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ellsieee · 8 months
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Stay With Me didn't let us down! 😭 We got kisses and a confession. There is no way anyone can say it's not a BL now. 🙄 Not that there was any doubt even before that. The subtext was just too obvious.
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I can't believe they went there. Super sleuths have already found that it really is just lip balm, but the implication is clearly that Wu Bi's dad found his lube. Wu Bi why did you do your dad dirty like that? Don't smear your lube on his mouth! 🤣
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Wu Bi was about to confess but he chickened out. 😅 Shy Wu Bi is so cute. Wu Bi really can't live without Su Yu. He had never been that bitchy and rude to Mo Yi before, but now there's someone at home he wants to be with and has no time for Mo Yi's shit.
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First almost caught by Wu Bi's dad and now Mao Chong. Su Yu's nervous shifty eyes cracked me up. We all know he and Wu Bi have been doing something something in his room.
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They are so happy to see each other!😭Their smiles. Really, I can't. I love how much they love each other. I could not stop smiling watching them hug.
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Oh how I squealed. THEY ARE SO FRIGGIN CUTE!!! AHHHHHHH! This might literally be my favorite moment in the entire series.
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"Go cough somewhere else" lol. Poor Mo Yi. Right in front of his salad.
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Su Yu's little smile is EVERYTHING. I feel like we're missing a scene before this though. It just seems a bit out of place that Wu Bi would run up to kiss Su Yu at school and for Su Yu to not be surprised or embarrassed. I'm counting on that uncut release later. Actually I felt like the editing for these two eps was a bit choppy. I'm going to guess it's because they cut a bunch of stuff because it was too gay.
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I love all the subtle ways they show us they're boyfriends. Su Yu casually using Wu Bi as a leg rest, Wu Bi teasing Su Yu about him not knowing he's Wu Bi's most important person, Su Yu taking care of Wu Bi, and Wu Bi making not so subtle hints about their relationship in front of everyone. Why always in front of Doudou? Always! 😅
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The normally aloof Su Yu kissed Wu Bi! Again it's Su Yu's little smile after the kiss that makes it so sweet. The spoilers were actually true! I didn't think this would happen because in the behind the scenes Jiongmin had said there was no scene where he kisses Xu Bin, but here we are! Xu Bin's dream has finally come true. 🤭
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I was not expecting such an explicit confession! They tried to hide the gay a little by having Su Yu add the ocean part, but Wu Bi's qq screen name is 我想我是海 (I wish I am the sea) and so when Su Yu shouts 我爱你, 大海 (I love you sea), he is not so subtly telling Wu Bi that he loves him. Awwwww. ​​​🥹
But also, I have to drag production a bit on the terrible green screen CGI here. It looks so fake! Did they run out of money? How hard is it to film a sunset at a beach?
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No. Don't you dare Mo Yi. Fuck off. If the last two eps break my heart I'm going to consider SWM as having only 22 episodes where the boys are together and happy.
The girls on weibo only went a little crazy. I can't say I blame them. I was internally screaming last night too. I didn't see SWM on the main hot search but they were trending for a little while. Hopefully it was short enough where it didn't draw too much attention. 😅
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m00nchildwrites · 13 days
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I agree I can see where love was put into the Netflix atla adaptation (the actors alone all so great), but I’m sorry, the writing was NOT one of them.
The writing was not perfect. But considering the episode constraints and the fact that future seasons were uncertain, they did well. Future seasons allows for them to show us more, and of course, there are some things I am hoping to see in each of the characters coming up. But the absolute bashing of the Netflix live action across this platform just does not fit the reality of what the natla adaptation was. People treating it on equal footing in the "disaster" category as the M. Night Shyamalan hot mess is laughable and ridiculous.
The fact is that this adaptation did the show justice. The CGI was beautiful. The scenery was breathtaking. The costumes gorgeous. The fleshed out backstory of the air nomads the day of the comet? Lovely and appreciated. The removal of filler plots and condensing of others? To be expected with any screen adaptation. See LOTR. The actors? So well casted. The writing? Perfect? No, but again, the love and respect for the original is clear and the changes do not make or break the thing.
People act like everyone is so different from the show when they really are not that dang different. Katara still gets to show her anger- not as much- but again time constraints. Sokka still feels like Sokka, even if his misogyny was tuned way way down; it is still there, but in a realistic and subtle way. Aang is shown as the innocent kid he is and his struggle to accept his role is replaced more heavily with guilt for not being there, which is completely still our Aang, and that "kidness" the writing chose to focus on just exacerbates the tragedy that is the fact that he has to face the Fire Lord and end a war to save lives. Uncle Iroh was well done; he felt believable. I like the fact that they didn't make him flirt with June; it was creepy in the OG. Ozai is still evil and twisted, and the fact that he shows emotion during the Agni Kai with Zuko just makes him seem MORE twisted; my father was a sick, twisted psycho that enjoyed psychologically screwing with me. The thing is that he thought he was doing the father thing well, even with the mental, emotional, and physical abuse. Let me tell you, Daniel Dae Kim is killing it as Ozai. He was so believable it was borderline triggering. And Zuko is still the broody, angry, lost son wanting to just go home that he should be season 1.
Everyone has their own taste. Some will not like it and that's fine, but it is often so extreme on here that it seems perfomative in my opinion. But again, to each their own if that's how you really feel.
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scholastic-dragon · 1 year
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TMNT Stocking Stuffers
This could be taken as completely platonic or you could be dating one of them, or maybe even all of them!
Bay!Turtles x Gn!reader
Gathered 'round the TV
Word Count: 1.1k
Warnings: spelling mistakes, like 2 swear words, good family moments,
Summary: you find out Raph has never seen the 'Santa Clause' movies
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It was early December, a thick layer of snow covered anything it could stick its claws into. It was freezing and if you wanted to keep your fingers and toes you had to wear a minimum of three layers when leaving your apartment.
Living in the sewers had its problems, but the middle of a very cold winter was always the worst. With help from Donnie, April and Casey, a heater had been placed in each and every room.
It was nearly impossible for these boys to retain any heat so they were bundled as tight as they could manage. You were used as a personal heating blanket everytime you came over: not that you minded extra turtle cuddles.
But tonight was different. You were sitting pressed into Mikeys side, a thick blanket wrapped around your laps, cups of hot cocoa in both your hands.
"What. Did. You. Just. Say?" You drawl, scowling over into the kitchen, ignoring how Mikey shrunk down to avoid your gaze.
Raph sighed, moving into the kitchen doorway, leaning on his side and crossing his arms. "I don't get what the fuss is,"
"Say. It." You ignored how Donnie and Leo chuckled quietly from the other couch.
"I don't like the Santa Clause movies,"
You gasp, pointing an angry finger at him, sitting up more, leaning against the back of the couch. "That's blasphemous, you'd get burned at the stake for saying that to my family,"
Leo and Donnie fully chuckled at that, almost choking on their own drinks. To avoid you spilling yours, Mikey gently took your cup and set in on the coffee table, not bothering to hide his grin.
Raph scoffed, rolling his eyes with a large grin and turning back into the kitchen.
"What about it don't you like?"
Raph answered from the kitchen, standing -conveniently- out of your eyesight, you heard him moving around, getting some kind of dish and a few snacks. "I just get bored, the CGI was so bad I never finished it-"
"You've never watched it all the way through?!" You interrupt, hitting Mikeys shoulder when he covered his mouth with his fist to keep from laughing too loud.
"You know what, no, no," You shake your head, turning back to face the coffee table, getting out from under the blanket to snatch the remote from Leo's lap.
"Hey!" He wanted to be upset, but he was really intrigued to see what you were going to do.
"I'm putting it on, and we're all going to watch it and you're going to change your mind!" Sitting back down next to Mikey, you flick through the streaming services until you find Disney+.
"I'm not watching the movie," Raph laughs back from the kitchen, still out of eyesight.
"Yes you are,"
"Listen, I've tried, but I-" He tried to argue, failing to hide the amusement in his voice.
"Raphael get your ass in here and watch this movie with us!" You turn your head and gasp. At that exact moment, Splinter had wandered out of his room with an empty mug, he paused by the doorway with his eyebrows raised.
Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what he would do.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to swear," You quickly blurt out, hand covering your mouth. It was a 'rule' in the lair to not swear in Splinters presence, he found it a bit rude and disrespectful and asked to keep it to a minimum when he was around.
Raph peered out of the kitchen, holding a plate of cookies and a few candy canes.
Splinter sighed, glancing at Raph. "I believe you should listen to them, lest you wish to, how do you say, get knocked on your ass,"
Donnie had taken a sip of his hot cocoa and laughed right into the mug, getting it all over his lap and on his glasses. Leo's jaw dropped and he covered his mouth, praying he didn't laugh.
Splinter smiled at Raph, patting his shoulder as he walked last him to refill his mug. Raph shook his head, sighing and sitting down in his arm chair by Mikeys side.
"You're gonna watch it," You pointed a finger at him. "And you're gonna like it,"
"Yeah, yeah," He rolled his eyes, shoving a whole sugar cookie into his mouth.
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The end credits rolled, taking the remote you paused it, turning dramatically to Raph.
"Well?"
Raph scoffed, raising a hand out of his blanket to scratch his chin. "It was a movie,"
"Don't play that game," You felt Donnie start laughing beside you: during a break in the middle of the movie, he and Mikey switched spots. "What did you think of it?"
Raph rolled his eyes, throwing his head back against his chair. "CGI is still bad,"
"It's what makes it charming," You press, elbowing Donnie in the ribs. "What else?"
"What is this NCIS? What's with all the questions?"
"It's not fair of you to make that joke since you haven't watched that show either-" Donnie mused, head flying back as Raph threw a pillow at his face.
"Alright, you want my honest review?" Raph ran a hand down his face.
"Yes,"
"I think you're annoying, and too obsessed with Christmas,"
"That's it!" You stood, lunging toward him, but Donnie wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you back down onto the couch.
"Calm down, Killer," Donnie mumbled, barely straining to keep his arm around you.
"You're gonna get it," You glare at Raph, tapping Donnie's arm to let you go, he does and you slump back against the couch, arms crossed.
"Oh, I'm so scared of a 5'2 firecracker,"
Leo and Donnie jumped up this time to stop you from pouncing.
