#natalie thompson

[nakeddeparture]

Bridgetown, Barbados. What’s in your news for Tuesday, May 9, 2023 — Audio commentary.

https://youtu.be/QVaMeJ5x-H8

STOP birthing children into poverty, stop birthing females to be sperm deposit holes! Rise up! Naked!!

[pennywises]

It was so strange hearing Sheppard's voice in the mouth of that creature last night. I think as she was dying, part of her mind became part of the creature that was killing her. Imagine dying frighted and in pain, and having that as the only part of you which survives. I wouldn't like that at all. Ventress wants to face it, you want to fight it, but I don't think I want either of those things.

ANNIHILATION (2018) dir. Alex Garland

[lover-of-mine]

#welcome to your first pride month as a member of the into multiple genders squad my loves

for Anonymous

[in-love-with-movies]

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

[amazingyoungwomen]

[spnscripthunt-inactive]

We thought we were done, but when Eric Kripke offers you scripts "for the next one" we decided we'd do one more raffle for Undue Medical Debt.

How Undue Medical Debt Works:

You make a donation. They use data analytics to pinpoint the debt of those most in need: households that earn less than 4x the federal poverty level or whose debts are 5% or more of annual income.

Undue Medical Debt buys medical debt at a steep discount. They buy debt in bundles, millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost. This means your donation relieves about 100x its value in medical debt.

Together we wipe out medical debt. People across the country receive letters that their debt has been erased. They have no tax consequences or penalties to consider. Just like that, they're free of medical debt.

As of Tue, June 11 we've raised $15,508: that $15,508 will abolish at least $1.5 million in medical debt nationwide*.

We're now up to 40+ raffle prizes donated by Eric Kripke (Supernatural), Robbie Thompson (The Winchesters), James Stoteraux, Chad Fiveash, and Natalie Abrams (Gotham Knights), and folks in the Supernatural fandom.

Every $10 donated to Undue Medical Debt gets you one entry, $20 for two entries, and so on.

All the prizes, all the details:

*Last year's (one month) fundraiser raised $10,213.60 which abolished $1.18 million in medical debt for 621 people in five states.

[feydpauls]

31 FILMS FOR OCTOBER: 31. Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland

[swdefcult]

[mother-lee]

"The shadows of the abyss are like the petals of a monstrous flower that shall blossom within the skull and expand the mind beyond what any man can bear, but whether it decays under the earth or above on green fields, or out to sea or in the very air, all shall come to revelation, and to revel, in the knowledge of the strangling fruit..."

Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland

[cinematicmasterpiece]

annihilation (2018)

[nakeddeparture]

Courtney Owens, 34. Stoney Williams, 41.

https://youtu.be/cvXVvpOPSV4

It’s someone you know who comes for you. Trust no one. Naked!!

[nofatclips]

Folding Ideas on Annihilation and decoding metaphor

[beheworthy]

For such a vividly colorful film, I thought Thor: Love and Thunder got color symbolism wrong mostly. Especially in the pivotal boat scene between Thor and Jane. Thor's face is mostly lit in purple (transformation) and Jane's face in red (passion) - colors that were opposite at best and completely wrong at worst.

But the one scene where the use of colors - or rather their lack - shines is the entire Shadow Realm sequence. The stark difference stands out because the rest of the film is so filled to the brim with colors and reinforces how scary Gorr is.

We're coming off the high of Thor and Jane rekindling their relationship going into this scene. I knew there was going to be a face off but I didn't expect it to be this one-sided. Valkyrie is the only one who gets to respond, both Thor and Jane are not allowed to say anything at all. He literally has them restrained and silenced. And when he gets the stage to himself, he shows how sadistic and cruel he is.

First, he tries to pry open Thor's hand to call Stormbreaker. When Thor resists, Gorr is actually impressed - 'some God you are'. He responds by firmly closing Thor's fist and proceeding to torture his girlfriend. Thor WILL have to give in now but this time he will not be able to open his fist. Gorr incites pure panic and desperation in Thor, just for fun. And then goes ahead and labels himself and Thor as similar.

Valkyrie rightly calls him out on his hypocrisy by saying that our hero and villain are not the same. Gorr tells her that Thor's ancestors did nothing for her sisters while they died for the throne of Asgard because that's what these people are. They don't care about the people who laid down their lives for Asgard. And it's not false. Odin has historically been known to let his warriors die just to uphold Asgard's repute. Although this is something Thor very strongly takes the opposite stance on.

After making Valkyrie cry, Gorr equates himself to Jane as well in the fact that both their weapons are killing them and how wrong they're done by the Gods. How Thor used her and threw her away. Gave her nothing but hurt. And this isn't false either. He left her for 2 yrs. He hurt her when he was living with her to drive her away from him. And even now, he can't do anything for her c*ncer. His freakin' hammer is actually killing her faster.

So, turns out Gorr is actually right about Thor and his ancestors doing no good to the people who have laid their lives for them (Valkyries) and people who've loved them more than life (Jane). Which is why when Gorr is face to face with both Valkyrie and Jane, they are on equal footing as visual symbolism.

Gorr now proceeds to equate himself with Thor. He mocks him over his helplessness to save the love of his life from her illness. Gorr too was helpless over his daughter's impending death. This IS a point of equality. And yet. Gorr is distinctly framed beneath Thor and has to look up at him. They are not equals here because a) our hero and villain are not the same, obviously. And b) Gorr was certainly disregarded by the Gods he worshipped. But Jane wasn't by Thor. He made her life 'magical', in her own words. He gave her life so much more meaning, furthered her journey, and gave her a world of happiness. He is her happiness.

Gorr actually has to climb some steps to put himself on the same footing as Thor. And now when he says 'I know your pain, love in pain', they're visual equals because Gorr propped himself up. And this time, it's true. Thor's love, not just for his girlfriend he is destined to lose, but for every single person he has lost IS his pain.

So it's understandable why he gives in and calls Stormbreaker for Jane despite Valkyrie's disapproval. Jane is the last family he has left. He cannot lose her again. After having to watch every single loved one die in front of him and for him, he just doesn't have it in him to watch his last hope also be snatched away from him. So he selfishly makes the call, risking the captured children and much bigger things (as well as later failing to keep Stormbreaker and worsening everything).

And by making the call, Thor ultimately proves Gorr right about how selfish the Gods are.

[lobbycards]

Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Japanese lobby card. 1973

[swiftly-horan]

[mlobsters]

annihilation (2018)

and scenes i might want to paint some day because it's just so beautiful. especially tessa thompson