#i like both of them as actors very much

[waitmyturtles]

Okay, I’ll try to be quick about this. I’ll do it in list form to set some ground rules and get my analysis going.

(I am arguably very frustrated overall about what I’m about to write, because of how excellent The Eighth Sense was, and watching this was just a bit of a downer, man.)

1) I will own that at this point, I might be the only The Promise apologist on this site. I might have led friends astray at this show. For that, I offer a 90-degree wai of apology. I gotta check the tag, but I wouldn’t be surprised. 

(Senpai @respectthepetty...I’ll watch The Shipper as self-punishment.) 

2) Yes, Phu DEFINITELY sucks. BUT, there’s a but that I’ll get to in a sec.

3) For the first time in this show, I am actually frustrated by the pace. 

4) Party definitely rules, Mr. Sassy.

Alright, all that out of the way, get ready to hear why, once more, even I surprise myself by saying, I STILL like this show, but we’re on shakier ground. The Promise, episode 7, here we go:

We’ve now established two social rules by which Nan and Phu operate: 

a) Phu is afraid of loss, 100%. He’s scarred by his father’s death, and doesn’t want to lose anymore people in his life, especially his best friend. 

(HOW that equated to him RUNNING AWAY for 10 YEARS is STILL unclear to me, but I SUPPOSE that if Nan can STILL wait for an answer, then WE, as the audience, are expected to wait, TOO, which I THINK, dear director Khom Kongkiat/Uncle Tong, is ASKING a little MUCH of US, BUT ANYWAY)

b) Nan has said this shit in the past and present about how he wants FRIENDS, and separates that from LOVERS. And Phu is all up in his confusion about that.

I mean, I think I can get that those are legitimate reasons why Phu continues to hold back from revealing his truth to Nan.

But, fuckin’ GO PARTY. Party is like.... what the fuck, dude? Just come out and say it!

AND: Party put himself out there! He put himself out on the line! He revealed himself to Nan! Nan rejected him. But guess what? They’re still gonna be friends! PHU SAW ALL THAT!

Will Phu NOT be satisfied IF Nan rejects him? I mean, Phu will be sad, but... can’t they be like Party and Nan, and still be friends? NO? 

On the one hand, I say: WHAT THE FUCK? Phu -- you are REALLY hyping this up! Why should everything be 100% with you?

On the other hand, I say: My socio-emotional read is that because Phu experienced the death of a loved one at an early age, things might HAVE to be 100% with him. 

I just don’t know if Uncle Tong is weaving this complicated and emotional story as well as he could be at this point. I don’t know how efficient each episode is at selling the skincare. I absolutely loved the focus on the coffee farm and the process of the beans and everything. I love, love those slices of village life. It very much harkens to P’Khom’s actual role in Bad Buddy, and obviously goes to show how much he wants to profile these slices of Thai village life. I love those parts.

But at this point, as I said last week, we’ve waited too long. We need clarity. I get we have three episodes at an hour each, but the pace has now started to drag. I love what this show gives by way of a respect of the rural life these guys come from, but the imbalance is there among Devonte commercials/life in Chiang Mai/Granny and how she’s there to explain who Phu really is/Nan’s patience. 

It’s not quite working anymore. I’m gonna stick out this show, because who knows if Uncle Tong can give us a huge and surprise ending, and there are only three episodes left, anyway.

But seriously, Nan is getting fuckin’ seriously played, and like, I think Phu is not as dumb as he’s being written. Maybe Phu’s read is that he thinks Nan is a lot stronger than Nan actually is. I don’t know. I just don’t know why Phu would play his homey like this for SO LONG. WHY DID PHU COME BACK, ONLY TO ATTEMPT TO RUN AWAY AGAIN. 

Yes, you’re held back by your demons, but -- maybe it would have been best if Phu had just permanently stayed away. 

Come on, Uncle Tong. PLEASE clean up this mess. I HAVE HOPE.

[bivampir]

it's SO funny that when asked what he had to do to prepare for his role in IWTV Sam Reid says he had to learn how to play the piano, learn to speak French, Italian, and English with a French accent. Bailey read IWTV religiously and added her own comments, and kept an actual fucking journal she wrote entirely as Claudia. meanwhile Jacob Anderson, when asked the same question, just responds with “oh nothing, i was already emo”. icons and legends only

[coquelicoq]

what i love about the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi of it all is that...it's not just that he's famous and therefore widely recognizable wherever he goes. like yes that is very funny because he was an exorcist before he became a famous actor, which means he CHOSE, on purpose, a day job that would make it harder to hide his double life/secret identity from the hordes of his adoring public, but it's more than that. it's not just that he's famous, it's that he's famous specifically for being an ACTOR, aka a person whose job it is to dissimulate, to make believe, to inhabit roles and emotions other than his own. like he decided he was going to become as visible as possible (which again was literally not necessary! he could have gone into any other career for his day job!!) but in such a way that everyone would see him but no one would see him - they would just see his various made-up personas, including the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi persona. i can't decide if he's a genius or if he just made so many absurd decisions that they canceled each other out and circled back around to working out. he's either playing 9-dimensional chess or he's eating the pieces. too soon to say.

[covertblizzard]

jaykyle au where they're theatre kids in the same school but they're not the actors jason's the scriptwriter/director and kyle is the prop manager (i don't know the official terms sorry) and they'd probably do an amazing job on the backstage setting if they could stop arguing for 5 whole seconds about their artistic visions and ideas and how "this would obviously work better this way"

[averlym]

some very very quick costume shorthands!

