#cos it was in a crocodile clip

[scatterbrainedbot]

I AM SPINNING I AM PACING I AM FULL ON FROLICKING IM SO EXCITED

@d1sc0rd1a THANK U FOR THESE TAGS

okayokayokayokay so pretty much all of these questions will be Officially Answered properly in the character design/intro pages im working on but also i am physically vibrating with excitement about the fact that you noticed all these details and i have very little self control so! lore dump time!!!

(minor tw for mentions of leos self-harm/self-destructive anxious behaviors and unhealthy coping skills)

- mikey does indeed have curly fur! i believe he would be considered a 'rex' rat (pictured on the left) for this trait? though the curls can be more easily seen on mice (pictured on the right). or, at least it seems that way. have not delved too deeply into the details of rodent genes and husbandry, but id assume its the same sort of mutation considering curly haired mice are also referred to as rex sometimes? either way hes a extra floofy bby 🧡

-as for raphie, unfortunately being more fluff and less shell than the average rapheal comes with its downsides. especially if you and your brothers occasionally encounter things like territorial dogs, hungry cats, or sewer crocodiles while exploring places ur dad said not supposed to go. (most of his scars will have more ninja related stories, but his ear i think got messed up from something very animal. probably around age 11 ish? old enough to sneak out from dads protection but young enough to not fully know how to handle himself alone against real danger. thankfully his ear injury looks worse than it actually is for the most part, as the damage was largely to the outer ear. his hearing wasnt super affected, except that he now has a bit of a harder time being able to track/pinpoint noises origins if its on his right side.)

-also yep! dons got some glasses that just clip/rest on the bridge of his nose! theyre mostly just for home use, as they do fall off if hes knocked around. in the field he has some goggles he tends to use (theyre helpful as they have multiple additional functions like heat-imaging, extra zoom/telescoping, and recording capabilities. but also theyll give him headaches if he wears them for too long without breaks). contacts are theoretically also an option but he absolutely hates the sensation of putting them in. so sometimes when hes tired he'll just not bother with either clips or goggles and just squint and struggle. leo hates when he does that lol.

-speaking of leo, he is def an anxious baby :) he has a few patches of fur missing on his hand cos he has the tendency to tug on it while hes thinking. he yanked and chewed on his own tail a lot when he was younger too, which is why when hes older he usually wears some wraps to cover the scars left from that behavior. he finds those scars specifically to be kinda embarrassing and shameful because they werent from any battle or life-lesson, just his own 'inability to control himself'. all of his brothers have repeatedly called him out on the fact that that is not a healthy way to think about his anxiety or mental health, but leo insists hes fine. hes kinda convinced himself that a proper warrior always has control over his own body* and his own thoughts, thus he should be able to just like willpower-brute-force his way into 'being better'. (this line of thinking pisses raph off so much he has to leave and go hit something)

Splinter also tries to talk him through some of that internalized guilt/shame/everything, but splinters very metaphorical, poetic, and indirect when it comes to talking about Big Things, which combined with how much leo gets caught in his own head, makes it kinda hard to gauge how much these talks actually help

*this is made extra fun considering leos also ftm trans, so he is faced with a body that fundamentally disobeys him perhaps more than the average rat-man.

-and im still going back and forth between a few species for splinter, but im leaning mostly towards an African Spurred Tortoise! they have these beautiful if kinda subtle geometric shell patterns and are the third largest species of tortoise in the world. the only thing that doesnt fit perfectly with Splints is that (allegedly) their lifespan in captivity is around 50ish years, whereas im p sure Tortoise Splinter is well over 75, probably closer to 90 when the boys are born and hes mutated into Old Man Papa.

but maybe hes just a particularly long lasting African Spurred Tortoise.

the Hamato family has taken very good care of him for many decades after all. :)

(well. until everything all fell apart, that is.....)

#tmnt #rat sons #my art #tmnt au #literally bouncing around the room thinking about this all #my downstairs neighbors are gonna hate me #ask reply #sort of??? #pats leos fucked up lil head #this bad boy can fit so much projection #get out of ur head idiot ur family loves and wants to help u #also looking at the chaco tortoise and ploughshare tortoise for splinter thoboth of those are smaller species than i think he is

[moongothic]

You think Crocodile's gonna blow his stack when he finds out how shitty Luffy's upbringing was? His baby boy repeatedly got tossed into the jungle to fend for himself against wild animals, as well as off cliffs and left to float into the fucking air on balloons all courtesy of Garp. He got left alone for long periods of time possibly as early as infancy, also cuz of Garp. And oh yeah, he was tortured by pirates, almost burned to death in a giant garbage fire, and went through the trauma of losing a brother.

Like, no matter how stern or distant of a parent Crocodile may be, I don't think he would be content to stand by and let any of that happen to baby Luffy. Also also, Crocodile witnessed firsthand Garp impeding Luffy's attempts to rescue Ace. The Cross Guild wants Garp for his bounty. Crocodile wants Garp for REVENGE.

With Garp I feel like it could go either way because like, let's be real for a second

This is 100% played for laughs.

Like if we're being serious then yes, in the Very Real World this is absolutely child neglect and abuse, Garp's parenting would NEVER fly (🥁) in our Very Real World. But just like Nami can physically abuse Luffy and co for laughts and get away with it, Garp's "training" is very much the same tonally, a Cartoon Slapstick Gag (made even more obvious when Toei animated Baby Luffy flying off into the sky going "UGYAAAAA" (that clip lives in my head rent free it's so funny??)) and a reflection of how this ridiculous old man (who might've been through even more ridiculous training in his childhood) views how a small child can be trained.

And so like. I could imagine Crocodile being like "who the fuck does that to a small child, are you insane" at Garp if he found out how Garp had been raising Luffy, but I think whatever reaction Crocodile might have would be played just as much for laughs as Garp's original comments were

Like IDK if Crocodile and Garp did have a relationship I think it would end up being similar to how Zoro and Sanji interact. Like Crocodile would to some degree be indebted to Garp because Garp did look after his son when he couldn't, and Garp wouldn't have a precious grandson (whom Garp sincerely does love, deeply) without Crocodile, so like. I think there could be like this mutual respect and gratitude for the other. But also it'd be kind of a begrudging gratitude and they would also hate each others guts and what they stand for and probably bicker. Lots. But in a funny way. (Like Zoro and Sanji)

Also I feel like even if Crocodile personally hated Garp's guts I don't think Crocodile would ever try anything to harm Garp. Like he saw how Luffy absolutely shattered after losing Ace, so even if Luffy and Garp's relationship wasn't the strongest, if Luffy loves his grandpappy then I don't think Crocodile would want to take his son's only grandfather, his family, away. Crocodile isn't in any kind of position to "take revenge" on the man who did look after his son for him (even if his methods were questionable at times) (Same for Dadan and the bandits too arguably)

The convenient thing of me letting this ask sit in my ask box for 20 days before actually responding is that I managed to post this thing the other day, and I want to continue an observation from that post; While I do agree Crocodile would probably be horrified to find out about all shit Luffy went through as a child... In the end, what's happened has happened, and I think Crocodile might believe that if he had wanted to ensure his son wouldn't have to go through things like that, then he should've raised the child himself. That Luffy's childhood not being all sunshine and rainbows is kind of his fault.

#Moon posting #OP Meta #Crocodad #I'm like this 🤏 close to writing a meta post about Garp and his actions in Marineford because. I love that problematic grandpa #But also I do feel like Garp is misunderstood by a lot of the fandom. NOT in a “Garp was right actually” kinda way!!!!!! #But like. I feel like a lot of people think Garp is comparable to Judge and Big Mom but (Marine Flavored) when HE'S REALLY NOT #Sidenote but I'd be curious to find out how Crocodile feels about Shanks 1) Being responsible for Luffy eating his Devil Fruit #2) Shanks being the one who inspired Luffy to become a pirate (like his daddy) (instead of a stinky Marine like his grandpappy) #3) Shanks literally saving Luffy's life at the cost of his arm. Like. #Like ohhhhh I wanna know how Crocodile would feel about Shanks. It feels like a juicy relationship right there.

[mysterybooks-world]

Guys, I have a great story idea

do you know Frowny Fox from GameToons?

Frowny Fox is a rejected toy of Playtime Co. and a rejected member of the Smiling Critters.

my idea is

( I reincarnated to Frowny Fox )

Listen to my idea

y/n was a teenager and a fan of Games & fan story

y/n You like video games & played (poppy playtime) before & And watch The GameToons channel.

When y/n died. they reincarnated to Frowny Fox

They were pleased Because Frowny Fox was their favorite character

My idea is to summarize the story.

After you realize that you Die and become Frowny Fox

y/n Decisions to live a happy and adventurous life

first: You tried to find out if there was a guide and Find a screen

shows you your level and your advantages

Kind of reminds you of undertale

secondly: Fix your body.

You search for a laboratory & you Find the materials to Fix Yourbody.

And you have found a shoulder bag

thirdly: Look for Frowny Fox project ownership papers And destroy the backup copy

Even if you were a rejected toy It is better to be completely free From the factory and CEO

you expected it to be difficult, But you found it easy surprisingly.

You said to yourself: Okay makes sense After all I know the law of the universe GameToons

Fourthly: Find a way out of the factory After you left a message to Hoppy Hopscotch the only and true friend to Frowny Fox

fifthly: What is your goal?

Simply You help people of all ages: like

Abuse Children

Fix parents' relationship with their children however if the parents Don't change

y/n uses the phone to call the authorities and says they are an unknown person who would like to report an Abuse Child.

After the intervention of the authorities

y/n helps find a new family for Children.

