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mercurytrinemoon · 3 years

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Trying to describe each sign's appearance but just complimenting them instead...

Consider this partially a "sign characteristics appearance-wise" post or something but with me being edgy with my hot takes

I've recently saw yet another list of "the most beautiful signs" and, surprise, surprise, Libra took the first spot *yawn yawn*. Listen, I know you guys are all about Venus-ruled signs and stuff but this really ticks me off a bit. It's as if it was a default feature for them to be pretty or whatever and NOT for other signs. Beauty has all shapes, sizes and incarnations, stop associating it exclusively for Libra and Taurus. Soooo I've decided to elaborate on the appearance of all signs while pointing out their strong assets. Not to come off a bit shallow but I just want to show some appreciation for other signs because each of them has something unique about their looks or the way they carry themselves. This may apply to both Sun and ascendant (actually, most people look like a mix of both).

Also note: just because something is characteristic for one sign doesn't mean other signs can't have that as well... or that you HAVE to have it if you're that sign. We all look different after all. Just sayin so we're clear. These are not strict rules and, as I always say, nothing should be looked at in separation from the rest of the chart.

*Also, if I see this article reposted somewhere, I’m gonna be real mad. Have some respect for people’s hard work

ARIES: I love their sharp features and strong bone-structure. Flushed skin is a common thing for them - its Mars' burning influence. Hair can have a ruddish tone as well. Okay and THE CURLS *deep breath*. I swear, seeing Aries men with curly hair does things to me. They're like lil lambs. Women with this placement tend to have a tougher look to their faces, sometimes even somewhat androgynous, which honestly I find super hot. Tomboy vibes big time. With Aries just overall, think strong brow bone (and often bushy or sharp, angular brows) that's pushed a bit forward (so the eyes are more on the deep-set side), bigger or wider forehead, often defined jawline with a square chin. Nose can be prominent in some way: a bit rounded or with bulbous bridge. Faces are usually square-ish and with a serious look to them.

They often walk around with their head tilted forward - they’re a ram after all, always ready to charge ahead. They may look like they could punch you but once they smile you see how of a sweet cartoon characters they are with their warm big smiles. They can be such goofy dorks. They usually have a lot of energy so it may be hard for them to sit still, their bodies are full of excitement. Because of that, they have the tendency to hurt themselves, especially in the head/face area so that may leave some scarring. It's funny how Aries are painted as the aggressive ones while in reality, they're labradors on crack.

Aries Sun: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Daisy Ridley | rising: Bryce Dallas Howard, Brie Larson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Sun + rising: Heath Ledger

TAURUS: I think both Venus-ruled signs just have pleasant features. I don’t think it’s common for them to have striking looks (unless, of course, there’s other aspects involved). I feel like they're just there looking hella fine. I’ve noticed that Taurus folks seem to have a heavier stomp or just kind of a heavy presence. It’s as if they needed more space to maneuver? Their movements are slow and elegant. But doesn't necessarily mean they're slow pokes! Because Taurus, as an earth fixed sign, has a good understanding of their own bodies and building their strength & stamina. It's just that their movements are well thought out and controlled.

They tend to have nice, long, elegant necks... or alternatively, very stocky, prominent ones. And is it just me or do they like wearing turtlenecks? Or scarves? Small ears are a thing as well. When it comes to face features, sometimes their noses can be a bit flattened or with wider, flared-out nostrils - kind of bull-like. I've noticed their eyes tend to be more deep-set, downturned or even smaller, with brow bone kind of covering them/pushing them back. Really cute and pretty smiles, often sensual gaze. Great, thick hair, sometimes curly or wavy - they look great with retro hairstyles imo. Usually very stylish and even if they’re not up to tends, they pay attention to quality of fabricks and the way the clothes fit as they need to feel comfortable and cosy.

Taurus Sun: Cher, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney | rising: Rita Hayworth | Sun + rising: Robert Pattinson

GEMINI: oh their restless energy. I love how vibrant they are with their spirit. And they're just cute-looking: squishy cheeks, often with dimples... very much a youthful look. But also a bit mischevious. I love how of a smiley & bubbly jokesters they are. Very much cameleons in that regard, they adapt easily to their environment and it also shows in their looks and manners. They use hand gestures a lot when they talk, sometimes they can be a bit (or a lot!) fidgety overall, especially if they’re anxious (and that’s something airy mercurial restless energy may struggle with). Expressive faces. Their gaze is always quick as if they were investigating the room, with sparks in their eyes.

I was once looking at photos of random people with Gemini rising specifically, and noticed an interesting pattern and it was that a lot of them had this beautiful light blue, almost grey eye shade. I've never seen anyone talk about this, maybe that's a Mercury thing? (Because I’ve also seen lots of Virgos with blue eyes). Their features are usually more noticeable - strong jawline (sometimes wide), often long pointy chin; face can be more narrow. Apparently they also have longer or slender hands and fingers?

Gemini Sun: John Cho, Tom Holland, Alanis Morissette | rising: Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew McConaughey

CANCER: honestly such classic beauts. Cancers are the epitome of beauty & grace. Very friendly faces with welcoming aura. Just like with any water sign, having eyes light in color is common. Personally, I've noticed that sometimes Cancers have more of a bone-y faces and really sharp jaws and chins - as if they were sculpted. Cheeks are usually prominent, sometimes they sit lower on the face. Okay, the Moon face? It may be round or more fleshy and that’s why Cancers are known for having a baby face? Also, it may have something to do with their tendency to water retention. I personally think they sometimes look like a crescent Moon from the side: their chins and browbones tend to go forward a bit so that it makes their face look somewhat sunk-in from the side (so kiiind of like a crescent Moon?).

Just like any water sign, they're a lot more prone to being influenced - with Cancer, it's the influence of their own emotions or upbringing. This has its effect on their appearance as well. They can be very soft and natural, yes, but I've noticed that Cancers really like to dabble in colorful palettes - I often see them with colorful hair, bedazzled clothing, rainbow accesories or, alternatively, being emo or goths. It's all about outward expression. But overall, their ruler, Moon, is the most sensitive and changeable of them all so, especially in their case, it's very important to pay attention to where their natal Moon sits because that will color the way they look and carry themselves.

Cancer Sun: Olivia Munn, Robin Williams | rising: Angelina Jolie, Lisa Bonet, Kurt Russell | rising + Sun: George Michael

LEO: charm and cheeky. Smize. Beautiful broad smiles. They have twinkles in their eyes and are very giggly. Rounder faces, softer than Aries. Button noses, flatter or wider nose bridge that connects to their brows. Deep blue or green eyes are common as well. Hair really IS prominent - whether it's short and cute or long and full. If it's long, it's usually very blown-out or wavy. I've also noticed that they won't let just anyone take care of their hair because they almost treat it like something sacret. They also tend to like to lighten their hair a bit, no matter the gender, so that it has golden highlights (it's all about gold tones, you know?).

I always say they're the least loud of fire signs because they're just too cool for that - they have the most swagger out of all the signs. They carry themselves with pride and have cat-like yet confident movements. Very welcoming and warm people, they have this inner light within them. They also seem to tan nicely (or easily so this can go south pretty quick), it’s as if the Sun was there to beautify them even more. I feel like they literally radiate gold.

Leo Sun: Michelle Yeoh, Viola Davis, Jason Momoa | rising: Robert Downey Jr, Selena Gomez | rising + Sun: Jennifer Lopez

VIRGO: okay first off, can we stop the Virgo stereotype? People say they're boring and conservative with their looks (and with their personalities as well, but it's not what we're discussing here). Have you looked at a Virgo? They straight up look like dolls. Omg so pretty. They have big downturned or round eyes, delicate features, always put together. Their chins are usually more pointy and their facial features seem so chiseled. Noses are sometimes very straight or with a longer point. Idk their faces just seem tiny and cute. Faces tend to be oblong with pointier chins. I wouldn't necessarily say all of them are modest in their looks but most Virgos I know would NEVER wear something that fits bad, looks bad, has a crooked stitching etc or, not to mention, something that should belong in the laundry.

They may not be as bubbly and goofy as a Gemini (tho they're just as witty!), especially if we're talking about a Virgo rising, but they have this light, almost stoic aura to them. They're somewhere in between the cuddliness of a Taurus and coldness of a Capricorn. A bit reserved in their approach as well.

Virgo Sun: Zendaya, Shirley Manson | rising: Uma Thurman, Elizabeth Olsen, Donald Glover | Sun + rising: Keanu Reeves

LIBRA: I've noticed Libras often have these amazing high sharp cheekbones. Sometimes even a naturally foxy eye look. It's like they had permanently contoured face, no matter the gender. Of course, Libras are also known for (seemingly) symmetrical features. Or at least well-proportioned and pleasant. Plump lips are common as well, they're very smiley and fun and approachable people. Chin dimples? Usually brown eyes, I've noticed. Now, I've seen Libras that look like they don't know what a shower is, but if they are REALLY tapped into that venusian energy, they typically have a clear vision of what they want to look like and how they want to present themselves. The mix of air and Venus makes it very coherent, thought-out but also very effortlessly appealing. You know, Libra artists will be the ones to make a full-on concept album that has a certain aesthetic or even create a character for it. I feel like that's the energy. Great at doing make-up, they’re very creative in that regard & they know how to bring out the best assets - not just in themselves but in others as well.

Bonus unpopular opinion: Libra Suns are better looking than Libra risings (soz). You guys seem to like to read biased astro observations, well that's mine lol. It's just because whatever Sun sign you have, it's natural for you, it's just in you, whereas the rising sign is where you may sometimes try too much (but that’s a topic on its own).

Libra Sun: Will Smith, Halsey | rising: Jennifer Aniston, Michelle Branch | Sun + rising: John Mayer, Doja Cat

SCORPIO: a LOT MORE lighthearted than people paint them to be. There may be certain intensity about them - I feel like resting bitch face can very much be a Scorpio thing but, similarily to Aries (and they have some other things in common), once they smile, they show their sweet, softer side & you see their warm energy - reserved, yes, but still somewhat warm and shy. They probably won't open up themselves but will sure make you do that. I feel like that's something worth mentioning here, even tho I'm focusing on appearance here, but I'm just hella tired of Scorpio stereotypes of being mYstEriOuS aNd sExY.

They can give you a death stare tho lol. They have a piercing gaze. I always say that Scorpios look kind of like eagles - I call it the concerned look - the focus point on their face is between their eyes and on the nose, which, by the way, tends to be hooked, eagle-like as well. There's a tendency to frown - again, it's all about that focused look. Their appearance just usually looks striking. Whether it's extremely pale skin (or a lot lighter than their parents' because this can apply to black and brown people), lots of freckles, blemishes and birth marks (just like with Aries, their ruler Mars leaves scars), a bald head or big round eyes, intensely light or blue in shade - it's just striking. Such unique individuals. And they can be just as weird and experimental with their looks as an Aquarius.

Scorpio Sun: Tilda Swinton, Joaquin Phoenix | rising: Chester Bennington, Chris Evans | rising + Sun: Julia Michaels, Björk

SAGITTARIUS: I feel like I should just give you the never-ending list of Sagittarius Suns & risings and that would explain itself. Sadges have playfulness, swag and sexiness all mixed together. They're just cool & chill and usually SO unbothered. Their sense of humor carries through their body language. Something that is distinguishable for a Sag is a jolly broad smile and a loud laugh. Being carefree and funny, not being afraid to make a dork out of themselves - hella attractive. Very clumsy tho. Legs for days. Glossy & dreamy doe-like eyes that can become lively and full of passion and excitement in a matter of seconds. Hair is prominent as well, just like with Leos, but more wild and harder to tame. Idk I feel like sometimes Sadges look like some mystical forest creatures or low-key mythical roman gods (I mean... I guess it's the centaur thing).

And yeah, our faces DO look like horses a bit, like, let's admit that. It's all about elongated, exaggerated (Jupiter) features: noses and chins can be a bit longer and more prominent/sharp; face that’s oblong; teeth that's a bit bigger; sometimes the root of their nose/glabella area can be a bit broader and flat, which is interesting, but I did notice that among many Sadges (including myself lol). Face features are overall softer & more round compared to other fire signs.

Sagittarius Sun: Britney Spears, Lucy Liu | rising: Brigitte Bardot | rising + Sun: Scarlett Johansson, Brad Pitt, Jimi Hendrix

CAPRICORN: Iconic.

A classic type of graceful beauty. I wouldn’t say they have distinguishable traits, their faces are usually just very balanced with nice cheekbones. It is often said that their skin looks somewhat dry and matte. Their facial features look sharper and more defined with age and it’s when their amazing bone structure really starts to pop. I think Cap risings in particular, especially in younger age, can experience a lot of insecurities and issues with self-acceptance, but honestly they age like a fine wine, such timeless & versatile beauty. I think there's a reason a lot of top models, old Hollywood starts or even a lot of iconic rock stars have strong Capricorn influence in their charts. There's something in those folks that makes them become sort of a blueprints of the ideal - and that expands beyond their looks of course, it's all about their legacy. It's probably thanks to a mix of Saturn, their cardinal nature and grounded earthy influence.

They have a style that’s either very comfort-driven and with an earthy natural touch (but less clean-cut than Virgo) or very modern yet still elegant. Serious look, there's something cold and sophisticated about them - like in a refined way. While Cancers are known for their baby faces, it’s said that Capricorns tend to look very mature from a young age - or rather, they carry themselves like that.

Capricorn Sun: Jared Leto | rising: Sophia Loren, Zac Efron, Monica Bellucci, Lenny Kravitz | Sun + rising: Dave Grohl

AQUARIUS: there is certain beauty in their quirkiness. Personality-wise, yes, but also appearance-wise. They are known for unconventional looks and somewhat disrupted proportions - something most would call a flaw but I love this about them. Flaws are cool and unique. Assymetrical face? Super cool. Lil crooked tooth or crooked nose bridge? Super cool. Eye color that is hard to define? Even more cool. Speaking of which, their eyes are the first thing you’ll notice about them, usually they’re crystal-like and sparkly or very striking in color.

But despite their unusual nature, there's something classic about them as well - thanks to Saturn's influence. Their beauty is timeless, YET distinguishable. This may sound weird, but when I think of Aquarius, I think of faces that you can find on an ancient coin obverse: roman or more pointy noses; smaller, sometimes pushed-back chins (but with a defined jawline); high cheekbones but still softer and rounder features. Lips are usually smaller and thinner. But unlike the other Saturn-ruled sign, Capricorn, there's something dainty and elusive about them - since, obviously, unlike the former, they're an air sign.

Fast-moving airy nature may make them more experimental with their appearance. They can easily tap into futuristic themes - they look great in neon blues, oranges, modern cuts and are great at bending gender norms when it comes to fashion. Interestingly, ethereal (air sign) or classic retro (Saturn) looks suit them really well too.