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A few days later you were coming down to the lair with a handful of different flavors of candy canes to try with Mikey.
He kept sending you tiktoks and links to crazy and disturbing flavors and you had -somehow- found most of them.
Stomping the snow off your boots and switching them for the slippers you kept there, you set out to look for the guys.
"Guys?" You call, the living room was empty and peering into the dojo, you see Mikey, Leo and Splinter meditating. You quietly, close the door and leave them.
Setting the candy canes down in the kitchen you head to Donnie's lab, excited to tell him that you found coffee flavored candy canes (I'm sorry I don't think these exist, sorry for getting your hopes up)
As you walk down the hall, you pass by Raphs room, hearing something playing and noticing the door was ajar.
Opening it a little further you see him laying on his side taking a nap, he's facing you, phone in hand playing a movie.
You smile, walking into the room and pulling his blanket up to cover his shoulder, glancing at his phone you see 'The Santa Clause' playing.
Standing up, you smile even wider. "I am so going to use this against you,"
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tags: @thelaundrybitch @turtle-babe83 @mysticboombox @strawberrycakeblog
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some-fiction · 1 year
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I'm also pro shipping matt with all the ladies, he definitely has chemistry with most of them but after seeing matt and Jen together they are at the top favorite pairing.
Oh, thank you for that ask, because I certainly have more things to say about that: First of all, I find it absolutely hilarious that some fans seem to take issue with the direction the new Daredevil seems to be going (well, let's wait how they are gonna present him in his own show... and maybe Echo... but ending his first longer appearance with a walk of shame sure is a glorious statement). I mean, have they seen the Netflix show? This is a ladies' man. And I wanna see more of that. Maybe they just know they will sound like misogynists if they bitch about Jen having sex, so instead they attack the depiction of their hero in the show...? Don't know. It just makes zero sense to me.
I do also think just like Jen he eventually deserves and needs a stable, honest and strong relationship that grounds him a little, but I also think it should be a messy long ride until we get there. Let him have fun. And just as important: Let the women he's with have some fun, because we have enough evidence - and not just hearsay - that this guy knows exactly what he's doing. Come on, with his senses he just has to!
What's weird to me is that the fanboys and fangirls (!) used to love when their hero was a player who had a lot of sex. I mean, isn't that why they want old school Bond back? A man who could have them all and then toss them aside? But Matt Murdock is different. Here's a guy who actually has respect for women. He sees Jen for who she is and shows her that. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think even comic canon also shows him as someone who has a lot of love to give. The casual and the meaningful kind. I don't expect him to be fully faithful all the time, by the way. He has his flaws, too. One of them is being indecisive. But he should feel awful about it, because he expects more of himself. We'll forgive him these missteps, not because he's hot, but because he doesn't come across like he plays with their feelings intentionally... So, anyone's lucky to have him, really. Unless it ends in a series of dead girlfriends....
Let's get to Jen. I really love her character. The writing is a little on the nose sometimes about the sexism in the superhero genre, but some reactions to the show make me feel that it's called for. Bad CGI aside I really like the comic take. I think She Hulk actually feels most out of place in the courtroom. I wish they'd use her there a little less, because Tatiana does a fabulous job and her expressions as Jen are just funnier. But in the actiony scenes She Hulk looks fine to me. It's over the top and not supposed to be grounded at all. And I always like a reluctant hero. She didn't ask for any of this. And she's now growing into the role. I like the light hearted take on the whole thing and I adore that Matt is actually the one who inspires her to put on her superhero outfit for the first time. I'm really looking forward to how she'll deal with what happened in the last episode and hope they find an original, gratifying solution to her journey.
Picking one OTP over all the other ships only results in shipping wars and I don't want that for any fandom. Glad you didn't use the term. But I've already said that Matt/Jen (Mattifer? Darehulk? Have we decided already?) is my favorite pairing right now and here are all my reasons why:
I already said that he inspired her to actually become She Hulk not just in the courtroom and she's enjoying it. He's a good influence!
Enough has been said about their chemistry. Oh yeah, I'm feeling it.
The banter. The flirting with those two seems to write itself. And expect lots of dorky lawyer jokes. Love it!
She Hulk is really strong and Matt wouldn't have to worry so much about her getting hurt which is always a huge problem for him. With her he really can let go!
He's all flustered in the bar and they are both smiling so much. This just looks like it could be a very healthy relationship that makes both of them happy.
That includes teasing each other. Matt really has more experience with the hero stuff and she should listen to him, but come on... he's also a showoff. Seriously. I enjoy a good hallway fight as much as Matt sure does, but her smashing into his parade (Hey! Who's show is this?!) was brilliant, too. Accept her help, babe. It can't hurt and we all want you alive and kicking. ;)
The way she just picks him up like a kitten and unmasks him: Lovely! I need more of that, please. And he handles it with charm and dignity intact. Just adorable.
Last but not least: She's Jen mostly when they're flirting which is a smart choice because we can see her reaction to him clearly and I'd like to point out that they even make it work with him in the mask! In the heartbeat moment he's in the mask and when they're sitting next to each other after the fight, too. We see his precious smiles, of course, but can you imagine what it would be like to see his eyes there, too? Oooof....
Okay and to be fair I have cons, too, where maybe another pairing could actually turn out to be more exciting, but that also depends on your taste:
Less drama: I feel like with those two there's not gonna be much of that and we as viewers often need some heartbreak to really get invested in a couple. But, you know, maybe some other ships will provide in that regard and in the end we'll see these two comfort each other and be happy together. I'd be okay with that. With the main problem being that they're in different cities and both have too much of an ego to move for a partner or get long distance to work.
They both have their own shows, so we're just not gonna get a lot of canon to work with here. Let's be real here.
These two are pretty equal and not everyone likes it that way. Some fans still prefer a dynamic where Daredevil is the protector. I feel he can still fill that role when it comes to her emotional state and I think that's plenty hot, too. To be honest, he has nothing to prove, because Matthew Murdock will always be a sexy badass no matter who he's with. In fact choosing to be with a woman who's physically stronger makes him a real man imho and may I remind you that his ass remained unwhooped (maybe assuming that whatever happens in the bedroom stays there... hehe...).
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tsuki-sennin · 1 year
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Hail to the King, baby! Ohsama Sentai! Kingohger! ...or is it King Ohger? I'll tag it both just in case. It's a brand new Sentai, for a brand new tag!
"Rejoice O Swarming Evil! You're My King!"
I am immensely excited, so no more delaying.
Spoilers, I guess...
-Five Heroes, and their God.
-Well, the CG is certainly... better!
-I love the look of this planet.
-Tikyu, I believe? Might as well just call it Yarph.
-The Bugnarak are coming back!
-Pardon you?
-It's all very stylized and detailed, I appreciate that a lot.
-Shugoddam! A... very funny name, I hope it's not foreshadowing.
-Ahhhh, a festival~!
-I feel at home already.
-Lots and lotsa bug folk!
-A ceremony?
-The kings are comin'~!
-A whole roundtable, coming forth.
-Hello, you must be Lord Racules.
-I am honored to make your presence.
-This is Queen Himeno of Ishabana.
-Oh lord, that's so much shiny.
-I mean no offense, your majesty, but this is almost certainly going to be the most CG heavy Sentai season yet.
-Toufu! ...that might be the dumbest name for any of these kingdoms.
-Kaguragi Dybowski! ...I didn't realize Poland was a country Toei even knew existed.
-Ah yep, this one! Everyone was talking about them a hell of a lot.
-King and Chief Magistrate of Gokkan. Has so much GNC swag that it practically emanates off them.
-Thank you for this, Toei, seriously.
-Chief Justice Rita, I love you already.
-And of course Yanma-shachou. Cyberpunk himself.
-I might end up calling you Yanmega by accident, sorry in advance.
-Oh fuck, he lives in Peta, run my lord, they're gonna use your autism to lie about milk!
-Here they come. Royalty in a procession of CGI.
-Legendary Swords~!
-Considering how big and important it seems to be, I'm assuming Shugoddamn's also the center of the land's religion?
-That's pretty neat, kinda like the Theocracy of Allistel from Radiant Historia.
-Oh shit, real location!
-Sorry, I don't mean to harp on the CGI so much, it's honestly not bad at all, but goddamn.
-I suppose this was the blood price to pay for the demand of real suits for every ranger.
-Gira! King of Evil!
-Conquer the world!
-Oh come now Kogane-san, you gotta get into it!
-Oh fuck, taxes.
-Hmmm... I'm sensing a corrupt bureaucracy in our midst.
-Gira comin' in to commit a crime.
-Too cringe for Kogane-san.
-Yeah! Get fucked!
-Doing it for the people!
-Quite a good guy, this King of Evil.
-No more petty squabbles. Now is the time for unity.
-King Racles, offers is life for the people of the world.
-Oop.
-Seems like we've already broken down.
-"You need me. You need my power."
-Yeah, I don't trust you, Racles.
-Damn, Rita don't fuck around, do they?
-"I'm the top", yeah that's what they all say.
-Jururira?
-Sounds tasty.
-Oh fuck, here they come.
-The bad guy bugs!
-Big Daddy Desnarak.
-"Move out, my minions- I mean, my friends! Royal Arms!"
-Have to admit, the CG's at least growing on me a lot more than I expected it to.
-Kogane!
-Homegirl's dying!
-"The King... he'll protect us."
-...seems like that was an empty lie.
-Dickhead king.
-Jesus Christ, this man is heartless.
-"Once Emperor Desnarak's head rolls, Yanma Gust's and the people of N'Kosopa shall soon follow."
-Right, you're super evil.
-Hotdamn, Himeno's kicking serious ass.
-Everybody is, holy crap.
-Damn Toei, I see you.
-Hohohohohoho!
-Yanma's haxxor powers are no match for divine tradition.
-So that's why they pushed the whole King of Evil thing so hard.
-All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies.
-Gira! Conquer the world in the name of God and people!
-Big Bug!
-"HOW!?"
-Qua God!
-March for the King of Evil, my friends!
-Royal Arms!
-Oooooooh, I love the amber
-You Are The King!
-Kuwagon! Let's fly!
