#a. c. crispin

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[poledn1ca]

This is my gamer pad! [Sonic 06]

This is how every dialogue between Beckett and Jack went in The Price of freedom

[that-dinopunk-guy]

I've also started rebuilding my collection of Star Wars novels.

So far I'm just sticking to the ones I remember enjoying (plus the Lando novels, which I have not read but sound fun).

...And these four which I have not yet read and know nothing about, because Timothy Zahn writes good Star Wars and come on, why would I not read a Star Wars story from the Expanse guys:

[scenesandscreens]

9 (2009)

Director - Shane Acker, Cinematography - Kevin R. Adams

"We had such potential. Such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on."

[wrong-eye]

They forgot about my boy...

[josebarrmageddon]

9(2009) 15th Anniversary

My hype for this movie was through the roof. On top of it already looking unique compared to other movies coming out at the time, I saw it was produced by Tim Burton, who I was obsessed with growing up. I was 12 and my best friend, Kal, and I went to see it after school on opening day. It was also the first time I went to the movies without an adult, which my Parents were hesitant about before agreeing to let me see it. Kal and I walked out really liking it, but I became obsessed with it. I loved the characters, voice acting, backstory, visual designs, and world building.

Over the years, I’ve heard some complaints, like the plot being too simple and having little to no character depth, but I think because I saw it at the right time, I was able to fill in those blanks and just appreciated the things it did right. While now, its kind of quaint, I do remember feeling it was more mature and creepy and I liked it. I categorized it under gateway horror, as around the same time, I started delving more into classic horror and monster movies. It’s not necessarily aimed at mature adults, it’s aimed at the kids who are ready to see something a little bit more scary. That’s why the plot is easy to follow and the visuals and tone are intense. Director Shane Acker has talked about making more dark animated movies like this, but nothing’s happened. I know he’s still around working on visual effects for movies and making shorts, but I’d really love to see another feature from him. Hard to believe it’s been 15 years, but It’s still nice to see the 9 fandom occasionally pop up and remind me of simpler times.

- Jose Barr (9/9/24)

[milton-dammers]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Bobby McBurney

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[tvstars2]

[liyazaki]

July 10th is Nikola Tesla’s birthday 🎉

join me in my yearly tradition of watching the most important 6-minute Tesla documentary in existence (Drunk History):

key excerpts:

“he died in a hotel, completely broke & alone- in love with a pigeon.”

“Tesla was the electric Jesus.”

[coupleofdays]

A while ago, I was in a Discord chat discussing (ahem) what kind of underwear different fictional characters might wear. It made me recall the old Star Wars book The Paradise Snare, written by Ann C. Crispin, and specifically the section at the beginning of the book where the author thanks various people who helped her when she wrote it. Among the thanks, there's this one:

For those of you who don't know, West End Games were the publishers of the original Star Wars tabletop roleplaying game, a classic in the genre.

You might ask yourself, "why did she ask the roleplaying guys about Han's underwear?" But to me, it makes perfect sense. If you have a question about some minor, esoteric, seemingly insignificant detail about a fictional setting, the people making a roleplaying game about that setting are the ideal people to ask. Because you never know what kind of crazy stunts the people playing a tabletop roleplaying game might decide to try, or what seemingly insignificant object might become important to them. A good gamemaster has to be ready for anything, either through improvisation or through having anticipated it ahead of time. And presumably, most RPG creators have had some experince with being gamemasters.

I can totally imagine the players going "Okay, so our plan to sneak past those stormtroopers involves our underwear. What kind of underwear are we wearing?"

And the GM will think "Shit, I never thought about that. What kind of underwear would exist in this setting?"

[beasanfi1997]

9 the cartoon movie was the dark version of Toy Story and Transformers by Michael Bay because the Dolls came Life and fighting against the machines

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 90's Fest Movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) on classic DVD 📀! ##movie ##movies #drama #whatseatinggilbertgrape #johnnydepp #leonardodicaprio #darlenecates #juliettelewis #marykateschellenhardt #MarySteenburgen #johncreilly #lauraharrington #crispinglover #KevinTighe #AdrienneKing #dvd #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas4thannual90sfest

[kittenwivfangs]

Just spent the past hour telling someone the plot of the Han Solo triology 1997-1998 :/ autism wins .....

[thatfantasylovingdork]

I wish more animated films had a ‘suitable only for adults’ label on them. Not related, but there’s a horror movie coming out in February called Stopmotion and while it’s not fully animated, it does use stop motion for some scenes and it’s rated R, so I’m happy and taking what I can get.

(Also, if you’re a fan of 9 and want to watch a similar movie, I’d highly recommend Mad God by Phil Tippett. You can find it on Amazon and Shudder. It doesn’t really have a story but it’s got the same kind of apocalyptic atmosphere as 9 and I’d even say it’s far scarier. Do look up trigger warnings for this one if you think you need to. But it’s all done in gorgeous stop motion and its atmosphere is utterly breathtaking.)

[milton-dammers]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)