I miss the ice-dancing carnage

[cleolinda]

I woke up with a horrific migraine and a weird stomachache this morning--the second time both have happened in a week, actually, which is a bit disconcerting. If it turns out to be a half-vampire baby, I'm going to name it Nellouise Baseball Jones--so I sacked out half-conscious on the couch and watched Olympic beach volleyball for an hour or two (apparently Gibb and Rosenthal are really good, because the announcer kept screaming "Rosenthal! ROSENTHAL!!" like he was in bed with them). At some point, there was swimming. It was all kind of a blur.

Linkspam!

For 'Soul Men' director, deaths of Mac, Hayes were doubly devastating; Officials: Isaac Hayes died of stroke; Scientology shenanigans?

Mystery torch guard becomes Chinese sex symbol.

Forget the Montauk Monster--ES EL CHUPACABRA!

Cops: 'Porn inspector' demands free videos. But was he also a certified muff diver? Credentials are important, you know.

Cops break into wrong house, leave note in magnetic fridge letters.

New short work from Morwood & Duane: "Enchantment Place."

Which Mainstream Author Do You Wish Would Write Science Fiction?

Lois McMaster Bujold’s Denvention 3 Speech: Full Of Awesome.

An Interview With Princess Mia.

Nostalgic look at old paperback anthologies of comics and humor mags.

C3PO to Parents: If You Love Your Children, You Will Buy These Toys [Retro Futurism].

The Hater: Revamped Clue Board Game Speaks To The Way We Live Now. "Personally, I would have rounded the 21st century weapon count up to ten with the addition of an Internet Predator, or Crate Full Of Trans Fats, but these weapons are a good start."

Worst Album Covers EVAAA!

Franz Ferdinand stream new song online.

Errol Morris on "Photography as a Weapon."

Movie Critic in Cigar and Cash-Smuggling Canadian Misadventure.

Get Your Mystery Science Theater 3000 Fix Anytime.

Two film icons in rare screentest: James Dean and Paul Newman.

'40-Year-Old Virgin' actor arrested near San Diego.

Images: First Look at 'Dorian Gray' (the same picture from the other day, only bigger); First Looks at Johnson's 'Brick' Follow-Up, 'The Brothers Bloom' (hey! It's Rachel Weisz! Wow, those are some goofy-looking headshots); 'Ping Pong Playa' Poster Premiere.

Trailers and clips: New Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on Henry Selick's 'Coraline'; Leaked Trailer: 'Underworld 3 - Rise of the Lycans'; Exclusive 'The Family That Preys' TV Spot; R-Rated Clip From 'My Best Friend's Girl.'

It's Twilight Tuesday! Stephenie Meyer Answers Your Burning 'Breaking Dawn' Questions. Somehow, this has been bumped to the VH1 website. Wow, MTV really hath forsaken her. Also: MTV outsources yet another Twilight feature to fan labor (Vampires On The Brain? Help Us Create A ‘Twilight’ Quiz!); ‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer Talks ‘Breaking Dawn’ Movie Possibilities, Is Extremely Optimistic; EW.com exclusive: Stephenie Meyer talks 'Breaking Dawn' (wait, this is a 10-part series?); Film Clips: Is 'Twilight' Anti-Feminist?; my soul craves this poster, mostly for the lulz; LEAVE STEPHENIE ALONE!

Should 'The Dark Knight' be Nominated for Best Picture?; The 'Dark Knight' Trailer As You Have Never Seen It Before... With Kids.

Dozens protest 'Tropic Thunder' premiere.

Indiana Jones Hits DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 14; DVD Details for 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'

Angelina Jolie Replaces Tom Cruise in Edwin A. Salt; What male roles would you like to see played by a woman?

Tom Cruise Gets in 'Food Fight'?

J.J. Abrams Developing an Earthquake Movie Next!

Robert Downey Jr. calls out Batman, DC Comics, OH NO HE DI-IN'T.

Amy Winehouse To Release Unused James Bond Song; Amy Winehouse threatens James Bond battle with Jack White.

