#mighty oak movie

[morerawerbreath]

Fictional Men Ranked Least to Most Likely to Eat Pussy

When I’m bored my powers turn to evil. Happy to announce that @earlymodernlesbian is not only is an enabler but wrote a gay companion piece which you can and should read here!!!! 

NOW WITH PART TWO

10. Mr. Rochester — Jane Eyre

No chance of oral here. Sorry, I don’t think he puts Jane first once in this book. She’s too busy being a ministering angel to ever consider anything above and beyond her wifely duty and I don’t think Rochester ever really stops being a narcissist long enough to consider her desires or even, you know, her life. I bet his french mistress asked him to do it once and he was like “ew, no”

9. Rhett Butler — Gone With the Wind

Rhett says shit like “you ought to be kissed and by someone who knows how,” and then I bet would go down on you one time just to show you what you were missing out on, and then he’d tease you about how much you liked it for months afterwards and refuse to do it again. Imagine how much more normal Scarlett might have been if she was getting regular oral.

8. Konstantin Levin — Anna Karenina

Definitely knows about eating pussy and can’t stop thinking about it. I think he might even shamefully obsess about it in conjunction with his dirty peasant laborer fantasies. However, he also has the ascetic monk thing going on so I bet he hardcore represses his desires to actually do it. That being said, I think if he ever got over himself he’d be way into it.

7. Mr Darcy — Pride and Prejudice

I’m not convinced Mr. Darcy even knows going down on girls is a thing, but once Bingley had filled him in I bet he would try it. Elizabeth I’m sure would not object but I can’t see this happening more than once or twice.

6. Oliver Mellors — Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Mellors has the distinct advantage and disadvantage of being the only character from a book that actually describes sex acts. If it was based solely on what he said (being turned on by getting women off, not shutting up about Connie’s ass, talking about how much he wants a “real” woman with a “real” body), I’d say absolutely he wants to get down there and would use the cringiest words possible to describe it. However, they textually do almost everything else so I feel like if he ate her out DH Lawrence would have told us 😔

EDIT: he goes down on her in the most recent movie!!! vindicated

5. Jonathan Harker — Dracula

Jonathan is obsessed with Mina (rightfully) and loves her to the end of the earth, so of course he’d do anything for her, including eat her out. However, there’s so much putting women on goddess pedestals in Dracula that he might just like, repeatedly kiss her between her legs and and be like, “am I doing this right?” and Mina would be like “I love you so much Jonathan” but she wouldn’t actually get off, you know? 

4. Heathcliff — Wuthering Heights

Someone who is willing to dig up your grave would definitely be down to lick your pussy. Cathy and Heathcliff are so rabid about each other I bet oral is like, one of the least weird things they would have done to each others bodies if they had the chance

3. Gabriel Oak — Far from the Madding Crowd

Not intimidated by Bathsheba’s independence and position of power. Could take care of her and spoil her if she ever let him and they both know it. Plus, not afraid to get down and dirty and do farm work for her. If a man cures your sheep and saves your hay before a storm, what else will he do for you? 👀

2. Mr. Knightley — Emma

Mr. Knightly is the definition of a service top. 100% confident in his masculinity and completely comfortable putting Emma’s needs and wants first, but not gonna let her get away with being high and mighty. Excellent combination of obsessed with her but still in charge. ;) She would get neurotic about it and he would tell her to chill out and he’d be right.

1. George Emerson — A Room with a View

George chugs his respect women juice and is so turned on by the idea of women as individuals with unique desires he can’t stand to see Lucy betray herself by marrying a robot. “I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms” ?!? “The desire to govern a woman lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together before they shall enter the Garden” !! What’s not to love about a pro-Eve humanist who enjoys swimming naked and is constantly telling everyone to be less embarrassed about desire and the body? No question George is going to be eating Lucy out every day of their lives and getting off on it himself.

Bonus: 

Marius Pontmercy — Les Misérables

Shy, but also French. Not sure which one wins out here. 

PART TWO

[therobotmonster]

So many kid's toys these days just. Arn't fun. They're designed to be COLLECTED rather than PLAYED with. Everything is a fucking blindbag. Materials are flimsy and cheap and designs don't hold up to an actual child throwing them around. And it's all so EXPENSIVE, even accounting for inflation.

To expand on my thoughts here, I'm unrolling a Twitter thread I made about this trend. (with some additions)

The Big H's handling of mainline figs is... distressing, of late. Very little push for show mains, oversupport of already saturated legacy characters, and some frankly unsettling engineering and materials choices (esp in Cyberverse).

Increase in overall fragility, thinner parts, styrene-on-styrene joints that will go floppy in a few months of light play, very little "clicks" or locks solidly... the passion is clearly in the collector's end, and that's just bass ackwards.

