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[cleolinda]

Actually getting somewhere with "Attack of the Clones," thank God. Have been listening to Avril Lavigne all day while writing, which--look, shut up, okay? If it works for me, it works for me. And don't front, "My Happy Ending" is pretty catchy. Besides, I can't resist a song that starts out with the lines, "Let's talk this over. It's not like we're dead." Say what? Way to borrow trouble there, Av.

Points of interest:

The Directorium--a fannish Wiki "to provide a structured, searchable and easily updatable directory of fannish sites for nearly all fandoms and media (fanfic, fanart, vids, zines, archives, screencaps, scripts, etc.)." Not much there at the moment, so those of you with Wiki-editing experience may want to get over there and help out.

A guide on How to Write Good. I know it made me a better writer...

Neil Gaiman is gracious about The Other Beowulf, because he is Neil and that is what he does. *luff*

Question for those of you familiar with the Star Wars universe: Why does Obi-Wan hate flying? He spends most of AOTC being like, "I hate flying! I hate flying anyway, but [your driving] is suicide! ACK, meteors! I HATE FLYING!" The hell? You'd think a prequel would clear up something, not add a new mystery.

Sigh. Taking a dinner break now. Thank God all my Wide, Wide World reading is done for tomorrow. Now all I have to do is wash and dry some clothes while I hammer out some Anakin temper tantrums...


ETA: God, my jaw hurts. I think I've been sitting here too long.

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

My favorite-- and by favorite I mean most mock-worthy moments in Attack of the Clones are these:

Shot of endless echoing expanses of bleak and featureless desert.

Cut to interior of house in desert.

Some Old Guy: You mother went out to gather mushrooms in this bleak and featureless desert, as she often did in the morning. Yes, we grow many mushrooms in the desert.

And later, after Mom kicked it and Anakin got revenge:

Shot of Anakin obsessively tinkering with something to distract himself from his feelings.

Anakin: Hello, Amidala. I am obsessively tinkering with something to distract myself from my feelings.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, for real, the mushroom thing is priceless. As is the entire concept of "moisture farming."

Just for sheer WTFness, though, I like the '50s diner with the four-armed monster who apparently took dart identification classes in cooking school.

[digdugnamco.livejournal.com]

Please don't tell me you are dissing the fantastic homage to "American Jones and the Lost Graffiti", where a native guide can tell the age of a dart by tasting the poison while helping a man search for his unfulfilled youth because he wasn't a teen in the 50's. PUH-LEEZE!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

That... that's kind of brilliant.

[digdugnamco.livejournal.com]

Coming from you, I think that's the highest compliment I have ever been given. Thank you, and cheers!