Movie scenes that describe/fit your characters.
The game is...pick a movie scene that somehow describes your character.
RULES (not that you have to follow them)
Try to keep it short.
The less actual lines, the better. Think artsy shit.
Avoid fight scenes if possible
The less you have to explain it, the better.
Warn us of any spoilers...we might not have seen the movie you picked a scene from.
Letti (it helps if you watch it about 10x in a row)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBgWCRvBWok&NR=1
Razyel (ok, so I broke some of my own rules)
SPOILER WARNING LOLOLOL...if you haven't seen Blood Diamond, don't watch this.
Skip to 2:15ish if you want...If Razyel's death works out how I think it might, this might mirror his finals words to Tylien and it captures his view and feelings towards Azeroth.
Ok, can't find one for Elrin yet...but I will.
I admit it, I lol'd at
I admit it, I lol'd at Letti ;)
For Heulwen I think it might have to be this scene from a classic action movie: Only fools think fighting involves 'honour'
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"(I) know what art is! It's paintings of horses!"
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Well, there's this for
Well, there's this for Liore and Iloam. (I'll let you guess who is who)
And as for scenes... This is a very common scene.
Okay so I got clips from the same movie. Sue me.
"Nobody's a traitor until they are."
I just LOLed so hard <3
I just LOLed so hard <3 <3 I also never realized that without visuals that "get what's in your hand out of my face" quote is MEGA-DIRTY.
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I have been waiting for this
I have been waiting for this thread!!
Behold!! Ghurab!
Sethlion usualy has some reason to Sing.
Huh, I'd never seen gremlins
Huh, I'd never seen gremlins before... but now I know where WoW goblins come from. They look AND act exactly the same. XD
I think Derk may be Mr.
I think Derk may be Mr. Stevens in some ways. Here he attempts to explain sex to Hugh Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21onvWuAeQ&feature=related
Because you said no fight
Because you said no fight scenes.
And because I had to.
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Just call me Artie, dear.
Just call me Artie, dear.
This is actually really
This is actually really tough for Ythgar. I draw a lot from this one OF COURSE - I mean, hardly a secret, though the clip I wanted wasn't easily had ("And you, Sarah - How are you enjoying my Labyrinth?"). There is of course an element of this one too, as Shrilinda noticed. Cheesily, there's also definitely an element of this fellow in there. I was unable to find a shorter clip of Lord Summerisle from the 1973 Wicker Man movie, so here is a longer one. Start it at 2:00ish for the scene I meant. I think that's the short list of Ythgar <.<. Theryl and others insist Ythgar is totally the Godfather, but as I've never actually seen the movie, I couldn't truly say. ^.^ Given how MANY influences are in the character, it's a hard one to answer.
As for the rest of the characters....
For Aktarin, only one comes to mind, and it's corny unless you're me. They didn't have the exact scene I wanted on youtube (wtf is with the gazillion fan vids - can no one put up the actual scenes anymore? Geeze... so if you know the movie, it's the first glimpse of Amalthea: "I can feel this body dying all around me!".)
For the rest, yeah, equally eclectic and hard to figure out.
Family man; His patience tried
Put a torch to his home and warmed his hands by the fire
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Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.
The Last Unicorn is quality
The Last Unicorn is quality fiction (but I couldn't find the clip I was looking for either).
"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."
-Kurt Vonnegut
Wait a minute...you've
Wait a minute...you've NEVER seen the Godfather!?
nos sumus
magni eri
munitores
pyramidum
Inconceivable... someone
Inconceivable... someone who has not seen the Godfather?!?!?!?!??!?!
But, mad props for the Flash Gordon reference. Gah... that Soundtrack was some of Queen's best work EVER!
"I aim to misbehave"
"I aim to misbehave"
((I totally agree! I own it
((I totally agree! I own it on vinyl.
