#this is heavily based on the film from 2002.

[ellenolphe]

Adolphe sketcherssss

[boxturret]

Bionicle 2: Mysteries of Metru Nui

There are many, many parts of B2 that don't really stand up to scrutiny, but one of the most odd was Vakama's reaction to one of his earlier visions. Its at 14 minutes in if this video also at some point gets scrubbed from the internet in the ongoing censorship campaign.

UPDATE: The youtube upload of TLOMN that was referenced here has seemingly been removed since this post was written.

Vakama says that "[He] saw it, Metru-Nui was destroyed!" but even as a child I was confused by this statement, as the images shown in the vison the city looked fine, just a bit....purple.

There have long been rumors that this was a hasty, last minute edit, that originally the destruction was more explicitly depicted.

Someone that claims to have in their possession the movie contacted me recently about their experience trying to release it.

I don't know how I got my hands on the DVD, its just been something I had around all my childhood. I don't know if someone my family knew were affiliated with Bionicle, or Creative Capers, if I had known I would have bragged about it constantly LOL. So for my childhood this WAS Legends of Metru Nui for me, it wasn't until adulthood, and me getting back in to the Bionicle fan communities during COVID that I came across the version uploaded youtube and Biomedia Project. [...] So when I had the chance to go back to my parents a few months later I was able to dig out the old DVD I watched back then and ripped it. So as a joke, last BIO Day I thought I'd upload the movie in full to see if anyone would notice the change. [...] Then a few months ago I get an email from youtube that the video was copyright claimed by Lego and it had been taken down, I was really shocked.

He was kind enough to send me a copy of the email, and its genuine.

His youtube account was heavily penalised, and as the account has a lot of important things uploaded to it he didn't wish to risk it by trying again.

He sent me a phone video of the scene in question as proof.

As you can see, instead of simply being covered in a purple fog, the coliseum itself is exploding and collapsing.

The quality is poor, and the audio nearly impossible to make out, but if you compare it to the released version, the explosion might even still be in the final sound mix, just obfuscated to be the sound of a thunder clap.

Now, why was this hasty edit made? Most theories point to 9/11.

The September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade center in 2001 was very shocking and traumatised much of the united states of america. Some things released closer to the time were hastily edited to remove any imagery that might call back to it, for one Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty had a whole sequence from the ending where the giant Arsenal Gear crashed though much of Manhattan stopping just short of the Twin Towers cut at the last moment.

Now you may ask, "MGS2 came out in 2001, but B2 was 2004 why was it still censored" but that's simple, 9/11 left deep scars in the us psyche, even 2002's Lord of the Rings the Two Towers was heavily criticised in some circles for the sensational name trying to cash in on the tragedy, even though the book it was based on was nearly 60 years old. So its not outside of the realm of possibility that even in 2004 a piece of children's media featuring such a scene would be deemed in bad taste.

Even today, the long dead Bionicle fan site Bionicle Zone Power reactivates once a year to pay respects to the tragedy.

Now as to why TLG or someone at least posing as them would be so fanatical and judicious about this version of the film being released to the public, that's anyone's guess.

So that is the story of the weird scene in Bionicle 2: The Legend of Metru Nui. If only all of the nonsensical scenes in that film could be so thoroughly explained.

[bisexualmcqueen]

I'm sorry if you already posted this, but this is about the details of the first cars movie, what was the car Pixar used for Lightning McQueen's sounds, bc I cannot for the life of me remember

ONE OF MY FAVORITEST TOPICS!!!!!!!!!!

so lightning, being a 2006 model/cars being in production in the early aughts, is based off of a gen4 NASCAR build. specifically a chevy monte-carlo of the early aughts, as seen in some of his early designwork:

[jogen klubein, 2000]

[bob pauley, 2002] [the art of cars]

some stats:

(from some sketchy assed 2000 website i wont link it but i do have it written down)

i used to swear up and down that there was a special feature that showed a few of the guys from skywalker sound recording one of the g4s (maybe a blue and white dodge??) at skywalker ranch in california (or at the airstrip with the other cars). it may have been an old interview or its on a blu-ray special feature somewhere, but i havent been able to find it. i either dreamt it up or its been lost?? no idea.

but what i have been able to find is some of the stock audio used in Cars. Supposedly this is work done by Ben Burtt at skywalker sound [lucasfilm] in the late 70's??: [link]

For NASCAR purposes, as far as i could tell their engines didnt change drastically from the 70s-2000's, so its not wholly inaccurate to use older clips.

a thing in my notes:

[mixonline. photo dead from link rot]

and now some examples of real-life mcqueens (an excuse to show you cool old stock cars) :

and a few various other references:

(note the flywheel sound we also hear in Cars!)

^video ive only skimmed so far but seems very informative.

and a few canon refs while im here:

[image mine, circa 2020. official 1:18 scale BANDAI replica with certificate of authenticity, approved by jay ward]

[time travel mater] (his carbon fiber cowl induction cover is very funny to me)

SO. to answer the question: its a mix of custom sound design and stock audio. its based in reality heavily, but i believe its also tuned for fiction/per character personality. i forget which interview said that it might be the mixonline one mentioned above or this old autoweek one. he's got something along the lines of partly SB2.2 and an R07. this does not mean pixar recorded specifically these motors, but prooobably something close.

and cars 3 pisses me off because they very clearly did not use any audio off of the g4s, which had a more specific screaming sound to them at high RPMs. COTR actually portrays his exhaust note more accurately than cars 3. Cars 2 is decent also, but the first film is chefs kiss.

i have more various unorganized lmq references but this ask is long enough now and probably doesnt make much sense because i am literally so amped about this topic. please note that this research is partly accurate and partly speculative/opinion. rejoice, mcqueens be upon ye.

[hood-ex]

This got long so I decided to send it in an ask.

So India has like a dozen film industries organized by language. Bollywood is the biggest and that's Hindi. There are also movies n Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and more. I won't go into all of them because I mostly watch movies in Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi and the occasional Telegu movie.

