Ace Actor in Training

Things from around the web that catch the attention of an Asexual Drama Student. And various ramblings

[js3639]

Avengers, assemble yourselves together

[gaynfl-moved]

pick your fighter

the ‘$1000 to go to Hawaii’ bride, the ‘I bought a $99 polygraph on amazon’ lady, or the ‘why was $200 so huge’ birthday girl

[marisatomay]

a lot of people seem to be confused and think the hawaii bride and the polygraph lady are the same but they’re actually 2 separate people so here’s all 3 in one go

the “$1500 to go to hawaii” bride

Ms Polygraph Test

$200 birthday

bask in the unfiltered nonsense of it all

[gaynfl-moved]

since someone mentioned this and I had forgotten, a last minute entry fighter: “Squire Sebastian” lady

[imsuchacapricorn]

New to the arena, Kristie and her surprise wedding

[history-freak1]

Y'all really gonna pass up childless millennial Disney Mom?

[gaynfl-moved]

my FAVORITE angry facebook post of all time

[catchymemes]

[olvaheiner]

Mortal Engines (2018)

[0enone]

Spoiler-free thoughts on Mortal Engines (2018)

Before I begin, put all your fears about Hester Shaw, Chosen One of the Rebellion aside. The movie does NOT go down that route, it’s just that the marketing is atrocious.

First off, the world feels like the one Reeve created. Just like the book, the world is wide, consistent and engaging enough that you quickly forget how wild the premise is. The moviemakers clearly have a lot of love and respect for the series, and there are many small nods to the novels.

Keep reading

[minjiminjiminji]

XKCD’s excellent presentation on historical global temperature and anthropogenic global warming. 

[After setting your car on fire] “Listen, your car’s temperature has changed before.”

[markruffalo]

Classic Stan Lee!

[616marvel]

Man I love learning history because sometimes you learn things that’s not widely known just like how Beethoven’s Fur Elise was actually made for one of his students that he was in love with named Therese. She was a mediocre piano player so he made a melody so easy that even she could play it and impress people (hence the very iconic tune in the beginning) but then he finds out that she was engaged to a different man and so Beethoven basically made the other parts so that she can never play it and if that’s not petty culture then idk what is.

[londoncallingsigh]

A message from Stan Lee  (October 5th, 2017)

[gif87a-com]

This little asshole keeps getting into a bird feeder, so we need to test how small is *too* small

3 inch opening: no problem

2.75 inch opening: Easy

2.5 inch opening: doing fine

2.25 inch opening: Bit of a struggle, but as Mr Meeseeks says: CAAAN DOO!

2 inch opening: Alright, lets try chewing the opening a bit, As long as we get the nuts into the mouth (huhuhu) we good I guess…

Uh-oh… Steve is getting greedy

:insert grunts of effort here:

Taking a break…

The guy who made the original video decided after a long struggle to help Steve out.

A New Challenger approaches!

1.75 inchs: Quote Mr Meseeks: “OOOHHH HE’S TRYING”

GIMME GIMME GIMME

He ends up giving up.

Source: Chris Notap - Squirrel ● literally ● bites off more than he can chew ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS4ach0CwN4

via imgur

[soundlessdragon]

Science

I love it

[markscherz]

What I learned is that I am not the only person who calls all squirrels Steve

[abitchistireddddd]

stop it steve

[liminalsimian]

mood:

[scrivnomancer]

Read to the end, you should.

Revealed, the power of meta-fiction will be.

Tears for Yoda, you might. Found this on Mother of All Nerds, I did.

[wickedraiden-deactivated2019010]

what the fuck

[m4a1-shermayne]

[pivotpivotpivot-archive]

#mood

[schmergo]

Discourse: Willy Wonka is Old Testament God

[scopesandskulllties-deactivated]

Explain

[schmergo]

Sings “if you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it,” then kicks people out for eating stuff he told them not to eat

[wikketkrikket]

So you know this scene...

I always found it a bit odd. Hilarious, but it raised too many questions. When did Steve make these? Why did Steve make these? How did he manage to be so cheesy and overly sincere knowing how much crap he would get from the other Avengers for it?

