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lambourngb · 4 years

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he’s got a smart mouth but a good heart - Michael Guerin

It’s Day 2, celebrating characters, and much to my own surprise, at the end of season 2, Michael Guerin decided to move into my brain and take up residence. Obviously I still love Alex Manes (He lives first and foremost in my brain since 1x08), but there was something about how Michael buried his own pain about his mother to help everyone in season two that rang pretty true to my own life right now. I didn’t always like what he was doing in season 2 but I understood it.

Anyway, when I find a story that celebrates how complicated he is, I cheer and rejoice- so here’s a few of the stories that I have gone back to again and again.

Truck stop knives and other assessors of childhood @angsty-aliens (13,200) I can’t lie, I love a good trope story, and I especially love a good sci-fi trope story, so this story hits all of my buttons. It takes our two science nerds, Liz and Michael, mucking around, and accidentally creating a version of Michael- but not just any version, but the child who hitchhiked to Fosters ranch, completely over humans and desperate to find his family. The kid who was feral from neglect and abuse... he was the cutest thing and the most mortifying thing that ever happened to Michael to be displayed and shown. This story takes the de-aged trope and turns it on its head, and oh yeah, there’s a sweet backdrop to Michael and Alex getting together.

Implicit Memories of You by @ninswhimsy (3464) - So this is an amnesia story canon-divergent story set after 2x11 basically, where they use the mind erasing drug on Michael. I know, I’m reccing this about Michael characterization, but it’s so solidly him after all the memories are stripped away and he’s acting on instincts, locked in a room to torture Alex with before death. There’s so much going on in so few words, something that Nin is a master at, especially the ephemeral remembrances of his mother that Michael has- oof right in the feels.

Maybe this time (he’ll stay) by @hannah-writes (7700) This is a sequel to one of my favorite stories I recced last year, dealing in alternative timelines where in one world, Michael is lost and alone and has pushed Alex away, and in another world where Alex came home from Iraq in a flagged draped coffin. It answers the question, what about Mikey? Where’s his happy ending? The confirmation of the multiverse means there’s an Alex out there who needs him- and through trial and error, Michael finds him. The world building in both stories is top notch, because for every action, there’s a reaction and reason shaping Michael.

Constant as the northern star by celzmccelz (53,000) - don’t know the tumblr here - This is an Mpreg, and it starts solidly after 1x13 and goes AU from there. But what if in the 100 mile drive home from Caulfield, Michael and Alex share a grief-induced moment of insanity where they fall back into their oldest language- sex for comfort, and then Michael does everything he does in the finale, including turning toward Maria, what if there was a souvenir? Despite the trope of mpreg, this is just how I see Michael, deeply in love with Alex but unable to trust that Alex feels the same depth in return. The friendships in here are also top-notch, from Kyle being a baby-doctor, to Isobel having her own Max-related spiral unable to let go of her brother only to refocus on Michael, to Liz fucking off with Rosa for the first half of the story because she’s caught up in her own grief (which turned out to be canon!). And there’s a whole plot here! With Jesse Manes being the worst.

Leave the light on by @sabrinachill (36,900) - Confession time- I love fake dating as a trope, I know, shocked right? But I especially love it with RNM because Malex are exes by 1x03. Mattie nailed the dynamic of pining and the assumption of unrequited love so well in this story. Although the POV switches here a bit between chapters, (and Alex is fabulous) what I really really loved was how she wrote Michael, in love but convinced that he’s messed up too much for Alex. Aware of his faults but not in a sullen way, but an acknowledgment that he was in a bad place and Alex hasn’t always been the best remedy him in the past. It was a very mature take on the “give me another chance” trope in Malex reunion stories, where both sides had a share of blame. The plot was suspenseful and tight (how do people do that???) with a climax that honestly shocked me! I really enjoyed rereading it while I prepped my rec-sets, and I won’t be surprised if this story isn’t mentioned by everyone doing ‘Creators Week’. It’s worthy of all the love.

Temporary wounds by @prouvaireafterdark (7800) - How many times can I rec this story? Hopefully you’re not bored by my adoration of this Lynne. So even though it’s set post-season 1 with the assumption that Michael/Maria will fizzle out while Alex/Forrest date- it’s actually perfectly set for season 3 (an author who is psychic??). As a rule, I hate jealousy as a trope, but this story has the only type of jealousy I want to see on screen- where Michael wonders what was missing inside of him that Alex didn’t want to be public during their long affair (even with the acknowledgment that Alex was too scared before)- like that type of sad pining is my catnip!

