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"Dark Knights" interview with Nicholas Knight, Jared Padalecki, and Jensen Ackles (Oct/Nov 2008)

The following tidbits of text are from the Supernatural Magazine Issue 6 (Oct/Nov 2008) interview "Dark Knights" with Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and writer Nicholas Knight (pages 10 to ).

"Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki will readily tell you that working on Supernatural has made them much less likely to get scared by the strange things that creep along just out of sight and lurk in the darkness. So what does it take to scare them nowadays? A writers’ strike.

“The obvious news of [season three] was the writers’ strike,” Padalecki emphasizes. “It scared a lot of us over here. Everything was up in the air. TV itself was up in the air. People wondered: ‘Is TV going to go to reality? Is TV going to go to news only? Is [all this] stuff gonna go to the Internet?’ Magazines like this one and the companion books really helped to ensure that our show would come back, and it did come back. So on behalf of everyone here, a big 'Thanks!' to everybody; we’re all very grateful to the fans and to the people who just enjoy the show, because we enjoy the show as well, and we enjoy making it.

“As soon as that strike hit, we were all saying ‘See you later,’ but a lot of us were scared it was going to be farewell. It was good to come back!” However, that doesn’t mean it was easy coming back. Ackles admits that it was hard for him to jump back into character. “In fact,” he says, “I sat down and watched three episodes just to get my head back into the whole show and the character, and find that [brotherly] relationship [again]. “I didn’t even see Jared the whole time the writers’ strike was going on, because he was traveling off in Europe and I was home in Texas. We just [all] kind of tried to utilize that time off as much as possible. Not to mention that we see enough of each other when we’re working together…” Ackles laughs, but it’s an unnecessary cue because it’s been well documented how well the two actors get along both on and off screen.

Although happy to be back, Padalecki also admits, “It was weird. Since the Pilot it’s the longest I’ve gone without playing Sam Winchester. Between seasons one and two and seasons two and three, the breaks were two months, and this time it was over three months.'"

Is Sam going to turn evil? “That’s a great question,” Padalecki says.

“I hear it all the time and I always wish I knew the answer. As of right now, I think the audience would be very against it, so I don’t think [Eric] and the other writers are going to let that happen. But it’s somewhere I’m curious to go; I’d love to see what happens if Sam goes that way. As far as the scripts and outlines I’ve read, it seems like the only way [for Sam] to save his brother is going to be by embracing his evil side for even a moment, so I’m curious to see what happens if Sam goes ‘dark side.’ The audience probably doesn’t want it, and of course my parents and family don’t want it either, but I think it’d be interesting to see Sam maybe get weak a little bit and give in to that [impulse]."

"Maybe I was powerful initially, and now that I’ve died and come back it’s almost like when Obi-Wan [Kenobi, from Star Wars] said, ‘If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could [possibly] imagine."

"No Rest For The Wicked left us wondering if Sam not only is a fully fledged demon, but if he’s more powerful than Lilith. But do we actually know how powerful Lilith is? “She’s pretty powerful, obviously," states Padalecki. “I know that Kripke and the writers love playing with the color of the demons' eyes. Black-eyed demons are run-of-the-mill demons, but the Yellow-Eyed Demon, he’s even worse, and the red-eyed demon is the Crossroads Demon. And here we see Lilith with her white eyes and we know that she is gun-running to be essentially the leader of Hell, opposite Satan. We don’t know where Satan fits in, but Lilith is the big badass in Hell, so we know that we’re going to have to answer to her. From what we know, she's essentially all powerful. We don’t know a way to stop her. Even Ruby, who is a demon (doesn’t know how to stop her]. She's obviously been trying to weasel Sam into embracing his demonic abilities a tittle bit more, but Sam's been so against it and doesn’t want ' to go [down] that route… but he wants to save his brother…"

"Something that's harder to balance with all the dark and dreary are healthy relationships. Dean and Bela aren’t likely to hook up in Hell - although stranger things have happened - and Sam and Ruby are now unlikely to get friendlier.