This repugnus would have been amazing triumph from Mego in 1970s. But for a mainline big H TF line in the 2020s? This is a backslide. And before anyone brings up that it's from the kids' line, that's the point. They're KIDS, they should get MORE care and effort in their merch.

Every toy you make might be a kid's only birthday gift or holiday present. Toys are /given/ to children, and if the work is subpar, you make a chump out of grandma. You won't be there to blame if it breaks or disappoints.

It seriously drives me nuts seeing how far the stuff-for-kids industries have fallen. There's no brands without the work, but as the poet DMX said: "these cats done forgot what work is."

All your blockbuster superhero empires start in the pulp gutters. Compared to the movies toys, games and comics will never be profitable ENOUGH to be worth it on a billion-dollar scale ledger.

"Give me mighty oaks! There's no profit in acorns!"

If you want the stuff that makes the Michael Bay blockbuster, you have to start with the stupid goofy cartoon no one had seen before where anxiety over the oil crisis was acted out by robotic Punch and Judy puppets. How many studios would greenlight TMNT or TF sight unseen today?

If you make toys and cartoons and video games, your job is to make kids happy. How is that not sacred? If anything is sacred it should be that.

Art is the act of evoking emotion, and fun is an emotion (what else could it be described as?) and it is SO IMPORTANT.

I fear that gets lost in the "what to do over next?" rush. Every artist at those companies has a dozen amazing ideas in their back pocket that won't get a chance to become the next Transformers because a studio is terrified they'll make Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors instead.

Since the world is run by Captain Planet villains, I wouldn't bat an eye if we found out venture capital was a ploy by some disgruntled warlock who just hates the goddamn Care Bears.

Just some dick at Bear Sterns singing "There's no room for joy on a spreadsheet" to a weaselly sidekick.

Cuz guys, we've got companies that make GAMES for CHILDREN hiring the Pinkertons. I repeat. Games. For. Children. That's not normal. That's not a normal thing. That is a very disturbing thing.

And its hard to even discuss without sounding like a frickin' Care Bear myself. Because how do you sum up the creeping dread that the support beams are being mined thin, and everything fun for kids will go the way of Toys-R-Us, dragged down like Artax.

I'm not advocating pure altruism here. There's plenty of money to be made giving kids an awesome experience. It's investing in future fandom. Real Brand loyalty. If you want the blockbuster 15 years from now, get them hooked on the fun cartoon now. The value-add always pays off.

For every Transformers or He-Man there's going to be several Robotix-es or Power Lords. That's a risk. A risk worth taking. New ideas should be easier and cheaper to bring to fruition now than ever. But the system won't let it happen.

[themutantspacedancer]

THAT GUY IS DANGERESQUEEE!!!!

THE MIGHTY OAK HAS FALLEN

IF MOVIES HAVE TAUGHT ME ANYTHING...

HE'LL GET THE GIRL!

(or maybe not!)

[writeious-hand]

Holding Out for a Hero: Part 1

"Fine, I'll do it myself"

After watching the D&D movie yesterday, I have had *brain rot* for Xenk Yendar. And no fic has been posted. I want romance. And you know what they say - If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Probably will be multiple parts if the writing bug bites again.

Please be kind, I haven't published fanfic in years, and never on Tumblr.

After defeating Sofina and saving Neverwinter from the Wizards of Thay, the Thieves did try to lead a normal life.

Honestly.

However, it wasn't a surprise when on more than one occasion, Thay assassins showed up to try and kill them. So often in fact, that they had to constantly travel in order to stay ahead of their hunters, who would reanimate within hours of being killed, no matter how bloody Holga or Doric made the scene. They had made an enemy of Szass Tam after all, and he was not the forgiving sort.

Finding a letter on the corpse of their last assassin (they had taken to "liberating" all of their would-be killers' belongings before they were able to revive, as it really delayed the next time they would meet) showed that the tide of undead assassins would not be slowing any time soon. By order of Szass Tam, they were to be killed in the most painful ways imaginable with a mighty prize to whoever was successful.

So Edgin and the troop once again tracked down the illustrious Xenk Yendar to find a way to put the assassins in the ground, permanently. You couldn't always count on an overfed dragon to do the job for you.

"What do you mean, a cleric? Clerics are healers!"

Xenk turned to face Edgin. "Clerics are the holy warriors of the gods. They can use the light to perform miracles, yes, but they also can harness the gifts they have been given against the undead in ways unparalleled by even the mightiest warrior or wizard."

"For the record," Simon spoke up from behind Edgin, "I also thought they just stayed in their temples healing people. So do we just stay at one until they catch up with us again?"

While it would offer the party safety, as temples are normally built or given hallowed ground and no undead can step foot there, it was decided (mainly by Edgin) that they would have to set a trap if they wanted these assassins gone for good. And they would need a cleric. The only connection they had to a holy order was the Emerald Enclave, who supposedly had dealings in the past with a traveling cleric.

