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spy thriller action heist movie w a cast made entirely of dykes
you say?
D.E.B.S. (2004) ! Is available on Apple TV, and probably other sites as well. You'll have to figure out the other sites yourself.
LESS movies about the lgbtq experience MORE movies about people who just happen to be lgbtq. is it really that hard to understand
#like damn#2004#and they were just wlw#no one in the film was upset about the wlw aspect at all#it was great#so fun
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I Did It
Ok, this is amazing I recently passed the Tumblr shoelace ritual. Long story short, I was at a market day in my school and saw some stickers. Gandalf's big naturals. Even as someone who doesn't really spend that much time in the LoTR/Hobbit area of Tumblr, I knew about That. I couldn't help myself, it was right There. Probably far to giddily holding that Gandalf sticker (with wasn't just a normal old big naturals, mind you. That wizard was in a laced bra, usually enough to turn me redder than a tomato)
"Which one of you designed this?" I asked on of the two people at the stall (ps everyone was selling their own sruff, so I wasn't afraid in the slightest that the creator of this wouldn't be there.)
"She did," the one I talked to responded. Oh my heart was pounding. All social awkwardness completely evaporated in the face of THE most Tumblr Thing I could do.
"I like your shoelaces." Gosh, I wish I could have talked to literally anyone with half the confidence that I had in that moment. I'm pretty sure I saw just a tiny bit of life drain from their eyes. I'm so sorry but c'mon. Gandalf Big Natruals stickers. Did you really think you could avoid this?
"Thanks. I stole them from the president." I WILL RIDE THAT HIGH FOR THE NEXT MONTH, AT LEAST.
ps. If anyone finds my new buddy (I know it's unlikely but gotta give it a shot.) Just want to let you know that their art is amazing and you should definately by something from them if they take commissions.
#artists on tumblr#tumblr milestone#support small creators#i like your shoelaces#tumblr shoelaces#tumblr culture#tumblr things#this sure is a webbed site#thank you tumblr#for momentarily shooting my social anxiety point blank#it was great
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"Why isn't it cloaked?"
"It's... behind a tree."
10/10 best line from Doctor Who. No notes
#loved this episode so much#it was great#funny dialogue AND a queer romance???#just incredible#doctor who#doctor who spoilers#ncuti gatwa#jonathan groff
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Damian: “Happy anniversary of your return to consciousness. To celebrate, I have recreated the circumstances of it, while following the safety instructions around the manor.”
Jason: “Did you dye the pool green again?”
Damian: “Yes.”
#swam in a green pool once#it was great#didnt get revived tho :(#batman#batfamily#batfam#dcu#dc robin#robin#bat family#jason todd#damian wayne#dc jason todd#dc red hood#red hood#batsiblings#bat siblings#dc batman#batkids#bat man
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Being a Discworld fan is just finding new reasons to say "Goddammit, Terry," over and over until you die.
#discworld#just got to witness someone realize the Venturi/Selachii thing for the first time in real time today#it was GREAT
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they deserve a whole good old 2000 romcom movie lovers to enemies to lovers where in the end after series of hilarious shenanigans they inevitably ride into the sunset but alas
anyway i finally watched exu calamity and enjoyed it enormously i am a different person now and i want to eat cement👍
#critical role#exu calamity#fanaart#sketch#loquatius seelie#laerryn coramar seelie#i am late at the party and i dont give a shit#it was great#i just started c3#yay
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finally, man made horrors within my comprehension
white board doodles with two of my homies
#all i did was draw kaito over and over#and yes#i did draw each realistic eye with a shitty pencil#it was great#fanart#karas art#dcmk#kaito kuroba#magic kaito#shinichi kudo#hattori heiji#kaishin#kaito kid#detective conan#detco#detco fanart#uhhh#kaitou kid
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Things I liked about the Netflix ATLA and some critiques:
Before you read. Please go watch the series, take off your blinders and keep an open mind. It’s surprisingly good. This review has spoilers.