The first who ever did by nostalijinks (33,000) post season 1, but really it also stands pretty well after season 2. There was an interview during season 1 I think that talked about how all Michael really wanted was to be a hero to Alex (the way he stepped in front of Jesse as a kid) but he thinks he failed at it since Alex enlisted. That failure soured him in ways but he never stops trying, for Alex. This is a really well done 5 times plus 1 story, with an overreaching arc of reconciliation between Alex and Michael, starting as teenagers, then as adults while Michael is with Maria, then as friends, real friends, trying to support Alex as Alex dates. The whole emotional journey of maturity that Michael takes here is so well done, where there’s no real villains in the friend group. I just love it. I wish the author had written 100 more like this one, but as a standalone work it’s epic.

The person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger by @iwontbeyourmedicine (25,000) Ly has a very large body of work, that you could spend days paging through on AO3 or tumblr, but this one hits two of my kinks hard- the amnesia story line and true love conquers all. So three fandoms ago I was huge into Steve/Bucky, that iconic moment in Cap 2 where Bucky breaks through the brainwashing has never left me. This story takes my love for that moment, and makes it Malex. Alex gets programmed by his family and set loose on his friends, on the aliens and it’s a shitshow bloodbath since he’s really fucking good at kicking ass. Michael is caught between keeping everyone safe and trying not to hurt Alex, and the tension is just top-notch. I love how it’s not an immediate fix either, the way they circle each other in the aftermath, wanting to come home, but home would be a totally new step for both of them. Just chef’s kiss good at joining action, angst, and romance together.

Into the palm of your hand by @haloud (5900) hal is a treasured friend, so I am admitting some bias here, but we both enjoy talking about how wonderful and sad Michael is and how desperately we enjoy poking at that softness and then wrapping him up with love again... so this story was written pre-shamegate (and if you know what that means, I’m sorry) but it matches my head canon of what the history of hiding does to someone. The internalization of believing maybe there’s a reason behind the hiding that has nothing to do with homophobic townies. Alex has an ex boyfriend come to town, and he doesn’t tell Michael. And omg the journey hal takes us on with Michael’s spiral and Brave Little Toaster act was so wonderful and painful and real. The communication between these two was top notch as they worked through a road bump from the past, and let’s face it, once we get our malex back, these things are going to happen, and it will either tear them apart or bring them closer together- I prefer to believe it will be closer together.

There is beauty in a failure by @jule1122 (2400) There’s been a few Greg and Michael stories to pop up on my radar after 2x10, and this one was one of my favorites. This is a Greg who pulls no punches in exposing his brother’s past to Michael, but also gives Michael the space to work through what he wants. It’s an AU from 2x12, that allowed Michael to break up with Maria for basically the same reasons that Maria used on him in 2x13. The way Michael is able to what he wants and communicate it Alex in the end- so good! We can only hope to see something similar in season 3.

I don’t know what to think (but I think of supernovas) by @queersirius (3900) This story is a delight from start to finish- I mean frustrated cursing turns the console on into a hologram who then takes the most pleasing form to Michael’s eyes? SIGN ME UP for those shenanigans. I fucking loved how Isobel saw it first too. And then the comedy of Alex discovering it? And what happens afterwards? Oh it’s so delicious. Now of course, full disclosure, this light-hearted romp through the feels also inspired me to think up a much much sadder version of Michael building an AI for companionship considering how isolated he ended up being at the end of Season 2 and we all know Michael needs friends, badly.

Innuendo by the Roswell anon (6000) written for @bisexualalienblast the roswell anon is my favorite treasure in this fandom, I could pretty much list all of their stories as examples of some very fine Michael Guerin characterization. This one was one of my favorite post-season 1 fix-it fics though, because it has some of the most real 28-30 year old guy dialogue I’ve come across- from the crude jokes, to the sharply self-deprecating observations- this is Alex and Michael stripped down, all edges but what’s left is fatigue and love. The resolution at the end, where Alex observes that yes, Michael has tried the last 10 years but this is their first chance to try together- to pull in the same direction? It just lays me flat on the ground with how true that is to canon.

