Wake in Fright (1971)

...final movie role, as the apparently kind but actually sinister police sergeant who derives enormous pleasure from seeing the destruction of the clever big-city intellectual. It’s one of the most terrifying portrayals of anti-intellectualism you’ll ever see. Rafferty had been one of the big stars in the old Australian film industry back in the 1930s and 1940s. Kotcheff saw the violence inherent in...

One Good Thing And One Bad Thing About Teen Titans #77

... he's been written as for most of the last decade, this is actually a rather effective read. The Final Verdict: An effective deconstruction of the character of Slade Wilson which flies in the face of his most recent portrayals. This is, I think most Titans fans will agree, a good thing. Not really essential for Blackest Night collectors but a must-read, I think, for all Titans fans.

Episode Discussion - Warriors

... mechanics of this ep, delicious though it is in the Jim and Blair interaction. And the interaction is delicious. There are so many significant glances and little character touches in the actors' portrayals of Jim and Blair, and reading the transcripts just can't give the flavour. Poor Janet makes the fateful phonecall that Yeager overhears. Blair mentions an anti-nuke rally as part of their ...

.... -Anything set before S5 of Angel that splices some Spike/Angel into the main plot of the series, either rewriting to integrate either one of them into episodes where they weren't previously in or PWP/confrontations during episodes like In the Dark, School Hard etc. -Any Spike/Angel shit with cool portrayals of Wesley. :) I feel I've read every fanfic out there...rec some good stuff for me?

The NuSpidey status quo and "the Chuck Austen problem"

... Van Lente, who's already done such a great job with the character of Michelle Gonzales, so I'm sure that this upcoming story won't wind up compounding the problems of her previous portrayals at all! Also relevant? The following speculation was posted in reply to Omar Karindu, from a poster who goes by the handle of "Reverend Meteor:" Funny your post makes me think that it is ...

[FanFic] The 1939 Jacobite Rebellion

Title: The 1939 Jacobite Rebellion Author/Artist: Phantomthief Character(s) or Pairing(s): Canada, America, minor England and Germany Rating: PG-13 for language Warnings: Some language, the vaguest hint at USxUK possible, SERIOUS DRUNK AMERICA IS SERIOUS, Nazis, alcohol and psycho!Canada

... to crane our necks to watch the movie from the front row, we had a good time. i began to write a snarky satirical entry in which i deconstructed some best-loved movies and criticized their portrayals of non-white non-male characters and the roles they assume, but then it began to depress me. i remember picking up twilight two years ago because some of my more clever female students were ...

Resolute, Snakes and Scarlett, and Why I love fanfiction

..., but I just felt they could be better. I gave Rise of Cobra a chance, but I just didn't feel into it. G.I. Joe Resolute, one the other hand, felt like everything I wanted in the new portrayals of G.I. Joe. Well, except for one thing, and considering which community I am posting on, that is easy to figure out. Oh well. I guess that's one of the reasons we have fanfiction. Speaking of which, go...

I'll Find a Way To You If It Kills Me by fringedweller, (R)

... a great job of taking the original universe back story on Chapel and tweaking it here and there to fit the new universe and all the challenges and changes therein. Weirdly enough, this author's Jim Kirk is one of the best portrayals I've read, and I love that what romance there is has a slow burn to it. This is, honestly, a great story and one I'd recommend reading, no matter who your ship is.

Pimp: Last Scenario by keltenaasule

...slowly begin to unravel, and some major plot twists are dumped on the party (and trust me, at least one of them you will not see coming). All of the black-and-white, good-and-evil portrayals of the various countries and characters fade to shades of gray, national politics happen, and geologists discover the secret of the demon wars. And stuff. Seriously. Why are you still reading this? Go play ...