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moxyphinx · 30 days

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SOPHIE OKONEDO as Mrs. Jones in ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER (2006)

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sasa-chan · 10 months

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

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adamwatchesmovies · 9 months

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

Most movies are obviously good or bad. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (or simply Stormbreaker in certain regions) has what it takes to entertain young teens but its low points are subterranean. I hesitated to call it a miss until I saw the villains. This adaptation of the book by Anthony Horowitz is derivative of every spy movie you've ever seen. Even if you can forgive that, there’s no way you can take the bad guys seriously.

Orphaned at a young age, Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer in yet another bad YA Novel adaptation) is recruited by MI-6 when his uncle (Ewan McGregor) is killed in action. His mission? Pose as a contest winner and get close to billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) to find out the real reason he created “Stormbreaker”, a computer system he claims will change the world.

It’s ridiculous to believe a 14-year-old would be recruited by a government agency but that’s part of the fantasy. Turns out Alex has been subconsciously trained by his uncle for years. He can stand toe-to-toe with ruthless thugs (in cleverly conceived action scenes by John Woo that are unfortunately not convincingly shot). He just needs the chance to prove himself. Then he’ll have the opportunity to get his revenge… and save the world too. In Bond-like fashion, Alex is given a variety of amusing gadgets disguised as everyday “kid” objects. A yoyo, a pen and a Nintendo DS (available in stores now!). Those are pretty cool.

Whenever Stormbreaker starts winning you over with its teenage charms, a disappointment is unfortunately right around the corner. When they introduce Mickey Rourke’s Darrius Sayle, you’ll be flabbergasted. With pimp-like clothes, a cane, a ponytail and blue eyeliner, he looks like a caricature. You think that’s as bad as it’s going to get but then Missi Pyle as Nadia Vole opens her mouth. Her accent is so bad and cartoonish it’s like she’s in a comedy sketch.

And then, there are the contrivances and coincidences, not to mention the poor planning. Sayle has a personal vendetta against the Prime Minister (Robbie Coltrane) so he’s filled the Stormbreaker computers with a deadly virus. Not a computer virus; a green liquid that will kill millions of children when his old enemy presses a big red button as part of the launching ceremony. Said big red button is encoded to launch the virus only if the Prime Minister presses it. This means Sayle couldn’t release the virus (the literal virus. I can’t get over it) even if he wanted to!

This sort of logical head-scratcher isn’t alone. It’s accompanied by a double-whammy of bumping into the right person, at the right time. To prevent the big button from being pressed, Alex desperately needs help. Who happens to be at the ceremony providing security? None other than the soldiers he was training with a week ago. The authorities must’ve had a great deal of confidence in them considering their first mission is this high-profile. Alex uses one of their weapons and destroys the button. His evil scheme down the toilet, Style runs away. Alex goes to pursue him but oh no! Traffic! How could he possibly catch up? Well by asking his school crush, Sabina (Sarah Bolger) for a ride! She just happens to be riding a horse right outside the building! Sure, why not?

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is not a Harry Potter ripoff in the same way as the Billy Owens or Percy Jackson franchises but it’s pretty clear it wanted to cash in on the craze. An orphaned boy who discovered he belongs to a secret organization, access to special powers/resources, a film series whose leading man is destined to grow into a hunk for the girls, action scenes to appeal to the boys, a twist on an old formula to make it fresh (in this case, James Bond). Yeah, it fits. Unfortunately, this first chapter has none of the metaphorical magic needed to have lasting power. Plus, it’s just not a good movie. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is yet another mid-2000s flick that ends on a note promising a sequel that never happened. (July 31, 2020)

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emeto-film-critic · 1 year

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker - 2006

SAFE/Caution - A,V•

Approx. 30:27 - A,V• Guy takes a second drink of his tea and then spits it out to the ground.

#emetophobia #movie review #tv review #emetophobic #emeto film critic #anxious #emetophobia warning #emetophobia help #movies #emetophobia warnings #alex rider #operation stormbreaker #action #spy

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keep-tilting-at-windmills · 1 year

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Born in Dublin on November 8, 1847, Abraham (Bram) Stoker was an Irish author; perhaps best remembered for his Gothic horror novel, “Dracula”.

