Wednesday evening, tons o' goodies

[cleolinda]

Couple of things I wanted to mention:

I spent all of Monday in high anxiety over Goblet of Fire in Fifteen Minutes because all I could sit there thinking was This is about one pound of good in a ten-pound sack of meh. So it's always a really strange experience when people apparently love things you intended as filler and don't even notice the things you were most proud of. I thought the entire "ARE YOU EVEN REALLY A TEENAGE BOY?" bit was awful, and it was a last-minute attempt to just put something in there, but I've been getting so many comments specifically citing that line. I'm still not thrilled with it, but--if it made other people laugh, it did its job. If you angst over this kind of thing long and hard enough, you start to lose your sense that anything can ever be good enough, I guess.

Also, from the Things People Never Believe I Didn't Make Up Department: "Three lads! One lady!" is actually in the movie. Yes, with the go down and come up and all of that, verbatim. I couldn't ever make out what the twins were actually saying until I watched the DVD again Monday morning with subtitles on, although I'd always wondered why Ginny turned back and said, "Don't be so mean." I'd always assumed that they'd given Harry particularly bad odds or something.

P.S. Still working on icons.

Dan Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter on "American Idol Gives Back" Tonight. I actually saw this--well, not Radcliffe, but I was waiting for someone interesting to show up and perform, and all of a sudden they decided to show some godforsaken clip of a bunch of British actors (and a few miscellaneous non-Brits?) dancing around like fools in front of a clipart background, lip-syncing to "Stayin' Alive." Actual conversation that took place between my mother and me:

Me: "Why is Keira Knightley on this?"

My mother: "Keira Knightley's on?"

"Apparently... oh, there's House again--good God, Hugh Grant looks rough. Does he have consumption? He looks like he wants someone to shoot him in the head right now."

"I don't know, because I'm not looking."

"Oh, God, there's Helen Mirren... Helena Bonham Carter? Is this the thing that Daniel Radcliffe's supposed to be on?"

"Who's Daniel Radcliffe?"

"Harry Potter...?"

"What does Harry Potter have to do with anything?"

"What does STAYIN' ALIVE have to do with anything?"

"Maybe they needed something stupid now that Sanjaya's gone."

"No, he's actually in the audience... What did these people ever do to deserve this? I--I'm leaving, I can't watch anymore of this."

"Oh, British people, I feel sorry for you."

What would your daemon be? From the official Golden Compass site. Mine's apparently an ocelot named Themius.

Linkspam:

Earth-like planet found.

Dazzling image captures violent birth of stars.

Prince Charles Will Pass His Duchy To The Left Hand Side. I adore this headline.

Also this one, from dduane: Kryptonite Discovered; Adamantium Remains Elusive.

Climbing legend Hillary hospitalized.

Roger Ebert on his illness, which has left him without part of his lower jaw: "A tracheostomy was necessary so, for the time being, I cannot speak. I make do with written notes and a lot of hand waving and eye-rolling. The doctors now plan an approach that does not involve the risk of unplanned bleeding. If all goes well, my speech will be restored. So when I turn up in Urbana, I will be wearing a gauze bandage around my neck, and my mouth will be seen to droop. So it goes." Warning: the pictures are tough to look at, particularly if you're a fan.

Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists.

Woman accuses daylight savings of exacerbating global warming, is complete idiot.

From dragondances: Acclaimed monologuist's show interrupted by (staged?) walkout of 87 people, one of whom pours a bottle of water on the only copy of his outline. There's a YouTube clip on his site that shows exactly what happened--apparently the show was just being filmed anyway, and then all of a sudden shit went down. The amazing thing is how thoughtfully and maturely--well, after an initial attempt to make the group come back and account for themselves--Daisey handles the situation. Most of the clip is a dialogue he proceeds to have with the audience about, as he puts it, "what the hell just happened here." Even more amazing: the phone conversation Daisey has the next day with Aquafina McVandal. And now it's hit EW: Getting fresh with Mike Daisey.

Rhys Meyers Checks Into Rehab.

'Girls Gone Wild' founder faces sexual battery charge, may end up in Federal Pound You in the Ass Prison.

"Perez Hilton Sued for Being a JACKASS."

