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mayfriend · 2 years

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Hello. New to your blog and there's a big chance you've already answered this before, but you have such a rich inner world and I appreciate so much of what you put out and share with us that I feel I gotta ask: what books/movies/shows/quotes changed your life in big, profound ways? I cannot not have those in my lists.

omg thank you, this so sweet?? the list below is stuff that really resonated with me specifically, and it almost certainly won't have the same impact on everybody, BUT. you asked so you shall receive :)) in no particular order:

Borgia (2011-2014), created by Tom Fontana

Dead Like Me (2003-2004), created by Bryan Fuller

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill

Crush by Richard Siken (yes, I know, I’m a walking cliche, but there is a reason Siken is basically worshipped nowadays and that reason is that he’s really fucking good)

A Monster Calls (2016), based off the book of the same name by Patrick Ness

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (same as the above - popular things are good, actually)

The Lion in Winter (1968), based off the play of the same name by James Goldman

A Softer World webcomic, by Joey Comeau and Emily Horne

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

Misfits (2009-2013, but really just the first two seasons)

The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner, based off the book of the same name by William Golding

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The South American Trilogy by Louis de Bernières

Ever After (1998) dir. Andy Tennant

for things like quotes it’s harder to narrow down - i feel myself change a little bit when i read new things practically every day, but if i had to narrow it down to One Quote That Changed Me, it’d probably be 'this may be a sad chapter, but you are not a sad story’, which i can’t even really source, it’s so... unoriginal, i guess, and saying the same thing a lot of other things say in better, more interesting ways - however, when i was mentally the lowest i’ve ever been and didn’t really want to be around anymore, that was the quote that gave me hope it wouldn’t be terrible forever. and it wasn’t <3

#emily speaks #asks #anon #ref #for the books i've managed to link to everything except crush #for the tv shows and movies i've just linked to imdb so people know what they're looking at/i don't unintentionally direct people to a virus #but basically the movies/shows are all out there for free too if you're ready to a do a bit of creative googling

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youre-where-i-wanna-go · 8 months

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My YouTube account just reached 1k subscribers so now I'm gonna make a list of the coolest Angela Bassett video finds I've found and shared on there and how I found them (even if the target audience here is only like one person)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith deleted scenes

Gonna start with the most recent find bc I never thought this footage would see the light of day. They shot all these scenes and only 30 seconds of Angela's voice made it to the movie bc the villains were dropped completely. Turns out the footage had been hiding on the second disc of an unrated special edition DVD release all along.

Old TV Commercials (KFC, Equal, Allstate)

These commercials you're really only able to find if you know what you're looking for. And the way I found out was through interviews in which they were mentioned (one was a newspaper clipping from 1991 that mentioned Equal and Allstate). Then it's watching tons of old commercials from those brands on YouTube until finally Angela's pretty face shows up. So grateful to the people who uploaded them first (even if they didn't mention Angela in the description).

Doubletake & Liberty

There are quite a few movies and shows in Angela's filmography that seem impossible to find. And some of them are really not available to watch anywhere unless you pay private sellers to send you the files. That's what I had to do to unearth these two rare gems. [insert Thanos gif iykyk] but no regrets because I really wanted to see them. Still hoping to find Equal Justice, STAT and the full Ryan's Hope episode

Ryan's Hope clip

Which brings me to the next tiny (very tiny) gem. For some time I had my doubts she was actually ever even in this soap opera. That was until I watched the Oscar's red carpet 2023 and they aired this super short clip of her character. Next to Angela's dress and Gaga's performance that was my highlight of the night.

My Man Bovanne

Talk about credits that aren't even on her IMDb. I found out about her role in this in the Playbill of Joe Turner's Come and Gone (which Angela starred in on Broadway in 1988). Made an account for the one website that hosted this little-known-about short film to be able to screenrecord it. That was a happy day. Fun fact I learned in a newspaper clipping since: Angela only got to be in it because the person who was first cast for her role got sick.

HeartBeat

Another one that took me very, very long to find. This is probably the one I had to use the most detective skills for. Found a dead video on a site that used to host it, tried to look up the account owner on other social media channels and finally found their tumblr that was still active (hooray) and they sent me the file. Best day ever (even though the plot of the episode is really heartbreaking).

Angela talking about kissing Gaga to Access Hollywood

Listen... Listen. If you know me, you know that these two are my QUEENS. They are everything to me and the fact that they played lovers? That they kissed and enjoyed it? Means the world (read my fanfiction on AO3 😉). This interview in particular has only been available as an article to read on their website for many years now but I could never find the video. I wanted to hear Angela say how she kissed Gaga and pulled her in and told her I love you when the director called cut and made Gaga jump. I found an old link to a long deleted YouTube video in an old tweet on one of my many Twitter searches for any trace of this video. Bless the person who uploaded it back then and bless the people who shared it on Twitter and bless the person who backed it up in the Wayback Machine. I owe you all eternal gratitude.

