#kwo at the movies

[kaijuworldorder]

Gadzooki + Konky Donk: The Empire Magazine review

Oh shit I was supposed to post this weeks ago and forgot, oops. Anyway, having seen Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire a second time and solidified my opinion of it, yeah it's pretty good! Major glow-up from the previous entry. It's not perfect and is no less stupid than its predecessor, but it's the kind of dumb movie that I like, one that doesn't go out of its way to insult my intelligence or annoy me. The things that worked about Godzilla vs. Kong are here only way more, and the things that sucked are mostly not here. There's just enough substance that my adult self is happy, and all the mindless wild spectacle that makes kWo Junior cheer and want to bash action figures together. Adam Wingard said in an interview that his aim was to make a modern-day Toho Champion Festival movie, and I think he succeeded. I'm no longer nearly as worried about the future of the MonsterVerse as I was. I thought this picture was going to suck ass, but I sure ate my words. 4 stars, check it out if you haven't yet.

There's the short version. Under the cut, I'll get into specifics of what I liked and what I didn't. If you're still wanting to see GxK and somehow haven't yet, I recommend doing so before reading on, because I spoil a lot of the movie here.

WHAT I LIKED

Big-time Inhumanoids vibes. The tone, the “journey into a subterranean world to stop evil monsters from taking over Earth” plot, Skar King being kinda like Metlar personality-wise and living in a horrible lava hell, the wacky pseudoscience and power armor (well, just a gauntlet but you get the picture), the gruesome violence…I half-expected the end credits to sound like this. GxK is the closest I think we will ever get to a big-budget theatrical Inhumanoids motion picture, unless a miracle happens and Hasbro decides to give a shit again and buys back the rights. For those who aren't familiar with Inhumanoids: get familiar with it, you’ll thank me later.

Rebecca Hall's new hairstyle. Yeah.

Bernie no longer sucks. Way less grating and unfunny, doesn't parrot fascist talking points every goddamned second, and the sense of wonder he shows upon seeing the Hollow Earth for the first time really won me over.

Jia. One of the previous movie’s strongest aspects in my opinion, particularly her dynamic with Kong, and that holds true in this picture as well. She gets a good deal more to do, shows off more range, and her whole emotional arc in this hits just right for me. Feeling alone even though you’re not, feeling like you don’t fit in anywhere, thinking there must be something wrong with you but you can’t put it into words…these are things I can relate to all too well. And I won’t lie, I choked up when she chose to stay with Andrews at the end.

Unfridging the Iwi. The previous film’s most egregious, unforgivable misstep has been walked back, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s also good to see the Iwi having a more active role in the story, instead of basically being window dressing like in Kong: Skull Island, which as much as I love that movie was kind of a problem. It helps that the Hollow Earth Iwi are just extremely cool. Love the crystal spears, the gravity pyramid and all their other Sufficiently Advanced tech. They’re like if Seatopia weren’t horrible assholes, or if the Nilai Kanai were in a better movie. I like 'em!

Dentist! A thing I love about the MonsterVerse is how it comes up with creative stuff involving kaiju that no other movie has ever really thought to do (e.g. Godzilla flashing Chellen-kov LIGHT from his spines as a threat display). I also like that it shows how the world has changed in response to the emergence of Godzilla and the others—how culture, the economy, politics, and general day-to-day life have shaped themselves around these creatures. Trapper exemplifies both of these things really well. I doubt I would ever have come up with the idea of a kaiju veterinarian, let alone written a scene showing how a dental procedure on a 300-foot ape would work, but I'm so grateful for that level of worldbuilding. He’s also just a goofy weird guy and I like him.

Golden Earring "Twilight Zone" needle drop. One of my favorite songs of all time is in this movie and I know it's kinda stupid to pop for things like that, but goddammit I loved it.

Kong’s arc. There’s just something really satisfying about finally seeing a King Kong who isn’t the last of his kind. Plus he gets a Trendmasters accessory robo-glove gimmick, which is just stupid enough that I'm into it.

Monster rasslin'. I do wish the fight scenes had more weight and scale to them, but goddamn, they're just so much fun and visually engaging. I can't dislike a movie where Godzilla does a vertical suplex.

Sucko. I love this horrible little ugly-cute weirdo/giant ape version of Rock Howard, and not just because “hehe funni mokney” or the bit where Kong uses him as a blunt object to clobber those other assholes. I got genuinely invested in him and Kong bonding, as he realizes that barely anyone in the Skar King’s domain ever showed him genuine kindness before. He is good and can stay.

The Skar King. Fantastic love-to-hate-him scumbag villain, chock-full of personality. You really want to see Kong and Godzilla kick this guy’s ass, and his cruelty and tyranny getting paid back in full at the end is so satisfying. The only thing that really sucks about him is his uncreative name. Like come on, “Hanuman” was RIGHT THERE, especially since the Whipslash can totally stand in for a tail.

Skar King’s soldiers. I love these Lost City of Zinj-ass motherfuckers. They're nasty and fun and I want action figures of them yesterday, so hey uh, Playmates, maybe get on that? Not like you'd have to spend a ton of money either, just reuse the Ferocious Kong and Skar King body molds and make a couple new heads, splash some red paint on em and voila, instant gorilla warfare. That one balding ape with the fucked-up eye who Sucko kicks off the pyramid to his death might require some new tooling, but nothing major.

Shimo. It's nice to have an antagonist monster who isn't evil, and is still alive at the end of the picture. We don't often get reptilian monsters not named Godzilla that are babyfaces, and ice powers are rare in Toho kaiju circles. She's just a breath of fresh air, with a simple but effective design and a genuine emotional hook; I really felt bad for her when the Skar King was bossing her around and basically torturing her, and the joy she feels at her freedom from his control transcends onto me, the viewer.

Mothra is so fucking back. She makes her presence felt, she doesn't die this time, and she gets a little more to do here than in King of the Monsters, which I appreciate. I still say she ought to have a solo spinoff movie; she's Strong and Cool™ enough to stand on her own, and there's so much more you can do with her than just being Godzilla's conscience and bestest pal.

Tiamat. It was nice to see her in motion finally instead of just being relegated to tie-in comics that the movies ignore 99.9% of the time. Shame we’re never gonna see her again.

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE

Junkie XL's score. Soulless and unmemorable hackery, just like his work on Godzilla vs. Kong. The Skar King motif sounds like he started to compose something and then just gave up. He also has a Jimmy Hart version of "Mothra's Song" to accompany the previous movie's Jimmy Hart Godzilla theme, and it's just as lame. Bring back McCreary or Desplat, please and thank ya.

AVP-wi. As much as I like the Hollow Earth Iwi, I’m a little annoyed that the Iwi are now apparently the only ancient monster-worshiping culture there has ever been. It feels dumbed down, and limits what future stories in this setting will be able to do.

