Monday, doing pretty well

[cleolinda]

Trying to get the linkspam out early so I can spend the rest of the night annotating. It's not that I don't want to be doing them or I want to "get them over with," it's just... you know how sometimes you have to work on something for longer than you expected, and there's a point where you just feel like you should be done with it so you can move on with life? It's kind of like that.

AV Club Feature: Remembering George Carlin (1937 - 2008); Entertainment Weekly: Remembering George Carlin; Video of the Day: We'll Miss You George Carlin; 7 Moments of George Carlin Greatness [Clips].

Pele robbed by armed gang in Brazil.

Storm Worm invents fictional events to entrap victims.

Dude Says Diamonds Are "Profoundly Anti-Feminist," And Not Just Because He Can't Afford One. You know what I kind of want? A big faceted rainbow moonstone ring. Which... I could buy for myself, actually.

Nancy Drew, Heroine To Nerd Girls Everywhere [Appreciations].

Nerf War! Things that made me laugh: the action/war/Matrix/John Woo movie cliches lovingly reenacted; the guy bleeding styrofoam peanuts; the IT leader who uses a CD as a mirror; the "fallen" comrade used as a human shield around the 3:11 mark; the glimpse of a "ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY ROCK INTO MORDOR" macro taped under the clock at the very beginning.

6 “Ghosts” Caught on Film. And of course the best ones are fake.

Images: New Images: 'Eagle Eye', 'Pineapple Express' and 'X-Files'; Kate Winslet Gets Old for 'The Reader'; 'The Mummy 3' New Pictures; 'G.I. Joe' Has a Subtitle, Cretinous Billboard; First Pics Of Starship Troopers' Armor And Heroes' Gun-Toting Ex-Blonde [Morning Spoilers]; First Poster for Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex; Fourth 'Disaster Movie' Teaser Poster! FOURTH! And They're Still Just Teasing Us!

Also, re: new images: Batman Bitch Slaps The Joker. It's awkward, because there's part of me that's like, "NOOOOO DON'T HIT HIM HE'S NOT WITH US ANYMORE!," and there's another part of me that's like, "BITCH WENT DOWN!" This whole movie is going to be an exercise in conflicting emotions, isn't it?

Christian Bale Out, Sam Riley to Play Robin Hood? Well... that's certainly a tumble down the fame ladder.

Hopkins Confirmed As Lear. Apparently Naomi Watts will also join Gwyneth Paltrow and Keira Knightley as the third daughter. Quoth the director, an "American newcomer," "It's pre-Roman, Celtic, very raw. It's a period in British history, from which Tolkien took a lot of his inspiration, where there were thatched-roof roundhouses and fortresses." AND THE TROGDOR COMES IN THE NIIIIIIIGHT!

New Hints About What Mulder And Scully Are Searching For; Tender, Top-Secret Geek Riot Ensues as Duchovny, 'X-Files' Share Four Minutes with LA [Los Angeles Film Festival].

Could You Shoot Bendy Bullets, Just Like in 'Wanted'?; Ann Curry is on the prowl; James McAvoy is her potential prey. Man, this is worse than the time Katie Couric all but threw her panties at Hugh Jackman.

Interview: Wall-E's Writer and Director Andrew Stanton; Is Pixar's 'Wall-E' The Most Expensive Silent Movie Ever Made?

'Hancock' Billboard Amuses Passing Londoners, Film Bloggers Across Pond.

Foreigners Strangely Cool to Judd Apatow's 'Cheap Cinema of the American Stoner Idiot Man-Child.'

David O. Russell's 'Nailed' Suffers Fourth Shutdown, Time to Leak Those 'Nude Jessica Biel' Rumors.

Anna Faris, Sam Rockwell Looking At Summer For Linda Lovelace Biopic.

Remix The Moaning Ladies Of 'The Spirit' [Contest].

Stallone and Arnie Have an 'Incredible Love.' Not the movie it sounds like, although I think I might have gone to see it if it was.

