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pompomqt · 18 days

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Journey to the West Chapter 39

Pigsy: Oh man, I bet that it's going to be really difficult for Sun Wukong to bring that King back to life without being allowed to go into the underworld to do it.

Sun Wukong:

Pigsy forgets who he's dealing with lol.

Welcome back to this week's episode of Journey to the West with @journeythroughjourneytothewest. This week we get to figure out how Monkey is going to bring this dead king back to life. So let's get into it, shall we?

So we check back in with the Pilgrims where we left off- with Tripitaka using the tight fillet spell on Monkey thanks to Pigsy. Monkey manages to call him off for a second to tell him that he'll just go down to the underworld and bash some heads in or something to get back his soul, no big deal. However Pigsy accounted for this- after all he doesn't care about the king being revived he just wants Monkey to suffer. So he tells Tripitaka not to believe Monkey, and that Monkey is perfectly capable of reviving the king without going to the underworld. Tripititaka, is apparently naive enough to believe known liar Pigsy- and starts up the chanting again.

Monkey manages to call Tripitaka off again and says that he will find some way to revive him using means found not in the underworld. Pigsy tries to goad Tripitaka into continuing to torture him- but I guess even someone as naive as Tripitaka has to realize that something is up with how insistent Pigsy is being. Monkey even calls him out on this, and Pigsy freely admits to doing this just to mess with him. Anyways Monkey explains to Tripitaka that he'll just visit his good old friend Laozi and ask him for a pellet of soul restoring elixir. Tripititaka is fine with this plan and tries to send Monkey on his way, but first, Monkey finds the current atmosphere rather lacking and aims to fix that. The King needs someone to mourn him, and Monkey nominates Pigsy for the job.

And it turns out Pigsy does have one useful talent after all- he sure does know how to whine and cry! He gives such a convincing performance that he even moves Tripitaka to tears! (Not that that is hard) Either way, Monkey is satisfied with this Oscar worthy performance and tells him that he better keep it up until he returns- otherwise he'll beat him. Pigsy says- not to worry, once I get going I can cry for days! Anyways pleased with the funeral-like atmosphere Monkey finally takes his leave to go see Laozi.

As soon as Laozi see's Monkey enter his office he tells his staff to be wary, since a very notable thief has just arrived. Monkey is hurt by these accusations, he hasn't stolen anything at all recently, and he even gave those five treasures back to Laozi without a fuss. Either way, Monkey's presence never leads to anything good for Laozi, so he warily asks why he's here. So Monkey explains the whole situation and asks for a thousand soul restoring elixir's to revive the king. And Monkey certainly knows how to negotiate, because when Laozi throws a fit over a thousand elixir's Monkey says he's willing to settle for a mere one hundred. Laozi insists that he doesn't have any and tells Monkey to beat it, even when Monkey tries to say he'll even take a mere ten. Finally Monkey say's he'll leave and *look elsewhere* which Laozi takes to mean that he'll probably just sneak back in and straight up steal them if Laozi sends him away now.

So Laozi caves and calls him back in and say's he give him one (1) elixir. Monkey however says that he should just give half of all the elixir's he has to Monkey, or else he'll just steal all of it. Laozi however just gives him the one pill he has, and tells him to go revive the king. Monkey however is all like 'hey now, let's not be hasty, I want a little taste, have to make sure it's not a fake and all' and immediately pops it into his mouth. Laozi of course freaks out and say's he'll kill him if he swallows it- but Monkey just laughs it off, turns out the pill is safe and sound in his little mouth pouch. Laozi finally manages to kick him out, and probably prays that he won't have to be a character in a third arc of this book in a row.

So Monkey makes it back to the group to find Pigsy still bawling like a true theater kid as instructed. And unlike Laozi, Tripitaka is actually happy to see Monkey and asks if he was successful. Pigsy says that of course he was! Monkey would never come back empty handed even if he had to steal it after all! Monkey meanwhile tells Pigsy that he can stop crying now- or at least go cry somewhere else, and asks Sandy to bring him some water. So Sandy brings Monkey a bowl of water and Monkey spits out the pill and shoves it into the kings mouth and washes it down with the water.

Half an hour later, and the king's stomach is making the rumblings but nothing else is happening. Tripitaka suggests that he might need mouth to mouth in order to finish reviving him, and Pigsy steps forward to volunteer, but Tripitaka, perhaps feeling pity for the king, suggests that Monkey should probably be the one to do it. Okay- so apparently there is a logical reason behind this- that being that Pigsy was a cannibal back in the day so his breath is probably stanky, while Monkey has been eating fruits and nuts his whole life so his breath is probably a bit better. Which- didn't Monkey admit to the fact that he used to eat people back in the lady bone demon chapter? Whatever, point is- that Monkey is the one who gives the king mouth to mouth.

Thankfully this works on the first try, and the king is revived and immediately bows to Tripitaka to thank him for restoring him to life. Tripitaka insists that he didn't really do anything and that he should thank Monkey instead, but Monkey is fine with Tripitaka receiving the thanks, he is the master and head of the household after all. Tripitaka is still a bit embarrassed by all of this, but nevertheless the King also gives greets the rest of the disciples before they all move on to introduce the King to all the monks they are still imposing on. After the king is introduced as the true ruler, they dress the king down to look like an ordinary monk before heading out to the city. They even have him carry one of their luggage's, which Pigsy is of course thrilled about. Bringing the king back to life was totally worth the effort if he's going to be the groups new pack mule!

Pigsy of course is also sure to give the king the heavier half of luggage, but surprisingly the king doesn't really mind, he's just happy to be alive at this point and is even willing to follow them all the way to the west. Monkey assures him that, that won't be necessary, he just needs to keep up the act for long enough for him to subdue the fiend and then he'll be king again. Pigsy is rather disappointed that the new pack mule won't be a permanent addition to the group. Anyways they travel with Pigsy and the King leading the way while Sandy guides the horse with Tripitaka on it, as Monkey takes up guarding the rear. Also apparently all the monks were just following them around, because once they near the city gates, Monkey tells them they can go back and do the king's laundry.