Ioan Gruffudd's girlfriend gets into fracas with one of his fansites, demands that moderator be removed; fansite, which has supported him for nine years, forced to close. Also, she--Alice Evans--has allegedly threatened IMDB posters via PM and demanded that unflattering posts be removed. On the other hand, it could be that his fans are actually harassing Evans; it's hard to tell.

'No Myth' singer finds second act -- and Second Life. Okay, I have to say that "No Myth" is one of my most favoritest songs ever. Just FYI.

Fox cancels Drive.

Manager Of 'Heroes' Actor Exercised Client's No-Gay Option.

trailer_spot: Paris, je t'aime, Two Days in Paris, Treatment, Molière, ShowBusiness, Pirates of the Caribbean 3.

Sienna Miller replaces Lohan in Thomas biopic ''Best Time of Our Lives.'' Maybe this is just my dislike for Miller talking, but--this is not better!

Eric Roberts Joins The Dark Knight.

Black Sheep poster.

Variety Pans 'Spider-Man 3,' Cites Strained Script, Cartoonish Story. Upside: at least it'll be easier to parody. Downside: Is Spider-Man 3 is the most expensive movie ever made?

The trouble with Ratatouille: Audiences are weirdly resistant to original material. Not that this stopped Finding Nemo, but...

Edward Gorey's Work Finally Making It to the Big Screen.

1931 'Dracula' Sequel Rumored to Have Dickerson Direct & Bardem, Bellucci, Hurt Star.

The new OOTP site is going to be AWESOME. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. To Distribute Daniel Radcliffe's Indie Film.

Legend's Most Expensive Scene. oo! has an interesting look at that one sequence, which takes place on New York City's Brooklyn Bridge during a large-scale evacuation to escape the spreading vampire-zombie plague.

Rosamund Pike Talks Possible 'Gaslight' Remake. Apparently she's doing it on stage for certain, and Joe Wright--who directed her previously in Pride and Prejudice--may be doing a film version. I love Gaslight, but I am surprisingly okay with this. You know, because they were worried I wouldn't be, or something.

Rainn Wilson To Lead 'Nerd & Hooker' Comedy.

Colin Firth Will Star In Family Fantasy 'The Moon Princess.'

Unsinkable Molly Joins Jack and Rose in 'Revolutionary Road.'

New Pics From Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia' Set Hit the Web.

Julia Stiles To Star in Happy Version of Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'! I think a "wtf" at the end of this headline is implied.

Comments

[brigidsblest.livejournal.com]

I also got an ocelot. "Modest, solitary, responsible, assertive, and spontaneous." Mine was named Sirion, which is a cool name, and I might crib it for the next thing I write.

[hyperactivegirl.livejournal.com]

Wait....I am SO lost about this Three lads! One lady! thing....when was this said and what happened!!!

I am so confused.....off to read it again. ^_^

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

It's right at the start of the second task. ~remembers that movie way too well~

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

Mine was an ocelot, too, but I forgot what its name was. Also, my roommates and I just had a long conversation along the lines of "Wait, Edmund Hillary isn't dead?"

[brainchild129.livejournal.com]

I'm confused by the negative attitute towards Ratatouille as well. First of all, it's Pixar, so there's no way it could entirely suck. Not even Cars sucked, despite its generic storyline. Secondly, it's being directed (and presumably written) by Brad Bird, and so far that man has yet to produce a bad animated film, so that would be yet another positive for it.

After all, unless things have changed, the highest grossing animated film ever is still The Lion King, which was *gasp* an original story (yeah, yeah, I know about both the whole Hamlet and Kimba the White Lion argument, but still).

[zrath.livejournal.com]

That Ratatouille article is complete crap.
There's nothing wrong with the film's title.
Also, the author of this article seems awfully concerned about New York.
Well, thankfully, there's a whole country out there who will like the movie just fine.
And the rest of the planet will probably dig it as well.

Oh wait, I just noticed that this article is on EW's website.
Of course it's full of crap.
Never miiiiiiiind...

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Julia Stiles To Star in Happy Version of Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'!

There is no way, no interpretation, no dimension, no alternate universe in which this is not Wrong. It is Abomination, it is the Mark of the Beast. It burns.