“I don't know," Padalecki chuckles. "I don't think so. I think she has a clear and obvious purpose in the show, and a great purpose that she serves well, but I think that our die-hard fan base just wouldn’t be interested in watching that love story. Jensens done a love scene, and I've done a love scene, and they're interesting and serve their purpose, but I don't think the boys would work in a relationship [with anyone]. I think it'd Just be a weird dynamic. I mean, what, would Ruby ride in the back of the Impala? It’d be kind of odd [to] wheel out. I don't think it'd ever pan out. But if it did, I’m sure the writers will work it in seamlessly. Besides, it'd kind of spoil the mood if during love scenes her eyes turned black. “Exactly. 'Uh. am I supposed to kill you now?' It was hard enough for poor Sammy waking up und fighting a werewolf. So it'd be even worse if he opens his eyes and there are some big black eyes staring down at him!"

Hmmm, were The Seers [what deities and The Khala collectively call themselves] possibly hinting to Jared in his divine hearing about Ruby and Sam in fact hooking up in Season 4? Very interesting that even Jared didn't think that this would be a suitable story to add to the show...

"I definitely don’t want to go on if Eric’s not willing to." Ackles proclaims. “If you lose the mastermind of all this brilliant story creativity, then you Just turn into a puppet. I’m passionate about the stories that Eric writes, and if he stops writing them I would be scared that the passion I have for the show would start to (diminish]. I don't want to be a part of a show that lasts past its expiration date. It's been a motto in Hollywood for many years that you always want to leave the audience wanting more. I think it still makes sense, even for television shows. Once those stories reach that pinnacle, or that plateau, get out before it starts declining. Go out on top! So if Chat's his decision, then I support it."

Unlike Ackles, we’re willing to make a prediction: Regardless of whether Supernatural runs for five, seven, or 15 seasons, fans’ support will never expire!"

Odd, it's just like the writer here was hearing The Seers speak of Supernatural ending after either 5, 7 or 15 seasons (alas the show end up lasting for 15 seasons).

#j2 #jared padalecki #jensen ackles #spn cast #spn family #Supernatural Magazine issue 6 #Dark Knights Interview #Supernatural #divination #psychic predictions #the khala #The seers #deities

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luluartpop · 2 months

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Cillian Murphy with glasses 🎀

He is so beautiful!

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nathan-fielder · 6 months

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CILLIAN MURPHY Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters for GQ Magazine (Oct, 2019)

#cillian murphy #mancandykings #cmurphyedit #dcedit #nolanverse #jonathan crane #The Dark Knight Trilogy #batman begins #gq magazine #interview #idk what else to tag #i tried something new #gifs #scarecrow #*

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timeturnerz · 1 year

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queer love as our dark, compelling, beautiful, terrible villain pulling our sweet, innocent protagonist away from their repressive society and to the "dark side"

interview with the vampire (2022) // hannibal (2013) // jennifer's body (2009) // neon genesis evangelion (1995) // the dark knight (2008) // fight club (1999) // point break (1991) // killing eve (2018)

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dirtyriver · 4 months

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Comics Interview #31, 1986, original cover art by Frank Miller

#Comics #Zine #Original art #Frank Miller #Batman #Robin #Batman the Dark Knight Returns #Comics Interview

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ungoliantschilde · 6 months

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David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview # 31, by Frank Miller.

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tommarvoloriddlesdiary · 1 month

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Numbers 1, 13, 17, and 18 sound very interesting! Are there any snippets that you can share?

oh my 🥹 a lot to get through! hold on tight 💀

unnamed fic number one also known as spy, has a lot going on 😭

it’s very much inspired by the Alex Rider series (specifically the book: Point Blanc) - for those who don’t know what that is, it’s about a young boy whose uncle dies, and he becomes deeply entangled in a world of espionage while trying to find out who killed him. it’s really good, and they have a tv series out for which season 3 is airing in April - give it a watch! i take this concept and sort of run with it - so Harry is an in-coming seventh-year Hogwarts student who finds out his Godfather, Sirius, has died during an auror mission gone wrong. he knows someone isn’t being honest with him - and he doesn't plan on resting until he has answers. here’s a cut:

Harry takes a look around. What was it that Sirius’s mind healer used to say? Five things you can see?

