#whassisname

[aethersea]

I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

[earhartsease]

counterpoint: you could be living in this like venom in whassisname

people who want to live in lighthouse - i hear you, i understand you

but i raise you

living in water tower

[radariant]

Selfie w the void + Corvo & Unfavourite

[keyofjetwolf]

Oh man, I’M SO TORN HERE. I’ve been nothing but DEEPLY unimpressed with Whassisname in the time we’ve seen him, and I’ve no reason whatsoever to be enthusiastic about his change of heart or Realization Of What Really Matters or whatever the hell it is we’re supposedly seeing here.

HOWEVER

He has NO FUCKING IDEA what he’s getting into. NONE. And I’m just talking about the literal dead ex-best friend across the street french kissing an InSinkErator right this second, let’s not even get into the whole clone thing, which is not exactly insignificant.

I don’t entirely fault Suburbia for not saying anything right this very second. She’s drowning and grabbing the lifeline openly and honestly offered. But I feel for Whassisname, and his earnestness in this moment, and absolute inability to realize the story he’s just wandered back into.

[takashi0]

FUCK. SHIT. I've just realised I'm pulling the argument simillar to the ones who want to wipe that 11 YO whassisname (I am legit dumb atm and can't remember or look up his name) drag story under the rug. FUCK. Not very cash money of me, I guess. And even if NOT, your point still makes sense, and I stand corrected. (but for the record I still think people giving out sixty dollars to see a freak eat a crayon is KIIINDA on them. play stupid games, win stupid prizes.)

Desmond.

And yeah it is on them, but regardless you gotta warn people about these things. 

[halflingcaravan]

"Lord Whassisname thinks he can besiege us? Quick, bring out the many barrels of skeletons kept in the dungeons. We'll break this siege Court Wizard..."

I think necromancy wouldn't be outlawed in your typical wizards-are-common fantasy world. Not for moral reasons, but for economic reasons. I think most lords would be unable to resist the allure of having their peasants continue to plow their fields after death or having guards that never fall asleep or need to step away from their station. Your local baron probably already has a court wizard. They would probably command their court wizard to at least learn the fundamentals of necromancy.

Also, considering how many real world nobles pursued immortality, at least some of your wealthier nobles should be liches or ghosts. What king would choose to die and bequeath their kingdom to their squabbling failsons when they can just become a death knight?

From a religious angle, if ghosts are a real and observable phenomenon, then surely any sensible church would tell people that their soul goes to heaven while their body stays on earth. What kind of virtuous person wouldn't want their corpse to help provide for their children? In fact, don't you kind of have a moral obligation to leave behind your physical attachments when you ascend to the afterlife?

Adventure hook: kill the lich lord of this land, but only so that their son can claim the throne and enact some moderate necromantic reforms. No more ghosts, but of course your corpse is still the property of your liege lord.

[clairebeauchampfan]

υστερία

It’s surely going to be an interesting weekend. Poor Sam; if he doesn’t turn up to cheer on the divine Caitriona, he’ll be forever branded as a cad. Why, because she was once  there to see him run a marathon way back in pre-history (I wonder how many marathons he’s run since sans Cait, whilst she’s been perhaps preoccupied, elsewhere. 

 If Sam  does turn up, then it’ll be proof positive to Extreme Shippers  that Sam and Cait are man and wife, and that they’ve ‘Come out’ as such. We’ll then  only need a blurry picture of a red-haired woman carrying or wheeling a toddler (or two) in a push-chair, somewhere along the route, for our joy to be complete. 

Send in the Marinas, as they used to say.

If on the other hand Sam is elsewhere (New York for example) and is photographed in that dreadful tacky weed t-shirt  accompanied by Chooseyourmisogynistepithet, then it be a sad day indeed. Sackcloth and ashes all round.

But  if whassisname, the putative fiance, turns up to cheer Cait on, then we can look forward to yet another round of the savage name calling, bad mouthing and sheer nastiness we had to put up with for almost three months after the declared engagement, until Sam put his hand on Cait’s bum, said how together they were and everyone calmed down. 

