Friday afternoon, megasnerfy

[cleolinda]

Oh God, so sick. Nonetheless, I am going out to dinner tonight ("Moe's? With the salsa bar? At least I'll be able to taste that") and then out to see Spider-Man III, which I've heard is kind of a hot mess, so at least my expectations are adjusted accordingly. Also, that makes my job easier. Note: It's one of the key movies for the second book, which I haven't pitched yet, so it's technically not guaranteed to exist, so: worst comes to worst, it'll be posted online. If it's a sequel or the first movie in a series, and it's a really big one, odds are you won't be seeing it online. Something that's totally cracktastic but, like the cheese, stands alone? That might have a chance. And I say "might," because--and I think a lot of people don't realize this--I'm limited by what magically works for me at that moment. If I've run out of funny, as I did for much of 2006 (!), it doesn't matter how perfect the movie is. It kind of has to come together in the moment, which is why I had something of a nervous breakdown trying to write the book. It's also why I want The Golden Compass in the book, because that gives me a guaranteed time frame in which the book cannot be finished. Surely I'll be able to pull something out of my ass by December? Surely?

Wow, that was a mighty tangent. Anyway: a small--but excellent--smattering of linkspam from my gigantic backlog:

ZOMG JACOB. The guy at EW totally agrees that it's Locke in some form, by the way. The nose doesn't quite look right, now that I look at it closely, but it makes as much sense as anything.

Queen concludes visit with toast, joke. "In Washington, she honored American soldiers at the National World War II Memorial, visited sick children at a hospital and stood graciously as the president started to suggest she had lived in the 18th century." *facepalm*

youngcurmudgeon: "What may be the best headline ever."

Something I had fun with, uh, last weekend: The POTC3 pirate flag maker.

Gigundo OOTP stills, many of which we've seen before, but at least a couple that I hadn't.

I have a short list of famous people I would like to have shot into the sun, and this week, one of them? Goin' to jaaaaaaail! "[Paris] Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will be allowed no work release, no furloughs, no use of an alternative jail and no electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled after a hearing."

Paris may end up serving half her sentence. Thanks for HARSHING MY BUZZ, dude.

A new Stardust ad/poster via Neil Gaiman. ("My own suggestion, 'Stardust. It's not a sequel to anything,' was appreciated but, probably wisely, rejected.")

The only spider I have ever found to be cute. You know why? That spider is totally throwing up the horns, y'all. That spider is mid-headbang. That spider is EFFING METAL.

$10M Dukes of Hazzard car bid somehow not real. " 'If this guy was just doing it as a prank or to ruin someone else's chances, he deserves to be hit in the pocketbook,' said Stockman, who gave the winning bidder a negative rating in eBay's feedback forum." Anything but that!

'Spider-Man 3' Is "Silly," Says Lucas. But is it rough, like sand, and not smooth like your skin?

Via Fandom Wank: What THE HELL. Here's the thing: You can have a Sideshow maquette of Mary Jane washing Spidey's costume (while barefoot and wearing pearls, no less). You can have her leaning over at a physically impossible angle. You can sculpt her as having pretty much no internal organs. You can have her tits falling out of her top. You can have a hole in the ass of her jeans, and you can even have yards of visible thong. But you cannot do all these things at once and expect female comic fans, who DO EXIST, not to be completely disgusted with your company. Galadriel is so disappointed in you.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Yes, that IS the best headline ever.

[dracoaccio.livejournal.com]

Your icon impaired my breathing for like 5 minutes.

To quote The Beatles...

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

"Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm gonna make her mine oh yeah
Someday I'm gonna make her mine"!

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

Aw, I thought she had, y'know, had some nice toast. Possibly with jam. Must remember that that is usually not what that word means in conjunction with the Queen.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

I don't know very much about Stardust, but that poster isn't very inspiring. Gaiman's tagline, however, is hilarious.

Hee to the sand line. I like the prequels, but that sand line is totally mockable.

As for the Mary Jane thing, I...I don't understand. I'm not usually offended by things. I tend to roll my eyes at all the hand-wringing that goes on in fandom about sexism and racism and misogyny and all the other sort of things people are so intent on seeing that it becomes there.

But THAT? Jesus fucking Christ. You're totally right in that it's the ridiculous combination of everything...although I think the fact they made a doll of her washing Spidey's costume is bad enough. Who the hell is in the market for that? That's not exciting.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I'm not offended by the MJ thing, and I am a comic fan with teh boobies. I am, however, a wickedly hard person to offend even on the best of days.

It doesn't even bother me that she's washing his costume, mostly because I don't view it that way - I see her discovering his costume in amongst the rest of their household's laundry and making a slyly amused "O RLY?" face, because that's the sort of thing the writers often do.

I guess I just find it kind of silly that they DRAW her like this all the time, but people only get this up in arms when they make a statuette out of it. :>

"Physically IMpossible"?

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I am the Mad Proofer. (I only let the Wookiee Stet.)

Re: "Physically IMpossible"?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That would... that would be the Sudafed (Severe Cold Formula) talking. *hangs head*

[neveth.livejournal.com]

Why does her thong look like some sort of bizzare scarring? I mean, seriously. It looks like a big pink scar.

Also - jeeeesus.

[anthon1.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad I'm not the only one who thought that. It just looks painful.

