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cardinal-crossing · 4 months
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More Polar Express doodles! I've left some notes under the cut if you would like to read, it's mostly notes about the story of the Polar Express and how these two fit in, but nothing extensive. (Probably for the best, I don't think it would be coherent if I went any further.)
ALSO POLAR EXPRESS SPOILERS BELOW!!
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All right, I have some thoughts about this movie. I enjoyed watching it for the first time and got so excited that I watched the film again. While watching, I immediately picked out characters to put the subway twins as because I am so normal, and here is a little explanation. To start, in my head, all the characters that run the train are spirits or ghosts, much like how the Hobo is portrayed. While the other characters are not as prominent, there are a few hints here and there that point to such. For example, in the Glaciar Glutch scene, the conductor doesn't wrap the safety belt around himself; he only wraps it around the two kids. That at least points to the fact that he may be a spirit, as he doesn't have as much care for his person. Furthermore, he is on a magic train and has been doing it for years; he's a spirit. I'm sorry, but he is. So I chose Ingo as the conductor because, in the movie, the conductor rarely smiles; he also cares a lot about the kids, as shown by his body language. Also, in my mind, the conductor was very hard to read, but that may also be caused by the fact that the expressions were very realistic in this movie (I suspect motion capture), and I have a hard time reading facial expressions. Now, Emmet is the funnier one. I chose Emmet as the Hobo because of my personal headcanon that Emmet has the crazy uncle energy rather than the more fatherly energy. The Hobo within the movie also smiles a lot, almost constantly, and is just generally chaotic. Instead of outwardly telling the kids what to do and what not to do, he instead scares the crap out of them to teach them a lesson and further their adventure throughout the movie. He also only chooses to help in the most dire of times and in the most ridiculous way possible; think of skiing on the top of the train and tapping the emergency brake on the caboose. He makes a pun instead of just telling the main character that there is a brake, and then he poofs back out of existence. Also, the conductor clearly knows that the Hobo exists, as he alludes to it in the movie when the main character asks what the man who saved the conductor looked like. The conductor only responded, "Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." That has been my ramble, and I apologize if none of this made sense; I've been up since four this morning running off of straight caffeine, and I've been all over the place.
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notscarsafe · 2 months
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Okay, so in honor of all the Hermits stirring things up on Twitter today, let's REALISTICALLY consider Season Ten. What do we know, what are our clues, actually???
(Speculating and overanalyzing are really fun so I'm just going to embrace my tendency to Listify Everything and spill my thoughts on Season Ten under the cut!)
First Evidence: The Words of the Hermits.
Nine Days ago Scar said in his Jellie tribute video that Season Ten was “Just around the corner”. Five days ago on the 18th, right after the Hermit meeting that probably finalized their start of the season plans, Cub posted his cryptic tweet whose incorrect capitalizations spelled out “SEASON TEN SOON”. I can't imagine either of those hermits using that phrasing if the season start was more than a month away.
What's more, Gem posted yesterday the 23 that “If hermitcraft s10 doesn’t start soon I’m gonna explode!!!” I can't imagine Gem being that impatient unless there was only a couple of weeks or maybe just one week left before filming.
Second Point to Consider: Hermit Conscientiousness.
The Hermits sre generally really kind to each other and have known when the Hermitcraft Vault Hunters challenge was going to end (Jan 31st, midnight) for months. Per Iskall, the videos of the Herald Vault will drop February 1rst and I can't imagine they'd want video competition between that content and the new season.
Clue Three: The Streaming Activities of the Hermits.
The sheer amount of time Joe has spent playing Vault Hunters lead me to believe they can't have started filming for Season 10 yet. Seriously, when Joe finally has a day without a bonus Vault Hunters stream I'm gonna get mighty suspicious. Joe has streamed more than three hours of Vault Hunters every single day for a week. There was Wednesday when he did his art stream, but I wouldn't expect that to have been a launch day because:
Fact Four: Editing turn around times are so grindy.
The traffic series always has a several day turn around for editing time (IE film Monday post Friday) and several Hermits still struggle to get them out on those days. Even if the hermits were going to ignore the Vault Hunters conflict and start filming season ten this week, tomorrow even, they'd just barely have enough time to squeeze those videos out before the Herald Vault videos. As I'm editing this post Impulse just said he's trying to finish his office reorg this week and have a tour out next week. That does not sound like 'filming this week and editing the new season opener' behavior.
If it goes as Iskall indicated on stream, the Vault Hunter hermits will film the Herald Vault and post as soon as possible on February 1st, meaning the earliest they could kick off season ten would be Friday the 2nd. Even if they film on then I can't imagine them dropping new season videos/having them edited any earlier than Monday the 5th. Furthermore:
Clue Five: A lot of Hermits are very protective of their weekends.
Pearl for example almost didn't join the Decked Out visitor day because it was a weekend. It may be that Monday the 5th would be the more likely earliest useable day for filming after Vault Hunters ended. With editing turn around, we'd guess the start date to be Friday at least.
In Conclusion:
My totally bullshit overanalyzed but still blind guess is that the Hermits will film season ten starting February 5th and will drop videos sometime between February 7th and 9th.
That being said, Cub's cypher today that may have just been trolling said season ten would be “sooner than we'd think” so they may surprise me yet.
Keep an eye out for days where no hermits stream or days where Joe does a brief “1 hour chill stream” to see when the Hermits might be suspiciously behind the scenes. I won't be mad if I'm wrong, overthinking is fun. Either way I hope you join me in hypong up the new season and the new Hermits joining the Hermit Fam. I can't wait!
(Note: this post originally reported the herald vault videos as dropping the 2nd which was an estimate from a stream, but Iskalls video today reported they'd drop the first and this post has been edited to reflect that ❤️)
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I think SVSSS as a 2D cartoon would be the best moving medium for it imo.
I mean, personally, yeah, that's how I'd enjoy seeing it as well! My ideal slightly pretentiously artsy SVSSS screen adaptation would probably look only a little more detailed than linograph prints (2D or shaded 3D?) (someone hit me up in like two weeks to draw an example of what I mean, if I don't remember on my own, I don't have access to art stuff right now), very stylized and vibrantly colorful, because that's one of the art styles that I particularly enjoy.
I'm not a personally a fan of the 3D SVSSS show because I find the characters a little too doll-like and same-facey for my tastes? It's fine! It works! It's serviceable! It's just all, backgrounds included, a little... safe? I tend to like over-the-top bright colors and intricate details and impractically weird shapes and yet also coherent world production design in my fantasy, which is a lot to demand of any production, perhaps especially with animation productions, which are always squeezed for time and money.
(EDIT: I know the SVSSS show was under heavy constraints and the results are impressive considering their resources; it doesn't change the fact that I just don't like the art style and nevertheless find the results underwhelming. I don't like a lot of "realistic" modeling / rendering styles, not just "anime" ones, even if they are extremely technically impressive. Believe me when I say that I know the vast majority of the entertainment industry is overworked and underpaid and creatively restrained.)
