Wooooooo

[cleolinda]

Had to dogsit Pete the puppy today--Sister Girl has to close at Panera tonight, so he would have been alone for ten hours straight, and her boyfriend couldn't watch him because... he's at Comic-Con on business (the comic book buyer, remember?). So... I had fun with Pete, but didn't get a damn thing done today. Sigh. And I spent all yesterday putting out various e-fires (which is just to say, I had a lot of email to take care of) while not really running on all cylinders, so... I'm a little loopy right now.

Linkspam!

Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees? "She was yelling 'I have power, I have power, I have power.' " Well... I think that's your answer right there.

2nd Century AD bust looks like Elvis.

Wikipedia, Meet Google’s Knol, a "Wikipedia killer": " 'Like Wikipedia, With Moderation.' Articles on various topics are penned by individuals, and in many cases, experts — not collectively by the anonymous masses. Knol authors can choose to benefit from the 'wisdom of the crowds' by letting others edit or supplement their articles. But those changes make it into Knol entries only with the author’s permission." So basically... it solves Wikipedia's biggest (and it is big) problem. Of course, it retains a few of its own--the potential to be less democratic and more biased than Wikipedia.

Why Danielle Steel is 'critic-proof.'

Great Unread Books: Which classic are you ashamed to admit you have never read? "Would the eminent Cambridge classicist admit to The Iliad? Would V S Naipaul's old editor cop to A Bend In The River? Or would the former schoolmate of a fellow guest confess - with apparent relish - to never having read a word his old friend has written?" With video.

The Grey Poupon Avenger.

Dr. Horrible Sequel In the Works?

Disney Swiftly Replaces Ebert And Roeper.

Cinematical, live from Comic-Con.

Images: Two 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Posters; New One-Sheet for 'Jennifer's Body' (wait... didn't we just post that under the name "True Blood" yesterday?); Two 'Max Payne' Posters; Ohhhh Yeah: The 'Lakeview Terrace' Poster; 12 new 'Duchess' stills; Another Two New Jason Photos from 'Friday the 13th.'

Trailers and clips: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Go Unscripted; Rainn Wilson Decapitates Himself And Lives! And We Have The Video To Prove It; Exclusive Starship Troopers Clip: Sing Along With "A Good Day To Die."

trailer_spot: Yes Man, Duchess, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Fly Me to the Moon.

Bale (verbal) altercation may have been over insults to wife. TMZ: Kind of scummy... usually has solid sources. Take it as you will. Meanwhile: 'The Dark Knight' Crushes $200 Million Record; Just Call Harvey Dent The Comeback Kid (spoilers). Also, ILU GARY OLDMAN:

You’ve said you had a hard time on the set avoiding the giggles. What do you think about to stay serious? [...] What do you do? Pinch yourself?

Sometimes. There was one actor I worked with who used to burn his leg with cigarettes.

Who?

I can’t name names. Well, let’s just call him Sean Penn.

Exclusive X-Files Video Interviews; X-Files Stars Get Reacquainted; more D/G interviews; More X-Files Reviews. And, from someecards.com: The X-Files was more fun when the government wasn't actually spying on us; I'll act out your most perverted Mulder and Scully fantasy if you spare me from having to see The X-Files movie; Even other X-Philes are disturbed by my vast knowledge of Gillian Anderson's recent work.

Get ready for [EW's] exclusive interview with 'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer; Twilight Poster @ Comic Con.

Warner Bros. is Banking Hard on 'Watchmen'; Get Your First Look At The ‘Watchmen’ Dr. Manhattan And Owl Ship Statues (and a ton of busts and figures); 'Watchmen' Downloadable Games Coming.

'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #18.

First Look: 'Eagle Eye.'

Franka Potente Escapes from 'Tibet.'

D.J. Caruso Hopes 'Y: The Last Man' Movie Will Hit Theaters by 2010?; Shia 'The Last Man' In 2010? Wow. The accompanying picture is deeply... something. I don't even know what. Something.

Bryan Singer Producing 'Capeshooters.'

Berg Directing Radical's 'Hercules', Will Weta be Involved?

Fox Signs On for a Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop.'

Guess What! There's This Now: 'Anaconda 3: The Offspring.' Starring David Hasselhoff, no less.

Comments

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

The X-Files was more fun when the government wasn't actually spying on us; I'll act out your most perverted Mulder and Scully fantasy if you spare me from having to see The X-Files movie; Even other X-Philes are disturbed by my vast knowledge of Gillian Anderson's recent work.
AAAAHAHAHA. Oh I wish I had a significant other who could placate me with MSR role play. Alas.


also: there are too many WOW movie things going on here for me to comment on (Sean Penn! Y! The Last Man! Cowboy Bebop!)

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, is the address on your info page still current? ;P

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The PO box? Yeah. : )

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Awesome.
And you check it regularly, yes? So if something, say, edible turned up, it would be picked up in short order?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heee. I check it on the weekends, usually, but if you think it might get here after then, I can check again.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it will be there by the weekend, but if not, I'll find out the ETA and give you a heads up. ;)

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Hi Cleo,
just wondering if anything has turned up yet?
Cheers!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Actually, nothing has--I checked on Monday; I'll go check again tomorrow.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Hi Cleo,
I'm guessing that nothing has turned up yet?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Nothing! And I checked on Monday. Weird.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Hmph.
I will have to go and find out what's going on.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

The Cowboy Bebop news alternately terrifies and thrills me. They're starting to screw with anime I like now, so it's getting a bit personal.

