listen I expected literally Nothing from the D&D movie okay, like I can't make it clear enough that I expected the most soulless money grab with a good cgi budget imaginable, I went in having already gone through every stage of grief and landed on acceptance and LISTEN
I fucking CRIED during this dumb RPG movie. it wasn't just "not terrible" it was objectively good with a clever plot and compelling characters and sincere emotional beats. this movie loves D&D so fucking much and it NAILS the "a bunch of goobers try to be cool and accidentally discover The Power Of Friendship And Also Great Violence" classic D&D party vibe. their barbarian's last name is fucking Kilgore and my entire family cried in the theater.
"I can't believe you didn't rescue Peeta."
"I know," he replies.
There's a sense of incompleteness. And not because he hasn't apologized. But because we were a team. We had a deal to keep Peeta safe. A drunken, unrealistic deal made in the dark of night, but a deal just the same. And in my heart of hearts, I know we both failed.
"Now you say it," I tell him.
"I can't believe you let him out of your sight that night," says Haymitch.
I nod. That's it.
All these months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.
Mav gifts Jake a soft blanket with letters or the alphabet printed all over it.
Jake: What's this, pops? Isn't this a kid's blanket?
Mav: Took me a while, but I found one that'll actually cover you head to toe.
Jake (grinning): Not used to shopping for blankets my size, Mav?
Mav (rolling his eyes): Ha-Ha very funny, kid.
Jake: Yes I'm hilarious, but seriously, what's up with the alphabet print, pops? I ain't an actual kid, I'm a big boy who knows his A, B, Cs
Mav: Not according to how you got your callsign
Jake (smiling sharply): Haven't you heard from Bradshaw, pops? I got my callsign from leaving people hanging, he's the one that coined it after all
Mav: I heard from Bradley that you already had a callsign when he met you, that you got it for a bunch of spelling mistakes you made in one of your reports.
Jake: ....
Mav: He also told me he got mad at you after a training hop, and he shouted that Hangman was the name of someone who would always leave a man behind. People latched on to that story. Didn't think you would have latched on as well, son
Jake (smiling bitterly): It's the story most people know and believe. You gotta own it, or the Navy'll eat ya alive.
Mav: We know that you aren't that. Your team knows that. I'm proud of you, son. For getting where you are now. This blanket is a reminder that you have to be proud of yourself too. Hangman isn't the name of some random asshole, Hangman is the name of some--
Jake: Asshole that can't spell?
Mav: I was going to say some human who makes the occassional mistake, but that works too, buddy.
Jake (runs his hands through the blanket, his throat getting tighter): ... Thank you, Mav.
Mav (claps Jake's shoulder): Of course, son. Enjoy your blankie (Mav grins widely)
Jake (chokes out a laugh): Fuck you, pops (buries his face into the blanket)
Mav pulls the kid into a hug, feeling the kid relax in his arms, taking deep breaths. He was always there to remind his kids that he sees them as who they are, not as who they think they have to be.
Many reasons why I love Hoffman but one thing that tops the list is him sending Strahm to a Saw trap equivalent of a “Do you like me? Check Yes or No” note.
the star trek voyage home costume designers costume designers, probably: we want everyone in this movie to be dressed SOOOOO BAD. like CRIMINALLY BAD. except for sulu, who will use his ten minutes of screen time to strut around San Francisco dressed like a leather space wizard.
production team: ….ok? what about the main characters though… what will spock wear?
the star trek voyage home costume designers: who cares... a bathrobe or some shit. anyway george takei will be serving absolutely earth shattering levels of cunt.
[DC] no girl don’t sell urself to the media youre only 2 weeks old 🥺
So these are based on the whole teen celeb thing he had going on in his early years, I just kind of paraphrased the dialogue 😭 I have a lot of thoughts vis a vis superboy’s personal struggle with identity and I don’t think signing your name to a contract and galavanting around tv screens helps with that 🤔 And it doesn’t help if you’re fresh out of the tube and can’t recognize that these people just want to use you for clout 😔 It’d be interesting if the comics actually did more with that stuff imo bc I think it could have been some cool commentary on media entertainment , esp later when he kind of stops being the hottest topic on tv. Also the last one is based on a recurring gag where he says smth jokingly “just hit me w a bus or smth 🙄” and then it happens.