They reordered some scenes so that emotional moments would have a larger pay off. Like getting to see and experience Aang’s relationship with Monk Gyatsu, and seeing his tribe before it was destroyed. So when he has his breakdown in the air temple with Sokka and Katara later, you really feel and understand his agony.
Azula is introduced earlier, with a story running simultaneously with the Aang’s journey but not involved with his. So she has a chance to be more fleshed out and explored before she becomes a major threat. Only time will tell if this more complicated Azula comes close to the animated one. Big shoes to fill, but not a bad start.
Fire Lord Ozai plays a more sinister and oppressive role. Not a faceless boogeyman anymore. You get to see his machinations and the cruel games he’s playing with his family, and see the emotional abuse that warps them.
Appa is adorable as fuck, and so is Momo. So well animated, such gorgeous care put into them.
Kyoshi, Kuruk, and Roku make more of an appearance. With Kyoshi narrating the prologue. And if you loved the novels you’ll see they incorporated more of Kyoshi and Kuruk’s backstory from the novels than what we saw in the animated cartoon.
The acting was competent, even if a little wonky at times. I found Sokka very endearing, I loved the kid they cast as Aang and you can tell they really tried to find a balance between serious and playful. They didn’t always hit it, but the effort was there.
Zuko was great. I think they nailed him and he had great chemistry with the actor playing Iroh.
King Bumi was great, I love how they made his internal struggles more complex. He wasn’t just a crazy old man anymore. He was a crazy old man who was weary and worn down by the horrors of loss and war. A crazy old man who struggled to reconcile that the best friend he lost is the avatar and wasn’t there for him.
I loved the costume and set design. It was like stepping into the actual world of ATLA. Cities were complex and well constructed. Every setting was incredible and the attention to detail was intense.
Zuko’s boat is full of artifacts he pilfered from the Air Nomads while hunting for the avatar.
They changed how Aang got the bison whistle so it makes more sense and fits more seamlessly into the story. It never made sense why a random peddler would be selling a bison whistle if air nomads and bison have been gone for 100 years. Not impossible for a peddler to do, but not probable. The Netflix series actually gave more meaning for the artifact and changed how Aang received it.
Emotional points in the show are now more intense and brought me to tears.
Commander Zhao is more competent and conniving, and his presence felt more dangerous and less comedic.
Sokka’s outright sexism was changed from putting girls down, to just manly machismo, talking himself up. Not gone, but not degrading. They decided to let the sexism message shine more prominently with the northern water tribe, rather than tackle it twice with Sokka too. (Sokka’s sexism being solved in one episode was never well written to begin with. And the animated series quickly forgot about it and moved on to him tackling more important issues, like his being a non bender inadequacy, his leadership journey, his physical combat journey, and him finding himself as more than just the funny sarcastic guy.) For time constraints, it was better the Netflix series did not to tackle the same problem twice, especially when you might not have the resources to give both sexism issues the gravity it deserves. By focusing the sexism problem to the northern water tribe they were able to give Katara more attention.
We got to see Katara’s water-bending go from being ultra sloppy and weak to badass. It feels like they are spending more time focusing on her developing into a warrior rather than being the mom of the group. I’m honestly not sad about it. She’s still the hope ridden, emotional glue, but now it feels like she explores that warrior side a little deeper. It felt so earned when she got the title of master at the northern water tribe finale.
The actor playing uncle Iroh nailed the role. I couldn’t think of a better live action adaptation of Iroh. I love him so much.
The shirshu looks fucking phemonal.
Koh was scary as fuck and I love it. They really nailed his horror elements. Even if I’m a little sad that they changed some things about his face stealing. (He eats faces now to steal them, rather than stealing when someone shows emotion.)
The three actresses who play Mei, Azula and Tailee actually look appropriate for their age. Since they are introduced earlier, they are clearly younger, and since this show is intended to get more seasons, the casting choice made sense as we are intended to watch these girls grow up over the course of the entire show. These actors will get older, and the characters will get more menacing and sharper. It’s great. It’s thoughtful. I love it.
