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gebo4482 · 22 hours
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THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Official Short Film (Full) | Sony Animation
Dir: Jarelle Dampier Star: Brian Tyree Henry / Shameik Moore
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scipunk · 3 months
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A police vehicle halts a flying taxi.
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bishopsbox · 4 months
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Jennifer Connelly in Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998)
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pascalblanche · 1 year
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“Quai des Etoiles” 2021
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taminawang · 1 year
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As though I didn’t post enough Neteyam gifs in the past week (*/ω\*) so here’s more! And of course, I try to create gifs of moments that I don’t commonly see see. But as we all know, our boy did not get that much screen time, so eventually i might begin to create gifs of other Avatar characters as well!
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"BUT THE REAL DIVERSION IS PUGH'S PRINCESS IRULAN..."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on film stills of English film actress Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan of the Bene Gesserit in the American epic science fiction film "Dune Part 2" (2024). Costume Design by Jacqueline West. 📸: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures.
OVERVIEW: "But the real diversion is Pugh’s Princess Irulan, whom [Jacqueline] West describes as the film’s voice of reason. To that end, she wanted to eschew the grand headpieces in favor of a more subtle nod to her Bene Gesserit roots. Irulan is often seen in smaller, metallic headpieces, which West likens to armor. “She’s the moral compass in "Dune Two."
[The Bene Gesserit have] been assigned to control the future and make it go on a certain path. She sees through that and she’s playing the long game,” she says. “She’s seen beyond the manipulations of Bene Gesserit, so I kept her out of that a bit.” Still, she managed to incorporate the nun look into Pugh’s costume.
"I remember when I was a little girl, how the nuns’ habits framed their face. I tried to do that with her, to keep a certain aspect of the Bene Gesserits without giving her the shape, the Virgin Mary-esque mantle," she says. "I thought I could do that best with headdresses.""
-- VOGUE, "Tarot Cards, BDSM, and Nuns’ Habits: How the "Dune: Part Two" Costumes Came to Life," by Hannah Jackson, published February 26, 2024
Sources: www.vogue.com/article/dune-part-two-costumes-jacqueline-west-interview, Vogue [Scandinavia], Vogue [Singapore], Pinterest, Buzzfeed, X, various, etc..
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atomic-chronoscaph · 2 years
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Starlog magazine TV commercial (1978)
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Ok I know I’m not just overthinking this so hear me out : RECOM QUARITCH SPLIT-BRAIN THEORY
(aka “Colonel Sméagol”)
Avatar has its eye symbolism, right? “I see you?” Waking up from dreams, etc...
But has anybody else noticed this? It’s been bothering me since my first watch.
It’s to do with Recom Quaritch’s eyes and how they are highlighted from scene to scene and character perspective to character perspective and what that implies for which Quaritch has primary or dominant control at each given moment, the implanted one (Human) or the innate one (Na’vi).
Ritch when following the programming from his implanted memories (mostly noticeable when he has his PTSD moments, repeats routines that the human Ritch did like drinking coffee and squad briefings, observes things of interest to the implanted personality and goes berserker or highly emotional), left eye in clear light and/or focus, right eye in shadow or hidden.
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Ritch when deviating from his programming and thinking individually (Mostly noticeable when he’s interacting with Spider or contemplating his next moves or observing and interacting with his environment through Na’vi enhanced senses/technically new eyes), right eye in clear light and/or focus, left eye in shadow or hidden.
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They have full damn control over the lighting and it doesn’t fully follow the lighting directions from the same scenes or sometimes even shots and in many ways the opposite eye is considerably darker than ambient lighting without additional stylistic control would have it be. There’s no way these are accidental. Same goes for the composition.
There’s a symbolism here. There has to be. Maybe highlighting that there’s two people or halves of them in his head fighting for equilibrium or supremacy and they can each have turns taking over as well as working together as one (which is when we see barely any difference in how the eyes are lit or shown or they match the ambient lighting accurately the other exceptions being from the perspectives of characters who are unaware or couldn’t care less about which Quaritch is which). But also indicating that he may have a sort of split-brain but for personality. Two consciousnesses sharing one brain. One in each cerebral hemisphere.
Interestingly the main key behavioural differences between Recom Ritch and Human Ritch most noticeable so far when you watch them closely, are in aspects of the brain (regulation and comprehension of speech and language, working memory, cognitive flexibility, planning, inhibition, abstract reasoning, selecting specific actions in a list of possible actions, mediation of decision making, reorienting of attention, collecting and processing environmental information among many demonstrated) that belong to the left hemisphere that controls the right side of the body and therefore the right eye. 
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It gets better...
WHICH SIDE OF THE BRAIN GOT DAMAGED WHEN HUMAN RITCH GOT WRECKED BY THAT VIPERWOLF SO BAD IT WENT THROUGH THE GODDAMN BONE?!
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THE RIGHT SIDE THAT CONTROLS THE LEFT EYE!!!
EYWA, YOU NEON MACHIEVELLIAN CHAD DID YOU SEND THAT DOGGO AFTER MILES QUARITCH SENIOR FOR A TARGETED LOBOTOMY KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?!
Now, with this hypothesis in mind, what can we do with it?
Look at each scene to determine who is who when, of course. If that left eye is like a street light take note that you’re likely dealing with the implant. If the right eye has it, it’s probably the innate, if it’s both, neither or barely noticeable, you’re looking at them in equilibrium or near enough.
Taking all that into consideration (again it is just a theory for now I will have to take notes next time I watch from beginning to end like I have every time since I started getting suspicious of this but now I have even more research and possible context behind it), who has Kiri by the throat, who has a gun to Lo’ak’s head, who is telling Jake Neteyam “didn’t have to die”, and who lets Kiri go to save Spider?
It also opens up the possibility if this is a hint towards future events (unlikely but again who knows) THAT THERE’S TECHNICALLY WAYS TO ERASE THOSE IMPLANTED MEMORIES AND PERSONALITY AND GIVE FULL CONTROL TO THE INNATE OR THE IMPLANT because people can still function mostly if not completely normally with a lot of parts of their brains removed or disabled.
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BONUS: Another interesting thing to see that I’m following up with and taking notes on is whether Ritch is left or right handed or a combination of both. Because that is very difficult to actually determine and also has additional possible implications. 
Stephen Lang can deliberately play a left-handed character. James Cameron is left-handed. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that it could be a deliberate choice and I need to check through both movies again to see any signs of it.
I’ll keep putting examples and further delvings and discussions under #quaritch split brain theory if people want to go deeper into this with me or follow along. 
I might even make some memes with it, who knows?
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wetterschneider · 1 year
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Early 2000's Terminator sequel. Tech deets - this one leans heavily on the camera and film tech to scrape together a period look to the images. The Arriflex 35 was the first reflex 35mm motion picture camera. Kubrick used one for A Clockwork Orange and Lucas chose it for the original Star Wars. And the film - Eastman Color Negative II 100T 5247... has an illustrious history. Have you heard of these small indie films? Apocalypse Now, The Shining, Blade Runner, E.T, Alien, Conan the Barbarian, Star Wars, Close Encounters? All shot on that stock.
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Alien - Mike Mignola
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nowthatyourehere · 1 year
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Now that you’re here.
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gebo4482 · 1 day
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The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
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scipunk · 3 months
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A flying taxi races through a futuristic city. The city is filled with other flying vehicles.
The police vehicles, equipped with advanced technology, chase relentlessly, deploying various tactics to intercept the fleeing taxi.
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dooareyastudy · 1 year
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La Jetée, Chris Marker, 1962.
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stone-cold-groove · 10 months
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Logan’s Run - 1976.
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