It's Always Something

I'm just a nerd trying to do some good in the world. She/Her pronouns. I miss Psych with all my heart. Watching SNL are some of my best memories. MASH= <3. Orphan Black being over continues to destroy my life. TV, Movies, Books, Politics, anything else that catches my fancy. Cheers. RAVENCLAW { wear }

[bluesturngold]

workers at every nabisco bakery in the US are on strike as of 8/20/21

mondelez international, nabisco's parent company, made billions in profit last year.

they're making their working conditions in the US worse to boost profits even further, and are closing US factories to move production to other countries where they can use relaxed labor laws to exploit those workers even more severely.

right now, nabisco employees in the US are specifically requesting supporters do not buy the company's products, especially products listed as being made in countries other than the US, to send the message that we won't tolerate worker mistreatment.

here are brands to boycott:

(this graphic isn't comprehensive, but includes their most popular, best-selling brands)

[softwaring]

[anarchy-and-love-deactivated202]

Every time this post hits my dash there’s more salty landlords in the comments, die mad leeches lol

[leepacey]

I say, jolly good show, chaps. And did I panic? I think not.

[zombeesknees]

#the comic relief who is genuinely comic  #and who makes the ‘incompetent bufoon’ trope actually work as an endearing quality as originally intended  #well played movie - well played  #john hannah  #WHAT A FOX

[antivillain]

#but! BUT!!!#THE GREAT THING ABOUT JONATHAN#IS HE’S NOT INCOMPETENT#he can read ancient Egyptian albeit not as well as his baby sister#he clearly has an interest in archaeology if only for treasure-related reasons#he had to go through intensive schooling to get the sort of permit required#to even have digs of his own#WHICH HE CLEARLY DOES#on a dig down in Thebes#he says and Evie believes him#Jonathan reads from the Book of the Living and he’s an excellent shot with a rifle and is clearly a boxer#Jonathan is SO COMPETENT and SO IMPORTANT#while simultaneously being plucky comic relief without JUST being plucky comic relief#u get me?

[star-anise]

Jonathan, like Phryne Fisher, clearly hasn’t taken anything seriously since 1918.

[jkthinkythoughts]

And, I would suspect, for similar reasons.

[thebluemeany]

^^^This. Jonathan being in World War I makes total sense. It’s almost impossible for him not to have been. Given his age and background, he probably volunteered in 1914.  

Of course he’s going to not take anything seriously. Of course he can shoot. The drinking, the skittishness, the recklessness, the sense of ‘keeping your head down’, the scepticism about traditional heroism….

The one with more actual experience of death, carnage and fighting is Jonathan. Not Rick. Not Ardeth Bey. Jonathan.

When Rick says ‘I’ve had worse (situation/odds)’ and Jonathan replies “ Me too”. That’s probably true. 

Drop The Mummy into the real world context and that’s a character who’s going to have seen a lot of his school friends die, along with the myths and tales of heroism they were raised on. Sort of makes the line where Evie’s scolding him for drinking/messing about a lot darker…

Evie: Have you no respect for the dead? Jonathan: Of course I do, but sometimes I’d rather like to join them.

[gingersnapwolves]

I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS RIGHT NOW

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

*record scratch*

Wait a minute. Why is it being assumed that Rick and Ardeth wouldn’t have fought in WWI, as well? Johnathan isn’t that much older than any of them–in fact, there is a good chance that he, Rick, and Ardeth are all of an age. Just because Johnathan’s hair is thinning doesn’t mean he’s a decade older.

It was a LOT easier to lie about your age back in the day. So much easier.

Johnathan is the soldier who fought in WWI and became disillusionsed with pretty much everything except wanting to live (most of the time) and live well–and where is the shame in that? He would have seen some of the darkest shit humanity has to offer, and he kept going. And the thing is, though, archaeological digs at that time were DANGEROUS. Not from curses (usually) but from assholes who would turn up with guns to try and steal anything you discovered. Johnathan never really STOPPED having to deal with dangerous pricks, it was just less dangerous than death raining down from the sky in bomb, bullet, and mustard gas form all the time.

Rick grew up in Egypt as an orphan. What paperwork? He joined the French Foreign Legion, which fought in World War I in some seriously critical battles on the Western Front in Europe. Rick is the soldier who quickly grew disillusioned with everything, but he didn’t know how to stop being a soldier. Johnathan had a career and schooling to fall back on. Rick had guns, the talent of not dying easily, and not much else. When the army finally left him behind because he was literally the only survivor of his last FFL battle, he literally didn’t know what to do. At all. “Looking for a good time” was code for “Please someone give me a fucking purpose.”