And no, no I've never seen the Godfather. Despite my blogs' contents, I have a psychological condition that prevents me from being able to watch gore/suspense without some pretty severe consequences. [ Hi hallucinatory episode! How are you? AKLDGFKJADHGKAJDHG!!! Ah good to see you're doing well. Try not to drop maggots on the carpet.] I'm told there are some brutal scenes in the trilogy, so yeah.. I've never been willing to commit to watching it. =/
Watching my own picks again on my desktop with sound, apologies for the terrible sound quality of the Devil's Advocate clip. Also, yeah, watch the whole clip from the Wicker Man. Ythgar has some massive Lord Summerisle mindfucks in him. The prior clip starting around 3:20 is also excellent for embodying the sort of refined yet unashamed tendencies Ythgar portrays. Plus a gorgeous bass voice.
"With children dancing naked!" "They do love their divinity lessons." "But.. but they're NAKED!" "Why naturally... MUCH too dangerous to jump the flames with your CLOTHES on."
*stammering*"BUT SIR! Have these children never learned of JESUS!?" "Himself the son of a virgin, impregnated.. I believe.. by a ghost. Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent."))
Family man; His patience tried
Put a torch to his home and warmed his hands by the fire
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Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.
I've yet to see the 2nd and
I've yet to see the 2nd and 3rd Godfather, but the first is fairly tame, as I recall...compared to the shit that's out now, at least. Some people get shot, a guy gets stabbed and a there's a horse head...that's really all I remember.
GO WATCH IT. IT IS A GREAT MOVIE
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Let me die without fear as I have lived without it.
Leave the gun...take the
Leave the gun...take the cannolis.
This isn't a scene, it's a
This isn't a scene, it's a short film, but the word 'short' is involved, so I'm going to call it good.
"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."
-Kurt Vonnegut
Question for Elrin - do
Question for Elrin - do they have to be movie scenes only or can there also be tv show scenes?
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Honestly, I was just trying
Honestly, I was just trying to get something besides another thread about songs going.
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Let me die without fear as I have lived without it.
For Timory, this is where
For Timory, this is where I'm taking her when Cata releases
It's not a movie... IT'S
It's not a movie...
IT'S REAL.
www.youtube.com/watch
Tavlo talks to her axes like Yelena talks to her pole.
This one is a bit better in some ways. www.youtube.com/watch
It's about the focused intensity vs. the unleased emotion. Most people only see Tavlo's focused intensity.
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And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket...
And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket...
(( I missed those the first
(( I missed those the first time around--wow! ))
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The Future is full of beautiful unmade mistakes. ~Abe
The Future is full of beautiful unmade mistakes. ~Abe
The internet hates me and I
The internet hates me and I couldn't find a decent Kara Thrace clip that wasn't done as a fan vid, so here's a bunch of clips strung together as a fanvid.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
She really is pretty much Cerwis. If you've not seen past Season 1 of BSG and intend to continue watching don't click that!
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"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later."
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"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later."
My suggestion for folks
My suggestion for folks having trouble finding clips on YouTube: try hulu.com. They often have clips as well as (or in lieu of) full movies and episodes, and not fanvids set to music.
Haven't come up with anything for my characters yet, though Daevra would be a shoujo anime character with a crush, straight up. No clue for Lormar, Alynore, or even Lirriel. But then, I don't watch a lot of movies or TV.
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Alt chars: Daevra, Alynore, Lormar, Aerella
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Can you sum up a
Can you sum up a character in one look in the middle of a 47-second clip? This is from a little Showtime film Losing Chase, which is one of my favorite Helen Mirren movies. Sometimes it's not so much about what people say but rather about their presence and their actions.
For the sake of context, Kyra Sedgewick's character had had an emotional breakdown the night before.
www.youtube.com/watch
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Just call me Artie, dear.
Just call me Artie, dear.
47 seconds? So short! I'd
47 seconds? So short!
