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I think Peter Pan (2003) did the best version of George Darling, especially with regards to the dual-casting tradition.

Not only did it let Jason show off his acting range but the explorations of masculinity were really fascinating to watch. George Darling is a nervous wreck who is constantly trying to prove himself as a 'proper' gentleman. "I must become a man that children fear and adults respect!" While he certainly scared the hell out of Wendy then, she still responded "Father? Brave?" to her mother's claims.

So, when Wendy goes to Neverland, she meets a man who is, as Jason Isaacs said, "strangely alluring yet repulsive at the same time, and looks like her dad". Captain Hook is the nightmare version of Wendy father. He's confident, he's aggressive, and he is a cruel, selfish asshole. But the sad thing is, he'd probably be more respected in Edwardian society than George.

Going back to George, when he finds out his kids are missing he literally sprints home out of pure fear and desperation to bring them back. He ran! That is a HUGE 'proper gentleman' no-no! Then when the kids do come home, he practically knocks himself out sprinting into the nursery and smashing his body against the door frame! He tries to put on the gentlemanly persona. Stiff upper lip, manly-man handshake, keep your emotions buried deep inside... but he can't do that. But that's a good thing! He breaks down, embraces his children, and their family is whole again. Rejecting Edwardian social norms was the right thing to do.

So, what I love about this version of George Darling and Captain Hook is how effectively they portray the best and worst forms of masculinity.

#I absolutely love this take op #jason isaacs

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Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake). Japan, 1870-1900.  Silk crepe (chirimen); freehand paste-resist dyed (yūzen) and embroidered in silk and metallic threads. 151 x 125 cm. Motif: Hawks and pine trees.  Text and image via Khalili Collection

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Intertitle card in “Phantom of the Opera” (1925)

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‘Lake Scene’ by Alexandre Jacob (French, 1876-1972)

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Abandoned funeral home, NJ

photos by places_forgotten

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Friday Funnies!

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Bela Lugosi in The Return of the Vampire (1943)

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Eastern tailed blue By: L. West From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Insects & Spiders 1977

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It's getting so epic on my patreon! I can't believe I am at this scene....FINALLY!!! The end is so near, now, phamily! Can you believe it??

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Vincent Price as Gerald Pyncheon -

Twice-Told Tales; House of the Seven Gables (1963) dir. Sydney Salkow

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obsessed with this specific subset of classic novels

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i swear, you know, i don't understand what motivates you. and you know something? you were always the one that i thought i could count on.

dwight schultz and dirk benedict as murdock and face in the a-team (1983-1987)

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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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the managers' plotline: we need a safety pin to solve the mystery of how the opera ghost keeps stealing our money!

christine's plotline:

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“yeen” is the cutest shortened nickname for an animal

yeah that’s a Yeen (source)

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The Ghost Bride