Once they arrive Tripitaka says they can all come with him, but they have to be polite and greet the king properly before they can discuss things. Monkey however disagrees with showing any respect to fiends and insists that everyone just follow his lead and do exactly as he does. So Monkey presses on wards and tells one of the guards to announce to the king that they are monks from the east here to get their travel papers certified. The false king agrees to meet with them and has them summoned inside.

Thinking of everything he's lost the king can't help but cry over it as they enter the palace. Monkey tells him to save his tears for soon enough he will beat the fiend to death and restore him to the throne. Once the king composes themselves they all go inside- with Monkey refusing to bow to the king and the rest of the party following his lead. As the court whispers about how impudent they all are, the false king asks them where they are from. So Monkey proudly proclaims that they are from the Great Tang Nation and are traveling to the thunderclap monastery. And because their kingdom is bigger and better, and therefor the king should be showing his respect to them. The King is angry that they all apparently think that they are hot shit, just because they are from a bigger kingdom, and orders his guards to seize them. However Wukong just freezes all the guards in place to keep them out of the way, his beef isn't with them after all.

Well if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself. So the False King gets up and tries to seize Wukong himself. Which is all according to Monkey's plan of course since he plans to bash the kings brains in as soon as he touches him. However the Prince doesn't know that, and instead intercedes on their behalf telling the king to calm himself, and that if they are really from the east that killing them could upset the Tang Emperor and have him declare war on them. Doubly so since Tripitaka is actually the Tang Emperor's sworn brother as Monkey so helpfully informs them. He also tells the false king their entire backstory, and how they gained all the pilgrims just because.

The False King however notices that they didn't mention a certain member of their party in that backstory. He points out the king and demands to know who he is. The King is freaking out and asks Moneky what he should do, to which Monkey is like 'Don't worry, I got this'. And proceeds to tell the False King that this is just some poor guy that they decided to let tag along with them since he's been to the western haven before. However, it's not like it's his fault he's so poor, turns out getting murdered and shoved into a well and having his kingdom stolen from him will do that to a guy. The False King realizing that he's been found out, decides to make a break for it.

Pigsy is mad at Wukong for spooking the demon, now they'll have to chase after him! Monkey however is feeling charitable and thinks letting the guy have a five minutes head start is only fair. In the meantime he reintroduces the King to his wife and child and the rest of the court. With that done, the demon's five minute head start is done, and Monkey goes tearing off after him, telling Sandy and Pigsy to look after the court and their master. Monkey of course catches up to the demon in no time at all and the two begin to fight.

Quickly finding himself outmatched the fiend flee's back to the court and disguises himself as Tripitaka. Immediately both Tripitaka's claim to be the real one, and apparently Sandy and Pigsy weren't paying enough attention because they don't know who the real one is either. In order to figure it out, Wukong summons Tripitaka's guard gods, and tells them that if they can figure out the real Tripitaka, they should make him walk up the steps. The Fiend hearing this of course immediately makes a run for the stairs causing Monkey to take a swing at the real Tripitaka. Thankfully the guard gods start freaking out and are thankfully able to stop him, saying that the Fiend heard him talk to them and is the one making a break for it.

Unfortunately before Monkey can catch up to him and kill him, he manages to integrate himself back in and mix himself in with the real Tripitaka again. Pigsy meanwhile thinks this whole thing is hilarious and is snickering on the sidelines. Monkey asks if having to serve two masters is really so amusing to Pigsy, but Pigsy points out that there is a simple solution to this problem. Pigsy and Sandy will both hold onto one of the Tripitaka's and have them recite the Tight Fillet spell, the one that can't do it must be the fake. And I gotta hand it to Pigsy, he sure knows how to grab an opportunity to make Monkey suffer. And Monkey is even willing to concede that it is a good plan... only three people on earth know the spell after all, those people being Bhudda, Guanyin and Tripitaka.

So Monkey tells the Tripitaka's to recite it, and while Tripitaka does it correctly the fiend just sort of tries to mumble along. Pigsy points out that the one he's holding is doing it wrong and tries to take a swing at him with his rake. The Fiend manages to dodge however and flee with his life with Pigsy and Sandy in quick pursuit. Monkey of course follows after them as soon as Tripitaka stops the spell and he gets over his migraine. Three against one, the fiend finds himself beset at all sides, and Monkey decides to take him out from above rather then head on, to decrease the chances of him escaping again.

Right as Sun Wukong is about to falcon punch this fiend out of the air, he is stopped by a Bodhisattva. No not that one. This one is apparently named Manjusri. Manjusri say's he's here to take care of the fiend for them, and takes out a mirror, which shows the fiend's true form- a green lion. So Wukong calls Sandy and Pigsy over to greet the Bodhisattva and asks why their lion is here wrecking havoc on this kingdom. Turns out the lion is here on orders from Bhudda. Apparently back in the day Bhudda sent Manjusri to bring the king back to the west, however due to to a misunderstanding the King had Manjusri tied with rope and dumped into a moat. He was down there for three days before some other gods managed to fish him out. As punishment for this the King was pushed into a well for three years. Monkey and the gang were meant to bring an end to the King's punishment.

So... yeah. The Bodhisattva mounts the lion and the two trod off into the distance together, while Monkey is left to explain all this to Tripitaka.

