HECK YEAH! our precious tortured baby looks so broody and ready to get sniped AND OUR OLDER MURDERY ASSASSIN BABY YASSEN ISN’T DEAD
maybe we can finally have canon SCORPIA!Yassen and Alex as mentor and mentee with them leading the board…?
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
84 notes
·
View notes
how they shouldve sent alex to point blanc tbh
(mainly for the books, but applies to tv series as well)
12 notes
·
View notes
TV Review: Alex Rider (Season 2)
This isn’t my first time talking about the Alex Rider TV series, and you can check out my thoughts on season 1 by clicking here. But for the uninitiated Alex Rider is a British spy thriller series, which aired on Amazon Prime Video, and is based on the book series of the same name by prominent British author, Anthony Horowitz. I was actually lucky enough to interview him a few years ago while in college and you can check that out here.
The series was adapted for television by Guy Burt, an English author and screenwriter, whose debut novel ‘After the Hole’ won a Betty Trask Award.
click here to read more
8 notes
·
View notes
i’m sure this has been done before but like. yeah. The Department really did a number on this kid
132 notes
·
View notes
Yassen Gregorovich learning about John Rider working for MI6 from Julia Rothman:
Also Yassen Gregorovich when Julia Rothman is gonna kill Alex Rider:
95 notes
·
View notes
you know those stereotype groups your comfort characters fall into? i just realized that “former russian assassin/enemy/spy turned semi good with a soft spot for a kid” is mine
113 notes
·
View notes
Just a small random rant about Yassen and the casting for the series~
Something I love about the tv adaptation's change from the books, was the casting and description for Yassen. It was so different, and no matter what, I couldn't ever dislike it.
In the books, Yassen is described as having light blond hair, fair skin and an athletic build like that of a dancer. In the movie he has red hair and fair skin, again looking athletic but not exactly like how he is described in the books. However, in the tv series, he has dark hair, much more pigment, and his body looks, well, not perfect by standards. He has a normal looking appearance. Not rugged abs that you can see through his shirt or bulky muscles. Instead, he has toned arms but not that slim or thick. His torso is trim, but you can see the vaguest hint of a belly. Yassen isn't, by visual, some ripped, rugged assassin with a crazy build. Instead, he looks like an average person. He looks real. He looks like someone you would run into at a coffee shop on the way home from work. And I love this. I am not trying to shame or point out Thomas Levin's body in any negative way, but to embrace how he fits the role of Yassen. His normalcy in the role of such a complex and wonderful character is incredible, especially in season three when we get more domestic and personal scenes involving Alex and Yassen. It feels so much more believable and developed than if he were "model" perfect, if that makes sense.
I also want to point out how the current Yassen is different from the younger one. In addition to finding out what is expected of him, what he has to do, what he is capable of, what he is taught by John: we can also see how the world and his work changed him. By his mannerisms, we can see through just a few flashbacks the major differences. How he speaks is calmer, more like John in the fact that he is causal no matter the situation. He never shows people what he is really thinking through his tone or expressions apart from a few times when we almost catch a glimpse, and he stops himself (mainly when talking to Alex). He "knows his place." His confidence makes everyone stop in awe, uncomfortable, scared; unsure. Every inch of his body conveys his character in the smallest ways. I love it so very much. Hats off to those who did the casting. Hats off to Thomas Levin. Thank you for making one of my favorite characters even better.
42 notes
·
View notes