Rainy day, it's all right

[cleolinda]

If you have not seen the lolarity that is next week's Entertainment Weekly Twilight cover (plus a sparkleized version by orangeokapi13. Plus another version over at FW. Plus Maybelline icons, and I'm kind of tempted to snag one) from yesterday, I suggest you hie yourself there with a quickness. Truly, it is magnificent, and the best laugh you will have all week. (And just think: I'm getting this in the mail.)

ETA: THIS JUST IN: THERE ARE PICTURES INSIDE THE MAGAZINE AS WELL. OUTSTANDING.

Apparently I am a Waffler. Sadly, I suspect this is fairly accurate.

Crystal skulls turn out to be fakes.

"Iranian missile photoshop" photoshoppery.

Robbery try ends when victim offers iced tea.

Then we'll grab a bite at 404 Not Found.

The Five Totally Not Dirty Words You Can't Say in the New York 'Times,' or, why Go Fug Yourself and Harry Potter were too dirty to quote.

Tor Free eBooks Giveaway Has Positive Effect on Sales. I suspected it would! I have, uh, my own experience as a book buyer to back this up.

Bitchiness breaks out in the world of biography.

Now X-Women Can Be Bimbos Too [Rant].

'Prisoner' Details Hinted; AMC Wants To Adapt Classic SF.

Elizabeth Spriggs, Mrs Jennings in 'Sense & Sensibility,' has died. Oh no! I loved her in that movie. She was also the original Fat Lady Portrait in Harry Potter, because, by law, everyone in Sense and Sensibility is required to end up in Harry Potter somehow.

SD Comic Con: Thursday Schedule Online Now. WHY IS IT SO AWESOME? *sob*

Images: New UK 'Quantum' Quad Emerges; Awesome New Russian Poster for 'Babylon A.D.'; Neil Gaiman on the set of 'Hellboy 2' ("Selma Blair asleep by a rock... Selma awake and pretending to be a book cover..."); Renee Zellweger on the set of 'My One and Only'; New, Nonsensical Quote-Free Shots from 'Ghost Town.'

Trailers and clips: New Hellboy II Clip Revealed; Trailer Blazer: 'Tropic Thunder' mockumentary 'Rain of Madness'; Must Watch: Badass Red Band Trailer for 'Hell Ride'; Must Watch: Freaky New 'Quarantine' Trailer; 'Max Payne' Trailer Might Be Best Action Movie Trailer Based on a Video Game Inspired by Action Movies Yet; Oh sweet God.

trailer_spot: Tropic Thunder, 12, Traitor, Taken, Psycho.

Knight's Bale Talks Wayne's Arc; Bale's Struggle With Batman's Voice; Knight's Bale Did Own Fights; The Dark Knight to Pack Theaters Just Before the Dawn (they've added 3 am AND 6 am shows, which are still selling out); Discuss: Will 'The Dark Knight' Suffer from Too Much Hype?; ‘The Dark Knight’ Took Over New York City, And Our Intern Steve Was There! MTV's intern, that is. Although I think I could probably use an intern around here.

Christian Bale Keeping It Real For ‘Public Enemies’ Role Opposite Johnny Depp.

Super Short Harry Potter 6 Teaser Coming to IMAX?; Heyman on Tom Felton as Draco in "Half-Blood Prince: "Nuances are Terrific" Plus Info on a New Plot Twist (WHAT? WHAAAAAAAT?).

Interview: 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Director Guillermo Del Toro; Interview: Hellboy II's Creature Mastermind - Doug Jones; From the 'Beast' to 'Hellboy.' Aww, I wondered if anyone else remembered Beauty and the Beast from the '80s. I wasn't old enough to be allowed to watch the show, but even then I was reading the TV Guide articles about how crazy the fandom was, even if that wasn't what they called it then. Good times.

New X-Files pics; New X-Files Comic Wants To Be Television Show So Badly.

'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #16.

Darren Aronofsky Helming 'Robocop' Remake? I... he... what?

‘Twilight’ Star Mike Welch Reveals Plans To Go From Bloodsuckers To Samurai Swords.

Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is Robert Downey Jr.; Robert Downey Jr. Vs. Sacha Baron Cohen: A Tale Of Two Holmes. I... I just wash my hands of all of this madness. It's going to hurt my heart so bad if/when one or both of these suck that I'm just going to step back and pretend that neither is happening. Call me if one of them turns out to be decent, I'll be over here with my head in the sand.

Brad Pitt's Name Heard in Vague Relation to 'Inglorious Bastards'; Script for Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglorious Bastards' Surfaces. I'm having a real hard time getting enthused for another WWII movie, though. Sometimes I wonder if there aren't more hours of WWII film than there were in the war itself.

Is Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Che’ Headlining the New York Film Festival?

Warner Rides On 'Elfquest.'

'Cloverfield' + '28 Days Later' = 'Quarantine'; Eco-Horror Goes Extra Vague With 'The Colony.'

Fincher's 'Heavy Metal' a No-Go at Paramount.

Val Kilmer on 'Bad Lieutenant' and Voicing KITT.

