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fuckyeahbookarts: The Lost Sketchbook of Guillermo del...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:08:19 -0500

The Lost Sketchbook of Guillermo del Toro:

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro put all his ideas for `Pan’s Labyrinth’ in a notebook — then lost it.

The heavyset man ran down the London street, panting, chasing the taxi. When it didn’t stop, he hopped into another cab. “Follow that cab!” he yelled. Guillermo del Toro wasn’t directing this movie. He was living it. And it was turning into a horror tale.

The Mexican filmmaker keeps all of his ideas in leather notebooks. And Del Toro had just left four years of work in the back seat of a British cab. Unlike in the movies, though, Del Toro couldn’t catch the taxi. Visits to the police and the taxi company proved equally fruitless.

Del Toro’s films — “Chronos,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy” — typically feature magical realism. Fate was about to return the storytelling favor.

The cabbie spotted the misplaced journal. Working from a scrap of stationery that didn’t even have the name of Del Toro’s hotel (just its logo), the driver returned the book two days later. An overwhelmed Del Toro promptly gave him an approximately $900 tip.

The sketches and the ideas in that misplaced journal — four years of notes on character design, ruminations about plot — were the foundation of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” a child’s fantasy set in the wake of the Spanish Civil War.

The director, who at the time wasn’t even sure he’d actually make “Pan’s Labyrinth,” took the cabbie’s act as a sign, and plunged himself into the movie.

rolemodelsincognegro: School is demanding but I’ll have a month...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:54:17 -0500

rolemodelsincognegro:

School is demanding but I’ll have a month off soon…

Name: Oya

Aliases: Idie Okonkwo, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Burn, The Third Light

Origin: Oyo in Delta State of Nigeria

Affiliations: The Lights, X-Men and Jean Grey School Students

Created By: Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen

Publisher: Marvel Comics

First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 2010)

Biography/Story Line: Idie was a young girl living with her family in Oyo, in the Delta State of Nigeria when her mutant powers manifested. She was located by the X-Men using Cerebra. With the advent of her mutant abilities, Idie accidentally burned down her village and killed her family. A paramilitary group that tracked down Idie attempted to murder her, but the arrival of Hope Summers and Storm prevented the troops from harming her.

From her introduction, Idie is shown to have deep religious reservations with respect to her status as a mutant. She has viewed herself as a “monster” and has wished her mutation was as obvious as Laurie’s, so that her “sin” would be just as obvious. When deciding to not be called “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Burn,” Idie describes herself as “a witch child,” “a blasphemy,” and “a heretic.” She states that if she cannot burn in this world, she will burn in the next. She later tells Wolverine that she has made peace with the fact that she is a monster.

Idie, with no living family left, joined Hope and the other Lights as continued to rescue the last two Lights as Generation Hope. First traveling with Rogue, Hope and the Light across Europe and finally to Florida while tracking Teon. Later the group traveled to Tokyo, Japan to stop Kenji’s rampage. Though nervous, Idie stood with Hope in defiance of Cyclops’ orders.

Once the Lights arrived on Utopia, Idie quietly submitted to Doctor Nemesis’ tests and to Hope training. Idie also quietly accompanied Hope and the other Light on their first mission to Berlin to find a new mutant.

Wolverine took a liking to Idie and started to mentor her. She was at the Museum of Mutant History when the Hellfire Club attacked. Cyclops told her to “do what she thought was necessary”. Idie decided it was necessary to stop them, and so killed them with her powers.

After the events of Schism, Idie went with Wolverine to Westchester County to attend Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

Oya is no longer part of Generation Hope and she is now part of the Wolverine and the X-Men. During a visit from Deathlok to the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning, it is shown that Idie has a high probability of eventually becoming leader of the X-Men.