Also, I'll miss Drive, and am fighting the urge to end every sentence with the word "homes" in memoriam....

[oldfeatheryhat.livejournal.com]

I love the line "We don't want to do a depressing descent into the world of suicide." Excuse me, have you read the book? Maybe? Perhaps?

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

My daemon is Skaene, a jackal daemon, because I'm modest, inquisitive, spontaneous, and responsible. :p He looks more like a fox to me. :p

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

That was my daemon's name, too. But mine was a spider. It kind of freaked me out when it crawled on the screen since I didn't know spiders were an option.

[confusedmuchly.livejournal.com]

My friend and I were tossing back and forth theories about the Drive cancellation. We came to the conclusion that he should just never work for something fueled by FOX ever again, because they seem to enjoy torturing him. Either that, or he kidnapped every firstborn child of all the FOX execs, and this is a subtle attempt at revenge.

....

He wuz in ur networkz, stealin ur baybeez

[lots42.livejournal.com]

"Hey, honey, after a long day of commuting and almost being smashed into five times by the lunatics on the road [1], let's relax while watching lunatics on the road! It's a mix of mystery and MTV'S Road Rules!"

"JOY!"

[1] I swear, in Florida, it's like they are AIMING at us.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd are still together.

Rosamund Pike is insanely beautiful.

[irishmastermind.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited over that Gorey adaptation. I hope it doesn't suck.

Apparently my daemon is Anicetos the Lynx.

[kelcea.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping for the best for the Gorey adaptation. If they wreck it, I will cry. There is a good chance of this happening.

[serizawa3000.livejournal.com]

Had a sinking feeling that there were going to be a lot of things wrong with a film version of I am Legend (which was filmed twice already... sort of... Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth, and Charlton Heston in The Omega Man)... but the fact that they changed the setting from Loas Angeles to New York is... er...

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and truth be told, I'm not sure Wil Smith's jokey action hero is exactly the tone I'm looking for in this film.

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

The Stayin' Alive thing was weird, but Celine Dion dueting with a 3D digital archive-footage Elvis is going to give me NIGHTMARES.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow... am I glad I cut out when I did.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Did you watch long enough to see Celine Dion "singing with Elvis"? I felt a piece of my soul curl up and die.

I'm bummed about Drive. It wasn't high art or anything, but I liked it. Also, I can't see "Jack and Rose" without thinking Doctor Who. The whole movie just makes me giggle now, especially since it's Who canon that the Doctor was there.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Did you watch long enough to see Celine Dion "singing with Elvis"?

Somehow, I managed to dodge that bullet.

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I read about that global warming letter, and the consensus on the site I was reading (Making Light, Teresa Nielson Hayden's blog) it's probably a very skillful parody/hoax/whatever. Or so we all hope.

My daemon is a tiger named Aradion. He's pretty. *pets*

And I hope Joe Francis goes to jail and gets bent over in the shower. He's nothing but a giant asshole anyway...

[divabat.livejournal.com]

It's a parody. The writer tends to send out tongue-in-cheek letters to the editor every so often.

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

"Perez Hilton Sued for Being a JACKASS."

YES PLEASE. God I hate him.

'Girls Gone Wild' founder [...] may end up in Federal Pound You in the Ass Prison.

Him too. *grumble*

[elbeonore.livejournal.com]

"Moon Princess"? You morons, why did you change the title of "The Little White Horse"? That's just... WTF. Sort of like Keira Knightley and Emily Blunt on the American Idol thing. Keira looked adorable, of course, but... it was a weird montage-type-thing. Though Mirren and Bonham Carter actually managed to pull it off.

I'm fine with Sienna Miller doing "Best Times." I still say that they should have gotten Daniela Denby-Ashe, but pretty much anyone is better than Lohan. Honestly, they could have recast Cillian Murphey as Caitlin and it would have been superior to Lohan. (Of course, Murphey looks un-naturally pretty as an early-20th C. girl, but whatever).

I am stoked for "Gaslight." I've never seen the movie, but I saw a stage version, as a kid. Coolest. Thing. Ever. The theatre kept lighting and lowering a real chandelier, on the stage, and I was so impressed.

