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cleolindaGot a good bit of writing done today--by hand, no less; about six pages on plain white paper--but of course it wasn't anything I'm actually supposed to be working on. Still, any writing is good writing, I figure, and (slight TMI!) I'm at that point in my cycle when I'm generally more creative. I try to make hay while the sun is shining, is what I'm saying.
To clarify from yesterday: Amazon UK seems to be pairing the hardback M15M with the paperback M15M as a "great deal," and since the paperback has a slightly different title, it's confusing people. I can't tell if they're doing this intentionally or if someone's asleep at the switch over there, but don't fall for this. I mean, unless you just really want a hardback and a paperback.
I'm not commenting on the actual controversy here, except to say that "(Blah) is more important than free speech" always sets off bells with me, but just as an FYI: Warriors for Innocence protesting certain kinds of fanfic on LJ. Communities and personal journals have been suspended. Again, I'm not really interested in holding a referendum on whether you're okay with fanfictional underage/incest/whatever stories; I'm just saying, if you're wondering what happened to certain LJs, or you have controversial material on your own, well... now you know.
(Which reminds me of something my sociology professor wrote on the board one afternoon: "ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK. 6-PACK BEER IS 2.99 AT THE GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET. NOW YOU'RE AWARE.")
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scornedsaint: "I was wondering if you could mention the Adrienne Shelly foundation in your next linkspam? Adrienne Shelly was one of the few female directors out there, and if Waitress is any indication, she would have had an amazing future ahead of her had she not been murdered. For any woman who wants to enter the film industry or is just sick of seeing the Best Director nominations read like the membership of Get Rid of Slimy Girls, they should check the foundation's website out."
Still the center of the universe: Ala. terror Web site angers activists. "The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a Web site it operated that included gay rights and anti-war organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists. The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included a list of groups it believed could spawn terrorists. The list also included environmentalists, animal rights advocates and abortion opponents." *facepalm*
Save theCheerleader Internet: "As Save the Internet.com details, we've been taking for granted open access on the Internet for decades. But big cable and telecom companies are all lobbying Congress for deep control over the express lanes on the Information Superhighway. This is about more than the freedom to share LOLs on MySpace. Hundreds of millions of people work, communicate, and connnect online every minute. The threat is real to the open exchange that helped the Web blossom in the first place. Even though it's only just little old you versus a billion-dollar cartel, you can act."
Flags replaced with swastikas in Wash. "Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday. Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another 33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been." What the hell?
Palm oil puts squeeze on Asia's endangered orangutan.
Well-heeled art collector publishes lulu of a novel.
From boutros boutros kitty: Presidential macros!
Best alarm clock EVER!
Pegleg Pomeranian! Pirate cat!
7 films to watch from the Cannes Film Festival.
First Look: Topps 'Hollywood Zombies' trading cards. Okay, "Sanjaya Malacarcass" for the win.
4th 'Pirates' film already on horizon. Okay, I don't know about a fourth in this particular series, but you know what? I like the craze for sequels we've had the last ten years or so. They're not cheap afterthoughts the way they used to be in the '80s and early '90s (for some reason, a very sad commercial for Another Stakeout always sticks in my mind regarding this subject). In addition to the series-of-standalone-movies we usually get (the Spider-Man franchise, for example), people are really looking into serial filmmaking again, particularly fantasy films due to the remarkable number of series being published now, and I love that. I love big multi-film epics (the fact that they involve swords and fantastic costumes doesn't really hurt). I mean, I admit that the world doesn't really need another Rush Hour, but I like that people are really looking at this or that franchise and seeing that people really love certain characters, and generally doing their best to continue telling stories about them. It doesn't hurt that the filmmakers involved are often genuinely fans of or at least attracted to the material--even in the case of the Harry Potter movies, the directors will say, I didn't like the way the previous one(s) were done, I want to do it this way. They'll at least come up with a particular vision, which is so different from the half-hearted, half-assed, half-baked sequels you'd see in the '80s, several years after the originals. You can feel any way about the two POTC sequels that you want, but I love that they took this huge chance and did this giant two-part epic; I'd rather see people fail big and go down swinging than succeed with small, safe, piddling efforts.
Stigmata 2 in the Works. Okay, this isn't the kind of sequel I was talking about.
New 'Hulk' Movie Synopsis Revealed.
Weitz Bros. Conjure Elric.
Confirmed: Change to US "Order of the Phoenix" Release Date, Now July 11.
Michael Madsen Says 'Sin City 2' Might Not Happen; Blames 'Grindhouse' Bomb. WHAT. NO. NOOOO!
