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axlhecksbasement6 · 1 year ago
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Alone | Axl Heck x fem!Reader
You were one of Sue’s long time best friends. The Heck family basically watched as you grew up. they watched you fall, they watched you cry, they’ve seen far more embarrassing things that even your family hadn’t seen.
It was Junior Prom and everyone had a date except for you and Sue.
”It’s okay!” sue said enthusiastically. “We can be each other’s date!”
”That’s a great idea, we can even have matching dresses! Yours can be pink and mine will be (fav color)!” You said with a huge smile. You grabbed your magazine and with Sue you two began to browse. 
“This one is gorgeous!” She exclaimed pointing at the floor length gown.
”You have such a good eye!” You giggled.
If only you could stop time right there…
The next day you went back to the Heck residence.
”Hey Axl,” you smiled bashfully. You would never admit this to Sue but you had such a big crush on Axl since the 8th grade. Something about his jock, bad boy, long hair, aura made you want to kiss him.
”Hi,” he said nonchalantly. He grabbed a bag of chips and walked to his bedroom. You sighed defeatedly. You had been droppings hint to Axl that you want him to ask you yet he either ignored it or didn’t notice it.
”You should just ask him,” Brick said walking past you.
”What?!” You exclaimed nervously , “what would I ask him?”
”Everyone except for Axl knows. My mom and dad have a bet going on to see how long it takes for you to finally tell Axl,” Brick said nonchalantly.
”I’m not very good at hiding it am I?” You sighed.
”Nope! Even Sue knows, she just won’t say anything.” He grabbed his book before walking back to his bedroom.
You sat on the couch defeatedly, so everyone knew how hopelessly in love you are. “Idiot,” you mumbled.
Sue walked in the house squealing like a fangirl.
”Sue?” You said rushing towards her.
”Guess who just asked me to prom!” She asked. Your expression dropped.
”Who?” You asked trying not to sound disappointed.
”Darrin!” She squealed. You knew how much she liked Darrin and you always wanted to support your friends.
”That’s great!” You smiled and held her hands.
”I know! I’m so excited!” She jumped around causing her mom to walk out of her room.
”What’s all this noise?” She asked.
”Darrin just asked me to the prom!” Sue squealed excitedly.
You watched as Frankie’s expression drop, “What about (Y/n)?”
The realization hit Sue and she looked at you with an apologetic look.
”I’ll call Darrin and tell him I can’t go with him,” she tried to keep her optimistic expression but you knew deep down that she wanted to go with Darrin and not with you. 
“It’s okay, go with Darrin. I insist you go with Darrin,” you smiled holding her hands again.
”Really?” She asked and you nodded.
”I know how much you wanted Darrin to ask you and I would be a terrible friend if I robbed you from it.” You smiled. Even though deep down you were sad and disappointed. “But, this means you have to get a pretty and unique dress for prom!”
”OMG! You are so right! We should go dress shopping! The three of us!” Sue excitedly said jumping up and down.
”Yeah! We have to pick the prettiest dresses!” You smiled clapping your hands.
”Can you take us mom? Please!!” Sue begged.
”Okay, okay. I’ll take you two dress shopping,” she smiled. You and Sue squealed in excitement and rushed to her bedroom to do more magazine looking. 
The day finally came and Mrs. Heck took the two of you dress shopping. You three went to at least ten different shops and tried on at least 30 dresses per store. 
“I hate this one!” She exclaimed rushing back to the fitting room.
”You looked adorable!” Frankie shouted only to get a frustrated grunt from Sue.
You stepped out wearing a floor length (color) dress. 
“Oh. My. God. You look absolutely gorgeous in that!” She said watching as you did a small runway walk.
”I love this one so much!” You smiled excitedly. “It’s in my budget too!” 
“It is so gorgeous!” Mrs. Heck gave you a wide smile.
”I’m getting it,” you said walking back to your fitting room. Sue tried on three more dresses before finding the perfect dress for her. She couldn’t stop twirling and bowing like a princess. You check dress shopping off your list. 
Prom night arrived and still you didn’t have a date. You put on your best smile and walked to Sue’s house. You saw Darrin’s car parked on their driveway and you felt a sick feeling in your stomach. It dawned on you that you’re a third wheel. You stopped outside the front door and debated wether you should go in or not. You sighed and walked in.
”(Y/n)! You’re here!” Sue exclaimed happily walking up to you.
”I sure am!” You smiled happily.
”You two look gorgeous!” Mrs. Heck smiled. She pulled out the camera and took pictures of you and Sue, Sue alone, Sue and Darrin, and the three of you. The sick feeling never left your stomach.
”Let me get one if you (Y/n),” Mrs. Heck smiled. You awkwardly stood there as Mrs. Heck took a picture. You couldn’t help but  feel sad. You’re going to be the only one there without a date, you’ll be third wheeling with your childhood best friend. “You look beautiful.”
You smiled at her the best you could.
”We should get going!” Sue said happily grabbing your hand.
”Actually, I think I’ll drive myself to prom,” you smiled. “You and Darrin deserve a grand entrance!” 
“Are you sure?” Sue asked and you nodded.
”I insist,” you smiled holding her hand again. She smiled at you, waved good bye to her mom wand excitedly walked with Darrin.
”Do you want a ride?” Frankie asked and you shook your head.
”My dad left the nice car for me, I’ll make my grand entrance,” you smiled at her. “I should get going or I’ll be late and not the cool kind of late.”
”I want a lot of pictures,” Frankie smiled and you nodded. You walked out of the house and stood on their porch. You began to walk back home and the tears began to fall. You couldn’t help it at the point. You couldn’t help but feel defeated. Even though you suggested it you wished that maybe Sue would come back, ditch Darrin, and go to the prom with you. You arrived at home and realized you didn’t have your house keys. You repeatedly knocked on the door before realizing your moms car was gone. 
You sighed defeatedly once more. You began to walk to school. You and Sue used to walk together but now she gets a ride from her brother or her boyfriend. The tears began to fall again. You were happy for Sue yet you felt like you were missing out.
The heels began to hurt your feet. You stopped and took them off. 
“Stupid heels,” you whispered. You hated the concrete floors and the sound your feet made when it hit the floor. After 15 minutes you arrived at school. You watched as the couples entered the building with huge smiles on their faces. 
You put on your heels and walked inside the building. You looked around and saw Sue happily dancing with Darrin, a smile crept to your face. You walked around a little and watched the couples.
You walked to the desert table and grabbed a cupcake. You walked around again, a slow song began to play as the couples began to dance with each other.
Your heart dropped, you were alone. In a sea of couples you were by yourself. You felt tears again, you walked out of the gym and outside the building. No one was outside except for you. 
You slumped down on the steps, you wanted to cry but you didn’t want to seem weak. You didn’t want someone to see you and laugh at you.
”Why aren’t you inside?” You heard that familiar voice. Axl. You quickly wiped away the tears before looking up.
”It was too crowded, I needed some air,” you smiled.
”Then why are you crying?” He asked. You looked away and shrugged.
”I wasn’t crying, something got in my eye and I was trying to take it out,” you mumbled.
”I can tell when you’re sad. We basically grew up together,” he said extending his hand. “You shouldn’t be out here on prom.”
You looked at him confused but held his hand anyway. You noticed his tux and smiled.
”Did your mom send you?” You asked.
”Yes and no,” he said.
”Yes and no?” You questioned and he nodded.
