#teri reeves

[thena0315]

Season 1: Hallie left/dies

Season 2: Shay left/dies

Season 3: Mills left

Season 6: Gabby left

Season 10: Casey left

Season 12: Boden left

Severide and Herrmann are all that remains of the main OGs

[sapphiccharacterstournament]

Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Round One (Bracket 8)

[hjbirthdaywishes]

July 14, 2024

Happy 43 Birthday to Teri Reeves.

[james5-doe]

I once mentioned that Teri Reeves would be a nice choice for the role of Ata in a DoE adaptation. Still think so.

Speaking of Ata, she seems like a natural for the team. I once offered my take on her past in a two-part tale. Can you imagine her and Mandrake working out like this? Wonder how long they’d manage to keep it strictly business.

[smallcloisville]

"Can you read my mind?"

This line feels so romantic 😭😭💞💞✨

[jetslay]

"I crossed an ocean of stars and somehow I found you. Thank you for choosing me." - Clark Kent (DCeased #5)

[bookstofilms]

THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE 1997 | dir. Taylor Hackford Adapted from the novel of the same name by Andrew Neiderman

[kent-farm]

These need to stay on.

—Lois Lane, Smallville, “Booster”

[super-oddity]

[a-hundred-musings]

A few dystopian books you all need to read because I swear to god, these are so underrated:

The Extinction Trials, S.M Wilson: Basically a mix of Jurassic Park and The Hunger Games, but honestly, this trilogy is so underrated. The first few chapters are slow, but once you get to the actual bit, they go so fast that I felt like I was the one that needed to take a break and not the characters. Many real plot twists, and it's literally a found family trope. Trust me, if you like dystopia, you WILL enjoy this read.

Slated, Teri Terry: Basically, this is a darker (but more realistic) version of what the UK would be like if it advanced just a little more. It contains tropes of found family and many plot twists as well, and if you enjoyed The Hunger Games, you'd enjoy this one. It also preys on your emotions and uses a bit of psychology, so please try it out.

Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve: Based in London, UK, except that it has advanced to beyond what it is right now. Lots of plot twists (as usual), and while there isn't much of a found family trope, it still shows the importance of family and certain relationships. Also, most of the villains are absolutely loveable, so give this a try.

Fever Crumb, Philip Reeve: Also based in the UK, except this is more of a prequel to Mortal Engines. It has a few science-y things to it, along with a society that's pretty backwards and progressive (strange, right?) and that too, it represents underrepresented people (eg, autism, bisexuality, mutations etc). Also a found family trope.

Please feel free to add more!

[pandoramsbox]

Sci-Fi Saturday: Fleischer Studios' Superman

Week 22:

Film(s): Superman (Dir. Dave Fleischer, et. al., 1941-1942, USA)

Viewing Format: Blu Ray

Date Watched: 2021-11-05 and 2021-11-12

Rationale for Inclusion:

Every child who has grown up in the United States since 1938 remembers the first version of Superman that they encountered. For my parents' generation, it was typically the television series starring George Reeves, Adventures of Superman, which ran between 1950 and 1958, but much longer in reruns. For me, and a lot of my generation, the first time involved one of the films produced between 1978 and 1987 featuring Christopher Reeves as the superhero, even if it was rapidly followed by the 1993-1997 television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman starring Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain and/or the 1996-2000 Saturday morning cartoon Superman: The Animated Series from the same creative team that made Batman: The Animated Series.

Unlike his fellow pulp comic heroes Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Superman's pop culture relevance never lapsed over the decades. Buck and Flash may have remained fixtures on the funny pages between their popular serials and feature film revivals in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but for the most part they are associated with their original popularity in the 1930s and a retro aesthetic. Superman has been perpetually contemporary since 1938, changing and evolving to meet present day aesthetics and technologies, in part because his exploits have been continuously running in multiple mediums, beginning with The Adventures of Superman radio show in 1940. 

The first time Superman lept from the comic pages to a moving image medium, however, was 1941 with the first of 17 animated shorts starring the Man of Steel by  Fleischer Studios, and later Famous Studios, and released through Paramount Pictures. These shorts fell into the public domain and were a fixture on the early years of the Disney Channel, from which my mother recorded them onto VHS tapes that I grew up watching. 

As is the case with most public domain works, the shorts are widely available, in varying degrees of quality and with or without watermarks; you can find multiple copies on Archive.org. The original camera negatives ended up in the ownership of Superman's current copyright holder, Warner Bros, who released 4K scans of them on Blu Ray in 2023. That probably is the ideal home video version to watch, but it didn't exist yet when it was time in our survey to view the shorts, so we went with the standard definition copies on the 2011 Blu-Ray set The Superman Motion Picture Anthology. That set only includes the first 9 shorts, produced by Fleischer Studios, not the later 8 produced by Famous Studios. 