-Oh my lord
-Okay, that's cool
-Shugod!
-Right out the gate! Time to combine!
-God has descended!
-Hot damn, I'm enjoying this a lot.
-Oh God, where did the Spider Shot come from
-"Insignificant worm! Bow before your King!"
-Yeah, this is gonna be a fun ride.
-Thank you, Kuwagon.
-The kings
-"Bring the traitor's head to me, minions!"
-Headed to N'Kosopa!
-Oh shit, ad read.
-OH FUCK ACE
-Ohhhhh, this is the SHT bumper.
-Sorry, the subs I usually find omit these.
-That's pretty sick.
-Love how he brought Big Sis Tsumuri with him, that's cute.
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greatwesternway · 1 year
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Who’s an engine who’s backstory you would change, and how? (LOVE your stuff!💚)
Molly, in that I would give her one.
Entire absence of backstory excluded, though, I actually find this a difficult question! It is my way generally to try very hard to reconcile all information given, even if it sucks. I enjoy the challenge of making unfortunate narrative choices work. Too, most of the stuff about various characters that I don't like are problems with the way they're used in the present, not the backstory itself.
For example, I almost went with Freddie because his backstory (that he is a very old engine who was sent away a long time ago and has now returned) is incongruent with everything else we know about the Skarloey Railway. But this is in a context where what we know has already been thrown out the window. Otherwise, I might press X to doubt about specifically when it was that Freddie was supposed to have worked there enough to learn the line so well, but I could buy it if Skarloey was the one excited to see him and not Sir Handel. That way, Freddie could be plausibly old, but not older than the Little Old Engines. Maybe he was just on loan to the SR for a few years or something, not long enough to be noted in the extensive information we've been given about the SR.
A lot of HiT era additions occurred to me as possibilities but most of them are variants of the two above scenarios: either they have no backstory to speak of or the backstory would be workable if the rest of the show hadn't forgotten who everyone in it was.
Considered Norman for a hot second because he doesn't really have a backstory as given, but I feel like the CGI gives you enough of him for you to want to know more. But again, that problem is just that he has no backstory. Except, I looked his ass up and apparently his backstory is that he feels he breaks down too often and Dennis is his twin brother? So he actually has a great backstory, it just never got used. What you could do with him, as an engine who wishes he could work harder if not for his apparent ails, who happens to be brothers with the laziest motherfucker to ever grace Sodor's rails? Hmm!
Also briefly hovered on Hugo, because of all the characters that have ever been introduced, he's the only one that I just do not find interesting in any way. But I actually like having at least one guy on this goddamn show who didn't manage to grow on me after I decided I didn't like them.
But then I remembered.
If I could change any engine's backstory, it would be Stanley.
Stanley was introduced in The Great Discovery, which is in my opinion, the worst of the movies. Yes, even worse than Misty Island Rescue. Yes, even worse than Thomas and the Magic Railroad! Because while both of those movies are just dreadful, they are at least not boring. There's enough fucking wat shit going on in them that they keep you busy with lampoons. Caint say the same for The Great Discovery. The Great Discovery is like if you were trying to scientifically engineer a way to reflexively make someone check their watch that they do not have in the year of our lord 2022.
Also, Stanley has the same backstory (such as it is) as Ryan, but with Ryan it was executed better.
Stanley seems like a cool guy in the CGI though. Honestly, I would love if he'd gotten an episode or two. I think he deserves it. I think he's probably only in the CGI because he got a surge in popularity after the guy sent his toy into the stratosphere, but it's a waste just to have him do cameos. But it's hard when all he's got going for him character-wise is he came to sub in for Thomas and Thomas got smuckers about it but now they cool. Conflict's been resolved so what else you got?
I think I read somewhere that he's military surplus? And his livery looks medical. He's generally used for shunting and there's that one moment in "Pouty James" where James demands to know where the coaches he was pulling the day before are and Stanley has to tell him, all retail-like, that Edward took them for the day. He's described as empathetic, but I think if one reframed it more as him having good bedside manner... Like a nurse, though, not a doctor.
I think it'd make a nice comparison to Victor who also has good bedside manner but because he actually works in what is effectively engine medicine, he almost never needs to bust down an engine's sense of entitlement since he's taken as the authority to begin with. Stanley works in a position that, if one is not careful with how they let other engines treat them, can lend one to getting pushed around and taken advantage of.
So he's all smiles and helpfulness and optimistic of outcomes and he'll put up with some hysterics because he understands about delicate train feefees and egos and that how he's being treated in this moment isn't about him, but there eventually would come a point where he'd have to say enough was enough. He'd still do it in a way that de-escalates because he'd rather go along to get along and he ain't out to make others feel bad, but it would be clear there'd be no further histrionics in his yard over who got what stock today. Someone, somewhere, is getting their legs sawn off and they would love to be an engine taking cars of scrap to Reg's instead.
(Thanks for the question and the compliment! :D )
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ben-the-hyena · 8 months
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I have a weird tendancy to hate characters or at least have a hard time getting attached solely for their mouth designs. Whenever I look at them I grow so angry that it becomes one of the reasons why I won't watch it and that even if I did watch it and liked it one of the reasons why I will not like the character
Lilo ? Her mouth so big it looks like a omatone. That zoo human in that human eoo episode of Steven Universe very familiar with Greg ? I LOATHE cat mouths on people so I already disliked him even if he were nice. Luz ? One of the reasons why I didn't watch the Owl House (and later on whenever I see clips or gifs I am not interested at all either and even annoyed) is because I fucking hate her upper lip it looks like Stonetoss drew her, as well as how other characters' mouths are drawn in general (Eda and that green haired bitch ? Smug "3" and I told you what I think of cat mouths. Raine ? Their mouth so pointy and downward I can't understand how people find them cute. Nimona ? One of the reasons why I didn't watch it is how she always has a "I just farted" cat/smug mouth and when doesn't a mouth full of Tumblr sharp teeth on that makes me want to ragequit. Séléné ? (You may not know her she is from French comics De Cape et de Crocs) in almost all panels she is in she always has an ":o" expression because she is constantly shocked and surprised and because her lips are plump it looks like an anus to me and I never could stand her as a kid for that (also why Dolores from Encanto angers me just looking at her always with her :o mouth and her lips are so red it looks like a swollen anus most of the time). The Hatbox Ghost in the HM movie ? A reason why I backed off from going seeing it is that he is so ugly his mouth is too, he looks like a chimp mixed with an early 2000's Dr Seuss character (which are fun movies but AWFUL TO LOOK AT) with too big teeth it's uncanny WHY COULDN'T THEY MAKE HIM MORE LIKE THE ANIMATRONIC ITSELF?! Holga from Atlantis the Lost Empire ? Everybody found her hot and I almost did then she ALWAYS had that constipated mouth on with her mouth doinf a 90° angle and teeth always gritted, it's not sexy she suffers from hemmoroids. The whole cast of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ? I watched it JUST once because I couldn't stand any of the mouth-related expressions either too big or too small or literally forming an 0 which had little me cringe hard. A reason why even before all the controversies and shit story telling of HH and HB I didn't watch to watch the pilots ? Because too big Tumblr sexymen fanged mouths, too many mouths that open the whole face when smiling and too many imps making me imagine them with Stitch's (another character I like ONLY when his mouth is closed, his teeth and omatone shape always made me uneasy) voice and noises. The human-like characters in the Hotel Transylvania franchise ? They are fun with nice cartoony mouths most of the time but whenever they have a tiny cartoony mouth with semi realistic CGI texture OOF good those are temporary. Most Miraculous Ladybug male characters when they are not meant to be attractive ? Either they have super wide thin mouths making them look like Muppets or on the contrary have eeny tiny mouths that are plump so it looks dispropportionate and when they smile it's once again a 3. In fact realistic/semirealistic lip textures on CGI cartoony-looking characters always miffed me I always wondered why bothering with THAT detail while other characters like Mario male characters are fine without it, it's so uncanny ! So much I even used to hate lips as a little kid, I would often pinch my lips to the mirror (you know, the contrary of ducklips), find what I daw great, and wonder why it couldn't be the standard for anyone thinking it looked awful on everybody before growing used to it growing up but really I still will react badly to it in drawings (I wonder why. There is to be psychology but what ?!)
Characters mouths if they don't fit very weirdly specific standards I have fill me with rage and will ruin my fun and I DO know it is very personal and not a real flaw to a movie or comic, but I for one know I just physically can't
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bipirate · 1 year
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ok i've finished fma: the final alchemy. final thoughts under the cut but the tldr is that it was mediocre and tried to put way too much plot in 2 hours and 15 minutes. i think out of the 3 movies i think the 2nd one was the best
things i liked:
GREED. he was perfect. perfect casting for both ling and greed :)
the costumes were once again great. loved greed's goth little outfit
olivier mira armstrong. she was so hot. the only war criminal i would risk everything for
though the execution wasn't great, i can at least appreciate the fact that they tried to salvage that mess of the first movie's plot to be more manga-accurate. and i think they did an ok job rearranging scenes that couldn't be salvaged into an at least decent and logical plot
ed's actor is so good and perfectly cast and truly the saving grace of all of these 3 movies
OH! they actually ended mustang's arc with him NOT using a stone and getting his eyesight back!!!!! i like that a lot! this is how it should be!
it was a bad movie but it was very enjoyable to watch, unlike the first one of these. that one was boring as hell
things i didn't like:
the cgi was worse in this movie than in the previous 2 tbh. i feel like the animators and sfx artists were probably working under severe crunch conditions, especially considering how close to each other these last 2 movies were released
set design: i praised the 2nd movie for the decent set design and they threw all that away here lmao like 75% of the sets were gaping empty green screen sets and it was ugly. this combined with the bad cgi just didn't make for interesting visuals
the wigs........ how can the costumes be so good but the wigs so atrocious
mustang's actor being the 3 time champion of the 'go king give us nothing' award
too much plot in too little time.... they tried and i commend them for that but it just didn't work. maybe if the first movie had actually been manga accurate they could've done a lot better
i think my biggest issue with this movie (and the previous one) is that the changes to the plot made certain scenes less emotionally impactful, be it from a lack of buildup or a complete tone shift that wasn't present in the original. An example of the previous movie is the first scar confrontation where ed's arm gets blown up and scar almost kills him. i mentioned this in my post about the previous movie, but that scene didn't land because it came on the tail end of a really upbeat and silly scene, in contrast to the manga/anime, where ed and al were extremely sad and questioning everything about alchemy and themselves after hearing of nina's death. In this movie, they really rushed the plot of the entire second half of the series. greed's arc especially got cut short. you don't feel any sense of danger for ling because not even 10 minutes after he gets turned, we're shown that he can take his body back and that greed has already turned his back on the other homunculi. in the manga, greed worked for the homunculi for at least a couple of months while the plot went on in the background. the scene where greed kills bido and has a breakdown about his previous life, which was the whole catalyst for him breaking ties with the homunculi, is not featured at all (because they never included greed and the devil's nest in the plot). this makes his subsequent arc of learning the power of friendship underwhelming at best, nonexistent at worst
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castle-dominion · 9 months
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castle 5x23 the human factor (my nickname is the pigeonbomb episode bc they used to train pigeons to peck on screens to direct bombs where to go & pigeons were legit the smartest pattern recognition bomb pilot target homing things until AI came along)
Jim beckett? No not jim becks. Toy glider? Foreshadowing
WOAH IT JUST,, EXPLODES!?? (was that HIS car that exploded?)