“I wanted to come, I just didn’t know if you wanted me to go. You and Sue were going so I thought it would be awkward for me to go to prom with my sister, then stupid Darrin asked her to prom. I just didn’t know how to ask you.” He explained and you felt your face heat up. “And then my mom told me to go, she said you looked sad and wanted me to go and cheer you up.”
”Tell your mom I said thanks,” you smiled and he nodded. You two walked back inside. Luckily the DJ was playing one more slow song.
”Can I have this dance?” He asked and you nodded. You rested your head on his chest and listened to his heart beat. You felt like you finally weren’t alone. Like finally, you felt alive, you felt noticed, you felt like yourself again. Even though prom was short and not as magical as you expected it to be, you still had such a good time.
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alexlacquemanne · 1 year ago
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2023 in 12 movies (1 per months)
January
The Horse Whisperer (1998) directed by Robert Redford with Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Neil, Chris Cooper and Cherry Jones
[First Time]
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February
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) directed by Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso, Julien Bertheau and Jacques Hilling
[First Time]
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March
The Fabelmans (2022) directed by Steven Spielberg with Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Keeley Karsten, Julia Butters and Judd Hirsch
[First Time]
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April
The Third Man (1949) directed by Carol Reed with Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard and Bernard Lee
[First Time]
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May
The World, The Flesh and the Devil (1959) directed by Ranald MacDougall with Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer
[First Time]
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June
La ciociara (1960) directed by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi and Pupella Maggio
[First Time]
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July
Oppenheimer (2023) directed by Christopher Nolan with Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett and Casey Affleck
[First Time]
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August
Heat (1995) directed by Michael Mann with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Dennis Haysbert, Donald Breedan and Ashley Judd
[First Time]
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September
Catch Me If You Can (2002) directed by Steven Spielberg with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, James Brolin and Brian Howe
[First Time]
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October
Le Grand Bain (2018) directed by Gilles Lellouche with Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Philippe Katerine, Félix Moati, Alban Ivanov, Balasingham Thamilchelvan, Virginie Efira et Leïla Bekhti
[First Time]
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November
Fools Rush In (1997) directed by Andy Tennant with Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomás Milián, Siobhan Fallon et John Bennett Perry
[First Time]
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December
The Great Race (1965) directed by Blake Edwards with Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn et Ross Martin
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Honourable Mentions :
Airplane! (1980)
Duel (1972)
Les Sentiments (2003)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Scoop (2006)
Mon crime (2023)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
臥虎藏龍 (2000)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Le Dernier Voyage (2020)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
L'ingorgo (1979)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Adieu Gary (2008)
Conflict (1945)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
La Nuit américaine (1973)
Sorcerer (1977)
La Guerre des polices (1979)
Life of Pi (2012)
The Big Short (2015)
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Excalibur (1981)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Le Procès Goldman (2023)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)
Chaplin (1992)
La Vie de château (1966)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
Second Tour (2023)
Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
JFK (1991)
Le Fugitif (1993)
Chef (2014)
Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
Appointment with Death (1988)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
River of No Return (1954)
L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Die Glasbläserin (2016)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Les Mystères de Paris (1962)
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vintage-every-day · 1 year ago
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Norman Foster was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor born on December 13, 1903, in Richmond, Indiana. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films, as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor, he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅.
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warrenwoodhouse · 1 year ago
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Free: Listen to the 1938 to 1946 Radio Play of The War of the Worlds read out by Orson Welles
This audio recording is from the original diskette production and has been digitally uploaded to the library of the University of Indiana. This production is a radio play reading of the book titled The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. This recording, when it was live on air across America, caused a mass hysteria, panic and confusion for civilians, military personnel, government officials and media reporters alike. However, it’s still an interesting recording to listen to. Enjoy another great golden oldie.
🎵 Recording by Mercury Radio Productions 🎵 Recording part of Mercury on the Air
🎵 Type: Radio Play, Drama, Audiobook
🎵 Copyright: a 1938-1946 Mercury Radio Productions
📃 Reading by Orson Welles
📃 Based on the book “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells
🗓 first recorded: 30th October 1938
🗓 last recorded: add
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m12writer · 29 days ago
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Axl Heck's Girl - Chapter 1: Superhero
"Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? Oh, damn it. Come on!" Frustrated, the woman with the superhero get up and screams scowling up at the airplane passing by her hand up in the air phone in hand desperate for some signal...
Some people call this the middle of nowhere. You know, one of those places you fly over on your way from somewhere, to somewhere else, but you wouldn't live here.
"Folks, right now we're flying over the great state of Indiana, if you'd like to take a look."
Well , look down next time, and you'll see us down here in the middle... Orson, Indiana, heart of the heartland, proud home of Little Betty Snack Cakes, the demolition derby for the homeless, and the world's largest polyurethane cow. So how'd I end up in the middle of the road in this getup? Here?
"No. Bars! I got bars!" Desperately, the woman runs through the cornfield desperate for some signal.
Guess it all started a couple of weeks ago, and no, I'm not an actual superhero, not unless you count getting my kids out the door for school every morning...
"I made breakfast!" The woman who was to wear the superhero get up yells as she slams some pancake into a microwave briefly before taking it out.
"Come on, we're late! Let's go!" The woman yells as a young boy reading waddles in.
That's my youngest, Brick. You know how you think giving a kid a cool name will make him cool? It doesn't.
"Okay, now listen. Today at recess, I don't want you wandering around alone on the perimeter, all right? Makes you an easy target, you know? Like... Like the gazelle that gets separated from the pack. You've gotta find yourself a group of kids and just stand near them." Tiredly, the dishevelled woman explains to her youngest.
"You know you're my hero, right, Mom?" Sweetly, the boy tells her.
"Thank you, honey. Eat your pancake." She shoves said pancake into his hand.
"It's still frozen." Frowning, he holds it.
"Well, lick it. It'll last longer. Hey, Mike, have you seen that envelope with my driver's license from the DMV? I need it for work. Why is this place such a mess?" Mortified, the woman rats to herself after her question falls to deaf ears attempting to get everyone ready just as a taller leaner boy with nothing but boxers on walks in yawning...
That one over there would be Axl. Since he hit 15, he hibernates in his room and only comes out to paw through our food and shoot off sarcastic comments. At least his girlfriend, Robin, can mostly keep him in check.
"Oh, we're out of chips. Nice job, Mom." The curly black haired boy grumbled at the empty cupboard.
"Yeah, I can't hear you if you don't have pants on." Said mom huffs at her oldest.
"Mom, where's my homework?" Brick calls out but it falls on deaf ears.
"Here Brick..." A young girl and a young boy, twins, with brown hair approaches the young boy spotting said homework in the teenage boy's hand to hand over. The girl is wearing ripped jeans, a t-shirt, leather jacket and boots. The boy is wearing a similar outfit to the girl. Only difference is, he isn't wearing a leather jacket.
Those two aren't mine. Robin and River Goldberg-Schwartz. We took them in after we found them on our doorstep in the middle of the night. While River is more of the close off of the two, except for his sister. Robin is more cautious of them. When she was eight, she had an accident at school. She had a seizure. A few weeks after that, Mike and I took her to get her tested and found out that she's epileptic. Axl and River are extremely protective of her.
"Don't lick it Brick..." Brow furrowed, Robin tears the pancake to pieces grabbing a nearby plastic container tossing the torn pieces into a bag for him as she gets out her pocket, a granola bar.
