#I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW JIM CARREY LOOKS. WHY.

[monstermaster13]

TftW: Were-Russell.

Nathan to Russell Brand tf/were-celeb theme.

The concept of people turning into animals has indeed been around for centuries, some say even more than that, the fact it is that is nothing new, werecreatures weren't anything new either - they were common and almost every country has one, you just have to look in a variety of unusual places in order to locate some of them.

That is where our hero comes in - Nathan or Monstermaster13 as he was referred to was not like others, far from it - he went with a more 'unique' approach, he went with the more satirical 'werecelebrity' gimmick, but hated it when people who bashed his work didn't get the joke. But the truth was that he wasn't the only one on DA who did the whole 'werecelebrity' gimmick despite nay-Sayers claiming that he was only the only one who did it, after all there were plenty of captions and stories with a theme almost like his.

Nathan always could relate more to the actual monster than the human characters in horror movies as he felt sorry for them and knew how they felt, after all - they couldn't help being what they were. He especially had a fondness for werecreatures, it started when he watched the Teen Wolf cartoon back in the 90's, he would go over to his best friends house and watch it on VHS.

Later on he discovered the movie the cartoon was based on in the late 2000's and became a huge fan of it, his interest in werecreatures came full circle with the introduction of Big Wolf On Campus. He loved that show to pieces and because of that show he developed a fascination with monsters, so much so that he went through several stages of wanting to be a monster.

When the live action version of the Grinch came out, he was obsessed with it and wanted to become a 'Grinch' himself. Which came true when he got bitten by Jim Carrey and became the Weregrinch known as Growler. When the LOTR movies came out, he went through a 'Hobbit' phase, and there were many more to follow.

However what he found to be the most fascinating part was that like with fellow werecreature Tyler, his transformations often varied and weren't just into one form, but often a different one every night.

What intrigued him more was that the transformations were sometimes influenced by whatever he was watching or listening to at the time or by things he did to influence the process. Like for example if he had just gotten back from a trip to the beach he would become an aquatic werecreature, or if he was watching a movie like Cat People he would become a werecat. He could control the changes as well, and he could direct them in the way he preferred as well.

But one night a transformation happened to him that shocked him to the core, it all started one night when he was in the living room watching MTV, something he hadn't done in years. He was watching a re-run of the 2008 VMA Awards, he remembered watching the commercials for it and liking them but he felt the RussellXBritney thing was kind of weird. He was also talking to his friend Joel on his Smartphone, posting various comments and photos.

"You know, I think that the women he's seen with are just pretending to like him."

"Oh, I don't know. I think Russell and Britney made an adorable OTP."

"Russell Brand's relationships with human females don't last long though."

"Oh? But what about KatyXRussell? Or Krussell as they call it?"

"Oh please, the two of them broke up in 2011-2012."

"But it wasn't his fault though."

"In my expert opinion it was. He was awful to her."

"That's not true!"

"Oh yes it is - depending on the source."

"I really do think he's not that bad though!"

"What you see in him is something I don't understand. Why if I was Russell Brand - I could have done so much better."

"Oh well, see ya buddy! Talk to you later, bye!"

He stopped for a while and turned his Smartphone off before continuing to watch the rest of the ceremony before heading into the kitchen to grab himself a biscuit, a slice of apple and a glass of lemon water, hitting pause on the DVR. He sat back down on the couch to watch the rest of it, hitting play as he did so.

As he continued watching, he noticed something very weird going on in the background, everything around him was changing including where he was sitting, it was all warping and altering - and within seconds he found himself backstage at the MTV 2008 VMAs, he looked around for a few minutes, feeling a little bit confused.

"Huh? Where am I? I'm at the MTV Vmas? But how?"

Indeed he was at the MTV 2008 Video Music Awards and from the looks of it he was standing on the stage where the host - Russell Brand, stood. He was slightly confused and puzzled as to how exactly he ended up there.

But he knew something weird was definitely going to happen and just as he was about to try and call his friend to inform him of where he was, it was time - he saw the full moon peering out from behind the clouds, which of course meant one thing…it was definitely time for his transformation.

As the moonlight shined through the windows, he began to feel rather strange and disorientated as eerie sensations jolted through his body - causing him to double over slightly. The sensations that were jolting through his body were giving him a mix of both pain and pleasure, that felt oddly soothing.

His transformation started with his black shirt and grey cardigan peeling away and reforming into a black leathery shirt and jacket as his torso and chest slimmed down along with his arms which were also growing longer. Silver chains wrapped themselves around his wrists as his skintone also changed.

"What the hell is going on?"

He looked down and saw his jeans also peeling away and losing color, before reforming and blackening to reform into a pair of black leather pants with a couple of chains wrapped around his belt, in the process he saw his slippersocks melting off before reforming and hardening into a pair of black boots.

Although it looked and seemed really painful, it was really quite tame - almost relaxing and intoxicating. He arched his back as it slimmed down as well, his legs also becoming longer and thinner as well.

His skintone lightened a bit, becoming a bit rugged in the process as his shoulders slimmed down and he elevated in height to 6'2, he didn't know what it was exactly in terms of his changes, but it was very entrancing and intoxicating.

"Mmm….this process is oddly soothing."