Aquarius Sun: Yoko Ono | rising: SZA, David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Aaliyah, Henry Cavill

PISCES: their soft gaze! And dewy skin! And pouty lips! They may look innocent but I think first and foremost, they kind of blend with whatever's around them... which also means that their features aren't as noticeable. They're like lil cameleons in that regard. They love nature and I feel like they like being in tune with that and it shows in their looks as well. So whatever flows for them and feels comfortable... Natural, effortless looks, minimal makeup. Or alternatively, as a mutable and watery (aka very changeable & adaptable sign), they like to play with different looks and become a character of themselves - it’s as if they treated themselves as a canvas for an art piece.

Teeth are usually small and cute (I literally saw astrologers calling them fish teeth lol). Their smiles are genuine and shy, although they can be very smiley people and as jolly as a Sadge. Beautiful light or blue eyes are common among them. Their faces can be either a bit rounder and fleshy or a bit sharper but still with small, delicate features. Their heads are almost always in the clouds so they may look contemplative or even sad, deep in their thoughts, with their eyes staring into the distance. Overall, they may seem very ethereal.

Pisces Sun: Kurt Cobain, Elizabeth Taylor, Lupita Nyong'o | rising: Bruno Mars, Billie Eilish, Gwyneth Paltrow

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arctimon · 3 years

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There’s Been Recent Rumors About Big Hero 6 Coming To The MCU Which Actors You Think Would Be Perfect For The Rule Also Including Characters From The Show And Your FanFiction Like Granville, Aspen, Robbie, Chief Cruz, Peni, Kate, Doreen, Liv/Di, Megan, And Last But Definitely Not Least Karmi. Forgive Me If I Forgot Some Characters But Hopefully I Covered Most Of Them. Love Your Stories.

(I actually forgot that I had this post, so my sincerest apologies, jr2157. Thanks so much for the kind words, and I’m sorry that I missed this.) Even though the Big Hero 6 characters are not coming to the MCU (after about a day of believing that they would), it is still fun to think about who would play their live-action counterparts. I haven’t given it too much thought, but I think there are a few people that are straight up no-brainers: 1.) Go Go - Jamie Chung: No, I don’t care that she’s 37. I literally cannot hear her without hearing Go Go. 2.) Honey Lemon - Genesis Rodriguez: Also can’t hear her without imagining her. Now the problem is that Jamie and Genesis are only an inch difference in height (5′7″ vs 5′6″). A bit too short on the Honey Lemon side, but I bet they could make it work with the heels. Back-Ups: Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine from PEN15 (Hulu show). They have an interview on Conan that I saw and man, just add glasses on Anna and I think they could totally pass as Go Go and Honey Lemon. Now, Anna isn’t Hispanic, so that would be a problem. XD 3.) Hiro Hamada - Ryan Potter: Yes, I know Potter’s taller than all of the actresses I picked for Go Go and Honey Lemon. I don’t know that many 14 year old Japanese actors. Cut me some slack. 4.) Karmi - Haley Tju: Haley is 4′11″. The whole height difference schtick would be lost on these two if she was cast. But unless you plan on chopping off some of his legs...they could still make it work. I know that a long time ago @iamaddictedtocoffee showed me an actress named Alba Flores (from La Casa de Papel) who I think has the right look for Karmi. She’s also Spanish, so there’s that. XD Plus...5′9″. One inch higher than Potter. Or you can go for the bonus points and cast the person who’s actually playing Kamala/Ms. Marvel in her own show...Iman Vellani. 5.) Robbie Reyes - Gabriel Luna: You cannot have Robbie in any live action show and not have the OG on it. You just can’t. The guy nails the part so well in AOS. 6.) Professor Granville - Jenifer Lewis: She is hilarious on Black-ish, and she’s another character that I think could pull off the transistion to LA very well. 7.) Liv/Di Amara - Brie Larson: This is mostly playing off of the Liv Amara/Captain Marvel dynamic, but if you want a young, blonde actress that can turn menacing in the blink of an eye, Larson can do that. 8.) Peni Parker - Kimiko Glenn: Can’t have anyone else but the Into The Spider-Verse girl reprise her role for the live action version. 9.) Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl - Milana Vayntrub: Goddammit, Marvel. You robbed us of her actual New Warriors appearance because you couldn’t get your show straight. Give her a Big Hero 6 appearance so that she can have it again. 10.) Aspen Matthews - Seychelle Gabriel: An Aspen movie has been in development hell since all the way in 2009, with Megan Fox attached to play her. Now, no offense to Megan Fox, but I don’t think she’s the right person for that job. Seychelle (AKA Asami from Legend of Korra and Yue from A:TLA) has the voice and the chops to pull that off. She’s actually who I would want to voice her in the show if in some alternate universe she managed to appear. I can’t really comment on anyone else until I actually sit down and think about it more. But I guess this is where I would transition to the people who see this and ask my own questions: Who would you guys want to see in a live-action Big Hero 6 show/movie? I know that there are a lot of Obake lovers out there. I’d be very interested to see who they would pick. ...As well as any other characters, of course. (I also like how this list is 90% “Take the VAs and put them into LA”. Probably because I don’t have the creativity to think past that. XD)

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ofcaliginous · 5 years

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TASK 002 || meet the mun.

01. what’s your name/alias you go by ??

danielle is my name, but i also often go by dani.

02. what’s your age ??

26, so ancient, yes.

03. what’s your zodiac sign ??

i’m an aries.

04. what’s your ethnicity ??

mostly german/polish, french, irish/scottish/english, quapaw, and scandinavian, with some italian, spanish, russian, and iranian/iraqi.

05. what’s your nationality ??

american technically.

06. what’s your favorite band and/or musical artist ??

so many… i guess i’d say breaking benjamin, daughter, pvris, starset, or paramore & meg myers or nf.

07. what’s your dream job ??

i used to want to play hockey professionally or be a vet, but that involves too much math and i have a weak stomach when it comes to medical stuff. so, a child psychiatrist.

08. what’s one place you would love to visit ??

greece.

09. what’s your favorite tv show ??

bob’s burgers or south park.

10. what’s your favorite movie ??

the waterboy or bridesmaids.

11. what’s your favorite song ??

zombie by the cranberries.

12. what’s your favorite sport ??

hockey.

13. what’s your favorite food ??

cajun shrimp pasta.

14. what’s your favorite face claim to use ??

oof lately it’s been brie larson and jodie comer, but some of my favs are bob morley, alicia vikander, katie mcgrath, bill skarsgard, chris evans, chloe bennet, and richard harmon.

15. what’s your least favorite face claim ??

not a fan of the kardashians/jenners. or gigi hadid, but you do you.

16. what’s your favorite character of yours to play ?? which do you think you’re most like ??

hmm, probably skylar, although, i would say i probably have the most fun with viktor and ana. and, i would say i’m most like a mix between sky and chloë, with probably a little bit of ana thrown in.

17. what’s your sexuality ??

i’ve never really labeled it tbh. i like who i like, genders, identities, etc. have never really changed that.

18. what’s the last movie you saw in a cinema/theater ??

captain marvel, it was amazing even tho i had to get up at like 8 am to see it.

19. what’s the worst injury you’ve ever had ??

i broke all of the toes on my right foot once, that was pretty painful. and the guy that looked at my x-rays said they weren’t broken so i had to walk on them for about 24 hours before another doctor got a clue and called my mom.

20. what’s a random or interesting fact about you ??

i know what cody would have me say but uhh, i recently discovered that i can’t say the word faucet. i say floss it, which obvs isn’t correct but y’know.

21. do you listen to music while you write ??

i listen to music doing just about everything.

22. are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer ??

night, because that’s usually when i have the most time to do things.

23. have you ever roleplayed intoxicated ??

yes, but not a whole lot. i usually know it’s better not to.

24. what language or languages do you speak ??

english. i can read and write in polish and somewhat speak it, but i wouldn’t say i’m fluent in speaking it. i also know some german.

25. how long have you roleplayed ??

hmm, i’d say like 9+ years.

26. favorite roleplay genre ??

probably supernatural, dc/marvel, or multifandom ones.

27. one sound you hate & one you love ??

i hate the sound of metal scraping against metal & i love the sound of rain falling.

28. do you believe in ghosts ??

i’m not sure.

29. do you believe in aliens ??

i think the universe is too big for there not to be something else out there.

30. do you believe in true love ??

lol no.

31. do you hold grudges ??

it depends. i try not to but i’m more the type to hold them if you do something to someone i care about.

32. do you have any obsessions right now ??

sloths, villanelle/killing eve, the 2019 stanley cup champions, cyberpunk 2077, flinch.

33. do you drive & if so, have you ever been in a crash ??

i do, and i’ve never been in a crash but i did once scrape a post at a gas station and knock part of my headlight off.

34. do you like the smell of gasoline ??

yes…

35. do you prefer writing fluff, angst, or smut ??

i’m always a sucker for angst but i don’t mind any of them.

36. are you in a relationship ??

ain’t nobody got time for that.

37. grab the nearest book to you and turn to page 23, what is the 17the line ??

“ nimue looked long at the picture, at the image of a slender girl with fair hair and a sad expression wearing a white dress with green sleeves. ” – the lady of the lake ( andrzej sapkowski )

38. put your playlist on shuffle and list the first four songs that pop up:

lies -- marina

showbiz -- muse

nightcall -- kavinsky

bite to break skin (the legion of doom remix) -- senses fail

#pandemonium: task #i wanna do replies but my head is killing me so have this instead

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that-shamrock-vibe · 5 years

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Movie Review: Spider-Man Far From Home

Disclaimer: Just like Avengers: Endgame, I cannot stress enough how spoilerific this movie is. I feel just reading a general overview as I am about to give here may taint your viewership if you don’t want to know anything going in. I will strive to be as spoiler-free as possible and just give enough of a tease to push non-committed cinema goers to go and see it but if you do not want to know anything about this movie going in, do not read on until you do.

General Reaction:

This is probably my favourite live-action Spider-Man movie to date. Into the Spider-Verse is still in my opinion the best Spider-Man movie overall, but this is definitely my favourite live-action one. Just as there is an in-movie debate about if Spider-Man should become the new Iron Man, I feel that debate may also be going on amongst both MCU fans and Marvel Studios in-house in terms of making both the character and movie franchise the MCU’s new focal point since Iron Man’s departure in Avengers: Endgame and the original six seemingly bowing out as the core team.

I don’t think I have ever gasped or wanted to cheer so much in an MCU movie, even in both Infinity War and Endgame where everyone was doing it, myself included, this had them beat for the legitimate surprises that the ad campaign managed to keep secret, possibly to the movie’s detriment but I’ll get into that in my spoiler review.

Even 11 years since the MCU started to build up the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, just to see essentially a European tour with some new locations and already visited places, including one or two that I’ve visited personally, was really great to see.

There was so much that managed to one-up itself, not only from Spider-Man: Homecoming but also from what is now the Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and in a way set the tone for the next phase and new era, that it was a wonder to behold.

The action sequences and visuals are some of the best I have seen in any movie. It made me want to see it in 3D and I actually think next time I might pay to see it in 3D they were that good.

As I said, with the ad campaign keeping so much of the movie secret, I don’t know how inticed fans will be to see the movie because it just looks like your run-of-the-mill Spidey flick but it is so much more than that.

I cannot say how good this movie was, the locations, the action, the danger, the emotion, the humour, everything came together so perfectly in this movie and you feel not only what it’s like to be in a superhero movie with a high school twist but also with that added peril of the “blip” aftermath.

You feel the ramifications of Avengers: Endgame throughout this movie, both in terms of Tony’s death and also people being wiped from reality and returning. They explain it quite well, because I know that the end of Endgame many fans were wondering why exactly Peter and Ned were back at school as if back to normal, they explained that rather well here.

Also, there are callbacks to earlier movies in the MCU so intrecally woven into the story and so shocking that it blew my freakin’ mind to think that Feige could have actually somehow planned this the whole time.

I saw this movie mere hours ago and so possibly cannot quite compartmentalise everything I saw into what is spoiler and what is not, so I will probably splurge out everything I haven’t covered here in the spoiler-review. But seriously I cannot stress how great this movie was.

Cast:

As I said in my opening, I am starting to see Tom Holland be able to stand front and centre as the main hero of the MCU, I know it’s supposed to be Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, but this movie even snubs her and we will get to that when we talk about Nick Fury. But Holland is just so likeable as Peter Parker and so genuine and comics-accurate as Spider-Man that I can never see another live-action actor portraying this character. I loved Andrew Garfield but Tom Holland is my Spider-Man as Robert Downey Jr. is the definitive Iron Man.

Zendaya continues to prove why she is such an up and comer as one of Hollywood’s best young actresses. Genuinely I see her on the same level as Letitia Wright and Naomi Scott, while she’s maybe not as funny as Letita Wright she has a realistic yet dark humour with MJ that is really relatable.

Jake Gyllenhaal is as good as Mysterio as I hoped he was. What he did with the character here is of a similar but admittedly better quality to what Michael Keaton did with The Vulture and, Rhys Ifans did with The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man and even what Thomas Haden Church did with Sandman in Spider-Man 3, they all made their respective characters interesting even though before seeing these cinematic versions I either didn’t know of them or didn’t care about them.

Peter’s school group are okay, they are necessary to the movie as Peter can’t go on a field trip himself, but they just kind of fade into the background. Ned continues to be an annoyance for me, Flash is just your typical noughties bully and Betty...we’ll get to Betty.

The most surprising breakout for me in this movie was Remy Hii as Brad Davis, I remember seeing this guy on Neighbours a few years back. He’s definitely upped his game a bit since then.

As for Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei, they have some great scenes and they are as you expect them to be. It definitely helped to not focus too much on the younger actors and have some relief with the more mature content at times.

Also, without going into spoilers, there is something revealed in the end-credits scenes that made me exceedingly happy. I’d say these are the best end-credits scenes, two of them, since Doctor Strange in terms of setting up the future of the MCU.

Recommendation:

This is as close to a perfect Endgame aftermath movie as I could have imagined, it doesn’t try and ram in what everyone is doing post-Endgame but focuses on a bit of light relief mixed in with some rather serious and consequential actions along the way.

Even if you are on the fence about seeing the movie, I know I’ve said this a lot recently but, this is one of those hot topic talked about movies that you need to see regardless of if you think the trailers are only meh.

See it for yourself and take in the wonder because I guarantee you will not leave the movie with the same thoughts you had going in.

So that’s my non-spoiler review for Spider-Man: Far From Home, what did you guys think? Post your comments and check out more Marvel Movie Reviews as well as other Movie Reviews and posts.

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Captain Marvel = Marvel’s The Last Jedi?

When seeing previews for The Last Jedi, I never thought how much of a mess that movie would turn out to be. Granted, it was good overall, but really managed to disappoint me and become so... cliched...

Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel may turn in the same fate. But previews have already given a majority of people the same fleeting feeling that this film is going to just go for an agenda, much like the Star Wars franchise has. For this analysis, I’ve been looking into Wikipedia for information on what this movie has to offer. I may go off on a tangent or two, so please forgive me if I do.

