#robert murray

[derring-do]

The Turn of the Screw at the English National Opera (2024) Photos: Manuel Harlan

[nationwidechildrenshospital]

"I have the privilege of taking care of children during the worst times in their family's life and help them return to their previous state of health. There is nothing better than seeing children get better and leave the hospital feeling like themselves again."

Robert Murray, Pediatric Intensivist, Critical Care, Nationwide Children's Hospital - Toledo

[rikiteekeetavee]

This is why no matter what, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula and every tv show and musical out there will never be hated close to enough actually

[weirdlookindog]

Mae Murray in Fascination (1922)

[one-time-i-dreamt]

The talent pool Skins had is actually crazy

[taintedarabesque]

me core

[coastalwind]

vote for you fave and get your followers to vote for him too duh

[siremasterlawrence]

Hallmark Suites

“Welcome to the Hallmark Plus Hotel the grand old place to make your dreams come true.”

I am greeted with a nice the manager of the hotel came to my side unknowingly he works for me.

“I am your boss! Submit your will to me”

Part 1 - 2

Andrew W Walker walks in to the hotel room quietly closing the door is locking in as the the doors automatically close as he spun about to see a shadowy figure is moving about the room. He walks in to the main room through the hallway as he can see his best friend his pal happily a fellow actorLuke MacFarlane unpacking his bags on the bed and draws fill up pretty quickly as his ass pops. Andrew does not know why as his side of his body lays on the wall glued to the show on full display in all its glory dancing around the gigantic suite as he shakes his booty to the music and Andrew can’t help himself once again. Andrew does not know why he is feeling so hot as he instinctively began to undo his shirt buttons, sleeve buttons, he is transfixed unbeknownst to him a man wraps his arms over him and he is feeling him up.

The man snaps his fingers as Andrew goesin to a mindless state obediently undressing his body in entirety as the young man take a steps in to the scene placing a hand next to Luke’s ear and snaps his fingers as magic happens. The lights turn off as his eyes lift in to the air staring mindlessly at the ceiling his eyes begins to spin out of control as the room shooks his head falling back in to the bed and he rolls over till he falls forward on to the ground. One more snaps of the fingers as he rose to his feet started to do a strip tease much to my enjoy as the two of them go at it in mi mercy, I reach for my iPhone as I turn on the camera recording the events as they unfold. I dig in to my pocket using a micro chip laced device placing it on the wall as everything runs through the smoothly as he and Andrew belong to me for generations-and beyond the two are now standing stark naked before me.

Part 3 - 4

“Robert Buckley! Is that you?”

“Do I know you? Sorry!”

“Yes! We met a few weeks ago”

“Did we?”

“I invited you here “

“This is my hotel”

“Oh yeah!”

“What?”

“How can I forget?”

“Exactly!”

“Bad boy”

“Oh! Don’t say that ! Please!”

“Oh My God!”

“Are you ok?”

“I am so disappointed you said that “

“All I want is to make you happy”

“Since when?”

“I realized it”

“Good boi! Get naked and serve the food”

“Sir Yes Sir”

“Is that Robert Buckley?”

“And? Do you have a problem?”

“Fuck you! He is naked “

“Relax “

“Yes sir”

“I love you “

“Oh God!”

“I am overwhelmed “

“Continue “

“One word and I”

“You are what”

“I know! I belong to you and I am consumed by you.”

“I am your everything “

“You own me”

“You recognized it”

“Down to my core”

“My souls “

“Endless pulls be strung “

“Will you belong to me?”

“In every way passible”

Chad, Peter, Colin and Jesse are completely left in astonishment as everyone else in the hotel is dancing a storm up, making out and using these stars.

“This cannot be”

“So you think?”

“All of you relax “

“Submit on me”

“You have nothing to fear”

“You like the music”

“It’s orgasmic”

“You want to dance “

“Party up”

“Strip and jump up”

“Stand on the table”

“You four are the entertainment “

“Serve it up”

“This is your demise”

“Your happy place “

“You never want to leave “

“Imagine a residency here “

“We want you “

“I am your boss! You have me”

“I am about to cum “

“All of you get hard”

“Point up “

“Loading up “

“Loads of cum”

“Stretch “

“Aim “

“Shoot “

“Cum”

“Immediately “

“That’s it explosive amounts of”

“1”

“2”

“3”

“Ssssshhhhhhiiiiittttt”

“Ooooooohhhhhh oooooohhhh ffffuuuucccckkk”

“Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeessssss”

“Bbbbbooooommmm”

“Shoot it everywhere “

“Uncork the champagne wooohoooo!”

