paul as concrete and emma as a weed. paul being solid and unmoving and unremarkable. emma being uncontrollable and wild and unwanted. a dandelion growing in a sidewalk crack. the dandelion has a home and somewhere to belong, and the sidewalk has new colour and change. anyway
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alright now that I'm finally home and settled I've made a list of stuff from the TGWDLM reprise that I liked. I have endless love in my heart for this show so it is very long <3 so without further ado I give you;
TGWDLM Reprised things that are important to me
The train choreography oh it's so silly <3
The SET holy shit it really is phenomenal. Best one they've done so far, and one of my favorite theatre sets I've ever seen overall
Rolling office chairs
Charlotte's zoned out stare as she picks something out of her teeth and wipes it on her skirt
Paul unplugging his mouse and plugging it back in
Melissa's clipboard covered in cat stickers, and the perfect dose of Freak(tm) that Mariah injected into the softball convo. Context changes the interaction anyway but seeing her play it with the context? Unmatched. Melissa's on the verge of exploding when Paul turns her down and trying so hard (and failing) to hide it, it's incredible
Bill being so locked in on the Mama Mia tickets he doesn't answer Paul for a solid thirty seconds
There's a drink on the Beanie's menu called Fudge You Clivesdale
"There's a line..." (there is no line) "and... people are working..." (Zoey is on her phone)
Emma's super smiley snarky delivery on "well did you do that to be nice or did you do it to be an asshole?" I love her so much <3
The pause between Emma giving Paul his coffee and Paul saying he doesn't like musicals. It adds a cute relatable awkwardness that I appreciate, like he knows the interaction would naturally end here but he wants to keep talking to her. Continuing to complain about musicals should be an easy in. And Emma giving a teeny bit of an Oh I Thought We Were Done Here? vibe, but picking up on him trying to flirt and clearly being fully won over by "some things are worth it." Her big smile when she asks his name is so damn cute!!! She is sold she wants this dork!!!!
Frank Pricely cameo <3 (he gets TWO and he deserves it)
Paul fully exiting and then RUNNING back onstage to keep arguing with the Greenpeace Girl, he's such a piece of shit I'm in love with him
Paul has three locks on his door
He quietly says Emma's name to himself before he starts walking to work, he's so smitten <3
Ruth Fleming cameo!
MAX JÄGERMAN CAMEO!!! This was the one I was most excited for. That's my favorite awful jock whose corpse is being puppeted around all silly, look at him GO <3
Paul getting his ass slapped twice <3
Infected Max saying "This kid's got MUSCLES :D"
ALL the new choreography for What Do You Want, Paul?, but specifically Mr. Davidson gesturing for Paul to come sit in his rolling chair and Paul just. obeying. and also when Davidson chokes Paul with the phone cord
"I forgot what it was..." (looks at Paul and mouths "I didn't forget")
Emma looks really happy to see Paul again at first <3
The GOOP in the coffee pot, oh it looks so good and nasty!!
"Oh god. I just quit my job. I'm unemployed." // "Do you have any savings?" // "NO!!!"