"Okay. When did this happen? Mike, look at this. Look at this. This is... I haven't had my driver's license picture taken in seven years, okay? Here's the old one. Look at this. What happened to me?" The mother rushes over to her husband's side showcasing the once bright beaming smile of her younger self that was Frankie Heck to her dishevelled disheartened distraught state of a current picture license.
"Marriage Frankie." Robin hollered at her.
"And kids." Axl adds.
"Ah yeah don't forget us." River adds amused.
"Thank you River. Thank you Robin. Thank you Axl." Annoyed, Frankie sighs staring sadly at the picture.
"Uh, well they have a point back then, you were all young and shiny and wondering what your life's gonna be. And now... Well, now you know!" Mike, her husband trails off.
"Mom!" Another young girl's voice calls out to her as Robin grimaces watching her boyfriend pop open the milk carton with his mouth spitting it out.
"Hey, come in here if you want to talk to me. Axl, put some pants on. Here." Scowling, she tosses his trousers over which he easily catches while downing the milk mystifying his other half how he could drink so much.
"Mike, does it ever bum you out that I'm not young and shiny anymore?" Frankie eyes her licence.
"Well, sure, honey. It's a huge bummer, but what are you gonna do? Oh, shoot! I wanted chips for my lunch." Mike assures as he opens the cabinet fatering from the lack of chips.
"She didn't buy any." Annoyed, Axl grumbled as he walks by.
"Sue, grab a pancake. We're late." Frankie calls out to the youngest girl.
That's Sue. She's been going through a bit of an awkward stage... for the past 13 years.
"Mom, the dryer ate my leg warmers again." The girl shows said shredded socks.
"I told you, you can't put wet things in the dryer anymore." Frankie furrows her brow at her.
"Yeah Sue what were you thinking putting wet clothes in a dryer." Dryly, River remarks as he drapes his backpack over his shoulder, placing his earphones in.
"There's no need for the sass young man." Frankie furrows her brow at the second eldest boy.
"Just saying..." Softly, he mutters under his breath brow furrowed.
"Well, I need 'em, 'cause guess what? I'm trying out for show choir this week!" Sue reveals as both Mike and Frankie furrows their brow by her words while wincing River immediately dives his head out of there.
"Wow, super. That... That should be fun to try out for. Now listen, Dad's gonna fix the dryer again, but right now, I just need everybody to go. Let's get out the door. Come on. Let's go, let's go!" Frankie urges the kids towards the door.
That driver's license picture was a big wake-up call from the DMV. Somehow the life had been sucked right out of me. But who or what had sucked it?
"Mom!" Sue calls out as she tries to reach the bag over her head held by Axl.
"Mom!" Mockingly, Axl copies keeping the bag out of reach.
"Mom, he's not giving my bag back! Mom!" Sue cries out as River and Robin guides Brick to the door stopping him from wandering while mid-reading as the two bicker behind them.
"We did teach 'em the word, "Dad" or "Mike", didn't we?" Frankie turns to her husband who simply smirks smugly as he heads out to work while she does the same... or at the least tries to.
We're a two-job family. Mike manages a bunch of boneheads down at the quarry...
"Oh, for cryin' out loud." Mike curses after an explosion talking to the radio as he rubs out the circle of 1 on the day without injury to zero blanking out the flask with a label upon it.
And my latest job I'm too smart for, is selling cars at Orson's last surviving car dealership.
"Well, well, well. What a month, huh?" The man smugly saunters over showing said fat check to the two.
"Frankie, don't let him intimidate you. He may be the king of sales around here, but he's been rejected by the Elks Lodge twice. I'm not gonna say by who. It was me. I told them that he's a pedophile." Giggling, Bob, friend of Frankie gossips as the man leaves.
"No." Frankie gasps.
"Yeah. He's not a pedophile. He's not." Bob smirks.
"Wait, Bob." Frankie frowns at her check.
"What?" Bob furrows his brow at her.
"Okay, this check can't be right. This is lower than the amount I spent on gas to get here." Frankie furrows her brow going over to her boss to see about this check and...
"Ain't nothing wrong with the check, Frances. That there is your base salary, and that's what it's gonna stay until you sell a car and get a commission. Now one week left in the month. You sell a car, or you may be out on your keister." The boss reminds Frankie.
"Yeah. Yeah. I, um... But listen, I mean, my keister's having a little cash flow problem right now. I may not have sold a car yet, but I've come real close." Frankie argues.
"See that buck up there? He came real close to not being hit by a bullet. You see what I'm saying? By the way, did you ever get a new driver's license? We gotta post them, and that old one didn't look a thing like you. Oh, yeah. Now that's you." The boss gestures to one of his many prized hunted heads on the wall before being handed Frankie's driver license as Frankie frowning but forcing a smile upon her face heads to do just that...
"I see myself as kind of a matchmaker for people and vehicles, and I just have a feeling about you and this little cutie. Why don't we take it for a test drive and..." Frankie talks to the man about the ruby red car when...
"Frankie, you have a call on line one. Your son's school is on line one." The announcer calls out to her bored.
"Hurt, or just in trouble? 'Cause if it's just in trouble, can you ask him if I can call him back?" She asks however...
"You said you were gonna pick him up!" Fuming, Frankie yells at the phone.
"No, you said you were." Mike disputes pouring himself a coffee from the canister she made him.
"I even put a post-it on your thermos!" Frankie complains as he then notes the sticky note.
"Is that what that means?" He blurts out as next thing Frankie knew...
"Feel that? Uh, take a left right here. Pretty smooth, huh? That's 150 horsepower. And did I tell you about our recession deals? Oh, get in the right lane and pull over, pull over, pull over!" Frankie talks to her client driving the car instructing him as next the driver knew he was pulling up to a familiar little boy by his lonesome on the curb outside said school.
"Quick, quick! Get in, get in, get in!" Frankie hisses to her son getting in confusing the client.
"Brick, honey, how do you like those seats?" Smiling, Frankie turns to her son strapped in.
"They're amazing. They also come with optional leather trim and preferred suede inserts." Brick recites unapologetic.
"And if you buy today, I'll throw the inserts in for free." Frankie offers.
"Mom, are you crazy? That's a $600 value." Brick gasps as the drive continues...
"At least you're still my hero." Brick bows his head holding the huge soda cans.
"Aww, thanks, pal. I made dinner!" Frankie drops down the fast food onto the table as the family enter, River has his headphones in as he turns to take his bag, beaming at the chips and nuggets however when he turns to enter his room, Axl and Robin following in his steps...
"Hey, Underpants, headphones, bird you three think you're too good for us?" Mike hollers at the three as Robin doesn't even bat an eye to removing the earphone from her brother. Confused, he turns to the zombie turning to the family as he does the same equally as lost.
"We are a family, and we are going to eat together as a family." Firmly, Frankie tells the three sharing a look before the twins and Axl release a tired sigh as next they knew...
"This is Dancing With the Stars"!
"Okay, quick, let's hear about everybody's day. Mine sucked. Next." Frankie turns to her family as they all sit on the sofa to eat well all of them, Robins sits on Axl's lap while River sits on the floor leaning against the sofa arm chair.
"Well, ahem, I'm trying to decide what number I should do for my show choir audition." Smiling, Sue exclaims.
"Oh, my God." Axl groans leaning his head into Robin's shoulder.
"What?" Sue furrows her brow at him as Robin takes a heavy gulp of her soda.
"Does it really matter what song you pick? 'Cause there's no way you're gonna make it." Axl states the obvious.
"Mom!" Sue turns to her.
"Mike." Frankie turns to him.