Godzilla Evolved. Boy oh boy do I have a lot to say about this, none of it good. Godzilla's new look is way too busy and overdesigned with all these spiky greebles all over him that make him look more like a Monster Hunter boss than the King of the Monsters, and his proportions physically hurt me to look at. Where did all the internal organs in his torso go to make his waist that slim? What the fuck is up with his arms? Why are there dorsal spines growing out of his elbows and forearms? It just doesn't look right. I get that they're trying to evoke the Godzilla 2000 design with the giant pink spines and slimmer body proportions and the spikier and slightly greener skin (it's even got the same feet) but it just isn't done that well, and besides, if I wanted to see that design, I'd watch that movie. It’s just fucking up the cohesion of the Legendary Godzilla design and eroding its visual identity even more, dragging it further and further in directions it wasn’t meant to go in a cynical capitalistic move to sell new toys. I said it in 2019 and I'll say it again: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Moreover, it's 100% cosmetic and doesn't actually affect the movie at all in any meaningful way, it's just Dragon Ball-style "new color = stronger" power creep. We keep being told how much more powerful Godzilla is now, but we're not shown any evidence that there's a significant difference. It doesn't feel like there's anything Evolved Godzilla does that regular Godzilla couldn't or hasn't before. He doesn't act any different or display new abilities. His new thagomizer and Batmanesque arm spines? Never uses 'em, they're just more surface greebles to clutter up the design. Why make changes like that if you're not gonna do anything with them? Hell, the only new trick Godzilla shows off in this, the classic blue Nuclear Pulse, is something he uses before he evolves! And then he never does it again after that! Even the atomic breath color change is meaningless. We're told it's stronger than before, but again, we never actually see that; it doesn’t seem to do any more damage to monsters or buildings than the old one did. Sure, it burns away Shimo's ice storm at the end, but Godziller burned a tunnel all the way through the fucking Earth with the regular blue breath in the last movie, so it doesn't really feel like something he needed a new form to be able to do. I don't believe for one second that Godzilla Evolved was necessary; there's not enough real difference between it and Original Flavor Godzilla to justify its existence. I realize that's probably unfair of me to say since I don't know if or how much anything that would've helped illustrate the difference better may have been part of the movie before but got cut for time, but to me at least, the effect on the finished film is that Most Powered-Up New Godzilla® just feels like a palette swap in a video game, and that's not great. Maybe instead, oh I dunno, you could have Godzilla have a rough time and just barely win against Scylla in Rome instead of wasting her in seconds, Final Wars-style? Maybe have a little flashback to the ancient war of Godzilla vs. Hanuman & 700 Big Gorilla, like show him barely surviving that, so we get an idea of what he's up against? Then when he powers up, we can buy that he's stronger now, like a sense of progression or something. Instead, what we get is basically a Hong Kong martial arts flick if it showed the hero doing a training montage and then beating all the bad guys, but didn't show any of why he needed to train in the first place, e.g. the bad guys kicking his ass. It's a payoff with no setup. I assume this is probably a side effect of Godzilla in New Empire being what immature people with bad opinions claim he was in Godzilla (2014)—a guest star in his own movie—so there might not have been a way to avoid this problem without significantly altering the pacing, but like…could they have at least fucking tried?

[whatsnextmovies]

Song of Back and Neck

April 23, 2018

[woonwijken]

HIIII may i please ask about your ocs i've been wondering about them for a while but just got the guts to ask aah

OH GOD I have so many ill talk abt a few of them:

the first bunch:

Rain Sow: ok so they're a sweetheart witch, she loves baking and loves playing games with friends. He is in a relationship with Maud & lives with florian. She works in a bakery and loves design :)

Florian Östberg: hes a college dropout and xe's a loser (affectionately). He had adhd & collects stuffed animals. Xe is kinda like danny phantom (unintentional) bc he almost died and Maud saved him. Xe also works in a bakery and loves gaming and watching movies. oh he's also in a relationship with Ephraim :-)

Maud Loughty: an angel!!! theyre just so sweet and so in love with human life! her favourite colour is purple & he's a wine aunt. loves languages and the tiny things in life!

Ephraim Kwo-Wolfe: A werewolf!! I made her quite recently so I havent really developed him, but uh he's a tattoo artist & a little bit of a fool, like. when she first turned she frantically googled if he could still eat chocolate. He has a buzzcut and misses one eye bc of big scars of her face.

the other bunch (different universe)

Kiran McKenzie: the first oc i made! theyre the guitarist in their band (the spitkids) & they're quiet but very kind. They work at a bookstore and is seen as the grandparent of the group. They're in a relationship with Elijah :)

Elijah Cavaco: the pianist & main singer in the band! theyre very silly and loves space and old video games. He's Jewish and has two dads & he can speak spanish !

Aubrey Waters: she's a skater and she plays the drums! She's in a relationship with Jayne and loves crochet (don't tell anyone). She has a bunch of piercings in her ears and a septum & sometimes she comes over to Kiran & jaynes house just to pet their cat.

Jayne Williams: The bassist! She lives with Kiran and they have a black cat. Nya loves painting and playing board games. Xe loves rollerskating and reading. Her bass is baby blue!!

[dearrinsecurity]

Felony - Standrew

Rating: PG-13

This fic is based off of how Andrew reacted using the Felony knife. We can all agree that he probably has a knife kink.

TW: mentions of s*lf h*rm (no actual s*lf h*rm), mentions of knife play (no actual knife play bc I’m a tease)

Other Tags: first time, first kiss, light bdsm, dom!Andrew, sub!Steven, handjobs, bondage, smutty with a fluffy undertone (honestly it’s probably reversed)

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“I’m just gonna go put my jacket up. Why don’t you pick a movie?”

The two men walked into the door of Andrew’s apartment after a long day of editing in a small meeting room at Buzzfeed. When Steven replied with an enthusiastic hum, Andrew smiled at him, letting his eyes linger just a split second longer than they should before he snapped himself out of his daze and went to his room.

As he turned, Steven saw a box sticking out of Andrew’s pocket with the APL logo and “Felony Knife” on the side. Did he buy the Felony Knife? After quickly pulling up a random movie they had both seen a thousand times, Steven started to walk towards Andrew’s room, determined to get answers.

He flung the door open, remembering for half a second that his friend deserved privacy before the thought completely left his mind at the sight. Andrew was kneeling over a box of knives. Like. A LOT of knives.

“What the heck?” Andrew jumped as Steven’s voice rang through the room.

“Steven!” Andrew quickly shut the case, hiding it behind him and trying to exude an air of nonchalance, but his wide eyes betrayed his panic. “Hi! Do you- umm did you find a movie?”

“Umm. Yeah.” Steven pauses and looked first at Andrew, then to the case behind him. The silver-haired male watched pale skin flush as he directed his eyes back to his friend’s face. “What are you doing?”

“N-NOTHING!” Andrew’s loud tone visibly shocked Steven. “Sorry. I’m not doing anything. Let’s just go watch the movie yeah?” Andrew quickly ushered Steven out of his room, turning off the lights and closing the door behind them.

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Later that night, Steven couldn’t sleep. Persistent inquiries filled his mind.

Why does Andrew have all those knives?

Why are they in his closet?

Why didn’t he tell me he was buying the Felony Knife?

So, as a Buzzfeed employee, Steven did the only thing he knew to do when he had a question: research.

Steven knew that simply Googling “why does my friend have knives in their closet?” might not be the best idea, but at this point, he didn’t have any other choice. He had to know.

A lot of things popped up, from Reddit articles to other crazy things, and one of them caught his eye and made tears begin to form.

“The Best Places to Hide Self-Harm Tools”

Steven’s breath caught his throat. Andrew was self-harming?! Steven looked over at his alarm clock. 2:36 am. Whatever. Time didn’t matter. If Andrew was hurting himself, there was no telling how far he would go. Andrew didn’t even seem depressed or suicidal! Steven was sure he was ok, but he wouldn’t know for sure until he asked. And that’s what he was going to do. Now.

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Steven rapidly knocked on Andrew’s door, starting to regret trying to come over at 3 in the morning, but then he thought about what Andrew could potentially be doing and all rational thought went out the window. Getting the spare key from under the flower pot, he let himself in, quickly making his way to his best friend’s bedroom. He opened the door quietly as to not startle Andrew if he had anything harmful in his hand or...against his skin... Steven shivered at the thought.

He saw Andrew hunched over the box in the low light of his bedside lamp. He had a cloth in one hand and the Felony Knife in the other, cleaning the new blade. Steven slowly walked in and knelt at Andrew’s left side, seeing earbuds in his ears. He reached around Andrew and slowly stilled his hands. He held the wrist with the cloth in one hand and let go with the other to take out Andrew’s earbuds.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Steven’s voice was shaky and low, barely above a whisper. Andrew turned toward him with a frightened look in his eyes.

“I didn’t think you would want to be my friend anymore. It’s a little weird. I just can’t help it. It feels so good.” Andrew looked down in shame, fidgeting with his fingers which had long since let go of the objects.