(super cool thing is that sometimes, there's actors who work in multiple film industries so it can be like a fun surprise when you see someone you associate with a specific language pop up somewhere else)

I tried to pick based on what you said you liked in one of the other replies. You mentioned you like musicals though so you'll be happy to know that songs are integral to Indian movies. Also these recs are a mix of personal favorites and ones I know to be popular/iconic because if it was just up to me, half of these would be thrillers, horror or crime because I think indian films do those genres really well. They also lean heavily towards romcoms.

Hindi:

Sholay (1975) This is just a classic Hindi action movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, who's possibly the biggest actor from Bollywood in the 70s and 80s Like even i've watched it and I haven't even taken the time to look through 70s Hindi movies yet.

Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) A runaway bride gets taken in by three kids and they have to hide her so their uncle who's taking care of them doesn't kick her out. The kids are so goddamn cute. This stars two very known 90s stars, Amir Khan and Juhi Chawla.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Iconic Hindi romance starring equally iconic pair of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Shah Rukh is by far the most popular beloved actor in Bollwood since the 90s and arguably still today. Him and Kajol were a big pair that did tons of movies together in the 90s and early 2000s. I cannot understate how popular these two are.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) Another, arguably even more iconic Shah Rukh Kajol romance but it's a love triangle. Personally, I can't stand this movie but it's super duper popular and also features the love of my life, Rani Mukherjee as the 'it' girl Tina that Shah Rukh's character initially falls in love with.

Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham (2001) I'm sorry, I don't know how this ended up being all Shah Rukh Kajol movies but I needed to mention it because this is my personal favorite from this pair and in general. I also love the way this leans into the 2000s aesthetic in the second half and you're going to be baffled and amused by the character Pooja in the second half.

Devdas (2002) Devdas is an epic tragic love triangle featuring again Shah Rukh Khan but also Aishwarya Rai, one of the most influential celebrities to come out of India in the modern age and Madhuri Dixit, beloved actress and dancer from the late 80s/early 90s. The song 'Dola Re' from this movie is one of the coolest dance sequences to exist.

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) A modern love triangle- you know, I didn't realize how many love triangles are on here but this one will make you cry. It's a romcom but I promise, the tears will come. And then you'll watch it again.

Om Shanti Om (2007) A love letter to Golden Age Bollywood, this movie is going to pack in approximately 15 references per minute, you won't understand any of them and it will still be an excellent time. At heart, this is a fantasy romance/revenge featuring reincarnation (which is a suuuper popular trope but ended up being sparse on this list). Starring Shah Rukh Khan across Deepika Padukone in her first role (they go on to be a pretty beloved pair though not as much as srk and kajol). I rewatch this 1-2 times a year.

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) Starring Aishwarya Rai again, this is a historical romantic drama set in the 1500s. I always get distracted by how beautiful the costuming in this is. You'll recognize Hrithik Roshan from Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham but with the ugliest mustache known to mankind.

3 Idiots (2009) is a comedy/coming-of-age about 3 college friends. Sounds basic but it's really hmm, heartfelt? Starring Amir Khan.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) coming of age romance/drama/comedy something about a group of college friends. Stars Deepika Padukone across Ranbir Kapoor (big 2010s actor).

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavadahn (2020) first big blockbuster type movie about queer people. It made me cry, i made a gif from this my header for like over a year, it's a bit cliche but yk

Telegu

Telegu's really hit it off in the last 10 years or so but I've only a passing familiarity and I definitely can't tell you what's been popular in the last couple decades. BUT

Bahubali 1 and 2 (2015/2017) It was a cultural phenomenon when it came out, because of the effects and cinematography but also largely because of how it's one story split intentionally into two movies. That concept was unheard of in Indian film and the overwhelming success of Bahubali is directly responsible for the dozens of 2 and 3 part film series being produced today in south indian films. It's like an epic fantasy action movie(s) about- actually i'm not going to spoil the plot on this one. In simplest terms, it's about a guy learning about his dad.

RRR (2022) Not a personal favorite but it actually has a tumblr fanbase. Bromance but like two indian revolutionaries fighting against the british in pre-independence India. Really, it's very much about their friendship. Stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan, both of whom are pretty popular Telegu actors. This like Bahubali was an insanely popular hit.

Tamil (this was so hard because i like tamil movies but i don't think they're the greatest. They do however have the best love songs, hands down)

Kadhalan (1994) It's an action romance ft politics and terrorists but at heart, it's a inter-class romance about a college kid that falls in love with a politician's daughter. You may have noted by now that inter-class romances are a BIG theme in indian movies. This stars Prabhu who is still an iconic choreographer and dancer and Nagma.

Minsara Kanavu (1997) a romance Prabhu again and Kajol from all of those Hindi films. The plot is that she doesn't believe in love and wants to go become a nun and he's trying to change her mind because he's in love with her. It would've been so easy to get this film wrong but it ends up being really hard to dislike.

Anbe Sivam (2003) a slice of life about a guy who gets stranded at an airport and makes a friend. R. Madhavan, who plays the friend is the poster boy for 90s Tamil romances and is an excellent romance actor, if you're interested.

Ghilli (2004) A sports player accidentally gets involved with a gang. It's like an action romance featuring some of the most iconic actors in Tamil film, including Vijay and Trisha. I had my cousins dance to one of the songs from this at my wedding. This movie actually just reran in theaters for it's 20 year anniversary a couple months ago.

24 (2016) A guy invents a time traveling machine. I really wanted to include a movie with Suriya because he along with Vijay are like the two big stars of the Tamil Film Industry. They both have catalogs of 60+ films. And in this movie, Suriya plays a triple role.

Malayalam. This one's my native industry which somehow made it really hard to pick movies from because I mostly watch masala films or (like low-brow action comedies).

Kireedam (1989) A action/drama about a guy's downfall. Thematically, think Othello. Stars Mohanlal, the biggest actor in Mollywood and watching him in this movie will show you why.

Killukam (1991) a comedy about a girl, an illegitimate daughter of a supreme court judge, pretending to be mentally ill while searching for her father. Very of it's time but it's classic comedy. Stars Mohanlal again.

Yoddha (1992). One of the rare times that Malayalam film delves into fantasy, this is a movie about a young rural guy protecting a Nepalese kid from a murderous, supernatural cult. It's been a minute since i've watched this so I can't speak to how the cultural aspects were treated but I remember that part of this was shot in Nepal. It's also considered a cult classic. And features Mohanlal yet again.