He sees rows and rows of conjured chairs, a raised platform, delicately floating candles - unlit, and the billowing peak of the tent. More than ever Harry can hear Sirius’s dismay at the lack of clowns in attendance.

It’s safer here, so Harry cracks a smile and finally settles his eyes on the dark, gleaming black coffin in the very centre.

He walks carefully through the rows of chairs all circled around it and stops just before the platform raises. Harry feels the telltale sign of overwhelm brew like a potion just behind his eyes, but he shakes it off, tries to delay it. Harry is aware now that he stands there for a long, long while.

Taking a deep breath, Harry places both hands on the edge of the coffin lid and pushes up.

It doesn’t open.

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mockumentary, also known as fic number thirteen: triwizard tournament, was discussed a bit here! but it never fails to make me laugh, so i’ll share another little cut 🤣

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Olympe rises from her chair and towers over them. The camera tilts up until it can’t anymore and still cuts off the top of her head. She walks over to the balcony, ducking to pass through the doorway, and crosses her arms behind her back.

She gazes down at the fury of elegant chaos, a smirk creeping up her mouth. The seventh-year students are gliding to and fro, preparing to leave in abraxan-drawn carriages while the younger years watch on with wide, awe-filled eyes.

She continues, “Zhis year will not be une répétition of seventeen-ninety-two.”

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unnamed fic number seventeen, also known as assassins, is vague one 💀

when I originally wrote down this idea, it was this: spy fic concept - Tom is an assassin, and Harry is a spy; they keep running into each other on various missions and have developed an unlikely friendship. NON-LINEAR - back and forth between past and present narrative — here’s a cut!

When Tom arrived on location, it was to a mess.

Harry Potter never held any qualms or hesitations. If there was a job that needed doing, and the justifications were moral enough, he would do whatever it took to complete it successfully. Unfortunately for Tom (and the meaningless lives that tended to be involved), Harry Potter’s modus operandi typically included wide-scale destructive explosions or the occasional all-out brawl.

This particular scenario happened to showcase the latter.

Potter was panting over an unconscious body. Possibly unknowing to the splatter of blood dotting across his chin, cheeks and nose like crimson freckles. It seemed that he’d been here much longer than Tom - deep cover, likely for months now judging by his scruffier than usual appearance. That hair in particular.

Tom exhaled softly, and thought, He looks good in red.

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interview with a dark lord, also known as fic number eighteen, is pure nonsense 🤪 here's a cut:

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Harry glanced over his notes, shuffling them around once, then twice. His eyes fell on one of the many, many questions he and the other Gryffindors had compiled over the night.

“Would you say your field is expanding or decreasing?” Harry asked.

“Decreasing,” Voldemort replied without hesitation. Harry’s scar prickled with something vast and telling - something that felt a lot like immense satisfaction.

A morbid curiosity reared its ugly head. “Really?” he asked and squinted his eyes a bit at Voldemort, looking him up and down. “You don’t seem to be taking that very hard?”

“Yes, and why would I, Potter?” Voldemort leaned back and crossed his legs, definitely looking smug. “It is not Dark Lords; it is Dark Lord. If my field is narrowing, and I remain the only one, all’s the better.”

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if you'd like to send me a wip, please do! my ask box is open 🥹

#tomarry #harrymort #tomarrymort #my fic #tag game #ask game #knights meeting #fic: interview with a dark lord #this is so late #i'm sorry 😂

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christianbalefanatic · 3 days

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Christian Bale at The Dark Knight Rises Press Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (July 8, 2012)

Re: Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) dir. Christopher Nolan

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modularmedia · 1 year

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The Great Nolan Debate Feat. @2manymovies - Modular Components Episode Ninety Four

New Podcast featuring an interview with Citizen Hal!

