#plastic man 2004

[ufonaut]

Holey Moley! Oh, well, maybe we can get some kind of multi-issue funeral crossover out of it.

Plastic Man (2004) #20

(Kyle Baker)

#I FINISHED ITTTTTTTT #plastic man 2004 #billy batson #shazam #captain marvel #dr sivana #thaddeus sivana #bruce wayne #batman #mary batson #mary marvel #john stewart #green lantern #clark kent #superman #wally west #the flash #arthur curry #aquaman #diana prince #wonder woman #kyle baker #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #im sorry this was just so fucking funny #im ideologically opposed to making fun of ic but so fucking funny

[cringelordlikesplaz]

Edwina's adoption is objectively the most funny adoption I’ve ever read. Plastic Man didn’t know what he was getting into. “Well, you accidentally killed my dad but it’s cool ‘cause he was a vampire. Guess you’re my new dad.”

#i like edwina #i like all the kids writers have given plastic man #its hilarious #Luke: is this my son? am I going to be a good father? is our relationship too strained to ever get better? #Edwina: shit fuck i killed her dad oh fuck #Pado: girl help! a small child has adopted me! #plastic man #edwina #does edwina have a last name? #the 2004 run was wild

[kristina100000]

past two weeks have been like staring at a mannequin in a boutique with wide eyes and long eyelashes with nothing on but a green translucent scarf around its long neck and one plastic gerbera daisy placed behind its ear, just roller blading a lot and feeling the sun... going tomorrow to see this man thats selling his triumph rocket III from 2004 and i have beans and pork for dinner

[appleeatingscoundrel]

headcanon that cardan greenbriar has seen mean girls (2004). think about it, we all know that he had an obsession intrest in jude sometime post-canon tcp. he took a surface level dive into mortal media (as seen with his copy of alice in wonderland) can we also assume that he’s somehow watched movies as well?? this man has seen cult classic films. also, in a deleted scene holly wrote that he had a name for his posse (i don’t have screenshots rn trust me it’s there) and didn’t tell anyone. he has most definitely seen mean girls and wanted to akin to the plastics SO BAD.

#this is personal bias speaking but he as also seen the 2024 film trust me he told me himself #he’s regina george coded are you seeing the VISION #the folk of the air #tfota #the cruel prince headcanons #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #mean girls #mean girls musical #mean girls 2004 #mean girls movie #tcp #twk #jurdan #tqon

[stressedjester]

Covers from the 2004 Plastic Man comic run that I like

#woozy looks so fed up with his shit in the top left one #meffy rambles #plastic man #plas posting

[arthodox]

Warning: Mentioned Necrophilia

Billy Batson was murdered and was a victim of necrophilia in a comic

I just found this out but apparently Billy Batson was once killed by sivana, who then called Dr.Light, who then committed necrophilia to his body afterwards and no one talked about. This was back in 2004 and was essentially a shitpost used as a way to critique DC at the time for its gritty and grim theme.

PLASTIC MAN (2004) ISSUE #20

I'm quite shocked at this since no one has ever mentioned this and it was never brought up again. I tried looking more into it but it just has me running around in circles.

Does anyone have thoughts on this?

#billy batson #dc #shazam #dc captain marvel #dc comics

[mediocre-quill-ink]

Hihihi I'd like to request some Ralph pls :} He's so cute smh I'm crazy about him. I'd really like a smut fic that also focuses on him being a more possessive and jealous type, with the reader loving it and encouraging him acting that way. And the same common femdom reader shenanigans 😈 (I feel like that's %90 of the simp audience for this man tbh)

Plastic Flowers

Summary: You go to a friend's wedding with Ralph as a plus one. While there, you bump into your high school friend. while catching up, Ralph gets a little possessive.

Content: smut (duh), you and Ralph are at a wedding party, reference to the movie Alexander (2004), TW mention of Jared Leto, gets a little angsty, slight blood mention, car sex, bouquet as sex toy? Kinda? Ralph is insecure :(

An: I feel so bad making Ralph feel jealous, help. I tried my best encouraging it but I felt guilty and gave in. I'm so sorry 😭

I let out a heavy sigh, looking around the room.

I was standing next to a long table decorated with lace and various treats. cake, salad, sandwiches, punch, champagne, all wafting at my senses. It was my friend's wedding after party and I was just as excited as I was exhausted.

"None of these flowers are real!" Ralph whisper yelled at me, gesturing to another vase of red and purple pastic hydrangeas. All evening, he's been trying to find a good vase or pot of pretty plants to admire, only to come to the realization they were fake. I smiled and patted his back. "I'm sorry, sweet heart." I mumbled back, reaching for a sandwich. "Why have flowers if they aren't real? The smell is a part of the experience!" I pulled the sandwich in, "I know." I sighed, taking a bite. And taking a step towards the plastic flowers, touching them. "Maybe, I'll buy you some tomorrow, hm?" he stared at the colorful mass on my finger tips, sighing "ralph would like that." he then flenched as some one passed us by, grabbing for my arm.

the entire time we've been here its made ralph stressed. i'm the only human ralph trusts and even then he's still jumpy time to time because of something i did. but being surrounded by them must have caused stress i cant imagine he's experienced in a while. honestly, i insisted he should stay home while i went to the party but hes grown more and more possessive of me every day. fallows me around like a stray dog. not that i mind, i honestly find it very sweet. but in situations like this it makes me worry.

i used my spare arm to gently pet one of his squeezing hands, using my thumb to rub the white plastic knuckles. "its alright." i whispered, leaning into him while looking around the room. clusters of people talking, laughing, some dancing, tables scattered here and there with the occasional person sitting and eating. "ralph does not like being here. ralph wants to leave." he groaned. "i know." i replied "i'm proud you've made it this far though. we'll stay a few more minutes and then we can leave alright?" he nodded, still holding a ferm grasp. as we stood there i finished my sandwich, still looking around the room when i spotted someone.

he was average height, a brown mop of hair, and green eyes. dressed in simi formal suit, clearly threw it on last minute. he was fidgiting with silver piercing's on the shell of his ear while he was standing by the far end of the snack table. clearly trying to decide between two drinks.

