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uaravsh · 6 months

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"...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."

- Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures (@uaravsh )

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nerdby · 9 months

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If you support AI ANYTHING after reading about this then you are trash.

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godzilla-reads · 2 years

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If you, like me, thought Tangerine and Lemon were the best part of Bullet Train (2022), I have great news!

The book Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka (trans. Sam Malissa) is filled with great character descriptions and quirks that didn’t make it or get touched on in the movie. You really get a deeper and better look at these characters.

#godzilla reads #books and movies #booklr #bullet train #bullet train book #bullet train movie #kotaro isaka #reading #book blurb #book excerpts #book blog

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pensbridge · 10 months

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Friends (who are soon to be lovers) fighting in media are the best scenes.

#it provides so much growth #speculations #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton season three #jiara #jacey #pacey x joey #romione #penelope x colin #romancing mister bridgerton #from the drafts #books and movies #rosschel #*specs

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rk-ocs · 6 months

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Yah sure. I havent fully seen the movies but I have read the books.

And what if, Hiccup in the movies is Hiccup the first, abd the movies are in fact a prequel.

In the books, dragon training is a well established buisness. In the movies, they are fighting at first.

Hiccup befriends Toothless, in the movies, who can not speak to him, in contrast to Hiccup in the books who learned to speak deagoneese from a young age.

Book Hiccup the first, managed to create a golden age between humans and dragons that lasted a thousand years, the kingdom of the wilderwest.

I heard that movie Hiccup has managed to create a union between humans and dragons.

And it would be such a nice Au explanation, about why the circumstances are so diffrwnt, its a prequel

Toothless is a small, loyal, little pest of a dragon, and a night fury is a very fine hunting dragon that Hiccups mean cousion Snoutlot (whos the best at everything in class) had, which is kind of ironic.

#how to train your dragon #writing #hiccup haddock #toothless #books and movies #hiccup haddock the first

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legolas-fan-blog · 3 months

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hostess-of-horror · 5 months

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A Cool Comparison ❄️: Tabaluga (1994 Novel) and Metropolis (1927 Film)

Part 1

[MAJOR SPOILER WARNING FOR BOTH SOURCES]

Before getting into my Brainrot Bullshit analysis, I would like to thank @glasburg for providing us with an English translation of the 1994 novel, Tabaluga, by Helme Heine and Gisela von Radowitz. I wouldn't have known such a fantastic story if it weren't for you!

Here's also the 1927 film, Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang (for those who are interested)!

Now, let us begin...

I could write down some intellectual introduction to this post, but to be perfectly honest, I just wanted to make this just so that my hyperfixation can be satisfied. While I can't confirm that the authors of Tabaluga intentionally used Metropolis as a reference, I do believe it is really interesting how very similar some elements are to each other. Through my discovery, a good portion of this comparison is mainly focused on Arktos, Lilli, and the frozen empire they live in.

For starters, the empire called "Iceland" in the 1994 novel is instead called...

This is very obvious, yes, but it is only the beginning.

Both Arktos' Metropolis and Metropolis are technologically advanced urban cities, filled to the brim with modern machinery and architecture...

As well as showcasing the drastic division between classes, specifically the powerful and wealthy vs. the impoverished masses.

Those under Arktos' command are nothing more than a means to eternal world domination. They're oppressed by their cruel leader and can be discarded easily with a press of a button, as shown previously with the king penguin. In the film Metropolis, the systematic regime forces lower class citizens to become the underground powerhouse that fuels the massive city above.

#media analysis #media comparison #brainrot #Tabaluga 1994 #Metropolis 1927 #Tabaluga #metropolis #tabaluga arktos #tabaluga lilli #arktos #lilli #books and movies #hyperfixation

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kashlyn · 5 months

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I just got out-nerded by @fancypizza yesterday.

It was an honorable defeat.

I really wanted that book though

#trivia #quiz bee #nerd trivia #books and movies quiz bee #books and movies #books and movies trivia #i lost #no regrets

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bearwithh · 5 months

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Gabriel's inferno- Part 2

😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹🤌🤌

#gabriel #gabriel's inferno #literature quotes #books and movies

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sabi-07 · 5 months

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Heyo! If anyone is down to join my Google classroom for some pdf books and/or movie recommendations, here is the link, as well as the code to join

https://classroom.google.com/c/NjMxMjAyNzc2NzEz?cjc=siw3s7t

Code: siw3s7t

I made this a while back and forgot I was supposed to advertise it for people to know about it.

Enjoy :)

Let me know what else is post here and there

#red white and royal blue #rwrb book #lgbtq #google classroom #free books #book recommendations #light academia #dark academia #fantasy #fictional characters #books and movies #alternative

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xsunburstx · 6 months

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What is your favorite movie or book series?

I am a MAJOR slut for the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter series. They are and forever will be my favorite. But i’ve also been reading a series called A Court of Thorns and Roses (i’m currently reading the last book) and it’s soooooo good :))

#if anyone ever wants to talk about HP or LOTR i’m here #books and movies #me #mine #asks and replies #<3

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uaravsh · 2 months

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"memory taps a gun to your inner skull and demands you bring back the dead."

- Donte Collins , "Grief,Again"

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nerdby · 6 months

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Saying that media, literature, and artwork isn't political is anti-intellectual ideology meant to silence minorities and artists.

#hot take #truth #real talk #artwork #politics #comic books #marvel comics #marvel fandom #comic book movies #graphic novels #books #books and movies #tv and film #horror genre #leftist #anti intellectualism

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 1 year

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This past week has brought the debut of both “Cocaine Bear,” a movie about a bear that does cocaine, and “The Courage to Be Free,” a book by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Readers, I understand that your time is valuable. You no doubt want to know what both of these are about and whether they are worth your effort. Well, I will tell you — side by side, for your maximum convenience.