“Why wouldn’t I want to be your friend?! You’re amazing! And there’s no reason to be ashamed. Just let me help you.” Andrew’s narrowed eyes shot up in confusion.

“Help me?” There was a tinge of humor in his voice. “What do you mean by helping me, Steven?”

“Drew don’t-“ Steven reached down to grasp his friend's hands and he looked at his wrists. No scars.

He looked at Andrew’s thighs, exposed from the bunching of his boxers. No scars.

“Wait. Where are they?”

“Where are what, Steven?” Steven stood up and started pacing the room. Andrew replaced the knife properly and watched him.

“Your scars! Your self-harm scars! That’s the only thing-“ Andrew grabbed Steven’s arms, stopping the silver-haired man in his tracks.

“Woah! Steven, what are you talking about?” Andrew looked at the man with concern clearly displayed on his features. Steven took a deep breath and calmly started to explain.

“I saw your knives and I couldn’t stop thinking about why you had so many and why they were in your closet so I googled it and one of the articles that popped up mentioned hiding self-harm tools in closets and my brain kinda ran with it. I’m sorry.” Realization quickly dawned on Andrew’s face and he chuckled at the way Steven’s brain worked. He pulled the man in front of him into a hug, squeezing him tightly. Steven clung to him, slightly shaking from relief.

“Steven Kwo Wey Lim,” the shorter man whispered into his friend’s hair, “I promise you that I’m not hurting myself. Thank you for worrying about me, though. It means a lot.” Andrew pulled out of the hug and held Steven’s upper arms.

“Ok. That’s good. Wait. What were you worried about me finding out? And if it’s not self-harm then why do you have...” The taller man trailed off as he looked over at the case. Taking it all in, there was more than just knives. There were soft-looking ropes and cords, cuffs, bandages, whips, and a box of black latex gloves.

“Do you get it now, Steven?” Steven shook his head. A predatory look took over Andrew’s eyes. He leaned in and spoke lowly into Steven’s ear. “I don’t use these knives in the kitchen.”

The way Andrew’s voice dropped drew a gasp from the taller man. “You use them...in here?” Steven’s voice cracked on the last word. Andrew pulled back.

“Yep,” said Andrew, popping the ‘p’. “Do you want to see how?” The shocked look on Steven’s face drew a smirk from Andrew. He knew he won.

The honey-haired man grabbed the hands of his taller friend, bringing him towards his bed. He nudged Steven onto the foot of the bed and knelt between his legs. Steven’s eyes darted around, not focused on anything but the thoughts filling his head. “I need you to say something, gorgeous.”

“O-ok...” Steven blinked a few times and focused on Andrew, letting a small smile overtake his features. “Y-yeah. Yeah. I want to. Yeah.” Andrew picked up on Steven’s hesitance immediately.

“What’s wrong, darling?”

“What? What do you mean? N-nothing’s wrong!” Steven’s high-pitched voice gave away how nervous he actually was.

“Talk to me, Steven. I know it may seem scary when I go into my ‘dom mode’,” he chuckled, “but you don’t have to be nervous. I promise that I won’t hurt you or do anything you don’t want. Tell you what. I’ll let you pick out what I use.” Andrew slid the box across the floor toward the foot of the bed.

Steven contemplated the bulky black case. He couldn’t deny that the thought of Andrew tying him up sent shivers down his spine. He bit his lip in anticipation. “Can you- umm...Can we use the ropes?” Steven didn’t meet Andrew’s eye. The blonde man chuckled and lifted the other’s chin with his fingers.

“You want me to tie you up, baby?” Steven let out a whimper. Andrew smirked. “Ok. We can do that.”

Andrew tipped up on his knees. “Can I kiss you?” At Steven’s responding nod, he placed a soft kiss on his lips, feeling the other boy immediately relax under his gentle touch. Andrew pulled back slowly with a soft smack, watching Steven’s eyelids flutter open. “Move up onto the bed, sweetheart.” Steven nodded at the order dazedly and began to scoot back.

He laid his head against the crisp white pillows. His silver hair and burning red cheeks stood out against the white cotton and Andrew immediately decided that this was a sight he wanted to see every day for the rest of his life.

Andrew grabbed the ropes and placed them onto the bed next to Steven. Then, he positioned himself over the other man, using one of his knees to spread Steven’s pajama-clad legs before settling between them. His forearms were braced around a silver halo and he stopped, staring at the beauty underneath him.

Steven’s hands reached up from his sides to rest on Andrew’s flanks. “Dreeeeewwwww,” he whined.

“Yes?” Steven sighed in exasperation at Andrew’s smirk and teasing tone.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Because you’re breathtaking, Steven. Absolutely stunning.” Steven flushed under the praise.

“You’re a liar.” Andrew chuckled at the childish tone.

“I only speak the truth.” They shared a small, genuine smile. Steven’s hands moved from Andrew’s sides to wrap around his neck.

“Stop being a sap and just kiss me, you loser.”

“Ok, baby,” Andrew chuckled. A new blush rose on Steven’s cheeks from the pet name and he smiled, humming into the kiss. The shorter man slipped his tongue out, running it along Steven’s bottom lip. His mouth opened at the request and Andrew slipped his tongue in to twist it around Steven’s. Andrew discovered that when he sucked on Steven’s tongue, he made the most delicious moan.

Andrew let one hand roam down, running along Steven’s side before grabbing Steven’s thigh and wrapping it around his hip. The surprised noise Steven made was quickly swallowed by Andrew.

Steven pulled Andrew down by his shoulders, causing him to collapse on top of him. Their bodies slid together like puzzle pieces. Both men gasped at the impact of their hips. “Oh,” Steven moaned as he bucked up into the friction.

“Look at you,” Andrew cooed. “My beautiful little virgin,” Steven whined at the praise through panting breath.

“Is- Is the virgin thing doing it for you?” Steven chuckled breathlessly at Andrew. His laugh broke off into a gasp as he felt Andrew’s lips and teeth working over his neck.

“It’s more the knowledge that you’re mine and no one else is ever going to see you like this,” Andrew mumbled against the pale column of his throat. Steven moaned at the words. The shorter man stared straight into dark eyes and winked. “But yeah. Virgin thing works, too.”

Andrew grinned down at the man beneath him. The mood changed in the blink of an eye. No longer was it hungry and desperate. When the two sets of sparkling eyes met, the loving mood set in. “You have no idea how long I’ve wanted this,” the shorter sighed. He moved one arm to stroke Steven’s cheekbone with his thumb.

“Ditto.” Steven beamed, his tongue sticking between his teeth as he smiled brightly.

Andrew leaned down to kiss him, using the hand on Steven’s cheek to tilt his head. With the bite of a lip, the desperation returned. Andrew moves down to Steven’s throat, biting and sucking wherever the moans were loudest. As his tongue ran over Steven’s carotid, the silver-haired boy used the leg around Andrew’s hip as leverage, grinding against him through thin fabric. Moans rose from both men.

“Damn. Steven! Wait.” Andrew pushed his hips down into the mattress, disconnecting their groins. “Wait.”

“Did I do something wrong?” There was worry in Steven’s eyes.

“No, sweetie. You did nothing wrong. I was just very very close,” he chuckled.

“Oh!” Steven flushed. “I was too honestly…”

“Well, we can’t have you coming just yet. We haven’t even gotten you undressed,” Andrew glanced over at the smooth black ropes. “Or tied up,” he said with a smirk. Steven whimpered.

Their lips reconnected as hands wandered. Andrew propped up onto his haunches and pulled his shirt over his head, leaving him in nothing but his boxers. As he pushed Steven’s shirt up, he kissed the exposed skin, watching the muscle twitch in response. The shirt was across the room in no more than a few seconds.

Dark eyes watched honey hair travel down to a pert nipple. Steven threw his head back as Andrew’s tongue circled that spot on his chest. “Heh. Sensitive, are you?”

“Shut up, Drew. Hng!”