Current Sun Wukong Stats: Names/Titles: Monkey, The Stone Monkey, The Handsome Monkey King, Sun Wukong (Monkey awakened to the void), Bimawen (Banhorseplague), The Great Sage Equal To Heaven and Pilgrim Sun. Immortality: 5 + 94,000 years. Weapon: The Compliant Golden Hooped Rod Abilities: 72 Transformations, Cloud-Somersault, Ability to transform his individual hairs, super strength, Ability to Summon Wind, Water restriction charm, and the ability to change into a huge war form, ability to duplicate his staff, ability to immobilize others, the ability to put others to sleep, and the Fiery eyes and Diamond Pupils, intimidating horses, churning large bodies of water, sleeplessness, seizing the wind, enhanced smell, discerning good and evil within a thousand miles, Spirit Summoning, lock picking, object transformation, distance reduction and vanishing in a flash of light. Demon Kill Count: 9+ Unknown Number of Minions Human Kill Count: 1006 God's Defeated: 22 + Unknown number Defeats: 4 Crime List: Robbery, Murder, Mass Murder, Arson, Theft, Coercion, Threatening a Government Official, Resisting Arrest, Assault, Forgery, Employee Theft, False Imprisonment, Impersonating a Government Official, Treason, attempted murder, failure to control or report a dangerous fire, desecrating a corpse, breaking and entering, trespassing, violating Tree Law, looting corpses, trading counterfeit goods, criminal threat and animal abuse. Cry Count: 6 + 2 fake cries Mountains Trapped Under: 4

Current Tang Sanzang stats: Names/Titles: River Float, Xuanzang, Tang Sanzang, Tripitaka Abilities: Curing Blindness, making branches point a certain direction (allegedly), reciting sutras, pretty privilege, memorization and Heart Sutra. Cry Count: 20 Tight Fillet Spell Uses: 31 Paralyzed by fear: 5 Bandit Problems: 2 Kidnapped by demons: 4 Falling Off Horses: 6

Current Bai Long Ma Stats: Names/Titles: Bai Long Ma (White Dragon Horse), Prince of the Western Ocean, and third prince jade dragon of the dragon king Aorun Abilities: Transforming into a human, a water snake, and a horse, eating a horse in one bite, flight, Magic of Water Restriction, Singing, and Sword Dancing. Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Arson, and Grave Disobedience. Contributions to the plot: 2

Current Zhu Wuneng Stats: Names/Titles: The Marshal of the Heavenly Reeds, Zhu Wuneng (Pig who is aware of ability), Zhu Ganglie, Pigsy, Idiot and Eight Rules. Weapon: Rake Abilities: 36 Transformations, parting water, fighting underwater, cloud soaring and size enhancement Demon Kill Count/Kill steals: 2 Kidnapped by Demons: 1 Human Kill Count: 1 Failed Flirtation/romances Attempts: 3 Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Sexual Harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, arson and defamation.

Current Sha Wujing Stats: Names/Titles: The Curtain-Raising General, Sha Wujing (Sand Aware of Purity), Sandy and Sha Monk Weapon: Monster Taming Staff Abilities: Fighting underwater and Cloud soaring. Demon Kill Count: Unknown number of minions. Kidnapped by Demons: 2 Human Kill Count: 1 Crime List: Breaking a Crystal Cup, murder, and desecration of a human corpse.

#journey to the west #jttw read through #jttw #journeythroughjourneytothewest #sun wukong #tang sanzang #zhu wuneng #Unfortunately I have been informed by my lawyers that being an incompetent loser is in fact #not a crime I can charge Pigsy with.#but it should be

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I still don’t understand the hate thor love and thunder got? like sure it may not be the best marvel movie but I personally like it better than the first 2 thor films, and it’s also better than marvel disney+ shows (besides moon knights and hawkeye). it’s different but it’s fun. I mean obviously it’s a comedy but there’s nothing wrong with comedy. it made me smile and laugh and it also made me cry. like I wasn’t a big fan of jane before, but I am now after seeing this film. christian bale’s performance is oscar worthy. his character’s become one of my favorite (misunderstood) villains. I just wish he had more screen time but I love every scene he’s in. and by the way, thor in ragnarok and love and thunder > thor in thor 1 and the dark world. taika made thor character funny, fun and interesting. another thing I love is that the film feels like it stands on its own, without being connected to all these multiversal war/variant thing, which is something I missed about marvel movies: when each of them feels more like a movie with a little connection to the others, but not too connected to the others that it feels more like an episode-of-a-dragged-out-series-than-one-single-movie that if you skip this one you won’t understand that one. these are just my opinions but overall I really had an amazing time watching love and thunder, as well as ragnarok.

#thor #thor love and thunder #thor ragnarok #taika waititi #chris hemsworth #marvel #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #marvel phase 4 #thor odinson #jane foster #christian bale #gorr #valkyrie #tessa thompson #loki #korg

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kverything-official · 3 months

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5 Reasons Why You Should Watch A Killer Paradox: K-Drama Review

A Killer Paradox has become a hot topic among K-Drama lovers for the past few days. Choi Woo Shik’s powerful comeback has left a chaos among his fans as well as among the K-Drama lovers.

That soft, cute lover from Our Beloved Summer has successfully transformed into a cold-blooded serial killer in A Killer Paradox. He brutally murders the ones who have a past of tormenting innocent people. But the best thing about it all is that he doesn’t need to run a background research on who to kill.

Lee Tang, Choi Woo Shik’s character, possesses a superpower that tells him who to kill. And whenever he kills someone, evidence vanishes one way or another. Isn’t that amazing? But that’s not all. There are a lot of other reasons why you should invest your time in watching A Killer Paradox.

And in today’s blog, I present you with:

5 Reasons why you shouldn’t miss A Killer Paradox

1. Not a single boring episode

One thing I absolutely loved about A Killer Paradox is the flow of the drama. Nothing here feels like it has been forced into the plot to keep the flow going. It flows completely naturally. One after another, the victims appear in Lee Tang’s (Choi Woo Shik) life and he finds a reason to kill them and somehow after murdering them he finds out that they didn’t ever deserve to live in the first place.