The first issue fans have with this soon-to-be film is its lead actress, Brie Larson. Brie is an Oscar-winning actress, but even with accolades, she’s still prone to faults. Recently, news has come out that she took the role of Carol Danvers as a form of being an activist, which I don’t think sends the right message to fans. I mean, it shouldn’t just be a job, but it also shouldn’t directly influencing viewers. Brie’s also made headlines for wanting more diversity in critics. Okay, that’s fine and all... but basically calling out white men as the majority and saying there’s too much? Is that really what you want to do?

Brie, I haven’t seen many movies with you, but I think this is the wrong move. You’re demonizing the guys who are going to watch your movie because it’s supposed to be this blockbuster epic. On top of that, it’ll only make things worse by the time the first reviews come around.

Regardless of the outcome of reviews, I’m still seeing this movie. One, I want to continue seeing how the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands from this. And two, I just love seeing superhero movies in general. So Brie Larson’s activism doesn’t turn me away, but it does for others. And I can totally understand their points.

Right now, the film is tracking for $100+ million on opening weekend. That’s not bad at all, but definitely lower than earlier projections had cited around $160 million. The film’s budget of $159 million will surely be met. Now the problem becomes what will fans take away from this. People are already boycotting this movie because of what agenda it’s bringing. It hasn’t even come out yet.

Say what you will about The Last Jedi, but I barely saw any form of anger towards pandering and activism when trailers were coming around. So why now? Is it because we can no longer trust Disney to do right by these kinds of films? Well considering that Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp did reasonably well at the box office, I’d say Disney was doing fine with their Marvel properties.

And thus brings us to the problem: Promoting a woman who turns out to be a superhero instead of a superhero who turns out to be a woman. Let’s face it, Carol Danvers is not exactly a beloved Marvel character... at least from what I’ve seen and read. But of course, people can warm to the character if they’re given something inspiring and not something that panders to certain audiences.

What we have here with Captain Marvel is Brie Larson playing the role of an activist, not a superhero. And that’s what seems to be the problem. If Brie took the role with the goal in mind to become Carol Danvers rather than become an activist, I think there would be a different consensus amongst those in the fandom. Tone down the rhetoric, be a hero on screen and inspire people through your movie rather than just telling us that’s what you’re doing. It ruins the fun for people. And... it might ruin the fun for me, too.

Huh... Hopefully, the trailers were just there for show and not in the final product. There were questionable lines, weird CGI issues, and some other nitpicks. But there will be good stuff in this movie. There’s so much more than just Brie Larson. We have Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Jude Law, Gemma Chan, and so many more talented actors and actresses.

Plus, I’m already impressed with the makeup and digital de-aging effects. The Skrulls look amazing. Though... something about them seems off without the black parts atop their heads... Eh, another nitpick. Anyways, the movie should be fun enough. Looking forward to March, everyone!

#mcu #marvel #carol danvers #captain marvel #brie larson #analysis #rant

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The Weekend Warrior 8/27/21 - CANDYMAN, LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD, TOGETHER, VACATION FRIENDS, NO MAN OF GOD, and More

There’s only one new wide release this week, and I’m so happy about that, that I’m gonna say the name of that movie FIVE TIMES!

Candyman

CANDYMAN (Universal)

Well, you get the idea. Jordan Peele seems to have done it again with this sequel the 1992 movie from Bernard Rose, although in this case he’s just co-writing and producing along with the film’s actual director, Nia DaCosta, who directed a small indie called Little Woods, which not that many people saw but that played at the Tribeca Film Festival a bunch of years back.

Of course, the movie is really being sold on the basis of Peele’s involvement, because he had such success with two horror movies as a director, the Oscar-winning Get Out in 2017 and Us two years later. Both of those movies grossed over $175 million domestically and another $75 to 82 million overseas. Get Out opened with just $33 million, which is fairly impressive for an R-rated horror comedy, but Us opened with over $70 million based on the popularity and success of Get Out.

Peele and DaCosta have another decent cast with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, possibly best known for playing Black Manta in James Wan’s Aquaman, playing the lead, an artist named Anthony Mccoy, who learns about the myths of the Candyman at the Chicago projects, Cabrini-Green. He also starred in Peele’s Us right after that, and also appeared in The Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackman, another huge domestic hit. Later this year, he’ll appear (presumably as the younger Morpheus) in The Matrix Resurrections. HIs girlfriend and art curator Brianna is played by Teyonah Parris, who might be best known for her role as Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series, WandaVision, a role she’ll reprise in next year’s The Marvels, which will reunite her with director DaCosta, as she becomes a full-fledged superhero with the film’s star, Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel. The movie also stars Colman Domingo, who had a big breakout by starring in HBO’s Euphoria, the AMC spin-off Fear the Walking Dead, and well-received movies (at least critically) like Zola and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. That’s a pretty amazing trio right there for the movie, and they’ll help the movie get the hoped-for African-American moviegoers but also the young people who enjoy horror.

Horror has generally done okay during the pandemic, although obviously, there’s been a lot of sequels with John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s A Quiet Place Part II doing the best of all of them. More recent sequels like Escape Room: Tournament of Champions and Don’t Breathe 2 haven’t done as well. And there’s no way around the fact that Candyman is a sequel, but it’s a sequel to a movie that came out nearly 30 years ago, which doesn’t mean that young people will have that close a connection to it.

Maybe it’s no surprise that reviews for the movie have been stellar, similar to Peele’s other two movies, although some definitely have issues with the movie. (My review of Candyman can be found over at Below the Line.)

Candyman seems good for an opening somewhere in the low-to-mid $20 millions, although the anticipation for the movie, and its strong draw within the Black community could give it a nice bump ala the movies Peele has directed. Expect the movie to do especially well on Thursday and Friday, but I think anticipation will make it fairly front-loaded as would be the case with most horror movies released in the summer. (I also expect a massive 55%+ drop next week when Marvel opens Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.)

But in the meantime, this is where I see this week’s top 10.

1. Candyman (Universal) - $22.7 million N/A

2. Free Guy (20th Century/Disney) - $11.5 million -38%

3. Paw Patrol: The Movie (Paramount) - $7.5 million -43%

4. Jungle Cruise (Walt Disney Pictures) - $3.9 million -40%

5. Don’t Breathe 2 (Sony/Screen Gems) - $2.5 million -50%

6. Respect (MGM) - $2 million -47%

7. The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) - $1.6 million -52%

8. The Night House (Searchlight) - $1.5 million -48%

9. The Protégé (Lionsgate) - $1.4 million -52%

10. Reminiscence (Warner Bros.) - $900k -54%

A great film I saw at SXSW earlier this year that’s finally coming out and is therefore, this week’s “THE CHOSEN ONE” is the doc LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD (Discovery+) from director Jeremy Workman, which follows the amazing life of 20-year-old domino artist and YouTube sensation Lily Hevesh, who has built up a following due to her amazing domino constructions.

The movie works as a documentary on so many levels, first in terms of relaying Lily’s history as a Chinese orphan adopted at the age of one by non-Asian parents and how that affected her life and her interest in discovery, which ultimately led her to this passion. But building and toppling domino art is much more than a hobby as Ms. Hevesh has been able to monetize her passion with a thriving YouTube channel and also being hired by big corporations to create domino art for commercials and such. I’m not sure how long Workman was following her around but we do get to see Lily in all sorts of environments. We mostly get to see her as entrepreneur as she’s designing and developing her own line of dominoes that would be ideal for the work she does.

Lily Hevesh is just so inspirational and watching this amazing woman go through her life and the wonder she creates in others makes this one of my favorite docs of the year. It will stream on Discovery+ starting Thursday but you can also catch it in NYC at the IFC Center starting Friday.

Over the weekend, I caught a movie that I missed when it got a platform release in New York and L.A. on August 6, as well as when it played at the Tribeca Film Festival back in March. David Gutnik’s Materna (Utopia), an anthology of sorts about four very different women, played by the wonderful Kate Lyn Sheil,Jade Shete, Lindsay Burdge, and Assol Abudllina (the second and fourth of those who co-wrote the script with Gutnik). It’s an interesting anthology that deals with four women who are on the same New York subway when an incident happens, but it never really goes too far into the incident, or even resolves it, since it’s more about the individual women and their lives. I was really only familiar with Sheil and Burdge, although I like the former’s segment more than the latter, though they’re both strange looks at motherhood. I’ll freely admit that there were aspects to all the stories I didn’t get, but I think I ultimately enjoyed the final Assol Abudllina segment the best, even though that’s the only one not in English. I don’t think Materna (which is now available digitally on TVOD) will be for everyone, but it’s certainly an intriguing and somewhat enigmatic film from Gutnik and his collaborators.

Premiering on Hulu Friday is Clay Tarver’s comedy VACATION FRIENDS (Hulu), starring John Cena and Lil Rel Howery as two guys who meet while on vacation with their partners Kyla (Meredith Hagner) and Emily (Yvonne Orji), and they become friends! Okay, there’s a lot more to the movie than that, but I’m embargoed until Friday at midnight so there’s not much more I can say. I do think it’s interesting that this was originally announced in 2005 with Nicholas Cage and Will Smith in the lead roles, and at one point, Chris Pratt and his ex-wife Anna Faris were attached, as well as Ice Cube. It certainly would have been interesting to see any of those pairings, and maybe this would have gotten a theatrical release rather than just streaming.

Mini-Review: A high-concept movie like this could definitely be very funny or absolutely horrible, because it is basically a buddy comedy that relies so much on whether the leads can be funny on screen together. I generally like Lil Rel Howery (even though he’s literally been everywhere this year and is in danger of getting into a James Corden level of annoying) as well as John Cena, who I’ve been a fan of from his wrestling days.

Like I said, the premise is really simple, Howery’s Marcus and his girlfriend Emily are vacationing in Mexico where he plans to propose when they encounter Cena’s Ron and his girlfriend Kyla, who are clearly having the time of their lives, but they’re also the kind of people you don’t want to spend too much time with since they’re VERY LOUD. They end up spending a lot of time together and when they go their separate ways, Marcus thinks that’s it. He and Emily continue to plan their wedding with Marcus trying to prove himself to Emily’s military father Larry (Chuck Cooper). Of course, Ron and Kyla show up and make everyone uncomfortable as they “do their thing” to ruin Marcus’ wedding.

Comedy is a tough thing to critique and gauge how people will receive it, because everyone finds different things funny, and I’m sure that most actual critics will find many reasons to hate this, because it’s incredibly inappropriate and quite low brow. Fortunately, the movie doesn’t rely merely on Ron and Kyla making Marcus uncomfortable as when the movie transitions into a wedding comedy, there’s lots of family dynamics to add to the humor.

Although The Suicide Squad is still Cena’s best and funniest movie of the summer, this is another example of how he’s really trying to mix things up with his acting roles, and even though he’s still way behind Dwayne Johnson in terms of getting to the A-List. Howery is definitely better in this than in some of his other recent movies (koffSPACE JAMkoff), and he continues to be a really strong comic actor that does well with the right material.

Hagner is hilarious and I’m sure I’ve seen her being just as funny elsewhere but some of the best laughs are when she’s faking out Marcus and Emily, but she’s also a great counter to Cena. Unfortunately, that means Orji almost always has to play the straight-person to the other three, but there’s a lot of great set-ups for laughs around her. There are some things that feel played and overdone like the gag of Marcus and Ron getting high and what happens with that, but then there are more original yucks as well.

Ultimately, Vacation Friends does what it’s intended to do. As far as vacation/destination comedies go, this one could have been a hell of a lot worse, but the combination of cast and Tarver’s direction makes this a consistently funny movie that probably would have done okay with audiences in theaters.

Rating: 7/10

I haven’t had a chance to see the Pen15 Animation Special, which also debuts on Hulu this Friday, but I’m looking forward to it for sure, as I love this show.

The pandemic dramedy TOGETHER (Bleecker Street), directed by the great Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, is the definition of a two-hander as it stars James McAvoy and Sharon Morgan (from last year’s Military Wives) as a couple who end up quarantined together during the COVID pandemic even though they clearly loathe each other and probably shouldn’t be together.

This is a movie where I really didn’t know what to expect, but it’s very dark and can’t necessarily be called a comedy and definitely not a romantic comedy, but is something akin to last year’s Malcolm and Marie, although in this case it’s very much meant to be taking place in the here and now. At first, the movie does seem to be fairly funny because of the jabs the two actors take at each other, but then it gets quite dramatic as it deals with her Mum dying in the hospital on her own.

In many ways, Together seems like something that would have worked just as well as a fast-paced play, since writer Dennis Kelly doesn’t make it anything that couldn’t be put on stage, although Daldry and Martin do find ways to keep it interesting as the two actors are moved around their flat. What’s particularly interesting is the pace which starts out quite quickly but then it slows down and gets quite dramatic as each actor goes off to do their own monologue.

It also deals with the seriousness of how badly England was struck by Covid, and it even gets into the mad rush to get the vaccine and the crazy things people would do in order to get it as soon as possible. Much of the question surrounding the duo is how they possibly could have at one time loved each other but now hate each other as their young son is seen in the background during their fiercest arguments. You spend much of the movie wondering whether they can reconcile and get back together, but more importantly, whether they should.

Listen, I’ve long been a fan of McAvoy, and I’ve always known what he could do as an actor but Horgan is a nice surprise, and it’s amazing to see two actors really push each other to get this amazing dual performance that drives the film.

Together covers a lot of ground, and its combination of an amazing script and two actors who can clearly dig in and really get the most out of it makes it a completely riveting film. Everyone involved with this movie has created a really brilliant piece of cinematic drama that can probably withstand multiple viewings to really appreciate what they’ve done, but especially for those two massive performances.

A movie that also debuted at Tribeca is Amber Sealey's NO MAN OF GOD (RLJFilms), another two hander of sorts with Elijah Wood playing Special Agent Bill Hagmaier and Luke Kirby playing notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy. The movie takes place in the mid-80s as Bundy is on death row at the Florida State Prison and Bill is trying out the FBI’s new methods of profiling serial killers in order to find them before they kill more people.

This is another movie that didn’t really click with me when I saw it at Tribeca, but I wanted to watch it again and give it another chance. This is definitely my kind of movie, and you can definitely see how the interviews between Hagmaier and Bundy could have led to things like the novels by Thomas Harris or David Fincher’s Mindhunter series on Netflix.

It’s well-written by Kit Lesser and the performance by Kirby is particularly strong, as he has a method of speaking that lulls you into a false sense of security, but overall, the delivery and pace of the film just isn’t as compelling as it could and should have been. The whole thing feels kind of stiff and staid, and while I like the idea behind the movie.

The movie also has a pretty amazing score, which does add a lot when things just aren’t very interesting, but as much as this is meant to be dark and creepy ala Silence of the Lambs, it just never fully delivers on the promising concept.

Premiering on Apple TV+ this Friday is the second season of the fantasy series, See, starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, but I still haven’t seen the first season, so nothing more to add here.

