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"A woman who opens her heart to love you when it’s already been broken, is braver than any person you’ll meet."
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Hellbreaker: I saw Benson had a sign that said “24 Hour Banking”, but I don’t have that much time.
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Elliot: Did they hurt you?
Olivia: No, no, I’m fine. Did they hurt you?
Elliot: Who cares?!
Olivia: I do!
#source: steven universe#incorrect quotes#incorrect svu#incorrect law and order#law and order svu#law and order organized crime#elliot stabler#olivia benson#bensler#elliot x olivia
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Olivia: Alex, what is wrong with you?
Alex: Oh, you know. The usual.
#incorrect cabenson quotes#cabenson#alex cabot#alexandra cabot#olivia benson#olivia x alex#law and order svu#special victims unit#mariska hargitay#stephanie march#source: steven universe future
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sorry for the spam i just LOVED your gatekeeper jake meta!!
i do have a question as you seem like a pretty good source, if i were to read any of the comics which runs would you recommend?
Hello friend! No such thing as spam in Tumblr land. Like and reblog it all. Go nuts.
(Shameless plug: Check out my other meta that can be found in my intro)
It is true I have read all of moon knight comics. It is also true I have a serious memory problem.
BUT. General consensus, and I agree 100%, is that you need to read the Lemire x Smallwood run.
I'm going to be controversial. Start with Ellis (see long rant below to see why). 100% read Lemire. If you read nothing else, read Lemire. Then read Mackay.
I also recommend you pick up and read some of the original stuff, just to see where it all started. There's a lot of it. It suffers from old comic book syndrome, but some of it is really quite good and beautiful.
If you REALLY want to know more... Here's a Brief Timeline!
So the first Moon Knight was in Werewolf by Night, in which he was hired to hunt down Jack Russel.
They liked his character and design and he got his own comic!
This is the Moench run collection that spanned from the 70s through the 80s.
Then there was a long dry spell. LONG dry spell. He popped up now and then in the background and various other one shots.
But then Huston got his mits on him in 2006 with "The Bottom"
This is actually where I started because it is the more modern run.
However, this period is also very rough. He's called Schizophrenic, they use outdated terminology (Multiple Personality instead of DID). It highlights the crazy aspect and is very violent oriented.
But it's also a little fun and there are a lot of good classic moments found in these runs. You are also going to start finding some pretty amazing artwork in these runs (Deodato!)
The Huston and later Benson runs (The Bottom, Midnight Sun, God and Country, Death of Marc Spector, and Down South) are a good look at how messed up Marc lets himself get. Full of angst and him pushing people away. You don't see a lot of Steven and very little Jake in these. Marc is crawling through his mental health issues and you also get a look at his relationship with Marlene.
NEXT: 2009. The Hurwitz runs! (Shock and Awe, Killed Not Dead, and Shadowland.)
This run was actually pretty good. If memory serves me well (and it doesn't), I enjoyed the stories that were told here. You get a more messed up Marc, but Marc was TRYING. You see him struggle with his mental health and struggle to do good.
PLUS. Shock and Awe has THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ART. I loved the design of his suit and it showed peak Marc Spector fighting style of "I'm just going to throw my body at things until they don't get back up". You also get to see him interacting with other Marvel characters (Avengers, Captain America, Punisher, ect.). This is always interesting because they don't know what to do with him. You start to see the ableism set in and how much he's not just fighting himself but he's also fighting how others see him.
NEXT UP: 2011. Bendis. "The Heroic Age". This man nearly ended Moon Knight. It was bad. IT WAS SO BAD. No one talks about this run. It didn't happen. Skip it. Don't even pretend to buy it. If you want it, steal it. Get it from the library. Don't waste your money.
Bendis labled Moon Knight a Psychophrenic lunatic, sent him to L.A. to work on a 'team' then messed up his whole characterization and everything he stood for. It was bad.
NOTICE THE GAP HERE. NEXT RUN WASN'T UNTIL 2014!!!! That's how bad Bendis fucked up.
Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey took Moon Knight over in "From the Dead".
The story here is seriously lacking, but the art is amazing. This is ALSO where you are going to meet Mr. Knight for the first time and he is glorious.
Ellis is known in comic land for writing some of the darkest Punisher content that Marvel put out. He's known for blood and guts and violence. So… just keep that in mind.