Even though he had no clue as to how this was happening to him, he was oddly enjoying it - it was a much more pleasant process than he thought it would be - he was entranced by his changing appearance, he felt that it was more natural to allow it to happen as his hair lengthened, growing longer and messier, cascading down a bit until it reached his shoulders a little - in the process it turned black and developed a wild looking backcombed style.

His eyes turned a darker shade of brown and widened as black eyeliner appeared around them, his eyebrows blackened and thickened, arching and giving him a more dangerous look - his forehead slightly enlarging as it became more pronounced, his nose narrowing a little and altering as his lips altered as well to match.

By this point the light yet rugged tone reached his face and neck as his neckline grew longer and thinner, the slight rugged tone becoming slightly visible facial hair as it grew around his jaw-line, giving him a very scruffy look too. At this point his features morphed and reshaped themselves, making him look more like Russell than his normal self.

Looking at his reflection from the other side of the Moon Man trophy, he saw Russell staring back at him, which startled him at first and mortified him a little but he didn't mind it all that much. He gasped a little as his voice changed, changing to match his appearance - altering to become Russell's voice complete with the Essex orientated British accent.

He had a bit of time to react before his transformation completed, Russell's mindset and personality taking over as he was finished transforming, he was now completely turned into Russell Brand.

"So…i'm Russell now? Hmmm…this may not be a bad thing after all. I do look rather glamorous in black."

The new Russell skipped up back onto the stage before carrying on with the ceremony, introducing the musical acts and making quips along the way - all the while getting rather used to his new self.

The man once known as Nathan was completely gone, he was Russell Brand, and like it or not - he was here to stay, and he knew that he was going to take the US by storm with this ceremony - Sure, he was going to make some new enemies - but to him it was all a new and exciting experience.

He hosted the ceremony all through the night and the ceremony proved itself to be the best VMAs celebration ever - so much so that he was called on to host the next year's one at all. When the show was over, he left the stage and decided to make one last call on his Smartphone - he received a response from Joel.

"I'm sorry if I said anything that may have offended you in anyway….it's just well…I was hoping you would understand Russell a bit more, I understand that not everyone likes him. But please don't be mad at me."

"I'm not mad at you, after all - you're still my companion and close friend. But nonetheless I forgive you."

"You do?"

"Yes.."

"Hang on a second! What's going on here? Who is this speaking?"

"Why it's me!"

"But your voice…you sound like Russell!"

"Well…I can't explain that, it's complicated."

"Is it some kind of supernatural issue? Do you need my help?"

"No…that won't be necessary, I can handle this on my own. But thanks for the offer, talk to you later…good bye!"

Russell turned the Smartphone off and stalked off into the night, for even though the ceremony was over - the fun was far from over, as he knew there was more fun to be had. And he was right.

He spent the rest of the night as Russell but when the dawn came and morning arose, he was back to being Nathan, he awoke to find himself sleeping on the floor of his own apartment - with an elephant standing nearby and a Moon Man trophy on the table next to him. His Smartphone beeped once more as he got another call from Joel.

"Nathan? Is that you?"

"Yes…or at least I think so."

"What happened to you last night? I was worried about you, buddy."

"Welll…it's a long story."

"I tried to call you but Russell Brand answered it instead."

"About that…"

"And another thing…you didn't tell me that you got a pet elephant!"

"Oh, well… I just woke up to see him there."

"And…woah! Is that a Moon Man trophy you have there?"

"Uh..yeah!"

"Nice! By the way…how did you do manage to get Britney Spear's phone number?"

"I'm just a lucky guy I guess."

"Well, whatever it is and whatever you were doing last night, you must have had a lot of fun."

"You could say that."

"Well thank goodness you are safe, you know I would be lost without you."

"Don't you worry about me, I told you I could handle it."

"Well…when you're right, you're right."

"No hard feelings?"

"No hard feelings."

With that Nathan turned the Smartphone off and went to change into his night-clothes - he then decided to go and watch a bit more TV, the commercial for the 2008 MTV VMAs was on, and Russell was flirting with Britney.

As for what he did after, he crouched down and gave a rather sly smile as he morphed into Russell briefly, mimicking the end scene in Trilogy of Terror when Karen Black's character was possessed by the spirit of the Zuni doll.

Of course after doing so he morphed back to his normal self, luckily for him - Joel wasn't aware that his own close friend had undergone so many transformations each night and also it was good that he didn't realize that Russell actually was him, of course that was just one of many secrets that Nathan have that came to life at night, specifically on nights like this one.

Remember, when you have someone like Nathan for a friend - to always be on the lookout, for you may never know what secret he's got hidden away or what or who he'll turn into next when the night calls.

[maznanangy]

omg tell me the dream! - amii

OKOKOK HERE IT IS TW FOR DEATH MENTION NOTHING GRAPHIC DW:

The dream started with me and my family watching the TV some cartoons with my brother, everything normal until the show finished and a movie started. For some reason I already knew this movie??? After this all the dream is such movie so remember that

I can't remember the name of the movie (actually I didn't see the name anywhere) BUT THE THING I REMEMBER THE MOST, THE THING THE REASON WHY I'M TELLING YOU THIS SHIT is because the movie was like... a live action but at the same time no- sound weird I know. Basically they used real actors. That's one thing.

The other thing is: there were some Papa Louie characters there.

That's right you read it right and I write it right. There were REAL ACTORS as PAPA LOUIE CHARACTERS. But the movie even wasn't about the games or something there were just. there.