"They used to call me Tomcat Paul- er- Alleycat Paul"
Bill, Charlotte, and Ted actually being INSIDE the trashcans makes it like ten times funnier
The cop car choreo bit in Show Me Your Hands. Just everything about it, I love it so much. Emma's little arms-crossed sulk is delightful to me
Emma gagging when she looks at Sam's brain
Hidgens having a portrait of himself in his house. Who painted that. Did he commission Ziggs to paint that. I want to believe he did
Ted sounding legitimately bummed out when he says "I'm gonna go hit on that crabby barista." He's settling, he'd much rather be flirting with Charlotte and I truly love that
Charlotte being relentlessly horny during both her scene with Ted and all of You Tied Up My Heart. Someone take this woman to bed she is desperate and she deserves it
Jaime played Charlotte a little mousier this time around and I think it was endearing
Bill fully smacking Ted in the face. 1000/10 no notes, perfect form. Do it again
How somber Emma sounds when she starts talking about Jane. The grief and guilt and shame and self-loathing WEIGHS in her voice, it's really good. There's like... an uncertainty that Lauren brings to the monologue in this iteration that's really interesting to me. Like maybe the path she put herself on in her grief isn't the right one but she can't think of any other options. And now that the world's ending it won't even matter. She won't get to see if it works out, she won't get the chance to make things right with Jane's family. And even though she doesn't mention Tom and Tim by name they loom over the monologue in how palpable her regret is. It's really good
This might've just been my read but Emma sounds a little apprehensive when she says "I guess that makes me the supervillain" and practically melts at "I don't think of you like that at all, Emma." She has her walls up but Paul erodes them by just. being genuine. This is why paulkins is my number one ship, folks
JOIN US AND DIE. AAAAAAUGH HOLY FUCK ITS SO GOOD. THE GOOP. THE GOOP GLOWS. GAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!
I love how rough and physical infected Charlotte and Sam get. The infected are rougher with the humans in this version in general but it's particularly fun here. I love when they push Paul and Emma together like they're gonna make them kiss, only to bonk their heads together and puppet them around while they're both dizzy
Emma, Paul, and Bill huddling together while Ted tries and fails to get their attention. Correct, this is the dynamic. Also an OT3 moment for those with eyes to see <3
The DEVASTATION in Ted's voice for his The World Has Changed monologue. Being able to actually see Charlotte's body and how he's been looking at her adds to it on its own, but Joey really dialed up Ted's pain this time around. It's great
Emma being left alone on the stage as the curtains close
Not Your Seed. Everything about Not Your Seed. Bill constantly trying to reach infected Alice and being held back by Paul. Whenever Paul tries to run in to protect Bill and gets shoved back by one of the girls. Bill being able to get close and touch Alice without being attacked because they know this will hurt more. When he holds her hands. When she sits on the floor and he sits with her and cradles her so tenderly, not wanting to believe she's gone. That he can still hold his little girl. Deb and the Bee taking the gun off Bill's back and placing it in his hands at the end. Corey's performance. He's incredible. Not Your Seed has always been an effectively sad moment, but this was next level. So thoroughly devastating.
Paul catching Bill and gently lowering his body to the ground. Not giving his attention to the infected teens immediately because he's still holding onto Bill for a few beats
Overall Paul and Bill are a lot more touchy in the reprise up to this point and as someone who ships them I feel personally catered to
Will's delivery of "yes... of course... STOP... it..." And also the amount of slooooow turns he does as Hidgens, he's such a living cartoon I love how he performs. Great casting imo
The Black Friday motif playing while McNamara explains what PEIP does
Emma and Ted trying to beckon Hidgens away from the piano, and almost succeeding, only for him to slooooowly turn back to it and sit down. SO fucking funny 😭 Additionally, the long-ass pause between "it's.... a................................. sssshow-stoppin number-" KILLED me
Hidgens does the same woman-with-too-many-curves outline from WDYWP at one point and Emma says "that's too many!"
Infected Greg and Stu miming basketball and golf while talking about football
After ditching Paul and Emma, when Ted goes: "I just gotta get to that chopper. Heh. 'Get to the choppah!' Haha did you hear that, Paul- AW FUCK!" I like that a lot. He wants Paul's validation so bad it makes him look stupid <3
The fucking choreography for America Is Great Again AAAAUGH!!! The slow-mo running, the freeze-frame moments of Paul and Emma being separated and reaching for each other!! Emma being directly targeted with the gun aimed at her, and Paul saving her, before being caught by McNamara, and then Emma saves him. it's so much more dynamic than the original (all of the musical numbers are) and I love it so!!! much!!!