"oh. my. god." i spoke, a smile slowly creeping on my face. "what?" ralph asked back, almost alarmed. "thats Glenn! hes a friend from highschool." i explained, while fireworks of excitement bubbled in my chest.

"hey, Glenn!" i shouted. suddenly his long hair whipped around as he turned to look at me, a smile spredding on his face. "y/n?" he asked, his feet shifting away from the table to make his way twords me.

raplh suddenly squeezed harder at my arm, i could feel the plastic shell boring into my skin, finger nails surely leaving dents. i barely winced, it was a feeling i was used to but still hurt when i wasn't expecting it.

"Glenn, I'm so happy to see you here." I beamed. my brain raced with high school memories. most consisting of me hanging out with him while he caused trouble around school or the neighborhood. I usually didn't have the courage to cause chaos, but i loved to watch. Eventually we lost contact a few years ago after he got arrested for breaking and entering and vandalism. "i am, too! oh my god, how are you doing?" he asked, planting fists onto his hips, black nail polish shining. it looks like he's grown a beard since the last time I saw him. it suits him well. "I'm doing great, you?" he sucked in a deep breath, looking to his side, his smile still beaming. "I'm doing pretty good though I have recently found out the person I've been talking to on MeetU was really just trying to scam me." he mumbled. I could feel ralph shifting next to me, shuffling to get behind me. "How did you find out?" i gasped, trying to keep my focus on Glenn. "Well, I kept trying to set up irl dates, and they kept asking for money instead." he sighed. "god, I'm so stupid. i should have picked up on it sooner." I laughed, "no, you would have been stupid if you gave them the money. I'm sure you'll find someone. I know it." Glenn's smile softened, rubbing his hand behind his neck "thanks I appreciate it."

his eyes finally shifted behind me, curiosity shing though his eyes. "so whos this?" he asked, gesturing to ralph. ralph squeezed harder, I could feel his body stiffening behind me. "this is Ralph, he doesn't really like strangers." I replied, squeezing his hand again, but it didn't seem to calm his nerves. "its nice to meet you ralph." Glenn greeted, nodding at Ralph. he still didn't budge. "don't take it personally. he doesn't trust most people." I whispered. Glenn just nodded in response. "lets go." ralph whispered, tugging at me slightly.

"attention everyone! the bride is getting ready to throw the bouquet!" I couldn't help but jump in excitement, causing another flinch from ralph. "oh my god, I have to join!" I exclaimed, "ralph, you stay right here, I wanna see if I can catch it!" ralph loosened his grip on my arm enough for me to pull away from him, and I ran into the crowd of giggling girls, I could hear Glenn's thumping footsteps fallowing after me.

the bride climbed up onto a stool and turned away, placing the bouquet in front of her. "Okay! one," she lifted her arms slowly. "Two," her arms rose higher, now above her head. "Three!" she exclaimed, finally hurling the flowers behind her.

my heart raced, suddenly feeling the mass of brides to be swarming together and knocking me around. i reached my arms up, fingers spreading into the air while i focused on the bundle of flowers making its way down. thats when my heart skipped a beat, i realized it was heading straight for me. a smile spread across my face as i wached it suddenly in slow motion make its way right above my head. i jumped and felt the tickling sensation of pettles in my hands.

i jumped up and down. "i caught the flowers!" i exclaimed, a sudden surge of excitement causing my heart to pump against my rib cage. "yessss!" cried a familiar voice, glenn rushing at me, his arms wide open. before i could react to the charging figure, he scooped me up into a big hug and spun me around. i smiled, tossing my arms around him and began to think about ralph. a good fortune. a successful relationship. i could feel a blush rush to my cheeks as he set me down. "Congrats." Glenn whispered. "Whoever your dating is lucky." My heart thumped in my chest." Thank you. i am, too." he smiled, placing a hand on my shoulder "ooooh who is it?" he practically squealed. "It's actually Ralph! the android I'm with." i explained, still blushing. i ran my finger's through the soft petals, real petals. i gasped at the realization and pulled the flowers in to smell. they were sweet and bitter. "The one with the scar?" he asked, mimicking dragging claws across his face. i nodded. "Of course, which other android was i with?" i joked. "Just checking. but no, that's great. i don't know anything about him, but he looks badass. so good on you for that." he mused. "You have no idea. Let's just say he's skilled with the knife." i half joked, looking behind Glenn's shoulder, to the corner where i left ralph and my heart sunk. he wasn't there. my smile dropped, and Glenn immediately noticed.

"Is everything alright?" he asked, looking behind his shoulder. "He's gone." i muttered. "ralph?" Glenn asked. "Yes." i replied, shoving past him a sudden surge of adrenaline rushing through me. where did he go? did something happen? he wouldn't just walk off in a place like this. "Where did ralph go?" i asked, knowing Glenn wouldn't have an answer. he was about to respond, but i cut him off. "You look around inside the venue. if you see him, don't approach him, just tell me. I'll look outside, okay?" i didn't even let him respond. My feet began to march their way to the double doors outside.

I pushed open the doors and looked around. It was dark, the sun set long ago. Crickets rang in the cold air. My eyes were having a hard time adjusting to the darkness after standing around a bright gymnasium. "Ralph?" I yelled. I used my memory to walk around, eyes not yet adjusted to the darkness. I placed a hand against the wall of the building, fingers tracing against the rough brick and turned the corner, walking down the stone path. "Ralph? It's y/n." My heart raced, worry boiling. What could have caused him to run away? Did someone try to hurt him? I stumbled, foot caught on a stone tile before continuing. I let my hand off the wall and followed the path of stone tiles in the grass, my eyes finally settling a little bit.

The area was mostly barren. Dry St Augustine grass crunching below my feet, the occasional small roughed up shrub sticking out of the ground. It wasn't until I rounded a tree saw a glowing red led. "Ralph?" I ask.

