#daywatch

[spockvarietyhour]

today's rewatch

[tahri-nhupuju]

A while back I talked about some of the world-building I've done for my FFXIV ttrpg campaign. I wanna do that again! Last time I talked about some Keeper of the Moon stuff, and we won't stray to far from that this time, as I talk about a shared tradition between the Keepers and the Duskwights: The Daywatch.

Also called Sunswatch, Dawngurd, or any other permutation depending on regional dialects, this is a tradition of Duskwights hiring themselves out to serve as lookouts and camp guards for the notoriously nocturnal Keepers.

This tradition has persisted since at least Gelmorra, and to this day it's considered a badge of honor for any Duskwight to have "taken the daywatch", hearkening back to old Gelmorran views of the abovegrounds as a dangerous place, and the Keepers as being exceptional survivalists and badasses for living there.

Today however, the tradition has a somewhat muddled reputation. Given the percentage of traditionalist Keepers and Duskwights alike who have to resort to banditry or poaching to make a living, the practice is often associated with hardened criminals, especially in Gridania. Some Duskwight criminals even capitalize on the confusion, and use "taking the daywatch" as a slang term for getting into trouble and/or killing someone, referencing how common it is for the thing you're guarding the Keepers from to be Gridanians.

This has even led to a fringe conspiracy in Gridania that "the Daywatch" refers to a secretive order of duskwight and keeper assassins who secretly plot any number of nefarious plans, akin to the Illuminati (our real-world one, not the gobbies).

[knowyourbmovieactors]

OCTOBER HORROR MOVIES 2024 (DVD EDITION) #21 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

Writer Seth Grahame-Smith started his career with in-depth examinations of nerdy shit full of jokes, like a huge tome about Spider-Man and a how-to manual for surviving if you find yourself inside a horror movie. He also wrote a nonfiction book about the history of porn. For some reason, his editor told him he should take Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and insert a zombie plot into it. Despite never even having read Pride and Prejudice, Grahame-Smith thought this was a great idea, and thus the best-selling mashup novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was created. For his next book, he tried a similar trick, inserting vampire lore into another story from the 1800s, only this time it was the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Director Timur Bekmambetov is probably best known for his Russian Nightwatch and Daywatch movies and their early, eager, completely over-the-top embrace of CGI action sequences. They are bonkers films, filled with convoluted monster lore, psychotic pacing, and absurd video game logic. I remember watching them when they were first released in the States and thinking "What the fuck is happening?!" about every 30 seconds. (But, you know, in a good way.) I haven't watched them since then, so god knows if they have aged well at all, but they had a certain gonzo style inside that glistening sheen of 2000s era computer graphics that I appreciated.

So, do these two wild and crazy guys go well together? Well, your mileage may vary, but I would say no. Weaving a vampire hunting plot into the true details of Abraham Lincoln's life is a dumb proposal that calls for a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor. Bekmambetov doesn't do tongue-in-cheek humor. His staging is grand and melodramatic and, while it is often ridiculous, it's not the same kind of ridiculous that I think would make this work. On top of that, this movie accidentally suffers from the same problem that any run-of-the-mill biopic has: when you try to cram a person's entire life into a single movie, you end up sanding away so many details that all you are left with is a broad, unfocused caricature. Also--and I acknowledge that this is purely my own pet peeve, given that I am from the Land of Lincoln--I am constantly disappointed that movies flatly refuse to have their Lincolns speak the way that he actually spoke (as confirmed by just about every contemporaneous article written about the man), in a "frontier" dialect, with a high, reedy, nasal voice. Remember Ross Perot? It was probably something more like that and less like the somber baritone in Disney's Hall of Presidents. Daniel Day-Lewis came the closest, but he wasn't allowed to go far enough. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF, HOLLYWOOD?!

There are some decent performances in this film. Benjamin Walker has a lot of the "aw shucks" charm needed for the character (and he does look good twirling an axe). Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Mary Todd Lincoln as a feisty and intelligent woman, instead of the mentally fragile spiritualism follower she's usually portrayed as. Rufus Sewell, as usual, is a magnetic villain. Dominic Cooper (and his tall, tall hair) and Anthony Mackie are also along for the ride, for those of you filling out your "also in the Marvel Universe" bingo card. But I can't say that any of that is enough to recommend this film.