Children who are bullied or do not have self-confidence or Autistic children.

teenagers & Adults who find difficulty in their lives

People who Face Trauma & Losing someone dear to them & Mourning

y/n as Frowny Fox you listen to their stories and Help them

After you left the factory

your level up And you earned it new power

Like your bag

y/n appearance changed a little

Imagine with me a Frowny Fox wears glasses

(A note I am a person who wears glasses and I like my character to have glasses So I make y/n a person who wore glasses before they died)

or

(I want his hair to be fluffy and soft)

Imagine this scene with me:

Frowny Fox sings at a music festival With a teenage band

Like this scene (Let It Rain | MLP: Equestria Girls)

Imagine a smoke coming out of the mouth of Frowny Fox And drying up people like Sunset Shimmer

(This is the color of the gas)

You have to admit that this is a fitting (Let It Rain | MLP)song for Frowny Fox

I have other songs that suit the story scenes, I imagine it such as:

(“Gonna Be My Day” My Little Pony: A New Generation) (Good Vibes | MLP: Equestria Girls ) (Run to Break Free | MLP: Equestria Girls) (Equestria Girls Season 2 | 'Find the Magic' Music Video) (Play (Original Broadway Cast Recording)) (Applause - Lady Gaga (Lyrics)) (Top Of The World From the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ) (Rip Up The Recipe From the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ) (Carried Away From the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile) (Take A Look At Us Now From the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile) (Running Out Of Time - The Motion Picture Soundtrack Vivo) (Keep the beat The - Motion Picture Soundtrack Vivo) (Tough crowd - Motion Picture Soundtrack Vivo) ("Wake Up" Clip | Julie and the Phantoms) ("Flying Solo" Clip | Julie and the Phantoms) ("Finally Free" Clip | Julie and the Phantoms) ("Bright" | Julie and the Phantoms) (Stand Tall" Julie and the Phantoms) (Touch The Sky (Brave) Cover) (Lena Hall - The Magic Inside (I Am Just a Pony) (Aviators Remix)) (Who I Am - Lyrics | Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy) (Weightless - Lyrics | Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy) ("Float" from Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast) (I'll Save You - Jordan Sweeto) (Anna Blue- Where Do I Go?) (Wildside (From "Adventures in Babysitting") ( Theme Song Zendaya - Keep It Undercover) (This Is Me From "Camp Rock") (Victorious Karaoke | Freak the Freak Out) (The Greatest Showman | "Never Enough") (The Greatest Showman Cast - The Greatest Show) (The Greatest Showman | "From Now On") (Will Smith - Friend Like Me from Aladdin) (Adam Friedman - Glorious (lyrics)) (When Can I See You Again - Owl City) (Owl City, Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time) (Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower) (Song of the Sea | Lullaby) (Bubble OST Florence Mok) ((bubble) theme song Smooth but only the Bubble and Humming sounds 🎶ONE HOUR🎶) (What Else Can I Do? From "Encanto") (Lundh & Jon Becker - Tonight) (Rival & Cadmium - Seasons) (Rival & Arc North - Starlight) (Rival & Cadmium - Fight For Me) (Arensky x Marin Hoxha x Jon Becker - My Gaming Life) (Dominick Soth - Chasing) (Unknown Brain & Spce CadeX - Holding You) (Real Hypha - Getaway)

Yes, I know it's a long list of songs, Anyway

I came up with this idea after watching: REVENGE of the REJECT CRITTER

My brain said to me: Do you remember fan Stories of reborn as UnderTale characters

reborn as Sans or Frisk or Undyne Or any other characters

My brain: Why don't you write a story like this About a reader reborn as Frowny Fox?

This is a thought that buzzed in my head like a bee

There are many ideas for story chapters.

Anyway

After Frowny Fox became famous.

The evil CEO ordered To catch that toy

The evil CEO asked how this happened and how Frowny Fox escaped from his factory

Evil CEO: Oh if I knew this would happen and mumbles

Wilson: sir

Evil CEO: What do you want

Wilson: I checked the cameras Like what you asked about Frowny Fox

Evil CEO: Did you find something?

Wilson: Seemingly Frowny Fox went to a laboratory. then he went to Records.

Wilson: I went to check the Records room.

Wilson: I discovered that he took The original papers of the Frowny Fox project ownership papers And he destroyed the backup copy But he left something out

Evil CEO: Let me see

It was a USB With files

The files were How to fix & update: the reject toys and the forgotten toys And a hair growth formula file for the CEO.

while the USB contains a film of Smiling Critters.

The movie is about There is an evil character Take control of CatNap It makes him create nightmares for children

In this adventure with Smiling Critters With children who save CatNap from the control of the evil one.

Do you remember his episode:

CATNAP is NOT a MONSTER… (Cartoon Animation)

the Scene: (2:25/8:30)

They said: the tape got all warped

so Frowny Fox make Cartoon movie.

With this movie, the people might give CatNap another chance To buy him

There is a file on how to fix CatNap gas problem.

And there too Cartoon episodes about Poppy Playtime toys

Do you remember the episode:

THE FORGOTTEN TOYS… (Cartoon Animation) The REJECT Toys… (Cartoon Animation)

y/n felt sorry for toys In the factory So y/n decided to make ever toys feel loved

Before y/n escaped from the factory, y/n did some research About toys And their problems

After y/n found problems with them and Writ a book of solutions How to fix them & update toys

the a reason that y/n made a Cartoon of Poppy Playtime toys

This is the best promotional method for the reject toys and the forgotten toys

Children will love their stories So it makes sense they will buy toys.

There is a blueprint to build it Repair machine for toys

if there was a toy It was made in bad condition like

LEGEND of KILLY WILLY… (Cartoon Animation) the Scene: 2:20/11:09 The REJECT CRITTER… (Cartoon Animation) the Scene: 0:10/8:33

so y/n explained in a message

Instead of throwing them in the incinerator

Why not fix them?

the machine is called (fixesyl)

Any damaged or bad-looking toy will be repaired by (fixesyl) machine

And finally there was an envelope letter for the CEO

it says:

((If you are reading this, This means you know I'm not in your factory

I don't mind you making Frowny Fox toys But no more evil things

I wanted to know what idiot had thought of making me smell like a wet fox

this is not fair Why do the Smiling Critters have the smell of flowers or fruits while I smell like wet fox

Why didn't they give me a berry scent or Spring rain

And don't worry I will send you the second season of Cartoon Poppy Playtime toys.

After showing the First season the episodes.

And trust me when I tell you, you couldn't find me or catch me however I wouldn't mind being your business partner.

I know what you're thinking right now

I the CEO work with a reject critter, and will Maybe not reject toy anymore.

I will find a way to keep in touch with you.

I have a lot of ideas for you.

I confirm my ideas make you rich dozens of times.

But ask yourself, do you really want me to be your enemy?

So in your opinion:

A: Make me a partner does not care about his share of the profit of the business. just wants you to stop Hurt toys and people

or

B: If you think the Prototype or Player Or any other toys was worst enemys, wait and see what I capabilities of.

We both know the answer to the question

I know you will make the right choice.

note: I made a hair growth formula for you

From your friend And your future partner Frowny Fox))

Let's say Things are getting better improvement In the factory

Some were Confused & doubtful, Others were surprised But some were happy about the change

especially reject toys and forgotten toys They were really happy about the change For example CatNap is Glad he's back in the TV show With his comrades, He does not know the reason for the change But he likes it.

There were a lot of rumors about the CEO's New business partner, No one knows who they are.

And a lot of drama.

Anyway I will do something evil in my au

Do you want to know what it is?

I make the Evil CEO's relationship with Frowny Fox like a parent a With their child relationship

I can imagine the CEO As a member Of the Bad Parents Club Consisting of

(Mommy Long Legs & Daddy Long Legs)( Boxy Boo parents) (BUNZO parents) (the PROTOTYPE)

I know what you're thinking: the PROTOTYPE is not a Parent But if you saw episode:

PJ PUGAPILLAR's DARK SECRET… (Cartoon Animation)

(the Scene: 1:00/8:20)

of course the Evil CEO will deny this And he still says the evilboss only cares about money.

while Frowny Fox grin and gives him knowledge looks.

In part of the story events.

there is evil oc

An evil person Trick the CEO To have him sign the papers handing over ownership of the factory

After he kicked the CEO out of the factory.

the evil oc found a way to conquer ever toys

using Minimize gun it made big toys very small and made them lose their abilities

even The Prototype Defeated

all toys became his prisoner

he Lock them up like this cages

the Image from: The LOOKIES Get REVENGE! (Cartoon Animation)

While giving his evil speech in front of toys cages And the terrible things he will do to them But he was interrupted by one of Co-Workers.

Sir, there is a Missing toy

Evil OC: WHAT, How did this happen?

And what is the name of this toy?

the Worker: Frowny Fox one of the Smiling Critters, We couldn't find him Because he is not in the factory, sir

Hoppy Hopscotch raised her ear When she heard her friend's name

Smiling Critters know who he is Frowny Fox but Other toys do not know him

Evil OC: What that is impossible, these toys do not leave this factory, but live in it.

Wilson: you see sir, the situation With Frowny Fox is different

Evil OC: How so

Wilson: Explain the situation that Frowny Fox was The newest Smiling Critter is invented but he was rejected.

But that won't stop Frowny Fox from move forward.

And explain the rest

the Evil OC and toys were shocked When they knew that Frowny Fox was the business partner with the CEO.

the Evil OC: ordered them to catch him.

Then the Evil OC went to a meeting room With some of Workers.

Hoppy Hopscotch: Don't worry I'm sure Frowny Fox will save us.

Player: Does anyone else know who Frowny Fox is

Poppy: CatNap do know him

CatNap: Yes I know him And true I feel regret When I knew The person who Fix my reputation I treated him badly.

DogDay: no we all did treated him badly will except Hoppy

KickinChicken: we kinda ,played rough with him

Hoppy Hopscotch Shouted: you played rough with him.

you guys bully him and Didn't give him a chance Because he was different from us.

and CatNap do you remember that day When you bring Frowny Fox

The reason Frowny Fox attacked Bubba & DogDay because of they hurt him first. You didn't ask what happened And you attack him without giving him a chance to Explains the situation

The REJECT CRITTER… (Cartoon Animation)(the Scene: 7:44/8:33)

What about that another time when DogDay & KickinChicke threw Frowny Fox away in the incinerator

REVENGE of the REJECT CRITTER (the Scene:0:55/8:17)

DogDay: It was an accident

KickinChicken: Yes, and don't forget that you were pulling His hand too And then we loss of balance Then he fell in the incinerator Then he came back in big monster and tried to kill us.

REVENGE of the REJECT CRITTER (the Scene: 7:12/8:17)

Bubba Bubbaphant: Since that day we have not seen him again

Mommy LL: Why am I not surprised

Boxy Boo: Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't save you

Lovey Dovey: And here I thought I had a personal problem with my Twin sister

sir poops a lot:This is not acceptable to forgive you After what you did to him

Me and my comrades know how he feels Because we were rejected toys too And we were going to stay like that But thanks to Frowny Fox. he gave us another chance to be on store shelves.

