#most enjoyable podcast about film making

[doughmonkey]

Benicio Del Toro Improvised A Surprising Amount Of Sicario - Boss Hunting

[red-might-be-dead]

hello hi here to force strange thoughts into your brain once again, this time about jrwi (wow who could’ve guessed)

been thinking about this for a little but it’s basically what i think some campaigns would be if not podcasts, i haven’t listened to some of the older ones so i’m sorry they’re not on here :(( if you have any ideas feel free to add them btw :DD

RIPTIDE!!!!! - really long animated series

not an anime though, no matter how much grizzly wants it, it would be an animation style where the characters could have very clearly different nose, face and body shapes, really pushing my riptide nose agenda here sorry, each episode would be like 20-40 minutes long and instead of coming out in seasons there would be massive gaps in between episodes, from 2-6 months long, to leave time for writers and animators to get stuff done (massive team of animators btw, i feel like it would be pretty successful)

PRIME DEFENDERS!! - comics

literally nothing else they could be, just really well made, well performing comics (i’ve already talked about this before you can stalk my talk tag if you really want to find it lmao), the comic company making them would be keeping well away from movies n shit btw

APOTHEOSIS!!! - i wasn’t really sure about this one to be honest

i had to ask my friend and she said anime which i don’t agree with but i can see it, i think maybe a short book series where each book is 150 - 300 pages and is about a different god they have to kill/a different episode, i think that works but if anyone has any better ideas please tell me :D!!

BLOOD IN THE BAYOU!!! - i hate to say it, i really do…

bitb would be a really long really good 80s horror book with strong homoerotic undertones, a satisfied fanbase and lots of active members in the community making fan comics, films, writing, theories and art ect… until well after the book came out……….. and then it would be made into the most egregious and awful live action movie you have ever seen, the most awful casting (like chris pratt as officer dudes….. throws up) and even worse sfx, oh yeah and the characters would be ruined and the story would become so butchered it wouldn’t make sense, they would do some shit like cut out becky so kian just kisses some random lady (removing both a really good and well written character and a layer of kian’s character that i think is super important) and make rolan really be an evil bug spy the whole time so rand has to kill him to save the town also add in a whole new sub plot that never existed like the rand family is secretly a long line of bug alien hunters or something fucking stupid like that and the entire fanbase would murder whoever thought re-writing the story was a good idea (ahaha can you tell ive been through something like this before ahahaha, character morals and motives being removed and whatnot ahahahhahahaha.)

anyways………

THE SUCKENING!!! - live action series

it would be well made though, unlike the bitb movie it would be its own original thing, have great makeup and effects also be well casted and well shot, well written, ect ect, it would bloody and gory and not suitable for people who can’t handle showing bones and organs all over everywhere, lots of shitty rip off merch would be made though and the fandom would be 99% gay little freaks (normal suckening enjoyers) and 1% homophobic straight white men who get mad whenever they see soda and emizel having gay sex on screen or whatever fag shit that biting thing was

again feel free to add your thoughts and ideas and shit in the reblogs it would be nice to read them :DD!!

[antianakin]

@theneutralmime

Oh this could get long, I don't talk about the sequels often lol. But I recently had to rewatch the entire trilogy as research for the podcast, so I have some more solid opinions on this now, so let's go.

Rey is a character who suffered from a fairly basic set-up in TFA that went exactly nowhere when her trajectory changed in TLJ and they couldn't figure out how to fix it in TROS (and the studio execs came in and enforced certain things to happen because they figured it would make certain fans happy). Rey IS her own character, she's not just like... Luke 2.0 or whatever, but the general set-up of "young hero stuck on their own in their life they can't escape and who ends up forced into an adventure when adventure happens to find them" is... not the most original thing in the world. It can be REALLY GOOD when executed well, there's a reason it's popular, but nothing about Rey was like... insanely original aside from the fact that she was a woman as (one of) the main character(s) in Star Wars films for the first time.

And then Rian Johnson took this pretty basic set-up that everyone understood and went "what if I threw this on the ground and spat on it and crushed it for good measure to be Edgy" and that's how we got TLJ with "Rey Nobody" who somehow already knows everything she needs to know which makes her ENTIRE JOURNEY to go find Luke completely meaningless and shifts the story from being about HER to being about LUKE. It's dumb, it's stupid, and it was bad writing.

Not following the very obvious character arc set up for her in TFA means that Rey as a character vacillates back and forth between motivations and characterizations in each new film. So it's hard to know like... who Rey even IS as a character, what's important to her, what she cares about, why she even WANTS to be a Jedi, what kind of Jedi she'd actually be, etc. In the first film, she's on a very basic journey of learning to let go of the idea that someone will come back for her on Jakku in order to recognize that it's better to find ways to connect with new people than push aside those relationships for one that has already gone. This is why she leaves Finn at the end of the film to find Luke in the first place, she can't let her connection to Finn be what holds her back any more than she could let her connection to her parents hold her back. She has a greater destiny out there to follow that she can only answer if she learns how to let go. In the second film, her entire motivation surrounds saving Kylo Ren for some reason and, as mentioned before, she apparently already knows everything she needs know and doesn't need any training or guidance of any kind which leaves her exactly nowhere to go as a character. In the third film, it's all about figuring out how to connect to the Jedi of the past for... reasons and struggling with the sudden revelation that she is Palpatine's granddaughter and therefore has extra capacity for darkness in her or something.

There's nothing consistent about her across the three films which leaves Rey and her story just... in the dust. She could've been a perfectly good and enjoyable hero character had they just let her follow the path she was set up on in TFA, and instead we got... the mess she became. I LIKE Rey, I think she's occasionally fun and I like the relationship she has with Finn and Poe in TROS, but she got absolutely SLAUGHTERED by this trilogy.

But that is NOTHING compared to what happened to Finn.

Finn is unarguably the most interesting and unique character introduced in TFA. A stormtrooper deserter with the potential to be Force sensitive AND the main love interest for the other main female character? A stormtrooper who could become a JEDI, the clear potential for a stormtrooper rebellion, the parallels and connection between Finn and Kylo that so clearly demonstrated that theme of choice (with Finn being someone raised in darkness who chooses selflessness and compassion anyway vs Kylo who was raised in light with all the support and resources he could ask for and still chooses selfishness and darkness), the possibility of having true CO-LEADS for the first time with Finn and Rey as like two halves of one hero with the romance being there to lift them BOTH up rather than relegate one of them to the side. The potential here with Finn was LIMITLESS, it was INSANE.