Whenever You Want to Begin, Begin by @foramomentonly (3200) - this is a sequel, and the first story is dynamite- don’t get me wrong- but it moves from the hopeful side of an ending to legit Happily-Ever-After here, and I devoured every word. First of all, having Michael turn to photography as a way of self-improvement is fucking genius. Photographers are always at the center of every happy event, but never the focus, and that screams Michael to me, the way he lives on the outskirts of the 9-5 job and literal outskirts of town in his trailer. The other thing is photographers are revealed by their work, and that’s also something I head-canon with Michael just in the mundane- he’s good with his hands, he wants to leave a car better than he found. Anyway, this story is gorgeously written, moves a bit like a really good bottle of wine- heavy but soft, as you watch Michael become Alex’s friend, and even more importantly, Alex becomes Michael’s friend. Fantastic- I’ve read it about four times now since it was published.

#rnmcreate2020 #malex fic #malex fic rec #MALEX FEELS #michael guerin #alex manes #fandom positivity #worship our great authors in this fandom #will this show up in the tags?#probably not with my luck

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“...got this long tale of a pandemic, the shadow hanging over the world and in many ways, rather like your character, Bucky, we’re all sort of a little bit feral in a way, trying to get used to this - whatever this new normal is.”

Sebastian: “Of - of course, and I think that’s one of the things that makes, you know, our show so relevant and timely, and - and relatable, because, um, it deals very much with a - with a world, um, post blip, and - and, where it’s left these characters particularly in terms of, uh, the past and now what they haven’t faced, and certainly what has happened in the time that, that was lost being gone in this blip, and uh, it’s obviously taps into very serious, dramatic arcs both of them, um, and you know, you know there’s - there’s some humor in there too.”

“Oh there’s that light and shade, right. I thoroughly enjoyed it; I am a bit of a Marvel geek I must admit, and what I found extraordinary about this is: can you imagine 10 years ago - or more than 10 years ago - when you got involved in this, that you would see this sort of scale on the smaller screen? I mean, it’s absolutely epic.”

Sebastian: “It is, but we’ve been kind of, you know, we’ve been heading that way right for - for a minute now, because you’ve had - I mean television really has been pretty consistently gaining ground and, and, and you know, developing and stuff, I mean you want to go back to like The Sopranos and then I think Game of Thrones really changed things, and, um, obviously Marvel now is, is definitely changing things, um, just in terms of; yeah the quality and, and the fact that, that you can - you can have something on the smaller screen that can be just as impactful, just as entertaining and as expensive.” (interviewer audibly laughs)

“So, so - have you gotten more expensive? Or did you, did you drop your fee for this, or you still yourself - ”

Sebastian: “Well no, I, I, I, I mean in terms of what it takes to make these, these movies - I mean like, you know, we’re, we’re streaming shows budget wise right; I mean, I think for, for, for a show that we were, again, if you want to label us, a comic book show, right - everything was locations. I mean we, we didn’t have a lot of green screen CGI, so that, that meant a lot of like actual being in - in these, in these, uh, scenes and in these locations, and a lot of the stunt work was manual and not the CGI, so there’s all these things that kind of, you know, ramp up budgets.”

“I mean the same is obviously for Anthony Mackie’s Wilson - you know, that the symbolism of this shield; we talked about the pandemic, but also Marvel increasingly diverse, uh, the idea of an affluent American holding the shield, and what the shield symbolizes and wrestling with actually what his country represents for him to - or how he can represent that country that he feels isn’t representing him. There’s so much at play here, and it’s so tiny - ”

Sebastian: “Yeah, well, exactly - and I think the show is asking those questions and very much taking us on a journey through, through his experience finally - and an experience that, that we haven’t seen from - from the Falcon, and, and we’ve never even understood really about the Falcon before because you never got a full-on backstory to him, which you’re getting now, finally. Um, and - and similarly with, with Bucky as well, it’s - it’s a time of sort of, um, re-educating in many ways, and, and, and, and - both characters along with the show I think asking the right questions of ‘What are symbols?’ and ‘What do we - do we need symbols anymore?’ And - and if so, um, can they make the leap of time, right, and become relevant again to what’s actually happening.?”

“We’re almost out of time so I’ve got to rush into - if you don’t mind - so if you’ll forgive the indulgence, some fan questions.”

Sebastian: “Yeah. Yeah, yeah, of course, course.”