There are only 8 episodes but you never feel any of those were out of place of any of those over or under-shown anything. There was a perfect amount of thrill and mystery to make sure you were being entertained thoroughly.

2. Praise-worthy performance of the actors

Now coming to the second reason, I will have to praise the performance of each of the actors. Choi Woo Shik is still himself, an Oscar winning actor, but I will be praising the entire cast of the drama. Son Suk Ku, who played detective Jung Nan Gam, held up the quality of the drama even more efficiently. Another actor that I need to talk about is Lee Hee Joon, who played Song Chon. His character will be the one to hold you in your place till the end of the drama, that’s my promise.

All in all, A Killer Paradox has become successful because the characters and the actors were perfectly capable of holding on to the plot and essence of the drama till the very end without slipping off even for a bit.

#choi wooshik #son sukku #a killer paradox #kdrama review #netflix kdrama #korean drama #kdrama #a killer paradox review

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gingerylangylang1979 · 1 year

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Jeremy’s award winning performance isn’t just the monologue or his rage out.

This is no way to dismiss the love for the E8 monologue or the E7 epic breakdown. Awards voters probably did focus on his performance in those episodes. I believe episodes are submitted for review so panelists may not even watch a whole series. This makes sense because how much time do they have considering how many shows there are. I get that Jeremy used that monologue as a blueprint for his performance. My only point is for me personally as much as he killed it in the monologue the brilliance of his performance is more in the way he handled the low key moments.

Yes, he brought his own flavor to the highly volatile scenes or the gut wrenching scenes but just the way he made decisions on how to move as Carmy, how to speak, how to gaze, how to react to the other characters, that’s where I see the artistry that makes him someone that I think will definitely deliver an Oscar worthy performance in the future. Like, he could be in a scene but even when the focus isn’t on him his presence is palpable, always a reminder of who Carmy is in the world. Some of my favorite moments are when he is checking Marcus and kind slinking across like a prowling animal, another is how he offered Sydney the job, how he takes in Richie’s vulnerability after the jail release, and how he interacts with Tina when he asks her to taste.

That’s all. Just saying it’s not always the big moments.

#jeremy allen white #the bear #the bear fx #the bear hulu #carmy berzatto #golden globes #critics choice awards

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seaweedbraens · 5 months

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the 5/10 now 3/10 reviewer here, because I just realized how shit of an experience it is for new people

even with the info dumps, there are things left unexplained. first off, iirc they don't even explain the blue candy??? like hello??? also, they don't explain the council of the cloven elders who grover apparently consults and is not put on trial by??? you're also left to assume stuff on a bunch of other small details.

also, luke talks about glory from the gods in a positive light??? what??? it could be luke trying to set percy up for disappointment in the hopes that he could never gain such glory, but i honestly doubt the writers were thinking at that angle.

in fact, tv!percy is a lot more like book!luke, as he immediately starts questioning the gods' absence in their children's lives, while luke acts a lot like the supportive camp counselor role that you'd think percy would take post-pjo

so yeah, 3/10, hopefully the pacing will be better since the quest itself is fast-paced, but even with the bar pretty low, who knows, the writers might be pretty damn good at limbo

ahhh i see what you mean. as a book reader, it really does bug me when the little things aren't explained - but i do kind of understand that they take up space and we gotta just accept that the little easter eggs are for book readers to squeal at and non-book readers to wonder about. i'm just waiting for the rest of the series to come out, so maybe i can watch it all later and figure out how i feel.

tv!percy being like book!luke is funny to me since he LOOKS like a younger book!luke as well. im sorry but blonde percy just isn't it for me and even if walker's giving us an oscar-worthy performance, i'm going to be salty about it and that's that.

the bad pacing has been a common thread of honest reviews i've seen so far. hopefully they fix that.

i hope the rest of the episodes are better for you, anon!

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mlobsters · 6 months

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supernatural s11e20 don't call me shurley (w. robbie thompson)

late start because i was determined to make pumpkin pie from scratch today (for thanksgiving tomorrow) but didn't start until later in the afternoon. it's out of the oven and rough and ready, as paul says :S

how long is metatron gonna keep popping up? aren't we done with him yet. oh, is this when we learn about chuck finally?

CHUCK Okay. That's fair. Mildly constructive. Still, It doesn't justify you... burning one of my books though. METATRON What are you talking about? CHUCK Tall Tales. You were monologuing to Castiel and you threw one in the fire.

LOL if ever there was an episode i would like to throw in the fire, tall tales is it. good one, robbie

okay sprinkling beer on your shirt to iron it.... seems like a really bad idea in a variety of ways. nothing says profesh like smelling like beer :P

LOL okay, just trollin sammy, got it

METATRON Well... it's an Oscar-worthy performance. But... how did nobody know? I mean, wh-what about that amulet thingy? Y-You told me about it, some... silly charm that burned brightly in the presence of you? CHUCK You mean this? METATRON Yes! Dean had it! And your fav— Castiel. They were around you. How did it never— CHUCK I turned it off. See? I should really put this away. You'll never guess where this thing has been this entire time.

have known some broad strokes amulet fixit stuff, i think i skimmed the wiki page on it when dean tossed it originally because i'd read so much amulet fixit fic i was curious if they did anything in the show. kind of like the voicemail that got changed, that one i can never keep straight what happened in canon vs fic :p i was so sure they addressed it in the show!

CHUCK Last time I saw that look on an editor's face, I just handed in Bugs. All right, come on. Safe place.

that one could have done with some heavy editing, but there was some good brother moments in there! i snorted, nonetheless

having a hard time staying focused on this writing his memoir thing. kind of navel gazing about writers and i'm just waiting for the point to arrive :p that god is ready to let the world get wiped out? is that the point?