Then they started quarreling with each other

Poppy: That's enough, everyone. Listen. We have to work together if you want to get out And return to our natural sizes & And regain are Our strength

Huggy: She's right, We need a plan,

while the CEO meet Frowny Fox by coincidence

the CEO immediately hugged him, And how happy he is that he found him.

Frowny Fox: What is happening In factory.

the CEO Explain how a "Evil OC" Trick him to Sign in a contract that Handing over ownership of the factory to them

to make it short: Everyone was saved and the Ownership of the factory was returned to the CEO

From that day on, some things changed in the factory

Thanks to Frowny Fox They have a Peace Treaty between Toys and Humans

But some details have not changed in the factory's life

Such as chasing or intimidating.

y/n remembers episode of:(BABY LONG LEGS Wants to Be HUMAN)

(The Scene: 3:56/11:22)& (11:15/11:22)

if Baby Long Legs can transform into a human Then back to being his toy self again

What if there was a way to help those who were transformed into toys

So y/n as Frowny Fox With some of the scientists of PlayCo.

Frowny Fox created a device Makes toys who were human Or an animal can be transformed back to themselves

the device design It could be bracelets & a Hair clip & a badge or a necklace & a ring & a watch

with this device They can turn to human self Then back to being toy self again.

So I will ask you what you think of my au idea

Of course, someone will ask if I wrote the first Chapter

Unfortunately, no Because I was busy drawing Frowny Fox

I try to improve my drawing.

But if I find some time I might be able to wrote the first Chapter

Okay, why do I feel if I opened my page the next day There would be many of you?

#Frowny fox #smiling critters poppy playtime #smiling critters #GameToons #Player #Evil CEO #au #my au #CatNap #DogDay #Bubba Bubbaphant #Hoppy Hopscotch #KickinChicken #Poppy Playtime Logic #playtime co #horror games #poppy playtime co. #oc

[bi4pan-polls]

hello, idk how niche this one will be because despite it being my main fandom, i have no clue about the size of it, but anyway! i would like to submit max bennett and sandra wilkinson from the goes wrong universe (aka the play that goes wrong, peter pan goes wrong, a christmas carol goes wrong, and the goes wrong show)!

first i wanted to explain how this series works otherwise it'll get a bit confusing! so max and sandra (who are fictional characters) are members of the cornley drama society, which is an amateur theatre group. the general synopsis is that the cds constantly try to put on plays, but they always end up going wrong (sets break, actors forget lines, so on and so forth). this means that even though max and sandra are fictional characters, they are sometimes playing other fictional characters. so it's a play within a play vibe. which can get confusing sorry, i just wanted to clarify that they are NOT real people, but they do play other characters.

okay now a lot of rambling about them because i love them and i need to represent this fandom somehow, so don’t feel like you have to read any of this /gen. so max and sandra! their story starts when the cds are doing their production of peter pan, where sandra is playing wendy darling and max is playing michael darling and the crocodile. during one of the moments where things are going wrong, a recording of two of the other actors talking is accidentally played instead of a sound affect, in which it’s revealed that max has a massive crush on sandra, and because of this, wanted to play peter pan. max is very embarrassed over this (as well as hurt by some other mean things said about him), while sandra, who is actually dating her co-star jonathan at this point (who is the one playing peter pan) seems shocked by this, but obviously sympathises with him and looks angry at the people who insulted him. Then as the show progresses, jonathan gets knocked out, and then their stage manager trevor understudies him, but he gets knocked out as well. this leaves max to play peter pan’s part, as he already knows all the words (because that’s the part he wanted to play). unfortunately, during a wendy and peter scene, ANOTHER recording is accidentally played instead of the panpipes sound, in which we hear max directly confess his love for sandra to their director. max and sandra, who are alone on stage together, have some awkwardness where they’re both embarrassed, but then the script calls for them to kiss each other. they’re MOVING towards doing it, but then jonathan appears again, and sandra instead kisses him. BUT THEN! later on in the show, jonathan kisses a different co-star on stage (not in character), which sandra sees, so she breaks up with him. THEN, at the very end, max pushes sandra out of the way of a giant pirate ship that is crashing through the wall. sandra realises she loves max, and then kisses him, and they finish the show!

then next time we see them (a year later), they’re performing in a christmas carol. we see that they’re still dating and being cute. then, in a moment where a greenscreen goes wrong, max sees a clip of sandra talking to a co-star at a party, where she says that she doesn’t want to be dating max anymore, and is going to tell him after christmas carol. max is very upset, but sandra doesn’t realise that he’s seen that clip, so tries to do their scenes normally (leading to a scene as they’re playing young scrooge and belle where max is not even acting, just genuinely trying to convince her to stay, but sandra doesn’t know and is confused about why he's acting strange). in a DIFFERENT greenscreen mishap, a clip from that same party is played where it looks like sandra is kissing a different co-star. max once again sees this, sandra once again has no idea. for the rest of the show, in his heartbreak, max avoids sandra, which she is confused about. THEN, at the very end, once everything is wrapped up and the credits are starting to play, sandra interrupts the cast and says she wants to tell max something. max is offended that she’s going to break up with him while they’re on air and tells her this, and sandra is confused about what he’s talking about. she then says “i don’t want to be dating anymore, i want to be married”. it’s revealed that she has been planning on proposing to him, and the woman kissing the co-star at the party wasn’t her, just another person with the same dress and hair. there’s a little bit more mishap, but then finally sandra proposes to max and he says yes and they kiss and it’s happily ever after!!! and that’s the max and sandra story.

OKAY so propaganda for why they are most definitely bi4pan according to me! max first, my favourite bi himbo <3 so basically before any of the stuff above happens! in the play that goes wrong, there's a moment where sandra (who playing a character called florence) gets knocked out, and trevor (the lighting and sound guy) is forced to play sandra's part. max is playing a character called arthur in this moment, and while trevor is onstage as florence, florence and arthur are supposed to kiss. trevor is immediately like "nah i'm not kissing max", but max, the bisexual legend he is, looks suspiciously excited by the opportunity, gets the audience to hype him up to do it, and then he and trevor have a very big kiss! and i simply think that a man who is that excited to kiss another man, even under the guise of it being in character, absolutely cannot be straight. it’s simply the vibes <3

next is sandra, who is a pansexual queen. in peter pan goes wrong, during the recording between the two actors getting played, one of them basically says insults sandra by saying that she “flirts with everyone”. take note of the use of the word everyone? yeah that implies to me that it’s not just men she’s kissing. she looks offended by what’s being said, but i think that’s more at the accusations that she’s a player, not so much at who he claims she’s flirting with. is this a tedious argument? yes very, but whatever. to me that makes it seem like she’s mspec (personally i see her as being pan). additionally, throughout the goes wrong show she has a couple of moments where she kisses her girl co-stars, or just looks at them very fruitily, and she’s so real for that. so pansexual icon she is!

also here's a picture of them just because i love them <3

and that’s my propaganda for why max is bi and sandra is pan (sexualities are interchangeable, i personally hc them that way but ik a lot of people in the fandom switch them so he’s pan and she’s bi) and why they are very important to me. hope you’re having a great day, and good luck with the tournament!

(I assume when things say propaganda you want them to be shared, if im ever wrong tell me and ill delete the ask off my blog and your submission will still count!)

and oh mygosh I dont know them but they sound so cute together aweee! Plus they both just seem really cool in general! I might actually look into this because it sounds pretty neat and id like to learn more about it hehe

#propaganda #the goes wrong show

[myalternatechesssetproject]

Makey Makey

Makey Makey is a way of playing games using electric circuits to create key presses or mouse clicks. My teacher set us this where you held a crocodile clip in your right hand and then pressed the tinfoil to play the game Step Mania. This will then connect the circuit when you place your hand on the tin foil and you can play the game. I was really bad because my hand-eye co-ordination isn't very good but this could be a very unique and fun way to experience this game. It was strange pressing the tin foil as a controller and doing this while holding a crocodile clip was also strange. It was very interesting to see it work and being able to play the game in this way.

[deafcrocodile]

PRAGUE NIGHTS (1969)

Deaf Crocodile Films, in association with distribution partner Comeback Company, is thrilled to announce they will release a new restoration of the late 1960s Czech occult/horror anthology PRAGUE NIGHTS (PRAŽSKÉ NOCI), featuring episodes directed by Miloš Makovec, Jiří Brdečka and Evald Schorm. In the vein of horror anthologies like Mario Bava’s BLACK SABBATH, the long-unseen PRAGUE NIGHTS is a gorgeous and supernatural vision of ancient and modern Prague: caught between Mod Sixties fashions and nightmarish Medieval catacombs, and filled with Qabbalistic magic, occult rituals, clockwork automatons and giant golems.

“PRAGUE NIGHTS is one of the rarest and most mysterious anthologies from the late Sixties,” says Deaf Crocodile Films’ Co-Founder and Head of Distribution Dennis Bartok. “It was the brainchild of animator, screenwriter and director Jiří Brdečka, who conceived of the film and directed the most amazing of its three episodes, ‘The Last Golem,’ set in the medieval Jewish community in Prague. The film was actually in production during the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968, although the movie takes place centuries and worlds away from the tanks rolling through the streets of the city. It’s been something of a lost film for decades with only brief clips available online, so we’re incredibly excited to be working with Irena at Comeback Company and the Národní filmový archív to bring PRAGUE NIGHTS to the U.S. for the first time.”

Says Craig Rogers, Deaf Crocodile’s Co-Founder and Head of Post-Production and Restoration: “Dennis has unearthed yet another forgotten gem! I’ve always had a fondness for anthology horror films (CREEPSHOW, TALES FROM THE CRYPT, etc). PRAGUE NIGHTS is in that same vein -- with the bonus of being produced in the swinging 60s!”

Like this? Visit our new website! www.deafcrocodile.com

#film restoration #czech cinema #horror anthology #Vimeo

[pl-panda]

The vines that bind us - Chapter 2

Chapter 1 || Next

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Until a trip to Gotham came knocking on the front doors

“I can’t believe Lie-la of all people managed to somehow get us the trip to Gotham!” Mari moaned with a mixed expression on her face.