There had been a small faction of the Church of Eternal Winter which had frozen a swath of land in their forest. This cleric had come through and removed the taint of Auril and in return was given a seedling of their largest oak tree and a promise of a place to rest whenever they passed through the area. According to Doric, the cleric was an elf, though she didn't know which god she was in service to. The last time they had passed through was before Doric was born.

Their journey brought them to Loudwater, the city of grottos. In searching and questioning in the section of the city populated by elves, they did not receive a warm welcome. Asking around at the many temples of Lathander and other woodland gods, there were no clerics who traveled or were willing to leave on such a dangerous quest. The party upon exiting was stopped by an orcish man.

"Sounds like Lyra. Why are you looking for her anyway?" He looked the party up and down with suspicion. "She hasn't done anything wrong."

Edgin served his role as face of the party. "No, of course not, it's just that-"

"We heard she can kill our enemies."

"HOLGA!"

After the misunderstanding was cleared, the orc who introduced himself as Zedroar Brittlebone brought them out to the Forestview Gate and into the town of tents and other less permanent structures where the orcs who labored in the fields had lived for a long time.

"Lyra's been here for a while now, keeps saying she'll leave soon but always finds a reason to stay. Says there are stories left to be told but I think she'll just miss us."

As they passed through the camp they could see the relaxed atmosphere of the community that had been built. Ahead on the path, there was a whole crowd of children orcish, human, and a few mixed in of other races and combinations. They were all sitting around on blankets or each other, listening to a woman tell a story.

"And the mighty warrior let out a fierce roar, saying You'll never get her, fiend!" The children squealed with excitement and laughed at her attempt at a deep heroic voice. She was elven, most likely a sun-elf with her golden complexion. At the sight of her, Xenk began slowly backtracking but was caught by Edgin.

"What are you doing?"

"I never should have come here." His eyes never left her.

"What are you talking about? Do you know her?"

Xenk was able to pull his eyes away, and look into Edgin's soul. "If she sees me with you, she will never agree to help."

"Now wait just a minute."

"It is high time for me to return to Mornbyrn's Shield"

"You are afraid of her." Edgin knew he was right, when Xenk stopped struggling to get away.

"i am not afraid," Now Xenk wouldn't look him in the eye, "I just don't wish to reopen old wounds."

"Come on, man. We need both of you if this is going to work. Take it from someone who has had to deal with their past catching up to them almost constantly for the past few years. The only way to get closure, for whatever happened, is to face it head-on." Edgin reached a hand to where Xenk had taken cover behind one of the wooden buildings. "I'm sure she's probably forgotten about it, since you both have been around for a long time."

Approaching the group, their other companions turned to face them.

"Where were you guys?" Holga looked them both up and down suspiciously.

"Good news," Simon smiled, "Lyra agreed to help us, right?"

The elven woman turned around from gathering her things and saying goodbye to some of the children. The casual smile on her face fell as she locked eyes with the paladin.

"Xenk"

"Alariel"

[its-raining-here]

is #repostober actually a thing we're doing 😅

i drew this like two years ago and i still really like it (i like it enough to sell stickers of it, even)

some notes under the cut

I think most of these costumes are obvious except maybe Carol and Darryl, but just in case:

Ron and Samantha are Bert and Mary Poppins. This idea came pretty quickly and it was, like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.

Darryl and Carol are Bill and Ted, two characters that come in a pair but are not (necessarily) shipped together. I was struggling with these two but once I figured it out I knew nothing else would fit.

Mercedes and Henry are Morticia and Gomez, creepy and kooky and undeniably, passionately in love. I contemplated having Mercedes as Gomez and Henry as Morticia but Mercedes deserves to have someone romance her and treat her as sublime.

Glenn and Morgan are a generic angel and devil. I very briefly thought about Mustang and Hawkeye from FMA but decided against it because they either don’t like Halloween (Glenn) or don’t really care (Morgan) and would normally not bother dressing up at all, but Mercedes probably wouldn’t let them into the party without a decent costume. They spent thirty dollar in total for the angel wings, halo, devil horns and devil tail and raided each others’ closet for the rest. (Morgan’s. They raided Morgan’s closet.)

The sons (in order: Nick Close, Sparrow Oak, Grant Wilson, Lark Oak, Terry Junior) are obviously the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, I refuse to believe nobody knows what the original Power Rangers look like. There wasn’t really any rhyme or reason to who was who, except for Nick and Terry (I hc Nick as Chinese-Japanese-Vietnamese and Terry as Blasian (Chinese-Filipino if we're being specific), respectively). I didn't want either of them to be the yellow ranger. They went trick or treating together and then spent the rest of the night watching horror movies in the Stamplers’ old Victorian house that’s probably haunted.

