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smoothshine · 1 year

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Tag game: eight shows to get to know me

I was tagged by @scienceoftheidiot and @goneadrift (thank you!! 🥺💕), and now the deal is that I get to rant about a couple of shows I like, so let's get straight to it!

1. House M.D.

- Knowing how many seasons are there in this show, I think it says something that I purposefully rewatched the full thing several times, and I probably will do it again at some point. Many characters from this series have a special place in my heart, and oh boy do I love myself a good medical drama sometimes. + the different medical cases are just very interesting for me to observe, even though I am by no means a medical specialist, let's say I know a thing or two from this field x)) (and some of you are probably aware of that, ahah)

2. Lethal Weapon

- This one is another one of these shows that I occasionally come back to for a rewatch, the chemistry between two main characters is amazing, and the main plotline is pretty good imo, + it's a classic detective-involving series, where, granted, not every case is super intriguing or complicated, but I think the characters and their development and relationships with each other - all this usually goes first when determining a series that I'll most probably like, and it delivers that part for sure! (Yes I used this specific gif because now I can't stop picturing this, but with Royais + Hughes, lolol, sorry I have a brainrot)

Also, look at this silly little totally not dysfunctional guy, come on, you can't help but love him:

3. Lucifer

- Ohohoho this one was one of the first quite long-term obsessions for me - I was watching it with my good friend as it was coming out (pretty sure starting from like, season 2 we began to watch it as it was airing, or at least I was and then I dragged this friend along for the ride, ahah), and I remember having so much fun with it - making theories, trying to predict the direction for the next season, simping over the main cast, being (more often unironically than not) frustrated with love triangles, all the good stuff. I also really like the soundtrack used in the series, and, of course, I have to mention the fact that its main leads are a blonde badass detective who is actually a sweetheart and her goofy dark-haired bastard-certified material partner who can actually be very scary and powerful to anyone but her :333

Go figure if I have a type or not, right (omg I just realized she also has a cute pet name and it's "detective")

4. Fleabag

- This one was such a pleasant surprise for me, the further I was watching the more invested into it I was getting, and in the end it turned out to be such an emotional rollercoaster, while also being able to handle a balance between more serious scenes and great humor really well. The romance plotline turned out to be very interesting too - overall, it's a great pretty short series that I can definitely recommend for people to check out at some point (I was indeed very happy when I found out @goneadrift was watching it too, hehe)

5. Sherlock (the BBC one)

- Honestly, this one is associated with many good memories for me - we used to watch it for a couple of years in a row with my parents during New Year, and it was like, one of the highlights of our celebration. Life just seemed so much easier these days, and I always remember them with warmth and joy. But! Apart from the sappy stuff - I genuinely think it's a nice modern AU Sherlock adaptation, hehe, as always, I pay a lot of attention to the chemistry between the characters, especially the main cast, and I think pretty much everyone nailed it - I find the characters from this series to be very enjoyable to watch. The other point that I want to mention here is the directing - I remember myself being very impressed by some of the shots and directing/editing choices they made there, and, of course, the main soundtrack is now pretty much engraved into my memory, hehe

(So yeah, aside from the last season, which I don't think is that bad, but definitely not as good as the earlier ones imo, it's a great show!)

6. Elementary

- Surprise surprise, another Sherlock adaptation involving detective storyline(s), who would've thought, right? Honestly, I don't remember a lot about it, since I haven't rewatched it in a looong time, ahah, but, believe it or not, I still love it and have a couple of good memories associated with it. Used to watch it during weekends back in the day when I still watched TV, lolol, but yeah, I think it's a pretty unique Sherlock adaptation, and you can definitely have fun watching it!

7. Forever

- That one is unexpected, definitely not my usual series of choice, but surprisingly I finished it pretty quickly and was glad I decided to give it a shot x)

(For the record - it's a series about a guy who works in the morgue while trying to find how to get rid of his immortality curse 👀👌).

8. Fullmetal Alchemist

- Gonna follow the lead of @scienceoftheidiot and add this one on the list too, because my god this series has me in a chokehold. Specifically Royai stuff of course, but I think in general this is the kind of anime (both FMA and FMAB btw) people who are generally not that much into anime can enjoy (I am saying as I am, apparently, one of these people, ahah). It's just a great story with a great cast and lovely imagery and soundtrack, I mean, what else can you possibly need? (Meanwhile here I am, going absolutely insane every time I think about my two beloved war criminals kissing)

O, here they are, by the way!

Aand that's all for today, no-pressure tags for @lassusog @chrysopoeias @nightofnyx8 @fullmetalscullyy @jedidragonwarriorqueen and anyone who wants to participate (also because it doesn't allow me to tag more people for some reason??), in case you feel like it! :3

#ask stuff #tag game #involving my totally normal royai obsession ofc

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saints-who-never-existed · 1 year

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Episode Seven: Random Rewatch Observations

These posts are rapidly becoming “Just Things I Like” rather than “Observations” but still, I forge on!

1. Shout out to lovely, lovely Tom Hartnell being a good friend even in a flashback and allaying wee David Young’s fears about engine noises. I wonder if they just met or if this scene is suggesting they knew each other somehow already?

2. Hodgson, you hilarious motherfucker.

3. I love that Hickey’s response to any opposition or problem is a sly little smile and a bobble of the head. He did it to Goodsir earlier and he does it to Tozer here – as if to say “Oooh you just became interesting to me…! You’re definitely on my radar now, son!”

4. On the subject of Goodsir – he apologises! He’s trying to do the job of four men taking care of everyone, fighting against absolutely unwinnable odds in terms of illness, and still when it’s not enough the first thing he does is apologise!

5. I’ve just noticed that right after Crozier speaks with the men being left behind on board, it cuts to reveal he’s already got his slop trousers on underneath his usual fancy uniform. I know all of them do have a combination of clothes on now but I just found it funny to cut from him giving a serious, noble speech to him looking like a giant ill-proportioned toddler while he does so.

6. I’d love to know who the fuck the dude is just casually lying on top of one of the sledges when they’re about to leave. Presumably he’s just one of the already-ill but still, makes for an interesting image.

