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awidevastdominion · 1 month

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#Keanu Reeves #The Modern Review #when they were young #the 90s

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ceuazil · 7 months

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Keanu Reeves on the cover of The Modern Review, 1993

#novos #meus #art #keanu reeves #the modern review #keanu #reeves #young #dumb #and #full #of #come #1993 #90s style #90s fashion #90s #matrix

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freelanceplatypus · 1 month

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Dungeon Meshi modern au where both Laois and Falin are food vloggers. Laois is always travelling to remote areas and cultures to try the most "extreme" foods and bring them to light. He's known as the guy who will drink blood and slam a still wriggling bug just to comment on it's nutty flavor. Meanwhile Falin is visiting long-standing eateries and sharing the stories behind local cuisine.

Nobody actually puts together they're siblings (in part due to wildly different viewerbases) until Falin in one video mentions how she enjoys eating insects and the comment section is full of folks asking her to "collab with the bug guy". Her very next video is her and Laois smiling infront of a mukbang style platter of insects and she introduces him as her brother.

#marcille is falins video editor/manager in general #which results in a lot of fancy editing and trip booking #meanwhile laois is working with his crew of senshi and kabru #kabru works as the face getting them in to restricted areas and senshi actually documents these cultures recipes #marcille actually edits laois vids too despite getting so grossed out watching them #meanwhile she makes falin eating blood sausage look like art #chilchuk is just on call at all times to get them in and out of countries #he takes care of scheduling in general you think the touden siblings can keep a calendar #itzumi is the picky eater friend that i feel needs to appear in more food review content #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #modern au #laois touden #falin touden

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treesinspace · 3 days

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The Quinton Reviews video was actually the first time I ever heard of The Beverly Hillbillies, but Quinton's dad talks about it as if everyone should know it, like the Simpsons. My theory is that maybe it is because I didn't grow up in an english-speaking country, and I'm curious!

If you have no idea what youtube video I am talking about, I would still appreciate your vote! Just vote whether or not you are aware of the sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies"

#the beverly hillbillies #beverly hillbillies #quinton reviews #polls #myposts #if you are also interested in the answer reblogs of the poll are appreciated #dont feel obligated though this is just idle curiosity #I dont think this show was dubbed to other languages the way modern american sitcoms are #but im not sure #So im curious about the results!#i am also interested to know how well-known it is in english-speaking countries #i mean it's really old right?#do people really still know of it?

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tha-star · 4 months

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In a modern au of fem bingqiu, a social media influencers, I see Luo Binghe having a food channel or a gamer one (games of violence, because her OP energy would radiate, and I think this contrast in Binghe is funny), maybe both. Luo Binghe being very soft cooking, and rough cleaning battlefields like it was nothing in games.

While Shen Yuan reviews books, she also reviews other pop culture things, but more about books. Soft masc is more her style, while Binghe has the cute and baddie style.

Imagine both of them ending up on these horrible misogynistic podcasters, 'cause they heard that the other one would be there, and they are already fans of each other, the first time they will see each other in person is in this horrible situation.

I feel like they could constantly pit one against the other, like "Shen Yuan is the intellectual kind of woman, Luo Binghe is superficial, play games for the simps", "Luo Binghe has many talents of a housewife, Shen Yuan is not feminine, has no vanity."

But they constantly defend each other with passion.

Weeks later, Shen Yuan on live and Luo Binghe appears behind with cookies, kiss the top of her head and leaves. And the internet discovers that they are dating. (Or married, it would be even funnier that way)

#bingqiu #genderbend #wlw #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #svsss #luo binghe housewife #lesbingqiu #modern au #headcanon #fanfic idea #digital influencer #book reviewer #cook channel

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destinywillowleaf · 6 months

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one of a kind living in a world gone plastic

baby you're so classic

@most-tragic-character-tournament

(all my thoughts in the tags)

#anyway i found their theme song and lost my mind #tragedyshipping #lloyd garmadon #ninjago #antigone #tagamemnon #pollshipping #i'm gonna be thinking about this for the next hour before i go to sleep #i just wanted to make a playlist for them i didn't think i would find a perfect fit #they have taken over many of my braincells and i can't even complain this is the enrichment i needed #all i'm saying is the idea of a movie trailer for these two is taking shape more and more and this should 100% be the accompanying song #not even a full trailer because that would take forever but like. a 30 second TV spot. family drama. them not really getting along at first #(e.g. glaring at each other while being forced to dance or something)#but then warming up to each other on the road because road trips have my soul when it comes to movies ok #i want them to stargaze in the bed of a hotwired pickup truck while on the run from people who demand bloodshed (a poll winner)#the slow(?) burn of not wanting to be in this mess to actually enjoying spending time together to something more #(trailer/commercial ends on or just after “baby you're so classic” with the cut to the title and in theaters date)#maybe most of the tv spot is them arguing and making life hell for one another but it's hard to deny there's something more brewing #(one of the reviews is just ''A modern classic'' because i think i'm funny)#i really want the title to be a play off of them meeting through the tragic tournament but it's completely different from the tone i want #''tragedy: null and void'' is a fun one #i've never been the greatest at titles if they don't hit me like a truck #anyway hi folks i'm sorry if you have no idea what's happening and see this in your tags

