#Chugger Cult

[masterjarthub]

In celebration of the 2006 pilot being recovered last week, here's a quick Wilson for the soul :)

[masterj]

Happy Pride Month (^ー^)

To everyone who celebrates :)

[masterj]

Chuggington fandom ✋️✋️✋️

@0lemonadefox0 @lomotunes2008 @gronkgal @fredlikesbreakfast @doubledeckerfishstick @ihavetoomanyhyperfixations

shoutout to the people working for hours on content that only gets ten notes. i’m kissing you tenderly on the forehead as we speak

[masterjarthub]

Oh, bumpers!

(Even I don't know what's happening here, but neither of them want to do this.)

(Vectors below cut!)

[masterj]

Brewster and Hodge Being Autism-Coded For 3 Minutes Straight

[masterj]

Okay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Gimme your ocs so I can be obsessed with them

[8dpromo]

Anthony Mansfield - Bricks - (Green Gorilla Lounge)

Green Gorilla Lounge fills out its origin story with the re-introduction of founding member Anthony Mansfield to the release schedule. Since 2001, Anthony has been a part of the infamous GGL club night in San Francisco with DJ M3, his eternal partner in crime. His return is marked by the glorious “Bricks,” a groovy acid chugger that solidifies the sound Anthony sculpted with his cult-favorite Hector Works imprint. Hypnotic mid-tempo rhythms, psychedelic voice snippets, meaty synths, and big drum fills round out this dark-as-night DJ treat. This single includes a chunky remix from Om Records staple Shiny Objects, adding bright synth lines, sparse percussive dubbiness, and spacey echo effects. And then, if that weren’t enough, another Hector Works veteran, Nick Chacona (Moodmusic, 20:20 Vision) joins Anthony for a surprise appearance with the wild dance floor sound experiment of “Pidgeon.” Trippy in all the right places, “Pidgeon” further defines the 3 AM sound of the Green Gorilla Lounge — that magic moment when things get simultaneously messy and marvelous. Sleazy disco warriors, unite.

Flash Atkins (Paper Recordings) – “Bricks original is doing it for me.” ALTZ (DFA / Altzmusica) – “Green Gorilla Lounge is a groovy good time.” Sean Johnston (A Love From Outer Space) – “It’s a YES from me!” Sleazy McQueen (Whiskey Disco) – “Lovin’ the vibes.” Felix Dickinson (Cynic Music) – “Very nice, as one would expect from Anthony.” Shahrokh Dini (Compost Black Label) – “I like the orginal groove. The remix is good too.” DJ Sabo (Sol Selectas) – “Perfectly weird and trip disco. Reminds me of NYC in the 2000’s.” Black Mighty Wax (Irma Records) – “Sooooo Groovy!” Robot84 (Paper Recordings) – “Bricks is sounding dope. Love that raw sound to it.” Ulysses (Neurotic Drum Band) – “I love Pidgeon with Nick Chacona. Tell him to give me my hair clippers back.”

Available Now From: Beatport, Traxource, Apple Music, And Spotify.

[mrmichaelchadler]

Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: July 5, 2018

10 NEW TO NETFLIX

"Certain Women" "Finding Neverland" "Happy Gilmore" "Interview with the Vampire" "Jurassic Park" "Mohawk" "Real Genius" "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" "Tarzan" "Troy"

7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD

"Beirut"

The versatile Brad Anderson brings his skill with genre to what could be called the old-fashioned '80s spy drama. Movies like this Jon Hamm vehicle used to be far more common before everything was CGI-heavy and the world was ruled by franchises. There's a throwback appeal to this story of a traumatized government diplomat brought back to Beirut after the death of his wife. It's an imperfect film but its qualities were overshadowed by the controversy surrounding its preview. Overall, it's a solid rental on a hot summer night. 

Buy it here 

Special Features The Story Behind Beirut - Featurette Sandy Crowder - Behind the scenes with Rosamund Pike Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles for the main feature

"Blockers"

SXSW audiences really took to this raunchy comedy about three parents trying to find their daughters on the Prom Night on which they're convinced their offspring are going to lose their virginity. I've rarely heard an audience laugh harder than at its world premiere. It's the kind of movie that works well with a crowd and maybe after everyone has had a few Southern craft beers. Like so many modern comedies, it's way too long, but it works because of how committed and talented its ensemble is, particularly its younger actors. Comedies and action movies always do well on DVD and I expect people to be happy when they find this one. Maybe not SXSW Happy, but happy enough.