7. Check out fuckin’ Cool-Guy Crozier flinging his hat out for Jopson to catch in an equally cool manner. They’re so in sync!

8. Hickey’s not even pulling that boat! The rest of them are straining forward in their harnesses and he’s out for an afternoon stroll on the ice!

9. God, that’s all it takes! For one single person to actually bother to ask how he’s feeling, and Collins is gone! Heart-breaking!

10. Hickey doesn’t actually take the lead in a good bit of the mutinous talk in this episode I don’t think, at least not initially. It’s Gibson that starts talking about abandoning the main party and Armitage/Pilkington who make the observation about Neptune’s rations. Hickey does, however, look delighted to have people starting to agree with him and then I suppose he’s very much front and centre when they’re trying to win over Hodgson later on.

11. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – the huge redeeming feature of Tozer as a character is that he’s not just out for himself and he never has been. Look how quickly he flings himself down to help Morfin when he slips – not a single second of hesitation to help another person!

12. Only when Crozier directly refuses his request to be euthanised does Morfin step back and the lamplight illuminates his eyes. I don’t even want to say it’s in a demonic sort of way because he’s definitely not that but that light in his eye is haunting and it definitely does signal a fundamental shift within him, his mind made up about what he’s about to do.

13. There’s a very subtle little change in Collins’ expression in that very quick shot of him in the tent listening to events outside. He’s so troubled already by it all but at the line “Mr Morfin is in great pain… He’d like us to end it for him…” his gaze widens right up and I have to wonder what terrifies him more - the idea that, damaged as he feels he is, he sees himself making a similar request to be put down in the future, or the idea that he’ll be refused when he does so. Gut-wrenching!

14. When I first watched this scene I thought Morfin’s gun went off accidentally as he was lowering it but no, it’s a very deliberate decision he makes. You see him glance over and spot Tozer taking aim and only then does he lower his weapon and fire at Fitzjames in a deliberately non-lethal way in order to force their hand.

15. Jopson even holds back the flap of the tent for wee Hartnell! How lovely of him!

16. I know the main answers are basically plain old racism and hubris and whatnot, but it’s always baffled me that in all the time they’ve been in that part of the world, no one but Goodsir bothered to learn any Inuktitut! Like, we know that it was a thing for the Navy to hold classes in their downtime on various subjects as well as languages like Latin and Greek, and teach illiterate men to read etc. so why oh why couldn’t they have done it for the native bloody language? Even Crozier/Blanky/MacDonald passing on their own imperfect grasp of it to the officers could’ve made a difference!

#The Terror #The Terror AMC #S01E07 #Horrible From Supper #Tom Hartnell #David Young #George Hodgson #Cornelius Hickey #Solomon Tozer #Francis Crozier #John Morfin #Henry Foster Collins #Thomas Jopson #Observations

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watching-pictures-move · 5 months

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Movie Review | Lethal Weapon 3 (Donner, 1992)

I think most people will concede that the first two are the actual good movies and the third and fourth are a significant step down. From this one I remembered only the scene where Riggs and Murtaugh are busted down to traffic cop duty and pull a gun on a jaywalker, whereas from the fourth I remembered the freeway chase, the final fight and the dentist scene. From the sound of it, you'd think I'd be Team Lethal Weapon 4, but I probably like this one a bit better. Both are very much action sitcoms, but this one, barring the first twenty minutes, at least moves forward like a real action movie. It's certainly more formulaic than the first two and lacks the verve of the first two, but after those earlier sections it doesn't straight up stop for shtick the way the fourth one does. And this is pretty superficial, but I prefer the late '80s / early '90s sheen of this one to the late '90s sheen of the fourth.

I do think this suffers from the lack of memorable villain, who I was forgetting as I was watching him onscreen. The scheme here involves armor-piercing bullets and automatic weapons, which lead to totally DOA attempts to weave some social consciousness into the proceedings. Sadly, a movie where the heroes pull a gun on a jaywalker is not equipped to deal with the issue of inner city violence.

Like the Fast & Furious movies, the series has started growing the family of supporting actors. Joe Pesci is in this because he was in the last one and does absolutely nothing to push the proceedings forward. He's not actively annoying, but makes little impact beyond his newly bleached hair and a callback to his best rant from the previous movie. I think Rene Russo holds here own as the new addition and plays her character credibly when such considerations were of decreasing importance in the series. Of course Ebert liked the scar scene.

All that being said, Richard Donner continues to nail the set pieces, even if the ones here don't stick in the memory like others in the series, and it's always fun to hang out with Murtaugh and Riggs. I can't imagine watching this by itself, and only put this on today because I rewatched the first two and this was about to leave Netflix, but it manages to hit the spot.

#film #movie review #lethal weapon 3 #richard donner

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attheexactlyrighttimeandplace · 1 year

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For the ROP themed asks, 1, 16 and 20 :)

You picked some really cool questions!

1. Favorite character?

I have anwered this one already here and my previous answer contains various options, so i think it's a complete answer.:)

16. What is your favorite item from the series? (For example, Finrods dagger, the piece of mithril Durin gave to Elrond, Adar’s gauntlet)

Arondir's bow and arrows without a a doubt!

It's more than a prop: Ismael made it look like it's an extension of Arondir's personality.

The elfiest elf is the most exceptional fighter of the show, thus all weapons should be very significative for him as a part of his fighting techniques, but the bow suits him specifically because of the essence of his movements: he moves like a dancer and with such grace and lightness, of course he was going to pick a weapon that produces the same effect of softeness and elegance while being very lethal, something that crushes his enemies but with gentleness and beauty.

It's like the arrows themselves sense it and thus abandon their orcs owners to comply with his orders: that scene of episode 4 in the woods where he's chased (with Theo) by orcs and stopped an arrow with his hands and sent it back is just superb for that in my view.

And i can't stop rewatching the destruction of The Watchtower of Ostirith.

It's his best fighting scenes for me (more than the fights against the orcs after he was captured in the tunnels or against the warg and the giant orc in episode 6), it's the way he likes to fight and i can feel it and i can feel his personality through it.