The plot of the movie was about some crimes and a man trying to solve them and you guessed it some PL characters were the victims. MAN I REMEMBER THE CHARACTERS THAT DIED AND HOW.

The first character to die was our God Wally😔🤙 he was the only one who died naturally but apparently no??? , the second was Nick (drowned), the third one was Austin (strangulation) I fucking remember so well that the main character, this man who wasn't a PL character, found his body in the back of a car, the third one was Indigo (it wasn't explained how but they just said her name). and the fifth one. OMG THE FIFTH VICTIM.

Connor. Connor was the fifth victim. I don't remember everything about the others but HIM. In the movie (I have to give props to my mind cause he had a teeth gap good job brain) he had a friendship with Nick before he died but after his death Connor didn't appear in all the movie after that so some people thought he was the killer but at the end he wasn't. Then, after his disappearance and Indigo's death, fucking Wylan B went to the MC and asked him if he saw Connor because he has a basketball game at 9pm and he can't find him so they searched. These two went to a near park and they found him. death. in a bush. with a gunshot in his head and a knife in his neck. I even remember that the MC said Connor probably survived the gunshot and that's why he had the knife there.

After that I can't remember the rest of the movie but when it finished I even thought "lol this movie is so good I should make an AU of it" and then there was another movie starting in the TV (motherfucking Lord Of The Flies) and that's when I woke up.

DON'T ASK ME WHY MY DREAMS ARE LIKE THIS PLEASE I DON'T FUCKING KNOW

[foxtophat]

Dr. Robotnik hears some disquieting rumors. Agent Stone is forced to explain himself.

fellas, is it gay to turn the insults you heard as a child into backhanded compliments towards your inferiors???

Sometimes I think about Jim Carrey as Robotnik and think "yeah that guy was the grinch" but other times... other times I remember that he also was Phillip Morris. And then I get to remind myself that Lee Majdoub makes out with a pink-haired prince in Dirk Gently and I get to be happy with everything in my life once more!

The usual: please like, comment, reblog, kudos, etc etc etc, I love all the feedback I've been getting so far and I am thirsty for more!!!

SHORT FIC so i'll put it under a cut here. I HOPE you enjoy!!!!

There are few things that irritate Robotnik more than false pretenses. He believes the General knows this about him. That's why it's extra rankling to hear the words, "Hold on, there's one more thing," as he rises to leave at the end of this clandestine meeting. Their lengthy discussion of the newest model's recent accuracy ratings has already taken more time than it really warranted, and now this?

He doesn't bother to hide his irritation as the General asks for more of his precious time. "What is it now?" he demands. "I have things to do."

"It's nothing to worry about," the General says. He sounds calm, embarrassed even, but somehow that is not reassuring. "I just wanted to see how the new agent was working out for you."

"What? Why?" Robotnik snaps. "He does his job and doesn't need any hand-holding. What more is there?"

"So you have no problems with him at all?" the General prods, ungracefully as ever. "No... concerns with his attitude towards you?"

Well, this is certainly a curious line of conversation. Stone has been perfectly adequate so far; mild-mannered, professional, and obedient. He does everything Robotnik asks and only asks the most necessary clarifying questions.

"If I didn't know any better," he prods, "I would think you miss all of my incessant complaining."

"Oh, Lord, no," the man laughs, making a face. It can't be that bad if he's in the mood for kidding around. "I'm happy so long as you're happy. I was... just curious." He shifts, obviously, and suggests, "I've heard things, that's all. Water cooler chatter."

Robotnik wonders what it is he's heard. What people must be saying. There are myths about himself out there, ones he's perpetuated and reinforced out of idle amusement, but Stone? What could they possibly have to say about him?

He's being led. Damn it, he knows he's being led.

"Just tell me what you're clearly dying to tell me," he snaps. "My time is precious, and I have other things to do than stand around here."

The General holds up a hand. "Alright, look. I found some... off-the-record talk about him, back at the CIA. I didn't think it was anything at first, but... Well.  They said he could be... a little odd. Obsessive."

"They referred to it as 'hyper focus' in his file," Robotnik replies. "You're not telling me anything I don't already know."

"Not just cases; people, too. Other agents, heads of state, historical conquerors... whatever tickled his fancy. He'd dig everything up there was to find, sometimes even things we had no idea about."

Robotnik hadn't known that. His unimpressed glare doesn't belie that fact. "And you sent him to me?"

"Like I said, I only just found out," the General replies. Well, at least his embarrassment finally makes sense. "When your assignment came up, he was the first one to formally request the transfer. His colleagues told me it was his dream job; I didn't clarify what they meant, which was my mistake. His record seemed clean, and he's... a friendly guy. I didn't think there was a problem until I heard the rumors."

Robotnik purses his lips. This is all news to him; Stone had said he'd done his research, but just what kind of research did he do?

"He mentioned Fuller Gulch to them. Called it out by name. Mentioned something about homeland security, too. The other agents didn't seem to know what he was talking about. They just said he was excited about the opportunity."

"I see," he says, which is all he's willing to give up to the situation.

"As far as I could find, he's harmless," the General continues. "I think he's just a little kooky and good at Google. But if you've had any concerns... now would be the time to bring them to me."

Robotnik smiles. The attempt goes over like a lead balloon if the General's expression is anything to go on. "No," he says, "I have no complaints. I'll be sure to let you know if that changes."