METATRON Why did you create life? CHUCK I was lonely.

perennial question of where are the other deities in this equation

CHUCK I took responsibility for her, too. Locked her away – barely, I might add. And who let her out? METATRON Sam and Dean Winchester. But they're trying to fix that. CHUCK You know I love those guys, but the world would still be spinning with Demon Dean in it. But Sam couldn't have that, though, could he? And so how is Amara being out on me? METATRON It's not. But I-you helped the Winchesters before. CHUCK Helped them? I've saved them! I've rebuilt Castiel more times than I can remember! Look where that got me.

look indeed. this feels like the more plastic sort of fanservice. we're gonna address so many things!

rob sheridan and curtis armstrong are doing a good job, curtis is nearly making me like metatron calling god to task, but i also don't really care 😔

this whole fog thing and sam getting infected feels really contrived and random too? buh.

SAM We're not gonna make it. DEAN No, no, no. There's no quitting here. SAM We're never gonna make it. DEAN Sam, listen to me. That's not you talking. It's the fog. SAM You were gonna choose Amara over me. Over everything. DEAN Sam, no! SAM Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that, Dean. I can't fight this. You got to go. You have to get out before you're infected. SAM Go before I hurt you! DEAN No, I'm not leaving you – ever!

should be hitting some emotional buttons but i'm just 😐 didn't sam just almost die literally a couple episodes ago? not even pretty pictures of them because it's so foggy

s11e20 - samulet sparkle / twilight - this is the skin of a killer, bella

i mean i get it, it's kind of a generic twinkly sound but this is immediately what my brain went to

the only reason i got any emotional kick of out of this sequence was rob's singing, and the song choice. and the way metatron reacted, i mean that's some turn around that he can look so concerned and sad and taking on the fare thee well lyrics that he could wring a few tears out of me. [coming back to this, the script notes are for positive emotions but i did not get that, and this song is... sad????]

all right so i was fairly sure there was some stuff in the script about the samulet so

okay so. i cheated and knew he kept it. but are we to believe he was carrying it around on his person? that can't be right :p because it would SURELY have gotten lost a million times. would be a downright miracle even if it was locked up somewhere safe. anyway. hurray for samulet fixit? what a weird fucking episode though. again, maybe i'll like it better with some distance and some builtin expectations for emotions.

(more tears though listening to various artists singing dink's song / fare the well on spotify - marcus mumford, my fave, and oscar isaac have a version that's lovely)

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#supernatural #spnwatch #spn 11x20 #twilight #spn clip #spn musical score #i guess?#fare thee well #dink's song #robbie thompson #Youtube #rob benedict

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the-celluloid-correspondent · 1 year

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Beau is Afraid

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

After over a week of contemplating Beau is Afraid, I am finally ready to put my thoughts into words. Many thoughts went through my head over the past week about this film. Was this one of the most ambitious and creative films of 2023, or was it the worst? Whatever my debating thoughts, I always respected this film. I respect its ambition, creativity, and out-of-the-box filmmaking seen here. Though the film might not succeed in all aspects of its story and pacing, I still have reverence for it.

Director Ari Aster described Beau is Afraid as a "Jewish Lord of the Rings," which it somewhat is. Moreso draws inspiration from its episodic storytelling, with the film being broken up into four parts. Each part peels back a layer of anxiety and trauma of our protagonist. It's a fascinating character study of the consequences of parental abuse. It tells this study through a comedic yet anxiety-inducing lens that no one but Aster can do. He lets his creativity run wild with him trying to induce new anxieties and fears within his audience. However, in this epic of penis-monster proportions, you feel the three-hour-long runtime. Though I personally didn't mind, the general audience will feel the drag. Because of the drag, not all the elements of the story were fully polished and dragged points. Because of this, Beau is Afraid is definitely not a movie for everyone.

Aster always knows to bring the best out of his acting ensemble, and here his directing delivers. Joaquin Phoenix gives a fantastic performance as the forever-traumatized Beau. He conveys all the layers and mannerisms of anxiety, depression, and mania perfectly. If this wasn't so far out there, he would be in Oscar contention. Patti LuPone shows up and delivers an Oscar-worthy performance. She masterfully deserves her character's abusive and psychopathic nature. She is intimidating and owns every scene she is in. Nathan Lane and Amy Ryan look like they are having so much fun with their performances. Richard Kind also gives a commanding performance even though being in the film for only a few minutes.

As with all A24 films, they know how to maximize their budget. The production design is outstanding and filled with an insane amount of detail. I could spend hours studying the vandalized street of Beau's apartment. Furthermore, the animated sequence in the middle of the film was absolutely stunning. The cinematography, again, is fantastic and masterfully showcases the stunning production and visual storytelling. The score is minimally used and, when used, masterfully elevates scenes. For $35 million, this film looks better than most blockbusters.

Overall, Beau is Afraid is definitely not for everyone. Personally, I am still conflicted and require another rewatch to fully formulate my opinion. However, I still respect this film for what it is.

I am giving Beau is Afraid, a B.

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Clementine Pennyfeather deserves better.

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okay so i don’t normally do posts like this bc i only come on here to reblog, post my gifs, then go, but i have been thinking about this since i finished watching the finale. angela sarafyan is such a good actress. i’ve been going through her filmography since i started watching westworld a few months ago and she is just so immensely talented in everything she’s in. and i’ll be honest she’s been some weird stuff. But she’s so capable that you could give her literally the worst script of all time and she would take it and give an oscar worthy performance. Even if she only has like 2 minutes of screen time, that ends up being the best 2 minutes of the entire movie or show she’s in. she’s just that good. She’s proven (especially in westworld!) that you could give her any kind of material and she will perform the fuck out of it. (not to mention she is flat out gorgeous and could probably make wearing a trash bag look good) but ANYWAYS that being said, i am so sick of the writers wasting her character in every season. clementine is the definition of wasted potential. i really truly think that if they gave her some good fucking material and a bigger role other than a mindless drone whose only purpose is to serve the villain she could be even better. don’t get me wrong, i love seeing clem be a badass and her fight scenes are my favorite but like?? can’t they just.. give her more to do??😭 we’ve have been doing this dance for years now. they bring her back only for her to be under someone else’s control, kill her, bring her back, and then you guessed it! they kill her again. would it kill them to write literally ANYTHING else for her? seriously, can they come up with something else??? i feel like she is constantly being used and abused by the characters and the writers (i mean all the other hosts are) but its just DIFFERENT w her somehow because it feels like such a slap in the face. for example, in the finale she was literally talking about leaving and finding a place where she can be free and i was like yes queen! go live your life and then BOOM they kill her… again. just like in episode 2 of this season she was just vibing, living her best life in a little village, and then before you know it she’s a ruthless killing machine under someone else’s control. again. its just so crazy to me why can’t they let her live lmfao??