[stinky-fuck-swag]

Aaand here's the brackets!

Wacky ass formatting, i know- Matchups under the cut, polls will be starting soon!

(note: i know nothing about like. 80% of these characters. if their names or where theyre from is incorrect, just lmk cuz i have NOO IDEAA) also i am fully aware of every mistake made in this bracket. whoops

BRACKET A, SIDE A

Henry Oak (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Normal Oak (Dungeons and Daddies season 2

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Stink (Epithet Erased)

Anders (Dragon Age) VS Isabela (Dragon Age)

Deandra the new girl (Most Popular Girls in School) VS Peach (real life)

Randy Jade (Dialtown) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Stunky (Pokemon) VS Stinkeye (Yo-kai Watch)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) VS Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Moonbeam McSwine (Li'l Abner) VS Marc Spector (Marvel Comics)

Link (BOTW) VS Lt. Columbo (Columbo)

Yoda (Star Wars) VS Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Dob the Half Orc Bard (Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons) VS Caleb Widogast (Critical Role campaign 2)

Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) VS Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Gyro Zepelli (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) VS Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Tokkori (Kirby right back at ya) VS Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Elon Musk (real life. sadly) VS Berdly (Deltarune)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Susie (Deltarune)

BRACKET A, SIDE B

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker) VS The Poop Smith (Homestar Runner)

Michael Afton (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Manjoume Jun/Chazz Princeton (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) VS Datz Are'bal (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) VS Humans in general (Star Trek)

Captain Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS King Micah of Bright Moon (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Frank Gallagher (Shameless) VS Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

The Riddler (Batman: Arkham Knight) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) VS Every Dog (real life)

c!Technoblade (Dream SMP) VS c!Wilbur Soot (Dream SMP)

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Submitters Brother (real life) VS Prosperity Redding (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Goobleck (Just Roll With It)

Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children) VS Smores (real life)

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) VS Erik (The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical & movie))

The Voters (Tumblr) VS Equius Zahhak (Homestuck)

Rotten Apple (Showvember) VS Loki (real life)

BRACKET B, SIDE A

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) VS Smudge (Cascão) (Monica’s Team (Turma da Monica))

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) VS Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa) VS L (Death Note)

Stink Bomb (Skylanders: SWAP Force) VS Slugcat (Rain World)

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) VS Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Dr. Iceberg (SCP Foundation) VS Dr. Alto Clef (SCP Foundation)

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) VS Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Final Fantasy XIV) VS Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raphael Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Gobber (How To Train Your Dragon)

Keaton (Fire Emblem Fates) VS Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Bill Lenz (Black Christmas 1974) VS Stinkor (Masters of the Universe)

The Sewer Urchin (The Tick (1994 Animated Series)) VS Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid)

Barfbat (Ward (Parahumans series)) VS Kevin (Synthesizer V)

Yellowfang (Warrior Cats) VS Big Mac (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Heppokomaru (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Captain 3 (Splatoon 3)

Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls) VS Linus (Stardew Valley)

BRACKET B, SIDE B

Jeong-Jeong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Pigpen (Peanuts)

Beelzebub (Good Omens) VS Stinkfly (Ben 10)C

Hiravias (Pillars of Eternity) VS Chell (Portal)

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) VS Bacterian (Dragon Ball)

Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) VS Kimchi (Chowder)

Stinky (Moomins) VS Stinky (Animal Crossing)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman) VS Melly Plinius (Identity V)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) VS Yato (Noragami)

THAT FUCKING THING IN YOUR BANNER (my banner lol) VS Harold (Fallout 1, 2, and 3)

Barik of the Stone Shields (Tyranny) VS Samuel Gladiator (Yandere High School (minecraft roleplay))

John Hart (Torchwood) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)

Dung Defender/Ogrim (Hollow Knight) VS Zane (Borderlands)

Pumbaa (The Lion King) VS Enki (Fear and Hunger)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) VS Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Finn Mertins (Farmworld) (Adventure Time) VS John Doe (John Doe / John Doe+)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Ed Sheeran (ginger people fandom)

[mischiefmagicandstories]

GET TO KNOW ME BETTER! (ooc)

Alias/name: Mira

Birthday: June 13

Zodiac: Gemini earth snake odal oak

Height: 5’2"

Hobbies: I put the dragons in the dungeons and I write and I may be about to start a podcast about the marvel thingies

Favorite color: the colour you see when you look at a blacklight

Favorite Book: um there's so many books but Lord of the Rings is a top

Last Song: Oblivion by Bre-L, apparently

Last movie/show: The Time Tunnel (1967)

Recent Read: Death of the Mighty Thor

Inspiration: word make good picture in head

Story behind url: God of Mischief, God of Magic, God of Stories, it's not that hard

Fun Fact: some types of ants have one chromosome. Not pair of chromosomes. The males of the species are technically haploid and have one chromosome.