Director Mike Figgis Detained at LAX for Threatening to "Shoot a Pilot." Dude, you'd think that people at LAX of all places would be up on TV terminology.
Helen Mirren Takes On Gaza Strip Story.
Trailer for George Clooney's 'Michael Clayton.'
Vague Glimpses of the Joker. I don't know, I'm more creeped out than if they were full shots.
Whee, I can has spaghetti now! Oh, but one more thing: I have a MySpacethat I totally don't use because I loathe the way the site looks, and since author/musician/actor MySpaces are the big thing these days--particularly for people just starting out--I should probably do something with it. What are some good MySpaces in that vein? What kind of things should be on an author's MySpace?
To clarify from yesterday: Amazon UK seems to be pairing the hardback M15M with the paperback M15M as a "great deal," and since the paperback has a slightly different title, it's confusing people. I can't tell if they're doing this intentionally or if someone's asleep at the switch over there, but don't fall for this. I mean, unless you just really want a hardback and a paperback.
I'm not commenting on the actual controversy here, except to say that "(Blah) is more important than free speech" always sets off bells with me, but just as an FYI: Warriors for Innocence protesting certain kinds of fanfic on LJ. Communities and personal journals have been suspended. Again, I'm not really interested in holding a referendum on whether you're okay with fanfictional underage/incest/whatever stories; I'm just saying, if you're wondering what happened to certain LJs, or you have controversial material on your own, well... now you know.
(Which reminds me of something my sociology professor wrote on the board one afternoon: "ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK. 6-PACK BEER IS 2.99 AT THE GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET. NOW YOU'RE AWARE.")
scornedsaint: "I was wondering if you could mention the Adrienne Shelly foundation in your next linkspam? Adrienne Shelly was one of the few female directors out there, and if Waitress is any indication, she would have had an amazing future ahead of her had she not been murdered. For any woman who wants to enter the film industry or is just sick of seeing the Best Director nominations read like the membership of Get Rid of Slimy Girls, they should check the foundation's website out."Still the center of the universe: Ala. terror Web site angers activists. "The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a Web site it operated that included gay rights and anti-war organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists. The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included a list of groups it believed could spawn terrorists. The list also included environmentalists, animal rights advocates and abortion opponents." *facepalm*
Save the
Flags replaced with swastikas in Wash. "Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday. Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another 33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been." What the hell?
Palm oil puts squeeze on Asia's endangered orangutan.
Well-heeled art collector publishes lulu of a novel.
From boutros boutros kitty: Presidential macros!
Best alarm clock EVER!
Pegleg Pomeranian! Pirate cat!
7 films to watch from the Cannes Film Festival.
First Look: Topps 'Hollywood Zombies' trading cards. Okay, "Sanjaya Malacarcass" for the win.
4th 'Pirates' film already on horizon. Okay, I don't know about a fourth in this particular series, but you know what? I like the craze for sequels we've had the last ten years or so. They're not cheap afterthoughts the way they used to be in the '80s and early '90s (for some reason, a very sad commercial for Another Stakeout always sticks in my mind regarding this subject). In addition to the series-of-standalone-movies we usually get (the Spider-Man franchise, for example), people are really looking into serial filmmaking again, particularly fantasy films due to the remarkable number of series being published now, and I love that. I love big multi-film epics (the fact that they involve swords and fantastic costumes doesn't really hurt). I mean, I admit that the world doesn't really need another Rush Hour, but I like that people are really looking at this or that franchise and seeing that people really love certain characters, and generally doing their best to continue telling stories about them. It doesn't hurt that the filmmakers involved are often genuinely fans of or at least attracted to the material--even in the case of the Harry Potter movies, the directors will say, I didn't like the way the previous one(s) were done, I want to do it this way. They'll at least come up with a particular vision, which is so different from the half-hearted, half-assed, half-baked sequels you'd see in the '80s, several years after the originals. You can feel any way about the two POTC sequels that you want, but I love that they took this huge chance and did this giant two-part epic; I'd rather see people fail big and go down swinging than succeed with small, safe, piddling efforts.
Stigmata 2 in the Works. Okay, this isn't the kind of sequel I was talking about.
New 'Hulk' Movie Synopsis Revealed.
Weitz Bros. Conjure Elric.
Confirmed: Change to US "Order of the Phoenix" Release Date, Now July 11.
Michael Madsen Says 'Sin City 2' Might Not Happen; Blames 'Grindhouse' Bomb. WHAT. NO. NOOOO!
Director Mike Figgis Detained at LAX for Threatening to "Shoot a Pilot." Dude, you'd think that people at LAX of all places would be up on TV terminology.