20. Are there any changes to the source material that you liked? (For example, Finrods death not being via werewolf but in battle or the making of the rings in the source material vs. their creation in the show)

I don't consider the creation of the rings has being that different of the source material, because of the rights issue. The writers are limited to what is said in The Appendices and honestly, these texts don't say more than what happened on the show. The chronology only mentions the elven rings (and there's an annexe about the dwarves which includes the ring of Durin III), and there's no detailed description of their creation, except for the part that mentioned that Sauron instructed the elven smiths about how to forge them.

It was asthetically beautiful for me to watch the elven smiths use their tools, the new forge in action, and the physical merger of the ores.

But i must admit it's the only reference to the canon that i enjoyed. After reading The Silmarillion, i really hate the changes in Finrod's storyline, and i don't really understand the point of transforming the way the mithril was created or altering its properties when it comes to the fading of the elves.

Thank you for asking! It was really fun to answer! 💛

#ask games #the rings of power #arondir #the three rings #the silmarillion #finrod

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accidental-spice · 2 years

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Well obviously the buddy cop show is Lethal Weapon!!! Gosh I love that show, I should rewatch it

Correct!!!!

2. SWR

3. AOS

4. ATLA

7. Brooklyn Nine Nine

10.

11. TCW

12. Heartland

13. Lethal Weapon

14. Downton Abbey

Ask game

#ask response #tv show ask game

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epicdogymoment · 3 years

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when they go back in time to the joui war and gintoki is fighting with lake toya instead of an actual sword????? holy shit?????????

#leologisms #gintama #ok yes i know that a bokken is perfectly capable of being a lethal weapon on the same level as a sword but still. holy shit.#also when everyone comes back and essentially says 'we are your yorozuya'.... my heart #and when otose says that theyre fighting in plain old kabukicho..... AAAGH #im a sucker for repeated themes ok. four devas arc and silver soul arc got me feeling things about be forever yorozuya #shout out to the enmi gintoki (joui war) fight for making gintoki unreasonably cool #him getting cut all over with the curse and just standing there and taking it? and when the writing appears all over his body???#also when the past joui 4 appear and especially the scene with both gintokis with their weapons. FUCK.#when everything is over and the joui 4 are leaving and we see shiroyasha watching the group bicker while they disappear...........#like.. this is what you have to look forward to. these are the people who will care for you and fight for you. this is what youre protecting #(wet sobbing) im ok rewatching bfy didnt give me massive feelings ok #also.. hijikata tsundere. no i will not elaborate

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dirk-gently-theories · 3 years

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Hello, I am alive and rewatching Dirk Gently with new friends (had to introduce them to the show). We’re on S2E3 and I keep having those tiny little thoughts about the big something.

Here’s some of them:

- Todd and Amanda work like a battery. One’s the negative pole and the other one the positive. Input and output of energy. Redirecting it and transforming it.

- Holistics exist on both sides, the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’. “Whatever this thing is, it doesn’t pick sides.” They might even be the main force that move things in the universe, the most important gearwheels as one might say. I believe that for every Dirk solving cases, there’s a Dirk causing cases. For every Bart ‘cleansing’ the path that the holistics will have to take to ensure their safety (without knowing it) there’s a Mr. Priest trying to kill them.

- Friedkin’s new job in the fabric of reality is to lead the holistics to where they need to go. They, as Priest phrased it, are his weapons and he’s the one who has to pull the trigger. Friedkin now sees everything, he somewhat knows how things work. He’s got to keep the balance between everything and the holistics are his weapons to do so. Friedkin is neither good nor bad, he’s everything and nothing. Just like he did with Ken he leads the holistics to where they need to go, where they need to take their shot. He tries his best but the universe works in mysterious ways and he doesn’t always understand it. Ken asked to leave the car, so Friedkin let him out of the car but left him inside the cell. A misunderstanding. But he still provided Ken with the things he needed to follow his path. (Might rewatch the scene later and unpack it more organized).

- Season 3 would’ve been sci-fi, the main focus on magic car fixing robots. Too many mentions of car fixing stuff and way too many cars in S2 for it to be a coincidence. I’m thinking that maybe there was an UFO with robots and it landed in a lake. Robots can’t get into the water, can’t fix the UFO so instead they fix cars. Smart and lethal children got a hold of the robots and use it to help their family who owns a car repair shop thingy. The UFO or the code name for the mission may be Atlantis and the UFO is “The lost city of gold”. Far fletched, I know. It’s just an idea.

- Season 3 would have ended with Bart going to space in the UFO, together with the kids. “The only constant is me and gravity.” - Not anymore. She doesn’t want to kill people anymore - not possible in space. Oh, and Todd would die. Not a permanent thing though. It’s the Mexican Funeral after all. Season 4 would have been within the supernatural/paranormal genre and we already had mentions of ghost Estevez. I don’t know if the story would be about getting Todd back/ghost Todd/resurrecting him or something (maybe he’s in Valhalla?) or if his death is even part of the plot, not just a clue for what’s about to happen. The thing I’m remotely sure about is: After reuniting with Dirk during the magic car fixing robot case, Assistent would take Todd’s place - because Todd isn’t there anymore, reason unclear.

- Ken maybe tries to build a gigantic unlimited energy device, with the holistics as the gearwheels/power source. I’m not sure if it’s a literal machine (for which he might need the help of genius children?) or just a description for his network of unlimited power sources, aka the holistics, which he can control, send out, call back and thus cause an imbalance.

- And of course Amanda as the leader of the holistics. I love how season 1 already it, the way the Rowdy3 instinctively followed Amanda around in their van.

(- What if in S4 Dirk explored the Death of his own parents?)

That’s it so far. I’ll keep you updated during the last episodes of the rewatch.

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luna-rainbow · 3 years

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Sorry, didn't mean to go off on in response to that ask 😬😖 but it's so frustrating how both Sam and Bucky got nerfed so hard in regards to their abilities. Idk whether it's laziness, or lack of understanding around fight choreography or what.

I remember watching as it aired, and Bucky's downgrading was so obvious to the point of it being painful (like the fight on the trucks. Barely able to stay upright in a fight against untrained (albeit) super soldier's, when we have literally witnessed him mowing through multiple highly trained super soldiers before.)

But after it finished, and after rewatching tws and cw it struck me how much they downgraded Sam too. We've only seen him fight in short snippets before, but he is highly competent. And there's no doubt in my mind that he's even better than what we've seen.