Trevor and Steve never saw it coming as the cum literally lands on their face as sweet as pie and as salty sweat they fall into trance.

“Who’s next?”

The end

[astrylx]

You all said you wanted it so here we go. Things I like about Nosferatu as a Dracula adaptation vs things I don’t.

LIKE: Anna Harding

Anna Harding is the Nosferatu equivalent of Lucy Westenra, one of my absolute favorite characters in all of Dracula. So many adaptations of Dracula tend to make Lucy out to be a “slut,” and appear as if she is deserving of her fate as a victim of Dracula. This is all taken out of context by the “Why can’t a woman marry three men” line that she says. Nosferatu does not fall into this. That may be in part because instead of having three suitors, Anna has one married husband, but either way, the do not make Anna to be promiscuous and they instead utilize and showcase her true character traits.

Lucy Westenra is an innocent, loving woman, who is loyal and virtuous. She sticks by the people she loves. The line that makes her sexualized is a line showing in part her innocence and deep love. She cares for all the men in her life, and she does not want to have to choose, risking in part hurting them. Anna, in Nosferatu, is incredibly loyal to Ellen. She stands up for her and cares for her. There are even slight touches of queer undertones between Lucy and Mina in the book, if you’re looking for them. Anna has done nothing but care for the people in her life.

And then she is transformed. And the transformation, in some ways, does resemble the wantoness that takes over in the book, through her odd behaviors, and almost orgasmic expressions.

While it’s not a perfect representation of Lucy in the novel, it’s so much closer and done so much better than some others. Anna is a much more minor character than Lucy as well, but just as Lucy does, she drives the plot. And just as Lucy’s death does ultimately lead to the death of Quincey Morris, one of her courtiers, so too does Anna’s death lead to that of Friedrich, her husband.

And that brings us to the next point.

DISLIKE: Lack of Quincey Morris

I honestly don’t even think I need to go into depth in this. Quincey Morris is such a good character in the novel. The cowboy vampire slayer. He’s fantastic. A+ character. And Jonathan and Mina even name their child after him.

He and Jonathan are the ones to finally destroy Dracula, even if it ends in his own demise. Yet… in Nosferatu… he’s not there. I hate this. Justice for Quincey.

LIKE: Von Franz

Dracula adaptations have two tendencies with Van Helsing, neither of which Nosferatu falls into: Either he is the decades long enemy of Dracula, a vampire hunter, or he is the all knowledgeable man everyone relies on. The truth, Van Helsing is quite an odd character. And he’s not a vampire slayer or all knowledgeable of vampires. He simply studies many different things. It’s not that vampire knowledge is what he seeks.

Nosferatu understands this. We get to see the quirks of Van Helsing. His relation with Seward (though minimal), and his true knowledge. Plus, Willem Dafoe is exceptional in the role. It’s refreshing to see a Van Helsing that, despite any flaws in the film, actually resembles Van Helsing to me. He’s not perfect, but he feels right. Much closer than many other adaptations.

DISLIKE: Herr Knock

Look, I will admit, I am quite biased when it comes to this. To me, no one will ever come close to Dwight Frye’s Renfield. He’s just absolutely exceptional in that role, and I couldn’t ask for more. Meanwhile Herr Knock, while having his moments, is quite flat and boring to me. He lacks many of the complexities of Renfield that make him stand out. And so much of his character just feels like they jumped around, didn’t clearly plan how they wanted to use him. I could barely follow it half the time. Which isn’t always a bad thing in horror, but to me was disappointing.

Especially because I tend to view Renfield and Jonathan as interesting parallels. Jonathan could, in my opinion, have very easily ended up like Renfield. And they are even more so connected by their relations with Mina. Mina is the character that reveals Renfield’s true nature underneath the vampirism. He wants to prevent her from being like him, and to keep her safe. Meanwhile, in Nosferatu, Ellen and Herr Knock never meet.