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opera-ghost · 1 year

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#modern au where the managers anxiously refresh the google reviews page in notes I/II instead of reading the paper #also now im just thinking about erik lurking in the reviews and replying to critiques he doesn't agree with & threatening to kill them lmao #or someone says 'not a fan of the new prima donna.' and then mysteriously edits their review a day later saying #'christine daae is exquisite and i am not currently being held at gunpoint'#i wanna add on to this lol #phantom of the opera #poto shitpost

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sprout-fics · 8 months

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It’s such an experience to be learning about modern warfare tactics in my degree while also involved in a fandom that is deeply involved within the same topic, just within a fictional setting. I’m sitting here reading about modern military nuclear integration and there’s a part of my brain that’s like ‘I wonder how I can translate some of these lessons into a fictional context’

#cross analyzing the similarities and differences between nukes used in the OG cod mw series #and comparing it to briefs within the annual nuclear posture review #I’m in love with this #it’s so fascinating #and makes my writing so much more engaging and realistic bc these are genuine issues facing our modern military

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13lizardsinatrenchcoat · 9 months

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Barbie (2023) is progressive enough to say "indigenous" but not progressive enough to avoid smallpox comparisons...

Also, weirdly obsessed with the idea of reverse misogyny and ken's feelings.

#also the idea of the barbies 'liking' the patriarchy is weird and gross #because it implies that none of them were actually intelligent or independent at all #the acting is good. the costumes are good. the set design is good. the script is one of the worst ive seen in modern film.#trenchcoat reviews

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thecomicsnexus · 4 months

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Tall Disorder

THE SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #4

August 1989

By John Byrne, Bob Wiacek, Glynis Oliver, and Jim Novak.

It's issue four, so a Golden Age character has to return to stay young. Also, Jennifer finds her romantic interest, but turns out to be married.

SCORE: 10

Fourth-Wall breaking may be common these days, but for 1989, this was wild!

You know to me, while I remember Byrne doing some comedy stories, I do not normally connect him with this type of comedy. If I had to classify it in a category, I would have to say that it is somewhere between satire (comic code authority) and parody (Lex Luthor).

There is also another plot that apparently went nowhere, a certain Mr. Powers who moved in under Jennifer... but Byrne was fired from the book (in just a few issues from this one), and the plot was never resolved.

I think there were two amazing moments in this book...

Characters interacting with the comic-book format

The CCA punchline.

#comics #review #modern age #marvel comics #she-hulk #sensational she-hulk #john byrne #1989

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bespectacledbun · 6 months

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I often think about how it's been shown over and over again that chev reads romance not for some bullshit reason of understanding humans (as he claims) but because he likes them. I think about how he very clearly self inserts with these books too, like in that one event where he kept imagining himself and Emma as the main characters of the romance novels he was reading. like. that shit is so funny and sweet and endearing to me. this man would soooooo be into reader insert fan fiction if he was real like he would absolutely bitch about people writing the characters OOC or making them do dumb shit in a fanfic. chevalier "he would not fucking say that" michel is real to me idk

#this is just as funny to think about as him having a goodreads account #or a book review blog and tearing apart those shitty booktok romances #every time I think of chev canonically self inserting with the romance books he's reading I go a little more insane #I wish you were real you would've loved ao3 #now that's certainly a fic idea. modern au anonymous fanfic writer chevalier. what genre does he write tho is the question #chevalier michel #random rambles

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lunasbookshelf4 · 3 months

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why are people suddenly making it seem like you’re not a reader if you don’t read a specific amount of books each year?

You’re a reader if you’ve read 3 books last year and you’re a reader if you’ve read 40 books last year.

Reading literature is not supposed to be a chore or a competition, it’s supposed to be enjoyed and loved.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t love literature just because you’re a slow reader or because you simply don’t have time to read as much. It’s completely okay <3

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giddlygoat · 6 months

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i watched The Creator with my family yesterday at the cinema. it’s a fantastic sci-fi movie about a future with advanced AI robots that are indistinguishable from humans. the story was done well and i was way more satisfied with it than i anticipated, and i highly recommend it.

but what i REALLY love more than anything is how they portrayed the robots as part of human society. some of them were androids with hyper realistic human bodies, but many of them were straight up Robots. and they acted and spoke just like the androids, sometimes with more robotic voices, but all very human and unique. most of them wore clothes and expressed themselves just like a human would. AAAA it was just so refreshing!!

robot lovers, i implore you to give this movie a watch. it’s a war movie so it can be very intense but it’s not gory and they do a lot of cutaways from the up close violence. the characters are easy to care about and the pacing isn’t bad either. very memorable overall. and it’s super emotionally driven, like i cried 4 times lmao.

just look at these. the variety is refreshing, and visually the movie is very well meshed, believable and lived in. personally it’s my favorite robot movie since finch [although i still personally prefer that movie because of the narrow plot focus and smaller scale].

one of the scenes i adore from this movie is a scene where one of the humanoid robots gets shot, and because their system is all messed up after that, their voice glitches out and they sound all corrupted while still sounding terribly like a human in pain. it’s done very well.

there’s also plenty of wonderful sound design in little details like soft whirs of robot joints. the humanoid androids still sound like robots, and in quiet scenes you can really hear the mechanic clicks and whirs that make it more believable. it’s not distracting, but rather stupid easy to accept. it would just sound plain wrong without it. great stuff!!

