#assert films

[wonder-vixen]

#galaxia #next global crisis #assert films #female superhero #superheroine #heroine #punished heroines #brunette #web series #supervillain #super villain #supervillainess #villainess #female villains #in peril

[k-wame]

Maxwell Caulfield as Roy Alston The Boys Next Door (1985) · Horror · Crime · dir. Penelope Spheeris

#lol a queercoded swotty classmate basically called him a blockhead & the entire class had a laff & he surprisingly didnt try #to gaybash him to assert his heterosexuality & thats what I call queer solidarity fr - cheers to the writers for that #filmedit #horroredit #the boys next door #the boys next door 1985 #maxwell caulfield #film #movie #penelope spheeris #1980s #queer horror #queer #lgbt #queer media #queer characters #queer villains #gorgeous #beautiful #male beauty #muscle #arms #beautiful men

[marypsue]

Something about The Lost Boys, a deeply, deliberately queer movie all about vampires (so necessarily obsessed with blood transfer/exchange), where being attracted to the wrong person, taking risks around them, taking their tainted blood into your body, will change your life irrevocably and doom you to death, coming out in 1987, and saying that the real source of the majority of the problems caused by sharing tainted blood is a respectable middle-aged middle-class white man obsessed with power, heteronormativity, and the replication and eternal enshrinement of the nuclear family structure, and that the only way to survive and cure the infection is to destroy him...whoooo.

#'mary it's not that deep' wanna bet. wanna. fucking. bet. #i was reflecting on being a gay man and choosing to take on a project about vampires and deciding they should be old enough to fuck #and also it should be sexy and full of homoerotic tension #in 1987 #and about a Take i had to see about how the ending seemed to reaffirm heteronormativity #and well. well. #also. like there's nothing in the movie that says the boys didn't genuinely like max or consider him a father figure #(there's basically nothing in the movie about what they thought of him. at all.) #but we ALL seem to have decided that even if they don't hate him they at least resent his attempts to assert authority #and. well. that has to come from somewhere. right? #ANYWAY. this is not a coherent thought. yet. somebody who's a film studies major get on this #the lost boys

[jungwookjins]

'be mine' mv behind

[id: 6 gifs from onlyoneof junji’s ‘be mine’ mv behind the scenes. 1. 1. junji hugging rie from the back. 2. yoojung, junji, and kb at a cafe table. yoojung says "I got fired from my last job for dancing." 3. kb and yoojung speaking to the camera. yoojung turns to kb and says "And we're the original ones, you know." 4. junji and rie playfighting outside with a garden hose. 5. junji and rie almost kissing over a cafe table. 6. kb looking to the side with a shocked expression on his face before turning to the camera, bewildered. there is a question mark by his face and the caption reads: [watching the almost-kiss]. the colored caption reads: ’be mine’ mv behind /end id]

#first gif head in hands #this behind was so fun <33 #i think they're having a lot of fun filming 🥺🥺 #kyu's rxn in the last is so funny asdk;fj as if he didnt just have a man naked in his bed last month #also taeyeob asserting who's the blueprint a;skdjf #onlyoneof #ooo #kim junhyung #junji #lee sungho #rie #shin kyubin #kb #lee taeyeob #yoojung #ennuigif #lyonet #malegroupsnet #kpopco #kflops

[rimouskis]

one of my new coworkers so delicately straddles the line between "pretentious" and "deeply interesting/cool" and I'm very curious if he will STAY on that line and not fall off into one end or the other

#I think ''pretentious'' is unfair to him honestly because like... #he will freely pass judgement on things but he hasn't done it to people (in my presence) #and he also enjoys simple things at times too so it doesn't feel in any way performative #but parts of him DO feel curated #he was standing outside at our post-work gathering in his dark sunglasses and his well-fitting black coat and I was like: oh he ✨styled✨thi #and I think a curatorial spirit that is very strong in its identity and that has found its niche can initially come off as ''pretentious'' #simpy because it... asserts itself so strongly? #but he's kind and works *very* hard (too hard) and he clearly has passions and this work is within his passions so... #it all makes sense. anyways he's technically a manager (not mine) so idk how deep I can make a friend out of him #but I'm curious if I can manage it. I'm (honestly) not convinced I'm cool enough lol #he goes to ART SALONS where a bunch of local art professionals and DOCTORS watch old films??? #idk stuff that would make you go ''okay tryhard'' but he like. genuinely enjoys it idk that's his personality #he was coping with this very stressful week by trying to do a rubik's cube today lol poor guy

[kraniumet]

(sees a post on the dash. again) I actually think the howl's moving castle book is kinda... mid

#if eva ibbotson was... boringer #my love / hate relationship with metafictional elements #and i also don't really agree with the assertion that the film is “only an exploration of war” or #whatever. i think it's a lot about being old. #“it's so boring how they made her story about she not thinking shes pretty” SHE HATES HERSELF. that's the emotional core of the movie. #its an extension of that.