And ALL OF IT got squandered. Every last ounce. Finn got COMPLETELY sidelined in TLJ, separated from all of Rey's storylines and replaced by Kylo Ren, his Force sensitivity was not further explored, the entire story with the rebellion could've been what jumpstarted his stormtrooper rebellion plotline and instead he got thrown off into some weird casino c-plot bullshit to try to thrust him into a new romance that wasn't with Rey, and he was just constantly being physically hurt by other characters as though it was a joke of some kind. TROS attempted to bring SOME of it back by having him going on more missions with Poe off-screen, allowed Finn, Poe, and Rey to be an actual trio with a relationship together, and hinted at the Force sensitivity more than once. But by the time TROS came around, the damage had been done and it couldn't manage to come back from that, so Finn ended up developing nowhere in that film and does basically nothing but follow around Poe and Rey wherever they go, more sidelined than ever but at least he's not constantly being hit and he IS still involved in the main storylines in a way he wasn't in TLJ.

The options were all SO GOOD for Finn and we got resolution for exactly none of them and because of how badly John Boyega and his character got treated, we'll likely never get any real resolution for his character EVER because he is understandably not going to come back to Star Wars after this. I haven't yet forgiven Rian Johnson for the choices he made in TLJ that ruined Finn.

I actually like Kylo best in TFA because I think, much like everybody else, that's where we see the real potential for what the character could've been. Kylo in TFA is really set up to just be "another Anakin" where he went dark but can still be saved by the love of the father/son bond and then he ISN'T. They set the audience up SO HARD for that eventuality, for Kylo to be secretly not as evil as he seems, for him to be someone who can be saved like Anakin was saved, so you're sitting there expecting that to happen during that scene on Starkiller Base with Han, which is why it comes as such a shock when he kills Han anyway and turns the ENTIRE NARRATIVE on its head by telling you that Kylo IS NOT ANAKIN and isn't going to be saved the same way if he can be saved AT ALL (and it's heavily implying he CAN'T BE SAVED). TLJ basically just redid this entire narrative from TFA all over again except with Rey and the dyad, but because they did it with Rey and the dyad, there ended up being a bunch of people who ended up VERY invested in Reylo as a thing and so the studio then caved to that in TROS and saved Kylo despite that never being in the original plan according to Adam Driver.

And I think it would've been kind-of interesting to have this character who seems like he should be able to be saved like Anakin, but not everyone CAN be saved, not everyone WILL ultimately make better choices when given the option, some people are just going to double down on their darkness and commit to being evil. I like the subversion of expectations from what we were given with Anakin, the way he's like the inverse of Anakin in so many ways and looks up to "Darth Vader" as a role model of sorts without ever understanding the choices Anakin actually made, both good and bad. And if TLJ had actually, you know, expanded upon what TFA had already established instead of just saying the exact same thing all over again, maybe we could've gotten a more interesting story out of his character.

Which leads us to Luke and his role in "creating" Kylo. Here again we get what seems to be a lack of agreement between the people in charge about what this story was supposed to be and say. TFA sets up that Kylo is making his own choices, he's not brainwashed, and his primary problem seems to be with his parents. TLJ then turns around and says it was all LUKE'S fault, that Luke had a moment of weakness and it threw Kylo into a fury he's never come back from, but Luke's mistake is what ultimately led to everything that followed. And like... this isn't Luke. Maybe some people really enjoyed seeing Luke be this broken old man who just makes the same mistakes over and over again, but this wasn't Luke to me. I don't buy that Luke had an instinct that caused him to ignite a weapon in response to feeling the darkness in his nephew's mind, something he's only feeling because he's literally INVADING HIS NEPHEW'S MIND AS HE SLEEPS. There is nothing about his choices here that are in line with anything we knew about Luke from the Original Trilogy. Luke would never do this to someone he cared about, he just wouldn't.

The movie's insistence on making Luke into this broken beaten old man is also, as I mentioned above, a massive mistake because it turns the story in TLJ from REY'S journey into LUKE'S journey. Rey isn't the one who has to learn things and develop in this film, LUKE is. LUKE is the one who fucked up, LUKE is the one who lost hope, LUKE is the one who has to be taught a lesson about what it means to be a Jedi in the end. Rey does shit all in this film.

It also moves the focus away from it being KYLO'S CHOICES that led to what he's become to this weirder story about how Luke screwed up and has to fix it by... trusting that Rey already has it covered I guess? Instead of focusing on how Kylo made selfish choices and what actually PROMPTED those selfish choices despite all of the support he had and the legacy of his parents and the way that that parallels the choices being made by Rey and Finn, it focuses on LUKE, someone whose story has ALREADY BEEN TOLD. Kylo ends up a little bitchass victim in this instead of a character who is making clear and concise choices, something that was established when he killed Han in TFA, so his choice at the end of TLJ when he kills Snoke and takes over as Supreme Leader doesn't have the same impact when we've already see him make that choice in the climax of the last film. It's redundant and walking back the choice from TFA sort-of undoes everything that it's trying to say about the character and makes TLJ's conclusion feel wishy washy. Is he a tragic victim who has to be saved, or is he a villain who just needs to be eliminated? It's unclear by the end of TLJ.

Luke's role in "creating" Kylo was stupid on so many levels, both structurally and in terms of character. It never should've happened and it's an insult to who Luke is and has been to this story and I haven't forgiven Rian Johnson for THIS choice either. TROS does attempt to fix this and walk it back, as well, but much like with Finn, the damage was done.

So as far as I'm concerned, TFA is a solid film with a really interesting concept of taking a premise we all think is predictable and then subverting those expectations pretty intentionally, but the other two films are a complete and utter mess that aren't worth the 10ish hours of my life they have taken from me by watching them each twice now. There's a few fun moments in TLJ and TROS but I can't say that either film is like... a good or enjoyable film overall.

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Neil Young & The Stray Gators - Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, January 29, 1973

Hey, I'm on another podcast, talking about — who else!? — Neil Young. The guys from Treble's Rock Docs asked me to join them for a discussion of Harvest Time, Bernard Shakey's latest opus, which takes viewers on a very intimate journey through the past to witness the making of (most of) Harvest. I think it's a great doc, maybe one of Neil's most thoroughly enjoyable films, really putting you right there in the barn with the Stray Gators. It's a good talk, go listen! (Should I be hosting my own Neil Young podcast? Hmmm!)