[rclementmoore.livejournal.com]

Wait... This Black Sheep thing is a real movie? When I saw the poster, I though it was a great joke, but THIS (http://media.movies.ign.com/media/893/893403/img_4490674.html) picture is going to give me nightmares for a week.

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Black Sheep is real, I have seen it (http://disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com/141627.html).

It's not exactly high scale film, the dialogue's a bit clunky and some of the plot just goes a bit wierd but its damn funny. And it made me jump a lot and it was kinda gross but its not creepy scary.

And I hope its not giving too much away to say that it is really awesome to see a guy get his lips eaten off by a crazed sheep.

[naodrith.livejournal.com]

So...not that you would know...but does this mean that Drive is just gone? No new episode next week?

Because if that's true, I will fucking kill them. I was looking forward to that episode! Sean! SEAN! ALEX AND SEAN! I still haven't forgiven FOX for not airing the awesome-sounding last episode filmed of Tru Calling. :(

[ellaafleck.livejournal.com]

Mine's and ocelot named Zyrxy. I'm far too entertained by that name.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

I know why you're comedy is so good- because your family is so comedic. My husband even laughed when I read that outloud to him. BTW I F-ing hate Perez Hilton.

[quasar360.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that you linked the new planet and nebula stories! I hadn't seen the nebula one, so thank you :) < /astronomy geek >

Also, since I am apparently solitary, a leader, modest, shy, and humble, my daemon is Archeleron, a hare. (I find the hare = leader connection perplexing, however).

(sorry if this posts twice, LJ messed this up on the first try)

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Would you like the links to the small, medium, big and kill your computer image files of that nebula?

[nohara-megami.livejournal.com]

I also got a Ocelot daemon, named Albus which totally makes my HP fangirl part of me happy XD

Manager Of 'Heroes' Actor Exercised Client's No-Gay Option.
Bah, I don't care what they say. I never thought of the character as gay, and many other people did not either. I'm sad that he fell off the face of the Earth in the show, but I doubt he was to sick around that long anyways.

Fox cancels Drive.
This reason alone is why I have no watched the show yet. I wanted to, oh so very much, but I am pissed at Fox still over Firefly so I figured I might as well save myself the heartache this time around.

[edda.livejournal.com]

I had literally never heard of Mike Daisey until now, but I have a sudden urge to go see EVERY LAST ONE of his shows while waving a giant "#1" foam mitt. I went to his website and read chapter one of his book (or one of them) and now I LURVE HIM just for being so fucking cool.

Ioan Griffudd I had never gotten around to lusting after and now I never shall. I don't know where the blame lies but there's something fishy (not to mention whiny) about that fiancee of his.

Girls Gone Wild Dude in prison? I am not hiding my shrieking glee very well, am I? Maybe they're room him with Perez Hilton.

On the bright side, kryptonite and a new planet! AWESOME. Or so says me daemon, also an ocelot but named Sergius.

[edda.livejournal.com]

MY daemon. I wasn't slipping into pirate-speak on purpose there. Although that makes me wonder: do you know you're going to be a pirate if your daemon settles into a parrot or a monkey? What if you get a monkey and you THINK you're going to be a pirate but you end up as an organ-grinder instead?

I think maybe I need to lay off the caffeine again, myself.

[affenbrotwald.livejournal.com]

I couldn't make up my mind,if I should say anything, but since you posted that you were not entirely happy with Goblet of fire M15M yourself ... I do not think, that this was your best, sorry to say.

I re-read Prisoner of Azkaban right before I read the new one and it went from insanely funny to just dull.
I feel like you just retold the movie. Too much movie, not enough snark. That is what I missed the most ... where was the snark?
And I didn't like how you put the action into parenthesis - it was like a stopper.

I still kinda liked it and I'm sure some things just went over my head (language barrier and all).

Thank you for doing this at all (!!!) and I loved your book! (I gave it to my friend and am thinking of buying a second one for myself now)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, there's not much else I can say but, "Like I said, I didn't think it was good."

[apey1013.livejournal.com]

Happy + Plath = *head explodey*

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

Great links as always. I had a 'wtf' moment over that news of The Bell Jar.

My daemon was also an ocelot though named Sergius.