Child’s Play (2019)
Trailer:
Check out my review of the original Child’s Play here!
*Spoilers Throughout*
What’s This About: Single mother gifts a rather expensive and sophisticated doll for her young son. Turns out that doll is a psychotic AI who has jealously issues and sounds like Luke Skywalker after smoking a full carton of Camels.
Here are some of my observations as I watched the…
TLDR; Rhys & Rosie; Samba Schutte; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; #FirstMateFriday: Con O'Neill; Vico Ortiz; Linds Cantrell; Alex Sherman & Alyssa Lane; Kristian Nairn; Rachel House; Erroll Shand; Jes Tom; WBD Status; ; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards; Stede & Ed; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Love Notes ; Daily Darby / Today's Taika;
Hey crew, sorry for the delay. I was going to finish yesterday's recap this morning, and then my draft got nuked again due to my computer crashing, so yeah two day it is!
== Rhys & Rosie ==
Rhys and Rosie are out at the AllBlacks Rubgy game! They're super excited for AoNZ vs Fiji!
Source: Rhys & Rosie's Instagram Stories
== Samba Schutte ==
So some of the news that came out of Florida Supercon last weekend was Samba revealed in a panel that there was supposed to be an official OFMD Podcast and it was in the works until WBD said they "ran out of money".
You can read the Full Article here
== David Jenkins ==
Chaos dad came out and had some commentary as well regarding it-- and Samba had more to add.
There's a new trend this week! Folks on twitter have started up #FirstMateFriday in honor of Con O'Neill! There are so very many lovely tributes to him! I was only able to fit a few in, but they're all beautiful, and full of so much heartfelt love, and I'm sure he is out there basking in it all right now! Thank you to everyone who sent him some love today (and thank you to the lovely folks below for letting me share them!)
Also, special thanks to RudestFish on twitter for coming up with this love fest for Con!
Source: RudestFish's Twitter
Source: lividturkeys Twitter
Source: wndrngnomad's Twitter
Source: 1chloreen1's Twitter
Source: Tayleafy's Twitter
== Alex Sherman and Alyssa Lane ==
Our beloved writers/co-producers Alex and Alyssa were out in Mexico City! So nice to see them out and having fun again!
Source: Alex Sherman's Instagram
Alex also popped in to appreciate our darling @fidisart on twitter!
Source: Fidisart's Twitter
== Long Post is Long, Lots under the Cut ==
== Vico Ortiz ==
Vico wants to wish everyone a Happy #NonMonogamyVisibility Week! They shared a lot about their history with polyamory and lots of Garlic Soup on their Instagram Stories as well!
Source: Vico's Instagram
== Linds Cantrell ==
Lindsey Cantrell is the biggest sweetheart by the way and she's been so happy to be interacting with everyone in the OFMD community-- it was just nice to see her feeling included and loved (she shared this on her IG Story). If you don't already follow her on IG, please do, she always has super cool stuff to share, even if it's not OFMD related. <3
Source: Linds Cantrell's Instagram
== Rachel House ==
Rachel was out seeing Bob Tidicue!
Source: Rachel House's Instagram Stories
== Erroll Shand ==
New Episode yesterday of The Twelve on Binge!
Source: Binge's Instagram
== Jes Tom ==
Jes was featured on the "GOOD BOYS" Podcast: Episode 2: Model Behavior! Wanna listen in? You can check out their linktree.
Source: For Them's Instagram
Some photos from Jes' recent comedy show with Tessa Skara: Corporate Pride.
Source: TessaFuckinSkara's Instagram
== Kristian Nairn ==
Kristian is the special guest at Van Love Fest in Elvington Airfield, York!
Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram
== WBD News ==
So many of our crewmates on twitter have been highlighting some big news with WBD. It sounds like they may actually be doing a split in the upcoming future. Lot of articles below with more info.
Warner Bros Discovery drafts break-up plan
Warner Bros. Discovery might split itself into two pieces
Cord Cutting Today Warner Bros. Discovery Selling Max? Here is What We Know
Why Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Jumped 15% This Week
David Zaslav's Come To Jesus Moment
Sources: Meowzawowza, Never Left Podcast, Ashley (seven_sugars), MrButtons294 on Twitter
== Trends ==
Always nice to see!
Source: Never Left Podcast's Twitter
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Cast Cards =
Naureemum S. was another one of the stand-ins in OFMD according to https://ofmd-crew.com/ - Thank you to @melvisik for giving her a spotlight!
Source: @melvisik's Twitter
== Our Flag Means Fanfiction ==
Are you going to be at San Diego Comic Con on July 25-28? Well keep an eye out for these free bookmarks from Our Flag Means Fanfiction!
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram
== Love Notes ==
Hey there lovelies! I hope the end to your week was good to you! A lots happened in the last 48 hrs, and I apologize I'm so late sharing some of it. Please let me know if I missed anything!