But here we see someone that refuses to acknowledge who he is. There is no Steven Grant, no Jake Lockley, and he refuses Marc Spector. This is a man that had a serious mental break and is clawing up from the mudd and trying so hard to fix himself by not being himself. One might even say he's in a dissociative state this whole run.
Next we have "Dead Will Rise" by Brian Wood and Smallwood. It follows where Ellis left off and you start to get some of that Delicious Smallwood art. The story does pick up a bit here, but it's still very ambiguous and barely holds the Moon Knight title.
You see, Bendis really fucked up things and they didn't want him to be seen as "That crazy guy" anymore. So they play it safe and you get more of the original supernatural stuff that happened back in the day with Werewolf by night.
"In the Night" is next in this series by Cullen Bunn and Ron Ackins. Again, art is pretty good here and you start to get some of the old Marc Spector back in this. He crashes more vehicles and you see his reckless style start to creep back in. Story is still barely there, but it's descent. Again, we see Marc start to decline in mental health. He's alone, he's destructive, he's violent.
NEXT UP: 2016. ENTER LEMIRE. Bless this man.
Lemire saw the Smallwood art in "Dead will Rise". Smallwood loved working on Moon Knight.
But Smallwood is a busy man in the comic universe. Lemire knew Smallwood was going to struggle to keep up with the schedule. And Lemire had a hell of a story to tell.
THIS MAN. He broke his story up into three other parts and hired three other artists that had VERY unique and distinctive styles.
This let him break his story up so that you knew each part by the art!!
WTF. When the story was important and back on the main plot, Smallwood would come back in and tell it with his smooth and amazing art.
Then as the series progresses and gets more and more into it, you see all the art styles crash into the pages until he brings it back home in one final breath taking scene where Smallwood collects them again and sends them off.
Gonna fucking cry here. Gimme a minute.
So anyways: The Lemire run. (Lunatic, Reincarnations, Birth and Death.) Three volumes in which we see Marc Spector's mental break down, the fall out, and how he builds himself back up. We see his friends from the past, we see Steven and Jake find their place, and we see Marc start to accept that he is a broken man. It's a beautiful story. It's hard to follow sometimes and a little confusing at first, but once you get to the end it all makes sense and it's so beautiful. Lemire is what inspired the MCU show, in case you were unaware.
Ugh. Next. BEMIS. 2017. Fucking Bemis. "Legacy" (Crazy runs in the family and Phases) Bemis took what Lemire did and shit all over it. I swear this man did no research into the character. He just went, "Crazy huh? What if he's SUPER CRAZY AND EATS RABID DOLPHINS" (this happened. I'm not kidding). He tries to reboot Moon Knight. He fucking UGH. He tries to explain what caused his DID. He just… UGH. Antisemetic bullshit and he should have known better. UGH. Only good thing to come out of it is that you find out Marc and Marlene had a daughter and she's pretty badass.
Then in 2018 we got "Avengers Age of Khonshu" by Jason Aaron. This was a marvel tie in event. I have THOUGHTS about tie in events and none of them are good. Basically Khonshu tries to take over the world. He uses Marc. Now the Avengers think Moon Knight is a threat and needs to be watched in case his god tries to do anything again. Khonshu gets locked up in Asgard and Marc is now on his own.
Jason Aaron, much like Ellis, is also known for his incredibly dark and gritty comics. He also did Punisher Max and is a huge name in the comic world, but you have to have the stomach for him. I guarantee there will be vomit, spitting, and blood in everything he does. It's like a trademark.
This brings us to 2021" MACKAY! (Midnight Mission, Too Tough to Die, and Halfway to Sanity)
Mackay looks back at Lemire and goes, "Hey… what happened?" This man does the unthinkable. He doesn't reboot. He starts with the Mr. Knight that was given to us by Ellis and Wood, takes the story that Lemire gave us, and then acknowledges the bad in Bemis and Aaron.
HE TIES IT ALL TOGETHER. We see Marc that has started his heaing journey from Lemire but stumbled into his old bad habbits from Bemis. We see Marc trying to repair his reputation from Aaron and desperate to hate himself and forget himself.
We see him build back to his old habbits until Jake and Steven re-enter the picture and I couldn't be happier with how he does it.
He understands and runs with real DID awareness. He talks about Marc's PTSD. He lets the work as a system. He tells a story. He's bringing in Fucking Dracula. This man knows his memes.
