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lucybianchi · 2 months

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i just watched the first episode of the live action Avatar out of curiosity and it's straight up making me want to write an essay/video essay on the problem with all these new streaming series, specifically live action adaptations

like the One Piece live action was actually really good and i thought that maybe netflix had learned something but as expected, i was wrong

There's so much off about the live action Avatar and i've only watched one episode

The pacing feels weird and really rushed

It feels like the actors were given no direction for example Gyatso's actor did a good job but i felt like the delivery of him telling Aang that he's the Avatar fell flat, almost like the actor wasn't told the weight of that moment and that line Generally i got the impression that a lot of the actors (especially the older actors) didn't fully understand their character motivations and the world like so many things that felt like they should be bigger moments were just throw away lines that were delivered in the least dramatic way possible

The frame is so empty...like all the time...

The costumes feel too new and clean and look more like cosplay than costumes like why does so much stuff actually look like plastic, you can use resin but at least try to make it look good why does Katara's necklace look like cheap plastic and why do the horn tooth buttons on Sokka and Katara's cloths look like they bought them from a Michaels????

EVERYONE looks too clean the moment that Sokka was covered in ash and his hair was all messed up after fighting Zuko felt the most grounded tbh he looked like a guy he had legit just gotten in a fight but like one scene later he looked freshly showered

The writing feels like it's missing some beats like we go from "oh wow look at this weird kid who just woke up and is being silly goofy" to "GranGran spews out some exposition and comes to the conclusion that Aang is the avatar with absolutely no drama or real emotion"

Also for the love of god please let moments breath!!!!! this is a criticism of the writing, direction/cinematography, and editing let us sit in a moment for a bit, let things sink in, let us see the world, let us watch the characters, people don't have to be talking 24/7 why were so many lines cut so close together?? like i get wanting the dialouge to have some more snappy/fast comedic moments, but sometimes it felt too fast or un called for (i can't remember the exact line but there was a moment when Aang said something and Sokka quickly made a snarky comment and it felt super awkward because it was cut too close together and Sokka's line was mixed a little too loud so it sounded like he was just speaking randomly rather than reacting and being sassy in the background like the line was clearly meant to be) but seriously the editing is making me want to strangle the editor I get it, some of these actors are young and inexperienced (Sokka's actor is clearly a more experienced actor that both Aang and Katara's but that's okay!!) but some of the editing choices/ timing of edits felt...ammeter... like it gave me student film vibes 😬

Anyways...this has been a very informal rant/ stream of consciousness that no one asked for I'm going to keep watching tho, partly because i know there are different editors and cinematographers on different episodes and probably different writers I'm hoping it will settle itself and get more comfortable I just need the writing, editing and acting to shape up a bit I have a lot of patience for Live action adaptations tho i kinda disagree with them but i watched the live action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure film and didn't hate it - i thought it was kind of charming - (i also have patience for low-budget j-dramas sooooo me low-key hating this says a lot)

#like ya'll One Piece LA was so good how did they fuck this so bad #if anyone cares i legit have a degree in film lol #*sighs* i just wanted this LA not to completely suck i love atla so much #don't mind me just screaming into the void #Sophia talks too much #atla #atla live action

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im-not-shouting-im-projecting · 4 years

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Some Seamster!Quinn Cooper HCs

I didnt intend for this to be this long, but my seamstress heart was inspired. I got kind of carried away, and had to refocus, so I'm going to do another post soon with some advice and anecdotes for wrighting costumers.

For the last couple of months I have been absolutely Obsessed with @poindextears 's Crickets, her SMH post-Waffle Frog OCs, and I have had a lot of headcannons about Quinn Cooper: a theatre kid extrordanare and Hoh icon who talks like he's from 50s and is the boyfreind of Nando (Cricket dman) as we have quite a bit in common. All of Mel's fics are amazing, and I would highly recommend! Give them a read on tumblr or AO3

I know Mel has said that Quinn's favorite place is Joanne's, which is completely understandable for someone who doesn't live near actual textile markets... but Joanne's (and similar chain craft/fiberarts supply stores) suck.

Like first of all, on a monetary level... I'm going to start with the assumption that high school Quinn didn't have a large project budget (reasoning: 1. his family is already tight with money, 2. I can't imagine his not-particularly-supportive guardians gave him lots of spending money (esp with theatre fees and materials) 3. I can't imagine he brought in tons of money on the side with a theatre schedule + grades good enough to go to med school + time with his old lady freind + time for sewing)

With that being said: Fabric is expensive. Way more expensive than people expect. Especially if you don't have expensive machinery (like overlock machines) that make cheap synthetic fabrics usable. Also I like to imagine Quinn is in the "fabrics made of plastic are itchy and bad for the enviornment" club like me.

All that is to say: Joanne's is absolutely the worst place that isn't actively upscale to buy fabric (or materials) on a budget.