They didn't have to downgrade Bucky in order to showcase Sam, because Sam was already on par with Bucky, just with a different skillset/fighting style. They could have been presented as equals, and complementary to each other, but instead they... Idk even what they did really. It's sort of like they pitted their styles against each other's instead of using it as an opportunity to show how they grew and worked together as a team. Idk... Sorry to rant in your inbox, feel free to ignore 😅

(Yay I finally got the chance to answer! (And sorry it got super long)

Honestly I’m on a bit of a TFATWS criticism spree here so please stop reading if you love this show.

I think the problem is (at minimum) twofold:

A) Most of the action scenes only served to move people from place to place without regard to what this meant for their characterisations.

The net result is that out of all the characters it was John Walker who got the main character treatment of having a logical character arc and fight scenes that all served to build on his character.

1 - Truck fight: Sam and Bucky are BOTH nerfed in order for Walker to save them. This was supposed to establish Walker as well-intentioned and on par with our heroes. Except both Sam and Bucky were clearly punching wayyyy below their movie level while waiting for him to arrive. 2 - Wakandan fight: This fight served as a turning point for John as he became overwhelmed by a sense of inadequacy. However, to set up this fight, SAM went out of character to stop John from taking Zemo (this part was completely inane because Zemo ran away after this so clearly they didn't need him). And don't get me started on how Bucky went out of character to upset the Wakandans in the first place to set up this fight. 3 - Lemar/Flag Smasher death fight: I mean, let's be real, the protagonist of this entire fight was John. The target was John, the death was John's friend, the one who underwent major character evolution was John. Sam and Bucky were both on the sidelines, pulling their punches (although there's adequate in-plot justification for this). 4 - John vs Sam & Bucky fight: I already wrote half a chapter with Sam raging at Bucky's awful fighting style here so I'm not going to do it again LOL. But even SAM was brought down a peg to let John be a threat. Sam landed like...3 punches before he was pinned down and had his wings ripped off. And the characterisation in this fight? I'd say it built more of John getting deranged with the serum (don't @ me, he aimed for Sam and Bucky's heads multiple times while they were down)...with maybe a character beat for Sam coming to terms with the shield at the end. 5 - Final fight: Sam got some good sequences (I'm not sold on the Batroc fight), but John was able to finish off his character arc by a redemption. I'm not going to comment on Bucky because it will just remind me of Spellman's infuriating quote.

In other words, John was the only one in the series where the fights themselves told a coherent story, and in fact Sam and Bucky’s characters were warped to facilitate this. Examined purely from the quality of character development to the care paid to consistency and continuity, you’d think John was the main character, and that’s just...ironic.

B) A conscious decision to make Sam and Bucky not carry any arms against the Flag Smashers.

I feel like this is to parallel current events with Sam and Bucky representing police, and the Flag Smashers representing POC youths. Without getting into whether this allegory is appropriate or effective: it takes away what Sam and Bucky have been using in previous movies. Sam was always backed up by guns in the air, and Bucky also either used guns or knives. The easy fallback is to say that they seem weaker because they're not using weapons anymore, but it doesn't have to be this way.

As I said in my earlier post, Gundam Seed showed it is absolutely possible to have a main character who is staunchly non-lethal but still kicks major ass.

I know Kira has a lot of detractors but here's his signature move: disarm enemy armoured suits without killing the pilots. (GIF by mecha-gifs)

I know this is obviously a completely different type of fighting but Kira, as a main character, sustained this philosophy for the majority of 2 seasons of 50 episodes. He also started off in a basic suit which doesn't let him disarm multiple enemies like this, so his earlier fights were all "hand to hand" fights but he still managed to (mostly) avoid killing people. What I mean is, if they really tried, they could definitely make Sam and Bucky kick ass while being non-lethal. They just...didn't try.

#sorry to go on a tangent #once again horrified by the length of my own post #gundam seed #tfatws critical

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spockvarietyhour · 4 months

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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Bonus:

#Lethal Weapon 4 #LW4 #Martin Riggs #Roger Murtaugh #filmedit #movieedit #lw4edit #GIF #my gifs #lethalweapon4edit #lethalweaponedit #lethal weapon 4 rewatch #Hide and Queue

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365days365movies · 3 years

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January 6: Last Action Hero (Epilogue)

First thing first, I do indeed like this movie. It’s got a cult following, and if you look it up on Tumblr, you can see that this cult following is present on this very site! So, if you’re in that cult following, well...

I’ve got good news and bad news, to quote the Dean. Yes, I’ve been rewatching Community, what of it? Anyway, I do like this movie...and it’s an absolute mess that makes no sense when you really think about it.

Rather than go into my feelings on it now, I’ll just put up the review, OK? Let’s go. And get ready for a lot of words. I know, atypical of me.

Review

Cast and Acting

I appreciate that Arnold was, essentially, making fun of himself throughout this movie. And in the end, he almost injected some character depth into Jack Slater. Almost. THe movie itself didn’t really let him, but I’ll get into that in the next section. Austin O’Brien does fine with Danny, but he doesn’t save from getting juuuuuust a little annoying there around the middle. Again, there’s obviously something deeper to the character, but the movie didn’t let O’Brien explore any of that depth. But then again, he’s also far too emotionless in the movie, considering the events that happen within it. Unfortunately, that’s common for ‘90s movie kid protagonists, and it’s very jarring in this example. On the flip side, Charles Dance is fantastic. Seriously. I love him. Dance actually appears to be taking this role seriously throughout most of the film. Toward the end, he starts to get a little hammy during that ending villain speech (a speech literally about film villains), but he’s a great casting choice, and a great actor. But then, it’s Charles Dance. Who’s surprised by that?

Prosky’s Nick is extremely endearing. Despite his lack of screen time, he quickly became one of my favorite characters in the film as well, placing second above Slater but below Benedict. Prosky also doesn’t get a lot of time to inject much character into Nick, but we still get a sense of who this man is. Everybody else is fine; they play the characters that they’re supposed to play, no complaints there. In fact, any complaints belong in the next section. A couple of standouts amongst this supporting cast includes Tom Noonan’s Ripper (terrifying, and played very well), Bridgette Wilson’s Whitney/Meredith Caprice (the first film role gimmick to her character makes me smile), and Art Carney in his last film role.

