in Hayden’s stall meaning she is here.

The team has got back from the first road trip of the season and they were almost gone for two whole weeks meaning they got the day off when they got back.

Connor always likes to some type of workout on his days off even a light one and he usually is alone when he works out on day offs but he has barely been alone since Hayden joined the team as Hayden likes to work out every day too.

Connor started getting ready for the ice and thought more about how Hayden is still keeping everyone at arms distance which is understandable but she has been in Edmonton for over two months now and the closest she has gotten to anyone is Lauren and that’s only been a dog playdate.

Connor knows Hayden is not only feeling the grief of her parents being dead but also being alone and away form the rest of her family and with the pressure from the media being the first overall but also the first woman to be drafted in the NHL.

Connor finished getting ready to get on the ice and headed to the ice and leaned on the boards just watching Hayden skate.

It seemed like she was almost having fun as she did a few extra moves before shooting the puck in the net. Connor immediately recognized one of the moves she did, it was a move Harrison was known for.

Connor clapped as he stepped onto the ice making Hayden’s head snap to him.

“Well done.” Connor praised her as he skated over to her.

“Thank you.” Hayden spoke quietly as she fiddled with one of her gloves.

“Do you mind if i john you?” Connor asked as he understood that sometimes you just need to work out alone.

Hayden shook her head no, not really minding if he stayed.

She would say out of everyone on the Oilers the person she feels the most comfortable around is Connor and then Leon. She still isn’t the closest with the team yet but slowly she is getting more comfortable.

Connor started practicing with Hayden and was perfectly fine with it being silent the only sounds being the puck getting hit.

Connor and Hayden took a break drinking some water.

Connor titled his head looking at Hayden. Hayden frowned curious to why he is staring, “What?”

Connor shook his head, “Sorry it’s just you remind me so much like Harrison.” Connor told her honestly.

Hayden blinked at his words and they were genuine, not with an alternative motive like the media has when they say she is similar to her dad. It’s been a while since she has heard someone say that to her kindly, “Thank you.” Hayden cleared her throat looking away from him and playing with the water bottle.

Connor just nodded even if she looked away.

“He liked you a lot.” Hayden hesitatingly spoke up, “Leon too.” Hayden added opening up slightly for the first time since she got to Edmonton.

Connor felt his face soften seeing her opening up slightly, “Harrison was an amazing player but he was more of an amazing husband and father.” Connor complimented Harrison, remembering how Harrison would always talk about his family and how easy it was to see how much he loved them.

Hayden’s eyes soften, “He was the best dad.” Hayden mumbled her lips flying into a sad bittersweet smile, “And he was the best husband to my mom.” Hayden never really has been interested in anything romantic but if she ever does she wants someone to look at her the way her dad looked at her mom.

Connor set his hand on her shoulder and squeezed softly, “He adored you.” Connor told her let out a small fond laugh remembering every dinner he had with Harrison and how Harrison always talked about his special his Hayden is and what an amazing player she is.

“I know.” Hayden nodded blinking to stop herself from crying, If there was one thing Hayden never doubted was the love her parents have for her.

Connor smiled softly at his rookie, “I don’t want to push you,” Connor started making Hayden look back up at him and seeing his sincere expression, “But if you ever need to talk to anyone i’m here always about anything okay?” Connor softly told her with his awkward smile.

Hayden’s eyes looked around Connor’s face searching for something and then she nodded, “I know.” Hayden gave him a small smile. Hayden knows how good of a captain Connor is and knows he’s always there.

“Good.” Connor said relieved, “Now get back on the ice.” Connor tapped his stick to her shins making her let out snicker.

“Yes Cap.” Hayden mumbled back with mischievous eyes and skated away not seeing the smile from Connor realizing he got to see a little bit more of her.

Connor and Hayden continued to practice for a little while longer before Connor said it was enough and they skated off the ice and walked back to the locker room.

Hayden and Connor got to their stalls and both started getting out of their equipment.

“Hey why don’t you come over for dinner soon? Lauren has been begging me to ask you?” Connor asked as he slipped his skates off. Lauren has been asking for him to get Hayden to come over soon.

Hayden paused as she untied her skates and took a moment to decide, she hasn’t really let her self go hangout with anyone outside of the arena expect once, she took a deep breath, “Alright just text me when.” Hayden agreed.

Connor smiled glad she said yes, “Okay awesome, Lauren is out of town for a few days but when she gets back.” Connor told her making her nod.

“Do you mind if Leon comes?” Connor asked wanting to make sure she isn’t uncomfortable.

Hayden nodded having no problem.

“And you can bring Archie if you want to.” Connor told her knowing Lenny got alone with Archie really well and knew Bowie likes every dog he meets.

Hayden smiled softy to her self as she nodded.

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[amazing-spider-man-book-club]

The Amazing Spider-Man #6

Published: November 1963

Containing: "Face to Face with...The Lizard!"

Introducing: Curtis Connors/The Lizard, Martha Connors, Billy Connors

Synopsis: Peter is sent down to Florida to get some photos on a mysterious figure, The Lizard, who is terrorizing the everglades, but soon must discover a way to help this new villain become human again.

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@frankendykes-monster: There's something so humorous to me about naming a villain "The Lizard" after already having one named "The Chameleon". The off-brand model even if they share nothing in common. I had to look up when it was discovered that dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than reptiles but no luck unlike last issue's forcing me to look up how spiders communicate.

The introduction of The Lizard rings like a horror film, the setting in Florida couldn't help but make me think of The Alligator People (1959). Virtually all the tropes like the monster staking a claim in hostile territory and scientific mishaps and an ancient castle ooze charm, it's only the near ending when The Lizard wants to create more reptilian humanoids that you're forcibly reminded that this is a supervillain we're dealing with.

I have to wonder if The Lizard was originally intended to be a one-and-done given the character never returns during Ditko's time on the title but Curt Conners does. Much like Mysterio returning to his first costume, it's something that's only established as an ongoing threat when John Romita takes over. I have to say the character's design is probably the first Ditko one that's something of an acquired taste, had he worn a purple coat and had black eyes with white pupils like on the cover, it would have been more cohesive and threatening, though I'm not a giant fan of more animalistic subsequent designs decades down the line. This issue's title page is another all-time favorite of mine for how much it reads as a three-dimensional space. Ditko occasionally goes all-out, though at the same time I feel like we see way more of Spider-Man sans webbing in this issue (whenever the character is far enough away from the camera that drawing them would be too much of a hassle. Blah.)