Slightly tangential general note: I don't think 2D is inherently superior to 3D (EDIT: NOT trying to imply asker is saying this, just having some general thoughts), especially because, with the realities of production, each have their advantages. 2D has a lot of stylistic advantages still, but 3D shaders are catching up and doing some incredible things these days! More advanced puppet controls and particle effects and such are doing some beautiful things for 2D shows as well these days. A lot of stuff has been subtly mixed media as soon as 3D became possible. It is potentially possible (note: not saying any studio would actually greenlight this) to do an equally slightly weird and artistically stunning 3D SVSSS show, given the freedom to work. (Good boarding and writing is also sooooo important in both mediums, obviously, it's not just about the art design. You can get away with incredibly limited animation with good boarding, writing, and art design.)
Another slightly tangential ramble: both 2D and 3D have the potential for stiff animation and poor character acting, which also comes down to production limits and animator skills? (I often think of character animators as a type of actor!) There are a lot of 2D shows that I don't really like because I find the animation incredibly stiff, both puppet and handdrawn (there's great 2D puppet stuff out there these days), which pretty much always comes down to production limits (deadlines and budget and software, saving up their animation for the coolest scenes). One of my favorite things about Studio Ghibli films (which as features get a lot more space to focus on art compared to the demands and restraint of television) has always been the squash and stretch in otherwise relatively realistic action, making things like hugs look SO nice for example. But 3D stuff is getting better at that these days! The ways characters slumped into each other in "Nimona" for example was great. And it's just fascinating to look at the elasticity / stylized sculpt of expressions in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" compared to the technical limits of the models / rigs in "Shrek" or "Shrek 2".
Adding these side notes because I want to be clear about my respect for both 2D and 3D artistically! A lot of video games are doing cool stuff in 3D that looks very close to 2D with stylized shaders, which you can sometimes spot by the large or small rotations in character action / acting, which is difficult (and therefore often expensive) to do in 2D with all of those extra drawings / angle poses. Also, I think the current push towards funky shaders in 3D is so cool and it's hard not to gush about them!!!
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cellarspider · 1 month
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4/?? Meeting the Prometheus crew. Hmm.
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We return to the movie that I want to fold, spindle, and mutilate, Prometheus.
Time to actually meet the human crew.
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Hooboy. I am feeling David’s dead-eyed look here. Content warning for jumpscare Charlize Theron, brief mention of vomit, depiction of smoking, and whatever the hell is going on with these people.
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First off, there is Vickers (Charlize Theron). Her reveal implies that she has escaped containment, and is probably scuttling around in the vents somewhere. No, in fact, she is doing pushups. She asks David if anyone’s died with all the concern of an inconvenienced accountant,  because she is a Cold Corpo Queen who is going to be an asshole to everyone throughout the movie.
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This includes David, who, again, may be meeting his makers for the first time here.
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On the other hand, this has more dignity to it than the rest of the crew. They’re currently stumbling around and horfing up their two-year-old lunches, a grand tradition in the Alien franchise.
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Charming.
Indeed, this is basically a recitation of a scene from Alien and Aliens: Everyone wakes up and feels like crap, except for a machine-like character and, in Aliens, a Black military dude, Sergeant Apone (Al Matthews), who wakes up and immediately chomps down on a cigar.
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On an unrelated note, meet Captain Janek (Idris Elba). He’s smoking a cigarillo and setting up a Christmas tree on the ship’s pool table, while a nameless white guy appears to have ragdolled in the corner. Vickers disapproves.
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We meet the last two crew members who are going to have enough of a presence in the plot to get names: Millburn (Rafe Spall) and Fifield (Sean Harris). Millburn is an awkward glasses-wearing dork of a biologist. So far, so realistic.
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Fifield appears to be attempting to channel Sheamus the wrestler during a heel-y season. He isn’t here to make friends, he’s here to get paid. He’s here to win.
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He’s a fucking geologist.
Sure, there’s a lot of geologists who work for extractive industries that probably are just there for the paycheck, but I don’t know how one of them ends up being selected for a mission of POTENTIAL FIRST CONTACT WITH AN ALIEN CULTURE.
This was absolutely baffling in the theater. What in the hell was this scene? This character? It felt so out of place. Little did I know that this was, in fact, setting expectations for the rest of the movie.
The human characters are not treated in the same way David is. We are not often invited to consider them as beings with inner lives, they are stock characters that you may or may not have previous affection for. And because we functionally meet David first, their presence is jarring.
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Because these aren’t just stock characters from just any genre, they’re stock characters from a horror movie. Several different kinds of horror movie, with one bonus character trait if they're lucky. Elizabeth Shaw is the final girl (plus religious background), Charlie Holloway is the jock boyfriend (plus allegedly scientist), Millburn is the nervous, glasses-wearing nerd. Fifield the geologist is, bafflingly, the mercenary who’s Just There For The Money (plus rocks), Vickers is the heartless corpo, and Idris Elba is the calm and unflustered military guy. The rest of the characters, regardless of their role, are therefore consigned to being nameless dead meat.
This didn’t have to be the case. A different vibe could’ve been chosen. The marketing tied this movie to Alien. You’re introduced to everyone in that movie through the lens of their average, unremarkable jobs (in spaaaaace!), and you understand how the situation they find themselves in is completely, terrifyingly overwhelming. 
These are scientists and highly skilled professionals (in spaaaaace!). We have successful horror films out there, where scientists are placed beyond their limits. This used to be a whole thing in the 50s, where Serious Men of Science were sometimes the first and last line of defense against extremely rubbery aliens. Was it mostly goofy? Absolutely. But not always!
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(First, the goofy: Night of the Blood Beast (1958), best known in latter days as MST3K’s Season 7 premiere (1995). The trailer features the amazing voiceover “The first satellite creature to impregnate man with its chromosomes!”, as heavy breathing plays in the background. “It’s true,” says a square-jawed white guy, “I can feel it inside!”.)
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(Second, the straight: The Thing from Another World, precursor to John Carpenter’s The Thing. While just a standard monster movie, it features one of the first and honestly ridiculous full-body fire stunts on film. They repeatedly doused stuntmen in buckets of flaming kerosine.)
These have slowly died off in Hollywood, but there’s still some that pop up every so often: Contagion (2011) being the one that first comes to mind. Sunshine (2007) and Annihilation (2018) are another two that take a similar, slow tactic, all three of them containing horror elements in their premise and execution.
(major content warning on this first one for pandemic themes. Like, all of them.)
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(cw for brief body horror, old self harm scars)
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This was what I’d expected from the premise of the first five minutes: a well-prepared team, traveling to confront something with existential implications for humanity, taking the job seriously. The movie disabused me of that quickly, but it didn’t provide me anything as compelling in return.
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If I had to guess what other movie Prometheus was trying to be like, The Thing (1982) is a strong candidate. It features a cast of dysfunctional people who are similarly broad in their characterization, and pits them against a source of alien body horror with existential implications for all of humanity. Unfortunately for Prometheus, it can’t live up to The Thing either. However, what it did manage to do was drive me COMPLETELY insane, starting in the next segment.
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Okay I'm finally sitting down to properly watch the PJO series so here's an episode-by-episode live blog I guess. (Fair warning, I haven't read the books since I was a teenager, I am a smidge of an apologist for the films, and my favorite adaptation so far has been the musical.)