Andrew stopped his ministrations and leaned over to grab the black nylon ropes from the other side of the bed. “Arms above your head, beautiful.” Steven moved immediately, a flush covering his face as Andrew smiled at how quickly he obeyed. “Good boy.” Steven moaned.

Andrew tied Steven’s arms up in a simple knot. “Is this okay?” The taller man tugged on the ropes a bit before nodding slowly. “Hmm. That’s good.” Andrew ran his hands down Steven’s arms, relishing in the male beneath him. “You look so good like this, all helpless underneath me.” Steven writhed at the attention.

Andrew kissed down the paler man’s body to his waistband. “Can I?” Steven nodded quickly, drawing a chuckle from Andrew’s mouth. “So eager,” he said teasingly.

Andrew pulled on the elastic, leading it down long legs and down to the floor, admiring the view presented to him. Boxers came next after another nod of consent. “You’re absolutely stunning, Stevie. I can’t believe I’m the first person to ever see you like this.”

“Heh. You’ll probably be the last, too,” Steven said subconsciously.

“Why do you say that?”

“No reason!” Brown eyes turned down, avoiding the searching pair of the man above him. “It’s just… I don’t think I could ever trust anyone the way I trust you. I don’t think I could love anyone the way I love you.” Andrew launched down and kissed Steven fiercely.

“I love you, too, Steven. So much.” Both men smiled brightly at the other before connecting their lips in a sweet slow kiss. “How far do you want to go, love?”

“Just- just touch me? I don’t think I’m ready for anything else.”

“Ok, baby.” Andrew moved his hand down Steven’s body, caressing his side as the pale man panted against his lips.

Andrew led his hand down to Steven’s cock, wrapping a loose hand around it. His hips jumped at the contact, trying to thrust into the fist. “Drew! Shit,” he gasped.

“There you go, sweetheart. So good for me.” He was still thrusting into Andrew’s fist. The shorter let go, drawing a whimper from Steven. Andrew straddled the other male, grabbing both of the pricks in one of his fists.

“O-Oh!” Steven bit his lip, moving as much as he could into the friction. Andrew started humping motions, rubbing their cocks together and stroking at the same time.

“Hmm. You feel so good, Steven. Damn.” Andrew leaned down to kiss Steven, immediately adding his tongue and letting it dance around with Steven’s.

The kiss broke, a whine coming from the bruised column of Steven’s throat. “Drew. Drew, I think I’m gonna come.” Andrew hummed.

“That’s ok. Just let go. Come for me. Let me see you.” Steven tensed, white ribbons shooting from the head of his cock and onto his stomach. Andrew’s come joined his a second later.

Both men lay panting, Andrew propped up with one arm outstretched with a hand on the pillow and the other resting on Steven’s ribs.

The ropes fell from Steven’s wrists a second later. He leaned down to kiss the taller man’s wrists, admiring the twisting patterns the ropes left, before waddling to the bathroom to grab a washcloth. He wiped Steven down, littering kisses all over his body. The rag was discarded and both men got under the covers, cuddling into each other, kisses placed wherever lips could reach as they both fell asleep, sated and happy.

[ultraviolcnce]

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Also heads up this blog is 18+ only due to extreme violence and gore bc of that good ol ultra violence ya know

[jeanineitsme]

GOD’S NOT DEAD: WE THE PEOPLE

GOD’S NOT DEAD: WE THE PEOPLE

I’m so excited about the newest in the God’s Not Dead franchise! God’s Not Dead: We the People came out today for a 3 day release! This movie has all the makings of a great film. I was glad to see that many of the original God’s Not Dead cast members have returned to star in this movie. Look for David A.R. White as Reverend Dave Hill, Paul Kwo as Martin Yip, and Hadeel Sittu as Ayisha Moradi. New…