Still, at least we’d then  have the (doubtful) pleasure of reading yet more tragi-comic ‘final farewells’ from outraged ‘fans’. Only to see the same blogs  pop up again a week later.

What really would be fun is if Tony McG appears at the Marathon in a sports singlet,  gorgeously bronzed, ripped  and bemuscled, and runs the whole damn distance with Cait, before announcing to the press that he is, in fact, Lord Anthony Brian McGill of Castle McGill, heir to 10,000 acres of Scotland. Now that really would cause   υστερία

Dream or Nightmare. You choose. 

Meantime, Go Cait, Go! Let’s hear it for an amazing woman. 

[traincat]

#1 for spideytorch would be amazing if it's possible. Love all your writing by the way!! :)

Thank you! <3

1. breaking the kiss to say something, staying so close that you’re murmuring into each other’s mouths

Peter had been stupid enough to think that, just because they’d gotten horizontal, the argument was over.

And then Johnny broke the kiss with a muffled little gasp to say: “It wasn’t Diablo!”

For one beautiful second, Peter let himself imagine being the kind of person who would agree just to placate Johnny, an easygoing, genial person who could lie and say, of course it was Diablo, I’m being ridiculous, and then promptly resume getting lucky with a gorgeous celebrity superhero.

Instead, he said, “Are you out of your mind? You think I would forget that accent? It wasn’t Diablo, it was that other guy, whassisname, the mustache.”

Then he rolled them over, pinning Johnny to the mattress and kissing him again. Peter couldn’t let anything go for the life of him, but Johnny -- Johnny could be distracted.

Sometimes.

“Diablo has a mustache, smart guy,” Johnny mumbled, lips brushing Peter’s. 

[marlaluster]

He's a self of Sean Penn, Matthew Sacksteder (my former family friend), Barry Rubin (former strength n conditioning coach w the Philadelphia Eagles whom I met during a special work out thing years ago at Victory Lady gym). Hes handsome.

[unaugmentedmonkeyscantfly]

“You’re the best optimist,” Fitz said, squeezing her hand. “An’ I know your optimisticism is backed up by facts instead of patty-tudes. Palada—pladda—mph, I’m right oot ma nut. Thassa bad sign for daddin’.” He wanted two things quite suddenly: a packet of crisps, and a sexless cuddle, but he wasn’t drunk enough to be brave enough to admit the latter. “After we find whassisname, moustache, we can get me a therapist.”

pretty sucking fexy

[aion-rsa]

The Teleprompter Interview: Daniel Mays ‘I’d jump at an Ashes to Ashes Return’

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‘He pops up absolutely everywhere doesn’t he?’ says Daniel Mays about his Code 404 co-star Stephen Graham. You could say the same of Mays. A draw on any cast list, between them in the last year alone they’ve appeared in almost 20 major titles – 1917, Good Omens, White Lines (Mays), The Irishman, The Virtues, Line of Duty, Save Me (Graham) to name just a handful.

Why Mays and Graham are in such high and regular demand is no mystery; they’re two of our best. Mays has an instant affability on screen that he’s able to turn to tragedy or comedy or both at once. Graham’s characters are often the reverse, unknowable and dangerous before he lays their vulnerabilities bare.

In sci-fi comedy Code 404, they play detectives with a tangled personal history. Mays is a DI unexpectedly brought back from the dead via some bug-ridden experimental AI tech. Graham is the trusty partner who’s been keeping his colleague’s wife (Anna Maxwell Martin) company during his absence.

Already renewed for a second run, Mays tells Den of Geek it’s the most binge-watched show on Sky in eight years. “We’re all buzzing about doing another series.” As the first is released on DVD, he talks us through his TV memories…

Which TV show inspired you to start your acting career?

Robbie Coltrane in the Jimmy McGovern drama Cracker. I find his stuff heart-breaking at times but it’s astounding social realist television. Any script written by Jimmy is nuanced and powerful. He’s one of this country’s most amazing writers.

