Wednesday night, touching books

[cleolinda]

I wasn't in a bad mood, exactly, but I haven't had the best day (tension headache, tension in my jaw, the realization that the premature grey/white hairs are spreading and not forming a Rogue streak). And then somewhere along the way, we had a sudden rainstorm and then I got into a much chattier mood, as evidenced by all the commentary below. Maybe it's the atmospheric pressure, I don't know.

'Big Bird' costume creator Kermit Love dies at 91.

MasterCard Pays $1.8 Billion to Amex. They charged it, of course.

Teen facing tough odds: 'I touch books now.' Wait, he... what?

Norwegian Boy Survives Moose Attack Thanks to World of Warcraft.

God Refuses to Spring For Money-Man Raffaello Follieri's $21 Million Bail [Holy Shit].

Why Publishers Should Blog.

'Neuromancer,' As Performed in a Missouri Barn by Hippies and Baptists.

As a follow-up to the Yip Yip Halloween costume link: The Yip Yips From Mars Will Haunt Your Nightmares.

'Cloverfield', 'Enchanted', 'Sweeney Todd' Win Saturn Awards.

Images: Hi-res versions of 'The Duchess' pics; Beautiful Japanese Poster for Fernando Meirelles' 'Blindness'; Matt Damon on the set of 'The Informant' (... oh dear); More 'G.I. Joe' Banners, Important Parts Marked in Red; 'Death Defying Acts' Poster Premiere (wait, aren't there already a ton of posters for this (scroll down)? Is it ever coming out? Because it's about Houdini, and you know me and magicians...) 'Ghost Town' Poster Disappoints Me, Gervais.

Trailers and clips: 7 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' Clips Up; Worth Watching - June 25: 'In Search of a Midnight Kiss' Trailer; The Trailer for 'RocknRolla' is Here (okay, two days ago I'd never heard of this movie, and now all of a sudden it's a media onslaught?); Watch Out for the 'Pink Eye'!; New 'Quarantine' Posters; Clip from Josh Hartnett's 'August'; Teeny Decepticon Makes Sam Witwicky Scream Like A Girl [Transformers 2]; 'Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog' trailer (it "stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer, Felicia Day as Penny and a cast of dozens" and is "the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to").

trailer_spot: Eagle Eye, Sixty Six, Stone Angel, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Mummy 3.

Rapturous Rolling Stone review of 'The Dark Knight'; The Joker's Viral Game Continues: New Edition of The Ha Ha Ha Times; The Gotham National Bank Makes A ‘Dark Knight’ Deposit At MTV; Bale talks to 'Parade' about Batman and coping with success. The pictures here are hilariously cheesy, by the way. I don't know why they're making him throw a football or, for that matter, who he's throwing it to. The dog, maybe? "I'm Welsh, why am I throwing an American football?" "I don't know, man, I'm just hired by the hour. Woof, and so forth."

The Guardian gleefully pans 'Wanted.' That said, this is the first review I've seen that wasn't like, "OMG SO MUCH FUN." I think the best summary of the whole thing was, yet again, The Daily Show the other night. Stewart: "It's one of those movies that shouldn't work, BUT IT DOES!" McAvoy: "I KNOW!" Also: 'Wanted' Man Common Talks 'Justice League', 'Terminator 4'; More Half Naked Real Life Superheroes To Come In 'Wanted 2'; Wanted's McAvoy Talks Contradictions. Is Angelina Jolie just not doing interviews? Because I was going to say, "or are they just not posting them," but... come on, no one's turning down a Pregnant Media Supercouple Interview.

(James McAvoy has second thoughts about keeping his trousers on. "McAvoy's hitman character emerges from a paraffin bath after removing bullets from his body and even the actor has trouble believing he'd go through all that with his jeans on. 'The fact that I have a pair of jeans on is kind of stretching the realms of reality, but I had a scene hugging Terrence Stamp shortly after and I so did not want to do that naked.' ")

Stars Choose Sides as SAG Strike Apocalypse Descends; Actors Brolin, Mortensen back Screen Actors Guild; Actors' Impasse Could Affect Comic-con (Noooooooo! I am counting on Sister Girl's boyfriend to meet awesome people, just so I can feel fractionally awesome by knowing him!).

Snyder Cutting 'Watchmen'; 'Watchmen' Trailer with 'The Dark Knight' & Nite Owl's Ship at Comic Con?! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. ("Can you just ask him to touch the ship for me? When no one's looking? Just a little? No one else has to know.")

Sony Previews 'Quantum of Solace' Footage At Cinema Expo; 'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #14.

Two X-Files Clips Online; Mulder Isn't Pining For Scully Any More In New X-Files Clips; Does Anyone Still Care About ‘The X-Files’? Here’s Why You Should. I try to care, but I find it so hard. I'VE ALREADY BEEN HURT ONCE, OKAY?