"Robin." Mike turns to Robin.
"Babe." Robin turns to Axl.
"Yeah you know I can I get it silent treatment tough love to make me do it thanks Robin I'm finally ready to tell mom and dad!" Determined, Sue strides out of the room, the bang of the door being shut startles said girl turning to look behind her, brow furrowed for what had just happened however she simply shrugs it off returning to her own form of escapism…
"You know, your brother's just trying to say you should just choose whatever you want." Frankie advises.
"Now me, I like a quick-song. Quick, leave 'em wantin' more." Mike snaps his fingers.
"You have a meeting with my teacher on Monday." Brick blurts out.
"What?" Frankie turns to him.
"It's imperative that you both be there, she says. Imperative!" Brick tells her before bowing his head repeating the word.
"Who's he whispering to?" Mike furrows his brow.
"Himself." River answers as he sips his soda.
"Why does he do that?" Mike frowns at Frankie.
"Why does it seem so strange?" Scowling, River argues.
"Cause it is." Axl scoffs.
"It's just another quirk of his." River shrugs.
"He has enough. I thought I told you to knock that off." Mike furrows his brow at Brick.
"I like it. It soothes me." Brick disputes.
"Okay, what teacher's meeting? I didn't even get a note." Frankie argues as next the group knew he took it out of his mouth.
"Oh, my God, you're so weird. Explain that!" Axl grimaces turning to frown at his best friend.
"That I can't." Candidly, River gives him that equally as repulsed.
"Mom!" Brick turns to Frankie.
"Mike." Frankie turns to Mike.
"Robin." Mike turns to Robin.
"Boys." Robin gives them a stern look.
"What I can't!" River argues annoyed only to falter from his sister's firm frown.
"Yeah, well, from what I can tell, it is Monday. Okay, we both work Monday." Frankie huffs unravelling the chewed up piece of paper.
"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry." Brick apologizes repeating it as he whispers it.
Quietly, Robin sits on her front on her bed below as Sue stands before the girl, pacing back and forth seemingly ranting to the girl oblivious to her having her earphones in, reading the book before her in a world of her own…
"You think I can do this right Robin?" Smiling, Sue beams brightly down at the older girl on the mattress on the floor on her front firmly focusing on the book before her, posters of big dippers and constellations with a telescope on her side stands simply nodding her head, bowing to the beat in her head.
"…" Silently, she turns the page, how could Willow just allow Katniss to treat her like this Robin would never know….
"Did I tell you Hank at the quarry found his finger today?" Mike leans back on the lawn chair looking up at the stars sipping his beer by his wife on the other lawn chair's side.
"Oh, really? That's good." Frankie smiles at the news.
"Mom, Dad. Are you guys disappointed in me? You know, 'cause I never make anything?" Sue approaches her parents pained.
"Oh, sure I'm disappointed, hon. This is, like, the 12th thing you've tried out for. I mean, I love not having to go to the events." Mike tries to comfort his daughter.
"I'm thinking maybe I won't try out for show choir... If you guys don't think I should." Sadly, Sue admits as she looks expectantly at her parents.
Of course she shouldn't. Show choir in Indiana has always been huge. Next to basketball, its combination of singing and Broadway-caliber choreography is the most cutthroat competition around. I didn't want to see her get hurt, but then I looked at her young and shiny face not beat down yet by busted dryers and mean bosses with guns...
"Go for it." Frankie tells her.
"Hmm?" Mike turs to his wife surprised.
"You really... You really think so?" Sue beams brightly hopeful.
No.
"Dad?" Hopeful, Sue turns to him.
"This could be your year." Mike goes with it.
We are so screwed.
"Brick is a very quirky child... Maybe clinically quirky, even." The teacher known as Mrs Rettig informs both Mike and Frankie as they sit before her desk.
"We have no idea what you mean." Frankie smiles.
We knew exactly what she meant.
"Well, that may be because you haven't spent much time here in the classroom.
"Are we supposed to? I mean, isn't that the point of school... That between 8:00 and 3:00, he's your problem? If he, you know, eats his napkin at dinner, we don't call you and ask you to come over to our house." Mike argues.
"Look, I would love to spend more time here, but I work. I'm at work right now." Frankie gestures to a familiar ruby red car with a different driver at the wheel waiting for the two to come back.
"Brick's a very bright boy, but we feel he could benefit from a series of more formal tests.." The teacher tries to tell them…
"Okay, so he doesn't fit into your cookie-cutter mould. But that doesn't mean that he needs fixing. Our oldest son had a completely pointed head until he was six." Frankie tells the teacher.
"Like a candy corn." Mike gestures.
"And so what, we got some funny looks when we took him to the mall? You know what we did about it? Nothing. And eventually, it just flattened out all on its own." Frankie finishes said story.
"Okay, look, Brick isn't your typical kid, but he is funny and sweet and probably a genius." Frankie firmly stats the fact fiercely.
"I think what we're trying to say here is, thanks for your concern, but our Brick doesn't need any special anything. He's fine." Firmly, Mike places his hand on his wife's shoulder.
"Mm-hmm. His best friend is his backpack." Bluntly, Rettig deadpans.
"I just hope he's weird enough that our insurance covers it." Mike admits.
"How happy are you with your car?" Cheerily, Frankie leans in smirking eager for another customer.
"Now you're suspended for three games? What the hell is the matter with you?" Mad, Mike yells at Axl and River sat slumped in their chairs.
"What did they do?" Frankie returns to work while Robin is making herself a sandwich.
"They called their football coach a moron." Mike tells Frankie.
"You always call him a moron." Axl argues.
"He called for a bomb on 4th and 1. You think you're some sort of a big shot just 'cause you play ball? Well, the smart-mouth attitude goes today." Mike tells the two teenage boys how it is.
"Whatever." Axl and River dismisses.
"That's it! Go to your room. No, wait. You like your room. Go to Sue and Robin's room!" Mike changes the punishment.
"But I'm in there!" Robin interjects.
"Then go to the boys room!" Mike orders her.
"What did I do?! Urgh!" Robin scowls glaring at the two storming off to Axl and River's room.
"Think of it as punishment for turning Axl's head into its normal shape!" Mike yells only to be met by the sharp slamming sound of the door.
"Damn it. If only he had, like, a car or a TV or a cell phone... Something good we could take away from him. From either of them." Mike curses.
"I know." Frankie sighs.
"Mom, you're my hero." Brick repeats.
"That's nice, honey, but we're trying to think up a good punishment for your brother." Frankie tells him however…
"You'll need a costume." Brick tells her.
"Costume?" Frankie frowns at Brick.
"I'm doing a book report on Superwoman. You have to come dressed like her Monday so I can show and tell you as part of my project. You can also come as Jungle Girl, but I'd have to do it today." Brick tells her.
"Damn it, Brick, you've gotta tell me these things earlier." Frankie snaps at Brick.
"I did! I've been telling you all week you're my hero. Didn't you listen? Whatever!" Brick turs on his heels huffing.
"Honey, okay, listen. I'm sorry. Honey, come back here." Frankie tries to go after but…
"Oh, let him be." Mike dismisses.
"What is happening? I used to think I was a pretty good mom, and now... God, I really..." Frankie plops herself down on her sofa sadly.
"I don't know. Hey, come on. You're a great mom. So Brick is weird, and Sue has no recognizable talent, and Axl and River's flushing their futures down the toilet and Robin's antisocial nature and is too scared to try out for anything, all of our kids are messed up." Mike tries to comfort his wife, arm draped over her when…
"I did it. I made show choir!" Cheerily, Sue smiles.