And hey, let's listen to some more of the Stray Gators! This Norfolk tape is one of the best audience recordings from the Time Fades Away tour — and I think one of the first boots from this era that I ever got my hands on. I remember being fairly blown away by the electrified arrangement of "New Mama," having only heard the hushed Tonight's the Night version previously. Just another thing that sent me spiraling into my ongoing Neil obsession.

Did I mention that I saw the man himself a few weeks back? I'm sure I did. Look for my review of a 2023 Young comeback show in LA in the upcoming issue of Uncut. Short version: it was amazing.

[gabessquishytum]

thinking about the porn studio au again and craving fluff... so! hob's had a busy (and throughly enjoyable) week of filming, they've wrapped for the week, and he and dream have a nice relaxing friday evening together before dream has to fly out on saturday morning for a business thing. a little annoying, hob always likes weekends when he gets some time alone with dream, but it's not a big deal. hob's fully intending to spend the weekend doing absolutely nothing, it'll be nice.

dream has to leave before dawn, so he wakes hob up for a kiss goodbye and then hob goes back to sleep... so when he wakes up properly it's to an empty bed. which is never his favourite way to wake up, it doesn't put him in a great mood, but it's fine. he'll get up and make coffee and go about his day of relaxing. it'll be fine.

it's... not quite fine. it sets in gradually enough that it takes hob a bit to figure it out, but when he burns his toast and starts crying about it... yeah, that's enough to clue him in that he's having a delayed drop. and part of him really just wants to go back to bed and hide and not say a word to dream -- his plane should be landing about now, there's nothing he can do, the last thing he wants is to make dream worry about him while he has more important things going on, it's not important, he's not important -- but dream has been very clear about what he wants hob to do in a subdrop.

so when dream calls after he gets out of the airport, hob tells him how he's feeling. and dream is... very tempted to turn around and get on the next plane home, honestly, but he knows that's not a rational thing to do. so instead he gives hob a few easy self-care tasks and immediately calls the other endless (and the corinthian).

over the next twenty minutes, all hob's other doms filter into the house. despair shows up first, hauling her ridiculously heavy weighted blanket to put hob under while the others arrive. a few of them bring treats, delirium brings her new favourite fidget toys, death brings a comfortable harness hob loves in case he wants to feel a little restrained. half an hour after he called, when dream's booked into his hotel room and checking flights home and telling himself that the others can take care of hob and he does not need to overreact, he gets a text from death.

they've all piled into hob and dream's bedroom, most of them on their bed, which is plenty big but it still takes work to get that many people on it. it helps that hob is laying fully on top of destruction -- hob's not exactly small, but literally everyone looks small next to destruction. destiny's dragged one of their armchairs into the room and is settled in next to the bed with a book that he's reading out loud. death's taking the picture, but there's a space left for her in the tangle of limbs on the bed.

it's a good reminder to dream -- hob may be his partner, but the others aren't only hob's doms while they're working. they adore hob, all of them, and they're all more than happy to drop everything and come take care of hob when he needs them.

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I love this SO much. The aftercare and emotional availability of bdsm dynamics is such a wonderful thing, it's almost difficult to express how it feels but that comfort and feeling of safety and closeness? Unmatched. I need Hob to have that.

Idk also the idea of Delirium bringing fidget toys for Hob really touched me as well! I can absolutely imagine Hob being a person who needs something to do with his hands. When the headspace gets shitty he needs something physical to engage a part of his brain because otherwise he will ruminate and get super anxious. Fidget toys plus weighted blanket is the perfect combo, and Delirium and Despair are both so good at reading Hob’s physical needs during a drop. They just get it, no words needed.

I'm imagining Hob just being gently bombarded by pleasant, caring vibes. Lots of comfort food, all his favourite music and podcasts (Death remembers all his favourite things and it makes him cry a bit), napping on Destruction's chest and getting a killer massage from the corinthian that leaves him boneless.

He confides the thoughts that come with the drop while he's showering (Desire is washing his hair and Destiny is just sitting in the bathroom), and they talk about it a bit and go through some very gentle thought-questioning exercises. By the end of the day he's quiet but smiley and ready to have a better day tomorrow. He's got kisses and soft thank-yous for all his doms, and in his evening call to Dream he sounds sleepy but very very settled.

By the time Dream gets home, Hob is out of his drop but the flat is still crammed to the gills with the Endless + Cori. Dream gets pulled into the cuddle puddle and he doesn't even complain! He's so so grateful to the group for taking care of Hob, it means the absolute world to know that his love will always be safe and cared for. They get on his nerves but he wouldn't give up on working with his family for the whole world.

[jules-has-notes]

2020 VoicePlay spring roundup — trying times and trying new things

The world faced many sudden, dramatic changes in early 2020, and VoicePlay was no exception. The entertainment industry as a whole was hit hard when live performances and film sets were shut down all at once.

Being the adaptable folks they are, the VP guys quickly shifted their production process. They actually had a bit of an advantage, since they already recorded most of their vocals in their home studios. The logistics of filming videos proved trickier, but they implemented their vast creativity to find ways to keep bringing the fun.

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From a distance

Once the guys had sorted out some of their plans for the immediate future, they decided to try a livestreamed hangout on YouTube. The technical aspects were a little rough, but it was nice to see them in a casual setting until they could finish producing new music.

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Virtual adventure

The next day brought the release of two very different collaborations. One was a slow jam about biomes and their inhabitants from JamSchooled featuring J.None. The other was Thomas Sanders's latest production with PattyCake, which combined his flair for the melodramatic with their ability to create big fantastical visuals.

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Getting homey

Like many of us, the Jacobsons leaned into the domesticity of being home so much more than normal. Eli served as Ashley's cinematographer for a baking video on her Instagram. She has recently removed it, but the end results look tasty.

Since the official government guidance allowed people to designate small groups ("bubbles") for limited in-person contact, the Steins were able to have uncle Tony over for their annual Passover seder as usual.

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After the VoicePlay livestream went passably well, Geoff decided to host one on his solo channel during Easter weekend. The practice he'd gotten with the other guys made it go a little smoother.

Meanwhile, Earl continued his DIY grooming to get his facial hair under control for the impending Florida summer weather.