As with the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials, we did not watch all of the shorts, only a representative selection: Superman (The Mad Scientist, Dir. Dave Fleischer, 1941, USA), The Mechanical Monsters (Dir. Dave Fleischer, 1941, USA), Billion Dollar Limited (Dir. Dave Fleischer, 1942, USA), and The Arctic Giant (Dir. Dave Fleischer, 1942, USA).

Reactions: 

The quality of the animation, pacing, and Sammy Timberg score make these shorts a joy to watch over 80 years after their original debut. Fleischer Studios made the most of their signature use of rotoscope and the Technicolor color process, keeping the color palette vibrant yet realistic. Nostalgia bias factors into my opinions, of course, but so does rewatching them after going through film school.

Fans of Superman who watch the Fleischer shorts for the first time may be surprised to discover that the character's origin story is different from the one they know. The prologue to The Mad Scientist explains Superman's origins: he is still the seemingly last survivor of planet Krypton, but like all Kryptonians was born with his wondrous powers. Later iterations on his origin would explain that Kryptonians were basically the same as Earth humans, but the rays of Earth's yellow sun made the child of a planet that had a red sun (like Krypton) gain superpowers. (Apologies to any deeply devoted Superman fans if I am misrepresenting or over simplifying this lore.)

While casual fans may not be aware of Superman's conversion to solar power, most will tell you that the escape pod with baby Superman, or Kal-El, was discovered in Smallville, Kansas by a couple driving by in a car, Jonathan and Martha Kent, who adopt him and raise him as their son. In the character history given in The Mad Scientist, however, baby Superman grew up in an orphanage, despite the Kents having been previously introduced in the comics in 1939. I expect the Kents were written out by the Fleischers for the sake of brevity, and fortunately that creative choice did not become a standard part of Superman's canon.

A creative choice by Fleischer Studios that did become a major part of character canon though was Superman's ability to fly. Prior to The Mad Scientist, Superman could only "leap tall buildings in a single bound," as the expository intro originating with the shorts goes. The Fleischers thought that in animation this leaping looked funny--an example can be seen of Superman leaping from rooftop to rooftop in The Arctic Giant--and suggested that he fly instead. This upgrade in movement also suited the concise nature of the shorts, and led to them opening with a variant on the exclamation from the radio series: "Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"

The radio show and shorts not only shared key phrases, they also shared actors. Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander voiced Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane, respectively, on The Adventures of Superman radio show and reprised their roles for the animated shorts. As someone who has appreciated Kevin Conroy voicing Bruce Wayne/Batman and Mark Hamill voicing the Joker across multiple television series, movies and video games, I was delighted to discover that this consistency across mediums had an earlier precedent.

One precedent that neither the shorts nor the radio series originated was Superman fighting for, "Truth, justice, and the American way." Much like "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, "the American way" was added in the 1950s amid the Red Scare and start of the Cold War. Granted, like other aspects of Superman, his mission statement has varied over the decades; it's currently, "Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow."

Like her love interest, Lois Lane has also changed to meet the needs of whatever was appropriate for a contemporary working woman to be like. Regardless of the decade, she frequently is thrust into the role of damsel in distress, either due to being too gung ho to capture a story or unfortunate coincidence. While that is the case in most of the shorts, it was refreshing to see her pick up a machine gun in Billion Dollar Limited and actively fight the train hijackers. A lot of pulp and science fiction media would never have a woman use, or be given, a gun, even if the protagonists are actively fighting a monster. (I'm looking at you specifically The Creature from the Black Lagoon.) So kudos to the Fleischers for going there, even if it was for the sake of narrative convenience more than a purposeful statement of female capabilities.

Looking at the Fleisher shorts in terms of the science fiction genre, some are more obviously works of science fiction than others. Yes, Superman's status as an alien across the more crime based stories, like Billion Dollar Limited, or fantasy stories, like The Arctic Giant, means there's always a current of sci-fi through the shorts. However, the laboratory and beam weapon of the title character in The Mad Scientist and the robot thieves of The Mechanical Monsters are explicitly and influentially sci-fi.

The aesthetics of those two shorts in particular inspired the "dark deco" style used in Batman: The Animated Series, and the robot thieves would be homaged and referenced in multiple works of media, probably most notably in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Dir. Kerry Conran, 2004, USA).