Helen Mirren Takes On Gaza Strip Story.
Trailer for George Clooney's 'Michael Clayton.'
Vague Glimpses of the Joker. I don't know, I'm more creeped out than if they were full shots.
Whee, I can has spaghetti now! Oh, but one more thing: I have a MySpace
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Date: 2007-05-30 12:33 am (UTC)Ugh.
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Date: 2007-05-30 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-30 12:36 am (UTC)http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2663038
(not too flashy, but gets all the required info out)
Jenna Fischer has also gotten quite of bit of positive interaction with fans/media through her myspace as well.
http://www.myspace.com/pambeesley
Obviously, neither of these qualify as "starting out" but they're on myspace and don't make me want to throw things at the screen - a rarity these days.
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Date: 2007-05-30 12:53 am (UTC)Pirates? Yar! Erm, more seriously, I was under the impression that Elliot&Rossio (the writers) wern't interested in doing another one, and they were the reason the movies were so good. However, if they didn't use the original characters and made it about Will Jr. (which I suspect) they wouldn't need the original writers, because they wouldn't be butchering the characters.
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:59 am (UTC)Norrington needs--nay, deserves--his own love interest and pirate legend.
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:05 pm (UTC)am happy to supply
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:49 am (UTC)I think I'll dream about that happy thought tonight.
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:04 pm (UTC)I'm totally afraid that if they return to Will/Elizabeth, it will only be to split them apart or steal Telemachus in the name of dramatic tension.
I'm sad that the whole plotline with the East India company died before getting any steam. That could've been fun.
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Date: 2007-05-31 12:08 am (UTC)I sincerely doubt Will/Liz will have anything more than a cameo in any further Pirates movies, what with Knightley's "I've been playing this girl since I was seventeeeeeeen!" and Bloom's "Hello, London stage!". So any further movies will probably have Jack and Barbossa, with some new photogenic couple dashing around; I just hope it's Norrington, and not someone having to do with the Turner family.
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Date: 2007-05-30 01:23 am (UTC)(I'm doing my Book 5 re-read right now. Forgot how much I love Fred and George. Forgot how vile Umbridge is. Bring. It. On. Imelda Staunton.)
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Date: 2007-05-30 01:55 am (UTC)That whole "Pirates 4" article is just icky. It's not really saying anything, just speculating. It could happen, yes, but the title is misleading and makes it sound like it's already in production or something.
If they do make a fourth one they'd better be sure that it's really freaking good.
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:27 am (UTC)The main thing they seem to have (if I remember right; I don't go there much) is it's set up attractively, there is a fan-recognizable main image, there are links (of course), and they friend absolutely everyone back.
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Date: 2007-05-30 04:55 am (UTC)Interestingly enough, I've been kind of making this "sequels week" at my journal. The thing is, a big part of the backlash I'm feeling (And that I think other people are) is that we got three third installments in one month. They'd be much easier to tolerate of it was mixed up a little. And I think as most series tend to run out of steam by movie three, there's jsut a wariness about them being actually good in the first place.
Plus, I think it comes from looking at movies from a socialogical vantage point where I think sequels are built on the goodwill of previous years, so their success is kind of their predecessor's success. Whenever articles talk about "The slump being over. Studios gave audiences movies they wanted to see" I'm like "Well yeah, but that's not exactly their fault." They can only make a Pirates or Spider-Man sequel in so much time. I kind of want to see years yield their own cinemtaic icons. It's not so much that I hate sequels, as I'm wary of a year where it's nothing but. It's also a little worrying because they're not going to last forever, (Each of the titans three look to make signifigntly less than the last one) and then what are we left with?
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Date: 2007-05-30 06:01 am (UTC)I don't think the Joker they're doing in Chris Nolan's movie is really much like the comic-book Joker (and I will always have a place in my heart for Jack Nicholson's interpretation), but I'm becoming intrigued.
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Date: 2007-05-30 06:14 am (UTC)Thanks for the heads-up on the THINK OF THE CHILDREN issue. Massive feh.
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Date: 2007-05-30 01:43 pm (UTC)I want Sin City 2 anyway!
I'd be okay with a Pirates 4 if they tried to take it into a slightly different direction. What I mean by that is mostly: More Jack and Barbossa and preferably no Will and Liz.
What a Myspace site needs is pictures: childhood pics, pet pics, vacation pics, current pics ;)
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Date: 2007-05-30 03:44 pm (UTC)Seriously, he is so awesome. And the ending is fantastic.
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Date: 2007-05-30 05:28 pm (UTC)Oh well, one less Christmas present that I'll have to buy.
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