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bonesandthebees · 2 years

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Okay, so, 17 hours. First off rip Charlie, you will be missed. Ranboo the beloved. I’m convinced Tubbo is stubborn enough to make it. So if he doesn’t I will cry.

Then parallels. Phil and Techno having a good time in the gas station vs Wilbur literally finding a body. I forget to mention the ending overheating vs the car breaking down. (that made me laugh out loud) both sides listening to Charlie. There’s probably more.

Also, Wilbur’s morality is not having a good time. The constant knowing that he should help and he could help vs the fear of it going wrong and the need to protect Tommy which means protecting himself cuz Tommy won’t make it on his own. And just, Tommy no longer fighting it.

And you keep putting them in these situations. Every time a part of me wants him to stop and help and it’s so frustrating because I also get the logic and the paranoia and the world is going to shit and if he’s not careful they could end up like that cashier. But man, it hurts, but he has to keep going. (Even though I really think they could have helped Puffy and co).

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rest in peace charlie you were a great radio host for like ten minutes

YESSS THE PARALLELS... me and roxy intentionally set up a ton of parallels between the different hours. some are more obvious, some are more subtle, but a lot of the details you see between the two povs are meant to either be mirrors or opposites to each other. the car breaking down bit was one of the funnier moments with that, but then the gas stations were... ouch. also, fun fact, roxy actually wrote the emduo pov for the charlie chapter first, so then i used the dialogue they wrote as a framework for which parts ended up in my half. for a lot of the chapters roxy actually got their hour done first, so then i'd use that as a guideline to create parallels or callbacks here and there for my hours

wilbur's morality is having a journey!!! mans is so paranoid and afraid of literally everything. he doesn't want to be cruel but he's paranoid and anxious as hell so he's just constantly at war with himself. tommy has now come to the conclusion that yeah okay wilbur's not gonna stop this so he might as well stop trying to get him to do the right thing. it's sad but he knows wilbur is just trying to keep them both safe

and yes the fact that they keep running into situations like this is tied into the parallels between emduo vs crimeboys in this :) i might explain this more after we finish posting the fic but yeah we played around a lot with parallels, contrasts, and tie-ins between the two povs bc we just had so much fun with it. roxy is SUCH a talented writer we were on the same wavelength about things the entire time it was so so great

#spruce anon #ask #17 hours

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otakween · 4 years

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Flower Action 009-1 (1969) - Episode 13

Whelp. This show just kinda ends unceremoniously. Since there’s very little info about this online, I’m just assuming it was cancelled? Or maybe they only intended to make 13 episodes in the first place. Either way, I’m glad it didn’t overstay its welcome.

Notes:

-Now that I’ve watched the whole show I can definitely confirm that these girls aren’t cyborgs. They also barely ever refer to themselves as their number codes. This did not need to be a 009-1 adaptation. It could have just as easily been called the “Trump” something or other (no relation to cheeto man)

-This episode had some really annoying side characters that made me want to rip my ears off: pathetic whimpering dude who’s always pleading, geisha lady who laughs really obnoxiously, bratty kid who says “sayonara” about 80 times at the end, etc. Even the cat was kind of annoying lol

-It was kinda cool seeing a ‘60s family gathered around the TV. I just watched Mad Men so this felt like I was seeing the Japanese equivalent of Don Draper’s family lol.

-There was a lot of cat acting going on which is fun, but every time they cut to the cat they would playing a stock meowing sound effect like 50 times. Cats are not that vocal! >:/

-I didn’t follow this plot at all but I think it had something to do with kidnapping a kid for ransom money? Not sure why the kidnappers were dancing around the kid and having food fights with him, but not understanding the Japanese almost made the absurdity funnier

-The girls gamble and win at one point. Is this a callback to when Daiya went to gambling boot camp? (Continuity?? In MY Flower Action 009-1?)

-Club wasn’t really in this one which is kinda sad. You would think they’d want all the girls together for a final episode. Honestly episode 12 would have been a much better finale.

So...this show happened. I can’t really review it fairly since it was so hard for me to understand the dialogue half the time. If you like goofy Charlie’s Angels type shows then I guess this is the one for you. Me? It was an interesting peek into Japanese TV in the 60s that I won’t be revisiting. Onto the next series!

#009-1 #flower action 009-1

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 7 years

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle review

Kingsman: The Secret Service is easily one of the best action films of this day and age, a delightful callback to the martini and tuxedo James Bond flicks of days past that had insane action and its tongue planted firmly in its cheek; you can’t be too serious with a fireworks show involving all the famous people in the world’s heads exploding and a henchman with razor-sharp prosthetic leg blades. I’m happy to say that the sequel is in a lot of ways even more tongue-in-cheek, and yet also manages to hit even harder emotionally in some ways. Is it better than the first one is the real question, and… well, we’ll get to that. Let’s look at the story first:

Eggsy is back! He’s dating the princess from the first movie, he’s a top Kingsman agent, life is good… until he pisses off Poppy, the 1950s-obsessed drug kingpin who leads the titular Golden Circle. She fucking destroys everything: all the Kingsmen, Harry’s house, she blows it all up, and only Merlin and Eggsy are left alive. They soon head to America to seek aid from their American cousins, the Statesmen, and it turns out the Statesmen have a very special guest: Harry, AKA Gallahad, presumed dead in the first film. Turns out the Statesmen managed to save him in time, but he has amnesia now, and thinks he’s a lepidopterist. Shame that now more than ever is when they need Harry, because Poppy is brewing up quite an evil scheme that will keep most of the world hostage. Can Eggsy get harry back in time, or is he on his own saving the world?

