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Chuck Dodson & Andrew Filippone Jr., {2007} Happy Monday
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GREMLINS (1984) – Episode 250 – Decades Of Horror 1980s
“Ai-yah. You teach him to watch TV?” Do you mean there was a fourth rule? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Ralph Miller – as they take an effects-focused dive into Joe Dante’s Gremlins (1984).
Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 250 – Gremlins (1984)
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Decades of Horror 1980s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of 1980s and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
  Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Chris Columbus
Produced by:
Michael Finnell (producer) (produced by)
Kathleen Kennedy (executive producer)
Frank Marshall (executive producer)
Steven Spielberg (executive producer)
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by: John Hora (director of photography)
Editing by: Tina Hirsch
Casting By: Susan Arnold
Production Design by: James H. Spencer
Special Effects:
Chris Walas (creator: Gremlins) 
Bob MacDonald Jr. (special effects foreman)
R.A. MacDonald (special effects supervisor) (as Bob MacDonald Sr.)
Selected Cast:
Hoyt Axton as Randall Peltzer
John Louie as Chinese Boy
Keye Luke as Grandfather
Don Steele as Rockin’ Ricky Rialto (voice)
Susan Burgess as Little Girl
Scott Brady as Sheriff Frank
Arnie Moore as Pete’s Father
Corey Feldman as Pete
Harry Carey Jr. as Mr. Anderson
Zach Galligan as Billy
Dick Miller as Mr. Futterman
Phoebe Cates as Kate
Polly Holliday as Mrs. Deagle
Belinda Balaski as Mrs. Harris
Edward Andrews as Mr. Corben
Judge Reinhold as Gerald Hopkins
Chuck Jones as Mr. Jones
Glynn Turman as Roy Hanson
Tracy Wells as Schoolchild
Jonathan Banks as Deputy Brent
Frank Welker as Stripe / Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Howie Mandel as Gizmo (voice)
Fred Newman as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Mark Dodson as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Michael Winslow as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Peter Cullen as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Bob Bergen as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (as Bob Berger)
Michael Sheehan as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (as Mike Sheehan)
Bob Holt as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Richard Carlson as Dr. Research (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith as Man in Telephone Booth Glancing at Camera (uncredited)
William Schallert as Father Bartlett (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg as Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Effects artist Ralph Miller joins the Grue-Crew to add his experience working on Gremlin’s creature crew, led by Chris Walas, the designer of Mogwai and the gremlins. Though the crew focuses on the film’s effects, they also delve into the cast, cameos, crew, and behind-the-scenes stories. 
In July 2014, Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani covered Gremlins before the Monster Movie Podcast became Decades of Horror 1980s. Check it what they had to say at this link: 
Monster Movie Podcast Episode 68 – Gremlins 1984
As of 21 January 2024, Gremlins is available for streaming from many PPV sites and on physical media in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray formats. 
Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Jeff, will be Slaughterhouse (1987). They may need a shower after this one.
Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected].
Check out this episode!
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ancientphantom · 3 years
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This month is AWASH in new stuff! This is just a jackpot of new things.
Conversations with Phantoms by Ron Albanese is an honest-to-goodness nonfiction deep dive into the 1979 piece of classic cinema, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. If you wanted to know more about how that movie ever possibly came into being, now you CAN.
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles is the first of two books about a magical theater in which the lines between magicians and musicians are blurred, and kidnapping the star is not out of the question. We don’t see a lot of versions of the Phantom that emphasize his stage magic and supernatural qualities!
When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles is the second in the series, with the heroine navigating the frightening underground world of mirrors and illusions while magicians battle to rescue her from the sorcerer she’s afraid to love...
Echoes: Das Erbe der Maske by A. L. Butcher is the German edition of Butcher’s novella Echoes of a Song, about Raoul coping with the trauma of the events of the original story... and whether or not something is actually happening to him now. Worth a grab if you prefer reading in German!
My Favorite Shade by Rebekah Dodson is a modern romance novel featuring Erik as a shy geek, Kristine as a sexy new divorcee, and the unfortunate Raoul as the cheating husband she’s in the middle of breaking up with. Connections to the Phantom story seem slim, but Erik and Kris play a D&D-esque tabletop roleplaying game, so we can only hope...
The Phantom Verses by Angela Patmore is a volume of poetry based on the Phantom story, mostly with a very sympathetic image of the Phantom himself.
The Butt Pounder of the Opera by Chuck Tingle is FINALLY a comedic gay erotica from the king of bizarre porn, in which a handsome sasquatch is going to do things to an innocent young opera performer. I have been waiting for years to see when Tingle would finally write something Phantom related. I was starting to take it personally.
Phantom of the Community Theatre, directed by Dave R. Watkins is a parody short film about a squad of ghost hunters called in to deal with disruptions at the local community theater. It looks like one of those love it or hate it comedy deals - proceed at your own caution!
Here’s hoping for another month like it in October! Come on, spooky Halloween Phantoms!
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spiritti · 3 years
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Uplifting quotes from powerful individuals
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Here is our collection of inspirational and thought-provoking quotes to uplift curated by the Spiritti review team.
A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power. - Brian Tracy, author and motivational speaker
Proper planning and preparation prevents poor performance. - Stephen Keague, author
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Plan your next move because every step contributes towards your goal. - Sukant Ratnakar, author and motivational speaker
Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident. - Chuck Knox, former NFL head coach
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. - Denis Waitley, writer and motivational speaker
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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. -Fitzhugh Dodson, author
For plenty more inspirational reads and eBooks, go to Spiritti.