LIKE: Thomas’ Approach to the Castle

I do have to ignore the racism to the Romani people in this, because it is… prevalent. It isn’t shocking at all because unlike some people on Reddit seem to think, I do in fact have critical thinking skills and recognize the source material, time and place of the film, and cultural ideas and views still existing. It doesn’t mean that I don’t recognize it.

But. Aside from that, the approach to the castle is done so incredibly well. It’s frightening and eerie. You can really place yourself in Thomas’ shoes and understand his fear. It works so well to establish mood and foreshadowing for the actual castle. Plus, one of my favorite scenes from the novel is utilized.

When the woman gives Jonathan a crucifix “for his mother’s sake.” That scene always just stands out to me and has such an impact, so seeing a representation of it on screen was great. I turned to the friend I was sitting beside in the theatre with a big smile, pointing and mouthing “they did the thing!!”

DISLIKE: Ellen Hutter

To me, Ellen feels almost offensive in the face of Mina. Not saying Ellen is a bad character, but when she’s the Mina of the film, it just… rubs me the wrong way. Mina is smart, loyal, clever, loving. She’s faithful and dependable. She’s incredibly, impenitently strong. So incredibly strong.

Throughout the story, Mina keeps her wits about her. Despite what is happening to her, she remains collected and calculating, showing deep strength and love. She never falters from Jonathan’s side, and she fights for her friends. She plots and she plans. The entire downfall of Dracula is orchestrated by Mina. She tracks him, and allows Jonathan and Quincey to finally destroy him.

Ellen, yes she is the one to ultimately defeat Orlok, but it’s not the same. For one, she is the summoner of Orlok, attracted to his darkness. And she destroys him by getting with him. When she isn’t doing this, she’s having fits, completely out of lucidity, and acting manic and out of control. A far cry from the strong will and composure Mina manages to hold on to. Not to mention her relationship with Thomas which will be touched on later, let me assure you of that.

And then there’s the whole aspect of her relationship with Orlok. In the book, the interactions between Lucy and Dracula, and Mina and Dracula very much come across as allegorical to SA (same with the interactions between Jonathan and the three vampire brides, but that is a conversation for another time). Therefore, writing any sort of romance between Mina and Dracula in any adaptation tends to come off to me at least as distasteful. Dracula is not Mina’s dark lover who allows her to let free the darkness inside her, the chains from the stifling world of the roles of Victorian women. Dracula is her abuser.

While yes, it is made clear that Ellen wants Thomas, not Orlok, at the end she still saves the day by being the virginal sacrifice to him, and she still summoned him with her “darkness.” It may be a reach, which I will wholeheartedly admit upon and take on my chest, but it can almost feel like it’s saying Ellen was calling to be abused…

LIKE: Wolves

In the novel, Dracula does in fact surround himself and utilizes. Not many Dracula adaptations use these wolves and the fact that Dracula can bend their wills with his own. Which is sad in an era where werewolves and vampires are often seen as enemies in popular culture (thank books like Twilight). Seeing the wolves be used, and used well, was really great. I could totally understand the terror Thomas would have felt.

DISLIKE: The Lack of Teamwork

In Dracula, all the characters, moved by Lucy’s passing, Jonathan’s torment, and Mina’s turning into a vampire, work together in order to defeat Dracula. There is a sense of camaraderie between the characters, each using their own knowledge, skills, and experience in the fight. At the end of the novel, Mina and Jonathan have named their son after the party members, a testament to the camaraderie of the group. They’re a regular old likable band of unlikely heroes.

This… is not present in Nosferatu. The characters barely work together. There isn’t a sense of connection or partnership. Friedrich fights with the group the whole time until his death. Von Franz keeps things from everyone. Thomas and Sievers feel absolutely useless for the most part. I mean, as if the lack of Quincey wasn’t enough, you go and erase any semblance of teamwork too…

LIKE: I honestly… don’t have much else to say for any likes… at least, as a Dracula adaptation. There was more I liked about the movie standalone, but this isn’t the post for that. Maybe the rats scene, not in the sense of it being a Dracula adaptation, but in the sense that it reminded me of the rats scene with Renfield from the 1931 film.