The satellite laboratory is two hours outside of DC., which gives Robotnik plenty of time to fume, speculate, and plot. Just how long had Stone been obsessing over him before he'd been given the assignment? He'd mentioned the cult in Montana, of all things! That happened eight years ago; for all he knows, Stone's been watching every project for his name for at least that long. But if that were the case, it's unlikely his obsessive nature would allow him to wait so long for a chance to get close. That would mean it's a more recent development; as the General implied, he likely found Robotnik while digging around for something else.

Which begs an entirely different question: if Stone had learned even a fraction of Robotnik's achievements for the U.S. government, why on Earth would he want to work for him? His creations, his accomplishments — they are heinous things, usually out-and-out war crimes, and no reasonable human would want anything to do with it. Only an oblivious moron, or somebody with an ulterior motive, would want to get as close to him as Stone has gotten these past few months. And as much as he loathes to admit it, Stone is not an oblivious moron.

That only leaves subterfuge, and by the time Robotnik storms down the halls in search of Stone, he's convinced himself thoroughly of that fact. Stone must be up to something. He must be documenting Robotnik's crimes for the media, or perhaps another country's government. Or he's compiling information to start his own competing business. Or he's looking to take Robotnik's job for his own. Oh, when he finds that dirty rat bastard, he's going to...

Stone doesn't turn when Robotnik enters, so he doesn't notice the dark look slung his way. He's reading something on a tablet, and Robotnik's rage nearly blinds him. The dedication would have been almost appreciated a few short hours ago; now, it serves as a reminder that he's had a rat in his home this entire time.

"How was your meeting?" Stone asks, distracted as he turns. Just how long has he been waiting to get his hands on the information in those files? How much of the naive schoolboy act had been just that, an act? He can neutralize two armed guards at once; there's no doubt he could do the same to Robotnik just as easily if he wanted. It's been two months. He's had ample opportunity to do something. They're almost entirely alone, aside from the security scattered around the compound.

Just what the hell is Stone waiting for?

Before he can reconsider the move, Robotnik grabs Stone by the throat and shoves him back up against the console. The surprise, the pure shock on Stone's face is a delight to see.

He bares his teeth in another unconvincing smile. "I heard the funniest little rumor about you today, Stone."

Stone could break free if he wanted to. Robotnik is well aware that Stone could dislocate both arms and leave him wailing on the floor if he was so inclined. And yet, he wouldn't know it from the feeling of Stone's pulse hammering in his throat, beating wildly against the palm pressing down on his neck.

"O-Oh?" Stone hiccups, eyes wide and wild with confusion.

"Enough of the innocent act," Robotnik growls. Stone's pulse leaps erratically at the words. "I know that you dug me up well before you were assigned to me. I know you found out about Fuller Gulch. I know that your colleagues called you obsessive." He gives Stone a little shake. "Just how long have you been stalking me, you little leech?"

Stone swallows beneath his hand. Robotnik presses down, grinning as Stone gags briefly.

"I — I don't —"

"You know who I am, Stone," Robotnik snarls. "Do not lie to me."

It would be so simple to throw him, but Stone doesn't. One of his hands lifts, then drops. The expected punch never materializes.

"Azerbaijanistan," Stone manages to say. "Somebody misplaced documents... I was assigned to reclaim them. And I — I saw, I found out what you'd done. I saw... everything. The videos of the coup. The swarm, the executions..."

"And?" Robotnik prods as Stone trails off.

"And..."

Stone looks wildly around the room for a moment, as if hunting for an escape route. Robotnik shakes him, just a little, and his attention obediently snaps back.

Finally, with a tremor to his voice, Stone admits, "It was... awe-inspiring. I didn't know it could be like that — the planning, the precision. Knowing which side of the stairs the guards took, which ones would run, which ones would fight... I. I couldn't get enough." He groans helplessly, as if finally rolling a massive weight off his back. "I found test footage of the drone flight patterns. Saw the field test in Montana, with the commune. One-hundred-percent kill rates, no user fatalities, incinerators built-in for clean up... It was beautiful."

The words are thrilling. The snarl of teeth Robotnik has on display softens with pride, very nearly becoming something genuine. And yet, his fingers remain clasped under Stone's jaw, frozen as if being targeted with an electrical current.

"The General didn't care to repeat what your former colleagues said about you... but I can guess." He leans in as if sharing a friendly secret. Stone's breathing picks up into a series of hurried gasps. Something in the way his eyes catch the light feels wild and strangely familiar, almost like looking into a fun-house mirror. "Oh, I know exactly what they think of you. That you're disturbed. The General called you obsessive, but they certainly had harsher words for you. You little monster. You nasty, obsessive, disturbed little freak. Is that what they called you? Is that what you are?"

Stone's eyelids flutter, his head canting forward in a barely-there admission. "Yes, sir," he rasps. "They didn't know the half of it, sir."

Robotnik grins. "No, of course they didn't. Because, as flawed and simple and myopic as you may be, Stone, you still manage to barely surpass the rest of the human detritus filling the planet. No, they could never know the half of it. They could barely comprehend what they already knew."

"No, sir," Stone whispers. His hand lifts again, and this time his fingers land lightly on Robotnik's sleeve. "No, they could not."

At last, Robotnik's fingers spasm, releasing Stone from their stranglehold. He should step away, reassert some distance, but he doesn't. He likes looming over Stone, who seems equally happy to cower in his shadow.