I have to wonder what people reading this for the first time have to make of Liz Allen and Betty Brant being Peter's love interests, because if it wasn't a full-time thing last issue, it certainly is now. Betty's appearances in the live-action Spider-Man films have more or less been cameos, is what I'm saying. Given Liz's newfound interest in Spider-Man I think it's quaint if disappointing that it isn't until Civil War, over 40 years after this, that she discovers it's Peter under the mask alongside the rest of the world. Womp womp.

Probably the most realistic thing about this issue is Jameson accidentally starting a tabloid frenzy wherein he demands Spider-Man go down to Florida to fight The Lizard. It's ridiculous but plausible enough that I could see people actually read papers and developing a strong opinion on the matter.

@duel1971 : This issue may be my favorite so far. The story takes Peter out of NYC and down to Florida on J Jonah Jameson’s dime to get pictures of the Lizard. This leads to Peter and Jameson being traveling partners, a concept I would happily read a full-length story about but which is only touched upon briefly here.

Curtis Connors has one of the most well-realized supervillain origins we’ve seen yet in ASM. The tragic nature of the character feels iconic: the loss of an arm motivates him to recklessly experiment on himself and leads to a complete physical transformation that renders him a threat to his beloved family and, as the issue draws on, civilization itself. (Or at least Florida.) In addition, lizards being a natural predator of spiders makes the Lizard’s ability to physically outmaneuver and outmatch Spider-Man feel ordained by nature.

Some parts of the story feel a little clunky – in particular, I’m not sure what a serum that turned a man into a lizard would do to actual lizards. The story doesn’t seem to have a firm idea either, but apparently it would be very bad. I appreciated the attempt to raise the stakes, but found Curtis’s alienation from and eventual reconciliation with his family to be much more compelling.

[the-three-pure-souls]

Do you have any headcanons for J.D/Vandal? If so, what are they?

Thank you so much for asking about him! :D He's one of my favorites! I have a bunch of little hcs for him so I had to pick which ones I wanted to put here ^^' Sorry it took me so long to actually write them ^^' I love this silly little guy and I, uh, made them much longer than the previous ones for Stumbler and Wulf, and accidently made them depressing and also mini shortish stories for some reason ;w; Maybe I'll turn the second one into an actual fanfic one shot! ^^ Tw for the second and third one, as the second one is related to Connor. The third one, albeit the shortest is about his trauma from his time in the Studiogrounds lab. ;w; I'm still figuring out the colors I'm gonna use for Vandal and Husk, but for now I think I'll use blue for both J.D and Stumbler and I'll use orange for Husk!

Feel free to ask about my other hcs too!!! :D I don't really have very many for characters like Husk atm but I do have quite a few for some of the other characters like Rex! ^^ Now onto the boy:

J.D/Vandal

J.D doesn't actually have a name for himself, simply going by whatever people start calling him next. People start calling him 'the Studiogrounds Vandal' when he starts writing stuff on the walls around Studiogrounds to try to get the truth out there? That's his name then. Sounds pretty ominous so he's sure they won't mind him just simply shortening it to 'Vandal'! He's on the loose and people start calling him 'John Doe'? Well, he might as well have some fun with this one! It probably stems from his strange relationship with his own identity, who he is. For all his life he's been dehumanized, treated like an object, an animal.  It felt so weird to him, the first time someone used both He and It to refer to him. It may have felt weird to it..but it also felt right somehow. This got him to start thinking about things.. For so long he was simply a scientific mishap..a mistake. Some thing Broadside used to experiment on before he and his twin, Husk, split. Something which still haunts him to this day.. Maybe, though..he can almost be..a..person? He might not be a human per say, but he can act like one! Right..?  This was how he discovered he enjoys painting. Art. Both that and recording videos, editing them! Despite this though, he still has a lot of issues involving around who he is. Maybe that can change one day.

He only showed up on the island some while ago, and when I mean show up, he just..appeared. No boat. Nothing for him to have come from the water. He also acted like the island was his home. To say this freaked out the wolves is an understatement. This random..creature just showed up one day who very much acted not similar at all to any being any of the wolves had ever seen before. He walks just like the characters from the various Broadside cartoons that they have in the theater. It was uncanny. Wulf and Stumbler who had learned of Layer 3 before this had their suspicions of what he was. Though, as long as he didn't harm anyone, the wolves were alright with him staying there. That being said, they didn't really warm up to him either. J.D should be used to this! It's been alone it's whole life! ..Well..no..no, that isn't true. There once was a time..he did have someone else..and before that he had Husk, his twin! But still..even despite the pain he already is in..why does it hurt so much that Chief Wulf in particular is avoiding him too..? Why did he remind it so much..of..him..? It hurts to think of back then. It hurts. It hurts. He doesn’t want that, it doesn’t want to hurt. Back then he finally had a friend..why did Husk..? What did Husk say to him that day..? He tries not to think. Think about the body on the ground. Think about him standing on the balcony. Think about how he didn't say goodbye.. The world is a blur now, everything a blend of colors..black tar going down his face. Ha..ha..he really is the worse half, isn’t he..? No matter how much he wants too..and no matter how much he meant to it..He couldn’t save Connor..

Medical and lab supplies along with closed dark spaces that aren't the Stitchcaves bring back memories he’d rather forget. If he’s trapped in a room he can’t get out of, suddenly the room feels too tight he suddenly can't breathe and the next thing knows, he's huddled in a corner whimpering uncontrollably. He isn’t able to stop shaking when that happens. In that place they felt so much desperation and helplessness, terror and pain. He doesn't want to go there again. He would rather die than go back to that hell again.

[clemblog]

Chapter 3: Learning

After spending a long few months in Jericho, working their asses off to get android rights to a good place The Jericrew decide to visit the countryside and stay in the first fully fledged android town, fondly called Pacis. How will their relations develop now that they can finally take a break from it all?

featuring: RK1K, Josh x Simon, North x OC

Part 2

Carl noticed that Markus woke up with a bit of a pep in his step the next morning. He knew he’d be headed with his crew on vacation tomorrow, but this was something different. “Someone’s happy.” He commented, gently with a fond smile. “Good morning to you too, Dad.” Sighed Markus, rolling his eyes. “What? Is a father not allowed to notice his son being happy?” “Only once I’ve woken up more.” “Right, right, good morning Markus.” “How are you feeling this morning?” “Good, good. Star’s got me on some new medication so I’m in pain less and I managed to finish a new art piece for Jericho that you’ve been wanting.”

