#peter mortimer

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THE DARK WIZARD follows the life of climber Dean Potter, who pushed the limits of what was possible as an athlete, climber, and BASE-jumper. It's a stunning showcase of documentary filmmaking.

TV: THE DARK WIZARD — An Emotional and Visual Tour-de-Force for the Ages

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Aquaman Villains - Scavenger

Still on that Aquaman shit.

Aquaman's rogues, to me, are one of the most underappreciated in comics, and that needs to change. He's got a great set of villains that really cover a diverse range of villainy. I spent a couple days really trying to decide which villain to start with, and settled on my boy Peter Mortimer.

I think its interesting how, after Black Manta and Ocean Master, there's a HUGE drop off for Aquaman villain popularity/usage in stories. Scavenger is probably like number 3 or 4 in Aquaman's rogues, but he still barely ever shows up. I loved that he was brought back in the New 52/rebirth era. And I especially love his redesign. It was so classic supervillain looking, the colors were great, and the character designer (I think it was Paul Pelletier who was responsible for his new look but don't quote me on it) really pulled some visual cues from his classic look which I appreciate so much! Little characters like this often get no respect when it comes to their past, but the saw tooth helmet window has become HIS look and I love that he can have that! His second mech suit look was fine, and still harkened back to his OG design, but the blue and purple dive suit was just too good. I really didn't do any redesigning from this first New 52 look because I love it so much, it works so well as an iconic look, and it will likely go down as his definitive look till the end of time! But who knows, maybe someone else will come along and one up it, which I can always hope for.

Also I love his little cameo in what I believe was Forever Evil where he was joining the new Injustice League. Someone out there has a soft spot for Scavenger, and I appreciate you.

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Aquamen #4 - "Scavenged" (2022)

written by Chuck Brown & Brandon Thomas art by Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, & Adriano Lucas

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Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom Conspiracy Board

So I DO have a lot of theories here, some interconnected and some not, but first I have to explain the conspiracy behind a chunk of my conspiracy board. And I'm not (ALWAYS) super up-to-date on information, so some of this probably has contradictory information out there somewhere.

My conspiracy theory is that Aquaman: King of Atlantis was released as a prepper for casual fans about some of the goings on between Aquaman and TLK.

We all know when KoA was announced, one of the main draws was that it would be using the actors from the 2018 film: Jason Momoa, {redacted}, Willem DaFoe, and Patrick Wilson. Sometime between this announcement and I think the first teaser/promo images, this was dropped.

I think DC and the larger WB studio is aware that *checks notes* they have not really given any love to Aquaman's wider mythos in the modern era. Sure, we have Jackson Hyde and a reworked origin for Tula that makes her Orm's half-sister, but a lot of it has been Arthur vs Orm (did that), Arthur vs David Kane/Black Manta (started that) and Arthur vs Orm Knockoff Because They Don't Actually Want To Use Orm But They Need Someone Like Orm (Corum Rath, Devil Ray, take your pick). Arthur does have other antagonists, but they've either been repurposed more prominently in other IPs (hi King Shark) or just...kind of abandoned given that Aquacanon has changed quite a bit over the years.

So my personal conspiracy theory is that when the movie cast was still on to do the voice acting, the miniseries was intended to be a direct continuation of the movie that was supposed to be taken as an interlude between Aquaman and TLK. That way, the casual audience could get a background on the direction the team was going with Scavenger & explain why Orm isn't in Atlantis proper at the start of the movie (you know, "make sure he has a view" and all that but then TLK BTS so far has indicated he's in the Deserter Kingdom, which has no real contact with Atlantis' capital).

Then, things got a little Spicy with the pandemic and having to shift filming plans/not being able to access all the actors the way they expected to, so the series was shifted away from a more grounded direct continuation into a more artsy and comedy-focused indirect continuation.

BUT, it still had relics of things they intended to use in the original version baked into the script-- it's why Scavenger is the primary antagonist and why Orm kind of sliiiiides out of Atlantis at the end. It's no longer meant to be taken as canon with the films (thereby allowing it to stand on its own while still having elements familiar to fans of the film, which I think makes it stronger overall), but it plants concepts into the audience's awareness that they can choose to believe the show happened in SOME form off-camera between movies. My personal take is that especially the first episode is one of the characters' retellings of a similar story-- maybe Arthur or Mera telling a fun colorful version of the story to the palace's version of onsite daycare.

Anyway, now that you read my conspiracy essay, here's the actual board itself.

I've already rambled on a ton so here if you have any questions just throw a rock at me or something

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#95: The Alpinist (2021, dir. by Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen)

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The Alpinist

Recensie The Alpinist ★★★1/2 - vanaf 17-2 in de bioscoop Verwacht hoogtevrees en verwacht kriebels in je buik in een verhaal over de eigenzinnige alpinist Marc-André. Maar waar stopt dit?

De documentaire The Alpinist gaat over alpinist Marc-André. Deze eigenzinnige man blijft onder de radar, maar weet zo een beetje ieder record te verbreken. En dat vaak zonder een touw te gebruiken! Twee regisseurs gaan hem toch volgen. Wat wij van The Alpinist vinden, lees je in onze recensie. (more…)

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329. The Dawn Wall (Josh Lowell/Peter Mortimer, Austria/USA, 2017)