- The shop's target demographic is stay-at-home white suburban moms who have the time to clip coupons, buy materials on a "when it's on sale" basis as opposed to a "my sister didn't notice the four seperate places I marked my shears 'fabric only' so now I physically cannot continue this project without buying new extra-sharp fabric scissors'" basis, and importantly: can stop by the store every day for a month because discounted items change on a day to day basis, all of which is not particularly conducive to someone a high school kids on a budget.

- Even with all the discounts in existance, the fabrics there are still super expensive and especially for the often lackluster quality (like... they are fine but if I'm paying literally $40/y for enough faux fur to make a big enough "mane" to cover the gap between the cowardly lion's padding and the actor's neck, we shouldnt have to sweep the fur bits off the stage at intermission)

- Additionally if you need a lot of fabric, say enough 7ft squares of heavy mustard yellow fabric for 30 lioness cape/pants? You might just need to run 4 seperate Joanne's out of two different fabrics that were close enough to each other to work

If you are putting in the time and effort to make something complicated,

- Also, and this is probably the most obvious: there just aren't that many options. If you want anything other than a cotton or fleece, than you better hope the single shade they have in the right color works

So I have established: Joanne's = Bad

So how does Quinn factor into all this?

Well first of all I would like to imagine that at some point Quinn helped out in SMH costuming, where they teach him the magic of using something that already exists. Samwell being as liberal as it is, I would like to think that the costuming people are aware of how awful the current state of fabric waste is, and, how his sewing skills are so much better used altering things at thrift shops beginning his journey twords my completeley basess headcannon that he one day adopts some vintage looks

While I think he would be down to adopt some of these practices in his costuming (a la my personal anectode below), I have a feeling that Quinn is one of those people who just likes to make things from scratch. (reasoning: 1 his general personality, but far more importantly, 2 THIS BOY WANTED TO MAKE EVAN HANSEN'S POLO BY HAND, WHY??? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE??? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THAT TAKES???????? YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEND UPWORDS OF TEN HOURS OF YOUR LIFE ON A MODERN STYLE SHIRT THATS GOING TO BE SEEN 4 TIMES???)

I get it, especially for historical reconstructions, there are people who genuinely love sewing by hand, I love Bernadette Banner as much as the next seamstress, but I honestly don't know how they do it.

I like to think that Quinn would be wandering around some thrift store and out of the corner of his eye notice some curtains and have a vision of frolicking through a meadow like Julie Andrews in cloths made out of a curtain... metaphorically. But he def gets "Do a Dear" stuck in his head every time he wears it

Of course the SMH Costuming crew introduce him to some better places to at least get draping and mock up fabrics, but I think they would also introduce him to an actual fabric store.

Samwell is close enough to Boston that I'm sure there's an actual fabric warehouse within driving distance, so when Quinn can't find a suitable material at his beloved Joanne's, and is understandably skeptical about ordering fabric online, Ford is just like dude, go to the fabric warehouse, so he gives it a try.

Ok his fist thought when he gets there is omg everything is so big. Ok, that's his second thought, his first thought is ugh this smells like the SMH locker room, bc a giant block of concrete with no internal climate control in the New England humidity stuffed to the brim with moisture-holding fabric is def gonna make some kind of funk.

But after that like...

Ok, on the left is your average Joanne's while on the right is your average fabric warehouse

I can totally imagine him physically getting lost. He is tiny, and those places are total mazes, absolutely ginormus, they are all stacked literally 8 feet tall, and all the rows look the same.

Fabric in warehouses is stored for maximum capacity as opposed to places like Joanne's where it is purposely stored in ways that display the whole selection at once. Additionally, while hobbyist bolts face out as much as possible so you can see it at a glance, professional grade bolts face in for protection

...If it's on the shelves at all, the hallmark of a textile warehouse is just dozens of bolts leaning haphazardly in precarious places

This tiny boy is just absolutely surrounded by rows upon rows of fabric, stored in ways that are absolutely not conducive to being looked at easily, and is incredibly frusturated bc Aggghhh I can't look at any of this without moving all of it around, and I can't reach any of it!!!

BUT!

Guess what he has?

Nando to the rescue!

Quinn's big strong dman boyfriend is more than willing to move around and carry the bolts for him and when need be he'll just straight up plop Quinn on his shoulders so he can see the stuff at the top :)

Ok, that's the gist of what I had to say, some other little seamster!Quinn hcs:

his old lady friend taught him the absolute basics, and his wedding gift from her is her 70 year old sewing machine that he first learned to sew on and he treasures that thing FOREVER

bc of his apparent love of hand sewing he is one of those people that swears by genuine leather thimbles, idk why it just feels like him

whenever people compliment his outfit he is just casually like "Oh thanks, I made it" (bc non sewers are always astounded by that and we get to gloat) because I said so

he makes Nando cute crop tops

#quinn cooper #the crickets #Poindexters #alannah talks about sewing #oh look i said something #sewing #costuming #quindo

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