#you're such a good actor

[bubbarnes]

“... Captain America? No, sorry. You mean Thunderbolts? Let me tell you, it was a much quieter year for me because I didn't see Anthony Mackie. So, I'll say that.”

[montanabohemian]

if i see a single one of you pissed that your faves canceled an event or a con appearance because they're striking for fair wages then imma come for you in your sleep 🔪🔪🔪

(direct that fury where it belongs: AMPTP and the execs)

[acecroft]

DINA MEYER as Detective Allison Kerry in Saw III (2006)

[batcavescolony]

just saw someone say Rick Riordan making a TV show is just as bad as anything JKR has done. BFFR you're comparing Rick Riordan trying to make his world more inclusive, changing some parts because of money/time constraints, or just making changes cus he thinks they're needed, to JKR being a terrible person!

[star-lights-up]

you're gonna be popular ♡

[itsallaboutbl]

Papang Phromphiriya as Suea Kidnap, ep. 7

+ bonus

[novelconcepts]

Is it just me or did you feel Juliette Lewis coming through big time in Sophie Thatcher's performance in this last episode? The level of acting from everyone is just incredible and keeps getting better.

I dunno how intentional it is, but I've been feeling that crossover between actors a lot this season. I mean, it's always been there, but it feels like we're officially at the point of the wilderness timeline where we're starting to really see how they become the adults we know. Shauna's violent anger matches up so cleanly with the way Lynskey has been playing moments like holding the chop-shop guy at gunpoint, or her standoff with Melissa. Natalie feels much more tired and loose and like it's getting hard to hold herself up ever since the Ben of it all. Van is hardening, and the expression work from Hewson to Ambrose is pitch-perfect. Taissa is spilling into her Other more obviously in the teen timeline, which is making it much clearer when Cypress' version does the same. Everyone is getting better for sure (and they were all exceptional from the jump), but some of it is just getting to inhabit these characters for several years. We really get to see that inside-and-out knowledge shine through in the physicality and the line deliveries, and it is incredible work all around.

[uniiiquehecrt]

Voice actors are NOT the same as actors.

It takes a specific kind of skill-set and training to be able to warp and meld the voice. It takes a certain kind of talent and dedication to hone that talent into the ability to meld the voice and invoke emotion with one's voice alone. Actors are used to using their voice secondarily to their body language and their facial expressions. It's all mirrored back on camera. They do have nuance. But it's a different kind of nuance and a different kind of training to produce that nuance.

Voice actors might get their likeness transposed on their character's design, and maybe their mannerisms might seep into the character's animation. But when it's all said and done: their presence is in their voice. They are bringing a character to life, showing that emotion in their voice, trying to keep a specific accent, drawl, pitch, tone in that voice and keep it consistent for their recording sessions.

The voice actor is like a classically trained musician who can play first chair in a competitive, world-renown orchestra. The actor (who fills the voice actor's role) is like a moot who played violin in beginner and intermediate high school orchestra and thinks they can get into Juilliard with that 2-4 years of experience.

This doesn't mean that the HS orchestra moot can't play. They can even be really good at it. Maybe they won competitions and sat first chair. But they are not in the same league as the person who's been training their whole lives and lives and breathes to hone their craft using the instrument and all of the training they've ever acquired to perfect it. They are not meant for the same roles. They are not in the same caliber. You do not hire the HS equivalent when you want to play complex music in a competitive orchestra.

Actors are not the same as voice actors.

And furthermore, actors - especially big name actors - taking the roles of animated characters for big budget films or TV pilots makes no sense anyways when - at least in the case of TV pilots - there's not a point to hiring a big budget actors anyways. That money could be used elsewhere (like paying your animators), and the talent that is brought onto the screen for X character could then be hired on to voice said character no recasting required.

I wouldn't say voice acting as a profession is in danger exactly, but it's certainly being disrespected and overlooked for celebrity clout, and this has ALWAYS been an issue. Shoot, even Robin Williams knew that much - which is why he tried so hard not to be used as a marketing chess piece for Aladdin and got royally pissed off when it happened anyways. People shouldn't go to any movie (but especially not animated films) because "oh famous actor is in it". People should go because it's a good movie and the voice acting is good.