[tilions]

I was tagged by the lovely @miriel-therindes thank you for the tag!

Five shows/movies:

The Lord of the Rings

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Haikyuu!!!

The Prince of Egypt

Four Songs:

We are still here! - Bukahara

Africa - Toto

Brother - Mighty Oaks

The Shire - Howard Shore

Three essentials (besides food, water, phone, etc.):

Blanket (extra fluffy!)

Camera

Notebook

Two Books:

Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

One Quote:

He was as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer. - The Hobbit

This quote gives me life okay, even though summer has become an insufferable hellhole.

Tagging @yellow-feathered-faerie @theelfmaiden @hopefullystillliving and whoever else wants to give it a go :)

[psalm22-6]

Source: the Universal Weekly, 5 June 1926 (special date)

This is a rather long article about the distribution of Henri Fescourt’s Les Misérables (1925) in England and America so beneath the cut I’ve just included the parts I think are more interesting such as some technical information about distribution, a special cut scene where Victor Hugo falls asleep while talking to a little boy, a special showing for English politicians, and a request for help from the president of Universal who wants to know if American’s have the patience to sit through such a long movie.

“There can be no hesitation in acclaiming “Les Miserables” as the most artistic and pretentious film production of the year,” was the unqualified statement of the News of the World in reviewing the trade showing given “Les Miserables” in London by the European Motion Picture Co., Ltd., the distributors of Universal Pictures in the United Kingdom. “Les Miserables,” is the French production purchased by Universal for release as a super-production on the 1926-27 schedule. David Lloyd George, the British Prime minister during the World War, was so interested that he asked for a performance at his home. 

“Those who were present at the private view at the London Hippodrome during the week— and the audience included the French Ambassador and other diplomatic celebrities — were unstinted in their praise,” continued the News of the World. [. . .]  Audience Fascinated, Says Sunday Express

[. . .] “‘Les Miserables’ even in abbreviated form, ran for more than four hours, but the great audience, which included many French folk, who had come over specially from Paris, was obviously fascinated by the spectacle, a pageant of human interest that dazzles the eye and numbs the mind with its wealth of incident and grandeur. There were literary giants in those days.” [. . .]

Masterpiece of Film Production

“There was something new in film presentation at the London Hippodrome yesterday afternoon, when a distinguished audience, including the French Ambassador and representative of other Embassies saw a ‘private’ view of the screen version of the Societe des Cineromans of Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables’ the greatest film that France has produced,” said the Westminster Gazette. “The stage prologue began with the showing of the author seated at a desk and talking to a schoolboy. He fell asleep, and the boy then opened the covers of the novel standing at one side of the stage and through the torn pages stepped successively the principal characters in the story, the impersonators being the same actors who played the parts in the film. And what a film! [. . .]

Acting Excellent, Reports Morning Post

“The film, which is 24,000 feet long, took over four hours to show, but though physically exhausting (despite a brief tea interval), it never lost vivid grip on eye and mind, and it retained remarkably the massive and spacious impression of the original,” ran the review in the Morning Post. [. . .] Lloyd George Has Special Showing

Within two hours of his return from a trip to the North, David Lloyd George, former prime minister of England, witnessed the new film version of “Les Miserables” at his Churt home. Having heard that the new version of Victor Hugo’s great book was in this country, the ex-Premier, who has read the book from cover to cover more times than he cares to remember, expressed a desire to see it. 

James V. Bryson, managing director of the European Motion Picture Co., therefore made special arrangements whereby a private screening was held at Churt. The setting could not have been improved upon, for the viewing took place in the vast oak panelled library, around the walls of which stood the mighty tomes of Hugo, Shelley, Thackeray and other writers of immortal fame. On either side of the huge fireplace, upon which the blazing logs cracked merrily, stood a strange coincidence, two huge oaken candlesticks, which were indeed symbolic of the Bishop’s candlesticks which played so large a part in the opening chapters of Hugo’s work. 

The guests at this showing included the ex-Premier, Dame Margaret Lloyd George and Miss Megan Lloyd George, Lady Carey Evans [nee Lloyd George, another daughter], The Rt. Hon. and Mrs. Philip Snowden, Mr. and Mrs. Gwylem Lloyd George, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Ponsonby and Mr. and Mrs. Williams. [who is Mr and Mrs Williams? That seems so vague but I guess people at the time would have known??] 

Prior to the screening the white-haired political leader asked a hundred questions referring to the film version of what he described as the most powerful story of the 19th century. Was the episode of Gavroche included in the film version? Would he see the Barricades? How had the producer dealt with the story of Fantine? 

