#Arnie Hammer

[guillotineman]

[survivinginthejungle]

At least rayn reynold has his likes on hidden which is the healthiest, wisest... setting you can pick

[trulymadlykiki]

cannibal alert on desperate housewives

[popentertainment-moviereviews]

DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS

Starring Jordan Boatman, Arnie Burton, James Daly, Ellen Harvey and Andrew Keenan-Bolger. 

Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen.

Directed by Gordon Greenberg.

Playing at New World Stages – Stage 5 – 340 West 50th Street – New York. Run: Through January 7th, 2024.

A New Live Production, Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, Reveals A High Camp Side to this Story of The Undead Count

One thing you can count on every Halloween is an appearance of Dracula or, at least, some form of a vampire added to the mix. That could mean a re-run of the many classic films with the undead count such as Universal’s original version of Dracula (with Bela Lugosi) or Hammer’s The Horror of Dracula (with Christopher Lee). But this scary season doesn't necessarily require an appearance of the original bloodsucker himself. It could include some resurrection of his character in a movie, play or live visual presentation in some haunted house.

In 1897, when Irish author Bram Stoker published his long-wrought novel Dracula for just six shillings, he didn’t realize that he’d created one of the most iconic figures of all time. Though this story of an aristocratic, undead mastermind was popular in its day, little did Stoker know that his blood-drinking, soulless monster of the night would become the source of countless permutations, reinterpretations, and re-examinations of this creature and its implications. There’s even a Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin which celebrates the Gothic, the supernatural, the after-dark and Victorian as well as the Count himself.

Of course, along with Stoker’s horror classic, the inevitable humorous satires, parodies, and various send ups cropped up. From a tale of the ageless Count needing to leave his ancient homeland to resettle in England to tap fresh blood, the original gothic narrative has often been revised with sometimes hilarious results.

Now, through Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, this battle with the master of the undead receives an outlandish rethink. Enabled by a compact, five-person cast – Jordan Boatman, Arnie Burton, James Daly, Ellen Harvey, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger – this rapid-fire comedic reimagining of this archetypal tale garners guffaws and lots of snickering. 

Taking off from the original’s classic characters, they’re transformed into these versions: sweet Lucy Westfeldt, vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing, insect consumer Percy Renfield, and behavioral psychiatrist Wallace Westfeldt, among others. Here they find themselves in a faux British country estate which doubles as a free-range mental asylum. With its cast of slapstick, quick change comics who switch roles with the aplomb of fast handed pickpockets, this Dracula not only makes you scream, but it does it with laughter. The show also exposes a fundamental ridiculousness that illustrates just how resilient the original concept is: it can take jabs even at its core of terror and still retain a certain majestic-ness.

Through its compact 90-minute show, elements of goth, camp, and variant sexuality are thrown into a gender-bending, quick-change romp. With all the wacky characters, a pansexual Gen-Z Count Dracula tops the list of existentially challenged characters. 

As a buddy of notorious gay Victorian author Oscar Wilde, the actual Stoker was believed to be a closeted gay man in a repressive England, so his novel was rife with suggestive sexuality and gender reversals. Director/co-writers Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen’s send-up of this novel is meant to be viewed through a very contemporary lens. 

Just as the book transcended other Gothic horror of its day, this comedy rises above being simple holiday fare. Make your way to the Westside’s New World Stages for a comedic jab at the jugular.

Brad Balfour

Copyright ©2023 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: November 8, 2023.

[dynared]

I've been hammering on Transformers Earthspark a lot lately (partially because I think the Energon Universe has shown the fandom there's a better way to bring in new fans and excite older ones), but even beyond the superiority of the Energon Universe and the hope it gets animated one day, something I've discussed with people that annoys me about it is that while the show is not devoid of good ideas, it often pays mere lip-service to them, and is shockingly insistent on tackling concepts it does not have the ability to tackle. Case in point, an episode around Kali of all things.

Kali, for those of you who don't know (because it's not like Earthspark bothered to explain it!) AKA Arnis or Escrima, is a Filipino martial art based on both weapons and hand-to-hand combat, favoring sticks and knives. It actually became popular in the martial arts community when Dan Inosanto, a student (some would argue the most prolific student) of the late Bruce Lee, began teaching it alongside Jeet Kune Do as part of his "JKD Concepts", an attempt to expand Bruce's Jeet Kune Do with additional ideas from other martial arts. The old Fight Quest show on the Discovery Channel tackled Kali in its second episode, showing training methodologies and the philosophy behind the art with the two hosts, including an ending where the hosts have to engage in sparring with stick fighting, which is as rough as it sounds.