Buy it here 

Special Features Audio commentary by director Kay Cannon Deleted Scenes Gag Reel – The entire cast contributes to these on-set flubs. Line-O-Rama – The laughs continue after the take! Rescue Mission – Being a parent isn't easy, as Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, and John Cena make abundantly clear. Hear them and director Kay Cannon discuss parental mistakes and lessons learned. They even top it off with a good old-fashioned car explosion! Prom Night – Filmmakers and cast discuss how they achieved the perfect prom look and also share some of their own personal prom stories. The History of Sex with Ike Barinholtz – Ike Barinholtz explains the origins of human sexuality and its evolution through time. John Cena's Prom Survival Kit for Parents – John Cena shows off a survival kit filled with items that will help parents survive the most stressful time of year - prom season! Chug! Chug! Chug! – The film introduced the world to the concept of "butt chugging." Hear cast, crew, and butt-chugger John Cena discuss how they handled this standout scene. Puke-a-Palooza – One memorable scene involves copious amounts of projectile vomit. See what cast, filmmakers, and crew went through to make sure the puke was as authentic as possible.

"The Endless"

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson are two of my favorite young filmmakers, finding ways to inject genre formulas with personal, human storytelling. If you haven't seen "Spring" yet, do so first, and then graduate to this fantastic movie about a pair of brothers (played by the filmmakers) returning to the doomsday cult they escaped from years earlier. To say there's more going on back where they came from would be an understatement, but the less you know about precisely where this movie is going, the better. Just trust me. You want to see this one. It's one of the best movies so far in 2018.

Buy it here 

Special Features Audio Commentary with Directors & Producer Making Of Behind the Scenes Deleted Scenes VFX Breakdown "Ridiculous Extras" Trailers Extended Bonus Features

"Female Trouble" (Criterion)

For some reason, I never though Criterion would take to John Waters. Sure, they've embraced a few counterculture filmmakers in the past, but Criterion was always the collection of renowned, household names like Kurosawa, Bergman, Renoir, Truffaut, etc. It wasn't the place for the Baltimore troublemaker who made a drag queen named Divine into a household name. And yet here we are with the still-shocking "Female Trouble," and it's a release loaded with new material, including interviews with a large number of the Waters crew. Waters was always a filmmaker that I admired more than loved. He was the guy willing to do anything to express his art, and I'm always a fan of those filmmakers, even if his brand of humor was never exactly my own. If you are a Waters fan, this is a great release for you. 

Buy it here 

Special Features New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Waters New conversation between Waters and critic Dennis Lim New and archival interviews with cast and crew members Mink Stole, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, Hilary Taylor, and Van Smith Interview from 1975 featuring Waters and cast members Divine, Stole, and David Lochary Deleted scenes and alternate takes Rare on-set footage PLUS: An essay by film critic Ed Halter

"Love, Simon"

Name the last great dramedy about teenagers. Most movies about teenagers betray the fact that they were clearly written by adults who barely remember the hazy, confusing days of teenage love. There's something so refreshingly truthful about this delightful and moving story of a young man coming to terms with coming out. It's funny, sweet, and really well made, featuring a star-turn leading performance by Nick Robinson. Some of the subplots don't quite work, but the story that not everyone is exactly what even their friends think they are is timeless. And I could watch Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel play parents in just about any teen comedy. This is one of the most surprisingly enjoyable and moving films of 2018 so far. It's a really hard movie to hate.

Buy it here 

Special Features Deleted Scenes The Adaptation The Squad #FirstLoveStoryContest Winner Dear Georgia Dear Atlanta Audio Commentary by Director Greg Berlanti, Producer Isaac Klausner and Co-Screenwriter Isaac Aptaker Gallery

"The Virgin Spring" (Criterion)

Ang Lee, in one of the few special features on this excellent release for this wildly influential Ingmar Bergman film, says that the film changed him because it was "So quiet and so serene, and yet so violent." It sounds so simple and yet this is at the heart of why "Virgin Spring" works so well. It's an incredibly violent film, especially for 1960, but there's something hauntingly beautiful about it too. I wish the special features were a little heartier, especially the Lee interview. He speaks of how Bergman shot some of the final scenes of the film and how Lee has stolen those shots in his films. I love that kind of stuff and could listen to it all day. As for the movie itself, it will never lose its power. It's simply one of the best films ever made. 

