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[henchred]

Andor challenges the trend of simplified storytelling, offering a mature and complex take on rebellion and human struggle.

“Andor” dismantles the romantic notion of freedom. Real freedom is about responsibility and not about defiance. You can do anything you want, but you can’t escape the consequences. The Empire doesn’t need to rule through fear alone. What it rules through is fatigue. Through endless paperwork, through the illusion of order. That’s why the ISB scenes are so disturbing. It is because it’s evil made boring. What you see is tyranny through spreadsheets.

Dedra Meero, Syril Karn, and Partagaz are terrifying precisely because they’re professionals and not one-dimensional monsters. They believe in the system. And that’s the horror: fascism doesn’t require sadists. It only needs employees. Meanwhile, the Rebellion operates like a union, built on sacrifice, solidarity, and moral ambiguity. The Empire is a gang,  built on hierarchy, paranoia, and self-destruction.

[gilgalahad]

Thorgal vs the Ice Giant

- Grzegorz Rosiński.

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

[covid-safer-hotties]

[blondebrainpowered]

David Bowie questions MTV's Mark Goodman on their programing practices regarding black artists, 1983.

Bowie had been scheduled to do an interview to promote his Let's Dance album.

GIFS by MTV

[sapphling]

let's all have a fun time looking up new words when we encounter them to see what they mean before incorporating them into our vocabularies

[wileycap]

[newlyy]

Not that I think all marriages are doomed but when deciding who to marry you should ask yourself “is this someone I’d want to divorce?” As in, is this someone I believe would be mature and fair, even when they’re upset and don’t particularly like me at the moment. Is this someone I could continue to trust while going through an adversarial process? And if the answer is no, don’t marry them.

[shawnfreki]

'The Miracle Flower', Franz Hein, 1896.

[spiralingintocontrol]

taken.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of

I appreciate this

[depsidase]

[jesterlavorres]

Jester Lavorre The Zadash Job | The Mighty Nein 1x08

[captain-price-returns]

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new

Well just call me a violent anti-tech extremist then.

[sparklywaistcoat]

FYI Meta now allows your Insta photos to be mined for AI without your consent unless you opt out.

[frog43]

wha t if oregon trail was called wagon age: oregons

[naamahdarling]

This made me so angry the first time I saw it I’m reblogging it again.

[luxiethefool]

happy 10 years to wagon age oregons

[vulvalini]

[latinademais]

new tokyo decadence (2007), dir. osamu sato

[spidergoatduex]

Thanks @liminalstateofmind

[germanich]

Every Blood Hunter who has been in the Order for any length of time knows that the day will come when they become part of the First Hunter’s Personal Guard. Yet, everyone hopes that day comes as late as possible.

NPC for my DnD campaign

[iamjaynaemarie]

Dangers of working on a set.

That’s what I said.

[seawitchkaraoke]

Okay but you forgot the best part! During the scene where Aragorn, Gandalf and the other Main CharaktersTM ride ahead to go shout at the gate (and talk to the mouth of sauron in the extended edition) they were very firmly told only to ride up  ahead “this far” because that area was cleared and beyond that it wasn’t.

But. Viggo Mortensen is absolutely mad and lead them just…. a bit farther than that. Everyone else was very scared they might blow up any second. Viggo said it “added a little extra tension”.

[mikkeneko]

[ithinkitsdashing]

#they just don’t make behind the scenes stories like lotr anymore

[ophidahlia]

Viggo was just Like That™ for the whole trilogy, taking method acting to extreme levels:

he would spend multiple days walking overland to locations in full pack, sword, & armour when everyone else was travelling in trucks

refused to use any prop swords that weren’t actual steel

basically lived in the forest in-costume, sleeping rough under the sky, even fishing & foraging for his food when possible

often spent hours in the barn just bonding with the horses. He adopted the horse he rode, Uranus, after filming ended

repaired all his own gear by hand, which was often since he never took it off

had a tooth knocked out during filming but had the crew simply glue it back in place so they could keep filming

the instructor who taught everyone swordplay said Viggo was the best swordsman he had ever trained

carried his sword literally everywhere & practiced non-stop, resulting in the cops being called when locals reported “a wild man swinging a sword around his head" outside a gym in Wellington

an orc actor fucked up & accidentally threw a dagger directly into Viggo’s face, but Viggo just deflected it with his sword. They kept that shot

infamously broke 3 toes kicking that helmet but stayed in-character & sold his very real scream as part of the scene. They also kept that shot

Viggo insists on doing his own stunts; in The Two Towers where Aragorn is unconscious & floating down the river, the strong current pulled him underwater for so long that a rescue team had to go in to save him. Viggo survived by grabbing a boulder on the riverbed and pulling himself to the surface

It’s probably more accurate to say that Aragorn played Viggo Mortensen in the off season, so I’m 100% unsurprised to hear he put a whole crowd of fellow actors in genuine mortal peril for a 12% increase in authenticity

[daniellefen]

I just have to say, this undersells the point about Viggo being called the best swordsman. The man who said that was Bob Anderson. If you don’t know that name, he was a behind the scenes Hollywood legend. He was sword master for Errol Flynn. He was in charge of the lightsaber fights for the original Star Wars trilogy, and was Darth Vader’s combat double. He choreographed the swordplay in The Princess Bride, The Mask of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, the first Pirates of the Caribbean. If you can think of an iconic swordfight in the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st, he was probably behind it.