Now Kali gets bought up in Earthspark as part of Alex Malto's Filipino background, but the show does virtually nothing with it, other than Alex waxing poetic about his heritage in one episode and then hitting a few Arachnamecs. You'd think that the idea of training the Terrans in a native martial art would have a lot of potential, especially since Cybertron in certain continuities has martial arts, particularly Metallikato and Circuit-Su. But instead, the concept is dropped almost immediately, making it seem like mere window dressing to show that the show is "diverse" rather than actually having some substance with the main plot.

The idea seems pretty simple to integrate. Have the Terrans be put in a situation where they would deem learning a martial art necessary, either a poor performance on the field, their instructors telling them that their skills in close-range-combat are poor, or being forced to fight someone like Bludgeon or Drift, a Metallikato practitioner who the Terrans feel outmatched by and who Alex volunteers to train in kali so they can fight their opponent on an even footing. Hell, that could be directly linked to the whole issue of culture, with the Terrans finding kali far less flashy than Metallikato and kind of lame, only for its effectiveness to show itself in combat.

And while Kali isn't the only example of such, it's probably the biggest example of the issues with shows that are surface-level in their concepts, and why Earthspark seems to have utterly failed to capture the imagination of kids and casual audiences.

[vintagerpg]

This is Hour of the Knife (1994). Weird cover! That’s a John and Laura Lakey jam. I gotta say, Ravenloft has, pretty much from House on Gryphon Hill, flirted with the faux-Victorian aesthetics of Universal and Hammer horror films. It is refreshing to have this cover just embrace it. More bowler hats in fantasy, pls. Arnie Swekel on the interiors. He’s not Stephen Fabian, but I’m not gonna complain. Just gonna point out he isn’t Fabian (I love Arnie’s work, I’m just funnin’).

So, I love this adventure. It’s an open-ended investigation (honestly don’t understand why there isn’t more of this in the Ravenloft line, but there isn’t really). As you can guess from the name and the cover art, there’s a murderer loose and the players need to find the clues to bring him and his evil knife to justice. There is a very large (though strangely bland) city map to aid in the detective work. There are annoying things (death fake outs are the worst) but overall, this is a bit of much needed freshness. It doesn’t last, but eh, whatever, nothing does.

[vrbanmouse]

Hammer Girl from The Raid sequel is a huge inspiration for Mouse's weapons of choice and fighting style (along with Arnis/Eskrima).

[mpreghotties]

Rafael Silva swallowed Arnie hammer while

[amarriageoftrueminds]

It always felt like the mcu focused on captain America but never steve

ITA.

And the irony is, they don't even want Cap anyway?

They don't want to tell the kind of anti-Nazi story a proper Captain America adaptation would demand.

Even though the whole point of him is to punch Hitler in the face, they hired the Indiana Jones guy to make it.

(As in: 'a character who could come face to face with Hitler himself and do nothing about it because it's funny but would fuck a hot Nazi chick').

And turn Steve's Hitler-punch into a camp joke and pair him off with- you guessed it! -a hot Nazi chick!

Transparently trying to retool Cap into a rightwing dogwhistle so that the hard-of-understanding will think he's just Soldier Boy 2.0 and represents American Imperialism, fuckyeah!

They don't want their side characters who collaborate with Nazis held accountable, (as if doing that is- bad?!)

They do want to adapt Nazi characters and whitewash them into 'good guys' (Peggy, Zemo, Zola) and whitewash gay characters into straight ones (Arnie Roth).

They don't want the guy who's one half of a male/male dynamic duo a la Batman and Robin, cuz they can't merchandise that as a nuclear family (eg. the only valid family unit).

They do want to disrespect the creators' historically important motives and sponge off the IP, while hammering that non-romance-centric peg into a comphet-shaped hole.

So the reason they ignore Steve is because they don't even want Captain America, let alone the little guy from Brooklyn!

(And they sure as fuck don't want him to be succeeded by a black man! With a progressive story!?! No way! Not with all the disney villains being BLM and black nowadays! (now that they've moved on from predatory camp gays) And not with their posh white blorbo hovering in the wings, poised to take over the second their under-served black cap's solo effort mysteriously flops!)

[msclaritea]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The Story Within A Story

In Tinker, Control resigns his post on November 14, 1973. I thought Control to be an odd name, and I know how dates are very important to the Brits. They lost Control....control of what? Recall all of the references to Gold, Gold Dust, Treasure, so on.

The full description of dropping the Bretton Wood structure makes it clear that Connelly was behind the push to remove gold reserves.