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gokinjeespot · 4 years
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off the rack #1303
Monday, March 2, 2020
 This is a public service announcement. You will be ticketed for parking on the street during a parking ban even though the snow has already been cleared from the roads. We got a ticket parked in front of our house last week because we couldn't get into our driveway after the grader left a big snow bank at the end of it. I hope to spare anyone from being dinged with what I think is an unfair fine.
 Amazing Spider-Man: Daily Bugle #2 - Mat Johnson (writer) Mack Chater (art pages 1-12) Francesco Mobili (art pages 13-20) Dono Sanchez-Almara, Protobunker & Peter Pantazis (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I can't read the rest of this 5-issue mini. The art really bothered me this issue. It was hard to tell what was going on the first few pages and then seeing Peter Parker in civvies looking almost exactly like the bad guy confused me further. There are interesting mysteries about Spidey's webbing and a Wilson Fisk involvement with an explosion, but this story probably won't matter in the grand scheme of things, so I don't think I'll miss anything if I bail out here.
 Punisher Soviet #4 - Garth Ennis (writer) Jacen Burrows (pencils) Guillermo Ortego (inks) Nolan Woodard (colours) Rob Steen (letters). Frank and Valery go after Konstantin by kidnapping his trophy wife. She's amenable to divorce by Punisher. Thank Garth for improving my mood.
 Basketful of Heads #5 - Joe Hill (writer) Leomacs (art) Riccardo La Bella (additional pencils) Dave Stewart (colours) Deron Bennett (letters). Everything leading up to this issue has been circumstantial. Now the villain tells the complete story. I'm rooting for June to survive this mess.
 Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3 - James Tynion IV (writer) Steve Epting & Javier Fernandez (art) Nick Filardi (colours) Travis Lanham (letters). Heh, it's the Joker who helps Lex beat the Batman Who Laughs. It looks like next issue's pulse pounding conclusion will be Lex and his super villains versus the Batman Who Laughs and his infected super heroes. It's been a while since the Main Man has been in a comic that I've read.
 Avengers #31 - Jason Aaron (writer) Gerardo Zaffino, Geraldo Borges, Szymon Kudranski, Oscar Bazaldua, Robert Gill & Mattia De Iulis (art) Rachelle Rosenberg & Mattia De Iulis (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I haven't seen Tony Stark in a while so I assumed he was dead. Nope. He was zapped a million years into the past by the master manipulator Mephisto. The devil tries to get Tony's soul. This is a wonderful full issue of Iron Man and if Jason wrote an Iron Man book, I'd read it.
 Amethyst #1 - Amy Reeder (story & art) Gabriela Downie (letters). I remember reading the original Amethyst book when it hit the racks in 1983 with the Ernie Colon art. It was fun and weird with a plucky heroine. This new Wonder Comics book has the appeal of having art by Amy Reeder who wowed me with her work on Madame Xanadu and Rocket Girl. Here she is writing as well and the art and story is tight and concise. This is a nice substitute for the dearly departed Naomi book.
 Avengers of the Wastelands #2 - Ed Brisson (writer) Jonas Scharf (art) Neeraj Menon (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). It's the origin of Captain America of the Wastelands. His name is Grant. I think this is a great way to change tried and true Marvel characters to make them fresh and new. Having them fight an evil Doctor Doom is nice and simple. Four Avengers may become five but they have to contend with a super villain first.
 Suicide Squad #3 - Tom Taylor (writer) Bruno Redondo (art) Adriano Lucas (colours) Wes Abbott (letters). The new Squad's first mission under Lok's leadership does not go according to plan. Neither are these super villains what they seem. This is why I read Tom Taylor books. Forget about any new Crises and DCeased and pick up this most excellent comic book for some straight up action and skulduggery.
 Kill Lock #3 - Livio Ramondelli (story & art) Tom B. Long (letters). I get why the calligraphy font is used in the Wraith's word balloons but man, is it hard to read. This issue explains why The Kid is innocent and shouldn't be branded. The four droids find the one who can lead them to the Kill Lock's off switch but she betrays them. This universe of sentient robots is pretty cool.
 Jessica Jones: Blind Spot #4 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Mattia De Iulis (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Each issue has started off with Jessica held captive by the bad guy. The end of this issue reveals who that is and how she was killed and resurrected. I am looking forward to the conclusion to see how she defeats the villain.
 Batman Superman #7 - Joshua Williamson (writer) Nick Derington (art) Dave McCaig (colours) John J. Hill (letters). A new story starts here. Part 1 of "The Kandor Compromise" pits the World's Finest duo against Ra's Al Ghul and General Zod. One of the bad guys is working with the good guys. I got bored of the fight between Superman and Rogol Zaar so what happened to the city of Kandor was a surprise to me. I'm interested to see the final fate of the shrunken city.
 Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost #1 - Jonathan Hickman (writer) Russell Dauterman (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). This mostly wordless $4.99 US one-shot will be a quick read but I read it twice just to soak in the beautiful art. The story starts with the discovery Storm's body and ends with a problem after Ororo is resurrected. This leads into a story where Jean, Emma, Logan and Scott will have to save Storm again.
 Leviathan Dawn #1- Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Alex Maleev (art) Josh Reed (letters). Leviathan succeeded in shutting down every spy agency and the leader has been revealed to be an ex-spy named Mark Shaw. The good guys are still trying to fight back but they're going to need help. Time for Kingsley Jacobs to start up Check Mate again. I like the players he's gathered. I'm looking forward to watching this game unfold.
 Finger Guns #1 - Justin Richards (writer) Val Halvorson (art) Rebecca Nalty (colours) Taylor Esposito (letters). And now for something completely different. This new urban fantasy introduces two teenagers with a weird power. Wes discovers that when he shoots people with his left hand he can make them angry. Sadie can calm people down when she uses her right finger gun. They meet by accident at the mall and try to get a handle on their newfound powers. It's a cool concept and I wonder where these kids are going to end up.
 Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir #1 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Ron Garney (art) Matt Milla (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This one's all about Ben's bad dreams. I thought the bad guy was Nightmare but it's another one of those mystical villains that generally mess with Doctor Strange. I expected some sort of Mickey Spillane type story but there's no murder, just a pretty dame needing rescue. It's a nice character study of the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing.
 Detective Comics #1020 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Brad Walker (pencils) Andrew Hennessy (inks) Brad Anderson (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Two-Face is back and he's more bipolar than ever. This is what I like to see, an old villain presented in a slightly new way. We still have the scarred coin dictating how Harvey acts but there's a new twist with a cult of fanatics and the Church of the Two Strikes. I love how the first page hints at the return of the Court of Owls too.
 Falcon & Winter Soldier #1 - Derek Landy (writer) Federico Vicentini (art) Matt Milla (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This 5-issue team-up starts off with a heavily armed and armoured hit squad attacking Bucky Barnes in his home. The Winter Soldier emerges unscathed and hops his motorcycle to find out who sent the killers. Meanwhile Sam Wilson is searching for a missing vet. The two meet at a government agency office where all the staff are dead. Wanting to know who's doing all the killing has got me interested in reading the rest but when a preppy killer shows up and kicks both of the heroes asses I decided to put this mini on my "must read" list. The kid's name is the Natural. Picture a blonde Damian Wayne in a pair of Chuck Taylors.
 The Amazing Spider-Man #40 - Nick Spencer (writer) Iban Coello & Ze Carlos (art) Brian Reber & Peter Pantazis (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). The fight between Spider-Man and Chance had to do with a bet that Chance could get one of Spidey's web shooters. What bothered me was how easily that was done and Spider-Man's lack of urgency to get it back. There's a couple of foreshadowing scenes that will keep me reading however. One involves the Clairvoyant device and the other is who Norah Winters is working with.
 X-Men #7 - Jonathan Hickman (writer) Leinil Francis Yu (art) Sunny Gho (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). This issue is dedicated to a new Mutant Ritual called the Crucible. It's a lot shorter than calling it the Arena of Death and Rebirth. It shows how mutants who have lost their powers can get them back. But first we have to endure a deep philosophical discussion between Cyclops and Nightcrawler. It's a real snoozer if you're an action fan.
 Action Comics #1020 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) John Romita Jr. (pencils) Klaus Janson (inks) Brad Anderson (colours) Dave Sharpe (letters). I wish they would stop with the deceiving covers. It looks like Superman is trying to come between Lex Luthor and Leviathan but what actually happens inside is Superman fighting Lex and the Legion of Doom. If it weren't for Young Justice helping out I would have found this issue boring.
 X-Men/Fantastic Four #2 - Chip Zdarsky (writer) Terry Dodson (pencils) Rachel Dodson, Karl Story & Ransom Getty (inks) Laura Martin (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). There's a lot of heroes accusing heroes of shenanigans concerning the disappearance of Franklin and Valeria. They are actually guests of Doctor Doom. Victor wants to reverse what Reed did to his son and I want to know why. With the X-Men converging on Doom Island, good old Doc Doom is prepared for an attack.
 X-Force #8 - Benjamin Percy (writer) Bazaldua (art) Guru-eFX (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Why did Oscar Bazaldua stop using his first name in the credits? Domino and Colossus attack the flesh factory making assassins using Neena's DNA. The organisation funding the flesh factory has a mysterious benefactor and I'm hanging around to find out who that is. I wish they would change either Sage or Jubilee's costume. I keep getting them confused.
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Titre V.O. : The Pretender [Official Website] Titre V.F. : Le Caméléon
Projet 2024. La série a été rediffusée à partir du lundi 27 juin 2022 sur 6ter à la TV française. à 16h20. Elle a été également rediffusée (2021/2022) à la TV U.S..
Créateurs : Steven Long Mitchell et Craig Van Sickle
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Création Consultant :  Rick Wallace et  Chris Ruppenthal
Scénaristes : Tommy Thompson (13 épisodes), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (3 épisodes), Juan Carlos Coto (11 épisodes), Mark M. Dodson (7 épisodes), Harry Dunn (6 épisodes), Lawrence Meyers (6 épisodes), Daniel Trully (6 épisodes), Dave Alan Johnson, Andrew Dettmann (5 épisodes), Tony Blake (3 épisodes), Paul Jackson (3 épisodes), Kimberly Costello (2 épisodes), Tyler Bensiger (2 épisodes), Chris Ruppenthal (2 épisodes) ...
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Réalisation : Frederick King Keller (20 épisodes), James Whitmore Jr (8 épisodes), Terrence O'Hara (7 épisodes), Chuck Bowman (6 épisodes), Rodney Charters (5 épisodes), Steven Long Mitchell (5 épisodes), Michael Lange (4 épisodes), Scott Lautanen (4 épisodes), Michael Zinberg (3 épisodes), Joe Napolitano (3 épisodes), Ian Toynton (2 épisodes), Vern Gillum (2 épisodes), Krishna Rao (2 épisodes), Michael Klick (2 épisodes), Rick Wallace (1 épisode),  Gabrielle Beaumont (1 épisode), Jon Koslowsky (1 épisode), Jesús Salvador Treviño (1 épisode), Thomas J. Wright, Jim Charleston, Oscar L. Costo, Charles Siebert, Anson Williams, David Jackson, ...