Although not often explicitly cited as an influence on The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Dir. Eugène Lourié, 1953, USA) or Godzilla (Gojira, Dir. Ishiro Honda, 1954, USA), The Arctic Giant is clearly a precursor to both. The Tyrannosaurus in Arctic Giant is found frozen in the Arctic, like the Rhedosaurus of 20,000 Fathoms. The reporters on the rooftop in Godzilla are just as brave and foolish as Lois Lane in The Arctic Giant when it comes to capturing the story, though sadly they don't have Superman around to prevent their death. Granted all three rampaging dinosaurs owe a debt of influence to Kong trashing New York City in King Kong (Dir. Marion C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933, USA), but it still was fascinating to see Superman take on a city destroying dinosaur a decade prior to 20,000 Fathoms expanding on the theme, and Godzilla making it truly artful.

In summation, the Fleischer Superman shorts are an influential delight. It's rare to have something from your childhood remain just as engaging and enjoyable to watch as an over-educated adult. If you have never taken the time to see them, I highly recommend you check them out.

[thena0315]

The Original Chicago Fire Main Cast

Season 1: Hallie left/dies

Season 2: Shay left/dies

Season 3: Mills leaves

Season 6: Gabby left

Season 10: Casey left

Severide, Boden and Herrmann are all that remains of the main OGs

[sapphiccharacterstournament]

Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Round Two (Bracket 8)

[hjbirthdaywishes]

July 14, 2023

Happy 42 Birthday to Teri Reeves. 

[newsiesjathrine]

Part 2/2 of my completed masterlist

Chicago fire

Name

Portrayed by

Position

Seasons

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Matthew Casey

Jesse Spencer

Lieutenant, Truck 81

Main[a]

Guest

Kelly Severide

Taylor Kinney

Lieutenant, Squad 3

Main

Gabriela Dawson

Monica Raymund

Paramedic in Charge, Firefighter

Main

Guest

Leslie Elizabeth Shay

Lauren German

Paramedic

Main

Guest

Peter Mills

Charlie Barnett

Firefighter, Paramedic

Main

Christopher Herrmann

David Eigenberg

Lieutenant, Engine 51

Main[b]

Dr. Hallie Thomas

Teri Reeves

Resident Physician

Main[b]

Wallace Boden

Eamonn Walker

Battalion Chief

Main

Brian "Otis" Zvonecek

Yuri Sardarov

Firefighter

Recurring

Main[c]

Randall "Mouch" McHolland

Christian Stolte

Firefighter

Recurring

Main

Joe Cruz

Joe Minoso

Firefighter, Engineer

Recurring

Main

Sylvie Brett

Kara Killmer

Paramedic

Main

Jessica "Chili" Chilton

Dora Madison

Paramedic

Guest

Main[d]

Jimmy Borelli

Steven R. McQueen

Firefighter Candidate, Paramedic

Main[e]

Stella Kidd

Miranda Rae Mayo

Firefighter, Engineer

Recurring

Main

Emily Foster

Annie Ilonzeh

Paramedic

Main

Blake Gallo

Alberto Rosende

Firefighter Candidate

Main[f]

Darren Ritter

Daniel Kyri

Firefighter Candidate

Recurring

Main

Gianna Mackey

Adriyan Rae

Paramedic

Main[g]

Violet Mikami

Hanako Greensmith

Paramedic

Some shows have one or multiple OCs like shameless and friends

House

Allison

Remy

Lisa

James

Once upon a time

Regina

emma

Ruby

Shameless

helene

Florence (oc)

Friends

Ross

Chandler

Monica

Rachel

Phoebe

Mike

Joey

Emily

Ben

Chandler

Leslie

Frank jr jr

Emma

Erica

Jack

Skylar

Amy

Austin

Jill

Elle

Emmett

Charlotte

Scott

Kate

Aaron

Carol

Susan

Elizabeth

Jack

William

Rose

Michell

Michael

Code black

Rox

Ariel

Ethan

Raza Jaffrey as Dr. Neal Hudson, an ER attending physician. A British-Indian former surgeon, his approach is quieter and more people-oriented, than his mentor Dr. Rorish. He connected with Christa during her first year of residency. In "Hail Mary", Hudson becomes a surgical attending, and is once again assigned to the ER (season 1).[7][8]

Bonnie Somerville as Dr. Christa Lorenson, a mature first-year resident. She was married with a son who died of brain cancer. Her experience and her divorce inspired her to attend medical school (season 1).[7]

Melanie Chandra as Dr. Malaya Pineda, a first-year resident (seasons 1–2). She went to medical school and did her internship at Angels Memorial, and is more familiar with the ER. She is a lesbian, who was once involved with a resident when she was a medical student.

