omg the lightning outside is scary

[cleolinda]

Guess who finally located a Very Busy Superhero picture? I DID, I DID! I don't think it's a spoiler, so: the icon people requested:

I think it's the Gary Oldman bitchface that makes the animated version.

Over at Diane Duane's (dduane): Chapter Seven of "The Big Meow" is now posted for subscribers.

FBI: Soccer team members help subdue man on flight.

Alabama man turns 112, still spends days drawing.

I AM The Security System.

Simon & Schuster wants ebook royalties to be 15% ("Standard e-industry royalties range from 35%-45%. Simon & Schuster has tried before to gain advantages above and beyond the standard contract and were not totally successful").

Get Your Daily Dose of Scifi Authors at Tor.com; Tor.com: a blog, a social network, a zine -- totally clueful big publishing website.

Michael Crichton: "Evil, Or Just A Crazy Luddite?"

Ebert and Roeper leaving 'Ebert & Roeper.'

Leno out on May 29, O'Brien in on June 1.

These Actors Need to Fire Their Agents.

Images: Twilight; How to Lose Friends and Alienate People; Righteous Kill; Revolutionary Road; New Pics from 'Watchmen', 'Ninja Assassin', 'Friday the 13th' and More; 'True Blood' poster (heeeee. See also: the viral campaign); New Image: Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac are 'Soul Men'; Final Mummy 3 Poster; Strange New Photos from 'Crank 2: High Voltage.'

Trailers and clips: 5 Clips From 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'; new trailer for 'The Duchess'; Hayao Miyazaki's 'Ponyo on the Cliff' Japanese Trailer; ‘What We Do Is Secret’ Trailer Premiere; Worth Watching - July 20: Greg Kinnear's 'Flash of Genius' Trailer.

trailer_spot: Doctor Horrible Sing-Along, Surfer Dude, How to Lose Friends Alienate People, Mad Detective, Mirrors.

Batman Defeats Vader (YOUR TEARS TASTE LIKE CANDY, BABY VADER); The Dark Knight 's Final Tally? $158.4 Million; 'Dark Knight' Deemed Best Movie Ever by Internet Populace, Money (oh, IMDB voters, you are so predictable); How The Dark Knight Became the Biggest Movie In the History of Ever; 64% Polled Will see Dark Knight Again; David Goyer Says He Knows The Theme For ‘Batman 3’ (he won't say what it is, but... you know... it seems reasonable enough to me that they'd try to come up with >>some kind of redemption arc, or at least get Batman to a place that doesn't depress the living shit out of the audience)<<); Knight Director May Shoot Next Film In IMAX; All he wanted was his phone call: a history of the Joker; Paparazzi Sink To New Low With Maggie Gyllenhaal; The good guy at the heart of 'The Dark Knight' ("Gary Oldman has played dark characters, including Sid Vicious, vampire"). And while we're here, a macro I found a while back (probably on I Can Has Cheezburger), but can't find the exact URL for:



X-Files Movie Proves Some Things Are Better Left Buried, Say Critics; oh dear. (Uh... spoilers.) Let me put it this way: it sounds so bad that I'm actually considering seeing it. Also: X-Files Mythology for Dummies; X-Files Stars Got Frozen; Gillian Anderson Hands Annoying Interviewer His Ass; Fierce Bitch Gillian Anderson talks about turning 40 years old in August; Fan Rant: Simmer Down, X-Philes. Don't worry, we'll they'll have the spirit beaten out of them by the actual movie soon enough.

'Watchmen' for the Illiterate; Matthew Goode Talks 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'Watchmen'; Oooh Lala! Pin-Up of Watchmen's Sally Jupiter.

Producer Kevin Misher on Michael Mann's 'Public Enemies.'

Trek's Quinto Talks Spock.

Frank Miller Seeks the Spirit of ‘The Spirit.’

Paul Thomas Anderson Directs Play With 'SNL' Members.

Don Cheadle's 'Marching Powder' Marches Forward.

Walden Media Gets 'Savvy.'

Djimon Hounsou is 'Thulsa Doom.'

Tobey Maguire Recreating Brown v. Board of Education.

Val Kilmer Says He Created Austin Powers’ Mini-Me.

"Repo! The Genetic Opera" World Premiere.

A Terrible Black Ooze Seeps From The Internet, Called 'Pulse 2.'

Comments

[huzzlewhat.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I love it! What's your policy on icons? Are they sharable?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Of course! I don't make 'em all for me, that's for sure.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I kind of think it's clear where the next Batman movie is going. I mean, Harvey Dent said it: "The night is darkest before the dawn, but I promise you, the dawn is coming."

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can't imagine it would go any other way. To me, the more interesting question is, which villains would best suit that theme?

[naeelah.livejournal.com]

The icons remind me of something that probably amused only me during the movie: Batman has a velvet cape.

I first noticed the velvet during the interrogation scene. My first thought was, WTF velvet? Then I thought, oh, I bet they used that because black velvet absorbs more light, and that way, he could stand behind the Joker the whole time without the camera picking him up.

