I just want to take a moment to appreciate whoever in The Fall Guy's set design team came up with all these movie posters...and also to zoom in and drag out as much detail as I can for fanfic reasons!
In rough order of relevance:
Annihilation of Valor: we see Jody filming Colt's mud puddle stunt for this movie, which appears to be set during the Vietnam War. I'm guessing this is the shoot where Colt meets Jody as a camera operator. He's a champion piner, so they maybe could have worked on another movie previously, but Alma calls them a "short but legendary torrid love affair", so I'm guessing this film was their first. If so, I'd also place the flashback with them kissing and goofing around on the prop truck tailgate after they wrapped on this one, given they're pretty cavalier about smashing the breakaway bottles.
Silence Day: my best bet for the movie where Colt breaks his back. The poster looks like a futuristic astronaut, and Colt is wearing a NASA "Time Travel Division" jumpsuit costume during the stunt. (I already love whoever wrote that script!) Not sure if the placement of the poster at Colt's back here was ironic or accidental...
Bad Cop Good Dog: starring everyone's favorite good boy Jean-Claude! Clearly a cop film, probably an action-comedy, this film came out at some point in the period seven years prior to canon because Colt says he worked with Jean-Claude on it [he'd been Ryder's stunt double for 6 years as of the Silence Day accident, plus 18 months in recovery before Metalstorm]. I'd bet on the more recent side, since Colt is surprised to see Jean-Claude with Alma, and Jean-Claude still remembers him.
More listed below, this got long!
Action Pact 1: I love the pun, I am baffled by the '1' - did it ever have a sequel??? The tagline is also baffling: Does_It_Get_Worse_Than ___? Not many clues outside of that: generic action hero stance with white tank-black pants combo using a Glock 17 (which appears in the apartment fight as the gun full of blanks). Maybe the main character has amnesia?
The Puncher 2: the '2' isn't visible in Gail's trailer, but it's on the placard next to the boxing gloves in Tom's apartment.
The equipment looks like leather, very old-fashioned, so probably a period piece.
The Road to Pain: seen in Ryder's apartment. Obviously a western. The (rubber) tomahawk that Dan dibs and the hat are props from this movie, since you can see the same hat in the poster. Something about this makes it feel like it's an older movie of Ryder's? Different visual + character style, Ryder's billed large at the top but below 'Paul Sullivan' at the bottom, different production company (Gail's is [something] Alpino Studios on her trailer). Could be from before Colt's time doubling for him.
Blood & Guts: the internet tells me '4 Queens' is a Las Vegas casino that opened in the '60s. Between that and the title and the 'vs' visible on the left marquee, I'd bet on another boxing movie, set in Vegas, and therefore probably involving the mob given Hollywood cliches.
Failed Case: another generic action hero pose against an explosion in the background. His costar is billed as 'Emma Lawrence', which is probably a Jennifer Lawrence nod.
Hot Earth: it looks like Ryder is standing in front of a waterfall of lava, which is technically hot earth! I wish I knew more, it sounds terrible.
Ice Warrior: sadly this is the most we can see of this poster, so I have no idea what it might be about.
untitled katana movie: maybe starts with a D or R? I could see Ronin as a title, if they don't mind being total ripoffs (clearly they don't). The katana is visible in Ryder's prop collection, and might be the sword that Iggy attacks Colt with, but it's hard to tell. She could have just brought her own!
So the final list of known titles is:
Annihilation of Valor
Silence Day
Bad Cop Good Dog
Action Pact 1
Failed Case
Hot Earth
The Puncher 2
Blood & Guts
Ice Warrior
The Road to Pain
Thanks for reading! I had fun even if no one else did, hah.
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2. Colorado Gov. Polis Signs New Conversion Therapy Ban, Defying Supreme Court
“The bill [...] allows survivors to sue the practitioners who subjected them to [conversion therapy], using a private right of action—notably, the same legal mechanism first pioneered by Republicans to get around Roe v. Wade in Texas. [...] Once it takes effect, it should immediately make conversion therapy financially prohibitive in the state, as any practitioner who engages in it faces unlimited civil liability with no statute of limitations on claims.”
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4. 8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan
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A year or so ago I went to wood carving club with a bruised eye from my dog slamming his nose into my eyesocket and like every old lady there pulled me aside at some point to ask if my partner hit me here are some of the solutions they had in case he did.
-Replacing his vitimens with poision
- getting her brother to invite him out onto his boat and then killing him and dumping him in the ocean and saying he got drunk and fell off.
- get tboned with him in the passenger seat and then once he was in the hospital theres all kinds of easy ways to kill him like not washing my hands after a poop and then touching his wound casually.
-replacing his drink of choice with moonshine!?
- take him on a hike thats locally notorious for a rapid otter attacking hikers and once he had rabies I could just kill him any ol way and say self defense.