The run is still going and I am excited to see what he does next. Can he just keep Moon Knight in his pocket for a while? I would love that. Just… Let him hold him a while longer.
.........TLDR: Depends on what you like. If you are new to comics and just want to get your food in the door, read Lemire then skip to Mackay.
If you like what you see and want to get more in depth. You want to know who Frenchie and Gena are (I love them so much) dip your toe into the early stuff with the OG Moench. If you want to see where Marc started to break down and a more modern Moon Knight came about, go to Huston and work your way through it. If you just want to see enough to get you to Mackay, start with Ellis.
#Got asked#I rambled#Does...does this make sense?#I haven't slept and I'm pretty out of it#I need to go back and just reread it all#new years resolution: reread all of moon knight and take notes#Weren't expecting this when you asked me that were you?#haha oops
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Old Jonathan Bailey’s interview with the OxfordMail (2013)

BROADCHURCH star Jonathan Bailey has paid tribute to his former English teacher for inspiring his acting career.
The 25-year-old former Oxford schoolboy, who played newspaper reporter Olly Stevens in the smash-hit crime thriller, also said reading his own local newspapers – the Oxford Mail and The Wallingford Herald – helped him prepare for the role.
Mr Bailey, from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, fondly remembers reading Shakespeare in the sixth form at Oxford’s Magdalen College School with Dr David Brunton, who died in March 2007 after falling from the tower of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Church in High Street.
Mr Bailey, who is now playing Cassio in the National Theatre production of Othello, told the Mail: “He was a brilliant man who taught us Othello for A-Level. I’d read it out loud in class with him playing Iago, so it is a fitting tribute to a fantastic teacher that I’m now playing Cassio.”
In Broadchurch, the former Benson Primary School pupil worked opposite top actors including David Tennant and Pauline Quirke.
His character, a junior reporter for the fictional Broadchurch Echo, finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation.
Mr Bailey said: “The Oxford Mail and The Wallingford Herald were of course my inspiration. Growing up in Benson I always read The Wallingford Herald – it was always on the kitchen table. The sense of community that is thrust into the home by local papers is so important.”
The ITV series drew in more than nine million viewers every week and had viewers on the edges of their seats until the murderer was revealed in the final episode, broadcast on April 22.
Filming for a second series is due to start next year.
Mr Bailey, who has also appeared in the popular Oxford detective drama Lewis, said: “In terms of Broadchurch’s success, I am totally shocked. It is great to be a part of something everyone wants to carry on watching.”
Mr Bailey’s father Stuart Bailey, former managing director of Rowse Honey in Wallingford, said: “We believe that it is important to follow your dream and are naturally very proud of Jonathan and what he has achieved. We were totally hooked on Broadchurch and looked forward to watching it every Monday evening.”
He added: “It is great that Jonathan was part of such a popular TV series and that Othello is proving so successful at the National.”
Alan Cooper, who has taught at Oxford’s Magdalen College School for 32 years, said: “Dr Brunton had a brilliant way of making Shakespeare come alive.He would be absolutely delighted. He was always very fond of Shakespeare.He would be thrilled that someone would be able to take that to the theatre.”
Of Mr Bailey, Mr Cooper added: “He is quietly successful. He clearly works hard and is very deserving of success.”
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Top 10 Movies : Stuck in Time with You.
This list is made up of those movies that have two people(sometimes more) usually romantic interests, but could be friends or family, that are stuck in an extraordinary time travel or time loop situation together. Movie night just got better. Read on below for this interesting top ten 10 list.
1. Passengers, 2016
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Sci-Fi / Romance
IMDb: 7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis:
On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5,000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
2. Palm Springs, 2020
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Sci-Fi / Fantasy
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Director: Max Barbakow
Starring: Andy Samberg, Christin Milotti,Camila Mendes, J. k. Simmons
Synopsis:
Stuck in a time loop, two wedding guests develop a budding romance while living the same day over and over again.
3. The Fare, 2019
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Romance / Thriller
IMDb: 6.2 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Director: D.C. Hamilton
Starring: Brinna Kelly, Gino Anthony Pesi
Synopsis:
When a charming woman climbs into his taxi, a taxi driver finds himself entranced until she disappears without a trace. When he resets his meter, he is brought back to the moment she first climbed into his cab, starting an endlessly repeating loop.
