Just a very few things

[cleolinda]

Urgh, headachy. Did I mention that I quit Mountain Dew cold turkey over the weekend? I think I did. I should be over withdrawal by now, though; it's probably more that I forgot to take my meds (still the same-old same-old) until about 1:30, which is unusual for me.

Wait, someone's been arrested in Thailand for the JonBenet Ramsay murder? Eeek.

First look at Tonks! (Smaller version if the Mugglenet link still doesn't work; thanks daemonnoire.)

Claire Danes in Stardust. There is a part of me that is disappointed that she doesn't look exactly as if she stepped out of the Charles Vess illustrations (I want big hair and I want it now!).

Phantom of the Opera in Fifteen Minutes on YouTube. Apparently I'm not actually credited in writing--a frame of the video, or in text on the site--which is what the people I gave permission to (who may or may not be these people) agreed to do. And now people are all like, "Where did this come from? Are there more of these?" So that's a bit unfortunate. I tried to comment, but I have to validate my email, and the validation email won't arrive, so... I'm kind of stuck on that one.

Jon Stewart interviews Samuel L. Jackson. Except that he spends most of the interview just squeeing, which is hilarious. For those of you who have wondered what the Kraken Dance looks like, Jon Stewart is doing something very like it around the time he starts shouting "Sequel!!!" near the end of the interview--it's basically fist-clenching chair-dancing joy, except that the Kraken Dance is done very quietly so as not to alarm one's seatmates (good luck with that).


ETA: Apparently the Burton/Depp Sweeney Todd is official.

Comments

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

I have an account on youtube, I'll put them on blast...tactfully. ;-)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely with the civility and the tact and the hey-hey-it-doesn't-hurt.

[cellardoor28.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise Sweenet Todd hadn't been officially confirmed yet - I could have done that 2 weeks ago when I was temping at WB :p

Also, people who don't credit suck monkey balls.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh--anything else you'd like to tell us, then?

[butterbuns.livejournal.com]

The PotO link leads to flickr...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Ah, the flickr meme I'm working on. Fixed!

[sexion8.livejournal.com]

I commented with a link to your M15 journal, but I'm also waiting for email notif. Talk about a pain in the ass! This is like needing to go whoop someone's ass...and your car won't start.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, it so is.

[texansasha.livejournal.com]

The Tonks link isn't working...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Huh, it worked yesterday, but I can't get it to work now, either. Fnarr.

[dreamingenigma.livejournal.com]

ohhhh quitting mountain dew can be rough!!

jon stewart squeeing over SLJ is one of the greatest things i've ever seen.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

He *giggles*, I swear!

[bittercupojoe.livejournal.com]

Looking for pedophiles in Thailand? Shocking!

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never actually clocked how long it's taken me to read any of your m15m but when it's a video that says, "in 15 minutes" and clearly it is 33 minutes long, well... that's just lame...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think it could be done with some brisk editing--it's the narration that would drag it down, but then, 1) reading is faster than watching/listening, and 2) I was having to describe things that you could show on screen and not have to describe verbally.

[amaelamin.livejournal.com]

Having a verified YouTube account, I went over to link you to your fans; it does look as if you have a writing credit in a frame, though, and a quick Google turns you up first among the results. Shall we campaign for a hyperlink too?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't know; the comments that are already there might be enough.

[juushika.livejournal.com]

That interview is wonderful. I've been loving the running Snakes on a Plane jokes on the Daily Show, and this is really what it all comes down to. And Stewart acting loike a fanboy? Priceless.

[evilsimon.livejournal.com]

Quitting Dew? I salute you for doing what is probably the Good and Healthy Thing. *clings to Dew*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

*cries*

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I saw a billboard this morning that said, SHAKING THE CAN ONLY MAKES THE DEW ANGRY.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Our Dew is an angry Dew. Why hast thou forsaken me, Dew?

[brett-the-vet.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Can't wait to see Sweeney Todd! Tim Burton will do an awesome job, I'm sure.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I kind of vaguely know the premise--like, as a cultural reference, I would get it--but I've never seen the show or anything. Have you?

[3hours.livejournal.com]

Wait, someone's been arrested in Thailand for the JonBenet Ramsay murder? Eeek.

