They shopped it around and, according to McElhenney, the fledgling FX offered the best chance for the team to retain creative control and to do the low-budget show their way. While living in a converted West Hollywood garage and working as a waiter, McElhenney approached his fellow aspiring actors Day, Glenn Howerton and Jordan Reid (then McElhenney’s girlfriend) with a script, and they shot the original pilot for “Sunny” on a hand-held camcorder. The first guy is really sorry to hear that - but he still needs the sugar.Īs McElhenney put it, if the “maxim” of “Friends” was “I’ll be there for you,” then the one for “Sunny” would be “I’ll never be there.” He envisaged a scene in which a guy knocks on his friend’s door to ask for some sugar for his coffee. The idea for one of TV’s most successful comedies was born modestly enough, coming to McElhenney in the middle of the night in 2004, two years after he moved to Los Angeles. Small and not athletic but longing deeply for connection, the teenage McElhenney eventually abandoned his attempts to play a sport at his all-boys Catholic high school and answered the siren song of a nearby sister school, which needed boys for its production of Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit.” After a brief stint at Temple University, he moved to New York and eventually Los Angeles to pursue acting. During weekends at their moms’ house, it was “Golden Girls.”Īcting was initially a last resort. When he was 9, his mother moved out to be with the woman who is now his stepmother, and he and his two younger siblings sought stability in NBC’s Thursday night lineup, religiously watching “The Cosby Show” and “Family Ties” with their father. Growing up in South Philly, McElhenney clung to TV comedies as a source of escape and connection. The McElhenney origin story he tells is a hero’s journey built in the grand tradition of the American dream: An outsider from a working-class Philadelphia family defies the odds to charm the Hollywood suits and achieve huge success with his buddies by his side. “Sometimes I find myself doing too many things because I’m just like, Oh, I’m here, and I have this opportunity and this access - I want to take it all before I die,” he said, adding later: “At what point does the accumulation of experience become greedy?” And he is given more to soft-spoken contemplation than to punch lines as he drifts through philosophical musings about power and ethics, about where he’s from and where he’s heading. He pauses only to sip water from an oversized Mason jar or tend to Moose, his and Olson’s rescue cat, who has a penchant for breaking the “no countertops” rule. They describe him as “the most driven man I’ve ever met” (“Sunny” executive producer and star Charlie Day) “the captain that you want on your ship” (his “Sunny” co-star and wife of 13 years, Kaitlin Olson) and “the ‘Rocky’ soundtrack in human form” (Megan Ganz, who created “Mythic Quest” with McElhenney and Day and is also an executive producer on “Sunny”).Ī voracious reader - or, more often, listener - of memoirs by successful people (recent selections include one by the Nike co-founder Phil Knight), McElhenney speaks with a measured, academic eloquence. Those who know McElhenney know complacency was never an option. “So, am I going to sit back and just wait to die?” And yet, in the past two years, he has cocreated and stars in the Apple TV+ comedy “Mythic Quest” codeveloped and sold a third, to-be-announced scripted show recorded a “Sunny” recap podcast and is currently filming the docu-series “Welcome to Wrexham,” which will chart his journey as the new co-owner of a Welsh soccer team. Thanks largely to the longevity of “Sunny,” he is financially set for life - he doesn’t really need to do anything more. He’s embarking on what he calls “the second half” of his career. But it’s also a midpoint, and a cause for reflection.
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Black told me that the player is supported by an upper-crust English Commando, and a "sexy French resistance fighter," though neither of these supporting characters made an appearance during the presentation.Īs expected from the creator of Black, Enemy Front will include a giant swath of authentic weaponry to play with, ranging from expected fare like the Thompson sub-machine gun and the M1 Garand rifle. However, it's not long before the hero uncovers some enigmatic coded documentation, which gradually leads him on a trail of intrigue across Europe. Putting players in the boots of an OSS Ranger-which Black likens to the Clint Eastwood part in Where Eagles Dare-Enemy Front begins with a mission to blow up German artillery in the south of France. Though what I saw of Enemy Front was still more than a couple of months away from being in alpha state, Stuart Black's involvement (and a bit of his previous game's DNA) is quite evident. Despite being criticized for its short length, lack of multiplayer, and relatively shallow depth, many folks liked it for its destructible environments and Hollywood-blockbuster style action. You might remember Stuart Black as the developer of the shooter for PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox called Black. "We want to pull back from that and get back to the spirit of those old classic "man on a mission" movies from the '60's and '70's, like The Dirty Dozen, and in particular, Where Eagles Dare." That kind of attitude like: respect for your grandfather's war, and the sacrifice, and all that sort of jazz," Black said, before the demo began. "Most World War II shooters over the last few years have been based around Saving Private Ryan. 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The art I trimmed and used the head of is a commission that was bought by RaccoonVandal I don't know who he got the art from as he didn't link the artist ^^ I'll share the source here~ I hope you all enjoy, sorry if it comes off a little rusty as I do have so little time to write anymore and my skills may get a lil worse with time.but I hope I can still make a quirky Vore POV story for you all to enjoy ^^ Stay Determined everyone in these trying times! I really should have killed you when I had the chance.Such a big explanation but thank you! That cleared up a bunch of what I didn't know.Hello again everyone, it's been a good bit since I've wrote any new Vore POV stories, so I decided I've been getting more itches to write again and let my creative juices flow while there is some muse or inspiration to write ^^ so I decided to finally make an entry on one of my favorite indie video games of all time, Undertale! It feels so clear what I should have done. Talking to people still makes me nervous. I think I have some good policies, but, y-you know. You know? Even after all the bad things I did. But when Undyne called, with crazed desperation in her voice. I felt so guilty knowing I hadn't do anything to stop you. That I was forced to become a better person. you're the one who killed all my friends. And even though it would be difficult for her to stick around and tell the truth, she'd remain strong with her friends to back her up.Īlphys: So. Originally posted by Rose:At the end of the True Lab when Alphys talks about the Amalgamates, Alphys hints that she was going to attempt suicide but backed out in order to do the right thing and bring the Amalgamates back to their proper families. I really should have killed you when I had the chance. This is also why she doesn't commit suicide because the player murdering people is what motivated Alphys to become a better person.Īlphys: So. Undyne called with crazed desperation in her voice, which is what motivated Alphys to evacuate everyone. In the Alphys neutral ending, a failed Genocide route (where you fight Undyne the Undying and fail to kill enough monsters in Hotland/the CORE), Alphys got a call from Undyne. Toriel Neutral ending (must kill Mettaton and leave Undyne alive) Family Neutral ending (must kill Mettaton) But Undyne talking to Alphys prevented Alphys from going through with it.Įndings where it's stated that Alphys "disappears," meaning that Alphys actually goes through with it: It's implied that Alphys was ready to commit suicide. If you call Undyne at the garbage dump near the waterfall abyss, Undyne talks about when she first met Alphys. And even though it would be difficult for her to stick around and tell the truth, she'd remain strong with her friends to back her up. At the end of the True Lab when Alphys talks about the Amalgamates, Alphys hints that she was going to attempt suicide but backed out in order to do the right thing and bring the Amalgamates back to their proper families. |
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