Aaram Thampuran (1997) Another mohanlal film about a man who gets involved in a village's affairs. Stars Manju Warrior who was a known 90s actress before she got married and quit. This one's an iconic action film but I think that Mohanlal's role in this is like the template of classic Malayalam hero and says a lot about the qualities that make up a South Indian typical movie 'good guy'.

Nandanam (2002) The fact that this movie is this old makes me feel old. A slightly dramatic, mostly realistic interclass romance ft (1) god. It'll give you a fair bit of insight into Malayali culture and class prejudices. Anyway story's about a religious house-servant who falls in love with the grandson of her employer. Or really, the grandson falls in love with her. It's a personal favorite of mine and stars Navya Nair (who is soo underrated) and Prithviraj (who is not, which is to say he's hella popular and currently trying his hand at directing)

Meesa Madhavan (2002) A thief gets wrongfully accused of a crime and tries to prove his innocence ft a romance. It's classic 2000s Malayalam comedy. Features Dileep and Kavya Madhavan who were a pretty popular pair of the 2000s/2010s even and irl had an affair and he divorced his wife for her. (his wife incidentally is manju warrior who i mentioned above)

Classmates (2006) A school reunion unearths old hurts and hidden secrets. It's got everything; mystery, angst, romance, comedy, and an iconic soundtrack.

Notebook (2006) No this has nothing to do with the iconic Nicholas Sparks adaptation. It's about three college friends at an all-girls school and how they deal with one of them getting pregnant. The initial romance is SO cute. The song, one in particular is great. The execution is so-so but for a movie about teen pregnancy in 2006 Kerala, it's not bad. And I would consider it iconic.

****** manichitrathazhu (1993) It's about a couple who move into a new house and the wife gets possessed by a ghost. It's ICONIC. I didn't mention it above because it does dip into horror and you said you didn't like scary movies.

i know this might seem super large and overwhelming. I promise I did try to limit the choices a bit and was at times more or less successful. Anyways I hope it helps some.

Wow, thank you for the explanation and for the long list of recs! Love all the different language categories. Lol! I wish I liked horror movies more, especially so you could share your favs 😆. I might try Manichitrathazhu 🫣. Maybe my friend who loves horror movies will watch it with me.

I'm looking at some of these on Google, and omg, Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham is 3.5 hours long 😳. I'll have to settle in with a snack for that one 😆.

These all sound really good though! Thank you for taking the time to compile this list, I highly appreciate it!

[blooferlady86]

Films based on Tolkein's work, ranked not by quality, but in order of faithfulness to the text.

Disclaimers: I'm leaving out the Amazon show because A) they're not movies and B) I couldn't watch more than 2 episodes before I wanted to shove chopsticks into my eyes. I also may be misremembering #3 on this list but in my defense, they chose to draw Aragorn in a tunic without any pants on and that has taken up a lot of RAM for me.

1) 1977's The Hobbit (animated): This movie is perfect. Regrettably leaves out Beorn.

2) 1980's Return of the King (animated): STOP LEAVING OUT THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE YOU COWARDS.

Tied for 3 and 4):

1978's The Lord of the Rings (animated): This movie is...... awkward. Loses points for not ever getting to make the second movie and finish the story, but that was due to studio nonsense, not by any choice of the filmmakers. Other than some cut scenes and character swaps, the movie is faithful to the books.

AND

2001's The Fellowship of the Ring: Kind of on the same level of faithfulness as the 1978 film, cuts the same things out of this part of the story, swaps out Glorfindel as well, but adds more that Tolkein didn't write than the 1978 movie did.

5) 2003's Return of the King: Adds minor scenes that didn't exist before but nothing that breaks the movie. STOP LEAVING OUT THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE YOU COWARDS.

Tied for 6 and 7)

2002's The Two Towers: Faramir's character assassination will never be forgiven. Sam and Frodo would never have gotten out of Osgiliath alive, are you ACTUALLY kidding me, Peter Jackson?

AND 2024's The War of the Rohirrim: Everything Tolkein wrote about this is in the movie. Set from Helm's daughter's perspective and creates a role for her in the conflict. Lots added, but 100% faithful to the text we DO have. Possibly the most faithful to existing text out of all adaptations. Just heavily embroidered.

8) 2012's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: so much added to what should be Tolkein's charming story that they had to break this movie into a trilogy when it could have been a REALLY good 2 part retelling of the story. Only thing raising it above the rest of the Hobbit movies is the Riddles in the Dark scene.

502,628) the rest of The Hobbit movies. Not only do they barely fit the original narrative, but characters, conflicts, and plotlines are invented out of thin air to fill a bloated runtime that should never have been stretched that long.

[cl4im-u-0n-m7-t4x3z]

3, 9, and 10 for Johnny Mcfly please and thank you

Let's Fucking Go !!!! ok I wanna preface this by saying that if you do not know who Johnny Mcfly is. Go Here. go in the link.

So . for number 3 which is childhood . Let's do some math first. Johnny Mcfly died ("in a car crash") 5 years before The Return Of Johnny Mcfly takes place, which based on the release date, we can assume it's 2007. Therefore, Johnny Mcfly can be assumed to have died on July 7, 2002. Since Patrick Ryan's Unnamed Character refers to him as "That Kid" we can assume Johnny was likely in his adolescence at the time of death. I would think somewhere around 16-18, give or take. That would mean Johnny spent most of his childhood in the nineties. smiles

So what was the point of that math? Well I don't know. but the important thing is this . I imagine Johnny as being a sort of hostile kid . Just kind of has that vibe of someone who Doesnt want to talk and has never wanted to talk . Aimlessly Bitter most if not all of the time in a way that makes you think "Is this kid mentally ill or something" And hey, maybe! [evil transgender propaganda voice] Perhaps Transition Could Alleviate Some Of These Emotions

ok number nine is about Clothes and habits of dress. smiles grinnishly (<-guy who likes to think about costuming). So the first thing we see of johnny is that he is wearing relatively baggy pants and no shoes. Now, it's heavily implied that Johnny Mcfly did not actually die in a car crash, but rather He Killed Himself . (what with the neck scarring and the "is that what my parents told everybody?" and the fact that kevin james literally said "he committed suicide I think." in the comments of the video). Taking off one's shoes before committing suicide is a sort of common thing in Japan. Go My Excerpt