A 17-minute interview about Ruby's Bucket of Blood

DVD extras hold many gems and this is one of the biggest Angela-focused special features on a DVD I've seen. According to a friend who bought the DVD much longer ago, it wasn't even always part of it so I feel very blessed that this came with my DVD that I only bought bc it's one of my favorite movies and I like to collect those on physical copies.

Her Boyz n the Hood audition tape

In a newspaper clipping I read that this has actually been a part of physical releases of this movie since they still put out Laser Discs. But somehow I've never seen it surface online. I found it in a torrent that had all the Bluray special features (the best kind of torrents) and decided to share it of course. It has since gone viral on TikTok (where someone reposted it) which made me very happy. Who thought we'd ever get to see Ms. Angela Bassett audition??

Celebrity Poker Showdown

You have to admit, Angela in a reality game show is just gold. Was looking for this for a long time too and eventually found a Russian torrent (thank you Russians). Was luckily able to share the full episode on YouTube so everyone can get the full experience of "Angela folds" ten times in a row 😁

Angela's full performances of 3 songs on Close to the Enemy

[I only linked one here] Angela's character on Close to the Enemy was unfortunately very small but the British DVD release had extended scenes of 3 of her performances on it. [The American Bluray for some reason didn't.] Glad I found out about these.

1993 Fresh Air radio interview

I don't know if this counts as a rare find as it is freely available on the NPR website and in my university library BUT I have never seen it acknowledged until I shared it on YouTube and let me tell you I put blood, sweat and tears into captioning this 16-minute interview 😭 the payoff was grand. One interviewer from Variety used it in her research and mentioned it to Angela (who couldn't even remember it lmao) and part of the audio was also used in a tribute post the Academy (yes the Oscar Academy) did for her birthday. It's not my interview but I know they wouldn't have done so if it wasn't for my video (that I posted in tribute to the great Tina Turner. RIP.)

(Assumably) all her episodes of Search for Tomorrow

If I'm not mistaken this was her first on-camera acting job and a cool guy posted all her episodes (and hundreds of episodes she wasn't in) on YouTube last year. Luckily I downloaded them all right away as his channel no longer exists. Her episodes are safe on my hard drive tho and her scenes are safe on my YouTube channel :)

I was going to share a link to the unaired pilot of Identity (2011) that someone posted but it's already been privated again. Might post her scenes at some point, in the meantime if you're interested in this episode you can always dm me, I saved it to my hard drive. Very exciting find indeed as I also never expected it to see the light of day.

Honestly I get excited over every interview, DVD extra, speech or segment from a TV special that I come across (especially old ones). Sharing these on my YouTube channel is my pride and joy and I also have a scenepack account on Instagram (@/angelabassettscenes) where I share all her scenes from her bigger projects that I can't share to YouTube for everyone who wants to watch, edit or GIF them. Seeing people get as excited as I do when I share my finds makes me so happy and I'm definitely not done. Many DVD featurettes still to come. Angela's work will be preserved on this channel by any means necessary 😌

If you've read this far, thank you for reading and have a good day/night

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floating-dancer-blog · 7 years

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So despite the ocean of content I've seen I can't for the life of me figure out if Carmilla is a movie, tv show, or web thing. Banish my ignorance please.

(Warning: Long answer with minor spoilers)

Okay,it won’t be easy explaining the nature and draw of Carmilla toa non-Carmilla fan. But for you, I’m damn well going to try.

Carmilla is a low-budget, Canadian web series on YouTube,created by KindaTV and sponsored by a tampon company. It spans over 3 seasonsand 109 episodes, each of which lasts around 2-7 minutes. That is, if you don’tcount the Christmas Special and Season Zero.

Looselyadapted from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 19th century vampire novella of thesame, the show’s story revolves around a lesbian journalism student, LauraHollis (Elise Bauman), who enrolled at Silas University in Styria of modern-dayAustria. A few weeks into her first semester, Laura’s roommate Betty wentmissing. All that was left behind was a notification card, written in multiplechoice and covered in mysterious yellow goo.

Nosooner had Laura informed a rather apathetic university administration abouther missing roommate did a dark-haired, emo-looking woman in leather pantsbarge into her dorm room. Her name was Carmilla (Natasha Negovanlis) and shewas Laura’s new roommate. Suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Betty’sdisappearance, Laura conducts an informal vlog investigation with a ragtaggroup of redheads and a good-natured (but dumb) frat boy, all the whileenduring Carmilla’s condescending remarks, confectionery-based petnames, and “annoying” attempts to dissuade her from the task.