One thing that’s kind of weaker about this film in general is the ensemble cast. First off they introduce Michael Gambon as the new Arthur, they set up Roxy, and then within the first twenty minutes both are dead, Michael Gambon with barely three minutes of screentime. The Statesmen too, aside from Whiskey, are kind of bit players, with the much-hyped Channing Tatum getting maybe ten minutes before getting put into deep freeze until the very end. Ginger Ale, Champ, and the aforementioned Whiskey especially fare better, but the former two are still bit players in the film and are sidelined for Harry, Merlin, Whiskey, and Eggsy. Thankfully, these four are all great, they get tons of development and good interactions, they play well off each other, and they more than make up for at least a good chunk of the wasted potential in the rest of the cast.

Something that isn’t weaker? The villains. I’m not going to lie and pretend that former-Kingsman-hopeful-turned-traitor Charlie is a better and cooler henchman than Sofia Boutella’s badass Gazelle, but considering he is a badass cyborg henchman with a fucking sweet robot arm, yeah, I’d say he’s still up there as far as cool henchmen go. He gives us a cool opening fight sequence, and a cool confrontation near the end of the film too. But even better is the big bad Poppy, played by Julianne Moore. With the demeanor of a 1950s housewife and her base designed with that 50s aesthetic in mind, Poppy constantly exudes a dissonant air of cheerful serenity even as she’s ordering her henchmen to put his best friend into a meat grinder, and then serving him up a burger made from said friend’s meat. While she’s not exactly an action-y big bad, she feels a lot like a Bond villain, like Blofeld or the villain from The Spy Who Loved Me. She’s at worst on par with Valentine, and maybe even a little better. She’s definitely as quirky and entertaining, oh, and she kidnapped Elton John.

Elton John was actually one of the things that surprised me the most about this film. I expected him to be nothing more than a one-scene wonder, a brief cameo even, considering he was playing himself. Not only does he get several scenes in which he does everything from cuss up a storm to deliver a flying jump kick into a man’s face while dressed in drag, he is actually, no joke, pivotal in helping the Kingsman save the world. Honestly? Sir Elton John steals the damn show whenever he’s onscreen, and I seriously never expected this at all.

The one thing this movie does better is the action. Now, nothing in this movie truly tops the church brawl of the first film… but dear lord do they ever come close. Of special note is the final showdown at Poppy’s base, which makes up the last 30 – 40 minutes of the film, and by God is it one of the most spectacular set of battle scenes in action cinema… and it’s set to Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting!” Well, at first, all the kickass action goes on so long the song only covers the initial fight with the mooks. Then we have the fight against Poppy’s robotic dogs, the fight against Charlie, and then one final confrontation before the world is saved, and each and every one of them is seriously spectacular. Of special note is the final battle, which is something of a call back to the church brawl, in that it is a kickass action sequence set to awesome music made to look like it was done in a single shot. And speaking of call backs, we get one to the “Manners maketh man” bar fight… only this time, Harry gets his ass kicked because he’s still not fully recovered and his depth perception is off on that first mug. This leads to Whiskey stepping in and showing the Southern ruffians what maketh man, and boy oh boy does THAT scene kick ass. The action is just fantastic in this film, no complaints in that department.

The movie is also a lot funnier; the humor is much more refined and it feels like there were a lot more jokes and funny moments than the first film (which don’t get me wrong, had plenty of funny moments). Much like the first film, this movie’s soundtack also kicked a lot of ass, with Prince scoring the opening battle and the obligatory Elton John songs. There’s also some real emotion in this one, especially involving Eggsy’s relationship with the princess, his relationship with Harry, and even a truly tearjerking moment just before the final battle. There’s so much great shit here.

If I had to compare this to anything, I’d say it’s most like one of the better Moore Bond films, like The Spy Who Loved Me (with maybe just a dash of the campiness of something like The Man with the Golden Gun or Live and Let Die). And honestly? I love that. I love that in this day and age we an have an awesome, action-packed, campy spy film alongside grittier, more serious ones like the Daniel Craig Bond films. So all things considered… I love this movie. I definitely recommend it, especially if you like Moore’s output of Bond films or silly, over-the-top action with solid plot and characters. This won’t disappoint as long as you go in expecting a different beast than the first one; the first film is like a Connery Bond film, this one is like Moore. Oh so similar, and yet oh so different.

And if nothing else can get you to see this, let me reiterate: Elton John, dressed in full feathery, peacock-esque drag, flying jump kicks a man straight in the face.

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