"Never again shall you thirst, for I am come to wet your mouth with wine and water, to quench your thirst with kisses. Words of Love from my own lips will serve as your oasis, and you shall never want for drink again."
misha’s tweet reads something like “remember that serial killer movie i starred in? the canadian government committed genocide.”
he has no place to be bringing up a movie role that he was paid for in the context of a genocide that is ongoing. he has no place to be flashing this still-living serial killer’s name around for publicity as if the families of his victims are not still suffering. he could have condemned genocide without involving the serial killer or himself or the movie. it wasn’t a comparison that needed to be made. all it did was center irrelevant white men, and now there are people in his comments talking about the movie instead of north america’s systemic murder of indigenous people and culture.
jokes like this contribute to desensitizing non-natives to massacres while indigenous individuals and communities struggle to be seen and taken seriously in every aspect of existence. AS several indigenous people said in his comments and quote tweets, there are far better ways he could have spread this information, such as promoting indigenous voices and sharing resources. frankly it IS maddening and disappointing that the guy who very seriously wished donald trump well with covid is incapable of talking about systemic racism and mass murder without making jokes or bringing up his own career.
i found out that Robin Williams was paid $75,000 for voicing the Genie in Aladdin, which went on to gross over $504 million worldwide.
Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting (estimated at the time to be worth $1 million) as a way of thanking him for his work.
Yeah and he was so furious about the way that disney treated him that he refused to accept the painting. Disney completely fucked him over because disney doesn’t care about anything other than making money.
Before he was scouted for aladdin he was working on a passion project (ferngully) when disney caught wind of the fact that a smaller animation studio had got comedian smash hit robbin williams. They tried at first to get him to only work on aladdin but robin refused to stop working on ferngully. Disney didn’t like that so they actively sabotaged the production of ferngully by doing things like renting out locations which the ferngully team had already paid to use, but nobody can turn down disney money.
There’s a good reason why robin refused to voice the genie in aladdin 2 or any of the videogames he appeared in. Fuck disney
Dude, we got Aladin out of it. That’s worth destroying some random project that probably wasn’t going to be any good in the first place.
There is no way on earth some b list indie movie is better than aladdin, a contender for best animated movie ever.
Indie movie? Not only is it a good film, it was produced by 20th Century Fox, one of the biggest film studios on the planet at the time. Why do people assume that any animated film not made by Disney must automatically be inferior? There are plenty of creative voices out there that just don’t fit in with the Mouse Monolith.
Anyway, there’s a reason why Robin Williams was only paid $75k to play the Genie: he actually refused a multi-million dollar offer and took a pay cut in exchange for Disney’s promise that they wouldn’t use his name or the Genie character to promote the film. Williams hated the idea of his name and voice being used to sell merchandise to kids, thinking that it was predatory and that it cheapened animation as an art form. So he asked Disney to promise not to put his name in any ads, and only give the Genie a small spot on the film poster. How’d that work out?
YEAH, NOT GREAT.
This is the original theatrical poster. It’s pretty much the complete opposite of what Williams was promised by Disney. The ad campaign hyped the hell out of Williams being in the movie: if you look at the old TV ads, Aladdin himself is barely in them, it’s pretty much a Genie sizzle reel. And of course, they made an Mt. Everest’s worth of Genie merchandise and marketed it directly to kids. Williams was livid, and refused to work on any Disney project for years (which was right around the time that he became the hottest comedian in Hollywood. Disney played themselves.) That’s why Genie is voiced by another actor in the sequel and the subsequent Aladdin TV series.
Four years later, Williams patched things up with Disney (after one of their top execs publicly apologized to him) and he agreed to play the Genie in the direct-to-video film Aladdin and the King of Thieves. This time, he didn’t even bother trying to appeal to Disney’s good faith: he took a million dollar payday, at that point the biggest payment an actor had ever received for a direct-to-video film. And he agreed to let them use his name in advertising, which Disney was not shy about: the words “starring Robin Williams” are PART OF THE FILM’S LOGO.
I had to reblog this addition, because brand loyalty amazes me. ‘Disney’s name is on it, so it HAS to be superior.’ Smh
I wasn’t going to reblog this, because I already knew about the whole Aladdin/Robin Williams debacle, BUT THE SHEER AUDACITY OF PEOPLE CLAIMING FERN GULLY DESERVED TO BE SHAT ON BECAUSE IT WASN’T DISNEY INFURIATES ME.
Fern Gully was one of my fave movies as a child. The animation was stunning and inspiring to me. Watching water ripples light up in dark caves as a fairy skipped through them, seeing plants grow and bloom throughout a forest. Not only Robin Williams was a part of this film, but so was Tim Curry. Just watch this villain song and tell me Fern Gully isn’t worth anyone’s time.
I *loved* fern gully.
Fern Gully gave me nightmares but in a good way. Aladdin was fun but Fern Gully made you FEEL THINGS.
Anonymous: "Please tell me you’re live blogging the episode?"
Hi! I will :) I’ve got a bust night tonight - I’m going to a book launch from 7-9 PST, and I’m still doing work rn, but come 9pm, I’ll be online and watching the ep!
Should I be worried??? Or is this more of an “I hope you’re liveblogging bc it’s amazing” kinda deal?