Buy it here 

Special Features New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary from 2005 by Ingmar Bergman scholar Birgitta Steene Interviews from 2005 with actors Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson Introduction by filmmaker Ang Lee from 2005 Audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by Bergman Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholar Peter Cowie and screenwriter Ulla Isaksson and the medieval ballad on which the film is based

"A Wrinkle in Time"

Ava Duvernay's blockbuster became one of the talking points of cinema in 2018 for some of the wrong reasons. First, there was the story that it bombed because of its relative box office failure compared to expectations for the Disney brand. And yet I've heard from so many people for whom this was a moving, important experience. So while the box office may be disappointing, that certainly shouldn't be the end of the story. In fact, the film gained new life recently when it was used as a talking point for why we need more female and people of color voices in criticism. In all of this, I feel like I sometimes read more about the reaction to "A Wrinkle in Time" than about the film itself. For me, finally catching up with it, I was startled by how much of its emotion it wears on its sleeve. It is a deeply un-cynical film, a movie that wholeheartedly beleieves in grand emotions that tie the universe together. There are parts that don't work, but the sum is greater than those parts, and it's rare to see a filmmaker's heart in every frame of a major blockbuster. You can certainly see it here if you're willing to look. 

Buy it here 

Special Features A Journey Through Time Deleted Scenes (with optional director audio commentary) Audio Commentary Bloopers Original Songs/Music Videos

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[masterj]

Hooray!

@masterj tagged in this tag game thingy... but I'm not doing tag games. So have a little glitter-ball Brewster:

Thanks for being a moot!

[hollerproductions]

New Video Playlist Collection 5 Watch Playlists Here     Collection 5   Features Fire In Elysium Incognito Theory Chugger Bent To Break Klaymore Gravewitch Hericide FourSkulls Helldorado All These Vessels Dead Nexus Cult Of Lilith

[masterj]

Guys. GUYS.

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS

THEY FOUND IT THEY FOUND IT

IT'S THE FULL THING

WE WON

WE. WON.

Turns out it was also made in 2006 not 7

[masterj]

Ladies and gentleman, we got 'em

These are images from the 2-minute pilot of Chuggington produced and pitched to BBC in October 2007.

These are all we currently have from it but OH MAN The Depot's design looks SO cool. Also never thought we'd officially have normal track in Chuggington.

Credits to Naria910 from the Wiki for finding these and @waksworldrebooted for the heads up ✌️

[masterj]

I don't know either but I kinda wish we saw more of it 😂😅

god what was going on with these two

[masterjarthub]

Main Train Characters

[masterj]

Chug Of War is a fun episode, but it kinda makes no sense...

So something I've decided to try is analyzing some Chuggington episodes, to get a few discussions going and hear other people's thoughts on the show. Not every episode, particularly really good ones, really wacky ones, ones with kinda dodgy writing or ones that are legitimately not so good. The latter two are tending more toward Tales From The Rails territory.

I've decided to start with S2's Chug Of War, or Wilson And The Steam Team for the American audience.

(Spoiler warning)

So what happens is that Vee orders for a team of chuggers to gather the rolling stock from the mine for cleaning, but because it's a dirty job, no one volunteers to go except Speedy.

Speedy then suggests a Chug-Of-War (tug-of-war) to settle this, to which Vee agrees. Wilson is excited - until he ends up on Speedy's team instead of Harrison's. He tries to swap teams with Hodge, but Hodge refuses and Wilson gets caught by Harrison and taken back to Speedy's team.

Annoyed, Wilson tries to sneak off again, possibly bailing himself out of the Chug-Of-War altogether, but Emery bumps into him, and then laughs when he sees Speedy's Steam Team practicing breathing, much to poor Wilson's humiliation.