"Hi." He whispered back softly. "I was so worried about you." I cooed."What are you doing out here?" He ran his finger against the crevices of the bark, jaw clenching,"Ralph became upset. Ralph had to leave before he did anything he regretted." His voice was wavering as he spoke, his eyes fallowing his finger as it trailed down the tree. I sighed, tilting my head slightly "what got you so upset?" I asked gently, leaning against the tree. He stiffened for a moment. "It was-"

"y/n!" I whiped around to see Glenn rounding the building, walking down the same stone tile path I was, he was looking around blindly and stumbling over tiles like a lost dog. "I'm over here!" I called, waving my hand as if he could see it. He quickly adjusted his route and made his way twords my voice.

Ralph recoiled, squaring his shoulders. "I couldn't find him. I even asked around." He leaned over, pressing his palms against his knees and panted like he was catching his breath. Did he really run around the entire venue?" It's alright, I found him. Thank you for helping out." Glenn nodded, standing up straight. "It's no problem." He gasped, wiping the sweat from his brow. It made me laugh. "Do you still have my number?" I asked, patting for the phone in my pocket. "I do. I've been meaning to text you for a while now but I can never figure out how to start a conversion after all this time." He replied, fidgeting with his earrings again. "It's cool. I get that completely. But text me soon alright? I wanna catch up." I continued to pat my pockets, checking that I still had everything I came here with. "I will."

After spouting goodbyes to friends and long hugs to the bride and groom, Ralph and I finally made our way into our car. The drive was long back to the city scape of Detroit, and Ralph was surprisingly quiet.

I began to fidget with my hands when I realized I still had the bouquet in my hand, now a bit wilty. "Oh, Ralph. I caught this." I muttered, lifting up the soft flowers. He looked at them and nodded once, " ralph saw." He replied dryly. "But look," I whispered, reaching his hand. For a moment, he flinched, hand withdrawing further onto his lap before softening and slowly offering his hand into my fingers. I gently lifted his hand and placed the bouquet in his palm. "They are real!" I beamed. He lifted the flowers up, observing and used his other hand to feel the petals. Then he smelled them. A smile grew on his face for a moment before dissolving again. My chest ached. "What's wrong?" I asked softly. He removed one of the flowers from the bouquet, setting the rest on his lap and twirled it in his fingers. "Ralph does not like your friend." He stated. "Why?" I asked, heart skipping a beat.

His Adam's Apple bobbed. "Ralph does not like him." He stated again. his gaze was hard as he observed the flower.

My brows knit with confusion, trying to decipher Ralph's statement. It's not like he did anything wrong, he was nice through and through. He was always smiling, he was funny, he wasn't even mean in a joking manor. Then it hit me. Getting lifted up my Glenn, I was blushing. Did he think...

At first I was sad. The thought of Ralph thinking I would even consider leaving him hurt but then came... a giddy feeling. I even suppressed a smile at the realization. Ralph was jealous. Jealous because of me.

"Ralph. why don't like him?" I stated calmly. Blush rushed to my cheeks the more I thought about it. I knew Ralph was clingy but I've never had someone be jealous.

"Ralph doesn't like he looks at you." He mumbled, observing the snipped end of the stem, running a thumb over it. Then, a fire sparked in my chest. a sense of pride. "Looks at me?" I hummed. "Yes. He looks at you with so much... focus. He must be thinking things about you." At that, my heart jumped.

I knew Ralph didn't know him but trust me, he wouldn't. Glenn had a very funny coming out moment when he showed me Alexander. A movie from 2004 about Alexander the great. It was bad but entertaining. Glenn let it slip that this movie was his gay awakening when he was a kid, while the scene of Jared Leto dieing of an infection in his balls played. I had a good laugh at the timing.

I suppressed a laugh. "Oh? And how can you tell if he's thinking things about me?" Ralph's chest tightened, bending the stem barely. "Ralph just knows it. Anybody would."

I tilted my head slightly "anybody?"

"You're to pretty. Everyone must be thinking about you. Ralph doesn't like people thinking about you like how Ralph does." My cheeks burned.

"Really?" Was all I could muster out, trying to keep my voice low.

"Ralph didn't like the way he touched you either. Only Ralph should hold you like that." He picked a petal off the flower. "Ralph saw the way you smiled. Ralph saw the way you blushed. You feel that way about him too."

I wanted to reassure Ralph I had no feelings twords Gelnn. He was just a friend. Nothing more. but my lust for this new attitude was to powerful. I wanted to hear more.

Suddenly, my phone pinged. I looked down to see Glenn sent me a text. My heart skipped a beat, and I opened it. He sent me a meme followed by "wanna hang out sometime?" In the corner of my vision, I could see Ralph turning his head to look at my phone.

"Absolutely." I reply, hitting send. Then turn my phone back off, setting it on my lap. The air suddenly thickened, I could feel Ralph's eyes burning into me.

"You do not want Ralph?" He asked, voice suddenly cracking. For a moment, my heart dropped. I heard my phone ping again but I didn't answer. I let the sound fill in whatever jealousy I want him to feel as I spoke. "Sweet heart, I'll always want you." I replied softly, offering my hand to his leg. He didn't pull back, so I placed my hand on his knee, rubbing it with my thumb. "You're lying to Ralph. You Want Glenn. Don't lie to Ralph."

"I've never lied to you before. Why would I lie now?" I offered. My heart swelled at how upset he became. I felt terrible honesty, but I was enjoying this to much. "Because Ralph is bad! Ralph is not Glenn!" He suddenly snapped the stem of the flower. For a moment, regret shown in his eyes, looking at the now torn flower. He twirled the two pieces In his hands, his led glowing red.

I squeezed his knee softly. "I don't want you to be Glenn." I whispered. He finally met my eyes. They were sad, angry, frustrated. "I want you." I added, then looked down at the boquet in his lap, reaching for a rose. The thorns pricked at my fingers, I could feel the blood trickle down my finger, but I didn't mind. "You don't mean that." He whispered firmly.