People who honest to god think that voice actors are replaceable because "oh well anyone can voice act" or "I like xyz celebrity so naturally it'll be good" ... Honestly I just wish you'd reassess your priorities because you're missing the point and are part of the problem.

Voice Actors ≠ Actors.

[beif0ngs]

at this point, i'm just in awe at how they f*cked up a live action adaptation of ATLA twice... TWICE 🤦

[userautumn]

I don't think actors should be forced / manipulated / cajoled / pushed into stories they don't want to do nor do I think they should have to give an explanation as to why they don't want to do it. I have a lot to say on this subject

[v4lta01]

Excuse me who gave you the right to give me this many feels?!

The acting in this scene is just...ugh so good.

Tom Hiddleston's talent!

[bl-inded]

Okayy okayyy... I have an inkling of a feeling that Jway (Jay?? I really can't tell if this is a joke or not, I need to see this guy's birth certificate) has bigger abandonments issues than Sant.

What am I basing this on, you ask? Well, lemme show you!

Coz uptil here, even I was like, yeah this is him remembering the last time my dude left him alone in a vehicle that he literally jumped out of.

But then-

This is the face he makes when he leaves? The music is lighthearted, but J(w)ay is shifty and unsettled.

He can't stop moving and looking around, and even though they don't show it in this scene, it's obvious he's clutching the car seat (the same way Sant was with the dentist chair).

And then they show us this

I don't know why, but I could feel the anxiety in this. And that combined with everything we saw in ep 1

Even if they play it off a joke multiple times, there is definitely something deeper here. Something tells me he doesn't like getting left behind, but he is all too used to it. Because when Sant does come back, he is so surprised.

It's also sus that his first guess for Sant's anxiety with dentists is this?? Like many people hate going to the dentist because of non-abandonment related reasons. Why would this be his first guess?

I think he recognises the overworking, keeping yourself busy, not thinking about life and loneliness as a different coping mechanism to his own! Maybe.

Alternatively, I am projecting and this all actually means nothing. But Tumblr is my overthinking haven, so lemme have this :')

[absolutebl]

New Korean BL - Jazz for Two

Tae Yi (Song Han Gyeom?) hears a familiar melody filling the empty halls and makes his way to the old music room. He knows his brother is dead, but he can’t help but hope, maybe, just maybe...it’s his brother playing his favorite song. When he slams open the door, however, he finds Se Heon (Kim Jin Kwon), a new transfer student, at the piano. Disappointment comes crashing down and Tae Yi can’t control his anger. How dare Se Heon play his brother’s song? How dare he smile? How dare he say he loves jazz?

“If I ever catch you playing the piano again...that’ll be the end of you.”

And with that begins Tae Yi and Se Heon's story, as unpredictable and visceral as jazz. (Source: BLUPDATE2022 Twitter via MDL)

Adapted from the webtoon "Jazz for Two" (재즈처럼) by Keul Ra Jyu (클라쥬)

Stars

Song Han Gyeom (prev A-Day), Omega X (rapper)

Kim Jin Kwon, Newkidd (leader, sub-vocal)

Byun Sung Tae - lead in Happy Merry Ending

Ko Jae Hyun - side in To My Star

Thoughts

With two active idols in the leads (we think), odds are not great on this one. So far the only truly successful execution of solid BL from active idols has been Semantic Error (and frankly KNK barely counts). Plus this is the production team/director behind A Shoulder to Cry On which I HATED, so yeah...

I'm excited to have anything new from Korea but I'm keeping my expectations low.

My idols in BLs tracking is here (possibly not updated). This won't get on the list until after it releases. Never count your idols until after the BL has hatched.

[hilacopter]

this is probably an extreme reach but do you think disney casted gal gadot in snow white purely for the controversy because they knew their slop is flopping and went "any visibility is good visibility"

[goodomensao3tagoftheday]

[vaguely-concerned]

I love the way lucanis pronounces 'ferelden' just slightly awkwardly/uncertainly in his first banters with harding that bring it up -- like maybe he hasn't had cause to say it out loud much in common and is having that moment of second language use stumble where you go 'shit it'd be. something like that, right? that sounds about right?? 😬'. it feels like such a neat and well-observed little detail to slip in there I love the voice acting in this game