"Now," he asks, "What am I to do with you, my sneaky little deviant?"

Stone tips his head forward. When he looks up at Robotnik, his normally wide eyes are lidded and dark.

"I am at your disposal, doctor," he says.

For one brief moment, Robotnik is hanging out the thirtieth-story window of a skyscraper all over again. He takes a deep breath, using it to sigh loudly. "And until I dispose of you, you should be focusing on compiling those data points from yesterday's test. Yet, here you are, loitering around, staring at me like some kind of..."

He snaps his fingers impatiently. Stone smiles; warm, radiant, happy. "A cow-eyed schoolboy, sir?"

"Sure, that'll do. Now get back to work, already!"

Stone hurries to do what he's told without further command. When he leaves the room, Robotnik, at last, feels like he's standing on solid ground, but somehow the imperceptible topography of reality has shifted around him. Landmarks remain the same, but the details are strange and new, and Robotnik finds himself now in unfamiliar territory. The only consolation comes from the understanding that, perhaps, he isn't alone in the feeling; that maybe somewhere down the hall, Stone is also looking around at a similarly strange new world.

[pascalina]

The brothers' movie

11/07/2015

They don't use the same last name, but they are siblings. Pedro Pascal (40) the Chilean actor who starred in Game of Thrones and now has a starring role in the Netflix series Narcos, uses his mother's surname because it is easier to pronounce in English. 17 years younger, Lucas Balmaceda Pascal (23), also an actor, debuted in Los 80 and today stars in the TVN series Juana Brava. Here, both talk for the first time about their relationship, their love for cinema and their mutual admiration.

José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal was born in Chile, but a few months later he had to go into exile with his parents and his older sister, Javiera, to Denmark. It was the end of 1975. Thanks to the Rockefeller scholarship granted for his father, the doctor José Balmaceda Riera, a year later they moved to the United States: first they lived in San Antonio, Texas. Life there was just beginning and it was not easy.

Seventeen years later, in 1992, Lucas Balmaceda was born in Orange County, California, into the comfort of a family that was financially in its prime. His dad was at the peak of his career: as a fertility specialist and director of one of the University of California's reproductive health centers. But suddenly they moved back to Chile when Lucas was three years old and his brother Nicolas was eight. The two older ones stayed there. Pedro was already studying drama at Orange County High School of the Arts. Then he went to New York to study theater at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

After a couple of small appearances in TV series, in 2014 he took the big leap in his career: he played Prince Oberyn in Game of Thrones, which made him world famous. Today, he has a starring role in the series Narcos. He is also filming a movie with Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe.

Fame came early for Lucas. After leaving Saint George High School in 2010, he studied theater at the Universidad Católica, and he began to shine: in year fourth, he starred in the theater play "La noche obstinada", by choreographer Pablo Rotemberg, and got a role in the successful television series Los 80 and today, in his last year, he is the co-star of Juana Brava, the new TVN nighttime series.

Scene one:

Lucas appears in Pedro's life

P: "I was 17 when Lucas was born. He was a baby when I left to go to university. I remember my first visit back and Lucas, who was not even two years old, was already the owner of the house. I remember those looks, wanting to tell me: 'I don't know who you are, but this is my house, mate.

To this day I have never seen that personality in another child. It was fascinating to see that wit in someone so small. Since he was a kid he had that fierce intelligence... The four siblings, Javiera, the eldest and the queen of the family; Nicolas, the doctor; Lucas and I are like a compact and consistent unit. I can't imagine life without them".

L: "Pedro was studying at the university in New York when I was born. When he went home for vacations to see the family, as I didn't know him, I thought: 'who is this guest, who is this weirdo who kisses my mother? She's mine!'. Back in Chile, every year Pedro came to visit us. It was the most entertaining thing in the world for me. He was much older and he would come with all the coolness, with all the culture of cinema, with horror movies that were not available here. Then we would watch them and play them out, we would do sketches. We would play that Pedro was a murderous monster and we would escape from him. We were each a character. He was very funny, he did voices, he impersonated people. He gets mad when I tell him, but I've always found that he has a Jim Carrey thing about him, he manages to make some impressive faces. When he came on, I couldn't stop watching him, he was too entertaining. We are all big movie buffs thanks to my dad. When I was three years old, he took my brothers and me to see Batman. I remember crying hysterically. I was very young, sensitive, and being in the cinema was like entering to another reality: loud noises, giant screen. I didn't understand anything.

Scene two

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P: "What's Chilean about me and what's gringo about me is a very interesting question, because I don't think even at 40 years old I've been able to figure it out. I was raised and educated in the United States and socialized a lot with American pop culture, but Chilean pride has always been unwavering. My parents were exiled for eight years. So our visits to Chile were regular. My whole life I have lived in the United States and my whole life I have visited my relatives in Chile. However, since my siblings were raised in Chile, my connection to the country is much stronger today and it is something I am grateful for. Something that happens to me a lot is that when I say I've been in the U.S. my whole life, they say, "Well, you're a gringo then! And after a conversation in my fluent Spanish with a clear Chilean accent that same person turns around and says: I've been listening to you, you're Chilean!

