Friday!

[cleolinda]

You guys, I think it has finally sunk in that tonight, at midnight, the faithful are finally going to get hold of actual copies of Breaking Dawn, and judging from the spoiler reactions I've heard, tomorrow, we will hear their lamentations throughout the land. Seriously, it feels like Christmas Eve right now. But then, I'm a terrible person, and I enjoy fandom insanity of any stripe. So here we are, the last linkspam before I get down to work:

Twilight spam:

Not Ready For E-Time: Meyers Ebook Release Delayed ("First off, are ebook sales so significant that military-grade maneuvers are required to manage the ebook release? Is the world really going to come to an end just because a few people in other time zones get a major release first (and maybe, just maybe, this apparent privilege would stimulate some different thinking on ebooks)? Rhetorical, yes. Heaven forbid that people buy and read books before the appointed time "). Meanwhile, half the internet's read bootleg scans of the first two thirds. Good going there, you guys.

'Breaking Dawn' concert live; ‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer Responds To Enthusiasm Of The Twilighter Community; ‘Twilight’ Actress Christian Serratos Chooses Team Edward.

Should the Fourth 'Twilight' Book Be Two Films? Somewhere, Philip Pullman is going to laugh his ass off if the first one tanks and they don't make any others.

You too can own Bella's engagement ring or charm bracelet!

A contribution from dduane: Forks, Port Angeles eateries set the table with "Twilight"-inspired food. Short version: Bella Italia now does serve mushroom ravioli, and some random place serves a... pineapple Bella Burger? I've read the books and even I don't know what that's supposed to do with anything.

(Have I ever told you the story about why I can't eat mushrooms? I mean, I can, if they're integrated into the food item--say, in small bits on pizza--but generally I try to avoid them. See, when I was about three years old, my mother always put them in her homemade spaghetti sauce. The bland canned kind of mushrooms, you know, kind of a pale beige color, sliced. And I looked down at my spaghetti one day and thought, You know... that kind of looks like someone cut off an ear. Yes, I was three years old. And I have not been able to eat mushrooms since.)

Linkspam proper:

Police don't know what prompted vicious bus attack, in which a guy BEHEADED THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM. JESUS.

'People' to introduce U.S. audience to Jolie-Pitt twins; Source: Jolie-Pitt baby pics fetch $14 million. For charity, right?

Finally, my illness has a name: Truman Show Delusion.

8 cool attractions of the future.

How a Royal Mistress Became France’s Most Powerful Politician.

5 Times Crayola Fired their Crayons.

Scifi Movies Finally Catching Up to Novels and Going Steampunk.

Freaks available at Archive.org.

Images: Entertainment Weekly: How hot is our First Look at 'Australia'?; Slick New 'Death Race' and 'Eagle Eye' International Posters; Exclusive: 'Doubt' Poster Premiere!; New 'Gatchaman' Concept Art; Two New Looks at Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic 'W.'; New Dragonball Promo Photos Surface.

Trailers and clips: 'The Argentine' (Che) trailer and poster; Exclusive: Clip from 'In Search of a Midnight Kiss'; 'Sukiyaki Western Django' Trailer is Kind of Awesome, Except for All the Tarantino Parts.

Forgettable 'Mummy' sequel crashes on takeoff; Review: Don't unwrap new 'Mummy'; Ebert loves it. Bless.

Additional Info on Elder Wand Owners, Malfoy Family, Aberforth and More due in "Beedle the Bard"; New Pictures from the Broadway production of 'Equus.'

'Transformers 2' Trailer More Than Meets The 'Eagle Eye'; Bay Changing 'Transformers 2' Script for LaBeouf's Mangled Hand?

In The Battle Between Terminator's Bale And Worthington, We All Win. Spoilers? I didn't read all the way through.

Just How Dark Will 'Watchmen' Be? (comic/film comparison of key scene; spoilers); Watchmen Women Bonded; Fan Made: Rorschach Plush!

Tim Burton's 'Alice In Wonderland' to be in 3-D, film in Plymouth.

'Prince of Persia' Release Pushed Back Until 2010.

Nottingham postponed--because Sherwood Forest won't be green in the fall.

SDCC EXCL interview: Bill Nighy Returns to Underworld.

Sony Figures They Might as Well Make a Venom Movie.

De Niro Joining Gibson in 'Edge of Darkness.'

Colin Firth Joins Barnes in 'Dorian Gray.'

Brosnan Talks 'Thomas Crown' Sequel.

Rumor: Pixar is Pursuing 'Monsters, Inc.' Sequel?!

Is Johnny Castle Thinking About 'Dirty Dancing' Again?

Woody Allen Reveals Latest Movie Title: 'Whatever Works.'

‘True Blood’: Our Vampire Neighbors Come Out Of The Coffin and Into Your House.

Nic Cage and John Carpenter Want to Be 'Scared Straight.'

Lord of the Rings-Sized Effects for Indie Horror Film, 'The Home.'

Comments

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, half the internet's read bootleg scans of the first two thirds. Good going there, you guys.