Markus perked up at this. “Really?” “Yes, the one for the meeting room we discussed.” “I’m so glad! It’s going to look so much more homely and professional!” “Indeed, though I’m sure it’d look just as fine with your own work Markus.” “Daddd, we’ve been over this, I’m going to do some art for Jericho once I come back from my vacation but I also want some of your art up.” “I know, I know, I’m just reminding you.” “You don’t need to remind me-” “Okay then, let’s talk about why you’ve got a stupid smile on your face.” “Dad-” “Were you up talking to someone last night?” “Dad-” “North?” “Ew-” “What? Everyone saw you kiss on tv.” “North kissed me and realised she was not attracted to me, so whatever we had is now just a friendship. She’s more like an annoying sister to me now.” “I see, was it perhaps Simon then?” “Unfortunately, Simon is enamoured with Josh which isn’t surprising. They’ve been working together longer than I’ve been at Jericho.” “That means Josh is also off the table then.” “Mhm?” “Which leaves one person that I know left.” Markus rolled his eyes at this, a light blue blush rising on his face. “It’s Connor.” “..Yeah- We were talking for a long while last night about a lot of stuff- It was a lot of fun to just not be so focused on work for once.” “How sweet.” “I know you think that kind of thing is corny but I found it really nice.” “Listen son, I will never yuck your yum.” “...I don’t know how I feel about that saying in this context, Dad.” Carl just chuckled at this. “..Can I tell you some more about last night?” “Of course, you know I love hearing about what you’re up too kiddo.”

An hour would pass of Markus laid with his head in his Dad’s lap, talking his heart out about his dear friend Connor. Carl was believing him less and less with every word about this supposed friendship. He’d never been one for romance in his youth, much more interested in the thrill of intimacy then the love from it but he could see clear as day that Markus had a crush on Connor. The two had a connection from both being RK’s and Markus obviously appreciated Connor’s drive and advice for work in Jericho. If Markus was the supposed Jesus of Androids then Connor was John, the beloved, the one that Jesus loved. Something was going to happen on this trip and Carl wished his health was better so that he could join the trip and have first row seats to the event. Oh well. He’d probably get a tirade of messages from Markus when he finally realises what he’s feeling. That would be amusing.

Markus would eventually have to get up and head to pack his bag for tomorrow. He’d spent the day prior finishing up work and doing a couple sketches in the notebook Carl had gotten him on the anniversary of him fleeing the dump. It’d been a hard and painful thing to overcome, he still had bad days where his limbs didn’t feel like his own and he woke up from nightmares where he’d been back in that awful place. But it’d been the start of everything he was working towards, the start of the revolution, the start of his role as leader, the start of his independence. It was something to be proud of. Said dump was one of Jericho’s main working sites right now as they worked to save decommissioned androids as well as carefully transplant any working components from androids who didn’t want to be saved. Some of them had been there for years… The trauma was too much… The pain they were in would only get worse with any form of intervention. So, they would be given a day to think over what they wished to do, as well as decide if they wanted to donate any of their components and then they would be peacefully laid to rest permanently in the slowly growing graveyard that would replace the android dump. Markus’ heart ached for these individuals… to be so broken that healing would only hurt you more… It sounded awful. But he understood… in a way. There were many times in his journey to this point that lying down for the rest of however long would’ve been very nice. Very nice indeed. But he had a job to do and friends and family to get back too. So, he’d keep marching forward until he ran out of reasons to do so. And for now… if he was being completely honest his main reason currently… was to get to know Connor better. Something would come of their friendship, he knew it in his thyrium pump. He wasn’t sure what but he knew it would be good. This vacation would be amazing, with his friends, with the time away from work and the opportunity to meet a whole separate community of deviants. Good things were around the corner for all of them. He just had to make sure everyone was ready for tomorrow, so he’d spend the rest of the day messaging North, Josh and Simon to make sure they had everything they’d need for tomorrow. Simon was already packed like himself and Connor. Josh was working on it too! North was also working on it, she definitely hadn’t just started because of Markus’ message- Haha. That’d be silly. Markus shook his head fondly at her scattered messages and went to make dinner for himself and Carl. Tomato soup for Carl and a bowl of thyrium for himself. Would it be more efficient to drink the thyrium? Yes, but it was nice to sit with Carl and ‘eat’ with him after a long day. So, that’s exactly what he got to do.

[cometomecosette]

Review: Les Misérables, US National Tour, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco (July 15, 2023) (long)

This review is very late, but better late than never.

This was my first time seeing Les Mis live onstage since 2018. While YouTube has kept me well supplied with performances in the meantime, I was overjoyed to finally see it live again.

The production, of course, is still Laurence Connor and James Powell's "25th Anniversary" production that premiered in 2009, and which is now the official "replica" production all over the world. My views on it are still the same: it can't hold a candle (or a silver candlestick) to the original Trevor Nunn/John Caird production, but it's still effective, still handsome and atmospheric, and still a good, solid way to experience the musical.

I did notice some changes from when I last saw the show, however:

*Once again, I noticed that a few costumes have been redesigned. The convicts' uniforms now feature historically accurate red smocks. Fantine's factory dress has been redesigned yet again (not to my liking – I preferred the solid turquoise dress from the previous tour). Mme. Thénardier now wears a red bodice at the inn. Éponine no longer wears her overcoat before Act II. Both Thénardiers' "Beggars at the Feast" costumes have also been slightly altered: her skirt is now trimmed with a pattern of ruffles instead of feathers, and his trousers are slightly less poofy (both improvements, IMHO – the costumes are still gaudy, but not cartoonish anymore). And in the final scene, Éponine's spirit now wears a floor-length version of her overcoat, giving her a subtly more "angelic" look, much like the train added to Fantine's nightgown.

*There seemed to be more spoken ad-libs from the cast than I remember from past performances. Not to the extent of, say, the 2014 North Shore Music Theatre production, but notable. For example, this exchange between the Thénardiers just before "Master of the House": Thénardier – What time is it? Mme. T. – Time to get to work! Thénardier – There she is! My daily reminder that you can be happy, or you can be married!

