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[cleolinda]

Yeah... apparently Mr. Stop Getting Your Gay in My Wholesomely Violent Television was for real. I kept trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. I kept trying to think of scenarios in which some smartass techie was like, "Okay, the name of this company is already hilarious. Clearly, some kind of deliciously ironic prank has to be played or my purpose in life has not been fulfilled." But no. Apparently the email was sincere. Damn.

Have you seen the Gwyneth Paltrow "I Am African" ad? More to the point, have you seen the parodies of it?

George R.R. Martin blows off some steam about air travel security measures on his (yes, his. Yes, real) livejournal. Commenter tells him to "keep his political opinions to himself." Martin manages not to explode from the gall of someone telling him to STFU on his own journal. But only just barely.

(Dear Mr. Martin: You're going about this all wrong. You don't dignify asshattery with actual interaction; you just say "Thanks for playing" or "What are your thoughts on yaoi?" or "Okay!," freeze the thread, and possibly ban the user if you feel particularly frisky. It's extremely satisfying and they can't sass you back.)

The new security measures are getting to everyone, actually: Jackson Getting Really Tired Of These Motherfucking Shampoo Bottles On His Motherfucking Plane.

All That Gold, and Dead Man's Chest is Still in the Red? The two Pirates sequels may have cost $600 million? What were they spending it on? I keep telling people, drugstore eyeliner is just as good as the fancy stuff, but no one ever listens to me.

(Okay, it's a water movie. Water movies rack up expenses--and delays, which are themselves expensive--like whoa. See also Waterworld; Titanic. EVEN SO.)

(I just figured out why Pirates 3 is going to be in May instead of July: duh, Harry Potter. Yeah, I wouldn't play chicken with that franchise either.)

So tonight, we're going out somewhere for dinner (although I think I'm going to have to swear off the booze as long as I'm futzing with meds... sigh) and then to the Alabama Theatre for North by Northwest, which I have managed not to see so far in my movie-loving life. Now, I love me some Vertigo and Rebecca and, particularly, Shadow of a Doubt, but somehow, North by Northwest was just one of those movies I meant to see but never did. So I'm actually really excited that the first time I see it is going to be on a big screen--and in an old-fashioned movie theater, at that. The only other time I've been to the Alabama, it was for Desk Set when I was about nine years old, IIRC. It was a friend's birthday, and her dad was... the projectionist? I think? We sat in the mezzanine, and it was awesome. I'm expecting it to be much smaller than I remember, since I was, after all, still in the single digits at the time. In conclusion: exciting.

Comments

[dives.livejournal.com]

Technically, though, everyone is African (http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/afarensis/afarensis-a.html).

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Gwyneth, whatever her other attributes, is definitely a gracile specimen.

[luna-k.livejournal.com]

Liquids on a plane. I should've seen that coming...

[wendywoowho.livejournal.com]

OMG George R R Martin has an LJ. And has less scary political views than Orson Scott Card!

[divabat.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or are the I Am African ads kinda playing on stereotypes?

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

(Dear Mr. Martin: You're going about this all wrong. You don't dignify asshattery with actual interaction; you just say "Thanks for playing" or "What are your thoughts on yaoi?" or "Okay!," freeze the thread, and possibly ban the user if you feel particularly frisky. It's extremely satisfying and they can't sass you back.)Or better yet, try these tried-and-true methods of winning an argument (http://veejane.livejournal.com/273317.html)!

Dude! North by Northwest! It's good stuff. Fun conspiracy/paranoia thriller. Hope you enjoy it.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

drugstore eyeliner is just as good as the fancy stuff,

Not if most of the drugstore stuff gives you a rash and your eyes to swell up. *G* I have to get the body shop stuff since I'm allgeric to what in most of the comerical blends.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Sometimes studios will say movies cost much, much more to keep the profits to themselves. An infamous example of creative accounting is the first Batman. I'm not sure how much profit participation each and every cast member could ask for, but everyone's agent knows this isn't Brokeback Mountain--it's a cash cow. Also, a big part, big part of why budgets are going through the roof isn't the actors or taxes--it's the producers. They take huge pieces of the pie, and less and less of that money hits the screen.

To be honest, the fifth Harry Potter would be less of a threat than the third Spider-Man as far as sheer muscle goes--though HP is a megolith overseas, and I suppose of all the big entry blockbusters, those two franchies probably have the most overlapping audiences.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

The two Pirates sequels may have cost $600 million? What were they spending it on?

Well, a family friend was one of the platoon of editors on DMC, and he worked round the clock, 24/7, right up until the film opened. He's taking this month off, and then beginning in September he's going back on the old schedule for the third film. They're riding all the production people fairly hard, but I don't think that's what's taking up the profits -- I think it's the massive marketing they've done for the films.

[jmpierce.livejournal.com]

I love your link posts. ^_^


btw, I'm using this as my default icon, I credited you on my pics page. ^_^

[honorh.livejournal.com]

GRRM's response to the idiot made me fangirl him a little, and I've never read a word of one of his books. Might have to start after that.

At this point, I don't think PotC really has anything to worry about; given the record-breaking pace DMC set, I'm thinking it's the franchise to be scared of. Not, of course, that HP is to be messed around with.

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

Hell, his responses made me fangirl a bit and I have read his books. The beginnings of them, anyway...

