Linkspam at the midnight hour

[cleolinda]

So Shelby seems to be fine, although she managed to scare the ever-living hell out of us first. The bloodwork came back (I guess... it was the kind that doesn't take very long? I don't know) and apparently she's totally fine, everything checked out. I'm hoping she doesn't just, you know, fall over again, but given that she recovered after about ten or fifteen minutes and was "prancing around the vet's office," as my mother put it, we're going to try to be a little calmer if it happens again.

Re: Robert Pattinson's hair: I have to show off my new icon here--wildthyme made two for me here, and I put them together as a gif file because I couldn't choose. Also, this just in: THERE WILL BE BLOOD SPARKLING.

Re: Comic-Con: There are updates pouring in, so I'm pretty much going to do a linkspam now--yes, at this hour, because they're piling up like hell. By order of the Redundant Department of Redundancy, I'm going to omit the phrase "Comic-Con" from headlines when possible, so just assume any news link relates to the convention. Because all except, like, two of them do. Also, I'm going to format things a little differently and do everything alphabetically by movie title, so that if there's something in particular you're interested in, you can scan downwards instead of wading through a random list.


AV Club: Feature: San Diego Comic-Con, Day 2: July 25, 2008 ("The day the lines took over").

Cinematical, general: The Hottest of Comic Con Gallery; Entertainment Weekly's 'Visionaries' Panel = Pure Gold.

Entertainment Weekly, general: Star portraits (including actors from The Spirit, The Wolf Man, True Blood, Wolverine, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Twilight, RocknRolla, Watchmen, more being added); San Diego snapshots; Day 2 (Friday) wrap-up; All the Saturday scoop; 'Lost,' 'Sarah Connor,' 'Chuck,' 'Daisies' showrunners meet on EW's Visionaries panel.

io9, general: The Comic-Con Images that Haunt Our Dreams.


300: Frank Miller On ‘300’ Prequel: ‘I Know Nothing.’

Battlestar Galactica: Exclusive: James Callis Reveals Baltar's Leadership Secrets, And David Eick Discusses Caprica.

The Day the Earth Stood Still: New 'Day' Honors Original.

Dollhouse: As Joss Whedon looks on, stars remarkably at ease with each other during 'Dollhouse' panel.

Dr. Horrible: Stars banter at 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' panel; Yes, There Will Be More Horrible.

Ender's Game: This Is What 'Ender's Game' Will Look Like From Now On.

Fringe: 'Fringe' Will Be Dark, and Clues About It Are Already Out There.

Futurama: 'Futurama' (and a peek at 'Bender's Game').

Heroes: 'Heroes' panel packed with Season 3 spoilers.

Incredible Hulk: 'Incredible Hulk' Screenwriter: Edward Norton Did Not Write My Freaking Script!; 'Incredible Hulk' screenwriter Zak Penn discusses strife with Edward Norton.

Land of the Lost: The 'Land of the Lost' Panel.

Lost: 'Lost' producers give out prizes...and some scoop; The Dharma Initiative Uses Scientology Tactics; Dharma Initiative Steals The Show At Lost Panel; 'Lost' To Solve The Four-Toed Statue Mystery in Season Five? Plus New Marvin Candle Movie!; ‘Lost’ creators know how series will end.

Mirrors: Kiefer, Aja, Smart and the 'Mirrors' Breakfast; Be Warned: ‘Mirrors’ Director Alexandre Aja Wants To Unleash His ‘Piranha’ On Drunk Spring Breakers.

My Bloody Valentine: First Look at 'Bloody Valentine' Poster.

Ninja Assassin: First Look at James McTeigue's 'Ninja Assassin'! May or may not be totally sweet; definitely stars a mammal.

Nottingham: Ridley Scott's 'Nottingham' Delayed.

Odd Thomas: Dean Koontz Says 'Odd Thomas' Movie in the Works.

Pineapple Express: High times at the 'Pineapple Express' presentation.

The Prisoner: Seek The Six Viral Marketing Revealed ['The Prisoner'].

Punisher: 'Punisher: War Zone' in Trouble - Director Lexi Alexander Off?

Quarantine: The Red Band 'Quarantine' Trailer.

Red Sonja: Exclusive Interviews: 'Red Sonja' Cast & Crew.m

RocknRolla: Gerard Butler is Comic-Con Crazy; Outkast Make Appearance In ‘Rock N Rolla’…Well, Sort Of.