*The "Waltz of Treachery" gave comic business to Young Cosette, of all people! On "That would quite fit the bill..." the Thénardiers picked her up and held her horizontally, stiff as a board, and then on "...if she hadn't so often been ill," she dramatically went limp. It seemed as if they had trained her to play sick in this way, presumably to earn charity from rich travelers. I didn't care for it, though: Young Cosette isn't a character who lends herself to slapstick comedy.

*Grantaire didn't scream "No!" when Gavroche was killed. Instead the whole barricade went deathly silent, as they used to in the old days of the classic Nunn/Caird production. I'm not sure if this was a change in direction or just an acting choice, but I'm assuming the former, because every past Grantaire I've seen or heard in the Connor/Powell production has done the "No!"

*The gag from the previous tour of Mme. Thénardier stuffing her face with cake in the wedding scene is gone. Just as well: it was goofy slapstick at best and fatphobic at worst.

*In "Beggars at the Feast," instead of "This one's a queer, but what can you do?" Thénardier sang "This one's a queer. I might try it too!" then grabbed the man and "romantically" dipped him.

One thing I definitely like about the current tour is the commitment to diverse casting, which wasn't seen nearly as much in the classic Nunn/Caird production until its last few years. In this particular performance, Jean Valjean, Fantine, Marius, Éponine, Cosette (both older and young), and Gavroche were all people of color.

But of course, diverse casting would mean little if the performers didn't give good quality performances. Fortunately they all did. Some performances I liked better than others, but there was no denying how talented the whole cast was.

Randy Jeter (Jean Valjean u/s)

How ridiculous it is that in the musical's 37 years of existence, this man is only the third black actor to play Jean Valjean in an official Cameron Mackintosh production! While I was a little disappointed at first not to see Nick Cartell again, I'm very glad now that I saw Randy. His voice was rich, clear, and alternately powerful and sweet: excellently suited to the music. And he did full justice to Valjean's journey, with all its transformations and wide range of emotions, making every one of the believable. My only reservation about his performance was that physically, he was a little bit youthful and slight for the role. I hope that either in this tour or in future productions, more people get a chance to see his Valjean.

Preston Truman Boyd (Javert)

One of the best of the last several Javerts I've seen live. He was a solid, imposing stage presence, who sang with a rich, handsome baritone voice with a bite to it that almost recalled Philip Quast, and was an appropriately inexorable force of the law until he was ultimately broken. I was relieved that he wasn't too aggressive or neurotic, but gave a traditional, hard and stolid characterization.

Haley Dortch (Fantine)

A lovely and passionate Fantine, with a beautiful, powerful voice. Past Fantines whom I've seen in the Connor/Powell production have tended to be slightly too delicate and passive for my taste, so I was glad to see her bring a good amount of fire to the role.

Matt Crowle (Thénardier)

A talented, enthusiastic performer, but not quite ideal for this role. Besides seeming slightly youthful for the part (not uncommon), he was a flamboyant comic Thénardier, without the edge of nastiness or realism that other actors bring. Still, as I discovered from an interview, he's read the novel, and he did do a good job of creating a ferret-like stage presence and a "scratchy, vermin-like voice" (in his own words). I've seen better, but he was fine.

Christina Rose Hall (Madame Thénardier)

A decent Mme. T., but like her onstage husband, she wasn't as nasty as she could have been. This might have been intentional on her part, though: she often seemed as if she was trying to play a more sympathetic, comically put-upon Thénardiess. But to make that portrayal fully work, I think her husband should have been more of a domineering emotional bully than Matt's Thénardier was. Overall she was good, but both Thénardiers needed more of an edge.

Christine Heesun Hwang (Éponine)

A good Éponine whom I'd like to see again sometime. Her voice was rich and powerful, and while she wasn't particularly wild or gritty, she brought good, solid toughness to the role that I like to see, as well as plenty of feeling. Her "On My Own" went beyond mere pining into desperation, as if she were on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and "A Little Fall of Rain" was beautifully gentle and tender.

Christopher James Tamayo (Marius u/s)

I liked him very much. His voice was a warm, rich baritenor, which I prefer to the thin, high tenors of so many recent Marii. His characterization was excellent too: gentlemanly and dignified, yet youthful, innocent, and tender, and believable in all his many emotions. He deserves to be the regular Marius, not just an understudy, either in this tour someday or in a future production.

Devin Archer (Enjolras)

Until after the show, I had forgotten that I saw him as Marius in a regional production back in 2015. He's definitely grown up nicely from a Marius into an Enjolras. While too "human" and "manly" to be Hugo's "marble lover of liberty," he was an appropriately strong, dignified, courageous leader, staunchly dedicated to the cause, yet a caring friend too, with a reserved yet commanding stage presence and a handsome, powerful voice to match.

Addie Morales (Cosette)

Good, but not a favorite. Her voice was light, pure, and slightly thin, but pretty. Acting-wise, she was a very lively, bubbly Cosette, often giggly in Act I, and an angry "rebellious teen" toward Valjean (though still with all-important moments of affection). I used to favor that characterization because it made Cosette "stronger," but now I have mixed feelings about it, because it's not really true to her upbringing or to the novel. Still, as a whole, she was good.

Ciaran Bowling (Grantaire u/s)

In a US tour performance, I wasn't expecting to see a British veteran of the London production who also had a minor role in the 2012 film! But he was a welcome presence: appropriately funny and boisterous in "Red and Black," angry and despairing in "Drink With Me," and touching in his reconciliation with Enjolras and his death.

(Though I must admit, I'm not the biggest fan of the current staging of Grantaire's "Drink With Me" solo, where he goes to center stage, sings the solo angrily and aggressively, and then pushes Enjolras away when the latter tries to talk to him. It annoys me that every replica-production Grantaire now performs it that way. I miss the variety from the old days, when individual actors and resident directors were allowed to do what they liked with that moment and bring all sorts of different emotions and nuances to it.)

Milo Maharlika (Gavroche)

An excellent, lively, likable young presence.

(I do like the fact that in the current staging, Gavroche is everyone's emotional support at the barricade, comforting both Marius after Éponine's death and Grantaire in "Drink With Me.")

Vivian Atencio (Young Cosette)

An appropriately sweet little girl.

The ensemble was excellent all around.

Going to see this performance was such a wonderful experience. It would have been a thrill no matter what, because I've been waiting five years to see the show in person again, but the good performance quality made it truly shine. I hope that within the next few months, while the show is still in California – most likely when it comes to San José in October – I can see it again.