Castle playing tanks & artillery fire from above? Yeah more foreshadowing. (hold on-- this man hes set up pyrotechnics in his living room... THE SPECIAL (inc practical) EFFECTS TEAM GOT TO DO THAT TOO RC: YES IT CAN ((I love his voice)) Remember when the suez canal got blocked? That was... something. "He uses the camera on the tank to watch her get dressed appreciatively." RC: Or less I love how he's just using the tank to watch her, & then she looks for him, hears the tank, & sees the tank just look up at her slowly shfdjksdhjksdfh it was so good (they had to cut in a different take of her throwing the cloth on the tank)
Castle can answer the phone for her sdjsdflksdfh
Guys in fancy outfits+helmets esposito's hair <3 & beckett's coat <3 I don't much like it but it is still really nice idk if that is how you secure a car tho... Ah yes the feds. Well if the feds have it covered then the feds have it covered. & if they find evidence, they might as well share it. What if they brought back jordan shaw? That would be fun guerrero I love the way esposito pronounces it JE: Trust me he's not gonn'a budge KB: Agent Guerrero! JE: *throws up hands in a shrug of defeat & exasperation*
Throw his line right back at him. Oh you're excused, that car is part of my murder investigation. We will arrest YOU for obstruction. You can have it once we are done with it & we will share with you our findings.
Ryan: *walks up from nowhere* this stinks
KB: Well, we don’t have a body, we don’t have a crime scene, and we don’t have any witnesses, but-- RC: At least we have each other. KB: We still have a homicide to solve. RC: And that.
Sus individual there staring at her. He's another agent probably. thought u said u didn't have witnesses Was the wallet there intentionally? blown half a block away? to let the cops learn abt it? Dale Tanner.
Nice. Good for him. Good on him! Like the catgirl who released the nofly list probs bc he was revealing crap that the government did, duh
That kid looks like a 30yo playing a 16yo but barely scraping 21. The less you know the better, that's true. Sean is right
Nice green tie on ryan. (stripey jacket cool too.) where's esposito tho?
The big boys XD they took his frickin site offline? Someone had better make sure it was on archive.org! This is SO a coverup
Esposito wearing a shirt I would wear bc it is too hot for a sweater but I need long sleeves to cover up, it is grey, like this is SO smth I would wear, but it is not smth I'd wear to church. Well /maybe/ to church. I like the way it is nice & down on the one side but it rides up on the other bc he has his badge & gun strapped there on his jeans. (also blue jeans? At least wear black jeans at work bro)
No ...But this traffic camera did
Love her hair this room is too dark tho the way ryan is standing & then when he goes to sit he places his hands there like that ooh.
This is why you don't threaten to kill someone she's right, his website was not for himself, it probably COST him tbh.
Ryan's hair is too short. Maybe if he loosened the tie & opened the very top button.
Where did they get a photo of that angle
Love the cgi XD this is great. Let me watch an audio commentary of this with the special effects/stunt crew. (it just clips thru the top of the car XD) UNMANNED aerial
Where did they get that pic?
Esposito, Ind Military Ryan *flicks paper* Esposito: Hmmm no (also "smoke a guy" is a great way to say kill someone) Becks: Well actually, according to the encycleopedia mlmklnjknmlkkmnj Esposito: Why do YOU TWO get to go? I thought I was ind military!
RC: What is going on here? Do you really think the military took him out? Me: absolutely. He was def posting damaging true information that nobody would actually care about KB: I don’t see how they could. Me: drone strike? Like the way he was killed? RC: Because they wouldn’t cross that line? Me: they would, & they have tho KB: Because in my experience huge bureaucracies don’t act with that kind of efficiency. Me: Ah. Indeed. She is so right when she says that. RC: Well that’s comforting. KB: No wild theories about the military industrial complex? RC: I just don’t want to believe my country could do something like this. Me: except they can, they have, & they do, & they will continue to [The elevator dings and opens.] KB: Me neither. Me: Well it makes sense to hear it coming from a pig ig
Lol the way they open the door Yes, an incident, the incident was a murder. Classified classified classified, not giving information, not denying too much of the information the cops already have (reminded me of "the cops already know everything about... me & ur mom! Up top!" I sometimed just remember that & I laugh every time)
Nothing was said here,,,??? don't bother. It's classified. My family: It's a matter of national security. In a "hello newman" tone dripping with distaste: Terrence Meyers. The blinds were open tho, that's smth, mum suggested it was on purpose
Castle & me: which, actually, is not so wild no way they hit it by mistake tho if it was a mistake then they still would send ppl in to cover up the fact that it was a mistake
KB: We’ve been played. They just met with us to find out where everything was and what we knew and then they grabbed all the evidence.
See? he did have a paying job. He needed to have a paying job he could drone away at (WAIT I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THAT PUN PURPOSEFULLY) while doing his passion project on the side. Like my brother. Works at a hospital part time while doing art on the side. Or like me, I have a stupid line cooking job (at least I have a team) & I record audiobooks on the side (along with writing & gardening & chores & enjoying things like castle & fiddling oh & the occasional volunteer work)
Is omar a middle-eastern name? I feel like they would blame him for things if he is. ST: try "never" cops can lie to you. They could be saying "omar is in danger" but omar could be their suspect.
Btw omar was a FORMER student that colleagues recognized, they knew "he graduated, he should not still be here" & so they were able to tell ryan that. How lucky! (wait I think technically that is a question mark...) They were able to say, yes, someone was hanging around him, yes, I recognize him, yes, I can give you a name, no he is not a current student (if he was I would just think it was a student meeting a teacher), yes I remember his name from the past, no I indeed do not believe that he might have still been taking classes. & then ryan was able to find a girlfriend? & then talk to her? & she gave up information to the cops that her sweetheart did hush-hush work with a truth seeking anti government prof?
tell omar YOU'd like to meet? does sean know omar well enough then? Oh wait maybe it's bc omar knows that dale got murked & sean could tell him what's going on.
Becks "he couldn't make it" is not the right thing to say. Omar might think you're torturing him for information, omar might think sean is in danger & you're trying to protect him but he's still in danger, girl you should have said sean was safe
IT'S THE GUY lmao part-time IT guy bc apparently tanner can't put stuff up on his website but yk what tbh i understand the frustration with digital media
Gun is falling out of its holster huh silencer...
Robert Williams? That is such a james smith john doe daniel sullivan name
Beckett looks good in that purple shirt the interrogation room is too dark tho. It needs to be brighter in that room.
I like their back+forth, it's nice. it's good.
RW/S is silent when she enters the room. She moves slowly and sits on the other side of the table. Neither says anything for a long moment. KB: What’s your name? He shrugs. RW/S: Does it matter? It’s not like we’re going to get to know each other. KB: Who had Dale Tanner killed? (he’s silent) Were you a part of it? Or was your job just to clean up the mess? RW/S: You’re tenacious. I respect that. KB: Was Omar Dixon a part of the mess? RW/S: He went into hiding. By the way, how did you manage to draw him out? KB: I’ll be asking the questions. RW/S: You just won’t be getting the answers. KB: We’ll see. I can keep you for 24 hours and I fully intend to do so. RW/S: You have me for five more seconds. Use them well. They faceoff until there’s a knock at the door. Ryan sticks his head in but KB doesn’t move. KR: Beckett? You’ve got a phone call. RW/S: Time’s up. KB is stoic as she leaves the room. She’s not letting him win. Girl tell Ryan to hold the call, say you’ll be out in five minutes & then just sit there in silence against robert williams/stack for five minutes straight & then go answer the phone Also how is it almost exactly five seconds
mister attorney general? first of all is that how you address someone? second I'm glad she did NOT make him hold for five minutes the way she stands up tho
HEY HEY SHE GETS SMTH IN RETURN HECK YEAH BECKS
I wish they would open up the diaphragm just a little bit more, wait I just googled it my 9th grade phtography teacher misinformed me or maybe I just heard wrong that entire trimester. They need a smaller aperture for a greater depth of field. He took a step & was immediately blurry. It bugs me. Let more of the show be in focus please.
RW/Jared Stack: You are not supposed to RC: ,!,?
lmao of course he was under scrutiny by the FBI, DHS, pentagon, & the NYPD counterterrorism unit, the govt hates ppl like him
deniability? really? you're just admitting to being ready for a coverup? Ok here's the thing. Castle spews crazy theories but remember back in s1? he was smart af, he just broke down every little thing about beckett & regurgitated her own backstory to her, he is smart af
When they answer their phones it looks like they are on the homescreen lol
u can shut the blinds but uh the door is glass too. (so why have blinds?) Also if castle is here watching the feed why can't the other cops? the REAL cops?
Poor pilot, they lost control of the drone, they tried fixing it, they called comms & comms tried fixing it, then his drone got a target & then fired a missile & he was sitting there unable to make it stop. btw it is unmanned, isn't it? Where is the pilot & where is comms?