I have a very unhealthy and deep fascination with that whole case, this is most interesting news!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

My mother and I are all into true crime and trying to figure things out, so yeah, we are too. There was a book about the case, "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town"--have you read that?

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Have you Alabamalamans heard any updates on the Aruba kidnapping?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Not lately, no--last I heard, there was someone arrested, but I haven't heard what happened with that.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

God, I loathe Claire Danes -- she's a total show-killer, and her participation means this movie is going to tank, which is unfortunate.

However, I like this Tonks, even though in my mind's eye she always looked sort of like Mr. B Natural from MST3K.

[kraorh.livejournal.com]

She does not. What, did Mr. B have purple hair and actually appear sexy, and I forget? (Yeah, there was that weird thing she did with her legs on the musical score at the beginning, but apart from that, I think only Buzz could ever be attracted to Mr. B. This version of Tonks, on the other hand...)

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

Lots of comments on there already to the effect of "Oi, credit Cleolinda!" And now there's one more.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Okay, I find it funny that the POTO in 15 Minutes...is 33 minutes long.

[linz-lou.livejournal.com]

I love how 'PoTO in 15 minutes' lasts 33 minutes. XD Of course, I see why it takes longer that way, but still.

And I'm really looking forward to 'Stardust'. I read the book a couple of months ago and I loved it, so I was thrilled to find out about a movie version.

Also, Mountain Dew withdrawals are the worst.

[somewhatmoot.livejournal.com]

More with the 'comment left' thing

[syneblue.livejournal.com]

Issues of crediting aside, the Phantom video would be a lot more enjoyable to watch if the people reading it didn't sound so...bored. Watching the parody synced up to the film was cool, but the whole thing sounds like it was done by a seventh grade drama class. Or the time my ninth grade teacher tried to make us read Julius Caesar out loud.
This is COMEDY, people, have VOICE INFLECTION!

It sounds better when I read it in my head.

[bodhichitta0.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. It's awful. It's not read the way it was written at all.

[auror-lib.livejournal.com]

POTO You Tube does credit you with writing it - just after the opening sequence. But the implication is that you're part of their creative team, not a separate entity who came up with the idea alone.

[thegeneralerin.livejournal.com]

Sweeney Todd!? Sweeney Todd!? *dies of teh awesome*
I LOOOOOOVE Sweeney Todd...I want to tech it oh-so-bad, but its too far-out-crazy for the theatre I work at, it would bomb.

And the Jon/Jackson interview...A-MA-ZING!

And I feel your pain in quitting MD. I drink 2-3 bottles (not the huge ones, the size-up from the can) everyday. I should cut back, but it is so delicious. Good luck in that.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, dude--I only drink one small bottle, actually the size of a can, a day and it was still pretty hard the first couple of days.

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

Picture of Tonks = w00t! She doesn't look like some lame teen otaku like in fanart. She's badass! (considering how little Tonks actually does in OotP, I'm more concerned with her looking cool than having l33t acting skillz).

So Claire Daines is the fallen star in Stardust. That disappoints me. I was hoping for an unknown actress with an otherworldly quality, but I'm not a casting director, so what do I know?

As for Tim Burton/Sweeney Todd, in theory I should be excited because it's one of my favorite directors doing one of my top three musicals, but I honestly don't think he's the right director. Sweeney Todd is not the same kind of "dark" as Tim Burton's "dark." Tim is very whimsical and fairy tale-esque. Sweeney Todd is rather gritty and realistic (if melodramatic). It's a brutally tragic story (in the classic defination of tragedy) and I really can't see Burton doing something like that. I still like him, but I don't think he's right for Sweeney.

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

As for Tim Burton/Sweeney Todd, in theory I should be excited because it's one of my favorite directors doing one of my top three musicals, but I honestly don't think he's the right director.

Word. Sweeney has to be tragic as well as twisted, and while Burton can certainly be twisted, there's also usually that twist of whimsey that just can't fly.

::clings to Sweeney in concert and original b'way DVDs::

[bodhichitta0.livejournal.com]

Not only do they not credit you, it's awful! The readers have no sense of your voice/humor/irony at all. Bleh!

Samuel L. Jackson on The Daily Show... it was awesome. And I watched in in real time, which I rarely do, and they couldn't always bleep Sam. hee.