#Christopher Nolan #Nolan #The Dark Knight #Batman Begins #Dunkirk #Debate #Citizen Hal #2 Many Movies #Interview #Podcast #The Vacuuminator #Boingo Rider #Snowcone83 #Buster Corp #Modular Media #Youtube

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sunburnacoustic · 1 year

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Matt describing Revolt as "leading a revolution, but in the style of a Broadway musical" makes everything make sense. That explains the slight sheen on the song, vocals and guitars: there's just a bit of campness in this revolution. Of fucking course. Because it's scripted and led by Muse!

#Matt really isn't a dark guy; even when he's exploring dark themes #there's just a defiant glimmer of hope in everything he does #If we're going out we're going out with all the glory and fun we can: see Knights; and now I can say see Revolt. It makes so much sense now #I suppose that's also what makes something like We Are Fucking Fucked now such a punch to the gut: there isn't a glam edge to it #(thematically/lyrically. Of course musically there still is: can't remember which mag reviewing it called it the most joyous 'we are doomed #song—they're right). There is still fight and resistance in it but there's no revelation in the resistance. That's still the case in Revolt #and that (literally after listening to it one way for EIGHT YEARS) changes the whole song for me now #muse band #matt bellamy #muse #muse interviews #Muse Drones #Revolt Muse #2015 #John Kennedy #X-Posure #Radio X #Drones era #I fucking love John Kennedy he brings out the best in his interviewees. He's so good. Such a professional and a calm warm inviting host.#Muse band #muse quotes #a broadway revolution is so Muse... remember when Matt (last year) said they could write 1984: The Musical? It's them it's Muse!#bands that REMEMBER the role of theatre in performance and art

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hollywoodoutbreak · 4 months

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The Dark Knight is considered one of the best superhero movies in cinema history. While the performances are top-notch, including the late Heath Ledger's Academy Award-winning portrayal of the Joker, Dark Knight star Christian Bale credits co-writer/director Christopher Nolan. At the time of the film's release, he spoke about Nolan's handling of the material, making great action and showing great depths of the characters, as the key element that made the movie a timeless classic.

The Dark Knight is currently streaming on Max and is available on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, and most digital platforms.

#Christian Bale #The Dark Knight #Batman #Joker #Christopher Nolan #DC Comics #Movies #Movie News #Entertainment #Entertainment news #Celebrities #Celebrity #celebrity news #celebrity interviews

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Zack Snyder calls The Dark Knight Returns "the greatest comic book ever written" and explains why he wants to adapt it for film

"If I could do that...I'd be pretty much done with superheroes"

#the dark knight returns #zack snyder #dc #dceu #dc fan #dc fandom #movies #superheroes #batman #interview #fandom #fandoms #Instagram

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volfoss · 6 months

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every popular male comic author who i hate will have leagues of fans who are like omg u just read his REALLY bad stuff the rest is better. it totally doesnt have the same problems as his bad stuff did. and then it in fact does

#well rape is more common than murder and so its not misogynistic i put it in there for most of #my female characters“ ”i as a white man can reclaim this antiblack character. because no one complained about the insanely racist asian +#stereotype in the same series so basically im innocent #twist rambles #looking right at ennis rn. but also like. every single fucking war ellis fan who is like omg hes sooo good at writing. i hate that man #but its very um. funny to me how people will be like gaiman is good at writing and then like? honestly his comics are kind of mediocre.#same shit with miller. why are we praising him for the dark knight. it is not good. like objectively. and EVERYTHING daniel way has put out #the wolverine stuff he did was SO bad and then i got well. 45 issues of him writing DP. it was not a good time. there is a solid chance i #hate a solid 50% or more of the popular male comic authors.#also. god sorry i will never get over alan moore. <- he said all this shit in an interview btw. insane.

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faniacmag · 7 months

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David Goyer talks FOUNDATION, Dark Knight trilogy, MAN OF STEEL & BLADE I Happy Sad Confused - YouTube