“...are you happy with that? Okay. The first one is from Alex on Twitter. Sebastian, says Alex, I named my budgie Bucky. What do you think of him? (holds up printed photo) I printed it out; this cost me a fortune in printing.”

Sebastian: “I didn’t know - I didn’t know what budgie was, okay, okay, I mean, it’s very cute.

“You’re very - ”

“Sebastian: “It looks like he’s got Winter - yeah, exactly a Winter-esque look.”

“Thank you for that Alex, and tearing through my printing cartridge. From Dasha: Hi Sebastian. If Bucky had a notebook of movies and music like Steve Rogers, what would you personally add to this list?”

Sebastian: “Oh my God; I don’t know. The Rolling Stones for one thing, I mean, um, you know Prince, David Bowie, um, yeah. I mean, um, maybe ‘cos that’s more my - “

“No, I think that’s great.”

Sebastian: (laughs) “But I’ll stop there.”

“Something for everyone there. Okay, two more. From Isabella on Twitter. In the first episode, Bucky says that he’s tried online dating - we mentioned it - what do you think Bucky would put in his profile bio and what would his go-to pick up line be?”

Sebastian: “Um, ‘Here I am, I’m just a man - (both laugh) - trying to do my best’, um, I don’t know ; ‘how are you?’ (laughs)

“..it works...”

Sebastian: “It’d be something really - yeah, exactly - ”

“Yeah, like I say for 103, you look really well, mate. From AlexandraThomas07 on Instagram: if you could be any other Marvel character, who would it be and why?”

Sebastian: “Um, well, I mean I really kind of, um, dug myself in there with - with this Moon Knight character, but I really mean that, like I - I didn’t know the storyline of that character, but I was so excited about it, just ‘cos I - it just sounds like such a complex character, so I’ll just go with Moon Knight.”

“You’ll go with that. I know you - you’re going to be playing Tommy Lee very, very soon. Have you spoken to him about that? Are you gonna go deep into that part?”

Sebastian: (laughs) “Ah, I haven’t even - I haven’t you know, even gone, in my mind, uh, there, yet ‘cos we’ve, we’ve been just, so, you know, excited about the show and getting it out and stuff, but I’m - I’m, uh, yeah, I’m excited to - to dive back into the 90′s.”

“Welcome aboard my friend, although the 70′s and 80′s were probably more my generation. Thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it - ”

Sebastian: “Thank you.”

“And best of luck with rest of it, it’s fantastic.”

#Sebastian Stan #falcon and the winter soldier

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Jonjo Shelvey exclusive interview: Leaving Liverpool too soon and growing up at Newcastle | Football News

Jonjo Shelvey joined Newcastle from Swansea in 2016

Matt Ritchie caused quite a stir last week when he said his Newcastle team-mate Jonjo Shelvey could “easily” play for Barcelona – if only he would lay off the golf and focus on his football. “I say it to him very regularly,” Ritchie told the In The Box podcast. “He’s that good.”

Shelvey doesn’t do social media. He decided long ago that it wasn’t worth the hassle. But Ritchie’s comments soon filtered back to him.

“Someone sent me a picture of me in a Barcelona shirt next to Messi,” he tells Sky Sports with a chuckle. “Matty text me saying he’s had everyone asking him, ‘is he really that good? Is he really that good?’

“It’s very flattering for people to say stuff like that and Matty obviously knows his football. But I was a bit peed off that he said I play golf three times a week. He’s killed me with that.”

Shelvey can afford to smile about it. He has had his ups and downs but he is in a good place in his career now. He has re-emerged as a key player for Newcastle under Steve Bruce, scoring five goals in 20 appearances before the lockdown and signing a new three-year contract with the club in March. At 28, he has already surpassed 200 Premier League appearances.

Shelvey is happy and settled in the North East and his achievements are not to be sniffed at. But at the same time, it is impossible to hear comments like Ritchie’s without wondering what might have been.

Shelvey was regarded as one of the best young players in the country when he moved from boyhood club Charlton – for whom he had made his debut at the age of 16 years and 59 days old – to Liverpool a decade ago. Have things turned out how that precocious teenager hoped?

“It could have been a lot better, to be honest with you,” he says, speaking via video call. “Don’t get me wrong, by the time I finish I will have had a fantastic career. But you do sit there sometimes and think, ‘could I have gone higher? Could I have been playing in the Champions League?’ Hopefully one day I still will, but time’s running out now. You go back in the past and you’ve probably made certain decisions that were wrong.”