'X-Files' Creator Chris Carter's Secret Project - 'Fencewalker.' SAMANTHA TURNED INTO STARLIGHT AND I'M SUPPOSED TO TRUST YOU AGAIN?

Spielberg May Uncover '39 Clues.' AND THEY HAD, LIKE, AN ALIEN BABY OR WHATEVER? WHATEVER, MAN.

Jason Isaacs Confirms Return as Lucius Malfoy for "Deathly Hallows" Films; WB Shows New "Half-Blood Prince" Highlight Reel, New Harry Montage at Cinema Expo; Kate Mulgrew Joins Cast of "Equus" Starring Dan Radcliffe. AND THE LOVELORN EMAILS TO "DANA," ARE YOU SHITTING ME?

‘Cars 2’ Revs Its Engines, But Will It Move Forward With Paul Newman? I'M JUST SAYING, DON'T YOU DARE EXPECT ME TO SEE THE MOVIE MORE THAN ONCE.

Richard Kelly's 'The Box' Delayed. I KNOW HOW TO QUIT YOU!

'Valkyrie' Update: No Cruise Photoshopping. The story here, because I don't think I mentioned it before, is that "according to [Slate 's] graphic experts, the photo of Claus von Stauffenberg had been altered to better resemble Tom Cruise." Except... apparently not. And now United Artists is mad.

Are We Ever Going to See That 'American McGee's Alice' Movie? And by the time we do, will we care?

MST3K boxed set? Omg yay!Top Ten Worst Kissers In Hollywood. Now, see, what I want to know is who the best kissers are, because obviously kissing on a set with a whole crew watching is likely to suck. What I want to know is who rises to the occasion (...) in spite of those conditions. I seem to remember Angela Bassett speaking very highly of Ralph Fiennes circa Strange Days, but I have very little other data on the matter.

Gina Gershon's 'Showgirls' Musical Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come; 'The Fly' Teleports Into A New Tuneful Medium. HEY GUYS WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MUSICALS OF EVERYTHING.

The Top 5 Special Effects Sequences From Bollywood's Time Travel Movie ['Love Story 2050']. I... I'm not really sure if this should count as the Uwe Boll Slot or not. I'm a little scared, mostly.

Comments

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Oh god, now I know I need to watch Love Story 2050 while drunk as hell. :O

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

MST3K YAYZZZ!!!

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Ah, the days we lingered over brandy at Eat...

[summersdaughter.livejournal.com]

I'm an icky elf!

[raanve]

Srsly, I died of glee when I read that.

(Reposted because I was logged into the wrong LJ acct. Der.)

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no kidding! Wheeeeeeeeeee!!! :D

There's precious little info about the damned thing right now.
Guess I'll have to keep watching the skies an eye on the 'Net.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

the realization that the premature grey/white hairs are spreading

Hee, I was just saying to malenky_devil that I saw some gray this morning. (I'm at the several hair stage, not just single ones.) The weird thing for me is that I have these strange white whiskers, each one just a single wiry hair, growing out of my eyebrows. I pluck them out.

[oxymoron67.livejournal.com]

See, my entire family except me goes grey very young -- I can;t remember my mom without any grey hair, and she was only 27 when I was born.

On the other hand, I'm balding, so I guess it all evens out.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love those! It's like growing antennae.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Kate Mulgrew Joins Cast of "Equus" Starring Dan Radcliffe. AND THE LOVELORN EMAILS TO "DANA," ARE YOU SHITTING ME?

I don't know if it's late or I'm really tired, but it took me a moment to realize you were still in CAPSLOCK!X-Files rant for a while.

Me: Lovelorn emails are written to Daniel Radcliffe, but he's called Dana... what...?

I'm starting to believe that this movie exists, though Fox has done a piss poor job of marketing it. I shall still see it and love it, no matter how horrible it is.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Hey, remember that episode in season eight or so where they were all WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT MULDER'S GONNA BE BACK IN THIS EPISODE BUT REALLY IT'S CRAPPY OLD FOOTAGE AND HE'S NOT REALLY BACK HAHAHAHAHAHA MADE YOU WATCH?

I'm going to be over here, gnawing furiously on popcorn and immersing myself in the season three DVDs. It's a damn good thing the sets arre on for only $20 at HMV.

[sound-of-bells.livejournal.com]

I am pretty sure I am never going to recover from my first glimpse of Matt Damon in those pictures. DEAR GOD, NO.

Also I have to say, I really, truly adore James McAvoy. He's just... awesome. Wow, am I coherent today.

[hana-ginkawa.livejournal.com]

I think Angelina's laying low for the time being because of how close to the end of her pregnancy she is.