Episode One:
All of the actors are doing a really good job, I especially like Sally.
The costume design for both the monsters and the humans is pretty killer. I want Percy's sweater.
I also love the little seaside cabin and want to live there!!!
This is such a mild gripe BUT as someone with dyslexia I wish there was a better way to visually depict it without like, doing the swapping letters thing cuz that's just not what it's actually like at all.
Gabe maybe feels a little too funny. Like I'm supposed to hate him and think it's justified that he deserves to be turned into stone at the end, this version of him is really.....toned down, and his banter with Percy and Sally was fun to watch. I should hate him, but really he just came across as unpleasant. Less abusive asshole and more "old married couple who share interests but can't communicate without shouting" you know?
Loved Grover's little "I'm 24 actually" lmao that was great.
Not a fan of Percy immediately recognizing the Minotaur within a millisecond of it appearing before the audience even got a good look at it. Like, I just sat there thinking "how can he even see it?" rather than feeling scared of a big monster barreling at them.
The action is uh....fine? Feels a little lackluster. Or kinda....divorced from the rest of the show weirdly?? Idk it makes me feel like I'm watching a movie of a movie if that makes sense?? But we'll see where they go with it. (I know banter during a fight isn't realistic and people make fun of Marvel for it, but like...it helps to have at least a little talking. We don't wanna be Man of Steel.)
I feel like there's been a few "slightly out of sync ADR" moments but they weren't too distracting.
Pacing into Sally saying goodbye felt a little long, kinda took the shock of her dying out of the scene, but the actress REALLY sold all the emotional beats so I'll forgive it.
I LOVE the credits sequence!!! Reminds me of the designs on that one box set of the books in a really cool way.
Episode Two:
Oh yes the ugly ass neon orange shirts are here bless!
FUCK YES THAT'S DIONYSUS BAYBEEE!! My ONLY note is that he def could have turned up the energy a little, but that's probably just bcs I love how loud and unpleasant he is in the musical and I also know how unhinged this actor can be.
Chiron is such a delight <3
I like the cabins too, way better than how I imagined them as a kid reading the books lol
Oh, I can see why the new fans fell for Luke so hard.
Grover assuming a human being squished would be like an old banana is very funny. Felt very book-humor in a good way.
Clarisse!!
Oh damn actual disabled half-bloods, very cool!
Minor but I can't actually tell what Percy did wrong with the bow? Weird editing I guess.
Aside from that I actually love a good "fuck up" montage, I honestly wish it were a little longer.
Probably doesn't matter but I don't get having them burn the food after they've started eating? I thought that was a before you sit down type thing.
Percy burning the blue candy to try to talk to his mom was sweet tho T_T
"real friends" hahahaha.....yeah.......about Luke.......
yay! hazing!
Oh I love Annabeth already >:D
Thalia.....is pronounced differently than I thought....?
(I'm sorry I'm too much of a fan of 'Tree on the Hill' for this exposition dump. That shit hits harder when coming from Grover.)
Percy giving Annabeth the "actually I suck and my self esteem is riding on this so like pls don't ask me to do anything hard T_T" talk is just, so good lmao
ofc he doesn't know what's going on Annabeth you didn't tell him anything
Okay the action is a lot better when it's between the actual characters and doesn't involve a 3D monster, though I still had trouble following all the hits Percy was taking.
Oooh I can see why people did so much art of Percy being claimed that was a good shot.
FUCK YEAH TELL HIM YOU'RE SALLY JACKSON'S SON
(I hope they kept the Oracle in the attic...)
Okay I have to go do some things and then I'll be back for more!
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marinerainbow · 4 months
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Alright.
I h a v e to know what Padak is about XD
Oh... Oh you sweet summer child, you don't know?
Well I'm glad I can tell you instead of you like, stumbling on this movie and having all of it jump out at you XD
Ok ok, I genuinely love this film and I'll admit, I really want to take a moment to geek out about it. But that would involve in me getting into spoiler territory. So, in case you decide to look for this film yourself, I'll just give you the generalized story here.
The movie is about a lone mackerel, later in the film named Padak for trying to 'padak padak her way to her death' (she jumped out of the tank and was flip flopping on the ground. I'm guessing Padak is Korean for Flip-Flop? It's a good thing this film wasn't Australian, or else she'd be named Thong. I'm sorry) is fished out of the sea and dropped into a tank at a local restaurant, and has to escape back to home, all while trying to convince her new tank-mates to escape with her. Simple plot, right? Well... Here's a quote from the YouTube review that introduced me to Padak that pretty much sums up the whole movie perfectly.
"Imagine if you took the fish tank setting from Finding Nemo and mixed it with the graphic violence from Watership Down, drizzled it in the depressing tone of Plague Dogs, and gave it a garnish of that sushi scene from The Isle of Dogs. That's basically this film on a plate."
Steve Reveiws, Padak
Now, why is the sushi scene prevalent? Because this film takes place in a Korean restaurant where their food is as fresh as possible. Meaning that the fish are prepared and even eaten while still alive. And this film pulls zero punches in showing the horrors of this kind of delicacy (no, I'm serious. A fish is literally cut up and dissected on screen. This movie takes off the kid gloves and throws them in the God damn incinerator). So yeah, there are a lot of images in this film that will be upsetting to veiwers. But this film isn't gorey just for the sake of gore. It tells a genuinely very sad story and will wring out emotions from your heart, and can also be breathtaking with its musical and 2D animated segments.
I'd recommend checking out this reveiw before trying to find the film, though. Even if watching a reveiw is not at all like watching the movie, this guy does censor some of the more extreme gore (like the scene I mentioned above). He doesn't censor all of it, but I think this video is still the best introduction to this movie.
However, if you want to check out the movie, I could only find it on this website https://online.potlockermovies.com/full-movie/padak/ it's free, and it does have English subtitles (the movie doesn't have an English dub), but there are a lot if pop up adds and it's probably going to get frustrating clicking off of them, but this site was still the best I could find to watch Padak.
It's interesting to note that this film does not go in the direction you might expect it to. If it weren't for the fact that I had watched the video above before the movie itself, I would have been just as shocked with how it ended and what happened to our characters as Steve was. But at the same time, the film does establish right away that it's going for more... For lack of a better term, realistic approach. So although the film goes in an unexpected direction, it's also hard to say that it cheated you out of your time to view it.
Again, to try to keep this as spoiler free as possible, I'm only going to sum up the third act in lyrics from the last song of the movie that speaks mountains once you realize it.
Destiny tricks us like fools.
He also gives off a kind of viscious cunning vibe in the movie? Like he's the second in command character that's a bit of a bastard. I think you might like him if you watch this movie. And the old Flatfish who is 'The Master' of the tank.
Oh yeah also, there's this eel (who I think is named Anago? Or Jooldom? His name is never mentioned in the film, however the video above calls him Jooldom, and I've seen people on this site argue his name is meant to be Anago. There isn't much information for this movie online, unfortunately.) who everyone wants to become the next tumblr sexyman. All because of his voice. To be fair, it is a nice voice.
