#Masterclass

[beautifulprincewithadisorder]

The first episode is a Masterclass in storytelling

The very beginnnig of 1x01 is actually so efficient a introducing the character of Daniel. It opens with an ad for his online class, a natural context for infodumping facts about his career. Then it cuts to Daniel on the couch, watching the ad with a facial expression and body language that tells you everything: Meh. The driven, idealistic Daniel from the ad who wants to help the younger generation? An old, bored man sitting on the couch. Then he does a puzzle, and his hand shakes, hinting at the Parkinson's. It also provides a first glimpse at the bite mark on his neck.

I think that most people, even if they have not read the books, they have seen the movie, and if they have not seen the movie, they have at least heard of it. Interview with the Vampire is a classic, and the title of the first novel alone is iconic. Showing old Daniel with the bite scar tells the viewer that a version of that interview has happened.

Then Daniel gets a package in the mail, and is on the phone with his doctor, because he is worried about the latest Corona variant. (I've seen complaints about how the Corona references make the show dated (and that is bad), but those scenes take place in 2022, so acknowleding Corona is not any different from acknowleding WW2 in 1939.) He's worried about it, considering his health situation, but he still ends the call when he sees who sent him that package, and what it is: Louis de Pointe du Lac, bitches, (the titular vampire from Interview with the Vampire) and it's a box of cassette tapes (the titular interview). Then Daniel digs out an old cassette player, which is in a box with some pink toys, and this tells you that Daniel had daughters in the 1980's/90's. And Daniel's facial expression says that the whole vampire incident in his youth was a bit traumatic and getting mail from Louis is kinda a big thing. Then comes a voice-over of Louis' voice reading the letter as we transition to Dubai, providing more context, and that's less than five minutes, and I find it really well done!

[vertigoartgore]

1988's Akira Vol.1 #3 by japanese artist Katsuhiro Otomo and american colorist Steve Oliff.

[great-and-small]

Keep getting this Masterclass ad; has anyone taken this course? Trying for decide if it’s worth the money

[the-mighty-het-speaks]

Partners In Everything

Metallica Teaches Being A Band

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Tom Hiddleston: Much Ado Masterclass Highlights

[feletida]

Grand strategist

[dzinahk]

Throwback to Much Ado Masterclass with #TomHiddleston in collaboration with #LWTheatres✨ Photos 📷Marshall Stay #muchadomasterclass #MasterclassTrust #Shakespeare #lwtheatres #Theatre🎭

[elviehun]

The cutest thing you'll see today

[mxverst]

Amanda Newey via stories IG

[tapetum-lucidumb]

just 7.5 hours into my solo evil run and most of the companions are fucking DEAD

Wyll dies trying to protect the grove. In this playthrough Minthara dealt the final blow. i lost my shit

Knocked out Shadowheart to steal the prism, came back later and she was dead dead. Speak with dead says the artifact attacked her somehow

Lae'zel's corpse is with the Githyanki that were with Voss near the mountain pass. Didn't use speak with dead on her but I suspect she told them she'd been infected and they killed her

Halsin's dead body is outside the grove post-raid–implying he escaped the goblins somehow and went back to try to save them, only to die watching his home being destroyed

(if i'm being honest my durge 100% would've cut off Gale's hand, but i, the player, simply couldn't bear to leave my sweet wizard husband in the portal, so i pulled him out and left lol. no sign of him yet either way, but he's a lvl 1 wizard alone in the woods...)

And you know what this means? Sticking together and trusting each other literally saves their lives. oh my lord this game

[pboogerswbb]

THEY SMILING AND PLAYING W JOY WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS

[vertigoartgore]

Frank Miller's The Chase (published in the french magazine Pilote in 1988). Source

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Meet Tom, the horse that plays dead so that nobody can ride him. 🐴😁🐎

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NICOLA COUGHLAN

Nicola at CANNESERIES for her Masterclass (2025)