Just a Jace, really

in 1999, an italian named giancarlo pasquini released a europop song under the alias dave rogers called Deja Vu. this song was picked up as the theme song for the above anime. it in turn became a meme, a shorthand for drifting and Cool Moves as a concept.

in 1983, air canada flight 143, a full sized 767, ran out of fuel halfway to edmonton, alberta. this is not something you want to have happen to a huge airplane. the flight chose to try and make an emergency landing at a nearby decomissioned airforce base (as they were falling fast and could not make it to a proper airport), where they ran into a second problem: they were falling out of the sky at 500 feet per mile, but reached gimli (the base in question) while still too high to safely land. normally a plane would just do a big loop-de-loop to lose altitude, but they had maybe three minutes of airtime left before they hit the ground: not enough time to make any kind of circle. the pilot, therefore, decided to execute a side slip to lose speed and altitude. this is Not a move you want to do with a massive 767, because airplanes are not built for that and if you screw it up that plane is hitting the ground at a high speed at a weird angle and breaking into a million pieces. nevertheless, the captain tried it... and succeeded. the plane landed perfectly, and there were no major injuries! (a couple of people did get minor injuries when evacuating the plane after.) he did it so well, in fact, that the plane was refueled, flown out of gimli a couple days later, and continued to fly for another 20 years with the nickname "Gimli Glider."

what is a side-slip, you ask?

it's drifting.

the guy goddamn drifted his 767.

in 2008, the tv show Mayday: Air Disaster featured the gimli glider with full reenactments as an episode on season five of their show.

and so, in conclusion, the thing i have been giggling to myself about all weekend:

Then humans start spotting predators, ambushes, and hidden creatures in complete darkness before any of the aliens can detect them.

Apparently, when a human says, "That shadow has a face," the correct response is no longer, "You're imagining things."

It's, "Everyone stop moving."

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

Everyone's well within their right to be disappointed by a lot of what has been teased from this new version. But here's some positives I can point out, from my end, that I'm looking forward to!

I'm definitely still seated for the upcoming show, but managing my expectations with everything that has been teased. The more information we've gotten, I can't deny that my enthusiasm over a novel-accurate adaptation has lowered and lowered.

I don't expect anything faithful to the novel now, but that doesn't mean I'm not curious and interested to see what new directions this iteration of the story will take, and it's taking bolder swings than the 2013 version (giving Kimberly Pierce grace for this though - we've already heard her film was really affected by reshoots and studio mandates) for sure, and I respect that. From the info provided, it really does not sound like a straight retelling anymore, and that's an exciting thing!

Summer's Carrie:

"With a present-day setting, Summer H. Howell is our new Carrie White. She’s spent her life hidden away at home with her mother, Margaret (Flana-fam regular Samantha Sloyan). Not even the state knew the two existed until the sudden death of Carrie’s father, Ralph, forces a spotlight onto their household and prompts the teenager to enter public school for the very first time."

This is already a great way to set Summer's Carrie apart and give her a fresh flavor from the other three screen adaptations. By having her introduced to public school for the first time, I can already feel myself wincing for her. I recently checked out some clips from her other projects, and I'm a lot more interested to see her act this role out.

Bullying Scandal:

I'm so interested to see how much further the locker room bullying incident will spread and be utilized through this version. Carrie 2013 had the seeds of social media bullying and brought it around in a neat way into the prom scene, but didn't get to fully flesh out this concept. Now with TikTok, memes, and internet culture, this new Carrie has a perfect target on her back to be an online scapegoat.

Chris and Carrie:

This image in particular really excites me, because they're already promising something I hoped for in the 2013 version, which ultimately both scenes got cut - scenes and direct interactions between Carrie and Chris!

I do really miss dark-haired Chris. I'm so thankful for Portia's Chris Hargensen lol.

The two characters don't exactly have lengthy or meaningful interactions with each other in the novel either, but the 2002 version had this really great moment between them that I appreciated, and it's made me crave it in every version ever since.