Bram was educated at Bective House School, and later Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with a BA in 1870, adding his MA in 1875.

In 1878, he married Florence Balcombe, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Balcombe. She was a celebrated beauty whose former suitor had been Oscar Wilde. Stoker and Wilde had known each other from their student days; Stoker having proposed Oscar for membership of the university's Philosophical Society. Wilde was said to have been upset at Florence's decision, though Bram later resumed the acquaintanceship, and visited Oscar on the Continent after his fall.

In his early years, Bram worked as a theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay, in Scotland, where he set two of his novels. During his lifetime though, he was perhaps better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving, also as business manager of the Lyceum Theatre; which Irving owned.

During another of Stoker's travels, this time to the English coastal town of Whitby, in 1890, he's said to have found inspiration for writing Dracula; though it's also suggested he hadn't actually started drawing up his notes for the work until 1895, when he'd been staying at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel, in Scotland. The guest book with his signatures from 1894 and 1895 still survives; a distinctive room in nearby Slains Castle, thought likely to have been the inspiration for the octagonal room in Castle Dracula.

The novel has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor, Jonathan Harker, taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, whereafter the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby.

After suffering a number of strokes, Stoker died at No. 26 St George's Square, London on April 20, 1912. His ashes were placed in a display urn at Golders Green Crematorium in north London; the ashes of Irving Noel Stoker, the author's son, were added to his father's urn following his death in 1961.

Trivia: Dracula was published in London in May 1897, by Archibald Constable and Company. It cost 6 shillings, and was bound in yellow cloth and titled in red letters; its appearance, said to look "shabby", perhaps suggesting the title had been changed at a late stage (contracts typically being signed at least 6 months ahead of publication, though Dracula' was unusually signed only 6 days prior to publication)

For the first thousand sales of the novel, Stoker earned no royalties.

The house where Bram Stoker lived whilst in London, in St Leonard's Place, Chelsea (commemorated with a Blue Plaque), was used during the 2006 filming of Anthony Horowitz's Operation Stormbreaker, as the house where Alex Rider lives...

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agayprince · 2 years

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A Little About Me

Interests:

Books/Reading

Writing

Mythology/Fantasy

Superheroes

Psychology

Book Genres:

Gay YA Romance, YA Fantasy, YA Dystopian, YA Contemporary, Gay Romance/Erotica

Fandoms:

Anime:

All Saints Street, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Delicious in Dungeons (Dungeon Meshi), Digimon, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Given, K Project, Kemono Michi: Rise Up, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, Princess Jellyfish, RWBY, Sailor Moon, Seraph of the End, Seven Deadly Sins, Sirius the Jaeger, Spy x Family, The God of Highschool, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Tiger & Bunny, Yuri on Ice

Books:

Adventures of Sik Aziz, Alex Rider, Arc of a Scythe, Carry On, Chronicles of Nick, Chronicles of the Avatar, Circe, Creekwood Series, Dragon's Reign, Fablehaven, Gentleman's Club, Good Omens, Grishaverse, In Deeper Waters, In the Lives of Puppets, Iron Widow, London Calling, Lord of the Rings, Lorien Legacies, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Outlaw Saints, Pandava Series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Portrait of a Thief, Red Rising, Red White & Royal Blue, Skandar, So This is Ever After, Spell Bound, The Extraordinaries, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue, The Heir Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Kane Chronicles, The Paper Magician, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, The Seven Realms, The Shattered Realms, The Song of Achilles, The Storm Runner, The Sunbearer Trials, The Trials of Apollo, Tristan Strong, Under the Whispering Door, Zachary Ying

Cartoons:

Adventure Time, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force, Captain Planet, Carmen Sandiego, Code Lyoki, Codename: Kids Next Door, Danny Phantom, Fionna & Cake, Gargoyles, Infinity Train, Jackie Chan Adventures, Johnny Quest, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, King of the Hill, Krypto the Superdog, Legend of the Dragon, Legion of Superheroes, Loonatics Unleashed, Martin Mystery, Maya and the Three, Milo Murphy's Law, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, My Adventures with Superman, Over the Garden Wall, Owl House, Phineas and Ferb, Q-Force, Scooby-Doo, She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Teen Titans, The Dragon Prince, Thundercats, Tiny Toon Adventures, Totally Spies, W.I.T.C.H., Winx Club, Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men: Evolution, X-Men: The Animated Series, Xiaolin Showdown, Young Justice, Yu-Gi-Oh!

