It was 20 years ago today :: A few Very Much Expected Parties :: The Return of the King cast and creatives hit the post-Oscars party circuit, with stops at the Governor's Ball, the Vanity Fair party, and New Line Cinema's own celebration (a post on the The One Party still to come). Joining the celebrating and celebrated for the parties were beloved trilogy actors Lawrence Makoare, Bruce Hopkins, Jed Brophy, Sala Baker, Andy Serkis, and executive producer Mark Ordesky.
[ The Wellington premiere of ROTK | Air Frodo from NZ to LA | Los Angeles | Berlin | London | New York (1) | New York (2) | Empire's LOTR Celebration booklet photography | Empire's outtakes | Critics Choice and People's Choice Awards | National Board of Review Awards | Producers Guild Awards | Tokyo (1) | Tokyo (2) | Golden Globes | Empire Awards | BAFTAs | SAGs | Oscars (1) | Oscars (2) ]
BEST lip-sync battle EVER with Sean Astin “The Boss”, Elijah Wood “Cher”, Dom Monaghan “Michael Jackson” and Billy Boyd “Neil Diamond” at Fan Expo Cleveland!!
Review: Justice Society of America #1[Editor’s Note: This review CONTAINS spoilers]
Writer: Geoff JohnsArt: Mikel Janin (with Jerry Ordway, Scott Koins, Steve Lieber and Brandon Peterson)Colors: Jordie Bellaire (with John Kalisz, Jordan Boyd, and Brandon Peterson)Letters: Rob Leigh
Reviewed by: Matthew B. Lloyd
Summary
Helena Wayne, the Huntress is leading the JSA as an adult and she’s having…
3/4 Of My Quasi-Annual Rewatch Of The Lord Of The Rings, The Two Towers.
These contain lil attempts at humor. A parallel of a scene from this movie and the classic Army Of Darkness. And a use of Throne Of Blood. ... I crack myself up, basically.
We are now just a few days away from the end of the submission period for the Hot Medieval and Fantasy Men Melee, and our Entrants stand numbered at 250!!!
Submissions will close on the 27th of June, so if you have a hot medieval/medieval fantasy guy (or multiple of them) you'd like to see compete, send them in!
Here is a list of our Noble and Worthy Contenders so far.
If your man isn't here, that means he has not been submitted.
The Contenders
So Far…
Adhemar, Count of Anjou [Rufus Sewell], A Knight's Tale (2001)
Prince Aemond Targaryen [Ewan Mitchell], House of the Dragon (2022-)
Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes], Borgia: Faith and Fear (2011-2014)
King Alfred the Great [David Dawson], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan [Antonio Banderas], The 13th Warrior (1999)
Antonius Block [Max von Sydow], The Seventh Seal (1957)
Aragorn, Son of Arathorn [Viggo Mortensen], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
King Arthur Pendragon [Alexandre Astier], Kaamelott (2004-2009)
King Arthur Pendragon [Bradley James], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)
Athelstan [George Blagden], Vikings (2013-2020)
Ash Williams [Bruce Campbell], Army of Darkness (1992)
Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Ciaran Hinds], Ivanhoe (1997)
Batman: The Animated Series Harley Quinn being the Blueprint for Modern Harley Quinn
my actual version of this post
Working On The Side Of / With The Batfam
Harlequinade (EP) • "Batman and Robin have no time to spare in stopping the Joker from detonating an atomic bomb, so they enlist the help of Harley Quinn to hunt the Joker down."
Batgirl Adventures • "When Poison Ivy is captured by mobsters, Harley Quinn must act quickly to save her, so she turns to the only hero she can find: Batgirl!"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #43 • "Who's out to get Harley Quinn? Batman has to take her on as a sidekick to find out. The answer awaits deep in Harley's history...that is, if she and the Dark Knight survive the traps set for them all over Gotham!"
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 1 (2020) #12 | Season 3 #2, #5, #7
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Also before anyone comes @ me all "oh but what about her participating in the Death in the Family storyline", I've made a post here talking about the exacts of Harley's involvement in Jason's death.
Trying To Have A Better, Reformed Life / Redemption Arc
Batman: The Animated Series "Harley's Holiday"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #10
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 3 (2023) #2
Ending Scene In Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker
Being A Little Goofy Gal
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 2 (2020) #7
Batman: The Animated Series • "Holiday Knights", "Harlequinade", "The Man Who Killed Batman"
Dressing Revealingly / Being Sexual
Batman: The Animated Series • "Harley & Ivy", "Harley's Holiday", "Holiday Knights", "Beware The Creeper"
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
Being Bisexual (cry about it♡)
Paul Dini: When Bruce and I did the Harley and Ivy miniseries, it was certainly implied that [Ivy and Harley] had a relationship with each other—they shared hugs and kisses. I didn’t want that to overpower what the story was, but the relationship between them is so natural.
