Liz: No. You know, I always knock over strawberries this time of day. Always.
— What?! Is she listening to herself? That makes no sense at all! 🤣
Liz: What are you doing here, Max?
Max: Well, I have orders from my planet to take over the Earth.
— Ahahahahah, alien joke to break the ice, even though his eyes are burning. Liz can see it, too! 🔥
— Are you listening to yourself, Max? Why would he possibly think they wouldn't be friends anymore?!
Liz: Yeah. I mean, we are.
Max: Good.
Liz: Why wouldn't we be?
— For the same reason you knock over strawberries every day, I guess... 🤣 🔥
Liz: Max, people do a lot of dumb things when they're drunk. Anyway, I understand.
— Max is drunker right now then he was in the other moment. Metaphorically, of course! But he's severely under the influence of something… And so is Liz! 🔥
Max: Just friends?
— You know the answer to that question. Why are you stalling, Max? 🤣
— It's good to see Max coming around from his cold feet status he had ever since "The Pilot". My guess (my head-cannon, really) is that he didn't forget his moment of honesty in "Blind Date", and he can't really look away or pretend that night didn't happen, or that it didn't get to him that Liz always wanted to be in a relationship with him. It's really good to know they're finally on the same page! 👏 💞
— The eye sex is killing me! 🔥 💞 #sizzling
— Max is so 'drunk', he no longer cares where he is. He got the message loud and clear, and he's finally ready to act on it. And I'm perfectly fine with that! 👏 #Dreamers
— There's nothing better than to see all the sexual tension that had been suppressed for so long to be released at this moment! 🔥 💞
— Contrary to popular belief, this wasn't the first time Liz had visions of Max's past. The first time happened when they kissed in "Blind Date".
— OK, first things first. They are alien heads all over that locker room. Nice touch!
Liz: But the thing is, these feelings are strong… dangerous, undeniable. It's like I have no choice. It's like… chemical.
— Powerless against youthful yearnings. We've all been there. And yes, it is chemical!
— To be in such a vulnerable position and still have Max giving her that smoldering look… It's reminiscent of the Pilot where he reverses the connection and, all at once, she knows his innermost secret thoughts and emotions. It's probably a universal fantasy that one could be so vulnerable with someone and still be accepted and desired.
— Maria always has to ruin everything, 🤣, but still, how bad does Liz have it when she's fantasizing about Max in the middle of her shift?
— The innocence of youth, fragility, Love and sensuality. All of this the strawberries are symbolic of. There's nothing better to represent the sweetness of love and the physical and emotional connection between Max and Liz. 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
‘Fritz Lang’s production designers—Erich Kettelhut, Otto Hunte and Kurt Vollbrecht—shaped the fictional city of Metropolis by re-imagining contemporary Manhattan. [T]hey spliced the city with buildings inspired by avant-garde European architects—among them, Cubist architects from the Bauhaus School; expressionists, like Erich Mendelsohn; Le Corbusier, with his vision of high-rise cities; and … the Italian Futurist Antonio Sant'Elia, whose “Città Nuova,” presented his future city as a multi-level megastructure shot through with daring interconnecting bridges and vertiginous aerial walkways.’ (CNN)
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN MEDIA
— METROPOLIS (1927), dir. Fritz Lang
Well, that’s a wrap on our fashion queen! I expect I’ll dip back into “Modern Star Wars” to do other characters in the future, but in the meanwhile, thank you to my patrons for the support that allows me to tackle long projects like this! I have another big one planned for once the dust settles on Infinity War and Solo ;)
The other pieces of the project! - Postcard prints - Poster