Sherlock Holmes: Guy Ritchie Plans To Turn Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes Into Action Hero; Guy Ritchie’s Got His Sherlock, But Who Should Play Watson?

The Simpsons: 'The Simpsons'...coming to an end?

The Spirit: Cinematical's report; Sci-Fi.com's report; EW's report.

Star Trek: Did Fox nix a 'Star Trek' preview at the 'Fringe' panel?; Simon Pegg Reveals His Scotty Voice In ‘Star Trek’! And It Sounds A Wee Bit…Girly.

Terminator: 'Terminator Salvation' Rocks Comic Con!; You've been warned -- 'Terminator Salvation' is 'not for pansies'! (but what about other kinds of flowers, I ask you?); New Terminator 4 Trailer Shows Death, Destruction And A Sad John Connor; ‘Terminator Salvation’ Exclusive: Anton Yelchin And McG Speak; 'Terminator' Director McG Supports Christian Bale; Pics of a T-600 as well as footage description; New 'Terminator Salvation' Poster.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: A bombshell from the panel.

True Blood: Forget The Drink — True Blood Is All About Sex, Sex, Sex.

Twilight: ComingSoon.net Twilight Interviews & Photos.

Up: Disney pitches 'Bolt' and Pixar teases 'Up'; Pixar's 'Up' Teaser Trailer is Here!

Watchmen: 'Watchmen' posters (EEEEEEEE!); 'Watchmen': Meet the stars!; Dave Gibbons, Chipp Kidd, Mike Essl talk about 'Watching the Watchmen'; Cinematical Watches the 'Watchmen' Panel; Gerard Butler Snags ‘Watchmen’ Role; 'Watchmen' Audio Interviews!; io9 Talks To Zack Snyder, Dave Gibbons And The Stars Of Watchmen (AHHHHH, the accompanying picture!); Watchmen Is About Movies "in much the same way that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' original graphic novel commented on comic books"; MCR to Cover Dylan for 'Watchmen'; Video and Pics of Watchmen's Nite Owl Ship. No, 'Watchmen' doesn't look like a word anymore to me, either.

Whiteout: Release Date Confirmed.

The Wolf Man: Cinematical's report; Coming Soon's report; Sci-Fi.com's report; Wolfman's Baker Is Old School; Makeup Master Rick Baker Talks with AICN about 'Wolf Man' Transformation Controversy and More.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Kevin Smith Makes a 'Porno.'

Whew.

Comments

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

You have heard about the fainting goats, right?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Shelby's built more like a pony, though.

Off-Topic: X-Files

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

A little more oblique look at The X-Files: I Want To Believe (http://www.geekinthecity.com/movies/xfiles_i_want_t.php), by Aaron "Geek in the City" Duran of the fine city of Portland.

Spoiler-free, by the way. Yes, it's possible to talk about this film without spelling everything out.

Re: Off-Topic: X-Files

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

X Files review, let me show you it:

http://renopassport.blogspot.com/2008/07/x-files-movie-review.html

[edda.livejournal.com]

From the Twilight link:

the book's description of the way Edward's skin "shines like diamonds" when he steps into the sunlight.

Now I want to call him "the Blood Diamond".

[chocolat-violet.livejournal.com]

ftw, srsly

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

Reason (besides money) I never go to Comic-Con: at this point, just trying to keep up with the news is exhausting. I don't think I could deal with negotiating the mass of humanity between me and it. :)

Thanks for the links, though -- makes parsing it all a whole lot easier!

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

"I remember they painted one of the PA's blue, which was kind of a confused direction."

I think "kind of a confused direction" really sums it all up, no?

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Man, I really try to separate the art from the artist, as it were, but I just can't bring myself to give Orson Scott Card any more money since finding out what a hateful homophobic bigot he is.

Anyway, thanks for giving me my virtual SDCC experience with all your links! Much appreciated. :)

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

P. S. I'm glad Shelby is OK! I would have been totally freaked out, too.

[msilverstar]

Thanks for all the links, I have no energy to go get them. Apparently I'm a LOST and Heroes fan, as well as reluctantly interested in Orson Scott Card. Also Joss Whedon and anyone seriously described as "pure gold".