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Family Guy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Family Guy The Family Guy logo: bold blue letters in all caps spelling out "Family Guy" with a small cartoon antenna television used to dot the "i" in "Family" A group picture of a cartoon family, with a father, mother, son, daughter, baby and dog. The Griffin family. From the left: Chris, Peter, Stewie, Lois, Brian (dog), and Meg. Genre Animated sitcom[1] Created by Seth MacFarlane Developed by Seth MacFarlane David Zuckerman Voices of Seth MacFarlane Alex Borstein Seth Green Lacey Chabert Mila Kunis Mike Henry Patrick Warburton Theme music composer Walter Murphy Composer(s) Ron Jones Walter Murphy Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. of seasons 15 No. of episodes 289 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Seth MacFarlane (1999–) David Zuckerman (1999–2003) Daniel Palladino (2001–02) David A. Goodman (2005–12) Chris Sheridan (2005–12) Danny Smith (2008–) Mark Hentemann (2009–) Steve Callaghan (2009–) Alec Sulkin (2011–) Wellesley Wild (2011–) Producer(s) Shannon Smith Julius Sharpe Kara Vallow Steve Marmel (2011) Sherry Gunther (1999–2003) Editor(s) Mike Elias Camera setup Animated rendition of single-camera Running time 20–23 minutes 45 minutes (select episodes) Production company(s) Fuzzy Door Productions Fox Television Animation 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network Fox[N 1] Picture format NTSC 480i (Seasons 1–8) HDTV 720p (Season 9–) Audio format Dolby Surround 2.0 (broadcast Seasons 1–8) Dolby Digital 5.1 (Season 9–) Original release January 31, 1999 – present Chronology Preceded by Larry & Steve Related shows The Cleveland Show External links Official website www.fox.com/familyguy/ Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture. The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in 1998, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy had aired in 2002, Fox canceled the series, with one episode left unaired. Adult Swim burned off the episode in 2003, finishing the series' original run. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2004 for a fourth season, which began airing on May 1, 2005. Since its debut on January 31, 1999, 289 episodes of Family Guy have been broadcast. Its fifteenth season began on September 25, 2016. Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. In 2009, it was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. Family Guy has also received criticism, including unfavorable comparisons to The Simpsons. Many tie-in media have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as original music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult based on the Family Guy universe; and Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy (2010), a series of parodies of the original Star Wars trilogy. In 2008, MacFarlane confirmed that the cast was interested in producing a feature film and that he was working on a story for a film adaptation. A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, featuring Cleveland Brown, aired from September 27, 2009, to May 19, 2013. "The Simpsons Guy", a crossover episode with The Simpsons, aired on September 28, 2014.[2] Family Guy is a joint production by Fuzzy Door Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television.[3] In 2013, TV Guide ranked Family Guy the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.[4] Family Guy premiered for a fifteenth season on September 25, 2016. A sixteenth season was silently renewed by Fox in May 2017.[5] Contents  [hide] 1 Premise 1.1 Characters 1.2 Setting 2 Development 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Executive producers 4.2 Writing 4.3 Early history and cancellation 4.4 Cult success and revival 4.5 Lawsuits 4.6 Voice cast 5 Hallmarks 5.1 "Road to" episodes 5.2 Humor 6 Reception and legacy 6.1 Ratings 6.2 Critical reception 6.3 Awards 6.4 Criticism and controversy 7 Broadcast 8 Other media 8.1 Books 8.2 Live performances 8.3 Film 8.4 Spin-off 8.5 Video games 8.6 Crossovers with other animated series 9 Merchandise 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Premise Characters Main article: List of Family Guy characters The show revolves around the adventures of the Griffin family, consisting of father Peter Griffin, a bumbling yet well-intentioned blue-collar worker; Lois, a stay-at-home mother and piano teacher who is a member of the wealthy Pewterschmidt family; Meg, their often-bullied teenage daughter who is also constantly ridiculed and ignored by the family; Chris, their awkward teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent and a younger version of his father in many respects; and Stewie, their diabolical infant son of ambiguous sexual orientation who has adult mannerisms and uses stereotypical archvillain phrases. Living with the family is their witty, smoking, martini-swilling, sarcastic, English-speaking anthropomorphic dog Brian, though he is still considered a pet in many respects.[6] Recurring characters appear alongside the Griffin family. These include the family's neighbors: sex-crazed airline pilot bachelor Quagmire; African American deli owner Cleveland and his wife Loretta (later Donna); paraplegic police officer Joe, his wife Bonnie, their son Kevin and their baby daughter Susie; neurotic Jewish pharmacist Mort, his wife Muriel, and their geeky and annoying son Neil; and elderly child molester Herbert. TV news anchors Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons, Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, and Blaccu-Weather meteorologist Ollie Williams also make frequent appearances. Actors Adam West and James Woods guest star as themselves in various episodes. Setting Three buildings, two of the same stature, and one smaller than the others The skyline of Providence, as viewed from the northwest looking southeast, from left to right: One Financial Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, and 111 Westminster Street A cartoon version of the previous image The skyline's animated Family Guy counterpart The primary setting of Family Guy is Quahog (/ˈkoʊhɒɡ/ [pron. ko-hog or kwo-hog]), a fictional district of Providence, Rhode Island that was founded by Peter's ancestor, Griffin Peterson. MacFarlane resided in Providence during his time as a student at Rhode Island School of Design, and the show contains distinct Rhode Island landmarks similar to real-world locations.[7][8] MacFarlane often borrows the names of Rhode Island locations and icons such as Pawtucket and Buddy Cianci for use in the show. MacFarlane, in an interview with a news program on WNAC-TV, Channel 64 in Providence, stated that the town is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island.[9] Development Main article: The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve MacFarlane initially conceived Family Guy in 1995 while studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[10] During college, he created his thesis film entitled The Life of Larry,[10] which was submitted by his professor at RISD to Hanna-Barbera. MacFarlane was hired by the company.[11] In 1996 MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry entitled Larry and Steve, which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve; the short was broadcast in 1997 as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons.[10] An elder white-haired cartoon man with a white shirt and blue jeans next to a brown furred cartoon dog holding a book with a red background Larry (left) and Steve (right) as they appeared in Larry & Steve (1997), an animated short directed by Seth MacFarlane. Larry and Steve would form the basis for the Family Guy characters of Peter and Brian, respectively. Executives at Fox saw the Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series, entitled Family Guy, based on the characters.[12] Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a 15-minute short, and gave him a budget of $50,000.[13] Several aspects of Family Guy were inspired by the Larry shorts.[14] While working on the series, the characters of Larry and his dog Steve slowly evolved into Peter and Brian.[12][15] MacFarlane stated that the difference between The Life of Larry and Family Guy was that "Life of Larry was shown primarily in my dorm room and Family Guy was shown after the Super Bowl."[14] After the pilot aired, the series was given the green light. MacFarlane drew inspiration from several sitcoms such as The Simpsons and All in the Family.[16] Premises were drawn from several 1980s Saturday morning cartoons he watched as a child, such as The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang and Rubik, the Amazing Cube.[17] The Griffin family first appeared on the demo that MacFarlane pitched to Fox on May 15, 1998.[18] Family Guy was originally planned to start out as short movies for the sketch show MADtv, but the plan changed because MADtv's budget was not large enough to support animation production. MacFarlane noted that he then wanted to pitch it to Fox, as he thought that that was the place to create a prime-time animation show.[16] Family Guy was originally pitched to Fox in the same year as King of the Hill, but the show was not bought until years later, when King of the Hill became successful.[16] Fox ordered 13 episodes of Family Guy to air in midseason after MacFarlane impressed executives with a seven-minute demo.[19] Episodes Main article: List of Family Guy episodes Season Episodes Originally aired Nielsen ratings First aired Last aired Rank Viewers (in millions) 1 7 January 31, 1999 May 16, 1999 33 12.80[20] 2 21 September 23, 1999 August 1, 2000 114 6.32[21] 3 22 July 11, 2001 November 9, 2003 125 4.50[22] 4 30 May 1, 2005 May 21, 2006 68 7.90[23] 5 18 September 10, 2006 May 20, 2007 71 7.20[24] 6 12 September 23, 2007 May 4, 2008 84 7.94[25] 7 16 September 28, 2008 May 17, 2009 69 7.56[26] 8 21 September 27, 2009 June 20, 2010 53 7.73[27] 9 18 September 26, 2010 May 22, 2011 56 7.66[28] 10 23 September 25, 2011 May 20, 2012 63 7.30[29] 11 22 September 30, 2012 May 19, 2013 62 6.94[30] 12 21 September 29, 2013 May 18, 2014 78 6.11[31] 13 18 September 28, 2014 May 17, 2015 94 5.86[32] 14 20 September 27, 2015 May 22, 2016 111 4.28[33] 15 20 September 25, 2016 May 21, 2017 116 3.93[34] Production Executive producers MacFarlane has served as an executive producer during the show's entire history, and also functions as a creative consultant. The first executive producers were David Zuckerman,[35] Lolee Aries, David Pritchard, and Mike Wolf.[36] Family Guy has had many executive producers in its history, including Daniel Palladino, Kara Vallow, and Danny Smith. David A. Goodman joined the show as a co-executive producer in season three, and eventually became an executive producer.[37] Alex Borstein, who voices Lois, worked as an executive and supervising producer for the fourth and fifth seasons.[38] A more involved position on the show is the showrunner, who acts as head writer and manages the show's production for an entire season.[39] Writing A man with a bald head and a brown sweater, and a man with spiked brown hair and glasses, speaking into a microphone. Matt Weitzman (left) is a former staff writer and Mike Barker is a former producer and writer of the show. Both left the series to create the ongoing adult animated sitcom American Dad! with Seth MacFarlane. Barker would depart American Dad! as well, following production of the show's 10th season. The first team of writers assembled for the show consisted of Chris Sheridan,[40] Danny Smith, Gary Janetti, Ricky Blitt, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Matt Weitzman, and Mike Barker.[41] The writing process of Family Guy generally starts with 14 writers that take turns writing the scripts; when a script is finished it is given to the rest of the writers to read. These scripts generally include cutaway gags. Various gags are pitched to MacFarlane and the rest of the staff, and those deemed funniest are included in the episode. MacFarlane has explained that normally it takes 10 months to produce an episode because the show uses hand-drawn animation. The show rarely comments on current events for this reason.[42] The show's initial writers had never written for an animated show; and most came from live-action sitcoms.[16] MacFarlane explains that he is a fan of 1930s and 1940s radio programs, particularly the radio thriller anthology "Suspense", which led him to give early episodes ominous titles like "Death Has a Shadow" and "Mind Over Murder". MacFarlane explained that the team dropped the naming convention after individual episodes became hard to identify, and the novelty wore off.[43] For the first few months of production, the writers shared one office, lent to them by the King of the Hill production crew.[43] Credited with 19 episodes, Steve Callaghan is the most prolific writer on Family Guy staff. Many of the writers that have left the show have gone on to create or produce other successful series. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan co-wrote 13 episodes for the NBC sitcom Scrubs during their eight-year run on the show, while also serving as co-producers and working their way up to executive producers.[44] Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman left the show and went on to create the long-running and still ongoing adult animated series American Dad! MacFarlane is also a co-creator of American Dad![45][46] On November 4, 2013, it was announced that Barker had departed American Dad! during its run as well, after 10 seasons of serving as producer and co-showrunner over the series.[47] During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, official production of the show halted for most of December 2007 and for various periods afterward. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, which he termed "a colossal dick move" in an interview with Variety. Though MacFarlane refused to work on the show, his contract under Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it would subsequently produce.[48] Production officially resumed after the end of the strike, with regularly airing episodes recommencing on February 17, 2008.[49] According to MacFarlane, in 2009, it costs about $2 million to make an episode of Family Guy.[50] Early history and cancellation Family Guy officially premiered after Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999, with "Death Has a Shadow". The show debuted to 22 million viewers, and immediately generated controversy regarding its adult content.[51] The show returned on April 11, 1999, with "I Never Met the Dead Man". Family Guy garnered decent ratings in Fox's 8:30 pm slot on Sunday, scheduled between The Simpsons and The X-Files.[19] At the end of its first season, the show ranked at #33 in the Nielsen ratings, with 12.8 million households tuning in.[52] The show launched its second season in a new time slot, Thursday at 9 pm, on September 23, 1999. Family Guy was pitted against NBC's Frasier, and the series' ratings declined sharply.[19] Subsequently, Fox removed Family Guy from its schedule, and began airing episodes irregularly. The show returned on March 7, 2000, at 8:30 pm on Tuesdays, where it was constantly beaten in the ratings by ABC's then-new breakout hit Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, coming in at #114 in the Nielsen ratings with 6.32 million households tuning in.[53] Fox announced that the show had been canceled in May 2000, at the end of the second season.[54] However, following a last-minute reprieve, on July 24, 2000, Fox ordered 13 additional episodes of Family Guy to form a third season.[51] The show returned November 8, 2001, once again in a tough time slot: Thursday nights at 8:00 pm ET; this slot brought it into competition with Survivor and Friends (a situation that was later referenced in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story).[55] During its second and third seasons, Fox frequently moved the show around to different days and time slots with little or no notice and, consequently, the show's ratings suffered.[56] Upon Fox's annual unveiling of its 2002 fall line-up on May 15, 2002, Family Guy was absent.[19] Fox announced that the show had been officially canceled shortly thereafter.[57] Cult success and revival Fox attempted to sell the rights for reruns of the show, but finding networks that were interested was difficult; Cartoon Network eventually bought the rights, "[...] basically for free", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television.[58] Family Guy premiered in reruns on Adult Swim on April 20, 2003, and immediately became the block's top-rated program, dominating late-night viewing in its time period versus cable and broadcast competition, and boosting viewership by 239%.[19][59] The complete first and second seasons were released on DVD the same week the show premiered on Adult Swim, and the show became a cult phenomenon, selling 400,000 copies within one month.[19] Sales of the DVD set reached 2.2 million copies,[60] becoming the best-selling television DVD of 2003[61] and the second-highest-selling television DVD ever, behind the first season of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show.[62] The third-season DVD release also sold more than a million copies.[59] The show's popularity in DVD sales and reruns rekindled Fox's interest,[63] and, on May 20, 2004, Fox ordered 35 new episodes of Family Guy, marking the first revival of a television show based on DVD sales.[62][64] "North by North Quahog", which premiered May 1, 2005, was the first episode to be broadcast after the show's hiatus. It was written by MacFarlane and directed by Peter Shin.[65] MacFarlane believed the show's three-year hiatus was beneficial because animated shows do not normally have hiatuses, and towards the end of their seasons, "... you see a lot more sex jokes and bodily function jokes and signs of a fatigued staff that their brains are just fried".[66] With "North by North Quahog", the writing staff tried to keep the show "[...] exactly as it was" before its cancellation, and "None of us had any desire to make it look any slicker".[66] The episode was watched by 11.85 million viewers,[67] the show's highest ratings since the airing of the first season episode "Brian: Portrait of a Dog".[68] Lawsuits In March 2007 comedian Carol Burnett filed a $6 million lawsuit against 20th Century-Fox, claiming that her charwoman cartoon character had been portrayed on the show without her permission. She stated it was a trademark infringement, and that Fox violated her publicity rights.[69][70][71] On June 4, 2007, United States District Judge Dean D. Pregerson rejected the lawsuit, stating that the parody was protected under the First Amendment, citing Hustler Magazine v. Falwell as a precedent.[72] On October 3, 2007, Bourne Co. Music Publishers filed a lawsuit accusing the show of infringing its copyright on the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", through a parody song entitled "I Need a Jew" appearing in the episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein". Bourne Co., the sole United States copyright owner of the song, alleged the parody pairs a "thinly veiled" copy of its music with antisemitic lyrics. Named in the suit were 20th Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Co., Cartoon Network, MacFarlane and Murphy; the suit sought to stop the program's distribution and asked for unspecified damages.[73] Bourne argued that "I Need a Jew" uses the copyrighted melody of "When You Wish Upon a Star" without commenting on that song, and that it was therefore not a First Amendment-protected parody per the ruling in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.[74][75] On March 16, 2009, United States District Judge Deborah Batts held that Family Guy did not infringe on Bourne's copyright when it transformed the song for comical use in an episode.[76] In December 2007, Family Guy was again accused of copyright infringement when actor Art Metrano filed a lawsuit regarding a scene in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, in which Jesus performs Metrano's signature "magic" act involving absurd "faux" magical hand gestures while humming the distinctive tune "Fine and Dandy".[77] 20th Century Fox, MacFarlane, Callaghan and Borstein were all named in the suit.[78] In July 2009 a federal district court judge rejected Fox's motion to dismiss, saying that the first three fair use factors involved — "purpose and character of the use", "nature of the infringed work" and "amount and substantiality of the taking" — counted in Metrano's favor, while the fourth — "economic impact" — had to await more fact-finding. In denying the dismissal, the court held that the reference in the scene made light of Jesus and his followers — not Metrano or his act.[79][80] The case was settled out of court in 2010 with undisclosed terms.[81] Voice cast