4. 6:45, 2021
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Psychological Thriller / Thriller
IMDb: 3.9 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
Director: Craig Singer
Starring: Augie Duke, Thomas G. Waites, Shasha K. Gordon, Ray Mancini
Synopsis:
A romantic weekend getaway turns into a demented cycle of terror when a couple find themselves living the same horrific day over and over again.
5. Enter Nowhere, 2011
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Mystery / Thriller
IMDb: 6.5 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes: -
Director: Jack Heller
Starring: Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Katherine Waterston
Synopsis:
Three strangers arrive one at a time in a remote cabin, and learn they have been brought together for a reason.
6. Edge of Tomorrow, 2014
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Sci-Fi / Action
IMDb: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Synopsis:
When Earth falls under attack from invincible aliens, no military unit in the world is able to beat them. Maj. William Cage (Tom Cruise), an officer who has never seen combat, is assigned to a suicide mission. Killed within moments, Cage finds himself thrown into a time loop, in which he relives the same brutal fight -- and his death -- over and over again. However, Cage's fighting skills improve with each encore, bringing him and a comrade (Emily Blunt) ever closer to defeating the aliens.
7. Source Code, 2011
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Sci-Fi / Action
IMDb: 7.5 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
Synopsis:
Helicopter pilot Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a top-secret military operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of Sean Fentress, a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of Colter's mission is to learn the identity of the bomber and prevent a similar catastrophe. As Colter lives Sean's final moments, he becomes more certain that he can prevent the first tragedy from occurring -- as long as he doesn't run out of time.
8. The Endless, 2017
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Horror/Thriller
IMDb: 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Director: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson
Starring: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington
Synopsis: Two brothers receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier. Hoping to find the closure that they couldn't find as young men, they're forced to reconsider the cult's beliefs when confronted with unexplainable phenomena surrounding the camp. As the members prepare for the coming of a mysterious event, the brothers race to unravel the seemingly impossible truth before their lives become permanently entangled with the cult.
9. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, 2021
Romance / Fantasy
IMDb: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Director: Ian Samuels
Starring: Kyle Allen, Kathryn Newton
Synopsis:
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is a 2021 American science fiction romantic comedy film directed by Ian Samuels, from a screenplay by Lev Grossman, based on his 2016 short story of the same name. It stars Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen as two teenagers stuck in a time loop.
10. Repeaters, 2010
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Thriller / Sci-Fi
IMDb: 5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
Director: Carl Bessai
Starring: Amanda Crew, Dustin Milligan, Richard de Klerk, Benjamin Ratner
Synopsis:
Three people find themselves in an impossibly confusing time labyrinth, where each day they wake up to face the same horrors as the day before.
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Australovenator wintonensis
By Scott Reid
Etymology: Southern Hunter
First Described By: Hocknull et al., 2009
Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Megaraptora, Megaraptoridae
Status: Extinct
Time and Place: About 95 million years ago, in the Cenomanian of the Late Cretaceous


Australovenator is known from the Phimopollenites Pannosus Pollen Zone of the Winton Formation in Queensland, Australia
Physical Description: Australovenator was a Megaraptor, a group of fairly mysterious predatory dinosaurs that consistently confuse people since they were first discovered through today. The known parts of Australovenator are rather sparse - limbs and some parts of the torso, and a bit of the tip of the mouth. These elements show an animal with long legs, fairly long arms (for a theropod) with giant hand claws, and a slender jaw. The rest of our understanding of its size and shape is really based on its relatives. It would probably have been 6 meters long and 2 meters tall, weighing only 1,000 kilograms - making it a very lightweight, potentially fast predator. It had extremely flexible hands as well - more flexible than other theropods, almost able to pronate (ie, make “bunny hands”, which is not possible in other theropods). It also had extremely strong feet, built for kicking. Given that it was slender and small, it would have probably been covered in fluffy protofeathers all over its body.
By Ashley Patch
Diet: Australovenator would have been a major predator, able to eat a wide variety of small and medium sized animals in its environment - potentially even larger animals if it was able to work in groups.