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Entertainment Weekly, general: Star portraits (including actors from The Spirit,

WHY NO FRANK MILLER, YOU DON'T LOOK INCREDIBLY CREEPY THERE AT ALL

I can't believe that the io9 folks didn't recognize Red Son Batman (the "haunt our dreams" link; he's the nerd in sexy hat*). And they call themselves nerds, psh.

I haven't read the article yet, but that photo of Rorschach asking the panel question is either the best or worst thing ever.

The trailer, the posters, and stuff like that scifi.com article are all starting to erode my protective pessimism concerning the Watchmen movie. I don't want them to raise my expectations for this, dammit!



*and of course I can't find the edited image from the original comic with that quote. Tsk

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that Shelby's recovered.


You have a tremendous amount of linkspam, none of which of course is as important, but I will say I am glad to hear of the postponement of Nottingham as my newest fandom obsession - BBC's Robin Hood - already did the Robin-Marian-Evil Doer love triangle three ways from Sunday, and I don't want to hate the concept.

[arainymist.livejournal.com]

Omg. I want one of those ""I asked a question about Richard Alpert and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" t-shirts. haha

Thank you muchly for this linkspam. Makes up for my damn cable company getting rid of G4 so I can't watch their coverage :[

[kth524.livejournal.com]

Are the Comic-Con Lost links spoilerific?

[arainymist.livejournal.com]

Nothing big imo, but there are several spoilers.

[kth524.livejournal.com]

Alright, thanks! :)

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Maybe you have a narcolepsy pup. It is a genetic trait in dogs which is why so much research is done with them. Though now I have images of the mutt from Oblongs

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

... Huh. I didn't even know that was possible. Well, it would be better than a heart condition, I guess.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

That icon is sheer win!

Are you planning on going to one of the Breaking Dawn midnight release parties? Because I would love to hear your take on that! I'm going to a Borders one near me, and I already have my costume all set. It's very simple - a large vial of glitter.

And I love that they have a Dharma recruiting booth and "secret" Dharma things going on at Comic-Con. Oh, what I wouldn't give to be there for all this insanity!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

As fun as it is to write about fan events, I'm... kind of scared as to what kind of people might show up. I mean, is it going to be me milling around for three hours listening to crazy Twilight moms? Will they rip me to pieces when I can't convincingly fake unironic enthusiasm for the books? I don't know that I'm ready for this.

[kirpunz.livejournal.com]

She might also have epilepsy. My dog did, and it was scary as hell the first few times. She would fall over and just lie there, stiff all over, but she was awake. After 10 minutes or so she would get up and go about the rest of her day.

[kelcea.livejournal.com]

I'm in the same boat as you...but I have to work at a midnight opening.
My ears are definitely not ready for the squeeing Twihards.

[sugarcages.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that Shelby's ok.

Edward Norton sounds like such a douche after reading that article.

[gringa23.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that Shelby is ok!


One of our labs used to just collapse. I know how you must have felt yesterday, I was always very scared when I saw it happen. Our lab would get so worked up running and barking at people that her heart and lungs literally could not keep up with her, and she'd just go down as if she were paralyzed and be like that for a minute or two. It's distressing to see the animal members of the family in trouble!

Pilot episode of Fringe leaked online

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

Someone mentioned that the pilot episode for JJ Abrams' Fringe was leaked online, according to Digg (http://digg.com/television/Pilot_episode_of_J_J_Abrams_new_show_Fringe_leaked) and I found it on Releaselog: http://www.rlslog.net/fringe-s01e01-dvdscr-xvid-medieval/#comments. Haven't watched it yet, but I'm all sorts of excited.

ETA
OMG. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE SHOWING THIS ON TV. (Even if it is airing on Fox--the pilot is pretty horrifying in the first five minutes.)

[acaciakitty.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear Shelby is okay! Maybe she just had a case of the Puppy Vapors? She is a delicate Southern flower, after all.

[wildthyme.livejournal.com]

Haha! The animation is perfect! *loves* And oh my God, the sparkling. That alone would be almost worth the whole 8 bucks.

(Also glad everything's okay!)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks. : )

(I have to say, I think it's the three little exclamation points I love the best.)

[wildthyme.livejournal.com]

Actually, me too. His hair is just one big exclamation point, really. It makes me happy.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect the Watchmen posters to look like that. Hmm.

