the best part about stranger things is that they can’t solve anything until they put the three groups together because each group is acting within a separate genre
mike, lucas, dustin, and el are in a weird sci-fi coming of age story where the group of plucky misfit kids solve the mystery and test their friendship along the way
nancy and jonathan are in a horror movie where the teenagers have to kill the monster set against a backdrop of high school drama and romance
joyce and hopper are in a conspiracy thriller where the adults have to figure out what shady stuff the government is up to while also dealing with the difficulties of their personal lives
they all approach the issue within the confines of their genre, but none of those approaches work because none of them are seeing the whole picture. it’s only when all the threads start to converge that they can actually get anything done.
goonies/E.T., nightmare on elm street, and close encounters of the third kind all in 1
can we take a second to ponder on the fact that a kids movie did lady armor better than the entire film and comic industry
guess who i’m talking about
did you guess? Well you’re fucking WRONG because it’s Susan goddamn Pevensie
They gave her light armor, appropriate for a small archer:chainmail, an arm brace, chest plate, and a light skirt she can easily run around murderizing dudes in the face in
her hair is also only loose in the promo pictures because Susan is fucking busy not dying because her hair was flying into her eyeballs so she braids that shit back
her mail shirt is also loose enough that it doesn’t impede her arm movements it’s almost like she’s dressed for a fight wow
I like the pinks and purples under her bitchin as hell leather armor here, because you don’t have to be masculine to shoot someone in the goddamn face
I feel it’s a worrying statement about the state of media when a movie set in a universe where wardrobes can literally be trans-dimensional portals for the sake of narrative convenience has one of the better examples of making fantasyfemale armor that is styled around something other than sex appeal.
Because while one could, if really determined, pick out all the points by which this armor is not “really functional” the fact is that it does convey a sense of readiness and being larger than life… without resorting to the usual tropes.
Sometimes I think about just. A lot of people have tossed around the idea that Chat Noir is less popular than Ladybug and in the public eye less often and it just makes me think what if people think he’s ~mysterious~
and then the first time someone (Alya probably) actually takes the time to have a serious interview with him its all
“An interview with me? Now that’s New… s”
“Ladybug has spoken at length about needing to be convinced to step up and become a hero, is there anything that you needed to hear to become Chat Noir?” “Plagg told me superheroes can go outside whenever they want!”
“You get that I’m basically a magical girl right? I have a transformation sequence and everything.”
“I once broke my arm playing the floor is lava.” “Is that even possible?” “It is when you play to win.”
“Honestly when you come down to it superhero stuff is just a lot of Updog” “What’s updog- oh Jesus Christ.” [Chat Noir laughs hysterically for the next five minutes and never finishes the joke]
“I didn’t realize you were so young, do your parents know where you are right now?” “Nah but I don’t know where they are either so I guess turnabout’s fair play!!”
Over the course of the interview he compliments Alya’s Hair, clothes, voice and personality, makes countless bad jokes, blurts out some terrifyingly personal anecdotes hinting at some profound emotional issues, runs off to pet a passing dog, and spends several minutes on a tangent talking about anime. The end result is posted with, instead of Alya’s usual in depth analysis of what was said, the simple caption “please help this cat” Adrien sees it and manages to give himself second hand embarrassment.
I hate when comicbook fans gate-keep by running you through a fact-check quiz. Even if you’ve ready every comic you’re going to be wrong. Why? Because comics can’t even keep their shit together. Bruce’s parents were either killed outside of Mask of Zorro or an opera, their killer is either unknown or Joe Chill, he started as Batman at either 21, 26, 28 or 32. Barry has died six separate times and during several of his absences both Bart and Wally have been the Flash at the same time. Steve has given up Captain America due to anything from a minor cold, dying, wanting to retire and straight up disappearing. God forbid you ask how Tony got his heart.
The only thing we know for certain is that Uncle Ben died and it is always, always, always Superman’s fault that Lex no longer has hair
Remember in 1993 when Jurassic Park was like…the end all, be all of special effects?
not gonna lie that still looks intimately real
I’m still somewhat convinced that someone sold their soul to create the special effects in Jurassic Park because that shit is over 20 years old and it still really, really holds up, better than the stuff in a lot of current movies, even.
Fucking witchcraft, man.
fucking look at this shit though
Literally see this post flying around with a few different responses added to the bottom each time so I’ll say it for this one myself:
THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A GIANT MASSIVELY DETAILED FUCKING ANIMATRONIC T-REX FOR ALL OF THIS THAT’S WHY THE EFFECTS ARE SO GOOD. CAUSE IT AIN’T CGI. AND IT AIN’T GUY IN A COSTUME. IT’S A BIG FUCKING ROBOT DINOSAUR. AND EVERY PART IS DESIGNED TO MOVE. IT COST LIKE HALF THE BUDGET OF THE FILM.
amazing
And they had the film it in small increments, especially in the outdoor scenes, because the rain fall kept soaking into the ‘skin’ of the rex and would slow down and mess up its movements. So they would stop filming and have a crew out there drying off this massive, fake dinosaur, and then they’d start filming again until it was too wet. Repeat until the end of the scene.
They used animatronics and detailed costumes for most if not all of the dinosaurs in the first movie.
The triceratops for instance, was also animatronic.
One of my favorite anecdotes I’ve read on tumblr is how the t-rex robot from Jurassic park would malfunction while it was drying out. How did it malfunction, you might wonder?
Motherfucker randomly started moving.
So apparently if you were on the jp set you would sometimes hear people screaming bloody murder even though they were all well aware that it was a giant animatronic puppet and wouldn’t actually, you know, eat them.
I NEVER KNEW THE RAPTORS WERE DUDES IN SUITS I KNEW THE REST BUT NOT THAT
^ I second that…..I knew about the T-rex and Tri…but Raptors! fuhhhhh!!! love that movie
Spielberg knows the language of cinema. Even if the Trex was functioning fully at all times we would have gotten it in doses because that’s the way to make something even more terrifying. Spielberg makes big budget action films but I challenge you to find another director who has been so consistent and meticulous over such a wide range of genres and budgets. PTA, deal Toro,and Tarantino are all of the same caliber as Spielberg but none of them have the range he does.
gotta agree. i really came around to spielberg, because initially i was pretty snobby and was like “buh he’s the mcdonald’s of film directors,” but after rewatching poltergeist, i realized that even if he was shaky on horror, he tapped a guy like tobe hooper (you know, the guy who did Texas Chainsaw) to bring the horror expertise, and he slapped his big, splashy stamp on it, and it works. beautifully.
it’s like stephen king – you don’t have that kind of career for four decades without knowing your shit.
One of our managers keeps telling us football metaphors and recently I asked him if he could pick a sport the whole room knew. And he asked what would that be and I said quidditch and all the engineers nodded in agreement.
My favourite thing about the orgy scene is that while Will is understandably slightly confused by the whole situation, Wolfgang is just sitting there like, Yes, spontaneous mental orgies happen to me all the time. Must be Thursday.