Jon and Lauren's helicopter crash acting
The flirty, teasing, half-delirious delivery of "and it wasn't cuz you liked our shit coffee!" It's really cute to see Emma being overt about knowing Paul's into her and that she's into him too <3
I just liked seeing the blood-spit in person it was special <3
Let It Out. Holy fucking shit Let It Out. LET IT OUT. GOD. I was sitting there with my jaw hanging open the entire time. This was a spiritual experience. I am a different person after seeing Let It Out.
The meteor is amazing (it GLOWS). The lighting and the fog are amazing. The way you can tell Paul is starting starting hear the music before he sings his first note is amazing. The new choreography is amazing. The additional lyrics are amazing. Jon!!! sounds!!! AMAZING!!!!! His singing has improved so much and it SHOWS, his performance is so heightened and strong. The two sides of Paul are distinct and the fight for control is a hard push and pull that Jon sells so fucking well. You can FEEL him collapse under the fight and start to give in a little during the bridge. Paul's battle with apotheosis was THE thing that made me fully fall in love with this show the first time. I've always thought it was incredible. Getting to see an IMPROVED version where every single aspect is dialed up and enhanced is more than I could have ever hoped for. This was very genuinely one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Dare I say, fucking transcendent
Also infected Bill hugged Paul right before the song started and that is everything to me
Seeing The Hug(tm) in person. Followed immediately by the opening of Inevitable. Once again, a life-changing moment for me the first time I saw it, and life-changing again in person
Infected Paul lifts Emma
Infected Paul DIPS Emma
Infected Paul is so deeply sinister and threatening and joyful and I NEED to KISS HIM on the MOUTH I don't CARE if he pukes on me that is a FEATURE not a bug-
Jaime and Mariah coming out as Charlotte and Melissa for Inevitable, and Emma in casual clothes with her hair down, matching her look during the opening. It cements the show as a clean loop, that it's a performance the infected are putting on after the story really happened
Emma's terror is so raw and visceral, and when she sees the band and the audience and the set backdrop lifts to reveal the stage lights, it's such a fantastically horrific moment. Lauren played it so fucking phenomenally, she's such a star. And it feels so different to be THERE. She's seeing the audience, she's seeing ME. I'M witness to her horror, I'M part of the show, I'M clapping and cheering as she's dragged to her death. But I don't stop, do I? I love the show, after all
It was an incredible experience, this reprise is so good. There's such a strong sense that everyone involved loves what they're doing and loves this show and loves this world. It's the same show, but there's more context, more understanding, more to work with, and more experience. Lauren's direction is fantastic, I really like how much exaggerated, physical comedy she added to the show. It feels like both the comedy and the drama/emotion were heightened, which makes the contrast stronger, so the emotions hit harder. At least for me. There were a couple comedic choices that didn't work for me, I didn't love Sam's lego-man walk, but for the most part I really enjoyed this take on it. And GOD all the new choreography!!! Everything was so much more dynamic, so much more fun to watch! James and Lauren were firing on ALL cylinders for this show and it DELIVERS. It's so good. I had the time of my life
always, always together and constantly touching. the ONLY times they're separated are when Pokey has them putting on a show in roles that require them to be apart for a bit. the only times they're not touching are if they're attacking/assimilating someone, or if they're in a musical number and choreography requires they break contact. those are the only exceptions. otherwise, always touching. holding hands, little touches on the shoulders or back, arms around each other, holding each other, kissing.
their kisses are nasty and slimy and sticky. when they kiss its like they're trying to infect each other MORE. Paul especially likes to kiss Emma's neck and arms and hands, leaving slimy blue stains.