Alongthe way, Laura discovers Carmilla’s secret identity and they eventually fallfor each other, though neither of them voice it at first. She, Carmilla and therest of the Scooby gang would also encounter a sentient library, the Dean’ssupernatural proclivities, an alchemy club, a vampire cabal, a kidnappingconspiracy, an angler fish god, and mushroom spores that could turn the studentbody into zombies – all of which exist on a campus that literally survives onthe power of Sumerian mythos. And that’s just Season 1.

Season2 sees them battling against evil corporate in the form of Silas’ BoardMembers, a shadowy business enterprise called Corvae, and Carmilla’s vampiresister, Matska Belmonde (Sophia Walker), not to mention a Silas version of aNazi SS squad, hell bent on eliminating anything remotely supernatural(vampires included) from campus grounds. In Season 3, the stakes (pun intended)are raised even higher, as Laura, Carmilla and a redhead bio major, Lafontaine,attempt to stop an impending apocalypse that was being caused by a Sumerian goddess.

Whatimpressed critics most about the Carmilla series was that:

(a) The entire show was filmed in vlog format, withjust one camera angle. By all accounts, this should have been anunmitigated disaster, storytelling-wise. However, the quality of the show’sscript and the stellar performance of the main and supporting cast, especiallythe palpable chemistry between Natasha and Elise, have made the series aphenomenon beyond all expectations (and they were pretty low to begin with).The YouTube series has now racked up more than 70 million views with fans(affectionately called ‘creampuffs’) scattered across 193 countries (http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/carmilla-web-series-movie-1.4367622).Moreover, it has won numerous awards, including the AfterEllen VisibilityAwards and the Canadian Screen Awards.

(b) Another reason for the show’s success lies inthe representation of its LGBTQIA characters. The romantic relationship betweenthe main protagonists, Laura and Carmilla, was less about their sexualorientation and more about how it fluctuated and developed throughout themortal dangers that they face each season. There was no protracted agony overthe fact that they’re both lesbians and focus was mainly on their growth ascharacters in their own right. The majority of the supporting characters werealso well-rounded and hardly walking clichés. The Carmilla cast evenconsisted of a non-binary person and people of color. So, the series ticks mostof the boxes for those in the LGBTQIA community, who feel starved ofrepresentation.

© The show’s lovable campiness and humor, whichwas often based on pop culture references, slapstick montages, and wittyone-liners and ripostes, make it accessible to its viewers, regardless ofwhether or not they belong to the targeted demographic. However, the humor waswell-integrated into the writing and never detracted from the impact of theshow’s more serious and, sometimes, heart-wrenching moments.

(d) The series overturns the Bury Your Gays trope –a sore point among the LGBTQIA community after the demise of Lexa in 100and beloved gay characters on other shows.

Riding on the coattails of Carmilla’saccomplishments, the showrunners decided to turn the web series into a movie asa love letter to the fans of the series. Their official announcement of thefilm whipped the Carmilla fandom into a frenzy, with many yelling, “Shutup and take my money!” from the rooftops.

The resulting film - just released in late October2017 - saw one-third of its funds coming from the fans alone; an unconventionalfeat achieved by an already unconventional series. Being a small, independentfilm, The Carmilla Movie didn’t exactly light the box office on firewith its limited cinematic release in Canada. But the online response to thefilm with respect to its Internet release was extraordinary. Rave reviews aboutthe movie poured into Twitter, Instagram, IMDB, Tumblr, and its distributionplatforms, Fullscreen and VHX. So, just like its previous YouTube incarnation,the film was a resounding success and currently scores a rating of 9.7/10 onIMDB. The creampuffs appear to be appeased at the moment, though they are nowclamoring for a sequel.

I hope that I have banished your ignorance about Carmilla.If you wish to watch it, you can do so by following the links in the orderprescribed below:

(1) Season 1 (Carmilla- The Series | S1 E1 “Disorientation”)

(2) Christmas Special (Carmilla | The ChristmasSpecial)

(3) Season 2 (Carmilla| S2 E1 “Brave New World”)

(4) Season 0 (Carmilla| S0 E1 “Blast From The Past”)

(5) Season 3 (Carmilla| S3 E1 “I Know What You Didn’t Do Last Summer”)

(6) The Carmilla Movie (https://www.fullscreen.com/)- Requires paid membership. Free one-week subscription trial available.

Ciao!

#carmilla #carmilla movie #hollstein #asks

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