Do Not Want: Talking Animal Comedy from 'Made of Honor' Screenwriter.

Remember 'Kinky Boots'? No? Well, It's Going to Be a Broadway Musical.

How Joss Whedon’s ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ Was Born: The Making Of A Cult Musical.

5 Reasons 1980 Wasn’t the Best Year for Movie Musicals.

Headless Zombie, Meet Helpless Scientist. Naked. (NSFW)

Comments

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

I refuse to predict anything RDJ is going to do will suck until I have actually seen it. He could announce he's going to play all the characters in a one-man off-Broadway revival of Annie, and I still wouldn't pass judgement until I'd seen it.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

He looks like... Zombie Cedric more than anything.

If Zombies sparkled and wore makeup at least.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Re: HBP PLOT TWISTORAMA

NO GODDAMNIT YOU FUCKERS LEAVE HIM ALONE >:(

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I would pay to see that.

[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

Why are they insisting on messing up the HP series so much in the movies? If they have no Fleur in HBP, and no Bill, what are they going to do for the plot points they figure into in Deathly Hallows?

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna be pissed if I don't get Fleur and Molly's catfight ending in grudging acceptance over Bill's sexy mutilated face.

Also, WEDDING OF AWKWARD. I WANNA SEE A WIZARDLY WEDDING OF AWKWARD, DAMNIT.

[jcipa.livejournal.com]

Gah! WTF are they doing to the HP movies?

RE: Harry Potter

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

WWHHAAAAAAAAT?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have this terrible feeling that they're going to substitute Lupin/Tonks for Bill/Fleur wherever possible (awkward wedding, seaside... cottage... wait)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, I've been very supportive of changes they wanted to make to the movies... until this one. They just seem to be doing really wacky stuff this time around. STOP IT.

[raynala.livejournal.com]

RIP, Fat Lady. ♥

[wildcatlizzie.livejournal.com]

I honestly love the inside shots; especially the one in the rain. When you forget about the characters that they're supposed to be, it's really a beautiful shot.

[jcipa.livejournal.com]

Some of the changes in the previous movies were irksome, but, meh. I understand that they need to watch their length. The changes they're making for HBP seem so arbitrary and completely change plot points for DH.

Oh, and the EW group picture? RP totally has a farmer's tan. Hee!

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you followed this, or if you aren't interested, or what, but:

JonBenet's Family Cleared After New DNA Test (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/10/ramsey.dna/?iref=hpmostpop)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the rain really is nice. It helps that the b/w means they can't try to do anything weird with vampire makeup on him, and the rain means they can't powder him or do anything bizarre with his hair. So really, it just has a nice, natural look to it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did see that--I wasn't sure if I should post it or not. It's horrifying in retrospect--the family went through all that, and only now have they cleared them. And over the years I've read extremely impassioned theories from crime experts on both sides of the did they/didn't they fence... but only one side was right.

[wildcatlizzie.livejournal.com]

Natural! That's the word I was looking for!

[misachan.livejournal.com]

For all that RTD looks nothing like Holmes (aside from being dark-haired) I think he could knock it out of the park in the role. Quirky, driven genius he can do, and he's a big enough nerd that he'll make sure the character stays Holmes despite whatever craziness Ritchie throws in there. Frankly, that he's not Jason Statham is a big enough relief to me.

As for The Abomination...really, I can handle Sascha Baron Cohen playing Holmes. It's Will Ferrell that's giving me conniptions. He's going to play Watson as a buffoon because all he plays are buffoons, and I hate hate hate that. Hate it.

Re Twilight: that is some seriously tragic hair. Do Twilight vampires not have reflections? Edward looks like he styles his hair in a wind tunnel.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I know I definitely waffled. I mean, I was 11 when the case broke into the media, and I think it's part of why I was so fascinated with crime growing up--it was a pretty hot topic, on and off, in the household and even at school.

I mean, personally, I'd post it, and I probably will, when I do my (much less often) version of linkspam in my blog, just to generate some discussion/debate. Then again, I have a heck of a lot less readers...

*shrugs.* Just thought I'd toss it your way, Cleo.

The saddest part for me is that it's too late for Mrs. Ramsey to see it, you know? I mean, whatever's out there beyond death (don't want to get into theology here), she didn't see it before cancer took her.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Will Farrell playing anything gives me conniptions.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Lord, on behalf of all Sherlock Holmes fans everywhere: whatever we did, we’re sorry.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

If that means they don't die horribly, then I for one welcome our new plot twist overlords. *protectivecuddles Tonks, hisses at passing Death Eaters*

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

I'm really intrigued by a Prisoner remake. I just hope it does the original justice...

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Man, Twilight does NOT have enough crossover appeal to be the next Harry Potter. Crazy talk, all of it.

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

I used to watch Beauty and the Beast on TV. I was fifteen and it was a guilty pleasure viewing after the stresses of studying because I was doing my Inter Cert that year. So I've liked Ron Perlman since. It's about time he got his due, I think. I'm really looking forward to Hellboy II.