"I can prove it to you." I whispered, slowly moving my hand up his thigh. He tensed but didn't pull away. "How?" He asked, his voice breathy as he stared at my hand. "Pull over." I ordered, just after, the self driving car pulled off the road. It was empty, complete silence aside from crickets chirping in the distance. "Get to the back seat, Ralph." Or ordered softly. His led swirled yellow, then blue, then back to yellow. Without speaking, he set aside the bouquet and crawled into the back seat, sitting uncomfortably.

I picked up the bouquet, admiring it for a final time. The wilted flowers leaning against my hands, purple and red petals fluttering to the floor of the car. Beautiful. made my way to the back of the car, "undress for me." I ordered. His face tinged blue but didn't object, white and peach fingers undoing his suit. The tie, the buttons, the coat until he was completely naked. Patches of skin worn off from past abuse, dents, and scratches littered across his body. He was beautiful. "Good boy." I whispered. "Now lay down." He did as told without hesitation, though he still looked tense, shoulders square. "Ralph, do you really think I don't love you?" I placed my hand back onto his worn knee, feeling the rough scratched plastic. He must have fallen hard in the past. "Sometimes Ralph worries he's not good enough." he mumbled, hands playing with the fabric of the car seats. he was subconsciously chewing on his lip, eyes wondering across my body. "not good enough?" I asked, moving my hand up his thigh "why?"

"well," he started, bringing his hands together, picking at his finger nails. "ralph is bad. he is damaged." his jaw clenched, "ralph can not control himself. ralph is annoying..." he trailed off, led flashing between yellow and red.

"ralph." I stated, squeezing his leg "you are to harsh on yourself. you're great, and I'm proud to have you as a partner." I lifted the bouquet in my other hand, "you don't have to love yourself, not right now but i want you be nicer to who you are." I let the bouquet hover above his synthetic skin, the petals tickling at his thigh.

he let out a soft gasp, biting his lip. "now, will you be a good boy and do as i say?" he nodded eagerly squeezing his fingers. "good."

I trailed the flowers up his thighs, the soft petals leading up to his cock. teasing it with the feathery sensation. he let out another soft gasp, mouth slightly opening. "does that feel good?" I hummed, making a small circle. he nodded in reply, rolling his hips into the petals, some falling onto his lap. I smiled at this reaction and continued to tease his member, watching it grow into a hard on. he was above average with a nice curve, subtle veins, his tip already shiny with pre. I teased the tip, wisteria stimulating the swollen head. he let a soft moan escape his lips. "please." he whispered. jutting into the flowers. I tisked, pressing his hips back onto the cushions. "Don't be too eager. I don't want these to lose its petals too quickly." he let out a frustrated sigh in response, still rolling his hips into the flora.

the flowers trailed up and down his cock for a final time before leading up his stomach, skin streching as he arched his back at the sensation, a small whimper escaping his lips. "no." he breathed, hips trying to fallow the flowers but i held him firm, continuing to move up to his expanding chest, faux muscles streching with soft heaves. "stay still for me, hm?" he whined in response, turning his head to the side and chewing on his nail, his led glowing a beautiful amber and blue mix. "hey, look at me." i ordered softly, moving the flowers to one of his nipples, swirling the soft foliage. he let out another pant and turned his head back to look at me, eyes desprate. "please." he breathed again, eyes going foggy for a moment. "please what?" i lulled.

he pressed his head against the seat, brows flexing. "please. touch Ralph." i hummed in response, moving the bouquet to the other nipple, making soft stroking motions "oh but, you've been so mean to yourself today. I don't think you deserve it~" he whined in response, again attempting too jut his hips into nothing. "this isnt fair!" he cried. "ill give you what you want if you say something nice about yourself." i offered, now trailing the flowers slowly up his throat causing him to shiver. a low moan escaped his lips, head rolling back slightly. "thats mean." he whined.

i tisked, trailing the flowers back down his chest before removing them from his body completely. "thats fine. i guess we can just go home then." i sighed, pretending to play with the flowers. they were now slightly damp with pre in patches. i guess they helped work him up more than i thought. "No. no, no, I'll be good. Ralph can be good. don't leave him like this." i looked back at him, his cock was swollen, face flushed, eyes pleading with desperation. i raised an eyebrow and dangled the bouquet above him again but not letting it touch him. "then say something nice about yourself." he layed still for a moment, led swirling wildly, brows knit together deep in focus.

come one. say something. i thought

After a long silence, "ralph cant think of anything." he whispered. my heart stung, sucking in a deep breath i tried to keep in character. "do you remember all the complements i give you?" i ask softly, using my hand holding down his hips to stroke against his skin with care. he nodded silently. "say one of those like you mean it."

he took another moment to think before finally stating "Ralph has pretty eyes." i let a smile appeer on my lips, finally lowering the flowers onto his stomach and ceressing his skin, using my other hand to wrap around his cock, making slow strokes. "good boy~" i whispered.

He let out a pathetic moan, jutting his hips into my hand as I stroked his length "what else?" I asked, running my thumb across his slit and continued to stroke. "Um-" he stammered, eyes loosing focus for a moment. "R-ralphs hair is soft..." He gasped. The sound of his internal fans kicked in. It was a quiet sound, nothing more than subtle background noise but helped when his systems began to overheat.

"Good~" I cooed.

The soft sounds of his wet length being stroked filled the car, whiny gasps, and moans breaking up the lewd sounds. He squirmed beneath my hand, just a little. He always tried to be a good boy, but he's just a little sensitive by nature.

"What else, darling?" I whispered. A sharp whine escaping his mouth, I could feel him twitching in my hand "I- I uh..." He gulped hard. "Ralph is- is pretty." His hand was now resting on his forehead, his cheeks flushed blue. I picked up the rythem, squeezing just a little harder. He choked out an almost pornographic moan. "The prettiest." I cooed, leaning over to place a kiss on his whimpering mouth. He was rough and needy, soft lips greedy for intimacy. I dropped the bouquet on the floor of the car, using my now free hand to play with his nylon hair. It really was soft. A distinctly artificial feel but not in a bad way.