Cast and Acting: 6/10

Plot and Writing

THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH IN THIS GODDAMN MOVIE. OK, let me explain. Zak Penn and Adam Leff wrote a story for the movie, parodying ‘80s action films like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. This was Penn’s first movie, and he’d go on to some success including writing the story for The Avengers with Joss Whedon, alongside a few great movies, and many...not great ones. Anyway, they sold the story, and the screenplay duties were handed to Shane Black, the writer for, uh...Lethal Weapon. OK. Black, in case you didn’t know, tends to inject his screenplays with irreverence and meta humor. Check out his earlier movie The Monster Squad (I love that goddamn movie), and his later movies Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (on the list) and Iron Man 3 (form your own conclusions from that). That screenplay is VERY different from the original, and only kept a few elements. And a bunch of script doctors and edits later, and you have...a mess.

THIS MOVIE IS A MESS. IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. There are SO many potentials for character development and plot points that are unexplored, while the number of meta jokes and commentary and film references are SO FREQUENT that they end up breaking the entire concept of the movie. Here’s an example of what I mean: WHERE IN THE SHIT IS THE MOVIE UNIVERSE SET? Weird question, but think about this. In Slater’s world, there’s a widely accepted cartoon cat cop voiced by Danny DeVito. And, just...how? How does that work? If Danny gets zapped into the movie, that means that all of the stuff, ALL of the stuff that we see in the movie is in Slater’s universe. And that makes...no sense. Unless the film franchise is just that batshit crazy, which I doubt. This movie is absolutely crazy, and it ends up breaking itself with plot holes. There are a lot more, but this section is already long, and I’m about to add a paragraph.

See, new paragraph. Why? Well, I should say this: a lot of the commentary about the film industry and action films of the day actually do work really well. The movie-in-a-movie universe does have some great references and jokes, and that stuff actually salvages the film somewhat for me. Man, I love some of that stuff...but there’s also so much of it, that it becomes draining. Plus, the balance between the movie world and the real one is heavily skewed towards the former, not giving us enough time in the real world, and missing the opportunity to have Arnold fight Jason or Freddy Kreuger. I mean...come on. Of all the missed opportunities in the world...that’s the biggest one I’ve ever heard. Whoof.

Plot and Writing: 4/10

Direction and Action

John McTiernan, the director of Die Hard, apparently didn’t have a hell of a lot of time to make this movie, and the production of this film is legendarily a mess. That said...direction was fine. I think McTiernan did OK, and he wasn’t the biggest issue with this movie. The action, on the other hand, is the most ridiculous shit I’ve ever seen...and I love it. A LOT. It’s constantly over-the-top, and I’m goddamn HERE for it, as I said before. If there’s anything else to talk about with this movie, it’s the goddamn action. Hell yeah.

Direction and Action: 7/10

Production Design

Costume and set design for this movie was sometimes pretty suthentic, similar to that of The Running Man. And sometimes, also like The Running Man, IT IS GODDAMN INSANE. The weird-ass creative choices in this movie boggle the mind. I didn’t even MENTION the dominatrix cop you see when Slater’s fired. Yeah, look it up. This movie makes no sense 50% of the time, from a viaul standpoint. And yet, sometimes, it’s just straight-up good looking, especially when you get to the real world. Look, if there’s anything I can see, its that this movie’s production design is extremely memorable. And for that...yeah, it weirdly deserves some credit. Might’ve melted by brain, but, hey, I ain’t gonna forget it!

Production Design: 8/10

Music and Editing

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Megadeth, Def Leppard, Cypress Hill. Do, uh...do I need to say anything else here? That lineup is insane, and it works pretty well! Stands out more than The Running Man did last week, and definitely brings you into the universe of the movies. Where The Running Man’s soundtrack was distilled ‘80s, this one is pure ‘90s. This one I would download on iTunes. However, it’s still not extremely memorable outside of the film, unfortunately. Better than The Running Man’s, though, I can say that.

Also, you wanna see something? Check this out.

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Here’s the deal, as I see it. This movie is a complete mess. And, yeah, I gave it a 64%, which is higher than most critics would give it. But one, I’m not a critic; this is a fun hobby for me. And two...sue me. I had a good time with this movie! I laughed quite a bit throughout it, so the jokes really did work for me. Got a little annoying after a bit, but I still liked it. Would I watch this movie again? Absolutely...but probably with friends. This is definitely another good party movie. But then, it’s Arnold? Are you really surprised?

This movie, amongst EVERYTHING ELSE, sets itself up as a buddy cop movie. That’s actually a pretty common action-comedy formula, right? But I’ve seen most of the old classic buddy cop movies...so how about a new one?

January 7, 2021: The Nice Guys

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supernaturallyobsessedchic · 4 years

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Something random to share

I will cry if I hear Knock Knock Knocking on Heaven’s Door.

Thanks to Supernatural ending, and their Season 15 Trailer, or some sort of Farewell trailer to 15 years of Supernatural that had the song play. I will cry now whenever I hear it.

I was watching Lethal Weapon 2, when Riggs got shot in the end (he lived, i mean they made 4 movies), I can faintly hear it playing...I’m in tears. YEARS before I never shed a tear. Because I knew Riggs would be alive.

This whole scene, before I was dry faced. Now I’m a crying mess. Supernatural has messed me up. And I’m not at all mad about it.

Oh, and Now the Pilot makes me cry...thanks SPN editors and writers for hurting me. Ow.

I hope when the show ends, it’s not a painful end. Because it would be too painful to rewatch. Like if my boys die, or one of them dying, would have me hurt so bad, I would not bring myself to rewatch anytime soon. Rewatching it would open up any wounds the finale has caused. Not sure if I explained that well, it’s just like with Jericho, when [spoiler] Jake’s dad dies in the end of season 1, I cried. I still do...3 - 5 years later.

Blog update, still on hiatus, writing. Working on a few fics, some of them I’m calling Imagines. But they’re turning into mini series’s. And I keep getting bored. I’m just so burned out with work, but now I’m on vacation, sleeping in, relaxing...and, even writing. So, be on the look out. ;D

Good night ya’ll, as it is night time and bed time where I am at posting this.