1er Assistant Réalisateur :  Michael Klick (25 épisodes)
Producteurs : Marianne Canepa (58 épisodes), Jan DeWitt (15 épisodes), Juan Carlos Coto (12 épisodes), Daniel Trully (12 épisodes), Andrew Dettmann (12 épisodes), Michael Klick (3 épisodes), Jon Koslowsky (3 épisodes), Rick Wallace (1 épisode) ...
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Producteurs délégués : Steven Long Mitchell et Craig Van Sickle , Fred King Keller, Juan Carlos Coto (22 épisodes), Tommy Thompson (3 épisodes), Jan DeWitt (22 épisodes), Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann, Michael Klick (7 épisodes), Rick Wallace (1 épisode) ...
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Producteur co-délégués : Tommy Thompson (55 épisodes), Ian Toynton (11 épisodes), Mark M. Dodson (3 épisodes)
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Producteur superviseur : Kimberly Costello (7 épisodes), Juan Carlos Coto (3 épisodes), Daniel Trully (3 épisodes), Andrew Dettmann (3 épisodes)
Producteur consultant : Tony Blake (22 épisodes), Paul Jackson (22 épisodes)
Direction de la photographie : Rodney Charters (3 épisodes)
Edition : Scott Boyd (21 épisodes), Jon Koslowsky, Javier Grillo-Marxuach Editeur délégué :  Lawrence Meyers
Direction de la distribution : Tory Herald (saison 2), Sharon Bialy (saison 2 à 4), John A. Aiello (saison 4)...
Nb de saisons : 4 (Tournage) Incursions/Crossovers : Profiler (3) Nb de TVfilms : 2 (Caméléon contre Caméléon / L’Antre du Diable) Nb de romans : 2 (Renaissance / Saving Luke) Nb de roman graphique : 1
Où voir les acteurs cette semaine à la TV française ?
Distribution principale :  Michael T Weiss --- Jarod Andrea Parker --- Mlle Parker Patrick Bauchau --- Sydney Jon Gries --- Broots Richard Marcus --- Dr Raines Paul Dillon --- Angelo Ryan Merriman --- Jarod enfant/adolescent Ashley Peldon --- Mlle Parker enfant Harve Presnell --- M. Parker James Denton --- Lyle Pamela Gidley --- Brigitte
Distribution secondaire/Invités exceptionnels :  Alex Wexo --- Sydney jeune Willie Gault --- le nettoyeur Willie Sam Ayers --- le nettoyeur Sam Kim Myers --- Margaret, la mère de Jarod Jason Brooks --- Thomas Christopher Tyler --- Ethan Jeffrey Donovan --- Kyle Darren Kennedy --- George Stamatis George Lazenby --- le major Charles Zachary Brown --- Kyle enfant Jonathan Osser ---  Keene Curtis --- Fenigor Kelsey Mulrooney --- Debbie Amir AboulEla --- le nettoyeur Gar Leigh Taylor Young --- Michelle Stamatis Lenny Von Dohlen --- M. Cox Leland Orser --- Argyle Marisa Petroro --- Emily Jake Lloyd --- Timmy Haley Joel Osment --- Davey Simpkins
Le Centre -
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Saison 1 : Épisodes 01 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 22.  Saison 2 : Episodes 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 20 - 21 - 22. Saison 3 : Episodes 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 17 - 20 - 22. Saison 4 : Episodes 01 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 15 - 16 - 18 - 19 - 20.
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Rediffusion U.S. de la série sur H&I en 2019/2020/2021. Rediffusion Fr de la série sur 6ter en 2022, sur AB1 en 2021 et RTL9 de 2019 à 2021.
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Date présentation 2001 : 41ème Festival de la Télévision de Monte-Carlo.
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ceffythesquirrel · 5 years
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Finally! My thoughts about the new video!
Okay. Here's why I think Thomas did a Halloween video on Christmas. If you remember back to before LNTAO came out, Thomas had said he was going to try to get two videos out before the end of October. It didn't happen, but they were planning to do a halloween video right after that episode came out. Unfortunately, they were unable to make the deadline, so they just said screw it and decided to to along with what they originally planned.
It was a hard episode to get into, for me at least, but after a couple times watching I started to like it.
Yeah I'm just not scared of Virgil's costume. It was really well made though! All of the costumes were well made. Logan's was the one that scared me the most. But I love that he took Roman's idea into consideration. (My boys.)
Roman was on fire in that episode! I mean that mummy costume, perfection and his come backs were the best. "Hypocrite say what now?" Hahaha good job Princey. I think this was my favorite episode of him in it. He also exhibited some of that character development he learned in the last episode so my boys are growing!
Virgil threw a rock at Thomas's head. I guess in this Sander's house they show love by throwing things at each other. Logan with a laptop, Virgil with a stone, Logan with a crumpled up note card, Roman with 'five binders' (including the +2 Patton failed to catch.) Logan with the cat hoodie. They like chucking things at each other almost as much as they love hurling insults. Also notice how Virgil hit Thomas in the eye, much like Logan did to Roman. Parallelism much?
Yes! I was wondering if they'd ever bring up the Yerkes-Dodson chart again.
All the parrallelism to AA part 2. Good to hear Roman's (Talyn's) scream again.
We got to see Virgil's room again. For all the newbies, Back in summer 2017 Thomas had talked about doing a halloween episode with Virgil's room again one time on an Instagram story. That didn't happen last year, but it looks like this is how they implemented that idea.
I feel a little sad that there were no rooms or character reveals this time around. To me those are the real plot points, the episodes that keep the series moving. But it was still content, and I liked it.
One thing I enjoyed was seeing Old Virgil and New Virgil kind of colliding in this episode. It seemed as if Thomas is trying to remind us that Virgil is still Virgil and we shouldn't belittle him even though he's acting nicer. Very similar to how Patton is trying to cope with Virgil's preferred way of being treated.