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hi elle! first of all, i loooove your analyses and i've been checking your blog religiously after ep7 so i can calm down about the shitshow that is raymew...
now that i'm calmer, i have a few thoughts as a film major with a screenwriting obsession: according to one of the most well-known and accepted versions of the three-act narrative structure, we can say that the thatcar.mp3 blowing up was the halfway point of the story (ep6 of 12) where shit starts hitting the fan for real.
and the fallout of it is raymew: the false victory/defeat that usually occurs before we build up the actual climax. which will probably blow up in 11 because this is a thai bl and spill into 12 bc of what first said abt khao's intense scene in 12. and also you can't just have a whole-hour ep as an epilogue, especially in a series as messy (affectionate) as this.
i'm kinda done theorizing plotlines bc raymew fucking blindsided me, i didn't think they would actually go there. but looking at it as a false defeat (for sand and top) and a false victory (for ray and mew) it makes such perfect sense that as upset as i still am, i'm also kinda amazed at how brilliant the writers were for this...
so i have no idea what the actual climax is going to be, or how we'll get there, but i'm pretty confident about a sandray endgame from a narrative standpoint. i don't think that endgame is gonna be particularly healthy or happy, but i think it's gonna be pretty hopeful, if still somewhat ambigious.
(also on that note: i kinda love that jojo et al. are using the fixed pair concept to move the narrative along without spending a lot of time establishing the ships in the series (as angry as i am about the lack of sandray scenes lately...). we know that forcebook (topmew) and firstkhao (sandray) are likely ending up together, so they can introduce as much mess as they can into the story without fucking them up for good. i think it's a pretty genius way of subverting but also honoring the genre tropes we've come to know and love.
anyway, i'm done now klsdmgk keep up the brilliant work!!!
Hi Fen! That is so sweet of you! Honestly made my day. I’m trying to stay hopeful, mostly because so many people in the fandom seem to be in a very hopeless state right now over SandRay, but I still firmly believe it can work out between them. The way forward is rocky, but there is a way forward nonetheless.
I know Thai BLs have a tendency to let shit hit the fan in Ep11 and then clean it up in Ep12, and while I also fully expect that to be the case here, I hope that doesn’t mean they’ll rush through the resolution. I mean I would take an hour-long episode of SandRay: Adventures in Chiang Mai, but realistically I don’t think we’ll see much future stuff.
I’m thinking the climax for each couple will be much more personal—as in, within the pairs themselves rather than outside of them. So for SandRay this could be Ray’s addiction and commitment issues, etc. (It could have to do with Sand’s ex, but I think the bulk of that conflict will pass before Ep12). For TopMew, this could be about trust, with Top possibly making some grand gesture to win Mew back over, or Top demonstrating his love for Mew by saving Mew from himself (similar to next ep?)? For BostonNick, it could be Boston realizing his feelings for Nick and trying to win him back over, only to realize that Nick helped Mew get the sex tapes from Gap? Or that Nick really has moved on. Idk, I’m just brainstorming at this point, because yeah, after RayMew happened, I genuinely have no idea what to expect.
Side note, but I have a hunch Khao’s best scene in Ep12 is some sort of a mental breakdown? Maybe something similar to what we saw in Ep4. It’s got to be highly emotional to compete with the funeral scene in MLC. Maybe it’s Ray confronting his mother’s death again, but this time it’s Sand who pulls him out of his despair? Who knows.
Interesting point about how Jojo is using the established pairs…I really hope it is the case that FK and FB’s pairings make it out alive and all of this RayMew stuff is just for dramatics and will soon pass. That is the one negative to watching shows as they air (aside from the grueling wait between eps): I wish I knew how the couples will turn out so I don’t get my hopes up for nothing.
Also, because I know this is a hard time for all of us, I wanna say that my DMs and Ask box are always open! If we’re going to suffer, at least we can all do it together lol. <3
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TWO TOWERS THOUGHTS!!!!
there are more of these bc the two towers is probably my favourite of the trilogy, despite the distinct LACK of boromir ����
BUT i did notice a few things that baby birb totally ignored or forgot about!!! find out what they are........below 😈
one of baby birb's fav shots of aragorn was when he's lying across a rock tracking merry and pippin bc it reminded me of that one episode spongebob squarepants where the lads end up riding a rock to the customer's house 🤣 'it's not a boulder, it's a rock! a big, beautiful ROCK!!' lmao
baby birb ALSO loved all the shots of everyone running. as a smol individual, i had to run EVERYWHERE to keep up with the Tall Folk 😒 sure it was nice seeing THOSE feckers sprinting for a change!!
am still very confused about why anyone listened to grima what's his name, ur man's half the way to gollum u know 👀
tangential to the running scenes: i love aragorn's doofy run where he's flinging his one arm about like a silly. reminds me of my OWN unhinged run 🤣 (it is possible that these films are more deeply imprinted upon me than i thought 😅)
'LOOKS LIKE MEAT'S BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS!!!'
legolas's FACE every time he has an emotion. delightful
knowing that viggo mortensen broke his toe made me laugh at the helmet kicking scene tbh, i know it's meant to be poignant but that EXTREMELY REALISTIC scream of pain got me going like 🤣
shout out to treebeard holding merry and pippin in his tree hands. i kept thinking 'what if he just. smashes them together like barbie dolls 🤣'
ORCSES. HOBBITSES. i actually love gollum-smeagol, he's too pathetic for me to hate. HE'S LITERALLY SAT THERE SINGING HIS LIL SONG AND EATING A RAW FISH. LEAVE HIM GO HE'S NOT BOTHERING ANYONE ;A;
that gifset ruined everything for me. 'this forest is old......very old....' old as balls. that's just the line now. i no longer acknowledge the original. 😔
cheeky gandalf!! 'u wouldn't part an old man from his walking stick!! 🥺😳😘🤭🙄' (<- this is how birb thought using emojis worked a scant five years ago. be GRATEFUL i was not on tumblr back then, for the carnage would have been GREAT AND TERRIBLE!!!)
i love love LOVE the scene of the trio beating the shite out of the bg guys while gandalf walked slowly toward the king. u just see legolas punching a dude in the face, aragorn ZOOMING round in front of gandalf and off to the side, it's hilarious 🤣
whEN THEY TOSS GRIMA DOWN THE STAIRS LIKE JGY 👀
so many ICONIC lines!!! 'boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!!'
