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tiktok is very finnicky compared to youtube. on occasion it shadowbans me for a couple of days for no discernable reason. some hot girls get massive results while some struggle like the rest of us

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No, I forgot her name though. There are a bunch of these fake AI models (who are obviously fake) and what's insane is that there are people giving them money! (thinking they are real!)

Re-watching ALIENS in 4K/modernized after not seeing the film for ages (maybe 12+ years?). interesting and different experience. I found the characters caricature-like, but fun. It's the perfect sci-fi action film filled with cool props and sets. And it spawned an entire ecosystem and franchise. But I appreciate the original Alien a lot more than I do now. I like how many details of human interaction it packs on screen- just more authenticity than in Aliens. Also the iconic interior of the NOSTROMO. I'm starting to be more of the mind that making the Alien a space-bug really cheapened the sense of mystery and potential of the first Alien. The one Alien in Alien is as intimidating as a swarm of them in the second film- and it's more interesting as a space mystery rather than a space bug. In ALIENS, the Alien becomes something that a human being with a military-grade weapon can destroy with a short-burst while the crew of the Nostromo struggle with jerry-rigged equipment against one of them. I think survival horror is much better when the protagonists are badly equipped rather than at rambo-level. It is also notable that the alien at the end of Alien shows an entirely different temperament than before. It is deliberately kept vague and mysterious but that actually makes the Alien more interesting than just a relentless killing machine.

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Interesting gifs... IMHO I believe that Tolkien's concept for Sauron is most likely Satan from Paradise Lost. Tolkein was a devout Christian and for British people, particularly the educated Paradise Lost was a definitive depiction of what their philosophical understanding of Satan or unrestrained evil was. Satan was meant to be charismatic demagogue and likeable person by his followers but unrestrained in his desires, and rejection of the concept of evil- in which he becomes more and more unrestrained until in the end he physically becomes more snakelike than the glorious archangel he was. The Christian idea is that Satan was originally a servant of God but found his lack of freedom oppressive and questions' God's authority & his rules. By doing so he questions the very concept of morality- and rejects it. Instead craves unlimited freedom to do whatever he wants. This is in the road to hell. IIRC from Simarillion Sauron is described by Tolkein a bit like that, but it's history/lore notes so we don't know for sure. I'm sure that Tolkein scholars already pinpointed where the character originated from. If they go this route with ROP S2 then Charlie has to play a challenging role- not everyone can be charismatic or even learn how to be. Come to think of it the idea of a gradual increase in evil is something that would work well in ROP.

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steph is kind of different in person than in her pictures she has a very small/delicate face especially when she pulls her hair back.

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I saw Alien again but this time in 4K and modernized. What a great, classic film. I think Ridley screwed up his own creation with Prometheus. The Xenomorph didn't need to be explained in a convoluted way. And the Space Jockey should have been like those of the old Dark Horse comics- some sort of higher alien being beyond human comprehension, like demi-gods.

The Simarillion is a history book made from Tolkein's notes- meaning that what Sauron did is there but there is very little characterization (like Fire & Blood/ House of the Dragon). This means that the showrunners will do what they want to do... Vickers basically was cosplaying as someone else in S1 so I guess it will be more of the same, but in the Elf-style.