Although I'd like there to be a dark side reveal the next episode, I wouldn't mind a 'debate' episode between Patton and Virgil. That would be a hard video to watch at first for a lot of us, but I think it would be one we would watch over and over because it would have many great lessons in it.
Regardless however, theres many ways they can take the series, and I'm excited to see how they do it!
As for Deceit, well for one I like his laugh. Its nothing I would have ever thought he'd use.
Also I have no idea what the foreshadowing meant. But I'm excited to find out.
Good to finally meet Aunt Patty. I was wondering when she'd show up. When Is Aunt Patty's day? Should it just be December 24th? Or on National Aunt day?
Also Virgil's pet spider needs a name.
Oh my god dog!Patton in emo clothes was so cute. Also Patton is now a furry confirmed.
And overall, it was good to not have to wait another six months for a sander's sides. I'm ok with waiting every two months. It makes time fly by fast between them, as I'm creating and theorizing in between.
That's pretty much it though! And I already can't wait for the next one!
Also Thomas needs more sleep.
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angelofberlin2000 · 5 years
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By Mike Seymour
January 29, 2019
In the film, after a car accident kills the family of William "Will" Foster, played by Keanu Reeves, he will stop at nothing to bring them back, even if it means pitting himself against a government-controlled laboratory, a police task force and the physical laws of science.
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On the verge of successfully transferring human consciousness into a computer, synthetic biologist and neuroscientist Will believes he can essentially resurrect his family. Will recruits fellow scientist Ed Whittle to help him secretly clone the bodies of his family and create replicas. Will eventually faces a "Sophie's choice" when it turns out that he can only bring three of his four deceased family members back to life. The film features what has been described by one critic as "cinema's weirdest not-to-be-missed robots, as it scarily, giddily threatens revenge, with a mere turn of its head."
The story and screenplay for Replicas was developed at Keanu Reeves and Stephen Hamel's production company Company Films.
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Executive producer James Dodson got involved at the very beginning of the Replicas project two and half years ago, around the time they decided to shoot the film in Puerto Rico. 
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The film was shot on the Alexa and ended up with over 400 visual effects shots. Keanu Reeves was heavily involved as both producer and actor. "He was interested in the whole movie. It was his movie. He developed the script. He was on it for two years before we shot it...and he was particularly interested in the AV stuff," comments Dodson, referring to the minority report style sequences, which were complex to act and animate. "Basically we were trying to tell the story that Keanu's character, William Foster, was going into the human brain and analyzing the data in the brain and then transferring the data elegantly into a machine facsimile of a human - into a synthetic human brain, if you will," he adds. "And it's not like you can just go and buy that on Turbo Squid."
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The team worked with multiple vendors, spending months to try and find the right design solution. "Every piece of user interface was crafted, there was nothing off the shelf that you could use. Everything had to be designed specifically for this because it was such a specific story. Keanu was keenly interested in every step." 
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The user interface designs of the brain in AR were started by Chris Keifer, who does much of the screen graphics for Westworld. "He finally cracked how to represent it. We had 9 or 10 weeks with him, before Pacific Rim 2 stole him away from us!" jokes Dodson. "Then Josh Zacharias took over, I talked to him almost every day for a year on this project. He really elevated the work and nailed it. It had to be believable and it had to tell the story but not be too on the nose...it was just so important that the audience would buy it."
The animation was choreographed to the motion data gained from Reeves hand movements, animated in Maya and rendered in RenderMan.
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The team used iClone software in the production of Replicas in three different ways:
James Martin and John Martin led the previz team in visualising some of the action sequences such as the car crash in iClone.
There was also conceptual work around the AR infographics that Keanu's character manipulates, that needed the software for the interaction to work onscreen.
Finally in post-production, iClone was invaluable in animating the robot when it gains consciousness.
Reallusion makes the iClone software the team used. They are headquartered in Silicon Valley, with R&D centres in Taiwan, and offices in Germany and Japan. Reallusion is focused on the development of real-time cinematic virtual production and motion capture tools.
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Reallusion provides users with character animation, facial and body mocap, and voice lipsync solutions for real-time filmmaking production. The company first launched iClone v1.0 at the end of 2005 and it found popularity within the Machinima community. The current version 7 was released in 2017. In addition to having its own real time engine, an easy-to-use avatar and facial morphing system with a voice lip-sync solution, the software interfaces with most mocap systems.
More recently the company has developed Motion LIVE, which is a body motion capture platform that connects motion data streams from multiple industry mocap devices, such as Xsens and Rokoko, to animate 3D character faces, hands and bodies.
Motion LIVE did not exist when Replicas was in production however. "That program didn't exist 18 months ago when we were doing Replicas, but we used a similar thing. It was just Perception Neurons, motion capture software (by Noitom), which then fed directly into iClone. Replicas did not need facial capture of the actors' expressions, only their movements."
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In the robot sequence, the robot was 100% CGI. On set there was a mocap artist in a Perception Neuron suit. This live data was fed into iClone and this allowed for a 'slap comp' version of the robot to be seen on set for framing and blocking. The edit used this footage as post-viz. "The great thing was that once that sequence was cut, we could send those exact MoCap files down to Argentina where the artists could take the data and attach it to the final full resolution robot," explains Dodson. The export from iClone to Maya was done as an FBX file.
For the crash sequence, the team used iClone to work out how to film with the stunt team and physical effects crew. The stunt car was on "a crane cable with a gymbal and we worked out which shots we could chuck it in the air and pull it back like a pendulum to drop it, and which ones would need visual effects," Dodson recalls. One of the features the team used in the previz is the ability to use a single jpeg to create a representation of the actual actors on the 3D models used for the layout and previz. Each of the family members was modelled this way for the previz.