Vee then asks for a chugger to fetch a peace of rolling stock for the Chug-Of-War and this time Wilson immediately volunteers - anything was better than breathing with the steamies.

But then Wilson gets trapped in the underground store due to poorly shunting a hopper car out of his way, and it's time for the teams to head to Border Bridge for the Chug-Of-War.

Dunbar assumes Wilson has forgetten what he was doing so no one thinks to go check on him and they proceed on with the Chug-Of-War. (Assholes.)

Luckily Emery is passing through on his passenger route and helps Wilson get free using Speedy's breathing method, allowing Wilson to help Speedy's team win the Chug-Of-War.

Later however Wilson shows up to help Harrison and his time with their job, which Harrison happily accepts, so there are no hard feelings.

Let's review

A train tug-of-war was a really cool idea for a Chuggington episode, however the way this was set up in the story is kind of a mess.

Firstly, I really don't think you need a whole team of chuggers to clean out the mine. All they're doing is just hauling out empty wagons? You could just assemble a whole consist and haul it out in like a couple hours or so tops. I doubt there are THAT many cars just left inside a mine anyway. A two or three-engine job maybe, but seven definitely feels like overkill.

Secondly, let's talk about Wilson's line here:

This would imply that Wilson has never interacted with any chugger on this team throughout the 52 episodes of S1, the only exception would be Speedy as he is fully introduced this season, but he's still friends with everyone here. If he said Koko and Brewster instead that would have been fine.

Now it may sound like I'm overthinking this line, until you remember it's not much of a steam team when there are only three steam engines and the majority are not. You got three diesels and a cable car girlie my dude. This would have made more sense if they had introduced more steamies around this point in the show, doesn't have to be specifically this episode. Would've been so much cooler if they did that. It would open oppurtunities to learn more about Chuggington's days of steam.

Lastly, am I the only one who finds it a bit strange that no one, absolutely no one other than Speedy volunteers to go to the mine?

I mean, we had a whole episode in S1 where the three trainees get covered in mud and Wilson doesn't want to go into the Chug Wash, he doesn't mind getting dirty at all. I imagine the reason he didn't volunteer is because it's most likely implied that gathering the rolling stock from the mine would've taken a very long time and a playful and excitement-seeking character like him didn't want to be lumbered with that.

I'm pretty sure Brewster, Dunbar and Calley would be the most likely to volunteer, they've all got pretty good work ethics but yet here we are and I can't think of an in-character excuse for them. I would also say Irving would've volunteered because of his whole "neat and tidy" shtick, but then, that would apply to himself so that could also be the reason why he didn't want to go.

Maybe there was very little work to do that day and the chuggers would get some time off and then Vee suddenly coughs up this bullshit. Yeah... that sucks, I can see why no one volunteered then.

I also kinda find some of the chuggers involved in this just slightly strange, Mtambo is usually busy at the Safari Park, Hodge is roped into this because he's shown at the roundhouses at the start of the episode when he usually sleeps in Eddie's workshop, and would normally have work to do with him. But out of all the chuggers here, Zephie makes the least sense to involve in this. She's a tiny ass cable car! We've seen her struggle pulling one boxcar up the mountain, which is just a steep as the mine, and then crash coming back down with that same car loaded, and you're gonna try to send her of all chuggers to clean out a mine?! She'd just be dead weight!

Conclusion

Overall this is not the worst episode throughout Chuggington's run, I'd roughly consider it a B-tier in fact, hell, probably the least frustrating episode I'll ever talk about, but it's not quite the most suitable first choice to toss off to people getting into Chuggington either.

I kinda used to not really like this episode as a kid because Harrison was kind of an asshole to Wilson not letting him onto his team, so was Hodge now that I think about it:

I mean I get it, Harrison choose Brewster because he's stronger, but Wilson has his power too. Harrison's bigger bastard move though was not dropping one of his team after Wilson went missing.

Harrison gained character development in the S1 finale, Training Time Harrison, promising not to be so selfish, and it was Wilson having an accident trying to copy him that made him change his ways, so surely he'd be gracious enough to give the young trainee who admires him a chance and play fairly?

I guess not...

Thanks for reading, feel free to sound off your thoughts!

[masterj]

Chuggington Memes! 🙃