The blonde locks tangled between my fingers as he pulled me deeper into the kiss, tongue reaching into my mouth, which I abliged to, allowing him to deepen the kiss. How cute. He's so sweet and obedient.

I slowly pulled away, taking time to catch my breath to the disappointment of Ralph. "R-ralph is getting close." He moaned, led glowing yellow. I continued to stroke his length, his cock twitching more frequently in my hand. His voice Bagan ro waver as he neared his end, moans become more erratic. "Tell me one more good thing about yourself and ill let you cum." I coaxed. He stammered, trying to find words but his mind became to foggy. "R-ralph dosnt know." He breathed desperately, humping into my hand. "Hmm. That's a shame." I teased, making a show of slowing down my fist. "N-no!" He cried, trying to keep the friction going. I kept my slowed pace ordering "just one little thing. It's all it takes." He groaned as he thought, rummaging around his circuit board for something.

"Ralph is a good boy." He stated, not with the most confidence but he sounded like me meant it. At least enough.

I smiled in response, continuing my previous pace and he came to his climax quickly. Twitching and gasping underneath my touch. "The best boy." I whispered, running my hand up his heaving body. Internal fans running high in his overheating body.

"How are you feeling?" I whispered, coming close to cradle his face in my chest. He leaned into my touch without hesitation, panting "good."

I let him settle from his high until his breathing settled back normal, the air was once again quiet except for the chirping of crickets in the distance. "I'm sorry I was so mean to you earlier about Glenn. I just want you to know he is just a friend. Nothing more and never was." Ralph didn't respond, just let out a sigh as he played with his fingers. His nails looked a little chewed sense the last time i saw them. "Ralph, he's gay." I finally stated. This time he glanced up at me, confusion laced in his expression. I couldn't help but laugh. "It's true!" I giggled, "I'm sorry I lead you on earlier, seeing you get jealous really did something to me" I stated, running my hand through his hair again, a twinge of regret looming inside of me. "I'll try not to be so harsh next time, but I have to admit I enjoy your possessiveness." I smiled, admiring his beautiful features.

"Ralph is okay?" He whispered, sad hope peaking through his tone. I smiled "more than okay. I wouldn't have anybody else." Leaning in to give him a soft kiss.

#dbh #detroit become human #ralph dbh #ralph x reader #ralph x reader dbh #dbh ralph x reader #ralph smut dbh #jealousy trope #dbh ralph smut

[oliveroctavius]

Ya putrid punks!

Police Comics #1 / Plastic Man (2004) #1 / Plastic Man (1988) #1 / Secret Origins #30 / Plastic Man (2018) #1 / JLA Presents Plastic Man

#plastic man #an iconic line #sorry for the plasticposting

[ufonaut]

Some super-villain is screwing up the continuity of Our Universe!

Plastic Man (2004) #8

(Kyle Baker)

#plastic man 2004 #plastic man #eel o'brian #justice league of america #justice league #oliver queen #green arrow #hal jordan #john stewart #green lantern #clark kent #superman #bruce wayne #batman #woozy winks #kyle baker #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #IM DYINGGG AT THIS #LITERALLY AVERAGE ISSUE OF JLA 1960

[datcloudboi]

List of Video Games Turning 20 Years Old in 2024

Alien Hominid (started off life as a Flash game and graduated to a real game.)

Army Men: Sarge's War (the sequel to the Sarge’s Heroes games, but this one was rated T for Teen and used realistic guns instead of plastic ones)

Astro Boy: Omega Factor (seriously, if you have a chance to play this, take it. This game is AMAZING)

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

The Bard's Tale (the 2004 version with the guy who played Wesley in The Princess Bride)

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings & the Lost Ocean (hey! That collection with this game and it's follow-up is out on the Switch now! Go get it!)

Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space

Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo

BloodRayne 2

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (this GBA game had a special cartridge that required you to go outside into the sunlight to power up your character in game)

Breakdown

Bujingai: The Forsaken City (the game where you play as Gackt)

Burnout 3: Takedown

Call of Duty: United Offensive

Call of Duty: Finest Hour (a side story to the original Call of Duty, which came out the year before)

Capcom Fighting Evolution (the darkest of the dark age of fighting games)

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums (a full-on adventure game where you play as the mascot of a series of edutainment games)

Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (the rare movie-in game that's not only really good, but is actually better than the movie it's based on)

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage + Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy

Crash Twinsanity (a childhood favorite)

Crimson Tears

Crusader Kings

Custom Robo (the first one in the series to release in North America)

Cy Girls

Dead Man's Hand

Dead or Alive Ultimate (remakes of Dead or Alive 1 and Dead or Alive 2)

Def Jam: Fight for NY (the vastly superior sequel to Vendetta)

Dog's Life

Doom 3 (the original version. Hope you've got a flashlight on you...)

Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors

Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (the final game in the Legacy of Goku series)

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3

Drakengard (Yoko Taro's debut as a game director)

Driver 3

Evil Genius

Fable (another childhood favorite)

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (the last Fallout game made by Interplay before Bethesda acquired the IP.)

Far Cry (the very first one.)

Feel the Magic: XY/XX (a launch title for the Nintendo DS)

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (the only Final Fantasy game to release for the GameCube)

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (remakes of the first two mainline Final Fantasy games)

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

Front Mission 4

F-Zero: GP Legend (the last F-Zero game to release for almost 2 decades, until F-Zero 99 released in 2023.)

Galleon

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (the PS2 one. There was another version of SAC that released for the PSP a year later that is completely different.)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2

Ghosthunter

Godzilla: Save the World

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

Gradius V (the last mainline Gradius game)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto Advance (yes, there was a GTA game on the GBA.)

Growlanser Generations

Guilty Gear Isuka

.hack//Quarantine

Half-Life 2

Halo 2

Hitman: Contracts (the third one)

Hot Shots Golf Fore! (yet another childhood favorite)

It's Mr. Pants (Rareware made this for the GBA after being acquired by Microsoft)

Jak 3

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

Katamari Damacy (the very first Katamari game)

Killzone (PlayStation's supposed "Halo killer".)