[wallfloweresque]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { ARCHARA ‘ARCHIE’ SOMSRI } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { HE/HIM } is? they kind of look like { APO NATTAWIN } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 33 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { 2 YEARS }.and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { JACKSON AVERY } from { GREY’S ANATOMY }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { SEAGLASS HEIGHTS HOSPITAL } as a { EMERGENCY MEDICINE DOCTOR }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE ICARIAN } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { ARROGANT } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { PASSIONATE } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { THREE ROOMS } apartment beside me over in { OCEAN’S EDGE }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

about + headcanons:

archara somsri was born and raised in palmview, fl, the eldest child of two. for the majority of his life archie was something of a golden boy -- he was smart, driven, and maybe a little lucky. he did well in school, and had the drive to continue. so, it was almost no surprise when archie announced that he'd passed the MCAT and was actively applying for medical school. it was to no one's surprise when he was accepted and then years later, graduated. then he was matched to Johns Hopkins University Hospital for his residency. so far, his life had worked like it was going according to a script.

in continuing the script, archie became engaged. he'd grown up watching love thrive around him and wanted that for himself. the first wrinkle in the plan occurred, though, just a few weeks before his wedding. it should've been easy -- say a few words, marry the love of his life, live happily ever after. the trouble, though, was that archie wasn't sure that his fiance was the great love story of his life, a fact that was reinforced when he met cillian connor. meeting kez turned archie's life upside down, for better or worse, and for the first time in his life, the script didn't matter.

archie and kez ran away and, for a while, life was good. they were soon engaged and it seemed as if things were as close to perfect as they could be, but perfection very rarely lasts, as archie would learn.

it's been two years since kez left him without much more than a note. a note that was hardly an explanation.

archie decided to return home to palmview. he left his position in maryland and accepted a position in the emergency department of seaglass heights hospital.

it feels like he's still licking his wounds, existing in something of a fog, and the once golden boy has learned that being on top of a pedestal leaves a long way down to fall.

archie keeps the ring in a small wooden box on his dresser. he likes knowing that it's there, knowing how special it was to kez, and his sentimental heart can't bear the idea of getting rid of it even if looking at hurts him. so this feels like the best of both worlds.

archie only allows folks to call him archie after they've learned his actual name. he refuses to allow himself to be anglocized.

wanted connections:

friends (he's been here forever so childhood friends, etc)

enemies (for some reason or the other, they just don't get along)

the person he was previously engaged to, maybe?

someone he sees frequently in the ER

a mentor

any and everything

[sw33t-oubliette]

real normal about how new albion is about trying to play god (annabelle's whole thing with jasper, john's whole thing, connor's whole thing (connor's less playing god but theres still something there i think)) but the narrator always reminds the audience theyre just characers in some way ("we bid adieu to our players and of course to you" , most apparent in radio hour with lloyd's whole thing . theres not really a narrator in analogue but if you give me enough time i can find something thats adjacent to that)

[kiss-my-freckle]

Full Episode Commentary

1x10: The Turning Point

A great title for this episode. It means to change direction. They're shifting from Emily's talisman to John Gilbert's journal. They have to open that tomb because it's the only way for Damon to move forward. He's a metaphoric tomb vampire. What Damon goes through with Katherine and the tomb and even her return is something I fully understand, so I have no problem addressing the fact that as pissed as Katherine is with Damon, he needed to get it open. It's not fair that she gets to fake her death and string him along for 145 years. It's time to cut those strings. There's a reason I have more respect for Isobel.

I honestly feel bad for Logan because he just patched things up with Jenna, now he has to suffer the insanity of vampirism. He tries to get her to invite him in the house. Elena is thrilled to see Jeremy sketching. She hasn't seen him like this since their parents died. She basically got her brother back. The reason she decided Damon was worth saving. A shame it would've been for Stefan to kill Damon, given what he sees in the series finale. This is not a redemption story for Damon, but a resurrection story. That's why he's given the cure.

Stefan wants to live as far away from Damon as possible. This is due to the fact that Stefan wants to live a human life. He wants to feel human. He doesnt want Damon reminding him that he's a vampire, reminding him that he should feel guilty because he's the one that turned him into a vampire, so he doesn't want Damon in his life. "Seriously, where are you going? Because we are not staying in this town." It's insane to me that Stefan still believes he has the right to dictate Damon's life. It's up to Damon whether or not he stays in Mystic Falls, not Stefan. Comments like this only showcase Stefan's need to control other people. Liz shows up at their door because Logan has been dropping bodies. Logan completely voided Damon's reason for killing Lexi, and Stefan gets to overhear Damon talk about his reason for killing her. "I'm sorry. I don't understand. I thought we solved that problem when I staked the blond one."

It's career night at the hight school. They're hanging banners for the event. "The Promise of Your Future." Tyler's response to seeing Matt and Caroline together is hilarious. "Maybe it's for the best. I mean, what kind of future could you have had with him even if he stayed?" The future banner falls on Bonnie and Elena while they discuss her and Stefan. Here's your sign lol.

One of the differences between Stefan and Elena is that Stefan never stops assuming things about Damon. Elena eventually stops because she knows better. This scene is hilarious to me because even after Damon just killed his best friend to fix their problem with the council, Stefan assumes he actually turned someone into a vampire. Stefan admits this when he speaks to Elena about it. Because it's an idiotic assumption, I very much enjoy Damon's response. "Get off of me. A... don't touch me. B... if I had, I wouldn't have been so obvious about it. C... There's another vampire in town." Stefan is insanely controlling. He acts like he has to stay in town as if he's the only one who can protect Mystic Falls from a vampire. "No, I can't leave now and you know that." He has absolutely no reason to stay in town when they have a vampire killing council, he's using Logan as an excuse to stay, period. You see Damon pull this same thing with Connor in 4x3. Stefan stops in to warn Elena about the vampire, which was the only thing he needed to do before leaving town. Liz already knew, so it's not like Stefan had to stay in town to take care of it. Damon uses Caroline to help him track Logan with the vampire compass. Damon heads into some kind of warehouse where Logan sneaks up with wooden bullets and shoots him to his knees.

Damon is hellbent on finding out who turned Logan because he knows Logan was part of the council. He knows Logan wasn't turned by just any vampire. "I keep killing and I like it. I'm conflicted." Damon suffers the same dilemma because Katherine taught him how to kill and how to enjoy it. Logan lacks the teachings that Katherine gave Damon, so he's learning as he goes, but I consider them alike in certain ways.