Behavior: The behavior of Australovenator is not greatly known, given how mysterious Megaraptorans are as a general group. However, the extremely strong foot bones found with extensive signs of breakage indicates that Australovenator did use its feet to kick at prey, similar to modern emus. This would have greatly bruised and damaged the prey, potentially even breaking bones and causing internal bleeding and organ damage. The extremely flexible arms would have allowed it to use them to manipulate objects, grab at food, and easily claw at prey. In fact, the very large hand claws are notable for the Megaraptorans, since they were originally thought to be the giant foot claws of giant Dromaeosaurs. This ability to claw at and maim prey would have helped Australovenator extensively in taking down prey.
By José Carlos Cortés
Were Megaraptorans social? We aren’t sure. Australovenator was a powerful predator, clearly able to take down other animals in its environment without much help. It may have worked in small groups in order to get food larger than it, such as the sauropod Diamantinasaurus, since there weren't larger predators in its environment. However, there is no direct evidence to support that. Furthermore, in plenty of locations, Megaraptorans are very rare, indicating they wouldn’t have grouped up together much. Still, they usually aren’t the largest predators in a place, so the jury is out for Australovenator. As a dinosaur, it would have probably taken care of its young, though in what way is a question.

By PaleoEquii, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ecosystem: The Winton Environment was a river basin, next to the former inland Eromanga Sea. This was a highly forested ecosystem with extensive swamps, creeks, lakes, and estuaries leading back to the sea. The dense vegetation made it a hotbed for herbivores, which were all sources of prey for Australoveantor. In fact, Australovenator was found directly with Diamantinasaurus, a 15 to 16 meter long sauropod (indicating that Australovenator may have been scavenging, or worked in a group and was killed by a group member). Other herbivores included the titanosaurs Wintonotitan and Savannasaurus, and the Somphospondylian Austrosaurus. There were a variety of Ornithischians there, though none were named, they may have been Rhabdodonts or Elasmarians; and there was at least one Ankylosaur (probably a basal Ankylosaurid). In addition, there was the large pterosaur Ferrodraco, and the narrow-snouted Crocodylomorph Isisfordia.

By Ripley Cook
Other: Megaraptors like Australovenator are a taxonomical quagmire. They are either closely related to the Carnosaurs - animals like Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus - or to early Coelurosaurs such as the Tyrannosaurs. It’s possible they are Tyrannosaurs, full stop, but an early group of them. Honestly, the question is still up in the air - but they combine a lot of the characteristics of the earlier theropods with the more bird-like ones, which leads to this confusion. Regardless, Australovenator was a very late derived Megaraptor, nested deep within the group.
~ By Meig Dickson
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Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts Review

Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts is animated show that was created by Radford Sechrist ( Kung Fu Panda 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Penguins of Madagascar) and developed by Bill Wolkoff (TRON: Uprising, Star Wars Rebels and Once Upon a Time). It´s based of the webcomic ¨Kipo¨ created by Radford Sechrist. The show was produced by Dreamworks Animation Television and animated by Studio Mir.
The story of the show takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, in which mutated animals called ¨mutes¨ live on the surface while humans live in underground cities ¨Burrows¨ to ensure their safety from the dangers of the surface.
The protagonist is Kipo Oak, a 13 year old girl, that is forced to leave her own burrow and search for her father, Lio Oak, after she is separated from him. On the surface she meets other humans survivors and friendly mutes than join her in her journey.
Animation

The show was animated by South Korea’s Studio Mir, which is known for animating shows like The Legend of Korra and Voltron: Legendary Defenders.
The animation of Kipo and the age of the wonderbeasts is good overall, is not Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles´ animation but it works well for modern animation standars.
At first glance, is easy to notice the show is highly inspired by anime.Radford Sechrist has admitted he is inspired by anime films such as Tekkonkinkreet (2005) and the Studio Ghibli films.
The show has some good character design as well, while they are based of anime, the show has its own style that makes them feel more unique.
While the humans designs are decent, the series really shines when it comes to the mutes designs. Each is different from the other and it is hard to find two mute that looks exactly the same.
It also has some wonderful backgrounds that really make you feel that you are in a post-apocalyptic setting, with human cities ruins that have been abandoned for more than two hundred years.
Soundtrack and sound design
The series has some pretty memorable soundtracks that usually fit well with the scenes and rarely feel out of place.
The person behind the soundtrack is Daniel Rojas, who also wrote many songs for the series.
In a interview, Daniel Rojas explained that while working on Kipo they tried to have diverse soundtrack, they would mix up different genres that would change depending on the episode.