Adrien, who was walking next to them, showed absolute disgust. “Technically, It was my father and I that did the heavy lifting. She really wanted to go to the Wayne Gala and…”

“What Lie-la wants, Lie-la gets.” The three finished in unison before laughing a bit. 

“Don’t worry Mari-bear. I can promise you that this no good liar won’t get to ruin your return home.” Chloe pulled her best friend closer. Best friend. Much better than a servant. Who would’ve thought? “And we can even try to find your mom on free Saturday.”

“Yeah…” The girl with black-blue hair didn’t seem particularly cheerful at that. 

“Now I refuse to have you making sad faces throughout the whole flight. You cheer up right this moment and that’s an order!” The blonde commanded. 

“Yes, Maman-bear.” Mari giggled.

The three of them finally arrived at the rest of the class, who were already gathered around madame Bustier. Of course, Lila was bragging about a million different things, but the three paid her no mind. Adrien did his best to hide behind the girls, cherishing the last moments of freedom. Finally, Mari and Chloe had to step forward for their tickets. The blonde got hers without any problem, but for Mari there turned out to be none.

“I’m so so sorry Marinette!” Lila said with fake regret. “I must have accidentally miscounted the number of students… It must’ve been when I was helping those poor orphans. You know, at…”

“Sure…” Mari didn’t even try to act as if she believed her for a moment. When Lila scowled, realizing that it didn’t affect the girl, she smiled. “I guess Chlo, Adrien and I will have to go with the contingency plan number 1.” 

“What?!” The sausage-hair shouted.

“Of course my Daddy would not send us to travel like peasants. We have tickets for the first class.” Chloe supplied, looking smugly. “We did plan to maybe sit with the rest of the class. What a shame…”

“Yeah, My dad also didn’t want me to travel anything less, but I convinced him to let me stay with my friends. Guess he will get what he wanted in the end.” For his part, Adrien at least tried to look apologetic. He didn’t try hard at all, but it’s the thought that counts, right?

“But… But…” Lila tried to come up with something, likely a lie, to counter it. She didn’t have time as the trio handed their teacher the filled forms from their parents/guardians/Nathalie and proceeded to the plane. The tickets were personal, so she couldn’t do anything. The Italian girl came up with a lie to tell to the class, but it would do no good until they landed. 

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“Did you see her face?” Plagg was rolling in the air while holding a giant roll of camembert. 

“You were amazing my queen.” Pollen complimented. 

“I still can’t believe your dad just… bought out the whole first class!” Marinette sighed. 

“Phi! Daddy always gives me only the best. You should know it by now, Mari-bear.”

“Okay. Mari. You are the Gotham expert here. Any advice?” Adrien asked a bit more seriously. 

“Gotham survival guide is probably unlike any other city.” She started. “The first rule is, believe it or not, run away if a person laughs too much or smiles too widely. The downside of living in the same city as the Joker is that most people don’t laugh in public. Secondly, never show that you are lost. Wherever you are, it’s exactly where you wanted to be. Finally, the third is to never flaunt your wealth.” She looked critically at Chloe before taking away her purse and lipstick in a golden case. “This,” She then pulled a mobile phone in a ridiculously sparkly case and popped it out of the cover, “this,” finally, she detached the golden chain on which the purse was supposed to be suspended and replaced it with a pre-prepared white one with copper clips, “and this must all go away.” 

“Ridiculous! Utterly Ridiculous! Now it will totally clash with my comb!” Chloe complained.

“Oh no! How will you ever survive that?” Mari deadpanned. All three of them had another burst of laughter. After they calmed, Adrien started.

“Do you think it’s wrong that I want to bet which rule will Lila break first?”

“Ten macaroons she will say out-loud about money.” Mari threw. 

“I raise, four tea parties she will start by asking for direction.” Chloe had a grin on her face

“Are you sure?” Adrien asked. When the blonde nodded, he shrugged. “Movie night and double popcorn bowl refill that she will do both in one conversation.”

“Hi, could you be so kind to point me to my exclusive hotel? You know, I’m staying at the penthouse of this luxurious new one.” Mari gave a quite good parody of Lilia. 

“So to sum up, the pool is now ten Macaroons, Four Tea parties, and movie night with triple popcorn?” Chloe asked. When they nodded, she quickly noted it on her phone. 

“Now, who wants a movie? I think they have the newest Thomas Astruck one.” Adrien pulled a disc from the container next to his seat.

“Good for me!/Go!” The girls said. Chloe, who was in the middle loaded it and the other two leaned onto her to watch together. The three were happy. Faintly in the background, there was knocking on the doors to their part, but nobody paid attention to very angry Liela and some classmates. For some reason, the doors were stuck and the blinder rolled down. Later if someone asked, Pollen would deny everything. 

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When the plane landed, the class was practically kicked out. The team walked calmly down the stairs, all of them having smug expressions. Lila wanted to comment, but a glare from Mme. Bustier shut her up quickly. Mari and co. would later try to guess, what got the crew so pissed at their classmates.

Once everyone was accounted for, the class made its way to the customs to retrieve their luggage. There was a small problem with Mari’s travel bag as it was apparently misplaced to the flight to Timbuktu, but luckily her true suitcase, which had her things inside, arrived safely. She giggled at the thought of custom office in Timbuktu receiving a bag full of Adrien’s old socks that smelled camembert. 

Overall, the airport went mostly unproblematic. At least until they found themselves cleared and gathered in one place while Mme Bustier left to check on their bus. One of the men, wearing a dark blue suit started to laugh almost maniacally. Everybody immediately cleared away from him, out of sheer self-preservation. Lila must’ve decided that a show of kindness was a good way to regain class’ good grace. She was confidently approaching the man before suddenly Mari grabbed her and pulled her away. The designer might’ve despised the liar, but Joker… you don’t mess with Joker. 

Of course, Lila used the chance. She faked falling on the ground and started crying crocodile tears. “Marinette?! How can you be so heartless? I wanted *sniff* to check on the man and you trip me?” Lila sniffled, eyes watering with crocodile tears.

“I might have saved your life genius!” Mari snapped. Joker was a really touchy subject with her. “Does the world Killer Clown mean something?”

“Don’t invent things, you bully!” Alya shouted. That seemed to break the dam and at once the class started to say awful things to Mari. A year ago, it would hurt her. Half a year ago, she would be sad. Now? Now she pitied them. Chloe didn’t, and she was ready to jump to protect her best friend. 

“Ridiculous! Do you like… share a single brain cell? What if that man was…” she didn’t get to finish because Mme. Bustier returned. The commotion immediately calmed. By now the man stopped laughing and returned to talking with his friends.

“The bus is waiting. Come on children. Follow me.”

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Arriving at the hotel, the class was split into different rooms. Of course, Lila tried to lie her way into some privilege, but Mari was too dead inside to care. The Jet Lag was killing her. At least she got some sleep on the plane. From the rumors she heard from the class, they didn’t because of Lila’s drama with the staff. 

“Now I want you all to be ready here at eight a.m. sharp. A Wayne Enterprises representative will come here to explain the details of internships.” Mme. Bustier instructed them. This, for some reason, caused outrage in students.

“What do you mean internships?!”

“Wayne Enterprises?”

“Shouldn’t we be preparing to go to Gotham Academy or something?”

The terrible trio in the back had trouble holding back laugher. Adrien warned the girls about what his father planned, so they could all prepare. Gabriel Agreste, devious as he is, decided to punish Lila and teach Adrien something about running a company at the same time and using his connections to put the class up for an internship at WE. He did send the liar all the details, but she must have skimmed over the corporate jargon because the class was fed overexaggerated stories about what they would and wouldn’t do during two months trip. 

Most parents were more than happy to send their children away from Paris for two months, especially since the Internship was free and the employment rate after it was quite high. WE kept quite a lot of the interns, if only out of habit. But perhaps it was mostly because the class has become a go-to place for the Akuma. Only Mr. Pidgeon and perhaps Gigantitan were akumatized more often. Mari actually picked up to cleansing their class weekly through a ritual she learned, otherwise there would be enough residual dark energy to power a demon portal. Not something one would want in the middle of a classroom.

“I was told you’ve all read the brochure provided and Lila summarised it for you.”

“I did!” The sausage hair defended. “Marinette must have told them some imaginary story about the trip!”

Immediately, several other people started to nod and confirm this. Chloe actually started to walk toward the liar almost red, but Mari grabbed the back of her blazer and held her in place. All the while she had a completely deadpan expression like it was normal for her (it was).

Mme. Bustier sighed. “Well, In that case, I will…”

“Excuse me, but shouldn’t we be going to sleep today already? We don’t want to be late tomorrow.” Adrien asked with an innocent expression, but there was some satisfaction hidden there too.

“Well… um… I…”

“We will be going then.” Chloe grabbed the key and led Mari to their room. Calline didn’t even question it. She wanted a pay raise after this. 

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The next morning, Mari was woken by a frantic Chloe

“Mari-bear! It’s already late! You don’t want to be late for your first day of Internship girl! It would be utterly Ridiculous!” 

At first, the girl mumbled something, but once she finally processed everything she leaped out of her bed and started getting ready in record time. She was brushing her teeth, packing her purse, and tossing clothes at her best friend all at once. Once she had everything, she turned to see Chloe on the ground tied with a gray blazer. Mari just burst out laughing.

“How…”

“Ridiculous!” Chloe shook her head. “I demand you untie me this instant! We don’t have time for this!”

Once they dressed and did their hair, both girls were ready. Chloe now had a black button-down shirt, deep red blazer, and a matching pencil skirt. Mari also made her wear smart black stilettos (instead of her usual that were slightly more extravagant). The look was completed by a tablet in leather flip-over cover. Mari had a similar outfit, except her shirt was white and the suit was in dark blue. She opted for flat shoes to spare the embarrassment that was Marigold on heels.

“Ready to rock Gotham City?”

“Like you have to ask.” Mari smiled. There was something about the city of crime that made her feel safe and open up more. Maybe being on home turf gave her the much-needed confidence boost. 

When Chloe tried to open the doors, she found them stuck. She was about to go on a rant about poor quality when Mari casually grabbed the doorknob and twisted it. There was a faint creaking sound as the mechanism gave.