Hey, you know what else came out the same year as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? Spielberg's Lincoln, with Daniel Day-Lewis very nearly getting the accent right. Maybe see that instead and just imagine vampires into it while you're watching.

THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE DVD EXTRAS

-The producers optioned the rights for Seth Grahame-Smith's book and hired him to write the script before he had even written the book. They were two weeks away from pitching it to a studio when Smith realized that there was no main villain in the story, so he hastily invented Rufus Sewell's character and rewrote the script to include him.

-Everyone involved spends a lot of time talking about historical accuracy in this film, which is goddamn hilarious.

-Every time there is a free moment on set, Benjamin Walker can be found practicing his axe twirling.

[rbxl-wanderer]

Pinewood Auditorium

by Daywatch Development

[francisfromthedayshift]

[The recording starts. Nothing is visible, presumably the result of the video being an accident, and the phone being in Frans back pocket. A person can be vaguely heard, but they aren't clear enough to understand]

[Fran:] Yeah, my job brings me a lot of- stress, I guess? I needed a place to talk about it all, without fear of..

[The person interjects]

[Fran:] No, they wouldn't fire me. It's- we'll they always need workers badly. It's complicated. But I just can't leave.

[The person speaks again, and Fran shifts in his seat]

[Fran:] I guess I feel, like, devoted to the place? Oh god, this is gonna be a long story- I uh- I used to have a sister. A twin, actually. We were really close. You know, a twin is like a best friend when you're that young! We dressed the same, had similar names, the whole deal. We were basically a package deal.

[Fran sighs]

[Fran:] When I was like- 5? 6, maybe? Me and Chessie went missing on a trip in Salt Lake City. You know kids, mom looked away for one second, she saw something shiny and I followed. I uhm... I don't really remember much. I do remember being really scared though, and I remember that after a while, she wasn't with me anymore, and after that it goes all fuzzy.

[Fran pauses, and you can hear her clear her throat]

[Fran:] I was found at a project fazbears had going at the time. I must've been drawn to the funny animals. Someone saw me outside and recognized me from the amber alert. It was a whole thing. They never found my sister, though. They put me through every therapy they could find, trying to find out what happened, but I just don't remember. Never have.

[Fran shifts in his seat again]

[Fran:] When I moved here, there was a Fazbears with a vacancy open. Daywatch, making sure kids don't get hurt or snatched or whatever. It felt- right. Full circle, y'know? Like I was honoring Chessie by doing it. The job *sucks*. Pay is bad, I do jobs that aren't mine, and god I hate my boss, but it feels like if I leave, it would be betraying her. And I just cant-

[The phone dings, low storage. Fran gasps and pulls in out of her pocket. Her eyes are watery, rimmed with darker eyebags than usual]

[Fran:] Geez- this was recor-

[The recording ends]

[ren3gade]

i'm halfway through daywatching breaking bad and i'm quite certain it has taken at least a year off my life

i'm still gonna finish it

i'm watching better call saul at night, which is much easier on my brain, but i keep looking at jimmy and thinkin i know what u become u horrible little rat man

i'm also getting to the point where i'm mixing up the timelines because there are so many callbacks. so far the only constant is no matter what time it is, the cartel twins will kill your ass with extreme prejudice

[podcasterx]

While There's Still Time

As a child my playtime was spent much in the woodsTrying to climb every tree that I couldEven covered in ivy, the poisonous kindThe swelling lasted weeks, and did not change my mind Exploring and fishing and hiking all dayWatching the clouds until they’d all drift awayButterflies and beetles and birds everywhereAll held my gaze without any cares Then music and books and the arts caught my eyeI…

[vague-humanoid]

@cesspitoflove​

covered here as well

https://news.yahoo.com/daywatch-woman-sues-city-her-114400701.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/marilyn-mulero-sues-chicago-disgraced-cpd-detectives-for-allegedly-framing-her-for-murder/ar-AA1elYZO

