Where's that tweet about how American chants are "let's go [team name] and some other country (Irish?) fans are "I've made up a song about the other team's drinking problem to the tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down one two three"?
i think the key difference between george lucas’s star wars and disney’s star wars is that lucas is a man with an ideology. someone with a point of view, and all that entails. which comes with ideas of revolution, anti-imperialism, challenging the status quo, cultural appropriation and racist stereotypes. complex and contradictory ideas because that’s how artists are: complex and complicated people. disney is not. disney is a corporation. a corporation can’t have ideology, because ideology defeats the purpose of profit. and when the only thing you do is to turn on the movie manufacturing machine before you sit down and plan what ideas are you trying to convey to the audience, then your results are going to be washed out corporate garbage. and because when you’re a giant corporation who only cares about selling to the widest audience possible, you can’t take sides. you can’t decide on an idea. because you want to sell your product to people who are on the entire political spectrum. which results in movies without ideology, without purpose, without soul.
I have been looking for this post for years after I came across it and it’s finally here and I need to reblog this because it is absolutely and entirely accurate.
#as I always say: lucas was making a samurai film and a ww2 flying ace film and a western film and adding laser swords#because he fundamentally LIKED samurai films and dambusters films and westerns and 40’s adventure serials#but disney are making a ‘star wars film’ and adding nothing because it already had laser swords and they have nothing else to say#xerox of a xerox baybeeeee (via harrietvane)
and a hearty congratulations to all the canes rpf writers who have been awarded the true prize, which is the set up for a drunk vegas marriage after winning the cup
his flashbacks in Boots were shown in bits and pieces intergrating into the presence timeline which might be confusing so i'm making this timeline in chronological order to follow his story easier and understand his character better, why he did what he did and made the decisions that he made, etc.
this is mostly about his marines life and his internal conflict
his relationship and dynamics with cope will have its own post(s) 😎✨
SPOILERS UNDERCUT
Don't click if you haven't finished Boots
Guam motel room with W, got matching tattoo with W, cheers for "life after the corps", intends to quit the marine to be with W (ep 6)
hears gossips, bails on W, sells W out, breaks off with W, leaves guam (ep 7)
maitra's wedding. "As marines it's hard to find the balance between the lover and the warrior", "when you serve along side someone long enough you'd do anything for them even if you might regret it", "you made your choice" - implying he has chosen the marines over W (ep 7)
"You're next" - the NCIS witch hunt for gays in the marines made the news in the newspaper. he learns that maitra reported W (ep 7)
starts DI-ing at Cope's platoon (ep 1). that's right. when he joined the platoon, all of the above had already happened which explains why he's such a cruel hard ass to the recruits especially Cope
receives letter from W. NCIS is onto him (ep 3)
meets a lawyer, considers quitting the marines (again), decides to not reenlist (ep 4)
DUMPSTER SCENE! changes his mind and reenlists (ep 4)
"Once a marine always a marine" (ep 5)
NCIS interview (ep 5)
"Can't carry ghosts. you have to bury your old self, become your best self" he's talking to Cope but he's also referring to himself, as W is his ghost (ep 6)
"Some lessons you gotta learn the hard way" again, talking to Cope but also referring to himself (ep 6)
W is charged and arrested (ep 7)
"once you're baptized a warrior, it is your first, your last, and always. It is your one true love. nothing else lasts." (ep 7)
beats a man in a bar (ep 7)
investigated by the police, disobeys order, then walks out of the marines (ep 8)
as we can see he constantly changed his mind back and forth throughout the show. the constant internal conflict of choosing the marines versus choosing his love life - the lover versus the warrior
being outted is his ultimate biggest fear. it would be a career suicide for him. maybe that's why he'd rather be discharged for assaulting a civilian than for being gay and fraternizing. because to him at least the shame and consequences wouldn't be as great.
the internalized homophobia is strong in this one. even if being gay weren't as shameful to him, fraternizing is enough to end his career. i think that explains a lot of his actions and decisions throughout the show. i feel so bad for him :( living the double life, constantly having to look over your shoulder, and jumping back and forth between the line of career and love.
This scene...it's one of the most intimate, beautiful and heartbreaking scenes and I will carry it in my heart forever <3
I love Cam's micro expressions here... the slight shake of his head, the tiny raise of his eyebrows at the end of his sentence, like "...?!"
And Sullivan's face...that nod, like "ah yeah, THAT topic...". The way his lips and jaw moves. You can see how he's trying to think of a way to convey his message without having to say it out loud. I am SOOO weak for how he looks away and his expression softens. How he slightly raises his eyebrows in what's an appreciative expression to go along with the most hidden compliment one could make. "One thing you're not, Cope, is stupid." - that's so convoluted, but from Sullivan's mouth it's heartwarming. I am in awe everytime I see this scene, because to me, Sullivan sudenly looks like he's maybe only two years older than Cam, whereas in the first few episodes, he really did look way older than him.
And what I love is Cam's reaction to this. His face is slightly softening, you can see him breathing sharply through his nose, the slightest ghost of a smile flashing across his face, tugging at the corners of his mouth - blink and you'll miss it. And what's tearing my heart apart - how his eyelids flicker. Damn. That's that moment of recognition. Where he sees Sullivan. Where everything finally falls into place. Where he realizes the situation, get's the confirmation.
Also when the GIF starts again, it's interesting to see how Cam's expression has changed from the end of the scene to the beginning - in the beginning, he's frowning the slightest bit and after Sullivan's one single line, his face is...full of true understanding, a hint of sadness and I also see empathy. This is the face of "I see you. I feel you. We share a secret.".
Oh god, how I wish this scene would be longer!! It's just two sentences and maybe not even 20 seconds long, but it's bursting with emotions, with meaning, with vulnerability.
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