THE TUMBLR HUNGER GAMES:

atlantis-city:

The Tumblr Hunger Games:

Hi guys.

So this idea was suggest to me by an anon.

What if I wrote a Hunger Games, using people from Tumblr?

I would randomly select 24 tributes, 12 boys and 12 girls to participate in written fanfic type story. I would randomise them into districts. And then each day I would randomly kill the tributes off one by one. Placing them in sticky situations and engaging in fights to the death. Finally until one victor remains. It would be an exciting face paces interesting read for tributes and spectators alike. I will also have sponsors and game makers to help me out. Sounds fun?

I also will be constantly giving the tributes scenarios in which i would message the given person as to what they would do in that situation to make it more realistic.

How can I be a part of this?

All you have to do is simply reblog this picture. You don’t even have to be following me. Although, I wouldn’t object if you did. ;) When this reaches a decent amounts of note I will put you all into a random generator. And select my 24 tributes in my “reaping.” The maximum times you can reblog this is 3 times.

That’s my idea. I hope you like it. That’s all from me! :)

Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be EVER in your favour.

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

tarteauxfraises:

‘I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK HOLMES’ STICKER GIVEAWAY

After The Reichenbach Fall and subsequent fan reaction, I thought I’d make a couple sticker tag type jobbies to hand out to my friends back at dorm, because I knew after we watched the third episode together, they’d love them. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I could only order them in 250 counts.

As you can imagine, I have a LOT of stickers left over.

SO, I am going to send THREE people 10 stickers each. They are perfect for sticking on notebooks, laptops, phone cases, signposts, walls, etc. etc.

• You may reblog as many times as you like!
• You do not have to be following!
• Likes will count.
• I will send these anywhere.
• Please make sure your ask box is open! This is so I can ask you for your address if you win.

I’ll randomly choose the winners sometime late at night on Thursday, March 8th, and send them out as soon as I have all the addresses!

(via angiechuwho)

Attack the Block, Dir. Joe Cornish (2011)

Summary: A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.

Directors & Writers: Joe Cornish (director/writer)

Review: SPOILERS

Let me just say this: I LOVED THIS MOVIE.

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Sorry for my lack of posts.

It has come to my attention that I don’t update this blog as much as I do my personal blog. I’m sorry for that but I really do take the time to choose which things I review and write them up. Often times, I’ll have to rewatch, reread, or listen again to whatever I choose to review and this takes time since I tend to go back and analyze things. The actual writing of the review takes a while as well since other things tend to come up and I’ll be forced to stop and come back to it the next day so sometimes my review writing spans an hour to a week depending on what I choose to review.

And if you have any review requests, I would be happy to do them. If you were to request a review on a certain show, movie, book, or CD, it would make things a whole lot easier for me. So anyone have any requests?

Anonymous asked: Judging from your lack of posts, it seems like you don't watch, read, or listen to a lot of stuff.

Oh, no. I actually watch, read, and listen to A LOT of movies, shows, books, and artists. I just don’t have the time to write up and analyze every single thing that I see. It takes time to write up a review and make a post readable. I’m sorry if this annoyed you, but I do try to take the time to make every review I write and post a good one. Thanks for the question and for even reading my review blog.

In The Woods, by Tana French (2007)

Summary: As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled shoes, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.

Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox – his partner and closest friend – find themselves investigating a case with chilling links to that long-ago disappearance. Now, with only snippets of buried memories to guide him, Rob has the chance to unravel both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.

Author: Tana French

Review: I’ve heard a lot about this novel, how it’s creepy/unsettling, riveting, and one of French’s best works, so I had high expectations for this since I’ve yet to read a psychological thriller/mystery that was actually thrilling and creepy.

This is Tana French’s debut novel and it opened to glowing reviews about how brilliant the novel is and how raw and tender her writing is concerning the relationship between Rob and Cassie.

When I started reading this, I couldn’t stop. It was that good. The main plot which is about the murder of a young girl and the subplot about Rob’s childhood and his blocked memory are laid out brilliantly.

First, the main plotline; the murder of Katharine “Katy” Devlin. Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox are ‘newbies’ on the Murder squad. They are a close-knit pair and eagerly hop on the case. It is not until they find out where the murder happened that Rob remembers something.