Pokey always intended for Paul to be the Leading Man, and Emma was only meant to be the Love Interest long enough to appease Paul and re-tell his story. then she would've been pulled back into the ensemble to just fill in whatever role she was needed for. just another hive drone. Paul's affection for her was just too strong though, he wanted Emma to be with him. it kind of infected Pokey and made him want Emma in a bigger role. and Emma died wanting Paul back so her want was incredibly infectious too. Emma got bumped up to Permanent Leading Lady kind of by accident. I really enjoy the infection amplifying their mutual crush/infatuation SO intensely - in a way that was intended to mock them and the life they didn't get - that their obsession with each other bleeds into Pokey himself. they're his dolls either way but it was meant to be hollow, he wasn't meant to actually be FOND of them together. I think it's fun if he kinda can't help it.
dancing in pairs isn't really something the other infected do, they tend to just do group numbers. Paul and Emma are the only ones who dance just the two of them. it's a form of communication for them and the rest of the hive sees it as, like, unusually intimate.
they sing the SAPPIEST love duets and call each other the most sickeningly sweet pet names, stuff that would make human!paulkins gag. I've always been partial to infected!Emma calling Paul "Stardust", and infected!Paul calling Emma "Dove" or "Songbird".
when they go after humans to assimilate them Emma is the violent one and Paul is the happy smiley one. Paul does the luring and Emma does the killing.
Emma experiences apotheosis like constant calm contentment and satisfaction. she's always happy, but it's slightly muted, like a really nice high. Paul experiences it like mania, more intense.
their voices form a natural harmony, it sounds slightly incomplete when either of them sing alone.
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Christopher Nolan being like "uhh the Nobody pun woUldNt WOrK iN moDErN LAnGuAgE!!1!" meanwhile our homeboy TE Shaw busting out a translation "I am No-Man!" one hundred years ago, where the modern audience of average intellect can draw the tongue-in-cheek reference to Norman, a name that actually exists in English, thus Odysseus posing as someone and no-one at the same time, and delivering the pun as well.
Dude. I knew Nolan's film would be a steaming pile of trash ever since it got announced, but that he would disrespect not only Greek culture, but also the long line of translators delivering that culture to modern audience in his own native tongue so that even he can understand - how ignorant can one person be.
Completely missing the point of hubris - the cornerstone of ancient Greek culture! That will tell you all you need to know about his latest flick.
ohhh my god I just fact-checked, Nolan actually DID cut the "Nobody" scene from his Odyssey movie. Mfer that is like cutting the Father reveal from Star Wars. Let me speak in a language you understand this is like not dressing Batman up in his suit. "It was not possible to work it in" the TikTok musical with a budget of $4 and a scratched Hamilton CD managed to work it in in SONG form, step up your FUCKING GAME
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The “nobody” scene in the odyssey is absolutely not just a clever pun—it’s a character defining moment for Odysseus because he refuses to be nobody. He devised an incredible plan that worked and he could have saved his men and returned home much sooner but he just had to yell to the cyclops that he isn’t nobody—he’s Odysseus, king of Ithaca so now Poseidon knows who to curse which severely fucks up the rest of the journey.
The “nobody” scene highlights both Odysseus’s cleverness but also his arrogance and those two traits define Odysseus throughout the entire story. It’s a foundational aspect of Odysseus’s character and cutting the scene displays a shocking level of ignorance and disregard for the themes in the source material.
In light of the Odyssey movie coming out this is my formal PSA that Helen of Troy is actually Helen of Sparta, Troy is the city she was stolen and brought to. The entire Trojan war is the Greeks trying to get her back from Troy, because she is from Sparta. I feel like we all collectively forget this.
and I made this within 5 minutes of returning. so I think that sums up my thoughts on it. (though im willing to rant more if ppl want it. cause I have COMPLAINTS)
I think people forget that Stratt amnesticized Grace with the goal that Ilyukina and Yao would be there to help him, y’know NOT DIE, and then THEY DIED before he woke up.
So like she gets the recordings and realizes Yao and Ilyukina are dead before he wakes up so he’s got no pilot, no engineer, and no memories.
And then you also have to remember that the EXISTENCE of these recordings and the fact they were accompanied by the Taumoeba means that an amnesticized Grace somehow managed to save earth without a pilot or engineer and shoddy memory that only vaguely gives him enough to work with as he works.
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