Leaving Liverpool too soon

Shelvey arrived at Liverpool from Charlton in 2010

For Shelvey, the big one came at Liverpool.

He was making encouraging progress there as a cultured yet combative young midfielder and won his first England cap in a World Cup qualifier against San Marino in October 2012. But when the following summer came around, and against the advice of Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool’s manager at the time, he departed to Swansea in search of more regular football.

“I was only 21 when I left,” he says. “I don’t think you would find many other players who go there at 17 and leave at 21 and I think that speaks a lot of what I’m like as a character. I wasn’t happy playing one or two games then coming out of the team. I wanted to carry on playing week in, week out.

In hindsight, should I have stayed? Probably, yeah. Even if it was only for another year or two, just to see how things changed

Jonjo Shelvey on Liverpool

“I’d been on loan at Blackpool, and at Charlton I’d been obviously playing at such an early age. I don’t think that helped because you get that knack for playing games and constantly being in the team. When you’re playing once and then not playing for six games, I don’t care what any footballer says, you don’t feel involved. You don’t feel part of the team.

“I think that was the feeling I wanted but, in hindsight, should I have stayed? Probably, yeah. Even if it was only for another year or two, just to see how things changed. But it is what it is at the end of the day.

“Every decision I’ve made in my career was just to play, to try and get as much game-time as possible. I can’t say I’ve got too many regrets.”

Overcoming obstacles at Newcastle

Shelvey has scored five goals in 20 appearances this season

Shelvey got his wish at Swansea, starting 77 Premier League games out of a possible 96 before his £12m switch to Newcastle in January 2016. But last season he found himself watching on from the sidelines again under Rafael Benitez. He is grateful to Bruce for ushering him back into the fold.

“I’ve got a lot to thank Steve for,” he says. “He has been superb for me. He’s come in and just asked for one thing and that’s hard work. On the first day with him on tour in China, he was just spot on. He said, ‘as long as you work hard, that will be enough for me.’ I think everyone has bought into that.”

Newcastle have certainly exceeded expectations, their total of 35 points putting them eight clear of the relegation zone in 13th place. Shelvey’s tally of five Premier League goals includes a stunning equaliser against Manchester City at St James’ Park in November. It’s already his highest-scoring season since the 2013/14 campaign.

“We’ve changed formations a lot and tried different things,” he explains. “Your role is constantly changing within that. But I just feel that as you get older, you learn the game, the positional sense and that side of it. Also, one thing Steve is big on is fitness. We do a lot of running during the week. The fitter you are, the more you can get from box to box.

“That’s obviously helped, and it also helps that Steve has been there and done it as a player. You just try to pick things up from him.”

Shelvey was not as close with Benitez as he is with Bruce, but he maintains that there was no falling out with the Spaniard last year and insists the issues which kept him out of the team were injury-related.

Shelvey lost his place in the team under Rafael Benitez

“It was a tough season last season,” he says. “I had a very bad injury that kept reoccurring. We couldn’t get to the bottom of the problem but eventually we found out what it was and managed to keep it under control.

“Obviously, I didn’t know what was going on at the club at the start of the summer. But I went away and got myself proper fit. Even if it had been Rafa coming back, I was just going to try my best in pre-season. I know that if that had happened, I’d be in a similar position to the one I’m in now. But it turned out to be Steve and he’s been superb for me.”

It might have been a different story, of course, had speculation linking him with a move to West Ham come to fruition in the summer. But Shelvey’s focus never wavered and he is delighted by how things have worked out.

“I didn’t really have an opinion on it,” he says. “I was under contract at Newcastle and it was just a matter of what would be would be. If they wanted to move me on or sell me, then that was their choice. But I was more than happy to stay. I never once thought about leaving.

“Obviously, I grew up as a West Ham fan and I’ve got a place back home right next to their training ground. It would have been an easier choice, in that sense, but I’ve always been away from home. It’s sort of become the norm. You just get used to it. Now, even when I get time off, I tend not to go back. I just stay up here and enjoy it. It’s a lovely place to live.”

It’s also an exciting time for the club, with a potential takeover in the offing, and Shelvey is pleased to have committed his future to it.