What is the plot?

“Cocaine Bear”: A bear does cocaine, and a group of people have to fight that bear.

“The Courage to Be Free”: God only knows. Here are some chapter titles, to give you an idea of the reading experience: “The Magic Kingdom of Woke Corporatism.” “The Liberal Elite’s Praetorian Guard.” “Power in a Post-Constitutional Order.”

After a few stories about Little League, DeSantis’s time at Yale, meeting his future wife, and his years in Congress, any glimmer of a human through-line vanishes. DeSantis is elected governor and tells his last Humanizing Anecdote: a confusing story about having obtained bottles of water from the Sea of Galilee with which to baptize his children, then having them thrown away by cleaning staff at the governor’s mansion, then being sent more Sea of Galilee water, which he kept on his desk until it was time to baptize his third child. (This story makes Ted Cruz’s anecdote about buying his wife 100 unwanted cans of soup as a post-wedding gift seem almost relatable!) But odd and off-putting as that anecdote is, in the dozens of pages that follow you begin to long for anything resembling it, anything that would indicate that the book was written by a human being. Instead, you get sentences like “In Florida, we recognized the implications of the ESG movement on both policy and constitutional accountability by prohibiting the state’s pension fund managers from using ESG criteria when making investment decisions.”

Who are the characters?

“Cocaine Bear”: “Cocaine Bear” is full of wonderful, easy-to-grasp characters! I loved them all. Actress Margo Martindale has a scene-stealing turn as a flirty park ranger who is a very bad shot. The late Ray Liotta is great as a drug kingpin, ringleader of the Bluegrass Conspiracy! Alden Ehrenreich delighted me as Liotta’s grieving son! Isiah Whitlock Jr. was a treat! Of course, it is sad when the bear gets the characters, but they are very fun to watch. I rooted for them or against them and for the bear exactly as the movie demanded.

“The Courage to Be Free”: The only character is Ron DeSantis. He has a wife and children and some other acquaintances whom he describes as having shown up to give speeches on his behalf to thunderous applause (there is something strange about describing how much applause people got for complimenting you at your own campaign rallies). DeSantis gives little indication of his personality, other than that he feels he invariably knows the right thing to do in all situations, though he does include the self-deprecating aside that “for me, I rejected the idea that I would strike a balance between academic achievement and athletic success, because I was not willing to give less than 100 percent to either baseball or my academics.”

Is the writing good?

“Cocaine Bear” includes such lines as “An apex predator ... high on cocaine ... and you’re headed right towards it” and “The bear! It f---ing did cocaine.”

“The Courage to Be Free” includes such lines as “The failure to robustly wield authority permits the unaccountable leviathan to metastasize.” (This is a description of the federal government.)

Is it scary?

“Cocaine Bear”: I would say it is more gory than scary. I laughed often.

“The Courage to Be Free”: It is terrifying! The writing almost lulls you to sleep. (“At the end of the day, the re-mooring of the constitutional ship of state will provide the needed foundation for the reinvigoration of a society rooted in freedom, justice, and the rule of law.”) But then you jerk awake realizing that Ron DeSantis has just said, in the most convoluted way possible, that the Constitution has already lapsed and he is thus justified in imposing his will on the people because he is right and they will thank him for it! Not to mention how blithely he suggests that his state’s response to covid-19 was an unqualified success.

Who does it want us to root against?

“Cocaine Bear”: I guess we are supposed to be rooting for the people? The bear bites a guy’s leg off! But it is hard not to root for Cocaine Bear, a bear who has done cocaine.

“The Courage to Be Free”: Ron DeSantis has two enemies: anyone who disagrees with him (this includes the Elite, the media, Disney, the federal government and countless others) and the word “was.” He hunts down all instances of the verb “to be” and replaces them, mercilessly, with the verb “represent.” (“Yale represented such a serious culture shock for me,” “the people there represented the salt of the earth,” “this leftism also represented a morality play,” “as communities in the Navy go, the SEALs represented the top of the heap,” “The victory represented a vindication for the idea that hard work pays off,” “passing major legislation without majority support in the majority party represented political malpractice.”) This is not even ALL of them. I genuinely think this could be a replace-all situation.

What kind of things would you text your friends while you consumed it?

“Cocaine Bear”: “cocaine bear is phenomenal”

“The Courage to Be Free”: “This book will never end. Yet is somehow only 262 pages long.”

“It’s no cocaine bear.”

Alexandra Petri

#Cocaine Bear #The Courage To be Free #Ron DeSantis #Alexandra Petri #humor #satire #books and movies

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pensbridge · 7 months

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It must be nice to live in delusion.

#sub tweets #text #*no context #it's me hi i'm the problem it's me #literature #poetry #prose #life #books and reading #books and literature #books and movies #books #booklr #capitalism #personal #random

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sliced-grapes · 1 year

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Okay let’s talk,

I absolutely love the movie “Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole”. Yes we talk about the CGI that was ahead of it’s time and to this day still beats many movies. I have always lived that movie and it’s a high favorite of mine. Many years have I watched it and now at the age of an adult I am reading the books. And I can say that the movie did so fuckjng good. It isn’t often we see movies line up so we’ll the the books and even thought I’m only on book two,every detail I’m the movie (to kid friendly extent) has been in the book. Of course they took things out for time saving and less confusion and to make it more kid friendly but it’s so on track and I love that

#legend of the guardians #owls of ga'hoole #legend of the guardians owls of ga’hoole #books #movies #books and movies #I just love this

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