I'd need 2 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A
I'd say for Olaff, this
I'd say for Olaff, this scene from X-men.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJ1scpqBG0
I've tried to make a few subtle parallels every now and then with Olaff and Magneto, their personality, motivations, methods, etc. and this clip more or less sums that up in as short a time as can be.
nos sumus
magni eri
munitores
pyramidum
Wow ... seeing that kinda
Wow ... seeing that kinda puts a perspective on how young Tharkil would have been.
As for current Tharkil
Ben Affleck's performance in all of Dogma kind of accurately portrays the kind of downfall Tharkil's gone through: At first the pious son who desired peace, his home was stolen from him, and when his efforts to finally see his home returned falter he is left with nothing but anger toward the force he loved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQYRq8kf4g
But as far as Tharkil's villain side, the Gary Oldman's character in Air Force One works very well. For his homeland Ivan Korshunov would have done anything and that's exactly the way Tharkil thinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKEDgbDuuBk
To answer Artie's question,
To answer Artie's question, no I don't think you can. I can't pick one scene ever to sum up Iloam. I mean, there's the crazy Irishman brutality (ppfftt. no fight scenes?! rubbish!). There is a ton of Bartleby (from Dogma) in Iloam, including really wanting to be redeemed under all that psychotic anger. And of course when you're dealing with his emotions, you're really dealing with a Peter Pan complex. But that doesn't mean he's not a bad boy romantic.
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Your Peter Pan thing
Your Peter Pan thing reminded me of something for Liore that I totally forgot about...
Liore(Moses) and Mortair(Rameses) back when they were young noble boys Start at 7:52 for the scene that I'm referring to.
"Nobody's a traitor until they are."
((I still think you have to
((I still think you have to rent Boondock Saints- Iloam has from the first day I met him given me crazy irish killer vibes))
Family man; His patience tried
Put a torch to his home and warmed his hands by the fire
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Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.
((Ixi immediately said
((Ixi immediately said Boondock Saints for me when I told her about the thread too. I was amused :) And its on my Netflix, GEEZ))
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Hm. I don't see that at
Hm. I don't see that at all. Rather antithetical to Iloam's character, actually. I've never gotten the sense of righteous vengeance from Iloam, which is what the Boondock Saints are all about.
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The wandering earth herself may be
Only a sudden flaming word,
In a clanging space a moment heard,
Troubling the endless reverie.
- W. B. Yeats, The Song of the Happy Shepherd
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So come on honey cut yourself to pieces
Come on honey give yourself completely
And do it all though you can't believe it
Youth knows no pain
- Lykke Li, "Youth Knows No Pain"
I agree with you actually.
I agree with you actually. I've never seen Boondock Saints, so I pulled up the video of the courtroom scene where they essentially explain that they are vigilantes exacting righteous justice where the justice system has failed. (Thats what I took from a 5 minute clip anyway?) I pointed out to Akkie that Iloam doesn't believe in justice OR righteousness, and she seemed to think it was less about the themes and more about totally over the top psychotically violent Irishmen. And that part, does fit ;-) So I'm including it on the basis of violence and culture but not theme.
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"I need to confess." "But
"I need to confess." "But you already confessed... this morning." "I need to confess again." Lord Wolf also makes an appearance ;)
I love that movie so much.
I love that movie so much.
"Nobody's a traitor until they are."
for the Ixinane
for the Ixinane :)
www.youtube.com/watch
ignore the horrible male dubbing.. but its the only scene in full I could find, just pay attention to the lovely goddess :) Ixi at her playful gmnae playing
www.youtube.com/watch
her anti leash morals and well it pretty much sums up her love life too
www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mp34_alien-resurrection-theres-a-monster_shortfilms
the truth and monsters :) language warning
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Character is what you are in the dark. One's true colors only appear once all the lights have gone black and hope has been snuffed out like a candle.
Almost everything you need
Almost everything you need to know about Turrin cab be summed up in the following:
"Let's get dangerous!"