William Allen Young as Dr. Rollie Guthrie, an ER attending physician with a very nurturing style; he takes Angus under his wing in his first days in the ER. Guthrie's wife committed suicide, a death that strained his relationship with his son, a surgeon. During season 2, Guthrie is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and undergoes corrective neurological surgery to delay the onset of symptoms. Guthrie had a daughter who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while Guthrie tried to save his son from a similar death.

Harry Ford as Dr. Angus Leighton, a first-year resident. His father is on the hospital board. He feels overshadowed by that and by the achievements of his older brother, a former resident, but slowly grows in confidence. In his second year he is encouraged to transfer and become a surgical resident.

Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dr. Mario Savetti, a first-year resident. He grew up poor and sees emergency medicine as his way out. He worked as a bartender before medical school.

Luis Guzmán as Jesse Salander, known as "Mama". A senior nurse who manages the residents, Jesse is tough but caring and supportive of the students. He and Dr. Rorish have a long-term, close friendship.

Boris Kodjoe as Dr. Will Campbell, Chief of Surgery. In season 2 he is assigned as the new Chief of the combined Surgery and Emergency medicine department in order to save costs, causing strife between him and Rorish. Campbell has a disabled daughter (season 2–3; recurring in season 1).

Jillian Murray as Dr. Heather Pinkney, a surgical resident who becomes involved with Mario.(season 2; recurring in season 1). He quickly ends it when he hears about her side relationship with Dr. Campbell. She gets in further trouble when it's revealed she's providing Angus with Adderall. When confronted by Campbell, she threatens to turn their past relationship into a sexual harassment case.

Noah Gray-Cabey as Elliot Dixon, a first-year resident in the ER (season 2-3).

Emily Tyra as Noa Kean, an ER resident and former dancer. She begins a relationship with Dr. Mario Savetti (season 3; recurring season 2)

Emily Alyn Lind as Ariel Braeden (season 3; guest seasons 1–2)

Shiri Appleby as Dr. Carla Niven, a former resident at Angels Memorial and Malaya's ex-girlfriend. She is diagnosed with leukemia while pregnant, and refuses treatment not wanting to harm the baby.

Christina Vidal as Dr. Gina Perello, the replacement Director of the Emergency Department at Angels Memorial, who takes over when Dr. Taylor is put on leave.

Gabrielle Carteris as Amy Wolowitz, R.N., a nurse in the Emergency Department.

Meagan Good as Dr. Grace Adams, returns to the ER after volunteering in Haiti. She is Dr. Neal Hudson's ex-girlfriend.

Season 2[edit]

Nafessa Williams as Charlotte Piel, a new first-year resident in the ER who was formerly a popular teenaged actress.

Kathleen Rose Perkins as Dr. Amanda Nolan, a psychiatrist at the hospital.

Season 3[edit]

Tyler Perez as Diego Avila, son of a hospital board member and a first-year resident. He drives the staff and patients crazy by filming them to make a documentary about the Angels ER.

Alex Lange as Max, a young cancer patient with whom Ariel strikes up a friendship, which turns into young love.

Rosewood

Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Darius Rosewood, Jr.[6]

Jaina Lee Ortiz as Det. Annalise Villa[6]

Gabrielle Dennis as Pippy Rosewood, Beaumont's sister[6]

Anna Konkle as Tara Milly Izikoff (TMI), Pippy's girlfriend/wife[6]

Domenick Lombardozzi as Captain/Detective Ira Hornstock[6]

Lorraine Toussaint as Donna Rosewood, Beaumont's mother[7]

Sam Huntington as Dr. Mitchie Mendelson (season 2; recurring, season 1)[8]

Eddie Cibrian as Captain Ryan Slade (season 2) [9]

Kamal Angelo Bolden as Ju-Ju

Andrea "Andy" Herrera

Jaina Lee Ortiz

Main

Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Warren

Jason George

Main

Jack Gibson

Grey Damon

Main

Victoria "Vic" Hughes

Barrett Doss

Main

Ryan Tanner

Alberto Frezza

Main

Recurring

Travis Montgomery

Jay Hayden

Main

Dean Miller

Okieriete Onaodowan

Main[b]

Maya DeLuca-Bishop

Danielle Savre

Main

Pruitt Herrera

Miguel Sandoval

Main

Guest

Robert Sullivan

Boris Kodjoe

Main[c]