“We’ve done very well this season to be where we are,” he says. “If we can get back and play the nine games that are left, hopefully we can climb up a bit more. Me and Matty have signed the new contracts. We’ve been at the club for some time now and I thought it was important to get that signed. It takes the pressure off. You’ve got that security, so now it’s just time to put it to one side and concentrate on your football.”

Growing up and mellowing out

Shelvey celebrates with Newcastle team-mate Matt Ritchie

It is not yet known when exactly Shelvey and his Newcastle team-mates will be able to return to action. But what’s clear is that a player once known for his hot-headedness, a player who even had the temerity to confront Sir Alex Ferguson after a sending off against Manchester United, has learnt to control his impulses and, most importantly, enjoy his football.

“I think I’m a lot more laid-back,” says Shelvey. “People I played with at Swansea will tell you that I wasn’t laid-back when I was there. I just wanted to win so much on the training pitch that I’d end up falling out with people.

“I’d say nasty comments and stuff like that, whereas now I’m just enjoying football. I’m going out there and I’m playing with a smile on my face, whereas back in the day I would probably have been a bit of div to referees and picked up stupid little bookings.

“Now, I just laugh and try to have a joke with them and I think that’s the one thing that has changed massively with me. I have sort of taken a step back and started to enjoy it all a lot more.”

The hope now, both for Shelvey and for Newcastle, is that the best is still to come. Just don’t expect him to give up the golf any time soon.

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thesinglesjukebox · 6 years

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BTS - MIC DROP (STEVE AOKI REMIX) [5.30] "The guy who did the guest verse should be in the video" is in general a good rule of thumb.

Maxwell Cavaseno: First off, let's get one thing clear: they should've put Desiigner in the video. But it's fine, because I've got the inexplicable world where a foreign pop group has an EDM/Rap tune in the American charts and it isn't some irritating viral scheme or trend but the reality that BTS' crossover is going to be a thing I can sit back and watch with optimism. Aoki's production tweaks are generic but serviceable, and it's genuinely refreshing to hear J-Hope and Suga play with old Wayne cadences in the era of Migos-Triplet-Overkill (RM here is dull but inoffensive). Meanwhile, the bridge is so gaudy and self-celebrating, it'd come off moronic from anyone who was pulling off less than BTS manage to do these days, so in a way there's justification to their sense of gloating I can't even discredit. We'd be lucky to have them be such constant figures, but we can certainly do better and hopefully that'll be the case going on. [6]

Katie Gill: Though I'd personally prefer it if one of the female-fronted K-Pop bands were the ones to make it big in the States, I wouldn't mind it if a miracle happened and BTS stuck around for a while. They're talented, have good music, and can fill the boy band shaped hole that's currently hanging out in American popular music. That being said? This remix isn't gonna be the one to do it. "Mic Drop" is just a decent song to begin with, but the remix adds on all this noise, practically drowning the group in sound and backing. There's little restraint and it shows. It makes the song sound downright stale at certain points and downright confusing at others--to the best of my knowledge, the slightly awkward English of the chorus and the second verse is remix exclusive. As unbearably hipster as it sounds, they probably should have kept to the original. [5]

Alfred Soto: Because it's BTS, it has more sonic ooomph than another act essaying electronic drops, which means a melodic middle eight goosed by subtle guitar. But it remains a slightly dull accommodation. [6]

Leonel Manzanares: The original's charm is its immediacy, its straightforwardness-as-virtue, and the way it echoes back to the earliest BTS singles. Aoki's flip is competent, but it takes a bit too much of its bite. And just to be clear -- It's Aoki who's clinging off the cultural relevance of BTS, not the other way around. [5]

Ryo Miyauchi: If the original was a feature interview post-Billboard Awards victory, the remix is the tweet-sized recap. Details behind the big moment go out for the sake of mass appeal; an unfortunate cut is Suga's cocky sneer. The huge change is now rather than the individual personalities each justifying the group's place in the game, "Mic Drop" depends entirely on the story to make its strength valid. While the beat got improved thanks to Steve Aoki removing its bagginess, the edit to the content suffers slightly. [6]

Austin Brown: I'm tickled by the way the trap brass eventually evolves into a "Portland"-esque trap flute, shortcutting the evolution of contemporary Atlanta hip-hop in 4 minutes. Otherwise though, Desiigner continues to do his spastic thing, BTS stunt on the mic with much less subtlety than they're capable of, and Aoki blows out the original's bass, thus stripping the track of the few distinguishing features it DID have. Their biggest American chart hit to date. [5]

