Also a little bit itchy

[cleolinda]

I spent the afternoon swimming out in the sun and a cooler-than-usual breeze, and I feel good. (Apparently my linkspam suppliers did as well, because the load is somewhat light today.)

Update on the the AP's charging-for-quotes shenanigans: AP to negotiate with sham "Media Bloggers Association"; Is the "Media Bloggers Association" a Scam?

Top 10 New Species Named.

Yes I tried unplugging it and waiting 30 seconds.

Images: New stills from Earhart biopic "Amelia"; The 'Transsiberian' One-Sheet; McAvoy/Wanted Article from Empire Australia.

Trailers and clips: Want More 'Wanted' Clips?; New 'Bangkok Dangerous' Clip May Be a Parody of Nic Cage Action Movies.

trailer_spot: Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, History of My Sexual Failures, Mirrors, Get Smart.

WB Confirms Rumor of Mini Movie for Theme Park is FALSE; Radcliffe Toning Up For Nude Scene Stint On Broadway; Actor Daniel Craig Buys Uncorrected Harry Potter Proof at British Movie Auction, apparently beating out Hugh Grant for the final bid. Which I find adorable.

Dark Knight Fans Go Underground, in a viral marketing event that mirrors scene(s) I know we've seen in the trailers...

'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #13.

Roger Ebert Writes a F***ing Movie Review.

Spike Lee Helming 'Time Traveler.'

Sienna Miller is Maid Marian of 'Nottingham.' I'm trying very hard not to wail out loud here. It's not that I actively dislike her so much as... she's just so bland, you know? Also, what the hell is she wearing?

J.J. Abrams to produce 'Mystery on Fifth Avenue' movie, based on an article about "an Upper East Side luxury apartment on Fifth Avenue that the occupants had redesigned to include hidden compartments, messages, puzzles, poems, codes and games for their four preteen kids."

Angelina Jolie calls ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Once in a Lifetime Film.

Doug Liman Calls Moon Project An Ode To America.

Rumor Patrol: Is Thomas Jane 'Jonah Hex'?

Rihanna Denies ‘Mama Black Widow’ Casting Rumors.

The Latest Horror Threat: Um, Text Messages.

Rant: This Is Why 'The Love Guru' Looks Absolutely Terrible!; Rambling 'Actors Studio' Filibuster Definitively Proves That Mike Myers Has Lost His Mojo. I am willing to take the Happening bullet for you guys. But not this. Not this.

I Watched This On Purpose: 'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.'

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Oh God, the comments on that Spike Lee post. *headTARDIS*

WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE WHITE PEOPLE?

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Could the people at ONTD be any cattier? So Hilary Swank isn't a conventional beauty. Newsflash: neither was Amelia Earhart! It purely annoys me when people go on and on about an actress' looks and ignore her obvious talent. Suppose she and her two Oscars get the last laugh, though.

Also annoying is the paucity of Eccles in those pictures. Where's Eccles?

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Ewan McGregor and and Eccleston in the same film? That's just accent porn at its finest. I'll buy a ticket just to listen to them talk at each other.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

If you wanna see Ewan and Eccleston accent porn, watch Shallow Grave, they're roomates in that and it. is. HOT!!! (and creepy)

:)

cheers!

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Eccles is playing Frank Noonan, Earhart's navigator. No word on whether he'll be using an American accent for it. He's got an amazing voice anyway, but that Northern accent just makes my insides do fun things.

[enid-keaner.livejournal.com]

I'm really fond of Hilary. I met her once and she was a doll.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't read the comments there anymore. It's a brain-hurt level comparable to reading YouTube comments, IMO.

[ponygirl118.livejournal.com]

I kind of want to see The Happening. Is it supposed to be that bad?

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Some people are now trying to claim that yes, its badness is at least partially intentional...

See also "it was a social experiment."

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The problem with making a bad movie on purpose is that, at the end of the day, you've still just made a bad movie. (See also: George Lucas apparently directing his prequel cast to act woodenly on purpose.) I'm not saying that Independence Day is a great or even good movie, but I think the tone there is much closer to what a "B movie on purpose" should feel like. And note that "B movie" and "bad movie" are not the same thing.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Van Helsing is my favorite example. I do think at least some of it was "on purpose."