KR: Why is it so hard to believe? People hack in to banks all the time. The Pentagon, NASA. JE, insane: Yeah, but a drone? Maybe the pilot was just pretending he wasn’t flying. KB: No, no, you can’t fake that kind of panic. The voice actor who played the pilot: RC: *crazy theory* KR: *nodding in agreement, he's the real crazy one for believing castle's half-joking theories* JE: *disappointed in his partner* KB: *shares a look with esposito, amused by castle's spin*
I haven't felt the need to clip anything yet (except maybe "i'm even wearing a mask") but I might clip the sentient machine theory & the reactions of the detectives.
KR: So for all we know we’re looking for some 14 year old nerd with a computer? Me: That's highly likely JS: It’s not likely. Me: oh JS: Whoever did this had to know how to defeat the signal encryption and have the software to run the drone. Me: still sounds like a 14yo nerd.
In fact, I think I pointed to my brother around this scene during my family watch. He is actually 18, not 14, but to me he is still my baby brother. & I'm the 18yo, not him. I feel like I'm 18 & he's 14 & I feel like my older brother is also 18 but like an older 18. I feel like he's 18 & a half. maybe 19. maybe 20. But I'm 20. Gosh now I feel old. I can't say "I am a child" anymore, in fact I have been trying to break that habit for two years. I was at least still an adolescent until recently. This is messed up. Apparently people with neurodivergencies mature slower than ppl without, which makes sense, plus with divergencies that impact executive functions, the functions also improve more slowly. I probably do have the maturity of an 18yo & the executive functions of a 16yo. But at the same time I was apparently so mature that when I made friends (with a 40yo trans woman I thought was 30) she thought /I/ was 30. We're both trans & trans ppl have discovered the secret to eternal youth, or just ambiguous age as well as ambiguous gender. I mean, split the difference between her age & mine u get 30... I'm so glad I took an extra year of high school, it gave me time to still be a teenager, it gave me time to mature at my own pace.
Anyway yeah this has big kittygirl nofly list vibes
RC: Wow. And here I thought we all had bonded.
Wait his last name is legit warburg? "overcame" ocd by which you mean he was able to eliminate some symptoms & learned to manage the rest?
RC: Warburg. Sounds like a Bond villain, right? Petting his cat while forming a plan for world domination. And what is that plan, you ask? KB: Actually I didn’t ask. RC: Talking to the boys. (to rysposito) To create a drone army. JE: *runs his hand over his face like "ugh this man"* RC: A drone army that can think. That possesses awareness. KR: *face slowly lightens up in consideration* RC: And who better than the programming genius who designed their software to give them that spark of life? Me: the fourth law of robotics is if it turns evil u gotta make its eyes turn red
Yeah. Haven't you seen that tumblr post about the individual who was behind one third of wikipedia? He was a smart dude who wanted to put information out there & ppl said "wow he looks like what you'd expect for some guy sitting on his computer all day, putting information on a free site" like girl shut up about his appearance & besides he's a nerd not a model.
But you said he "overcame" his ocd
1984 but in 2014 or whenever this show was released. He is not wrong. We live in a surveillance state, at least I do up in canada & my fellows to the south do.
RC: He wasn’t building a drone army, he was preventing one from being built. I was pretty close. KB: If by close you mean opposite. Me: it was still close! He was still right about this guy having a specific far-end stance on a drone army, castle just got the side switched. What makes you think he killed dale? I still think that maybe tanner was killed by the government & warburg was RIGHT in the first place.
Unless the book collection was not one of his obsessions & he never had compulsions
I need to clip this once I won't wake up my family by turning the volume up enough to film. It is great. Also castle TOTALLY did not bail! (but the poor guy just destroyed it XD. Then again he's rich. In fact, the helicopter one broke that day when he had a broken knee. "survivors?") He was holding the bat hella weird tho & totally missed. I thought he was a new yorker, don't those folks like baseball? Why does he have a bat in his bedroom? Is it specifically a weapon?
Poor ryan! Beckett & castle are literally in bed! In fact, castle probably fell asleep & beckett got up & yoinked the radio toys! It is surely after midnight... well maybe 11pm. Maybe they want 9 whole hours of sleep (more likely to be 6 tho, adults need less sleep than teens, even tho adults still should get like 7.5h) & they are often awake by 6.30 making coffee (like that time they were awake but in pyjamas & they got a call & asked "who would be calling at 6.30 in the morning?") so they would need to be asleep by midnight. Ye. Ryan should go HOME.
Why does she answer with her name if she has him in caller ID & he knows who he is calling? maybe bc castle might answer? Love ryan's mug. but he should go home to bed now.
Are those the SAME books or...?
RC: Ah… that aroma. Old leather and moldering paper. It’s official. I love this place. Castle writer moments <3 Hey storm season is not a current book, babes, it is leftover stock! It has been years! I like this bookshop clerk dude. Mum totally thought he would recognize Castle. I think it would have been funny if castle were to grab a sharpie (obviously he has a marker on him at all times /gen) & write "wow, sad" on the clearance sign & then autograph it or smth.
Beckett's COAT! I love double breasted coats, this one is a Detective Coat with the colour, the double breast, it even has a tie around the waist, it looks so good on her, & then not rly detectivey but I like the neck of it too. It is a very tall neck with buttons on it, it is very wide, & it is just rly great, rly nice.
Ah, a bicycle. Nice. Oh wait mum was right! He IS looking at castle with suspicion! *castle picks up the book he wrote* (it's like that scene in Bolt or w/e the movie was called, where they are looking at Bolt like "I recognize you" & there is a truck advertising bolt's movies behind him, then the truck leaves, & another truck with a pic of the dog came by & left, & then a third even.)
Wait nvm castle picks up the book once beckett is on the phone. RC: Seriously? (implied: the clearance table? Really?) Martin: Yeah but it's a nice book RC: Thank you
farmland my beloved "pretend you don't see the sign" beckett opened up her jacket top! Looks great!
KB: Maybe Warburg is here. It is remote and secluded. RC: I just had a deeply disturbing thought. Me: That noone can hear you scream? KB: Much like most of your thoughts?
ugh I hate being deaf. they would DEF have gotten shot lol
She has an ankle gun!?! *castle just takes it* *castle also does not have a license to carry, though he is a good shot* *doesn't prep the gun at all, check that it's loaded, turn off the safety, or cock a bullet into the chamber*
(I could clip this tbh)
His marksmanship is fine! He shot the 10ring all three times in s1! & in s3e1 he shot someone WHO WAS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HER so he MUST have good aim!
RC: Nothing can take that away from me. KB: These are blanks
"I am the cops"
Simon Warburg: Check out the quad. It’s my favorite. RC: Oh sweet! *touches it* SW: *turns it on for a sec to chop at castle's hand* RC: OW! SW: Payback for wrecking my drone
Oh. Just. said u killed him. But do you mean indirectly? Shy asks why, I think he took it to mean how. How? Well, this is how, I did this thing, then he did that thing, then Dale Tanner & I actually DID know each other, smth that y'all didn't know u just knew I could control drones & he was killed by a drone, then he died, & it is all my fault. I did not kill him directly but my actions led him to his death.
SW: Intelligence support said there were three high ranking Afghan militants in this car. It was the right make and model traveling at a high rate of speed, so the drone pilot was given the green light to strike. But then he saw those red dots on the trunk and he had a feeling. So he aborted the mission. There were no militants in that car; the red dots were roses because the young couple driving down that desert rode had just gotten married. That’s when I knew I could no longer be a part of the drone program. SW: Because the next generation of drones won’t have pilots. The new AI software will give drones decision making capability. They’ll assess the data and take lethal action all on their own. Although humans were p bad at it & pigeons were literally better than humans until computers came along. As soon as an accident happens ONCE, they will change the AI & it will not happen again. Or just keep training pigeons. SW: Those new drones would turn that car to ash without hesitation. That’s why, when lives are at stake, we need a man who sees roses. We need the human factor. & then he doesn't deny that he killed dale tanner.
SW: Note the user-friendly interface. I’m rather proud of it. I love him. ind ocd
Episode title
SW, finally communicating: Well I meant my software led to his death. But I didn’t do it.
Except that don't they need hardware too or smth? they can't just use software on any computer...
What is the difference between a flash drive & a usb?
"I'll get it" JE: Yo. How about I just talk, jackass? esposito looks awesome Turn off your phone maybe?
Ryan mesmerized by the tech lol. he so cute KR: Man, talk about big brother. JS: Wear sunglasses, let your bangs hang down over your forehead. It totally messes with the software. Wear heavy makeup. Paint random colored shapes all over your face. Wear a mask, hold cotton balls in your cheeks, do reverse contour with pixelated paints of makeup, change your eyebrows, wear one of those dangly chains that goes from your earring to your nose ring... Mess up your forehead, between your eyebrows, nose bridge, cheeks/undereyes, lips, & chin. An over-eye mask can bung up recognizing whose face, but the ai can still recognize that it IS a face. Wear a wedding veil. Although sunglasses & face masks don't work as well anymore in 2023
beirut, didn't that place blow up a few years ago? Dual citizenship, huh. How did you get him? Oh. He has connections Is that... polite or kind?
I totally thought he was going in there with her.
He's right. Omar: Because I like being alive, that’s why. Somebody put a bomb in his car. I had people chasing me. So the next question is: where is the dead drop?
NO IT CAN'T BE HIM BUT IT IS ISN'T IT
Oof... I have been rooting for dale tanner for this entire time but I can see where this kid is coming from. These sacrifices that the common person has to make... it is not right. this kid is def a teen...
blurb for the book was worth a shot lol
Oh no a five years from now question maybe she DOES want to be there five years from now! Maybe she likes her job & doesn't feel the need to climb the ladder! Like that lady from tesco who puts on the reduced price for quick sale stickers & loves it! JS: I used to work homicide, too. Chicago. ‘til some guy tapped me on the shoulder. Today I’m that guy. autonomy? really? I've seen season six, this ain't how he pitches it. that "i'll be talking to you" is so,,, knowing
printers are already alive.
RC: Because with people, all decisions are personal. Hits a string RC: And where one person might see roses another may see the chance to move on from an old life and on to a new one. WAIT Does he know?
girl nothing is not a normal answer. Why not tell your lover "hey I got a job offer lmao, isn't that crazy? But I'm flattered ig." & then you have that conversation.
k I spent nearly 3 hours on one episode, that is twice as long as I allow myself & 4x as long as an episode. Yucky. Granted, I DID have the volume too low to listen while typing so I HAD to pause.