Paul Dini: The more I worked with [Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy], the more I could see [a romantic relationship] happening. Unfortunately, at the time, in an animated kids cartoon, you really couldn’t get into the complexity of that or honor what a relationship like that could really be. We just showed them together as friends and on fairly intimate terms when they were out of the costume, but nothing was implicit because if we couldn’t do that relationship properly then we didn’t want to do it at all.
Batman: The Animated Series • "Holiday Knights"
Batgirl Adventures (1997)
Love Is Love (2016)
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 3 #2-7
Breaking The Fourth Wall
Batman: The Animated Series • "Harley's Holiday"
HQ, turning her head towards the camera: "Talk about grasping at straws. Oh, well, at least I'm going out on a joke."
Being A Domestic Violence Victim (And That Being A Prevalent Aspect Of Her Story)
"Everyone else sees the Joker laugh, only Harley has ever seen him cry. It's the only reason she stays with him.
Harleen, having once been a therapist, has touched onto his vulnerability. She knows who he is underneath. That’s what keeps her there."
Batman: The Animated Series • "The Laughing Fish", "Harley & Ivy", "Mad Love"
Justice League • "Wild Cards"
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love (comic)
Harley Quinn: Mad Love (Novel)
Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures Episodes
Harlequinade
Aired: May 23, 1994
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Kevin Altieri
Harley's Holiday
Aired: October 15, 1994
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Kevin Altieri
Holiday Knights
Aired: September 13, 1997
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Dan Riba
The Man Who Killed Batman
Aired: February 1, 1993
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Bruce Timm
Harley & Ivy
Aired: January 18, 1993
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Boyd Kirkland
Beware The Creeper
Aired: November 7, 1998
Writer: Rich Fogel
Story by: Steve Gerber
Director: Dan Riba
The Laughing Fish
Aired: January 10, 1993
Writer: Paul Dini
Director: Bruce Timm
Mad Love
Aired: January 16, 1999
Writer: Paul Dini
Story by: Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
Director: Butch Lukic
Justice League
Wild Cards
Aired: December 6, 2003
Writer: Stan Berkowitz and Dwayne McDuffie
Director: Butch Lukic
Ending Scene In Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker
Story: Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm
Screenplay: Paul Dini
Director: Curt Geda
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
Writers: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
Pencilers: Bruce Timm
Inkers: Bruce Timm
Colorists: Bruce Timm, Rick Taylor
Letterers: Tim Harkins
Editors: Scott Peterson, Darren Vincenzo
Batman: Gotham Adventures #43
Writers: Scott Peterson
Pencilers: Tim Levins
Inkers: Terry Beatty
Colorists: Lee Loughridge
Letterers: Albert DeGuzman
Editors: Joan Hilty, Harvey Richards
Batman: Gotham Adventures #10
Writers: Ty Templeton
Pencilers: Rick Burchett
Inkers: Terry Beatty
Colorists: Lee Loughridge
Letterers: Tim Harkins
Editors: Darren Vincenzo
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 1 #12
Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Pencilers: Ty Templeton
Inkers: Ty Templeton
Colorists: Monica Kubina
Letterers: Josh Reed
Editors: Andrew Marino
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 2 #7
Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Pencilers: Rick Burchett
Inkers: Rick Burchett
Colorists: Monica Kubina
Letterers: Josh Reed
Editors: Andrew Marino
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 3 #2
Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Pencilers: Kevin Altieri
Inkers: Kevin Altieri
Colorists: Monica Kubina
Letterers: Josh Reed
Editors: Andrew Marino, Ben Meares, Katie Kubert
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 3 #5
Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Pencilers: Ty Templeton
Inkers: Ty Templeton
Colorists: Monica Kubina
Letterers: Josh Reed
Editors: Ben Meares, Andrew Marino, Katie Kubert
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season 3 #7
Writers: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Pencilers: Ty Templeton
Inkers: Ty Templeton
Colorists: Monica Kubina
Letterers: Josh Reed
Editors: Ben Meares, Andrew Marino, Katie Kubert
Batgirl Adventures (1997)
Writers: Paul Dini
Pencilers: Rick Burchett
Inkers: Rick Burchett
Colourists: Rick Taylor
Letterers: Albert DeGuzman
Editors: Scott Peterson, Darren Vincenzo
Love is Love (2016)
Writer: Paul Dini
Illustrator: Bill Morrison
Colourist: Robert Stanley
Letterer: Sal Cipriano
Harley Quinn: Mad Love (Novel)
Written By: Pat Cadigan and Paul Dini
I am aware this last one isn't technically in the BTAS universe, but later on in the novel, it blends into the Mad Love comic/episode and then goes past it. I only used scenes that were originally featured in the comic/episode as they are just those scenes in a purely written form.
Harley Quinn: Mad Love (Novel) Pg. 261
He lowered his head and slumped, the very picture of dejection. Harley couldn’t stand to see him that way. She cuddled up next to him and took him in her arms.