[gwensy]

gonna be annoying in the tags

[smallblueandloud]

the craziest part of the 2006 broadway revival of company is that the cast is SWITCHING INSTRUMENTS. not only are they singing AND moving to choreography AND playing instruments, they are doing this for multiple instruments. the amy actress alone has to be able to play a french horn AND a trumpet (she's the soloist in "side by side") AND sing "not getting married". what the fuck!!!

[mimimarilynart]

For BiZe ❤️ Happy Qixi 2024

[cerealmonster15]

jesus christ like i only finished the sumeru story like a few months ago but i already forgot your literal first intro to kaveh is a scene of several minutes of him and alhaitham fully bitching at each other

[earthyorangeaid]

You know what feeling the Red White and Royal Blue movie is helping me finally put into words?? The joy that comes from ACTUALLY getting to relive a piece of work I love.

By that I don’t mean that it’s exactly the same. It’s actually quite different on many levels. But that’s something that I actually LOVE about it. It’s given me a chance to be surprised by and relive the feeling the book gave me in a new and completely wonderful way. There is no one true perfect, right way to tell any one story, and they did a great job of telling this one in a new and just as enjoyable way.

Love you entire crew and staff and cast and directors and writers of RWRB movie, you’ve captured my heart again.

[kurp-stuff]

Well the french in the last episode of iwtv was certainly something

[ladygreene13]

Hey, can I say something real quick? I read a nice post on the topic and wanted to talk about it as well.

Milly was amazing at playing Rhaenyra as a teenager/young adult, and delivered beautifully all of the fire, passion and impetuosity of one, at introducing this character to us and getting people to sympathize with her, just like Emily did for Alicent (that is, I think, why they gave us the younger versions in the first place, to show a lighter side of these characters and what motivated them, so the sides would be more levelled as well). And Emma is a wonderful performer, doing a phenomenal job at portraying who Rhaenyra has become, keeping her essence, but in a much more centered, level headed way, as she navigates this new phase of her life.

A lot of people grew very attached to Milly and the version of Rhaenyra she presented, and went into the second half of the season expecting the exact same Rhaenyra with a different face, thus already setting themselves up to disappointment and closing the door to the new actor, because of course it wouldn't be the same thing. Not because Emma is not good or not 'as good' as Milly, but because the character has inevitably changed, and it's baffling how some fail to realize it.

Obviously Rhaenyra wouldn't be the same person she was 10 years ago, she has grown and matured, suffered and learned. She is an adult now with different priorities and responsabilities, expectations laid on her that do not allow her to act the same way as before and consequences awaiting when she does.

Both of them also delivered different, but very convincing and delightful chemistry with the other characters, Alicent, Viserys, Laenor and, especially, Daemon. All of these relationships have changed too, they are in completely different stages from what we previously saw (Viserys being the only one who remained kind of the same), but again, the expectations for her and Daemon were apparently a continuation of the brothel scene, as if a decade apart wouldn't change them and affect the way they interact.

There are so many amazing things about both phases of their relationship, chemistry, and about older and younger Rhaenyra. Choosing to ignore either of them is losing a great part of this show, especially if you're a fan of the character or ship. Your expectations might have been different, but we are getting so many good moments with them! Daemyra is getting a happier and more romantic storyline than any couple ever in Westeros (the tv shows, idk about the books) and being portrayed by three absolute POWERHOUSES who are delivering so much and have such deep, beautiful understanding of the characters and their relationship.

Since before Emma came into the show there were several people insulting and belitlling them, saying they'd stop watching once Milly was out and that they'd never be as good as her, even saying they're not feminine enough for the role or whatever other bullshit. Which was and still is very disappointing and infuriating to see. But now that Emma is here and this continues, in order to defend them, I see some are starting to diminish Milly's performance. Which is also awful and completely unnecessary.

Not liking the direction the show decided to go with the characters is fine, preferring this phase of the character over the last one is fine, not liking how a scene was directed or written is fine. Closing your eyes to the talent of anyone in this cast over bias or pettiness is fine, though it will be your loss. But being disrespectful to the actors is not fine, blaming them for choices made by the producers that you didn't like or for things going different from what you expected is also not cool. And you don't have to throw one of them under the bus to praise the other.

[muirneach]

i know the x died y born welcome back x memes are a joke but like…. blaze foley died february 1989 willi carlisle born may 1989 welcome back blaze foley. why are they literally the same person its so weird

[psilactis]

I just watched the first Furiosa trailer and.... I didn't like it

[tklpilled]

rant abt the bsd dub in the tags (both good and bad)

[cinewhore]

Sort of gagging at the whole narrative of “oscars makes me love cinema!” and “i can’t believe i won never give up kids your dreams can come true!”

because-

That’s not what’s happening here. I used to fall prey to that whole thought process, that if i could just work hard enough someone would see my genius and I’d win so many awards but the game is rigged and it has always been rigged. Seeing “two Asians winning an Oscar in one night is breaking history” does not make me happy or hopeful. This is what, the 95th oscars? And do y’all even know the history the Oscar’s is founded on? I think I’ve come around full circle to rejecting this sense of optimism because in reality, at least in mine, it’s just not true.

like have you read the anonymous confessions of academy members yet? It’s filled to the brim with racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.

i get what it means in the grander context. I know it can bring good feelings to people for marginalized communities. I just wish there was another tipping point for us. Cause i guarantee you it’s not getting an Oscar.