[Image description: A page of traditional drawings of Jim Halsey from The Hitcher. They're done with black and grey brush pens, and the top three have hints of red and lilac coloured pencils. In the left corner, he's drawn staring off into the distance, eyebrows furrowed. To the right, the drawing depicts him kneeling on the floor, collapsed into himself. His hands rest on his knees and his head tilts down slightly. He stares forward moodily. Further down, there's a sketch of his head, expression a mix between confused and annoyed, while his hair blows in the wind. At the bottom of the page, only using black and gray, there's a closeup of his face which cuts off just below his nose. His stare is vacant but angled slightly down, giving it a foreboding air. The lineart uses dramatic shadows mixed with sketchy hatching.]
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b-day gift for @lewischulz
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Like father like son.
Referenced from one of Haddon Sundblom paintings as a practice.
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Really quick can we just talk about these two gay guys here
Its John Ryder, and Jim Halsey from the 1986 film The Hitcher. Very good movie if you like Action-Horror movies. But definitely I found the most gayest 80s horror couple, there could be others yes, this is just my opinion.
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so uh, okay, I haven't read the whole of the hitcher script yet (mostly the parts where jim and ryder interact), and the first thing that stood out to me was that ORIGINALLY JIM HELPS RYDER ESCAPE WHAT
that COMPLETELY changes the emotions behind the final confrontation and indeed whole vibe of the police interrogation scene is different.
in the movie they don't speak to each other at all like they do in the script, everything is said through facial expressions that are very loaded. in the movie, jim doesn't purposefully help ryder free himself but is absolutely confident that he will escape by himself to continue his reign of terror.
in the script, the exchange is more straightforward. it's merely a handshake compared to the movie where it's more of an intimate hand hold. the spitting is also a callback to earlier in the script's version of the car scene.
which he never does in the movie, making the spitting a total surprise.
I think I'll write more about it later after I've read the whole script, but Jim comes off as a subtly different character. he seems more... plucky? I guess more of a typical 80s protagonist. ryder is a somewhat different character too.
we should collectively thank c. thomas howell, rutger hauer, and robert harmon (the director) for bringing about these changes to their characters that are so fucking good.
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[Image description: A digital painting of Jim Halsey from The Hitcher. It's a close-up of his face. He looks fearful, with his eyebrows drawing in, his eyes widening, and his mouth slightly open. On either side of his face, there's dramatic bright blue lighting. Meanwhile the background, which shows a car window, is significantly darker. There's two low opacity green lines outlining the right side of his face. The colour palette uses a wide array of colours, and looks quite bold. The style is a mix of blocks and scratchy lines.]
jim halsey's no good very bad day </3
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Sneak peeks of the The Hitcher (1986) 4k restoration by Second Sight Films. Release date TBA.
Source: x, x, x, x,
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