KOF: Maximum Impact

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Lifeline (a microphone-based survival horror game for the PS2 by Konami.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (a turn-based RPG that uses the exact same battle system as Final Fantasy X.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth

Mario Golf: Advance Tour

Mario Party 6

Mario Pinball Land

Mario Power Tennis (not to be confused with "Mario Golf: Power Tour" for the GBA.)

Mario vs. Donkey Kong (the first one, which is getting a remake for the Switch in February!)

Maximo vs. Army of Zin

MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Mega Man: Battle Chip Challenge

Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun/Blue Moon

Mega Man X: Command Mission

Mega Man Zero 3

Mega Man X8 (yeah, there was a lot of Mega Man stuff in 2004.)

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for the GameCube)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (SNAAAAAKE EATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR)

Metal Wolf Chaos (LET'S PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY)

Metroid: Zero Mission (a remake of the original Metroid for the GBA.)

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Monster Hunter (the very first one)

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Mushihimesama ((a bullet hell that you’ve probably seen a lot of if you search for “HARDEST GAME OF ALL TIME?????” on YouTube)

Myst IV: Revelation

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Ninja Gaiden (the reboot from the Dead or Alive devs)

The Nintendo DS

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (an action-adventure hack & slash made by FromSoftware)

Painkiller

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (can you believe this is getting a remake this year??)

Phantom Brave

Pikmin 2

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (the last game in an series that started all the back in 1982 on the Atari 2600)

Pokemon Colosseum

Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (the 3rd one)

Red Dead Revolver (the predecessor to Red Dead Redemption.)

Resident Evil Outbreak

R-Type Final

Sacred

Samurai Warriors

Scaler

American McGee Presents: Scrapland

Second Sight

Serious Sam: Next Encounter

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (you know that “Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series” meme you guys love so much? This is where that came from.)

Silent Hill 4: The Room

Siren (a spirital successor to Silent Hill from the same creative director)

Sly 2: Band of Thieves

Sonic Heroes

Sonic Battle (an arena fighter for the GBA.)

Sonic Advance 3

Spider-Man 2 ((based on the movie of the same name. The one with the really good web-slinging)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (the 2nd one)

Spyro: A Hero's Tail (the 5th one)

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (the 3rd one)

Star Wars: Battlefront (the one that everyone liked)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

Steel Battalion: Line of Contact ((this, and the original Steel Battalion two years prior, used a special controller called the Mega-Jockey 9000, which had 44 buttons, two joysticks, a throttle handle, a radio channel dial, five switches, an eject button, and three foot pedals.)

Sudeki

The Suffering

Super Mario 64 DS

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (the 4th one)

Tales of Symphonia

Thief: Deadly Shadows (the 3rd one)

Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Total War: Rome

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Viewtiful Joe 2

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

X-Men Legends

#army men #astro boy #baldur's gate #the bards tale #baten kaitos #blinx #bloodrayne #gackt #burnout #call of duty #carmen sandiego #everquest #riddick #crash bandicoot #spyro the dragon #custom robo #dead or alive #doom #def jam #dragon ball #drakengard #fable #fallout #far cry #final fantasy #final fantasy crystal chronicles #front mission #f zero #ghost in the shell #ghost recon

[plasticmantalk]

Her: you better not be a plastic Man bootleg movie when I get there

Me:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ODXfbrCwdb8&pp=ygUUbGFzdGlrbWFuIGZ1bGwgbW92aWU%3D

Ha! I’d heard of this movie + character, in fact I made a thread on Twitter about it a few years ago, before the full thing was posted! I’ll have to check it out, thank you!

For those who don’t know Lastikman (or Lastik Man) is a Filipino superhero who has the same general powers as Plastic Man, and has received a few movie and tv adaptations, I think this is the 2004 movie? According to his (pretty undercooked) Wikipedia, he was originally an alien, but later versions made him get powers from a rubber tree.

I wouldn’t call the character a “rip off/bootleg”, I see him in a similar way that Mr. Fantastic or Elongated Man are in connection to Plas, inspired by him and his powers, but being their own characters. Definitely not a bootleg in the way that, say, Japanese Plastic Man was.

That all being said, I can sorta see how some would see Lastikman as that, especially with the 2003 versions costume having white sunglasses like Plas, and a more diamond-looking pattern to his costume instead of a checkerboard.

Still, I don’t know much about the character I don’t want to say anything out of turn for him, so I recommend checking Lastikman out, and talking to fans!

#plastic man #lastikman #Filipino superheroes #Filipino movies

[cringelordlikesplaz]

hey you remember that one kid plastic man had that only appeared in the 2004 run? well i do

#plastic man #eel o'brian #patrick o'brian #woozy winks #edwina #the other kids are mentioned #fanfic

[tunglo]

repost of an old blog post for my new Ken era...

Today [March 13th] is Ken Day! Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson first hit store shelves in 1961 and, in a move that preceded reality TV by a decade or three, we all got to watch as Barbie met the man of her dreams.

Since then Ken has gone through almost as many incarnations as Barbie herself and had over 40 different careers. In celebration of all that fantastic plastic, here are just ten of the top Ken dolls produced over the years...

--

The 'fun' of shaving Ken has been a staple of his repertoire over the years; there are versions from 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2019.

But, as ever, it's the original that's best. Here is 1979's Sport & Shave Ken. Not only did he come with this spiffing tennis outfit, he also had a shaving mug, two 'razors', and a marker pen of your very own to draw on Ken's facial hair...

According to the brochure: "It's Ken with a whole new look for the 1980s. He's athletic. He's all man."

Indeed.

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Cool Times Ken.

Never has a name been quite so misleading.

There's a reason Pixar went with this Ken era for the Toy Story movies, and it certainly wasn't because of Ken's close relationship with the concept of cool.

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Sometimes your problem is not that Ken has too much facial hair. It's that he just doesn't have enough. Luckily 1972's Mod Hair Ken had you covered. The same idea was utilised again in 1975 for The Now Look Ken, except this time around his hair was longer to capture the true essence of mid 70s cool.