[sailforvalinor]

🖋️

#well just got some critiques on my snow queen project today in class #good news: everyone loves Kay! #less good news: everyone agrees that Gerda needs more characterization #which I also agree with #she’s not asserting herself in the narrative very well right now and I’m struggling with how to fix that #Kay is coming easier to me which is a bit frustrating #also my professor (who also happens to be a published author) says it currently feels like the opening of a Ghibli film where everyone is #doing their chores #which was both a compliment and a critique that not much is going on right now #but the fact that I was able to write those vibes? HECK YEAH #(he also wants me to submit the first three chapters to a publisher once they’re polished and um. UM. ADJDHDHDH)

[seeminglyseph]

“But I mean all stories have proven that robots will inevitably become evil and destroy humanity”

Incorrect! Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics! Fuck you!

#sometimes when I get stoned and filter through entertainment it leads to weird things #also sometimes that means I listen to podcasts where people talk about fiction and then are like… really aggressively wrong about things #and I feel like ‘fuck what do I even do with this thought?’ #it’s like a really pointless thought too because in general it’s not like most media follows Asimov’s 3 Laws of Robotics #even I Robot failed to actually follow it #like the film version which is notoriously bad #and Pluto literally has the ‘robots cannot harm humans’ as part of the robotic programming #which is a core part of the mystery and while there are ways the rule becomes broken like… that’s part of the mystery #so I ain’t spoiling it #but still like. idk. sometimes I understand I know a lot of useless things #but I also feel like. if you are on a podcast asserting your opinion that confidently it wouldn’t hurt to know more things… #idk like read more or something

[academicgangster]

reddit woman has the nerve to think she can talk to me about the fugitive (1993)

#reddit woman is the 'i'm not like other pickmes i'm FEMININE i wear SKIRTS and don't need to be MASCULINE in a Man's World' type by the way #i go to reddit for cat pictures #i don't need this bullshit #if you don't know shit about sam gerard you should not be talking about sam gerard #especially if you 'love richard but don't remember much about sam' because you last watched the film as a child??? #well then why did you assert your stupid fucking opinion without that caveat in the first place lady #and you call yourself an enneagram 5 lmao #i am blowing this way out of proportion #but i'm semi-justified in doing so because i thought i was having a conversation with someone who held informed opinions #and it turned out no #i was being talked at by someone shooting from the hip off of half cocked memories

[wonder-vixen]

#celestia #next global crisis #assert films #female superhero #superheroine #heroine #blonde #web series #photoshoot

[bracketsoffear]

Vee propaganda: from the sound of it, neither her nor Lovelace sound like an intentional Avatar--Vee is just trying to survive, while Lovelace is more of a victim of the Stranger who was marked by it (like Georgie) and is dealing with a consequent identity crisis. In terms of who spreads the Stranger more, consider what the Vee situation is like for those around her: you leave your daughter alone for a few moments, and when you come back she's saying "Hello, fellow human! Skin's sure weird!" You think everything's fine, and then all of a sudden she's changing up her appearance and throwing out everything she treasures, and then it turns out that your daughter was in another dimension this whole time and was replaced by a serpentine shapeshifter. You make a friend at summer camp who's really, really weird--like, acts as though she's from another planet weird--but you're weirdos too so it's cool. Then during the fall your friend starts acting like a different person and suddenly has a friend who sounds and looks weirdly like that friend--or at least, who you thought was your friend--but she has inhuman eyes and stresses that she has "Just the one [face]. The normal amount of face." If Camila and Masha had been less willing to roll with the weirdness, or if TOH was a different genre, then Vee would be pretty damn horrifying. It's kind of a Woody situation--they don't really have the temperament for being a proper avatar because they're from lighthearted kid's movies, but if you think about the implications they're pretty fucked up. Also, remember how everyone called Vee Creepy Luz because of how disturbing her first appearances (the letters and when she was shown with her face hidden) were?