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Play on

The next weekend brought the release of J.None's latest collaboration, a track called "Right Here" by Italian musician Lorjs. He also put a couple live clips of other songs on his Instagram, one with an old friend from high school.

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VoicePlay did figure out a way to make new videos together fairly quickly, because it was a method they already had in their repertoire. Using the compositing they'd honed during their initial PartWork run, they created a version of disco classic "I Will Survive" that bolsters the spirit.

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Talk to me

A commenter in Geoff's Chaturday stream had mentioned that Matt Fouch from the Bass Singing Central podcast was interested in an interview with him, and it came together in short order.

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Knowing how loyal and passionate PattyCake's fans are, Layne and Tony gave them a quick update on the logistics of their production schedule and a little glimpse into their plans for the foreseeable future.

The first of those more grown-up projects was a collaboration with their friend Erin Anderson, showcasing some of the ways people were dealing with the stress of the pandemic.

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By the beginning of May, even sound guy Paul Kaleka got a little nostalgic about being on the road with VoicePlay, despite their frequent teasing of him.

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"Being stuck at home in the studio is great and all, but I’m missing my mobile office with VoicePlay."

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Springtime spookiness

Geoff used some of his free time to record another short story narration. He took another dip into Poe's body (Heh.) of work for this classic tale of frustration at a bad employer taken to horrific extremes.

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Since developing new merchandise doesn't require face-to-face meetings, VoicePlay rolled out a cute new logo pin, and provided a suggestion for how to display your fannish enjoyment.

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Everybody now!

VoicePlay have always enjoyed being part of the greater performance community and giving back whenever they can. So when they decided to create a new video as a fundraiser for the MusiCares charitable organization, they invited a whole slew of friends from across the country to join in. Layne did a masterful job arranging and combining everyone's vocals, and the result is absolutely joyous.

It also raised the question most hardcore VP fans have at some point: "Wait, he was part of the group, too?!"

[They might not want to provide a full backstory, but Huldra Draco has made a nice overview video of their membership history. And yes, I have a very long post on the topic in my drafts that will be published at some point.]

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The PattyCake guys displayed some more ingenuity, too. Since it wasn't feasible to gather their cast members at the studio for the time being, Layne and Tony revisited their trio of adoptive mothers from the year before. They spiced things up by remixing both the song itself and the video footage.

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Tales from the road

The next weekend, VoicePlay premiered another take on a public chat stream in the form of "True VoicePlay Stories". They shared a memory from their travels that is really only funny in hindsight because nothing went catastrophically wrong. (Be careful not to mix up your medication, folks.) It's a fun glimpse into the realities of being touring musicians, and also shows that VoicePlay's storytelling prowess doesn't necessarily require music.

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Commemorations of love

Layne, Cyndi, and the girls continued their family tradition of celebrating Dori's birthday with a family music video for the fourth year in a row. This time, they got their villainy on, singing "Evil Like Me" from The Descendants.

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In the middle of June, Earl marked the fourth anniversary of the tragic losses at the Pulse nightclub shooting. In the midst of another ongoing traumatic event, the memories of the friends he had lost on that night felt particularly poignant.

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The guys were pretty quiet on social media for the rest of the month while big changes happened behind the scenes, but all would be revealed soon enough.

[hindisoup]

Hiii, I've been following your blog since some time. And I've been very fascinated and impressed by your journey. I'm sure at this point you know hindi better than me (I'm not proud of this, I'll focus better on Hindi from now). And I've always had this question, I'm not sure if I asked you or if you have already answered it or not. But how did you start learning Hindi? Are you Indian or indian origin? And how has your journey been? Did you find difficulties? What was easy for you and what did you like/dislike about the culture as you continued learning the language? I'm very curious.

Hi and thank you so much for such a nice ask!

Here's my previous answer to how I got into Hindi in the first place.

In short, I am just a Finnish linguaphile with no connection to India or South Asia whatsoever. I have loved learning about different languages since childhood but Hindi (and Urdu on the side) has been my passion for the past six to seven years now.

I got into the language very typically through Hindi cinema but more than just the aesthetics I'm fascinated by the history, art, socio-political fabric, nature and just all of it. I love learning new things in general and there's always something new about Indian people or culture that draws my interest. Looking at things - whether political, religious or whatever - from a distance, I try to observe and form an understanding more than form opinions - it's not my place and all I have is endless respect for Indian people. I've never been to India but believe me I have long to-do and to-see lists when I eventually one day get to go there.

My language journey has been very enjoyable. I've done some online courses, had iTalki tutors, done some videos to practice pronunciation, made a huge Anki deck and done lots of reading, podcast listening and film watching. I was making great progress but my learning has been on somewhat hiatus since last autumn when I got a new job that took all my energy. Since January I've been writing a PhD thesis proposal that has taken all my spare time and my Hindi learning has diminished to scrolling Tumblr poems and listening to film songs while commuting. The passion is still there and I intend to return to my routines as soon as possible.

What I love most about Hindi as a language is the logic of it. It's - for me at least - very easy to 'get' Hindi, as in understanding the grammar rules - why things are the way they are. Hindi is a very learner-friendly language that way. A bigger issue is the immense vocabulary and understanding of the historical and cultural roots around borrowing sounds and words from Sanskrit, Persian and other languages - how they play together and how they do not etc. When learning Hindi you are never just learning Hindi!

I had some trouble learning Devanagari at first and learning to differentiate all the sounds (and produce them from my mouth). It took time, but one day they clicked. I'm not perfect and there's a lot of room for improvement but seeing the progress I've made is very encouraging and helps me keep on learning. Learning Nastaliq and Naskh is another story - and another journey altogether!

[welcome-to-green-hills]

I’m sure that you’re familiar with the problems concerning the comics about mandates. Do the movies get mandates? Asking because I feel like you would know since you love these movies a lof

Hello, my dear!❤️✨

I do not read the IDW comics, however I am… very aware of the “concerns” with them. It seems to be a bit hard to evade those arguments no matter the social media platform one is on. To answer your question, the movies are given pointers. Meaning that SEGA could provide some suggestions to add the story and character interpretations (GHZ Podcast, 2022). Each of the actors and staff members of the films are given material from various games to use when telling the story. If the director, writers, and/or actors have questions, SEGA is there to answer them. In a recent interview with one of the writers, Pat Casey explained that SEGA is very lenient with what they can do as long as it’s easy for the audience to follow along with material and story (Mystery, 2023).

