Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016)

"... And if we meet some other place, A stranger you will be, I can't remember name or face, They're all the same to me,

I'll greet you like a brother, I'll make you laugh somehow, And then one day I'll drift away, Just like I'm doin' now."

-Excerpt from Song of a Drifter -Barry Crump

I am still alive, just very busy with life and adult things. Holy smokes it's nearly the end of March. here's an old wip of an au near and dear to my heart. It starts of Raph-centric with the Hamato's now as young adults and drifting off into the world to find their own way.

Raph himself delves deeper into the outskirts of the Hidden City, drifting between farms and docks, following the harvest season for work and pay. He's strong and resilient with plenty of stamina. The long days, simple instructions and colourful characters were perfect for him to find his footing as a foreigner and provided plenty of distractions from his own concerns. He keeps in good contact with Leo, average with Donnie and only hears about Mikey through the prior two.

I'd like to start a comic but we'll see.

bp_audi0 @louist91 at St Augustine FL 📸 @oli_sound

[Barrie Pitt Instagram, ST. AUGUSTINE. 11.7.2023]

The second crossover and set up for Legends. Which of the two episodes do you like most?

have u ever read a book in one sitting 👀

YES

send me “have you evers” and I can only reply with “yes” or “no”

AND THE ULTIMATE BALDING BEGINS.

here it is! the bracket! polls won't be starting yet for a while, but that should give you time to drum up support for your favored candidates. starting now, feel free to send propaganda to the ASKBOX, and if you're wondering how this wacky structure is going to work or why there are so many anonymous icons, take a gander over at the RULES PAGE!

polls under the cut, with links to be added when they go up:

ROUND ONE

GROUP 1:

MELODY (Hunter x Hunter) vs GURU-GURU (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask) [WINNER: MELODY]

ROCK (Warriors) vs RATTRAP (Beast Wars: Transformers) [WINNER: RATTRAP]

CID POLLENDINA (Final Fantasy IV) and LORD CRUMP (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) vs ROM (Star Trek: Deep Space 9) vs TINKER KNIGHT (Shovel Knight) [WINNER: UNION]

PATCHES (Dark Souls) vs ZOTE (Hollow Knight) [WINNER: ZOTE]

GROUP 2:

PSYCHO MANTIS (Metal Gear Solid) vs COMPTON & DOGEN BOOLE (Psychonauts 1 & 2) [WINNER: THE BOOLES]

NOSFERATU (Spongebob) vs TRANSMUTATE (Beast Wars: Transformers) vs CALIBAN (X-Men) [WINNER: TRANSMUTATE]

"HATCHLING" (Outer Wilds) vs PHILOCTETES (Disney's Hercules) [WINNER: HATCHLING]

THE NOT-GOBLIN (@pocketss' comics) vs D*BBY (Pussy Indulgence) [WINNER: NOT-GOBLIN]

GROUP 3:

BIDO (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs FRIAR TUCK (Disney's Robin Hood) [WINNER: BIDO]

GAETAN "MOLE" MOLIÉRE (Disney's Atlantis) vs HANS MOLEMAN (The Simpsons) [WINNER: MOLE]

THE MAYOR OF TOWNSVILLE (Power Puff Girls) vs HERCULE POIROT (Agatha Christie novels & adaptations) vs SIR TOPHAM HATT/THE FAT CONTROLLER (Thomas the Tank Engine) [WINNER: THE MAYOR]

THE JUDGE (Ace Attorney) vs ARTHUR AGUEFORT (Dimension 20) [WINNER: BOTH]

GROUP 4:

OSWALD "THE PENGUIN" COBBLEPOT (Batman Returns) vs GLUTTONY (Fullmetal Alchemist) [WINNER: GLUTTONY]

THE ALCHEMIST (Venture Bros) vs NIGEL DARKDOOM (H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education) vs NOHO HANK (HBO'S Barry) [WINNER: THE ALCHEMIST]

DR. VAUX (Dorohedoro) vs THE ITERATORS (Rain World) [WINNER: THE ITERATORS]

Baldi (BASICS) vs Dr. Bubby (HALF-LIFE VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE) [WINNER: BUBBY]

GROUP 5: LITTLE GREEN FREAKS

BEANS (Hunter x Hunter) vs OCHOA (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) vs BUNSEN HONEYDEW (The Muppets) [WINNER: BUNSEN]

JAKEN (InuYasha) vs KING TRODE (DRAGON QUEST VIII) [WINNER: JAKEN]

FBLTHP (Magic: the Gathering) vs MANAKO/OCULETTE (One Punch Man) [WINNER: FBLTHP]

KAPP'N AND FAMILY (Animal Crossing) ft. KAPPA (Natsume Yuujinchou) vs SALAD FINGERS (Salad Fingers) vs CALLIOPE (Homestuck) [WINNER: KAPPAS]

Hi, Allie! Just realized that this happened in the same hotel Louis is right now here in Buenos Aires :))

Ohh I remember that haha I had no idea it was in Argentina though. I love the names so much 😂😂 Mr. Barry Crump! I hope Louis is having a good time. We know he was there the last time with Harry as well 😇

(although Luis Lime is his assistant, and not Louis like a lot of people seem to think)

Taika Waititi had one good idea and he made it into one good film, 'Boy'. That was 10+ years ago. Everything he's "made" since has been other peoples work with his name stamped on it. Wilderpeople was Barry Crump's work, Taika adapted. JoJo Rabbit was Christine Leunen's work, Taika adapted. Thor and all those characters were other peoples work. WWDITS was Jemaine Clement's work. OFMD is David Jenkins' work. Reservation Dogs is Sterlin Harjo's work. Taika has no original ideas. He's just loud.