“Um…”

“It must’ve been old,” Chloe said with a devious grin. “Nothing happened. Don’t you worry! I will deal with it.”

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When the doors to the elevator opened and two girls strode into the lobby, their class was already pushing toward the exit. Adrien looked very much uncomfortable with Lila hanging off his arm, literally sinking her claws into him. He mouthed them a muted ‘later’. Alya stared at the girls with loathing. 

“Ah, you are here.” Mme. Bustier spoke. “Lila said…”

“Whatever.” Chloe dismissed their teacher. “Aren’t we in rush?” The blonde practically seethed the last word. 

“Yes, good to see that someone is responsible.” The teacher gave Mari a pointed look. Apparently, she still didn’t get over the fact that she resigned from the class rep position. 

“But…”

“Drop it. She is not worth it.” Chloe whispered. “Daddy will take care of that once we are done.”

Mari just nodded. She knew Chloe was preparing a lawsuit against the school, but their hands were tied until they graduated or Damocles could try and undermine it. Both girls knew that no adult would help them with the lawsuit beyond Chloe’s father signing whatever dotted line she asked him to. That man was more whipped than a fresh can of whipped cream. 

The ride to the WE was short and uneventful. Girls took up to gossiping in English, effectively limiting any eavesdropping. Mari spent most of the time tearing down the outfits of all the villains. She started with Riddler, more as a joke than actual rant, but then she somehow got onto this new guy Anarky. From there, she just kept on, smoothly sailing from one to the next. Even her mom got some shots. Mari still couldn’t stand how skimpy it was. Her rant carried over when they exited the bus and entered the WE. Security led them to a conference room, where they were told to take seats. 

Mari guessed that it wouldn’t be Lila if she didn’t immediately start sputtering lies about how well she knew the building already because of her Damiboo giving her private tours (All while clutching Adrien like a leech). She didn’t have enough ducks left to give to try to expose Lila about several facts. Such as that Damian Wayne definitely wasn’t living with Bruce when he was five. Any Gothamite could tell her that. Bored, she returned to her rant. 

She was nearing the end of the list and was very much engaged in complimenting Harley Queen for her recent change in wardrobe. She still considered it a disaster, but at least it was somehow human. 

“Ekhm…” A voice broke her out of the rant. “Good morning. My name is Richard Grayson. You are the french class chosen for the internship program, correct?” When people nodded, he continued. Idly, Mari noted that Alya and Lila stiffened and suddenly stopped talking at all. “We reviewed the individual profiles and appointed each of you a mentor that will help you settle into your roles. As I read the names, please come forward so I can update your badges. Do carry them on your person all the time or we will have to take you to our human cloning facility.”

People stared at him. 

“Okaaay… That’s that about jokes…” He sighed. “The rules will be explained by individual departments. Now, who’s up for a tour?” 

People started to cheer at that and Dick smiled. Maybe it wouldn’t be that bad?

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It was that bad. Even worse. He knew from the background check that the class was both insanely talented… and borderline criminal. It was like someone de-aged the Rogues and put them in one class. The report called them Akuma class, which (if google is to be believed) meant demons. He questioned how they got accepted into the internship. 

They only toured two floors when Dick wanted to tear half of them to shreds. He noted immediately that they were bullying the girl with black (slightly blue? Maybe it was dyed?) hair. What surprised him was that the teacher didn’t react. If he was to be honest, the girl and her friend slightly irritated him too. They kept talking and seemed to ignore him. It was not because they kept tearing down each and every bats’ fashion choices. Definitely not that. When they brought up Discowing he had enough. 

“Ekhm. Excuse me, girls,” he stared at them. Both immediately stopped talking and looked at him. “Could you pay attention? I wouldn’t want any of you to waste your internship lost on our maze-testing floor.”

“There is no maze-testing floor in this building.” The blonde pointed out.

“And besides, we memorized all you’ve said.”

“Care to recall?” He heard several people groan at his pun.

“The first floor is most representative, where guests are welcome and low-level meetings happen. There is a separate kitchen for employers there that is always fresh on fruits. Don’t use the coffee machine there as it was only patched up and there is a high chance it will set itself on fire again. The…”

“Fine. You’re good. Still, I don’t appreciate the chatter.”

“They are always trouble!” A girl in bright pink colors shouted. 

“Yeah! Why do you have to ruin this trip for Lila!?”

“You’re just jealous of her boyfriend!”

More voices like this came from the crowd of kids. Dick started to feel bad that he singled the girls out. It definitely gave the class a reason to gang up on them. And the teacher still did nothing! He sighed. What did HR think when they accepted them. He would have to look into it later.

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Mari decided that she didn’t like Dick. Everyone in their class kept talking, but for some reason, he singled them out. For the rest of the trip, she made sure to pay as much attention as she could. There was this silent determination on her face. Chloe wisely also kept silent. 

After the trip class was led back to the conference room where another employer handed out the identificators and folders containing their assignments. 

“Keep the IDs on you at all times. As opposed to the ones you received, this won’t expire and are synched with your jobs, so you will have access to anything you might need. They are also mandatory to receive lunch in our canteen. When you get acquainted with your tasks, you can go to the level specified at the end of sheet one. Your mentor will meet you there.” With that, he left. Dick really needed to do some in-depth research on this class. Something kept icking his detective sense.

“Well, I’m going to the law department. Apparently whoever made the assignments knew my well.” Chloe bragged to her friend after opening the folder. 

Timidly, Mari also opened her folder. She skimmed over what was inside and groaned. “Apparently, I’m interning as personal assistant to one Tim Drake.”

“They actually assigned you to the sleep-deprived coffee addict?” Chloe asked in disbelief.

“You know him?” She asked in surprise

“He and his brother ruined my daddy’s parties two years ago. They got into an argument that ended up with them wrestling over a cake. It took me weeks to get the cake out of my hair! Weeks!” The blonde summarized.

“oh…” Mari tried to hold back the giggles.

“Don’t laugh! It’s a serious matter! Do you have any idea how much work it takes to have such a perfect hair?!”

“Of course… cakehead.” The girl couldn’t stop herself.

“Ugh, you… you… plant leg.” Chloe said.

“Really?” Mari raised an eyebrow. “That’s the best you can come with?”

“Well, I usually have better things to do than thinking about good insults.” Still, Chloe hugged her best friend. “Be careful. I wouldn’t put it past The Liar to try and sabotage you somehow.”

“I’ll be careful. Wish me luck.”

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The elevator took Mari all the way to the highest floor. When the doors opened, she stepped int a large room with one desk. As soon as the doors closed, the woman who was standing there rushed toward her. The girl tensed for a moment but she reminded herself that there is no real threat.

“Oh finally! I was asking them to hire someone else for months!” She had a messed bun of red hair on her head and looked like she didn’t sleep in a week.

“But… I’m just an intern madame!” Mari tried to explain.

“An intern?” The woman paused her packing and stared at the girl with wide eyes.

“Um… Madame Sarah Jackson?” 

“Yes. An intern…” She said in a disappointed voice to herself. “Ah! That’s no problem at all!” She started to tap on her Waynetech Tablet and after a moment she smiled. “There! You’re hired!”

“Wha…?!” Mari shouted, but was interrupted when Sarah pushed the tablet into her hand, followed by a large box full of documents and a small mug with a coffee bean pointing a gun at the reader and words ‘Your Coffee or your life!’.

“They are your problem now! Everything you need is in the box. I left detail about ongoing stuff and whatever you might need. Don’t call. I’m outta here!” She shouted before grabbing her personal belonging and leaping into the elevator.

“But…! But…!?” Mari shouted after the closing doors. She could hear a cheerful shout as the elevator left the level. 

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#maribat #miraculous ladybug #maribat au #miraculous lb #batman #dc #mlb x dc #Marigold AU #Mother!Ivy

[popentertainment-moviereviews]

THE VERY EXCELLENT MR. DUNDEE (2020)

Starring Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, John Cleese, Olivia Newton-John, Jacob Elordi, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Carpani, Shane Jacobson, Reginald VelJohnson, Wayne Knight, Paul Fenech, Charlotte Stent, Nate Torrence, Luke Hemsworth, Jim Jefferies, Kevin Frazier, Luke Bracey, Richard Wilkins and Costas Mandylor.

Screenplay by Robert Mond and Dean Murphy.

Directed by Dean Murphy.

Distributed by Lionsgate. 88 minutes. Rated PG-13.

It’s not exactly an easy sell to convince the world that there is a need for another Crocodile Dundee movie about 35 years after the original film became a surprise indie smash and made a short-lived star out of its lead actor, Australian comic Paul Hogan. After all, the two previous Dundee sequels – Crocodile Dundee II (1988) and the belated released Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) – were considered to be huge box office disappointments.

So, 20 years on from the almost forgotten third film, with the star now an octogenarian, how do you get anyone to care enough to sit still for yet another film in the series?

I will give The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee credit, they came up with a rather clever, very meta concept to sell Mick Dundee in the new millennium. Specifically, this is not a Crocodile Dundee film, per se, it’s actually a comic riff on the idea of making a new film in the series after all of these years.

Paul Hogan does not play the character of Mick “Crocodile” Dundee here, he plays a fanciful comic riff on himself – Paul Hogan, aging film star, dealing with a new world and trying to enjoy retirement, but people keep trying to get him to return to the role that made him (briefly) famous. While he is trying to live a quiet, secluded life, he keeps innocently stumbling into situations which make him a tabloid villain.

He also gets some aging actor friends – like John Cleese, Chevy Chase, Olivia Newton-John, Reginald VelJohnson and Wayne Knight – to play good natured comic riffs on their own personas.

It’s a rather clever idea, and while the movie doesn’t exactly end up working, it is better than we could have expected at this point in history.

Part of the problem with the film is exposed in the extended introduction, a clips compilation reminding the world who Paul Hogan is, and why he was famous (again, briefly), first as a TV host in Australia, then for ads promoting Aussie tourism, and finally for his first Crocodile Dundee film, which at the time became one of the biggest indie comedies ever.

It’s never good when you must give a tutorial on your subject just to remind the audience why they once knew him and loved him.

I just wish they did more with their subversive concept. Instead, they just thrust Paul into a series of odd misunderstandings and slapstick stunts. Hogan tries to gamely throw himself into the hijinks, and he still does have his old charm, but even he can only take the gags of The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee so far. Mistakenly tossing a snake at a woman’s face or knocking out a nun isn’t really funny, even when done in a slapstick manner.

