Goodbye July

[cleolinda]

Confidential to a good friend of mine, since I don't want to jinx it by sending it myself:

Also, while I was at TV Tropes the other day, I noticed the Cloverfield page. The "Darwin" bit isn't actually attributed to me (and who knows, maybe I'm not the only person who came up with it), but it turning up there is yet another proud moment in my life.

Twi-spam: Stephenie Meyer's First Comic Book Convention Turns into Media Blitz; MTV’s Kim Stolz On Interviewing Stephenie Meyer Before She Moderates Tomorrow’s ‘Twilight’ Event; Stephenie Meyer Sits Down With MTV, Says ‘Breaking Dawn’ Should Be 2 Movies (which gets a big "..." from me); 'Breaking Dawn' Concert Tour: Live and exclusive to EW.com! And then EW and MTV roll around on the floor catfighting.

(In case you were wondering what the Beedle the Bard thing was about in the previous entry, there's more down below in the spam proper, but it was actually announced and put up for pre-order just this morning [because it's Harry and JKR's birthday]. That's why you've never heard about it going on sale before: it didn't until today. And that's why the pre-order bestseller rankings are so funny.)

MOAR LINKSPAM:

Liz Taylor hospitalized; cause unknown.

You are going to be killed, son: Tom Cruise named in $250 million Scientology racketeering lawsuit.

Ebert "Depressed" By Loss Of Show.

The Nadir or Purest Form of the Blog-to-Book Deal? Hey, I really dig Garfield Without Garfield!

Fox News Discredits Itself With Wildly Incorrect "It's Not a Monster" Reportage (yeah, I saw it myself: Jeff Corwin being all like, "It's totally a raccoon, you guys"); Montauk Monster Madness Spreads [Conspiracy Theories].

Zombies reciting haiku.

Images: Empire's Awesome Watchmen Covers Plus Four New Photos; Hi-res Watchmen Comic-Con posters from the official site (thnx Zack! Also: look carefully at the details, particularly in the two Silk Spectres' posters, if you're a fan of the book. Look, it's the Epiphany Snowglobe!); 'Up' pictures; Six New Set Photos From 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'; Exclusive: 'The Secret Life of Bees' Poster Premiere; 'House Bunny' Poster is Totally Tubular; 'My Bloody Valentine 3D' Poster; Perfect Spoofing: The Canadian Filmmakers Festival Posters.

Trailers and clips: Comic Con Footage from the Bloody Smiley Face Movie (I have it if it goes down); Wolverine Comic-Con footage (because it did go down); Must Watch: 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' Trailer; The Long-Awaited TV Spot for 'Disaster Movie'! (look out! Don't fall into the sarchasm!); A Spanish Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's 'Che' Surfaces; Trailer Exclusive: Takashi Miike And Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Sukiyaki Western Django’; Robert De Niro's 'What Just Happened?' Gets a Trailer; Five 'Death Race' Spots Online; New 'Madagascar 2' Trailer Still Likes to 'Move It' Despite How Obnoxious Moving It Is.

Harry Potter: "Beedle the Bard" to be Published in December (for charity!); ‘Tales Of Beedle The Bard’ Gets Us Thinking About Fictional Books We’d Love To Read; Three Broomsticks Pub Concept Art from Universal Orlando.

Johnny Depp, Phillip Seymour Hoffman Rumored as Next Serious Actors to Stretch as Bat-Villains; Angelina Jolie Might Own Catwoman Part, Says Julie Newmar; Understanding the man behind ‘The Dark Knight’; The Dark Knight Is Filled With Mistakes.

'Star Wars' court battle forced to next step; The (Steam Powered) Empire Strikes Back; Cool Stuff: George Lucas Frozen In Carbonite; 'Padmé' Wins as Best Star Wars Fan Film of the Year. It's a take-off on Juno, which actually sounds pretty funny.

Spock, Meet Spock. Zachary Quinto Faces Off With ‘Star Trek’ Poster For First Time.

'Terminator Salvation' preview.

Believe This: Chris Carter Talks More 'X-Files.' He... he did see the box office returns on this one, didn't he...?

Brad Pitt Close to Becoming a 'Bastard', but Not Leo.

Rumor: Keanu Reeves as Spike in Cowboy Bebop Movie? I have no idea what Cowboy Bebop is about, except that everyone is freaking the hell out over this.

Trudie Styler Picks Up 'American Reaper.'

Sam Raimi and Disney Are Getting 'Transplants.'

Wes Craven On for Scream 4?

Near Impossible Task of Marketing the Unmarketable Movie: 'Hamlet 2'; 'Hamlet 2' Rock Your Sexy Jesus Giveaway.

'Love Guru 2' or 'Austin Powers 4' Which Idea is Best? Death, presumably, is not an option.

Comments

[la-petite-singe.livejournal.com]

Tee hee! Oh, Johnny, you would make me so happy as a Batvillain, darling. The fangirls would explode.