To my recollection, the only time that the writers butted heads with SEGA was with the concern of the chaos emeralds (GHZ Podcast, 2022). While the games have the chaos emeralds and Master Emerald as separate items, the movie has the emerald strapped inside of the Master Emerald and permanently free from its bond (Mystery, 2022).

The point of these films and limited series is to align with the game canon. Most fans—whether you’re fresh into the fandom, a longtime fan, or even a casual enjoyer—are very familiar with the games compared to the shows and comics. Not everyone has the luxury of consuming all of the fruitful content of Sonic and its many outlets. Not everyone can keep up with its own established canon for alternative universes. Lore and canon references from other branches of media are not to be utilized due to copyright. For example, characters like Sally Acorn (Archie Sonic) and Johnny Lightfoot (Sonic the Comic!) will not have cameos/mention of them existing due to legal concerns. Paradox prisms (Sonic Prime) and enerbeams (Sonic Boom) wouldn’t necessarily make an appearance either due to copyright as well.

In short, the films appear to possess little-to-none of the supposed mandates that the IDW comics seem to face today. There’s more freedom and leniency to the films.

I hope that this answers your question, my dear!

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 3/7/2023

soooooo there's another classic Dad Movie character ive adopted bc ive decided he's bisexual

listening

Black Hole Baby by Superorganism. i would put a marker down and say this is the sound of the summer but this came out last summer :/ the very flat (slightly chiptune?) delivery of the lyrics combined with the hyper bouncy...squelchy??? lasers? is extremely fun. this song is neither creepy nor wet but it is viscous bc u are on a spaceship partying as a black hole is Getting You

listen. anything that starts off with subway chimes and the following lyrics is going to be good. these are good song choices in my mind.

I've been eating fruit I've been sleeping well when I can

the bridge in the middle with bits and pieces of radio hosts shouting them out-- i could take it or leave it. i do like how this band namedrops themselves constantly. it's like an oil painting at an estate sale with a huge legible signature at the bottom.

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reading

i have read about three-quarters of raymond chandler's oeuvre (hardboiled detective/film noir author and screenwriter of note) this week. i cannot in good faith recommend these books because they contain some of the worst excesses of their time, which is good bc this is not a review series.

sometimes, i'm watching or reading something and i decide it would be a good tuesdaypost candidate. i hate the term consume but it's the quickest descriptor here, so bear with me. if i am consuming a work based on the recommendation of a friend, it changes how i consume the work-- i'm on the lookout for the elements they used in their pitch. if i'm consuming a work to write an article or paper (rare these days) i'm stopping halfway through to take notes, i'm rewinding to catch details, i'm delving into interviews, i often fully rewatch or reread. if i'm liveblogging something i am mostly on the lookout for humorous and/or gay bits. if in the middle of something i catch myself thinking "ooh this would be good to talk about for the tuesdaypost" that introduces another like, film or lit crit level to the rest of my time with the work. it's very difficult to turn that part of my brain off.

when i am reading things just for me, none of that is there. i am fully immersed, my disbelief is suspended. i am not thinking about anything else but the story that is being told to me. ive spent a great deal of time with these books this week and it feels weird not to talk about them, but they are something i really enjoyed that was just for me.

i honestly don't know how to unpack my enjoyment of works that (at times) reflect the quite extreme racism of their author-- the one that grabbed me the most, Farewell My Lovely, contained some of the most callous and exceptionally cruel shit i've ever read. it also contained some of the most fascinatingly complex inner workings of an extremely closeted bisexual guy with ptsd i've ever read. i don't know how to talk about these books in an interesting or balanced way.

even if i did know how to unpack these things, the brief and light weekly roundup post on goddamn tumblr dot com (home to no nuance whatsoever) would not be the venue. this is an anti-review, in a way.

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watching

a fuck of a lot actually bc i'm really trying to crank out this baby blanket and podcasts aren't really doing it. same username on letterboxd if u want to see early drafts of this tuesdaypost section.

i watched many films that came on two vhs tapes when i was little, bc charlton heston was one of my mom's favorite actors. i did not see spartacus when i was little but i did see the entirety of ben hur AND the ten commandments before i was eight. i can't make that make sense either.

anyway i have a soft spot for epics but only when i am actively doing things with my hands. this one has a more interesting making-of story than the actual movie, imo. this one also had oddly christian overtones, for being set in a time where christ and christianity did not yet exist. like many critics of the time, i have no strong feelings about mr douglas' acting. i really, really liked the soundtrack-- a delight to hear the love theme in context after hearing it in a thousand different soundtrack theme compilations!

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playing

nothing that wasn't a phone game i've already talked about

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making

five and a half repeats!!! i am aiming for ten repeats plus some sort of i-cord border so this is roughly halfwayish

i took this in broad daylight after a meeting like "if i knit more tonight i'll take another photo" and then i didn't knit any more tonight i read a bad western and halfheartedly liveblogged it

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What is trailer park boys actually about? I ask this as someone who has never seen any of it and knows nothing about any of the characters, and while I could Google it I'd rather hear it from a passionate enjoyer tbh ❤️

Aw anon I'd be happy to answer!

Trailer Park Boys follows three friends in a mockumentary style series (think The Office but with the shenanigans of smth like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia ig?). The boys live in a small trailer park in Nova Scotia, and most of the plots revolve around them fucking around and scheming up ways to make money while bouncing in and out of jail.

Julian is the leader of the group, quiet, most level headed (also the beefiest, holy SHIT those tits). Bubbles is sensitive, loves cats, and is the glue that keeps the group together. Ricky is a jackass, usually high and/or drunk, but he's well meaning (most of the time) and does what he can to provide for his girlfriend and daughter. All three of them are constantly dodging the park supervisor Mr Lahey, a wannabe cop with a drinking problem who has a personal vendetta against the boys, and his boyfriend Randy, whose sole character trait is that he enjoys cheeseburgers.

There's some continuity between seasons, some will end with the boys getting busted/going to jail and start with them getting out, but you could probably start anywhere if you were interested. Most ppl say the first seven seasons are the best.

Imo, TPB is great brain junk food. I've been binging it the past week or so and I find it hilarious. It has a pretty predictable formula that I find comforting, but also has moments that'll throw you off. Plus I love a good found family dynamic, and the boys typically stick together despite all the bullshit they put each other through. There's some pretty heartfelt moments.