But let's get back to the shoe question. A spokesperson at the National Police Agency confirmed it's common for suicides to remove their shoes, but far from universal. There have been some high-profile shoeless suicides, like film director Juzo Itami, who reportedly left his shoes behind when he jumped to his death in 1997. Do the police keep statistics on this? "No, there's no point. We factor that in when determining whether the death was a suicide [if the shoes were deliberately removed the death is deemed less likely to have been an accident or murder]. Other than that, it's irrelevant." I asked several people why Japanese might feel the urge to remove their shoes before committing suicide. Some had expertise in the psychology of suicide, some did not. The theories included the following: so as not to carry dirt from this world into the next; to indicate that the death was a suicide; to increase the chances of the body being found; because that's what samurai used to do; and because it's what they've seen on TV (it's a cliche in television dramas to indicate a suicide by showing a pair of shoes on a cliff or the roof of a building). The most neurotic rationale offered, by quite a few women who have obviously spent too many years lining up shoes in entranceways, was that it's better to remove one's shoes than have them come off during the fall and land in some embarrassingly untidy way.

Now you may ask yourself, "Jingles, aren't they in, like, Massachusetts? and not Japan?" And truly I say to you Well Yeah. However. There are two modes of explanation for this and they arent mutually exclusive. we have the doylistic sentiment of We have the knowledge that Ryan Murphy (who played Johnny Mcfly) Likes More Than One Anime. so possibly this Idea was carried into TROJM. we also have the watsonian idea that Well maybe Johnny Mcfly was an animepilled animecel or something. Both are good. I think both can coexist.

I'm not done with costuming. I can't find the exact shirt that he was wearing (sad!) but I was able to find one that was very similar

I don't have any deep analysis on the power rangers shirt. I just wanted to mention that . it's cool johnny mcfly has a power rangers shirt. I like to imagine he got it at one of those thrift stores with the bins

Number Ten is about. Posture/physicality/movement. Now If You'll Notice. Johnny Mcfly stutters on about 4 of his 6 lines. holy shit hold on I just realized im writing all of htis on a character with like 6 lines give me a second. ok where was I. oh yeah . Johnny Mcfly can a little dyspraxia. as a treat . for me. Yes, I Know he isnt the only one who stutters a lot in that video. but let me play tuoys(neurology). Furthermore he does this (below) like thrice throughout the video and . well this is an observation more than a headcanon but i like this Mannerism. grins smilishly

anyway in conclusion rest in peace johnny mcfly you would've loved estrogen. and bad apple (song).

[sourcreammachine]

best pictures: originals or adaptations

1928: wings

1929: the broadway melody

1930: all quiet on the western front (novel)

1931: cimarron (novel)

1932: grand hotel (novel)

1933: cavalcade (play)

1934: it happened one night (short story)

1935: mutiny on the bounty (novelisation of the events)

1936: the great ziegfeld

1937: the life of émile zola (biography)

1938: you can’t take it with you (play)

1939: gone with the wind (novel)

1940: rebecca (novel)

1941: how green was my valley (novel)

1942: mrs miniver (novel)

1943: casablanca (play)

1944: going my way

1945: the lost weekend (novel)

1946: the best years of our lives (novella)

1947: gentleman’s agreement (novel)

1948: hamlet (hamlet)

1949: all the king’s men (novel)

1950: all about eve (short story)

1951: an american in paris (symphony)

1952: the greatest show on earth

1953: from here to eternity (novel)

1954: on the waterfront (article series)

1955: marty (teleplay)

1956: around the world in 80 days (novel)

1957: the bridge over the river kwai (novel)

1958: gigi (novella)

1959: ben-hur (film)

1960: the apartment

1961: west side story (musical)

1962: lawrence of arabia (dubious - based primarily on lawrence’s own autobiographical account of events)

1963: tom jones (novel)

1964: my fair lady (musical)

1965: the sound of music (musical)

1966: a man for all seasons (play)

1967: in the heat of the night (novel)

1968: oliver! (musical and novel)

1969: midnight cowboy (novel)

1970: patton

1971: the french connection (book)

1972: the godfather (novel)

1973: the sting (book)

1974: the godfather part ii (film)

1975: one flew over the cuckoo’s nest (novel)

1976: rocky

1977: annie hall

1978: the deer hunter

1979: kramer vs kramer (novel)

1980: ordinary people (novel)

1981: chariots of fire

1982: gandhi

1983: terms of endearment (novel)

1984: amadeus (play)

1985: out of africa (autobiography)

1986: platoon

1987: the last emperor (dubious - based heavily on puyi’s own autobiography)

1988: rain man

1989: driving miss daisy (play)

1990: dances with wolves (novel)

1991: the silence of the lambs (novel)

1992: unforgiven

1993: schindler’s list (dubious - based heavily on a novelisation of events)

1994: forrest gump (novel)

1995: braveheart (epic poem)

1996: the english patient (novel)

1997: titanic

1998: shakespeare in love

1999: american beauty (novel)

2000: gladiator

2001: a beautiful mind (biography)

2002: chicago (musical)

2003: lord of the rings 3 (novel)

2004: million dollar baby (book)

2005: crash

2006: the departed (film)

2007: no country for old men (novel)

2008: slumdog millionaire (novel)

2009: the hurt locker

2010: the king’s speech

2011: the artist

2012: argo (memoir)

2013: twelve years a slave (memoir)

2014: birdman

2015: spotlight

2016: moonlight (unpublished play)

2017: the shape of wawa

2018: green book

2019: parasite

2020: nomadland (book)

2021: coda (film)

2022: everything everywhere all at once

2023: oppenheimer (book)

2024: anora

[ryukang1995]

My idea for an action movie trilogy loosely based on the Ruthless Aggression era of WWE.

The trilogy would have been released around the same time as the actual Ruthless Aggression era going on at the time (the first movie would have been out in 2002). The idea is that WWE (WWF, at the time) was at such a creative high in 2000 that they likely would have made a deal with Universal Pictures to bring WWE action to the big screen.