I consider this Damon's "future" banner, and meant to appear as it does because he wasn't able to attend. Liz and Mr. Lockwood talk about their vampire problem. Caroline walks out because she catches Matt and Elena chatting it up. They're actually flirting with each other when Stefan walks in. They cut back to Damon and Logan, both calm enough to talk to each other in a civil manner. "Well, you probably love her. Anything you felt before will be magnified now. You're gonna have to learn how to control that." Damon basically orders Logan to keep his emotions under control because he just fixed his problem with the council. This demand makes me question whether or not Damon was actually planning to let him live. As soon as Logan questions Damon about how they walk in the sun, Damon turns his daylight ring to hide it. This is when Damon first hears about the founding family journals. I love these scenes with Damon and Logan. Not only because of their conversation, but because of the lighting and the feel of their environment. It's like a two-person vampire meeting of the minds lol.

Stefan claims that he wanted to be a doctor, but couldn't because of his bloodlust, yet they had him working as an emt. He explains what life is like as a vampire. Every few years, he'd have to move on before anyone noticed he wasn't getting older, and he always left because he didn't have a choice. Elena's response is comical. Stefan basically described the kind of life Elena doesn't want to have. She's the kind of person that wants to set up roots. Being with a vampire can't offer her that. Every time they get into these little chats about the future, she never truly considers her future with him because she knows the vampire life isn't what she wants. She's more about the "here and now" rather than the future with him. That's why she can make a comment like this, yet turn around and sleep with Stefan. She has the time to enjoy the here and now.

To put it bluntly, Elena can't be honest in her conversations about the future until she accepts the reality of what it means to be a vampire, and the very fact that a future with Stefan requires she sacrifice what she wants. Elena is hilarious, it's like she totally read my mind. "But please, if you're gonna leave, then just go." Stefan has absolutely no reason to still be in Mystic Falls. Logan is an excuse. He's only making it harder for her to say goodbye. Logan shows up at the event and confronts Stefan. It's one thing to confront Damon because he can handle a great deal of pain. Confronting Stefan is an entirely different matter because he's the stronger brother. Something both Logan and Mason are quick to understand.

"Ok, listen to me very carefully. Do not, under any circumstances, talk to him again. I'm serious, Jenna, like ever!" Elena's response in this scene with Jenna is every bit because of Damon. Because he warned her. There's a beauty in seeing Elena take that moment from 1x6 and use what Damon told her to protect someone she loves. That's ultimately what he wanted for her because he cares. Stefan contacts Damon by phone and tells him Logan is at the high school. If Damon had plans to let Logan live, they're gone because Logan chose to fill him with wooden bullets before he left. Damon wants to kill him.

"Broadcast journalism? You don't even read the paper." Liz and Caroline are so hilarious to me. For Caroline, it's not about reporting the news, it's about the attention she gets from reporting the news. She wants the attention Logan gets. That's why broadcast journalism works for her, and she fulfills this dream in season 7. Logan confronts Liz because she's the one who buried him. Mr. Lockwood is a real piece of work with his werewolf gene. The level of violence in their home must be insane. He pulls Tyler and Jeremy out in the parking lot to finish their fight. Alaric interrupts and hilariously threatens Mr. Lockwood when he's the mayor of Mystic Falls.

Logan abducts Caroline and threatens to turn her into a vampire. Total wrong move. Beautiful to watch Damon and Stefan pair up to save Caroline. Damon gives Liz their exact location before he deals with Logan. It's hilarious to me how desparate they are to figure out who turned Logan because they know it wasn't a new vampire. It was Anna. "I don't side with anyone. You pissed me off. I want you dead." Damon still demands to know the person who turned him, and Logan remains loyal af lol... he knows damn well who turned him.

Logan knows exactly what to say to Damon for the sake of his own survival. Another way into the tomb, so he's allowing Logan to walk. Damon is very quick on his feet. He's the kind of man you'd want in your corner in the midst of chaos. Not the strong brother, the smart brother. Strong only gets you so far. I love watching Tyler and Jeremy in this episode and in future episodes because they have these love triangle parallels with the two Salvatore brothers. Tyler and Jeremy basically try to befriend each other.

Stefan straight-up manipulates Elena. I say this, all-knowing they have a Delena parallel to these scenes in season 5. It's when Damon offers to drive Elena home. Because Stefan told her he was leaving town, he's playing on her desire for him to stay so that he has an excuse to stay because Logan is no longer an excuse he can use.

I feel it's important to note Stelena's face-touching scene because I've spoken about this topic many times. Stefan hides his vampirism, Damon hides his humanity. It's because Damon hides his humanity from Elena that you'll never see her touch Damon's vampire face. She embraces Damon's human side.

With Stefan and Elena, it's what they are rather than who they are. He's a vampire and she's human. With Damon, it's who they are rather than what they are. That's why there's focus to Stefan's daylight ring and Elena's vervain necklace, but you don't see that type of focus with Delena... Damon and Elena are beyond that.

See and feel the differene between Stelena and Delena. Understand why she touches Damon's face so often. lol... this scene between Alaric and Logan is fate stepping in. If not for Alaric killing Logan, not only would Damon and Elena not have gone to Atlanta together, but Noah would've gotten his hands on Elena. Alaric killing Logan is the only reason Damon leaves town to visit Bree. They pull this same fate in 3x22 when Alaric stakes Klaus... just thought I should point that out lol

Stefan and Elena after sex. "This room holds every memory that I've ever thought was important enough to hold on to." Not only the reason Damon trashes his room to get even, but the reason Stefan holds onto Katherine's photo. Denial is a bitch that way. Elena now sees what's important to Stefan. Something he should've told her before she slept with him. Hell, he should've told her the moment he admitted to being a vampire.

Katherine will remain an issue even into season 2 because Stefan can't stop lying about her. The final two scenes, showing the fate of Delena's trip to Atlanta. Pay mind because you see the same thing in 3x22, that's where Damon's flashback comes in. "Katherine...."

Elena runs into Noah and flips her car.

[otsukare-katsukare]

Please do!!

Well If You Insist!