Comics/Graphic Novels:

Check Please, Chef's Kiss, DC, Heartstopper, Kill 6 Billion Demons, Marvel

Movies:

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, Alex Strangelove, Barbie, Charlie's Angels, Disney, Dreamworks, Edge of Tomorrow, Ghibli, Hoot, I Am Number Four, Inception, Night at the Museum, Nimona, Pixar, Promare, Sherlock Holmes (2009 & 2011), Love Simon, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Sky High, Star Wars, The Greatest Showman, The Way He Looks

Podcasts

Dragon's Reign, Ologies, The Adventure Zone, The Two Princes

TV Shows:

BBC's Merlin BBC's Sherlock, Good Witch, Julie and the Phantoms, Leverage ,Leverage: Redemption, Lost Girl, Love Victor, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Monk, Power Rangers, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, SKAM, SKAM: France, Star Trek, Supergirl, The Mandolorian, The Office, Umbrella Academy, Wonder Woman

Video Games:

Among Us, Coming Out On Top, Deep Rock Galactic, Dream Daddy, Hades, Human Fall Flat, It Takes Two, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart, Minecraft, MTG Arena, Orcs Must Die! 2, Overcooked! 1& 2, SCP: Secret Laboratory, Smash Bros., Stardew Valley, Tabletop Simulator, Team Fortress 2, The Sims

Webcomics:

Boyfriends, Just us Fairies, Out of the Blue, The Legend of Genji

Webseries:

Dimension 20, Game Changers, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, SCP Confinement

Music Artists:

Big Time Rush, Clean Bandit, Lindsey Stirling, Little Mix, Miike Snow, Pentatonix, Qveen Herby, Todrick Hall, Years & Years

Superheroes :

Wonder Woman, Blue Beetle, Raven, Shazam, Captain America, Storm, Phoenix, Scarlet Witch, Iceman, Wiccan, Hulkling, Gambit

Favorites:

Boyfriend: NakedJustice

Colors: Black & Purple

Mammal: Bear & Meerkat

Bird: Peacock & Hummingbird

Mythological Creature: Phoenix

Season: Fall & Spring

Holiday: Christmas

Candy: Chocolate

Dessert: Cookies and Cake

Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate-Chip

Drink: Cream Soda, Sangria Soda, Horchata

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Updated On: 03/14/2024

#agayprince #about me #me #mine

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data-reel · 2 years

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker - (2006) dir. Geoffrey Sax

#Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker #Alex Rider #Alex Pettyfer #Stormbreaker #filmedit #filmgifs #Movie

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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 4 years

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Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis in Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker - Geoffrey Sax, 2006 (4/4)

#ewan mcgregor #damian lewis #alex rider #operation stormbreaker #band of brothers cast #my edits #my bob cast edits #ewaaaan ❤❤❤#oh hey! teenage crushes!#my gifs

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indielightuk · 3 years

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Movie Review: Stormbreaker (2006)

Stormbreaker (which was retitled as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker in America) is a 2006 action spy movie, the screenplay was written by Anthony Horowitz, who I was lucky enough to interview a few years ago while at college, who also wrote the book ‘Stormbreaker’ on which the screenplay and movie was based on back in 2000. This was the first big screen adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series, and was intended to be a franchise, however it bombed at the box office and failed to recoup its budget.