There were wrestling movies like No Holds Barred and Ready to Rumble, but they failed because they had the wrong idea of how to bring wrestling into film. There were some great films like The Wrestler and Fighting with My Family, but those were more dramatic efforts.

What I envision for the Ruthless Aggression trilogy is a series of straight-up action flicks that capture what makes WWE so appealing in the first place while elevating it to cinematic heights.

In fact, the setting of the trilogy would be an alternate universe where WWE's talent battle for the control of the wrestling world as we know it. In addition to Raw and Smackdown at the time, one of the biggest inspirations for my trilogy is the original Mortal Kombat movie from 1995, which honestly has a tone and framework that can work perfectly for this trilogy.

The cast would consist of many top stars and fan favorites from the Ruthless Aggression era of WWE, but since this is a hypothetical franchise, fictional versions of the talent are allowed to exist in this universe.

I envision John Cena and Kane as the main protagonists with Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler as their love interests (respectively). Undertaker is more or less the mentor figure of the group, almost like Raiden in MK. Triple H, JBL and Edge are the primary villains of each installment, which reflects their dominance at the time. Other talent are in the story as part of a huge ensemble to give it scope and stakes.

For such an action heavy project, I picture Rob Cohen directing, especially due to his work on Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, The Fast and the Furious and xXx. The cinematography can be handled by John R. Leonetti because of his work on Mortal Kombat (1995), The Mask and The Scorpion King.

In addition to a score by Graeme Revell, the trilogy would incorporate the familiar themes by Jim Johnston, and feature Hard Rock/Nu-Metal soundtracks with songs by bands like Saliva, Limp Bizkit, Drowning Pool, Sevendust, Seether, Disturbed, etc.

Universal is my choice for the studio since Raw and Smackdown are heavily associated with the USA channel, which is owned by NBCUniversal. Plus, their track record with films like The Fast and the Furious, Jurassic Park, and even The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

That's all for now.

[the-gay-disney-games]

Round 1B: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) vs. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Propaganda:

The Emperor’s New Groove:

“That llama boy is gay. Probably genderqueer as well.”

“look at it.”

“just watch the movie it is blindingly obvious from like the first scene (no…no…no…)”

“I mean, i think kuzco is enough propaganda by himself”

“Kuzco is insanely queercoded. There's the way he immediately dismisses any women based on superficial traits, but seems very interested in Kronk. There's the crossdressing scene, which he was very into. And also just look at him.”

“Kuzco is a twink”

“Kuzco is a twink. Eartha Kitt is a gay icon. Kronk...”

“- come on, have you Seen Kuzko? That boy is a Twink.

- every character is So So queer coded in some way

- it's just,,,, so gay”

“You can't tell me those bitches ain't gay. The Llama guy (blanking on the name rn) literally rejected like 5 women rapid fire. Also kronk is queer ty”

“Kuzco is gender envy. Kuzco is gender queer/fluid.”

“That whole scene with Kuzco and Pacha in the restaurant that is all.”

“Kuzco is heavily queercoded in his mannerisms. The start of the movie has him rejecting a line of women as potential marriage candidates, being picky with their appearances. After that, he seems to be interested in asking Yzma about her henchman Kronk. Post llama-turning, he bickers a lot with Pacha but ends up creating a nearly familial bond with him. During a bit where they hide in the restaurant, Kuzco enthusiastically dresses in drag and pretends to be Pacha's wife. Pacha tells the waitress its their honey, with the waitress saying something about it "being brave to come out today", which could have two different meanings. After the movie and Kuzco returns to being a man, he doesn't get together with any woman like most films would. Instead, he finds himself a found family with Pacha, his wife, their two kids, and Kronk. If that's not queer-coded, I don't know what is.”

“Kuzco is so fucking gay and the film is completely unselfconcious and unapologetic. His mannerisms, his complete lack of a female love interest, the way his solution to hiding being a talking llama is to pretend to be Pacha's wife (???). His role model and only parental figure is a dramatic older woman played by Ertha Kit. And it's not just Kuzco; Kronk most certainly has the vibe to him. The casual gender non-conformance is off the charts. The Emperor's New Groove was a Disney movie that skirted under the corporate radar, made with very little input from the company itself. It is one of a kind and there will never be another one like it.”

“-Nothing about Kuzco is straight

-First off, the way he dresses and has incredible fucking hair. Like I know that emperor's were deemed as gods, and having them dress with pure gold jewelry and high quality clothing was a must.BUT STILL, HE PULLS IT OFF

-the scene were he turns down all of the women who were there for one of them to be his wife...BRO HE WAS SO SASSY AND SAVAGE AS HE COMMENTED ON THEIR APPEARANCES, TELLING THEM THINGS LIKE THAT THEY DON'T PULL OF THAT HAIRCUT AND SHIT LIKE THAT

-Don't even get me started on the diner scene with Pacha

-Twink....I will not elaborate”

“:)”

Lilo & Stitch:

“Pleakley and jumba are queer. I will fight people about this. And then they joined the found family to end all found families and co-parent with Nani. Change my mind ( you can't)”

“Jumba and Pleakley are MARRIED and you cannot tell me otherwise”

“The aliens are gay.”

“Trans icon Wendy Pleakley and their boyfriend Jumba”

“We stan Pleakley crossdressing”

“this is THE gay movie to me. It’s all about the found family. Stitch was cast out for being an “abomination” but then he found the place where he belongs with people who love him. Pleakley and Jumbaa are literally married”

“Found Family, cross dressing, self love, what else do you need?”

“I know Pleakley only gets to go whole hog on the crossressing in the TV show, but the movie is where he got his start.”