And to those who will stumble across my shenanigans, Good morning/Good afternoon. :D :3

#random post #lethal weapon 2 feels #knock knock knocking on heavens door feels #spn feels #SPN #supernatural #feels #feels galore #SPN 15 thoughts #send help

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tonysopranosfeverdreams · 5 years

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31. “Can I kiss you?”thank u @hyruling 💖

“Mac,” he starts, slowly, like explaining something very complicated to a very small child“it’s the middle of August. It’s going to be warm. It’s North Dakota, not the North Pole. There is literally no reason for me to bring a jacket.”

***

Dennis exhales heavily as he feels the muscles in his back relax slightly underneath the heavy stream of hot water. He had been on edge for the better part of the day, having woken up at barely 5 in the morning, short of breath and only half-remembering his dream. He thinks he had been playing with Brian Jr. in a park that Dennis vaguely remembers from his own childhood, from countless afternoons spent with Dee on a pair of rusty swings during the summer days that their mother would sleep away with a bottle of gin (or wine, or Valium, depending on the particular day) on her pristine designer couch, leaving the twins to find their own sources of entertainment.

In the dream, Dennis remembers hearing Brian’s delighted laughter, chasing him around the perimeter of the bright red slide that used to be Dennis’s favorite, remembers the sun glaring down so painfully bright that Dennis could barely see, the scene sun-bleached and searing in front of his eyes. Remembers turning the corner where he expected to find Brian, only to find his son was nowhere to be seen.

After trying in vain to fall back asleep for at least another hour, Dennis had resigned himself to consciousness, opening his eyes to see the curve of Mac’s slightly curved back, inches away from where Dennis himself was resting. Bathed in the gray morning light, Dennis thought he could make out dozens of patterns in the smattering of freckles that covered his strong back and shoulders. He had wondered, absently, why anyone considered them imperfections, even as he remembered always covering his own with a generous layer of foundation, whenever a stray freckle dared to make an appearance after he accidentally spent too long in the sun without his sunscreen.

Looking down at his soft, wrinkled fingertips, Dennis sighs and steps out of the shower, using a towel to dry off before stepping into a soft pair of sweatpants and a worn shirt from some High School Baseball team (it must have been Mac’s, he realizes), before emerging into his bedroom.

He is greeted by the sight of Mac, hunched over the bed, fussing with the contents of Dennis’s navy vinyl duffle bag. He raises an eyebrow.

“Dude,” Dennis deadpans “what am I looking at here? Is this, like, some weird panty raid situation? If you were looking for some action, all you had to do was ask.” He ended the sentence with a playful smirk, the corner of his mouth twitching upward.

Mac snorts, looking up at Dennis and grinning at him brightly for just a moment before quickly turning his attention back to the somewhat overstuffed suitcase, already filled with Dennis’s somewhat extensive collection of skincare products, along with all the other essentials for a couple of weeks out of town. Normally, Mac would tease Dennis by saying that he needed at least three suitcases of his own just to hold his beauty regimen. Dennis, however, knew how Mac liked to watch him sometimes, when they were in the bathroom brushing their teeth for bed or getting ready for the day, how his eyes would linger over Dennis’s reflection in the mirror as he lightly spread his night moisturizer over his face. Once, when Dennis had gotten really drunk at the bar, but refused to go to bed without finishing his skin care routine, Mac had actually done it for him, sitting Dennis on the edge of the bathtub as he used the pad of one finger to softly, softly, dab his eye cream under his eyes. He couldn’t remember ever seeing Mac so concentrated, so still.

“In your dreams. Nah, man, it’s just I noticed that you didn’t pack a jacket yet, so I wanted to make sure you had one. I know you get like, cold, sometimes. So. You know.” Mac shrugged easily, like it was the most natural thing in the world, although Dennis could see a patch of red coloring the tops of his ears. Mac cleared his throat and took out one of Dennis’s plaid button-downs, refolding it somewhat uselessly, before placing it back in the bag. Dennis furrows his brow.

“ You never know, dude,” Mac plows forward, stubbornly, placing his hands on his hips as he fixes Dennis with his most serious look. “I’ve been looking up a lot of weather forecasts for you and it’s like fucking russian roulette. One day it’s sunny, the next it’s snowing. I swear to God man, it’s like they don’t understand seasons out there or something. It’s fucked up.” He pats the neatly jacket lying at the top of the suitcase for emphasis.

Only then does Dennis realize Mac had packed one of his own leather jackets for him, which, although it does somewhat clash with Dennis’s own more elegant, refined fashion sensibilities, is bound to still have the scent of Mac’s cheap body wash and cologne lingering in the lining, and Dennis suddenly doesn’t feel so keen to press Mac further on the subject. Dennis raises his arms in mock surrender.

“Besides,” Mac continues, somehow managing to flatten out Dennis’s belongings enough to pull the zipper shut and flop himself down on the edge of the bed “you’re going to be out there for three weeks, so it’ll most likely be getting colder as time goes on. You’ll thank me later.”

Dennis sighs, sitting next to Mac at the edge of the bed. He didn’t appreciate the reminder of exactly how long he was going to be away. He knew, objectively, three weeks wasn’t a long time, and he had been the one to accept the invitation when Mandy had mentioned the possibility of him maybe coming up for a few weeks to spend some time with Brian before he started preschool. Brian was his son, and he was charming, funny, and pretty fucking intelligent for a creature that who still wasn’t capable of putting his own shirt on right-side out. And Brian was kind. Even after it had gotten bad, and Dennis locked himself in his room all day, even after he had skipped every therapy appointment for the past three months, and come home at 4 in the morning reeking of alcohol and self-loathing, Brian, for some reason, still wanted to be near him. Brian was probably one of the only people in the world who, no matter what kind of mood he was in, no matter what new extravagant way he managed to fuck up, still looked at him like he was one of his very favorite people in the world, like he knew that Dennis had something good inside of him still, even when Dennis couldn’t see it. He was the only person who had ever looked at him like that, except for-

“Hey,” Mac mutters, snapping Dennis out of his thoughts. He runs his fingers softly through Dennis’s hair, just pushing it back, before lightly tapping the side of his brow with two fingers . “Everything okay in there?”