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God’s Not Dead (2014)

God’s Not Dead is the kind of film that should be so bad it’s good, but then goes too far and becomes embarrassing.

When university student Josh Wheaton (Shane Harper) is told by his philosophy professor Jeffrey Radisson (Kevin Sorbo) to sign a declaration that “God is dead” in order for the class to move on to “rational thought”, he refuses. Now he must debate the subject with his professor to avoid a failing grade.

To give you an idea of what kind of it's-us-or-them mentality the film has, look at its principal characters. Professor Radisson is an atheist, which means he hates all religions and will openly mock people for believing in what is really their own damn business. It isn’t enough that Josh has to stand up against him; the student’s world has to hang in the balance of this debate, as losing will kill his potential future in law. In fact, not denouncing his faith (in what is an unfair situation from a school where apparently no one ever raises an eyebrow) will likely cost him his longtime girlfriend (Cassidy Gifford as Kara, so not in this movie she’s barely worth mentioning). There are no human beings here, only crude approximations for the director to bash you over the head with.

God is Not Dead is 100% false. It doesn’t even address basic ideas you’d expect it to bring up. Isn’t debating faith as pointless as questioning love, truth or other intangibles? Josh’s argument could simply be “I feel it in my heart” and no one could prove otherwise, right? not in God’s Not Dead, a film set in a strange realm where unbelievers are created by the kind of tragic backstories that are a dime a dozen. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We haven’t yet touched the superfluous side plots and characters. Professor Radisson is dating Mina (Cory Oliver) who is taking care of her elderly mother while her atheist brother (Dean Cain, playing more of a Lex Luthor than Superman) is dating Amy (Trisha Lafache), a left-wing blogger eager to ridicule anyone who has even an inkling of faith. Meanwhile, a young Middle-Eastern woman, Ayisha (Hadeel Sittu) has to hide her conversion to Christianity from her Muslim father –what’s this? a religious person who is… not pure of heart and soul? Let’s just boot him out of the movie quick and move on! There are even more subplots and tangents with a Chinese student (Paul Kwo) who takes a keen interest in the classroom debate, a reverend whose car won’t start (perhaps a sign of divine intervention?) and cameos by Duck Dynasty member Willie Robertson and Christian music group the Newsboys.

Even for its intended audience, God’s Not Dead is hack writing, the kind of unrealistic stacked-deck melodrama that brings nothing to those watching. Stay away. (On Netflix, March 31, 2018)

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Probably should've mentioned this before now but I saw that there Godziller Minus One and loved it, top tenner for me for sure. Great melodrama, great monster stuff. Check it out before it's gone from theaters if you haven't already.