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#asks #character propaganda #Stranger Poll #for the record #I do disagree with the assertion that Woody isn't creepy #that scene with Sid in the first film fucked me up #there was that whole thing where he waved Buzz's severed arm at his friends #admittedly this is only true of the first film

[normalbrothers]

tommy's faith and trust in arthur's ability to take charge/take responsibility/be The Man is so astounding and bitter sweet, both in terms of how much the war broke arthur but also tommy's own sentimentality when it comes to him. and it's not a belief based on nothing at all either! it's knowledge and experience, and it's sort of the core problem when it comes to the frustration and resentment they feel towards each other; the constant back and forth and never seeing eye-to-eye despite craving that very thing and wanting something from the other that is impossible to give, because they are both so damaged in such irreparable ways

#fandom doesn't really consider that arthur was nominally the head of the family in s1 ie tommy didn't challenge it in those ten or so years #after their father left (minus the years lost to the war of course) #and that initially arthur still tries to enforce that authority with tommy during their first scene #but he and tommy aren't the same men anymore #tommy telling arthur this in the cellar scene and it visibly *hurts* arthur because he thinks he's just not able to be that person anymore #in any way #and tommy doesn't say these things out of cruelty but because he wants his brother back #they did set up a kind of reversal between them in s6; i don't know how far the film would go but it's something that could be interesting #so much happened between s1 and s6; 15 years later they aren't the same guys they were in 1919 either #*also the way polly and arthur sr and arthur himself react to tommy in s1 is pretty telling #he never was a timid person i'm sure but certainly less assertive and interested in being a leading figure in his family #though still bound by duty and love #given that everyone sort of seems to come to him with Their Issues even when not yet head of the family #it's an odd thing that people tend to miss about them idk. it's sort of obvious #i think the show is conscious of the fact that arthur IS the older brother #not such a set in stone hierarchy given that he's only three years older but it's not unimportant for either of them but esp #tommy

[apollo-cackling]

I'm incredibly biased but I'm surprised 'cellist' isn't a well established Category of Person lesbians thirst after tbh

#I'm too paranoid to film myself to use as an example but like watch any decently expressive cellist and you get what I mean #the finger dexterity the assertiveness the way the literal instrument is a person-sized object you hold Like That and play Like That #idk is my ace pattern recognition failing me #my rambles

[famdommcfanface]

Currently spectating a conversation about how cool it would be for them to do Jurassic park irl. Starting to think none of them have seen the film

#posts what i done #there's like six films about why this is a bad idea #also these are grown-ups #one just said 'they've already done that to some dinosaurs' and everyone just nodded intelligently #and I'm just here like is nobody going to challenge the assertion they've cloned dinosaurs already

[roughentumble]

Is it just me or does Henry Cavill seem…lowkey ND? I dunno. Something seems kind of "off" about him, but not in a sinister way. His interests, the way he'll go into rambling, info-dumps. He even admitted in a recent interview he still can be a bit naive and too trusting of people's intentions. I'm not saying he definitely is, but he's pinging the "radar" for me.

not to sound rude but i try not to "diagnose" celebrities, or speculate about their "true" sexuality/gender/etc, that sort of thing, in anything other than a joking/offhand comment sort of way

though i will say that if youre seeing bits of yourself in interviews and BTS footage of him, its always nice to feel like you can see yourself in the industry or relate to the people who work there, no matter what their diagnoses' might be!

#i hope this doesnt sound douchy or like im talking down to you gsjzbwjdbks sorry im just trying to word it rly carefully #like idk. i think there's a way to sortve like. gossip abt that kind of thing #in a totally harmless way that's just chatting w/ someone you know #and there's a way to do it that sortve. is like. asserting You Know Them Best in a way that crosses a line? #and i personally am wary about crossing that line. #anyway. in a totally casual offhand way i personally get more nerd vibes than i do ND vibes #but also tbf i dont look up many interviews of the guy lol #i can think of a couple of instances of him not reacting to jokes quite the way you would expect n stuff in a kinda ND way #but at the same time. sometimes you just dont get a joke. or dont find it funny. or youre kinda Off that day but you have to film anyway #so it could be all sorts of reasons #that being said. mr cavill if you are ND and want to infodump about warhammer i will listen #super double prommy. you can be my audiobook while i play hfw #my 2 hour youtube essay while i shoot people with arrows. tell me nerd facts

[powderedwhiteviolets]

i'm gonna say it - some of you people hold the most fucking repugnant opinions i've ever read in my entire life and deserve nothing but the worst in your day to day lives as karma for espousing such morally bankrupt views in public

#not only did i just see a post on my dash calling a known terrorist group FUCKING FREEDOM FIGHTERS #but also tried to assert that they had nothing to do with oct 7 #as if there is literal video evidence filmed by the terrorists themselves and the fact that the group proudly took responsibility for #these atrocities multiple times publicly... #supporting palestinian citizens does not mean supporting the raping torturing murderers who forcefully govern them #because then it really shows that you don't give a single flying fuck about palestine #and are only gleeful that jewish blood is being spilled #anyway back to blocking hamas sympathizers again i guess #personal