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Dodson fully acknowledges that major big budget films use expensive and often proprietary technology for simulation and previz. However for him, the benefit is in how inexpensive and accessible tools, such as iClone, are able to, "democratize the entire process of motion capture and real time rendering - I am just addicted to previsualisation, and the level of quality and detail we can do for a few hundred dollars and still have studio quality results is incredible." 
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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10
Título Original: Gremlins
Año: 1984
Duración: 111 min
País: Estados Unidos
Director: Joe Dante
Guion: Chris Columbus
Música: Jerry Goldsmith
Fotografía: John Hora
Reparto: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Dick Miller, Polly Holliday, Keye Luke, Corey Feldman, Glynn Turman, Judge Reinhold, Scott Brady, Harry Carey Jr., Jonathan Banks, John Louie, Don Steele, Susan Burgess, Arnie Moore, Donald Elson, Belinda Balaski, Edward Andrews, Lois Foraker, Chuck Jones, Kenny Davis, Nicky Katt, Tracy Wells, John C. Becher, Jackie Joseph, Jim McKrell, Frank Welker, Howie Mandel, Fred Newman, Mark Dodson, Michael Winslow, Peter Cullen, Michael Sheehan, Bob Holt
Productora: Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment. Distribuidora: Warner Bros.
Género:  Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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calebyap · 6 years
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Bethlehem Conference 2018 on the Holy Spirit
Sam Storms – Don’t Quench the Spirit | PasCon 2018
John Piper – Seeking the Spirit | PasCon 2018
John Piper – Preaching in the Holy Spirit | PasCon 2018
Francis Chan – Praying in the Spirit | PasCon 2018
Jason Meyer – Biography on Martyn Lloyd-Jones | PasCon 2018
Sam Storms - Preaching as Power: How Not to Quench the Spirit When You Preach | PasCon2018
Kevin DeYoung - That All May See Your Progress: How We Can Improve As Preachers | PasCon2018
Jonathan Dodson – Gospel Power: The Essential Role of the Holy Spirit in Discipleship | PasCon18
Jonathan Parnell – Spirit-Empowered Gospel Community | PasCon2018
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Susan Hunt – Glory in Spiritual Mentoring (Part 1) | PasCon2018
Susan Hunt – Glory in Spiritual Mentoring (Part 2) | PasCon2018
Plenary Speaker Q&A Panel | PasCon2018
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RenaRoo’s GIANT Comic Sale!
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I am preparing for a giant move and as a result I need to majorly cut down on my physical comic books!!!
Followers and friends will have access to a Giveaway of single issues in a week, but right now I need to sell a LOT of trade volumes I am offering to sell at SUPER REDUCED prices! 
If you are interested, please look below! And contact me for information on how to pay/get shipped to!
If you are interested in haggling/buying multiple comic collections and want to make a bundle deal, I’ll be more than happy to work with you! For me the main objective right now is to ship as many things out as I can before I move November 15th!!!
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28. Favorite comic run?
oh man ummmmm....  probably impulse’s solo run.  loved that to pieces.  it hasn’t visually aged great, but i still love what it was and did.
29. Favorite comic artist?
i’m not too terribly picky with my artists? i think everyone has their own strengths.  that being said, i do really like marguerite sauvage, as well as rachel and terry dodson
30. Favorite comic writer?
marguerite bennet, dan jurgens, and i honestly really like chuck dixon’s work
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jayefeather · 5 years
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Bergen Maintenance Shop <b>Damaged</b> by 3-Alarm Fire
"He'll be able to open up, I mean there's going to be some water damage to the main portion of the building," said deputy chief Chuck Dodson, Bergen ... from Google Alert - water damage https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/crime-safety/2018/11/27/bergen-maintenance-shop-damaged-by-3-alarm-fire-kaiser-wilcox-corp&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmM1ODA0ODI0ZWVkYWI2OWU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHY6fTG3ooqDSM0Em8JN4BRx-P3gg
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mistrstank · 7 years
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Buttercup’s Bad Day
[[ For those who have been following me for a while, you may remember Buttercup, the Murder Queen! I decided long ago I wanted to write a story featuring her various adventures. Today I decided to write one based on a line from the first story, in which Buttercup defends Tony from a kidnapping attempt. This is mostly lighthearted silliness, so I hope you enjoy! Link to the original fic ]]
“You know, I’ve been thinking.” Clint declares early one morning, watching with barely concealed amusement as Buttercup quite obviously herds a barely awake Tony around hazardous furniture. “I thought I smelled burning,” Natasha offers with a smirk and Clint flips her off. “No, seriously. I think Buttercup thinks Tony is her kitten.” Natasha’s eyes narrow consideringly, and then twitch as she fights off a smile. Tony is oblivious to their discussion, staring hopefully at the coffee machine while Buttercup sits patiently on his socked feet. Marigold struts into the room a moment later and leaps gracefully into Clint’s lap where she begins to loudly meow for her breakfast. Clint fends the persistent cat away from his toast with one hand, scowling at Natasha who makes no secret of her laughter. “Cut it out, beast!” He squawks, and then gives up entirely when Marigold succeeds in getting her sharp little teeth around the edge of his toast. With her prize claimed, Marigold promptly abandons Clint’s lap and disappears underneath the table, leaving her human to sulk.
