Whee!

[cleolinda]

I HAVE A GOLDEN BATMAN TICKET, YAY! We're driving out to Trussville for a 9:30 am showing on Saturday, so it will be an adventure. An adventure with a lot of caffeine.

However, I was dying of a horrendous headache most of the afternoon. I stepped up from 150 mg Lamictal to 175 mg on Monday, and immediately got a headache. Like, within half an hour of taking my meds. Today: same thing, only worse. Obviously, I need to step back down for a while. But there's another possibility: when I cut my Zoloft in half at the beginning of this whole process, my mild, daily headaches immediately stopped. Once again, I'm wondering if this is not Zoloft bringing out the worst in potential Lamictal side effects, and that maybe if I dropped the Zoloft down again--from 50 mg to nothing? I'm already cutting pills in half, I'd reduce them to dust if I cut them into quarters--and kept the Lamictal at 175, I'd be fine. I think I'd have to call my doctor before I tried that, though. I've got to do something, though, because I've been wandering around moaning dramatically all afternoon.

The official Rock Band 2 set list!

New Tonner dolls! Lara Croft! Lee Scoresby! Black Canary! Red dress bitchface Scarlett O'Hara!

Neil Gaiman Celebrates ‘Sandman’ Anniversary With New Comic And More.

Nick Hornby Hates E-Books!

Are There Any Perfect Novels?

Playboy's The Girls of... The Olive Garden?

Stuffed animals told pics would be 'artistic.' AHHHHHHH.

ur bag has an angry; IZE SORRY I ENDANJURED U.

A Very Brady Bitchfight.

Are you a pop-culture bully?

Kline Death Scene Ruined By Cellphone Chatter ("Yeah, no, I'm still here... He's lying down. It's going to be over soon. Yeah, it's Jennifer. Yeah, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner. Yeah, no, he's dying. I'll be a couple more minutes. I'll be there. I'll be there. Just wait. You can order for me. Yeah. Okay. He's dead. He's dead. Oh, the curtain came down. Okay. I'll be right there." And somehow, this woman was not clubbed to death in the lobby).

Join my Slow Movie movement... eventually.

'Heroes' Webisodes Feature Hugs Of Death.

Images: 'Eagle Eye' poster; 'Duchess' Poster Wins Academy Award for Best Costumes (Puffy Dresses); another 'Duchess' still; USA Today's First Look Max Payne Photo.

Trailers and clips: New Trailer for 'The Spirit'; Get your fill of glowing blue crotch before 'The Dark Knight' (Watchmen).

trailer_spot: Lucky Ones, Ghost Town, High School Music 3, Ping Pong Playa, Man on Wire.

Gallery: 'The Dark Knight' Gotham City Premiere!; Just How Big Could The Dark Knight's Box Office Be? (I have to admit, "200 million weekend" crossed my mind earlier this week as well. Dude, seriously, they are selling out showings from midnight to midnight around the clock); First Negative 'The Dark Knight' Reviews Ding Impenetrable Bat-Armor; ‘The Dark Knight’ Debate: Who Should Be The Villain In ‘Batman 3′? (Catwoman! CATWOMANNNN); Gary Oldman likes being the good guy (aww, I like that he's so cuddly now); Fan Made: Dolls for 'The Dark Knight.' (Aww! The Joker one is really cute... "There are even dolls from other features -- the shop also includes Edward Cullen (Twilight) dolls, plus Yoda, Pride and Prejudice, and other goodies." Oh shi--)

Twilight Tuesday: Yay! Weekly Cleo-Hating Sockpuppet Visitation Time! I made tea for y'all and everything. MTV: OME! Go Behind-The-Scenes With Robert Pattinson! That's "Oh my Edward," for you rookies. Also, Larry Carroll actually calls him RPattz in the article. I'm pretty sure Twilight Tuesday is now a weird little fan-run vortex in the middle of a respectable, professional movie blog. Run, Sparkleson.

(Also, from spectralbovine: 10 magazine covers that shook the world. Including... yeah. It will never not be funny.)

'Tropic Thunder' Charges Forward Two Days; Three new 'Tropic Thunder' websites.

Jason Isaacs Comments on Potter Seven, Due to Begin Filming 'Brotherhood' Here in US; HBP Trailer Watch: Latest Reports of a Teaser Attached to 'The Mummy'? (OMG STOP PUTTING IT IN FRONT OF MOVIES I WOULD RATHER EAT GLASS THAN SEE. THAT MOVIE IS DEAD TO ME WITHOUT RACHEL WEISZ IN IT); Auction Block: Harry Potter Currency!

