#1960 1979

[jamethinks]

I have a hard time hating Donovan because as much of an asshole he is to his son, that man has done nothing wrong in my eyes. I know the goal is to keep him as a mystery and a sort of looming threat but I’m not really threatened by the unknown.

He’s a dick to Damian but it’s never made clear why. The best assumption would be that he’s rich and therefore neglectful but that doesn’t seem to be the case with all the other kids at Eden. He just comes off as paranoid for again no particular reason. The most we know is that he thinks that everyone is inherently a bunch of liars which is a nice contrast to the main cast of characters and based on that odd conversation with Twilight we know that he extends this belief even to his own family. Unfortunately, I have a hard time hating him even for that because I’m the end Damian is like 6 and it just seems to logically insane to view a child as a potential opp that I can’t take it seriously. Also he never extended that kind of suspicion to Demetrius so I dunno maybe Damian is the problem.

As for his politics, they are effectively nonexistent. Only information that we know is that he maybe possibly would be interested in starting the war again but at the same time that’s not how war works. My best understanding is that he is trying to be re-elected to start the war again but if that’s the case then why would anyone vote for him? No context is given as to why he lost the last re-election (and that’s me assuming he lost and it’s not a case of term limits) or what the general public thinks of him. There was that one scene where Millie blamed him for the death of her father so maybe the gp isn’t too fond of him but it’s also never said why. As much as I am anti war I do know war is a nuanced issue so I can’t really say if I’m against Donovan without know why he is interested in the war. He didn’t even start the war also what even is the war. It’s constantly referenced but I don’t even know what they’re talking about. The timeline is so vague and confusing.

I’m nitpicking again but it’s really confusing. I get the upset about losing family to the war but wars are far too political and complicated for me to just side with anyone. Like I feel bad for veterans in general but also a lot of them are cold blooded murderers and rapists who proudly dedicated their lives to furthering white supremacy and engaging in neocolonialism so I can only feel so bad before I just say womp womp and move on. Brainwashing does seem to be an issue in Ostania but again like meh. They specifically said Ostania isn’t a socialist state which was the core of the conflict between East and West Germany and it’s the socialist/communist beliefs that caused the most harm in East German but if that not the case here then what is actually going on.

If you have any information that can help please share I am confused 🤔

Anyways here’s a tiny Yor

[fanofspooky]

Cars of horror:

• Phantasm 1979

• Christine

• Psycho 1960

• Evil Dead II

• Halloween 1978

• Jeepers Creepers

• Death Proof

• Titane

• The Car

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[desertangels70s]

Twiggy, 1979.

[haveyouheardthisband]

[sacredwhores]

Michael Haneke - Lemmings, Part I: Arcadia (1979)

[itsfullofstars]

[thislovintime]

A Monkees trading card, featuring a photo from the filming of the episode “Monkees Blow Their Minds.”

“Tork, now 36, is an avowed socialist and lives in Venice, California. ‘The big bosses just put the Monkees’ name on a lot of our recordings and then showered us with praise when they became a hit. I was called into a mass interview to become a Monkee and was told to cut out any bad habits — like smoking grass. When I wanted to publicly protest America’s involvement in Vietnam I was told to keep quiet. Two of the guys who controlled us were Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, who have become bigtime movie people now. I don’t blame any of them. It’s the system. They wanted us to get their fortunes. And I enjoyed the ride. I got to see the world and meet my own idols. But everything is so fast. I got ripped off all the time. We had limos and thousands of fans and teen magazine interviews. But they were all bullshit — they never printed anything but crap. I even got ripped off when I went to buy a house. When the real estate people see a teen idol coming, they know it’s easy money. They jack up the prices. You don’t know anything, so you’re exploited. The whole entertainment business is about fraud. I found that even my idols, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, had to play the merchandising game. They had to become products to make the mark. ‘All this stuff about teen idols and girls is crazy too,’ Tork continued. ‘The girls I wanted wouldn’t touch me, and the fans were caught up in a never-never land and most of them were crazed. I never had as little sex in my life as when I was a big teen hero. The fans were lucky they weren’t killed in the mobs. I noticed one thing: that when the girls actually got close to us they were shy and they wouldn’t say much. Those young girls want their idols up on stage so they can’t touch them and they can release sexual energy. As for being treated like an artist, when we did the Monkees TV show and concerts, everything was impersonal. There weren’t any big dinners or stuff like that. They just told us to come up louder on the second chorus. It’s all a game.’” - New West, January 1, 1979

Q: “How did you manage to keep sane within that madness?” Peter Tork: “I either didn’t notice, I didn’t care, or I didn’t permit it. It was that easy, generally. I only know in retrospect how badly I was ripped off.” Q: “Do you mean financially?” PT: “Largely financially. I let it happen to myself. You know what they say about a fool and his money.” - Goldmine, 1982

[misforgotten2]

All the bad Santa cookies eats wreaks havoc on Santa’s self esteem, “Is this how people see me?”

Sunset The Magazine of Western Living    December 1979

[arconinternet]

Totem, Relativity, Space Mates & Sunstone (Videos, Ed Emshwiller, 1963/1966/1972/1979)

You can watch these short independent art films here.

You can watch a clip from another of Emshwiller's films at the start of this interview excerpt.

[thedabara]

BEAUTY EVOLUTION OF LILLIAN GISH

(1893-1993)

1919 love this vamp look on lillian so much

1924 she looks otherworldly beautiful

1928 her face is unique and her dress is cute

1929 looks a bit older, this hair looks great

1934 really she’s a natural beauty

1946 she looks way younger than she really is

1955 so glamorous here and smiling too

1960 very elegant and still pretty in older years

1979 stylish and cool for Blackglama

1983 she is adorable with her dog at 90 years old!

[muirneach]

why is tcm showing the absolute most horrific sexist movies this week :/

[audreyhepburninblackandwhite]

Audrey Hepburn on the set of Bloodline (1979)

[transformationofmatter]

please do look it up if you dont know the date bc there may be at least an approximate answer and otherwise the last option will completely dominate and this poll will be boring.

and dont be like 'but i cant sing'... just answer the earliest tune you know well enough that you COULD sing it

periods of western classical music provided only for reference

[psych-is-the-name]

ok so the other age-range poll was poorly set up by having every year in the 90's be its own individual option, and then grouping together all the decades around it

sorry if you were born before 1960 but im only allowed 12 options. feel free to comment your birth year in the replies or notes.