Comments

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I just. I want to like Judd Atapow, but something about his movies just turn me off so completely, with the exception of 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'(Which, in actually was due less to the mediocre script and more to the fact that Kristen Bell and Jason Segal and that British dude are FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT and the Dracula Rock opera). But everything else is just so blatantly sexist and lacks depth for the female roles. Superbad, god, was so frigging awkward and over the top in it's ridiculousness and just. I hated it. Ugh. I have not seen Knocked Up though. *shrug* maybe I'm the only one.

Sorry, that was a bit long for something tangentially related.

OTOH, I totally agree about the awkwardness of him being dead but having to remember that he's a bad guy in this movie. :X this movie better be good or it's gonna be awkward.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I really liked The 40-Year-Old Virgin because it had a real sweetness to it (and also probably because it was a really extreme example of the "man-child," the kind of person you wouldn't expect to find in real life), but none of his movies since have appealed to me at all. The movies that are more about regular, underachieving schlubs chasing hot chicks really don't interest me. (It also probably helped that Steve Carell is more attractive than Apatow's more recent leads, and Catherine Keener was a great, age-appropriate match for him--you could actually understand them being together, as opposed to, you know, Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl.)

[megalion.livejournal.com]

I'm a card carrying member of the Anti Apatow club as well.

I agree that 40 Yr Old Virgin was alright.. I'd even watch it again. But the rest just suck so badly.

I'm mad that Walk Hard is one of his films because I badly want to watch it for John C Reilly but... its Apatow!!

I haven't seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall yet either but I loved that Katherine Heigl expressed embarrassment for Knocked Up. That was truly shiteous despite the presence of Heigl and Rogen (who I actually do like)

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

The 40-Year-Old Virgin is, I think, Apatow's best film. I have to agree that Jason Segal is delightful in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I also love him in How I Met Your Mother and he's so sweet on Freaks and Geeks.
I enjoyed Superbad, because I know the guys those guys grow up to be. And also because while they are shallow and don't understand women, there's a certain earnestness to them. I guess I just have a soft spot for socially awkward geeks.
Knocked Up has its moments, but I don't think it's as good as The 40-Year-Old Virgin

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

Hehe, "that British dude" is Russell Brand, he's like an icon over here. No kidding.

Living in Britain makes it really hard to work out who is actually internationally famous and who's just famous here. Like, Leona Lewis and Amy Winehouse are famous over in the US, right? Are Pete Doherty and Jordan famous? Ant and Dec?

I want to know how Natasha Bedingfield managed to get famous in America. Truly. Like, seriously, she totally piggybacked off her brother's success. Is he even famous over there?

I'm making myself confused now.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know her brother's name is Daniel, but I've never actually heard his music...

(For the record--Pete Doherty is pretty famous, although mostly for his shenanigans; Amy Winehouse is probably more famous ["Rehab" charted, I know], but for similar reasons; Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" is pretty big right now; I'm aware of Jordan and Ant and Dec, but I couldn't tell you what they actually look like. My mother wouldn't know any of them. Except maybe Winehouse, as "that beehive girl who smokes crack." I've also heard vaguely of Russell Brand, and was shocked to see what he actually looked like, because I had gotten the impression somehow that he was a lot older.)

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

re: Natasha Bedingfield - Maybe it's because 'Unwritten' was used for The Hills theme song?

I dunno though, I'm not in the US.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

I have ALWAYS been against diamond wedding/engagement rings. I don't like diamonds, I think the "2 months salary" thing is SO MUCH BULLSHIT, and rubies are much nicer. But then I think the whole wedding industry is fucked up, so I may not be the norm here, I realize.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I just like jewelry in general--but I hate the diamond cartels. If I were to get a diamond ring, I'd really want to get something vintage or antique. And I definitely agree on the wedding industry in general--if I had my way, I'd get married in Vegas and then have a big reception at home, but any vendors would be told it was "just a party," because apparently they jack up the prices arbitrarily for the exact same goods once the word "wedding" is out of your mouth.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of sparklies, but aside from the sheer shiny, diamonds have never held much interest for me, alas.