Thing is, I didn't even clip anything from it. I'll need to go back tmrw & clip it. & then I'll clip everything I want to from s3 bc it is due at the library & I didn't get many (if any) clips, then I'll make sure I got all my clips from s4 bc once I was done binge watching it I was informed that s5 was due in 3 days (it's been a week lol) so I binged it & got all my clips quick & I didn't listen to the audio commentaries. Now here's the thing. s3 is due after s5 tho so maybe I should listen to the audio commentaries now before giving back s5 & I can clip s3 after. I think I have the last half of the s4 episodes clipped tho so lucky me.
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blue-kyber · 1 year
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I've completely finished Novoland: The Castle in the Sky, and now I'm sad.
Normally I don't like romance dramas. I find them to be cringy, cheesy, and superfluous with all the 'will they won't they, love triangles, oh no! Hey, jealousy!' but I really got into this one.
I had to suffer through 8 episodes where the main focus was on the female lead pining over her teacher, and acting like a super annoying, love-sick, preteen writing his name with hearts in her diary. I had to skip past the song scenes with a heavily rose-tinted vingette filter they used in long, drawn out deep longing stares into each other's eyes.
Yes. I get it. Xue Jing Kong is extraordinarily hot. I will not contest that. Albeit stoic to a standoffish point. I'd be staring, too. But that's a little bit too much too many times.
I get some people get fluttery hearts over that, but I was like... Story, please? Move onto the story, please?
I started getting into it after episode 8 where their relationship started to have weight, and the series started to have a PLOT!!
Then it got really, really good once story-driven elements came into play that complimented the love story.
Once they both got their heads out of their asses about actually COMMUNICATING, I became invested in them as a couple.
There are so many issues with this series. Most of them I could overlook. Some of them, ... .like.... How in the dingus nuts did you guys comes to THAT conclusion??? omg, What are you doing?! Just tell him you didn't kill her! Come on, tell him your back still hurts from having your freakin' WINGS CUT OFF instead of insisting you're fine when you and he and the audience clearly knows you're not!
And obviously there are elongated death scenes, bad timing scenes, lots of blood, plenty of stabbing both physically, emotionally, and politically, and overacting drama for the sake of drama... because it's a drama.
All in all, I really did enjoy it. There were some prime humor elements, too - like how Xue Jing Kong gets drunk from one small cup of wine. He just stumbles and freezes for a while as though waiting for the world to stop spinning. Boy can't hold ANY liquor. :D The actor did a fantastic job here. I think I have a squish on him now. I love his use of magic so much. :) That hit the right points for me. (Or just a squish on the actor, Jeremy Tsui, because HOT DIGGITY DAMN IS THAT MAN HOT ENOUGH TO MELT FROZEN CHOCOLATE HOLY SHIT. Plus, he's only a couple of years younger than me. :) )
The acting improved a lot once the actors really got into their characters. The ending seemed rushed, though.
I want a season 3 that utilizes their beautiful wings a lot more. There wasn't nearly enough wing content. They had a bigger budget than last season, and plenty of CGI magic, so there's no excuse here.
If I don't get a Novoland: The Castle In The Sky season 3 with Jeremy Tsui in it, I will fucking riot.
They can put the castle back in the sky. They've done far more far-fetched things in this series.
If you don't know who he is, this is he as the character.
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And he's in my age group. Sorry, kids. We millennials get this one. :)
Yup. It's a squish.
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Too Old to Handle
Has anybody noticed in today’s Hollywood that there's barely anyone over the age of 50 that has a supporting role, let alone in a leading role? (I said barely, not never)
Where are the old wise people with grey hair and wrinkly faces pointing in some direction, and utters words of advice and makes you bowl of hot soup before you venture out? I miss that.
I don't care to see in every, single movie or TV show, some snot-nosed fourteen-year-old or seventeen-year-old "actor" pretending to lead a resistance on whatever planet; or some twenty-year-olds masquerading as teenagers thinking they know, huh-huh, everything. STOP IT! STOP! IT! If I didn't know better, I might conclude that the entertainment business has a child fetish.
And don't get me started on today's soundtracks. I never would have thought in my lifetime we went from the great Sir John Williams to the pathetic Hanz Zimmer. Let me be clear on this: Zimmer does not compose music. PERIOD! Zimmer is nothing but a glorified DJ that records and combines whale queefs and screaming voices into something that he calls "music". Then the movie producers say, "Wow! What a great soundtrack!" There are some who so "this is music evolving." Uh, no. If anything, it's the devolving of music. Also, nobody wants to hire a big name like Williams anymore—he's too expensive, but his music is quality. (Not forgetting other quality composers e.g. Danny Elfman, Alan Silvestri, and the late James Horner) For Zimmer, he puts together some random percussions and synthesizers, never composing ANY memorable themes.
And what is with all this CGI lighting? I can tell that the actors are in a different place because no amount of careless CGI lighting will ever fool me. Rather it takes me OUT of the movie, having me think "I thinking I could have done better." There is no longer art behind setting up a scene. I can tell. It looks like I'm watching a live-action film set in photoshop. What's shameful is that the producers don't care anymore, which makes sense because 90% of the audience that goes to the movies are usually stoned out of their minds; so they go back and get concessions, they finish and go back and get more concessions, they finish, so they go back and get concessions, they finish and so they go back and get more concessions. Sounds like someone's getting rich at the theater, and it ain't any of us.
If I'm not getting quality from a movie, I don't think tickets should be one flat rate. Not at all. Something from the mind of Steven Spielberg or David Lynch—$20. Something like 2 Fast 2 Furious—$5.
Now, I feel that some of you are pulling away with the last comment. But seriously, there is no real story in the Fast and Furious movies, just a bunch of festering drivers who seem to be constantly constipated, so they race to the nearest toilet. Just look at the title itself. There's going to be a bunch of kids who are going to think that's how one spells "too". Then they're going to think it's okay to drag race down an empty highway at night, and it is NOT! PEOPLE WITH A LIFE SLEEP! I don't need to hear brainless bucketheads burn rubber at all hours of the night. Forget calling the cops, they're too busy finding new things to do with their doughnuts' hole.
And the school teachers can't teach children anything because the parents are like "You should not be correcting my child, let him spell how he wants!" Teachers are not paid enough; they are constantly being treated like shit, and they also are trying to be brave despite the reality that one of the twelve-year-olds students might have brought their uncle's AK-47 to class. Well, what do you expect? No one told him that was WRONG! "No, we don't use words like 'wrong' and 'bad' and 'no'. Those are negative words, and we avoid to them in Patrick's childrearing. We tend to say 'yes' and other positive words." Seriously? I think a lot of teachers would agree with me in saying, "F**k you, Serenity! And you childrearing, bullshit nonsense!"
I don't know why, they always talk about how education is important. You've heard the TV announcer, "Education is the most important thing for a child." Yeah, it is. So why not have the city or school owners—y'know, the wealthy men you rarely see—FIX IT!
Oh, that's right. It won't matter, because their wealthy child goes to a private school with other wealthy halfwits who could do some halfwit damage in life without half trying. But they will NEVER take the blame because money always gets them out of trouble. So why would they financially help people whom they see as inferior because we're poor.
Uuuuuuh, whew. I think I may have shared too much. Whoa! I've been typing away like crazy. Well, hope you liked this. Or maybe not. I don't care. You like it, good. Don't that's okay too. Respond with a rude message—you're getting blocked.
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LSex scenes can convince audiences of a glamorous narrative, but the reality is often very, very embarrassing. The art of the sex scene has been revolutionized in recent years, with in-demand intimacy trainers choreographing every move and ensuring the safety of the performers. However, the awkwardness of doing a sex scene still lingers, and most actors will agree that simulating sex is one of the most difficult tasks in the profession. And the aftermath of embarrassment and nervousness is almost inevitable. The hot sex scenes that the public sees from the comfort of their seats in the cinema have little to do with the reality experienced by the actors who star in them, but are helped with elements ranging from "vaginal pads", to demure stockings and, as Paul Mescal has revealed, a special body gel to mimic sweat. The latest TV hits euphoria, Bridgerton Y normal peopleThey have a lot of sex scenes. But how do the actors react when they remember the shooting of the scenes or when they see them for the first time? Here are eight scenes that give even the actors the shivers: margot robbie Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio performed a sex scene on a bed of money in 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (Getty Images) the star of The Wolf of Wall StreetMargot Robbie was so embarrassed by the sex scenes that she lied to her parents that it was CGI. In one of the scenes, her character, Naomi Lapaglia, has sex with the film's protagonist, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), on a bed covered in dollar bills. “I just lied to my family for a long time and said, 'I don't care what you hear; I didn't do nude scenes; I will not do any nude scenes. Ignore everything others say; there is no nudity”, he confessed to hollywoodreporter. "And then I thought, 'The movie is going to be released and they're going to see there's nudity,' so I changed that to, 'It's actually a body double and they just put my CGI head on someone else.'" "My family has nothing to do with the entertainment industry ... and they said, 'Can you do that?' And I said, 'Oh, today's technology. You can't imagine what they do in Hollywood.'” Paul Mescal Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar Jones in 'Normal People' (BBC/Element Pictures/Hulu) protagonist of normal people As Connell opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones, Mescal had some funny and awkward moments on the set of the series. "On Friday of the first week, Daisy and I had to do a day of sex scenes and we were covered in this gel called Egyptian Magic." “It's basically fake sweat. We had to change position and our bodies were in close contact." “When we parted ways, he made a really loud fart noise. Daisy and I started laughing hysterically, but the crew and director thought one of us had farted and they were really trying hard to preserve our dignity," Mescal said. The Mirror. amanda seyfried Amanda Seyfried played Sarah Hendrickson on the series 'Big Love' in 2006 (Getty Images) After the star Mean GirlsAmanda Seyfriend will play the eldest daughter, Sarah Hendrickson, in the 2008 HBO series, Big Loverewatched the episodes with her parents and was horrified when her sex scene finally came through. “I was sitting watching and all of a sudden it would cut to a scene where two people were having sex, and it was me! having sex! I thought, 'No, no, no!'” she said to The Telegraph. “It was much more explicit than I remembered. She was horrified”. Jemima Kirke Jemima Kirke played Jessa Johansson in the HBO series 'Girls' (HBO) To the star of the television series GirlsJemima Kirke found performing an orgasm extremely embarrassing, but seeing it again made her proud when it premiered in 2012, she says. “When I do it myself, on set, and I'm having a real orgasm… not 'real,' but how I know it sounds in real life, because I don't know how to fake it… I'm embarrassed in front of the cameraman. It is shameful". "For some reason, when it's on TV, I'm proud of it as part of my job," she said. HuffPost.
