Tuesday evening, wiped

[cleolinda]

SO. SICK. My mother actually packed the pups off to the vet for baths so I could have half a day to suffer in peace. Taking cold medicine religiously every four hours has kept the Death Chills away, but nothing is putting a dent in the coughing fits, not even prescription cough syrup. So I have just a little linkspam, but don't miss the Golden Age and Dark Is Rising stills. Actually, you might want to miss the DIR ones...


Spider-man: Peter Parker and Mary Jane Split The Chores. Not work-safe, FYI. I'm just proud because I saw the Spidey art when it debuted in the comments at Fandom Wank.

Irish dolphins could have their own brogue; Study: French workers biggest whiners, Irish happiest. Coincidence? Also, the graphic that accompanies the second link cracks me up.

Teen hurt whacking bullets with hammer; Darwin Award in the mail. "A teenager who put bullets in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings was wounded in the abdomen by approximately the 100th bullet he hit, according to Warren County deputies."

Cyclist OK after truck runs over head.

Pollution turning Taj Mahal yellow.

eBay condemned for allowing "rampant" ivory trade.

Syracuse prof is pop culture ambassador.

Kids Today: 8 Handy Ways To Identify "Generation Y"! Oh, shit--they nailed me at "Big headphones," the first thing on the list. Actually, I don't know which generation I actually am--I think I'm too young to be Gen X, which was already in full swing fifteen years ago. But at 28, am I too old to be Gen Y, which I associate more with my sister? Help! WITHOUT A SHALLOW, FACILE LABEL I AM LOST.

From ilanka: Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement. Do you ever get the feeling that they're just looking for things to imprison people for?

"The Golden Age" Stills. Rrrrowr. Also, I am officially in love with half the costumes.

Tim Roth to play Hulk villain?

From karintheswede: Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg in talks to make Tintin trilogy. Meanwhile, "Gollum" Technology To Be Used for Tintin Movies. "Jackson said that the characters will 'look photorealistic ... They look exactly like real people -- but real Hergé people.' "

The Dark Is Rising stills: I have a feeling y'all aren't going to be very happy about these. I don't have any particular reason, it's just... a feeling.

More stills: Bratz: The Movie (Isn't this what Jeffrey Sebelia from Project Runway was last working on? And wasn't very happy about it?), Fantastic Four 2, A Mighty Heart, Nancy Drew (sigh), Persepolis, Michael Moore's Sicko.

And finally, from pottersues: "I'm having an activity where one would send in their First Harry Potter Mary-Sue, with a little blurb about why they remember it." Bear in mind, it was pottersues where I learned everything I would later put into Cleo Sue.

Comments

[gracefallson-me.livejournal.com]

get well soon! *hands you a kleenex*

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Sorry had to comment, the Kleenex brand is evil imo. They've been cutting down old growth trees for their products...

Just a note on facial tissue.

Though everyone is of course free to use the tissue of their choice.

cheers

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Help! WITHOUT A SHALLOW, FACILE LABEL I AM LOST.

I'm afraid you simply don't have an absolutely definitive one. Anyone from 1977-1984 has been known to be argued to be put in X or Y, to the point the group we're in is itself considered a buffer sub-generation; Labelled things like "Doom generation" "XY", fittingly "Lost Generation" or most popularly "MTV Generation". It's said people in that time period feel both isolated from predecessors and successors, and at the same time are familair enough with the generations they bridge to serve as diplomats. Generally it comes with a sense of individuality and uncertainty.

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Sounds about right...

[gornishka.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling y'all aren't going to be very happy about these.

Should we be worried? Have you heard bad things? Granted, Ian McShane isn't the first person who came to mind whenever I pictured Uncle Merry, but then I only really remember him as Lovejoy (having never seen Deadwood).

I really hope this turns out well. I love the DIR series, probably more than is healthy.

Re: Hm!

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Sorry; this adaptation is going to suck: the Stanton family is American in the film, half of Will's siblings have been eliminated, the Stantons are no longer a large, warm farm family but the children of a "cold, distant" physicist and his colder wife, Will's remaining brothers loathe, torment and/or ignore him, his only friend is his "9-year-old" sister Gwen, Merriman is now short and fat (yes, McShane] and the Rider is masquerading as the village doctor! Yay for Walden Media and their fabulous film adaptations!