PLUS... tpb has some pretty interesting history? I found out after doing some digging thru the fandom tag that before it existed, Mike Clattenburg (the creator) directed a short film called One Last Shot that follows the characters who would later become Ricky and Julian in sort of a gay coming of age story. It's a pretty emotional piece (I've watched it like three times since Friday cuz I honestly can't believe the show has its origins in this film).

DOUBLE PLUS: You can't run out of fucking content for this show. There's 12 seasons, an animated series, a SHIT ton of movies (including a pilot film from 1999), a podcast, and live performances. The actors actually record the podcast and live stuff AS their characters, which I think is so cool.

[hashtagloveloses]

to be fair to people, the current state of how film and TV is made (which is half the reason writers and actors are striking right now), has made it so that there are less episodes, shorter seasons, and cancelled shows, which leads people to both expect but also NEED information faster to decide if it is worth spending time (and in the case of movies in the theater, limited ticket money) on. you have people of all ages now trained to expect something to play out in the first 1-3 episodes or a certain number of MINUTES even, because if it doesn't go insta hit viral in those first few weeks, the streaming service will cancel it and then pull it from the service before most people have even heard it exists down the grapevine of word of mouth.

some might say "oh this is tiktok shortening people's attention spans" and i do think there is some merit to that, but it is also that because of how algorithms work, and how companies/executives/etc are often wrongly interpreting them, our brains have been trained to see patterns and make decisions faster. i scroll to the next tiktok not because it's too long and i can't concentrate on it, but because the tiktok algorithm prioritizes longer watch times, so people put all the important or enticing info at the beginning to keep people watching and stop them from scrolling away, and my brain has been trained to see the patterns of how they do that, and it can now recognize if i will want to watch that video in the first 3 seconds based on that pattern i have learned. someone might stop watching a TV show and try something else because they have literally infinite options of movies, TV, youtube, twitch, tiktok, books, games, podcasts, and more to entertain them that they didn't have before, and even more limited time and money than they had before, and if they've been TRAINED to know what they're watching will end quickly or get cancelled or disappear, they'll come to expect the information to make the decision "is this worth my time" faster. if a movie you spent money and gas to see in a theater that you could barely afford doesn't get to the point or to something enjoyable or worthwhile to you fast enough, you're less likely to enjoy your theater experience and go again, in a climate where people are seeing less in theaters anyway.

all of this is because the studios don't want to pay actors, writers, directors, crew, etc more money for additional seasons, or additional episodes. all of this is because our society internationally is collapsing so that a middle class barely exists and we are all choosing between seeing an expensive movie and the gas budget that week, or we're exhausted after being overworked and don't have the energy or time to get into something new that takes some time to unfold, and want to turn our brain off, and have so little leisure time that we don't want it to be wasted.

one great example of this is my current favorite anime, trigun stampede, a reboot of a cult classic hit that was a really big gamble because it is a CG reimagining of its source manga, which wasn't that popular in japan, but the original anime was beloved especially in the US. after season 1's release, info has come out about how lovingly crafted it is, as an expansion on the manga's story and lore, with the original writer and artist's blessing and participation. but most people didn't know this when it was announced or initially marketed, and it was panned by people upset at the changes that were for really good and interesting storytelling reasons, because they didn't know the context and came to a quick conclusion. (there is also a lot of pushback on the CG animation, which is a discussion for another day.) season 1 ended up being a sort of prequel to the general storyline people knew from the manga and the original anime, and everything from the story to the character designs was developed knowing the characters would evolve over time. but this would require people to wait and see, especially for a season 2 or whatever the next continuation of stampede will be, and to hope season 1 was successful enough both domestically and internationally to warrant further continuation to see those planned changes through.

the key here is that people don't have the time or expectation to watch something unfold slowly, because they, very realistically, don't think it'll happen. the late capitalist media machine, whether it is in the US, or japan, or on tiktok, or anywhere else only allows for 1 chance for something to sink or swim, and if it even marginally sinks for 1 second it is deemed unworthy and can never go further.

there is ALSO the cinemasins-ification of movie/film discussion online that prioritizes nitpicking, but also in general the week to week examining of minutiae magnified by algorithms that PRIORITIZE engagement so they mostly surface criticism and bad takes people fight over, so people are almost primed to see fault in things, and pick them apart without giving them time even to finish. (add on to that the fact that they assume some things won't get finished at all, and it compounds the problem).

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

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So, since round 1 is over, I think it's time I looked back at how the 21 characters I submitted to @who-do-i-know-this-man season 2 did. I want to keep the winners secret for now but I'll evaluate them in order. Do I count all of these characters as blorbos to me personally? No not really but I do have a reason for each of them. Why 21? Well that's because it's 1% of the whole tournament! I kept a rule that there should be only one character per series so there's some variety. Do I think any of them will win? No, but some may get pretty far.

On with the list.

[redacted] was up against a main character from a film. I don't recognise the film but I recognise some of the actors named in the cast list. I think this guy is my most obscure character that I submitted if only because he's from a kind of a forgettable thing despite it being broadcast regularly enough

Cecille (Luminous arc) did pretty good I think? Is the overlap between DS game enjoyers and webcomic enjoyers large enough that a significant amount of the both/neither vote is both? Good fight but the adversary was simply too obscure.

[redacted]. I'm genuinely surprised he did so badly but given the media was given as the album and not the band... I don't know why op didn't put the album cover as the image tbh. He got a visual appearance recently! So he will have one for round two. But I don't think that'll help recognisability in the slightest

Digit Al (Digital UK). I know he has some enjoyers on this website and wanted to jumpscare them. Fun fact! I typed his name wrong on the submission form so it actually says digit ai on the poll...

[redacted] seemed to be up against a much beloved character. This was one of those "Have you played this game?" characters

[redacted] was submitted to prove that you can't submit [redacted] characters on the [redacted] enjoyers website and expect them to get anywhere. But she somehow won this round...

[redacted] is from a game that never got an official english translation. I know there's [redacted] enjoyers on this website... I mostly picked him in particular for his fun design. Described as "looks very polite"

[redacted] only won because of the massive coincidence of who she was up against. I don't think she's surviving round 2. My first ever blorbo! I was obsessed with her at age 5

Kasasagi Watase (Root Double -Before Crime * After Days) is another "Have you played this game?" characters and the answer is mostly no since he only got about 7 votes (vs the other guy's 5)

[redacted] was a "have you read this book?" style submission. This particular book fills my dreams at times and makes me desperate to reread it since I still remember the shape of it in my mind. I did reread it recently and I can't tell you a single thing that happened because it was really weird.