¨Rad Sechrist’s vision for the show was to be diverse and inclusive on all fronts, including the music. We wanted to tap on a ton of different genres and mix them all up: take folky banjo riffs and put them on top of a trap beat, write a classical piece for Scarlemagne but do a hip-hop remix of it – it was a purist’s nightmare!¨
The music and songs of Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts are one of best parts of the show in my opinion, and i think it wouldn´t be the same without them as they are important for story and characters.
As for the voice cast, most of them work well for the show,some performances are better than others but overall they are decent.
Story and characters
The story of Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts is quite unique for modern cartoons: It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, which is rare to find in Western animated series.
There has been some animated series whose setting is post-apocalyptic like ¨Adventure time¨ and ¨Steven Universe¨ but these story elements were usually secondary or part of the lore in those shows. The fact that Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts is post-apocalyptic is very important for the story and characters.
The show also has 30 episodes and each one lasts between 23-24 minutes, which means that many things can happen in one episode. The pacing, however, is well-done despite being a short series. There are some episodes that focus more in the story while others help developing the characters and their relationships.
The foreshadowing is well-executed most of time, sometimes is very subtle, which makes it easy to miss the first time watching it. Since many things are foreshadowed it rarely makes the story elements feel that they came out of nowhere or just appear for the sake of the plot
The lore its very interesting as well: In almost every episode a new type of mute is introduced. Each type of mute has their own culture and lifestyle, which keeps the story fresh and nonrepetitive.
For example: The timbercats are anthropomorphic cats that live on trees and are woodcutters, they love to sing and would do anything they can to protect their home.
One of the main themes is about the unending war between mutes and humans that has lasted more than 100 years. The relationship between humans and mutes is one of the most important aspects of the story and its what drives the main characters.
Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts pacifism and human´s relationship with nature themes seem to be clearly inspired by Studio Ghibli´s films, specially from Princess Mononoke.
Another big theme of the series is that people have the capacity to change, to grow and become better individuals, which shares a few similarities with the animated series Steven universe. It´s not uncommon for the series to have antagonistic characters that become allies later in the story.
As for the characters, they are well developed, each one having its own arc and backstory. Many episodes focus on their relationships which are quite complex and change over time.
Kipo Oak, the main protagonist, is someone who always believes there´s good in everyone, even those who hurt and take advantage of others. She´s unique in the sense that she tries to be positive in a world where pretty much everyone is selfish and only care about themselves.
To quote the exec producer, Bill Wolkoff: ¨I loved Kipo instantly. Here is this relentlessly positive person with this great sense of wonder, set it in a dangerous world, which would turn most people cynical. This was the perfect character to root the rest of the show around.”
While she prefers solving conflicts through talking, Kipo is someone who is not afraid to fight if someone dares to hurt her loved ones. She usually tries changing her methods according to the situation.
The other protagonists are: Wolf, a tough yet caring girl who grew on the surface and has a dark troubled past; Benson, a carefree teenager who loves music and his best friend Dave, a talking bug mute; and Mandu, a small pig mute that is adopted by Kipo.
Each character is given enough screen time to develop and explore their psyche. However, some character arcs can felt a bit rushed at times due to being a short series.
Another thing i liked about the series is how the conflict is not black and white, many characters have a reason that explains why they act in a specific way and we get to learn about both sides of the conflict, no one is 100% good or 100% evil, which feels accurate with post-apocalyptic setting
Kipo and the age of the wonderbeasts has also been praised for having a inclusive cast: Many characters in the show are POC and some even are LGTB+. Wolkoff has talked about how it was important for the show to have this type of representation since times are changing and so does the media we consume.
“We also have a really diverse cast that is reflective of the world today,” he adds. “It was really important for Rad and I to have a creative team that was diverse and inclusive to tell these stories in the best way. We wanted to empower our team to make decisions that we couldn’t have made on our own. That’s why the show feels authentic and has a fresh perspective. It’s also very funny.”
Conclusion
I think Kipo and the age of the wonderbeasts is very well done and is a good example on how to make an good animated series. It would be great if more creators in animation tried taking more risks and making shows that both kids and adults can appreciate.
Due to its setting, characters and story, the series also manages to feel unique and different, which is good in a medium that sometimes relies on using the same tropes and story elements.
It´s a short series but its worth of watching if you enjoy Studio Ghibli films, anime or shows like Steven universe.