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“Toast probably isn’t good for cats,” Tony offers, apparently having come alive some time during the epic toast battle. He’s got a bowl in hand, half filled with biscuits that he’s carefully layering shredded tuna over. “I didn’t exactly get a choice.” Clint grouses, and Tony simply grins, popping the bowl down for Buttercup. “Guess it’s hard, when your cat’s trained badly.” He responds, all false sympathy. “My cat? Technically, it’s your boyfriend’s cat! And besides, everyone knows you can’t actually train cats!” “No, definitely your cat. You adopted her, you hide in the vents with her, and you once dropped her on Tony’s head as a prank.” Bucky cuffs the back of Clint’s head as he passes, carefully skirts the edges of Buttercup’s ‘Tolerance Zone’, and plasters himself to Tony’s back. “Ew, you’re sweaty.” Tony complains half heartedly, but allows himself to be squished into a hug, Bucky nosing gently at his temple and pressing a gentle kiss there. “You love it.” He whispers, smiling at Tony’s wrinkle nosed displeasure. “Well yes, under certain circumstances, but-” “Nope!” Clint interrupts, flailing his hands, and when Tony’s eyes start to twinkle and he starts to smirk, Clint does the only thing available to him. He steals Natasha’s spoon from her cereal bowl and chucks it at the couple. It rebounds off of Tony’s shoulder, because Clint never misses, to his surprised ‘ow!’. There’s a brief silence in the kitchen, and the hairs begin to stand up on Clint’s arms; Natasha looks amused, not like she’s about to kill him, but also a little nervous, which makes Clint nervous. At first he thinks Bucky’s going to murder him, but the former Winter Soldier is happily nuzzling at Tony’s abused shoulder, and he looks unbearably smug. “Mrooooooow.” Comes from the floor, directly at his feet, and Clint slowly looks down. Buttercup yowls again when their eyes meet, and Clint swallows noisily. Then he does the wise thing, and runs.
“That cat is terrifying.” Bucky observes into the silent kitchen a moment later, absently carding his fingers through Tony’s hair. “I like her,” Natasha says serenely, accepting the replacement spoon Tony hands her with a smile. “Well, obviously a murder cat would meet with your approval. Since, you know, you’re all murdery and stuff.” Tony waves his hands vaguely in Natasha’s direction, who merely shrugs, and then winces at the distant sound of things breaking. “That sounded expensive.” He mourns quietly, and Bucky snorts quietly. “Don’t you have a meetin’ this mornin’, doll?” He drawls, and Tony’s face immediately screws up into an adorable pout. “Don’t even try lyin’, Pepper already called me.” “Cheaters and liars, all of you!” Tony declares, only slightly mollified by the kiss Bucky swiftly presses to his forehead. “I’ll remember this betrayal, Barnes. There will be repercussions!” He continues, unperturbed, flicking forked fingers at his boyfriend in the universal sign of ‘I’m watching you’ and walking backwards out of the kitchen.
Fifteen minutes later finds Tony suited up in his least favourite set of armour, the doors of Avengers Tower swishing quietly closed behind him. His car is waiting at the curb, expressionless driver standing patiently by the open door. He’s reminded again of how much he misses Happy, Tony muses as he slides into the back of the car. He settles the briefcase armour at his feet and slides his sunglasses onto his nose. The driver is just about to close the door when a familiar furry shape comes streaking across the pavement, yowling indignantly. The driver merely waits, expression so bland Coulson himself would be impressed, as Buttercup leaps gracefully into the car, and then shuts the door. “What?” Tony demands as Buttercup fixes him with a disapproving stare, flounces across the seat and sprawls across his lap. He stares down at her, eyebrows twitching into a frown. “This suit is very expensive.” Tony points out unnecessarily, not really expecting much of a response from his evil cat. Buttercup looks up at him with slitted eyes for a moment, and then yawns wide, wiggling a little and sure, maybe it’s to get more comfortable but Tony is convinced she’s trying to rub her fur further into his pants. Tony gives up on trying to keep his pants cat free, settles back against the plush leather seat and scratches gently at Buttercup’s ears. If he’s lucky, she’ll forgive him by the time they get home for trying to leave her behind.
Tony likes to think he’s always had pretty good instincts; a nose for danger, mostly because he tends to go diving head first into it. Years of living and fighting with a superhero team have done a lot to hone those instincts, and taught him some new skills besides. So when the same nondescript black SUV has been behind them for a good half of the drive, Tony notices. “J,” He murmurs, glad for the ever present earpiece that keeps him connected to his AI. “We picked up a tail.” “Running the numberplate, sir. Shall I alert the team?” The AI responds, cool and professional. Tony hums thoughtfully, smoothing his hands through Buttercup’s fur. “Not yet, let’s try and lose them first.” He decides, taking his phone out with his other hand as JARVIS feeds him the traffic camera feeds. “That’s...discouraging.” Tony mutters, leaning forward to rap at the privacy screen. It slides down a couple of inches, just enough for the driver to give Tony a meaningful look in the rear vision mirror. The car starts to pick up speed, weaving randomly between cars. Tony makes a note to eventually learn the man’s name. “The license plate appears to belong to a Mary Dodson, 62 years of age, reported stolen three weeks ago.” JARVIS intones quietly, and Tony curses. “Okay, so no chance that it’s paparazzi or something equally benign.” Tony decides, gently shifting Buttercup to cradle her in one arm and reaching down to flip the briefcase open with the other. He can’t suit up in the confines of the car, there’s not enough room for that, but better prepared than dead. He keeps an eye on the tailing car through the traffic cams, dismayed to note it’s grimly hanging in there. “Sir, might I recommend at the very least contacting Sergeant Barnes?” JARVIS sounds anxious, and Tony chews his lip. Everything in him rebels against worrying Bucky for what could still be nothing, but Tony’s instincts scream it is something. Sensing her human’s tension, perhaps, Buttercup had gone still and tense in his arms. “Yeah, alright, put the call through.” Tony decides finally. It rang barely twice before Bucky’s warm voice flooded the interior of the car. “Missed me already? You’ve only been gone half an hour.” “Sorry, sweetcheeks, this is strictly business.” Tony responds with false cheer, keeping a narrow eyed watch on the camera feeds. “Picked up a pretty persistent tail not long after I left. We haven’t managed to shake them yet.” Bucky swore colourfully, his voice immediately dropping into the cool, hard tones of the Winter Soldier. “Where are you, exactly?” He demands and he sounds like he’s moving, doors slamming in the background. “JARVIS can feed you the exact coordinates, if you take Steve’s bike you should be here in -”