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The Complete Detail Of God's Not Dead 2 Name God's Not Dead 2 Storyline When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her response lands her in deep trouble. Detail Of  God's Not Dead 2 Director Harold Cronk Writer Chuck Konzelman Cary Solomon Produced by

Dan Campbell -- co-producer

Troy Duhon -- executive producer

Elizabeth Hatcher-Travis -- producer (as Elizabeth Travis)

Robert Katz -- executive producer

Chuck Konzelman -- co-producer

Brittany Lefebvre -- producer

Stars & Cast

Maria Canals-Barrera  --  Catherine Thawley

Pat Boone -- Walter Wesley

Robin Givens -- Principal Kinney

Melissa Joan Hart -- Grace Wesley

Brad Heller -- School Attorney

Ernie Hudson -- Judge Robert Stennis

Hayley Orrantia      -- Brooke Thawley

Paul Kwo -- Martin Yip

Trisha LaFache -- Amy Ryan

Music by Will Musser Genres Drama Country USA Language English Release Date

Canada -- 1 April 2016

USA -- 1 April 2016

Brazil -- 7 April 2016

South Korea -- 7 April 2016

Peru -- 7 April 2016

Poland -- 8 April 2016

Filming Locations

Little Rock

Arkansas

USA

Certificate Rated PG for some thematic elements Box Office of  God's Not Dead 2 Budget $5,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend $7,623,662 (USA) (3 April 2016) (2,419 Screens) Gross

$20,773,070 (USA) (17 July 2016)

$20,768,823 (USA) (10 July 2016)

$20,748,319 (USA) (26 June 2016)

$20,737,401 (USA) (19 June 2016)

$20,712,690 (USA) (12 June 2016)

$20,699,843 (USA) (5 June 2016)

$20,615,516 (USA) (22 May 2016)

$20,505,201 (USA) (15 May 2016)

Technical Specs of God's Not Dead 2 Runtime 120 min Sound Mix N/A Company Credits of  God's Not Dead 2 Production Company Pure Flix Productions This Movie Detail Written By  www.Moviemorning.com

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MI22 At the Movies:

Now that I’ve seen it twice and had some time to think about it more, I’m finally ready to share my spoilery thoughts. Short version: I really liked it, and will for sure have to reshuffle my Top 10 Favorite Godzillers now!

Anyway, SPOILER TIME…

WHAT I LIKED

More Neat Worldbuilding: I really enjoyed getting to see more of Monarch’s inner workings, and expanding on the Hollow Earth stuff discussed in Kong: Skull Island, and…the fucking lost civilization of Mu???? We also see some really cool ideas regarding Titan biology and the complex ecosystem they inhabit, like Godzilla lighting up his dorsal spines as a threat display, which is a genius idea that I’m surprised no other film in the series has ever done, and Mothra and Godzilla’s symbiotic relationship (more on these later). And finally there’s the ORCA, which is both a nice expansion on Joe Brody’s research into bioacoustics from the first film and…maybe a stealth reference to Project T?

The Story: much as I love the 2014 Godzilla, one weakness of that film I will admit to is that its story lacked focus, jumping back and forth between Monarch and the military’s attempts to track/contain the monsters and some other guy who wants nothing to do with it and only becomes involved by accident or narrative convenience. This film doesn’t have that problem, with the human narrative running pretty parallel to what’s going on with the monsters. The plot may be a little thin, but who cares? It does what it needs to do. That post-credits scene also some…interesting implications, and I really want to see the MonsterVerse continue after Godzilla vs. Kong so we can get some kind of follow-up on it.

The Characters, Mostly: the puny hew-mons feel more compelling to me this time around, though some of them don’t don’t get nearly enough to do. Mark is a believable broken sad dad, stiff and shouty though he may be at times, and his arc of going from “kill all the monsters” to “leave the good ones alone” is nice. Emma is a good layered antagonist who gets a few good redemptive moments late in the film, and Maddie is a way better kid character than this series has had in some time, instantly care-aboutable and never grating. Alan Jonah…or…Jonah Alan…whatever the fuck his name is…Charles Dance’s character is a pretty interesting villain, though I wish he and his S.C.A.L.E.-esque crew of ecoterrorists got a bit more focus. The Monarch crew are pretty fun and memorable as well, although I didn’t catch a lot of their names. Jokey McChucklefuck annoyed me at first, but grew on me before the end. Science Beardman is OK too. The Doctors Chen don’t have a ton to do, but are likable enough and a really inventive way to include the Little Beauties and still keep things somewhat grounded. Soldier Lady is also pretty cool, and you can tell they wanted Danai Gurira but couldn’t get her. In terms of the returning cast, Serizawa gets more to do this time around beyond his gig as a kaiju eiga Dr. Loomis, including a tear-jerking echo of his heroic sacrifice from the 1954 film, only this time it’s to save Godzilla instead of kill him; I grew to love his character in this film, and he’ll be sorely missed in future installments. Graham does not get much to do, and I’ll get into that in a little more detail later, but I appreciated her presence nonetheless. Admiral Bad-At-His-Job is…still bad at his job, but you get the sense that he’s just trying his best.

Big Fella: Godzilla himself being great, of course, goes without saying, but I’m gonna talk about him anyway because he deserves it. While I adore the 2014 Godzilla design, the little changes made for KotM are very nice. The classic “maple leaf” spines return, with big crackly veins of Cherenkov light (what can that mean?) when he’s getting ready to spit, and he even gets a bit more of a club tail like the old Showa era suits. He keeps his expressiveness from the previous film, naturally; you can feel how pissed he is when Ghidorah shows up. Like I mentioned before, Godzilla lighting up his spines as a threat display is a fantastic idea. The way his eyes glow when he’s charging his atomic breath is also a neat callback to Godzilla: The Series. By the end of the film, he even gets to trot out that edgy alternate mode that certain elements of the fandom just can’t fucking let go of, Burning Godzilla. While I can’t say I particularly like Burning or the film it originally comes from, it’s handled really well here; the way everything around him starts catching on fire and melting is a nice touch that the makers of Godzilla vs. Destroyah could probably have included if they’d actually given a shit. The big nuclear pulses he fires off during this are impressive and cool, though Spiral Fire is notable by its absence.

Mothra: the Queen of the Monsters isn’t in this film as much as I’d like, but when she does get her time to shine (literally and figuratively), she’s pretty goddamn great. The bioluminescence really makes this version of Mothra stand out compared to her previous incarnations, and her design has really grown on me now that I’ve seen it in motion. She kinda does a role reversal from GMK, powering up Godzilla after Ghidorah fries her, and finally gets to use her stinger. I really like the idea of her species and Godzilla’s species having a symbiotic relationship as mentioned earlier, though I wish that had been fleshed out a little more; as it is, it kinda gets paid off without really being set up. Still cool, though.

OH SHIT, IT’S A BIG BIRDIE: Rodan really stole the show for me. He’s got a great design and is so chock-full of personality, a cocky bully who’s a sniveling coward underneath, immediately switching sides once things go bad for Ghidorah, kind of like 1970s Gigan. His moves after he emerges from the volcano as he battles the jets are impressive, and that reference to The Giant Claw he does is also pretty great.

King Fucking Ghidorah: This just might be my favorite incarnation of King Ghidorah ever. His expressiveness, overt (almost cartoonish) malice, how he commands other monsters to do his bidding, that sick wing-lightning shit he does, keeping the outer space origin, the heads being so full of personality and briefly arguing with each other, super-fast healing, his music being a prayer to the number three…all-around fantastic depiction of ol’ KG.

NEW FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS: some people would call the new Titans “uninspired” or “generic”. I would call those people “fuckheads”. Woolly mammoth/sloth/munky hybrid Behemoth is great, a simple but well-executed concept, and I need a toy of him like two weeks ago. Scylla, a cross between Krabby and Omastar, is a pretty good creepy-crawly. Mountain boy Methuselah is scarcely seen, but seems like a nice Angilas stand-in, with echoes of the early G14 “Rokmutul” concept or the Earth Eater from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Finally, there’s a new MUTO with spiky armor, and if you know me, you know how much I love the MUTOs, so I was delighted to see her.