Alex Clifton: I tend to be on the fence about remixes--perhaps the lone exception is the JXL version of "A Little Less Conversation"--and sadly I'm still on the fence with this one. In some ways, it feels weird that BTS finally cracked the US charts with a remix, as they're a relative rarity within their discography. Aoki's version of "Mic Drop" expands the sonic soundscape quite well, creating something more epic and spacious (with that genius ear-wormy piper noise), but it also clunky and cluttered--there's so much going on that it's hard to focus on just one melodic aspect. Desiigner's verse is fine, but cuts out J-Hope's/Suga's raps with the iconic "mic mic bungee" line; the shortened rap line verse gives no sense of their individual strengths or their power overall. Lines like "it's hella trophies and it's hella thick" still feel awkward when the original Korean phrase was metrically better. And much like the original mix, the Autotune obscures and slurs some of the raps, which cuts down on how incisive they can be--especially an issue when the English lines are meant to broaden BTS's appeal. I don't know how listeners with no concept of BTS as a group are supposed to listen to this and get any sense of the boys amidst all this. The buildup still gets me pumped and I lose my shit every time I hear it played in public, but having so many other fingerprints on the song takes the focus away from BTS themselves. [5]

Alex Ostroff: Aoki's remix lets the same basic squiggle morph into different spaces and interesting shapes without losing the simple melody that makes it such an earworm, but part of me misses the weight and obviousness of the original beat. [6]

Stephen Eisermann: Noisy, arrogant, and a little too in your face for my liking, I'm not sure how I feel about the track. The beat definitely slaps, but the super aggressive style of singing feels so forced and it makes me way too uncomfortable to be able to fully enjoy. This song is the musical equivalent of watching a nerdy kid stand up to his bully - your initial reaction is to root for the kid, but when the bully squashes him all you can do is cringe and walk away. [3]

Will Rivitz: A rule of thumb regarding The Triplet Flow: if the song you're penning a verse for doesn't use it, please follow suit. Desiigner's clunker isn't the most flagrant example of a triplet flow throwing off the metered regularity of a song (for my money, that honor goes to Offset's frankly awful verse on Aminé's otherwise excellent "Wedding Crashers"), but it certainly juts out at an odd angle. Bless RM for salvaging this song with a beautifully Auto-Tuned second verse, but we deserve better cross-Atlantic collaborations. [6]

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Outshine Film Festival Celebrates 10 Years

The OUTshine Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary season in Fort Lauderdale this year with over 50 films, a red carpet and celebrity studded opening night, a week of parties, and exclusive panel discussions with up-and-coming directors, producers, and film talent from the LGBTQ community.

“10 years is a milestone anniversary, and we’re very excited to be part of the cultural landscape in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve been growing steadily every year, and have extended the film festival by an additional day to be able to bring in more award-winning films and accommodate more attendees.” says Victor Gimenez, Executive Director of the OUTshine Film Festival.

The film festival’s will kick off on October 18th, with the Opening Night documentary, “Studio 54” film at 7pm at Savor Cinema (503 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale), which highlights nightlife entrepreneurs Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell as they recount the story of how they created one of the greatest clubs of all time. The film will be followed by the opening night party at a stunning private waterfront residence in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Although I was too young to attend Studio 54, growing up in New York City I heard many stories and once I came out I heard many more. Having said that, there was so many things that I didn’t know, that I found out form watching this movie. Obviously I don’t want to list them as I want you all to go see the movie, but one of the incredible things I learned was that Studio 54 was only opened for 33 months. In less than three years they created a brand that was and is iconic.

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism – a place that redefined what a nightclub could be but also came to symbolize an entire era. Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell came out of nowhere to preside over a new kind of New York society. With unprecedented access to Schrager, who tells the whole unvarnished story for the first time, and a treasure-trove of rare footage, director Matt Tyrnauer constructs a vivid, glorious portrait of a disco-era phenomenon and tells the story of two friends who stuck together through an incredible series of highs and lows. While watching the interviews with Ian that were done for this movie, you can still see the love he has for Steve, almost 30 years after his passing. This is a bond that even death could not break!

The OUTshine Film Festival’s 10th anniversary season will include over 50 films, with 34 feature length films and 17 shorts, multiple panel discussions with filmmakers and talent, and nightly parties and events throughout the 8 day festival.

