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Same as it ever was
The core appeal of Willy Wonka is that he's a nigh-omnipotent maniac who uses his near limitless powers over reality to trick shitty people into killing themselves. You can't make him the protagonist of a whimsical coming of age tale - you have to treat him like Jason Voorhees, or Dracula, or any other horror icon. Give him some new victims and new interesting kills and set him loose, that's all audiences want.
I feel like I watched a somewhat different movie...
Gene lobbied hard for Wonka to be introduced as a feeble limping old man who suddenly falls into a forward somersault and leaps to his feet, because "from that moment on the audience won't know if he can be trusted." On a related note: the director told Gene what would happen during the boat scene, but none of the other actors were prepared; to this day, none of them are sure what he ad libbed and what was scripted.
My favorite detail, though, is his performance of Pure Imagination. On the surface, the song is charming and inviting, but if you look closely at him throughout the scene, you'll notice that Gene never blinks. He looks around, down at his feet, up at the trees; his eyes never fully close. He moves erratically, stuttering up and down the steps of the chocolate room. The lyrics are warm and friendly, but his face is blank. He bows to permit his visitors to run amok, but his posture is stiff. He helps Violet and Mike reach a couple of treats, but there is no joy in the gesture. The final post-chorus feels like a dirge, a threat, and a warning, all at once; Wonka sits in repose under a tree, but his eyes are glassy and dispassionate. "There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination; / living there / you'll be free / if you truly / wish / to be.......... "
Fantasy in excess, like anything else, will destroy you; that's the real message of Gene Wilder's Wonka. He taunts his guests with unrepentant disdain, and doesn't care if they live or die. He toys with their emotions, their safety, and their grip on reality, feeling no regret or remorse, no pity, no compassion. Fantasy is colorful and compelling, but it's false, and ultimately empty. Wonka is a walking maladaptive daydream, and as far as I'm concerned, that's the real reason the 1971 film has endured in the culture for so long.
To this day I think about a forum signature I'll never find again: "Willy Wonka has always embodied my image of a vengeful but loving god"
And that feels like the correct interpretation
Tonight in ‘reddit headines that made me laugh’
I like in the comments some people are like “well, obviously people are getting body mods and who wouldn’t choose to make themselves hot?” and it’s like.
Folks.
If we’re living in the cyberpunk dystopia and I’m getting myself modded up I’m not going to go for “sexy kewpie doll.” I’m going to have myself turned into like, a 7-foot tall monstrosity with Doc Ock arms and laser eyes. Look, I don’t care if some extra bulk has to be added around my midsection to support the infrastructure, I could give a shit about my waist-to-hip ratio, I just want to be able to scale walls, snatch helicopters out of the sky and throw them at Jeff Bezos.
cyberpunk future where society is divided between supermodel/anime esque exaggerations of the idealised human form, and inhuman utilitarian agglomerations of cables and lights and technology.
ah yes the two genders, ‘kpop star’ and ‘tank’
i love when SCP photos are clearly just taken by the author. ohhh fuck it's the some-guy-in-his-shower entity!!
sticking his finger fully into his hot coffee just to feel something
Trad man got the Tie Seatbelt and the Cue Ball Gear Shift That Doesn't Move
Starting a gofundme for my friend Bunbury who's a terrible invalid,
God I love pinterest
Yes, yes she is.
this is a kids’ movie about threesomes
writers: so it’s about these two dudes and they’re married
studio: no gay stuff!
writers: ummm ok we added a girl
studio: and took out the gay stuff?
writers: it’s not gay if it’s a 3-way
studio: acceptable
WHO KEEPS DOING THIS
It’s him!
Wholesome
i know i just reblogged this a few hours ago but i keep thinking about this man and his powerful emanations. i think this might actually be the physical manifestation of the soul of new york city. if he dies the city itself becomes pillars of dust
haters will see you mind control them and be like i do not hate you any more
I think I jabbed myself with a flat head screwdriver EXACTLY where I stabbed myself back in the 2000s. Why does this keep happening?
Original sin.
I'm not a descendant of Adam or Eve so I don't have that problem
cant stop thinking about this video its driving me insane. scariest object ever made. looked it up w friends in a discord call and found out its like fucking eight feet tall and made of solid metal
imagine visiting someone's house for a party, it goes late. 1 in the morning. you're drunk and high. you have to go to the bathroom before going home. hallway lights are off, its like a train tunnel. this thing is at the end of the hallway