Form and Composition

Nothing moves. Where would it go?

[falloutconceptart]

"Grandma Monk"

Concept art for Fallout 4

Art by Ray Lederer

[astral-logistics-assn]

So at what point in the design process did they decide to whitewash Mama Murphy?

[luvtonique]

Genuine "What the fuck is going on" from me here

We have a million problems with "modern versions" of shit, that's not what I'm gonna talk about, we could go on for years about things like whatever the fuck is going on with The Odyssey or shit like Velma or Saints Row or Dragon Age Veilguard, I'm gonna just ignore all that for the sake of this post.

I want to focus on one recurring thing I've noticed in these modern adaptations of beloved classics.

Why are they phasing out catch phrases?

Okay hear me out. Hear me out.

In Fantastic Four: First Steps, they decided to make it an alternate universe and leaned really heavily into the campy goofiness factor of the 80s retro comic books n shit, right? We got Herbie, we got Galactis being a big goofy giant dude, they threw out all the gritty realistic shit and let it just be dorky campy superheroes.

And then: Made The Thing spend the entire movie being grumpy about the phrase "It's Clobberin' Time" and getting upset any time someone wants him to say it. This whole "Oh that's just in the cartoons I don't actually say that."

Example 2: Velma in "Scoob!"

There's a point where Fred goes "Jinkies!" and Velma glares at him and he goes "What? Somebody had to say it!"

Example 3: Batman doesn't say "I'm Batman" anymore.

Example 4: In the Power Rangers movie that everyone liked, nobody says "It's morphin' time" at any point.

But in the few pieces of media where they DO say their catch phrases? EVERYONE FUCKING LOVES IT AND CHEERS.

>Velma saying "Jinkies!" as a Fortnite emote, everyone loves it >The Thing yelling "IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIIIIME!" in Marvel Rivals, everyone loves it >Batman saying "I'm Batman!" in Lego Movie and that new Lego Batman game, everyone loves it >The Fortnite Emote of "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" everyone loves it >He-Man yelling "By the power of Grayskull! IIIII HAAAVE THE POWEEEEEEER!" in the new movie, everyone loves it

So what is fucking with this trend?

Why do we keep seeing modern writers trying to "Eww, catchphrases? That's like, soooo yesterday! Let's make the character actively hate their own catch phrase and avoid saying it on purpose!" our beloved catchphrases we grew up with???

It just feels so much like a parent taking away your bike and saying "You're too old for bikes!" as though adults don't ride bikes????

[astral-logistics-assn]

Blame...well, not Monty Python itself, really. But the entire generation of fans and hangers-on, who spent their youth communicating, Darmok-style, in nothing but Python quotes. Folks of that generation, who are at this point both the major producers and consumers of pop culture, now have a visceral dislike of oft repeated catchphrases.

[eggl-rd]

sitting outside saw a dude in a dark blue jacket and black pants jog past my house nd a few minutes later a woman wearing the same exact outfit and same hair color comes back from that direction jogging past again #trasngener ?

[astral-logistics-assn]

Dear FBI or whoever,

If you're gonna grow 'em in vats, at least have the good sense not to give them identical outfits.

[shiveringsoldier]

The person who tweeted “y’all can’t even boycott Chick-fil-A” was right then and continues to be proven right now

[cyberpunkpavlichenko]

Ehh I think the fact that a failed tactic (individual consumer boycotts) is still being pushed despite its failure (admitted to even in this post) is kinda more reflective of LGBT politics than losers who eat that trash TBH

[inzaltsiknyam]

no, I think it speaks more to the lack of discipline that Americans currently have with regards to social action. organized economic boycotts of this nature used to work, such as with the boycott of Florida Orange Juice or the NYC kosher meat riots. Americans are quite pacified by decades of (more or less) class peace. this does simply mean that our tactics should meet people where they're at. but, it's not wrong to be frustrated with the lack of discipline and solidarity.

[astral-logistics-assn]

>discipline.

Characterizing this as a moral failure of an entire culture is making me suspucious of your actual motives and allegiances.

A cop wearing hippie beads and a "Coexist" t-shirt doesn't look any less like a cop.

[astral-logistics-assn]

Laundromat in thunderstorm.

[starrynet]

what’s your favorite ship?

titanic

hms terror

uss enterprise

ever given (the container ship that blocked the suez canal in 2021)

captain ahab’s whaling vessel

ship of theseus

battleship monopoly token

mclennon

Voting ended onJul 14

[astral-logistics-assn]

ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.

[astral-logistics-assn]

Favorite actual hull-in-the-water ship is the Cousteau Society's Calypso.

Favorite fictional character romance ship is I'm honestly not that invested in the personal lives of imaginary people. No judgement, y'all have your fun.

[theworstgirlsblog]

[astral-logistics-assn]

Finding an actual Death Stranding cosplay on an otherwise generic style/aesthetic blog: priceless.

[389]

[astral-logistics-assn]

This might as well happen.

[wifegideonnav]

reblog this and tell me your favorite album written and performed by a woman?

[visenyaism]

“tumblr is nice because it’s anonymous and irrelevant so it doesn’t affect my real life in any way.” Wrong. if you are on here for long enough the words of your mortifying adolescent internet diary will be written on the subway walls and tenement halls and out of the mouths of coworkers and over the faces of tiktokers and and in reddit screenshots posted on instagram sent to you by your friends and in ai dupe novelty t shirts and in the smiles of strangers repeating bits you forgot you left lying around on here when you were a teenager. and also pinterest.

[astral-logistics-assn]

Haven't actually seen [#vagueblogging the apocalypse], [#pretty things will cut you], or [#memesheep go 'bah'], much out in the wild.

Not quite sure how, but deleting and starting over every 3-5 years seems to have hleped.

[pmamtraveller]

Pre-Columbian Masks.

[chibigaia-art]

back to vegas

[astral-logistics-assn]

>GNOME.

You *did* steal the lawn gnome outside of the Deloria apartment before you left 101, right? Perfect to put outside your house in Megaton.

[thomasmartinnutt]

Bridget Riley. Coloured Greys III, 1972

[doubleca5t]

Hollywood truly does always take the wrong lesson from its success stories

[astral-logistics-assn]

"Tumblr: The Movie", but it's just a shot-by-shot remake of Goncharov.

[owa-tagoo-siam]

[astral-logistics-assn]

There are bits of the Dakota badlands that look like this.

[mephostophilis]

are non brits aware of count binface.

[astral-logistics-assn]

As a count, he is ineligible to sit in the Commons.

[raptorcivilization]

Reminder to all nonbinary people: You can summon SUE the T. rex for aid

[astral-logistics-assn]

Leave her alone, she's on her lunch break.