[starthelostboys]

tlb characters as dcoms (that i have seen):

michael: teen beach 2 (2015). i like the original movie better but i think this one fits michael's vibes better for the weirdly melancholic feeling throughout the entire film. the combination of impending doom with fun beach music really makes sense for him.

star: invisible sister (2015) i think that star would love the main character of this movie since they're both weird girls who're kind of mean and standoffish. also she'd appreciate the cozy halloween energy that this movie has.

david: read it and weep (2006). to be honest i don't think this movie would be my choice for david if not for the notable element of the main character having vivid fight club style hallucinations of a cooler, meaner version of herself that she talks to throughout the film. that and she's kind of a terrible person for a 15 year old which i think fits david well.

dwayne: the thirteenth year (1999). i had a really hard time picking a movie for dwayne and honestly this one is just based on vibes. the energy of this movie is bizarre and i think it fits him, as well as the theme song which sounds like absolute ass but i still get stuck in my head sometimes.

marko: radio rebel (2012). to be honest i don't think marko would like any dcoms cause they're way too commercial for him, but i do feel like he'd end up buying into the phony reject authority message of this movie and by the end thinks that maybe in high school he also should've thrown a morp (anti prom that's just prom spelled backwards).

paul: stepsister from planet weird (2000). i think that paul would like sci fi in general, and he'd enjoy the bizarre sci fi aspects of this movie, especially since they never really try and explain the technicalities of anything. he also genuinely thinks the stepdad in this movie is hot.

sam: princess protection program (2009). there's a lot of bitchy energy in this movie which fits sam well. also the plot being a combination of girls learning to become friends + an active military coup. my honorable mention pick for sam is minutemen (2008).

edgar: mom's got a date with a vampire (2000). even putting this movie on the list kind of feels like cheating since it's so heavily inspired by the lost boys, but also i couldn't think of another movie that fits edgar more.

alan: cadet kelly (2002). i feel mean putting this one on the list at all but i couldn't make this post without putting this "hillary duff learns to love military school" movie as one of the frog bros, sorry alan :(

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

we discussed why Ridley Scott's film is unlikely to be the way we would like it to be

so I have a question: what films/series about Napoleon more or less correctly represent real history? or just good in your opinion

oh man, I'm a bit of a picky person when it comes to Napoleonic films/series, but not in a logically consistent manner so people get a little confused sometimes. Which is fair.

I'll give you two rec's:

My favourite Napoleon movie is Monsieur N. I think what makes it work is that it's a historical AU, basically, and fills all my favourite tropes. Premise is that Napoleon, through a weird magic (?) thing, switches fates with his valet/spy Cipriani and manages to escape St. Helena.

As one can guess, it's only loosely, loosely based in history. The ages of some people are altered (Betsy Balcombe is aged up significantly so she can be an appropriate love interest for Napoleon; Barry O'Meara is in his late thirties/early forties for no apparent reason etc.). I feel like Albine got shafted in being cast as a bit of the Conniving Courtesan. Montholon is positioned as a poisoner, even though by the time the film was made that theory/story had been pretty heavily debunked. They omit Napoleon's crap treatment of Fanny Bertrand after she rebuffed his advances. Napoleon's still played too seriously - but that's a fault in literally almost every production ever.

That said, I love Bertrand in this. Gourgaud makes a rogue appearance and is suitably chaotic. I like Sir Hudson Lowe as well - I feel that Richard Grant was cast perfectly. The visuals are beautiful. It's just gorgeously filmed (I love the first confrontation/meet scene between Napoleon and Lowe - the playing with light, the choice of clothes, the switching through languages etc. it's masterful).

The historical inaccuracy aside, I actually liked the relationship between Napoleon and Betsy. I'm just like "clearly it's another Betsy Balcombe. Funny that two people have the same name on this small island!"

(Obviously, in reality, she was a literal child when she knew Napoleon. He was an uncle/older brother figure to her and she was clearly a surrogate daughter/niece to him. They pranked each other and teamed up to prank Lowe on the regular alongside playing silly games and mucking about.)

I love that it's a multi-lingual production so you have English, French and Corsican being spoken, as appropriate for the characters/people. The sound track is fitting. It's appropriately atmospheric.

So yeah, I am very fond of the film. But it's just a fun, stupid romp.

You can't go in expecting a Real Historical And/Or Accurate Account of Napoleon on St. Helena. Thankfully, the film never positions itself as such a thing. It's very clearly a What If + Fanfiction. I recommend going in and treating it like a slightly more serious Knight's Tale in its approach to history (vibes & essence over facts). If you do that, you'll have a blast. If you go in looking for Historical Napoleon or whatever, you'll hate it.

I also may or may not have a Thing for Philippe Torreton (who plays Napoleon). So. That might also inform my affection for this dumb film.

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I remember enjoying the 2002 French miniseries Napoleon (with Christian Clavier and Isabella Rossellini). As with all series and films, it has its issues (there are definite inaccuracies), but I liked it overall. I feel they hit the emotional beats between Napoleon and Josephine really well.

(While she's not older than him in it, at least the actors the same age and she's not like 16 years younger than Napoleon /eye roll.)

The scene when she reams him out during their divorce is powerful (she does this great thing about how he always wanted to make it clear that he's separate from the ancien regime and Not Like Those People but what is he doing now? He's marrying one of Marie Antoinette's relatives. And like, she is calling him out for his political inconsistency, and making the point that it's a bad decision in terms of Optics, but it's also so clearly much more than that. It's well done). Napoleon's reaction when he learns that she's died is heart breaking and well rendered/believable.

There is also humour and convivial moments that are often lacking in historical biopics with him, which I appreciate (love the "you need to take the Austrian uniform off the scarecrow or we'll have an International Incident on our hands" scene).

There's a rogue Coulaincourt who makes an appearance! Nice to see him. Same with Lannes - glad he makes an appearance. Though there's no Duroc or Junot, unfortunately. (Granted, I understand the need to keep the cast to a reasonable amount of people.)

So yeah, it's an entertaining series. It's a bit of a "classic" in the sense that I feel like anyone who has gone through a Napoleon Phase watches it.

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Truly, the best representation of Napoleon is in Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure. You're welcome.

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I hope this helps!

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Rain comes from the 2002 film, Resident Evil. Alongside it and various headcanons, my interpretation of her is loosely based on the novelization, Resident Evil: Genesis. (I do have a lot of problems with that book and how she was written in it, though). The clones come from Resident Evil: Retribution and take loose elements from the novelization of the same name.

Name: Rain Melendez Ocampo [extended info sheet/verses here]

Eyes: Dark brown.

Hair: Dark brown

Pronouns: She/her

Age: Verse dependent. I will note that the series timeline is inconsistent, so this is simply how I like to interpret it.

