Tuesday! Just... Tuesday!

[cleolinda]

I am horribly behind on things I have promised to post for people, so if I haven't done yours yet, it's... because I suck, basically.

From Fandom Lounge: "rachelmanija and lady_ganesh have created a fandom auction in support of marriage equality" over at livelongnmarry.

From amberkb: "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. 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." Another problem, I should add, is that so many crops were destroyed--which not only raises food prices in general, but kills this year's income for the farmers.

From missmp: "Something for your next linkspam, possibly: Search Me. It's a visual search engine--you can 'flip' through the pages that come up in your search."

As a follow-up (FROM THE PAAAAAST!) to the diamond engagement rings article yesterday, a Wired article on lab-grown gems from kosher_jenny.

NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance.'

Carlin to be first posthumous Twain honoree; George Carlin: 20 career milestones; HBO plans encore programs of Carlin specials; George Carlin's Last Interview.

Anne Hathaway's Sorry Ex-Boyfriend Arrested For Fraud; Raffaello Follieri Arrested For Swindling God Out Of His Savings.

Florida Man Shoots Low Rider. As in, "kid with saggy pants." May or may not have screamed at him to get off his lawn first.

What to Do (and Not Do) In A Fistfight. Well, I am definitely carrying a roll of quarters in my purse from now on.

Wondermark #419: In which an Enterprise fails spectacularly.

Lizzie Skurnick's "Fine Lines" column on Jezebel to become a book. You know, the one where she revisits our favorite childhood reads? Good times.

Teen Sex Ad Not Actually From JC Penney; JCPenney horrified/thrilled over fake spot.

SCREAM QUEEN PENS SEXY VAMPIRE NOVEL. PLEASE DON'T SHOUT, ONTD, I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE. Also: scream queen in question? Adrienne Barbeau. Which increases its cool quotient by at least a factor of five.

AMPAS Invites Diablo Cody, Jet Li, 103 Others to Join: "Among those whom you'll be able to blame the next time something dumb like Crash wins Best Picture are Gore Verbinski, Doug Liman, Allison Janney, Judd Apatow and Sacha Baron Cohen -- assuming they all accept the invitation, of course."

Images: Full 'Hancock' Gallery; new pics from 'The Duchess'; First 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Remake Banner Discovered (crap, that is going to be a busy weekend for me...); Hi-Res Versions of the 'Spirit' Posters; 'Dragonball' Banner is Dull, Full of Red Light Swirls (also, it apparently stars Not!Elijah Wood on the worst hair day EVER); 'RockNRolla' Poster; 'Mandy Lane' Gets a US One-Sheet; First Official Photos from 'Fast and Furious 4' (how are we up to four?); 'Prince Caspian' Concept Art.

Trailers and clips: The New 'Eagle Eye' Trailer; 'Disaster Movie' Trailer Hits.

The 6th 'Dark Knight' TV Spot!; 'The Dark Knight' TV Spots 7, 8 and 9!; Five Minutes Of ‘Batman: Gotham Knight’; Bruce Wayne's Backstory, Dateline-Style.

X-Files Site Update, Widget, Ringtone.

'Wanted' Alters Comics' Storyline; Mark Millar Liked 'Wanted' -- and Plans for Sequel; Exclusive: Wanted's Mark Millar Settles the Score for Fans. Also! I keep meaning to link to cleojones' (no relation) review (and it's good!) and forgetting (because I suck!), so here it is. Also-also! James McAvoy was on The Daily Show last night, and right before he came out, they ran the traditional introductory movie clip--in which McAvoy assassinates some guy while flipping his car off Angelina Jolie's and over the other guy's car --and afterwards Jon Stewart just turned to the camera and yelped, "HOLY SHIT!"

Elfman Returns to Comics with 'Wanted' and 'Hellboy II.' Well, now I'm really excited about Wanted.

It's Twilight Tuesday on MTV! Last week, a Twilight fan asked me never to mention the series again (or read the new book, or see the movie, or post news items, or...) if all I was going to do was be "snarky" about it. Am I allowed to snark on MTV itself, though? Because... they ran out of new Twilight Tuesday content way sooner than even I thought they would (actual quote: "This week, I’m remembering how up-close-and-personal I got to Bella Swan’s iconic truck"). And you know, I really like MTV's movie blog, so it's kind of distressing to see them having to reach so hard every week.

(There's a link here, and I can't figure out why it's not showing up.) Now you can watch [fan-created] 'Watchmen' advertisements. Also, from foresthouse: Watchmen Action Figures!

Nicolas Cage And Pierce Brosnan Cast In Roman Polanski’s ‘The Ghost.’

Tom Ford Dresses James Bond In 'Quantum of Solace.' Between this and the big Armani Dark Knight ad, I like that we're now being just as shallow about male stars' fashions as we are about women's.

Why WALL*E Channels Dolly!; Andrew Stanton Out To ‘Break The Curse’ With Adaptation Of ‘John Carter Of Mars.’

Did Jon Favreau Just Reveal 'The Avengers' Line-Up?

Jason Bateman confirms 'Arrested Development' movie for next year.

Revisiting 'Brideshead Revisited,' what with the remake and all.

Israelis flattered by 'Zohan.'

Is the sky falling on the indie film business?

Random gossip: Spice up your life with Neil Patrick Harris; Depp Ships Wine To Film Set ("It's fair to say that he's made filming a far more enjoyable experience"); Miller Wears Fake Boobs For GI Joe because director Stephen "Van Helsing" Sommers directly came out and told her, "I like girls with big boobs." Somehow I had missed his involvement in the movie until this news item--I don't even care about GI Joe, but I immediately facepalmed.

Action figure: Regan from 'The Exorcist.' Uh.