Other movies out this week include:

BEHEMOTH (Level 33 Entertainment)

DEFINING MOMENTS (VMI Worldwide)

THE COLONY (Lionsgate)

Next week, Marvel Studios is back with a brand new hero in its MCU, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

#The Weekend Warrior #Movies #Reviews #Candyman #Together #No Man of God #Vacation Friends #Lily Topples the World #Box Office

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Requests (12/5/17)

Hi lovelies! These are all the requests I’ve received in the past week or so! Thanks! And don't forget you can now submit your own celebrity tg captions! :D

@madisonbaylor said:

Can you do a caption where a guy named Joseph gets turned into Serena Williams after losing a tennis game?

Sure thing!

Anonymous said:

Can you do a game that focuses on Basic Bitches? You could piss off a witch that you called basic, and you have to choose from basic things like uggs, leggings, pumpkin spice lattes and stuff like that to see what kind of basic you become.

I have thought of this game before, but the thing is if you’re a basic bitch you’re a basic bitch. It’s hard for me to think of variants on it, for the results to be different enough to work in a game. I’ll keep working on it though.

Anonymous said:

Can you do another one with Alexa Bliss? Specifically something about her butt?

Like, totally!

Anonymous said:

Can you do something with Jemma Wolf? She's amazing. Maybe something where she beats the viewer at basketball and has to be feminized... Idk

I don’t really know when Jemma Wolf is. Sorry, hon. :(

Anonymous said:

Can you do a caption with Natalie Alyn Lind (from the gifted) please

I had to look it up to make sure, but Natalie Alyn Lind IS 18 so yea, I can do this! :)

Anonymous said:

I would love to see a follow up caption on the recent mean girls one of what he became! thanks!

I’ll see what I can do, sweetie. ;)

Anonymous said:

I saw that you said you love to do basic botch captions, so can you do one where a dude makes fun of a group of girls he calls basic for all dressing the same, so they feminize and hypnotize him into being just like them, except to make him more unique and special they make him the only one of them that likes anal! There's a lot of pics floating around of Jenifer Lopez in yoga pants. If you could use one of those, it'd be great!

Sure thing. ;)

Anonymous said:

Can you make one using Brie Larson in Scott Pilgrim Vs the World where a guy is in a band, and his rival band tries to bimbofy him but it backfires and just gets his band a bigger following?

Yas! LUV Brie Larson in that movie! :D :D

Anonymous said:

can you make a caption with britney spears using an image of the scream and shout video?

Yep. :)

Anonymous said:

Hiya, absolutely love your captions and was hoping you could do some with Tessa Thompson and Aubrey plaza :)

Will do. :)

Anonymous said:

I don’t know how well it would work and u probably have an idea for and xmas game but what about basing it about what present you chose could be either the colour of wrapping or the size/shape of it. Idk how well it would work but it’s an idea

I actual did a game like this last year. You can find it here! Hope you like it. :)

@stoat-hypercube said:

Just out of the blue, how about a caption with Fran Drescher? ^.^

Okay. :)

Anonymous said:

Can you make a choose your destiny game where you make a bet with a witch? She kidnapped the player's girlfriend and to rescue her you have to pull a card from her hand (maybe you could make them tarot instead of regular cards, obviously not all cards, I believe that 6 is enough). Depending of the card, you get to be a different girl and serve the witch (as slave, pet, fellow witch, lover, etc), one of them makes you rescue your girfriend but she now is different and enslves you

Anonymous said:

Do you know that part of the Iliad, before the Trojan War, where three goddesses where arguing about who was the fairest, and then they took a mortal to choose,? And then, each one of them offered different treasures, trying to buy his favor. Well, what if you make a game like this?

I like both these game ideas! I will say I am doing exclusively holiday games in December though, so if January comes around and you want to remind me of any game requests you’ve made go for it! (And that goes for anyone making game requests right now too. Thanks lovelies! :))

Anonymous said:

Can you do a caption with Elodie Yung.

Totes!

Anonymous said:

Please do more Natalia Dyer captions. I loved your first one!

Thanks hon! And yep, I can do more with her. :)

Anonymous said:

Could you do Kaitlin Olson?

Yep! :)

Anonymous said:

I noticed you haven't done any with Mary Elizabeth Ellis yet. Or Juno Temple either. I'd love if you could do captions with either of them. Also, I noticed you have one with Jillian Bell, but she's barely in it and that's the only one with her on the site. I'd love to see her too if you could.

I can do one for all of these ladies! :)

Anonymous said:

How about a caption with Melanie Martinez?

I literally had to come back in and edit this post before it went up because this morning news broke that Melanie Martinez’s former best friend accused her of sexual assault and her response is problematic to say the least. So for the time being, there will be a hiatus on Melanie Martinez captions.

Anonymous said:

Whatever happened to that sequel to the neon room that you said you were working on months ago?

I still haven’t found the right way to do it. The Neon Room is like one of my most popular posts EVER so I don’t want to give you guys a lazy sequel, I wanna do it right you know?

Anonymous said:

Christmas cap of James getting turned into Victoria Justice (can you make his name Maria at the end of the cap?)

Yes to all! :)

@addicted-to-tg said:

Do you think you could maybe possibly do a werewoman caption where the subject transforms into Meghan Trainor? Thanks! :)

Sure thing. ;)

Anonymous said:

Can you make one with Krysten Ritter, where a guy named Carter finds his girlfriends best friend super annoying, and is enemies with her boyfriend. Then one day wakes up trapped in her body?

Ooooo, I like it! Totes! :D

Anonymous said:

Hey... I was going back and reading some of your older captions... I really liked the two you did with Deborah Ann Woll... and I was wondering if you could make a third one where he accidentally over sleeps on the very last day of the year, and is stuck

I like it! I almost want to wait until a year after the original caption though (which was posted in July) but that’s kind of a long wait. I think I’ll do it sooner than that. :)

@hibyehellojsmd said:

Please do more with Arians grande and a choose your destiny Christmas

I’m going to be posting only Christmas/holiday games this month so no worries there! :) I’ll totally do more with Ariana though too. :)

Anonymous said:

Hello! Could you do a caption of me being transformed into Alicia Silverstone's character from Clueless? My name is Rene. It would be great if I were a nerdy guy being transformed into this ditzy Valley Girl. Thanks!

Sure thing!

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New Post has been published on https://toldnews.com/technology/entertainment/avengers-endgame-the-screenwriters-answer-every-question-you-might-have/

‘Avengers: Endgame’: The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have

This article contains spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame.”

It’s over.

With “Avengers: Endgame,” the two-movie story line that started with “Avengers: Infinity War” is finished, along with the 22-film cycle that represents the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. And some of the heroes we’ve followed on this decade-long adventure are gone, too.

In the three-hour span of “Endgame,” the Avengers confront and kill Thanos (Josh Brolin), who had used the Infinity Gauntlet to snap away half of all life in the universe. When the story resumes five years later, the Avengers are still left with their grief and remorse — until the unexpected return of Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) kicks off a race back through time to retrieve the Infinity Stones before Thanos could obtain them in the first place. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) sacrifices her life; a colossal battle ensues; Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) dies; and Captain America (Chris Evans) finds a way to live the life he’d always wanted, reappearing as an old man to entrust his shield to the Falcon (Anthony Mackie).

These and many other head-spinning developments in “Endgame” emerged from the imaginations of its screenwriters, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also wrote “Infinity War.” (Both films were directed by Joe and Anthony Russo.) Markus and McFeely have been friends and collaborators since the 1990s and also wrote all three “Captain America” movies as well as “Thor: The Dark World” (with Christopher L. Yost) and created the Marvel TV series “Agent Carter.”

In a recent interview in their offices in Los Angeles, Markus and McFeely discussed the many choices and possibilities of “Endgame,” the roads not taken and the decisions behind who lived and who died. These are edited excerpts from that conversation.

Deciding the Plot Points

How did you decide where the major events of “Infinity War” and “Endgame” would fall? CHRISTOPHER MARKUS The biggest point was probably the Snap. And we realized fairly early on that if we didn’t do it at the end of the first movie, the first movie wasn’t going to have an end. And if we did it too early in the first movie, it would be a bit of an anticlimax after you’ve killed half the universe to have them stumbling around for half an hour. STEPHEN McFEELY Another big plot point is when everyone comes back. So the question is, is it early in the second movie? Late in the second movie? You notice the players left on the board are the O.G. Avengers [Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye], and let’s give them their due. It meant that we were likely going to bring people back late. So that if you were a big fan of Doctor Strange or Black Panther or Bucky [the Winter Soldier] or Sam [the Falcon], you’re only going to get a little brief window on them. It can’t be all things to all people.

How did you choose which characters would survive for “Endgame”?

MARKUS We knew we wanted to see Cap and Tony dealing with the aftermath so that you could really see them suffer, quite frankly. And that’s why Cap and Natasha are relatively minimal in the first movie, because all they’d be doing is punching. We knew that they had a lot of story in the second movie, and there were other people who would have much more story in the first movie, like the Guardians. McFEELY Thor is strangely the one that gets two movies’ worth of story. MARKUS For a guy people once thought of as boring, he’s become very useful.

“Endgame” sort of tricks you by having the heroes kill Thanos almost immediately, only to discover it doesn’t solve anything. Why was that important? McFEELY We always had this problem. The guy has the ultimate weapon. He can see it coming. It’s ridiculous. We were just banging our heads for weeks, and at some point, [the executive producer] Trinh Tran went, “Can’t we just kill him?” And we all went, “What happens if you just kill him? Why would you kill him? Why would he let you kill him?” MARKUS It reinforced Thanos’s agenda. He was done. Not to make him too Christ-like, but it was like, “If I’ve got to die, I can die now.”

There’s a lot of bleakness and despair for roughly the first hour of the movie. Did that feel like a risk for a big-event picture? MARKUS It felt less risky once I saw the reaction to “Infinity War.” You never know how you’re going to hit people, emotionally. We’ve been sitting with these events for years. We no longer have an emotional reaction. And then you see people crying in the theater. We’ve got to honor that or it’s going to feel like we’re just jerking them around. McFEELY It was the part in test screenings where people were most uncomfortable. Because you are wallowing to a degree. There doesn’t seem to be any hope. In the end of Act II for most superhero movies, maybe they lose for five minutes. Here it’s for five years. That seemed important.

And that theme of loss is continued when Scott Lang visits a memorial to the dead in San Francisco. McFEELY We used to have beats in the script where there are those in every city. Millions of names. MARKUS It’s that sense of collective trauma and the fact that if you weren’t killed, you wake up the next day — the trauma happened and I’m still here. How do we deal with this? That was the Stan Lee trick. Where’s the anxiety coming from? Now that they have Power X.

Character Arcs

How did you start to determine the trajectories for the heroes in “Endgame”? McFEELY Chris and I wrote a master document while we were shooting “Civil War,” and one of the things we were interested in exploring is, remember the What If comics? Well, this is our what if. If you lost, Thor becomes fat. Natasha becomes a shut-in. Steve becomes depressed. Tony gets on with his life. Hulk is a superhero. MARKUS Clint becomes a murdering maniac. When we were spitballing for “Endgame,” we started with, Thor’s on a mission of vengeance. And then we were like, he was on a mission of vengeance in the last movie. This is all this guy ever does! And fails, all the time. Let’s drive him into a wall and see what happens. McFEELY He just got drunk and fat.

At least the Hulk is in a better place. MARKUS There was a time when Banner became Smart Hulk in the first movie. It was a lot of fun, but it came at the wrong moment. It was an up, right when everyone else was down. McFEELY It happened in Wakanda. His arc was designed like, I’m not getting along with the Hulk, the Hulk won’t come out. And then they compromise and become Smart Hulk. MARKUS We were like, but he’s Smart Hulk in the next movie. So that diner scene [in “Endgame”], was like, O.K., how do we smash right into that without scenes of him in a lab, gene-splicing? McFEELY Oh, I wrote scenes in a lab. Now it’s just him eating pancakes and I think it generally works. MARKUS The whole thing rides on Rudd going, “I’m so confused.”

Though Ant-Man didn’t participate in “Infinity War,” we saw how the Snap affected him in the tag for “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” How did you decide to pay this off in “Endgame”? McFEELY In late 2015 they say, you’re writing the 19th movie [“Infinity War”] and the 22nd movie. So we chose to make lemonade. And that was a big moment — we figured out we can withhold Ant-Man because he’s in his own movie. And their movie is not affected until the tag, and that just gives us a place to go [in “Endgame”]. You can do this when you’re planning ahead this much. The tone is all weird, right? Because that’s a light, fun movie and then we just kill everybody in the tag.

Hawkeye took arguably the darkest turn of any hero in this series.

McFEELY He’s a good example of people who had much stronger stories after the Snap. What was the story to tell with Hawkeye in the first movie that was different than anybody else’s? Leaving his family to go fight again? Yeah, he did that in “Civil War.” The hope is that he’s killing bad people. MARKUS There was a time where we contemplated having that archery scene in the first movie, after the Snap. You snap, and then you pop up in Clint’s farm — what are we watching? — and that’s the first indication it had a wider effect. But he literally had not been in the movie prior to that point. It’s cool, but it’s going to blunt the brutality of what [Thanos] did. McFEELY Joe [Russo] said we’ll put that up front in the second one.

Once you’d seen how successful “Black Panther” and “Captain Marvel” were, did you try to find more opportunities for the characters from those films? McFEELY There wasn’t a lot of time to adjust. It’s not like we could say, “Hurry, put Shuri in there.” We started [filming “Infinity War” and “Endgame”], and then “Black Panther” started, we’re still going. They finish. We’re still going. MARKUS “Panther” comes out. McFEELY When we’re doing the tests [before “Black Panther” opened], and Cap goes, “I know somewhere,” and then you cut to Wakanda, the audience goes, “Oh, that’s interesting.” But when you do those tests after the movie comes out, all you have to do is [makes drumming noises] and people freak out. Same issue with “Captain Marvel.” We shot [Brie Larson] before she shot her movie. She’s saying lines for a character 20 years after her origin story, which no one’s written yet. It’s just nuts.

MARKUS She’s been in space nearly half her life. She has obligations. McFEELY Certainly, Captain Marvel is in [“Endgame”] a little less than you would have thought. But that’s not the story we’re trying to tell — it’s the original Avengers dealing with loss and coming to a conclusion, and she’s the new, fresh blood.

Were there any Marvel characters you wanted for these movies that you couldn’t have? MARKUS We did try to put the Living Tribunal in the first movie. We wrote a scene in which he appeared during the Titan fight. And everyone was like, what? McFEELY Whoa. He’s got three heads. It would indicate a whole different level of architecture to the universe and I think that was too much to just throw in. MARKUS The idea’s still in [Marvel Studios President] Kevin [Feige]’s court. McFEELY Oh sure, we probably just spoiled it. MARKUS The Living Tribunal has his own streaming show. McFEELY It’s like “Judge Judy.”

