Reasons to watch Meg

thesecondseal:

  • hugely diverse cast
  • especially the women
  • women supporting each other, women with traditionally viewed masculine traits and jobs, women with traditionally viewed feminine traits and jobs, women on equal footing.
  • everyone freaking needing rescuing at some point. everyone was a damsel. everyone.
  • cute relatable not creepy matchmaker kid
  • culturally respectful (no really)
  • THE DOG LIVES (okay i know that’s a spoiler and it’s the only one on this list, but the cute yorkie in the preview is a big deal and I know that like me some of you just won’t see a film where the dog dies, especially horribly)
  • Jason Statham has no time for your macho sexism (but he’s still chivalrous regardless of gender)
  • overt conservation commentary about shark finning and poachers
  • shark poachers getting their comeuppance
  • lovely underwater shots
  • ridiculous over the top cannot be construed as real shark stuff
  • ocean/water as menace/danger/threat
  • great shark classic homage shots and music
  • shark fights
  • ridiculous crazy shark fights
  • hubris as downfall
  • supportive, friendly, caring exes
  • no forced sexual tension/chemistry
  • the only person down to their skivvies for ogling was the very fit fifty-one year old white man
  • Ruby Rose (okay I just…*swoons*)
  • Jason Statham swimming (*more swooning*)
  • height difference otp

If a summer popcorn movie about a giant prehistoric man-eating shark can get so much right, I just can’t keep letting other films slide. And yes, this movie is SILLY. It’s funny and ridiculous and it’s about a giant prehistoric shark but I loved it so much. So many shark movies cause negative press for real sharks and I don’t see how this one could because it’s obviously FANTASY.

I liked the movie well enough too. I just really hope peoplw do their research before demonizing sharks. They deserve love and respect!! Hopefully no stigma or negativity on sharks increases because of this movie!

Though, I honestly didn’t feel like it made the shark out as a evil human eating monster, rather just doing shark things looking for food. It gotta eat after all!

carrieasagiri:

shurisgroot:

i wrote a twitter rant about how “The Meg” is for the ladies. (it’s probably not but. let me have my interpretation)

As the useless bisexual woman I am, I totally agree. Besides, Statham, I love to see three beautiful women not portrayed as just sexual objects, but scientists and strong characters whose beauty was just a trait but not the most important about them.

Y E S. I really appreciated that about this movie. Only thing that makes me cringe is the thought of this movie increasing the stigma on sharks. I hope that isn’t the case!!

Source: shurisgroot

I just came back from watching The Meg and I liked it well enough. I felt it didn’t make the shark out to be a monster or was over exaggerated. Of course, it was called a monster cause it ate people, but I felt it was just hungry and all. I also did feel bad for it. The characters were also likeable. Nice enough movie. Personally give it a 3/5.

Overall, had fun in theaters. Was fighting my anxiety, but made it! It was also funny cause this girl screamed on one part. We all laughed. I wonder if it was the same lady who was ‘awwing’ and I could hear gasp xD

At most I jumped a little and gasped on some parts. Lol

Beauty from the Ashes

carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory:

by Debra Wilson

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When Mount St. Helens erupted in the State of Washington on May 18, 1980, it became the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the contiguous United States. The devastating results were not only measured by the fatalities and massive destruction but it also left behind about 540,000,000 tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 square miles. The enormous task of cleanup was daunting. This is where serendipity stepped in to create great beauty from the ashes. 

During the salvage effort, workers from a regional timber company were using acetylene torches to cut through twisted metal debris and they accidentally discovered that the torch melted the volcanic ash into a green glassy substance. This led to laboratory experiments that determined green glass could be produced by heating the ash to 2700° Fahrenheit and then rapidly cooling it. The glass quickly began being commercially produced and faceted into gemstones. It is marketed under the names Obsidianite, Helenite, Emerald Obsidianite or Mount St. Helens Obsidian. Its stunning green color has made it an attractive alternative to the more expensive emerald gemstone, though not as durable (a hardness of 5 to 5 ½ as compared to 7 ½ to 8 for emerald). Blue and red varieties are also produced by adding coloring agents to the melt.

The Section of Minerals obtained a faceted stone of Obsidianite as part of a donation of gemstones in 2009. It is a green oval cut stone, as you can see from the photo, and weighs 42.1 carats. Future plans are to incorporate this stone in the Treated and Synthetic Gemstones exhibit case in Wertz Gallery.

Debra Wilson is the Collection Manager for the Section of Minerals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Museum employees are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences and knowledge gained from working at the museum.

comic-girl2234:

thisisasinkingship:

jukaidream:

resonance-of-libra:

This is the Lucky Ace. Reblog to recieve a wad of cash that is oddly specific to your current needs.

I reblogged this shit two days ago y’all… what kinda sorcery is this. Oddly specific too …. I’ll take it tho 🤯

I think I did it wrong

Uh I reblogged this like 3 days ago and I start my new job on Monday??? Like idk how you accidentally find a job but I did.

Source: resonance-of-libra