It starred a phenomenal cast of actors including Alex Pettyfer (noted for his roles in I Am Number Four, Beastly, and Magic Mike) as Alex Rider, Mickey Rourke (noted for his roles in Man on Fire, Iron Man 2 and The Expendables) as Darrius Sayle, Bill Nighy (noted for his roles in the Underworld franchise, The Pirates of the Carribean and Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy) as Alan Blunt, Sophie Okonedo (noted for her roles in The Secret Life of Bees, Christopher Robin and Doctor Who) as Mrs. Jones, Alicia Silverstone (noted for her roles in Clueless, Batman & Robin and American Woman) as jack Starbright, Sarah Bolger (noted for her roles in The Tudors, The Moth Diaries and Once Upon a Time) as Sabina Pleasure, Stephen Fry (noted for his roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and V for Vendetta as well as being the host of popular British quiz show QI) as Smithers, Damian Lewis (noted for his roles in Band of Brothers, Homeland and Wolf Hall) as Yassen Gregorvich, Missi Pyle (noted for her roles in Galaxy Quest, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story and Impulse) as Nadia Vole, Jimmy Carr (noted for being a stand-up comedian, and hosting the British panel shows 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year) as John Crawford and Ewan McGregor (noted for his roles in Trainspotting, Star Wars and Moulin Rouge) and Ian Rider.

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#Alex Rider #Anthony Horowitz #movie review #Stormbreaker #Alex Pettyfer #book adaptation #Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

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oliver-sapien · 6 years

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Just read:

Book Aesthetic - Alex Rider: Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz

Hearing they’re making a tv series of the Alex Rider book series.

I fucking loved these books in grade school. They had such a profound influence on me. They were visceral to me. I’m actually not sure I’ve had as engaging, consuming, and visceral of a reading experience since. At least not in the same way. This is really cool for me.

Sounds like they might start with the second book (Point Blank, my personal favorite back in the day) since the first book was made into a failed movie. I tried to like the movie but it definitely didn’t have the same feel as the book. I remember thinking the actor who played Alex was cool though.

That’s the crucial part of adapting this book series. He’s got such a specific attitude. Not like most young actors today. The character was a bit of an old soul but also retained a boyish charm. Very cool and boyish but very competent too.

If they can nail the casting and shoot this with the right style, it could be really cool and I’d get a kick out of it. Hope it captures that exciting and visceral experience I remember having.

Sorry about the rant, just got really excited at the prospect.

A great read for young boys!! Would highly recommend.

I know nobody probably cares about this huge ass aesthetic but it’s really personal to me and I wanted to do it as a debrief as I just reread Point Blank.

Give me a like or reblog out of pity for my excited fandom. Hahaha!

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incorrectlooneytunesquotes · 7 years

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Daffy: It's a fishing village.

Porky: It's n-n-n-nice.

Daffy: Not if you're a fish.

#daffy duck #porky pig #source: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

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irelise · 3 years

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Who is your favorite character - Alex or Yassen? And how do you feel this informs your characterization of one or both of them?

Thanks for this ask Valaks, just the type of meta I like!

I will say Yassen is my favourite hands down because I have a Type and Yassen’s character archetype hits all my guilty pleasures. Even before RR and all the delicious whump, Yassen already felt like a character with layers from what little we saw of him - a stone-cold professional but also one with a sense of humour; someone at the top of his field who also doesn’t particularly like his job or his employers and is just thinking of retirement; a hired killer who is purely, unabashedly in it for the money, no complex motives, no dithering over morals - yet he still had enough humanity to speak of love for a man fourteen years dead who had betrayed him, and have compassion and love for Alex who was thrown into the world of espionage far too young. That “I love you” at the end of Eagle Strike gets me every time ;_;

Then came RR: I really enjoy stories about agency (or lack thereof) and Yassen is a fascinating study of that, so a lot of my fic tends to place him in situations where he’s not entirely in control. Canon-wise, It’s easy to say that RR is the story of how he got whumped into being an assassin against his will and on some level that’s true - but he chose to join Malagosto; maybe at first he wanted to simply learn enough skills to survive, but by the time of his graduation assignment he was ready to kill, and it was only down to chance that he got cold feet at the last second. At the end of RR he consciously chose to become an assassin out of spite - (I have my own thoughts about how much sense that makes), but regardless, by that point I don’t think it’s fair to say that Yassen is purely a victim of circumstances with no agency of his own. By the time the main Alex Rider canon rolls around he’s done many unforgivable, irredeemable things under his own will.