Wanted 2 Already in the Works.

Danny DeVito Making 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,' "starring Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan, reports Variety."

Malkovich, Mandate Making 'Broken City.'

Keanu Reeves and Wachowski Siblings Reunite for 'Plastic Man'?

Louis Leterrier Explains How He Took on 'Clash of the Titans'

What's the Deal With: French Thrillers in 2008.

Finally! 'Wicked' to Get a Movie Makeover. Yeah, I was wondering how long this was going to take.

Want To Star In ‘Spider-Man: The Musical’? Here’s Your Chance!

Comments

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

You should probably call your doctor about the headaches, I think.

Also, ditto re. Rachel Weisz, dammit. If only it were a totally unrelated movie, I'd be all "Whee! Turnin'-off-my-Chinese-history-bachelor's-degreed-brain fun!"

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Ditto ditto. The Mummy ain't The Mummy without Rachel. What were they thinking?!

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE AS A MOVIE?

I don't know if I should die with squee or kill someone now.

[raynala.livejournal.com]

It's... something to wrap your mind around. I've got the same reaction as you.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

While it was hilarious, I wouldn't exactly call the Twilight EW an earth shattering cover that changed the world. Shook the world with LAUGHTER maybe.

Meanwhile, if they screw up Wicked I will hunt them down.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

ICON LOVE.
Especially if you imagine her nattering on in the background.

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

OMG that woman with the cell phone! I would so CHOKE A BITCH.

That happened to me when I went to see The Mist...right at the very end scene where they're all in the car...the theater was DEAD SILENT and this guy's phone rang. You could hear both him and his mom on the other end of the phone talking about spaghetti for dinner and the dog eating peanut butter, and they just yakked away and ruined that whole very emotional scene. He finally hung up and some huge guy in the front yelled, "Thanks a lot, MOTHERFUCKER."

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

And can you imagine the money those people paid for the Kline/Garner performance? I would be SO. PISSED.

[phantomess05.livejournal.com]

You probably mentioned this and I just missed it. But Whedon posted the first act of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. http://www.drhorrible.com/act_I.html

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

and I've been getting 'server is busy' messages since 9AM!

[butterbuns.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooh, Wicked movie! Original cast PLZ.

(there will be eye-gouging if shit gets fucked up.)

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

^ This.

Defying Gravity thirty feet high and in SURROUUUUUND SOUNNNNND. YESSSSSSSS

[shiraz_wine]

You should post a link to Joss Whedon's Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. It's in three parts that will only be on the Internet from July 15-17 before it's taken off forever (to be possibly released on DVD later). Joss Whedon is experimenting with new ways for writers to make money, that don't involve Hollywood, in response to the writer's strike.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Damn, I thought I posted one yesterday, but I don't see it.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

THIS (http://www.tonnerdoll.com/2007Images/TONNER%202007/DCStars/hquinn.jpg) will always and forever be the Tonner doll that I desire, although Amazon Princess Wonder Woman is pretty damn cool, too.

AAAAAHHHHHH, the furry entendres. The COW BUTT. O_O OMG.

Kline Death Scene Ruined By Cellphone Chatter

OMGGGGGGGGGGGG. THEY DID NOT. I shall hunt them down and sit on them. AND their cell phone.

...Speaking of fan-made dolls, did I tell you what my next sewing project is going to be (http://foresthouse.livejournal.com/478616.html). Now, if only I had this ready riiiight around the time of Wolverine: Origins. Heh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah--there was a special Harley Quinn at the NY Comic-Con and I told Sister Girl to buy it (so we could resell it, of course), but she never saw it.

If I could only buy one... I can't decide if I'd want a Lyra or an Elizabeth Swann. The movie characters are the ones I'm a sucker for.

[raynala.livejournal.com]

... the girls of Olive Garden??

And my only beef with the Wicked movie is going to be the lack of Idina Menzel, as she's already said previously that she thinks she's "too old" to play Elphaba in any potential screen adaptation.

[butterbuns.livejournal.com]

Too old?

Pfft.

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

I'm such a geek. I totally just squeed and told my husband DUDE CLEOLINDA WILL BE DOWN THE STREET FROM OUR HOUSE TOMORROW MORNING WOO.

He of course is like, Cleo-who?

[fateorlate.livejournal.com]

Costume notwithstanding, I...like the Barbie Black Canary better. What is the world coming to?!
Also: Jason Todd Robin Doll. GET ON IT, TONNER!