L: "I am Chilean because I lived and grew up here since I was three years old, but at the same time I have a cultural disconnection: my parents lived 25 years in the United States, my brothers are gringos. My visual culture is super gringo, the TV shows I watched when I was a kid or the movies I watch to this day I understand them from that place: as an American. More than being born in the United States, I feel it's because of my family's background".

SCENE THREE:

The performance

P: "There were good years and bad years (when I started my acting career in the United States). Many years I was a waiter to supplement my income. But from a very young age I was auditioning for professional jobs. In my late twenties my career in the theater was relatively consistent. Then, when opportunities in television arose, I was consolidating and it became much easier to pay my expenses. I think that struggle, going through those situations, empowers you a lot and it's one of the things I'm enormously grateful for. And Game of Thrones was an incredible gift. It's the best role I've ever played and they're the best people I've ever worked with."

L: "It's Pedro's fault that I wanted to be an actor. But when I told him I wanted to study theater it was hard for him, more than anything, because he cares about me and studying theater is hard. You have to be very wise and have a super high self-esteem to take care of yourself. Pedro went through many things. If there is an actor who doesn't have contacts in the United States, it's him. Everything he has achieved is because of his work. That's why when people ask me why I don't go to the U.S., it's a resounding no. Being Pedro Pascal's little brother is not going to get me around the corner; I would have to be Tom Cruise's twin to achieve anything. Even so, Pedro had many failed career starts. In 2011, for example, he was offered a starring role in a series called Wonder Woman and it was eventually canceled. That's why, when Games of Thrones came up, I was like, wow! We were all freaking out, because Games of Thrones is like a worldwide trending topic. All the episodes he was in, we were all watching them together at my house, eating pizza or sushi."

SCENE FOUR:

Mutual lessons

P: "I try not to get too involved in anything Lucas does or how he does it. He has single-handedly created each of his experiences and is one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. He loves his work and is continually developing his skills for television and theater, and eventually film. He executes like a real artist and, to be honest, it is more common for me to learn something from him than for him to learn something from me. I mean that very sincerely. Lucas reminds me to work hard and keeps me inspired. When I saw him in Los 80 I was incredibly proud, but not surprised. I was seeing something I had always known. The only advice I've given him is to not be such a workaholic, to take care of himself and to be proud of what he's accomplished and what he still has yet to accomplish. Deep down, I'm always going to be the protective big brother."

L: "Pedro is an object of admiration for me. What he says is law for me. Sometimes I ask him: 'Pedro, did you see that movie?' and he says: 'Yes, I didn't like it'. I tell him: 'Oh, I didn't like it either'. The nice thing about our relationship is that it happens so sporadically, once or twice a year, that the moments when we see each other are very intense. We either fight a lot or we love each other too much, but it's always like a story, like a movie. While he's there and I'm here, we talk a lot on WhatsApp and Facebook".

P: "With Lucas we always keep each other up to date on what movies to watch, what TV shows are good. I bug him all the time asking him about what's going on in his life and I'm always asking him about his perspective on things. Despite being away from each other for a long time, Lucas and I are very close and always have been. I see Lucas at the beginning of an amazing career, with an unwavering curiosity and passion. I love it when he confides in me about things he is enjoying or situations he is dealing with."

L: "I've never seen Pedro in theater, but I've been told he's tremendous. On camera, I find that he has a very intense look. He also has, and in that we are very similar, a very strong visual culture, the fact that we have always liked horror movies. He plays characters that hide something, dark characters. A great strength is that he is very sensual, he knows how to handle himself well from seduction".

P: "Lucas is brave, he's fearless. There's nothing he's not willing to try, he's never going to give up on a challenge, he's never going to leave something halfway, no matter what that means to him. Lucas is unstoppable.

Link interview

[niallloverontheloose]

https://www.eonline.com/news/1276811/teen-wolf-creator-jeff-davis-tells-all-including-why-he-thought-the-show-was-f-ked

https://www.tvinsider.com/1001090/teen-wolf-10th-anniverssary-tyler-posey-reflection/

Thought Davis had looked up all of the actors in serious consideration before their auditions and was impressed specifically by Tyler Posey's work on the ABC Family drama Lincoln Heights—"It was a sort of charming, sort of romance scene and I was like, 'OK, I think this could be him.'"—the creator revealed other producers weren't initially sold on him as their teen wolf. "His auditions were really subtle and everyone sort of shrugged their shoulders," Davis recalled. "And I said, 'No, get closer.' So I made them record him in close up and that's where he worked best. You could see the range and the charm in him in close-up. So I made them push up the camera several feet." It even "became a rule on set," Davis continued. "I said to directors, 'Tyler's better in close-up. Always remember that.' He has such expressive eyes and that strange lopsided face that's uneven but utterly beautiful." // I don’t know what’s more hilarious: Jeff Davis forcing the Teen Wolf directors to record Tyler Posey only in close-ups because he can’t act for shit, or Jeff Davis openly admitting that he’s the only one who pushed for Tyler Posey to get the role of Scott McCall because no one else was impressed by his shitty acting 🥴 // "I believe they submitted him for both Scott and Stiles," Davis said of Dylan O'Brien who was eventually cast as Stiles, the sarcastic sidekick. "He came in and I remember very clearly seeing his headshot, flipping it around and most resumes have this long list of who they were trained by, what films they've been in and guest star roles, what their special skills are. His was two YouTube links and that was it. I thought, 'OK.'" But once Davis watched O'Brien's video, he was blown away, recalling, "He had this quality about him. He just seemed elastic. He reminded me of a young Jim Carrey." While the creative team knew he would be "a great comic foil," they weren't anticipating how skilled of dramatic actor he would be. "He could play everything," Davis said. "It was stunning to see." Also stunning? The fans’ response to Dylan O'Brien, who became the show's breakout star, though the network didn't realize it when the show premiered, relegating Stiles to the back of the first season's poster. "He eventually moved to the very front," Davis said. "In season three, it was Tyler Posey in the back, which I was a little worried about because I was like, 'Guys, that's the star of our show!'" ~*~*~ Reed wasn't the only cast member to leave the show, with Colton Haynes shocking fans with his exit in season two and Daniel Sharman choosing not to return for the fourth season. Tyler Hoechlin ultimately decided to step back from the show in season five, because, as Jeff Davis joked, "He decided he had enough of standing in the woods brooding and staring, which I don't blame him!" But, Davis admitted it was "hard" to adapt the storylines in the wake of the respective exits, going on to explain how the writers ultimately handled the coming and going of actors. "You try to first go with what's the best story we can tell," he detailed. "And then the second is you realize and remember who the main characters of the show are. I remember saying, 'Look guys, the show's called Teen Wolf. The one we really have to worry about leaving is Tyler Posey!" //