Ardeth grew up in the desert. He probably never enlisted…but if you think his people didn’t fight against invading forces during WWI, think again: that region of North Africa was swarming with soldiers on both sides, and they alll tried to claim everything they stumbled over even while in the midst of fighting each other. Ardeth spent his entire life fighting to protect what belonged to him, what belonged to his people, and trying to keep assholes from stealing things that didn’t belong to anyone (for good reason). By the time the war was over, Ardeth was disillisioned in everyone except his own people, and seriously fucking done with stupid idiots who stole in the name of archaeology. He is completely (justifiably) resigned to the worst when Rick the Magic Survivalist returns to Hamunaptra.

[serpentine-sorceror-deactivated]

This has been another episode of “Actual History adding context and depth to character behavior”

[filthybonnet]

I love when “The Mummy” fandom comes out to play. But it’s even better when the history side of tumblr is also in “The Mummy” fandom.

[knottingthewind]

Every time this post comes around I am compelled to watch The Mummy again.

[rachelladytietjens]

There is an explicitly nihilistic ‘old soldier’ in the movie too, just to drive home the point.

Winston: “Is it dangerous?”

Rick: “Well, you probably won’t live through it.”

Winston: “By Jove, do you think so?”

[teashoesandhair]

This is the most important post on Tumblr dot com.

[gaycism]

please take a moment to really appreciate the argument of why "most cops don't live in the cities they oversee" needs to be addressed

full video here

[noahnomore]

[southernsideofme-deactivated201]

[emeraldmercury]

Best post

[pokemontrainerwaluigi]

A immensely satisfying post

[itspenutbutterjellycrime]

Im so turned on

[jcfiala]

Pictures of wires shouldn’t be so sexy.

[marschattpanosh]

Cable management is essential

[mockwa]

behave naturally

[thingschrisshouldsee]

[catgirlanarchist]

it’s asserting its dominance

[sabbatl0l1]

he’s t-posing

[strawberrymint-deactivated20201]

✅ featherless

✅ biped

this is a MAN

[biteitwhenitssoft]

bon appetit is great

[valtsv]

me trying not to make impulse purchases when i’m sad

[undersummerskyy]

I wanted to buy a drumset today. Mind you I have zero experience

[seashellronan]

all those posts like “don’t give yourself bangs during quarantine” “don’t dye your hair” “don’t shave your head” are honestly bullshit this is the Perfect time you’re literally not allowed to leave the house for god knows how long do something crazy who gives a fuck

[left-reminders]

[rodrickheffeley]

pandemic:

poor people: maybe rich people will open their purses

rich people: alwexa plway imwawgine bwy jwohn lwenon 🥺

[rodrickheffeley]

[harpyhormones]

i know we all rag on MCU movies for being the most soulless pieces of garbage to grace theaters in the past few evers, but i think the music in those movies really doesnt get enough credit for being the least memorable or emotional music ever heard

every single piece sounds like placeholder music to give an idea of what someone might want for a scene but then they accidentally sent it off without ever actually getting a score composed

[beansamagicalfruit]

[harpyhormones]

i do not know what this is supposed to mean

[consensus-fiction]

[enonem]

Frist off, that video was a damn revelation. But I have to wonder if Marvel’s spoilerphobia doesn’t also come in. Because I can’t believe that not a single Marvel executive has never thought “hey, where’s our Imperial March?” If nothing else, to be able to make shorter trailers that will get people talking (as any hint to the Imperial March in a 20sec SW trailer will do).

But if the conversation with the composer goes

“We need a theme tune for this character.” “Great! What can you tell me about their personality, role and narrative development?” “Nothing.”

The composer is probably going to murder you in your sleep.

[linguisticparadox]

Watch that video, it’s incredibly insightful.

[taraljc]

It never occurred to me that films would have temp scores. TV pilots, sure. For years the Dexter score bugged me, because you could tell that it had been temp scores using music cues from Donnie Darko. I can’t explain how exactly I can tell, except that as a score nerd, I just can. But movies??? That’s insane, why would you do that?

[jeremiagoeswoah]

I’m going to guess that scoring the movie this way is not only more comfortable for the director since they already work with premade music and don’t have to spend time discussing/trying out things with the composer who is scoring the film, it’s also way, way, way cheaper.

[laurbailey]

JOJO RABBIT (2019) dir. Taika Waititi

[goawfma]

public should absolutely be free

[little-miss-rasputin-pageant]

Taika Waititi accepting his BAFTA by saying that it's nice to come from a colony to Britain and steal some of their gold and bring it back to where it belongs is a level of iconic behavior that is unparalleled

[ao3commentoftheday]

Unhappy with canon? In my fandom?

It’s more likely thank you’d think.