This something is our subplot; Rob previously known as Adam, was one of three kids who disappeared in the woods of a small Dublin suburb. Adam/Rob was the only one that returned, his friends, Peter and Jamie weren’t even found. Despite being the only one that returned (blood all over and inside his shoes), Adam/Rob proclaims that this even had no profound meaning in his adult life, although he cannot remember that period of his childhood.

Now onto the writing. French does a brilliant job of laying down the story and creating and building these characters and their relationships, especially with Rob and Cassie. The writing is creepy and addicting. You just have to know what happens next.

But right around the time I got to the middle of the book, I felt myself getting annoyed with Rob. There were certain things he did and ways he acted that made me angry with him. I don’t know if it was French’s intention, but Rob is one of the worst murder detectives ever. Seriously. Out of most things in the novel, I just couldn’t believe that he was a brilliant detective who solved nearly all his cases. But I guess that’s the brilliant part; he’s completely fucked up and flawed aka real.

The Devlin murder case is written well; the whodunit feel and the set up, just perfect. But then it got to wrapping up the whole novel, both main plot and subplot, and I just felt like something was missing, something crucial to actually tie together the whole thing.

French did a brilliant job with the beginning and the middle (which is where most writers seem to lag) but the ending? The ending was empty. I finished the book and realized that this novel that started out so well and got me to the edge of me seat, left me disappointed and unimpressed.

I will probably read her other novels and I hope that in them, the endings are less rushed and filled with less wtfuckery.

Rating: 3/5

Jane Eyre, Dir. Cary Fukunaga (2011)

Summary: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester’s terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Directors & Writers: Cary Fukunaga (director) | Charlotte Bronte (novel), Moira Buffini (screeplay)

Review: Ever since hearing that Mia Wasikowska was casted as Jane and Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester, I just knew that this movie wasn’t going to disappoint. Having read the novel multiple times in high school, I had very high expectations for this movie and after seeing the posters released for it (like the one above) I just knew that I was going to fall in love with it.

Now upon watching it, I discovered that they way the movie was being played was set like PRESENT -> PAST -> PRESENT. It was a nice way to present the story seeing as how all other adaptations I’ve seen played it straight (past to present). I liked that they introduced Mr. Rivers and his sisters early on AND then proceeded to tell the audience how Jane came to be in Mr. Rivers and his sisters’ company.

Now, Wasikowska as Jane was a good casting decision. For me, I felt that in the first 30 minutes or so, her performance was a tad underwhelming but I suppose that’s because for most of the 30 minutes she had to be playing sick but after that, I think she really found her pace and was able to play Jane wonderfully. She’s everything I imagined Jane to be; quiet, content, but passionate and eager for someone to love her. But during that first fireside scene between Jane and Rochester when he comes back to Thornfield after being away and he says that he and Jane are ugly and plain, I just could not believe it. No way in hell is Mia Wasikowska plain and there is no way Michael Fassbender could be ugly. For me, they were both just way too beautiful and handsome for that line to work.

Which brings me to Michael Fassbender’s Edward Rochester. Fassbender’s Rochester is all cheek and dark romanticism. I felt that his voice could have been a lot deeper and more gravelly but Fassbender did a splendid job. His Rochester had me swooning and crying. It was amazing. The chemistry between himself and Wasikowska was evident and subtle; it wasn’t overwhelming and annoying, it was just perfect. Fassbender definitely has the acting chops to play Mr. Rochester. He broke my heart during the scene after the big reveal when Rochester was pleading with Jane to stay and you can just see how much both Jane and Rochester love one another, but Jane’s morals won’t allow her to stay and the realization that she won’t just breaks Rochester’s heart, his soul even, and Fassbender’s performance showed all of that.

The supporting cast was just as good! Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax and Jamie Bell as Mr. Rivers were spot-on! I swear, if this movie could be any more perfect, I would die from the sheer amazingness of it all. I mean Imogen Poots as Blanche Ingram? Perfect. And then Holli Grainger as Diana Rivers? Adorable.