As the brain children of Hugo came to life on the screen, the party sat absorbed. It was nearly midnight before the screening was concluded, but despite his tiredness after the long journey, Mr. Lloyd George was enthusiastic in the extreme. Turning around to Mr. Bryson he said “it was a matter for great congratulation. It was one of the stories which influenced me in my youth as no other story ever did and which I told again and again to my children. The acting is brilliant, particularly in the performance of Gavroche and the little girl who plays Cosette, whilst the barricades are most powerful.”  “I agree,” said Mr. Snowden. “It is a very marvelous film which will be very popular.”

 A few days later the European Motion Picture Co. received the following letter expressing again Mr. Lloyd George’s deep appreciation of the showing of the picture: “Mr. Lloyd George has asked me to tell you how deeply interested he was in the film which you and your colleagues so kindly shewed him at Churt last Saturday. He was tremendously impressed with the picture, and the way the story was reproduced. Some of the acting he thought was especially brilliant. 

“It was a great pleasure to Mr. Lloyd George to be able to witness this story which he has read and re-read from his youth upwards, and he asks me to convey to you his sincere thanks for your courtesy in making it possible for him to see it.” 

How Shall “Les Miserables” Be Released? 

"LES MISERABLES,” which Universal has purchased from the Societe de Cineromans, has just been shown in New York in its entirety. It proved to be such a tremendous and well-knit production that it seems a pity to cut one foot from it. It is a splendid attempt to picturize in all its most important features the greatest of Victor Hugo’s novels. 

It is now arranged in two separate parts with a natural ending for the first and a beginning for the second as Victor Hugo planned them. It would be possible to release it in three different ways: in its entirety; as two separate pictures; or to cut it down to the proportions of an ordinary super-feature. 

Because it is after all the exhibitors of the country who are most concerned in the manner in which this production shall be handled, this decision is going to be put up to them. Mr. Laemmle could not send every exhibitor in the country a personal letter, as he should like to do, but he is taking the opportunity the Weekly affords of writings this letter to them: “I WANT YOUR ADVICE. Because you are interested in the betterment of motion pictures and new ideas they present, I am going to ask your opinion on a knotty problem. We have a magnificent screen version of ‘Les Miserables’, Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. Containing a maximum of drama, beauty, pathos, thrill, and entertainment, the picture has been produced in twenty-two reels.

I do not wish to sacrifice a single foot of this masterpiece by editing it to what is called ‘commercial length’, nor do I wish the picture to receive anything less than maximum attendance. It has always been my aim to maintain a constant contact with the motion picture public. My endeavors along these lines have convinced me that American picture-goers are second to none in their desire for worth-while film entertainment. But — 

Is the American public willing to devote four and one-half hours to viewing a picture, even granting that the production is a masterpiece? Would you prefer to see ‘Les Miserables’ in its entirety at one sitting or would you rather see the second installment three days or a week after you had viewed the first? I should highly appreciate hearing from you in regard to this matter at your early convenience. In case you wish to discuss this letter with your friends or patrons, I should be more than glad to have their opinion also. 

Trusting to hear from you soon, and thanking you again for your interest in our activities, I beg to remain as ever Cordially yours, CARL LAEMMLE President, Universal Pictures Corporation.” 

[internationalrealestatenews]