Well, today my sister told me her headcanon. Picture the scene. Steve leans on the back of a chair, as above. Peter immediately launches into ‘So, you got detention…’. Cap blinks. Peter awkwardly tries to explain. It turns out Cap has no idea what videos he means, and neither do any of the other Avengers.

So they get in touch with the company who made them, and they swear blind that it was really the real Captain America, and that it all his idea. That he came in and said how much he wanted to help the youth of today.And the Avengers all lose it because someone is running around doing an unbelievably good impression of Captain America, they could have destroyed his reputation, they could have infiltrated the Avengers; and instead all they are apparently using it for is to make silly, embarrassing videos.

It’s completely baffling. Who could possibly be behind it all?

A mystery.

[crystal-jack-asripines]

OH????

MY?????

GOD??????

[dutchster]

Party Rock Anthem has the same BPM as Uptown Girl (x)

[dutchster]

Also Call Me Maybe and This is America!

[starfruitwineandcathair]

[gnarly-art]

Lilo and Stitch presenting an accurate representation of Hawaiians perspective on luaus held by tourists. 

#what’s sad about this is that this is actually what Hawaiians had to do when the western culture took over #a luau was a sacred practice #until the westerners took the concept and had the audacity to change it into a time to stuff your face with food and put on grass skirts and coconut bras and dance the hula #and when they had these events, they didn’t even let actual Hawaiian people in #so to make money to take care of themselves, the Hawaiians were hired to work in these disgraceful events to clean up after the tourists like slaves only to make less than a buck #so good job disney for doing your fucking research and educating these people #sadly, this still goes on even until today and it makes me sick

[nemutakaramoved-blog]

“good job disney” my ass, good job CHRIS SANDERS

[lyrangalia]

Let’s not credit just Chris Sanders for this. This happened because they cast actual Hawaiian Actors like Tia Carrere and Jason Scott Lee to play Hawaiian characters, and allowed the actors to have input into writing the characters’ lines. 

This sort of authenticity comes from accuracy and authenticity in casting choices. The fact that Chris Sanders as direct/writer facilitated that does not mean he gets credit for the actors’ experience.

This is why diversity and representation in media matters.

[galaxy-boy-deactivated20180608]

Dude as a hawaiian, this is like straight up what my life as a kid was. My mom worked at those fakey luaus full time to pay rent. My mom is someone who is absolutely passionate and proud about being a hawaiian, living and teaching the ways our ancestors lived and taught. See, we Hawaiians, we live by the way of aloha. And not by the way of “hello” “goodbye”, let me educate you. As Pono Shim, CEO and President of Enterprise Honolulu, the Oahu Economic Development Board, states absolutely perfectly “aloha is to be in the presence of life, to share the essence of one’s being with openness, honesty, and humility. It is a way of being, a way of behaving, a way of life. It is a commitment to accepting others and giving dignity to who they are and what they have to offer.” Aloha is more than hello and goodbye. Think of aloha as an abbreviation. Akahai: meaning kindness Lokahi: meaning unity Olu’Olu’: meaning agreeableness Ha’aha’a: meaning humility Ahonui: meaning patience This is something we all need to live by, seriously, we all should

[brunhiddensmusings]

the dropped sub-plot was that lilo hated tourists, which is why she goes around taking pictures of them like they were attractions instead of people; like how they took photos of locals

similarly there was a deleted scene where she scares tourists off of a beach by sounding a false tsunami siren to watch them run screaming deeper in the lore that kid thats a prick to her, mertyle, is the daughter of the person who runs the megamart and crushed a lot of other local businesses- when they have to do a hula to tell a story mertyle actually uses it to describe the low prices, where lilo does a hula about a traditional creation myth that was important to her mother. you may notice both lilo and nani are on first name basis with both the coffee shop owner and the fruitseller, there is big disparity between the locals and foreign interest businesses relegating them to just be tourist industry

[angrynebula]

friendly reminder that lilo & stitch is indisputably the best disney film

[josthecommision]

I think I have to join in the sentiment that knowing this deep aspect of the movie in culture, I love this movie even more. I love culture, I love history and I love people of different backgrounds that offer such rich experiences.

[squidlyspooch]

one of the main reasons why this movie will be my favorite of all time!!