So today I had 2 hours to kill and caught a random movie that happened to be Chameleon Street, a unique and witty 1990 dramedy directed by and starring Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Some Googling after the movie revealed to me that this is Harris’ only work to date; it won the Sundance grand jury prize in 1990 and then basically got a complete cold shoulder from Hollywood, even being banned from TV broadcasting. This interview gives some good background and a look into this really interesting man: https://thefilmstage.com/wendell-b-harris-jr-on-30-years-of-fighting-hollywood-suppression-to-get-chameleon-street-in-front-of-audiences/
Now, to grossly oversimplify the movie, it is Catch Me if You Can as a racial satire. That doesn’t really do it much justice though, because it’s got both such a unique and wild production style and a powerful commentary on race.
My first thought, before I could digest any theme or moral, was how amazing Harris’ performance is as Doug. He is magnetic and complicated, dazzling and also a little scary. I was shocked to see it’s one of his only acting credits to date.
Further than just Harris’ performance, the movie itself is shot, styled, and staged like a classic low budget indie 90s movie—definitely in a good way. Many of the aesthetic choices are quirky, like smash cuts and jarring scene changes, but all of them work to build a unique world for the film.
The writing is really really good, although if I had to pick one element that fell a little short for me the writing would be it, if only because it was so ambitious in its scope that it failed to fully flesh out all of its ideas. Overall though, the dialogue is snappy and oftentimes a level beyond that, with some truly awesome monologues and one liners. The overtones of race and race performance shine through at many points throughout, elevating this movie to that unique greatness that comes with simultaneously entertaining and educating.
The restoration is being shown at a couple theaters around the US, not sure what the specifics are but if any of that sounded interesting, I would highly recommend watching it wherever you can.
Hello Chameleon people, today while I was walking back from the grocery store I saw a green and black thing on the asphalt and when I looked closer I saw it was a chameleon-- looks very sick, not moving, and its tongue is hanging a little. I asked some people in the general area if they knew whose it was, they said they didn't and said I could take it if I wanted. I had something to do but I decided if it was still there when I was done (two hours later) I would try to move it at least out of the street...
Anyway, I am not a chameleon expert, but from what I've read, I can guess the poor thing is dehydrated and malnourished and maybe sick (sunken eyes, blackish colors, tongue hanging). The people I live with don't want me to bring it in the house so I set it in a chest-height palm near the front door.
To be frank, I don't want a pet chameleon, but I also couldn't just leave it in the street-- this guy didn't sign up to get run over on pavement in an urban hell. I assume he's an escaped or abandoned pet. I tried to drop some water in his mouth with a straw as a dropper and I sprayed him a little (it -looked- like it swallowed but I also don't know what a chameleon swallow looks like), but I really don't have the supplies to do all the things I have read about. I have had to leave him on the branch--it's now night time. Our location is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to get an idea about the temperature.
What do you folks suggest I do? I will try to look for a place that could take him to tomorrow, but in the meantime, is there anything I can do to make him less miserable?
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... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
I've been crazy about Les Nereides jewelry ever since I visited Paris with a friend and she told me we had to visit a store she was obsessed with, and that this wasn't negotiable. I wasn't expecting to fall in love, but when she pulled me into a charming, tiny shop along the cobblestone street near Montmartre filled with delicate enamel pieces inspired by nature and fairy tales, I instantly new that I'd found a new favorite. That day I bought a dainty bracelet with strawberries and strawberry blossoms as well as a pair of bird earrings for my mom, but since then, my collection has slowly grown. So today, when I found a trove of beautiful fantasy Les Nereides lookalikes on Aliexpress, I knew I had to share the wealth. (Please bear with me; this is my first ever Reddit post.)
In case you're not familiar with Les Nereides
And my finds:
LN fabric gift pouch (looks to be branded)
A beautiful carousel horse set
Floral flamingos that speak to my Floridian heart
And a bonus set with chihuahuas from Amazon
Both AE stores and the Amazon store have a lot more where those came from. Enjoy!
Somewhere in the 1990s, something changed in how Marvel treated Spider-Man that continues to this very day. While not without missteps or bizarre episodes before, Spider-Man kept his core appeal from the Lee/Ditko days and into the last decade of the 20th century. The comics portrayed the life of Peter Parker, a relatable underdog balancing his personal life with being a superhero. Most of his stories tended to be on the grounded side with realistic consequences. He fought either street-level crooks or science experiments gone wrong. Once the 90s came around, however, Spider-Man comics have moved further away from more grounded and relatable stories into complex and often absurd stories.
I could say it all began with the Clone Saga as my somewhat clickbaity title implies, but in truth it began earlier than that. In 1992, Peter Parker's parents were revealed to be alive this entire time. Except, no they weren't. They were robots created by the Chameleon. Except it wasn't really the Chameleon. It was really a plot by the already dead Harry Osborn. Peter Parker renounced his civilian identity and dedicated himself to only being Spider-Man. A rather soap opera plot of dead characters secretly being alive (not really) due to the influences of a dead villain might have been a bad episode in its own right, but the issues only continued on.