That said, most of the interviews I'm getting are from British sources.

BBC Radio 1 interview (http://www.radio1movies.com/2008/06/angelina-jolie.html)

The Press Association (UK) (http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hsxcRABpGIDb1oS4X_buIpsQlmwQ)

[leucocrystal]

I KNOW HOW TO QUIT YOU!
Heh, I don't, I'm afraid. That said, I'm seriously enjoying the ride they've given us since Halloween. (However, your angry little notes throughout? Made of LOL.)

[vampirepig13.livejournal.com]

I am absolutely sure I read about the Norwegian Moose thing on boingboing a couple months ago. I refuse to believe two separate Norwegian boys escaped moose attacks with their sisters using WoW knowledge.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I want to believe.

We would at last know the weakness of our deadly foe, the moose.

[edda.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd seen it, too. Maybe they're recycling it?

[syneblue.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who lives in Alaska, and she has more than one death-by-moose defying tale to tell, so maybe moose are finally shucking their wimpy image to become bloodthirsty killers.
Did I just reveal the plot to M. Night Shyamalan's next movie?

[edda.livejournal.com]

WHAT A TWIST!/Robot Chicken

Maybe they're really the embodiment of Cthulhu and that whole squid thing was just a false clue.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Angelina Jolie just not doing interviews? Because I was going to say, "or are they just not posting them," but... come on, no one's turning down a Pregnant Media Supercouple Interview.

She's got to be seven or eight months along by now, and with twins no less. I wouldn't be getting on any planes either if I had McAvoy to do it for me.

And I feel bad, but your X-Files trauma gave me biggest laugh I had all week.:) The movie might be good! Believe!

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

If there is a "Showgirls" musical, it should be narrated by Peaches Christ (http://www.peacheschrist.com/mmass/2008/showgirls.html). I'm just saying.

(I am going to this next week and cannot wait. If you buy a large popcorn, you get a free lapdance from a drag queen. Could it get any better? No. No it could not.) (Well, OK, I would prefer a lapdance from Ben Barnes, but you can't have everything.)

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

The clips were so bad. Why the hell is he rehashing the Samantha angst? We went over that! Over, and over, and over! And the alien baby that wasn't an alien no wait it was- or wasn't it? There came a point where I wasn't paying attention anymore. And lovelorn e-mails? To "Dana"? I'm becoming increasingly glad that I couldn't bring myself to watch Season Nine. Your notes made me laugh, though.

(Though if Cigarette Smoking Man shows up in the movie, I'm going to start writing angry letters. But they wouldn't do that again, right? Right?)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Moose are not to be trifled with, says the guy who almost had one as a hood ornament in October. They're like four cows stapled together with a bone-tree in their skull.

However, I will say that while I can't confirm this moose story (http://sigma7.livejournal.com/538241.html) ever happened, I do trust the sources on the matter.

And between Dark Knight, Iron Man (which just shocked me at how fun it was), V For Vendetta and Watchmen -- are we hitting the pinnacle of the comic-book cinematic adaptation? Not counting 300 just yet (I enjoyed it, but I do have that feeling when I like it and everyone else thinks it's just LOUD NOISES) nor Wanted (not a Millar fan), but we could argue their inclusion, too....

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very incredibly much for linking the Doctor Horrible trailer! I am so excited for it all over again!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Why am I always so darn charmed by James McAvoy? He just seems like the most normal of guys I guess and charming on top of it.

And I LOVED the Yip Yips. I think they always seemed to harmlessly stupid that I had little fear of the coming alien apocalypse.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

DEAR FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER. James McAvoy is so goddamn hot. That is all.

(Except for the fact that I have interviewed him on the phone in the past and OMG SQUEE his accent is, like, smokin'. It's a renewable energy source, I bet.)

[msilverstar]

"the important parts marked in red" completely cracks me up.

I'm sure I heard McAvoy on NPR today, but have no idea what show. Nice Scottish accent + wry self-deprecation, what's not to like?

[katiger.livejournal.com]

Eh Death Defying Acts came out months ago in oz. It didn't do that well which is probably why its taking so long to come out over in the states.

[tragical-mirth.livejournal.com]

It may cheer you to know that I read that subject line as, "Wednesday night, touching boobs."

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

Okay, y'all, this is troublesome. According to the MyFace, my younger brother is attending "an engagement party for Edward and Bella" on the occasion of the release of Breaking Dawn. So what do I do to release him from the cult of That Whiny Mary Sue? He's a fairly rational fellow, not into the sparkly gents at all. ACK.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have read all three books and hated myself every moment of the last one.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

DEATH DEFYING ACTS opened like, months ago in Oz and went with little fanfare...

X FILES 2- Meh, without Krycek, it is nothing...