OK, so tell me you've read these leaked seven chapters of Twilight, because they're outstandingcrack. And ha ha, pwned by Beedle! That makes me happy.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you have no idea.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I like Keanu Reeves more than most people do, and I'm not 100% sure I can see it.

I think you might actually like "Cowboy Bebop," though. There's just the one, fairly short series, and the one animated movie, so it's not a huge commitment. Great music, too.

[theevilgenius.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, I've watched like three animes in my entire life (for the record, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Fullmetal Alchemist), and I definitely still enjoyed watching it.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Cowboy Bebop - has a corgi! :D

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think that my response to Johnny Depp as the Riddler is governed by a mature cinematical viewpoint and a deep loyalty to the source material, but I would be wrong; it's OMG JOHNNY DEPP, a string of exclamation points, and then static.

I absolutely love the way Jon looks in the Watchmen posters. I have no idea how they managed to make a giant blue glow look lost and wistful and human, but bravo, CGI dudes. Bravo.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

See... I'm here going "Philip Seymour Hoffman - who would he be?"

(The husband suggests Penguin.)

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

Stephenie Meyer Sits Down With MTV, Says ‘Breaking Dawn’ Should Be 2 Movies

So she really wants to be JK Rowling? Nice try.

Also the Watchmen movie posters, I noticed in Laurie's a photo on the ground looking slightly torn, I swear it is the photo of Jon Osterman and Janey that is such a big part of Dr. Manhattan's chapters.
Love all the little details.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

And she has a bottle of Nostalgia on the table!

[fateorlate.livejournal.com]

Looking at the posters: You can clearly see the whole phrase "Who watches the Watchmen" on the Comedian, Ozymandias and Rorschach posters. BOO HISS. (Or maybe, considering how important they are, it's incredibly clever. Also clever: Having Ozymandias's clock at the midnight position.)

On Cowboy Bebop: It, along with Neon Genesis Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain are sort of the Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen of anime, especially in America, where they showed that anime wasn't just cute and light. Spike's the main character and one of the biggest badasses in anime, so having Keanu play him is so wrong on so many levels. And makes me do a Big NOOOOOOOO.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

One might almost say that the thought inspires a DO NOT WANT.

I can't get behind this American fascination with taking perfectly good (and awful) anime and making them live action for no good reason. WHYYYYYYY. THEY'RE FINE (OR AWFUL) THE WAY THEY ARRRRRRE.

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

It's pretty cocky of her to suggest the book be two movies like that. If I were her, I'd be grateful for their being any movie at all, because from the looks of the first two trailers, I'd be hella suprised if there was a New Moon movie. She's reaching a bit too far too quickly, I think. The first one hasn't even been out yet, she doesn't honestly know the kind of response it will get. Maybe I'm biased, but a lot of the time I see her interviews, her head seems a bit inflated.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

but a lot of the time I see her interviews, her head seems a bit inflated.

Oh good, it's not just me.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I was all set to post a totally jazzed response to all the linkspam, and then I saw the Cowboy Bebop link.

WHAT

NO

NEO IS NOT SPIKE

I HAVEN'T EVEN LIKED COWBOY BEBOP IN LIKE SIX YEARS BUT NO THIS MUST NEVER B--

oh god i just realized they're gonna have to try and cast edward oh god oh god

ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

oh god i just realized they're gonna have to try and cast edward oh god oh god

Oh, shit. I hadn't gotten that far along in the processing of the whole idea yet. (I haven't put very much time into this, mind you. I'm doing my best to not care.)

So.

Spike? They're going to get it wrong, fine. I think everyone's coming to grips with that... some of us more and faster than others, naturally.

Jet? Easier to cast than you might think.

Faye? Curves and attitude, so there are options available out there. Admittedly, many of the options are terrible, but whatever.

Ein? Dog.

Edward? The good news is that they'll have to cast an unknown. That's the only good news. (Of course, being an American live-action film, Edward's going to show up for maybe ten minutes of screen time. Le sigh.)

This has catastrophe written all over it, and I'm going to spend the next however-long-'til-it-arrives doing my best not to care. Yep.

[cantinera.livejournal.com]

How freakin' big is Breaking Dawn to need two movies?

I am going to read it, but I know I am already sick of it. I had to organise the party at my work. Looking at the Excel Spreadsheet from head office for all the stores in our country (and I work for one of the major two book chains in the US), excluding the district which is Stephenie Meyer's hometown area, we have by far the most copies of any store. Like, insane amounts. I am kind of fearing tomorrow.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It's like 750+ pages... of really big print. I don't know, I spent most of Twilight wondering how they'd find enough for a movie. I really don't think the fourth one's going to need two movies.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

I still hold onto my belief that there is no one cool enough to play any of the characters in Cowboy Bebop, ESPECIALLY Spike. So casting Keanu? No, no. A world of no.

[reiko18.livejournal.com]

iawtc

A friend of mine even wondered if they'd find a dog good enough to play Ein.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Keanu Reeves as Spike.... dear sweet baby Moses. There's casting that's just...wrong...and not in the good Heath Ledger way.