...Having said that, I do still think that even as a fully-fledged Scorpia operative Yassen is still bound in a lot of ways, which is such a delightful contrast for me because of the way his lethality is emphasised. Here we’ve got Yassen, the most dangerous person in the room, capable of killing someone a hundred different ways without even needing a conventional weapon, but when we get a glimpse of his introspection in present-day Stormbreaker when faced with Alex, this is what we see:

“The two of them looked at each other, both of them trapped in different ways, on opposite sides of the glass.”

It’s tragic in a way that hits all my buttons - Yassen sacrifices all his morals, betrays his parents’ memory, turns his back on his own happiness (let’s not forget one of the last times when he felt pure happiness was when he decided not to complete his graduation assignment in New York and he felt like he won a battle against his own darker impulses) - and what does he get in return? A never-ending fight to prove himself the best at a profession he doesn’t even like, a lonely life destined for an premature ending, and all with Scorpia’s watchful, controlling eye in the background.

Oh dear god this reply is getting away from me. Um. I’ll leave the Eagle Strike meta for another day and just say that Yassen’s a character of very sharp contrasts - just look at the sheer range of his characterisations in fic and general fanon - and it’s interesting to poke at that. The aspect of his characterisation that rises to the forefront of each story can be completely different depending on his age, who he’s interacting with, the setting of the story, or even just what I’m in the mood to write. Canon-based AUs are particularly interesting for me just because there’s so much potential for the course of Yassen’s life - and the core of his personality - to shift completely if certain key events had changed; someday I still really want to write that MI6!Yassen fic...

Characterisation-wise I think I tend to focus on the contrast between how Yassen presents himself (controlled and graceful, deadly competence, dubious morals), with some sort of vulnerability below the surface, whether it’s something in the plot/setting (eg his precarious situation in Scorpia - I do adore your headcanon that he’s a tool Scorpia is slowly but surely trying to dispose of while wringing as much use out of him as they can), or an emotional weak spot (Alex).

Speaking of Alex, since this is already way too long, putting discussion of Alex below cut!

Alex, by contrast, I used to not be terribly interested in. Maybe it was because I was very young when I read the books, or maybe because of AH’s own writing which tends to focus more on the action and gadgets and plot than take time exploring the nuances in Alex’s characterisation. Compared to Yassen, Alex has several very strong key traits that tend to stay relatively constant when I write him: leans more to the serious side most of the time rather than pure unbridled chaos; smart mouth that he cannot and will not keep shut especially when some idiot is monologuing at him; independent and resourceful but somewhat impulsive; understimulated by “normal” life ever since Stormbreaker - which leads him into trouble, especially when combined with the fact that I do headcanon Alex as someone with a strong drive to do good and who refuses to turn a blind eye when there’s someone he can help or something he can make right.

Of course, since he’s fourteen, sometimes Alex’s intervention just makes things worse...

It’s only more recently thanks to the lovely writers and meta from the fandom that I started taking more of an interest in Alex - specifically, what happens as Alex gets older? I enjoy coming of age fic with Alex: those times where he suddenly realises he’s no longer a child spy, or the times he realises the moral views he held when he was fourteen are insufficient for navigating the murky world of intelligence - those situations where there’s no clear “bad guy”, or those times when strategic sacrifices need to be made...

I also very much enjoy adult Alex fics - just how does MI6 deal with an agent like Alex? Alex, who has a distrust of authority (MI6 in particular), who’s perfectly willing to disregard all mission parameters if he decides the circumstances call for it, who nevertheless is so effective that Jones makes the decision to keep using him - but will all of that backfire one day?

And what about Alex himself, working in intelligence without a patriotic bone in his body, with the black mark of Scorpia on his record? Alex who’s now an adult with adult coworkers and had hopes for finally fitting into a proper social circle again, only it turns out he still can’t connect with them and is as lonely as he was at fourteen? Alex, who keeps finding himself being compared to John and Ian Rider, the family that he had never really known yet condemned him to this life with no input from Alex himself?