#gear diary #the creator 2023 #no id #i don’t write reviews often but i needed to explode autistically about the design of this movie #visually the aesthetic was SO nice too #lots of vintage influence that gave it an issac asimov feel but still futuristic and sleek enough to feel modern #aaaaa it was great

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weallpartyatybcpatricksfuneral · 8 months

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just saw the WORST review of mania I've ever seen in the main fob tag so this is a reminder everyone go listen to mania the seventh studio album by American rock band Fall Out boy. NOW. listen to stay frosty listen to last of the real ones listen to hold me tight or dont listen to wilson listen to church listen to heavens gate listen to champion listen to sunshine riptide listen to young and menace listen to bishops knife trick. let the vibes and lyricism consume your soul!!!!

#not going to share the post because. i dont believe in targeted harassment but #it doenst take you long to find it if you scroll #its such a shitty review of mania and modern fall out boy and so unnecessarily mean?#like just say you dont like it and move on #that album is genuinely really good though so. the girls (gender neutral) that get it get and the girls (gn) that dont dont #fall out boy #fob #mania

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lavenderjewels · 4 months

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I love Higuruma. Not just because he’s so willing to help Yuuji and the others (and because he’s hot), but he’s a character with particular traits that I’ve appreciated throughout JJK. The constant adapting and learning that can be seen with Mahito, strengthening his own capabilities that aren’t inherently offensive or overwhelmingly powerful like Tengen with barriers or Nobara being Mahito’s natural enemy, etc. It’s not like there aren’t interesting aspects to characters that are overwhelmingly powerful like Sukuna or Gojo, but it’s gratifying to see characters who aren’t still find ways to make just as much of an impact and work with others to do so. It’s no wonder Sukuna admires him, while giving far less thought to characters that could arguably be considered more powerful or destructive.

#something something about modern sorcerers in the culling games and the new generation #also significant ino is there fighting with nanami’s cursed tool. literally carrying on his memory #jjk spoilers #I already typed this in a LONG review of the chapter but doing it again. I just love him #nobara could’ve been among this group with her power to affect the soul 😭😭😭😭😭#a lot of fans tend to downplay characters if they’re literally not as OP as gojo or have specific traits or skillsets #like calling nobara or yuuji useless when they both have abilities to single out the soul #or even yuuta sometimes if he’s not proving himself by fighting out in the open #I’ve seen more comments about this current team not having a chance but this is the most hopeful I’ve been for their success #power scaling aside gojo couldn’t and shouldn’t have won the sukuna fight #jjk 246 #higuruma hiromi #lots of thoughts rattling in my brain

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alienejj · 3 months

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Part 3: This is a collection of short stories, 50 penguin's modern classics.

21. FOUR RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES by GAZDANOV & OTHERS. In these stories, four writers - all exiles from revolutionary Russia - explore four deaths in a world in which old certainties have crumbled.

22. THE DISTANCE OF THE MOON by ITALO CALVINO. These exuberant, endlessly inventive stories interweave scientific fact with wordplay, whimsy and cosmic flights of fancy in a strange and wondrous universe.

23. THE MASTER'S TOOLS WILL NEVER DISMANTLE THE MASTER'S HOUSE by AUDRE LORDE. From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger are filled with darkness and light.

24. THE SKELETON'S HOLIDAY by LEONORA CARRINGTON. These dreamlike, carnivalesque fables by one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement are masterpieces of invention and grand-guignol humour.

25. THE FINGER by WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS. A deliberately severed finger, a junky's Christmas miracle and a Tangier con-artist, among others, feature in these hallucinogenic sketches and stories from the infamous Beat legend.

26. THE END by SAMUEL BECKETT. From the master of the absurd, these two stories of unnamed vagrants contending with decay and death combine bleakness with the blackest of humour.

27. NEW YORK CITY IN 1979 by KATHY ACKER. A tale of art, sex, blood, junkies and whores in New York's underground, from cult literary icon Kathy Acker.

28. AFRICA'S TARNISHED NAME by CHINUA ACHEBE. Electrifying essays on the history, complexity and appropriation of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.

29. NOTES ON CAMP by SUSAN SONTAG. These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation.

30. THE RED TENDA OF BOLOGNA by JOHN BERGER. A dreamlike meditation on memory, food, paintings, a fond uncle and the improbable beauty of Bologna, from the visionary thinker and art critic.

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