However, there were little things that did bother me. Things like Blanche and Adele not being blonde. It didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, but that’s mostly thanks to Romy Settbon Moore’s and Poots’ performances. I was also bothered by the fact that it wasn’t revealed that Mr. Rivers, Diana, and Mary were Jane’s cousins. And the ending! I was irritated that they kept Rochester looking handsome, that he had both hands even though he was supposed to have lost one in the fire. And I would have liked it if they showed him regaining some of his sight to see his and Jane’s first born son. That would have been perfection.

Thankfully, the actors’ portrayals, the absolutely gorgeous cinematography, and splendid score all came together to create a wonderfully crafted movie that had all the aspects of the original novel.

Any viewer can watch this movie without reading the novel and still fall in love with the romance between Jane Eyre and her Edward Rochester.

Rating: 5/5

Super 8, Dir. J.J. Abrams (2011)

Summary: After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.

Directors & Writers: J.J. Abrams (director/writer)

Review:

Okay, this movie has been hyped like crazy; all the cryptic viral marketing, Steven Spielberg on board as producer, and then of course J.J. Abrams (LOST, Fringe, Cloverfield). Everyone has high expectations for this (I’m over generalizing but everyone else I know has high expectations for it) and with good reason. Practically everything Abrams does is EPIC and loaded with tons of lens flares and this movie is no exception.

The main cast, made up of up-and-coming teenage actors with ages ranging between 12 and 17 years old includes Elle Fanning (Alice), Ryan Lee (Cary), Zach Mills (Preston), Riley Griffiths (Charles), Gabriel Basso (Martin), and rounding out the cast in the lead role, Joel Courtney as Joe Lamb. 

People may assume that this movie will be similar to ET (which Spielberg gave to the world) but that’s not completely right since this alien encounter is anything but friendly. Before I go on, I will not talk about the actual story since it needs to kept under wraps, instead I will talk about everything but the storyline.

So, production value (when you see the movie, you will laugh at this in the future. I know I did), is as expected top notch. If you were annoyed with Abrams and his gratuitous use of lens flare in Fringe and Star Trek, get ready to be more annoyed. He uses it pretty often in this movie as well. The lens flare didn’t bother me so much until it started to pop up in places where a lens flare is just physically impossible. And the alien? When you see it, well, you won’t want to be its friend as much as you wanted to be ET’s. It is a little bit reminiscent of the Cloverfield alien design, but not that much. If anything, the alien here is like a teddy bear compared to that one.

The acting was fantastic I’d say. Most of the young actors who made up the main group of kids were mostly unknowns and they were definitely entertaining. Each character reminded me of my friends and I which is probably part of the reason why I like this movie as much as I do. I was definitely blown away by Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning though; Courtney is such a sweet and adorable kid and he definitely sold the idea of a lost boy (I’d say more but I’m scared of spoiling it). And then Fanning! Oh goodness, I already stan her since Phoebe in Wonderland (such a heartbreaking movie) and when I had heard she was casted in this movie, I got terribly excited for Super 8. She has such a deep and raw voice that during those emotional parts of the movie, she REALLY sold it. I mean it took everything in me to not cry during her and Courtney’s scenes with their parents. I also didn’t want to cry because I was at a screening with my friends.

I will say one thing about the story though: it is pretty entertaining. It’s not especially groundbreaking but it sure as hell is a lot better than most movies out in the market right now. And for the alien-themed movies, this is probably one of the better ones I’ve seen in recent years. It’s definitely a movie to check out.

Don’t knock this movie until you see it. Otherwise I’ll just assume you’re trying to be a cool cow by rejecting it outright and trying to be all hip. Seriously though. This movie isn’t half bad.

Rating: 5/5

X-Men: First Class, Dir. Matthew Vaughn (2011)

Summary: In 1963, Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities. Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend… and future archenemy.