Depp and Jolie almost seem like too big of names to be in the Batman movies. I could see Hoffman, but Depp and Jolie almost seem like they'd overshadow the actual movie, Jolie especially.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm starting to think (the overshadowing). I like people's suggestion of Eva Green, though.

alabama has 24hr wal-marts or targets or something, right?

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

seriously, run out and get you some cowboy bebop or torrents or WHATEVER. It's made of pure awesome. it's like hearing that someone had never heard of cinnamon ice cream: it's not entirely crazy that they don't know about it, but you still feel bad for them.

Re: alabama has 24hr wal-marts or targets or something, right?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

They have cinnamon ice cream?!

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

I am totally starting to suspect that the Montauk Monster is actually some kind of viral marketing thingy for the next Cloverfield movie.

[teirkin.livejournal.com]

This is my thought as well.

[ladyvoldything.livejournal.com]

While very happy about the Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie news, I'm more than disappointed that that lovely David Tennant rumor never took off. :( He'd be ace as the Riddler.

[tifaria.livejournal.com]

Me too. :( I just read about that right after the movie came out, and am sad that it hasn't been mentioned. I kind of feel like casting Depp and/or Jolie is playing it too safe. I want to see an actor that most people wouldn't think of.

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

Eeshk, Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel is just the worst casting. I like Keanu in The Matrix and everything but his acting is incredibly stiff. Spike is casually carefree and charismatic and everything that makes his character likeable and so much fun to watch is what Keanu generally fails to bring to the table. Supposedly the producer or whoever is getting this show on the road has worked with him a lot before so it feels like they're just casting based on that and not who would be a good fit for the role. Pretty crummy :/

Oh and if you get curious and do check out Cowboy Bebop as some others have suggested don't spoil yourself on wiki! It has one of the better endings of a series out there and since it's only 26 episodes you get there quick. I definitely recommend it :)

[beansalad.livejournal.com]

spike is supposed to be this witty, awesome, kick ass, sexy, could kick your ass in a heart beat, and still make fun of you at the same time.

basically the all around bad ass

Keanu? is
um
not....

come on cleo! watch a bit of the bebop, a little classic anime never hurt no one :)

[farasha.livejournal.com]

Okay, two things.

Re: Monty the Montauk Monster - I GO TO THOSE BEACHES. I live on Long Island and might I just say Do Not Want to the hellbeasts. Unless they're actually kind of cute when they're alive and not decomposing - then I will certainly say Want to the hellbeasts.

Re: Keanu as Spike - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

Not only am I dying for Catwoman to be the next Bat villain [And I totally think they set up for it by offing that person I will not name because I'm against spoiling, even though it might be kind of obvious.], but I think Angelina Jolie would be perfect for the part. I highly doubt the authenticity of the claim she looked into it, but I do think it would be awesome if it truly happened.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

I would weep many tears if Keanu Reeves got cast as Spike. T_T Hell, the entire project is sending me into mad convulsions of DO. NOT. WANT. >_>;;; It's fine as it is, can't be done without Kanno's music, no one is cool enough, etc... and I also... um. I'm spoiled as hell on the English dub they did for the series. It's my favorite dub ever. If I'm hearing Spike in English, it had better be Steve Blum's voice I'm hearing. Same goes for the rest of the cast.

Not an Angelina fan, so... I'm not thrilled with the idea of her being Catwoman. (On the other hand, I'm never opposed to more Johnny Depp.)

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

I think that it wouldn't be Steve Blum's voice as Spike is bothering me more than anything else with this live action. Best character voice ever

[ellaafleck.livejournal.com]

Oh Keanu Reeves as Spike...that will just make the whole movie a huge joke, and Cowboy Bebop doesn't deserve to go down like that. They really should just let it rest in DVD peace.

[marginaliana]

Okay, 'Hamlet 2' is not actually 'Hamlet 2,' which makes me slightly less o_O but also a little sad.

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

But . . . It has "Rock Me Sexy Jesus!" Surely that makes up for it!

[manasseh.livejournal.com]

W/R/T Keanu as Spike:

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god.

W/R/T Johnny Depp in future Batman movie:

Please no? I know I'm in the minority, but... please no.

[teirkin.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I absolutely love everything I've seen of WATCHMEN so far, but really? The banana hammock on Jon? It's goofy.

I'm going to back up the "you need to see Cowboy Bebop" crowd. I don't watch a lot of anime (that and Trigun, really), but I believe it's well worth your time. Also, HOW DOES KEANU REEVES KEEP GETTING WORK? He is not and never will be Spike.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Oh Twilight fandom, how I have enjoyed watching you explode. Schadenfreude in its best form.

Johnny Depp + Christian Bale in the next Batman would probably be one of the most epic things ever, and I for one would be flailing all over the place to see that. Fangirlish? HELLS TO THE YES.

[breklor.livejournal.com]

No no no no!!

The next Batman movie should have Patrick Stewart as Mr. Freeze. End of story.

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

OMG YOU WIN.

You should cast movies for a living.