Sources cited:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipo_and_the_Age_of_Wonderbeasts
https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/its-the-end-of-the-world-and-shes-just-fine-kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts/
https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-daniel-rojas-composer-on-kipo-and-the-age-of-the-wonderbeasts/
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Olivia to Elliot: Well, what do you think? Was I worth the wait? Oh, what am I saying? Of course I was!
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Alex: Well, danger is my middle name.
Olivia: That's a lie. Your middle name is cutie pie.
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Classic Supernatural Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions), by Various Authors, Barnes & Noble Books, 2019. Bonded leather, cover design by Raphael Geroni, info: barnesandnoble.com.
This volume is a cornucopia of thrills and chills, featuring 25 tales of the uncanny and macabre regarded to be among the finest weird tales in the English language. Its stellar line-up of authors includes Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, A. Merritt, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Henry S. Whitehead. In addition to distinguished works by these authors, the book features three complete short novels: A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee, Serapion by Francis Stevens and The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson. Part of Barnes & Noble's 'Leatherbound Classic Collection' (or 'Collectible Editions'), this book features exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable and collectible, the series offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and each book is indispensable for the home library.
Contents: Introduction Ligeia – Edgar Allan Poe The Englishman – Guy de Maupassant What Was it? – Fitz-James O’Brian The Haunted River – Mrs. J.H. Riddell The Trial for Murder – Charles Dickens Mr. Justice Hardbottle – J. Sheridan Le Fanu At Chrighton Abbey – Mary Elizabeth Braddon Edith Wharton – The Triumph of Night Sir Edmund Orme v Henry James Man Overboard – F. Marion Crawford A Phantom Lover – Vernon Lee The Novel of the Black Seal – Arthur Machen The Mezzotint – M.R. James The Room in the Tower – E.F. Benson The Parasite – Arthur Conan Doyle The Stolen Body – H.G. Wells The Beast with Five Fingers – William Fryer Harvey The Isle of Voices – Robert Louis Stevenson The Death of Halpin Frayser – Ambrose Bierce The Dead Valley – Ralph Adams Cram Serapion – Francis Stevens Sweet Grass – Henry S. Whitehead The Shadow Over Innsmouth – H.P. Lovecraft The Moon Pool – A. Merritt The Ghost Pirates – William Hope Hodgson Original Sources
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Interesting Papers for Week 44, 2019
Mapping sequence structure in the human lateral entorhinal cortex. Bellmund, J. L., Deuker, L., & Doeller, C. F. (2019). eLife, 8, e45333. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45333
Monovision and the Misperception of Motion. Burge, J., Rodriguez-Lopez, V., & Dorronsoro, C. (2019). Current Biology, 29(15), 2586-2592.e4.
Subcortical Substrates of Explore-Exploit Decisions in Primates. Costa, V. D., Mitz, A. R., & Averbeck, B. B. (2019). Neuron, 103(3), 533-545.e5.
Dynamic causal modelling revisited. Friston, K. J., Preller, K. H., Mathys, C., Cagnan, H., Heinzle, J., Razi, A., & Zeidman, P. (2019). NeuroImage, 199, 730–744.
Causal Evidence for Expression of Perceptual Expectations in Category-Selective Extrastriate Regions. Gandolfo, M., & Downing, P. E. (2019). Current Biology, 29(15), 2496-2500.e3.
Open Source Brain: A Collaborative Resource for Visualizing, Analyzing, Simulating, and Developing Standardized Models of Neurons and Circuits. Gleeson, P., Cantarelli, M., Marin, B., Quintana, A., Earnshaw, M., Sadeh, S., … Silver, R. A. (2019). Neuron, 103(3), 395-411.e5.
Quantifying performance of machine learning methods for neuroimaging data. Jollans, L., Boyle, R., Artiges, E., Banaschewski, T., Desrivières, S., Grigis, A., … Whelan, R. (2019). NeuroImage, 199, 351–365.
High Sensitivity Mapping of Cortical Dopamine D2 Receptor Expressing Neurons. Khlghatyan, J., Quintana, C., Parent, M., & Beaulieu, J.-M. (2019). Cerebral Cortex, 29(9), 3813–3827.
