(you will also be outclassed by tokusatsu made with The Most Obvious cgi/greenscreen fx and dollar store props, because they're committed to telling a good story, and you're committed to... what? 'elevating' something you don't respect for an audience that doesn't care about it, usually)
leaders like trump are why sun tzu had to write a bunch of advice like "don't write your enemy a letter detailing what tactics you really don't want them to do"
The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."
For all that every Kenneth Branagh movie is "Kenneth Branagh shows you what a good Hamlet/Poirot/etc. Kenneth Branagh can be," those movies do have a lot of energy! They're very watchable! I give them shit because I don't need or want Branagh to prove himself to me, but he DOES make fun movies!
Also, I do think there's something to be said for having a booming film industry full of great actors when a great script with a big budget DOES come around. It's a lot easier to pull a big cast together, make and dress sets, build costumes, etc. when the professional knowledge is already there.
Lrp I often end up watching C-dramas, not because they're better technically, but because they're fun. The entertainment industry over there knows their job is to entertain people. I'll take a silly script delivered with sincerity and enthusiasm over a show that's well-made, but indifferent.
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
a view of katie’s airplane coffee in a luxurious plastic mug
sometimes if I check into a flight really late the night before it will let me upgrade to first class for like fifty bucks. drinking coffee out of a real cup like a millionaire
I'm so excitedddddd I'm going to be able to wear it to every costumed event!
I am shocked to learn this is actually underestimating costs, because it ignores the infrastructure costs.
This video is lowballing it.
Design sketches in pencil of a swishy dress with a tabard and capelet, plus a henin hat
A test fitting of a mint-green, belted dress with gores and big sleeves
Me wearing a wimple and veil under a capelet and hat that are similar to the original illustration
It's all ended up remarkably similar to my original design, and I really couldn't be happier with it! I think I'm going to be really recognizable as a Witch Hat character at Sakuracon and a very fun rainbow witch at the renfaire!
two gray stripe cats cuddling
my parents' cats. for your sense of peace and well-being
A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”
Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.
A long green fabric object with the ends (covered in gold foil and chevrons of rainbow ribbon) on display on a light blue chair.
TURNT!!!!!!!!!!
A very long green fabric piece laying wrong-side-out on the floor next to a tape measure and an open pair of scissors, between a chair and a toy shelf
AWWWWW YEAHHHHH SHE'S RECTANGULAR!!!!! TIME TO GET TURNT!!!!!!
there are intelligent criticisms of genre romance but too many people pick up a book called Seducing The Duke of Cheek Clappingshire, #7 in the Regency Fuck Series and are like “why don’t these books represent women who are happy single?” and you’re like maybe because it’s Seducing The Duke of Ch
It actually really sucks knowing a moderate amount about weight loss because, when your coworker proudly says he's lost 40 pounds in the last few months, it's extremely inappropriate to ask if he's okay.
"if i have a big closet i will have more room in it" wrong. you will put more stuff in it. somehow you will have the same amount of room you always had, which is Not Enough
...Are you teaching the Plague of Frog controversy?
cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch
www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...
A charcuterie spread labeled "Dine with Denethor" before the cherry tomatoes were added
Chocolate cupcakes that alternate between volcanoes with lava flowing down and peach rings
Oh you should check out the spread from a LotR watch party I went to a few years ago!
I've done a lot of lobbying and a lot of activism. It seems stupid, it seems pointless, it seems ineffectual, but phone calls are one of the few things that legislative offices really pay attention to as a barometer for public opinion.
Call early and call often.
Omg the Seattle Opera is offering a 14% discount on Carmen tickets through this weekend if you use the discount code TIMOTHEE. It's a super fun show and maybe more people can see what all the fuss is about!
The songs you know from it are the Habanera and the Toreador Song.
Timothée Chalamet Under Fire For Dismissive Comments About Traditional Japanese Puppet Theater Form ‘Bunraku’
Timothée Chalamet Under Fire For Dismissive Comments About Traditional Japanese Puppet Theater Form ‘Bunraku’ https://theonion.com/timothee-chalamet-under-fire-for-dismissive-comments-about-traditional-japanese-puppet-theater-form-bunraku/
Could an empire in decline do THIS? *launches deeply unpopular invasion cementing status as lunatic-led pariah state, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do*
YES
And as an adult trans man, I’m now looking into having the points added back on cosmetically.
I had no idea this was so common.
Cis people need to pay attention to the way they communicate this. They freely admit that after all of their research, they came up with zero evidence that HRT was harmful.
Then they banned it anyway, claiming their inability to find a reason is a reason in of itself.
California license plate with text "FF XIV".
Customer: FINAL FANTASY 14
DMV: XIV 14
Verdict: DENIED
Yeah, just do a check run!!! We know you can!!! You're the fucking government!!!! Send them with that post office that was established by the Constitution!!! Now it's just a Normal Government Program that my taxes go toward!!!!!!!
