Unfortunately, the eye twitch is back

[cleolinda]

Actually got a good bit of work done this morning, believe it or not. Also, there was some weirdness right as I was adding the daily click graphics to the end of the entry and a few links went missing, so I think I put all of them back but I'm not sure.

Fan Lib closes. We dance the dance of schadenfreude. (A blast from the past: their marketing brochure. lindentreeisle: "Like any good brochure, it tells you everything about Fanlib that you need to know: 'None of us have any talent for anything (including grammar), our business plan is incomprehensible, and we have no respect for anyone, including ourselves.' " And then they started using invasive bots to move people's work from ff.net to FanLib.)

N.M. cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals.

Judge: Girl can't be called Talula Does The Hula.

From annlarimer: ASK YOURSELF WHAT KIND OF STATE BIRD YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO GROW UP AROUND!

A Saved By the Bell Tell-All Book? Yes.

Colbert Was Right, Timothy Treadwell Still Wrong [Bears!].

Harvey Keitel finds 'Life on Mars.'

J.J. Abrams gives Comic-Con attendees first peek at 'Fringe.'

Exclusive Interview With Doctor Who's Steven Moffat.

Neil Patrick Harris Sweeps The Clouds Away As The Shoe Fairy On 'Sesame Street.'

Mental Floss: How Movie Theaters Work.

General Comic-Con news: SDCC: Disaster at Comic-Con's Hall H! as curtain scaffolding falls and sends one person to the hospital with a concussion; Comic-Con: Live coverage begins at EW; Exclusive: Comic-Con 2008 Preview Night in Photos! (Bond, Watchmen, Twilight, The Spirit, Transformers, Star Wars... and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans?); Comic-Con 08 Live: 20th Century Fox Panel! (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Wolverine, Max Payne. "Okay, Hugh Jackman just tried to walk into the audience and the Twilight fans SWAMPED him. This is CRAZY!"); Your Thursday 'Comic-Con-is-scary' update! ("Am stuck in standstill traffic on the 405, 53 miles north of San Diego, heading toward Comic-Con, and the driver of the white Rav-4 directly to my left is wearing full Heath Ledger Joker makeup. Thank you, that is all").

Images: New Terminator Salvation still; SDCC Update: 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' Poster; SDCC: Exclusive New 'Punisher: War Zone' Poster; Exact Same Poster Spells Doom For Both TV Show and Movie (an actual side-by-side comparison of 'True Blood' and 'Jennifer's Body' posters); really funny "blood beverage" ads for 'True Blood.'

Trailers and clips: 'Quantum of Solace' Video Featurette #4 Hits The Net; 'The Brothers Bloom' Trailer Hits; Welcome To The Official Online Presence For Kirk Lazarus ('Tropic Thunder').

Bale seeks privacy over ‘deeply personal matter,’ although the story now is that the altercation may have been over 1) money and 2) wife-insulting; Entertainment Weekly: An Oscar for Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'?; PETA vs. Batman. Also: I lol'd. (Spoiler there! Here's a non-spoiler macro for you.)

Confirmed: "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Teaser Trailer to Debut July 29th via Satellite; New Slughorn, Harry, and Dumbledore promos.

I Fug to Believe; Gillian Anderson, Un-Popping Collars Since She Never Learned It's Not Okay to Touch Strangers; Humming The ‘X-Files’ Theme Song And Getting Spooked By Frank Miller At ‘I Want To Believe’ Premiere; Review: The X-Files: I Want To Believe; ‘X Files’: A better script is out there.

‘Twilight’ Fans Stretch One-Mile Deep At Comic-Con, jump Hugh Jackman. "How did they know they were Twilight fans?" I asked myself, ever willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. Well, apparently most of them were wearing t-shirts saying things like "Twilight Moms" and "I'm Dazzled." Which is Exhibit A in Why You Never Want to Identify Yourself with a Large and Potentially Insane Group of People. Also: Kicked Out of Comic-Con by Twilight Fans? This is Crazy!, in which a pushy Twilighter demands (and gets) FirstShowing.net's seats at the Fox panel; ‘Twilight’ Booth Sets Up Shop At San Diego Comic-Con.