And the author (and I use the term very lightly) herself pretty much spoiled the damn thing herself in an interview with EW. :p

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Trust me, the spoiler she gave out is the least of them.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

If the only good thing that comes out of this is that they stop MAKING MOVIES OUT OF FUCKING BOOKS ALL THE GODDAMN TIME, then I will consider it just.

It worked with Lord of the Rings because it was fucking Tolkien. It worked with Harry Potter because it was Harry fucking Potter. If it didn't work with CS Lewis, it is time to HANG IT UP, Y'ALL

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

LOL. I <3 you and your comment. And completely agree.

[naeelah.livejournal.com]

I know, it is like Christmas eve, isn't it? It's going to be the WTF heard round the world. I've already left a glitter trail through my house that's going to be here for weeks, so it's like Christmas in that respect too.

YAY for news about Dorian Gray. I've been dying to know who else got cast. I don't know of Colin matches my mental image of Harry, but he'll obviously do a good job. In all honesty, the rest of the cast could be played by chimpanzees with rifles and I probably wouldn't notice anything other than Ben Barnes. Not that I don't genuinely want to see the movie for the story, but, goddamn.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

You know, the chimpanzees with rifles might actually be interesting in an avant garde kind of way.

[paranoidgrl.livejournal.com]

I think I am more gleeful about Breaking Dawn that I was for Deathly Hallows. And I don't even LIKE the Twilight series.

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

I think that's why I'm more gleeful. With Harry Potter I had a stake in the outcome. With Twilight it's just pure delicious schadenfreude.

I'm going to the midnight release party just to watch. Then I figure I'll buy a copy at Wal-Mart tomorrow or something.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Finally, my illness has a name: Truman Show Delusion.

What's the name for constantly fantasizing you're either being interviewed about your latest imaginary movie on various talk shows or being a famous actress sitting around the set between takes, engaging in witty banter with your hot costars?

Because this friend of mine? REALLY does that a lot.

What?

*cough* *shifty eyes*

[krazycat.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have that friend too. She's been doing it since she was a teenager. She does it out loud when she's alone.

She thought she was the only one.
*shifty eyes*

[incognito323.livejournal.com]

I fear for my friends who are working midnight releases of BD. I'll get my hands on a copy tomorrow though. I've sucessfully avoided spoilers, no thanks to some "friends" who go BLAH BLAH BLAH TWILIGHT SPOILERS.

Also, I just really wanted to use this icon.

[jenni-talula.livejournal.com]

Your icon is made of win! I would totally where that on a tshirt XD

[krazycat.livejournal.com]

Re: Equus post on ontd - everyone bloody chill. He's naked for a few minutes at the end, and it's not a sex scene. It's a seriously emotional and tragic scene.

I saw it in London and I bawled my eyes out. It's a brilliant play.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Rumor: Pixar is Pursuing 'Monsters, Inc.' Sequel?!

Oh, please no. Pixar has been snuggling under the failblanket for a while as it is*, and a case of sequelitis is not going to help. Especially considering the huge amount of time that passes between their movies; a Pixar release is as rare and anticipated as the last few Harry Potter books were, and a sequel is a slot 'wasted' on something that's not even new. Add to this the fact that I can't even watch Monsters, Inc. anymore because the concept bothers me so much, and it becomes a big steaming pile of DO NOT WANT.

*No, I haven't seen WALL-E yet; when I do so my opinion may change, but that doesn't make Ratatouille suck any less and I still refuse to see Cars.

[krazycat.livejournal.com]

I would like to file Toy Story 2 as evidence for the defence.

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

Oh hell YES. Colin Firth + Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray.
That I can squee equally over both probably shows that my mental age is a little out-of-whack.

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

Also, EW are right. That 'Australia' picture is hot.

[melayka.livejournal.com]

Hee. According to that Dragonball poster, Justin Chatwin and Robert Pattison are long-lost hairmates...

OMG. THAT'S WHY HE SPARKLES. EDWARD CULLEN IS A SUPER SAYAN.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

OH SHIT CUT OFF HIS TAIL OR HE'LL TURN INTO A GIANT SPARKLEMONKEY UNDER THE FOOL MOON

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

My friend asked me if I wanted to go to Barnes and Noble tonight, she's not a twilight fan either so she didn't realize what was taking place and I said "NO I CANNOT DEAL WITH THAT SHIT"

She was confused.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

I love the Failboat and cannot wait for it to absolutely go bananas in the fandom tomorrow. It will be EPIC in its hilarity.

The engagement ring is fug. O_o

The bus story? Is one of the most horrifying things I have ever heard.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

The one time I was a passenger on a Greyhound bus, we had a racist 'nam vet who had smuggled in a bigassed water bottle full of vodka.

By the time we reached Phoenix from San Jose, he was drunk and ranting (HONEST TO GOD, he used the "I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE!" line - on another 'nam vet on the bus). The driver said that if we weren't five minutes from the terminal, he'd have pulled over and dumped him on the side of the Arizona highway.