Yes, you could say I'm a little miffed at this wholesale desecration of one of my most beloved YA series. I hope it tanks.

[mokeyhokey.livejournal.com]

Gonzales makes me so angry. I was just watching this episode of Frontline (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/) about domestic spying and all the creepy shit the NSA is up to. They were showing footage of him being questioned during the wiretapping hearings - between that and his recent I DO NOT RECALL bullshit I want to slap his perpetual smirk into the next century. GAH.

Sorry. He gets my Irish up. I hope you start feeling better soon!

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

This morning on NPR they said that Ashcroft decided not to sign off on the White House's domestic spying program, and so did his next-in-line. Ashcroft got pancreatitis and was in the hospital, so the next guy was the acting attorney general, and he wouldn't sign. So Gonzalez (the White House Counsel at the time) and the White House Chief of Staff went to Ashcroft's hospital room to get him to sign it. Which he didn't, but damn.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Man, I think the Nancy Drew and Bratz movies are going to kill me. I only ever read The Secret of the Old Clock, and most of the Hardy Boys series, but... still... *jaw, meet floor*

Hm!

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I know nothing about The Dark Is Rising. However, those stills feature not only Dr. Who, but fire, and I am suddenly interested in learning more and subscribing to your newsletter.

Re: Hm!

[dzurlady.livejournal.com]

OMG, the book is awesome.
...the movie, on the other hand, looks... bad.

[vkitty.livejournal.com]

If your sister is Generation Y, I have no clue what I am. Generation Z? Generation Nth?

I enjoy calling my generation "Generation I". The "I" standing for iPod of course.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

iGeneration surely ;0)

I'm the age for Generation Y, but a whole massive one of those things (laptop, and then only because I couldn't cart a desktop overseas for study abroad) applies to me, so I'm clearly a loser.

[leucocrystal]

Oh man, Peter Jackson and Spielberg?  And some innovative technology?  Applied to my all-time favourite comic book series?  AS A TRILOGY.  Shit, I'm in.

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

Pretty much what I said when I found out today.

That or, "Billions and billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!"

[anna-sinistra.livejournal.com]

Help! WITHOUT A SHALLOW, FACILE LABEL I AM LOST.

Gen X.5?

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

Oh, Nancy... I've recently come to the realization that my secret identity is in fact Nancy's chubby friend Bess, on the basis that I am fated to be chubby, blonde, and named Elizabeth, and I just looked up on IMDB and discovered that the girl playing Bess is ACTUALLY KIND OF CHUNKY, which is some kind of miracle, but interestingly, neither she nor George seem to appear anywhere in any of those stills. I see a couple of girls who are more or less indistinguishable from Nancy herself, but no George or Bess.

My real questions, though, are:
1. Who is this "Corky" clown?
2. Why do all of these people appear to be, at most, 14?

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

They actually have Bess and George? I'm torn between wanting to be happy at some semblance of canon, or horrified that these two are going to be defiled by this movie as well.

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

I am in favor of the Dark is Rising stills. Not sure if it's a good idea for me to see the film, though. I read the series when I was 11 and it somehow made me the most paranoid 6th grader ever. I don't remember the plot, but I do remember thinking everyone was out to get me.

In other news, I'm in the same boat on the Gen X/Y thing. Though I was technically born a couple years into Y, my parents are older and I was a bit sheltered as a kid. I wind up identifying a lot more with Gen X, from little things like being the only person in my class once who'd seen a TV with a knob instead of a remote up to beliefs and concerns.

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

Perhaps lolcats + Metallica (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vnKFsLwq1PE) will cheer you up?

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

The problem I have with the Generation Y label is that they applied to it anyone from 1977-1995. And I'm sorry, but a kid born in 1995 is not the same generation as me. For one, there were only 3 Disney princesses when I was born (compared to all but one for the 1995), I remember actually, yknow, using cassettes, and I remember when 28.8 kbps was considered fast for the internet.

Kids born in 1995 were virtually born with cell phones in their hands and my mom didn't even get her first cell phone until I was 12, in 1996. I think someone born in 1977 is a lot closer to me than someone in 1995.