"You did?" Frankie and Mike do a double take.
"Yeah!" Sue smiles.
"You sure, honey? Is it actually written down somewhere?" Mike furrows his brow.
"Yes, yes! And they already rotated me in, so I gotta learn everything super quick for our first competition this Friday." Sue admits.
"Oh, my God! This is huge!" Happily, Frankie gushes.
"Oh, honey, that's great! I'm so proud of you." Mike beams brightly at his daughter.
"Thanks, Dad. All right, well, I'd better get my homework done, because I am going to be so busy" Sue smiles as she goes off to do her homework.
Either Sue does have some talent, or we have one crappy show choir. This called for a celebration.
"Sue, I'm just so proud of you. I never thought you'd make anything. Here's a dollar." Aunt Edie takes out from her wig a dollar as the neighbourhood celebrate.
"Thank you!" Sue smiles taking the dollar while Ginny simply shrugs cigarette in hand as they soon go in to watch move that bus.
"Oh, my. And now, ladies and gentlemen, fresh from their knockout performance at Hoosier Village Assisted Living in Terre Haute... The Orson Swingsations!"
"Where the hell is she?" Scowling, Mike tries to find Sue as the group watch with Brick reading his book.
"She's on the crew." Frankie spots her.
"What? Oh, that's great! The only thing lamer than show choir is being on the crew for show choir." Axel smirks.
"Axl." Robin frowns at him.
"You kidding? You learn a lot more on the crew than being one of those ditzy broads." Bluntly, River argues.
"Where's Sue?" Aunt Edith asks.
"She's in the... The middlish row behind the pregnant girl." Frankie lies to Aunt Edie.
"Soon to be pregnant from the looks of them…" River remarks.
"Why didn't she tell us she was only on the crew?" Confused, Frankie ponders.
"I don't know. She does look real happy, though. That's my daughter... That's my daughter right there!" Excited, Mike hollers alarming a fair few.
"Mike no!" Robin hisses harshly at him but…
"Go, Sue!" Smiling, he forces her to stand with Brick, River and Axl as next the group knew…
"Sue, the box. The box." Mike and Frankie mouth to her as she smiles waving lingering on set oblivious to the box she holds she was meant to set down as next she knew a domino effect of sorts occurred a girl fell forward hitting the stage, the boy behind following a everyone else fell too, only was left hanging above flailing from the hanger above.
"Do it, yes Sue yes! See how easily the social structure of high school breaks tell me people why must we the less populars be pushed down to these pretty faces who having nothing to their names nor brains that could help society! Why must those that have the determination to learn to study be seen as outsiders for-" Fiercely, River roars raising his voice to the public as a fair few camera point at him seeing him cackle from the mayhem of the prompt.
"That's enough for the today." Mike smoothly slides in, hand over his mouth.
"I will not be silenced!" Scowling, he raises his fist fiercely in the air as he is dragged away in Mike's arms…
No wonder my face looks the way it does. The Swingsation disaster got Sue kicked off crew. So when Brick said it was the day of his book report... Today's the day of my book report. I was at the end of my rope. But what could I do? I was the no-show mom whose kid's best friend was his backpack. I put on my spanx and went.
"Anybody call for Superwoman?" Smiling, Frankie asks in her costume cheerily as she saunters in faltering from the group circle of children around the eerily silent teacher.
"That's next Monday." She tells Frankie as the children chuckle as the embarrassed Frankie leaves.
"Hi, Bob. Frankie. Yeah, it's me, Bob. Listen, that Gail woman... She came back to purchase a car. She's looking for you. But that dummy Pete... He's moving in for the kill. He's plying her with snow cones. I don't think she can hold out much longer. She's on her second grape." Bob reports to Frankie from his phone.
"No, no! That is my customer! Listen, don't let her move. I'm gonna be right there, okay? Damn it." Swiftly, she hangs up heading to work.
"And the braking system is just, like, so great. Because it, you know, like, it stops really well, and it's got this, I mean, integrated steering wheel that... That, like, you know, you turn it, and... And honk if people get in the way, and it just..." Frankie lists off as she and the mother from before drive in the yellow car.
"Frankie, are you okay? You seem a little... Stressed." She asks Frankie.
"Oh, no. I'm fine. I'm perfect. Uh, where was I? Oh, the horn! You're going to love the horn. Listen to this. Isn't that great? I am a matchmaker. Did I mention that? For people and, um, wait. See? Isn't that fabulous?" Frankie smiles at the woman who drives through a familiar road.
"You know, I'm a mom, too. I know what it's like to balance work and kids. I've got three." The mother reveals.
"I've got five. Isn't it hard? It's really hard. I'm just stretched so thin. I feel like I can't do anything right." Frankie gushes.
"Oh, I know. Some days, I swear I just feel like getting in the car and driving and driving...and never coming back. Do you ever feel like that?" She asks Frankie.
"Only every day!" Frankie agrees.
"We made it! Yeah! Pedal to the metal, baby, all the way! What was that?" The mother cheers faltering from the sudden bump.
"What was what?" Frankie furrows her brow.
"I think we hit something. Is something wrong with the car? Maybe you'd better check." She insists.
"No, I'm sure it's fine. I..." Frankie frowns but…
"No... Yeah, no, no. I'll check. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I don't see anything. Hey!" Frankie sighs going to check only t gasp at the gas thrown in her face.
"Sorry! I got three kids in jail!" The woman yells as she takes off in the car.
"What? No, wait! You're not gonna get away with this! I've got your license back at the office!" Frankie roars but it falls to deaf ears.
"Oh, I bet that's not even her real license. Yeah, the picture was too good…." Defeated, Franke falls to her knees mortified only to falter from the familiar breakfast bar being offered to her. Her hues widen while she swatches it looking up at the smiling face of River, Sue, Brick, Robin and Axl by her side in the car with Mike…
"Somebody call for a ride? Rough day?" Mike was driving it smiling at the fierce feral beast that is his wife.
That's the thing about family. Oh sure, they eat your food and wreck your face, you gotta save them a thousand times a day, for God knows what. But every now and then, they save you.
"Not pretty fast for a superhero" Mike remarks as Frankie reaches for the car but it scoots forward again…then again until…
"Wow! Nice tights." Axl remarks eyeing his mother's costume.
"So you some rip off super woman?" River and Robin asks.
"I'm the real deal thank you very much." Frankie huffs.
"We know." Smiling, Robin shares a look with Axl and River as she hands her a soda which she swiftly slurps.
"Look at you. Look at your mom." Mike gushes over his wife.
"Mom... Here with your dinner. We made it." Axl hands her over a familiar fast food bag.
"You make it just like I do. I love you, guys, you know." Frankie smiles at her kids.
"We know, Mom" Sue smiles.
"Hi. How come you never tell me you love me?" Frankie cranes her head back towards Mike.
"I told you I loved you the day I married you. If anything had changed, I'd let you know." Mike lightly pats her leg.
So, yeah... Back then on the old license, you know what my life was gonna be. And Mike's right. And I know... this is my life. It's not gonna be in People magazine or anything, but you know what? I got it good.