Basically I think there’s bits and pieces of Alex’s characterisation I’m more interested in over others - and the main thing I find interesting about him is the circumstances he’s in: the government-sanctioned abuse and blackmail, the way he grows up a child in an adult’s world. So correspondingly my fic tends to focus on that rather than, say, light-hearted slice of life shenanigans around London or anything to do with Brooklands or family fic, although I’ll gladly read those from other writers! And since Yassen is my favourite over Alex, I think it would be rare indeed that I write an Alex-centric fic where Yassen doesn’t play a role at all.

#asks #meta #meta meta meta #alex rider #yassen gregorovich

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valaks · 3 years

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From Stormbreaker AU (Yassen steals Alex and rides away into the sunset trope flip - considering expanding)

“You tried to alert MI6 that I am here. Do you truly wish to remain with them?”

He had at least had the decency to blush. “I don’t exactly have a choice.”

“We all have choices, Alex.” And hadn’t he already had this conversation? Years ago, he realized, in a rainforest but the roles had been reversed. “They will not let you go so easily but you do have choices.”

“I’m not seeing any. I’m not going with you. I’m not going to be a killer.”

“I would not expect you to nor do I want that for you. You will not be coming with me.”

He seemed surprised at the answer. “Why not?”

Perhaps it was unnecessary but he needed to make it perfectly clear that SCORPIA was just as, if not more dangerous for him than MI6. “There are many in SCORPIA who still remember your father, some not very fondly. If they did not kill you immediately they would jump at the chance to turn you into an assassin. You likely have the skills. Hunter was an expert marksman, I have not seen you shoot but I expect that you would be equally talented. Everything else could be taught. You say you do not want to kill now but with the right motivation and conditioning you would do it without hesitation.”

“They would brainwash me?”

“Not necessarily. That would be the kind way. But sleep deprivation can easily change a no into a yes. SCORPIA has the world’s foremost authority on torture on staff at their training facility. I imagine he would view turning a schoolboy into an assassin to be an exciting challenge. The on staff psychotherapist would also be interested. If you were lucky, you wouldn’t even realize they were doing it.”

“Not SCORPIA then.”

“No. Not SCORPIA. These are your options. Either way Alex Rider will die - in theory or in body. Stay with MI6 and you will get killed. Maybe in a few months, maybe in a few years. I will not pull the trigger, but there are many who would and many more who would do things to you that would make you wish they would. If you told anyone of SCORPIAs involvement in the operation it would be the latter.”

“Or?” he looked a bit sick at that. Good. He had gotten the point across.

“Or I get you a new identity and you leave your life behind. You will be taken care of, well educated, and, most importantly, you will be safe. I will ensure you are protected from this world until you are old enough to make the decision to re-enter it if you wish.”

“So that’s your advice? Leave everything behind to save my own skin? Let Jack think I died just like my uncle?”

“I’m not advising you, I’m laying out the options” his father had told him the same thing years ago. But Yassen had been an adult, capable of deciding how to forge his own path. Alex was not. Could he really let him choose?

“Why the choice at all?” The boy echoed his thoughts.

“I was given one by a man many years ago. I am repaying that now.” It was a lie, a comfortable one. But a lie. Hunter had all but pushed him away from SCORPIA. Had betrayed him in the most brutal way, would have seen him killed. But Alex was not John Rider. Right now he was far more like Yassen - 14 and faced with impossible decisions that would change his life. Surrounded on all sides by people who would sell him out or see him killed. Alone. Except for Yassen who wanted very much to give him the chance that he had never been given.

Alex would live.

He would make sure of it.

Even if the boy hated him for it.

“Dad?” He realized the boy was stalling. The twitches of his biceps told him he was picking the lock to the handcuffs. He must have realized that Yassen had made up his mind already, possibly before Yassen had even worked through it. Clever.

“Yes.”

“And if I don’t like your choices?”

He almost had the lock picked. They would need to watch that. Somewhere secure, then. Somewhere he was not familiar enough with that he would be able to blend in if he did escape. He had some contacts in Russia that had done security work for some Oligarchs and their families. They might have a suggestion for where to put a rebellious teen who kept running away from home.

Yassen turned his back to grab the needle he had brought for this purpose. As he anticipated, Alex took the opportunity and lunged. He was pinned on the ground in seconds.

