#i cannot express how much i LOVE LOU WILSON

[natp20]

when nydas okiro said “i don’t want to believe it. i do not believe it to be true. but if there’s even a chance that it could be, we cannot. YOU cannot”

when he said “the material goods mean nothing anymore. only life. that is what we will save. that is how this beacon - this city - will survive. our hoard means NOTHING”

when he said “gold? gold means nothing, if you do not use it to lift people up. gold is a resource by which mortaldom climbs”

when he said “it was real for us. those who survived will remember. it will inspire them to dream of things far greater”

when he said “brother, you will always be you. i will make sure”

[calderskillday]

A STARSTRUCK ODYSSEY EPISODE 1 liveblog

just hit play and i'm already ready to cry, the cast is so happy to be back in the dome 🥺

ally looks so insanely good uh. very gender much yes

THESE GRAPHICS YO

IMMEDIATE INITIATIVE ROLL???? FUCK DUDE

"i am surrounded by morons" lapin vibes coming from norm. "i am in hell" wow i love him already !!!!

"comms officer slash unpaid intern" made me snort, riva is adorable

BADASS CAPTAIN JAN FUCK YEAH

oooooo a flashback already hell yes

zac: "natural 1"

murph: "that'll happen"

DOES ANYONE WORK ON THIS SHIP BUT ME???

THE MULTILEVEL MARKETING SCHEME I CANNOT. also emily's reaction to pleasure putty

riva is so precious

"RUGGEDLY handsome" "hohokay" some axmurph gold

hot date vibes from sid and barry, axmurph is just. the greatest

this character is perfect for emily truly i love her playing a droid

i have been reduced to tears by the line "as i became CARESSED by the ASSAULT CANNON, i found myself rapidly leaving my state of arousal. the roller skates didn't help either."

murph-as-barry is such a meathead i love this for him

THE BARRY BATTALLION LMAOKFJGKD

"who un-fucks the little guy?" "BARRY!!!"

oh my god i didn't realize gunnie was TINY???? lou is playing a 4'11 character????

HANDY ANNIE CALLBACK TO HANDY ANDY OF NADDPOD HELL YEAH

god i love lou wilson

everyone's reactions to "your intestines are floating in space"... LMAO

ah we back to the anti capitalist themes, classic d20 babey

ZAC'S FACIAL EXPRESSION WHEN HE SAYS "i'll see what i can do"

"gonna need a saving throw from the red hot" "chiiiiiiillllll"

loving the vibe of margaret "working from home" encino WAIT WHAT A BADASS MOVE I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT HER

lucienne rex "just a very close friend" mmHMMMM SURE

ooooo the tension

riva is so PURE i LOVE THEM

EMILY CRIT

norm is such a fuckin mood

norm/riva and sid/barry are such fun dynamic pairs GOD what great character interactions I HAVE MISSED THIS CAST IN PERSON

BOX OF DOOM BOYS i forgot how thrilling box of doom rolls are

this encounter is crazy tense oh my god they are SO IN THE SHIT

"that's not his name!" riva <3

14 crates and a hologram babey

unhinged norm yes

WHAT AN EPISODE!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS CAMPAIGN WITH MY WHOLE ASS!!!!!!!

[agentnico]

Loki - Season 1 (2021) Review

With glorious purpose comes great irresponsibility...

Plot: After stealing the Tesseract and messing with the timeline in Avengers: Endgame, the god of mischief Loki, having recently felt defeat from the Avengers at the Battle of New York and experienced what it means to be Hulk smashed, lands face to face with the TVA (Time Variance Authority) who hire him to help hunt down other time variances.

Out of all the MCU Disney+ shows from first glance Loki seemed like the most self contained standalone one as it was set way way back in the past and seemingly deviated from the main events and story direction that the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe was heading. It seemed as if Loki’s entire existence came to fruition thanks to the fans’ huge love for the character played so splendidly by Tom Hiddleston all these years and this wasn’t going to accumulate to more than fan service. And that would have been perfectly okay, as aforementioned Tom Hiddleston is so well cast as the titular antihero that you can watch his shtick endlessly. He is articulate, delivering lines like machine gun bullets along with a real range of mannerisms and faces to deliver those lines with devastating effect. He is the perfect actor to play Loki because he is both charming and handsome. He also has the English villain thing going for him so he comes across as classy even when he is being nasty and mean. He manages to balance smugness with goofiness and delivers the Nordic Asgardian tongue with Shakespearean gusto! Marvel have always been known for great casting and arguably....heck, not even an argument, he IS Marvel’s best casting choice. Not even Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man have as big a fan following as Hiddle-Loki! So making a show for the fans wasn’t out of question.

