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From director Julius Onah comes the next Captain America evolution – Anthony Mackie stars as Sam Wilson, who has taken over as the new Cap from Steve Rogers after he retired at the end of the Avengers movies. Brave New World picks up with Harrison Ford as the US president, with the power dynamics in the world changing (a real meta reference).

Glad to see the Red Hulk 👍🏾

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It should have been an A 🤣 but he was an asshole who hated anything made after 1960 ... 🤣

A lot of the film is off script and ad libbed similar to a straight theater piece and many of the characters didn't meet until they met in the film. Much of the interactions between the characters are real and raw. I spent at least 6 pages on the production and cinematography alone and really emphasized why Tony was an exceptional choice for the role and how he handled it.

My film teacher gave me a B for the convincing arguments and the amount of knowledge I had about both films.

In my film class I wrote a 15 page analysis of the Night Of The Living Dead 1990 remake that Tony Todd was in. My film teacher has a FIRM rule that nothing modern (after 1960) could ever be discussed in his class, especially not remakes.

But on top of knowing everything there was to know about both versions, I knew someone who worked on it and someone who knew Tony personally. I had enough background to speak analytically about why the remake was perfect and improved on the story.

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The actor #TonyTodd has died. He was best known as the star of the #Candyman horror movies. Todd died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his manager Jeffrey Goldberg confirmed. He was 69. The cause of death has not been shared.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/09/nx-s1-5185232/candyman-actor-tony-todd-dies

Well that took 4 hours ... and my whole body is really angry but everybody is rehomed safely and @IronButterfly saved like a gazillion baby snails and put them in the 100 gallon ❤️ She's a snail superhero.

Time for aquarium duty. Setting up a new, larger tank for the kitchen. @IronButterfly will be rehoming a lot of snails. I love keeping them but I do still think they are gross. She doesn't mind though.

Peace comes from doing what is necessary and doing it well. Mindfulness is a component of this as well.

Do less.

The things that are most important for a good life and a balanced life really aren't as much as you may think.

The most powerful and most meaningful statements also don't require a lot of words and a lot of energy to speak them.

Say less.

𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬. - Epictetus

Marcus Aurelius always puts things well and succinctly. He doesn't tend to be as long winded as some of the other stoics.

But something I learned early on from his writing, in middle school actually, was from the quote I just shared.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.

Do less. It mirrors what the kids say these days and for kind of similar reasons: Say less.

Angry, dysregulated people expend a lot of energy in the wrong ways.

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𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦: 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. - Epictetus

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵—𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧—𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘖𝘳 (𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺) 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭—𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. - Marcus Aurelius

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘥. - Seneca

Negativity is a CHOICE.

The way we think and feel can actually shape our reality. You can choose madness and anger or become self-empowered through greater awareness and knowledge of changing your beliefs and feelings.

It's a CHOICE that YOU CAN MAKE.

Negative minds full of fear and doubt only produce negative lives which can ultimately destroy your life and others. That should be obvious by now if you look at the world.

Choose wisely. Surround yourself with only that which uplifts you.

Whenever you choose to believe in, whatever helps you get through each day and find desire to get up each day and continue on is YOUR BUSINESS and NO ONE ELSES.

Your job isn't to convince other people of anything ... you CAN'T. They have their own realities as well and their own beliefs and crutches and that is THEIR BUSINESS. At this point in time ... you need to be strong for YOU and your loved ones.

Find those who believe as you do and want goodness and light and built up from there. ❤️

Always be your authentic self ... it is the best way to allow trash to take itself out and to attract the truest people into your life.

Don't worry about what you will lose by being whoever you are, the losses aren't as important as the gains.

Stay true❤️ You will find your people.

If you do not like realism

If you do not like people who focus on the balance of mind, body, and spirit

If you do not like emotionally regulated and mentally healthy people

If you prefer anger, madness, and reasonless living

If you think being angry makes you strong and you wear your rage like a cape

If you are an energy vampire

If you want to make everyone miserable because you are

If you live in fear and want everyone else to also

... stay out of my feed.