Twenty-four during the events of Resident Evil and Apocalypse in 2002.

Twenty-nine during the events of Extinction.

Thirty-three during the events of Afterlife.

Thirty-four during the events of Retribution and The Final Chapter.

In the game universe, twenty-four at the time of the Raccoon City Incident in 1998.

Height: 5'4"/163 cm

Sexual/Romantic orientation: Homosexual/homoromantic

Occupation:

Former L.A.P.D. (Los Angeles Police Department) officer.

Paramilitary commando for the Umbrella Corporation. U.S.S. (Umbrella Security Service). The team she’s part of is known as Sanitation.

Working to screw over her last employer and aid survivors (following the events of Resident Evil).

B.S.A.A. (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) operator (verse dependent). 

S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) officer (verse dependent).

Personality: Rain is tough, intimidating, prideful, and full of tenacity. But beneath that rough exterior is a caring person looking to do good and help others. If sacrificing/putting herself at risk means saving someone, Rain isn't likely to hesitate.

She's fiercely loyal and protective toward friends, none of whom are safe from her ribbing or attempts to rough around.

Often, Rain comes off as crude and/or blunt since she isn't very careful with her words. If she has an opinion, she probably won't refrain from telling you. Vulnerability, however, isn't something that comes easily to her. She tends to simply close herself off with an "I'm fine."

You might find that she has a slight temper... Perhaps more than slight. Most call it hair-trigger. Her anger usually comes and goes in quick bursts.

Rain was heavily infected by the T-virus and received a dose of the antivirus when it should've been far too late. She should've died. Instead, she woke up sometime later in an empty hospital, having been put under quarantine and subject to various tests. She left, unsure of what exactly happened to her.

Name: Rain Melendez - AKA "Bad Rain" [extended info sheet/verses here]

Eyes: Dark brown. There's a faint red haze when her retinal implants are in use.

Hair: Dark brown

Pronouns: She/her

Age: Verse dependent.

Twenty to twenty-three prior to Resident Evil: Retribution.

Twenty-four during the events of Retribution and The Final Chapter in 2012.

In the game universe, variable. She might be alive during the Raccoon City Incident, she might not. Generally speaking, though, she’s either somewhere in her twenties or thirties.

Height: 5'4"/163 cm

Sexual/Romantic orientation: Homosexual/homoromantic

Occupation:

Paramilitary soldier for the Umbrella Corporation. U.S.S. (Umbrella Security Service).

Following the events of Retribution, unemployed.

Freelance mercenary (verse dependent).

Personality: Rain is programmed to be ruthless, tough, and intimidating. She's cold, blunt, and matter-of-fact, typically to the point of heartlessness. Her care for others is incredibly minimal, and most of her loyalty lies where it was programmed to be.

When she's given orders, Rain follows them without question or hesitation. Vulnerability and weakness are something she very scarcely allows herself to show.

She's stubborn, being somebody who fights until her absolute last breath. There's also a fair amount of cockiness in her.

While not impossible to form a bond with her, it certainly isn't easy. If her programming breaks, she becomes much more like the Rain she was cloned from, but still far less selfless.

Rain is a clone manufactured by the Umbrella Corporation. She was created to protect one of their testing facilities. More specifically, Umbrella Prime, which is located underwater in Kamchatka, Russia.

Name: Rain Ocampo - AKA "Good Rain" [extended info sheet/verses here]

Eyes: Dark brown

Hair: Dark brown

Pronouns: She/her

Age: Verse dependent.

Twenty-four during the events of Retribution and The Final Chapter in 2012.

In the game universe, variable. She might be alive during the Raccoon City Incident, she might not. Generally speaking, though, she’s either somewhere in her twenties or thirties.

Height: 5'4"/163 cm

Sexual/Romantic orientation: Homosexual/homoromantic

Occupation:

(Programmed to believe she is an) environmental activist.

(Programmed to believe she is a) recycling worker.

TerraSave member (verse dependent).

Personality: First and foremost, Rain is good-natured. She's always looking to do the right thing, help others, and stand up for what she believes in.

Although she prefers non-violence as a solution to problems, when it comes down to the wire, Rain will do what it takes to help somebody in danger. There's definitely a protective side to her. She's a quick learner and brave.

Most people would probably describe her as an ever so slightly awkward, quirky character. Often, she's somebody who will speak without thinking her words through.

Rain is a clone manufactured by the Umbrella Corporation. She was created as a civilian to be placed into a test simulation to demonstrate the capabilities of Umbrella's bioweapons. However, rather than dying like she was meant to, she survived the simulation.

[aphylis]

My topic for the class is Japanese horror during the 1990's and the 2000's. I am unfamiliar with any of the films from Japan around that time period. I needed to start with a film so I choose Ringu. Ringu or Ring is a Japanese horror film released in 1998. It is looked at as a classic horror film that has had lasting effects on the genre. An American version was made under the name The Ring but was nowhere near as successful.

I'll go over a summary of the film. The movie opens with 2 school girls talking about a video one of them had seen that was terrifying. The most important part of that video is a girl climbs out a well surrounded by disturbing images. One of the girls dies in a mysterious way and the other is hospitalized and later goes insane. Our main character Reiko is a reporter interviewing some of the fellow school girls that heard about the video. Her and her ex husband Ryuji both see the video at some point and now only have a week to live. They connect pieces in the video to help them discover the mystery of the girl in the video. Sadako, the daughter of a doctor and psychic was killed by her own father by being pushed down a well. Reiko and Ryuji find said well and believe that by finding the body of Sadako the curse will be lifted saving them. Together they find the body and figure out it's all over. It is most definitely not though. While Reiko is saved Ryuji is not. Sadako kills Ryuji. Reiko releases that the curse can only be lifted if you show someone else a copy of the film to curse them.

This movie is filled with amazingly shot scenes with fun angles and creative ideas. But realistically the most iconic scene in the film is Ryuji's death scene. At this point in the film it feels like it should have have finished with both main characters surviving the curse. However Ryuji's tv turns on to the end of the video showing the well. Sadako slowly crawls out of the well and towards the tv. Ryuji begins to panic as Sadako stumbles closer. Sadako climbs out of the tv and follows Ryuji through his apartment. Ryuji is cornered where Sadako looks at him and Ryuji screams as the movie freeze frames and cuts away. This scene is more than iconic in just horror. It's referenced, remade, and spoofed in about all forms of media just because of how memorable this scene really is.