Sparse Representation in Awake Auditory Cortex: Cell-type Dependence, Synaptic Mechanisms, Developmental Emergence, and Modulation. Liang, F., Li, H., Chou, X., Zhou, M., Zhang, N. K., Xiao, Z., … Zhang, L. I. (2019). Cerebral Cortex, 29(9), 3796–3812.
Cortical layer-specific critical dynamics triggering perception. Marshel, J. H., Kim, Y. S., Machado, T. A., Quirin, S., Benson, B., Kadmon, J., … Deisseroth, K. (2019). Science, 365(6453), eaaw5202.
Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Sensory Filtering through a Basal Ganglia-to-Thalamus Pathway. Nakajima, M., Schmitt, L. I., & Halassa, M. M. (2019). Neuron, 103(3), 445-458.e10.
Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing. Otis, J. M., Zhu, M., Namboodiri, V. M. K., Cook, C. A., Kosyk, O., Matan, A. M., … Stuber, G. D. (2019). Neuron, 103(3), 423-431.e4.
PsyPhy: A Psychophysics Driven Evaluation Framework for Visual Recognition. RichardWebster, B., Anthony, S. E., & Scheirer, W. J. (2019). IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 41(9), 2280–2286.
Scaling Principles of Distributed Circuits. Srinivasan, S., & Stevens, C. F. (2019). Current Biology, 29(15), 2533-2540.e7.
Learning a Spatial Task by Trial and Error in Drosophila. Stern, U., Srivastava, H., Chen, H.-L., Mohammad, F., Claridge-Chang, A., & Yang, C.-H. (2019). Current Biology, 29(15), 2517-2525.e5.
CB1 Receptors in the Anterior Piriform Cortex Control Odor Preference Memory. Terral, G., Busquets-Garcia, A., Varilh, M., Achicallende, S., Cannich, A., Bellocchio, L., … Marsicano, G. (2019). Current Biology, 29(15), 2455-2464.e5.
Reframing schizophrenia and autism as bodily self-consciousness disorders leading to a deficit of theory of mind and empathy with social communication impairments. Tordjman, S., Celume, M. ., Denis, L., Motillon, T., & Keromnes, G. (2019). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 103, 401–413.
Analysis of Biased Competition and Cooperation for Attention in the Cerebral Cortex. Turova, T., & Rolls, E. T. (2019). Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 13, 51.
Transforming the Choice Outcome to an Action Plan in Monkey Lateral Prefrontal Cortex: A Neural Circuit Model. Yim, M. Y., Cai, X., & Wang, X.-J. (2019). Neuron, 103(3), 520-532.e5.
Interpreting Deep Visual Representations via Network Dissection. Zhou, B., Bau, D., Oliva, A., & Torralba, A. (2019). IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 41(9), 2131–2145.
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Queen Anne Square’s “Meeting Room” in Newport, Rhode Island There is a subtle, oft-overlooked but intriguing installation in Newport's Queen Anne Square, titled "The Meeting Room." Designed by artist Maya Lin and installed in 2013, it's a three-part art installation meant to bring the local community of the past back to life. The Meeting Room's three foundations represent the actual locations of buildings that stood on the site in the past: 1777, 1876, and 1907. Each of them is meant to emulate an outdoor room; its threshold stones are hand-carved with mallet and chisel, inscribed with excerpts from local journals and writings spanning centuries. The calligraphy, done by Nick Benson of the John Stevens Shop, closely mirrors that of each corresponding era. The Foundation Room, the largest part of the three, consists of a granite water table with nine holes that bubble water from an invisible "spring." It represents the nine families that founded Newport in 1639, as well as the sources of water that provided life to them. Meanwhile, the Long Room's inscriptions describe local farming and sailing during the 19th century in Baskerville lowercase Roman. The Hearth, arguably the most eye-catching part of the Meeting Room imitates a 19th-century parlor, complete with a historically accurate replica of a fireplace and chimney. Inscribed in the italic style once popular in the 1800s, it contains many excerpts detailing everyday life, such as one Fanny Clarke's diary entry from 1876: "Rained all day. Made jelly & did various other Housekeeping matters which consumed the Morning." The installation does not only look into the past, but at the future of the community as well. Designed for maximum sustainability, the materials for the Meeting Room's foundations and walls come from Newport's old sidewalks and demolished bridge. The LED lamps mimic the color of gas lamp lights, and the variety of trees is selected from native species. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/queen-anne-square-meeting-room
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