According to Wiki, the Nixon Shock as it was called has calamitous results:

The Nixon Shock has been widely considered to be a political success, but an economic failure for bringing on the 1973–1975 recession, the stagflation of the 1970s, and the instability of floating currencies.[citation needed] The dollar plunged by a third during the 1970s. According to the World Trade Review's report "The Nixon Shock After Forty Years: The Import Surcharge Revisited", Douglas Irwin reports that for several months, U.S officials could not get other countries to agree to a formal revaluation of their currencies.[citation needed] The German Mark appreciated significantly after it was allowed to float in May 1971. Further, the Nixon Shock unleashed enormous speculation against the dollar. It forced Japan's central bank to intervene significantly in the foreign exchange market to prevent the yen from increasing in value. Within two days August 16–17, 1971, Japan's central bank had to buy $1.3 billion to support the dollar and keep the yen at the old rate of ¥360 to the dollar. Japan's foreign exchange reserves rapidly increased: $2.7 billion (30%) a week later and $4 billion the following week. Still, this large-scale intervention by Japan's central bank could not prevent the depreciation of US dollar against the yen. France also was willing to allow the dollar to depreciate against the franc, but not allow the franc to appreciate against gold. Even much later, in 2011, Paul Volcker expressed regret over the abandonment of Bretton Woods: "Nobody's in charge," Volcker said. "The Europeans couldn't live with the uncertainty and made their own currency and now that's in trouble."

A note about Armand Hammer, the grandfather of actor, Arnie Hammer. An American of Soviet descent, he was singlehandedly responsible for the reviving of the Soviet Union. As for Billy Graham...

Mendel: "My friend just wants peace and quiet to work, Mrs. Pope-Graham. No Disturbances."

To Smiley: "Real name is just Graham. Added the Pope for a touch of class."

2005

"Billy Graham. We know that his messages are solid gospel. Few in or out of the Christian World have not heard of him. Since 1949 he has held the spotlight as the most prominent evangelist in Christendom. He has just finished his 416th crusade in Pasadena, California that drew over 300,000 people in four days. 13,000+ responded to his altar calls. Graham is now 86 years old and has one more crusade scheduled in New York City next year, health permitting.

The Pasadena crusade was on the anniversary of his first Los Angeles revival 55 years ago. It was after that meeting that Graham was "kissed by William Randolph Hearst" according to Dr Cathy Burns in her book, Billy Graham and His Friends. This meant that Hearst had decided to promote Graham's ministry in his nationwide chain of newspapers.

Immediately, reporters and photographers were crawling all over the Graham meetings. Front page articles began to appear in the leading local papers wherever Graham held meetings. One reporter was assigned full time to travel with Graham's team.

In 1991, Graham claimed that this sudden attention remained a mystery. Burns describes a more complex scenario. Regardless, the publicity propelled Graham into the national, if not international, limelight.

Jesus warned, "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you." Over the years, Graham became the friend of presidents and kings, a beloved "America's Pastor."

But the fame came with a price. In his book, Smokescreens, written in 1983, Jack Chick describes how Roman Catholic leaders viewed and used Graham as a key player in their ecumenical plans. As early as 1965, he was a guest speaker at Catholic Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina where he received an honorary doctor's degree. A college official's letter describes Graham's address as "theologically sound" as may have been given by "any other Catholic preacher." The letter further states, "I would state that he could bring Catholics and Protestants together in a healthy ecumenic spirit." Graham was also speaking at several other Catholic colleges at that time..."

Connelly was said to be on secret peace mission with Hammer. Richard Nixon gave a speech that talks of 'the challenge of peace' in unveiling his new economic plan. In Tinker, Irina is taken and killed by Russia. Irina means Peace.

John Le Carré really is a genius writer because this was brilliant.

[cantstayawaycani]

Another woc here, ty for your intellectual honesty! For a lot of women the situation will be very triggering - reminds me of Arnie Hammer in some ways actually. As a black woman there is also a lot of emotional and social labor unrecognised and unappreciated in being in communities.. Take the time for yourself if you can.

I'm glad I saw this before I try to go to bed.

Thank you. I'm sure you know, but I can't even begin to tell you how hard it is to catch myself and rejigger my way of thinking on a regular basis. Being a progressive person, especially a feminist, is constant work. It's not easy. It never will be. Other women will tell you to piss off. And that rejection can be a hard pill to swallow.

I am constantly looking internally to check myself. I look to the work of others to set as a barometer for my own progression.