FLY MUSICAL- I hope they give the inside-out baboon his own little (very) soft-shoe number...

[edda.livejournal.com]

Did anyone doubt for a moment that Johnny Depp is a great kisser? Not Christian Bale with that Sears catalogue look, that's for sure.

*is tired and giggly and making no sense at all*

[troubleinchina.livejournal.com]

That Urban Prep school in Chicago is really interesting. The Toronto School Board is opening a "Black-Focused School" for the 2009 school year, following in the footsteps of the First Nations-focused school and a school for GLTB students.

I'm not sure if this is the same thing, though.

[marumae.livejournal.com]

HA! That amuses me on the worst kissers in Hollywood. I remember hearing Christina Ricci say that James McAvoy was a great kisser. I'm far to amused that Angelina sucks.

I played "Alice" when it first came out and loved the game dearly, I was sort of excited about the film but now...by the time if it ever comes out I don't think I'll really care like you said. Sad...

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Dude the actor thing better not f-up comic con. Though who am I kidding as long as I still get John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd I'll be happy.

[oxymoron67.livejournal.com]

I saw that "I touch books now" story, too, and while ti was uplifting, all I could think was "Well, he touches them, now. I guess that's progress. Maybe in a year or two he'll open one."

With the musicals-- the musical just revived (well, on film anyway) within the past several years, are they trying to kill it dead again? (Although Dead Again, the Musical might actually work...)

[lyrainverse.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should form a support group for people who were wrecked by the X-Files. I mean, I'm barely watching the clips for this movie, and I was known throughout my junior high and high school as "that weird girl who can tell you anything you want to know about that alien show." (Coincidentally, I have Season 1, Disc 3 from Netflix on my coffee table right now. I like to remember the show in its good days, when Mulder and Scully were snarky and not schmoopy "Dearest Dana"?!?! WTF I WILL CUT YOU, CHRIS CARTER and the show, you know, made sense.)

Speaking of nonsensical, I would pay money to see that Neuromancer production. How are they going to do Molly's mirror eyes? Boy, I can't wait to find out!

[kudzita.livejournal.com]

ITA for everything you said about XF. Why, oh why couldn't they have just set it...early? Like, back when the Monsters of the Week were delightfully cheesy and the conspiracy episodes were relatively few and far between...?

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

According to the news on Radio One today, Angelina's been ordered by doctors to have lots of bed rest before the babies are born, she didn't go/isn't going to the UK premiere.

[bluebren.livejournal.com]

Moose story: "After shouting at the gigantic creature to ward it away from his sister, Olsen dropped to the ground, and presumably his lifebar plummeted to zero."

heeeeeeeeeeeee

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I loved that!

[quarantedeux.livejournal.com]

Your XF rant is made of win.

SAMANTHA TURNED INTO STARLIGHT AND I'M SUPPOSED TO TRUST YOU AGAIN?
I watched that episode the other day in my pre-movie rewatch, and it made me SO ANGRY. Why can't she just be DEAD? Either way, she's not coming back, unless she's some creepy green-blooded hybrid. And why, why, why did they have to bring up Samantha in that clip? Oy, my head hurts.

But I'm still so pumped for this movie. I have faith that it will be a good, scary, monster of the week.

I KNOW HOW TO QUIT YOU!
Le sigh. I sure don't.

[unheardpublic.livejournal.com]

"HEY GUYS WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MUSICALS OF EVERYTHING."

...yes we do.

*wishes his life was a musical*

[blinkliz.livejournal.com]

This musical theatre major agrees. :)

& On that note, I have to quote Ethan Steimel now and actually wish for a musical theatre production dealing with Nazi Germany specifically.

"I've noticed that not all musicals are lovey-dovey. Many have--or are centered around--tragedies. For example: Les Miserables is thoroughly depressing and is one of the greatest operettas of all time. Maury Yeston wrote a musical about Titanic. Almost all of Andrew Lloyd Webber's incredible musicals are thoroughly depressing (Sunset Blvd, Jesus Christ Superstar). Musicals about tragedies affect people's lives. I feel that a musical about the Holocaust is in order."

[unheardpublic.livejournal.com]

That Titanic musical...It's really not worth seeing. Although there is one part where this old couple is singing about their lives and their love and it's really cute and touching.

...I've said too much.

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

I've spent most of the last day catching up on the past two months of your posts (long story), and just wanted to thank you for passing along the linkspam, and sharing your depression experiences (my own is part of the long story).

But what prompted me to comment is Love Story 2050, yay! I first saw an ad for this during Namaste America like a month ago, and was all "HOLY SHIT ROBOT TEDDY BEAR" and immediately knew I'd have to try to see this in the theater. The spots play often enough that I have the robot dance scene music stuck in my head right now, even. Bollywood=delicious, multicolored crack.