[redacted]. The guy who I liked the most in [redacted] and also the guy who I had the most interesting experience with (somehow triggered the [redacted] system near the end of the run...). I guess the other media was just more well known? but I've never heard of it

Nero (Lunar Knights) I ♥ black cats! What more can I say. Technically the wrong image. Was meant to be this guy

[redacted] I wish they'd bring him back... but also his final adventure where he ends up stuck in a time loop is too good of an ending imo. To the person who said "#wait [redacted] have a podcast? #is it a musical comedy podcast?": what a way to find out

[redacted] another "Have you played this game?" type submission. Why her? Idk I just remember her banana holder in perfect clarity for some reason. Idk how well she'll do in round 2 since her opponent this time seemed to be well known

Professor Layton was submitted because I do still find him sexy somehow. Plus I wanted to see how many not-obscure-enough complaints he could generate. Note: I did not pick the image used but I approve

[redacted] Does anyone know how to get this game working on linux? Actually I've got it working but I can't record it properly. I think it'd be fun to stream due to massive deep nostalgia in those that know.

Qrs Tuvwxyz did I think he'd win on the Qrs Tuvwxyz website? no. But look at him!!!! Yippee!!

~~space for a mysterious 22nd character I don't think I submitted because he's not on my list but as soon as I saw him I went oh I think I submitted him~~

[redacted] I picked him because he had my favourite joke in [redacted] (His [redacted]). Also I apparently completely didn't recognise his voice actor the whole time I was listening... I'm gonna have that weird experience of re-listening to something and only now recognising their voice

Russi Clover/Candy Holly was picked due to this quirk of hers. The reason this happened was the phoenix wright and miles edgeworth manga were translated by different people. Despite her appearance in the edgeworth manga clearly being framed as a re-introduction, the translator didn't notice and so re-named her

Suzukage Hotori (remember 11). Definitely kind of a trick one given the exact nature fo this character. Surprised she lost and [redacted up above] didn't

[redacted] he stood out to me and my friend when we were playing [redacted] together around age 8 and his name became an inside joke for a time

So the final result is...

Slain at the first hurdle: 8/21 On to round two: 13/21

If this keeps up (it won't) one of my guys might even win this thing!

I submitted 1 character each to seasons 3 and 4 and they are both winning (so far)

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Big Picture Science Podcast: Making Hard Science "Easy"

Podcasting has hundreds of thousands of podcasts, but, even with that large number, it still has weaknesses in certain genres, including minority, LGBTQ+, and women's issues.

However, podcasting is strong in science. Science Vs, Taboo Science, Unexplainable, and numerous other excellent science podcasts.

There's one especially successful science podcast that has more than 578 episodes under its production belt.

That's Big Picture Science. It's a terrific podcast that exposes junk science, highlights new scientific discoveries, and finds the science in everyday life.

Case in point: The May 6, 2024, episode titled, "Nuts & Bolts." Here's the episode show notes: "How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egypt in the 3rd century BC. They aren’t just ancient history. They help hold up our bridges and homes today. Join us as we dissect a handful of engineering inventions that keep our world spinning and intact."

With guests Roma Agrawal, a structural engineer and author of "Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way)," and Ron Gordon - watchmaker, New York City, the show made these inconsequential fasteners, well, fascinating.

Big Picture Science is produced at the SETI Institute’s radio studio in Mountain View, California. The program began with the title Are We Alone? In 2002 as a commercially-supported call-in show distributed to a handful of stations on Radio America by Bill Oxley and Seth Shostak, who actually broadcast from their respective living rooms in San Diego and Mountain View.

In 2004, Molly Bentley joined AWA as an editor and executive producer. At that time, support from the NASA Astrobiology Institute allowed us to build our own radio studio and move away from single-interview call-ins to a thematic multi-interview-produced show.

After a short stint on the Discovery Channel’s outlet on Sirius Satellite Radio, SETI began distributing Are We Alone? On the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). The name of the program was changed from Are We Alone? to Big Picture Science in July 2011.

Big Picture Science is supported in part by Sami David, Rena Shulsky David, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Skeptic Check is presented thanks to a donation from the Trimberger Family Foundation.

The opening theme, "Kinematics" is composed arranged, programmed and produced by Jun Miyake and adds to the mystique of the show.

The show's co-hosts are Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley. Shostak and Bentley have been doing for years, so they are comfortable as hosts, interviewers, and with each other. The co-hosts can geek out on hard science and still laugh at science nerdiness, and they can get tough with junk science theories and claims. In essence, they make an enjoyable combo, like vanilla ice cream on apple pie.

Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, in Mountain View, California. He has an undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University, and a doctorate in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. For much of his career, Shostak conducted radio astronomy research on galaxies, and has published approximately fifty papers in professional journals. He also founded and ran a company producing computer animation for TV.

Seth Shostak has written several hundred popular magazine and Web articles on various topics in astronomy, technology, film and television. He has edited and contributed to a half dozen books. His first popular tome, “Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life” appeared in 1998. He has also authored “Life in the Universe” (2006, 2nd edition, textbook, with Jeff Bennett) and “Cosmic Company” (2003, with Alex Barnett). His most recent book is “Confessions of an Alien Hunter” (2009).

Molly Bentley oversees the production of Big Picture Science. She has worked as a science journalist for the BBC, including World Service, Radio 4 and Science/Nature Online. She has also written for New Scientist. Furthermore, she teaches a course on radio writing and podcast production at the University of California, Santa Cruz Science Writing Program.

She’s been an invited participant to a number of workshops about helping scientists communicate more effectively with reporters, including the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Switzer Environmental Fellowship workshop, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science Communication Workshop, sponsored by the Metcalf Institute and funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

She attended M.I.T.’s Knight Science Journalism workshops in 2007 and 2010. Her radio career began when she wandered into Wisconsin Public Radio and landed a job answering the phones for the early-morning call-in show, then graduated on to less insane hours as assistant producer of the national radio magazine, To the Best of Our Knowledge.

So, of my favorite episodes features a show with the fabulous, witty, and often wacky science writer Mary Roach. In "Animals Being Jerks," the subtitle says it all -- "They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious."