The film isn’t even self-aware with its self-awareness. At one point, it has Paul refusing to do a film with Rachel McAdams as his romantic co-star, because, as he rightly points out, he’s in his 80s and she’s in her 30s, and it is ridiculous to have a romantic relationship with that big an age difference. However, later, when The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee does find Paul a potential romantic match “in real life,” the actress playing her looks to be at least 20 to 30 years younger than he is – definitely older, but still not exactly age appropriate.

There is still no real reason to bring this franchise back after all these years, but I will give them credit for trying to do something a little different with it. I just wish it worked better than it does.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2021 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: February 16, 2021.

#The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee #2021 #Movie Review #Paul Hogan #Jay S. Jacobs

[mrepstein]

‘Epstein Represents New Sound’ - The Paducah Sun-Democrat - January 12, 1965

Norman Moss on Brian Epstein’s role as presenter on NBC’s ‘Hullabaloo’

Before an audience largely kidnapped from a Brownies party, Brian Epstein, the man who created the Beatles, made his debut as an American television co-host here.

He introduced British pop singing groups for sections of six successive showings of a new weekly NBC show, “Hullabaloo.”

Producer Gary Smith flew over to film these sections in a studio just outside London.

Puffing on a pipe, Mr. Smith, a youthful, successful producer of TV shows (The Judy Garland Show, The Telephone Hour) explained why he asked Brian Epstein, known for his behind-the-scenes role in promoting and making today’s young pop stars, to be his transatlantic co-host for these parts of the show.

“It’s because he represents the young, 1965 sound,” Smith said. ‘It’s much more than just the Beatles. Do you know there’s a Brian Epstein fan club in the United States?

“This program isn’t just for kids, it’s for the young in mind. Brian Epstein is the Sol Hurok of young pop music. And it’s British groups that have given pop music style and class, after our own rock ‘n’ rollers.”

Separately, in his dressing room, Mr. Epstein, a quiet, good-looking man of 30, explained why he accepted the offer.

“It was a challenge, for one thing. I’ve appeared on television before, but on the other side, so to speak. People have interviewed me.

“I want to break some new ground. I’m concerned with talent, not just with young, pop singing talent.

“The ‘Hullabaloo’ program has an option on me after these six shows. If they take it up, there’s a lot of other young talent that I want to introduce on it.

“I’d like to get the dancer Rudolf Nureyev on the show. I’d like very, very much to do an interview, even if it has to be done through an interpreter, with a young Spanish bullfighter called El Cordobes, who I understand gets the same sort of adulation in Spain that the Beatles get here. No, I’ve never seen him, though I have seen a lot of bull fights. I’m very fond of bullfighting.”

The pop groups he was to introduce on the first of the two days of filming included Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Band of Angels (four boys from Harrow - one of Britain’s top private schools and Sir Winston Churchill’s alma mater - who dress, look and sing the same as the other groups, but talk in the clipped, upper-class voices), Marianne Faithful and Cyril Bennett and the Rabble Rousers.*

The filming session began with a setback. To provide an audience, free tickets had been distributed in youth clubs and coffee bars. But the audience that turned up was much too small.

So two studio managers marched into the school building next door to the studio, and found a Brownies party in session. They persuaded the little Brownies, some only five years old, to leave their jellies and lemonade to hear the pop groups. Seated in the small, tiered stands, they made up an audience even younger than the pop groups were used to.

Epstein faced them wearing a black shirt, black trousers, black crocodile shoes, and a black tie with two thin threads of red.

He spoke softly and precisely, with the voice of an intelligent, popular and punctilious school-teacher, chatting for a couple of sentences about the pop groups he introduced. Nothing could be further from the raz-ma-taz style of emceeing that usually goes with pop music.

Gerry spoke a few words to the audience in a rasping, cockney voice, then in an American accent, sang ‘It’s Gonna Be All Right,” with his Pacemakers pounding out the backing. Then they did “I’m Gonna Take Yew Home.”

The kids in the stands clapped and screamed on cue. But the screaming was at a juvenile pitch. This was kiddy-screaming, not Beatle-screaming.

Epstein, smiling, said “Goodbye until next week” into the television cameras. Then he hurried to his dressing room to change into an open-neck shirt, asphalt-grey sweater, and grey slacks for his next introduction, for showing in the following program.

“How was I?” he asked Gary Smith. “The audience made me a little nervous at first, I think. I’ve never faced an audience before.”

“You’re coming along nicely,” said Smith.

*Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers

#Brian Epstein #Hullabaloo #Paducah Sun Democrat #newspaper #60s #Gary Smith #Norman Moss

[falkenscreen]

ROCKETMAN

Rocketman is not a movie, at least not to me.

Anyone who writes about movies does it because they love movies and will, and should, assess any given picture as a film. We don’t generally question, at least in this form, whether we are altogether objective, but it’s none too often a subject comes along superseding even our affinity with cinema.

I’ve listened to Elton John as long as I’ve listened to music. To say it’s been a soundtrack to my life is an understatement and without embellishment the man’s discography is my very favourite. That I’m a bigger Elton John fan than a movie fan means no small thing when a film about his life comes along.

This biopic cannot be assessed by this author as easily as any other, for the simple matter of seeing Elton’s songs writ large on screen amidst high production values and an able star (more on this later) in and of itself is no little joy to behold. For Rocketman is not just a movie; it’s cyclical, near unabating cavalcade of greatest hits (and some obscure ones ‘Here and There’) just as much resembling every one of Elton’s last six Australian tours and no doubt decades worth of concerts.

Something between Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, numbers are alternately relayed as background tracks, as if we’re watching an extravagant musical or otherwise via Elton (Taron Egerton) and co going about their regular lives; whether it be pitching to a producer or nutting out tunes on the piano. Director Dexter Fletcher imparting this story with a hybrid, at times surrealist recreation of the thrill fans will remember when first seeing Watford’s favourite son live, here’s hopefully as objective and impassioned an account you will get from someone who thinks you should stop reading and cue up ‘Madman Across The Water.’  

First thing’s first; Taron. It’s not the first time he and Elton (here serving as Executive Producer) nor Producer Matthew Vaughan have worked together. Fans of the Kingsman films might recognise one particular costume paying homage to their first collaboration.

Well chosen, Egerton, in his best performance to date, doesn’t just look the part but earns the tagline ‘Taron Egerton is Elton John.’ Mimicking the star’s mannerisms to a tee and his spitting image in several of the most outlandish costumes, while much of the film requires dramatic turns Egerton’s contagious sense of fun in the recreations of several well-known numbers is the cinematic equivalent in every sense of Elton leaping on a piano and baring a grin at his audience.

Jamie Bell as long-time lyrical partner Bernie Taupin (as South Park fans might fondly recall) does well; another development in what is an increasingly interesting career. Rocketman requires a villain and like Bohemian Rhapsody (the comparisons don’t stop there) casts an ex-Game of Thrones star (Richard Madden) as a questionable manager.

Bryce Dallas Howard and Steven Mackintosh are more than decent as the parents, though both are largely sounding boards for whatever is going on in Elton’s life at any given stage. Elton’s decades-long collaboration with lead guitarist Davey Johnstone, uncontroversial and unsurprisingly ill-befitting of a biopic that requires drama, like most his other lengthy stage partners are permitted a token average of about one screen grab.

Now to the music. Without changing the lyrics, and the filmmakers generally err on the side of sacrilege, there aren’t a lot of singles that squarely fit into a retelling of anyone’s life. Opting, again, like Bohemian Rhapsody, to almost always defer to numbers that appeared on one or more Greatest Hits volumes (‘Border Song’ being a notable exception), they land about half the time.

Opening with ‘The Bitch is Back’ in what is as nonsensical a creative decision as Lily James’ rendition of ‘Kissed The Teacher,’ Rocketman reaches its heights in the film’s earliest scenes with the spectacularly promising staging of ‘I Want Love,’ the only later era Elton clanger meriting inclusion. Not simply supremely endearing but sensical within proceedings, it is nearly matched by only ‘Honky Cat’ and the ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ duet. The early addition of “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting,” if making little sense, is still spectacularly fun and serves the same purpose as Elton’s generally predictable placement of the tune in the opening stages of his shows.

The computer-generated scenery in this sequence and a couple more, amidst a film largely resonant for its strong use of colour and costuming in real life environments, regretfully wreaks of some of the more infamous deaths of cinema moments.

‘Tiny Dancer’ is shoehorned in among so many others in relation to a fleeting character simply because it ‘had to’ be there, neglecting more appropriate scores from the likes of ‘Tumbleweed Connection,’ ‘Captain Fantastic’ and of all things Elton’s debut studio album ‘Empty Sky.’ Opting to portray ‘Crocodile Rock’ as Elton introduces himself to an American audience, when every pair of shoes slowly rise off the ground in Rocketman’s most utilised promotional image, Fletcher strikes the right blend between that hyperrealist and euphoric, recreating what will be intrinsic to those sitting in the 22nd row the world over.

Fletcher showing a consummate, distinctive filmmaking flair in only two other scenes; the rip-roaring rendition of ‘Pinball Wizard’ to whirling camera-work, editing and effects thrillingly matching the song’s pace. It is otherwise only at the very end, in a heartfelt recreation of one of Elton’s most famous video clips, that all involved not only shine their brightest but look like they’re having the fun everyone should have handed the unique prospects of an Elton biopic. Why filmmakers always leave these sorts of sequences to the end and never take these leaps throughout I’ll never know.  

Rocketman is regrettably at it’s worst in the staging of the titular number, taking place within a swimming pool as Elton sings with his childhood self. Groundless and egregiously indiscernible in what is otherwise a straightforward if oft-lightly surrealist narrative, the sequence soon heedlessly morphs into a stadium scene with an all too literal interpretation of the lyrics. Doing so for a standalone visual gag that takes us stars away from what long since established itself as a temperately fantastical flick, it’s like is confusedly never repeated.

Too taking place on the heels of Elton’s most overrated number ‘Bennie and the Jets,’ the whole chapter is an aberration in what is still a more hit than miss musical.