“If you do not like my choices then I get to choose for you, little Alex.” He said casually as he uncapped the needle.

“You were going to anyways.” The boy said through gritted teeth as he struggled

“Yes, I suppose I was.” he mused as he checked for air bubbles. “But it would have been easier if you had made the correct choice on your own. As it is, I will have to keep you safe from MI6 and yourself.” Alex began trying to fight his hold in earnest. “Fighting will only make this more unpleasant. I do not want to hurt you.” He seemed to realize the inevitability of the situation and stopped.

Yassen took the chance and emptied the needle into his arm, ignoring the betrayal in his eyes. Seconds later he slumped bonelessly to the floor.

Yassen waited, checking his pulse before standing and studying the sleeping boy. This entire operation had been a disaster and the fallout would linger over him for years. Life as Julia Rothman’s lieutenant would not be pleasant. But perhaps it had not been all bad. Alex Rider would be safe. He would not be a slave to Alan Blunt and, with any luck, he would never truly appreciate just what a gift and a mercy that was. Yassen would never be able to see him again, not without drawing attention from SCORPIA or his enemies. Maybe in a few years Alex would find him to repay him for making this choice, like he had found Sharkovsky, but until then he would be safe and that would be enough for Yassen.

Years ago in a quiet restaurant in Venice John Rider had told him that sentimentality was the last thing you can afford in this business. Yassen Gregorovich had done many things in his life to prove John Rider wrong. Perhaps one more wouldn’t hurt.

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #stormbreaker #fanfic quotes #considering a sequel

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returquoise · 4 years

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So after a full night of sleep, a few rambly thoughts about Alex Rider tv series as a whole:

I get why they picked book two for the season. The 2006 Stormbreaker movie exists (and has it's moments but is not perfect) and the troubled teenager angle presented in the series works pretty well IMO. Maybe they'll do Stormbreaker at a later time, maybe not, we'll see.

Speaking of Point Blanc as the introduction; I think it was cleverly done. Ian Rider being an actual parent and agent on screen was a nice touch. Like I totally buy the "never went above the speed limit line" whereas 2006 Ian did not seem as convincing. Granted he was in a chase scene pretty much the whole time he was alive so.... Brecon Beacons! Not done as a weird boot camp but a staged kidnapping and it had payoff later on in the plot. Clever and realistic, considering they switched from actual MI6 to some weird offshoot Cold War leftover organisation vaguely affiliated with the MIs. (I do want a name for it.) All in all the cloak and dagger stuff was nice, I can actually believe these are secret operations because shit isn't exploding all over the place in public.

Tom and Alex's friendship is beautiful. Nuff said. Jack was also great, smart and relaxed and fun, much better than 2006. Other insteresting character adaptations include K Unit which is now mixed and yes, more female representation! Smithers was also an interesting take (anyone else going "DANIELS???!!" at the grief counselor part? Only to be told later that lol nope, not that.) It was actually really interesting to look in on what was happening elsewhere because the workplace drama caused by Ian's death was something that needed exploring, as well as having teenager's involvement questioned. And seeing Jack and Tom handling Alex not being here also added to the groundedness of the story.

Alex's character... he feels like a super competent teenager. 2006 kinda forgot the teenager aspect occasionally IMO. Some have complained about the party thing. Personally I'm neutral to meh and "must we?" on the matter. I'm not a party person but some are - and you can't deny that we don't get that much of his normal life or teenager stuff in the books. Books do tell us that he makes friends well in extreme situations, so why not in general? As I understand, that requires some level of being able to go with the flow and fit in and if party is the way to go 🤷‍♀️ (it's been luteral years since I've read the books so sorry if I remember wrong)

I mentioned payoff earlier so allow me to shortly rant about payoff. The paperclips, the hug near the end. They're not in the book, but when they happened, I knew exactly what was going on, because at that point I knew the characters, their skills and what they would do with what they were presented with. IT WAS SO SATISFYING TO GET STUFF. This is why good and consistent writing is better than plot twists coming out of the left field!

