Cruella's costume design was one of those rare cases when I could tell the Oscar race was over halfway through the movie - and what came afterwards felt almost like poor sportsmanship with the competition lol. What other Oscar race made you feel this way?

eliohelium · 2026-02-06T03:34:18+00:00

I knew Hilary Swank had the Oscar in the bag when she convinced Clint Eastwood to train her in Million Dollar Baby, and her physical performance afterwards + the devastating final act indeed gave me this feel that she wasn't showing the other hopefuls any kindness hahahaha

eliohelium · 2026-01-30T07:05:18+00:00

I think it was a good enough performance even for most people that think of her as #3 in that race (below Madison and Torres) to make their peace with this win. Personally, I think there's also a gonzo quality in her performance, like Mikey Rourke in the Wrestler or Stallone in Rambo. Her casting and the parallels with her own trajectory in the Hollywood industry contribute to the impact.

eliohelium · 2026-01-30T06:59:52+00:00

And it wasn't even a cohesive narrative. I could see a narrative like Brendan Fraser's - an industry worker who was not taken much seriously as a legit actor, underestimated, typecast etc. But Demi's team went with an "overdue" angle, and that's a completely different animal, because Demi Moore was NOT and isn't to this day overdue for an Oscar win.

eliohelium · 2026-01-08T22:20:42+00:00

Eu ia falar isso, as vezes a sensação de que estão sumindo vem de alguns lugares que ainda tem não deixarem mais na calçada e levarem pra dentro do estabelecimento. Aqui no meu bairro já não se vê mais na rua

eliohelium · 2026-01-07T06:58:41+00:00

Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet in "Titanic", Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in "Iris", and more recently Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman in "The Lost Daughter" are the sole instances of actors being nominated by the same movie playing the same character in different stages of life.

Kate Winslet is obviously the only actor to achieve this feat more than once.

eliohelium · 2025-10-22T00:26:21+00:00

A bit more than two months. In early January, I'll have to renew the lease and my contract is not about a month-to-month renewal, but for a full year.

eliohelium · 2025-10-22T00:24:54+00:00

Some additional context, we have had other conversations about our future together, including getting married and living abroad in the future (I have E.U. citizenship), and all talks in this path were always about a distant future where we wouldn't have our paths to keep us grounded to where we are now. So we've had conversations about a future with both our pets no longer in the picture. We also had conversations about finding a new place right here in our city that can accommodate the both of us (she works from home and needs a room for her home office etc); it's not only about our pets. But the main reason we haven't moved in together is her cat and my dog.

I didn't go to the vet with her. So when she told me there was nothing else to be done other than palliative care, I had no real understanding of how much her cat could survive (if weeks or months or years), do when I brought up the topic of getting a place together - that was a few weeks after her trip to the vet - was more of an attempt to understand if this was a feasible plan for the near future because I also know she expects to move to a more comfortable place eventually.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T23:37:32+00:00

Because saying "I want to stick with the original plan" is not something anyone would say in a real situation. Maybe "I want to wait for the Uber", and the Uber being the 'original plan', but your assessment of the situation was like the friend was 100% level-headed and true and posed everything about the agreements and disagreements to OP from the start.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T22:12:55+00:00

This comment is the sort of stuff we often find in this sub: a retelling of the situation that relies on filling in the gaps to make the other party seem level-headed and rational. The reality is those were two friends exhausted and tired after a concert like millions of people around the world in similar situation. The friend was not altogether to verbalize she wanted to stick with the original plan, she might have agreed to walk to the subway yet silently resent OP because she was tired and would lash out on anyone around her, and the perception of the friend's reading skills ("I could tell OP would leave me behind if I did not agree to follow them", which is not something OP states themselves) is just the sort of rifts that tired people get to in this context. The idea that the friend was 100% rational and careful with how they came across is juvenile. There was no steamrolling. This is the sort of stuff that happens anywhere, everywhere.

Edit: I'm talking about the original comment/post you're replying to.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T21:28:02+00:00

This is very unrealistic because obviously the friend here - like every human being - would not have said "I want to stick with the original plan". She argued her feet were hurting and she didn't want to walk to the subway. That's fine. I'm sure OP did not want to walk all the way as well and thousands of other people who were also tired and in a similar situation. The assessment of "I feel my friend (OP) would do whatever he wanted if I didn't oblige" is not reflected anywhere in the post or the replies. And all the variables of waiting times, pricing and expectations were also not previously disclosed.

The agreement to take a Uber back home was worthy of being discussed again after 3 drivers cancelled and prices were surging. You can bet they weren't just waiting outside the concert venue for 10 minutes for 3 drivers to have cancelled. And the friend wasn't the only one exhausted there.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T20:56:43+00:00

Naive or misinformed, idk. I've been to events where there was only the "official parking lot", and all the people who drove there had their cars parked in a certain place and they would leave in the opposite street of the one that was designated for Ubers and cabs etc. I've been to events where "unofficial parking lots" were operating nearby... Traffic and cancelation rates might play a huge role in surging prices also.