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spiderandthesims · 3 years ago
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1880s Names
A
Boys
Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery
Girls
Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora
B
Boys
Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford
Girls
Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie
C
Boys
Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis
Girls
Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia
D
Boys
Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight
Girls
Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla
E
Boys
Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra
Girls
Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia
F
Boys
Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick
Girls
Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis
G
Boys
Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory
Girls
Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn
H
Boys
Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo
Girls
Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense
I
Boys
Irving
Girls
Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora
J
Boys
Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius
Girls
Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June
K
Boys
Kenneth
Girls
Kathleen
L
Boys
Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman
Girls
Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy
M
Boys
Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer
Girls
Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona
N
Boys
Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris
Girls
Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma
O
Boys
Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen
Girls
Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie
P
Boys
Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant
Girls
Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence
Q
Boys
Quincy
R
Boys
Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross
Girls
Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth
S
Boys
Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester
Girls
Samantha, Sophronia
T
Boys
Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman
Girls
Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie
U
Boys
Ulysses
Girls
Una
V
Boys
Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil
Girls
Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian
W
Boys
Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield
Girls
Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona
Z
Girls
Zella, Zora
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maturemenoftvandfilms · 3 years ago
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Top 10 Film Directors I’d Fuck
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Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Not the handsomest guy on this list, but I still want to fuck him.
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Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express and wrote the gangster film remake Scarface. Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama Platoon, which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. Stone looks like he could give a good fuck.
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Jim Sheridan is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed two critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, and later directed the films The Boxer and In America. Sheridan has received six Academy Award nominations. Handsome man who fits all my preferences for older, white-haired men types.
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David Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film twice, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival. There something about his voice that makes me want to make him moan in pleasure.
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Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) KBE was an English filmmaker who was one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Why wouldn't Hitchcock be on this list.
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Orson Welles (1915–1985) was an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film. Welles was huge in physical size as in talent and is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Dare I say, even a young Welles could catch a dick.
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George Lucas is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur. Lucas is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm Games, and Industrial Light & Magic. Lucas is considered one of the most significant figures of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster. As a Star Wars and Indiana Jones fan, you know I'd want to fuck him.
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Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. He has directed, among others, the science fiction films Alien, Blade Runner and The Martian, the road crime film Thelma & Louise, the historical drama film Gladiator, and the war film Black Hawk Down.
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Jeroen Krabbé is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1963, including Soldaat van Oranje, The Fourth Man, The Living Daylights, The Prince of Tides, The Fugitive and Immortal Beloved. I will always love “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo” for turning me on to Jeroen.
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Martin Scorsese is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in film history. He is the recipient of many accolades, including nine Academy Award nominations for Best Director, four British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards. I have a thing for short men. He makes me want to pick him up… with my dick.
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whattolearntoday · 3 years ago
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A bit of October 30th history...
1420 - Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of England returns to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle
1873 - PT Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts; NYC
1938 - A radio broadcast of HG Wells’ “The War of the Worlds”, narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic
1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin’s body from Lenin’s Tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts 
1990 - Britain and France complete the “Chunnel” under the English Channel (pictured)
2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and it’s rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion
2017 - President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates, are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI
2019 - Twitter head, Jack Dorsey, announces it will no longer take political ads
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kingofrandomthoughts · 2 years ago
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DON'T LIKE HISTORY
People keep telling me they're not into history. If they're thinking about high school, textbooks, or documentaries on the history channel, then I understand completely. Forced learning stinks for sure. Especially when it's about something long ago or in a faraway land.
I see it differently. I would argue that most love history. Their formal K-12 school education setting and style aren't the first thing I see. Like the title character in the August Rush movie, history "is all around us."
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We think of famous architecture and landmarks.
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It almost doesn't matter what you do enjoy. Most likely, you do enjoy history. Let me prove it to you.
Sports is the number one pastime in America. Can a football fan tell you the famous players and games by their team? If I say, Walter Payton or Joe Montana, do they know who I'm talking about? Of course, they do. Just like Wayne Gretzky or Bobby Orr in hockey,
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Mickey Mantle and Ozzie Smith in baseball,
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or Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain in basketball. They know about the Ice Bowl, the Miracle on Ice, the 1989 Bay Area World Series, and recognize the Triple Crown Award (more than one sport).
How about Heisman Winners in the past? How many great college players can you name that were terrible in the pros? I can name several and I am no expert. Who were the best college players ever?
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Has anyone ever moved through a defensive line like Barry Sanders or will anyone ever again? I miss watching that guy play!
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Car buffs love their cars. Some love the Shelby Cobra and others go back to the Duesenberg and Vauxhall's.
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Cars have become a part of Hollywood lore as well, with Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, the Batmobile, the Ghostbusters ambulance, and Jurassic Park jeeps.
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I love movies and thought about going to USC for film school. If I spoke about Steven Spielberg affecting people with his movies, would it make sense? Jaws made people afraid to go into the water. Indiana Jones made people want to explore. His movies moved the public's perception from fear of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds
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to his own tale of wonder in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and then to an awkward loveable buddy E.T.
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Schindler's List broke the world's heart with portrayals of the holocaust. Jurassic Park brought dinosaurs back to life.
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Do you realize that Jurassic Park was released in June of 1993? I graduated high school months before. Now I feel old.
Even in television shows, what was your favorite? Was it Mash? It was a rare combination of heart-clutching realities, tender moments, and needed comic relief. I watched the final episode.
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Maybe it was Seinfeld or Friends.
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Or Alex Trebek who's no longer with us, just like Robin Williams. Such great entertainment history.
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I love music and its history.
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Most who love cooking have heard the name Julia Child. I know people that were friends. She was a legend.
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Collect shoes? Here's a picture of Chuck Taylor sneakers from their first go-round.
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I love business history and remember this well.
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Fashion is an obsession in America. Even I know about Oscar de la Renta, Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, and Versace.
I love the scene in the movie The Devil Wears Prada, with Meryl Streep explaining to Anne Hathaway where her careless fashion choices were decided by the people in the room.
"This… “stuff”? Oh, okay. I see you think this has nothing to do with you.
You… go to your closet, and you select… I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back, but what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean.
You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that, in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns, and then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn’t it?… who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here.
And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin.
However, that blue represents millions of dollars of countless jobs, and it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry, when in fact, you’re wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room… from a pile of “stuff.”
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Undoubtedly, Hatheway's character was unaware and probably didn't care, but everyone in the room did. It is the world they love and they know the history very well.
One more for the crowd. Who remembers playing these?
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I wish we'd talk about the history of our loves that way. History still evokes emotion and memories, even just seeing pictures.
Don't you love sports history, cinema history, art history, fashion history, business history, and automobile history?
Maybe it's just me and my random thought for today.