The Action: there’s way more kaiju rasslin’ this time around and it’s pretty great, with Godzilla and Ghidorah locking horns multiple times and taking part in a fantastic tornado-tag match at the end with Mothra and Rodan fighting in the sky. It’s flashy and exciting, while never losing the sense of scale and weight seen in Godzilla’s 2014 outing.

The Visuals: YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING, UNLIKE WB’S SHITTY G14 BLU-RAYS. I really like this film’s use of color; it may not be as saturated as, say, Pacific Rim, but it’s a nice contrast with G14′s more muted, subdued color palette; now that the whole world knows that monsters exist, we can bring everything out of the shadows. The cinematography is also excellent. Ghidorah perched on top of the volcano howling his alpha call with a cross in the foreground, Serizawa making his way up the pyramid steps, Rodan and the other Large Lads bowing to Godzilla at the end as he roars triumphantly…these shots feel just as iconic to me as the head rising over the hill on Oto Island.

The Music: Bear McCrary’s score is so fucking good. I do miss Alexandre Desplat’s cues for the 2014 film, but Bear is more than a worthy successor. Hearing the classic Godzilla March and Mothra’s Song mixed in nearly brought tears to my eyes, and that cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Godzilla” is a real banger. The original material is fantastic as well, most notably the new Rodan and Ghidorah themes. All that hype chanting of the monsters’ names along with the music gets the blood pumping. It’s just so FUCKING GOOD I LOVE THIS FUCKING SOUNDTRA

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE SO MUCH

Stuffing Vivienne Graham Into The Fridge: this bothered me. It wasn’t movie-destroying like The Assassination of Mako Mori by the Coward Steven S. DeKnight, but it’s still a big dumb misstep in my opinion. Admittedly Graham didn’t really do much in either this film or the previous one, but like…why not give her more to do, then? Instead, they just kill her off, Serizawa’s sad for like 5 minutes, and that’s it. This seems to be a disturbing trend in Legendary monster movies: female character from the first film who’s well-liked by the fandom gets killed in the sequel to briefly fuel a male character’s angst and then is never mentioned again. Plus wouldn’t “it’s been an honor” have meant more coming from her than from Jokey McChucklefuck? If they pull this same shit with Madison or the Chens in Godzilla vs. Kong, I’ll be big mad.

Critical Ass: the ticking-clock element of “oh man, Godzilla’s gonna explode due to the excess radiation Serizawa fed him” during the final battle felt really clumsy and tacked on. His massive intake of power could just as easily be explained as something Mothra did, since he didn’t change into Burning form until after she sprinkled her pixie dust on him. If Burning Godzilla happened because of the nuke, why do we see Mothra’s wing patterns and hear her call when Godzilla does the nuclear pulse? Is it like a little of column A, little of column B type of thing? And of course the meltdown never actually adds up to anything, Big G’s totally fine afterward. This is something that probably should have been rewritten, or even cut altogether.

FINAL ASSESSMENT: despite a couple of things that didn’t work for me, I kind of love Godzilla: King of the Monsters a lot. It’s a real love letter to the series, and deserves to do so much better than it’s doing. See it in theaters while you still can, if you haven’t already.

RATING: 4½ charred Red Sox hats out of 5

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MI22 At The Movies - Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

It's super effective!

In all seriousness, I haven't smiled so much in a long time. I've been feeling lousy for the past couple of months, and Detective Pikachu was just the pick-me-up I needed. This film is fun, charming, has a lot of heart and a great sense of adventure, and feels like a genuine love letter to the Pokémon franchise. Give it a watch this weekend.

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kWo At the Movies: Clifford the Big Red Dog

Cute, inoffensive, occasionally very fun. Dog is big. There's a two-headed monster sheep in it. 3 outta 5.

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MI22 At the Movies: Justice League & Thor Ragnarok

So I went out to the thee-yater not too long ago to get caught up on capeshit, and you’ll never guess which one I liked more. Spoilers ahoy…

Thor Ragnarok: I wanted to like this film, I really tried. It’s not to say I wasn’t entertained, but I got nothing else out of it. The production design and visuals were certainly great, Hulk being Hulk was fun, Valkyrie was rad, Stacker Pentecost Heimdall did cool hero stuff, and Hela was an awesome villain and a far better Rita Repulsa than the one we got in that fucking awful Power Rangers flick earlier this year. However, that’s about all the positive things I can say about it. It just felt so…bland, like Heisei Godzilla or Star Wars prequel bland, the product of a sterile corporate environment. The humor was forced and never really let up; a major theme about the evils of imperialism, and the dangers of romanticizing the past by ignoring it, is hard to take seriously when most of the rest of the film refuses to take anything seriously. Thor spends most of the film acting completely out of character, all for the sake of a cheap laugh. And while things happened and were pretty and exciting, I never really cared about what was happening. Like Odin just kinda…died with no setup and barely any explanation about ten minutes in, and it went by so fast that I felt absolutely nothing. Even the much-hyped Beta Ray Bill cameo was a letdown, just a lame statue on the side of a building, same as Bi-Beast and the Champion of the Universe (at least I think it was the Champion of the Universe?); I’m sitting there like “really, this is what people were excited about?” Overall,Thor Ragnarok is a picture I can’t really recommend. If you’re an MCU completist and absolutely must see it, go with a matinee or dollar show, or wait for rental or On Demand. 4.5/10

Justice League: I’m shocked by how much I enjoyed this. Not a home run like Wonder Woman was, but a solid base hit, and after so many strikeouts from the DCEU I’m happy with that. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still plenty here that’s not great. Most of the first half feels unfocused. The costume changes to the Amazons were stupid. Wondy’s role and characterization were disappointingly reduced; I’d hate to see the pre-reshoots version, which apparently she was in even less. The effects were super jank, especially on Generic Villain #74656 Steppenwolf, who looks like a character model from a PS2 game, and the terrible CG job to remove Supes’ mustache in the reshoot scenes. We have yet another “one big bad with an army of CGI mooks” setup, which I’m so tired of in cape pictures. Flash was horribly annoying, a walking, breathing Whedonism, and his costume looked awful. The positives, however, outweighed the negatives for me. Aquaman was fucking great and a highlight. Cyborg really got me to care about him despite spending relatively little time with him. I really got a sense of a team learning to work together. This film has a sense of humor that (aside from Flash) doesn’t go overboard; the quips feel earned and in character, and the film gets serious when it needs to. The score by Danny Elfman is excellent, a big step up from the Hans Zimmer/Junkie XL DADDA DADDA DADDA DADDA BANG BANG BANG ON THE KEYBOARD BABY generic action-movie tripe we’ve endured so far, with liberal use of the classic Batman march (though I’m still disappointed he didn’t work his old TV Flash theme in there too). And while of course Zack Snyder just had to have one more fucking scene of “I REALLY HATE SUPERMAN”, once Big Blue gets his bearings, he’s exactly the Superman I was hoping for in these flicks: chipper, smiling, righteous, cracking little jokes…no longer a mopey, selfish jerk whining about how he’s tortured and conflicted and the human race just suuuuucks you guuuyyysss. And that post-credits stinger, which I will not spoil, is fantastic. Not a perfect film by any means, but enjoyable, and a further step in the right direction for the DCEU. Definitely give this one a look; go in with an open mind and you may be surprised. 7/10

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MI22 At The Movies: Creed II

First time I’ve been able to get out to a theater in two and a half months, and I’m glad I did. Creed II is damn good, and stands tall alongside the best of the mainline Rocky films. It’s an emotional roller coaster, every character has a purpose and stakes and growth, the cinematography is great, the acting is great, the big bout at the end is fantastic, and it nicely concludes the story of Rocky IV. If you’re in the mood for a good boxing flick, you can’t go wrong here.

Also holy shit the dude who plays Ivan Drago's kid is HUGE. If we ever get another Street Fighter movie, there’s my first and only choice for Zangief.

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MonsterIsland22 Goes to the Movies: Wonder Woman

It's good. Go watch it.