So, I finally finished my ‘Love Wins’ fic. You’re all probably thinking: “no way how is this so late?” To which I reply: “Better late than never!” (DeanCas #LoveWins!AU)
The Friday is a rare one: Dean doesn’t have to go into the garage, and Cas’s summer classes have not only ended, but he has conceded spending the day in bed without working on his research. For the first time in a long time, the apartment is strewn with theology books at 10am, and nobody is awake to read them.
Then the house phone rings. Again. And again. And again.
“Turn it off,” Cas groans, burying his head into Dean’s chest. Worming one of his hands free, he grabs the pillow he’s not using and smushes over his ear. Dean gets whacked in the face and starts.
“You turn it off,” he grouses. “S’your turn anyway.”
There’s grumbling from underneath the pillow and with a pinch to his side, Dean is forced to growl and rumble about pushy boyfriends while groping blindly for the device. It hasn’t let up, and the minute Dean has it in hand he answers before immediately ending the call, leaving it off the hook and tossing it in the direction of the hamper. “Thank fuck,” he breathes, resettling.
Cas hums in agreement and lets go of his pillow. It slides onto the mattress when Dean pushes it away to tangle his fingers in dark hair.
“You wanna kiss me as a reward for all that reachin’ around?” Dean mumbles, eyes closed and lips quirked up. Castiel snuffles against the other’s chest and presses his lips to the skin beneath his cheek. “My saviour,” he rumbles flatly.
A/N:You survived Monday; have a ficlet!(This was originally written as a bed time story for stormstiel who asked for teacher!Cas and firefighter!Dean. I have since edited it just a smidgen.) — AU; elementary school teacher!Cas and firefighter!Dean. ~1,200k, PG.
When Castiel schedules Career Day for his second grade class, he figures it will be just like any other Career Day he’s had in the past. A few parents will come and talk, some servicemen/women from around town will give short presentations, and the kids will spend all of their time oohing and awwing at all the interesting job opportunities they have to look forward to when they grow up. It’s a day he looks forward to every year because the amount of work that goes into the planning and preparation for the day is minimal at most; and the kids are always excited about it.
It isn’t until a one green-eyed, freckle-faced firefighter comes along that Castiel realizes how unlike any other Career Day this one will be.
The students are at their desks doing individual work and Castiel is flipping through a book order when the classroom door opens and a tall, broad shouldered man enters the room.
Castiel looks up and over at the stranger, taking in the man’s bowlegged gait and charmingly good looks as he approaches his desk.
“Mr. Novak?” The man asks as Castiel stands. In his head Castiel does a quick inventory of all his student’s parents and quickly determines, this is not a man he’s met before.
Anonymous: "I only sort of get Gishwhes. What would it mean to be on your team?"
Ooooh Anon, you have asked me my favourite sort of GISHWHES question. In order to fully educate you on the week of insanity that is going to ensue this year from the 2nd to the 9th of August:
fabelstar: "oh i know, i read that. I guess what i meant is, how do you talk to your team? Like is it just random people from all over? Do you take pics and then it to the team leader or something? Does Misha make up a list of funny things to do? OH YES, im all for doing crazy stuff, :)"
Oooh! Very very good question :) (Again, public answer because SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE)
Talking to your team really depends on you and the people you’re gonna be working with. It’s like a school project in that sense. You’re given everybody’s email, so what my team did was make a group on Facebook and send emails to make sure we all joined :)
It’s random people from all over, and you organize yourselves as you see fit. if you want a Team Leader, you can definitely have one, but personally, I don’t see the point. What my team did (it was a canadian/american team) was make a google doc with every Gish and you wrote down your name next to each Gish you wanted to do. When completed, you highlighted it. You submit your pictures/videos of the Gishes you completed to the Gishwhes site, so I don’t think I team leader is necessary. But if you want to elect someone, go for it! Again, my team had the google doc, and then when we’d complete something, we’d post it on the facebook group just to share and chat and stuff. It was really fun!
The list of items is pretty hilarious in and of itself! If I remember correctly, last year one Gish was to make ‘toast underwear’, and another was to make up a dessert, get dressed as that dessert, and take a picture of yourself in a place where you’d typically be able to find that dessert. All in all, Gishwes is totally not lacking for weirdness and humour… and goodness. Some of the Gishes are really touching and sweet :)
Random question (especially because it’s like 5 billion years away), but anybody going to TorCon this year? BECAUSE IF YOU ARE WE SHOULD TOTALLY MEET UP!
Anonymous: "your tattoo is so cool!!!! can i ask if there's a story behind it??"
THANK YOU!!! Of course you can, and there is :D Writing has helped me through a ton of stuff in my life up until this point, and it continues to do so. In fact, right now, it’s basically the only time I feel like I have space to breathe… so, for me, the pen is literally my sword (from the expression ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’). It’s how I deal with things and fight my demons, etc. Writing is when I feel most brave, and I wanted to get something that represented that :)
Ah god Alex you’re the best. I’m so very excited for this. I kinda want to draw something for it…
GO FOR IT!! And then I can write you something else to pay you back for the watercolour wings. Possibly a tattoo!kink? It’s like way up there on my list of kinks so it totally wouldn’t be a problem. Also, don’t say I’m the best yet… I haven’t written the d/s yet. (But I am so so excited to!!!)