Adventures in Time Travel

Early in “Endgame,” the movie jumps ahead five years. Was that inspired by some TV series that have also used this device? MARKUS That was what we bought ourselves by ending the last movie the way we did. We wanted it to be real and for a long time — both in movie time and in chronological time for the characters. You couldn’t end Natasha, Tony and Steve the way we do without knowing that they’ve done their time and this is taking them to the brink. McFEELY We talked about “Fargo” from the first season, where it just jumps a year. And you go, “Whaaaaat?” We hopefully get a similar reaction. MARKUS And when “Lost” had their flash forwards, you were like, how’d that happen?

Where did the idea for the time-travel story line come from? McFEELY Kevin [Feige] at one point said, I would like to use the Time Stone, or use time as an element. It let us spend a few weeks seeing what’s the kookiest thing we could do with time and not break the movie. MARKUS We all sat there going, really? We’re going to do time travel? It was only when we were looking at who we had available, character-wise; we hadn’t used Ant-Man yet. And there really is, in people’s theory of the Quantum Realm, a time thing in the M.C.U., right now, available to us, with a character we haven’t used yet. We have a loophole that’s not cheating.

It’s crucial to your film that in your formulation of time travel, changes to the past don’t alter our present. How did you decide this? MARKUS We looked at a lot of time-travel stories and went, it doesn’t work that way. McFEELY It was by necessity. If you have six MacGuffins and every time you go back it changes something, you’ve got Biff’s casino, exponentially. So we just couldn’t do that. We had physicists come in — more than one — who said, basically, “Back to the Future” is . MARKUS Basically said what the Hulk says in that scene, which is, if you go to the past, then the present becomes your past and the past becomes your future. So there’s absolutely no reason it would change.

Did you try any other approaches to the time-travel story? McFEELY In the first draft, we didn’t go back to the [original]“Avengers” movie. We went back to Asgard. But there’s a moment in the M.C.U., if you’re paying very close attention, where the Aether is there and the Tesseract is in the vault. In that iteration, we were interested in Tony going to Asgard. He had a stealth suit, so he was invisible, and he fought Heimdall, who could see him. MARKUS Thor had long scenes with Natalie Portman. And Morag [the planet where Peter Quill finds the Orb] was hugely complicated. McFEELY It was underwater! That was clever but it was just too big a set piece. What that didn’t do is allow for Thanos and his daughters to get on the trail at the right moment. So we went back to when Peter Quill was there. And we realized that when you can punch Quill in the face, it’s hilarious. I still think it’s hilarious. MARKUS There were entirely other trips taken. They went to the Triskelion at one point to get the [Tesseract], and then somebody was going to get into a car and drive to Doctor Strange’s house. McFEELY Just saying it out loud, it’s like, what are we doing? MARKUS It was when we were trying to avoid going to “Avengers” because it seemed pander-y. McFEELY We’re not always right. MARKUS The obvious ones seemed so obvious that it’s too obvious. McFEELY Eventually, Joe Russo went, why are we going to this movie when we can go to “Avengers?” Let’s make it work.

Thor recovers his hammer, Mjolnir, by taking it from an earlier timeline. So that raises the question — McFEELY Does that screw that other Thor? MARKUS Is he killed by Dark Elves? McFEELY I think we’re leaning on, when you just take a baseball mitt, you didn’t ruin that kid’s life. When you took Mjolnir, we accept that that movie happened. Because time is irrefutable. MARKUS You can make any number of what ifs. The Dark Elves would have arrived, intending to get the Aether. It’s what they came for and it was no longer there. McFEELY So they build a paradise together. MARKUS They all got married. [laughter]

There’s a surprise cameo, in the “Avengers” scene, from Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce. Did you prepare for other scenarios if Redford wasn’t available? McFEELY That was one where we thought, should it be Nick Fury? We also wrote a version for Maria Hill. That whole time, they’re announcing “Old Man With a Gun” as Redford’s last appearance on film. It’s the last time you’re going to see Robert Redford. And we’re going — [shoots conspiratorial look at Markus] [Laughter]

The Final Battle

How did Marvel feel when you told them you envisioned a massive battle royal with nearly every character from the franchise? MARKUS I think they knew it was coming. McFEELY It’s why it took so long. We shot for 200 days for two movies. MARKUS We wrote and shot an even much longer battle, with its own three-act structure.

Were there scenes you wrote for this sequence that didn’t make it into the film? McFEELY It didn’t play well, but we had a scene in a trench where, for reasons, the battle got paused for about three minutes and now there’s 18 people all going, “What are we going to do?” “I’m going to do this.” “I’m going to do this.” Just bouncing around this completely fake, fraudulent scene. When you have that many people, it invariably is, one line, one line, one line. And that’s not a natural conversation. MARKUS It also required them to find enough shelter to have a conversation in the middle of the biggest battle. It wasn’t a polite World War I battle where you have a moment.

How did you coordinate the moment where all the female Marvel heroes come together? McFEELY There was much conversation. Is that delightful or is it pandering? We went around and around on that. Ultimately we went, we like it too much. MARKUS Part of the fun of the “Avengers” movies has always been team-ups. Marvel has been amassing this huge roster of characters. You’ve got crazy aliens. You’ve got that many badass women. You’ve got three or four people in Iron Man suits.

Were there other characters you could’ve had but didn’t use? MARKUS There were moments, as they brought everybody back, where we’re like, technically, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer have [Ant-Man] suits. Do we bring them back? It became impossible to track the people we did bring back, but also, it’s just going to be an orgy. McFEELY Do you put Luke Cage in there?

Did you consider using the heroes from the Netflix TV shows, like Daredevil or Jessica Jones? McFEELY We would have to introduce these five characters — or whatever many. We already are assuming people have seen a lot of the movies. Are we really going to assume they have bought a subscription to Netflix and watched those shows enough so that when they see them, they’re going to go “yay?” MARKUS It also screws up the timelines. You would have to assume that they all got snapped away, or otherwise they might have shown up earlier. I think the only character who has come from TV to the movies is Jarvis, James D’Arcy [from “Agent Carter”].

Could you have used any of the characters that Disney obtained from the Fox acquisition, like the X-Men or Fantastic Four? McFEELY Legally, not allowed to. MARKUS I guess it’s done now but it wasn’t done then. They still have an “X-Men” movie [“Dark Phoenix,” due in June]. You can’t reboot them before they’re done. “Sorry to completely screw you.”

“Endgame” shares some unexpected parallels with “Game of Thrones,” which also recently ran episodes about its heroes preparing for a significant battle and then the battle itself. Why do you think these narratives are similar? Did you ever look at “Game of Thrones” for inspiration? MARKUS We’re in a high-stakes time and a jarring time in history, where you have to contemplate what you’re willing to do to improve the situation. Whether or not everyone’s speaking to that, or just good old-fashioned storytelling, I don’t know. McFEELY Marvel has been accused of being the most expensive television show there is, and there’s some truth to that. The genres are different, the tones are different, but it’s serialized storytelling. MARKUS We occasionally wonder, did we just make the world’s most expensive inside-baseball fan service? But then we go, the fans are actually the majority of people who come to this. It’s inside baseball, but everyone is following the baseball. That’s also why the Marvel characters have lasted this long. They’re weird. They have strange quirks. McFEELY The bland ones don’t last. MARKUS I remember “Game of Thrones” being a reference for the first movie. How far apart can you keep these strands, and for how long, and still feel like you’re telling a single narrative? “Game of Thrones” has people who are just meeting now! As much as people think the culture’s going down the drain, there seems to be an elevating of people’s estimating of the kind of narrative that will succeed in popular culture. McFEELY Whatever you think of this movie, it’s complicated. It is not another sequel. MARKUS And a lot of popular TV is complicated. “This Is Us” is complicated. “Simon & Simon” was not that complicated. Great as it was. But it does seem like there is an acceptance of more complicated forms of storytelling.

Was the three-hour running time of “Endgame” ever in question? MARKUS There was an agreement within the whole group that we’re going to take our time; we’re not going to cut a half-hour of it so we can get one more screening in per day. McFEELY We couldn’t! Where are you going to cut a half-hour? There was not a sequence you could cut. MARKUS Look at some of the most popular movies of all time. They’re long as hell. When people want to see something, it doesn’t seem to get in their way. There’s some short, totally unsuccessful movies, too.

Journey’s End

Why does Natasha Romanoff have to die? McFEELY Her journey, in our minds, had come to an end if she could get the Avengers back. She comes from such an abusive, terrible, mind-control background, so when she gets to Vormir and she has a chance to get the family back, that’s a thing she would trade for. The toughest thing for us was we were always worried that people weren’t going to have time to be sad enough. The stakes are still out there and they haven’t solved the problem. But we lost a big character — a female character — how do we honor it? We have this male lens and it’s a lot of guys being sad that a woman died. MARKUS Tony gets a funeral. Natasha doesn’t. That’s partly because Tony’s this massive public figure and she’s been a cipher the whole time. It wasn’t necessarily honest to the character to give her a funeral. The biggest question about it is what Thor raises there on the dock. “We have the Infinity Stones. Why don’t we just bring her back?” McFEELY But that’s the everlasting exchange. You bring her back, you lose the stone.

Was there a possible outcome where Clint Barton sacrifices himself instead of her? McFEELY There was, for sure. Jen Underdahl, our visual effects producer, read an outline or draft where Hawkeye goes over. And she goes, “Don’t you take this away from her.” I actually get emotional thinking about it. MARKUS And it was true, it was him taking the hit for her. It was melodramatic to have him die and not get his family back. And it is only right and proper that she’s done.

And Tony Stark has to die as well? McFEELY Everyone knew this was going to be the end of Tony Stark. MARKUS I don’t think there were any mandates. If we had a good reason to not do it, certainly people would have entertained it. McFEELY The watchword was, end this chapter, and he started the chapter. MARKUS In a way, he has been the mirror of Steve Rogers the entire time. Steve is moving toward some sort of enlightened self-interest, and Tony’s moving to selflessness. They both get to their endpoints.

Were there any other outcomes you considered for Tony? MARKUS No. Because we had the opportunity to give him the perfect retirement life, within the movie. McFEELY He got that already. MARKUS That’s the life he’s been striving for. Are he and Pepper going to get together? Yes. They got married, they had a kid, it was great. It’s a good death. It doesn’t feel like a tragedy. It feels like a heroic, finished life.

And Cap was always going to be allowed his happy ending with Peggy Carter? McFEELY From the very first outline, we knew he was going to get his dance. On a separate subject, I started to lose my barometer on what was just fan service and what was good for the character. Because I think it’s good for the characters. But we also just gave you what you wanted. Is that good? I don’t know. But I’ll tell you, it’s satisfying. He’s postponed a life in order to fulfill his duty. That’s why I didn’t think we were ever going to kill him. Because that’s not the arc. The arc is, I finally get to put my shield down because I’ve earned that. MARKUS A hero without sacrifice, you’re not going to get the miles out of that person that you need to for these movies. That’s what makes them a hero, it’s not the powers.

“Endgame” sets up Sam Wilson as the new Captain America. Is that a future Marvel film? Would you write that? MARKUS We really do just know what you know. They’re doing “The Eternals,” which is a property I know next to nothing about. We’ve been here, trying to set this contraption running. Were we to take another one on, you can’t increase the scope or the stakes from where we are at the moment. We’d have to shrink it back down, do an origin story. There are deep-bench characters where I’m like, if you roll that guy out, I couldn’t resist. There is a great Moon Knight movie to be made, but I don’t know what is.

You’ve been writing these films and characters for more than a decade, and you never got bored of them — McFEELY Or fired. For sure. MARKUS We’ve come close to both. It’s a testament to the concept but also the people we’re working with. We’re not bumping up against this dictatorial level where it’s like, “I have some notes. I really want to see him fly a dragon — put the dragon in. I’m going to lunch.” McFEELY If we have an idea, people take it really seriously. They valued “Winter Soldier” and they saw how “Civil War” was coming together. They’d seen our process and us working with the [Russo] brothers, and they said, if Joss [Whedon] is not coming back — I don’t know that decision — it was clear that, unless they hated us, it was going to be this team. MARKUS But there also was a possibility, because “[Avengers: Age of Ultron”] made a little bit less than “Avengers” 1 — that we were taking on “Superman” 3 and 4. Maybe people were done with it. McFEELY The goal was not to advance it to the stratosphere. It was to just not screw it up.

Is this your Marvel finale as well? MARKUS I don’t know how to follow it up, that’s the problem. I’m not quite old enough to retire.

If “Endgame” has taught us anything, it’s that you should never retire. McFEELY Then they drag you out and kill you.

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Smokey brand Movie Reviews: Just a Girl

So i saw Captain Marvel opening day. I was part of that rush, yes. Cap was one of my most anticipated films of the year for me. She’s actually my fifth favorite Marvel character, second favorite female character. When i heard she was getting a film, i was apprehensive. No one knows who Cap is. They don’t know how powerful she is. Hell, how would that power-set translate to the MCU? When they announced Brie Larson was going to play Carol, i was concerned. Not because Brie is a feminist or man-hater as the less intelligent parts of the internet would like to focus on, but more she didn’t fit the bill for an MCU hero. Larson is an excellent actress, one of my favorite working today. What she ain’t, is charismatic. There’s a different type of energy you need to carry an MCU film and Marvel has done an excellent job of finding people who capture that spirit. Brie has never demonstrated, in any of her roles, an ability to do that. I was super on the fence about this entire situation. I want this film to succeed. I want it to be good. I want Captain Marvel to get he shine she deserves. My fingers were crossed this would be good. And then the less intelligent parts of the internet got to it.

I wrote about this at length in my Captain Controversy post. The thing about Captain Marvel, the thing that i love about her, is the small moments. When she interacts with other characters, she's super on point. In a team dynamic, Carol is amazing. On her own? Not so much. This stems from the fact that the origins of her character are from that whole women lib movement of the 70s. She's a rule 63 of the original Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell. She-Hulk kind of has the same issues but, given proper writing and development, they both shine. Carol, however, has not had the same luck in that department as Jessica and it shows. Throughout the years, as a comic entity, Carol's had, like, three stories that have been dope - all of them occurring in the late 00s until now. Bendis has done a great service in developing Carol into her own, independent, personality and the recent revelations in her new origin, The Life of Captain Marvel, have gone a long way to establishing a future where Captain Marvel can be great. She has a ton of potential to be excellent and I think, as a creator, I am drawn to that aspect of her. Plus, she has had some really dope costumes over the years. Now, I said three good stories because the bulk of Captain Marvel in modern Marvel comics, has, more or less, become a poster child for gender politics and THAT sh*t is whack! That sh*t is why none of the fanboys want to have anything to do with this character. And casting Brie Larson, a very vocal feminist, does not help in any capacity. All of that White Male Outrage has review bombed the f*ck out of this film and I don't think it deserves any of it. I think, removed from all of the butt-hurt Menisists and fragile male egos, there are very real issues with this film. Issues that hinder but never detract. This is why I took so much time before writing this review. I actually wanted to digest what I saw on the screen and try to distance myself from my admitted bias and this weird, sad, unwarranted hate, this flick has been getting. So, with a properly digested understanding of what I saw, here is what I thought about Captain Marvel.

