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The Mummy

Art by Stephanie Pepper

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Landon Donovan confronts the referee and opposition manager over the homophobic abuse of his player  [x]

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For further context: the abuse was directed at Collin Martin, an openly gay player on San Diego Loyal SC. Following the incident, the San Diego players decided to walk off the pitch, forfeiting the game they had been winning and potentially losing their shot at making the playoffs.

After the match, San Diego Loyal SC coach and former USMNT star Landon Donovan said “Our players in the heart and passion of the moment still wanted to play, but if we wanted to be true to who we are as a club, we have to speak and we have to act. After half-time we all decided if the player who used the homophobic slur was not removed from the game – either by the officials or by his coach – we would not play. If they are not willing to act, we have to act.”

(NBC News, The Guardian)

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You might remember Canadian actress and fitness model Vicki Pratt from her guest appearances on nearly every single syndicated show of the 1990s. 

The reason for this was simple: in the 1990s, US productions did a lot of television production in Canada (specifically, British Columbia) because of tax incentives and loopholes, and as a local tanned, fit Canadian with ultra-ripped abs (the mid to late 90s was the first era women having visible abs was “the look”), she was the right person in the right place at the right time. 

In fact, part of the reason there were so many smaller companies filming in Canada in the mid to late 90s was because tax loopholes allowed Producers-esque “creative accounting” that was borderline illegal, and certainly unethical. So yes, shady accounting practices were to blame for the existence of your favorite Canada-filmed 90s syndicated shows that in most markets were dumped on Saturdays or Sundays (Stargate SG-1 being the standout of this era everyone remembers). That’s also the reason a lot of them were just plain lousy: they didn’t exist to entertain you, but were mainly a financial scam. 

Some people, rather chauvinistically, I might add, attribute Vicki Pratt’s career to her husband, big shot Canadian director T.J. Scott (yes, as in Star Trek Discovery) but actually, as near as I can determine, initially, it was in fact the other way around: as in Vicki Pratt’s connections got her husband directing jobs on series she worked on, which he used to create a resume early on. 

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history | powerful women

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my favourite scene

that leads to my favourite blooper

wow i love miss two idiots!!

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TWO kids. TWO! My website – My Instagram – See me on WEBTOON!

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local cave gals cannot stop from proposing to each other

bonus: she said yes

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what's so great about the mummy 1999?

are you ready for this? 

it is the most wonderfully made, historically inaccurate, giddily fun, perfectly paced, goofy horror movie romance novel bullshit bonanza that has ever blessed the silver screen.

i mean it is just so beautifully full of every genre without being overwhelming.we’ve got: comedy, action, suspense, horror, romance, adventure, ancient aesthetics, and it’s a period piece. all perfectly balanced and blended into one movie.

and the characters are so LIT

we got our main babe, evelyn “motherfucking” carnahan, a super-klutz librarian, total history nerd, and certified badass/damsel in distress. she raises the dead on accident, because she cannot resist books, and has the guts to put that motherfucker back where he came from and literally saves the world.evie’s greatest hits: 

“what is a place like me, doing in a girl like this?!”

*after totally destroying the library* “i’ve just made a bit of a mess in the library.”

“no harm ever came from reading a book.”

evelyn: *upon opening the tomb* “i’ve dreamt about this since i was a little girl.”rick: “you dream about dead guys?”

“oops.”

then we’ve got rick “brendan fraser” o’connell, your not-so-typical battle hardened gun slinger with a heart of gold. he seems filthy, rude, and a complete scoundrel at first, but then he turns into a literal puppy, with massive heart eyes, that worships the ground evie walks on.rick’s greatest hits:

*screams at mummy*

*screams at sand*

*screams at things that are illogical to scream at*

*screams*

next is our Comedic Relief Character™, jonathan carnahan, who also rises above his trope. he’s there for the laugh sure, but is never useless. he actively helps to move the plot along and isn’t just there. he also is the farthest thing from brainless and annoying.jonathan’s greatest hits:

evelyn: “have you no respect for the dead?”jonathan: “of course i do, but sometimes i’d rather like to join them.” same.

oh and that time he was like “IMHOTEP” and saved his own ass like that was so smooth, y’all know what i’m talking about right??

then there is ardeth BAE. he is the audience rolling his eyes because *sighs* white people. he’s tired of these motherfucking mummies in this motherfucking desert. literally prettier than everyone.(he has a much bigger role in the mummy returns, but is still so fab here)

and of course THE MUMMY. imhotep. actual emo. literally carved some poetry into the back of his sarcophagus when he was buried alive with flesh eating bugs, because he is that Extra™. just wants to bring his girlfriend back to life so he can make out with her without it being treason. 

and all the side characters are also gr8.

now i wanna take a moment to talk about the romance. because it is so BEAUTIFUL. like usually in action movies it’s macho man undermines girl and they bone. not here. no time for that shit. 

rick and evie have such a great relationship based on mutual respect and affection. they both cater to each other’s strengths and cover each other’s weaknesses. they are the literally definition of: “those two. in a fight, they’re lethal. around each other, they melt”

what else, i could literally talk about this movie all day.

the special effects have held up pretty well.the music score is GORGEOUS.the costumes are amazing.the makeup, especially for anck su namun, OH WOW.the george of the jungle era brendan fraser sign me the fuck up.rachel weisz.

so many good things.

it’s just great.

#i secretly rate every action movie from 0 to the mummy

it’s a beautiful mess of a movie that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and transcends time and posterity as the alpha mummy movie, and to those who disagree i beseech you:

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#he’s trying his best

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Part 1:

This piece took me a month to finish🤯

You can see Roe and Umman Manda tribe attacking another tribe. Will you count how many soldiers there is? 😄

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Here’s HSTHETE, the 24 hour comic I drew this year!  Thanks to everybody who followed along on twitter this weekend as I posted these pages <3

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He’s coming to boop you

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