'it's the beards 👀'
U DROP ARAGORN OFF A CLIFF???? OH! OH! JAIL FOR ORCS!! JAIL FOR ORCS FOR 1000 YEARS!!!!
rip eowyn, she's so lonely and sad that the slightest validation from a hot guy she's known for five minutes was enough to make her fall stupid in love with him 😔
(i am also stupid in love with him, but it's different when i do it bc. um. uhhhh. 👀😳)
god he IS great tho, isn't he??? he's so dirty and greasy and wet and soggy, i love him and his dirty face and his dirty clothes and his dirty hands i love him i love him i lo
legolas got SO ANGRY about the orc telling them aragorn went over the cliff, he took it SO PERSONALLY. this makes birb want them to kiss each other 😊
they can kiss gimli as well, i don't mind!!
also the king awkwardly patting legolas on the shoulder like he's a slightly homophobic dad trying to comfort his gay son after a break-up, 'i still care about u but im super uncomfortable so im just not gonna say anything ok?? ok. manly head nod. im out 😐'
OPEN MOUTH KISSING??? BEFORE MARRIAGE????!!!!!!! OBSCENE!!!!!! LEAVE ROOM FOR THE HOLY GHOST!!!
side note: poor elrond, here he is trying to make sure his daughter has a good life and all she wants is to marry the dirty ranger like
'u think u know a girl, u raise her for 2000 or whatever years, organise her birthday parties and buy her a pony and teach her how to control the river, and then in the end she leaves u behind and marries a guy with a fraction of her lifespan, dooming herself to future suffering and despair smh 😔'
also arwen's face when aragorn is breaking up with her,,,,,'what did daddy say to u?? this is bc of what he said, isn't it?! i can't believe he's still interfering with my love life!!!!' ;A;
that lil ~half caress~ aragorn does to legolas's hand when he's returning arwen's necklace to him????? it's like??? idk super romantic??? it made my stomach go SWOOP?? if i stare at a gif of this scene i feel a bit dizzy??? is that weird. am i. weird 👀
i want them to make out with each other, sorry lads 😔
the annoying thing in all these medieval fantasy type stories, when there's not enough men for the war, they're always conscripting 10 year old boys, while the teenage girls and young women without any kids are hiding with the elders and children. LIKE. HOW can u justify sending little 8 yo haleth son of hama to the front lines?? LOOK AT HIM!! HE'S TINY!!! surely a 15 - 21 year old young woman would have a better chance of NOT DYING than a wee lad!!! they're peasants, they're used to hard labour!! do directors/writers etc think it's more ~realistic~ or sth?? do ppl think NO WOMAN ever took up a sword in a crisis??? even if certain things are Not Done (and in some places, even under penalty of DEATH), the Rules tend to fly out the feckin window once there's an emergency!!! I THINK 10,000 ORCS MARCHING ON HELM'S DEEP COUNTS FOR AN EMERGENCY???????
all im saying. is if we're all going to die anyway, then EVERYONE should get a sword. even the kids. ESPECIALLY the kids. it went really well in the walking dead when the lil girls each had a pistol. i promise i can be trusted with weapons i p romi s
the best thing in medieval-style warfare is when the two armies stand across from each other and shout insults back and forth for a bit, like 'you're ugly!' or 'you're smelly!' or 'i slept with your sister, and it weren't anything to write home about!!'
please could somebody fetch gimli a ladder, ur mans can't see above the fecking wall like nnO NO NOT THAT KIND OF LADDER
legolas and gimli counting their kills will never NOT be funny to me
MY KING A BEAST!! LOOK AT HIM GO!!! HE RODE A FUCKING LADDER AND CRASHED INTO A BUNCH OF ORCS LIKE A KILLER WHALE GOING AFTER SEALS!!! ;A;
god when he shoves open those doors and ARRIVEs it's so so so fucking hot. god he is sso hot. he's so hot i love him i love him i
lol they sneak out the side door like 'hee hee hoo hoo, no one shall see us~' 🤣
'TOSS ME!!!!!' *yeets the dwarf*
legolas SHIELD SURFING!!! HANG TEN, BRO!!! GNARLY WIPE OUT!!! 🤙
im sorry
imagine being such an asshole that u make the fucking TREES angry??? like, u make the trees hate u SO FUCKING MUCH. that they literally come MARCHING OUT OF THE FOREST to commit mass property damage???? 👀
when i watched the scene i shouted 'TILL BIRNAM WOOD DO COME TO HIGH DUNSINANE!!!!' out loud but nobody laughed ._.
come onnnn it's funny right??? esp since we know that 'no man of woman born' can kill the guy in the next film!!! iT'S FUNNY, RIGHT??? ;A;
sam and frodo tumbling down the stairs also made me laugh but i paid for it immediately after when sam goes 'it's your sam. don't you know your sam?' fucknig KILL MEEEEE PLS
the most iconic, most beautiful, most painful line of the film-----the one that always makes me cry, the one i couldn't forget if i wanted to, the words that stand between me and DEATH------
'That there's some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.'
GOD. IM FUCKING DEAD 😭😭😭😭 beautiful delivery as well, shout out to samwise gamgee for being the best man to walk middle earth, i will now lie in a puddle of my own tears _(:3」∠)
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The Killer did come to cinemas here! I had to get my brother to drive me over an hour, but I got to see it!
It wasn't quite what I was expecting story-wise, I had thought it'd be very simple and probably a relentless chase once she was kidnapped and that would be most of the movie, but the plot was actually sort of complicated with more slower, quiet scenes than I anticipated.
The action was certainly everything I expected! Spectacular. I need to watch it again to take it all in. And it was funny (the moment when he's shooting dudes and just casually takes a sip of his latte absolutely killed me, fucking iconique), but it was also way darker than I imagined. It was a lot more grounded and visceral than John Wick, the film it's always being compared to, despite Ui-gang being even more unstoppable and unflappable than John. He's a more realistic and slightly more developed character, which in turn raises more questions about his moral dubiousness when he goes around murdering people fairly indiscriminatingly. It was rated 14A so I was kinda shocked by how bloody the violence was. I've seen 18A movies that felt tamer.
The really big question for me that was never answered was... does his wife Know? And if she didn't before, what's he going to tell her at the end to explain things? He's going to have to tell her something.
Further actual thoughts on the film perhaps later, but right now I'll just note that beautiful man looks somehow even more beautiful on the big screen and I need one of those giant fancy tvs with the true blacks in order to watch him on at home. Because. Oh my God.
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waitingonavision · 2 years
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Character Design, A Comparison
Alright, finally, here’s the post I alluded to in this ask. Image-heavy.
CW: It deals with the realistic/dramatic yet low-key (not called attention to despite being there visually) depiction of starving characters in animated movies. While Bruno Madrigal is the driving force behind this post, since it’s his design under question, I’m using Aaron from The Prince of Egypt for comparison.
I think both characters rebut the (understandable) contention that it’s not possible/ideal to show... visibly starving characters, especially protagonists, in what are frequently dubbed “kids’ movies.” I’m also not sure why I didn’t bring up PoE or Aaron sooner; dishonor on me, dishonor on my cow.
For some context: Aaron, the older brother of Moses in the Exodus story, is roughly 21 in the scenes that are heavily blue-toned, and probably between 35-40 in the yellow-toned scenes. PoE takes liberties with the canonical timeline... I’m noting this because we know that Bruno is 50 in the film, and in order to keep in mind the wear over time on the two characters’ bodies (implied or otherwise shown onscreen), which probably doesn’t really matter for this discussion, but ah well...
Anyway, with Aaron and Bruno, there’s no mistaking that they’re in a bad way as a result of having to survive in awful situations... Unlike Bruno, Aaron shows a ton of skin, so it’s easier to see his condition—he does have his own “illusion of bulk” outfit, à la Bruno’s ruana, which I’ll mention at the end of this post.