Telekinesis:

“Stephen King also talks about the ‘TK gene’ [for telekinesis] and the science behind Carrie’s abilities,” Flanagan says. “Something that the De Palma adaptation ignored was Carrie’s place in the larger universe, that she’s part of a sorority of very gifted women and just doesn’t know it. The book absolutely points at that, but that was something we could pick up and run with.”

This bit is really fascinating to me, and I'm eager to see how they've explored and expanded on this from the novel. Also, that little clip they previewed of Carrie's powers manifesting and affecting the mailboxes is VERY cute and fun.

Overall, I'm curious to watch it! I'm happy the conversation around Carrie can still be kept alive, and hopefully can extend even further after this show. I'm sad we probably won't ever get the faithful screen adaptation we wanted, but it just means we can continue to imagine it ourselves! And I do have a lot of fun interpreting the material myself.

Everyone's well within their right to be disappointed by a lot of what has been teased from this new version. But here's some positives I can point out, from my end, that I'm looking forward to!

I'm definitely still seated for the upcoming show, but managing my expectations with everything that has been teased. The more information we've gotten, I can't deny that my enthusiasm over a novel-accurate adaptation has lowered and lowered.

I don't expect anything faithful to the novel now, but that doesn't mean I'm not curious and interested to see what new directions this iteration of the story will take, and it's taking bolder swings than the 2013 version (giving Kimberly Pierce grace for this though - we've already heard her film was really affected by reshoots and studio mandates) for sure, and I respect that. From the info provided, it really does not sound like a straight retelling anymore, and that's an exciting thing!

Summer's Carrie:

"With a present-day setting, Summer H. Howell is our new Carrie White. She’s spent her life hidden away at home with her mother, Margaret (Flana-fam regular Samantha Sloyan). Not even the state knew the two existed until the sudden death of Carrie’s father, Ralph, forces a spotlight onto their household and prompts the teenager to enter public school for the very first time."

This is already a great way to set Summer's Carrie apart and give her a fresh flavor from the other three screen adaptations. By having her introduced to public school for the first time, I can already feel myself wincing for her. I recently checked out some clips from her other projects, and I'm a lot more interested to see her act this role out.

Bullying Scandal:

I'm so interested to see how much further the locker room bullying incident will spread and be utilized through this version. Carrie 2013 had the seeds of social media bullying and brought it around in a neat way into the prom scene, but didn't get to fully flesh out this concept. Now with TikTok, memes, and internet culture, this new Carrie has a perfect target on her back to be an online scapegoat.

Chris and Carrie:

This image in particular really excites me, because they're already promising something I hoped for in the 2013 version, which ultimately both scenes got cut - scenes and direct interactions between Carrie and Chris!

I do really miss dark-haired Chris. I'm so thankful for Portia's Chris Hargensen lol.

The two characters don't exactly have lengthy or meaningful interactions with each other in the novel either, but the 2002 version had this really great moment between them that I appreciated, and it's made me crave it in every version ever since.

Telekinesis:

“Stephen King also talks about the ‘TK gene’ [for telekinesis] and the science behind Carrie’s abilities,” Flanagan says. “Something that the De Palma adaptation ignored was Carrie’s place in the larger universe, that she’s part of a sorority of very gifted women and just doesn’t know it. The book absolutely points at that, but that was something we could pick up and run with.”

This bit is really fascinating to me, and I'm eager to see how they've explored and expanded on this from the novel. Also, that little clip they previewed of Carrie's powers manifesting and affecting the mailboxes is VERY cute and fun.

Overall, I'm curious to watch it! I'm happy the conversation around Carrie can still be kept alive, and hopefully can extend even further after this show. I'm sad we probably won't ever get the faithful screen adaptation we wanted, but it just means we can continue to imagine it ourselves! And I do have a lot of fun interpreting the material myself.

hi peon, thanks for reaching out!

the official name is “torn apart by chariots” 车裂。 though it is colloquially known as “torn apart by five horses” 五马分尸🐴