Is the series book accurate? No, the general story beats are there but adapted and changed to fill in the run time and to add depth. I think it's a good adaption, fun and and intense to watch. It has set up future seasons well and feels like... semi realistic? Taking out explosions in favour of undercover stuff makes it feel more grounded. (Ie how the end of the snowboarding was handled book vs series, etc.)

Is it perfect? No, but I think it's a very high quality adaptation and I had fun watching it.

#alex rider #alex rider tv

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polarbeing · 3 years

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Alex Rider (2006)

After the flashback to 2006 I was forced to watch the movie Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker.

It was not much that I remembered except the scene of the spies toys hahaha but the beginning of the film was acceptable, the best of the film I would say, since when he started his mission as an infiltrator I began to feel heavy and boring, comparing it with the series felt that it lacked a little more humor and more characters that would give weight and lightness to the plot. But ey! Too good to 2006 eh haaha

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movedyoakkemae · 2 years

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alex's second "therapy" session. / do not reblog.

Dr. Feng: Alex, the last time we spoke, you told me how your uncle, Ian Rider, prepared you to be a spy. How were you actually recruited into MI6?

Alex: I don't want to tell you.

Dr. Feng: Why not?

Alex: It's classified.

Dr. Feng: You remember, then.

Alex: Yes.

Dr. Feng: It's important to go over these details. I need to know that your memory is functioning properly... that there hasn't been any damage as a result of the injury to your head. And as I've explained to you, I work for MI6 too. Have you forgotten that?

Alex: Why are you keeping me here? I want to leave.

Dr. Feng: Then the sooner we get through this, the sooner we can make that happen.

A long pause. Subject trying to remain silent.

Alex: All right. I was recruited after Ian died. At first, they told me he had been killed in a car accident. It seems to me that MI6 tells quite a lot of lies about car accidents.

Dr. Feng: You think I'm lying to you?

Alex: I didn't say that.

Dr. Feng: Go on.

Alex: I tried to find out how Ian had been killed and that led me to MI6. I nearly got myself killed... twice. The first time, I hid in a car crusher and they started it up. And then I climbed out a window to get into Ian's office.

Dr. Feng: And what did you find?

Alex: Nothing. The whole thing was a waste of time. It was a test. Alan Blunt had already decided he wanted to use me.

Dr. Feng: Who is Alan Blunt?

Alex: He's the chief executive of MI6 Special Operations. If you work for MI6, how come you don't know that?

Dr. Feng: I do know that, Alex. I'm just testing your memory.

Alex: Alan Blunt needed someone to investigate a company called Sayle Enterprises, which had a manufacturing plant down in Cornwall. That was where they were making a brand-new computer -- the Stormbreaker -- and the owner, Herod Sayle, had offered to give one, free, to every school in the UK. Blunt knew there was something dodgy about him and he asked me to check him out. I went into the plant under a false name. There was a boy who had won some competition to visit the factory and I took his place.

Dr. Feng: What happened to Herold Sayle?

Alex: Somebody shot him. It wasn't me. I never wanted to kill anyone. And when I was sent on my missions, I was never given any weapons, nothing that could seriously hurt someone. Mr. Blunt never let me have a gun and I was glad about that. I'm fourteen. It's bad enough that I have to lie to all my friends about what I do. I didn't want to be a spy and I still don't. If they asked me to kill people, I'd refuse. I'm not sure I'd be able to live with myself if I did that.

To be honest with you, if I had a choice, I'd walk away. A lot of the kids at my school would think it's cool to be a spy and to have adventures and miss class and all the rest of it. But I was never given any choice. So far, I've been lucky, but one day I'm not going to be able to walk away. I'm going to end up in a real hospital... or dead.

And what's really sick is that if I get killed, Blunt won't even care. He'll be annoyed. It'll be inconvenient. But in a way, he and Mrs. Jones are as bad as the rest of them. They're using me the same way they'd use a gun or a hand grenade or whatever. I'm just a weapon. A secret weapon. And when the day comes that they can't use my anymore, they'll simply find someone else. They'll forget about me.

Dr. Feng: I'm sure that's not true, Alex.

Alex: I'm tired, I don't want to talk anymore. I want to go back to my room.

#tbt.#i still think about these 'therapy sessions' daily

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