#louis;floyd

[wanderinglcst]

@oxtofmydcpth

Louis had been busy helping out around town recently, he had dipped into his store to provide enough materials, tools and whatnot to help out the rebuilding process all for free.

He had been handing out hammers when he saw Floyd stomping over. "You seem determined, you interested in helping rebuild?" Louis offered a hammer with a smile then saw the look on his face so rolled his eyes. "I'm not interested in running for mayor no matter what the paper said the other week. We have far more pressing things to deal with."

[asortofqueerfeeling]

i love when music makes me feel so many indescribable emotions simultaneously

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

This could be a bit of a coincidence but do you think Rook's interest of the Leech twins could be based on Chef Louis from The Little Mermaid?

He is a character with a French accent and loves fish to a unhealthy extent to explain him briefly.

I think it’s probably just coincidence??? If it was just sea creatures he was fascinated with, then maybe there would he a stronger argument for it, but Rook enjoys observing animals of all kinds. Must be in his nature as a huntsman 😂

Interestingly though, “les poissons” (literally “the fish”) looks similar to “le poison” (“the poison”), and we all know Rook’s fixated on Roi du Poison (Vil)!

[more-relics]

David Gilmour au festival de Cannes, en mai 1982. Photo by Jean-Louis Urli

[blastofsports]

[stanheightsimp]

I'm completely obsessed by KoRn's "Thoughless" music video and I think I'm falling unhealthily in love with Floyd Louis Cifer.

My little mew-mew in the gay hat killing his bullies at prom 💕

[srldesigns6277]

Interesting. Very Interesting.

[rebelliousstories]

25 Days of Ficmas

Welcome to the 25 Days of Ficmas Masterlist! I’m really excited to be bringing these fics to you. Please enjoy 25 stories to help get you in the holiday mood.

Traditions (December 1st) Corey Cunningham

Corey has been invited to his partner’s parents home for Christmas, and he gets roped into doing fun family traditions that he didn’t know even happened.

Snow Days (December 2nd) Lestat de Lioncourt

Another Christmas had come and gone, but not without Lestat telling his tales of his favorite, and least favorite, holidays of the past.

Lonely (December 3rd) Elvis Presley

When Elvis tells his family back at Graceland that he couldn’t be home for Christmas, his wife has to quell their children’s tears all on her own.

Blankets (December 4th) Will Graham

Snow in Virginia means cold. Cold means a need for warmth. Warmth means cuddles. Preferably with a human but dogs are a nice addition.

Hot Cocoa (December 5th) Tom “Iceman” Kazansky

Tom just received bad news about his throat. He’s holed himself away in his office, but his wife won’t stand for that behavior.

Gifts (December 6th) Poly! Lost Boys

The lost boys haven’t celebrated a proper Christmas in decades. They don’t put up a tree, no carols, and no gifts.

Friends (December 7th) Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Friends-mas. Or the Dagger Team gets together and Mrs. Bradshaw has to convince Bradley to go.

Cabin (December 8th) Elvis Presley

Christmas in the South wasn’t known for its blankets of snow, but it’s still too cold for Mrs. Presley to enjoy the holiday.

Movies (December 9th) Austin Butler

He’s finally home for Christmas, and there isn’t a place in the world he’d rather be.

Fireplace (December 10th) Miles Miller

California and Nevada. How does one celebrate the holidays in the desert?

Cookies (December 11th) Jake “Hangman” Seresin

Hangman takes his lady home for the holidays and she gets to experience a Seresin Christmas, with all the nieces and nephews.

Gingerbread House (December 12th) Paul

It’s just making a gingerbread house. How hard can it be with a ADHD, weed smoking, man-child of a vampire? Oh no.

Candy (December 13th) Pete “Maverick” Mitchell

As the resident mom and dad of the Dagger Team, the Mitchell’s host the team for a festive night.

Music (December 14th) Hannibal Lecter

A connoisseur of all things high class in a relationship with someone more rustic and simplistic. It’s a clash of Christmas styles.

Charity (December 15th) Louis Pointe du Lac

As Christmas rolls around in New Orleans, Louis reflects on those less fortunate that him.

