Theissued - Lucien

speirs again

The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter

“Pro Wrestling is like Drag for straight dudes”

in the Canadian Arctic straight up “not finding it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. The nornthwest pessage

Gohatto (1999) // dir. Nagisa Oshima

there are so many parallels to be made between The Terror and The North Water... even beyond the obvious common points of "sad boys on a boat are stranded in the Arctic and there's some killing and mutiny involved". the way both shows use these backgrounds to explore themes like identity (faking one, lacking one, rebuilding one), masculinity especially related to class and religion, colonialism, the way both shows go beyond the saint/monster dichotomy and while being incredibly dark and showcasing human-made horrors, still manage to leave room for redemption and/in solidarity

Ian Curtis, 1979

Don't stop talking about palestine!!!!

So merciless evil devil from hell fandom. What are we calling this?

One of my favorite sort of subtly off-putting details in the Terror is how fucking healthy Hickey looks right up until the end, everyone else is grimy and emaciated and bleeding from their hair follicles and he looks...fine