An article I decided to look at is the comparison of the original Japanese version and the American remake. While both movies are good in their own way in my opinion as well as the writer of the article believes the Japanese version is better. "“Ringu” is a film that relies on more of the mental aspects of horror such as the slow burn plot that the movie has, the eeriness and butterfly-inducing sensation that the tape gives the audience while watching it, even the use of music and silence in some scenes. “The Ring” relies more on music to jump scare the audience, effects that make the face of a person who dies from the tape decayed and distorted, and a filter used throughout the film to remind the audience that it is, in fact, a scary movie" (Leon). I absolutely agree with what Sara Leon has to say about these movies. Ringy never had any jumpscares or loud music to surprise the viewer, instead they relied on the suspense of when something might happen. Unlike many American horror films where the rely too heavily on jumpscares to make the movie "scary". In my opinion jumpscares are awful. There is a big difference from being scared and being surprised by something loud and a lot of American horror films do not know the difference.

Upon doing a little more research I found an article that I would not normally read but it definitely stuck out to me. The article heavily critiques the movie for how poorly it adapted the original novel it had been based on. Gender swapping took place to make the movie more appealing. Ryuji is a completely different character in the movie compared to the book, where is an absolutely disgusting human being but in the movie seems to connect the most with the horrors that happen. Summarizing the article would really put to shame how much writer Jennifer Upton has to say. I would heavily recommend reading this article as it's heavily influencing me to read the original book.

Overall I adored this movie from start to finish. The movie is tense, scary, chilling, and well acted. The story is a little confusing but I honestly don't mind that at all. To anyone that hasn't seen it I couldn't recommend more. After reading these articles I'm excited to explore the original text and the American adaptation.

[mediamixs]

Top 10 horror movies based on urban legends

Black Christmas (1974) :This film is based on the urban legend of a killer calling from inside the house, effectively using babysitter lore to create a terrifying experience.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002) :Unlike many urban legend films, this movie is based on real events, specifically the experiences of journalist John Keel. It explores the Mothman mythos and delves into grief, creating a hypnotic ambiance.

Candyman (1992) :This movie puts a spin on the Bloody Mary myth, creating a legendary villain. The film finds its mythology within the community of Cabrini Green, creating an in-movie mythology around the titular slasher, changing how people look in the bathroom mirror.

Urban Legend (1998): This slasher film brings recognizable urban legends to life as gruesome kills. Urban Legend puts a unique twist on the tired genre and brought some of the most recognizable urban legends to life as gruesome kills in the movie.

The Amityville Horror (1979) This horror film is based on the real-life paranormal claims made at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, where a man named Ronald DeFeo murdered his family.

Willow Creek (2013) This movie utilizes the legend of Bigfoot, invoking scares through sound and suggestion as a young couple is terrorized while exploring myths about Bigfoot's existence.

Slender Man (2018) This film is based on the 21st-century urban legend of the Slender Man, a tall, skinny, featureless man in a suit who stalks and kills people, especially kids.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) :An urban legend provided inspiration for the killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer. The killer is a version of the Hookman myth. .

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019): This movie is rooted in American folktales, drawing heavily from folklore and urban legends. The legends featured in the movie include versions of The Hairy Toe and White Lady myths.

Absentia (2011) This film draws inspiration from the fairy tale Three Billy Goats Gruff, set in ominous tunnels that evoke mythical imagery.

[ginuki-mga2023mi6021]

Concept 3

This concept would revolve around 2 college detectives and one of the episodic adventures to aquire an important item from the past that was once lost because of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The location that this would take place in would be the jaffna library as it's burning acted as the catalyst for the civil war that took place. Once the characters make it back to the past in search of the book, one of these characters starts feeling an ominous presence.

I want this to be more of a psychological horror as those are what really creep me out and leave me scared for months and if i cant scare myself with my film I would have failed to create a horror film.

While this "creature" lurks around harassing the character she gets glimpses of what happened in the war and what it was like for people at the time, and she continues to try and fend off the "creature"

Right as she is about to get eaten she's snapped out of it by her partner. Although they retrieve the book and make it back to the present the eerie presence is still there and haunts the character.

With this concept,, while making it a horror film I would like to also be able to tell stories and depict what happened during the civil war and the consequences of it and how it still is basically a fresh wound as it "ended" in May 18, 2009. I say it like that because my country was still heavily affected negatively even after the war as there was a lot of mistrust between the sinhalese and tamils and a lot of violence.

And many people do not actually know about the Civil War despite it being a relatively recent war. I would also like to base it in Jaffna as it was the most affected where there were mine fields and constant deaths and violence happening. I went there two years ago for the first time with my parents, and it was there first time going as well which says a lot about the state of our country at the time as our island is pretty small. We were ID checked before entering and once again this conveys how even now in the present how strong the security is there as a result of the war.

This is a deeply personal concept for me and I would like to go with it but I like the other concepts as well

[swashbuckler5e]

Batman Begins

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and produced by Nolan and David S. Gower wrote. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe and Morgan Freeman as Bruce Wayne/Batman in supporting roles. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne's journey from the death of his parents to becoming Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos. After Batman & Robin was panned by critics and underperformed at the box office, Warner Bros. Pictures canceled future Batman films, including Joel Schumacher's planned Batman Unchained. Between 1998 and 2003, several filmmakers collaborated with Warner Bros. in an effort to relaunch the franchise. After the studio rejected a Batman origin story reboot Joss Whedon pitched in December 2002, Warner Bros hired Nolan in January 2003 to direct a new film. Nolan and Gower began developing the film in early 2003. Aiming for a darker, more realistic tone than the previous films, a primary goal of their approach was to engage the audience's emotional investment in the identities of both the main characters, Batman and Bruce Wayne. The character film, which was shot primarily in the United Kingdom, Iceland and Chicago, relied heavily on traditional stunts and miniature effects, with computer-generated imagery used in a minimal capacity compared to other action films. Comic book stories such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween served as inspiration.