DISLIKE: The Hutters Marriage

On of my favorite lines in all of Dracula is said by Jonathan. He says, “To one thing I have made up my mind; if we find out that Mina must be a vampire in the end, then she shall not go into that unknown and terrible land alone. I suppose it is thus that in old times one vampire meant many; just as their hideous bodies could only rest in sacred earth, so the holiest love was the recruiting sergeant for their ghastly ranks.” The holiest love. Their love and commitment to each other is so strong. Jonathan is willing to live an eternity with his tormentor, with the woman he loves basically lost to him forever, just to stay by her side. Even if she cannot recognize him or love him, and is simply as Dracula’s three brides. The holiest love.

Sure, Thomas and Ellen love each other. It’s present and clear. But it’s so lacking in comparison to Jonathan and Mina. They don’t communicate, there are few scenes of them together, and the ones with them feel rushed. Meanwhile Mina crosses the country for Jonathan to marry him on his sick bed. I just wish Thomas and Ellen offered us more.

FINAL DISLIKE: Orlok’s Death

Orlok’s death feels so rushed. Just… Ellen has intercourse with him until the sun rises and he dies. Let us not forget sunlight does not kill Dracula, merely weaken him. Which is the most minor complaint over this. The scene is horrifying and beautiful. It’s scary and gothic and thrilling and chilling. None of that I will deny. But it also happens so quickly it feels quite odd. Considering the rest of the pacing of the film, you’d think the final scene, the scene of victory, would feel more complete. It doesn’t. And it is nothing like it is in the book.

Overall, as a movie I rate Nosferatu 4/5 stars. As a Dracula adaptation? 2/5 if that. It’s not Dracula and it is loosely based, but I’m rating it here strictly as a Dracula adaptation. The movie has flaws outside of the sphere of Dracula as well, which I could get into another time. But I hope you enjoyed my ramble.

If this interested you, I would love to cover other Dracula adaptations, whether Coppola’s Brad Stoked’s Dracula, the 2020 TV series, or the original Nosferatu. Please let me know!

If you have any issues with my post or anything you’d like to add or comment on, please do so and please let me know. I love criticism and conversation. Now, I wrote this with no proofreading in my free time today, so it’s likely flawed. I accept that. For now, I’m going to go nap.

Wake me up when you have a good real estate deal for me.

[kennymcmann]

“In the beginning, there was a voice.

That was how it began on that first evening, with a masculine voice calling out to me in my sleep; a disembodied voice slithering into my dream, a voice of deep timbre and tones, of sensuous growls and of low, hollow moans — a voice laden with promise and with love. It was as familiar to me as my own, and yet I knew not whether it came from inside my head, from outside me, or from somewhere not of this earth. Hushed like wind through a valley and smooth like velvet, it beckoned me, and I neither had, nor wanted, power against it. The voice was my master.

*I have been looking for you, I said.*

*No, we have been looking for each other.*

Then came hands, no, not exactly hands, but touch — the essence of touch, caressing my face, my neck, and my arms, making my skin tingle and awakening something long dormant inside me. Smooth lips gently kissed me and then pulled ever so slightly away. Come, Mina, the lips whispered, and I felt warm breath as the words came out. You called to me, did you not?”

Excerpt from Dracula in Love by Karen Essex.

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[moviesludge]

HEEEEAVE HO!! CEO! HEEEEAVE HO!! CEO!

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[companion-showdown]

Who is most important to the history of Doctor Who?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

propaganda under the cut

Delia Derbyshire – arranged the original theme tune

The original Doctor Who theme need I say more (anonymous)

Murray Gold – composer during the RTD and Moffatt eras

He revolutionised Doctor Who music for so many years. New Who would honestly not be New Who without his music and if you listen to all the albums... God. And not only that, it encompasses a whole different category of film music: there are so many genres to be done in Doctor Who, from the comedic to the tragic and everything in between. And his themes are honestly beautiful. So yeah, vote!!! (@b4s1lwh0 )

[mrshargreeves]

if you post a good pic on here best believe i WILL be reposting it to pinterest

[marypickfords]

The Delicious Little Devil (Robert Z. Leonard, 1919)