-One lady just cheerfully informed me she had a gun and only a few years left anyway
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when introducing himself to Father Jud, Blanc says "my mother is—was very religious" which is not a slip you make if your mother has been dead for a long time (compare to Knives Out where he says "my father was a police detective" with no hesitation)
his litany against Christianity in that same scene feels very personal, which could be for any number of reasons, but I think the line I mentioned in the previous bullet point is meant to provide context for it; he's expressing anger towards his mother and her loyalty to the church during her lifetime
similarly, when Blanc has his "road to Damascus" moment and his speech about giving grace to those who deserve it the least but need it the most, he's not really (or at least not only) talking about Martha; he's realized that he needs to find forgiveness and grace for his mother as well
Blanc's mother being dead would make him a thematic parallel to Monsignor Wicks, whose own unresolved trauma with his deceased mother informs his hyper-religious worldview (which stands in opposition to Blanc's hyper-rationalist one)
it also seems very intentional that when Father Jud prays for Louise, it's because her mother is dying and she doesn't want their last words exchanged to be in anger
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the movie is about the time she actually wins the timeloop. she had to send her shitty pet scientist to space and when she wakes up the day after launch she's like 'really. that guy. REALLY.'
rocky switching between the dry sarcastic tone "i make chain. i make long chain." / you can do that? / *yes.* (like duh. in the book he says "obvious i can do that.")
AND
the slightly childlike "what's that?" tone when grace calls it fishing
AND
full on excited screaming when grace shows him what fishing is. "OOOHHHHH OHHHH!!!"
in the span of literally six seconds is what makes him the character of all time. he is a middle aged nerd mechanic pairbonded with a middle aged nerd scientist and they are scream besties and clock bros together
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AAAAAAA+, I love it! The good shit! The insecurity, the yearning, the misunderstandings (or better yet, serious obstacles like divided loyalties), the racheting sexual tension and longing, and the catharsis when they finally figure their shit out. *chef kiss* Fuck yeah, so delicious, I'll eat it with a spoon. Also beautiful in poly ships, with extra crunchy complications - whether it's all of them pining or an established relationship wanting someone additional.
Treated as a hurdle to a m/m pairing that's not even that interesting. Despite the man she likes being like 30 and her being a high schooler, she's treated as the one who should supposedly know better than to get involved with him. A lot of the fandom likes to put this male character on a pedestal and ignore the fact he was attracted to her even before he knew she was 18.
Her relationship to Laura and Donna is so interesting. She's strong and smart but also can be vulnerable. She has dreams outside of what her little town can offer. My personal favorite twin peaks character behind Laura.
Hen Wilson:
Constantly overlooked by the fandom in favor of men, and when people do focus on her it's all about how she helps the m/m ship du jour get together, or supports them, or guides a man in his sexuality discovery. People outside the fandom are constantly being bombarded with the noncanon ship between two white (passing) men, and never even hear about the Black lesbian main character. The OG animals facts girlie but everyone gives that trait to her (white) male coworker.
BADASS Black lesbian firefighter who joined the crew at a time when it was rife with racism and misogyny. Had to fight three times as hard to earn her place and boy did she! Multifaceted, makes devastating mistakes, lashes out, is sososo compassionate, funny, and the smartest character on the show! And her wife is so hot
Hen is a main character who has been in a lesbian relationship since the very first episode(!!!), and yet it's only when the white male lead comes out as bi that fandom celebrates how wonderfully queer the show is and put his face on all the fandom Pride events and artwork! I guess it's not queer rep until it's a white man doing it…
Hen is brave, kind, has a huge heart, makes mistakes, loves, laughs… She's such a wonderful and vibrant character and she doesn't deserve to be overlooked by both the writers and the fandom!
Fandom turns her into a cheerleader for their fave m/m ship, usually Buddie but sometimes Bucktmmy (the latter being especially crazy considering her history with Tommy). Fans also hated on her for what she said about feeling like no one supported her after Bobby died because Buck made her fill out a grief checklist one time, even though that speech (while maybe not super supported by the previous episodes) had very clear subtext about her being the only black woman at her workplace.
Hen is a friend to all animals and is extremely messy in her personal life, two great qualities for any character.
fandom refuses to give her the same rich inner live her male coworkers have, because she's just allowed to be the mothering, wise, funny black woman. it's not that fans hate her, they proclaim to love her, but everytime she gets a storyline they complain. everytime she behaves like a human being, with flaws, on the show they complain. anyone's guess whether that's misogyny, racism or misogy-noir
Henrietta fucking Wilson, smartest person you'll ever know (except for her rocket scientist wife) is a firefighter/paramedic, she is badass, she's a mom, she's a lesbian, she's a great friend and she has this incredibly dry wit sometimes. she has flaws, she's stubborn, she tries so hard not to burden anyone that it's burdening, she makes decisions and takes the fall for them. she!!!
This is a complicated answer but here's my thesis. Hen (main character) is sometimes (sometimes!) not served that well by the canon, and I think it's because they are (since s1) afraid to let a black lesbian character be too messy. But this is about fandom, not canon. And she does have some really juicy storylines. And what I have noticed is that fans love to hate the show and they like to say Because Hen Has No Story as one of the reasons. And then when Hen has a juicy story, many of these some fans will insist it's Bad Actually and will come up with some of the most convoluted nonsensical reasons the storyline is objectively bad, when they are in fact clearly just upset their fave didn't get more attention that ep, but they can't say that because that would be racist and they are Not Racist, you see. So some really fun and interesting stories gets crickets at best and torn up and discarded at worst and sucks.
She marches to the beat of her own drum. She's compassionate and kind and brilliant. She's Judging You. She is SUCH a good friend. She is constantly celebrating people and making sure they feel appreciated. She had a really cool villain foil in s5 and nobody ever talks about how good it was. She loves animals. She's had to carve out her place wherever she goes. She has excellent intuition and she's daring and kind of egotistical about her ability to save lives with risky ad hoc medical hail marys. It's hard to sum her up, she's been here 9 seasons. In some ways the family dynamics of the team started with her.