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Ken has been a doctor many times - 1963, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2011, 2018 - but 1987's offering beats the rest hands down. Not only is Ken a doctor, but you can fold the lapels of his shiny nylon medical coat down and he's ready for a night of wining and dining!

What a doll.

--

What more can I say?

--

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According to Keeping Ken, this shot with Wedding Day Alan was an official Mattel postcard

In 1993 Mattel redesigned Ken to fulfil little girls' requests that Barbie's beau be cooler. Ken was now so cool he was attracting interest from all quarters, including the US gay community who were sure Ken's cock ring necklace came straight - heh - from the club scene. As a result Earring Magic Ken sold out for Christmas '93, and remains the best selling Ken doll of all time in spite of Mattel discontinuing and recalling the doll once they realised Ken's secret was out of the closet...

--

In 2010 Mattel released Sugar Daddy Ken, so named - they say - because he owns a little dog called Sugar.

Hmmm.

--

Back in 2004, just in time for Valentine's Day, Barbie ditched Ken in favour of Australian surfer dude, Blaine. Blaine O'Hare - or at least his face sculpt - began life in 1998 when Totally Yo-Yo Skipper was initially set to gain a new friend called Zach. Though he never actually made it into production, his features were used for 1999's Generation Girl Dance Party Blaine.

The Generation Girl line followed Barbie's time at high school in NYC, introducing a variety of new friend dolls and spawning another Blaine in 2000. When he returned in 2004 Blaine had wisely dropped the 'curtains' hairstyle and traded in New York for California. In this continuity the pair met through Blaine's younger sister, Summer, who was good friends with Barbie.

In fact, voting was held through the Barbie.com website to determine who Cali Girl Barbie ought to go for - Ken, Blaine, long time pal Steven, another newcomer named Diego, or stay single. We all know how that went. Ken went away to lick his wounds for a couple of years, but in 2006 he was back with a new look. It wasn't enough for Barbie to take him back though and the pair remained 'just good friends' until another PR campaign saw them get back together in 2011.

--

The Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse webseries is awesome.

Launched in May 2012, it pokes fun at the entire Barbie mythos and did more to give Ken a personality than any other Mattel project. We learn that Ken loves inventing, is addicted to sherbet, and suffers from Hyper Cuteness Sensitivity Disorder...

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This year Ken is finally taking control of his own destiny. Well. His own laundry, at any rate...

#ken #barbie

[a-soft-creature]

The DC Animated Multiverse.

Fleischer

Superman

Hannah barbera  - Filmation Universe:

The Adventures of Superboy

The Adventures of Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder

Aquaman

The New adventures of Superman

The Atom

The Flash

Green Lantern

Hawkman

Teen Titans

The Justice league of America

The Brady Kids

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

The Superfirends

The New Adventures of Batman

Teen Titans - Just Say No.

Ruby Spears

Superman

Ruby Spears The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

DC Animated Universe: (90's and 00's cartoons)

Batman the Animated Series

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm [movie]

Superman the Animated Series

The New Batman Adventures

Batman and Mr Freeze: Sub Zero [movie]

Superman: Brainiac Attacks (debatable cannon) [movie]

Justice League

Gotham Girls (Flash Webtoon)

Lobo (Flash Webtoon)

Static Shock

Justice League Unlimited (don't watch epilogue)

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman [movie]

Batman: Chase Me (short)

Batman and Harley Quinn [movie]

Justice League vs the Fatal Five [movie]

Batman Beyond

The Zeta Project

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [movie]

Justice League Unlimited (epilogue episode)

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Stand alone series: (not connected to anything else)

Swampt Thing

1993 - Wonder woman and the star riders pilot

Duck Dodgers

The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour

Krypto the Superdog

DC nation

Beware the Batman

Green Lantern the Animated Series

Young Justice

Justice League Action

DC Superhero Girls

Harley Quinn

Aquaman: king of Atlantis

Plastic man Pilo for Cartoon network

Scooby-Doo! And Quess Who? And Scooby-Doo! And Krypto, Too!

DC Batwheels

Stand Alone Movies: (not connected to anything else)

Superman: Doomsday

Justice League: New Frontier

Wonder Woman (Commemorative Edition)

Green Lantern: First Flight

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Atom

All Star Superman

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Batman: Year One

Justice League: Doom

Superman vs the Elite

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Deluxe Edition)

Superman: Unbound

Justice League Adventures: Trapped in Time

Batman: The Killing Joke

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Batman: Ninja

Batman vs The Teeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Superman: Red Son

Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons

Batman: Soul of the Dragon

Catwoman: Hunted

DC League of Super-Pets

Space Jam 2

Shows with some connections:

Vixen (Arrowverse)

Legion of Super Heroes  

The Batman (2004), The Batman vs Dracula [movie]

Teen Titans, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo [movie], Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies [movie], Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans [movie]

Batman: Brave and the Bold, Scooby-Doo! & Batman: Brave and the Bold

DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse Pilot and DC Super Friends Tv series

Movies with some connections:

Batman/Superman: Public Enemies, Batman Superman: Apokolips

Batman Under the Red Hood, Batman a Death in the Family

Batman: Gotham Knight (ties in to the Nolan Batman Trilogy)

Batman: Assault on Arkham (ties in to the Arkham video games)

Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs Mutants

Batman vs Two-Face (ties in to the 60's Adam West show)

Injustice (ties into the Injustice video games)

DCAMU

1. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

2. Justice League: War

3. Son of Batman

4. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

5. Batman and Robin

6. Batman: Bad Blood

7. Justice League Vs. Teen Titans

8. Justice League Dark

9. Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

10. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

11. The Death of Superman.

12. Reign of the Supermen

13. Batman: Hush

14. Wonder Woman: Bloodlines

15. Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

DCAMU: The Extras

Nightwing and Robin

Constantine: City of Demons

Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

DCAMU 2 - Tomorrow Verse

Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)

Justice Society: World War II (2021)

Batman: The Long Halloween (2021)

Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)

Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)

Justice League: Warworld

Adam Strange (2020)

Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth! (2021)