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

You too? I think it's the forehead + cheek bones that does it for me. The Lara Croft doll is pretty nice-looking though.

[chocolat-violet.livejournal.com]

I rejoice in a Wicked movie. I hope it's done right (and I'm talking how Sweeney Todd became a FANTASTIC movie musical). But even if it's bad, I know I'll still see it. To be honest, I hope they don't cast Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in the movie. Little "oh hey wasn't that them in that crowd in that one scene" cameos are ok, but I don't think it will work if they're in their original roles.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Neither will be cast because both are pushing 40, the kiss of death for actresses in Hollywood. The roles will go to actresses in their 20s, who will probably be horrifying.

[wearejustducky.livejournal.com]

Didn't De Vito do the Matilda movie? I adore that movie so much, so I am hopeful he won't pillage and destroy what little is left of my childhood by making a hash of the Charlotte Doyle movie. I loved more or less all of the Avi books.

Anyone else quaking in fear at the thought of Wicked fandom getting larger and stronger by feeding on the inevitable movie wankage? The Wicked people are, to me, as scary as the Twilighters, what with their Idina vs Eden vs Shoshanna wars and assorted other shenanigans.

[gornishka.livejournal.com]

Didn't De Vito do the Matilda movie? I adore that movie so much (me too!) Yes, yes, he did. Given that it was such a good movie/book adaptation, it seems fair to hope that this will follow suit.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

I was in front row center for Kevin Kline's Cyrano performance last October, and such an occurrence would have been horrible. Why someone didn't turn around and quietly yank the phone from that woman's hand and turn it off I do not understand. I feel horrible for all those people who had such an amazing scene ruined for them.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Danny DeVito Making 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,' "starring Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan, reports Variety."

*GASP*

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fallingmallorn.livejournal.com]

Wicked movie = Hell to the Yes! Idina and Kristen and Defying Gravity with kickass sound and delicious visuals and I'm getting all faint just thinking about it so I'd better stop. Still - :D

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Alas, both ladies are far too old for a movie version. And unfortunately, I have a horrible, sinking suspicion that they'll cast Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum, over which I will never stop throwing up.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

If I’d been at that performance of Cyrano, the headline would have been “Kline Death Scene Ruined by Real Thing,” because I either would have had an aneurysm or I would have killed that woman with the power of my mind.

More seriously, I’ve always considered the end of Cyrano one of my personal Voight-Kampff tests, so apparently we have at least one skinjob on the loose and attending plays.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

If they put Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum in the movie version of Wicked I will throw up and subsequently undoubtedly shoot the producers. And then I'll have to go to the big house. But it will be worth it. NO HATHAWAY/ROSSUM. Anyone, even frickin' RENEE ZELLWEGER, WHOM I HATE, WOULD BE BETTER.

Bleah - I'm just waiting for the hammer to fall.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I would rather see Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum than anyone from HSM/The Disney Channel, though...

[killer-penguin.livejournal.com]

speaking as someone who has the entire wicked soundtrack memorized, but has never had the timing or money to see the production... OMG YAY!

[ladyvoldything.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'd like it better if they adapted the book. It was so dark and psychological, I absolutely adored it. I never had a huge interest in the musical, though.

[endril-lei.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if you had written about this already (I missed it if you did and am sorry in that case), but Joss Whedon's new internet project, http://drhorrible.com/, with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day is about a wanna-be super-villian who is also just trying to get the girl. (free to watch online for a week, I think?)

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

WOO! Go you for Dark Knight tickets! I'll have to wait and see it because my family has no interest. I know.

I probably should have commented on one of the relevent entries, but I enjoyed reading about your Hot Actor dream and the psycho-analysis. I could relate to it a lot. I even had my own Hot Actor dream not long ago but mine had it's own special fucked-up ending :P (needless to say, there was no booty for me either)

God, I feel so behind on the Rock Band wave. It was only today I got the brilliant idea to ask for an Xbox for Christmas and/or birthday so I could finally play Guitar Hero whenever I damn well feel like it, and it seems like no one cares about it anymore (don't worry, Guitar Hero! I will always love you!)

[ellaafleck.livejournal.com]

NOOOO I wanna go see Dark Knight but it doesn't exist in Austria and I'm here until August NOOOO!!! *sob sob*

But yeah, down with the Wicked musical. Though that will only spur more people to bitch about how different it is from the book.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Next Batman villain- Mr Freeze, please! Or else Man-Bat. No-one's ever done Man-Bat yet...

[narfzz.livejournal.com]

I got my ticket for 10:20pm Friday! woooooooooo! Can't wait!