Youtube Video
Youtube Video
Tundrarunner:
Tundrarunner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VvbNqU_HaA
Ashhoof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB8pjzBJ1U
Aparahu: :3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sZ8TFFAmY
(( Rather than posting
(( Rather than posting clips for my characters specifically, I'm going to go with the Commonwealth guild as a whole.
First we have Commonwealth in its early days, its founders coping with life in a strange land. Just replace the cars with bears or mammoths.
Here's the spirit of Commonwealth wrapped up in one inspirational speech, starting at about the fifty second mark. (Ignore the unrelated clips at the end, it was the only version I could find on YouTube.)
And finally, meeting in the tram station isn't as bad as you'd think. ))
YOU ARE ALL
YOU ARE ALL WEIRDOS
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Let me die without fear as I have lived without it.
This is a great thread - a
(Woosh!)
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So come on honey cut yourself to pieces
Come on honey give yourself completely
And do it all though you can't believe it
Youth knows no pain
- Lykke Li, "Youth Knows No Pain"
Breaking my own rule, since
Breaking my own rule, since the only scenes I can really think of for Elrin are fight scenes. This is a character that's evolved out of an angry teenage mind (yeah, he's that old) from a time when I watched a lot of action movies.
Here are 3 good fight scenes I found that are...brutal, to say the least, and capture some of how I figure he'd fight. I'll keep thinking about a non-fight scene scene for him.
The first two scenes of this one. The whole idea is that Jet Li's character is a little...feral...
FIST OF THE MOTHERFUCKING NORTH STAR...or something Donnie Yen rules.
Snap, crackle, pop. I am terrified of Tony Jaa
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Let me die without fear as I have lived without it.
Tony Jaa is god. That is
Tony Jaa is god. That is all.
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The wandering earth herself may be
Only a sudden flaming word,
In a clanging space a moment heard,
Troubling the endless reverie.
- W. B. Yeats, The Song of the Happy Shepherd
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So come on honey cut yourself to pieces
Come on honey give yourself completely
And do it all though you can't believe it
Youth knows no pain
- Lykke Li, "Youth Knows No Pain"
In terms of breaking your
In terms of breaking your own rule, here is the best set of tranquil fury fight scenes I've seen.
Equilibrium
This is where I picture arms warriors going when they bladestorm/sweeping strikes. They're not just swinging that huge weapon randomly in circles, they're hitting everything around them in a precise whirling death-spiral.
This one would be
This one would be Akiri.
Animos would be more like this. Yeah, it is a fight scene, it's what Animos does.
For those who know Shrilinda...
This simple wordless clip speaks volumes about Shrilinda's situation.
(( As well as all my other characters ))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUGF3NGbPg
Bleach spoilers if you
Bleach spoilers if you haven't watched it but plan to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z9vmOKOM4 - last minute of this and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnrT70CEz0&feature=related - the first two minutes of this.
That sums up Flame's relationship with the world, and certain women in his life.
Hey, Bleach! THIS IS FOR
Hey, Bleach!
THIS IS FOR MEEP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNDh_tFIHn4&feature=related
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And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket...
And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket...
Well, this took me forever.
Well, this took me forever. I wanted the scene of Zhaan gardening in the sunshine from Farscape Season 1... couldn't find it. Also couldn't find Bones being all 'social awkward rambling on in science-speak while everyone looks at her blankly'. Nor could I find anything specific besides fanvids of the Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell from Legend of the Seeker or Morganna from BBC's Merlin, all of which filter in my perception of Cyrcae. Even Luna Lovegood's movie scenes are pushed into 'fanvids' pairing her with Harry (or others!)
Finally, I found something that is, actually, part fan vid, BUT, for the most part, it strings together some VERY Cyrcae'ish clips. And the music is at least FROM the movie in question. AND is also fitting as Cyrcae hums to herself a lot... >.> Anyone who's not seen Pan's Labyrinth, is missing out!
Be kinder than necessary because
everyone you meet is fighting
some kind of battle.
alis volat propris
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."