It’s hard for Dennis to put it into words. For the past few months, ever since he and Mac had crossed this unnameable, unmistakable line that they’d been hurtling toward for the past 25 years, Dennis has had a hard time articulating exactly what it is that he is thinking or feeling. The strangest part was how natural, how inevitable it all felt, waking up with some part of Mac’s body touching his, an arm flung over his torso, or his shoulder pressed against his chest; Mac’s hand wrapping around his during their Lethal Weapon rewatches, thumb running soothingly over his knuckles. They don’t talk about it, and it’s not something they flaunt in public, simultaneously too different and too familiar for them to define, although Dennis suspects the rest of the gang must have picked up on it to some extent- must know them both too well not to have done. It would be easier to explain, comprehend, maybe if it had been more difficult, had come less easily to him.

That year he had been away, he had missed so much.

It’s hard for Dennis to put into words. So he lowers his forehead, resting it on Mac’s shoulder. For a few minutes they sit there in silence, Mac soothingly stroking through the hair at the back Dennis’s neck. Finally, Dennis lifts his head, stifling a yawn with the back of his hand. He’s hit with the sudden reality that the night is about to end, that this is the last time he’s going to get to be alone with Mac for weeks.

“Wanna watch a movie?” he asks, groggily.

Mac glances at the clock on his bedside table, which reads half past midnight. Late, too late for a movie, really, considering Dennis needs to be at the airport by 7 AM for Dennis to catch his flight. Mac looks back at Dennis, studying his face for a moment, considering.

“Sure.” He stands up, offering Dennis his hand and leading him to the living room where he pops in one of their DVDs, some generic 90s action flick. Dennis doesn’t mind. Dennis falls asleep, faced tucked against Mac’s shoulder, during the opening fight sequence.

***

Dennis jolts awake, heart fluttering and bile rising in his throat, remnants of the same dream from the night before floating around his mind; Brian’s laughter, the bright bright light, the incomparable panic, realizing he had vanished. On the other side of the bed, Mac sleeps soundly, his chest rising and falling in a peaceful rhythm. Not trusting himself to lie still, Dennis pads out of bed to the kitchen, where the oven clock informs him it’s just turned 3. Only a couple more hours until he has to be awake.

Dennis pours himself a glass of water, and gulps it down, paces as he regulates his breathing, trying to remind himself how to inhale and exhale in a normal fashion.

“Dennis?” a soft, groggy voice calls him from the bedroom doorway, where he sees Mac. Confused, sleep-ruffled, Mac, features softened somewhat from the moonlight pouring in through the bedroom window.

Dennis is still, waits for Mac to walk over to him, wrap one gentle hand around his wrist.

“Okay,” Mac says.

Mac walks him back to the bedroom, pulling back the covers on Dennis’s side and waiting for him to crawl underneath before he climbs in beside him, folding one arm carefully around Dennis’s waist.

“Mac,” Dennis whispers, an edge of panic creeping into his voice. The arm around his waist tightens.

“Go to sleep, sweetheart.”

Eventually, he does.

***

This time, Dennis wakes to an alarm blaring, and to the smell of freshly brewed coffee wafting in from the kitchen. The other side of the bed is unusually empty, for a change (Mac would always swear to anyone who asked that if God had intended for man to be up before 10 am, he wouldn’t have made it so fucking miserable). He dresses quickly, and emerges to find Mac sitting across from a cup of coffee, presumably for Dennis, while yawning into his own. Mac had apparently snuck out early to pick up blueberry muffins from the bakery down the street, and Dennis picked at it on their way to the airport, mostly to appease Mac, who was insisting that the only way to fight motion sickness was to fly on a full stomach, something about an article he had read somewhere. He kept one hand on the wheel, resting his others on top of Dennis’s where it lay on his knee.

They end up making it to the airport just in time for Dennis’s flight to board, which was quite honestly a miracle considering the amount of time that Mac had spent fretting over whether Dennis had forgotten anything in his suitcase, almost insisting they stop at a pharmacy to buy Dennis a travel toothpaste before Dennis managed to convince him that Mandy was, in fact, a human person, who almost certainly had toothpaste he could borrow at her place until he managed to get out and get his own.

Their hands stay linked on the long walk to the main entrance, where Dennis instinctively drops Mac’s, noticing the small frown cross his face, unable to quelch the slight pang of regret he feels at the sight. Dennis has never understood the rules, with this type of thing. Dennis has never had anything like this. Maybe someday, he will be better at it.

They make their way to the security checkpoint nearest to Dennis’s gate with relative ease, the airport filled mostly with business people in crisp suits, and families heading south to their beach houses for their last trip of the summer, desperate to savor the last few weeks of freedom before they return to the dull drone of their daily lives.

“All right, well, this is it,” Dennis coughs, lightly, the two of them standing there, facing each other, seemingly at a loss for words. “Thanks, man, for like. Driving me in and stuff. I’ll text you when I get in?”

Mac’s wringing his hands, and he’s got this look on his face as he gazes back at him, like he’s taking in as much of Dennis as humanly possible in case he doesn’t get another chance. It makes something in Dennis’s chest ache. He has to look away.

“Yeah, dude.” Mac chokes a little on his words, “Of course. Any time.” He tries to play it off as casual, but his eyes are unmistakably sincere.

“Anyway, I’ll be seeing you soon? Don’t you guys get too used to life without me again.” Dennis grins, very slightly, seeing something in Mac’s posture change, soften, with the joke. Mac gives a small, startled, genuine laugh. Dennis would make Mac laugh like that everyday, if he could.

“Never, man.” He promises, joking at first, but tone turning surprisingly serious when he adds “Not even if we tried.”

Dennis nods, wiping his nose with the back of his hand as he turns to enter the checkpoint, only making it a few steps before he pauses for just a moment. He turns back around, somewhat wildly, making his way back to a very confused Mac, who’s currently looking at him like he’s lost his goddamn mind.