In an attempt to return Spider-Man "back to basics", Marvel began the Clone Saga which did anything but. Instead they teased for years that the Peter Parker since the late 70s had really been a clone. Doc Ock was killed (he got better) by another evil Spider-Man clone. Jackal started cloning hundreds of Spider-Man. Judas Traveller, whoever he was, a mystical being was just kinda there. Aunt May dies, but its really not her but an actress. Turns out this has all been the plot of Norman Osborn, thought to be dead for two decades. Oh yeah, Norman also has Peter and Mary Jane's baby kidnapped where she has never been heard of again. Describing the entirety of the absurd and convoluted plots of the Clone Saga is too much for one post.
Most people recognize the 1990s as the dark age for Spider-Man comics. It is almost universally acknowledged that these absurd and out there stories were some of the worst in the character's history. Characters being brought back to life. Ridiculously complicated villain plots. Crazy sci-fi and fantasy elements that just don't fit Spider-Man as a character. I agree with all of that. The
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I'll mark the ETs that have appeared in H3, just in case only those reappear.
I'll update this as i replay each ET through the use of a mod, the ETs that appeared in the game can already be found however.
PARIS
The Paparazzo: He can first be found in the corridor that separates the catwalk area and the entrance hall, switching directions. This is a very good place to get him with an explosion.
The Sensation: In the area next to the helikopter where Max Decker and Novikov meet. He's always surrounded by other people and never drinks. He does once but when you first approach the place, very far out of reach.
The Broker: Like the Paparazzo, when you spawn in he's in that same corridor, going towards the bar. He wanders in and out of the bar, with the safest kill moment being when he approaches the napoleon statue after the Terrace where there's a starting location. The Egg is found in a safe in Dalia's office, and she holds the key.
The Identity Thief: He's followed by a woman. He spawns in the Catwalk room, then goes to the bar and out of the terrace, near the napoleon statue. After that, he loses the woman but gets a bodyguard for the tiniest security contract i've ever seen and goes to the auction hall through the path made available to guests
The Black Hat: You know the attic starting point? The target is in the other room. The real one is the one with a white shirt and NO HAT.
The Blackmailer: Easy to spot amongst the model because of his peculiar makeup. If you start the mission as the stylist, you'll find him next to Sato as he talks to a male model. Then he switches from approaching Sato without saying a word, going on the catwalk, and stopping to check his phone a bit further away from the dressing area, very close to the guards checkpoint and the angle where you can sneak in.
The Forger: He starts the mission anticlimaticly walking up the stairs as Novikov makes his entrance. He then goes to the Museum Owner's Study, and then to the attic, from the entrance easily accessible to auction guests.
The Chef: As you spawn in, he's in the basement kitchen, and you can start the mission right next to him. Using a Propane Flask makes for a quick, easy kill, even Silent Assassin if his entourage doesn't die too. He can also be found in the improvised kitchen behind the big bar.
The Pharmacist: Starts the mission from the parking area to the right of the default starting area, followe
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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
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SERIAL KILLERS. CLAWS. AND... KURT COBAIN? IN OUR WORLD-EXCLUSIVE STORY, DIRECTOR MATT REEVES, STAR ROBERT PATTINSON AND MORE TELE US HOW YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THE BATMAN LIKE THIS...
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OUT 04 MAR
WHEN HE WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLD, MATT REEVES FELL ILL WITH A FEVER.
His temperature soared so high, he needed to be constantly hydrated. Day and night, his parents fed him water through an eyedropper. And as they did so, a dark figure in a cowl and a cap manifested from the shadows above him.
“I remember very distinctly, even to this day, seeing Batman on the ceiling,” Reeves tells Empire. “I wasn’t afraid of him. I just thought, ‘Oh. Batman is on my ceiling.’” He smiles, like he’s speaking of an old friend. “There was something about him that connected to me.”
When Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s crimefighting creation appeared in the pyretic Reeves’ bedroom, the character had already been going for three decades: in comic books, film serials, radio dramas, stage shows and, premiering in 1966 (the same year Reeves was born), the wildly popular TV show starring Adam West. During the next half-century, his popularity proliferated, through bold graphic-novel reinterpretations such as Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One and Jeph Loeb’s The Long Halloween (Loeb, by the way, taught Reeves screenwriting at the University of Southern California), plus the blockbuster movies of Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher, Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder. And that’s not even including all the recent spin-offs and sideshows, taking in Todd Phillips’ Joker, The CW’s Batwoman and Epix’s Pennyworth. Even Michael Keaton’s 1989 Batman is making a retrotastic comeback in next year’s multiverse hopping The Flash.
One might argue that we’ve reached the point of Bat-saturation. So how can Matt Reeves’ The Batman, the first stand-alone Batman movie since Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, bring anything new to the table?
“Batman is 80 years of blood,” says producer Dylan Clark, who also worked with Reeves on Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and War For The Planet Of The Apes. “It’s a thing that’s so intense that when you say yes to it” — as Reeves and he did in February 2017 — “you immediately feel, ‘Oh shit, what have we done? How do we do this?”’ However, that concern did not curtail their ambit
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But that’s comparing apples to oranges
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