Cider (December 16th) Dwayne

Seasonal tents at the boardwalk are her favorite this time of year. Dwayne is along for the ride.

December (December 17th) Will Graham

Hell hath no fury like a woman wanting to have some time off with her lover.

Celebrate (December 18th) Marko

If anyone can convince the boys to put in a little effort for the holiday, surely it’s Marko?

Family (December 19th) Poly! Interview with the Vampire

Claudia has requested that everyone get along for one night. Hopefully, they can make her Christmas wish come true.

Ice Skating (December 20th) Pete “Maverick” Mitchell

Having your own personal licensed pilot around Christmas time means you end up in interesting places.

Christmas Dinner (December 21st) Rhett Abbott

The Abbott family might not be close, but they try to at least have one nice dinner a year.

Sweaters (December 22nd) Marko

Marko loves perusing through the local stores for new patches to sew together. And even now, he loves finding things to make into a custom sweater.

Christmas Tree (December 23rd) David

He hated to admit it; the tree made the late night snuggle session more magical.

Christmas Eve (December 24th) Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Christmas Eve is spent inside, curled up with a blanket, and some hot cocoa, in beautiful California.

Christmas Day (December 25th) Corey Cunningham

This was the Christmas he dreamed about as a kid.

[ocandrew1]

Heavyweight Icons

[freshthoughts2020]

[woodencup]

Songs Beneath The Sun

(Getting back to the garden..)

Nick Drake - Introduction Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son Babe Rainbow - Thinking Like A River Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun Anna St. Louis - Sun Neil Young - Out On The Weekend Steve Gunn & David Moore - Painterly

[foreststreetglass]

Copyright infringements - gifts only!

[z2z-gaming-and-random-art-ai]

Console Sports Games of 1993 - Greatest Heavyweights

Greatest Heavyweights is a 1993 Sega Genesis exclusive licenced boxing game developed by Acme Interactive and published by SEGA. The game features former heavyweight champions Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Floyd Patterson, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey with likenesses and fighting styles of each of the fighters replicated in the game (to the best that was possible in 1993). 

The game itself however is not a brand new title, it is however an enhanced version of a previously Acme developed and released game in 1992s Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing. 

Greatest Heavyweights offers three game modes to choose from and Exhibition mode an 8 man tournament mode and a career mode. the latter has the player create a character and fight their way up a 30 fighter rankings, once the player is ranked number 1 they will be challenged by the eight previously mentioned former champions. 

1. Intro 00:00 

2. Games Intro 00:15 

3. Gameplay 01:04 

4. Outro 11:25 

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For more sports game videos check out the playlists below 

Console Sports Games of 1993 

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[chuckwilson]

I love my people…even when we overdo it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[squideo]

Squideo’s Favourites: The Jungle Book (1967)

The last animated film made under the creative directorship of Walt Disney before his untimely death in 1966, The Jungle Book (1967) marked the end of Disney’s Silver Age. It has become an interesting milestone in the company’s history; reflecting the studio of old while showing the first signs of the company it would become without Walt Disney at its helm.

The Jungle Book has also been resurrected by Disney’s live-action remake series, the first of its modern remakes to adapt a non-Disney Princess story. The 2016 live-action and CGI film made changes to the plot of the 1967 version to correct outdated cultural depictions, but neither can be called faithful adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name. Like the 1967 version, the 2016 remake shows the progression of the Walt Disney Animation Studios and how it continues to innovate while preserving its founding principles.

We’re diving into the production behind this animated film, exploring the style and techniques which came together to create this compelling story.

Creating a Story

The Jungle Book, by British author Rudyard Kipling, was published in 1894. This collection of stories were inspired by Indian folklore and Kipling’s experiences of living and working in India; but Disney’s adaptation of this popular children’s book reads very differently.

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Walt Disney had drifted away from the animation department. He had been focused on Disneyland, the creation of WED Enterprises (later named Imagineering), live-action films and the development of Disney’s television programmes. The underwhelming performance of The Sword in the Stone (1963) compared to the success of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), however, encouraged him to check in on the studio’s next animated feature film: The Jungle Book.