My Chemical Romance is recording a track for "Watchmen," and "we snuck into Knight Owl’s [sic] Owl ship just now."

Tim Burton Found His 'Alice in Wonderland.'

EXCLUSIVE: Will Ferrell To Walk With A Limp In Sherlock Movie. Er, Probably Not Actually. Wait, he's playing Watson, right? That would actually not be terribly off canon.

Everything You Knew About Star Trek's Villain May Be Wrong.

Ember Footage Previewed; Traveling To Comic-Con In Style Aboard The ‘City of Ember’ Train.

Angelina Jolie to gain weight for 'Thomas Crown Affair 2'?

Original Star Wars Trilogy To Lunge Down Your Throat: "It's official: George Lucas is working on a 3-D version of the original Star Wars, because apparently you haven't given him enough of your money."

Phillip Noyce Developing 'Captain Blood' Remake.

SDCC: Hasbro's G.I. Joe Panel.

Writers Reveal Theme Of ‘Transformers’ Sequel. The Bad News? No Dinobots.

SDCC: Torchwood Star Up for Captain America?

Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake and Hairspray 2 Coming. Yes, this is intended to serve as the Uwe Boll Slot.

Comments

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Rumors of a RHPS remake popup every few years or so. I wish Hollywood would realize that you can't "make" a cult film, it has to just happen. As much as I love Shock Treatment, it didn't capture audiences imaginations like RHPS did.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

As LULZ-worthy as the Twilight stuff is, somehow the fact that they are making ANOTHER UNDERWORLD WHUT? is even more disturbingly funny.

And then there's this: Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake and Hairspray 2 Coming and I realize the world really is coming to an end. *cries*

I enjoy silly romantic vampires and I love musicals insanely, so the fact that my hatred for all of this inanity continues to go deeper only proves how sad this is becoming.

Still excited to see what Tim Burton does with Alice, though! Squee.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

ASK YOURSELF WHAT KIND OF STATE BIRD YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO GROW UP AROUND!

Hee. I guess they're plugging the Parrot hands-free car kits?

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Wait, he's playing Watson, right? That would actually not be terribly off canon.

Didn't Doyle have Watson get shot in two different locations, depending on which story you believe?

[claidissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for doing a Comic Con linkspam. I've been looking all over for some sort of news post and hadn't found anything. ♥

I also had no idea Tim Burton was even thinking of doing an Alice in Wonderland film and am now very excited.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

WORD on Angelina needing to gain weight. The most credibility breaking thing about Wanted for me was her chowing down on a hamburger when she looks like nary a calorie has passed her lips in ages. Curving bullets? I'm with you. Slowing down time? Sure, I'll buy it. Angelina within a mile of grease? Nope, you lost me.

And here's to hoping Joseph Gordon-Levitt can play a major villian. I like him and think he's a great actor, but I think he's an odd casting choice for a masked super villain.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

vis-a-vis JGL: wait, what?!

i have this weird feeling you're talking about something GI JOE related, but the question bears repeating: what?

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I am ill at reading the comments to that John Barrowman story. "Waaah, he can't play Captain America because he's gaaaaay." Jesus. STFU and let me bask in how awesome that would be, dammit.

YAY for your Comic-Con coverage. I'm so jealous of anyone who gets to go, though it looks like it's a scary sea of people.

[apples-juice.livejournal.com]

What, no complaints about him being Scottish? Personally, I don't care if he's gay or Scottish, he'd be a great Captain America! The fact he's gay and Scottish just adds humor to it for me.

[eu-splinched.livejournal.com]

So.many.links. I dunno if you've got the LA Times (kinda live) Blog (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/) up but it's been amusing me these past few hours...

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

I don't often do icon love comments, BUT YOURS MERITS ONE. OMG <3.

[ironclad1609.livejournal.com]

Jeeesus H. Christ, I am sooo tired of this George Lucas bashing I saw behind that link again.

Then don't go and see it in 3D, people, no one is forcing you to. Us, the fans of the films, will love to.

And by the way, blockbuster movies will all turn 3D in the next years anyway, so what's so shocking?

Gosh.

(anger directed at that link, not the messenger ;)

[marginaliana]

You put together the Will Ferrell/Sasha Baron Cohen Sherlock Holmes AND the Rocky Horror remake, and what do you get? Me crying fiery tears of hate and despair. D: D: D:

[girlthethird.livejournal.com]

Icon twins!