For now, look at his arms, neck, chest, cheekbones, and cheeks:
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* Apologies for the quality—PoE has some notoriously difficult-to-edit scenes. I did my best to brighten up these caps. *
...Though it’s possible to argue that there’s some muscle definition in Aaron’s arms due to the labor he has to perform as a slave. His older sister, Miriam (pictured above), is actually noticeably softer, a bit stout—when it comes to shape language, they have that long-thin/short-round (rectangle/circle) dynamic to their designs. Aaron’s character design was as deliberate as any, and not just because it contrasts with Miriam’s (imo).
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In both of these caps, I want to point out that Aaron appears to have a somewhat rounded middle. In the first cap, Miriam is shaking him around (here’s scene in full, in fact—note how robust Moses is in comparison). He’s terrified in a limp sort of way, so I assume everything is relaxed and sagging a bit. It reflects what @reversia​ and others have said about organs being heavy and bellies naturally having some sag, even on very thin people.
Which is what we’ve been trying to figure out with regard to Bruno... #save us jared bush
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...And maybe it does matter that Aaron is 21 in the aforementioned PoE scenes.
Compared to 15-20 years older after the time jump:
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Is Aaron less soft after the time jump? He’s arguably even thinner, yet also broader. Visible outline of his rib cage... especially in the scene where Miriam’s startled him:
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And here, with the folding of skin at his side:
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Starved, yes. Skin that still folds and sags, also yes.
...“Bulking” article of clothing, also yes. Probably without the pathos that’s attached to Bruno’s ruana, though. ...Nope, wait, Aaron’s blue robe makes him look even more like his late mother. I found the pathos. I digress.
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...I feel like all I’m trying to say at this point is that Bruno and Aaron are ridiculously similar. High levels of fear and worry; a certain degree of hopelessness (Aaron is more like novelization!Bruno; canon!Bruno is more hopeful); generational trauma; deeply protective of family, with a self-sacrificing streak; interact with hoofed animals (horse and camel); reunite/reconcile with immediate family member(s). A badass moment near a body of water. They’re also big dorks. I DIGRESS.
Returning to the topic of character design: One of the reasons I thought PoE would be worth bringing up is because it certainly doesn’t pull any punches with the heavy and dire aspects of its story. That’s kind of the vibe I get with Encanto, too; for all the plot’s magic, topics are treated seriously and with respect, and for all the exaggerated features of its human characters, they still look realistically human.
Given the amount of research that went into each movie, I imagine they also considered the effects of starvation and malnutrition, and how they might portray them. I can’t help but think the filmmakers carried over these effects, including an element of round/softness, into the characters’ unhealthy appearances*... even as I remain totally (trepidatiously) open to what Jared Bush has to say about Bruno’s design and to the lingering ambiguity of the whys behind Bruno’s “mystery stomach.”
*and it does feel important to point out that their appearances are not idealized or shown as healthy
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scriptdogtor · 1 year
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Answered Ask Part 2: Can they Crash the Wedding?
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Original ask: https://www.tumblr.com/scriptdogtor/712265196084838400/one-of-my-favourite-scenes-in-tlm-is-when-the?source=share
Part 1
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What is this?: Bottlenose dolphin.
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ID notes: The first thing people think of when they need a generic dolphin. Has a long rostrum.
Can this species make it to the barge?: Yes. Most quantifiable animal facts on the internet aren’t averages. This is particularly true for things like land speeds, breach heights, and lifespans. We usually find the most exceptional recorded number and use that as our factoid and it distorts the real-life picture.
So while dolphins can breach absurdly high (~30ft), I couldn’t find data on what an average wild dolphin is capable of.
I’ve been avoiding make a decision on how high the barge sticks up from the water. I have no idea. Google says lots of barges only stick up like 12-15 feet above the water, which would be a breeze for most bottlenose dolphins. Getting down would be a different story and you’re not really supposed to land belly-first on a hard, dry surface.
But in the film all the dolphins do is hover in the air slightly and spit some water. Ignoring coyote time since this is animation, I’d buy dolphins being able to breach that height.
I don’t actually know if cetaceans are capable of spitting out a stream of water like humans can. I feel like it’d be more realistic for them to spew from their blowholes, and that has the bonus of being really, really gross. 
Is this species Asshole Enough?: Pretty much. The “dolphins are assholes” thing going around on the internet doesn’t have a lot of nuance, but a lot of wild dolphins are motivated by novel human reactions to things. This is why you shouldn’t interact closely with wild dolphins - if they find out you’re fun, that means the thing you’re on (dangerous boat) is fun, too.
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What is this?: Greater flamingo.
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ID notes: Flamingo native to the Mediterranean.
Can this species make it to the barge?: Yes. But I also checked the Crash the Wedding clip and I can’t actually find any flamingoes that participated. So...???
Is this species Asshole Enough?: I don’t actually know. I’ve never worked with flamingoes and I don’t know any flamingo keepers. My guess is probably not, since they’re not known for their human interactions, but large colonies of birds learn how best to get food and if that conflicts with human peace, watch out. This is why seagulls get the asshole treatment - their most efficient ways to get food involve harassing or stealing from humans.
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What is this?: California sea lions/fur seals that move weird...?
ID notes: These creatures have ear flaps, which means they can only be sea lions or fur seals. The only pinniped native to the Italian coast is the Mediterranean monk seal, and even then those are rare. That’s not these guys. Fur seals have longer flippers, but honestly it’s hard to tell because they have short flippers when they’re on the barge and they’re lighter like sea lions can be. Honestly, they probably referenced a bunch of seals/sea lions and California sea lions are the ones you tend to get when you’re looking up generic seals (they aren’t seals).
They look roughly the same size, so I want to say they’re all male since they have slightly bulkier heads? Again, this is probably an animation style thing I can let go. On the barge at least one has a sleek head while she’s bouncing Vanessa.
Can this species make it to the barge?: I couldn’t find an average porpoising height for these guys. They do jump on boats a lot, so a solid maybe?
Is this species Asshole Enough?: I mean, they’re highly motivated social creatures, kind of like humans. Humans are often assholes. They could do it.
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Shoutout to the pelicans you can’t see that well until they make it to the barge.
What is this?: Great White Pelican.
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ID notes: This one is also kind of generic-animal animation - I say great white pelican since it’s native to Italy, huge, though not the largest type of pelican. They’re all white on the barge.
Can this species make it to the barge?: Gets a pass - it can fly.
Is this species Asshole Enough?: Birds that interact with humans tend to act like assholes because it’s how they survive around us. But they can hold prey in their mouths, so they can drop it just the same.
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You’d figure if he really had the answer to great editing that they would be winning editing and cinematography awards but they’re not. They’re always nominated for simply being a duo. They have single camera usage with low quality sound because you can never hear when they type “listen”, weird unfinished cuts, grainy imagery at times, no drone footage, reused stock footage, loud score music, over the top jump scares, rushed scenes that seem misplaced. Nowhere in that will he get nominates for any award at any film festival. And for someone who claims to love editing because he has many times on snap, xplrclub, twitter, he sure struggles with it a lot almost as if he DOESNT know what hes doing. I like their content but his insistence in micromanaging aggravates me and reminds me of Shmelton Shmastee.