However, having now watched the Loki season finale it turns out this series has thus far had the biggest impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe than any other Phase 4 show/movie so far. This thing sets up so much of what’s to come that it comes as a bit of a difficulty to review it as basically anything I say can be classed as a spoiler and then Marvel fans would eat me up like those rats do in the video game A Plague Tale: Innocence. There wouldn’t be a shed of skin left on me!! But what I can talk about is some stuff.

Tom Hiddleston is great as always, and also the clever casting of Owen Wilson as Mobius, one of the members of the TVA, results in a great buddy cop bromance between the two that I wish the show gave more time to, especially since Owen Wilson is so loveable in this, even if he doesn’t get to say his signature catchphrase “WOW”. In fact when the two share the screen together the series is at its highest. The rest of the cast have their moments too, and a stand out who’s role I cannot spoil but is so so good in this is Richard E. Grant. He plays a certain special character and nearly steals the entire show when he appears. Also visually the show looks great and the music score hits some solid notes. I did also enjoy the twists and turns and as I said, the set up for the future is really significant and leaves space for something great to look forward to. I was always wondering how Marvel could keep things interesting following the very conclusive Endgame, which seemed like a perfect franchise ender. But with what Loki sets up it kind of turns everything we know about the cinematic universe upside down, and I cannot wait to see where things go from here.

In terms of negatives, there’s an episode midway through this season’s six episode run which is evident filler and not even good filler. It felt like a knock-off episode of Doctor Who and not a good one, and overall felt pointless to the overall series arc. Secondly, there is a character introduced in this show called Sylvie played by Sophia Di Martino and she is obviously a Hollywood newcomer, however her acting in this was quite distracting. With folks like Hiddleston and Wilson, they fit so swimmingly into their characters, however with Di Martino you can tell that she is acting. None of her emotions felt real and she always kept the same expression on her face which really distracted from the overall immersion of the viewing. And she happens to have a significant role in this show so she’s in many scenes. Again, I don’t like berating individuals and I’m certain that in real life she’s a lovely person, but I didn’t seem to connect to her in this role.

Overall Loki features a lot of Loki, a lot of twists, a lot of turns, and a lot of Marvel-lous moments! And it’s a definite must watch for die hard fans as it’s a significant chapter in the Marvel saga.

Overall score: 7/10

[cookiesandcreame1983-blog]

Quotes for Thursday March 23,2017

Attitude quotes It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. -Epictetus If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Maya Angelou One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. -Henry Miller Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Whenever you fall, pick something up.  -Oswald Avery Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right. -Henry Ford Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz ****************************************************************************** Dream quotes You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream. -Martin Luther King Jr. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. -Walt Disney Build a dream and the dream will build you. -Robert H. Schuller If you can dream it, you can do it. -Walt Disney Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. -Wolfgang Von Goethe Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. -Harriet Tubman We grow by our dreams. -Woodrow T. Wilson Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. -Marsha Norman Build a dream and the dream will build you. -Robert H Schuller ****************************************************************************** Encouragement quotes Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push.--Joann Thomas Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.--Robert Martin We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.--Henry David Thoreau We cannot actually help others; we can only love, share, encourage and set an example by which others can learn to help themselves.--A Spiritual Warrior **************************************************************************** Goal quotes A goal properly set is halfway reached.--Zig Ziglar Goals are dreams with deadlines.--Diana Scharf Hunt Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new one added, and others dropped.--O. Carl Simonton Goals are the barriers that limit our ability to reach our true potential.--David V. Ellison Goals are your personal statements of what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want to achieve.--Denis Waitley Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.--Mary Catherine Bateson (Composing a Life) A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.--Mary Kay Ash **************************************************************************** Joy quotes Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.--Gretta Palmer Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.--Samuel Levenson Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.--Ralph Waldo Emerson Happiness is a present attitude--not a future condition.--Hugh Prather Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.--William Butler Yeats Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.--Eleanor Roosevelt Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.--Thomas Merton ***************************************************************************^ Kindness quotes Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.--C. Neil Strait Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.--S. H. Simmons Kindness is the insignia of a loving heart.--Anonymous Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.--Mark Twain Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.--Robert Ingersoll Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.--Isaac Bashevis Singer Kindness refreshes and restores the tired and broken.--Gerard Thomas Straub (When Did I See You Hungry?)