Stop Press: Radiohead Provides Score for 'Choke'?!; Don't Believe The Hype: Radiohead Haven't Recorded The "Score" To "Choke."

First review for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'

'The Spirit' is Looking Really, Really Bad.

Orlando Bloom to Star in Sarajevo Siege Film.

Bill Nighy A Pirate Of A Different Kind In ‘The Boat That Rocked.’

Screenwriter Zak Penn Reviving 'The Argonauts' for Fox.

'The Lucky Ones': Rachel McAdams Found Under Iraq in Neil Burger's next movie after The Illusionist (... huh).

Early Script Review for 'Voltron.'

Dane Cook Hates His Stupid New Poster for His 'Hitch' Rip-off.

Watch This: Boba Fett Does Flashdance.

7 Reasons 'Clone Wars' Will Be Worth Seeing: "All I’m gonna say is, I have to see Truman Capote’s Pleasure Palace at least once in my life."

'Hawaii Five-O' 2.0? That's Seriously How They're Describing It. Dammit, now the theme music is going to be in my head all day.

When You're Not Really Sorry that Your Sea Monster Ate Your Date's Poodle [Found Footage].

Darren Lynn Bousman Wants To Send ‘Leprechaun’ Back To The Old West. Another battle royale for the Uwe Boll Slot, but anything involving the Leprechaun series automatically wins, as far as I'm concerned.

Comments

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

I spent the afternoon here in my computer watching Men's Water Polo while my kids watched their movies in the playroom. The point is...I still don't know the how or why that is a game at the Olympics, though the fact badminton is a sport you can medal in is kinda awesome.

:D

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

That Clue board makes me sad.

The 'Dark Knight' Trailer As You Have Never Seen It Before... With Kids.
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.

Robert Downey Jr. calls out Batman, DC Comics, OH NO HE DI-IN'T.
OMG NOES. Oh, RDJ.

Stop Press: Radiohead Provides Score for 'Choke'?!; Don't Believe The Hype: Radiohead Haven't Recorded The "Score" To "Choke."
As I said before: sublime.

[edda.livejournal.com]

OMG NOES. Oh, RDJ.

My thoughts exactly. I hope this is really just some guerilla publicity for a secret Marvel/D.C. crossover movie where Iron Man and Batman snog each other senseless. Because I?

Would pay a LOT to see that.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

"What male roles would you like to see played by a woman?"

Just about ALL of them! I'm so sick of the limited stereotypes roles available for women in Hollywood. That also goes for anyone non-white. Casting directors must be the least creative people in the world...(hyperbole, but you know what I mean.)

[edda.livejournal.com]

YES.

ROSENTHAL!

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

While watching the men's gymnastics last night, I spent an awful lot of time going "WHOA" and "HOLY SHIT" - and then Michael Phelps was in the water and I spent a lot of time going... well... "WHOA" and "HOLY SHIT".

I fucking love the Olympics!

I had, however, forgotten all about the ice dancing carnage. HE DROPPED HER AND SHE LOOKED SO PISSED, HOW COULD I FORGET THAT?!

Re: ROSENTHAL!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

And then they didn't even speak to each other until after they had finished the NEXT NIGHT'S routine! And they were also wearing froofy costumes at the time! The Summer Olympics cannot hope to compare. Although the toned mannage on display is a commendable effort.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

THere is a little village on the Irish coast called Muff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal). There is a diving club. They have... predictable t-shirts.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[drapette.livejournal.com]

Dude. Second Brother On The Right totally looks like my ex-boyfriend.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

The Spirit, for its Eisner pedigree, worries me greatly. I hope it doesn't become the cultural antidote for The Dark Knight.

The Hawaii 5-0 theme is about one of the perfect pieces of art in any medium. Just about anything is better with its inclusion.

Unfortunately, it does tend to lodge itself in the forebrain, so I had to watch Owls (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Owls/) to get it out again.

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Oooh, new Underworld not just a rumour? Sweet.