Christopher Mintz Plasse Christopher Mintz-Plasse was 17 when he starred in 'Superbad' (Columbia Pictures) Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played Fogell (also known as McLovin) in the Jonah Hill film super badshot his sex scene while his mother was present, because he was only 17 years old at the time of the premiere in 2007. “It's definitely awkward, I was a virgin at the time so I had no idea what I was doing. I was very nervous, very scared, and I look over to the behind-the-scenes area and my mom is eating a handful of popcorn and talking to the producers. It was very surreal." said Plasse on The Rich Eisen Show. dakota johnson Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in 'Fifty Shades' (Universal Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock) In the film Fifty Shades of Gray, 20 of the 125 minute duration are sex-only scenes. And although Dakota Johnson has starred in a good number of sex scenes during the trilogy of Fifty shadesdeclared in an interview for Interview Magazinet They are "not comfortable". “It's pretty tedious. I've been simulating sex for seven hours straight right now, and I'm not that excited about it." Johnson said she felt very embarrassed after suffering whiplash during one scene. “I once got whiplash when he [Jamie Dornan] he threw me on the bed; so f*cking painful,” she told Glamor Magazine. Kate Winslet (Getty Images) the star of titanicaKate Winslet did sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio for the 2008 film Revolutionary Roadwhich she has recounted as uncomfortable, because her husband Sam Mendes was the director. "He kept saying, 'This is too...weird,'" said Winslet, 32. “And Leo was like, 'Oh, relax.' And I was like, 'Yeah, a little reminder: you're my best friend. He is my husband. This is a bit weird." Annabelle Wallis Annabelle Wallis saw her sex scene in 'Peaky Blinders' next to her parents (Getty) Grace Shelby of Peaky Blinders, like many stars, found watching the sex scene while with her parents to be an uncomfortable experience. "I was in a sex scene," she explained in The Graham Norton Show. "See her with [mis padres] it was very awkward and then my dad was like, 'Well, we know where you got it from! Congratulations!'". This article was originally published in May 2022.
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hii i was wondering if you have any other cdrama recs that's similar in tone to cql that's not shl? it doesn't have to be adapted from danmei either. i've tried ashes of love but the generous use of cgi kinda threw me off. i tried handsome siblings too, and i found that i LOVE wuxia as a genre but the pace feels a little all over the place so i didn't finish it either. any kind of help would be much appreciated!
I don’t watch as much cdrama as I would like… I think @baoshan-sanren @wuxian-vs-wangji @wuyus, @minmoyu, and @drwcn all watch more than I do i think.... i’m just not good at focusing on ANYTHING tbh. ooof.
This post got long. TL;DR: i’d probably say try out Ever Night, Legend of Fei, and Love and Redemption in that order. 
I recommend Nirvana in Fire a TON but it’s not the same -- much heavier but the pacing is AMAZING. 
Joy of Life and Sleuth of Ming Dynasty are both very good so far but i’m not done with them. They’re not really wuxia. Joy of Life is like a isekai.  and Sleuth is semi-wuxia but period specific and case solving. Lots of food.
 You might enjoy movies such as Painted Skin and Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity.
 Also check out some danmei based donghuas. you might have fun. For a much more rambley list... see after the cut
AND! i almost forgot!!!! check out mydramalist. a lot of shows are listed there and maybe you can see what you like. i’ll probably watch anything as long as it’s well done... or pretty enough... hahaha. 
That said, since Nov 2019 I have watched/half heartedly paid attention to while playing phone games:
Love and redemption – this one was ok. It was almost really good and then kinda fell flat for me. I don’t think I’d watch it again but I did like the setting and a lot of the premise.
And the winner is love – this one is fun! But the first 12 eps are slow and I have a hard time caring. The rest get a bit better. I didn’t hate it. I did like how they randomly killed off characters so that was good. Flirty Luo Yunxi with a fan was definitely a perk. If you like him, I recommend.
Ever Night (I) – OH! This one is a ton of fun. I think its intricacy level and setting styles and storytelling pacing isn’t too far off from CQL’s. but it’s only S1. WORTH IT, imo… but S2 is so different I couldn’t make it past ep 1
Nirvana in Fire – AMAZING. BEST FREAKING CHINESE DRAMA I’VE EVER SEEN. PERIOD. HANDS DOWN. MIND BLOWING. But it IS INTENSE and not really like cql. It’s fun but much much much heavier. I technically first watched this in 2016 but I rewatched it this year so it’s on the list.
Love o2o – not bad. Boring. Not much plot. The main ship are cute enough, I guess. Something to watch in the bkgd.
King’s Avatar – I seriously only watched this to see Yang Yang on my non-gif-making screen whenever I was waiting for things to happen in photoshop. It’s ok. Cute. Feels like a sports anime. Is an esports show.
Legend of Fei – this might be your best bet on something close to CQL. The plot, imo, is a bit contrived… and it really kinda feels like a shonen manga if I’m gonna be honest… maybe a shonen manga crossed with a season of super sentai.
Dating in the Kitchen – cute, straight, modern romance. The girl is only a TINY bit annoying. She’s a chef and spunky. It was fun.
Eternal Love – not terrible. Better than ashes of love. I don’t really like yang mi that much…
Ashes of Love – do not recommend. Unless you adore Luo Yunxi. I also don’t love Yang Zi… so that doesn’t help. I haven’t seen her in a role where I didn’t want to smack her yet. (but my sample size is 2… so there’s that)
Lost Tomb Season 1 this was fun? again, something to only half pay attention to. cliche. tang yan is hot in it. and yang yang too... but not really enough of yang yang for me... ope. 
(and of course, CQL and SHL)
I’m assuming if you’re asking about cql, you’ve looked at tgcf, mdzs, and svsss animations. Have you looked up the Qian Qiu donghua? I think it’s call “shan he tong bei”… but I could be wrong. @hunxi-after-hours blogs about it a lot. Worth checking out. I loved the novel. Currently I’m watching can ci pin on bilibili.
I’m in the middle of:
Guardian – I like it even if it’s sometimes a bit cringy
Sleuth of Ming Dynasty – this one is FUN. I should pay more attention
Advance Bravely – I watch this after I drink booze and then only if I am streaming it as a group watch on discord. It’s danmei and a hot mess of a show. Do not watch without emotional support. Do not watch as a serious show.
Joy of Life – this one is serious but good so far. I’m scared to get too far because no word on S2 and I was burned with Ever Night. It’s really good so far though… I’m only only ep 7ish.
Ode to Joy – the cast is so good: Liu Tao, Wang Kai, Wang Ziwen, Jin Dong… but I just can’t get into it.
Older shows I watched that i can remember:
My Sunshine: modern romance. Sad and melancholy in tone. Not like cql at all. But!! Luo Yunxi is in it briefly. And he is styled so poorly it’s just sad. And kinda funny. Tang Yan and Wallace Chung are great in it. I enjoyed it a lot. (granted, this was 2014/2015 and I might’ve been some various levels of depressed at the end of grad school… )
Princess Pearl: wuxia-ish. Zhao wei skyrocketed to fame with this show. It was fun. Qing dynasty to prepare you eyes for the queues… but it’s a lot of fun. If you’re a tea snob (like my dad was and now I am), you’ll be pissed about a character claiming dragonwell tea is from taihu… but that’s really just my own neurosis. I liked the spunky MC and her bff. Very nostalgic for me
Tiger Mom: Hilarious modern family/slice of life drama about raising kids in china. i loved it... but i love the two leads? one of which is zhao wei of princess pearl fame. 
CCTV’s version of Romance of Three Kingdoms (1994), Journey to the West (1986), and Dream of Red Mansion (1987) are all amazing and cultural touchstones… but no… I’m rambling. I should recommend this but that might be 90% of my nostalgia and cultural feels speaking. Nothing like cql… I should also recommend a good version of Outlaws of the Marsh… but I don’t remember having any really grab me as a kid. Ope.
Wuxia shows based on Jin Yong novels (there are multiple versions of these, usually and 100% were wuxia staples for 80s/90s kids and even my parents’ generation)
Legend of the Condor Heroes: classic. Iconic. Watch this to get a lot of Chinese references
Return of the Condor Heroes: shifu/disciple taboo trope, I liked it ok. Not my favorite. I did like a lot of the wuxia world building
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre: good main character whump, main character takes a while to show up though… I didn’t like how it felt like a harem anime for a bit… and the ML doesn’t show up for a while…
Proud Smiling Wanderer: this one I loved. Also good MC whump. Uh… ok. I like whump… *facepalm* and I don’t remember that much more of it but I did read it twice almost two decades ago and liked it… even if I didn’t like the eunuch related weird stuff and that definitely didn’t age well… it was a good story…
And i never did get into Deer and Cauldron. I read 3/5 to 4/5 of the novel, got really annoyed with the lack of morality of the MC and quit. it was fun but i had no desire to watch the show if couldn’t even stomach the novel. 
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tell me why I just saw a post about how some modern animation fans refuse to watch tales of Arcadia because it's 3D??
Listen, I understand the knee-jerk reaction to cgi animation. If you've followed me for any period of time, you know I am That Guy. I don't like most modern 3D productions because they tend to place technical achievement over any kind of artistic or narrative value, thus sacrificing the potential of cgi for an impression that all new 3D pieces are cash cows created solely for maximizing profit. It's very easy to find my criticism of The Mouse and my praise for studios that get it right, like Cartoon Saloon and Laika Studios. I have an instinctive distrust of 3D animation for fear that I'll watch it and find out it's actually a soulless waste of time meant only to sell merchandise.