Today, just by happenstance, one of my favorite womanists, Kimberly Nicole Foster, posted this on her For Harriet YT channel:

Black feminism teaches us to love men even when they ain't sh**. |

She is speaking specifically to the symbiotic relationship BW have to BM, and how hard it is to be both a feminist, AND a pro black, anti-racist idealist as a Black Woman when the men we love don't love us. It HURTS when we are rejected by and abused by the men we want to save and love.

In the case of Tenoch -- he is not black, but a persecuted dark skinned man of color. I REALLY wanted to believe that he was for us. He could be -- down the road. But I can't save him. I gotta let my idea of who that man is GO.

Thank you for recognizing what this took -- to do this work publicly. To go through this back and forth with myself where everyone could see it.

All I want is to be honest and fair, learn, grow, and treat people with kindness and respect.

[pewdiepieburglar]

IDK why people find the Maroon 5 guys sexts so funny he sexts pretty normal all things considered, this isn't Arnie Hammer cannibalism fetish or Jeff Bezos I Love You Alive theres just not much funny here

[number1girl]

not cat marnell defending arnie hammer lmfao

[gimletagain]

Sad to say, I took the bait and read the book. One can hope this is the catalyst to the fall of the House of Sussex. If wishes were horses, etc. Kind of left me with the feeling like watching Veruca Salt climb onto the scale and just waiting for her to fall as a bad egg.

why’s that sad? No shame in supporting Bower! :)

I’d gladly read the book, but I need it on my kindle and I want to see it on every airport book seller shelf, every Barnes and Nobles, and every Amazon trending list here in the US. 😉

as for her downfall, these things are notoriously hard to predict. Usually it’s not a seismic event like Arnie Hammer. More like Chrissy’s continuous drip of negativity and slow fade. A celebrity is like a stock. You can get decent information publicly but sometimes you just never know. As people in finance always say, you can’t time the market.

[ronandhermy]

✨Fic Writer Interview✨

Tagged by the amazing @goodkwuestion Thanks for thinking of me ♥

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

I have 58 fics currently written on that site...we do not speak of the fanfiction.net days.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

636,674 words and growing

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos

Bullets, Blunts and Baseball

Locked

A Red Thread of Convenience

Tatta

The Reason for the Season

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Sometimes I do but I generally don’t. I do greatly appreciate every comment I get, but I get really overwhelmed trying to think of personalized responses. But I do try to address questions that I feel require answers that haven’t been addressed in the fic.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Probably Off Center for the Gallavich fandom. But I really don’t tend to do angsty endings.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Most all of them. But probably Tatta or A Raja for Kate.

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I have been known to dabble in a crossover or two. My craziest one was the Pacific Rim/Shameless cross over in Stained Kaiju Blue.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Oh yeah. Mostly the Bridgerton fics, not so much the other fandoms.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Sorta? I tend to do some light porn with plot sprinkled in to the fics but I don’t usually focus on it overly much.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yup. Sucks but not much I can really do about it.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, several of my fics have been translated into Russian.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No. Unless exchanging head-canons count, then no.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Currently I’m super into Natsu/Uk from Alchemy of Souls, but I fully admit to being a Ron/Hermione shipper from the Harry Potter days (check the user name lol), and I loved Ian and Mickey from Shameless and Kate and Anthony from Bridgerton.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Probably Cover Me for the Man from UNCLE fandom. I loved the characters but then everything came out about Arnie Hammer and it really put a damper on my desire to finish the story.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Plot and setting a mode.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Editing. Spelling. Grammar. Basically the nuts and bolts of writing.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in your fics?

Do it!!! I do it all the time lol.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter. I was ten. The fic has, thankfully, died a death on some cold geo-site now deleted forever.

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

Alchemy of Souls Natsu/Uk. I have an idea I’m playing around with for them but I am currently moving so all fic writing has been put on hold.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

It’s a tie between Land of the Falcons and Through the Mountains. Both are for the Shadow and Bone fandom. They’re some of the first real fics I wrote after taking a long hiatus from writing, and they were just fun for me to write. They’re probably some of my least read fics in general but I do truly love them because I did a lot of world building. They were also great reminders that you have to write the fic for you, everything else is just a bonus.

[peerieweirdo]

on the anne hathaway/prozac post: you're talking about arnie hammer and that's not what happened rlly. no like human remains or shit. basically he was doing some nasty things and repeatedly coercively involving people in violent bdsm/bdsm fantasy. part of that was talking a lot about committing cannibalism. he did not in fact eat people but was in fact pretty predatory and unpleasant. and cannibalism memes are fun to clown on him.

okay so it turns out i was thinking of the remains of three woman who were found near a construction site armie hammer worked on in 2020

which is definitely circumstantial evidence but when taken into account with the accusations… i mean…….