The Good

They changed the opening Marvel title card from MCU events, to all of Stan Lee's cameos and that sh*t hurt, man. They ended it with “Thank You, Stan.” The entire theater lost it. It's been a few months, but that loss still hurts, man. Marvel Comics means a lot to me and Stan is one of the principal architects. Say what you will about the quality of his character, the strength of his work will stand the test of time.

Speaking of Stan Lee cameos, this is easily his second best after the one he had in Spider-Verse. If you're a 90s kid, or someone who grew up during the 90s, you'll know why. It's f*cking brilliant and I loved it. I bet Kevin Smith did, too.

Sam Jackson knocks it out of the park as usual. His Nick Fury has been the linchpin of the MCU since way back in the Iron Man stinger. You see a lot of who he was before all of the responsibility and SHIELD clout, which was mad refreshing. If we loose RDJ, I think we'll be alright if we can keep Sam around for the occasional pop-in.

I think Brie Larson did fantastic in her first stint as Carol. I mean, with the exception of RDJ and Tom Holland, who f*cking knocked it out of the park as Pete, every other MCU hero needed time to grow and figure out HOW to be those characters. We had, what? Three different Hulks before they hit that sweet spot with Ruffalo? It took Hemsworth four movies before he cracked Thor? Hell, Cummerbund had to have two films and an end credits stinger to get Strange right. What I'm saying is, a lot of what cats are dinging Larson for, will work itself out over time. Especially when she gets into the think of it with everyone else in Endgame. Also, a better script and director would go a long way to helping that growth, as well.

The chemistry between Carol and Nick was wonderful. His movie is a buddy cop flick more so than any other in the MCU so far. I think Carol needs that to play off and, in the comics, she usually has Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, to do a lot of that with. Considering it looks like the MCU is going in another direction with that, which is a shame because that dynamic would be awesome to see onscreen, what we got with Fury and Danvers was great.

This guy Ben Medelshon? How great of an actor is he? Dude is almost always the best part of any film he's in, even if they're trash. Like, he was the best thing but Ready Player One and that movie was a right clusterf*ck. Mendelsohn in this, is just as brilliant as he was in that, pulling off what no other villain in the MCU forced to wear such heavy face make-up has been able to do; Act. Mendelsohn's Talos, even caked with an inch of green paint, was never not charismatic and human. Dude was amazing and it kind of paints the MCU into a corner as to how to make these cats terrorists later which is messed up. I was kind of looking forward to Veranke...

The soundtrack for this thing s probably the best since Black Panther. Personally, being of negro descent, I think THAT soundtrack is the best of the MCU. Kendrick created a goddamn masterpiece, man. But I would imagine the more accessible Awesome Mix vol 1 is more the masses speed and, I agree. That sh*t is awesome. I haven't heard all of Vol 2 so I can't comment on that one but, what we got in Captain Marvel, was absolutely wonderful. There's a scene where No Doubt's Just a girl starts playing and it made me smile. It's a little on the nose but still, a great time.

Goose was awesome. I kind of hate that they changed her name from Chewie to Goose, but I get why. Air Force. Top Gun. Danger Zone. Clever. Flerkens and Feminism, man.

Speaking of, the message this movie sends for little girls is amazing. Wonder Woman had kind of the same effect but I think Captain Marvel is the superior film, overall. That and Carol is literally the nuclear deterrent of the MCU. She is, by far, the most powerful hero on the Avengers roster. For it to be a woman? Fantastic! I've seen so many positive affirmations and uplifting testimonials from women about how this movie made them feel. That sh*t is important, man. I'm all about representation in media so to have such a monumental moment being taken in like it should, in spite of such... immature hostility, was great. When I was walking out of the theater, I saw a little girl absolutely gushing about how cool Captain Marvel was and that sh*t legit made me smile. She's a fan for life and might grow up to be the next great creator who makes some pretty cool stuff because she went to see a movie, about a girl who can do some pretty cool stuff. If that sh*t doesn't make you feel good, you're an asshole and need to get off my page, post-haste.

This movie is f*cking gorgeous. Cap's powers translated to the screen brilliantly and even her Binary mode was something to behold. Like, if we ever get a proper, live action, DBZ, they should take note because watching her go super saiyan was f*cking amazing. It kind of sucks she had no one to go super saiyan against. I'd loved to have seen her go up against Ronan and his hammer but nope. Maybe next time? Even more than that, the de-aging effect of Fury was kind of miraculous. Sam Jackson looked younger than his stint as Jules in Pulp Fiction, which is suppose to be out around that time in the film. I was shocked.

The Meh

The supporting cast in this was a little flaccid. They felt more like meat targets than viable characters in this flick. Everyone touted Gemma Chan's Min'Erva as someone to watch but, nope. She didn't do much but sit on a rock/platform and shoot things from distance. The return of Son of Coal? Nope. Like, 4 minutes of Clark Gregg, which sucked. Annette Bening? One of the greatest actresses to ever grace Hollywood? Pulling double duty as a gender swapped Mar-Vell and The Great Intelligence? Nope. She literally just stood or laid around in every one of her scenes. Lee Pace? Man, this didn't even bother giving Ronan the face makeup. Jude Law was Yon-Rogg was completely underused. I think, though, that everyone except Jackson and Brie were underused.

Kind of in that same vein, the overall character development In this was... underwhelming? You never get a feel for who Carol is. Even when she commits to one personae over another, you don't really care. She's dope, overall, but that's more because of her interactions with Fury than any semblance of self realization on her part. Essentially, the weakest part of this film stems from how the writing let the main character down. This thing doesn't look like there was a lot of Marvel Films edicts to bog it down so there should have be a wealth of free range to develop this character. We did not get any of that. Maybe in future films but this one? Nah.

This thing has no idea what it wants to be, where it wants to go, or how it wants to get there. The tonal whiplash in this movie is crazy jarring. The performances and effects do a great job of distracting you from most of that but, if you're paying attention to the structure of this film, you can see it clearly. There was no path, no consensus, on how to introduce this character and her story. In that regard, this is one of the weakest of the MCU films, for sure.

There are hints of a grander scope in this flick. We saw a bit of Hala. We saw a bit of the Accusers. We learned a bit more about the Kree. The Starforce interactions were awesome. The second we get to earth? All of that out the window. That could be forgiven if what we witnessed on earth was more fleshed-out, more organic, but this was kind of a paint-by-numbers tale. I think that has a lot to do with the direction. Speaking of which...

The Bad

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were the wrong people to make this movie. You needed someone with the vision to deliver a massive space opera but focus in on the character struggle and inner conflict of Carol Danvers. You had a great actress to help pull of that vision but the ones trying to guide that performance were out of their depth I think. The pair do a lot of low budget, character driven, indie flicks, and that's fine. Those films have a very specific tone, a very specific line of execution. That type of storytelling does not lend itself to a tent pole MCU film. Sure, Marvel has been great as finding diamonds in the rough to make masterworks out of the mundane (The Russos, James Gunn, Ryan Coogler) but they have also had a lot of misses. Whoever did the first two Thor films, letting Edgar Wright go over creative differences, and now these two cats. I'm not saying they are bad directors but, for this type of film? Horrible choice, I think.

Kind of in that same discussion has to be the mediocrity of the overall writing. The dialogue in some of these interactions was outright awful. Like, anytime Ronan was on screen, I kind of groaned. Anytime Bening had airtime, I rolled my eyes. These excellent actors that I've seen give much better performances in other flicks, had next to nothing to work with in this flick. That can be said about everyone in this movie. I feel like there should have been much more care given to this script considering it's going to be Carol who carries the next Phase of Marvel films.

While I loves the Grrrl power message laced throughout this flick, the way it was delivered seems a little heavy handed at times. That scene where Just A Girl playing? I love that sh*t. But, at the same time, I can see how it could alienate a vast swath of fans. It's ill to me because why shouldn't we celebrate a powerful woman coming into her own? I, personally, don't see anything wrong with it but I'd be considered a cuck by men less than myself and that's who will have an issue with this. Unfortunately, they make up a massive portion of the fanbase who see capeflicks. That being said, even with all of the tirades, tantrums, and review bombs, Cap might break 100 mil, which is great for the franchise and the MCU overall.

There is a real lack of imagination in this movie and I think it goes back to the the choice in directors. I touched on it a little before, but, I mean, you have a galactic space opera, taking place on two planets, with a ludicrously OP, female, protagonist who has amnesia so is an absolute clean slate, and the best you can do is a sun-of-the-mill, fish out of water tale? F*cking really? There are little moments of brilliance here and there but overall, this was underwhelming for 9ne of the most powerful character in Marvel comics.

The Verdict

I really enjoyed Captain Marvel. I thought it was a decent introduction to a character that had, up until very recently, no direction in the lore of the Marvel mythos. This movie has it's issues, for sure, but I think these things can be fixed with a different director, a better script, and much, much, more imagination. I think the biggest issue with this thing is the utter lack of Marvel. It doesn't feel like a Marvel film. It feels like a Marvel film by way of Fox or Sony. This is, more or less, because the character of Captain Marvel is also so wayward. There are a lot of good ideas here and I am convinced Brie Larson can develop into something special, but it's going to take a while. It's going to take someone with a clear vision for spectacle and respect for character. Thor took a while and Taika Waititi to be great. Strange took a while and the Russos to feel organic. Lang took a while but, I mean, Paul Rudd was awesome from the get. He just shines much. Much better when alongside others. I think going forward, if Feige can find that right balance of creativity and vision in the creatives behind the camera, Captain Marvel will be great. As she is now, just like this movie, she's fun but hollow. Marvel hasn't cracked Captain Marvel just yet but when they do, she'll be absolutely Marvelous. Ultimately, I'd say check it out. It's beautiful, entertaining, and Sam Jackson is always awesome. For a weekend distraction, you can do much worse.

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Smokey brand Movie Reviews: Just a Girl

The Good

Goose was awesome. I kind of hate that they changed her name from Chewie to Goose, but I get why. Air Force. Top Gun. Danger Zone. Clever. Flerkens and Feminism, man.

The Meh

The Bad

The Verdict

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BEST MOVIE MOMENTS OF 2019

WARNING: ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS

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The Mall Climax from POLICE STORY

Jackie Chan’s early hit Police Story saw a recent re-release via the Criterion Collection. Northern American audiences could finally see the film and its sequel in its original language. I got the opportunity to see this film in a theatre and I was treated to one of the greatest action sequences of all time.

Officer Chan Ka Kui (Chan) is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, and the mob is after him. The only one who can clear his name is gangster moll Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin), who has just collected incriminating documents and is being chased in a mall by mob henchman. With the help of his girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung), Chan takes on the bad guys to save Selina and get the documents.

This sequence is itself a masterpiece of action filmmaking. It has everything you want in a Jackie Chan movie. The martial arts are fast and intense, with mobsters flying of their feet and falling down floors. There’s destruction galore, with many kiosks and glass smashed to pieces. There’s even a motorcycle chase. But that’s nothing compared to the piece de resistance when Chan slides down a long pole with sparks literally flying on the way down. It was so nice they showed it thrice.

What makes it all work is the pacing. Chan and his stunt team do a perfect job building tension throughout, maintaining focus on the story. Of course, it’s not a Jackie Chan movie without visual gags, and this sequence delvers between Chan blocking baseball bat attacks using a clothes rack or causing a henchman to slide down an escalator rail.

If I were teaching at a film school, I’d use this sequence to show how to pace an action sequence.

10) The Final Confrontation from THE ART OF SELF DEFENCE

Sure, you may have predicted the outcome when meek martial arts student Casey (Jessie Eisenberg) challenges the psychotic Sensei (Alessandro Nivola) to a fight to the death. But it’s still hilarious when he puts a bullet through Sensei’s head. And in a very Eisenberg moment, Casey states he can’t decide which one liner to use, so he uses both. And as an icing on the cake, he brags that he killed Sensei using the finger-punch technique.

9) “I Love Me” from ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?

I don’t know about you, but I enjoyed this movie. Sure, the romantic comedy clichés are nowhere near as frequent as they used to be (unless they’re Hallmark movies), but it’s still fun to watch them get mocked remorselessly. But the high point of this film subverts the classic wedding climax.

You know the scene. The object of the hero(ine)’s affections are about to marry another person and he/she must stop the wedding and proves his/her love. At least, that’s what Natalie (Rebel Wilson) thinks when she crashes Josh’s (Adam Devine) wedding. But in that moment, she realizes the person she needs to love is not Josh, but herself. Thanks to a cruel mother (Jennifer Saunders), Natalie has left herself get pushed around by everyone, believing she isn’t worthy. So, she’s brought into the world of a romantic comedy universe to teach her a lesson in self-worth. It’s an important lesson for a little girl to learn.

8) “I don’t have to prove anything to you” from CAPTAIN MARVEL

This scene was a true standout in an otherwise superhero movie.

When Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) former mentor/nemesis Yon-Rogg tries to goad her into fighting him without her powers, she takes a lesson from Indiana Jones and instead blasts him with her light beams.

This of course plays into the cliched scene where the bad guy goads the hero into fighting him/her without powers, seeing if they’re so tough without it. Admit it, there are time you’d wish the hero would just shoot the baddies when he/she’s got them dead to rights.

Plus, I love that this is now a gif used to mock douchebags who cry “Debate Me”.

7) Rey Vs. Kylo Ren from STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

No matter how weak the film, Star Wars always delivers an awesome lightsaber battle, no matter how far the two opponents are.

While the film goes out of its way to distance itself from the Last Jedi, the film takes advantage of the psychic connection (or force connection) between Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ripley) for an awesome lightsaber battle. As Rey fights from the Star killer base and Kylo from Kijimi, their connection becomes strong enough they can make physical contact. It leads to a mind-blowing visual where Kylo cuts a bag in Kijimi and it spills out in the Star killer base. But it causes Rey to give away her location when they smash the pedestal holding Vader’s destroyed mask.

The recent film had the same problem as Return of the Jedi with playing it too safe. But at least both have great lightsaber battles.

6) Woody Says Goodbye from TOY STORY 4

Pixar always knows how bring on the tears. They certainly gain a lot of tears when Woody (Tom Hanks) says goodbye to his friends.

When Woody finds himself stuck in the closet with the preschool toys (played by comedy legends Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett and Betty White), I suspected the film would end with Woody leaving his friends and staying with Bo Peep (Annie Potts). That never stopped me from welling up when Woody says goodbye to Bo for the last time. But the real gut punch is when Buzz (Tim Allen) gives him permission to leave with four words “Bonnie will be okay.”