[mamak11285.livejournal.com]

After watching some of the interviews with the Watchmen cast, I kinda wanna marry Billy Crudup.

Wolverine trailer!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

FYI, a bootleg trailer for Wolverine is up (http://foresthouse.livejournal.com/481292.html), though who knows for how long.

Still. Deadpool in action! Also everything else looks good, too, for a rough cut, as Hugh Jackman said it is. SQUEE!

Re: Wolverine trailer!

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

If that link doesn't work anymore, the trailer is also up here (http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=143&item=0).

Re: Wolverine trailer!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! I've updated my entry since the other one, predictably, went down. :)

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

The interwebz are no longer safe. Twatlight is in possession of BD and I am so very scared.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

... Uh oh. Honestly, I'm more surprised that it didn't leak sooner. Is it a book copy or an e-book copy they have? I didn't join the comm so I can't see anything about it.

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly (ok not really) it was on sale early in some airport shop in Texas. A user's sister bought it and read the epilogue to her over the phone. So the epilogue has been summarized and many spoiler!macros have happened (under cuts which I stayed far away from).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Dude! That's just lame, someone putting it on sale early. I know Meyer was saying that she really, really didn't want the book spoiled or to get out early, and... that didn't even involve any skullduggery like the Deathly Hallows Carpet Book. If you're going to break her heart, work for it, you know? Don't just ignore the embargo like it doesn't matter.

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah it really WAS too easy. They figured it was a nice Mexican lady who thought she was doing the right thing by shelving them idk idk. But the internet 'splosion is still happening and the epilogue has now also been posted on lion_lamb.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Shit, I am trying so hard not to look. The thing is, I'm not opposed to reading it early--I just want to read it in order. I hate hearing the ending first.

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

@ the embargo comment IA 'cause even that little boy/girl (?) gave back his early bought Deathly Hallows in a chivalrous manner, lol.

Be strong. Don't read. I am deathly opposed to reading the ends of books before reading the beginnings. I would never forgive myself if I spoiled myself. I think I'd promtly slap my computer and be become an emo recluse.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, I used to be a total spoiler hound because it was almost like I'd be too anxious to read/watch if I wasn't sure something was going to turn out okay (or so I could be prepared if the ending was something I hated), and then... I realized I was really robbing myself of the experience of being surprised, and how great a surprise really can be. Ever since then, I've only spoiled myself on things I know I don't want to bother with anyway--movies I don't really care about and don't plan to see, just so I can keep up with pop culture. Whereas I don't read any of the Quantum of Solace links I post at all, for example.

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. 'Cause when you're reading, the nagging "Well F.U. cause I already know what happens" is going on in your head and it screws with all the fun! Funny thing, I was actually kinda t.o.'d cause when I first read Twilight and Edward was being an emopire I was kinda upset cause I already KNEW he was a vampire and I knew what was causing all his chagrin... even THOUGH I think the cover of the book talks about him being a vampire.

I'm good with the occasional spoiler (like Pushing Daisies for instance cause anything other than Ned touches her and she dies is ok with me plus since it's kind of a mystery series show the major plot doesn't really count as being able to be spoiled) but my brother won't even see the trailers for Harry Potter so he can have a full virginized experience.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I actually started reading the books because people had told me it was about a vampire who literally sparkles, no, really, and then I saw the teaser trailer and was like, "Shit, I'm gonna have to break down and read this, aren't I?" I kept wondering if I would have been able to figure out what Edward's deal was before the chapter where Jacob first says the word "vampire," and if I would have thrown the book across the room had I not expected that.

[starstruckfeie.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, hey, I think it's kinda YOUR fault I started reading Twilight for the sparkly, no, srsly vampires. Cause my friends kept talking about how sexual chocolate is was and it made me kinda ill but then Cleo came along and was like LOL@THEVAMPIRES... so I really don't know if I should thank you for dazzling my chagrin or be angry with you for chagrining my dazzle.

ALSO, I never went to your teaser trailer link 'til I finished Twilight, so YAYZ for spoiler free solidarity no?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I love that "chagrin" has now taken on the same meme quality as "dazzle."

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

So guess which vampire loving author decided to release a spoiler for her fourth book? Personally, I don't think the spoiler is really much of an actual spoiler. (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1170411.html?view=183513579#t183513579) But damn, some people are going to be pissed.