Hahah, my plan isn't even going so far as Vegas - Justice of the Peace with our parents in attendance, sign the forms, etc, then a nice party somewhere. (Party meaning we'll find somewhere with a projector-TV and play videogames. writ large with our friends)

Yeah, prices go up when they hear wedding just because there are so many people out there who will pay stupid sums of money to have the "dream wedding from the magazine" or something. I hear the amount of money people are "expected" to spend on a wedding and I'm always like "...That's a hefty down payment on a house. Or a new car. What the hell kind of crack are people on?"

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I've heard anywhere from $10K to $30K for "dream" weddings, with the really crazy people going up to $100K. Because THEY'RE INSANE.

Although--my Vegas plan isn't as thrifty as it used to be, given airfare prices these days. Of course, I'm not even dating anyone, so it's all moot anyway.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

One of the women in my knitting group, her daughter wants a $20K wedding and threw a FIT when said woman refused to give her the money. I heard something about how she'd picked invitations that would run at least a thousand dollars and my brain stopped working for a couple seconds.

I'd love to go to Vegas and get married there, but I know that I'd spend SO MUCH MONEY on the attractions. :D Tickets to Blue Man Group! Crazy Souvenirs!

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

I'm on the same page as you. If/when I get engaged, I'm instructing Significant Other to buy me something in a pretty shade of turquoise or aquamarine.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

*high-fives*

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I prefer colored stones anyway, and I get sick to my stomach over the "two months salary" thing stores try to push on you. I got a ruby ring for my engagement ring - and a created one at that - and I've loved it lo these ten years.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

That is the plan - I've seen some I've very partial to at a local jewelery store. (And created gemstones are fuckin' sweet.)

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

Seriously.
I'll have a lab-created blue sapphire please and thank you.

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

I'm against diamond rings because they're so common now that it takes the personality out of engagement rings. I'm a pearl fan myself, and the man I marry will be instructed to get me a pearl ring instead. They're just so much prettier than diamonds.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

Pearls are very nice, it is true. My great-grandmother has a pearl wedding ring.

[starryeyes203.livejournal.com]

I got a pearl engagement ring once. The thing is absolutely beautiful.
Even though I'm not engaged to said man anymore, I still can't resist wearing it.

[threeparts.livejournal.com]

My engagement ring is a steel band I picked up from a craft market stall for three bucks, and my wedding will be done in the Births, Deaths & Marriages office with two staff members as witnesses on some afternoon whenever we get around to it.

Gotta love being poor and not actually minding all that much. ♥

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

I dunno, but somehwere inside of my twenty-something female self lurks a really, really immature teenage boy (not literally). He finds dick jokes and excessive swearing hilarious. And Judd Apatow just speaks to that boy really loudly. So I enjoy his movies, somewhat guiltily.
Plus the pop culture references just speak to every other part of me.

[girlthethird.livejournal.com]

Ohh I know that feeling so well. People always give me strange looks when I say I am subconsciously a ten year old boy, but it's the truth!

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

I'm disappointed that this (http://www.midiowa.com/cight/hampton_ghost_clip.htm) ghost wasn't on the list.

[dives.livejournal.com]

Nothing will ever be as hilariously awkward as Jane Fonda molesting Stephen Colbert on his own show (http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/05/10/icymi-jane-fonda-makes-out-with-stephen-colbert/).

^{she better step off, though *z-snap*}

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

Diamonds: I think that if you keep in mind that you don't want to be in debt by the first month of your marriage, than you'll definitely settle for no diamond. I asked my husband to not get me one and I definitely don't regret it.

Joker/Heath: Yup, totally going to be about conflicting emotions, and not just because he gets his ass kicked, but because he's going to be murderous and fucking scary, but he's going to be fantastic at it, but again, fucking scary.. but fantastic! And of course, this was his last complete role so while it's a weird way to remember as the villain, he's just so fabulous at it that you can't help but love it.