(copied right out of the drafts <3) (long)

okay beatle roys. they don’t map perfectly at all, but if you absolutely HAD to, im sorry roman but you are george. yeah sure romey we know you’re a good songwriter you can have 2 on this album how’s about that? as smart as or maybe smarter than his siblings/bandmates but doesnt have a genius complex unlike them so is forced to play their games. including their mind games with each other. didn’t want to go on the roof; ended up on the roof. kendall is paul, ‘big brothering’ the little angry guy on the bus who he’ll always see as a little kid even though there’s like 2 years between them for christ’s sake. in terms of age seniority john might be the kendall equivalent but unfortunately paul was ACTUALLY an older brother and he brought that energy to the band, and the john/george alliance against paul reeks much more strongly of roman and shiv teaming up to peck their golden boy older sibling than anything george and paul had together against john. and to those who would say roman’s too much of a dick to be sweet peaceable george, he’s actually nicer okay cause he refused to sign the letter decrying kendall as a bipolar drug addict but george played slide guitar on how do you sleep quite happily.

on the subject of kendall, his depressive lows may seem more john but his manic highs? his big creative visions? his costumes (he got one for roman too)? his general addiction to the spotlight? his droopy eyes? his inability to have swag despite his charm and talents? the way his siblings close ranks against him when he tries to make a stand? the way he's a cog built to fit one machine and paul mccartney's state after the beatles broke up Actually im getting sad let's change the subject? looking for pussy like a fuckin techno gatsby? non zero chance of having done a collab with kanye west/wanted to do one? paul. he’s paul. 

but it’s tough because shiv is the least easy to pin down as her age and gender relations with the rest of the family put her the furthest from john, and she ends up being at best a combo of all three - the underestimated and undermined baby (george) the repressed thwarted leader failgirl (paul) and the hotheaded bastard who's smart but not as smart as she thinks she is (john). but that john role gets much more delectable when you have kendall as paul, or at least if you think of them as the core duo in some way - im thinking of that crushing final scene between them, like take 'I want a divorce' and multiply it by a hundred holy fuck. she respects him, but she needs to prove herself better than him constantly. she needs validation just the same as he does but she's determined to believe/put out that everything she does is entirely under her own steam and that other people are pawns to her. her relationships with logan and mattson remind me of john with authority figures he would latch onto in the hope that they'd fill the void left by his parents, before realising they were phonies trying to get something from him and angrily discarding them.

honestly actually while shiv is the hardest to map clearly john is also the hardest from the beatles end cause there's a lot going on there from childhood trauma that any one of the roys can relate to, and his brand of cruel wit fits them all to an extent as well - but this is the configuration i like the most. also her spouse broke up the band

of course connor maps onto ringo perfectly do i even need to explain it - actually i do cause people might just take that to mean i’m saying ringo was useless or ignored. no he was the older brother everyone loved and who loved everybody, who was an only child for most of his childhood and was so happy to get three brothers/siblings even though they happened to be the worst people alive.

there you have it. and logan. is allen klein (kendall dreams he is being hunted down by him as a dentist)

oh one more thing - kendall as paul is right because he's the only one who's a documented beatles FAN lol

[psychotrenny]

I've seen some people say that one aspect of Palestinian tactics is to instill fear into the settler population to encourage them to leave. To the extent that this is true I'm not sure but it reminds me of an approach many Indigenous peoples in Australia adopted while resisting European settlement. It was quite common for indigenous warriors to avoid direct confrontation with settlers and instead attack their crops, livestock and/or buildings. Many times they would even attempt to wound rather than kill any settlers they did encounter. This was in order to drive settlers away while through fear and attrition while minimising the chances of state retribution that wholesale massacres might incur.

These attacks were usually directed against the isolated farmsteads that cropped up in areas newly opened to white settlement. The ratio of physical to psychological devastation varied between specific instances. Attacks against crops were often timed to coincide with the harvest period in order to inflict the greatest difficulties onto settlers. Crops and livestock were often also targeted as a source of food for their people, which became especially important as encroaching white settlement destroyed their hunting grounds and conflict disrupted their normal routines of food production and land management. Horses were particularly favoured targets as even the warriors who didn't know how to ride knew how important they were to the whites and so seeked to deny them as an asset. Use of fire to modify the landscape and direct the movement of animals was ubiquitous among Indigenous Australian peoples and they often skillfully used it to destroy European property or deny them movement through certain areas. Other times attacks took on a more psychological focus, harassing and humiliating settlers in their homes and communities without lethal violence. Through various systems of smoke signals, messengers and tree markings these attacks were usually well co-ordinated. Often one smaller attack would act as a diversion for the main assault; such as drawing a main body of settlers away while their houses were ransacked and burned or alternatively keeping them locked up in their houses while livestock and crops were stolen or destroyed. Trickery and subterfuge were also commonly employed, such as using "friendly" aboriginals known to the whites in order to gain entry to fortified buildings or lure groups of settlers away. Some of the more successful examples of Indigenous Australians using raiding to drive off or delay European settlement include the resistance of the Jagera people to settlement in the Darling Downs region in the 1840s, the campaigns of the Milmenura people in the Coorong district in the same decade and the conflict of the Wiradjuri people resisting settlement in Central Western NSW in the 1820s.

If you're interested in learning more about Indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement some good books and articles include: A different mode of war? by Ray Kerkhove, The Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838 by John Connor, Six Australian Battlefields by Al Grassby and Marji Hill, The Black Resistance by Fergus Robinson and Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds. I haven't personally read a lot of these books, just heard many good things about them from sources I trust well enough so I feel comfortable giving them a recommend.

To be honest I'm not all that read up on Australian history* but I have picked up a thing or two that I figured I might as well share since it seemed relevant. Now Australian Aboriginal resistance never stopped and it is still ongoing to this day, but it currently takes very different forms to that which I had been describing; with the sheer demographic advantage of settler society, resistance tactics were forced to adapt radically. Still, reading about the current resistance in Palestine did remind me a bit of some of the tactics that were once employed here so I figured it would be worth giving an overview. Despite the many differences across time and place, different conditions and circumstances, the fundamental violence of European Capitalist Settler Colonialism remains relatively unchanged. So you'll often seen similarities between the tactics of incredibly differing peoples as they are forced to fight a similar foe. I can only hope it's a foe that won't live to see the end of this century, and it certainly seems to be on the decline, but only time can tell just how long it'll hold on for. Until then colonised peoples all around the world will have no choice but to keep fighting, just as they have from the beginning

*like as important as it is to understand your history I just don't find it all that interesting compared to other parts of my world and so just find myself distracted reading up on them instead

[futuredaysbycan]

for the character asks: tserri, leorio and mike :)

sure thing!