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Though I notice that they didn't start saying that until after the bad reviews started coming in...

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

*stares*
YES. STAY AWAY.
Just read cleolinda's 15 minutes and be done with it.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

That newly discovered bat is adorable.

[lonerosephiona.livejournal.com]

I am extremely disappointed that Angelina Jolie will be trying to play Dagny Taggart. She is so completely wrong for this role on so many levels.

[cpip.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Cleo. I'm taking the Love Guru bullet. Per my ladyfriend.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Wow, "happy." I didn't know you did "happy" anymore. I swear you need to get sunlight more often.

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

"an Upper East Side luxury apartment on Fifth Avenue that the occupants had redesigned to include hidden compartments, messages, puzzles, poems, codes and games for their four preteen kids."

Dude, I want to live there. I've had recurring dreams all my life that I randomly found hidden rooms, secret passages and the like in the house I grew up in.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

The Dark Knight marketing is making me so excited for the movie! I don't even care about Batman at the moment-it's all about the Joker and Harvey Dent.I was sad my pizza place isn't starting thier marketing until July.And I'm loving all the Jokerized icons going on at ONTD.

I haven't heard of the Earhart movie.Richard Gere in it tho so buy me a ticket now.

Also,the Get Smart movie.I hope it's full of LOL moments.My dad loved the tv show.THE CONE OF SILENCE!

Flood of 2008

[amberkb.livejournal.com]

As I'm sure you've seen on the TV, there's been massive flooding in the midwest. I live in Cedar Rapids..and I'm sure you've seen on the news that our town was really hard hit.

I have up pictures from before and after up on my LJ (http://amberkb.livejournal.com/93776.html).

If you could post a little blurb asking people to donate to the Red Cross, that would be great. So many people's homes were destroyed, and businesses too.

Thanks!

Re: Flood of 2008

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you--the link will go up tonight.

On That Wanted Movie

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Yo, chica!

Here be my spoiler-free review (http://dcmoviegirl.blogspot.com/2008/06/wanted-early-review.html).

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Hey Cleo. I don't know if you've seen this or even want to, but I remembered how much entertainment you got from the 'Pipping' segment on idol a few weeks back. Therefore, I present:

Robert Downey Jr. Tap Dancing (and Singing) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=OLwxUPxAJ68)

[dracoaccio.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the music video for I Want Love by Elton John? Rawr! Robert Downey Jr. is so captivating in that.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Since when was MTV blogs the hot spot for Objectivists?

[newsong.livejournal.com]

Maid Marion is bland and has no character! That's why she's perfect for the story, it's all about Robin.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

My mother sent me this link and I have to pass it on to you because it's just too adorable: Depp Keeps Promise; Sends Hat To Small Town Boy (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=5186562&page=1)

[edda.livejournal.com]

Seeing "Angelina Jolie" and "Atlas Shrugged" in the same sentence is making me laugh so hard I can't see straight. Especially since I can't stand Ayn Rand. What's next, Brad Pitt in The Brothers Karamozov?

[anonymisty.livejournal.com]

'Atlas Shrugged' is one of those, I think, once-in-a-lifetime films that you feel, ‘If I only do a few more in my lifetime, that has to be one of them,’” she insisted.

Yes, because after all that time immersed in Rand's philosophy, I'd think throwing oneself off a building would sound like an attractive next project. Ugh.

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

That millipede is awesome and its pinkness totally would rock the 80's. Did the writers of the new species slide have some sort of competition going to use the word "charismatic" as many times as possible, though? I know at least the beetle and the bat were both charismatic.

Also, as awful as Wanted looks, I can't help myself from wanting to watch it. Partly because it's like a cartoon, it's so laws-of-physics-defying, but I think mostly because of Mr. McAvoy.

[overrmountains.livejournal.com]

Angelina Jolie calls ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Once in a Lifetime Film.

Yes, because it will take an entire lifetime to watch all of it.