Lego DCMU

Lego Batman: Bricks, Bats & Bad Guys (C) (2006)

LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite (2013)

LEGO DC Comics: Batman: Be-Leaguered (TV) (TV) (2014)

LEGO Batman vs. Superman (C) (2014)

LEGO DC Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! (2015)

DC Superhéroes LEGO: Liga de la Justicia versus Liga de Bizarro (2015)

LEGO – Liga de la Justicia: Batalla cósmica (2016)

Liga de la Justicia Lego: Escape de Ciudad Gótica (2016)

Lego Batman: la película (2017)

Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain (2017)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018)

Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Escuela de super villanas (2018)

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis (2018)

LEGO DC: Batman - Family Matters (2019)

LEGO DC Shazam!: Magia y monstruos (2020)

#dcau #dcamu #DC comics #cartoon network #hanna barbera #wb animation

[gravalicious]

“The context of that book – originally – was the emergence of what a number of us had begun to call a new racism.[17] By calling it a new racism we were drawing attention to the fact that it was strongly culturalist in character, and that it articulated nationalism and racism very tightly together. Now, at that time – I don’t know if this has changed completely – but thirty years ago, it was very conventional to say that nationalism belongs to one area of scholarship and racism belongs … if it belonged to any … if it belongs at all to scholarship, it went somewhere else – either to psychology with the trope of prejudice or towards psychosocial studies. If it was recognised as being interesting, and usually racism wasn’t considered interesting at all. But wherever it was, it was not connected to the academic study of nationalism. This separation was there, for example in Benedict Anderson’s very influential book (Anderson, 2004). He tries to separate the two things out very sharply, and I suppose I felt that the starting point for any critique of the racism that I was most familiar with was a very close connection with nationalism. That association was accomplished through a particular sense of what culture could be, which had acquired all the force of an earlier biologically-orientated racism. But the new racism didn’t announce itself as a biological racism. It made culture into the favoured battleground. It made culture something we had to quarrel with. We had to offer a better understanding of culture. We had an opportunity I suppose – coming out of a Cultural Studies conversation – to make a better theory of culture than the one that saw culture distributed in national buckets so that you were either in the bucket of your exclusive national culture, or somewhere else in some other bucket somewhere. We had a chance to show how culture moved, how it lived, how it reproduced, to understand its organicity, its fluidity, plasticity, mutability: the conflict that it hosted. We need not be defeated by what my friend Ulrich Beck used to call a ‘methodological nationalism’[18] as well as a political nationalism. As a result, we had to update our understanding of how to combat racism in the field of ideas: in our disciplines, in our institutions, in our universities. We could only do this if we saw the new variety of racism that was strongly cultural in character – so cultural, so different supposedly – from a biological racism that it could hold up its hands and plead that it wasn’t racism at all. So, to try and show that, to show the history of how that had happened, that was the aim, the principal aim of that book. I'm very flattered that it is still something people find useful. Like many people I can’t re-read my own work. Most of the time, I can’t even remember what is in them, but I do remember that’s in there. I do remember that that is in there somewhere, there is an argument about nation and race and culture, that was very important to me, and … obviously, some people like the title of this book. They always liked it: There ain’t no black in the Union Jack. In a sense … the original edition had a photograph, a beautiful photograph taken by Jane Bown, of an older ‘Windrush generation’ man who had been in the army of the British in World War II, and he is standing at the Cenotaph at the ceremony held each year to remember the glorious dead who fell in battle. He is proudly holding a regimental banner, or, the banner of the West Indian Ex-Servicemen and Women’s Association. His chest is pinned with medals. I know that the left is a bit bad with irony sometimes, but the point is that combination of title and image was to suggest an ironic relationship between the ‘black’ and the ‘Union Jack’. It was an old racist chant heard at cricket matches in Yorkshire and Lancashire.”

Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy, Tony Sandset, Sindre Bangstad & Gard Ringen Høibjerg -  A diagnosis of contemporary forms of racism, race and nationalism: a conversation with Professor Paul Gilroy (2019) [Cultural Studies, 33:2, 173-197]

#nationalism #culture #new racism #britain

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)

25/02/2024

Sideways is a film by director Alexander Payne, starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church and based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Rex Pickett.

Miles (Paul Giamatti) is an English teacher, recently divorced from his wife. As the wedding of his university friend, actor Jack Lapote (Thomas Haden Church), approaches, the two decide to take a week off traveling in the Santa Ynez Valley wine area, in Santa Barbara County, California. Arriving in the vineyard region, Miles and Jack meet Stephanie (Sandra Oh), a wibemaker who introduces them to Maya, a close friend of hers.

Miles, irritated, returns to the hotel alone, only to be woken up in the middle of the night by Jack, naked, who confesses to him that he was caught red-handed by the woman's husband returning from work and that he fled to the motel by running six kilometers without clothes.

Miles, who is also introduced to her husband, congratulates her, but decides to forgo the reception and instead returns to her sad San Diego apartment, where she picks up her most prized bottle of wine, a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc, which he jealously guarded it, and drinks it in a plastic cup at a fast food restaurant.

The Santa Ynez Valley, where most of the film is set, has seen an increase in tourism. With the exception of Paul Giamatti, who had already starred in critically acclaimed films such as American Splendor, the film launched the careers of relatively unknown actors. Both Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen received Oscar nominations. Giamatti received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Cinderella Man (2095). Sandra Oh, after breaking off her relationship with the film's director, Alexander Payne, starred in Grey's Anatomy, also winning a Golden Globe.

In the United States it was released in cinemas on 22 October 2004. In Italy, however, it was released on 16 February 2005.

#sideways #film #alexander payne #paul giamatti #thomas haden church #2004 #Rex Pickett #santa ynez valley #Santa Barbara County California #california #sandra oh #Glossary of wine terms #Motel #san diego #Château Cheval Blanc #fast food #american splendor #virginia madsen #cinderella man #2005 #grey's anatomy #golden globe awards #united states #italy #77th academy awards #academy awards #Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay #Jim Taylor #Academy Award for Best Picture #Michael London