Tserri:

My first impression ah he's That type of guy

My impression now nice, he likes Merzbow, Boredoms, Gerogerigegege, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse with Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, Brainbombs, Egor Letov, Death in June, Current 93, La Monte Young, Moondog, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Luigi Russolo, Popol Vuh, Fishmans, Jean Jacques Perrey, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Rainbow Caroliner, Taj Mahal Travellers, Fushitsusha, Peter Brötzmann, John Cage, Scott Walker, Unwound, Dead, Frank Zappa, Morton Feldman, Captain Beefheart, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nang Nang, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Nara Leão, Basic Channel, Raymond Scott, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Noah Howard, Terry Riley, Peter Sotos, Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, Boyd Rice, Mahmoud Ahmed, Henry Flynt, Kazumoto Endo, David Tudor, Aporea, Half Japanese, Mega Banton, Secret Chiefs 3, Keiji Haino, Ramleh, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Joe Meek, Robbie Basho, Phil Spector, Faxed Head, Harry Partch, Wesley Willis, Fred Frith, The Residents, Sun Ra, Sun City Girls, Hans Krüsi, Royal Trux, Jandek, Yat-Kha, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Pärson Sound, The Dead C, Comus, Cromagnon, Eliane Radigue, Arthur Doyle, Shizuka, The Red Krayola, Henry Cow, Magma, Opus Avantra, Pan.Thy.Monium., Murmuüre, Ksiezyc, Gong, Cukor Bila Smert', cLOUDDEAD, Muslimgauze and Kaoru Abe

Favorite thing about that character his whole existence is another proof how well togashi knows people because tserri is THE villain of current era i know several dudes that are just like him (without like. the killings and crimes of course) twitter and reddit is like sprawling these guys

Least favorite thing

hed be into my gemini ass

Favorite line/scene

Leoš Janáček hanta hanta real

Favorite interaction that character has with another when theta shot him ♥️

A character that I wish that character would interact with more HE NEEDS TO INTERACT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE I NEED AS MANY WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GUY REACTIONS anyway i have this comedy sketch in my mind about several ways chrollo could get his power in his little book he would be like yaaay meteor city xenophobia yea i agree noooo way you know nen can you show me :o noooo way can you splain me that in more details nooooo way anyway wanna check my nen catalogue

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character i do count people from Patrician Music Chartposting the facebook group as characters and he is several of them. hence why my tserri playlist is 100% canon.

A headcanon about that character him and halkenburg bonded over wanna be deep music i see hankenburg running to tserri like you have to hear this!!!!! and gives him a copy of kid a by radiohead (its year 2001 in hxh)

A song that reminds of that character every song from obey by brainbombs, i mean even the cover is a pic of that serial killer who made stuff like belt from nipples

An unpopular opinion about that character he is sadly and tragically very funny

[albiclalepsza]

Ok. So I'm going to rant a little about the nominations.

I love that Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall got nominated for best picture. If Past Lives wins I'm going to be so happy, apart from Godzilla it's my favorite movie of the year.

Margot Robbie got snubbed, which is such a shame because her performance in Barbie was phenomenal. Especially since both Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera got the nominations (my theory is that it's because of how viral Ferrera's monologue went and how popular everything about Gosling is). Keoghan also didn't get the nomination when he acted his ass off so much. Gladstone got the nomination thankfully, hope she gets an Oscar, that scream she lets out when she finds out about her sister's death was genuinely bone chilling, the rest of her performance was stunning too. I'd like to see Natalie Portman nominated too, she was great in May December.

When it comes to animation, at this point I'm wondering what does Pixar have to do to not get nominated??? Elemental is aesthetically the most boring movie ever, can't say what the plot is like since I couldn't be bothered to watch it but it's probably really bland in story aspects as well. I haven't heard of Robot Dreams before but probably everything on the list is infinitely better than fucking Elemental. I hope Nimona wins, both because of how great it was both as a movie and in its message, and partially because I want to see Disney humbled after they cancelled it for being too queer. But both Across the Spiderverse and The Boy and the Heron are great too, so they could win as well.

Nothing You Can Take From Me from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is not on the list for the best og song which is sad, such a bop.

For some fucking reason Indiana Jones got nominated for the score, probably because it reminded the people voting for the nominations what the Indiana Jones theme sounds like. It just reuses the motifs from the previous scores without doing anything interesting. They don't have the guts to nominate Godzilla, which actually did phenomenal things with classic sound themes and complimented them with new ones.

Godzilla got a nomination for the best effects but with that competition I don't think it'll go to them. If someone gave me the means to pick nominations they'd get a few but well, I don't have that power. Rye Lane also didn't get anything. It was really visually interesting so I hoped they'd get at least one nomination somewhere, but no.

My most out of pocket picks, if someone would hand me the power to nominate shit would be John Wick 4 for best cinematography and Full River Red for best og score and best og screenplay, but since that's a Chinese production that was never going to happen.

So yeah, as per usual, a pretty disappointing year, will probably get worse when they actually announce the winners. Fuck you Academy Awards, see you in March.

Sorry @finch-connor but I haven't seen Fallen Leaves yet so I didn't put it anywhere

[terminatorfuckerr]

anyways Terminator Genesys review

first off- old terminator is so hot. 72 year old Arnold could get it. Sarah calls him dad. I call him daddy.

I had no issues with most of the movie. the action, vfx and costumes were all amazing. dialog was iffy. the characters were odd to me. I like the corrupted John connor idea. the visual effects made the metal shavings look amazing. one thing I'd wanted to see since t2 was t-1000's liquid metal effects done with modern cgi. that wish was granted.

one thing I didn't like was Reese. he was alright as a guy, not as Reese. I think of Reese and I think of malnourished little meow meow. not this dickhead. didn't like Sarah at first. she grew on me as I realized she wasn't just some snappy young lady- she's the early matured version of a woman who was forced to be the mother of the messiah. she's sarcastic and quick while still showing the vulnerability of knowing her son went from the messiah to the antichrist.

arnold was hilarious. pops is great. his relationship with Sarah reminded me of his relationship with John. despite being a robot, he really loves them beyond what's supposed to be possible for him.

7.5 out of 10. enjoyable if you're a visual effects nerd. or you really like old men. I'd jump into arnies arms if I could.