“Dennis, you’re going to miss your flight! What the-”

“Can I kiss you?” Dennis blurts out, interrupting him, before continuing, deliriously, like he can’t help himself, can’t keep the words from rushing out. “I really want to kiss you right now. Can I?”

In the span of approximately 3 seconds, Dennis swears he watches Mac’s face go through an abbreviated version of every phase of medical shock, and just when Dennis is about to slink away with his tail between his legs, and quite possibly begin a new life as a recluse in the woods where no one will ever be able to contact him again, he sees Mac’s expression change into something so reverent, so happy it’s like he’s looking at one of the 7 wonders of the goddamn world, and Dennis thinks it’s the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.

Wordlessly, Mac nods, and the kiss is a quick, intense, thing, with Dennis clutching at Mac’s back like he’s the last thing anchoring him to this planet or else he’ll drift away.

Dennis boards the flight already dreaming about coming back home.

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Favorites : MacGruber (2010)

While Saturday Night Live has been the home of many talented writers and comedians, I can’t say that everything they’ve produced is gold. A lot of it I love, some of it is forgettable, and then there are the special few characters and skits that I downright loathe. When it came to the latter, one character stood chief among that small pack : MacGruber. You can imagine the horror I felt when a MacGruber movie was announced, as there has never been a more one-note character or joke in the world. One day, however, I was bored enough to look into a little deeper, and seeing that Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe were involved gave me enough to check out the movie, and I am forever grateful that I did.

Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer) and his henchmen have just secured a dangerous nuclear warhead known as the X-5. When the U.S. Military learns of this action, Col. Jim Faith (Powers Boothe) and Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) are sent to recruit the one man with the skill set to stop Cunth’s plans : former Green Beret, Navy SEAL, Army Ranger and all-around badass, the legendary MacGruber (Will Forte). MacGruber initially turns Col. Faith and Lt. Piper down, but upon learning of Cunth’s involvement, MacGruber sees an opportunity to avenge the death of his bride-to-be, Casey Fitzpatrick (Maya Rudolph), who was murdered at the hands of Cunth. MacGruber returns to the states in hopes of recruiting a super team of super-villain stoppers, whom he successfully wrangles before accidentally killing in a ghastly C-4 explosion. Lt. Piper, however, steps up to join the team, and with the help of Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig), Casey’s former best friend and skilled agent in her own right, the team sets out to put Cunth’s plans to a stop, while MacGruber focuses on his own mission of revenge.

If one were to take the skit this film was based on at face value (which I mistakenly did), you’d be hard-pressed to figure out how one could get 90+ minutes of material out of a skit that never breaches the three-minute mark. In a stroke of genius, however, everything that would be considered a limit in both the base idea of the skit and the limitations of the television format is inverted and expanded upon to an absurd level. MacGruber is still an idiot, but now he’s a foul-mouthed, self-righteous, short-sighted and irresponsible one with no leash. His MacGuyver-esque aspects are given free range for exploration, as well as being allowed to be held up in comparison to functional soldiers, when not held up against outright heroic measures. His levels of self-awareness are nearly non-existent when it comes to planning (or lack thereof), but when it comes to awareness of self (and how he is perceived by others), his lashing back is vicious and nearly instantaneous. Even the motivations for his revenge are flipped in a devastating manner, as MacGruber confesses to Lt. Piper that he is, in-fact, the antagonist in the love triangle that was himself, Cunth and Casey.

The writing on this movie is genius-level stuff, with a perfect balance of action film tropes being embraced and mocked against standard action movie dialogue forced to deal with the loose cannon that is MacGruber. One of the smartest choices is having the majority of characters that MacGruber verbally assaults not just fold to his actions : Col. Faith tends to appease MacGruber with a flat reaction, while Lt. Piper and Cunth often throw back verbal jabs and hay-makers of their own. There are jokes of all levels that play beautifully here, from rhythmic back and forth dialogue (such as Forte and Chris Jericho’s interaction), quick wit (such as Wiig’s fabulous ‘It can wait’ response to Forte’s inquiry about her singing career), or even outrageous physical comedy (like the amazing coffee shop/stakeout scene). There are so many levels of humor going on that even MacGruber’s fish out of water aesthetic plays well, despite being one of the more subtle aspects of his character in light of the rest of the outrageous action that takes place.

Jorma Taccone and team certainly stepped up to the plate in terms of making MacGruber look like a million bucks on the big screen. There are plenty of scenes made to look cheap for comic effect, but when need be, the sets are done up to echo most every stereotypical action movie location of the 1980s and 1990s : the Pentagon, abandoned warehouses, military compounds, underground bunkers, and even a beach-side hideaway in the vein of Riggs from Lethal Weapon are all present. The costuming in the movie is on point, especially when MacGruber and Vicki are tasked with donning party attire during a party infiltration. The action set-pieces are highly entertaining and visually stimulating, with the final climactic action beat unveiling a handful of surprises from our main cast that the movie spent time seeding throughout.

The cast in this film really brings the high value and rewatchability factor to the table, with everyone shining at any moment that they get screen time. I’ve admittedly not been the biggest fan of Will Forte in the past, but he leans so hard into the MacGruber character that it is as fascinating to watch as it is entertaining. Kristen Wiig is as funny as always, making the most of her limited opportunities to make memorable moments. Ryan Phillippe continues to prove his range in the shadows of his post-teen heartthrob career, turning in a comedic performance full of dry wit and second-guessing that plays well against MacGruber’s clueless nature. Powers Boothe plays the beacon of the old school well, pulling off Sam the Eagle vibes with his performance to a tee. Val Kilmer embraces the chance to drench his serious villain in a pool of comedy as well, playing much more subtle and real in contrast to the outlandish nature of our heroes. The cameos from Chris Jericho, MVP, The Great Khali, Mark Henry, Kane and The Big Show (of the WWE) are some of the most memorable in recent film history, and quick uncredited cameos by Amar’e Stoudemire and DJ Nu-Mark in the club scene provide enough confusion to be intriguing.

I have seen Saturday Night Live make slightly memorable movies out of other one-note comedic properties they own (It’s Pat! immediately comes to mind), but I’m hard-pressed to think of a more ridiculous gap crossed between potential failure and success that a film has had to cross. I cheer MacGruber for the classic that it is.

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