Also, icon love. :D

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

As far as headlines go, I was rather partial to "Royals to get a taste of Angels' Colon," (http://julesbourglay.livejournal.com/29473.html) in terms of they-had-to-know-what-they-were-sayingness.

And yes, much love for touchdown!spider. Much hate for the misogynistic MJ maquette. Much conflict in my soul for putting both Paris Hilton and George Lucas on the "meh" pile.

Megasnerfy

[carnotite.livejournal.com]

Megasnerfy sent me to online dictionaries in order to find a translation. I’m guessing “super cool” is a good equivalent. Your “megasnerfy” returned zero hits on Google. Congratulations! You’ve coined a new word.

Re: Megasnerfy

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

actually I think snerf is supposed to represent the sound you make when you have snot filled sinuses and inhale, and MEGA just means super... so she's super sick/snot filled.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

You always provide the best linkspam! Absolutely the best headline ever... and the Mary Jane thing made all the women in my office (National Domestic Violence Policy Organization) go "Galadriel SMASH!" lol

[zrath.livejournal.com]

My icon says hi! :D

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I'm not really up in feminist arms about the Mary Jane thing. Sexism in comic books has been going on for years, and I don't think everyone getting hot-headed about it will change anything, much as we'd like to believe it would; interestingly enough, something similar could also be said about the way men (http://www.spiderman-3-trailer.com/spiderman_6.jpg) are (http://www.marveldirectory.com/pictures/individuals/w_3d/wolverine.gif) portrayed (http://www.supermantv.net/superman/comicbooks/new/superman-flying.jpg), as well, though it's to a lesser degree than the women are. Secretly, though, yeah, it pisses me off.

Let there be light

[ironclad1609.livejournal.com]

Light on Jacob:
http://www.thetailsection.com/lost-news/clearest-picture-of-jacob-yet.php

Not! Locke!

Dennis Hopper?

(sorry if it has been posted)

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Moe's! Their kaiser salsa is my favorite kind on the planet!

[themadfish.livejournal.com]

'Spider-Man 3' Is "Silly," Says Lucas.

At least it was an enjoyable silly, as opposed to painfully silly like episode 1.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

Or just painful, like Episode 2.

[edda.livejournal.com]

That spider is totally throwing up the horns, y'all. That spider is mid-headbang. That spider is EFFING METAL.

I could not agree more.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

But is it rough, like sand, and not smooth like your skin?

pwn!

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

But is it rough, like sand, and not smooth like your skin?

You just had to, didn't you? Honestly though, that scene is bareable if you just press the mute button. >:)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, Padme has a fantastic dress in that scene. The only reason I even attempt to watch the prequels is for the pretty, pretty costumes.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

I have a short list of famous people I would like to have shot into the sun, and this week, one of them? Goin' to jaaaaaaail!</>

Have you seen www.goawayparis.com? They have posters and T-shirts and even a rocking protest song.:)

I really hope you like Spiderman 3. It looks great, and the casting is fantastic, but everything else really is a mess.

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

'Spider-Man 3' Is "Silly," Says Lucas. But is it rough, like sand, and not smooth like your skin?

That killed me, I tell you. Killed me dead.

[girlsetsfire345.livejournal.com]

"such masters of the high wire as Jade Kindar-Martin of Shelburne, Vt."
Hey, that person lives right near me! COOL!

[the-bumper-car.livejournal.com]

Vienesse Library starts erotica line for charity (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070509/ap_on_fe_st/odd_austria_library_erotica) - It's unusual, but it's not particularly raunchy: Callers pay 53 cents a minute to listen to an actress read breathless passages from erotica dating to the Victorian era.

A Linguistic Analysis of Dunecats (Ihttp://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/05/08/a-special-in-depth-analysis-by-david-mcraney-l337-katz0rz/")

Everything I needed to know in Life I learned from Asterix Comics (http://mightygodking.livejournal.com/320519.html?view=1959687#t1959687)

[gwenmary.livejournal.com]

I hope you like Spider-man III, I actually thought it was really good, if only for entertainment value.

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

You've probably seen this already, but Comics Anti-Feminism Bingo. (http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/index.php?entry=entry070415-071159)

[angelicmurmur.livejournal.com]

Moe's is amazing! My favorite restaurant!

SM3 was okay. Better than I'd heard but worse than I'd expected. I just hate Kirsten Dunst with a passion so over-using her and under-using other characters was essentially what knocked it down for me.

[gwenmary.livejournal.com]

I could not agree more. I don't hate Kirsten Dunst really, but I've never really liked her.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ravengirl/]

oh man. Spider-man 3 needs to be written if solely for the emo!Peter Parker scenes ;)

[herdivineshadow]

...randomly, you have just the one book on sale right? Because amazon just recommended this (i hope that works, i am forever suspiscious of amazon's urls) and it's urging me to buy that and the movies in fifteen minutes book (which i preordered ages ago! and it arrived and i read it and did chortle a lot so that's ok) and i'm suddenly concerned that i missed out on another book full of funny.

or that amazon is plotting against me.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

They are plotting against you, because they're trying to get you to buy the hardback and the paperback. That's what it is--they changed the title and cover art for the paperback release, which just came out. Trust me, if I had so much as a contract for a second book, you wouldn't be able to get me to shut up.