But then I noticed that it was velvet in *every* scene.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I NOTICED THAT TOO. Actually, I didn't notice it until I came home and saw saw some publicity stills on ONTD (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/25908948.html) with poor Christian Bale in various emo poses. You know. With his black velvet cape. I'd actually figured it was still the "high tech fabric" from the first movie, you know, the memory fabric that could take the shape of wings, and that's probably what it was supposed to be. But in terms of him just walking around, yeah, they probably needed velvet to absorb the light. Or hang unobtrusively. Or look totally fabulous. Either way.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

I couldn't even look at his cape without thinking of The Incredibles.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Honestly the more I think about the Batman movie the more impressed I am with Heath Ledger and the more depressed I am that he died. It took me a couple days to get to that point. And here I thought my stupid grieving process for him was over with.

[girlalmighty]

Yeah, that's precisely the same for me. Every time I think of how good the performance was, I feel a little sadder that he's dead.

[sock-me-amadeus.livejournal.com]

I nabbed the second icon for my LJ!

[nc-bookworm.livejournal.com]

Big storm here too. Dang it! It is keep me from my sleep inducing bath with calming candles and tea!

[stokerbramwell.livejournal.com]

Unrelated to anything:

http://gizmodo.com/5027378/real-dinosaur-on-the-loose-in-a-museum-makes-learning-fun-extremely-dangerous

THAT IS INCREDIBLY AWESOME AND EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT RIGHT NOW.

[arainymist.livejournal.com]

duuuuude! That is pretty effing awesome.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Awwww, as much as I don't care what critics have to say about the X-Files movie, that makes me a little sad to see (mostly because I expected it).

Oh well. I'm seeing it at midnight and I'm gonna (hopefully) enjoy the heck out of it!

Also, rockin' icons.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

Ooooh icon! Yay!

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

Oh! Awesome!

I have to say (mild spoiler warning)...I don't know why, probably for the same reason that I adore rainy days, The Empire Strikes Back, and Batman at all for that matter, that I really love Batman's current position re:depressing and hope it never ends. Dammit! Batman can't be happy...happier! Where am I going to go for my hurt/comfort daydreams then?

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

I kind of expected that the XF movie was going to be awful when they released that clip of Mulder angsting over his sister (again) and Scully yelling at him for it (again) but from the sounds of it, it's gone past awful and into offensive. Does Chris Carter want to destroy the franchise or something?

*still hasn't seen TDK; is avoiding spoilers*

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha, that icon is so funny, I just might use it!

Oooh Lala! Pin-Up of Watchmen's Sally Jupiter.
INVISIBLE BICYCLE.

A Terrible Black Ooze Seeps From The Internet, Called 'Pulse 2.'
Aaaaargh.

Request!

[belladancerela.livejournal.com]

Hey! I've never spoken with you, but I am a fan of your Movies in Fifteen Minutes...blahh...

Anywho, I was wondering if you'd do a Dark Knight icon for the "NOOOO! Y SO SIRIUS, GARY OLDMAN!?" quote. I agree; it is a win. :D

Re: Request!

[ringlass.livejournal.com]

DITTO!

Or any icons, really ... *cough*

[elbales]

My favorite sentence out of that spoilery X-Files review has to be "rejecting it faster than a metaphor does something speedily." Heeeeee SHINY.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

X FILES MOVIE 2 is awful. Duchovny, Connolly and Callum Keith Rennie try their best, but there's no paranormal or supernatural incidents at *all* (it's like a CSI movie!) the killers turn out to be Gay Psychopaths and Gillian Anderson is so obviously not caring that it kills the movie. She might as well wear a t-shirt reading "I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE"...

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Wait wait wait, I didn't know Callum Keith Rennie was in it. I'd sit through anything for him. I'm so sad.

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

*snags icon* May no one ever question how awesome you are.

[celticangel76.livejournal.com]

You do understand that that icon and those lines means you MUST do a Dark Knight in 15 Minutes - right?

*begs prettily*

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

I was hoping for similar.

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

that guy is very annoyed with X-Files fans and I'm wondering why. Not that I'm biased or anything but he assumes that all of us are frothing at the mouth about negative (and sometimes misinformed) reviews based on selected comments.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I think part of it may have come from the trollage on Rotten Tomatoes already this summer, because the Batman fans got BAAAAAD. Like, death threats to the six critics who dared review it badly. There's a subset of crazy fanboys who get rabid about whatever, and statistically a significant wedge of them are probably going to be into the X-Files.

[angelene.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen the movie yet, don't wanna be spoilered, but I don't think the answer would do that to me, so I'm going to ask: is that, like, an actual line used in the movie? Because, in that case, .... *headtilt* .... dude.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You mean the icon? No, it's just something I said in the spoiler-full discussion entry. I just happened to find the right pictures to illustrate it. : )

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

Erm... I really was unaware that everybody thinks Pulse is bad. I actually think it's the scariest movie I've ever seen.

But then, Batman Forever is my favourite of the Burton series of Batmans. And I just found out that that's supposed to be terrible as well. I just love Carrey's Riddler so much! I really do think Keaton was a bit puny looking to be Batman.

2 days until the Dark Knight finally comes out... Still 2 days too long...

[urizanegao.livejournal.com]

Thanks for icon.