Also, ALSO (I know I get ranty on your posts) but I'm now reading The Other Boleyn Girl and I'm suddenly understanding your angry review over it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, then you have to go rent the movie. Because then you will understand ALL.

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

No, I've seen the movie, which is why I read the review to begin with, otherwise nothing would have made sense. I enjoyed the movie muchly but as I read there's more and more that makes me go, "but why the hell did they change that?" and as to Elizabeth's conception, well, I haven't gotten there yet in the book, but I know enough Tudor history to think that's absolutely ridiculous in the movie.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I don't even want a diamond. I totally want a sapphire or something different. One of my best friends got a ruby for her engagement ring.

For your next linkspam

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I have started an online auction, Live Long And Marry, to raise funds to defeat the evil anti-gay, anti-marriage bill on the November California ballot.

Details here: http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/626923.html

Re: For your next linkspam

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I've already marked the Fandom Lounge entry about it for the next post. : )

Re: For your next linkspam

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks!

[sorcha-chasdubh.livejournal.com]

The Nerf War is awesome! I especially like the Sales white board that says "You can't spell BITCH without I.T." Lol...

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. Nerf War just totally Made My Day. You rock.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the annotations! I'm sending good vibes your way.

the guy bleeding styrofoam peanuts; the IT leader who uses a CD as a mirror

Yeah, those were the 2 parts that killed me.

This whole movie is going to be an exercise in conflicting emotions, isn't it?

That's how I was feeling when I watched the trailer. I just keep telling myself Heath Ledger would have wanted people to enjoy the performance he put so much effort into, so I shouldn't feel bad enjoying it.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

I don't know why they're piling on Judd Apatow for his films underperforming overseas. Most do. Comedy doesn't translate as well overseas. First of all, because they can be topical or play=on-words based. Secondly, because a lot of comedies that do well in the US are sleepers, which don't have a lot of huge stars, expensive budgets, or predecessor movies/things they're based on. Studios have never relied on the cheap comedy breakouts to do the overseas lifting. If we lag behind last year, internationally, it'll because of Batman and Iron Man not having the same international appeal as last year's 300 million critical darlings.

And I don't think other countries are way above man-child comedy. (Which Apatow didn't invent) I mean, I know Seth Rogen is no Gerard Depardeu, but trust me, schlubby males in comedies are a pretty wide phenomenon. Onscreen, Monica Bellucci has had more pot-bellied balding men in her than buffet with a liquor lisence.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Naomi Watts was a good choice. I approve.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES
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To be honest, I've always thought the Hardy Boys were cooler than Nancy Drew. They were just severely less... dependent? I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just too much of a tomboy.

[troubleinchina.livejournal.com]

That vid was awesome - I bet their code is compiling (http://xkcd.com/303/).

[inkytwist.livejournal.com]

Oooooh Moonstones! Yay!

[floatingpencil.livejournal.com]

I liked the gas station ghost. The little girl in the mirror was creepy, but too clear. I couldn't take it seriously.

I wish I still had the footage my Dad shot at Fountain's Abbey a few years back. He was shooting the Refectory, and when he played back the footage on our TV there was this chanting in the background. Not clear, sort of muffled, but definitely creepy. The creepiest thing was that it faded each time the tape was played, until eventually it couldn't be heard at all.

[karintheswede]

On diamonds - they're so common. In very many ways. They are a lot more geologically common than rubies, emeralds or sapphires, and simply everyone wears them. That said I wouldn't mind a tennis bracelet, but it'd have to be an antique.

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this? MTV behind-the-scenes of Twilight: cst and crew interviews, the Cullen Crest, plus a scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZO8icXS58

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been linking to things as they come up.

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're right. I just can't see these clips on the MTV website, they don't play for anyone outside of the U.S.

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

They robbed Pele? Holy crap. I am truly ashamed. I'm half Sao Paulian by descent.

I always wonder about the people who star in internet videos. Are they actors? Do these people have day jobs? Who finances these things? Not that I'm complaining, that video was AWESOME.