[davidosu87]

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 177 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., is doing his final Centennial Club of the year. It is also the 12th one for the show. This double feature is The Stone Rider (1923) and The Outwaters (2022). We are getting a surreal double feature of odd things happening as the theme. Also on this episode are Mini-Reviews of Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953), Day Watch (2005), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), X-Ray (1981) and Se7en (1995). I hope you enjoy coming on this journey with me! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/journey-with-a-cinephile-a-horror-movie-podcast/id1494532023 Listen on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/journey-with-a-cinephile-a-horror-movie-podcast Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4RqRjspMHkYEOV87H9DbOk Listen on Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9jN2I0ZTBjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Listen on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ac675c61-2b86-41ce-8db8-cc4c8c407733/JOURNEY-WITH-A-CINEPHILE-A-HORROR-MOVIE-PODCAST?ref=dm_sh_daISjUKUAEJkgMjFcaN54vVP5 Listen on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/david-michigan-garrett-jr Or here's the RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/c7b4e0c/podcast/rss Read more: https://horrorreview.webnode.page/news/episode-177-the-stone-rider-the-outwaters/ #journeywithacinephile #journeywithacinephileahorrormoviepodcast #thestonerider #theoutwaters #abbottandcostellomeetdrjekyllandmrhyde #daywatch #fridaythe13ththefinalchapter #xray #se7en #cenntenialclub #traversethroughthethrees #trekthroughthetwos #odysseythroughtheones #horror #horrormovie #horrormovies #horrorfilm #horrorfilms #horrorfan #horrorfans #horrorreview #horrorreviews #horrorreviewer #filmreview #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrorpodcast #horrorpodcasts #podcast #hashtag https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSvdm0ulGL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[boardwalk-absurdist]

I was a 9 lead kid As one may guess, I was a total mess

hrrrgh teacher i'm trying to write notes but my lead is dummy thicc

(seriously though holy shit XD)

[offbeatbrainwaves]

It's not often I can almost completely understand or relate to a book character but right now as I feel my brain slide into its shitty sideways crapoy nonsense mood I feel like Anton gorodetsky from night watch. Just kinda tired and isolated. Confused, somewhat lonley and wishing I wasnt sober. But overall just bleh. It's a good thing I'm going over these books again. Its good to have someone to relate to. Even if it is a fictional Russian wizard from the ninties.

[rotten-dan]

Is the new stuff switch exclusive?

nah,my gameplay u see is all steam huehue

[fronzonwatches]

FR-Jump hours, Unique piece 1/1, hand made, hammer work...😍🔥 #watchmania #watchuseek #daywatch #instawatch #watchesofinstagram #luxurywatches #swisswatch #coolwatch #watch #swisswatch #newwatchalert #wristporn #watchesworld #SingaporeWatchClub #dubaiwatch #montre #hautehorologerie #microbrand #watchaddict #watchcollector #limitededition #watchfam #watchnerd #watchcommunity #luxurywatch #wristwatch #timepiece #manufacture https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EC4zlHmYC/?igshid=1nrzedqogby92

[whirlibirdy]

You: pedophiles are bad Some internet demons: no you are bad for suggesting that people are inherently bad

they literally compared wanting pedophiles to live to wanting slavery to be abolished and if im being entirely honest i am holding the fuck back on what im saying to them right now

[ren3gade]

I decided to try daywatching season 2 of shadow and bone again and i do not understand for the life of me why the show was cut this way

in this episode alone, there have been several character/place scenes that were split into small chunks and alternated with other scenes for no reason. the viewer does not get to 'settle' into a scene/character/plot before they are abruptly tossed into another, and then pulled back again

i get they crammed a ton of material into this season, but the editing and pacing has done them no favors. the show feels like its running everywhere it needs to go.

[pbrstreetgang73]

Seems only right to watch #DayWatch after #NightWatch and seeing they are both on #Disney+ it actually just came on after it #129 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMC8y10F9Vo/?igshid=f29ou2qxnvq6