More than anything though, it was Robbie Coltrane’s performance. I remember all the incredible performances, Robert Carlyle as the skinhead with those fantastic interrogation scenes, Christopher Eccleston… but Coltrane as this antihero, a gambler and a womaniser and a drinker, a maverick copper, he was amazing.

That and Prime Suspect.I could go further back, but in terms of when I was really getting serious about becoming an actor, those were the two that were compulsive viewing. I’ve subsequently gone on to work with Jimmy McGovern so it feels like it’s gone full circle.

Which TV character did you want to be when you were younger?

As a kid I was really into The A Team and whassisname, David Hasselhoff! Michael Knight from Knight Rider. As a kid I was obsessed with that show. I had all the action figures. That car was so cool wasn’t it? And when he did the turbo boost and jumped over everything!

In The A Team I probably wanted to be Face, but in reality, if I was to be cast as anyone now it wouldn’t be Face [laughs], it would be Murdoch wouldn’t it?

And which TV character would you like to be now?

When I was working, I didn’t really watch much telly at all but obviously that’s all changed now we’re in lockdown. Before, I hadn’t ever delved into The Sopranos, and I love that character, Tony Soprano. If I could pick one TV character I’d like to have a go at now, that’s the one.

Has any TV programme ever given you nightmares?

Oh man, I’m telling you! There was an ITV adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde with Michael Caine. I’m going back years and years, I must have been about 10 or 11. The make-up that they used in this show when he changed from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde, the Hyde make-up was absolutely terrifying, to the point where it really affected me.

I was far too young to watch it and I even had to sleep in between my mum and dad at 10 years old, I was absolutely petrified of that character. Even in preparation for these questions, I went on YouTube and typed it in and there he was again, petrifying, even today!

When did you last laugh out loud watching TV?

The new Alan Partridge when he’s doing the talk show with Susannah Fielding, that particular sketch when he was attempting to use the toilet on the train without using his hands, when he went into that whole routine of opening the door with his knee. Anything with Alan Partridge I find absolutely hysterical.

I’m an absolute sucker for Only Fools and Horses as well. I’m such a die-hard fan of that show and whenever that pops up on UK TV or Gold, if I end up watching five minutes, I have to sit down and watch the whole episode. I’m such a lover of that relationship between David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, I think it’s absolute gold, all of those characters, John Sullivan’s writing, it’s part of my fabric growing up. It’s probably my favourite ever TV show.

Name an iconic TV moment for your generation

The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics was an amazing moment of television isn’t it? It started out in like a farmyard [laughs] and I remember thinking, ‘what have we got going on here? We’ve got the eyes of the world watching us…!’ But it then proceeded to be the most engaging and emotional extravaganza. In terms of Olympics opening ceremonies, nothing comes close to that, even in Beijing when you had that huge number of people. It was so brilliantly British. I don’t know why I ever doubted Danny Boyle. He hit it out of the park.

What was the last TV show you recommended to someone?

I recommended Save Me, the Lennie James show. I watched the second series of that in lockdown and the second series was even better than the first, and I absolutely adored the first series. I thought that was an absolute breath of fresh air, I think it was really amazing that Lennie had written this piece set on a sink estate and yet it felt vibrant and I loved the characters. It was just a wonderful piece of television. They’ve got to do another series. I definitely recommend that.

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Starring your Code 404 co-star Stephen Graham

Yes! He pops up absolutely everywhere doesn’t he?

Which TV show does everybody keep nagging you to watch that you haven’t yet seen?

Ozark and Succession. They’re two shows I’m yet to delve into really. They’re two on my list I’ve got to tick off, along with everything else!

Which TV show would you like to bring back from the dead?

There’s all this talk that there’s going to be a final instalment of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, which I keep hearing rumours about. From what I’ve read, it’s more based around what happens to John Simm’s character Sam Tyler. I don’t know if it’s going to be a modern-day thing but I always wanted to see Gene Hunt in the 90s. It’s difficult to make that happen because Ashes to Ashes was sewn up brilliantly. I’m sort of hesitant to say it should come back but Gene Hunt is such an iconic character and Phil Glenister was so incredible in that role.