I love how much people are really stepping up the love for cast members after all the Emmy stuff that went down. I see everyone just aggressively (I say affectionatly) loving so many of them and it's so heart-warming and uplifting.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but your love and kindness is so incredibly impactful. You may never get to see the fruits of your love (although the cast and crew does tend to show us they hear us) but know that every little bit builds up. Maybe someone was having a bad day, and seeing how much we love them gave them that extra boost to get through it-- you never know!
There is an old greek proverb: "A society grows great when [folks] plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
That is really true about kindness and support and love too. You are sowing the seeds and roots of a better tomorrow, even if you yourself never get to see the branches and fruit that love produces.
Never let the harshness of the world dim your light lovelies. Your kindness and love moves mountains tiny bits at a time.
I hope you all have a wonderful, fairly uneventful weekend (unless you want it to be eventful!) and get some good rest <3
== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==
There is no theme tonight! Just Rhys being ridiculously hot, and Meow blessing us with this adorable Taika smile.
Happy belated Meow Day!
Rhys Gif by @ofmd-ann and Taika Gif by @blakbonnet!
(Yay! Just keep in mind that probably I won't stop yapping now, feel warned).
"The series does a great job of showing the gossip." absolutely, they managed to nail his character with one line what is very impressive.
On the other hand, forever sad they didn't explore his ancient history geek side. Him, blabbering about some ancient shit no one cares about, with rosy cheeks and excitement painted all over his face to Grant and Lipton? Hello...? Plus, didn't Buck talk about Romans and barbarians in Bastogne?
The whole (tv) Easy for the fandom is a company of sluts, so someone please play sad violin music for Matheson. Seriously, the power Ron had all over the people, lol. He knew what he was doing.
I mean, someone gave him a nickname "Sparky" and it stuck to him, so he had friends. Also, I know it was because of his "explosive" nature, but please, Sparky? Sparks are cute and make me think about something cozy (I can feel him throwing daggers at me from afterlife right now).
it looks somehow like a normal thing - some really liked him, some were neutral, some hated him. It was a bunch of more than 100 males after all, so characters collied. It seems even Winters didn't have 100% of fangirls there.
Anyway, sometimes, in the middle of the night I wonder when Winters started to call him Sparky and if it was why Talbert was butthurt.
The German uniform's case is hilarious because he just played along and could have not acted better (shoot him? without even rising his head? King). Again, sad we didn't get the scene in the show, especially because from bts it seems they dressed Martin as the German.
Poor Webster. It looks like he romanticized some stuff in his book and there was Ron "Ok, Webster rings a bell but... uhm...." Speirs.
Anyway, as for a dude who was called Sparky, he seemed to be rather chill.
Oooh and Buck was at his wedding. Maybe that's how he got an invite? I think there was a wedding for a Sgt in Easy the same day that Dick went to. Or maybe it was because Buck was hanging out with his UCLA buddy Matheson at HQ and somehow got lumped in with Moose on the Speirs wedding invitation list? History nerds should have gone to museums with Lip and Smokey.
And I never really considered why Cann called him Sparky. I just thought it was random, these 1940s guys all have some cool nickname. Ron did light up in that letter when Dick called him Sparky like it was a great memory. Google really comes up with some fun ones for that 'lively' 'energetic' 'clever' 'term of endearment towards a guy'....I mean let the imagination run wild. Maybe it just rolled off the tongue well- Sparky Speirs.
Yeah, as much as they did and went through they were still a bunch of 20 something year old guys. What else do you do but talk shit? Sometimes it hurts too much to talk about home. So we have this guy who is weird and crazy and doing bad-ass shit and everyone is talking about him. Everyone knows about him. Nobody says "Speirs who?". Or "Why do you need to take ammo from the Germans? They don't have .45 cal ammo or 30-06?" as Sparky walks into the Rhine and tosses his towel on the shore.
I do want to get my hands on the interview where Ambrose talks to Lip about Speirs. Because there is probably way more than "He came to cry on my bed the first time he got drunk". Carwood, please, there is way more you are not telling us. The man is billeted with you (his first sergeant and not any of the Lts?), comes to you when the officers get him drunk and ruin his life, gets YOU drunk for the first time in your life while trying to save you from pneumonia, you know exactly when the last reunion he attended was and 'he told me I was going to be promoted so that was +1 friend points'. And there is no way the Lipton episode wasn't entirely pulled from Lipton himself, especially when Wahlberg was calling him everyday to talk about how to play it.
I also want to know what his beef was with Billy Turner.
talk before taking photos - building a connection can help create more emotion in photos
staying calm while taking photos and not rushing can help
experiment with the persons eye contact - some looking at the camera and some looking behind the camera
getting a sharp focus on subjects eyes can help tell a story
wide aperture lets lots of light in and focuses on subject
ISO should be 400-800 for outdoors
get photos ast different types of day when outdoors
above are photos of inspiration from Sunset Survivors
black and white is really effective but a bit too moody for what I'm trying to communicate
Dai Pai Dongs are vibrant and busy places and I think colour will help represent this better
Photos taken at Dai Pai Dongs previously of owners/chefs
really captures the essence of the place and the people themselves
I want them to be less serious, more happy to show the vibrancy of Dai Pai Dongs
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Glyn Dewis (2022). 5 TIPS to INSTANTLY IMPROVE your PORTRAITS 📷. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtdIdoQMISM&ab_channel=GlynDewis [Accessed 7 Mar. 2024].