[stella-gold.livejournal.com]

No liquids on flights? But - but my brother always brings his girlfriend maple syrup when he's visiting her in Australia. I'm telling you right now, if they try to bar we Canucks from flaunting our syrup while visiting other countries they're going to have a beaver and caribou revolution on their hands.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

Yeah... apparently Mr. Stop Getting Your Gay in My Wholesomely Violent Television was for real. I kept trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. I kept trying to think of scenarios in which some smartass techie was like, "Okay, the name of this company is already hilarious. Clearly, some kind of deliciously ironic prank has to be played or my purpose in life has not been fulfilled." But no. Apparently the email was sincere. Damn.

So I just wrote an email to CBS thanking them for the complete and utter gayness of last week's Without a Trace rerun. Hopefully this season Danny and Martin will confess their love and continue making it the most HoYay procedural on TV.

What an asshat. Every time someone whips out that "Adam and Steve" trope I want to ask him who he thinks Adam and Eve's kids were doing the nasty with to procreate the species . . . gosh.

[syneblue.livejournal.com]

The origins of Mrs. Cain and Mrs. Able were the second topic that got me kicked out of Sunday School...the first being the method by which Noah determined the gender of bugs. I mean, how on Earth would you be sure you got a girl ladybug and a boy ladybug?

[bob-jiggity.livejournal.com]

Omigosh the Alabama Theater rocks. Saw Alien there back during the BSC days, Nickel Creek the time they played it BEFORE the time everybody else went...terrific venue. Enjoy.

As for Gwyenth, yeah, obviously she and the ad exec were braindead. But am I the only one who thinks maybe people could go a little easier on her seeing as how it was, you know, for charity? If I'm starving, and my options are A) cup of food from someone who was doing it just to get their own holier-than-thou rocks off B) no cup of food, I'll take option A.

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

The African Parody first showed up on blackfolk here (http://community.livejournal.com/blackfolk/3933489.html?thread=75363633#t75363633). Credit where it's due.

[theendofallthat.livejournal.com]

have you see notorious? that's my favorite. "say it again, it keeps me awake." "I love you." SWOON

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Now, I am NOT trying to bash homosexuals and I am not a bigot; however, I feel homosexuality is morally wrong and should not be "promoted" as what is the norm for society.

Best line ever. Actually made me laugh loudly enough to startle the cat. I bet 'some of his best friends are gay' too. Idiot.

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

I feel homosexuality is morally wrong and should not be "promoted" as what is the norm for society.

If they're not, Homophobics really should be a dying breed, it's like everyone and their grandmother is gay nowadays.

Funny thing, the guy who made that list of the 2007 movies is all excited about what's being offered (as am I) while many of the comments I read were all "Meh, these movies suck hard". To me, I'm extremely excited for OotP because I feel that there'll be a load more people who haven't read the books watching it. It's one of the reasons I really liked GoF, it sincerely entertained a load of non-readers unlike PoA which confused the hell out of them.

[mermaidrain.livejournal.com]

You've never seen "North by Northwest"? Man are you in for a treat. Especially if you like Hitchcock and/or Carey Grant. I LOVE that movie. "Rear Window" will still be my favorite, but still, NBN is good stuff. My favorite scene is the plane scene. Look for it. It's SO well done. I've seen a billion storyboards for the thing too. It's in LOTS of books (especially film textbooks).

[alitaorg.livejournal.com]

you'll love north by northwest. enjoy it!

and...$600 million?? good grief, did they actually expect to make money?

[oldfeatheryhat.livejournal.com]

Ohgoodness. I think I'm in love with your icon. Do you mind if I steal?

[alitaorg.livejournal.com]

i'm not good at leaving complaints for asshats, but i called the number and left a complaint.

seriously, though. doubleyou tee eff!

[derangeddarling.livejournal.com]

So, I second the comment about loving your link posts. I feel so much more well informed on pop culture since I started reading you. :D

Also, I'm so excited about the movie roster for next summer. There's like 6 I am dying to see. *squees in anticipation*

[xoxlizzxox.livejournal.com]

I really don't understand the OMG only $600 million problem. Even if BOTH movies end up costing $700 million, and DMC makes $800 million, then POTC3 is practically pure profit minus the promotional costs, and what they must be making from merchanise? Some how I think they'll mudde through.

[ahsirakh.livejournal.com]

Rxactly. Even if the combined production costs were climbing upwards of $600 million, DMC would have matched them in revenue by the end of its international run. Which means that AWE going to rake in the gold big-time.

[bacardibreezer7.livejournal.com]

Some more linkspam for you. Have you seen the site Don't Date Him Girl (http://www.dontdatehimgirl.com)? It's where screwed-over women can go and register their jerk exes so as to warn other women about them. It's so hilarious because I just went on that site and checked the listings for my town and found a guy who was my boyfriend when I was 5...I'm pmsling right now. :)

[edoraslass.livejournal.com]

I wonder why they're releasing HP in the summertime. All the others have been holiday releases.

[cosmob.livejournal.com]

Actually, PoA was released in June. June 3, maybe? I'd have to check my LJ posts to be sure, but it was most definitely released in the summer.

[apocalyptically.livejournal.com]

I love GRRM. He posted an eloquent freedom rant today. Part of me still wishes A Dance With Dragons is done, though. lol.