Far above and beyond this, the entire number revolves around one of the darkest chapters in Elton’s life and in the film’s most reckless advent does not reckon with the sensitivity of what it is depicting. Curiously, the decision was not made to utilise ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’ at this juncture, the stated, apparent intent of the song (among other unused Elton numbers) being better reflective of the subject the filmmakers here chose to explore. Seeking to so quickly (as the flick often does) move to the next greatest hit, given the creatives sought to pursue this confronting avenue so blatantly it was a poor mistake not to address it requisitely or properly account for its aftermath even if it meant sacrificing one or more of the myriad other strands.

For chapters in Elton’s life come and go; the crew seemingly intent on telling as much as possible. His first marital relationship and wedding (which actually took place in Sydney) are confined to mere minutes, while other hugely significant moments elapse in as little time. Making the choice to confine the narrative to the first stages of Elton’s career and never travelling down the likes of ‘Peachtree Road’ is not a problem in and of itself, this era proving just as interesting for Elton as any other, it’s just that the form has been done and done and done.  

Again, we return to Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s no surprise that Rocketman suffers many of the same pitfalls with Fletcher in charge here; the Director having been credited as same on the Queen biopic.

Rocketman fares better for not trying to cram the entirety of Elton’s life into two hours, yet still attempts to cover everything from it’s chosen era and there simply isn’t enough time from a narrative standpoint. The film does however manage to fit in Elton winning over a cynical record producer with a fresh style, flashing sign-heavy montages hurling us forward years in time, informative text on Elton’s achievements immediately prior to those credits rolling (interposed with the performers’ real life counterparts just to show us how well they’ve done) and, as if this wasn’t enough, the whole narrative is framed by Elton relaying his story via flashback to the dozen odd others in rehab.

Not forgetting to namecheck everyone from The Beatles to Neil Young, with a recording session thrown in with Kiki Dee for good measure as we’ve ticked off almost everyone else already, the reference to Leon Russell given ‘The Union’ is somewhat more digestible. Hitting just about every biopic cliché, though never so wincingly nor often as the treatment proffered Freddie Mercury, speaking from experience this is not a film you’d want to watch within years of catching Walk Hard.  

Elton fans, casual and most dedicated, will relish repeat watches pure and simple. If you’re not into the music, unfortunately there isn’t much in the retelling to recommend it.

Rocketman is in cinemas from May 30

#xl #reviews #rocketman #elton john #taron egerton #dexter fletcher #jamie bell #bohemian rhapsody #richard madden #bryce dallas howard #Steven Mackintosh

[nehistripesseattle]

We are VERY fortunate to have the most talented musicians in the WORLD! Our tribute bands are a combinations of disciplined talent and humbled souls. They know exactly whose soles they must make proud - including ours - the FANS! We continue to be honored each time we are asked to cover a show - you can experience it for yourself. This is Outshined - a tribute to Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog & Audioslave - a couple of clips from the first song Cornell wrote & recorded as a solo act. Here - you cannot miss 🎤Keven James Hoffman’s hypnotic groove - - I’m sharing a couple clips - however, you can head over to our YT channel and watch the entire performance https://youtu.be/zd2OswYKj3E- as well as Outshined also published. Performances were from last Saturday night at the Crocodile🐊 - a Tribute to Chris Cornell and Layne Staley❤️. 🎥 Filming is normally my job at shows; BUT the powers that be had other plans for me on December 11th. Therefore, Kurt had to do double duty. Please follow Kurt at Nehi Stripes Photo @nehistripesphoto - Kurt is my business partner and co-owner of our “brand” Nehi Stripes Seattle —————————————————— #nehistripesseattle #LSMS #LSMSAiC #aliceinchains #laynestaley #mikestarr #mikestarrforever #seankinney #jerrycantrell #the1loveaic #grungeera #laynelivelove #seattlesound #chainer4life #1990s #greatestbandintheworld #outshinedtribute #thecrocodile (at The Crocodile) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXsBgxpldD8/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New Post has been published on http://superindykings.com/pale-waves-the-tide-video/

Pale Waves The Tide (Video) @palewaves

You can now watch the official video for this new Pale Waves The Tide record here on SuperIndyKings!

UK indie pop group Pale Waves kicked off the new year with the release of their new single, The Tide. It’s also the fourth official single to be taken off their upcoming debut album, All The Things I Never Said. And with their highly anticipated album due out March 16th, Pale Waves is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. While they continue to roll out the new singles, fans anticipation continues to grow! And now we’ve also received the official music video for this new Pale Waves The Tide record.

When it came time to shoot their new music video, Pale Waves called on the director Andy Deluca. This clean new visual blends together clips of the group during various live performances while on tour. The dope effects make you feel like you’re really watching the band up close while they perform their smash hit single live. Press play so you can enjoy watching the dope set of visuals down below. Don’t forget Pale Waves will also be jetting off on tour in support of their upcoming debut album. So make sure you also check out the full list of North American stops they’ll be making below their new video for The Tide. And you can also head over here to stream/ download their The Tide single.

North American tour dates:

March 19 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall March 20 – Dallas, TX– Dada March 23 – Phoenix, AZ– Rebel Lounge March 24 – San Diego, CA – Soma Sidestage March 25 – Santa Ana, CA– Constellation Room March 26 – Los Angeles, CA– Troubadour March 27 – San Francisco, CA– The Chapel March 29 – Portland, OR– Hawthorne Theatre March 30 – Vancouver, BC– Biltmore Cabaret March 31– Seattle, WA – The Crocodile April 03 – Denver, CO– Larimer Lounge April 05 – Kansas City, MO – Recordbar  (Click here for tickets) April 06 – St. Louis, MO– Ready Room April 07 – Chicago, IL– Lincoln Hall April 09 – Toronto, ON– Velvet Underground April 10 – Columbus, OH– Skully’s Music Diner April 11 – Washington, DC– U Street Music Hall April 12 – Philadelphia, PA– The Foundry April 13 – New York, NY– Bowery Ballroom April 15 – Boston, MA– Sonia

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[filosofablogger]

Good Saturday morn, and welcome to the …

I have two fun things planned for today.  First, this may come as a big surprise to you, but Filosofa is a big lover of critters!  Shocked, aren’t you?

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the largest wildlife photography competition in the world. It is an annual international wildlife photography competition owned by the Natural History Museum.  The first competition was held in 1964, with three categories and around 600 entries. By 2008, the competition had grown to over 32,000 entries from 3100 photographers in 82 countries!

There are far too many for me to post here, so I have picked only a few of my favourites this year, but your can see more of the winners at Bored Panda, if you’re interested.

This first one is the #1 winner, titled “The Moment”, and taken by Yongqing Bao of China. 

This Himalayan marmot was not long out of hibernation when it was surprised by a mother Tibetan fox with three hungry cubs to feed. With lightning-fast reactions, Yongqing captured the attack – the power of the predator baring her teeth, the terror of her prey, the intensity of life and death written on their faces.

“Bee Line” by Frank Deschandol of France

Bees buzzed in the long grass around the lake as evening fell. To Frank’s delight, they were settling down in little rows along the stems. These were solitary bees, probably males, gathering for the night in suitable resting places, while the females occupied nests they had built nearby.

“Land Of The Eagle” By Audun Rikardsen of Norway

Audun carefully positioned this tree branch, hoping it would make a perfect lookout for a golden eagle. He set up a camera trap and occasionally left road-kill carrion nearby. Very gradually, over the next three years, this eagle started to use the branch to survey its coastal realm. Audun captured its power as it came in to land, talons outstretched.

“Lucky Break” By Jason Bantle of Canada

A raccoon poked her head out of an abandoned car and paused to assess her surroundings, allowing Jason just enough time to use a long exposure in the twilight. The back seat was an ideal den for the raccoon and her five cubs as the only entrance – through a blunt-edged hole in the glass – was large enough for her but too small for predators such as coyotes.

“Portrait Of A Mother” By Ingo Arndt, of Germany

When you are eye to eye with a wild puma,’ says Ingo, ‘excitement is guaranteed.’ Tracking these elusive cats on foot meant lugging heavy gear long distances, often in freezing temperatures and unrelenting winds. Mutual respect gradually earned him the trust of a female and her cubs, allowing him to capture this intimate family portrait.

“Cool Drink” By Diana Rebman of the U.S.

Despite the bitterly cold temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius, Diana spent hours mesmerised by what she described as the ‘well-choreographed dance’ of a group of long-tailed tits taking turns to peck at an icicle. With the fast movement of the birds and her fingers feeling like blocks of ice, capturing their behaviour was no easy task.

“If Penguins Could Fly” By Eduardo Del Álamo of Spain

A gentoo penguin flees for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Eduardo was expecting it. He had noticed the penguin resting on a fragment of broken ice and watched the seal swim back and forth. ‘Moments later, the seal flew out of the water, mouth open,’ he says.

“The Huddle” By Stefan Christmann of Germany

More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle on the sea ice, backs to the wind, heads down, sharing body heat. ‘It was a calm day,’ says Stefan, ‘but when I took off my gloves to focus the lens, the cold felt like needles piercing my fingertips.’ Antarctic winters are fierce, with temperatures below minus 40 degrees Celsius.

“Big Cat And Dog Spat” By Peter Haygarth of the United Kingdom

In a rare encounter, a lone male cheetah is set upon by a pack of African wild dogs. At first the dogs were wary, but as the rest of their 12-strong pack arrived their confidence grew. They began to encircle and probe the big cat, chirping with excitement. It was all over a few minutes later, when the cheetah fled.

“Night Glow” By Cruz Erdmann of New Zealand (in the age 11-14 category)

Cruz was on a night dive with his dad when he saw a pair of bigfin reef squid in the shallow water. One swam off but Cruz quickly adjusted his camera and strobe settings, knowing that the opportunity was too good to miss. He shot four frames of the remaining squid before it too disappeared into the inky blackness.

“Face Of Deception” By Ripan Biswas of India

Ripan was photographing a red weaver ant colony when he spotted this slightly strange individual. It may have the face of an ant but its eight legs give it away – on closer inspection Ripan discovered that it was an ant-mimicking crab spider. By reverse mounting his lens, Ripan converted it to a macro capable of taking extreme close-ups.

Some pretty awesome shots there, don’t you think?

And my second surprise … you all remember Steve Irwin, aka the Crocodile Hunter?  He hosted a television series that aired on Animal Planet, becoming the network’s highest-rated series at the time (1997-2004). 

