#terryfphanatics

@annabellioncourt tagged moi to do nine films! This was harder to do than I thought, editing them down. As an extra challenge, I didn’t let myself choose any that Annie did 😉. These are films/TV I love and love recommending to others, and if you like one or more of them, chances are we’ll get along ✨ In no particular order (other than wanting IWTV in the middle):

Only Lovers Left Alive - Tom Hiddleston is a Nicki/Louis hybrid, I love him, I love the dynamic between him and the other vampires, I kinda love how fragile these vampires are, and they have unique gifts. Very slice of life.

What We Do in the Shadows - also love the TV series, but if I had to choose?? IDK I NEED BOTH but only giving it one slot, so the original takes precedence, I love Vladislav. 

Jennifer’s Body - UNF I love this. I don’t love the official posters, but I really like this VHS fanwork by CratereanDesigns on Etsy.

Let the Right One In - the 2008 original!

Interview with the Vampire, of course. And I do not think it’s the Best Movie of All Time, it’s just one of my personal faves and a comfort food for me 💗

30 Days of Night - the delicious ANGST, ah my heart. I don’t love the poster, oh well. 

Good Omens - I didn’t read the book so if it’s unfaithful in any way, doesn’t bother me! I loved this series, psyched for season 2.

Better Call Saul - I know, not a film. I love it too much, and if GO is on here, then TV can be on here. 

And here I end with the impossible choice of favorite animated movie, and there are a LOT of them, but I have to choose one! What’s more important, beauty, story, music? Beauty and the Beast (1991) still holds up, after all these years. It might not be as technically proficient as Wall-E (another fave of mine) but it’s well acted, strong story, good soundtrack. I think what I love most is the bantering and courtship of Belle and the Beast, it’s so genuine and earned. IDK, call me a baby, I love it. 

Tagging those I haven’t seen do it yet, and I'm also sorry if I'm wrong and just missed your post, no pressure at all to do this, of course!:

@codenamecesare, @vamp4rebatscave, @xxhellonursexx, @good-evening-kiss, @eliestela, @0junemeatcleaver0, @wicked-felina, @cygnaut, @thevampirelestat, @tealightcandles1794, @monstersinthecosmos, @emileesaurus, @terryfphanatics, @loki-wants-an-army,  @sarahpaulsonsclown,  @theworidentire, @hekateinhell, @the-apostates-martyr, @amadeo-child-of-the-renaissance, @vampiricmusicaltheatre, @radiatorfromspace, @kf-tea, @headfrst4halos, @mymillenniumpuzzle, @amelthebravennian, @carolusofmycastle, @auburnandamberangel, @elisaintime, @obsessional-ram, @nodominion, @compressedconstellations, @calamity-cain

From: @terryfphanatics​/terryreviews

To: @emileesaurus​

Notes: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you lovely peeps! I hope that my receiver enjoys their gift and major shout out to my beta @i-want-my-iwtv​ for helping make this work flow!

Summary: Lestat and Louis go for a walk in the New Orleans rain.

thanks babe! 

ngl i’m still super anti-tumblr and not over the bullshit and I don’t plan to stick around full time but I stopped in to check messages now that I’m back in the US with free wifi and stuff.

FOR EVERYONE WHO DIDN’T KNOW I’ve been working on a ship (like, literal ship) the last 6 months and have spent most of that time at sea without wifi. I have a six week break before my next contract starts so I’ve been vegging out on the internet and it’s so goddamn luxurious.

Not having wifi is sort of fucking BRUTAL and the work was really hard and stressful sometimes BUT I did get to visit 23 countries???? WHICH IS GR8 because until this year I’d only left the US twice in my life.

I took this incredibly Ricey picture in France and laughed at myself for being peak VC nerd:

Also saw this ARMAND GRAFFITI IN AMSTERDAM

And I met Gaahl in Norway and like what a fucking icon, I’m still weeping about it

10/10 was great, got to have some TOBT ship dreams. 

I'm with you in terms of getting physical copies of things. Eventually a lot of stuff is going to be digital only and we won't have it anymore svae for memories

@terryfphanatics

Oh yeah, and even now, some people will only watch stuff that’s on streaming.

But for all these DVDs, I had to buy them because nobody uploaded them online. The only way to watch these shows or movies was through buying a DVD copy of a VHS tape of a show that someone made.

Watching Dean’s stuff (and trying to track it down) really makes me think of how ephemeral some things (movies, TV movies, TV shows, you get the idea) can be. You have things that kept their popularity and made it onto Blu-Ray or DVD, like Anchors Aweigh, and you also have things that were popular at the time but eventually became so forgotten people could only watch them through TCM or a taped copy someone uploaded to YouTube (or ripped onto a DVD), like The Green Years. Then you have things that were lost forever, like many of Dean’s TV shows from the late 1950s before people thought of keeping TV shows.

I’ve had a rough day but this just made it a little better; thank you!