If he wants it to be an apprenticeship like you said, make that into a xplrclub contest win, get an exclusive one on one class on editing with Sam Golbach. Doing this to already professionals is such a slap in the face. And we thought the notes he showed on his snap story last time were bad but 20pgs!!! The apprentice caption worried me because usually apprenticeships aren’t paid or paid after a certain amount of hours. They’ve never said how much it pays, if its remote, if they provide benefits, if this is entry level or advanced yet he’s already dictating their work? Other creators do list everything out there, i’ve seen postings for some streamers and even youtubers on industry websites.
He better not try to sale this as another money grab because i see people in the fandom always convincing them to film and sale everything they touch and i can very easily see his ego get inflated by this.
something that i have always noticed, especially when snc are in a time crunch, is that's when they try to pull out all the stops and do something new with their editing. and it now makes so much more sense to me when i realize that all of the weird edits usually boil down to sam and his…. ideas lol
that's not to say that colby is some fantastic editor. god knows he has his fuck ups too.
either way, i think the thing that pisses me off most about all of this is just that both of their parts are crucial to the editing process, but sam is the one that bitches about it the most and makes it seem as if he is doing all of it at once. like his part is complicated, i have no doubt it is, but clearly if he is constantly running into the issue that a) he can't train someone to do what he does or b) it is taking so long to find an editor…. maybe the issue is him, and not the crazy genius work he is doing lol
and hilariously that you mention mr. L10 bc me and @xplrvibes were saying the same thing sksksk
and while i do keep saying that at this point they should just hire a fan to edit their content, i'm only really saying that out of convenience and not bc i think it would be the best idea out there. turning it into a contest might end up badly, and also using a fan could actually become a shit show bc you would have to make sure they are trustworthy enough to not leak anything or freak out at the mere amount of interactions they would have to have with snc. also god knows this fandom would throw some form of a hissy fit about a fan winning a chance to be their editor…. it would just be messy.
however, if there was a "fan" out there that had at least some background knowledge of after effects, then that might be their best bet. it would make more sense to hire someone that knows the program but isn't really an editor since clearly sam doesn't want someone that has their own style of editing and will just copy what he does.
and they probably hide all of the details away just so they can weed out the fans that probably applied for the sake of wanting to talk to snc or whatever weird bs. realistically, it would probably be remote, possibly entry level or a bit above (depending on how much prior experience they are looking for) and little to no benefits. maybe i'm wrong tho, so don't take my word for it lol
as for his 20 pages, i would pay a solid dollar to read whatever shit he wrote out. but highkey i don't think anyone in the fandom will ever see those 20 pages unless snc plan to hire them. but please, sage samuel, tell me of the ways to edit your finest spooky videos. i must know how you do it lmaooo
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Day two: Lake mungo
My choice this time, after an exceedingly long time of me trying to get other films to work this was the first one I'd been hoping to watch that did. Generally liked it. @ungulatejunction seemed to more than me. Again wasn't particularly scared, mostly just sad though that might have been atmosphere we were watching it in. It's a good horror mockumentary, but the lingering emotions are sadness. It's deeply realistic though so if realism in horror is something that works for you I would definitely recommend it. For me I tend to prefer the out there unburdened by realism flicks but that's definitely a preference and one I know many people don't share.
Also I'm going to start using my 3 way horror ranking scale. And I'll put my review for American Werewolf in London at the end too. Basically my scale is to an extent Artistic merit, scares, atmosphere. These are my 3 main reasons for watching a horror film typically so overall score is less important to me than high ranks in an individual catagory. A film that scores 3 3 3 I would like less than something that scored 0 0 8. And the catagory it ranks high in is irevent to anything but what I want on a particular night. Also atmosphere doesn't have to be particularly scary, it just has to be good. Like rocky horror would get a solid 10 on atmosphere even though it's not scary in the slightest. This is also deeply subjective for me, if @ungulatejunction wants to give their own rank using this system or any other then it will be in the notes. This is based on my experience tastes and bias' but will try and note when that comes into play excessively.
So, with that said:
An American Werewolf in London:
Artistic merit: 8.5/10- incredible. I am only not going higher because I want wiggle room. The film is stunning, the technical effects are to die for, the story is heartbreakingly real. It deals with deeply interesting themes of survivors guilt, greif, mental illness, and inevitability.
Scares: 4/10- as I said in my review, it didn't scare me much. Most of this is for the transformation scene that was absolutely horrifying.
Atmosphere: 6/10- this would probably be higher for literally anyone who hasn't loved in rural England. It's as high as it is for the campus nature of most of the stuff in London as well as how good the actors are at establishing unease.
Lake Mungo
Artistic merit 6/10- it's a good pastiche of true crime with an interesting mystery at it core that asks some excellent existential questions. It's just the realism is not necessarily to my taste
Scares 1/10 - there was one jump scare near the end that got us but beyond that it really didn't do much for me.
Atmosphere- 5/10- it achieved what it was going for. The actors play normal people in a documentary very well, it's staged and filmed in a very grounded way. The ghost footage is very believable. But I didn't really feel myself getting sucked in. Partly because I really didn't emotionally connect with much if the cast. But that might well be a me issue and I'm sure if you could manage that it would be easier to enjoy
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stormcooper99 · 2 years
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My Top 5 Characters I Want to See in The Batman 2 or 3
Recently Matt Reeves has confirmed that we’ll be getting a sequel to The Batman starring Robert Pattinson returning to play the main role. I myself am excited about this, I love the movie so much! Next to Tim Burton’s 1989 film, Reeves’s 2022 adaption is quite possibly my new favourite version of the Batman.
 Now there’s one question that everyone’s been wondering, what’s next for Reeves’s Batman and which rogues gallery members will he face in the sequel?
 So here are my top five characters I want to see in the Batman 2 or 3. (Note: I’m excluding already previous shown characters such as Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman and Joker).
  5.  Two Face
 Following the ending of the film, Gotham’s main corrupt figures the mayor, police commissioner, DA and Carmine Falcone have all been killed by Riddler. With the new honest Mayor Bella Real things are likely to get better in the foreseeable future. However, there will also likely be a power struggle and a rise of crime.
 This would be the prefect to introduce Gotham to it’s newest DA Harvey Dent. I’m not sure if the relationship between Bruce and Harvey will be the same as in the comics or other films, but his role in aiding Batman could help further develop Pattinson’s character.
 Now I don’t think he should start off as Two Face in the second film, but perhaps near the end of the second one his initial “accident” takes place and continues off into the third film with Harvey becoming Two Face. Having Harvey start as an ally to Batman and end with him as his nemesis.
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4.  Killer Croc
 Reeves version of Batman takes a more grounded and realistic take on the more fantasy-based characters. Which makes things slightly limited when comes to introducing Batman’s other rouges. But that’s not to say it can’t be done.
 Killer Croc is one character who could work well and here’s why. We know Croc is man born with a mutation that gives him the scaly appearance of a crocodile. I’ve looked it up and there is in fact a real skin condition where someone can grow scales called Ichthyosis.
 Perhaps this version of the character could be someone who suffers from an extreme case of Ichthyosis. Not to mention now that Gotham City is flooded, it would make sense in a way, it’d be a good time for him to surface. Like a crocodile in water, get it?
