#rampant

[alridpath]

A pair of commissions I finished today! ⚔️🌕

Apologies for the quietness lately, life got pretty hectic!

[forgeline]

Million-dollar masterpiece.  The incredible "Rampant" 1968 Ford Mustang was built by the team at East Bay Muscle Cars and debuted in the K&N booth, at the 2023 SEMA Show, where it won the Goodguys Gold award, the Glasurit Peoples Choice award, and a top-5 "Best on RS" award from Roadster Shop. It's powered by a 780+HP Edelbrock-supercharged Gen 2 Coyote V8 and rides on a Roadster Shop Fast Track chassis, Baer brakes, Toyo Proxes Sport tires,  the Forgeline Flush-Loc centerlock conversion (with the optional GT2 center nut), and 19x8.5/20x12 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R wheels finished in a custom trim-matching titanium! See more at: https://forgeline.com/customer-gallery/east-bay-muscle-cars-4

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[ultimate-word-tournament]

Ultimate Word Tournament!

Season 2

onegdaj (Polish) /ɔˈnɛɡ.daj/ (archaic) the other day; of yore.

rampant (English) /ˈɹæm.pənt/ 1. (especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked. 2. (in heraldry) rearing up, especially on its hind legs, with a foreleg raised and in��profile. 3. occuring widely, frequently, and/or menacingly.

[random-xpressions]

Of all the classes nothing makes my heart more insecure than the existence of hypocrites - you would never know how true is what they put for display or how venomous is what they hide. Their agendas discreet and their proclamations deceptive. Even existence of just one in your circle can lead to your perdition. Take heed...

Random Xpressions

[trollkaruby]

Not my usual content, but I was playing around with Cricut machine and felt like sharing!

[akashicrecordtelevision-com]

Rampant Systematic +5 - SoundCloud

Listen to Rampant Systematic +5, a playlist by Mateo on #SoundCloud

Also there's this. I will play a show eventually but I don't like crowds and I don't want fame or money so my lo-fi approach is philosophically sound for me.

[falseandrealultravival]

Today's Haiku with Picture 693

How much I hate

You are rampant enough

Smell tree

Edible.

憎き程

はびこる汝

クサギなり

食用になる。

(2023.05.21)

[midnightmisadventures]

I had this such weird dream about Ben

It was like so scary......

I don't have the energy but, at one point we were on zoom. Me him and another separate friend who didn't know him

Amd he was being so sweet and caring about me and asking where I was

Then we were traveling and...

I've been having this recurring dream where I'm in the backrooms basically. Some scary alt universe that has a single portal in and our (or very few)

I never know why we're there but I'm often in a group navigating a hospital like/hotel like/ garage like space that's somehow connected to an alternate dimension

If anyone sees you you have to run and leave or else death??? Or something really really bad to explain yourself out of

But people are always like "you're NOT supposed to be here"

So it's usually high alert high anxiety navigating through a maze

A lot.of.times you have to find an elevator to get out and get you to the place where the portal back is

My group got caught, it was me the other girl.on zoom and Ben got separated

Luckily we found an elevator WHILE being chased. It was so scary like we were squeezing I'm the last minute the Nad guys were about to get us

We got in and I'm trying to click "1 or 2" cause I think thatll take us to a more general place closer to the portal

The main feat was getting far enough away from where we just were because other floors won't be looking for us. It'd give us a chance to catch our breaths.

But then the girl I was with was like " ohhh look you can actually put in coordinates so it'll take you exactly where you wanna go. We can go straight to the portal"

But we had never used this feature and she was messing up pressing buttons, back tracking and the elevator was starting to move like the willy Wonka one.

The elevator was like a tiny metal shoot. It was so squished so I was starting to get anxious like we JUST got out of that life or death scenario and now you might break the elevator cause you don't know what you're doing? I CAN'T get stuck in here

Swipe for pt 2

[heraldrydiculous]

334 RegardANT

[forgeline]

Million-dollar masterpiece. Brad’s incredible “Rampant” 1968 Ford Mustang was built by the team at East Bay Muscle Cars and was selected as a Street Machine of the Year finalist at the 2024 Goodguys Summit Racing Nationals. It’s powered by a 780+HP Edelbrock-supercharged Gen 2 Coyote V8 and rides on a Roadster Shop Fast Track chassis, Baer brakes, Toyo Proxes Sport tires, the Forgeline Flush-Loc centerlock conversion (with the optional GT2 center nut), and 19×8.5/20×12 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R wheels finished in a custom trim-matching titanium! See more at: https://www.forgeline.com/customer-gallery-east-bay-muscle-cars/cgk2638

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[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: Killer Unicorns

Author: Diana Peterfreund

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2009

Genres: fiction, fantasy, paranormal, romance, supernatural

Blurb: Astrid has always scoffed at her eccentric mother’s stories about killer unicorns, but when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend - thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to the prom - Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter at the ancient cloisters the hunters have used for centuries. However, at the cloisters, all is not what it seems. Outside, the unicorns wait to attack, and within, Astrid faces other unexpected threats: from the crumbling, bone-covered walls that vibrate with a terrible power to the hidden agendas of her fellow hunters to - perhaps most dangerous of all - her growing attraction to a handsome art student...an attraction that could jeopardise everything.