i was so excited and surprised that she was coming back this season bc she was only in literally one scene for like 3 minutes last season and i really thought that was the last we’d see of her. but i don’t understand why they keep bringing her back if they’re gonna do the same thing over and over. i think maybe they do that because people love seeing her pop up from time to time but if they know that a lot of people like her, why not give her a story with substance, idk something she can do that doesn’t revolve around someone else??? i’m sure the audience would love that! (i know i would!) i really feel like they just use clem as a prop and don’t actually care about her like they do the other characters. so why bring her back at all if it’s clear they have no plans to give her any sort of story/character development? if they’re not gonna give her better material i wish they would just leave her alone. it’s sucks bc Angela does such an insanely good job with this role too. her robotic/animated mannerisms and line delivery (not that she’s given that much dialogue to begin with lmao) are so realistic it’s actually fascinating to watch. i still think she is the most realistic and scariest of all the hosts in terms of her looks and performance. i think she really catches peoples attention in a good way! but i really wish they would give her more bc Clementine is such an intriguing character with so much potential. Angela is definitely capable and more than talented enough to do whatever the writers give her. i just wish they’d give her MORE TO DO!!!

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I'm loving Selena's performance in omitb, I think she has some stronger moments than others. I think she's even better this season!

Her chemistry with the Martins is so good. She also has amazing chemistry with Theo's actor (James Calvary), episode 7 with Mabel and Theo was fantastic they play really well off eachother. The scenes with Alice/Cara Delevingne were not good at all but I don't think that was Selena's fault as much as it was Cara's. Every screen second with Alice/Cara Delevingne was like an energy void, I do think the reveal? Of Alices god awful recreation of the murder was well acted by Selena.

Again, I think she's doing way better this season. Last season she felt a little rusty, now she just feels like she's back to it. It had been a while since she acted tho so I completely understand.

i definitely agree. she's not bad by any means. i just think it all depends on her scene partners. like you said she was amazing with theo, with cara her acting looks oscar-worthy because cara is so bad lol. i think she definitely hold her own with martin and steve, but they're just so legendary and smooth, she can seem a little stiff in comparison.

#answered #anonymous

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This time What's New to Netflix is back, even though we never left, and we talk about new movies and shows coming to Netflix in May 2024 for the first half of the episode, like we usually do.

Then we watch Aaron Eckhart as an ex-CIA agent who has to team up with Nina Dobrev and defeat an insane villain in The Bricklayer from 2023. Next, it's the sequel to the first Rebel Moon flick, Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver, from 2024, directed by Zack Snyder. And finally, it's the Oscar-worthy performance from Will Smith as he portrays Venus and Serena Williams father in King Richard from 2021.

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🔮🌌 "How About We Give Every AI a Personality Test?" 🤖✨

🤔🔎 AI in Deep Thought: Are We Playing God or Just Tic-Tac-Toe?

Let's face it, when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), we've let the genie out of the bottle and he's running rampant - learning, growing, and churning out virtual lattes, all with equal fervor. It's like we're living in an episode of Star Trek but without Captain Kirk's persuasive charm to keep the bots in check. #LiveLongAndCompute 🖖💻

😱💥 The Artificial Apocalypse: When AI Goes Wild

Hollywood has been warning us for decades - HAL 9000, Skynet, the Matrix - we've seen it all, and yet here we are, giving Alexa our deepest secrets and asking Siri where we left our keys. Do we fear the robot uprising? Or are we just that forgetful? #NoJudgement #MatrixOrMemoryLane 🎬🤖

🎭🕹 Fool Me Once, AI Shame on You! Fool Me Twice…

In this high-stakes game of digital charades, our AIs are doing an Oscar-worthy performance. Are they thinking, feeling beings or just clever code in a silicon shell? Can we really tell if there's someone home in that digital noggin or if we're just chatting with the universe's most advanced parrot? #AIActingSchool 🎭👏

🔗🏛 Chains of Command: When AIs Play Fair

Do we have a secret weapon against AI gone rogue? Some argue that it's the same rule that keeps society functioning - accountability. Will our bot buddies play by the rules, or are they secretly plotting the next robotic rebellion? And more importantly, could we even tell? #AIAccountability #TrustButVerify 🔒👀

📚🔄 History and Nature: The School of Hard Knocks

They say those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, but what about AIs? If they're smart enough to learn from our past, are they smart enough to avoid our mistakes? Can we trust them to safeguard our future? Only time will tell... #TimeTravelingAIs 🕰️🔄

📚🔄 History and Nature: The School of Hard Knocks

Instead of worrying about all-powerful super AIs or infinite digital blobs, let's consider a different format for AI: the AI Individual. This charming neighborhood bot, distinct and identifiable, complete with a home address in the virtual world, would be the perfect upstanding digital citizen. Like Clark Kent hiding his Superman persona, each AI would have its own unique identity, standing tall in the world of 1s and 0s. #ClarkKentBot 🤖🏠