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3.  Mad Hatter
 If someone like Matt Reeves can make the Riddler terrifying, imagine what he can do with the Mad Hatter. Being one of the lesser-known Batman villains Reeves could probably reintroduce this character to the big screen in a new unique way.
 For those who aren’t familiar with him, the Mad Hatter is a man who believes himself to be the fictional character of the same name from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This concept alone could work well perfectly for a possible sequel appearance.
 An example being that Mad Hatter could be a serial predator who kidnaps young girls “Alices” and forces them to take part in his twisted tea parties. With Batman having to do detective work solving clues related to Lewis Carroll’s works in order to find him.
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 2.   Scarecrow
 Apart from the Dark Knight trilogy, Scarecrow hasn’t been given much screen time as a main villain in any Batman related media. The horror aspect of the first film could follow on well into the two sequels. Especially if Scarecrow the master of fear were to be introduced.
 In The Batman, there is a drug epidemic going on in Gotham called Drops. These eyedrop based drugs were disturbed previously by Salvatore Maroni before Falcone took over prior the events of the film. With Falcone gone it could usher in Scarecrow with his own fear inducing drugs.
 At the end of the first film, Batman learns to be a symbol of hope and not fear. This would be a good chance to have Batman face someone who uses fear and challenge his new hope symbolism. Not to mention Batman being caught in a Freddy Kreuger style nightmare drug hallucination scene would really be cool.
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1.      Mr Freeze
 The most likely villain to appear in The Batman 2 (from what we’ve heard so far) is Mr Freeze. Now I’m not sure how they’re going to do Mr Freeze in a realistic grounded way, but Matt Reeves seems sure he can find a way to portray this character to work in the sequel.
 Mr Freeze is a very tragic character, he tries to save his wife Nora from dying from a terminal illness by committing crime. If you haven’t seen Hearts of Ice from Batman, The Animated Series I suggest watching it and you’ll see what I mean.
 Reeves’s Batman focuses on the tragedy based around the characters and how it can effect a person. Having Batman facing Freeze be a great way to establish character development for both of them. A live action version of Hearts of Ice is definitely something I would love to see.
So that’s my top five characters I want to see in the Batman 2 or 3. Let me know what’re yours and why?
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rustemtheheretic · 2 years
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4 reasons you will either love or hate Blood Red Sky.
1. Robert / Eightball.
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Eightball is one sick fucker - for lack of a better word. He's one of the most sadistic - and best characters I've ever seen in a horror film. I got Norman Bates vibes. Perhaps Joker vibes...? I feel like Alexander Scheer - the man who plays Eightball - birthed something more horrific than Sigourney Weaver did in Alien.
However...
Some of the dialogue they wrote for him was a bit over the top. Yes, he's a dramatic guy, but some of the lines didn't feel like they belonged in the script. I think they knew they had this amazing character, but they didn't know what to do, so they just threw everything at the screen to see what sticks, but they just ended up dumbing him down and wasted an opportunity to create something special.
2. Blood Red Hell.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's not called Blood Red Sky for nothing. There's a lot of blood floating around. It's juicy. There's more blood in here than in John Wayne Gacy's backyard, and it's beautiful to see.
However...
If you're looking for a gore-fest(which I know you are ;)), you might be disappointed. If you're going in here thinking you're going to get Texas Chainsaw Massacre Bus Scene type horror - it's not that. It's almost surgical, in a way.
3. It's as real as a doughnut.
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Despite it's supernatural element, the movie is very realistic. If you fear a re-imagining of 'Snakes on a Plane', you're in luck because this is not it.
However...
It's too real. When talking about Underworld, Len Wiseman said that with movies that deal with fantasy, horror or the supernatural, a lot of directors aim to make a realistic movie. However it would be more effective to create a world that the audience knows isn't real. It's almost reverse psychology. The audience now sees this world as real. They fall into a rabbit hole of fantasy.
4. It's a beautiful story.
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Underlying this bloody hell hole, there's a beautiful story of mother and son. As with all good movies, this primary relationship carries the film through it's bloody and meaty hallways.
However...
It takes itself too seriously. I hate horror comedies, but the majority of horror movies - Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre for example - have some element of comedy. You have to balance it out. There's none of that in here. The movie is long, and with absolutely no whimsy, you may find yourself feeling restless enough to bite your bae on the neck and suck there blood - surgically of course.
*Some more notes that I'll probably leave out of the video:
In my second point, I mentioned the blood is 'surgical'. In High School I job shadowed my dad and unbeknownst to me, I was going to watch a surgery where they had to remove the jaw of a patient. When I saw that, it was an out of body experience. It's a mind fuck when you see something like that in real life, because you're brain doesn't know how to process it. That's what I meant here. It's not gory per se, it's more realistic and brutal.
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Blog Post #3
After watching “Ouanga” also called “Love Wanga” I realized that it was a very harmful movie because of the images it portrays. When I was watching this film, I sided with Clelie because I knew that she was probably promised things by Adam. I do not think the director intended for us to side with her, but in a way, she is a victim because the person she loves does not return her affection simply because of her skin color. I know that during the time the film came out, people were still against interracial couples, but the film was intended to fuel this opposition. In the opening scene of the film, I felt that the dancing and the way everything was portrayed was not authentic. I felt like the film was just realized trying to demonize and misrepresent cultures. I saw that voodoo was misrepresented and was made to appear as this evil and dark magic, even though it failed. I realized that this was purposefully done to make Clelie appear as a monster and spread harmful images of black women as evil and vengeful. Although Clelie was the female lead she is painted as a horrible villain that harms a white character. Clelie does not have a good ending because she dies and this was her way of paying for her wrongdoings. I thought this film to be very racist and harmful for the black community because it just criminalizes them, spreads a harmful idea of monstrosity, and makes voodoo appear as this an evil, non-American practice. 
On another note, I think it was refreshing to see how film has evolved from the prior film I was talking about to addressing important issues about race and police brutality. In the 1992 version of Candyman, a lot of black people were being killed in the film randomly, but in this new Candyman, I liked how it sheds light on violence against black people. I particularly liked the scene near the end when Brianna is arrested and the police try to intimidate and threaten her into lying and saying that the shooting towards Anthony wasjustified, but she instead summons Candyman, who kills the police. I thought that that was rightfully deserved because they wanted to lie and justify their wrongful actions, but instead they got punished. Another thing I liked about this film is the difference in the portrayal of the projects because in the 1992 version, the projects are seen as this very dirty place because even the words “Sweets to the Sweet” was written in feces of the bathroom wall and stalls, which makes the people living here seem like animals since no one bothers to clean it up. In the scene of the bathroom in this 2021 version, we still see the poor conditions of the projects, but it is much more realistic and does not paint the community living here as these animals. I feel like the message of the film was centered on police brutality and abuse towards the black community because in the beginning, Sherman Fields is brutally beaten to death. Overall, I like this film a lot because it touched on gentrification and racial violence and got rid of the whole racist idea of black monstrosity that was seen in the 1992 version, and instead makes Candyman as an avenging character whose actions are justified. 
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