[blackholepenguin]

I'm laughing too much at this

[andaniellight]

Rampant (2018): Lee Chung (Hyun Bin), an excellent swordsman, is a Prince of Joseon who enjoys boozing, womanizing and gambling ...

Me, eye-rolling: What a boring bitch ass main character, isn't he-

Rampant (2018): He is returning to Joseon after more than 10 years taken hostage to the Qing Dynasty when his older brother, Lee Young, who's supposed to succeed to the throne as the Crown Prince, sent him a letter implying a desperation over a threat that is unavoidable in Joseon saying he needs his younger brother to secure his wife and child away...

Me, instantly sitting down to press play: Fuck's sakes, why didn't you say it sooner that there's this siblings dynamics-

[adamwatchesmovies]

Rampant (2018)

I keep track of every movie I watch and make a point to write a review for it to grow my library but also to see how my feelings and tastes change over time. When I saw Rampant four years ago, I gave it 3.5/5. I saw that it received mixed critical reviews and couldn’t understand why. Now, I do.

Set during the Joseon dynasty, a plot to overthrow King Lee Jo (Kim Rui-Sung) accidentally releases a plague in a nearby village. The infected turn into highly contagious, flesh-eating 'night demons'. As their numbers grow, Crown Prince Lee Chung (Hyun Bin) and his companion Hak-soo (Jeong Man-sik) must contain this threat while schemers attempt to topple the throne.

I will grant Rampant that the production is first-rate. A lot of zombie films are made on the cheap but not this one. There are A LOT of zombies, with fairly elaborate makeup (no memorable designs, but they’re also not that kind of zombies). The action is set hundreds of years ago, so they couldn’t use any modern costumes or locations. Everything had to be built. The setting automatically makes this film different from most of the ones you’ve seen before. There are primitive guns, but this is not a movie where “Go for the head!” applies. There are bows and arrows but those aren’t as effective either; most combat involves edge weapons. The stakes are also different. A good chunk of the film has the palace overrun with “night demons”, with Prince Lee Chung and his allies trying to keep them contained so they cannot attack the surrounding city and spread to the entire country. Then, there’s the political stuff, which adds some human villains that don’t feel superfluous to the plot - they’re the ones who caused the plague. Even when things get apocalyptic, Minister Kim (Jang Dong-gun) and his cronies aren’t giving up their quest for more power.

I saw all that the first time I viewed Rampant and somehow, it made me overlook the characters. There’s no one to like in this movie. You might think that’s deliberate when we meet Prince Lee Chung, who’s been convinced to leave his womanizing over in Qing (China) to come over. At first, he only cares about someone if he can lure them into his bedroom (don’t get excited, there’s no sex or nudity in this film whatsoever) but over time readies himself to take on the responsibilities he’ll inherit with the throne. No. What I mean is that you won’t like anyone because they’re all boring. Even our protagonist. He essentially turns into a completely different person once he sees the zombies and while his skirt-chasing was annoying, at least it made him stand out. The same can’t be said for the badass survivors he meets when he lands in Jemulpo. You won’t be able to remember a thing about them the second they walk off-camera. That might be better than the worst character in the entire film, Prince Lee Chung’s companion, Hak-Su. Why director Kim Sung-hoon or writer Hwang Jo-yoon decided to include a comedic sidekick in this horror/action/thriller, I have no idea. At one point, he’s being attacked by zombies. It would take a miracle for him to make it out alive, and one of the last things he says to his companion is “Watch out for dog shit on the street”. If the character doesn’t care about his situation, why should we? As for the villains, they're important in theory, but once the plague gets out of control, all of them get wiped out and Minister Kim doesn't matter anymore. The things that interested us at first are all get taken away.

As a zombie movie, Rampant fails because it never does the thing you expect zombie movies to do, the thing that makes them effective: It never has someone meaningful to the main character turn or get bitten so they can feel conflicted about what's about to happen. In theory, the film has high stakes but in execution, everything feels low-key. One of the main reasons being that there are only about three scares in the whole movie and none of them appear past the halfway mark. The pieces to make a great, memorable and unique zombie movie were here but you couldn’t tell by the end result.

And now, I find myself in a strange position. The first time I viewed Rampant, I had a good time. During this second viewing, I just kept getting madder and madder at Prince Lee Chung and Hak-Su. I suddenly noticed all of the movie’s flaws. It just shows that moods and tastes change but can I recommend the film, or can’t I? I'm not sure but let me put it this way: I’m not watching Rampant a third time to get a tie-breaker review. (Original Korean with English subtitles, September 6, 2024)