According to Brian Sibley, “what [Walt] found was that the team headed up by Bill Peet had come up with quite a sombre, dark, serious story – much more serious than any films they’d done in animation since the days of Pinocchio.” Peet and Walt Disney disagreed with the direction of the film, which ended in Peet leaving the company and Disney ordering work on The Jungle Book to be restarted.

Most of the original work was scrapped, with the exception of the song The Bare Necessities which was written by Terry Gilkyson (the song was nominated for an Academy Award). When Walt Disney assembled his new animation team, he asked if anyone had read Kipling’s book. They hadn’t, and Walt Disney said “the first thing I want you to do is not to read it."

He brought in the Sherman Brothers, who were enjoying newfound fame as a result of their work on Mary Poppins (1964). These songwriters were tasked with creating a lighter, family-friendly tone for the film. Meanwhile, the new animation team started production of The Jungle Book in 1965.

Like Disney’s other 1960s features, animators used xerography on the film. Ub Iwerks had adapted the Xerox process, first introduced during WW2, to work on film. This copying technique allowed animator drawings to be printed directly onto cels, massively speeding up the production process. It was first trialled on Sleeping Beauty (1959), and was used by Disney throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The technique also let the studio recycle cels, repurposing them for other animated films. Several cels were repurposed from The Jungle Book for Robin Hood (1973).

Animation Style

When character redesign started, animators wanted to base their characters – not on the descriptions provided by Kipling’s story – but on the voice actors. Similar to 1920s animation which used rotoscoping to trace motion picture footage of a human performer to create animated characters with life-like movement. The idea was to employ household names like Phil Harris (a bandleader and comedian) and Louis Prima (a jazz musician) and create characters which reflected their personalities. Additionally, while The Beatles ultimately didn’t appear in the film, the vulture characters were based on their mannerisms and the animators included their mop top hairstyles.

For one of the musical numbers, ‘I Wanna Be Like You’, animators used footage of Louis Prima and his band performing which they based the monkeys’ movements on. This song was later updated by Robert Sherman for the 2016 live-action adaptation, to address outdated cultural stereotypes and to incorporate plot changes. The 2016 version is much more sinister in comparison to the jazz-inspired 1967 song, reflecting an overall shift in the film’s visual style which aligns more closely with Bill Peet’s original idea.

While new animators had been hired to work on The Jungle Book in 1965, a lot of old hands remained. Most prominently were the members of Disney’s Nine Old Men. These animators were hired in the 1920s and 1930s, and all of them had worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). They worked on every feature film until Peter Pan (1953), and six worked on The Jungle Book: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery and Wollie Reitherman.

Both Thomas and Johnston – who acted as directing animators for the film’s main characters – went on to write Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (1981) after their retirement from the company; which is still considered a key textbook for animators.

Despite the longevity of these animators, Walt Disney still told them when he thought a film was going wrong. Which included their work on The Sword in the Stone: “Walt was not a fan of the previous film in terms of styling. Walt thought there was too much colour in the backgrounds. He would even say in these notes [he wanted] a more monochromatic look for the backgrounds, a nice backdrop for the characters.”

This role of Walt Disney and his Nine Old Men kept a consistency in the company’s animated films for thirty years, and there are parallels to be made between their first film together – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – and their last: The Jungle Book.

By contrast, the live-action remake of The Jungle Book shows how vastly the company has changed since Walt Disney’s death in 1966. The company made its last 2D animated feature film in 2011, and its biggest hits of the 21st century – such as Frozen I and II – have been created with CGI. It also puts a lot more stock in film sequels, which Walt Disney resisted making. The Jungle Book didn’t get a sequel until 2003.

And yet the film also signalled what was to come. Employing well-known voice actors, including pop culture references, and releasing a soundtrack with several hits instead of one major song. The Jungle Book stands on the precipice of the Disney studio of old and Disney the multinational conglomerate.

“At the end of the movie Mowgli wakes from the dream of jungle boyhood and steps into the human world. This threshold moment is followed by the bittersweet departure of Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear back into the forest, a curtain call on the final film of Walt Disney himself and the achievements of 60 years of dedicated pencil animation.” David Surman

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