Steve tragically died in Batt Reef, Australia, in 2006 when a stingray’s barb pierced his heart.  But, his children, Bindi and Robert, are both lovers of wildlife and conservationists. Bindi is an Australian television personality and conservationist. When she was 9, she hosted Bindi the Jungle Girl, a children’s wildlife documentary TV series.  Son Robert is an Australian television personality and wildlife photographer. He hosts Robert’s Real Life Adventures, a program on his family’s zoo’s internal TV network. He co-hosted the Discovery Kids Channel TV series Wild But True and co-created the book series Robert Irwin: Dinosaur Hunter, and currently stars on the Animal Planet series Crikey! It’s the Irwins with his mother, Terri, and sister, Bindi.

In February 2017, young Robert, then age 13, made his late-night television debut when he appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.  This clip will warm your heart, make you say “Awwwwww”, and make you laugh, all at once.  Who could ask for anything more?  And my youngest reader, Benjamin, will enjoy this, for one of his Hallowe’en costumes was the Crocodile Hunter!

And that’s all I’ve got for this morning, my friends!  Go forth and have a wonderful weekend!  Enjoy every minute … remember, Monday is lurking right ‘round the corner!

Saturday Surprise — Wildlife and … Crocodile Hunter Junior! Good Saturday morn, and welcome to the ...I have two fun things planned for today.  First, this may come as a big surprise to you, but Filosofa is a big lover of critters! 

#Bindi Irwin #Jimmy Fallon #Robert Irwin #Steve Irwin #The Crocodile Hunter #weekend! #Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019

[desmoinesnewageshop]

Holy cats!!!! I have more manageable Hair!!!!!! After the #coconutoil grease slick set for 2 days(It felt sooooooooo nasty, but at least I wasnt worried my hair would break off), I couldnt take it anymore and washed my hair. Then I put more CO on the ends to middle shaft, and VWallah, I have that awesome "can do anything with" wavy kinda hair-almost lols!!! But suffice it to say, Im enjoying the #nofrizz ...my hair is soft, but alittle oily/sticky in back. Still, today I brushed my freshly dried hair and clipped it into a half up ponytail with ZERO Frizz. This NEVER HAPPENS TO ME!!! After I brush my curls it looks like birds could nest in my hair, until I braid it up for awhile. Now off to try a facial moisterizer that Im working up :) My face skin feels like a Crocodile!!! *However , on a brighter note, My #WitchesBrew #lipbalm and Hand & body balm are keepin the rest of me nice and Smooth!!!!! #suckitwinter #winteryoushallnotdefeatme #hairpossiblities #curls #curlyhair #driedouthair #frizz #desmoinesnewageshop (at Windsor Heights, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCkrM_gPbl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qfsr5025vp2o

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[lodelss]

ACLU: When You Have Data, They Will Come

When You Have Data, They Will Come Security expert Jon Callas breaks down the fatal flaws of a recent proposal to add a secret user — the government — to our encrypted conversations.

Note: This is part two of a four-part series where security expert Jon Callas breaks down the fatal flaws of a recent proposal to add a secret user — the government — to our encrypted conversations. Part one can be found here.

A recent essay by technical leaders of Britain’s GCHQ proposes a law that would require software companies to enable the secret addition of an extra user — the government — to spy on an otherwise securely encrypted conversation, thereby destroying the confidentiality and privacy encrypted communications provide us. The essay claims that this exceptional access proposal would only be used by “responsible law enforcement” and “democratically elected representatives and judiciary...and certainly doesn’t give any government power they shouldn’t have.”

This is a fantasy. When I build software and hardware as a software engineer and security specialist, I am never naïve enough to think that my customers would only be surveilled by good governments, any more than I was naïve enough to think my tools would only be used by good people. In fact, I build my systems presuming that even I’m not to be trusted with my customers' data. I’m not alone by any means in this. Those of us who build services know that we make outright mistakes, do favors we shouldn’t have, and never understand the whole picture. So we accept that we are threats, too, to the safety of our users. We remove our own privileged position every place we can and make sure that not even we can decrypt our users’ information.

The GCHQ authors understand this, too. They should know better than to suggest that the genie will only grant good wishes made by good people, and that those people will only use their wish only for good once granted. The now-fictional GCHQ “ghost user” technology would provide access for democratically elected representatives inevitably will also be used by non-democratic, unelected, unrepresentative, and autocratic governments.

China will demand status to use ghost users. China already mandates its own standards for encryption, networking, network security, and cloud services.  It will certainly demand that it be allowed to use the ghost user backdoor, too — and will use its substantial economic power to pressure companies to comply. There's no way around this. Messaging services will be forced to either offer China the same access they give to the UK, US, and any other imaginary club of “good countries,” or forego Chinese users. Employees of services that resist and decide not to operate in China would be wise to never travel to China nor to countries that have extradition treaties with China, because they may be at risk for refusing to facilitate Chinese surveillance with their “good guy” backdoored products. Once the ghost user technology is built, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and other nations will require access to it as well.

Emboldened by U.S. and U.K. technology regulation, these nations will push for additional security compromises as well as data retention and other privacy-invading practices.

The Indian government has a history of fighting WhatsApp — the unnamed target of the GCHQ proposal — over its encryption. India has proposed changes to its laws that would require services to break encryption for the government and to retain data about users’ conversations. The proposed changes to Indian law would require access to messages if there is a court order from any country.

Thailand, where insulting the king is illegal, has also proposed laws mandating that its government be able to access private communications. So has Vietnam.

Singapore has proposed a “Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill,” that uses the problem of misinformation as a reason for many restrictions.

For now, tech creators and civil liberties organizations have managed to push back on most exceptional access requirements, and we shouldn’t discount the moral and persuasive force of being able to point to the absence of such requirements in the US and the UK. Should mandatory “wiretappability” be required in the United States and the United Kingdom, other countries will take advantage of the feature, or make it be a requirement to do business there as well.

Today, governments that want to spy on political opponents, activists, and journalists generally have to resort to commercial malware and spying tools sold by unscrupulous contractors such as the NSO Group and Darkmatter, which supply turnkey spyware developed in Israel and the UAE respectively to Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Turkey, and many more countries. These tools have been used to spy on public health scientists promoting childhood obesity prevention and taxes on sodas, are connected to the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and to a reported campaign to intimidate Washington Post-owner Jeff Bezos.

Currently, oppressive governments have to pay for the services of these hacking companies. They have to hope that their targets are using vulnerable software or that they click on malicious links in phishing emails. And they have to avoid detection by investigators at groups like Citizen Lab. But if the GCHQ proposal worked, doing all of this bad-guy hacking would be so much easier. Governments could just call Facebook and demand access to the conversations of any of WhatsApp’s 1.8 billion active users. These demands may or may not be accompanied by whatever legal papers are required under local laws.

As co-founder of PGP and Silent Circle, it was never far from my mind that if my product wasn’t secure, oppressive governments would use it to spy on my customers. We didn’t want to be a part of Mexico undermining health advocates, and we knew that eventually our companies would be put to the test by oppressive regimes.  It is a fantasy to think that companies, even those based in the U.S., can define a club of “good” countries and only respond to legal demands from those governments, or that so-called “good” countries would only put the technology to “good” uses. So we built our products to securely encrypt user data. It would have been irresponsible to vulnerable communities, human rights activists, and journalists that depend on secure encryption for their physical safety for us to try to just wave away the thorny details of the inevitable tide of international exceptional access demands.

Of course, we nevertheless had to be ready for international demands for whatever data our products did generate. When you have data, they will come. As a provider of communications tools and services, you are the intermediary ensuring that investigators get the data they are permitted to, but no more. There are real dangers — to public relations, privacy, and security — to mismanaging these demands.

Rather than grapple with the reality of these difficulties, the GCHQ proposal seems to just trust that technology providers will magically be able to sift between deserving and undeserving governments demanding ghost user access. It would never be that easy and creating such a mechanism would open the door to vast abuses around the globe. The ghost user capability should never be created.

Part three, which addresses the GCHQ authors assertion that adding a secret listener to a conversation is just like attaching “crocodile clips” to a phone wire, can be found here.

Further Reading

Here is some further reading on the international assault on secure and private communications by nation-states and quasi-governmental actors.

China’s Technology and Business Standards

John Battelle, "The End of Democratic Capitalism?"

Manyi Kathy Li, "How Chinese Cybersecurity Standards Impact Doing Business in China"

Andrew Polk, "China Is Quietly Setting Global Standards"

Indian changes to their Information Technology Act

Seema Chichi, "Govt moves to access and trace all ‘unlawful’ content online"

Aria Thaker, "The Indian government is seeking tighter control over online speech"

(Indian) Internet Freedom Foundation, "India must resist the lure of the Chinese model of online surveillance and censorship"

Thailand's Cybersecurity Law

TechCrunch, "Thailand passes controversial cybersecurity law that could enable government surveillance"

Vietnam's Cybersecurity Law

Bao Ha, "Vietnam says cybersecurity law needed to ensure national security"

Jon Russell, "Vietnam threatens to penalize Facebook for breaking its draconian cybersecurity law"

Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill

Allie Funk, "Citing ‘Fake News,’ Singapore Could Be Next to Quash Free Expression"

NSO Group

David D. Kirkpatrick, "Israeli Software Helped Saudis Spy on Khashoggi, Lawsuit Says"

CBS 60 Minutes, "CEO of Israeli spyware-maker NSO on fighting terror, Khashoggi murder, and Saudi Arabia"

Times of Israel Staff, "Israeli spy tech firm linked to Khashoggi murder said to freeze Saudi deals"

John Scott-Railton, Bill Marczak, Claudio Guarnieri, and Masashi Crete-Nishihata, "Bitter Sweet: Supporters Of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted With Nso Exploit Links"

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Jenna McLaughlin, "Deep Pockets, Deep Cover: The UAE Is paying Ex-CIA officers to build a spy empire in the Gulf"

Mark Mazzetti, Adam Goldman, Ronen Bergman and Nicole Perlroth,"A New Age of Warfare: How Internet Mercenaries Do Battle for Authoritarian Governments"

Christopher Bing, Joel Schectman, "Special Report: Inside the UAE’s secret hacking team of U.S. mercenaries"

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