Meanwhile, is it okay that I sort of totally approve of Bale defending his wife if that's what it was about? I mean if that's the case, while I know I should morally be on my "anger never solves anything" pulpit, I would completely be thinking in the back of my mind "aw, that's kinda sweet in a twisted, Russell Crowe-esque manner".

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't want to trust the tabloid version of the story, because it feeds very much into what I want to believe, but it's kind of sounding like his mother, from whom he has been somewhat estranged since she made him choose between her and his father (he chose his father and they moved to LA? Some article was saying this today?), started shit-talking his wife, and he reacted as a man under a lot of stress will react when someone shit-talks his wife: shit-talking back. I think the current version of the story is that he "lightly pushed" or "brushed" his mother, and then later she and the sister went to a police station and complained. Again, it's tempting to view him as a hero here when he really might not be, but... the family is not coming off very well in the current version of the story.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Yeah.
I hadn't realized his stepmother (since 2000; his dad passed in 2003) is Gloria Steinem until I was looking at the Wiki page on him a few weeks ago. Plus Jenny Bale was a part-time circus clown and that will probably fuck a few things up.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I've been keeping up with it on ONTD (which has seriously set feminism back like 50 years through all of this, and that's a conservative estimate) and everything is so fishy and weird about all of this that I really want to give Bale the benefit of the doubt so bad. I've always loved him and always loved his wife and while he may have come across intense or cranky some times, he also came across blessedly human. I think that's why so much of me wants to believe this version as his reaction is also blessedly human.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

I thought the series was fantastic, but even the anime CowBe movie wasn't that great. I can only imagine the pain that an Americanized live-action rendition will bring. Ugh.

We can't just leave things well enough alone, however, so the pain will come whether I will it or not. See also: Shamallamadingdong's Avatar movie.

[megalion.livejournal.com]

I wrote but did not post in my own blog that I felt that Bale was "innocent" of anything but perhaps yelling at his mother.

It felt totally wrong the moment I first saw the headlines and looking up online trying to suss out the family history, I noticed that Bale talked about his dad and not really about his mother which spoke to a not so good relationship.

I can totally see his mom and sister trying to cash in on Bale's popularity because he refuses to give 'em any handouts.

Why I didn't post it though is because I've had friends in the public eye be accused of things when it was really being done to them and and frankly you don't really know unless you're there.

I don't know Bale so I can't be sure but there's never been a single iota of a sign from him indicating the kind of person who would commit assault or battery that we picture in our minds.

Hey the man let himself be upstaged by Tom Cruise at the Batman Begins premieres without ever really batting an eye so I heard. That is the kind of thing that would drive many lesser people into a rage. But I never heard about him bitching or being angry about it. Just "whatever". Irritated maybe, but it's a rare few that doesn't find Tom Cruise irritating especially with behavior like that.

[megalion.livejournal.com]

BTW that picture of Shia?

I swear I've seen the original picture before... but can't decide if it's Brenda Fraser in George of the Jungle getup or Jason Scott Lee for Jungle Book.

Gut instinct is Brendan.

[reiko18.livejournal.com]

I just needed to say what I can't contain my laughter at finding Hasselhoff in the Uwe Boll slot.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

I know it's wrong, but my knee-jerk response was to give Bale a pass when I found out his mom was a circus clown. Apparently my clown fear is stronger than I'd realized.

My second reaction was to giggle that Batman got arrested for threatening a clown. It's like it's opposite day!

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

My second reaction was to giggle that Batman got arrested for threatening a clown. It's like it's opposite day!

*gigglesnort*

[lyrainverse.livejournal.com]

Re: The Shia the Beef photo:

I think the word you're looking for is "unnecessary." Deeply unnecessary.

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

Dude! When did Gary Oldman get so -- so fucking CUDDLY?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

My theory is that Alfonso Cuaron decided to use him in POA because of course he's Crazy Gary Oldman, of course he's going to try to kill Harry Potter--so the people who don't read the books were totally convinced and so they never saw it coming that he would actually be the good guy. And then when people saw that he actually played a good guy really, really well, his second career in cuddliness took off.

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

I just remember that as Gordon in the first movie, he brought such a solidity and dependability to him that I kind of ended up thinking, "Fuck Batman! If I'm in trouble, I want Lt. Gordon to save me!

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

Dude, you have nothing to apologize for. MICHAEL CAINE IS AN EFFING BADASS. ALWAYS.

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

Okay. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so. :)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Gary Oldman is so awesome.

[crypticidentity.livejournal.com]

Yes Man, Duchess, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Fly Me to the Moon.

For some reason my eyes missed the "trailer_spot" identifier, and I read this as the title of an article. My brain was trying to come up with what it might be about before I realized what happened--I was half-convinced it was a story about some crazy person in love with their dog "Duchess."

Hey, I thought it was funny. ^^;

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

First Avatar, now Cowboy Bebop?


Why can't they leave well enough ALONE!!!