Is Mike Myers the antifunny? I'm not saying that the last link on every single spam is meant to occupy the Uwe Boll Slot. I'm just saying... it is today.

Comments

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

I admittedly am a Twilight fan, and I'm snarky and sarcastic about the series myself. Even if I love it guiltily, I completely see all the mockable room for humor and snark. Its inherent ridiculous qualities are part of why it's addictive. Therefore, I'm vetoing the other person, lifting your ban, and saying you can totally snark and giggle any time. ;) I think Edward would himself, if only Stephenie Meyer would let him.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

"I like girls with big boobs."

Well at least he's honest I suppose....dink

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, I never said I agreed with her demand. I think what I actually said was something along the lines of, "Snark is kind of what I do, so... this may not be the journal for you."

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Hee. Oh, I know - I figured you would never kowtow to that demand. What's life without snark?!

[craobhruadh.livejournal.com]

Re: James Hansen, as news media can be really brief on their coverage, his full statement is on his website:

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TwentyYearsLater_20080623.pdf

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks for the click-back cleo. :D

And as for MacAvoy?? That is my left pocket lover.

He is my other sexy short man. That Daily Show appearance solidified it.

I swooned so hard at his self-effacing, charisma.


BTW
...Prince is in the right pocket.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

I'm resisting the temptation to look at anymore Batman links because I don't want to know anymore. The suspense is already killing me, and the teasers just aren't helping.

At least Wanted is coming out this Friday. Finally, an action flick that looks like it might be worth theatre prices.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I just pull the headlines/links; I don't read most of the Batman stories myself, because I don't want to know anymore either.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee! I was wondering.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

In the Wanted comic, in terms of how they were drawn, Fox was Halle Berry and Wesley was Eminem. Seems like the movie is better cast.

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Really?!

Yeah, I agree.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was trying to find some image online for Wesley-as-Eminem (the one you had of Fox-as-Halle is around a lot). Closest I could find was this (http://www.sarah.how.btinternet.co.uk/images/darcypics/wanted1.jpg).

Also, the comic book was way, way, wayyyy darker. It's basically scumbags vs. worse scumbags. In the comic, once Wesley is recruited, he goes out and starts randomly murdering, raping, and generally being irresponsible. Once he gets that out of his system, he's ready for the mission. I don't know if the movie has anything like that. Basically he's recruited into a band of supervillains, who long ago got rid of all the superheroes. I can already tell from the trailers ('Kill one, save a thousand') that the movie softpedals a lot of the original story.

When Wesley in the comic kills his first person, Fox asks him how he feels and he says 'Like I fucked Marilyn Monroe without a condom.' If the movie doesn't have that line, I dunno...

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Honey that happened in Jacksonville. Not only did the guy probably yell at the kid to get off his lawn but I'm sure a beer bottle was thrown. Or at least in the near vicinity.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

My cousin who went to school in Iowa reported tonight that the Music building at her alma mater was under EIGHT FEET of water from the flooding. O_o

It really is the apocalypse, isn't it? *cries*

Also - I wonder if Johnny would sell me some of that wine. Heh.

[amberkb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting the red cross link. :) I appreciate it very much! You Rock.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I have no personal idea of how bad The Love Guru is, but I will not lie... I'm way too in love with Austin Powers.

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

re: twilight: don't give in to the srs bsns fans!

Also, I am totally framing the fist fight article. I've always wanted to be in an epic Hollywood fight. Now, if only I can convince my opponents to approach me one at a time while the others dance around menacingly.

[brainchild129.livejournal.com]

Yeah, while we didn't get the levels of widespread damage that Cedar Rapids got, Iowa City's floodwaters are lingering longer - it's going to be well into July before the Iowa River gets all the way down below flood stage.

In addition to the Red Cross link, here's the link (https://www.uifoundation.org/GiveToIowa/WebObjects/GiveToIowa.woa/wa/goTo?area=2008unez8) for the University of Iowa' own flood relief fund. a lot of buildings got damaged, including most of the art buildings and the biggest of the student dorms, and while they have plenty of insurance to help fix all the facilities, it's going to take a lot more time and money to get things back to normal here.

[elirrina.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm assuming you're going to, but please snark on the next Twilight book and the movie! Those posts made my day(s).

[neveth.livejournal.com]

ICON. eeeee.

(ilu Mike Rowe.)

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Despite my fervent desire to Gay Marry Robert Pattinson, I am deeply worried about TWILIGHT. What's up with all the sparkly, lovey-dovey, undead Goth-Poet Vampire novels of late anyway? Vampires are walking corpses that rip you open and drain your blood to keep themselves from rotting- doesn't sound very romantic to me! :icon:

ADRIENNE BARBEAU: Squee! She rocks. I thought she was awesome in the original FOG movie, and suffered through an episode of SLIDERS for her. SLIDERS!! *g*

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I don't recall that line.
And yes this is much lighter and fluffier.

Everybody I know who digs the comicbook, hated the movie.

So, there you go.

[blinkliz.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the fact that I'm a nostalgic, super-liberal collegiate, but... I honestly found that [totally fake and not-at-all authorized, we swear!] JC Penny commercial to be adorable, socially aware and brilliant. There is so much sex in advertising anyhow that I don't think I would have flinched if it had come on during some primetime major network re-run.

*shrug*

[edda.livejournal.com]

Your icon is scaring the everlasting shit out of me, and this is from someone who saw the movie.

[edenlass.livejournal.com]

NEVER STOP THE SNARK!

[to-no-avail.livejournal.com]

Cleo, your snarky-ness gets me through the effing day. Please never change!
And honestly most fandoms get boring without snark.

<3

[teirkin.livejournal.com]

Parents of teenagers may not agree, but I thought it was cute!

[drapette.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I thought! I thought it was sort of beautiful, actually.