Directors & Writers: Matthew Vaughn (director/screenplay), Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz (screenplay), Jane Goldman (screenplay), Sheldon Turner (story), and Bryan Singer (story)

Review (POSSIBLE SPOILERS):

So being the nerd I am, I was excited that this movie was coming out because the previous X-Men movies were god awful. I saw the cast list and I approved immensely (except for the casting of January Jones as Emma Frost but more on that later). James McAvoy (Charles “Professor X” Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Erik “Magneto” Lehnsherr), Nicholas Hoult (Hank “Beast” McCoy), and Caleb Landry Jones (Sean “Banshee” Cassidy) are some of the many actors I adore (I’m shallow) who are starring.

Okay, so on a continuity nitpick, I am extremely annoyed that they brought in Cyclops (Scott Summers)’s youngest brother, Alex “Havoc” Summers, in as one of the “original X-Men”. First of all, this movie is set during the 60’s. So unless Cyclops is also a time traveler, there is no way they can bring him in EVER without making him the younger brother. Don’t even get me started on the middle Summers brother. Goodness. I mean, Vaughn even said in an interview that he didn’t care about continuity, that he just wanted to make a good story. And he did. This movie is probably the best movie out of the all the X-Men movies released.

Now, Emma Frost. January Jones is just NOT Emma Frost. When I think of sexy and suave Emma Frost, I definitely did not see twiggy January Jones. Physically and acting-wise she just did a shitty job. I feel like they only casted her because she’s blond and because (this next part is a rumor) she may or may not have been sleeping with Vaughn. Seriously. She was one of the downfalls of First Class.

Now, another thing that bothered me: Banshee was not Irish! Seriously. I love Caleb Landry Jones. He is a ginger, adorkable, and from what I’ve read and seen in interviews, a sweetheart, but I wish that they had gotten an actor who had an Irish accent. Other than that, I liked Jones’ portrayal of Sean.

This movie was in one word: EPIC. The score: EPIC. The acting (excluding January Jones): epic (kinda epic). The general atmosphere of the movie: EPIC.

If you’re an X-Men fan from the beginning from “The Astounding X-Men” (first issue ever :D) then you will definitely like this movie better than previous movies. My dad (who is the BIGGEST Marvel and X-Men fan/nerd ever) loved it. I definitely recommend this X-Men movie far more than the other ones, especially the shitfest that was X-Men: Origins (seriously. Did no one read that little graphic novel of Wolverine’s origins? Goodness.)

Rating: 5/5

Insidious, Dir. James Wan (2011)

Summary: A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Directors & Writers: James Wan (director) and Leigh Whannell (writer) <3333333

Review (POSSIBLE SPOILERS): Okay, so I remember when I first saw the trailer, I thought it was going to not be scary because it was coming out on April 1 (Fool’s Day) but then I saw it and I was like o__________________0

Anyways, this movie starts off with such an unsettling and creepy intro and the music just adds to it. Ugh, I cannot contain how much I loved how creepy this was. It probably helps that I absolutely adore James Wan and Leigh Whannell (bromance FTW). The movie centers on Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne)’s family particularly their son, Dalton. So they just moved into this gorgeous two-story house complete with creepy attic.

Being a curious kid, Dalton heads up to the attic, climbs a ladder, falls, hears something creepy, sees something creepy (I think), and screams. The day after that, Josh goes to wake Dalton up only to find that he is in a coma! Oh no. Despite my very simple description of the attic scene with Dalton, it was actually very unsettling. The attic is just creepy! Anyways, I’ll try to not summarize the movie like I did with the Dylan Dog review.

Anyways, turns out that their son is a talented astral projection traveler. A talent which he inherited from his dad, Josh. Apparently, thanks to the help of Elise (a medium) and her two assistants, Tucker and Specs (Whannell), he got lost while he was out traveling and now all these ghosts and a very VERY scary demon are after his empty vessel of a body.

So the overall atmosphere is creepy and like I said unsettling and dark. I think Wan and Whannell did a brilliant job with this movie. It actually made me scream a couple times and the idea that there is a world that we can become trapped in, leaving our bodies to ghosts and spirits is just completely terrifying.

This movie is a brilliant horror film and the ending is just a perfect ending in my opinion. Leading up to it, I already knew that Josh would never make it back in time but it still freaked me out when he strangled Elise and when the screen cut to black as Renai found out and gasped.

So, you should definitely watch this if you’re looking to get scared :)

Rating: 5/5