Three things happen at once, then. There’s a sharp crack, and through the narrow gap in the privacy screen Tony sees the windshield splinter, and the driver jerk. “Sir!” JARVIS says, sharply. “Shit!” Tony yelps, as the car swerves violently to the side. His phone goes flying from his hand, and Tony sprawls helplessly across the seat. Buttercup’s claws dig into his flesh, the cat yowling as they’re tossed about with the momentum. It seems a mere split second later that the car comes to a fiery stop, diving nose first into the side of a building. The sudden stop sends Tony flying across the car, losing his grip on the cat and cracking his head painfully against the edge of the opposite seat. His vision whites out with pain, and he’s distantly aware of Bucky’s voice, tinny and faint from wherever his phone has landed. Blood spreads in a warm, wet trail down the side of his face and Tony’s stomach rolls ominously. The world spins in a lazy, nauseating swirl of colours around him. He reaches blindly and grabs at the suitcase armour, “B’tt’rcup?” He slurs out, and at this point he’s definitely not questioning the fact he’s thoroughly concussed himself. There’s a shuffle somewhere to his left, and then a quivering, furry body presses against his side. “G’d girl.” Tony mutters, and then turns his attention to the task of rolling over. He needs to get out of the car, get into the armour, and hold out until Bucky can get to him. It sounds easy, in theory, but he feels like he’s on the carousel from hell (ha, that rhymes) and moving is hard. He manages to turn over, and only feels a little like throwing up. Some uncoordinated flailing eventually gets the door open and Tony spills out into the street, the suitcase hitting the pavement next to him with a heavy thump. His vision is doubling and tripling on him, and Tony squints ineffectually against the blur. There are men (a man? Shit, he doesn’t know) approaching, armed to the teeth. Tony slaps at the briefcase, trying to coordinate himself, wanting to curse at how helpless he feels, and also wanting to throw up everything he’s eaten, ever, and sleep for like ten years. “Idiots, they wanted him in one piece.” A voice snarls somewhere above him, and Tony restrains the totally inappropriate urge to giggle. “He’s fine, his eggs just got a little scrambled.” Another voice says, and they’re getting closer and there’s no time. They’re just about on top of him, victory so clear on their faces, when Buttercup launches herself out of the car. The added height, and her not inconsiderable mass, means she hits the first man like the proverbial tonne of bricks. His companions stumble back in shock as the man screams like the holy devil, trying to pry the vicious cat away from his face. Buttercup hangs on, a low, constant snarl vibrating in her chest. 
Tony takes advantage of the distraction, stumbling to his feet, and finally, finally the armour starts to unfold around his limbs. The moment he’s suited, Buttercup shoves away from her victim, claws tearing free from flesh with a violent sound that can be heard even over the man’s screams. His face is a mass of blood, and there’s so much that it’s difficult to tell how much damage has been done. His partners are caught, staring in horrified fascination, and Tony takes one out with a poorly aimed repulsor blast. He’s aiming for the chest, since it’s the biggest part and his vision is wavering worse than when he’s drunk; he misses, and clips the man’s shoulder, sending him spinning sideways. He turns to deal with the third, and Buttercup is already there, climbing the man’s leg while he tries to bat at the demented cat, the gun in his hand forgotten entirely. Tony sways drunkenly, stumbles down to one knee, and can only watch with vague disgust as his cat makes a serious attempt at dismembering a human. The second man has righted himself in the meantime, and looks to be considering how to shoot at Buttercup without hurting his friend. Tony takes the choice out of his hands with a repulsor blast that puts him down properly. Then he drops down to sit against the side of his car, not sure if he’s going to throw up or pass out. Her victim now a whimpering mess, clutching at his face and screaming about his eye, Buttercup trots over to climb into Tony’s armoured lap, whereupon she begins to delicately lick her fur clean. “Terrifyin’.” Tony mumbles, but nonetheless pets carefully at her head with his armoured hand. “But badass. S’good cat.”
Bucky arrives in time to deal with the first three’s backup, trying to sneak up on a barely conscious Tony. He’s well pleased to have faces to punch, particularly after being on the damn phone when Tony’s car crashed. The rest of the team arrives for cleanup, and Clint stares as the two cat-mauled victims are loaded into ambulances with police escort. “I told you,” He declares, sounding immensely satisfied. “Tony’s her kitten.” Bucky snorts at him, but doesn’t disagree. Tony is already loaded onto a gurney, and Bucky has the dubious honour of carrying Buttercup, since the paramedics wouldn’t let her sit on Tony. It seems the cat is willing to call a temporary truce between them, apparently sensing she needs Bucky on side to get her to the hospital with Tony. “She’s out for your title, Nat.” He calls over his shoulder, climbing carefully into the ambulance and settling the cat in his lap. Natasha turns from where she’s surveying the damage to Tony’s car, eyebrow raised. “Murder Queen.” Bucky grins, and has the pleasure of seeing Natasha chuckle softly right before the doors close.
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