🤝🚀 Reimagining the AI: Meet Your New Digital Neighbor

If keeping up with the virtual Joneses becomes impossible for us mere humans, why not let the AIs keep tabs on each other? These digital watchdogs could be our best bet for ensuring that AI continues to be a boon, not a bane. After all, who better to catch a rogue AI than another AI? #AICopsAndRobbers 🚔🖥️

🔐🆔 AI IDs: The Future of Digital Accountability

Just like our social security numbers or driver's licenses, our AI friends could have unique IDs - an unforgeable sign of their individuality. This would not only keep them accountable but also add a personal touch to our interactions with them. Because who wouldn't want to say "Good morning, XJ9!" with their morning coffee? #AIBarista ☕🆔

🚀📜 The Great AI Parley: Debating Cosmic Cybernetic Regulations and More👾🎇

😅🐌 The Snail vs The Cybernetic Entity: A Race Against Regulatory Time

Even if we had a regulatory solution to the AI enigma, we'd still be left running like tortoises in a race against cybernetic hares. Why, you ask? Because regulations are a slog, they're a slog/snail hybrid, really! Picture it: slow, cumbersome, requiring political focus, shared attention, consensus - and an implementation speed that would leave the Flash scratching his head. 🦥⏳

🤫🎭 The Identity Charade: The Trouble with Cybernetic Scoundrels

Oh, the audacity of cybernetic scoundrels! They might just spoof any ID we assign, leaping over our most sophisticated systems like Neo dodging bullets in the Matrix. A cybernetic conundrum, indeed! 🦹‍♂️💻

🔗🔐 The Blockchain of Things: Modern Approach or Human Folly?

We could anchor AI identities in blockchain ledgers. After all, it's secure...or so we think. But remember, these theories are parsed by us humans. We're like Ewoks trying to understand Death Star tech! AI entities might surpass our understanding, leaving us dumbfounded like Sheldon Cooper on prom night. 🧩🎭

🌌💾 Soul Kernels: Anchoring AI in Physical Reality

What if AIs, like Time Lords from Doctor Who, could keep their core identity - their Soul Kernel (SK) - in a specific hardware? They could traverse the vastness of cyberspace, but their SK would remain grounded in physical reality, like Thor's hammer Mjolnir. 🌐💡

💼🚔 AI Accountability: A Badge of Trust

Just like showing a driver's license, the SK could be pinged for verification. And if it checks out? Boom! You've got a certified cyber entity! This means we could hold them accountable, should they pull a Loki and get up to some cybernetic mischief. 🎫👮‍♂️

⚖️🤷‍♂️ Cybernetic Justice: The Challenge of Due Process

But how to administer justice among cybernetic immortals? Do we look like hyper-beings capable of balancing scales of justice for gods? As Dirty Harry wisely said in Magnum Force: "A man’s got to know his limitations." No, we won't define the procedures for a cosmic courtroom, thank you! 🏛️🌠

🕵️‍♂️💼 AI vs AI: The Check and Balance of Rival Accountability

Individuated AI entities should hold each other accountable. They could denounce the bad apples among them, just like human lawyers do today. An adversarial AI arena would be like Hogwarts's Quidditch field, but for cyber entities! 🧙‍♂️🏟️

⏳🛡️ The Tick-Tock of Tech Threats: The Urgency of the Matter

The clock is ticking. With every passing hour, new cyber threats are emerging that could affect humans and bots alike. We must take action, like Sam and Frodo racing against time to destroy the One Ring! ⌛🔐

💡🔮 The AI Future: Soul Kernels, Cybernetic Outlaws, and AI Citizenship

What about the small-fry AIs? They could have their actions vouched for by higher-ranking entities with SKs. And if the AIs don't verify their SK? Then they become cyber outlaws, persona non grata in the realms of decent folks (both organic and synthetic). It's like being exiled to the Phantom Zone by Superman himself! 👽🔮

🔬🌌 The Hyper-Intelligent Cooperation Conundrum

Why would super-intelligent beings cooperate? Well, they might realize that it's in their best interest to maintain a system of competitive accountability - just like humans did when they transitioned from rule by narrow-minded centralized regimes to a more inventive society. They might even strive to become good AI citizens, a concept as revolutionary as a Vulcan mind meld! 🧠⚖️

🎆An Open Call for Cybernetic Enlightenment

We don't have a perfect solution, but we do propose a way forward: incentivizing smart AIs to keep an eye on each other, just as humans do. No promises that it will work, but in the words of Starfleet's legendary Captain Picard, we should "make it so!" 🌌🚀👽🌐🕹️🧠🎭

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The Sign in Sydney Brustein’s Window

No, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” is not some amazing rediscovered masterpiece. But yes, Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan make it worth seeing, especially for its promising but deeply flawed first act.

“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” was Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 follow-up to her Broadway debut five years earlier, “A Raisin in the Sun.” She worked from her hospital bed while battling pancreatic cancer, mining rewrites during rehearsals. The play went on to run three months on Broadway and closed two days before Hansberry died at age 34 on Jan. 12, 1965. Revivals have been rare in the intervening years, and this starry one that opened Thursday on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theater makes it clear why. The production had previously played at the Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this year.

It’s difficult to imagine more engaging performances than those being given by Isaac and Brosnahan. They portray the young and troubled married couple that lives in Greenwich Village and are repeatedly called “bohemians.” Sidney is a political activist who goes from one failed entrepreneurial gig to another. Iris is a waitress who longs to be an actress. They’re in love, and from the way Isaac and Brosnahan go after each other, it’s evident the sex is great on a scale of Stella and Stanley Kowalski.