We get to see Zuko’s dynamics with his crew more. And find out that he did more than just speak out against his father at that meeting. His outburst at that meeting saved an entire squad of soldiers, and they don’t even know it. Zuko feels such disdain and bitterness because of the situation, and his crew doesn’t even know why. It’s so complex, you can see how the abuse Zuko endured causes him to take out his anger on his crew, and in turn they are bitter back. And it’s this cycle, that festers. But the crew also grows with Zuko, they change and evolve as he evolves. And it’s such a delight to watch.
They could have cut the Secret Tunnel minstrels altogether, given the time constraints and that the episode was mostly fluff in season two. A fun romp, but not necessary. But the creators knew people loved the minstrels so they found a way to use them anyway. Because they knew they were special. I am thankful for that, even if they show up waaay earlier than they should.
I was honestly more sold on Sokka and Suki’s relationship in the live action. It’s was so adorkable. Do I wish it had more time to develop? Yeah, of course I love a good slow burn. But that didn’t mean it wasn’t fun as hell watching the two flirt so badly with each other. Sokka being a buffoon, and Suki overstepping and being too rough, before realizing she was being too hard.
Some Critiques:
They reordered some episode storylines to happen at the same time, and while it does bloat some episodes. it’s understandable due the episode and budget limitations. In the cartoon, during the inventor episode Katara didn’t have a lot to do, and during the freedom fighters episode Sokka didn’t have a lot to do. So they ended up combining both stories into one hour long episode in the live action, so that both Katara and Sokka would be involved in something. Is it the best? No. But it makes sense. I get it.
Katara starts off bland in the first episode and it takes a bit for her to grow into the character.
The past avatars can be a bit strong with the doom and gloom, and I wish they’d toned that back.
Koh and Heibei (I dunno how to spell the panda spirit’s name) got combined to the same episode, and Koh stole Heibei’s spotlight. Again, I understand why these got combined, but I think it could have been handled a little better and Heibei should have gotten more closure.
There should have been a ninth episode, placed between the two episode Koh storyline, and the Northern Water Tribe storyline. Why? Because the Koh storyline was really heavy and intense. And it leads right into the season finale. An extra ninth episode should have been added with a more lighthearted tone. Something to ease the tension between the two very intense storylines.
Aang should have been using a glider to flit about the temples in the first episode. But it’s not something that ruins the whole show. It was a dumb that only happens in a single episode in the season.
I really missed Momo and Appa’s presence. They appeared atleast once in every episode, but it was still sad they weren’t more of a presence. Again I understand why. They were so beautifully animated that everytime they were on screen it (without a doubt) cost the production thousands of dollars. They were generous including as many of the unique animals and creatures as they had.
I still don’t think Sokka had enough time to develop a relationship with Yue at the northern water tribe. It was rushed and contrived in the animated version, and it was rushed and contrived in this Netflix version. There also wasn’t any of the chemistry like Sokka had with Suki to make the whirlwind romance work. I never liked the romance from the original, and I wasn’t a fan of it here. But that’s ok, because it’s such a small and insignificant thing.
In conclusion most of the changes I can see made were due to budget, and episode limitations. The creators were clearly trying to bring theater-cinematic quality to what was essentially an eight hour long film. And you cannot deny that this show is stunning. Absolutely breathtaking. Most of the episodes cut were filler, and while hilarious and mostly loved by fans, were stories not as necessary in the grand scope. You could feel the love and appreciation the creators included in this series. It wasn’t soulless, it wasn’t a heartless cash grab, it wasn’t a shot for shot (thank god) but it also didn’t butcher the source material.