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thehalloweenhub · 3 years ago
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Here Are Some Ideas For Your Night of Chills & Thrills… (Part II)
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Tales From the Darkside “Trick or Treat”
Halloween Themed Episodes:
Tales From the Darkside “Halloween Candy”
8 Simple Rules “Trick or Treehouse”
8 Simple Rules “Halloween”
WandaVision “All-New Halloween Spooktacular”
Scream “Halloween”
Scream “Halloween II”
Scream “The Man Behind the Mask”
Moesha “Halloween Part 1: Kim’s Revenge”
Clueless “Trick or Treat”
Lizzie McGuire “Night of The Day of the Dead”
Eerie, Indiana “America’s Scariest Home Video”
Goosebumps “The Haunted Mask”
Goosebumps “The Haunted Mask II”
Goosebumps “Attack of the Jack-o-Lanterns”
Supernatural “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester”
Family Matters “Stevil”
Family Matters “Stevil 2: This Time He’s Not Alone”
Charmed (1998) “All Halliwell’s Eve”
Pretty Little Liars “Grave New World”
The Middle “Halloween”
The Middle “Halloween II”
The Middle “Halloween III: The Driving”
The Middle “Halloween IV: The Ghost Story”
The Middle “Halloween V”
The Middle “Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death”
The Middle “Halloween VII: The Heckoning”
The Middle “Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery”
Slow Burn Horror Movies:
Hereditary (2018)
The Exorcist (1973)
Sinister (2012)
Suspiria (1977)
The Witch (2015)
It Follows (2014)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
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Curtains (1983)
Horror Films:
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Hellraiser (1987)
Halloween Kills (2021)
The Lords of Salem (2012)
Happy Death Day 2 U (2019)
Dead Silence (2007)
The Babadook (2014)
Carrie (2002)
Urban/African American Horror Films:
MA (2019)
Spawn (1997)
No Good Deed (2014)
Bad Hair (2020)
Vampires Vs. The Bronx (2020)
Haunted House (2013)
Horror Shows:
Midnight Mass (1 Season)
Slasher (4 Seasons)
Light As A Feather (2 Seasons)
The Order (2 Seasons)
Lovecraft Country (1 Season)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2 Seasons)
Dead of Summer (1 Season)
Them (1 Season)
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Supernatural “Everybody Loves A Clown”
Spooky/Creepy Episodes:
American Horror Story: Asylum “I Am Anne Frank”
Are You Afraid of the Dark “The Tale of the Laughing In The Dark”
Channel Zero: No-End House “This Isn’t Real”
Channel Zero: The Dream Door “Ashes On My Pillow”
Doctor Who “Blink”
Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Conversations With Dead People”
The Twilight Zone “Living Doll”
The Twilight Zone (80s Reboot) “Nightcrawlers”
90s Horror Films:
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Mikey (1992)
Idle Hands (1999)
Mimic (1997)
Leprechaun (1993)
Urban Legend (1998)
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riverphoenixislove · 4 years ago
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“Phoenix, who would play young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, could stand as an emblem of the emerging Hollywood to which all film-makers needed to accustom themselves. He shared none of their values or enthusiasms. He'd never seen a James Dean film, let alone one by Orson Welles, and when Peter Bogdanovich offered him what turned out to be the actor's last completed film, The Thing Called Love, the director of Targets and What's Up, Doc? had to explain who he was: Phoenix had never heard of him.”
— Steven Spielberg: The Unauthorised Biography by John Baxter [Published in 1996]
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axlhecksbasement6 · 1 year ago
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Cheater | Axl Heck x fem!Reader
You watched, not daring to look away not even for a second. Your boyfriend of two years was kissing another girl. A blonde girl with beautiful tan skin. Your heart sank.
You came for a surprise visit at his university, you had taken a gap year to sort some things out. You missed him so much you decided to visit him.
"Axl?!" You shouted catching him by surprise. He broke away from the kiss and looked your way. You shook year head, tears threatened to fall from your eyes. You stormed off, he was shouting your name and running after you.
"(Y/n)! Please let me explain!" He shouted catching up to you.
"Explain what? That your tongue was in another girls mouth? What is there to explain?" You shouted angrily. Your heart broke as he stammered for words.
"Please, she means nothing to me!" He exclaimed and you shook your heads tears finally falling from your eyes.
"I'm such an idiot. An idiot for believing long distance could work. I'm in Orson rejecting guys, telling guys that I have a boyfriend only for said boyfriend to be kissing and possibly fucking other women?!" You said turning to look away from.
"(Y/n), please. I was lonely and she offered me her company!" He defended himself.
"You're so weak Axl. If you were lonely you could have called me? You could have come and visit me? Planned for a day for me to go over?! Not kiss a random girl at a stupid frat party!" You screamed shoving him away.
"(Y/n) I love you so much I don't know what I would do without you!" He cried tears falling from his eyes.
"Go keep kissing that girl! See if she wants to keep you company!" You ran off to your car. He shouted your name pleading for you to come back. You got inside your car and drove far, far away from him. You never wanted to see his stupid face or his stupid smile. You never want to be reminded of him or his family.
You got home and immediately packed all the things you had of him. You packed his high school varsity jacket that he let you borrow. All the pictures from fairs and carnivals. You packed all the gifts he gave to you. All of it went into a box and you drove to the Heck's house.
You banged on their door and Frankie opened up.
"(Y/n)? Axl isn't here sweetie," she smiled and you shook your head.
"We are over Mrs. Heck," your voice was shaky. "But don't worry Axl has a new girlfriend and he seems to love her very much."
"Wait-? What? You broke up?" She asked and you nodded.
"I dumped him," you smiled. You handed her the box. "Tell him to delete my number, his is already deleted from mine." You walked away not allowing Frankie to say another word to you. Your heart was beating quickly and your lip began to tremble.
Two years gone to the trash. Two amazing years of fun and romance all gone. But, it was going to be okay. You were going to apply to colleges, you were going to get your life on track and not allow a stupid boy to ruin your plans.
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alexlacquemanne · 2 years ago
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Avril MMXXIII
Films
Le Troisième Homme (The Third Man) (1949) de Carol Reed avec Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hörbiger et Ernst Deutsch
Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971) de Gérard Pirès avec Lino Ventura, Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc, Georges Demestre, Nanni Loy, Jacques Dufilho, Georges Beller et Rufus
Super Mario Bros. le film (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) (2023) de Aaron Horvath et Michael Jelenic avec Pierre Tessier, Audrey Sourdive, Benoît Du Pac, Jérémie Covillault, Emmanuel Garijo, Xavier Fagnon, Nicolas Marié et Thierry Desroses
La Folie des grandeurs (1971) de Gérard Oury avec Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza et Gabriele Tinti
Les Trois Mousquetaires : D'Artagnan (2023) de Martin Bourboulon avec François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Vicky Krieps, Louis Garrel : Louis XIII et Lyna Khoudri
Vacances romaines (Roman Holiday) (1953) de William Wyler avec Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams et Margaret Rawlings
Le Signe de Zorro (The Mark of Zorro) (1940) de Rouben Mamoulian avec Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg et Montagu Love
Flair de famille (2023) de Didier Bivel avec Sylvie Testud, Samuel Labarthe, Fatim-Zarha Alami Marrouni, Oscar Copp et Anne Girouard
Un pont trop loin (A Bridge Too Far) (1977) de Richard Attenborough avec Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins et Robert Redford
Sirocco (1951) de Curtis Bernhardt avec Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Zero Mostel et Nick Dennis
West Side Story (1961) de Jerome Robbins et Robert Wise avec Natalie Wood, Marni Nixon, Richard Beymer, Jimmy Bryant, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, Betty Wand, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland et Ned Glass
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986) de Claude Chabrol avec Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Dacqmine et Hermine Clair
La Bête humaine (1938) de Jean Renoir avec Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux, Julien Carette, Blanchette Brunoy et Gérard Landry
L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) (1962) de John Ford avec John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin et Edmond O'Brien
Le Goût des autres (2000) d'Agnès Jaoui avec Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin, Christiane Millet et Wladimir Yordanoff
Remorques (1941) de Jean Grémillon avec Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Fernand Ledoux, Charles Blavette, Jean Marchat, Nane Germon et Anne Laurens
Le Dindon (2019) de Jalil Lespert avec Dany Boon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Ahmed Sylla, Laure Calamy et Camille Lellouche
Adieu les cons (2020) d'Albert Dupontel avec Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marié, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Uchan, Bastien Ughetto et Marilou Aussilloux
Indiana Jones et la Dernière Croisade (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) (1989) de Steven Spielberg avec Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover et River Phoenix
Tigre et Dragon (臥虎藏龍, Wò Hǔ Cáng Lóng) (2000) d'Ang Lee avec Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-pei et Sihung Lung
Séries
Friends Saison 6, 7
Celui qui faisait sa demande : 1re partie - Celui qui faisait sa demande : 2e partie - Celui qui croyait faire jeune - Celui qui réglait le mariage - Celui qui s'était mal assis - Celui qui retrouvait son rôle - Celui qui avait toujours l'air bizarre - Celui qui aimait les petites siestes - Celui qui avait un livre à la bibliothèque - Celui qui n'aimait pas les chiens - Celui qui offrait un vélo - Celui qui se déguisait - Celui qui aimait les cheesecakes - Celui qui a passé la nuit debout - Celui qui a vu mourir Rosita - Ceux qui avaient trente ans - Celui qui avait un cerveau neuf - Celui qui savait la vérité sur Londres - Celui qui voyait la robe de mariée - Celui qui récupérait le prix - Celui qui avait une jolie cousine - Celui qui fantasmait sur le baiser - Celui qui écrivait ses vœux - Celui qui rencontrait l'auteur de ses jours - Celui qui a épousé Monica : 1re partie - Celui qui a épousé Monica : 2e partie
Coffre à Catch
#109 : Le Dirt Sheet débarque à la ECW ! - #110 : Aurélien Portehaut débarque à la ECW ! - #111 : Mark Henry vs Matt Hardy - C'est un Perfect 10 ! - #112 : Le Championship Scramble: le titre de Mark Henry en danger!