I’ve always gone on record and said that Jim Keats – the character I played, the devil – was one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever done so if there’s an opportunity to play that role again, I’d jump at that. Is it egotistical of me to pick a show that I’ve been in myself?!

Which show do you wish more people would watch? If you were forced to pick another one of yours?

I did a single drama on BBC Two called Mother’s Day about the Warrington bombing. That’s a really important moment in history and it’s such a heart-felt drama. If anyone’s not seen it, that would be something I would recommend to people to watch. It’s not for the faint-hearted.

Have you ever done fancy dress as a TV character?

[Laughs] I went to an EastEnders fancy dress party dressed up as Frank Butcher! My then-girlfriend went as Pat so we were Pat and Frank. Then when I got there, there was another guy dressed up as Frank Butcher but he was gangster-Frank so he had all the bling on. We had a bit of a Frank Butcher-off.

Tell me you were the Frank Butcher with the spinning bow-tie?!

[Laughs] I didn’t go that far! Actually, scrap the Olympics opening ceremony, do the Frank Butcher bow-tie as the most iconic moment of my generation [laughs].

Which TV theme song do you know all the words to?

I know all the words to Friends and I have to say, Only Fools and Horses again, whenever that comes on I always end up singing all over it.

Which TV character would you like to beat in a fight?

What’s the TV show that The Rock does? It’s set in LA, Russell Brand’s been in it as well. I wouldn’t mind beating up the Rock, because my wife loves a bit of the Rock! So I could beat him up in a TV drama. Who wouldn’t want to beat The Rock up?!

What is the most fun you’ve had making television?

White Lines for Netflix, without a shadow of a doubt. That’s a complete no-brainer. The locations, the character I was playing, the actors I was working with and the scripts were just absolutely brilliant and bonkers. Fingers crossed we get a second series.

If you get a second series, your character Marcus has quite a different role set out for him, doesn’t he?

Yeah! He’s going to become the drug baron of the Calafat family. It’s all to play for isn’t it, especially for Marcus, the whole thing’s been left wide open for him to get into all sorts of mishaps and scrapes.

That character was probably the most enjoyable character I’ve played, him and Jim Keats. I just had such a ball, he was so funny and he had this sort of tragedy to him as well. He’s just so hapless. The thought of Marcus in Colombia or Bolivia or wherever just makes me howl even thinking about it.

And when else do you get to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dog?

That’s true! I forgot I did that scene. That’s mad isn’t it. Though I actually only punched the dog’s chest. At one point I did say ‘Shall I give the dog actual mouth-to-mouth?’ and the director Nick Hamm said ‘I think that’s too much Danny, even for this show.’

Code 404 is out on DVD & digital 6 July.

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[clairebeauchampfan]

Oh my God. According to my ‘Bluffers’ Guide to Body Language’ this is 110 percent proof that he is very unhappy. Look at his eyes! You can see he’s not really smiling. He’s been away from Cait and the kids for too long, and is suffering from having to pretend that Caitriona is actually married to whassisname. That’s made evident by the way his hands are in his pockets pointing towards his Golden Dirk, reminding her on what side her bread is buttered. See the way he’s standing with his feet pointed outward. Evidently, so married! It’s all in the body language; my book told me all about it. I’m now an EXPERT.

Sam Heughan | Bloodshot Photocall | The London Hotel, West Hollywood, CA |  March 06, 2020 

Also appearing in above photos: Dave Wilson (Director), Eiza Gonzalez, Vin Diesel, and Lamorne Morris.

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source: Far Far Away Site

[keyofjetwolf]

I am going to dedicate the rest of my life to unlocking the secrets of time travel, then I am going to build and perfect a machine that allows me bend those secrets to my whim. I shall then go to the past, take the entire cluster of years we know as “the 90s”, bundle them securely, bring them back with me to this precise moment, and beat whassisname, Gonna Make An Anime About My FeeFees Man, beat him about the head with my weaponized 1990s.