This is why I was surprised that Marvel just gave him Thor4 to write. Like, he is good at adapting, not writing things from scratch.

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I'm sorry I won't be publishing your other two asks as they are about his personal life and I'd rather not comment on it. But I see ya. I see ya, anon.

Mediocre at best - Eaglemont

Dear diary,

whats up dawg. I don’t have any radical content for you today so here is a sexy ass list. 

Books to read to someone who wont read the books you suggest:

a beginners guide to the books that formed me, in no particular order.

by me.

and your mum.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach

A short story that celebrates and explores what it means to be outside the main group. Heartbreaking/warming, inspiring/terrifying. Set on the rough coast of the ocean, you find yourself immersed in the most unlikely of stories. 

I’ll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson

Young adult romance/coming of age. Pivotal in my self discovery journey. Two stories following popularity, queerness, grief, acceptance and art. Another coastal setting. 

If I Tell You, Alicia Tuckerman

A book that ripped out my heart. Romance and grief, running from time and creating a time where you have the opportunity to explore and find yourself. Australian Queer Young Adult, hard to find and easy to relate to. 

All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven 

Mental illness, fear around being given a label, running away from yourself, the pain of loving someone who leaves. Recovery and re-destruction. Sad, beautiful, inspiring, leaves you with a desire to find beauty in the well-known. 

About a Girl, Joanne Horniman 

Australian Queer Young Adult, escaping what you know and submerging yourself in independence, love, music, literature and a life after school. Everything I’m dreaming of. Beautifully written, feels like home. 

Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder

A mystery around philosophy and the world we know, I never finished it, but it has stuck with me. Read in small doses. 

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Famous work of literature (and well deserved), through a queer critical analyses, the novel holds the story of a girl born in the wrong time, learning about injustices and the way of human behaviour. A book to grow up alongside and learn lessons from. 

Wild Pork and Watercress, Barry Crump

A beautiful journey of escape from the real world and living off the land, a story of unlikely friendship and growth. 

How It Feels To Float, Helena Fox

A journey of grief, illness, sexuality and Australian made, this book describes connections with those who need them, something read in a sitting, no matter how many hours it takes. Gentle and harsh at the same time, giving emphasis to the ebb and flow of coping. 

Light Bulb, Nevo Zisin (a short story from Kindred, 12 Queer #LoveOzYA stories)

Beautiful. Find yourself, explore the darkness. Haunting. Important. 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016)

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The Habit He Can’t Break 3/4

IQ 123 | Gordon Masson | 9.11.2023

We Made It

Making sure that the Faith in the Future tour delivers Tomlinson to his growing legion of fans, PM Sherwood’s first long association with the artist manager, Vines made him the obvious choice when the artist first began his solo career.

“I remember doing a lot of promo dates around the UK and US before we started touring properly,” says Sherwood of his work with Tomlinson. “In fact, one of the first shows I remember doing with Louis was in Madrid when he played in a stadium, and I could see it was a taste of things to come.”

The partnership between Sherwood and Vines is crucial. 

“In terms of the show growing, our biggest challenge is keeping costs down, because we’re extremely cautious on ticket pricing,” says Vines. “We don’t do dynamic pricing, we don’t do platinum ticketing, we don’t do paid VIPs, we don’t increase ticket prices on aisle seats – all those tricks that everyone does that most fans don’t know about: we don’t do any of those.”

“So, when it comes to the production side of things, we need to be incredibly careful. But I’ve been working with Craig for a decade, and he knows the importance of trying to keep costs as low as possible. For instance, we’ll run the show virtually a number of times, so Louis can watch it with the show designer, Tom Taylor, make comments and tweak things. Then we’ll go into pre-production. But we try to do as much in virtual reality as possible before we take it into the physical world.”

Sherwood states, “Basically we started out with two or three trucks, but now we’re up to nine, and things seem to be getting bigger day by day.”

Thankfully, Sherwood has amassed a vastly experienced crew over the years, allowing them to handle even the most unexpected scenarios. “I’ve been touring since the dawn of time, but the core crew I work with now has been together since about 2010, and I trust them implicitly, so I’ll leave it up to them who they hire, as long as they think I’m going to like them, and they all get along with everyone. So far, it has worked well,” Sherwood reports.

And the veteran crew has dealt with some terrifying weather extremes on the current tour, including a show at Red Rocks in Colorado, where the audience were subjected to a freak, storm with golf ball-sized hail stones injuring dozens of people. 