Some of the other films for the first week are:

My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Puoi Baciare lo Sposo) – Friday, October 19th – 7pm – Savor Cinema

Antonio and Paolo live happily together in Berlin and are finally getting married. They decide to celebrate in the small village in Italy where Antonio grew up. While his mother immediately supports his intentions, her husband Roberto, the town Mayor, is much more reluctant. Paulo, who has not spoken to his conservative mother in a long time, must get her to the wedding as a condition of the marriage. Throw in a couple of wacky roommates and the aisle to the alter is paved with hilarity, hijinks and lots of love!

Consequences (Posledice) – Friday October 19th – 9:15 pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

After being sent to a youth correctional facility, 17-year-old Andrej meets Željko, the informal leader of a group of inmates. Soon Željko starts exploiting Andrej in return for keeping his homosexuality a secret thus causing Andrej’s sense of responsibility and moral integrity to be put to the test. Andrej must ultimately choose between Željko and his reckless lifestyle and staying true to himself.

Reach – Saturday October 20th – 12:30 pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

Socially awkward band geek Steven (Garrett Clayton) is planning to kill himself, but then is befriended by the new quirky kid in school Clarence. They form an inseparable bond as Clarence finds creative ways to pull Steven out of his depression. Steven reaches out of his comfort zone forming stronger relationships with his father, friends, and teachers…Reach out, be kind, save lives.

Going West – Saturday October 20th – 5pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

An unemployed music teacher takes his estranged transgender father on a road trip to the west coast of Norway in order to honor his late mother’s excellent quilting skills. It’s a mostly playful affair with splashes of drama and everyday tragedy. The film cheerfully avoids the most tired clichés associated with the road movie genre and takes an honest and refreshing look at Georg’s transgender identity and the effects it has on everyone. Tender, quirky and spunky, Going West is a warm and touching feel good film about life, loss and love.

It’s Raining Men (Men’s Shorts) – Saturday October 20th – 5pm – Savor Cinema (total run time 104 minutes):

Sparrow Directed by Welby Ings, 15 minutes, New Zealand The Boy Who Wanted to Fly (El Nino Que Queria Volar) Directed by Jorge Muriel, 15 minutes, Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles Sam Did It Directed by Dominic Burgess, 10 minutes, USA Something About Alex Directed by Reinout Hellenthal, 19 minutes, Netherlands. In Dutch with English subtitles Sailors Delight Directed by Jonas Ritter, Loucas Rongeart, Louise Aubertin, Eloïse Girard, Amandine Thomoux, Marine Meneyrol, 6 minutes, France Odd Job Man Directed by Marianne Blicher, 22 minutes, Denmark. In Danish with English subtitles Femme Directed by Alden Peters, 17 minutes, USA

“Greater Fort Lauderdale has always been a hub for creativity, and we’re excited to see the OUTshine Film Festival continue to thrive in our destination and offer both the LGBTQ and the Ally community a place where they can come together, share experiences, and enjoy award-winning films with their friends and peers.” says Noelle Stevenson, Vice President Film, Music, Fashion & Create at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.

“This year, we’ll kick off the festival with a private filmmaker’s soiree at the “Manor Mansion” estate, featuring DJ Tracy Young, hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale’s CVB film, music, fashion & create division.”

To see a full listing of all the films, the parties, or to purchase tickets or for more info go to: Outshinefilm.com.

About OUTshine Film Festival

The OUTshine LGBT Film Festival is a bi-annual film festival with a mission to inspire, entertain, and educate the public and encourage a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.

source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/10/18/outshine-film-festival-celebrates-10-years/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazin.blogspot.com/2018/10/outshine-film-festival-celebrates-10.html

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Outshine Film Festival Celebrates 10 Years

Some of the other films for the first week are:

My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Puoi Baciare lo Sposo) – Friday, October 19th – 7pm – Savor Cinema

Consequences (Posledice) – Friday October 19th – 9:15 pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

Reach – Saturday October 20th – 12:30 pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

Going West – Saturday October 20th – 5pm – The Classic Gateway Theatre

It’s Raining Men (Men’s Shorts) – Saturday October 20th – 5pm – Savor Cinema (total run time 104 minutes):

To see a full listing of all the films, the parties, or to purchase tickets or for more info go to: Outshinefilm.com.

About OUTshine Film Festival

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/10/18/outshine-film-festival-celebrates-10-years/

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