I find it interesting that the only ones who think Tyler Posey is “the star of Teen Wolf” and are still bitter because Star & Breakout Star of the show Dylan O’Brien eclipsed and acted circles around Posey from day one without even trying are Tyler Posey, Jeff Davis, and Scott McCall/Tyler Posey stans

. . .

I’m sick and tired of this man’s fuckery and bullshit.

[angelamontoo]

Oh what the hell, thoughts and headcanons for You'll find out

• So I'm gonna be ragging on this poor film pretty hard, so let's start out positive and say that all of the bad guys in this are great-especially Professor Fenninger. I just really enjoy how despite what a silly film this is Peter, Bela and Boris take their roles as seriously as they would in a more dramatic film

• Considering I associate this film with the general theme of obnoxious vintage funnymen making dumb jokes about how spoopy Peter Lorre and similar actors who were typecast as horror guys are, Kay kyser is actually surprisingly enjoyable in this film. I mean I wouldn't be against some of his screen time being handed over to the bad guys or anything, but his reactions to the weirdness going on are actually pretty funny, especially with Aunt Margo at the beginning

• Speaking of, What's the deal with Aunt Margo when we first meet her? Just in the middle of a trance like that. Idk it's not like we don't see her in that state later in the film aswell or anything, but I feel like it would've worked better if she was acting normal till someone brought up the supernatural or Elmer and then she starts acting all weird maybe? Also did she wanna fuck Kay kyser?

• Yknow that Jim Carrey looking guy? Ish kebabble? I. Hate. Him. Soooooo much. It is unreal. He fills me with seething rage with every move he makes. I hate his stupid bowl cut, I hate his stupid dog, I hate that thing he does with his eyes. Stop fucking making that face you fuck! You are being confronted by the supernatural, show some godamn respect! Why did you survive!?

• Speaking of, if there was ever a film where im glad we don't actually see the bad guys die, is it ever this one, lemme tell you. Never have I wanted the villains to have faked their deaths and come back to triumph over the heros more

• Considering we never learn Professor Fenningers real name, I'm a big fan of him potentially being another character Peter Lorre played. I've suggested Gimpy and Cairo before, but maybe even Abbott? Ofc the problem with the Abbott theory is that he's from a pre-hays code film so his death is a lot more explicit and harder to write off as fake

• However, if he's not another Peter character, I HC Professors Fenningers real name to be Moritz Veidt. Just cause I like the way it sounds

• So we can all agree that Fenninger and Mainwaring are fucking right? My personal HC is that they're together and Saliano and Fenninger used to be an item and Saliano isn't over him. Either that or they're both his exes and Mainwaring has the distinction of being the one Fenninger is still kind of attracted to

• I'm a fan of the whole sequence when Ginny is singing 'I'd Know you anywhere' it's a lovely song, I like her voice and I enjoy the simple visuals of it cutting from her to the three villains. It's my favourite musical performance in the film and definitely my favourite scene focusing mainly on one of the nonvillain characters

• Can we talk about Janis finding out that Fenninger was the man creeping on her and Ginny getting changed and being like "Oh thank god, it was only you :)" like...bestie. Yeah, she doesn't know he was only checking to see if she's alive cause he wants her dead, but I don't care how much you think mysticism is bologna, you should not trust some guy you've never met before if the first interaction you two had was him climbing up your balcony and standing outside the transparent door of a room where you were changing just because you're hoping he'll callout your aunts medium for being a fraud

• I remember thinking what a casual that dude Kay Kyser had on his show was for not knowing "hi ho hi ho" was from snow-white since 'we all grew up with that film', then I remembered that dude was an adult when snow-white came out and I felt very strange thinking about just how old the film I was watching really was

[twofacetoo]

Good Evening All

With the release of the 'Sonic' trailer, it feels appropriate to make a point. This is something I've been saying for years, but never has it felt more appropriate to be said en-masse to the internet.

This is the trailer for the 'Sonic' movie.

I want anyone who hasn't seen it to watch it right now. Anyone who has seen it before, maybe watch it again, just to get it fresh in your mind. And once you've watched it, answer me this: do you think this looks good?