Powers/Skills: Temperature Manipulation

jackalonthemoon: Hearing someone say ‘Kamen Rider triple Oh’ instead of ‘Ohs’ Why even open your...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:54:18 -0500

jackalonthemoon:

Hearing someone say ‘Kamen Rider triple Oh’ instead of ‘Ohs’

Why even open your Mouth

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Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:09:03 -0500

mamafriesmeal: ⊙▽⊙ | fu/ピュ eiji pls omg

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:06:32 -0500

mamafriesmeal:

⊙▽⊙ | fu/ピュ

eiji pls

omg

fairestcharming: Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan (credit)

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:55:21 -0500

fairestcharming:

Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan (credit)

kittea-cat: zoearcher: What I always enjoyed about Morticia...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:37:14 -0500

kittea-cat:

zoearcher:

What I always enjoyed about Morticia and Gomez was how they made no secret that they passionately loved each other. We get so used to seeing depictions (on television especially) of married couples in continual states of contention—belittling one another, falling into the wife/mother-husband/child trope, and generally disrespecting each other, which made me wonder why they even bothered marrying in the first place.

But Gomez and Morticia never lose their desire and respect for each other. Is it because they’re “weird” that it’s acceptable to depict married life so positively? Or are they “strange” because, after three children and a lifetime together, they still adore each other? I know no marriage is perfect, but wouldn’t it be nice if the media portrayed marriage as more than a continuous state of exasperation and anger? Maybe that’s why romance novelists and romance novel readers are so embattled: because we dare to believe in love.

“How long has it been since we waltzed?”

“Hours.”

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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:39:42 -0500

(Sir) Kenneth Branagh receives his Knighthood from Queen...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:55:47 -0500

(Sir) Kenneth Branagh receives his Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, November 9th 2012.

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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:33:19 -0500

natakihemmings: Dahlia, Crimson, Vermilion and Cardinal is the...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:31:17 -0500

natakihemmings:

Dahlia, Crimson, Vermilion and Cardinal is the color palette for Vera Wang’s Spring 2013 collection, and it is breathtaking! Always presenting the bridal world with something exciting and new, Vera Wang changes the look of the traditional “wedding gown”. We loved her dark, dramatic, yet eerily romantic black wedding gowns of her Fall 2012 collection, but the vibrant, rich reds in this collection has made me at a loss of words to describe how gorgeous….I will just let the dresses speak for themselves. They will do a much better job.

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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:28:18 -0500

petitetiaras: Ariel finds herself in Neverland.

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:48:23 -0500

petitetiaras:

Ariel finds herself in Neverland.

badtvblog: Don’t let me get in my zone…

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:41:11 -0500

badtvblog:

Don’t let me get in my zone…

rraaaarrl: What a perfect comment

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:45:02 -0500

rraaaarrl:

What a perfect comment

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Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:41:36 -0500

President Barack Obama openly weeping as he talks to his...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:40:20 -0500

President Barack Obama openly weeping as he talks to his campaign volunteers [x]

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Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:37:04 -0500

the-beast-at-bay: milesjai: joshwillconquer: ladyniteloveswho:...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:23:09 -0500

the-beast-at-bay:

milesjai:

joshwillconquer:

ladyniteloveswho:

THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

-Was RAPED along her best friend while her husband was tied up and forced to watch.

-Was diagnosed with uterine CANCER

-Had to get a DIVORCE because her husband was gay

What did she do about it all?

-Create a television show with her ex based on their divorce and friendship that still holds strong.

-Laughs just as hard today as she has in the past.

-Fights for the rights of the gay and lesbian community

-Works for the U.S. State department for the Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women’s Health Issues.

-Launched the ‘Cancer Shmancer’ movement, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women’s cancers be diagnosed while in Stage 1, the most curable stage.

-Has won the following awards: Jon Wayne’s Institute’s Woman of Achievement award, Gilda Award, City of Hope Woman of the Year award, Hebrew University Humanitarian award, Albert Einstien’s College of Medicine’s Spirit of Achievement Award, City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award, and the ”My Aid Award” for her achievements in support of cancer prevention and rehabilitation.

-She has been cancer free for 12 years.

Now tell me she is not an AMAZING Woman.

When people say they “Hate her” because of her voice, I just want to punch them straight in their faces.

I LOVE FRAN DRESCHER

YOU GO FRAN.

Fran is the ultimate gruh

The ULTIMATE Gruh: Diamond Edition

theavengerscomics: for thanochinchin!!

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:08:30 -0500

theavengerscomics:

for thanochinchin!!