I understand that the animated show creators had creative differences with the live action Netflix adaptation creators. But that doesn’t mean that the Netflix series completely failed. As every fanfic writer out there knows, the original authors are not going to love what you create based on their works. Tolkien hated every adaptation of his works, HATED them. But no one is going about saying that the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies were hot garbage. A creator doesn’t have to endorse a project for it to be good.
Netflix ATLA is good, it’s not perfect. And it never was going to be perfect. The cartoon it was based on wasn’t perfect either. But the ATLA cartoon was definitely some huge shoes to fill that set a bar very high. Any adaptation was going to struggle to be just as good.
I think the Netflix adaptation was a treat and a pleasure to watch. I think people should go into it with an open mind and see that it’s not trying to replace the cartoon. It’s a love letter to the cartoon.
PS: According to behind the scenes commentary on the Nickelodeon ATLA cartoon, the reason we didn’t get a season 4 was because the creators wanted a live action film. Nickelodeon offered the original cartoon creators the option to make season 4 or to spend the budget meant for season four on a live action ATLA film. The original creators chose the live action film directed by M. Night Shamalan. They wanted a live action for their show over a 4th season. They had no idea M. night would butcher their baby with his pathetic film all those years ago.
This show was a second chance after the M. night abomination. And you know what? It’s a pretty decent adaptation. And guess what? With a resurgence of interest in the series, we are getting more animated content for the original animated series. There’s definitely something for everyone on the horizon if this succeeds.
#netflix atla#avatar the last airbender#atla#live action adaptation#live action avatar#review#my thoughts#positive#loved it#it was great#go watch it#recommendation#pros and cons#a thoughtful and positive breakdown from someone who is generally picky and pessimistic about adaptations#spoilers#many spoilers
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When the citipati mod was first released I was part of a mega herd consisting of one melanistic deinocheirus, who was our queen, and everyone else were citipatis (tho we did get a second duck, who was The Queen’s knight)
We were her loyal pheasants, if you will
#the crimson servers allows herbis to mix pack#and in a mix pack you can have as many low tier herbies as you can fit in the party#we filled the entire party lol#it was great#my art#not transformers#path of titans#citipati#deinocheirus
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Billy Furby I still think of you daily
#i took him to see saw unrated#it was great#furby#allfurby#safefurby#billy the puppet#saw 2004#f: billy#custom furby#furby custom
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TIFA'S HOUSE FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH (2024) dev. Square Enix
#ffgraphics#ffedit#gamingedit#dailygaming#dailyvideogames#ff7 rebirth spoilers#final fantasy vii: rebirth#edits#ffviir edits#i need to replay the demo again aahh#it was great
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got all baby (and super high) and was coloring last night
#anyways this was how i spent my night after i made myself stop thinking of the anon#it was great#ab/dl diaper#diaperedgirls#cg/l#ab dl diaper#ab/dl lifestyle#diaper regression#diaper pee#wetting diaper
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Watched MCC for the first time today bc of TIES!!!
#mcc#mc championship#mcc 4ko#tangotek#impulsesv#ethoslab#skizzleman#team TIES#pink parrots#I was doing housework while watching/listening and I had to keep stopping to jot down quotes to draw later fjdhfk#It was great
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A wonderful morning for some fun
#rdr2#arthur morgan#charles smith#rdr2 charles#rdr2 arthur#arthur x charles#rdr2 charthur#charthur#red dead redemption 2#rdr2 community#rdr2 fandom#red dead community#red dead fandom#gametastic-photography#its harder than it seems to do two peds at once#but its worth it#they were trying to hug for a good 10 min while i stood in distance as arthur and watched#it was great
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They don’t tell you this about gigs but when you’re listening to or thinking of a song that you also got to see live, you can close your eyes and picture listening to that song at your gig and you'll be back there, and this is 100% free and repeatable
#Music#live shows#Experience#gigs#my beloved gigs#I was just listening to I Sat By The Ocean and I thought of my show and suddenly I was back there#It was great#queens of the Stone Age#josh homme#qotsa#musicians#fun fact guys
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