Top Gear Saison 11
L'art de la chasse - La traversée du Japon - Alfas bon marché - Apprentis policiers - Spéciale Inde - Ski vs Audi - Angleterre vs Allemagne - Spécial Pôle Nord
Meurtres au paradis Saison 12
Désignée coupable - Un foyer aimant - La lettre anonyme : première partie - La lettre anonyme : deuxième partie
Affaires sensibles
La crise des missiles de Cuba - Poutine/Macron : le face-à-face des présidents - L'affaire Iacono : le mensonge - L’Erika ou la monstrueuse année noire - Cinq colonnes à la Une : la révolution télévisuelle - La sombre histoire du roi du polar, José Giovanni - « Humilier les morts pour terroriser les vivants » : la profanation de Carpentras - Georges Marchais, les mémoires effacées. - Le renard de Kerlouan
L'agence tous risques Saison 3, 4
Jeu de piste - Chasseurs de primes - Effacez-les ! - Les Chevaliers de la route - Boisson gazeuse - Le jugement dernier : 1re partie - Le jugement dernier : 2e partie - Mystère à Beverly Hills - Le docteur est sorti - Aux frais de la princesse - Un quartier anglais - Le monstre du lac - La route de l'espoir - Gran prix - Rien que du muscle - Un quartier tranquille - Prudence les enfants - Opération Abraxis - Le trésor sous la mer - Rock N' Roll - Une vraie mine d'or
Inspecteur Barnaby Saison 7
L'Homme du bois - La Réunion des anciennes - La Malédiction du tumulus - Le Prix du scandale - La Légende du lac
Spectacles
Fallait pas le dire ! (2023) de Salomé Lelouch avec Pierre Arditi, Evelyne Bouix et Pascal Arnaud
Dido : Live at Brixton Academy (2004)
Livres
Nanar Wars : Le Pire Contre-Attaque ! d'Emmanuel Prelle et Emmanuel Vincenot
Détective Conan : Tome 6 de Gôshô Aoyama
Détective Conan : Tome 7 de Gôshô Aoyama
Une enquête du commissaire Dupin : Un été à Pont-Aven de Jean-Luc Bannalec
Détective Conan : Tome 8 de Gôshô Aoyama
On ne vit qu'une fois, souvenirs d'hier et d'aujourd'hui de Roger Moore
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thinkingthinking · 4 years ago
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Here, it may be useful to consider Welles’ fondness for hosting in light of an artist whose name is found on the initial guest list for The Other Side of the Wind, but who was unfortunately unable to attend—Andy Warhol. I am not the first to bring these two together: Gary Indiana dreams of little Andy listening to Welles on the radio as a child, the Campbell Playhouse years in particular, and somewhat curiously, given Welles’ torment at the end of corporations for much of his life, finds their overlap in a tin can he calls “the merger of corporatism with art”; more germane to the present discussion is J. Hoberman’s assertion, made several times over the last decade (initially, I believe, in the London Review of Books) that Welles and Warhol were two of the earliest major figures of American art to take “the media” itself as their medium, rather than any specific practice. I would like to venture a third point of contact which The Other Side of the Wind confirms: that the ideal for both artists was the creation of a social context which, once set in motion, would sustain the production of an indefinite, potentially infinite, amount of art bearing their signature. Put more simply, they desired to create a party-machine that they could wield as if it were a brush or a camera. (Both realized this only fleetingly, if they realized it at all; for Warhol, it is the prime years of his film production, 1963-66, for Welles, the period from 1970-76 when The Other Side was in staccato production.) Warhol, fashionably awkward and a more accommodating host, needed only one camera, which could fit in any corner or closet; anyone who showed up could sit before it, and because they had come to his party, something would happen to them that could never happen anywhere else; they were not unique, but what they were doing at that moment was. Welles, in less abashed possession of an ego of similarly gargantuan dimensions and more insistent that everyone join in on the fun, in contrast asked that each guest (I am exaggerating here, though only slightly) pick up a camera and contribute to the communal creation of a work whose content was a portrait of some grand figure, and whose form was a portrait of everyone who sustained their position, often at considerable material or emotional cost. Phil Coldiron, “First Person Plural: On Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind”
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mentalcentrifuge · 4 years ago
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three thousand years
one of the things that will always be funny to me is the premise of the later Orson Scott Card’s Enders Game series books. Like, first off both Ender and Valentine are alive still, and they’ve been alive for something like three thousand years of time. Not only are they alive, but Valentine’s been popping back up as Demosthenes here and there and Ender wrote the book that made him a war criminal. So as Demosthenes, Valentine wrote inflammatory political arguments to help her brother Peter take over the world, then wrote a series of history books, then wrote philosophical and cultural treatises that defined her other brother as a war criminal, then pops back up a couple centuries later and goes back to the political rhetoric. Meanwhile, Ender’s been traveling around as a preacher dude and pretty much by the series end both three thousand year old beings are just.
Chilling. Like they’re doing stuff, but they’re just lowkey three thousand years old and even the people who find out about it barely bat an eye. It would be like finding out that not only are Herodotus, Homer, Josephus, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and whoever has the most famous translation of Homer the same person, but they’re actually siblings with Achilles and they live in Carmel, Indiana. Just like, what? Excuse me? they’re just there? and no one knows, nobody cares?
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whattolearntoday · 4 years ago
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A bit of October 30th history...
1420 - Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of England returns to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle
1873 - PT Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts; NYC
1938 - A radio broadcast of HG Wells’ “The War of the Worlds”, narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic (pictured)
1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin’s body from Lenin’s Tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts 
1990 - Britain and France complete the “Chunnel” under the English Channel
2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and it’s rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion
2017 - President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates, are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI
2019 - Twitter head, Jack Dorsey, announces it will no longer take political ads
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