[gold-tree.livejournal.com]

I'm about two years younger than you, and I completely agree. Dividing things up by "generation" doesn't really seem like an effective way to group people. For example, I have a brother who is eleven years younger than me, and while we are literally part of the same generation, the atmospheres in which we have grown up could not be more different. On a completely different note, people who were born in the nineties scare me a little.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Do you ever get the feeling that they're just looking for things to imprison people for?

Well, yeah. As long as they vote for Democrats.

[elbales]

My favorite part of the cyclist story has to be the quote "It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head."

You don't say!

[sennical.livejournal.com]

RE: Dark Is Rising: STAY AWAY FROM MY CHILDHOOD, WALDEN MEDIA. IS NOTHING SACRED.

[thatpalechick.livejournal.com]

Seconded.
Nancy Drew, DIR, my childhood is being eaten away bit by bit.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling y'all aren't going to be very happy about these. I don't have any particular reason, it's just... a feeling.

You mean because Will and his family are now [damn] Americans and Merriman is being played by a short fat guy? Nah.

[lilychick.livejournal.com]

Okay, wait. So, admittedly, The Dark Is Rising is the only one of the series that I read, and I don't remember it that well, but I'm really confused. Why is some of it in the apparent present-day? Did I just forget that part? Plz help.

Maybe, *because* I haven't read all the books, my priorities are wrong? But I feel that if you're putting Christopher Eccleston and Gregory Smith in the same movie, you've at *least* got my $5 for the rental. Sign this Who + Everwood fangirl up. (Sorry, all. I can't help it.)

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

My problem with The Dark is Rising is changing Will's family dynamics. I like that he was part of a close-knit group. I know that one could argue there's no 'dramatic element' if everyone is getting on but I'd say there's more than enough drama with Will being an Old One and having to contend with the forces of evil! Personally I find it cheap dramatics. And Will can't have a 9 year old sister because he's the baby of the family!!

I'd better be careful before I turn into one of the crazed Potterites whose antics have been entertaining me so much this past while.

Also, dolphins with an Irish brogue? That's brilliant!

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, I think that there's a slight difference in complaining that they changed the complete dynamics of the MAIN CHARACTERS background. Because no matter who's directing/adapting, Harry's parents are STILL DEAD.

Am I recalling incorrectly, or didn't one of his family have a thing with a milkmaid? I remember my younger self thinking that was hot. BUT NOW THAT IT'S ALL MODERN AND SHIT. AGH. *falls over dead from anger*

[token-girl.livejournal.com]

Aww, bless you still link spamming while you're sick. I hope you feel better soon.

[eruvadhril.livejournal.com]

Regarding The Dark is Rising stills: My brain was too busy going "ZOMGIT'SCLEANSHAVENCHRISTOPHERECCLESTONGUHHHHH" to really have any other opinions.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

Aw, sorry you're still illin'. Does it make you feel any better to know that my copy of Movies in 15 Minutes is in my backpack right now? And that I read it on the train ride to and from work? And that I'm eagerly awaiting the next book?

[maetang.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling y'all aren't going to be very happy about these. I don't have any particular reason, it's just... a feeling.

Aneurysm growing... Growing! 0_o

The Dark is Rising sequence of books made me want to learn Welsh. Which since I mostly grew up in Singapore, is saying a lot. I also liked the Arthurian elements in the later books, and enjoyed the way in which Susan Cooper wrote about local folklore and rituals from places like Wales and Cornwall.

Basically, I think none of that will translate at all into an American setting.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Dear People Involved In The Nancy Drew Movie, Yes That Means You Emma Roberts,

Die, please. Painfully. Like, right now.

Sincerely,

My childhood.

Never read Dark is Rising. I should do that.

[xander77.livejournal.com]

"Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement."

Anyone read the sci-fi novel "Noir". Amongst other interesting points, one of the major world-building elements were the WAAAAAY harsh (cyper-punk style harsh) laws regarding copyright infringement. The novel also had some very interesting arguments as to why this will probably be the direction in which the law will evolve in the following century.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

That's one of the basic tenets of "cyberpunk" science-fiction, if not the most important one:
corporations control the world, instead of government.
This would of course mean that copyright infringement would become a much more serious crime.

Yeah, it's happening. It's been happening for a while.
And Mr. Gonzales wants to help it along.