Then, we listen, amazed and amused, when Roach spin bizarre tales about how our animal friends don’t always bow to their human overlords and behave the way we’d want. The resulting encounters, such as when gulls disrupt the Vatican’s Easter mass, make for amusing stories. But others, such as wolves threatening farmers’ livestock, can be tragic.

On the April 15, 2024, episode, "For The Birds" we hear about migratory birds that travel thousands of miles in a display of endurance that would make an Olympic athlete gasp. More importantly, we discover what can we do to save disappearing species? Plus, we learn how 19th century bird-lovers, appalled by feathered hats, started the modern conservation movement.

Finally, on the recent July 11, 2024, show -- "Aliens Now" -- the co-hosts talk to astrophysicist Adam Frank about the possibility of intelligent life on other planets. Don't worry. There are no discussion of anal probes, or aliens bursting out of your chest. Instead, Frank explains the Drake Equation and Fermi Paradox, which are the yin and yang of the "are there intelligent aliens" question. Frank explains that NASA is planning a telescope after the James Webb Telescope called the "Habitable Worlds Observatory," which focuses on finding other life in the universe.

Check out Big Picture Science. It is one of the best science podcasts out there. After all, as Fox Mulder of The X Files once intoned, "Scully, the truth is out there."

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Transform Your Bathroom with an AV Tub: The Ultimate Guide

Introduction

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What is an AV Tub?

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Consultation and Planning: Work with a qualified contractor or plumber to assess your bathroom layout and determine the best location for your AV tub for more information AV tub.

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𝙲𝙷𝙰[𝚃] 𝙷𝚄𝙸𝙳[𝙼𝙴]: MY JOURNEY IN WRITING IN NEW MEDIA BY: HUIDEM, CHARIS

PODCAST 🎙 PODCAST SCRIPT 📝

Podcast Script: My Journey in "Writing for New Media"

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CHA[T] HUID[ME]: MY JOURNEY IN WRITING IN NEW MEDIA

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HOST: Hello! Hello! and welcome to CHA[T] HUID[ME]! I'm your host, DJ Cha, and today I'm excited to share my personal journey in the course 'Writing in New Media.' In this episode, I'll talk about the fun times during our class sessions, some of my memorable experiences that changed my view on new media platforms, and my thoughts on how I can contribute to this evolving field. So without further ado, let's get started!" [insert: music transition]

TOPIC 1: Fun During Class Sessions Host: Let me start by telling you guys about our class sessions. Our schedule for this subject, If I remember correctly, was from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, which, as you can imagine, is a pretty tiring time for most of us. By that time of the day, most of us had already been through a full day of activities—whether it's attending other classes, working, or just dealing with daily life. It's pretty easy to feel drained and mentally checked out. But despite the long day, our class was always lively and engaging. One thing that really stood out for me was how some of my classmates would crack jokes in the middle of discussions. It was like an unspoken tradition—we'd be deep in a serious topic, maybe discussing the history of new media or analyzing a case study, and suddenly someone would make a witty comment or share a funny meme related to the topic. It never really failed to lighten the mood and keep everyone awake. Moments like these created such a positive and enjoyable atmosphere, making the learning process a lot more fun. These light-hearted interactions not only made the class more bearable but also helped us bond as a section. Moreover, our professor encouraged this kind of interaction. She believed that learning should be engaging and that a good laugh could enhance our creativity and collaboration. She would often share her own stories and experiences in the new media industry, sometimes funny, sometimes challenging, but always insightful. And I think these stories gave us a real-world perspective and made the class discussions more relatable." [insert: music transition]

TOPIC 2: Memorable Experience Impacting My View of New Media Host: Now let’s move on to our next topic which is one of my memorable experiences that changed my view of new media. A specific experience that had a significant impact on my view of new media platforms was a performance task where we had to create a vlog. My group and I decided to visit a famous bakeshop called 'Primablend' in San Mateo Rizal. We spent an entire Sunday planning and the next day which is Monday filming the vlog. It was a beautiful day, perfect for a little adventure. We started our day early, meeting inside the school after class to discuss our plan. We brainstormed different segments for our vlog—introducing the bakeshop, and of course, tasting some of their best pastries. Each of us had a role to play: 2 of my classmates were the hosts, me and another member were in charge of the camera, and the others handled the other stuff behind the scenes. The energy was high, and we were all excited about the project. When we arrived at Primablend, we were welcomed with the sweet aroma of freshly baked goods. We set up our camera and started filming. My classmates who's the main vloggers, introduced the bakeshop, describing its cozy atmosphere and the variety of pastries on display. The highlight was definitely the taste test—we sampled a variety of pastries, and I can tell you, they were absolutely delicious. But the real eye-opener came after we posted the video online. To our surprise, it received a lot of comments and interactions from people who didn't even know us. Seeing strangers engage with our content, sharing their own experiences with Primablend, and even asking us for recommendations was incredibly rewarding. It was a heartwarming experience that made me realize the power of social media. This interaction made me think about how new media, particularly social media, can create connections and foster a sense of community despite physical distances. This experience showed me how new media can bring people together, allowing us to connect and engage from, basically, anywhere in the world. It was a sincere realization that social media is not just about sharing content; it's about building relationships and creating shared experiences. It emphasizes the potential of new media platforms to impact lives in meaningful ways, and it strengthened my belief in the positive power of digital communication."

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TOPIC 3: My Contributions to the Course Host: And now on to the last topic of this episode, let's talk about my possible contribution to the course 'Writing in New Media.' This will not be long as I will just be basing on what I experienced and learned throughout my journey. Based on the experience that stood out to me, our Task Performance which is the Vlog, as a multimedia student, I think my possible contribution to this course is creating a personal vlog, so that I could start a platform where I regularly post my projects, reflections, and experiences throughout my journey not just in this course, but also to other related subject. This not only gives me a platform to showcase my work, but also helps me build an online community and share my learnings with a larger audience.

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Host: To wrap up this episode, my journey in “writing in new media" has been both enlightening and enjoyable. From the fun class sessions to the memorable or should I say “meme-morable” experiences, and my aspirations to contribute to the course, I’ve learned so much about the power and potential of new media. This is your DJ CHA, and thank you for tuning in today’s episode CHA[T] HUID[ME]!. If you enjoyed this episode, please share your thoughts through the comment section. Until next time, again, this is your DJ cha, signing off.

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