[ad_1] Almost 80 years after it opened – and on the tail-end of the decline of the American mall – Wynnewood Village is getting new life in a redevelopment effort propelled by an unlikely pressure: Goal.  The introduction of Goal into the almost 80-year-old heart in southern Dallas isn’t simply the motive force of its revitalization; it represents a contemporary route for the retail juggernaut’s development technique.  Why Wynnewood? In 1960, Oak Cliff’s Wynnewood Village had every little thing a younger household may need.  Dallas’ first open-air strip mall, it was constructed to serve the master-planned neighborhood of Wynnewood, constructed within the picture of the primary trendy American suburb, Levittown, New York.  The buying heart wasn’t only a grocery retailer flanked by infinite asphalt. It was positioned to be a real neighborhood hub. Lined with towering oaks, Wynnewood Village featured a drive-in financial institution, a 1,000-seat movie show, an outpost for the once-mighty division retailer Montgomery Ward and the 73-room Wynnewood Lodge. When Crimson Hen Mall opened in 1978 a couple of miles south, it spelled doom for the long-lasting heart, and few of the aforementioned points of interest survived the Nineteen Nineties.  Regardless of town’s historic lack of funding in southern Dallas, pleasure in Wynnewood persists.  In actual fact, Wynnewood North was voted “Finest Neighborhood in Dallas” in 2012 by the Dallas Observer. However the neighborhood’s former crown jewel, Wynnewood Village, didn’t fare as properly.  New York-based REIT Brixmor Property Group bought it in 2011.  “There’s simply a lot density there and a lot demand that actually isn’t being met,” stated Brixmor’s Brett Milke.  Inside a 3-mile radius of the buying heart, the inhabitants is greater than 160,000 with a median family revenue of $71,355.  It’s an inter-generational landmark for the neighborhood. When Milke speaks to individuals about Wynnewood Village, they regale him with nostalgic tales of studying to drive within the again car parking zone or getting a primary job on the heart.   “We want to verify we’re doing this proper, as a result of if we go in there and dictate what we’re placing in, it’s going to explode in our face,” Milke stated. With enter from the neighborhood, Brixmor took its first stab at redevelopment with plans that included an LA Health and a movie show. On the identical time, town of Dallas prepped the location with a $4 million stormwater infrastructure challenge.  However, the pandemic shortly snuffed the developer’s plans. LA Health opened in 2020, however the theater was scrapped. “We went again to the drafting board as Goal was taking a look at their development plans. It occurred to click on for each of us,” Milke stated.  A brand new Goal  Greater than 30 Goal areas dot the Metroplex from Plano to Burleson.  However there are none in Dallas’ southern semi-circle lower by Interstate 30 and Loop 12. A typical location for the retailer is like the shop on the Gates of Prosper, which opened within the fast-growing suburb north of Dallas in October.  At that location, Goal’s iconic emblem is seen from all six lanes of College Drive and TX-289. Plus, the placement is only a mile from the doorway to Dallas North Tollway. Nestling a Goal amongst Wynnewood Village’s oaks wasn’t an apparent selection, stated Karla Smith, government vp at SRS Actual Property. Goal has been her consumer since 2007.   However the pandemic period pushed Goal to hunt methods of assembly prospects the place they're: each to advertise well being amid a world pandemic and to raised serve the shop’s numerous buyer base. For instance, the shop beefed up its curbside pick-up program and shops’ skill to meet on-line orders as prospects lowered in-person buying. When 2020’s racial reckoning prompted firms to rethink approaches to range, Goal was open to emphasizing inclusion when deciding the place to develop. The realm round Wynnwood is majority Black and Hispanic.  

“It was a novel alternative to enter right into a neighborhood that Goal was not beforehand capturing,” Smith stated.  The shop may open as early as August, in keeping with a latest submitting with the Texas Division of Licensing and Regulation.  ‘A fantastic tailwind’ Wynnewood’s redevelopment comes at an epic second for DFW retail. As traders shrink back from an workplace market made tumultuous by distant work developments and costly debt, they’re discovering a protected and dependable refuge for capital in retail.  “The dearth of recent retail development popping out of the Nice Recession has been a terrific tailwind for proprietor/operators of present retail facilities like ours,” Milke stated.  The dearth of stock has pushed up asking rents. Within the third quarter of 2023, they averaged $20.05 per sq. foot, a surge from $18.31 per sq. foot from the earlier 12 months, in keeping with Companions Actual Property.  “Wynnewood Village has the added leg up of being one of many solely giant retail facilities on this space of Oak Cliff with giant developable tracts remaining,” Milke stated. The addition of Goal is already offering a lift to Brixmor’s redevelopment effort, he stated. If profitable, may present a template for Goal’s future development into markets like Wynnewood.   “I believe Goal will probably be properly acquired by the market, and I hope to have the ability to discover alternatives in related commerce areas,” Smith stated. Learn extra [ad_2] Supply hyperlink

[dnschmidt]

Danny Dragonfly And The Impossible Dream

Danny Dragonfly had always loved knights and castles. One day, his mother took him to see a movie called "The Green Sword." It was all about a brave Grasshopper knight in green armor battling a dragon! When Danny's mother took him home, he said, "I know what I want to do with my life."

"You want to be a knight?" his mother asked, smiling.

"No, a dragon!"

She laughed gently, shaking her head. "Honey, I know our name is Dragonfly, but we're just insects. We can't be dragons. Dragons aren't real."

But Danny didn't listen. The whole ride home, he took in deep breaths and exhaled as hard as he could. But no matter how he tried, there was no fire. And a good thing, too. A fire inside a car would have been dangerous.

When they got home, Danny went to play outside. He stood in his front yard, taking in deep breaths, and exhaling them at the big oak tree. Still, no fire. And a good thing, too. His parents loved that oak tree and didn't want it burned down.

The mailman, a chubby pill bug, came walking down the street, whistling a little song. He saw Danny blowing and glaring at the tree and asked what he was doing. Danny stood up tall with his hands on his hips and said, "I'm trying to become a fire-breathing dragon!"

The mailman laughed. He pointed at the stack of envelopes in his hand. "Your name may be Dragonfly, but you're not a dragon. We're just insects. Dragons aren't real, kid!"

But Danny kept trying.

The next day, Danny was at recess, sitting by himself. He was taking in deep breaths and exhaling at the soccer field. Again, no fire! And a good thing, too. The kids loved playing soccer, and didn't want to see their field burned down.