Varty, L., Jones, G. and Wordie, J. (2018). Sunset survivors = Xi yang yi hui : meet the people keeping Hong Kong’s traditional industries alive. Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books.
sarah kendall- radio interviews, the other one, taskmaster/coc3, game shows (guessable, rohouse of games, weakest link, wity, spicks & specs, question team), things you should have done, motherland, big zuu's big eats, frayed + bloopers + interviews, comedy shows, beehive (2008)?
ava capri- embattled, blast beat, fletcher's mv, do revenge, love victor, reply, the experience, interviews?
james lance- ted lasso, winx
oona chaplin- interviews, made to love, molotov jukebox's "neon lights" vid, treason, lullaby, anchor and hope
lauren graham- gg, mighty ducks, evan almighty, dinner takes it all, merry friggin christmas, zoey's ep, parenthood
alexis bledel- gg, handmaid's tale
melissa mccarthy- gg, mike & molly
jessica gunning- the outlaws, baby reindeer, interviews, pride, ps: tennison,
lisa ann walter - bitter trailer, the ladies, greys, 911, doubt, psycho st, the more things change clips, jersey, parent trap, ae s2, glow
jenna fischer- mean girls + int, the office, splitting up together
zoe perry- young sheldon
liza weil- the cleaning lady, htgawm, gg + revival, the passenger
natalia tena- i love you stupid, interviews, john wick4, hp, anchor and hope, wolfe, wisdom of the crowd, molotov jukebox vids, 10.000km
kathryn hahn- I love d*ck, happyish, I know this must is true, transparent, tiny beautiful things, mrs fletcher, private life, bad words, the shrink next door, flower, parks and rec
lily rabe- ahs, tell me your secrets, shrinking, fractured, downtown owl, the veil, letters from the big man, redemption trail, golden exits, presumed innocent, the great lillian hall, the tender bar, pawn sacrifice, a midsummer night's dream, the wizard of lies
hamish linklater- tell me your secrets, redemption trail, downtown owl, a midsummer night's dream
vera farmiga- hawkeye, at middleton, higher ground, boundaries,
neve campbell- hot air, pof5, lincoln lawyer
lance barber- young sheldon
charlotte ritchie- ghosts, taskmaster, the other one, wonka, feel good, you
catherine tate - doctor who 2023
david tennant- doctor who 2023
rosie jones- taskmaster
lucia keskin- things you should have done, mandy
diane morgan- frayed, cunk on earth,
sean astin- st
scott patterson- sullivan's crossing, gg, saw
elaine hendrix - parent trap, dynasty
poorna jaganathan- nsie, i'll show you mine, the out-laws
jovan bridges/yvie oddly- interviews
abby elliott- the bear
matty matheson- the bear
sarah paulson- the bears2
angela kinsey- the office, tall girl 1 & 2
amy ryan- the office, omitb, beau is afraid, beautiful boy
gaby hoffmann - finish cmon cmon and transparent
nick offerman- parks & rec
rashida jones- the office, parks & rec, angie tribeca
ellie kemper- the office, bridesmaids, kimmy s, happiness for beginners
kristen bell- the good place, the woman in the house across the street
winona ryder- gone in the night
lily tomlin- grandma, 80b, moving on, g&f
katee sackhoff- christmas sail
rainn wilson- the office, mom, jerry and marge go large
dolly parton- g&f
rakhee thakrar- rules of the game
craig robinson- the office, killing it
andie mcdowell- maid
rita moreno- 8b, west side story, x fast and furious
sally field- 8b, spoiler alert
janelle james- ae s1 & s2
william stanford davis- ae s1 & s2
sheryl lee ralph- ae s1 & s2
tyler james williams- ae s2
quinta brunson- ae s2
courteney cox- shining vale
kelly mccormack - sugar daddy, aloto, ginny and georgia
keiko agena- gg, prodigal son
martin short- omitb
steve martin- omitb
mae martin- feel good
meryl streep- omitbs3
cristo fernandez- interviews
nick mohammed- ted lasso, taskmaster
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michaela mcmanus- the village*
toni collette- mafia mama, knives out, hereditary*
There’s a lot of hope for our generation. The attitudes of young people are pretty free and open to many interpretations of masculinity and that masculinity is definitely not something that can be defined. Men aren’t really anything at all like they’re shown or made out to be in media and society and we have to keep fighting and challenging the system that essentially runs and controls us.
Rosie Matheson, quoted by Ashleigh Kane in This book is full of honest, beautiful portraits of boys just being