“I know how to make some smiles, puddin’,” she said in a playful, sultry voice. His whole body stiffened under her touch. “Puddin’?” But she knew it was hopeless; she’d done the wrong thing again.
A moment later, he was leading her down the stairs by her nose, pinching it so hard between his thumb and forefinger that she cried out on every step.
“Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow! That hurts! It really, really hurts! Please, puddin’—” He pinched even harder as he led her to the door, opened it, then turned her around.
“How many times do I have to tell you?” he roared, applying his foot to her backside. “Don’t call me puddin’!”
Harley scrambled to her feet just as he slammed the door in her face. She started to beg him to let her in but suddenly all the fight went out of her and she sank down to sit cross-legged in front of the door. Thrown out again; how many times was this? She’d lost count. No, she hadn’t. This was the twenty-fifth time. That averaged out at roughly three times a week for the past two months.
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Harley Quinn: Mad Love (Novel) Pg. 255
“Hey, that’s a real gasser, ain’t it, Mistah J?” she said between giggles. In the next moment, Gordon thought the nitrous was making him hallucinate as events took a sharp turn into the surreal. The Joker grabbed the floppy points on Harley’s hat, pulling her to him so they were nose to nose.
“I deliver the punchlines around here!” he bellowed into her face. “Got that?”
“Yessir,” Harley Quinn said, her voice tiny and fearful. The Joker shoved her aside and the jolly Clown Prince of Crime persona was back.
For the holiday season, here are some audio gifts from various shows and one Phantom video! The link to them is here and the info is below the cut:
Happy holidays and I hope you are all having time for some rest!
Audios
POTO
Jon Robyns, Paige Blankson, Joe Griffiths-Brown, Kelly Glyptis, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, David Kristopher Brown, Maiya Hikasa
August 22, 2023; London
Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman, Lara Martins, Nicholas Garrett, Arvid Larsen, John Ellis, Valerie Cutko, Kelsi Boyden
March 19, 2023; Greece
Josh Piterman, Corinne Cowling (u/s), Danny Whitehead, Katy Hanna (u/s), Ross Dawes, Kris Manuel (u/s), Sophie Caton (u/s), Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware
October 17, 2019; London
Matinee.
Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Samantha Hill, Greg Mills (u/s), Michele McConnell, Richard Poole (u/s), Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Christian Sebek, Kara Klein, Scott Mikita (u/s)
March 9, 2013; Broadway
Matinee performance.
John Owen-Jones, Deborah Dutcher, Matthew Cammelle, Bruce Montague, Charles Shirvell, Margaret Mary Kane (u/s), Janet Murphy, Jeremy Secomb, Lucy Middleton
January 5, 2002; London
Love Never Dies
Tam Mutu, Celia Graham, David Thaxton, Daniel Dowling
August 25, 2011; London
Tam Mutu's last performance.
Les Miserables
Christopher Jacobsen (u/s Jean Valjean), Stewart Clarke (Javert), Katie Hall (Fantine), Will Callan (Marius), Lulu-Mae Pears (Cosette), Amena El-Kindy (Eponine), Luke Kempner (Thenardier), Claire Machin (Madame Thenardier), Dejan Van der Flyert (Enjolras), Alex Shaw (Gavroche), Clohe Sullivan (Little Cosette), Tom Hext (Grantaire/Majordomo), Adam Pearce (Bishop/Claquesous), Ellie Ann Lowe (Factory Girl), Jordan Simon Pollard (u/s Foreman/Bujon), Matt Dempsey (Bamatabopis/Lesgles), Annabelle Aquino, Hazel Baldwin, Emily Olive Boyd, Ben Culleton, Matt Hayden, Sam Kipling, Anouk Van Lake, Harry Lake, Ben Oatley, Jonathan Stevens, Phoebe Williams, Ollie Wray
September 28, 2023; London
15,000th show in London and the 5th show for the new company.
Sunset Boulevard
Nicole Scherzinger (Norma), Tom Francis (Joe Gillis), David Thaxton (Max von Mayerling), Grace Hodgett Young (Betty Shaefer), Ahmed Hamaad (Artie), Tyler Davis (Sheldrake), Charlotte Jaconelli (Johanna), Jon Tsouras (Cecil B. de Mille)
September 28, 2023; London
Rebecca
Laureen Jones (I), Richard Carson (Maxim de Winter), Kara Lane (Mrs Danvers), Sara Harlington (Beatrice), Neil Moor (Giles), Piers Bate (Frank Crewley), David Breeds (Ben), Alex James Ward (Jack Favell), Shrley Jameson (Mrs Van Hopper), Nicholas Lumley (Colonel Julian)
September 27, 2023; Off-West End
POTO Video
Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe (u/s), Kyle Gonyea
2001; Hamburg, Germany
VOB files. One of the most legendary Phantom's opposite one of the youngest Christine's!