The school bully, Mike Mantis, saw Danny pursing his lips and blowing. Mike had seen the movie, too. He realized Danny was trying to breathe fire. Mike punched Danny in the shoulder. "Hey, dummy! You're just a bug, not a dragon!" Mike pushed Danny down, knocking him into the mud. He walked away, laughing.

But Danny didn't give up. He knew impossible dreams were the only ones worth having. He kept trying anyway. Even though the other kids laughed and his teachers got mad, he kept trying to breathe fire all through school. He even kept trying on the bus ride home, and the walk back to his door. It would work one day! He just knew it!

Weeks later, after constant attempts, Danny still wasn't a dragon. He stared out his window at the night sky. He saw a falling star! He made a wish, closing his eyes and begging the star to transform him into a mighty dragon. But when he opened his eyes, he was still just a bug. Maybe magic wasn't real.

"I know it will work," he whispered. "I just have to keep trying." He made a promise to himself that he would keep up his fire-breathing practice, no matter how long it took.

The next morning, Danny woke up on the floor. He looked around and realized he had grown too big to fit in his bed. He wasn't an insect anymore. He was a dragon. A real, live, fire-breathing dragon! He stretched and stood, his head bursting through the ceiling.

His mother came in to see what the noise was. "Oh, Danny, is that you?"

"You never believed in me!" Danny said. He opened his new dragon mouth wide, showing off his huge, glistening fangs, and gobbled her up in one big bite.

He reached up with his new claws and tore a huge hole in the ceiling. He stretched his new, leathery wings and soared into the sky.

He found the mailman's house and ripped a hole in the roof. The mailman stared. "Danny, is that you?"

"You never believed in me!" Danny said. He picked up the mailman and swatted him with his tail, knocking him into the air like a ping pong ball. The mailman sailed away, never to be seen again.

Danny flew to school. He hid behind a cloud, waiting for his classmates to arrive. When he saw Mike, Danny swooped down and exhaled a huge, beautiful cone of orange and blue fire. Where Mike once stood was only a pile of dust. "Who's just a bug now?" Danny laughed. The other kids cheered, knowing they would never be bullied again.

Danny flew off to the mountains. He found a cave to live in, and slept on a huge horde of gold. Well, not real gold. It was those chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil. But still, it was a pretty good start.

As Danny learned, never give up on your dreams. Don't try to take shortcuts. Keep trying, even when the world says you will never have the one thing your heart desires. If you work hard and believe in yourself, one day, you might just become big and powerful enough to destroy all those who once stood in your way.

[ryf8589]

It was also 24 years ago this month (Saturday, December 20, 1998) that my dad took me to go see a sneak preview of the Disney remake of Mighty Joe Young (1998), at the Cineplex Odeon River Oaks Plaza 12. An okay remake, although I don't picture myself watching it again soon. It was also the last movie that I saw at that theatre before it closed at some point in the early 2000s. However, if I could do this event all over again, I would not let it be the last movie to see at this theater. #Disney #mightyjoeyoung1998 #mightyjoeyoung #1990s #nostalgia #disneymovies #rkopictures #cineplexodeonriveroaks12 #cineplexodeontheatres #cineplexodeonhouston #december1998 (at River Oaks District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSlibSLVom/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[smogbreather]

If you asked most people to define the word pretentious they wouldn’t be able to give a reliable answer. i think most people that use that word use it to discredit anything that makes them think for longer than few moments because they really don’t want to have to think at all. They expect that Art should only be fun and easy and require little to no critical thinking. The fact that the word that’s used means “pretending to actually know what you’re talking about when you don’t” will never occur to them, they’ve just heard it as a word you use when Art is being Too Complicated. That’s why these folks really think they’re making a point in all those posts about “film bros when u don’t want to watch a movie about [some loose description of an old/weird/experimental/foreign (hmm) film]. The true irony is in realizing that they are the ones being pretentious in this scenario, pretending to know just enough about arthouse films or historical cinema to deride these films while also justifying never having seen them in the first place.

if your response to this is some variation of “actually, not thinking about art beyond the depth of a 2nd grader’s initial reaction is a good thing” please save your words and instead use that energy to run full speed into the trunk of a great and mighty oak tree and also shut up forever

[carlospenavegabr]

Você sabia que o novo filme do Carlos, Mighty Oak, já estreou NOS CINEMAS?

Fizemos um resumão no site com as principais novidades: sinopse, pôster, trailer e a primeira crítica.

Confira: bit.ly/3gZOm4R (no nosso site!)

[btrhdeurope]

Mighty Oak behind the scenes  Carlos PenaVega as Pedro 

(TBC) Expected release: Late summer 2020 

[bethestaryouareradio]

Interview with Cast of Mighty Oak: https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/125587/cast-of-mighty-oak-the-movie