Those five minutes of biting back every snarky, baiting comment that came to mind for fear of getting my ass kicked were the longest and most painful five minutes of my life.

[manasseh.livejournal.com]

Police don't know what prompted vicious bus attack, in which a guy BEHEADED THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM. JESUS.

That's pretty much what my local newspaper's headline was. '"He was like a robot, stabbing the guy" BUS HORROR' D:

[rahrahmah.livejournal.com]

Mine too. I assume you're from Canada? Do you mind if I ask where? I'm in BC, but I've lived in Edmonton where THAT GUY WAS FROM. Like, I've taken buses from Edmonton out to BC. The guy who was beheaded, according to a heartbreaking interview with some of his friends, wanted to move here to experiance our beautiful wilderness. It's just so very terrifying, as a Canadian, isn't it? I mean, we're such a tiny country population-wise. It's not even six degrees of separation in most cases. I could have walked past the killer. I could have become friends with the victim when he moved here, if this hadn't of happened. He was my age!

Not to offend anyone else reading this, but my first thought when I read the headline was "Here? In Canada? NOT in the States? Was he FROM the States?" I mean, there were only 605 murders in the whole damn country in 2006 (stats from here (http://mysilvercreek.sampasite.com/neighbourhood-watch-program/crime-statistics/CANADA---HOMICIDES-STATISTICS-20.htm)). I mean, out of a population of almost 33.5 million that's pretty good. But this just chilled me to my absolute core. I don't feel safe anymore. My patriotism took a blow. My view of the world around me took a blow. I'm totally shaken.

[marginaliana]

Your movie news always leaves me with mixed reactions. Because on the one hand, Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland DO NOT WANT OMFG YOU TALENTLESS HACK. On the other hand, Thomas Crown sequel? *grabbyhands* So, toss up, really. :D

[edda.livejournal.com]

It's not that he's talentless, but a lot of his charm is really due to his art/set designer, apparently, and also he tends to basically do the same thing over and over.

Say what you will about Ang Lee's misses, he definitely tried to stretch and do new and different things.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Tim Burton + Alice in Wonderland + 3D? I might as well just step in front of a bus after seeing that movie, because I think that nothing else could complete my life.

[princessstarr.livejournal.com]

Just popping in to say that we got Breaking Dawn in at the bookstore I work at today and uh, I skimmed a bit of it.

Yeah...I've only read the Wiki entries and this was just bad.

On another note, Colin Firth is in Dorian Gray? And he's opposite Ben Barnes?! How did I miss this?!?

[anuitabi.livejournal.com]

you forgot to mention that he BEHEADED him than ATE him



maybe


how horrifying!!

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

From all the local reports I've read, he beheaded the man and dropped the head up front, but no eating took place. as far as I know. It's all the news is talking about in Ottawa, and it's so terrifying to know that this really happened.

[icefalcon.livejournal.com]

I love the delicious horribleness of Twilight, and was totally looking forward to grabbing the ebook of Breaking Dawn today. Why? Because the Australian release date is the 4th.

It's particularly ridiculous when the stock has been sitting there for the last two weeks in bookstores. Those stores could have made a killing off Saturday sales and launches. Parties all around! But no - it's a Monday release, when the majority of the target audience is, you know, still in school.

Way to alienate readers from other countries.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Bella Italia, 118 E. First St. Port Angeles, has added Bella's menu choice to the menu.
...
"The last time Stephenie was here, the young women who were fans in the restaurant were trembling," he said.

HEEEEEE.

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

When I heard about the bus story yesterday on CNN I was so freaked out. I've encountered many a freaking person on bus rides - this makes me less inclined to ever take one again!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

That beheading thing might be the most disturbing thing I've ever read. For no reason he stabbed, beheaded and possibly ATE a person. The HELL?!

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

I'm still befuddled that the from the time someone noticed the attacker had begun until he removed the head (with a knife, that's gotta take time), the driver was able to stop the bus, the passengers unloaded, and then a rescue team was collected to assist the victim?

I wasn't there, but something about this really strikes me as odd. Just, simply, how could this go on and no one help the victim? Was it a moment of chaos, were they just that fearful? In shock? It's a nightmare.

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

What's happened to me? It's true--I'm drooling over a fictional engagement ring replica. Even though I know that, in the books, Edward probably got it from his great-great-great grandmother and gave it to Bella in a glass of champagne while Vampire!Ella Fitzgerald ("I knew we'd meet one day, so I turned her just so that I could have the best backing music possible for my ultra-romantic proposal") crooned "Cheek To Cheek" in the background and Alice touched off fireworks in the middle distance.

...All right. I think I've just talked myself out of doing something very, very silly. Like getting one.

[elbales]

Bus attack: ....
........
I am sitting here totally horrified and--uh, more horrified. What the hell. Jesus is about right.

[fallingscribble.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, I'm off to Edmonton in like three days. Crap.

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

I heard about the beheading thing this morning when one of my co-workers was insisting that "decapitate" and "behead" don't mean the same thing.

I'm really looking forward to the Breaking Dawn explosion tomorrow.