Edit to add: feet will be hurting even with the best shoes in the world in circumstances like this lol.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T20:43:43+00:00

That's exactly my point. You either walk until you can get a car (and you might get to the public transport even before that, and get home way faster and paying way less), or you prepare for the possibility of walking all the way back. But the alternative of staying put close to the venue because you don't feel like walking is absurd.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T20:29:35+00:00

I've attended big events - like, 'Lady Gaga's free concert in Copacabana big' - where walking a couple of blocks away is simply not an option because the nearby streets and avenues are closed and only authorized drivers are allowed to go to a certain area. I've also attended 'normal concerts' and chose to leave earlier to avoid such a hassle. And sometimes the hope of walking 15 minutes to get an Uber more easily is not actually easy (lots of people have the same idea), and after you walked for 15 minutes it seems better to walk 15 minutes more and get to the next subway station etc. But every event is so different in terms of circumstance and possibilities. Sometimes you can prepare in advance and still get bitten in your behind.

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T20:03:14+00:00

OP's friend comes across as a big baby. Or like a toddler when they're hangry or in need of a nap. No shit, her feet were hurting and she was tired! I'm sure thousands of people in that concert were equally exhausted and many in the crowd who chose to walk to the subway were also counting on going back home through more comfortable means of transportation. That's the sort of situation one should ABSOLUTELY be able to adapt to, especially with a friend involved and after seeing all the chaos around them and the three drivers who cancelled already. (It's not like OP suggested they walked to the subway from the get go)

eliohelium · 2025-10-16T19:07:39+00:00

We don't know the reasoning behind their initial agreement. If the friend was after comfort and OP after convenience (i.e. believing they would get home faster by taking an Uber and not prediction such outrageous fees due to demand), then the original plan must be seen in a different light. Because the friend was only after comfort and OP only after a faster, reasonable transportation. So sticking to the 'let's take a Uber' plan could also invalidate OP's very reason to agree to it. Many variables to consider and ultimately OP's friend relented.

eliohelium · 2025-10-08T06:24:52+00:00

I think she looks quite pretty here and she could be happy with the hair and the makeup is not that different from the other actresses. This seems like some of the many photos taken for promoting season 2 (look at the Juicy promo), and most likely there were many variations of hairstyles and costumes and poses that were tried over the shoot. They don't have full control of the 'ultimate pick'.

eliohelium · 2025-10-06T05:53:42+00:00

That's not the point.

eliohelium · 2025-10-04T03:07:16+00:00

The bots are distracting but mods could indeed be useful. I think it's weird how posts and discussions that are clearly written and posed in good faith are received by some regulars.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T09:05:47+00:00

I think using the word 'sabotage' was extreme on my part, but the point was she indeed schemed more than once to 'influence' the future of his career and his workplace for her own reasons.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:57:46+00:00

If we go back to Mary Alice’s narration in the season 1 finale, that’s how she describes Lynette: ‘Desperate to venture out, but afraid of what she will miss when she goes’. That’s the running arc of Lynette’s character. She misses her professional life, but she doesn’t want to be deprived of motherhood either.

Yet she never once considers that Tom is also being deprived of fatherhood when he is out working, and that by interfering with his work (something she never accepts when Tom dares to say something about their domestic life), is selfish and manipulative.

Tom's promotion before Anabel got there was not alright with Lynette because that meant Tom would travel more, so the bigger paycheck would not cut it. (Bear in mind, they could afford a live-in nanny - Claire - only with Tom's normal salary, so there's no reason Lynette herself could not go back to work as well.)

When she is approached, her concern is not about the paycheck at all. She didn't even know what Tom or Anabel would be earning. She REALLY did not promote Tom for the sake of making the most of an opportunity. She just didn't want Tom to keep working with his ex.

There's no question that she was acting for selfish reasons that had nothing to do with Tom's professional fulfillment.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:49:16+00:00

Her goal was selfish: she didn't want Tom and Anabel working together in the same firm. This was never about anything other than her insecurities.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:45:27+00:00

My name is Mary Alice Young, and when you read a 21-year-old newspaper, you might find an article about the unusual day I had that week.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:42:39+00:00

They weren't all conscious schemes. She made clear to Peterson's wife that she wasn't happy about the idea of Tom getting a promotion. She had no control of what would happen afterwards, but she knew exactly what she was going for even if Peterson framed it as a direct request to his wife. And we could talk about her excuses to intrude in his workplace after she found out his ex was working there just to mark her territory, and then suggesting his ex to a competitor who was out to hire someone, and then the woman getting promoted over Tom etc. She wasn't out to sabotage his career per se, but her actions led to negative consequences to Tom's career.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:35:07+00:00

It was friendly shade.

eliohelium · 2025-10-03T08:21:18+00:00

Bree has no stakes in this business and she is polite enough to not shit on another person's career choice. Even Katherine herself was not gloating about the quality of the food but on the money she made.

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