Elsewhere, the crew has had to act quickly when the threat of high winds in Nashville caused problems on that outdoor run. “We didn’t want the video screens blowing about above the heads of the band, so it must have been amusing for the audience to see us taking them down,” Sherwood reports. 

Indoors in Europe, the environment has been more controllable. The production itself involves an A-stage set 180° across the barricades, although Sherwood says that on occasion, a catwalk is also used by the perimeters. 

“It’s a great lighting show and fantastic for audio, as we have phenomenal front-of-house sound engineer – John Delf, from Edge Studios – who makes life very easy for the rest of us,” says Sherwood. He also namechecks Barrie Pitt (monitor engineer), Oli Crump (audio system designer), Tom Taylor (lighting designer), Sam Kenyon (lighting technical director), and Torin Arnold (stage manager), while he praises Solo-Tech for supplying the sound, and Colour Sound Experiment (CSF) for taking charge of lighting, video, and rigging equipment.

Indeed CSE has 10 personnel out with the Faith in the Future tour. “We have eight screens on the road – six on stage plus two IMAGS that we use wherever appropriate, the company’s Haydn Cruikshank tells IQ.

“We need to tweak the rigging on a daily basis, as we move to different venues, but other than that, it’s a fairly smooth process thanks to Craig Sherwood. He is old school and planned and worked on the production very far in advance, which is a great scenario for all involved. Craig is definitely one of our favorite production managers to work with.”

Garry Lewis at bussing contractors Beat The Street is also a fan of PM Sherwood.

“Craig split the European tour into different runs. So, from Hamburg to Zürich, we had two super high decker 12-berth buses for the tour party and two 16-berth double-deckers for the crew,” says Lewis. “After the show in Athens, we still have the two super high-deckers, as Louis knew them – he prefers to spend time on the bus, rather than in hotels – but we also have two 12-berth super high-deckers for the crew, as well as another crew 16-berth double-decker.”

Lewis continues, “We’ve worked with Craig for a good few years, and we have a great relationship with him. He plans everything way in advance, so it means it’s all very straightforward for us with no issues. So, we use single drivers for each bus, except on the longer runs, or when our drivers are scheduled for prolong breaks, and then we’ll fly an extra drivers as needed.”

1/4, 2/4, 4/4

RSGB 2023 Convention – 23cms presentation

The latest RSGB 2023 Convention video to be released is three presentations in one, on the topic of 23cms. Barry Lewis, G4SJH talks about amateur/RNSS coexistence in the 23cm band John Worsnop, G4BAO considers how the possible RNSS changes will affect narrow band DX operation and EME Dave Crump, G8GKQ looks at the future of […] http://dlvr.it/SzYsFs

Barry Crump et al. were inspired by the Harden Scott-ification of 1d in After 💀

Wallah this is not normal you cant do a fic of a fic cmon, also I hope your characters is not forgiving you for naming them Harden, no offence but I can't take that name seriously

Taika Waititi Research

Taika Waititi, in full Taika David Waititi, also known as Taika David Cohen, (born August 16, 1975, Raukokore, New Zealand), New Zealand comedian, director, writer, and actor who was known for his anarchic sensibility and eye for the absurd as well as for a generally humane and kind worldview.

Waititi spent most of his childhood living with his mum in wellington and then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington and earned a BA in 1997.

In 2002, Waititi's acting career started with a role in a TV series, The Strip. He was then nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for his short film, Two Cars, One Night (2003). Eagle vs Shark (2007), was his first feature film which received mixed reviews. Waititi next directed four episodes of the comedy series Flight of the Conchords.

In 2010, Waititi wrote and directed Boy, as well as acting in the movie as well. It was a big hit in New Zealand, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Waititi's next big movie was What we do in the Shadows (2014), which he directed, wrote and starred in. That was followed by the movie adapted of Barry Crump's Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), which Waititi once again directed, wrote, & starred in. It was a big hit and a blockbuster movie in New Zealand. In 2017, Waititi was named New Zealander of the year and directed Thor Ragnarok (2017), which he was well-praised for. A spin-off series from What we do in the Shadows (2019-) that Waititi helped work on was nominated for an Emmy to 2020

Then Waititi went on to adapt Christine Leunens book, Caging Skies (2004), into Jojo Rabbit (2019), which was nominated for the Academy Award best picture and won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay. The speech that I am nominating comes from Waititi's acceptance speech from the 2020 BAFTA awards, where Jojo Rabbit won best adapted screenplay.

Official Trailer For CIVIL About Ben Crump

Official Trailer For CIVIL About Ben Crump

Netflix has released this trailer for CIVIL. From Emmy® Nominated Director Nadia Hallgren (Becoming) and producers Kenya Barris and Roger Ross Williams Tribeca Film Festival Premiere: Sunday, June 12 Release Date: In Select Theaters June 17 Releases Globally on Netflix June 19 Directed by: Nadia Hallgren   Produced by: Kenya Barris, Roger Ross Williams and Lauren Cioffi, Nadia…

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