Dr. Carina DeLuca-Bishop

Stefania Spampinato

Recurring

Main

Theo Ruiz

Carlos Miranda

Recurring

Main

Sean Beckett

Josh Randall

Recurring

Main

Natasha Ross

Merle Dandridge

Recurring

Main

Michael Dixon

Pat Healy

Recurring

Guest

Main

Molly

Pruitt

Pruitt Arike Miller

Er

Anthony Edwards

Mark Greene

M

S [a]

George Clooney

Doug Ross

M

S.G

S [a]

Sherry Stringfield

Susan Lewis

M

M

S [a]

Noah Wyle

John Carter

M

R

S [a]

Julianna Margulies

Carol Hathaway

M

S [a]

Eriq La Salle

Peter Benton

M

S [a]

Gloria Reuben

Jeanie Boulet

R

M

S.G

Laura Innes

Kerry Weaver

R

M

S [a]

Maria Bello

Anna Del Amico

R

M

Alex Kingston

Elizabeth Corday

M

S [a]

Kellie Martin

Lucy Knight

M

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

R

M

S.G

Goran Visnjic

Luka Kovač

M

R

S.G

Michael Michele

Cleo Finch

M

Erik Palladino

Dave Malucci

M

Ming-Na Wen

Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen

R

M

Maura Tierney

Abby Lockhart

M

Sharif Atkins

Michael Gallant

M

S.G

R

Mekhi Phifer

Greg Pratt

R

M

S.G

Parminder Nagra

Neela Rasgotra

M

Linda Cardellini

Sam Taggart

M

Shane West

Ray Barnett

M

R

Scott Grimes

Archie Morris

R

M

John Stamos

Tony Gates

G

M

David Lyons

Simon Brenner

R

M

Angela Bassett

Catherine Banfield

Greys anatomy

Maredith

Derek

Izzie

Alex

Jo

Amelia

Christina

Maggie

Zola

Teddy

Callie

Arizona

Jo

Addison

Lexie

April

Miranda

Rebecca

Erica

Sadie

Stephanie

Megan

Leah

Nicole

Eliza

Penelope

Heather

Tara

Catherine

Simone

Jules

Virgina

Margret

Lucy

Nicole

Sydney

Graciela

Megan

Laura

Heather

Sam

Dahlia

katherine

Private Practice

Kate Walsh

Addison Montgomery

Main

Tim Daly

Pete Wilder

Main

Audra McDonald[a]

Naomi Bennett

Main

Guest

Paul Adelstein

Cooper Freedman

Main

KaDee Strickland

Charlotte King

Main

Chris Lowell

William "Dell" Parker

Main

Taye Diggs

Sam Bennett

Main

Amy Brenneman

Violet Turner

Main

Brian Benben

Sheldon Wallace

Recurring

Also starring[b]

Main

Caterina Scorsone

Amelia Shepherd

Recurring

Main

Benjamin Bratt

Jake Reilly

Guest

Main

Griffin Gluck

Mason Warner

Books

lizzie

william

jane

edward

beth

benny

anne

fredrick

molly

richard

charlotte

sydney

allison

lucas

emma watson

mr. howard

catherine

henry

marianne

brandon

jo

brach

amy

laurie

laura

amazo

margret

john

fanny

edmound

elinor

edward

anne

gilbert

annabeth

percy

wendy

peter

jay

daisy

nick

jordan

elizabeth

margret

elizabeth

peter

susan

anne

susan

jackson

anne

ellie

anne

ross

meg

beth

ellie

meg

riker

carrie

grace

anne

carrie

saun

laura

nellie

cora

laura

cole

sophia

katherine and michael

sophia

dylan

sebastion and maggie

penelope

carter

amira and martian

margret

milo

enzo and ansley

anne

andrew

honeymoon

ellie

leo

cara and foster

island

beth

micah

elodie and cody

island

grace

george

faye and zack

england

emma and atlas

nellie

connor

nova and kalen

anne and william

laney and michael

lydia

authour

cynthia

penelope

april rose

mara

bing

brandon

marcus

frank

lalani

frank

mary

caroline

jane

maria

sam

jackson

jolene

ricky

leila

charlotte

finn

annette

emma

alex

fitz

kitty

charles

matt

izzy

jhon

james

mrs reynolds

ricky

jim

mike

harriet

bobby

ryan

catherine

ausin

townes

annie

maddy

sam

vasily

jane

naveen

gigi

[smallcloisville]

Interested in your guys opinion...

Can't wait for Superman 2025😭😭