I have long been convinced that there are no new ideas being used any more.

[yanks02.livejournal.com]

I love that because John Barrowman is gay, he couldn't possibly be Captain America. Also because he was born in Scotland. Clearly, these are v. important pre-reqs to become president Captain America.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Obviously, they didn't learn their lesson from "but nobody born in Wales can pull off Batman!"

[ctrlshiftk.livejournal.com]

RE: Joker Macro -- Let's get some shoes?

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a Torchwood panel today? Is the possible Captain America casting the only thing we get out of it?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It may be that there will be more thorough writeups posted tomorrow. I'm still getting details in on the Twilight panel, which by all accounts was INSANE.

[theevilgenius.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I totally covet a "Betch plz" icon.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I would, but it's such a great surprise in the movie that I don't want to ruin it for people who haven't gotten to see it yet.

[apples-juice.livejournal.com]

John Barrowman playing Captain America? I'm all up for that!

[sualocin.livejournal.com]

I was going to squee at something, but I forgot what, so instead:
Thank you Cleo for all your linkposts. It makes me so so happy. :)

[shadowmaat.livejournal.com]

OMGHORRIBLESHOEFAIRY!! I love NPH. That's all there is to it. Goggles or wings, freeze rays or bunny slippers, the man is made of win. :)

[stokerbramwell.livejournal.com]

Oh, what I wouldn't give for that Joker macro pic without the text! I've got another macro idea for it...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what bootleg these people have that all their macros and animations are coming out so clearly. Here's what I was able to grab: http://www.sendspace.com/file/onm9e8

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

as curtain scaffolding falls and sends one person to the hospital with a concussion;

I should just learn that you are never, ever kidding.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

95% of the time, baby. 95% of the time.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

As a gay guy, the idea of John Barrowman playing Captain America is made of awesome. I especially look forward to the mainstream American media discovering he's a Scottish Gay guy married to a man...

[mercat.livejournal.com]

RHPS redo, 3D original Star Wars, and Hairspray 2: THESE ARE ALL TERRIBLE IDEAS.


Sequelese is out of control.

[eruvadhril.livejournal.com]

I saw the phrase "Will Ferrel playing Watson" and yelped in terror.

E.T.A. ROCKY HORROR REMAKE NO NO NO NO NO.

[daemonnoire.livejournal.com]

Torchwood Star Up for Captain America?

Oh Captain my Captain! Suddenly I have the urge to write a Firefly/Torchwood crossover slashfic with that title. Though I fear the weight of the hot snarkyness will cause it to implode. And I've never written slashfic before.

"It's official: George Lucas is working on a 3-D version of the original Star Wars"

I will only go see this if a) Han shoots first, damnit and b) the Ewok dance is brought back.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

the Ewok dance

I would love to see that in 3-D!

Even more, I would love it if they put back the original actor who played Anakin during the "apparition scene" with Yoda and Obi-Wan at the end of ROTJ. I've never forgiven Lucas for digitizing Hayden Christensen (sp?) into that part of the movie.

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

I read about that 'Talula does the Hula in Hawaii' story in work today in the paper. Me and my boss were laughing so hard about the Sex Fruit part. They disallowed Sex Fruit, yet allowed Number 16 Bus Shelter? And apparently, some guy in Belgium wasn't allowed to change his name to a swearword. But it didn't say which one.

I love John Barrowman. And so does my little brother, but he doesn't know he's gay, so shhhh you guys! And yeah, he doesn't speak with a Scottish accent at all. At least, it sounds all American to me.

[syneblue.livejournal.com]

Remake Captain Blood? But...but...WHY? Have you seen it? It's fantastic. The part where Olivia de Havilland tries to get her Resident Evil Governor uncle to buy Errol Flynn for her like a pony is possibly the greatest unintentionally awesome moment in cinema history.
Good pick for Happy Grandma Movie Days.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Never has my icon been more appropriate!

I’m kind of surprised it’s taken this long for Hollywood to start sniffing at Rafael Sabatini again; I assumed that the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy guaranteed that we’d be knee-deep in buckled swashes.