I suspect this film is an allegory of either retirement or a parent’s life after the parents leave. Woody’s devoted his life to being played with by Andy and Bonnie. Even when he’s ignored by Bonnie, he still goes out of his way to take care of Bonnie, leading him to create and watch over Forky (Toby Hale). Then he reunites with Bo, who shows him an alternate life free from owners. When he decides to stay with Bo, it feels like he’s finally being rewarded for all the sacrifices he’s made for others. After some hard-learned wisdom, he has earned the right to do something for himself.

5) The Final Battle Scene from AVENGERS: ENDGAME

MCU had a lot to live up to after Avengers: Infinity War. After the previous film has not only managed to pull off an enormous ensemble while giving ups one of the most compelling villains in movie history, Avengers: Endgame needed to deliver the mother of all battles. Once again, the Russo Brothers have done the impossible, giving us one of the best final battles in comic book history.

Just seeing all the Marvel heroes assemble to take on Thanos (Josh Brolin) and his minions is an awe-inspiring image worthy of a splash page. And the film keeps on deliver, giving many heroes a chance to shine, whether it’s Captain America (Chris Evans) finally holding Mjorner, All the female heroes standing together to assist Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) or just Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) holding one finger. And it all leads up to Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) making a final sacrifice, not before delivering his iconic line “I am Iron Man”.

Credit should go to screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley for juggling and endless array of characters while keeping a consistent flow with the story.

4) Combining Two Worlds in a Soup in RAMEN SHOP

Here’s a moment to showcase the heal power of food.

Ramen chef Masato (Takumi Saito) has gone to Singapore in hopes of finding out more about his family after finding his late mother’s notebook. But his grandmother (Beatrice Chien) wants nothing to do with him, still haunted by WW2. So, one night, he serves her a dish combing ramen and bak kut teh. With one take, his grandmother bursts into tears, finally tearing down the wall of pain.

3) The Pale Lady from SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

This year has seen many movie monsters, whether it’s Chucky’s (surprisingly good Mark Hamill) successful return, the Tethered or Pennywise’s many horrifying transformation. But none have terrified me more than this enormous blob with the warped smile.

Allan Schwartz’s macabre illustrations for the Scary Stories series are as iconic as the stories themselves. As such, it was important creature designs to match Schwartz’s style, especially with Guillermo Del Toro producing. But a character as stylized as the Pale Lady is a challenge to bring to life. It’s so easy for it to come off as unintentionally hilarious. But this film not only succeeds in bringing the Pale Lady (Mark Steger) to life, but makes it look downright terrifying. Just seeing it twiddle its fingers and blink sends a chill down your spine.

It all helps with the mis-en-scene. While most horror films would show a scene like this in darkness, Andre Ovredal and cinematographer Roman Osin break the rules by shooting this scene with bright red. And it works; giving the scene a nightmarish feel.

What makes this film truly terrifying is the feeling of helplessness. As the Pale Lady slowly approaches, Chuck (Austin Zajur) runs across the hospital hallways. But no matter where he turns, the Pale Lady appears in front of him. And it’s getting closer. Seeing that demented smile and beady eyes coming closer to the camera feels all too real. But that’s nothing compared to what it does when it catches you.

2) The Final Sacrifice from MIDSOMMAR

Here’s one of the best endings of the year in the Break-up movie of the year.

Throughout their trip to a Swedish Midsommar ritual, Dani (Florence Pugh) has been reeling from the trauma of her murder/suicide. Her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) and his friends are no help at all, caring way more about their thesis than offering emotional support.[1] Despite their foreign customs (and murderous rituals), this pagan society offers way more emotional support than her boyfriend does. It’s here that she finds a twisted triumph over Christian when she’s named May Queen and he’s paralyzed by drugs, stuffed in a bear carcass and offered as a ritual sacrifice.

Sure, the earlier scene of two elders jumping to their deaths is gruesome and horrifying, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the idea of being burned alive and unable to even blink. But what makes this scene so unforgettable is that it’s shot in the least horror ways imaginable. Cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski makes colours pop with bright blue skies, the clean white wardrobes and the bright yellow burning house, to contrast with Christian’s horrible fate. But the icing on the cake is the haunting score by Bobby Krlic, delivering some sad strings.

And that’s not even getting onto the layers of subtext writer/director Ari Aster leaves for the audience to discuss once they leave the theatre. When Dani smiles in the end, has she found healing in the most bizarre way or is she a vulnerable woman manipulated and driven mad by a cult? Aster never offers an easy answer.

1) When Housesitting Goes Wrong from PARASITE

Things seem to be finally working out for the Kim family. They have successfully tricked the rich Park into hiring them as servants and now they have less financial insecurity. And the matriarch Kim Chung-sook (Hye-jin Jang) housesitting the Park’s home while they’re out camping, she, her husband (Kang-ho Song) and children (Woo-sik Choi and So-dam Park) seize this moment to live like they own the place. Life is good.

Of course, you’re waiting for the shoe to drop. And that shoe drops when a former servant comes ringing the doorbell. From that moment, the story takes one unexpected direction after another, keeping you off guard without sacrificing story. And that’s before the Park family come home. Most filmmakers wish they could create as much suspense as Bon Joon Ho does as the Kims hide from the Parks while Chung-sook distracts them.

But at the core of this sequence is how poverty forces people to hurt others and degrade themselves for survival.

[1] Hell, Christian’s not even good to his friends, even stealing Josh’s (William Jackson Harper) thesis idea.

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All of Marvel’s Big Announcements from San Diego Comic-Con

Let’s just face it—we live in a superhero world. Over the last few years, there’s been a steady rhythm: one Marvel movie barely leaves theatres before another one rolls in. And if the latest announcements from Marvel Studios are anything to go by, we’d better get used to it. While Marvel’s hegemony isn’t necessarily what we want for the future of the film industry, there is some good news: the studio seems to be making a concerted effort to push for a more diverse array of stories, bringing indie film directors on board as well as a slew of talented women and actors of colour.

Over the weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studio’s Kevin Feige unveiled a slate of new movies and projects as part of the franchise’s “Phase Four.” (Quick recap: Phase One introduced its marquee hero vehicles, including Iron Man, Captain America and Thor; Phase Two expanded the universe with Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy; and Phase Three began brought forth more diverse stories like Black Panther and Captain Marvel.) By the looks of it, Phase Four is going to be the MCU’s most diverse and boundary-pushing undertaking yet. The announcements—and accompanying hysteria—were major: Mahershala Ali! Angelina Jolie! The franchise’s first Chinese superhero! Its first openly queer superhero! Read on for all the biggest announcements out of SDCC this year, and what you can expect to see hitting your screens over the next few years.

Canadian actor Simu Liu cast as the lead in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

In the ultimate example of wish fulfillment, Kim’s Convenience’s Simu Liu tweeted at Marvel in December 2018 when news of an Asian-led superhero film first broke, throwing his hat in the ring. Half a year later, the Canadian actor/stuntman has been announced as Shang-Chi, a character often referred to as a master of Kung-Fu in the comics. Awkwafina and Tony Leung are set to co-star, and if that weren’t exciting enough, Marvel has tapped indie director Destin Daniel Cretton (whose previous works include Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle, both starring Brie Larson) to helm the film. Liu, who screen-tested for the film in New York just two days before SDCC, still seemed slightly in shock. “I feel like I was kind of this social experiment,” Liu told the crowd. “Like, ‘Let’s just take this guy, this ordinary guy living in Toronto, let’s tell him he’s going to be in the next Marvel movie, and give him, like, four days to prep for it.’”

Thanks for getting back to me https://t.co/FFRuM03p20

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) July 21, 2019

Natalie Portman takes over as the new Thor

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson will both return for Thor: Love and Thunder but in a surprising twist, it turns out Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster will take over as the titular character. Fans of the comic books would have seen this coming, though, because as Variety notes, a 2014 comic-book storyline saw the astrophysicist (and Thor’s love interest) taking on the title of Thor, Goddess of Thunder, when she’s deemed worthy of the superhero’s legendary hammer, Mjolnir. “We love the story—it’s one of the best comic runs recently,” said Feige. “[Director Taika Waititi] would flip through and read that run while he was doing Ragnarok. And I think when he agreed to come back and do another Thor, he was like, ‘How do we–?’ This is a very big movie that’ll be folding in a lot of elements. That is a huge important part of it. He pitched it to us, and we were totally in. We loved it. We’d been in touch with Natalie. She’s part of the MCU family and we put [her] and Taika together. It took one meeting and she agreed to do it.”

Mahershala Ali is the star of the Blade reboot

It’s been over 20 years since Wesley Snipes appeared on our screens as Blade, a superhero who protects humans from vampires. After two more films with Snipes at the helm, the torch is now being passed on to Mahershala Ali, who will play the protagonist in the upcoming resurrection of the cult film. While the two-time Oscar winner was their “dream casting” for the role, it turns out it was actually Ali who approached the studio, giving Marvel a call shortly after his Oscar win for Green Book. “When Mahershala calls, you answer,” Feige told The Hollywood Reporter. At a subsequent meeting, Ali expressed his interest in taking on the role, and well, here we are.

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Tessa Thompson as MCU’s first openly queer superhero

It looks like Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie, a character who’s already been established as bisexual in the comics, is finally going to be out and proud on screen. ICYMI, Valkyrie inherited the King of Asgard title from Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in Avengers: Endgame and over the weekend Thompson revealed what might be next on her agenda. “First of all, as new King, she needs to find her queen, so that will be her first order of business,” she told a room full of screaming fans.

Tessa Thompson on Valkyrie: “First of all, as king, she needs to find her queen.” #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/XR1I2wsUNR

— Ryan Gajewski (@_RyanGajewski) July 21, 2019

The Eternals reveals a star-studded cast

“We wanted to do our big ensemble like we did in Phase Two with Guardians, and that’s what Eternals is,” Feige told CNN. The cast boasts some serious heavy hitters including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani. It also stars Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry and Lauren Ridloff, who will portray the franchise’s first deaf superhero. Beijing-born indie director Chloe Zhao, whose last film The Rider was hugely acclaimed at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival—is on board to direct.

Lauren Ridloff joins #Marvels ’Eternals’ as the first deaf hero in the MCU #SDCC https://t.co/UE88MhaVbt pic.twitter.com/0HS0dePClR

— Variety (@Variety) July 21, 2019

The Black Widow prequel is finally confirmed

After years of rumours, the Black Widow prequel outlining the Russian assassin’s origin story has been confirmed. Starring Scarlett Johansson (as a human, though, not an animal or a tree), Rachel Weisz, Florence Pugh and Stranger Things’ David Harbour, the film will explore Natasha Romanov’s shrouded-in-mystery past. “I think you’ll learn about what Natasha is afraid of, and I think you’ll learn about what parts of herself she’s afraid of,” said Johansson at the panel. “You really see her in, like, a pretty broken-down place, and she kinda has to build herself back up and pull all the pieces together in this film. It gets kind of gnarly, but good gnarly.”

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‘Avengers: Endgame’: The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have

This article contains spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame.”

It’s over.

Deciding the Plot Points

How did you choose which characters would survive for “Endgame”?

Character Arcs

Hawkeye took arguably the darkest turn of any hero in this series.

Adventures in Time Travel

It’s crucial to your film that in your formulation of time travel, changes to the past don’t alter our present. How did you decide this? MARKUS We looked at a lot of time-travel stories and went, it doesn’t work that way. McFEELY It was by necessity. If you have six MacGuffins and every time you go back it changes something, you’ve got Biff’s casino, exponentially. So we just couldn’t do that. We had physicists come in — more than one — who said, basically, “Back to the Future” is [wrong]. MARKUS Basically said what the Hulk says in that scene, which is, if you go to the past, then the present becomes your past and the past becomes your future. So there’s absolutely no reason it would change.

The Final Battle

Journey’s End

Is this your Marvel finale as well? MARKUS I don’t know how to follow it up, that’s the problem. I’m not quite old enough to retire.

If “Endgame” has taught us anything, it’s that you should never retire. McFEELY Then they drag you out and kill you.

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2017: The year ahead in cinema

by Ari Mattes

There have been some good films already released in 2017. Robert Zemeckis’ Allied, for example, is a compelling WWII espionage drama made in Zemeckis’ seamless style starring the equally seamless Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. The Edge of Seventeen and La La Land are far more interesting films. Both are structured around sweetly formulaic narratives – a fish out of water teen drama in the case of The Edge of Seventeen, and a bittersweet romantic musical in the case of La La Land – but the style of both films clashes with their narratives, to create a productively dissonant effect in the viewer.

The Edge of Seventeen – shot in Canada – is replete with bleak suburban images, shot in a subdued palette under grey light and overcast skies, with the feelgood story often at odds with the tone of the image. The frequent use of wide angle lenses in La La Land – which distort straight lines, creating an effect of disassociation for the viewer through their disruption of conventional perspective – similarly ground against its straightforward nostalgic narrative.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land. imdb

So what other movies are in store for 2017? Here are some of the ones to look forward to – or not.

The smaller films

Let’s start with some of the smaller films. Moonlight, a coming of age film about the life of a young, black man in a tough Miami neighbourhood looks like a searing drama – if a little overly “actorly.” It is a topical film, too, given the explosion of racial tension in the US over the last few years. A Dog’s Purpose, directed by Lasse Hallström – the excellent director behind The Cider House Rules (1999), The Shipping News (2001), and Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) – follows the reincarnation of the spirit of a dog through various breeds, which is a sufficiently bizarre premise to draw my attention. The Red Turtle is a similarly low-key film about an animal – it follows the story of a shipwrecked man who befriends a giant red turtle.

The Red Turtle. imdb

Other low-key releases that look promising include Detour, the latest film from the British horror-thriller director Christopher Smith; Lost in London, written and directed by Woody Harrelson starring Willie Nelson and Owen Wilson (and, yes, Woody Harrelson); Get Out, a satiric horror film about black-white relations in the US; Table 19, the new comedy from the hit and miss Duplass brothers, featuring a wonderful premise – a table at a wedding for the guests everyone hoped wouldn’t come; Raw, a French-Belgian horror film about a vegetarian college student who becomes a cannibal; My Cousin Rachel, an adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel starring Rachel Weisz; and The Snowman, a crime thriller based on Jo Nesbø’s novel starring Michael Fassbender who, one suspects, will be as watchable as ever.

There are, of course, several big budget films coming out, some of which look good.

Kong: Skull Island, starring woman of the moment Brie Larson and man of the moment Tom Hiddleston – both first-rate actors – looks like the kind of spectacular film worth seeing on the big screen, as does the science fiction thriller Ghost in the Shell, the live action version of the cult anime that generated controversy through its casting of Scarlett Johannson in an Asian role. Guy Ritchie will probably approach the Round Table story in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword with his usual verve, given he is a master of (at least visually) arresting cinema.

Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston in Kong: Skull Island. imdb

The director and star of the razor-sharp thriller Unknown (2011) – Jaume Collet-Sera and Liam Neeson – reunite in The Commuter, another Neeson vehicle about a “regular” guy who becomes embroiled in a world of mystery and violence. Why not retread the same steps? The formula, virtually invented by British novelist John Buchan’s Richard Hannay novels, makes for pleasurable cinema. I’m likewise excited about The Coldest City, a spy thriller set in Berlin, and Free Fire, an action film from one of the best contemporary directors, Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), starring Brie Larson again.

Two films based on Stephen King novels also look good – The Dark Tower with its fantasy-Western story, seems perfect for a large-scale adaptation, and It, about killer monster-clown Pennywise – one of King’s great novels – is finally being made for the big screen after its success as a TV miniseries in 1990.

Bill Skarsgård in It (2017). imdb

Flatliners and Blade Runner 2049 – sequels that have been decades coming – both look like they may have been worth the wait. The follow up to Joel Schumacher’s grim film of 1990, Flatliners, is directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and features an appealing cast, including Nina Dobrev, Diego Luna and Ellen Page. Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, has generated a lot of hype. We’ll see if it lives up to it.

Harrison Ford will return in Blade Runner 2049. imdb

Comedies that may be of value include Baywatch – weirdly enough, made by critically acclaimed documentarian Seth Gordon. It will be mandatory viewing for everyone who watched (and loved) the 1990s TV show that quickly gained a reputation as the epitome of cheesy Los Angeles trash. Another Adam McKay/Will Ferrell pairing, The House, is based on a suitably absurd premise involving people down on their luck turning their house into a casino. Downsizing, starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, and directed by Alexander Payne, is likewise based on a solid comedic premise – a husband and wife decide they will have a better life if they shrink themselves, but the wife pulls out after the husband has gone through with it.

The blockbuster franchises

2017 will see the release, as usual, of new entries in several blockbuster franchises. As expected, many of these look (and surely will be) unspeakably dull: is anyone really excited about another Pirates of the Carribean or Transformers film? Will Resident Evil: The Final Chapter really be the final chapter in a series that has only ever been worth watching for the (interesting) disconcerting effect poor film making can have on the viewer?

Spider-Man: Homecoming, Logan, War for the Planet of the Apes, Thor: Ragnarok and Star Wars: Episode VIII similarly promise little. If The Lego Movie (2014), one of the most ideologically repellent mainstream films of recent years, is anything to go by, then I’m not looking forward to the two (!) Lego films scheduled for release in 2017: The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie.

Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. imdb

I am, however, very excited about two sequels coming soon: xXx: Return of Xander Cage, and Fifty Shades Darker.

The original xXx offered a masterclass in staging slick action sequences, perfectly combining visual effects with breathtaking stunts. It is still Vin Diesel’s finest film, with his role as the brawny, extreme sports-loving, buffoon-come-secret agent perfectly in tune with his physique and macho celebrity persona. Diesel was the action man for the Mountain Dew generation. The sequel, xXx 2: The Next Level, saw Ice Cube take the lead and was not nearly as effective.

Fifty Shades of Grey was an uneven film. The first half was Hollywood at its delightful best, with beautiful stars making hackneyed dialogue seem electric, bringing an enchanting quality to material that is hokey in the extreme. The heightened first encounter between the business guru Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), for example, and the suitably absurdly-named college student Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), made for ecstatic viewing.

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker. imdb

Much of the film’s hypnotic effect was due to its location – Seattle – and cinematograoher Seamus McGarvey’s astonishing photography of the city. The score – an uncharacteristic one for Danny Elfman – likewise helped make the film (at least at first) an engrossing experience. Once the hypnotic gloss wore away as the story developed, the film became tedious, its supposedly “risque” material more comic than erotic.

The sequel, however, promises a great deal. It is directed by James Foley, the truly superb filmmaker behind two late 20th century masterpieces At Close Range (1986) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Foley’s detached, clinical style should fit the melodramatic aesthetic of the series perfectly, bringing a rigour and precision to the direction that was absent from the first film.

Other potentially exciting releases in major series include Fast & Furious 8 – the first since the death of Paul Walker, perhaps explaining surprises in the cast like Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren (!); Alien: Covenant, the sequel to Prometheus (2012); and Saw: Legacy, the eighth Saw film which only makes the “will see” list because it is helmed by virtuosic horror film makers, the Spierig Brothers (Undead 2003).

Michael Fassbender in Alien: Covenant. imdb

Those that don’t inspire confidence

At the same time, there are several films I’m looking forward to missing altogether.

Patriots Day, based on the Boston bombings of 2013, though made by a competent director (Peter Berg), and starring a more than competent actor (Mark Wahlberg) looks like thoroughly repellent, pro-American nationalist rubbish – what one would expect from the pairing behind Lone Survivor.

There is a great deal of excitement surrounding T2 Trainspotting, but, I’m sorry to say, I don’t share this. Danny Boyle has always been an at best ho-hum director – Shallow Grave (1994) was brilliant, Slumdog Millionaire (2008) embarrassingly bad – and I found the original Trainspotting (1996) film, labelled “edgy” by some, alternately pretentious and silly. Boyle has done nothing in the years since Trainspotting to make me think its sequel will be different.

I would similarly suggest avoiding the thriller Unforgettable – it stars Katherine Heigl, who is the top actor in Hollywood at picking bad films.

Demetrius Shipp Jr. in Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me. imdb

CHIPS, another film re-exploiting TV material that wasn’t great to begin with, doesn’t look very good. The Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me might have some enthused, but real life biographies seldom make good films (with some exceptions, for example, Auto-Focus) for the simple fact that “life” is usually not conducive to cinematic formula, with the result that biopics often seem uneven and dissatisfying.

Midnight Sun is another entry in the teenage-lovers-one-of-whom-is-sick genre that has (perversely) become so popular in recent years, though this one, starring Patrick Schwarzenegger, may have some value as a curio.

The new Jumanji, Fist Fight, The Great Wall, Tulip Fever, Wilson, Wonder Woman, The Mummy, Dunkirk, Victoria and Abdul and Justice League are similarly not inspiring much confidence in me.

The eagerly anticipated, regardless …

There are some films promising little that I am nonetheless eagerly anticipating.

Power Rangers will be worth seeing for the sheer weirdness. The toys weren’t very good, neither was the cartoon series, and the film of 1995 was woeful.

The Boss Baby involves an acutely strange premise for an animated film, and features the voices of strong comedic actors Alex Baldwin, Steve Buscemi and Lisa Kudrow. The Emoji Movie, likewise animated, sounds painfully relevant to contemporary media culture.

There’s every chance Sofia Coppola’s latest film, The Beguiled, will be a dud – but it will probably be an interesting dud nonetheless – and the same thing holds for the new film Logan Lucky from the un-retired Steven Soderbergh, who has directed some great films throughout his career, in addition to plenty of shockers.

Geostorm is Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, global warming, adventure-disaster nonsense, and Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Kenneth Branagh, will probably be the usual self-indulgent nonsense that Branagh tends to make, which is, after all, rather enjoyable.

Ari Mattes is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Australia.

This article was originally published on The Conversation.

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Inside Marvel Studios: Secrets About 'Black Panther,' 'Thor: Ragnarok' 'Spider-Man' & More!

It's a risk letting anyone see how the superhero sausage is made, but that's exactly what Marvel Studios did when they opened the doors of their offices to a pack of reporters on Monday night for an Open House. The itinerary for the event was shrouded in secrecy--Marvel's usual M.O. when it comes to anything connected to their Cinematic Universe--so each room on the tour contained some new surprise, unfolding like a game of Clue where the players were mostly actors named Chris.

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THE LOBBY: "A lot of people get to go into the office lobby, but few people get to come past here," our tour guide, executive producer Jeremy Latcham (The Avengers and Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming), says. The recently renovated offices occupy the entire second floor of their building on the Walt Disney lot in Burbank--a far cry from the offices the studio used to apparently share with a kite factory.

Three iterations of the Iron Man suit loom over the lobby couches, giving the waiting room a Tony Stark's-lab-before-it-was-blown-up-in-a-terrorist-attack vibe, while Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana's costumes "straight from the set" of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are on display next to the receptionist's desk, with a cheeky sign warning, "Obviously if you touch the costumes or stand on the stage, Baby Groot will push the button!" (The lobby is also the first and last place in Marvel HQ where anyone is allowed to take photos.)

THE DEVELOPMENT LOUNGE: Where the Marvel team develops their film slate and how the cinematic universe is all connected--and if the room is any indication, where they play ping-pong and pin ball. The room showcases a model of the Helicarrier from Avengers and another of Disneyland, walls lined with signed Marvel posters ("Kevin, you rock!" Saldana scrawled on Guardians of the Galaxy), and Thor's hammer, Mjölnir, is propped next to TV.

There's a mural painted on one wall showing Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa staring off at a tree full of panthers and--though Black Panther doesn't finish filming until Wednesday and won't hit theaters until 2018--we assembled around a coffee table topped with an encased Baby Groot to watch three minutes of sizzle reel for the movie.

"This is not a world that we've ever seen--as big as it is, as advanced as it is, and also the respect and the homage paid to its past traditions," Angela Bassett, serving for the gods in regal headdresses and flowing white dreadlocks as T'Challa's mother, Ramonda, teased in the clip. Judging from the concept art and brief glimpses of behind-the-scenes footage, the film will be as lush as it is sci-fi: shots of T'Challa in his upgraded Black Panther suit in the jungle, fighting in a bar and giving a political speech. A mountain glowing with vibranium. At one point, if I'm not mistaken, I saw an armored rhinoceros. (I think I saw an armored rhinoceros. There are probably weaponized rhinos in Black Panther, guys.)

THE LIBRARY: "Obviously, a somewhat condensed comic book library," Latcham disclaims while gesturing to shelves full of comic books that run the length of an entire hallway. "Not quite everything we would want. We want all the comics. At all time." Littered amongst the comic books are various props from various movies: a stunt Eye of Agamotto (the real one is with composer Michael Giacchino), a model of an Orloni, the little alien Star-Lord uses as a microphone in the Guardians of the Galaxy opening credits, one of Captain America's real shields. ("There are a lot of shields that exist.")

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT: Bypassing an innocuous enough cubicle farm, we're led to some of the most privileged offices at Marvel: of the "vis dev" team, headed by Ryan Meinerding, where one can find concept art for movies in all stages of production. Like in Meinerding's own office, where a computer drawing of Thanos, for the upcoming Infinity Wars, is being projected onscreen, showing a smirking Thanos sans his customary armor. "He's awesome. He's powerful. He's got a big glove with some jewels in it," Meinerding plays coy. (Indeed, all the Infinity Stones are present.) What about that tower of deconstructed rubble behind him? "Oh... [Laughs] I can't talk about that one."

One office over, director Peyton Reed has popped in to work on Ant-Man & The Wasp. The walls are lined with concept art for the movie, including a gag with a bulldog chomping on Luis' shrunken van, a more metallic Hope van Dyne-era Wasp suit and rejiggered suits for Ant-Man and Giant-Man (Paul Rudd at various sizes). But is that Sharon Stone in the Janet van Dyne-era Wasp suit? Reed laughs, "It is not Sharon Stone."

And then there's something new: concept art of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, in a slightly darker and grittier take on her classic comic book suit, complete with the star on her chest and a shorter, blonde haircut. In another shot, she's seen fighting two metal robots with an inferno blazing around her fist. "It's just enough to inspire everyone, to get everyone super psyched," Latchman explains. "So by the time the Captain Marvel movie actually comes out, whether she'll be that exact costume? Who knows." It may change when a director is hired. "Actually, it does have a director. They've just--No?" Reed called from the back of the room. Latcham looked momentarily shocked before both laughed and said it was only a joke. (Or was it? Who knows.)

EDIT BAYS: A dimly lit room with one large screen and plenty of seating around it, where Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is on hand to edit visual effects. For us, though, he's announcing a new character in the film--but it is not a classic Thor character. "He features heavily in the Planet Hulk storyline which we're borrowing from," Waititi says of Korg the Kronan, an 8-foot tall rock creature in, as he puts it, "a 2017 metal bikini."

"Being made of rocks, we really wanted to get someone like The Rock to play him, but there wasn't enough chicken or salmon in Australia to sustain both him and Chris [Hemsworth]," Waititi explains. "So, the next best thing was a hot--super hot--export from New Zealand. A great character actor named Taika."

Waititi provided a look at Korg in various stages of VFX, from the director donning the mo-cap suit ("The emasculation suit, as Mark Ruffalo likes to call it") to a rough cut of the scene where the lovable brute first meets and befriends Thor. I'll say this much: It's all very funny, closer to the tone of the director's last film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, than The Dark World. Korg also has a silent sidekick, Miek, an insectoid larva-thing operating an exoskeleton with knife hands. Miek is absolutely repulsive and so, so cool.

SCREENING ROOM: An intimate theater in which co-president Louis D'Esposito claims all Marvel films start and end, and where we are being treated to dailies from "Motherland"--the production title of Black Panther. The footage is raw ("Blue screens. Bad sound. You're going to hear cursing. You're going to see a grip's leg in one shot," D'Esposito warns) but it really is quite stunning.

We see bits of two sequences, the first involving King T'challa's correlation at Warrior Falls: his royal bodyguards, the Dora Milaje, rhythmically stomping and chanting aboard a ship. A shirtless Boseman descending a set of stairs into a pool of water and receiving the power of the Black Panther. The footage is beautiful and colorful and musical--unlike anything we've seen in the MCU thus far. The second, potentially more spoiler-y sequence, involves Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis from Age of Ultron, upgraded with some sort of prosthetic arm) meeting Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman from Captain America: Civil War) in a South Korean casino to discuss mixtapes and vibranium.

Following the dailies, D'Esposito cued a string of VFX shots from Spider-Man: Homecoming (or "Summer of George," as it was known). Director Jon Watts was busy scoring the movie with composer Giacchino, but our sampling of the 2,300 effect shots were so brief it's hard to describe exactly what we saw: Peter's pre-Civil War suit is the non-Stark Industries one seen in the trailer. One of the weapons wielded by the villains is a reclaimed and modified Ultron arm. Tom Holland's abs. "His body is real," D'Esposito joked. "We did not touch it."

THE COURTYARD: Our tour ends where it began, at an open-air courtyard in the center of the building where drinks and sushi are being served. "We go away and we have creative retreats together," Latchman adds. "Basically we'll rent a house in Palm Springs and we'll all go out to the desert with a big stack of Post-it notes and plan out the next Phase." What Marvel Phase were they discussing at their last retreat? "If I told you that, you guys would know everything!"

As a goodbye, we're greeted by president Kevin Feige, who oversees the entire operation and knows answers to questions that haven't even been asked yet. All Feige wants to talk about, though, is last weekend's Star Wars Celebration and The Last Jedi trailer. When the topic returns to Marvel's slate and specifics about, say, whether there's a Guardians of the Galaxy Easter egg in the new Thor trailer, he deadpans, "I can neither confirm nor deny." Alas, that answer is hidden somewhere else inside Marvel Studios.

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