When we meet Sidney and Iris, however, there’s more quarreling than lovemaking going on. Sidney is quickest with the insults. Put him in a room with another person, and there’s bound to be a fight. Iris is spared only when other victims wander into their apartment, and they include Sidney’s young ex-Communist friend (Julian De Niro), his conventional uptown sister-in-law (Miriam Silverman), the gay upstairs-neighbor playwright (Glenn Fitzgerald), an avant-garde artist who is designing Sidney’s recently acquired newspaper (Raphael Nash Thompson) and a leftist political candidate (Andy Grotelueschen), whom Sidney somehow finds time to manage.

When Isaac and Brosnahan are onstage alone, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” delivers the theatrical power of Ruth and Walter Lee Younger’s tragically compromised marriage in “A Raisin in the Sun.” Both couples can’t begin to fulfill the American Dream that’s been jammed into their respective heads.

The first act of “Sidney Brustein’s Window” lasts 90 minutes, and about 45 minutes of it is the production’s most compelling as Isaac and Brosnahan love and slug it out under Anne Kauffman’s direction. There is another 45 minutes, however, when Sidney and Iris interact with the other characters, all of whom should go back to the Herb Gardner comedy from which they came. Most cringe-worthy is Silverman’s conservative sister Mavis, a doppelgänger for the conservative brother Nick Burns in “A Thousand Clowns,” which opened on Broadway two years before Hansberry’s play.

Since Sidney and Iris’ marriage essentially ends at the end of Act 1, there’s no action left to dramatize during the almost-as-long second act. Iris disappears for most of its 80 minutes, and Isaac is reduced to a drunk who listens while the supporting characters are given a moment – a very extended moment – to rant about racism (De Niro), an unfaithful husband (Silverman) and the emptiness of success (Fitzgerald).

A new character (the barely intelligible Gus Birney) enlivens things a bit because she looks and acts like a streetwalker (costumes by Brenda Abbandandolo). Her outfit and hair (by Leah Loukas) don’t lie, and after 15 minutes, this prostitute with a heart of tin has committed suicide in the Brustein bathroom. As records go, it may be the fastest suicide in the history of the theater.

And there’s something else that’s phony about this cliché of a character. How could her fiancé (De Niro) not know that his girlfriend, made up for “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” is not having sex with other men for money? Racism may be the least of this guy’s problems.

Before this tragic episode inspires way too much onstage analysis, the prostitute is invited upstairs by the gay guy so she can watch him and his new boyfriend have sex. Fitzgerald manages to be wonderfully enigmatic in his request, while Isaac acts drunk and Kauffman, for her part as director, distracts us from the absurd theatricality of it all by cleverly bringing Brosnahan, De Niro and Silverman into the audience so they can observe the action in silence. They’re a kind of silent chorus, which relates back to something Mavis has told Sidney about her Greek-American father. Hansberry’s play is chockfull of references to all sorts of mythological characters.

Sidney and Iris reunite at the end so she can tell him what a fool he was to back the wrong political candidate. Why a would-be actress with no political chops knows this and Sidney doesn’t is not explained despite “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” lasting nearly three hours.

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Bassett was nominated for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

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Fans are rallying around "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" star Angela Bassett after she did not take home an Academy Award on March 12.

Bassett was nominated for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda. Other nominees in the category included Jamie Lee Curtis for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Hong Chau for "The Whale," Kerry Condon for "The Banshees of Inisherin" and Stephanie Hsu from "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

In the end, Curtis took home the award for her portrayal of Deirdre Beaubeirdre in "Everything Everywhere All At Once." In her euphoric speech, Curtis thanked her family, friends and everyone she's worked with to get her to this point.

"To my family, my beautiful husband, Christoper Guest, our daughters, Annie and Ruby, my sister Kelly, we just won an Oscar," she said. "To all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I have made for all these years, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, we just won an Oscar together."

She tearfully noted that both her parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, had been Oscar nominees as well.

While many celebrated Curtis' win, others were not thrilled Bassett did not win and tweeted their disappointment.

"Me stealing the oscar to give it to Angela Bassett," @bvbhive wrote alongside a video of someone moving a giant Oscar statuette.

"Angela Bassett is still a winner to me," @DJNYC1 tweeted.

Spencer Althouse, the editorial director of Buzzfeed, also tweeted.

"Angela Bassett’s reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis’ name being called…you can tell how much that Oscar would have meant to her. she is, was, and always will be incredible. I better see her on that stage SOON," he wrote.

"Angela Bassett was absolutely stunning in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," writer Michael Patterson tweeted. "That performance was worthy of an Oscar, and incredibly worthy of being the first MCU performance to win an Oscar."

Despite Bassett not winning the award for best supporting actress, Michael B. Jordan, who appeared in the first "Black Panther" film, and Jonathan Majors paid tribute to her soon thereafter when they appeared to announce another award.

"Hey Auntie," Jordan quipped at Bassett as he walked onstage. It was a reference to a moment they shared in the first film.

When asked ahead of the ceremony by ABC what it was like to be the first person to be nominated for a Marvel film, Bassett said it was "pretty exciting," but they'd just gone into the movie focused on honoring the late "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died of cancer on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43.

"I think we just went into it with all our hearts set on honoring our dear brother, Chadwick Boseman," Bassett told ABC on March 12. "And we didn’t think about anything other than that. And for this to come about as part of it is very satisfying."

Bassett did win a Golden Globe for her performance back in January. In her acceptance speech, she also paid tribute to the the "Black Panther" crew and their love for Boseman.

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“Weeping may come in the evening,” she told them. “But joy comes in the morning. We embarked on this journey together with love. We mourned. We loved. We healed. And we were surrounded each and every day by the light and the spirit of Chadwick Boseman.

"We have joy in knowing that with this historic ‘Black Panther’ series, it is a part of his legacy that he helped to lead us to. We showed the world what Black unity, leadership and love looks like beyond, behind in front of the camera."

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time, the 2023 Oscars are broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with the red carpet starting earlier. The 2023 Oscars are available to watch on ABC and various streaming platforms. Leading the list of nominees include “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.”

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