This and that

[cleolinda]

"Hey, where's our poster artist?"

"Uh... I think he quit. Said he was tired of doing nothing but rows of giant heads."

"Shit! We've got that new Harry Potter we've got to put out!"

"Look, no big. Just grab Stan over in TV."

THIS FALL ON THE WB...


Four sentences could change whether The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is considered a "Christian" movie.

finniscs: "hey cleolinda! will you pimp a really cool site called Warsheep Productions-- warsheep.worldhavens.com --cuz its a really cool way to see your fictional characters (novelization, RP gaming, etc.) come to life for a really resonable price. Thanks and I love your writing!"

dvoid_03: "This is my first linkspam request ever and I'm not sure that this is how you do it, but, I found this site, http://glennferon.com.nyud.net:8090/portfolio1/index.html very amusing. It's a professional retouching business with a gallery of celebrity photos that they've done. When you mouse over them, you can see the original photo. Teh Funneh comes when you see how differen these models are once the retouching is done. It really opens your eyes to just how unrealistic our society's concept of beauty is."


Off to class, bein' cranky. Consider this your Lost discussion entry in case I forget later this afternoon.

Comments

[shempskaya.livejournal.com]

That poster makes Miss Granger look like she should be haunting a truck-stop in Jersey.

[megalion.livejournal.com]

When I first saw the Retouching link... someone posted a comment about having gone with someone to a photo shoot...

"One of the most enlightening experiences of my life had was going on a shoot for the cover of Cosmo with my little sister (the cover model). I saw how really terrible she looked---just gaunt, sick, awful... so skinny that the bones on her rib cage were showing. The stylist explained to me how it was easier to airbrush out the skeletal look than to hire a model who weighed more than sister did...

So, um... yeah... Real models are so skinny that it's scary to look at them & you think you might break them if you hug 'em... So skinny, that they look sick... but it's easy to airbrush that out."

Scary shit eh?

[achipiquonque.livejournal.com]

It's those few lines in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe that make me cry, which really is saying something, as I don't cry easily.

That's one of the most uncreative movie posters ever. Not that I'm offended, as I'm not enthused about the movie. I'll see it, but a series changes for you after one of your favorite characters dies and the other goes all wrong. And they use the Prophecy which is used in every single fantasy series ever written, most notably Robert Jordan.

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

That poster is so very WB. I was sad that there was no Harry Potter trailer before Serenity. There was Narnia, but no Harry Potter.
Which reminds me- do you, or any of your readers know if they're going to do one movie per Narnia book, if this is the only movie, or if this movie does all the books in one?
Also, Lost, yay!

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Why does Hermione look like she's wearing Tina Turner's old hair in that poster?

[serizawa3000.livejournal.com]

Looking at the poster and now it's stuck in my head...

"SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAVE MMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE..."

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

It is SO WEIRD to read a Times article that quotes the Bible accurately. This Christian is nonplussed.

[mybelle1975.livejournal.com]

You know, the saddest thing about those retouched photos is that a lot of the "before" pictures looked good just the way they were. And some of the airbrushing is so sever that the "afters" just look like cartoon characters.

And the HP poster, well, I'm not thrilled about the photoshopping they did with Hermione - her face and neck are two different colors. When you blow up the poster to full size, it's SO OBVIOUSLY a bad job, even moreso than at the smaller size. Regardless, I'm completely stoked for this movie, it's going to be the best of the first 4 by far.

[edda.livejournal.com]

The model-pic-retouching thing is both disturbing and addictive.

And I really don't see why TLTW&TW can't be seen in a Christian light without those specific sentences in it, but that's me.

Ick

[mouseykins1.livejournal.com]

That poster is ick. Literally, they were just like,
"Can we get a wind machine in here?"
"Sorry, we broke it with the last batch of Harry Potter posters."
"Well, we have gel and Photoshop, don't we?"

And I am seriously disturbed by those retouched photos. A lot of the girls look seriously ill. Like, cancer ill.

[t4-flirt.livejournal.com]

linkspam request...super-addicting helicopter game i found in my husband's games folder last night.

http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf

[auzrais.livejournal.com]

Cool poster. :D

Went to that warsheep-site, page didn't come up.

Interesting pics. They all look all right to me before... but seeing the touched up ones of Vivica Fox and then seeing the original... there's nothing wrong with the original, but the transition makes her look creepy for a split second. :)

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

That retouching thing made me feel seriously bad for the models. How must it be on your self-esteem when you are gorgeous and they still want to change you?

Plus, Beyonce does have armpit hair. And Vivica Fox is waaaaaay older than anyone suspects.

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

I still think it's worth quite a giggle to hear people discuss if this will be Christian or not. Did anyone read The Screwtape Letters??

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

That is a definitely WB-looking poster. lol I want a wind machine, too, darnit. Just because. ;-)

And it made me do a double-take to see finniscs in a post-- she's my writing partner. LOL

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

What happened to Emma's faaaaaaaaace? I am enjoying the typical Nervous Rupert look there, though. And I love the line, "Everything's going to change now, isn't it?"

...This was, essentially, a very pointless comment. XP

[piscean-warfare.livejournal.com]

Hehe... I'm not knocking the show, but I can all too easily imagine that poster saying "Harry Potter and the Vampire Slayer" at the bottom. He does have that "Chosen One" thing going on ^_~

[kookaburra1701.livejournal.com]

If they don't have those lines in Wardrobe, how are they going to explain Aslan's sacrifice and resurrection? That's what I want to know.

[xlearntoflyx.livejournal.com]

I really want to see that model retouching site, but it keeps saying the link is wrong. It's driving me nuts now! It sounded pretty cool. :(

[boarderbunny.livejournal.com]

teeheeheehee, you can make their butts dance!

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

Hermione looks FUGLY in that poster.

[reannaremick.livejournal.com]

Who got Hermoine addicted to heroin? Seriously? Gah. *hides eyes*

Off topic, but IMPORTANT

[mouseykins1.livejournal.com]

OMG KATIE HOLMES IS PREGNANT! Completely off-topic, but I just heard about it. Duuuuude.....weird.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

On the LWW article:

"But if these key ideas are muddled, the film may be a classic, but never a Christian classic. And its revenues, large as they may be, will reflect that."

I just have to say...um,...WHAT? Like, now to succeed and have repeat viewings the movie has to be Christian??

"Repeat viewings from conservative Christians" may be all well and good, but I know I went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory twice and almost three times, and my repeat viewing certainly wasn't because of the religious messages in the film!

*rolls eyes at journalist*

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

NaRNIAAaa.
*dances*
I saw the trailer in front of serenity, and my sister and i kept hitting each other and squee-ing.
so...do narnia fans have a catchy nickname yet?