Which is why I was so impressed that Tales Of Arcadia isn't like that!
The focus in ToA animation isn't realism, but artistic advancement! Characters are clearly stylized and have funky designs. The textures are detailed and refined, but not to the point where you wonder why they didn't just film it in live action. The lighting and color theory is phenomenal. This is gorgeous animation for THE SAKE OF gorgeous animation.
Perhaps most importantly, the writing is very good. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good, especially for a kid's show. ToA very much achieves the effect of reaching an older audience than it was meant for. To an adult viewer, the story is not only enjoyable but thoughtful. The characters face real consequences, most of which are permanent. Small actions have huge repercussions later on. Imperceptible details lay the foundation for incredibly clever foreshadowing. Is there filler? Sure, like any children's show! But at least the filler has meaning and is used for character development. By and large, the writing in ToA is refreshingly good.
There's also the obligatory name-drop of its creator, Guillermo del Toro, the visionary behind movies like The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth and legendary proponent of hot monster characters. His hand in the ToA trilogy is very apparent and lends a rich undercurrent to the narrative that, frankly, most animated shows nowadays don't have. For that matter, the genuine appreciation and talent of the entire crew really shines through in every episode through the attention to detail and artistic innovation.
If you've read all that and haven't been put off... here's a summary of the trilogy! Its genre can best be approximated as "science fantasy", and includes the shows Trollhunters, 3Below, and Wizards in that order (as well as a feature film coming in 2021 called Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans)!
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Trollhunters begins with Jim Lake Jr., our protagonist, inheriting the role and title of Trollhunter - a chosen warrior who is bound for life to protect "good" trolls from Gunmar the Black, a troll warlord who was banished to a realm called the Darklands with his army. Meanwhile, Gunmar's vicious son Bular roams free in the world of men with the singular purpose of killing Trollhunters and looking for ways to bring his father back to Earth. Jim has only the Amulet of Daylight, which gives him magical armor and a sword, and a couple of overeager troll mentors to protect him as he struggles to navigate his new duties alongside typical teenage shenanigans and supporting his single mom, Barbara. It begins as a fairly typical "teenage hero with a secret identity" plot but quickly grows past that and introduces interesting new twists and characters. The writing is especially strong in this one, and it's beautifully cinematic.
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3Below begins off-world, on an alien planet called Akiridion-5. The main characters, Aja and Krel, are children of the king and queen, who are almost immediately overthrown in a military coup led by the previously exiled General Morando. Aja and Krel are forced to flee to Earth with their badly wounded parents and a bodyguard, and have to try to blend in with human society and avoid intergalactic bounty hunters while they wait for their parents to heal. The real strength of this show, in my opinion, is how it explores the characters' relationships with each other and the metaphor of Aja and Krel being immigrants. It's handled very well.
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Finally, released only yesterday at the time of writing, we come to Wizards. Wizards focuses more on expanding the concepts introduced in Trollhunters, and continues to put the protagonists in extremely difficult situations as previously introduced characters are fleshed out and given a chance to develop. Despite a controversial ending, Wizards was by and large an utter delight to watch - the animation in Tales of Arcadia somehow improves from series to series (even though Trollhunters sets a high bar to begin with), and you can clearly see that progress in the absolutely stunning composition and execution in Wizards.
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I can't wait for the feature film Rise of the Titans next year. Tales of Arcadia not only delivers a solid narrative, but also lays the groundwork for expansive fan exploration in a richly detailed universe that manages to tie together mythological creatures, aliens, and high fantasy spellcasters in one world and one story. If you're on the fence about 3D animation, I can say with authority that you should give Trollhunters a try. Watch the first season and see what you think. You won't regret it.
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Godzilla vs. Kong - Full Review
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Ok, as promised, I have a more in-depth review for this film. My review is kind of all over the place because there was a lot to unpack, but not in a good way. The movie has all the potential there, and it got the two most important things right: the battles and the portrayal of Godzilla, Kong, and Mechagodzilla. However, everything else regarding the plot and characters felt rushed, like, a few minutes more here and there would have gone a lot way.
Anyway, this review contains all the spoilers, just a warning.
The Good
Godzilla, Kong, and Mechagodzilla were the most interesting characters in the movie. The very human charm of Kong, Godzilla's mercy towards Kong twice, and Mechagodzilla's sinister rebellion almost made up for the lack of character development from the humans.
Godzilla's display of mercy was key to his character development, and perhaps the first time a Godzilla has displayed such a trait. This Monsterverse Godzilla seems more focused on conquest only for the sake of the preservation of the planet, not to create terror and destruction. Defeating Kong was more a display of dominance, maintaining his title as King of the Monsters, than anything else.
Kong was actually like a person in his behavior, which was kind of funny but also just highlighted how uninteresting the human characters were. Kong scratching his butt after waking up from a nap was more entertaining than listening to most of the human characters speak.
Hollow Earth was like the Lost World, the land the time forgot. It's vast, beautiful, mysterious, dangerous, and fascinating all at once. The odd quirks with gravity add a surreal element to this world within the world, almost like it's something out of a dream. I honestly hope we get more movies in the Monsterverse so we can explore Hollow Earth further.
The fact that Kong's species crafted an ax from a Godzilla-like titan dorsal fin is expected behavior for a primate, but it's also pretty badass. It can absorb energy, which makes me wonder what Godzilla's dorsal plates are capable of.
All the fights were excellent: Kong vs War Bats, Godzilla vs Kong at sea, Godzilla vs Kong in Hong Kong, and Godzilla and Kong fighting against Mechagodzilla. The fight with Mechagodzilla may have been a little too short, but it was still very well done.
Some amusing music choices. I don't know why Kong got all the cool music cues but, maybe it has to do with him having more personality than any of the human characters.
I liked the reveal about Ghidorah's three heads using telepathy. I don't recall this being mentioned for other versions of this character, and it does make sense. Yes, they can talk to each other normally, but with the length of their necks, it would be easier to be able to mentally engage in conversations from time to time, especially in combat when there's so much going on and they need to coordinate fast.
I am guessing that the use of Kevin's (Ghidorah's severed left head from 2019's "King of the Monsters") brain for Mechagodzilla was the cause for his rebellion against his programming. It makes sense when you consider how he deliberately killed Walter Simmons, his "owner," and then went right after Godzilla. It fits the story that Ghidorah's brain would have taken over Mechagodzilla's body after receiving enough power to push the robot to its full potential. It also implies that Kevin may have been lying in wait until he was given enough power to take full control over Mechagodzilla.
Kong did lose to Godzilla twice, and honestly, it was inevitable. Kong may be more agile than Godzilla but he lacks tough, armor-like skin and fast regeneration. Godzilla is essentially a massive powerhouse of brute force and strength and can endure for much longer than Kong in a fight. Having Kong defeat Godzilla in the 1962 film from Toho just...didn't make much sense to me. It felt liked it was forced like the movie was meant to cater to Kong instead of Godzilla -- which I think was the point but...it didn't work for me.
Godzilla and Kong teaming up to fight Mechagodzilla gave me what wasn't provided in "King of the Monsters." I was seriously hoping the 2019 movie would have Mothra, Rodan, and Godzilla fight against Ghidorah just like in the 1964 movie, "Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster." It's a personal favorite of mine because of the teamwork, but "King of the Monsters" sadly didn't go that route. Fortunately, "Godzilla vs Kong" did and it paid off.
I preferred Godzilla and Kong making amends at the end of the film instead of remaining enemies. If the movie had only been about those two fighting, it would have been disappointing. Seeing as how both characters are anti-hero types in the Monsterverse, it suits them better to come together to defeat a common enemy and put their differences aside afterward out of respect toward each other.
Godzilla's level of intelligence: he realized how Kong's ax worked after engaging with it once and charged the ax later to allow Kong to slice apart Mechagodzilla.
The science behind Mechagodzilla's functionality was interesting, even if we didn't get to dive into it.
I enjoyed Jia's friendship with Kong. It was very sweet. Much better than giving Kong a hot blonde woman to simp over!
The Bad
The villains were awful. Not just awful people but awful in terms of how they were written. What the hell was Walter Simmons' deal? I guess he was seeking supremacy? His daughter was even less memorable, proving to be as one-dimensional as a piece of paper and dying almost immediately after serving her purpose in the story
I thought Team Godzilla's subplot as a whole was terribly written. It was just meant to show us Mechagodzilla in action before he fought Godzilla but we couldn't have been given something more substantial than three idiots roaming around?
This felt more like a sequel to "Kong: Skull Island" since this movie focused more on Kong than Godzilla. Why?
None of the human characters were all that interesting, even pre-existing ones like Madison and Mark Russell. Jia was a very nice little girl and served as a means of easing Kong's mind. Everyone else, though, was just there to move the plot along.
The fight with Godzilla and Kong teaming up against Mechagodzilla was good but it felt a little short. If it had been a little bit longer, it would have been perfect.
The storm that wiped out Skull Island...what the hell was that about?
The convoluted and rushed explanation of Mechagodzilla's "brain" functionality was cool but I would have preferred we didn't get all that just tossed into our lap. The movie doesn't give you much time to process this information.
Then again, the movie moves too quickly to allow you to process a lot of what's going on.
The Ugly
Ren Serizawa didn't need to be in this movie as Ren Serizawa. It's never mentioned why he is working with Apex Cybernetics to kill kaiju. I mean, we can guess that maybe he's upset his father, Ishiro, sacrificed himself to help Godzilla in "King of the Monsters," but why? It wasn't like Ishiro was killed by kaiju. Did Ren just disagree with his father's beliefs about kaiju? The movie never discusses his motivations, and he's barely given any speaking lines. He didn't need to have such a specific detail attributed to him when said detail amounted to nothing.
I don't get why Josh Valentine's character was needed in the movie. He served no real purpose other than some comic relief.
Overall, "Godzilla vs Kong" is decent entertainment, but it's the weakest entry in the Monsterverse. The battles were fun, the CGI was excellent, and the three kaiju (Kong, Godzilla, and Mechagodzilla) were great, but the story and characters need some serious work.
Final Grade: C-
Godzilla (2014): A-
Kong: Skull Island (2017): C+
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019): A
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