The answer should be a resounding no. On every level this film looks terrible. It's a video-game movie (known to be notoriously god-awful). It's being directed and produced by the visionary mind behind 'Gopher Broke'. Slim rubberface comedian Jim Carrey has been cast as the tubby cartoon character of Dr Robotnik and is playing it exactly like Ace Ventura all over again. The design of Sonic is nightmarish beyond belief. And most famously, it's being produced by the brilliant mind behind 'The Fast And The Furious' series, a series of ELEVEN movies about things going zoom (and very little else).

And thus I get to the point of this little post. I want to ask each and every one of you... don't see this movie. I can't stop you, and if you want to see it, then you do that. I wouldn't dream of insisting on a boycott. All I'm asking is that you understand one thing: you think this movie looks shit? Great, I do too... and Paramount & Sega, the team behind this film, couldn't care less.

I hate to be a downer but this point needs to be made more and more these days. While movies like 'Avengers' are excellent and a lot of fun to watch, people need to remember that Disney doesn't care if you like it or not. They only care if you paid to see it. The same applies to Sega and Paramount making this film. You go see it, you hate it, you make a 20 minute Youtube review on how bad it is, do Sega-Paramount care? Fuck no, because you already gave them money. Did the film piss you off and make you insane with rage? Great, Sega-Paramount don’t give a fuck. Did the film teach you the meaning of life and finally make you smile? Great, Sega-Paramount don’t give a fuck. All they care about, like most media companies, is getting your money.

That's not to say creative thought and artistic vision are dead, because they definitely aren't. They've flourished in indie markets through people like Scott Cawthon and (despite my disdain for the series) the minds behind the 'Paranormal Activity' films. Artistic vision is alive and well, but let's be real, what most people care about is making money.

Posters can be misleading, and trailers can be deceptive. RedLetterMedia made the point during their review of the 'Slenderman' movie nobody remembers that about 40% of the trailer wasn't in the actual film. And we're talking interesting things that looked cool, even an entire character vanished altogether from the movie. And there's a big difference between a trailer being edited differently from a movie, and flat-out lying to people to get them to give you money.

The point I'm making is that, bottom line, people want money. Companies need money to survive. Sega-Paramount don't want to make a good film, they want to make a financially successful film. They want to make a film that will rake in heaps and heaps of cash. So they used a pop-culture icon like Sonic, ripped off 90% of what the 'Detective Pikachu' trailers have shown us, and is attempting to make that money by either being consciously terrible or astoundingly naive.

Listen. Every time a terrible reboot / remake comes out, the comments around it are all the same: 'this looks awful, can't wait to see it!', or 'why isn't anything original anymore?', without realising that these two comments are answering each other already.

Guys, if this film looks as bad as you think it does, I beg you, please don't see it. All this will do is reinforce the thought that bad movies make money simply by being as bad as possible. If you want a good video-game movie, then let the bad video-game movies fail. If you want less remakes, then stop going to see them. The only reason these films keep coming out is because, like it or not, they keep making money. They keep churning in just enough profit to convince the studios to make more and try less with each installment. 'Robocop', 'Total Recall', 'Ghostbusters', 'Planet Of The Apes', 'The Italian Job'... all great films that were remade, and despite everyone agreeing the remakes were terrible, they still made money.

With the ‘Sonic’ movie, we may have a chance to break that cycle once and for all. This is a film that NOBODY wants to see. If people can just avoid seeing the film, we might finally be able to get the message through, that we’re sick of zero-effort nostalgia-pandering bullshit like this. DC finally realised it after making bomb after bomb, and thus turned out ‘Shazam’, a film they actually put effort into which wound up being a huge hit. They only had to learn through numerous failures, as is typical of any big company these days.

Look, if you go to a 5 star restaurant, order a sirloin steak, and get given a frozen microwave dinner instead, you have every right to complain and demand better service. It's no different with movies. If you get promised a good film, then you deserve a good film. If you get promised a bad film, then why would you bother to see it in the first place?

[apocalypse4209]

Sonic live-action leaked

Dr. Eggman: *gets beat again* Damn you, Sonic the Hedgehog! Next time, I...I...*chuckles in sad clown Jim Carrey fashion* Who am I kidding? You are an entity way beyond what my brain can grasp or my technology can chase after, and I am sure both of us have been aware of this for quite a while. Why do you even indulge in beating my little plans if there is no possible way that they could be ever be effective against your speed? That I could ever win? Don't you have no regard for this broken man's feelings?

Sonic: *Stops on his tracks and tries to look serious the best he can, twitching every now and then* Sorry Eggman, I can't understand what you feel at all. Even having this conversation with you... is pure torture. You have no idea how slow and methodical my every move has to be so that my words don't sound like a distorted, supersonic screech. How I fail at keeping my body movements natural looking every once in a while and it simply goes by unnoticed because the human eye can only keep up with so much at once. The only thing that keeps me from ripping a hole in what you ignorantly call reality with a single step, the thing that still chains me to both this plane of existence and my sanity, is the love I feel for my friends and chilli dogs. So please, play along and don't make me remember the sad, ugly truth of this situation. Please, don't be the last drop of water that spills the cup.

Dr. Eggman: *mortified* What?!

Sonic: I-I mean...Gotta go fast! Bye!