(Not that I'll be seeing it in theaters or anything. Then again, I don't see anything in theaters anymore... $10.50 for what usually turns out to be crap, sticky floors and obnoxious teenagers? Nothnx...)

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

That "Is Twilight Anti-Feminist?" article made me *headdesk* The relationship isn't abusive because Bella hits Edward up for sex? Yeah. Right. Sure. Having your property destroyed and your autonomy denied is totally okay if you want to sleep with the person doing it.

Why are they calling "The Brothers Bloom" a "Brick" follow-up? Aside from being made by the same guy, they don't seem to have anything to do with each other.

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

I don't believe the article addressed anything about anti-feminism. There are arguments against it, quite good ones, and she used none of them. It was sort of all over the place.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this Twilight trailer spoof (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dompotjTeIA)? It's pretty amusing. I imagine it's even funnier if you've read the books and seen the trailer.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Hehe, somehow I missed that there were people in The Boat That Rocked other than Jack Davenport and Bill Nighy...

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

Interesting stuff. 'Benjamin Button' and "The Time Traveler's Wife" (another Rachel McAdams) are both on my list now.

And Dane Cook made me laugh harder in that entry than he did in all 2 hours of "Good Luck Chuck". Nice!

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

The ALA Twilight poster is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. It repaired my soul after a long week of Breaking Dawn wank.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

They really do make good posters--I always loved the Arwen one back from five or six years ago.

[nc-bookworm.livejournal.com]

If you want the poster, let me order it for you with my ALA discount!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm torn between wanting and shame. Oh, this tortured existence!

[midnight-lite.livejournal.com]

That's a chupacabra?...Huh. Looks more like a type of canine or something with mange.

Lol RDJ...Bale has something to say:

(http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/darkwhispers/Joker/?action=view&current=a07.png)

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

Batman Christian Bale demands satisfaction!

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

re: Franz Ferdinand
OMG WHERE THE F HAVE YOU BEEN? JEEZ.

re: Screenwriter Zak Penn Reviving 'The Argonauts' for Fox.
PLZ DON'T SUCK
I love Medea so very much

Linkspam fodder?

[blinkliz.livejournal.com]

This may be old news, but did you hear how the little girl who sang the Chinese national anthem at the Olympics' Opening Ceremonies was a stand-in for the actual little singer who was deemed too "aesthetically unappealing" to show her face, etc.? It's disgusting. (Although, as Craig Ferguson remarked: "If we can't trust an oppressive, totalitarian dictatorship... who can we trust?!")

There are articles all over the place, but I'll link a CNN one:

Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/olympic.ceremony.lip.synche.ap/index.html)

~~~

P.S. What male role would *you* like to see played by a woman, just out of curiosity? :)

Re: Linkspam fodder?

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Also, Divingwank!

Fourteen year old Daley speaks maturely and professionally about his performance (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/diving/news;_ylt=AmSQoQliUTPZk7SSq2IZGMGZaJh4?slug=ap-div-kiddiver&prov=ap&type=lgns).

Daley's twenty-six year old diving partner, Aldridge, complains that Daley was the reason they came eighth in the finals, and in the process makes himself look like a whiny, immature brat. (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11082008/58/beijing-2008-daley-blamed-defeat.html)

Aldridge = tool.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

All the Second Brother love made me giggle.I've always wondered how the torch stays lit though..I mean what happens if it get blown out by wind or the guy trips while running?

I really hope TDK wins something!Best adapted screenplay or cinemotography(ap?) maybe.And I hope Ledger is at least nominated for the Joker.His preformance blew me away.

and RDJ calling out Batman?!I'm so glad someone there already posted the 'viral' video for Tropic Thunder in the replies. "Christan Bale will kick your ass." :P but RDJ is still a freakin good actor.

I didn't know a Dorien Gray movie was even in the works!I love finding out stuff like this from your links.:) And the Caspian dude looks pretty good.I'll have to keep an eye out for news about it.

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

Lois McMaster Bujold is made of win. I had never read any of her books, but Ohioana Library (http://www.ohioana.org) (I work there) gave her an award last year, too, and she was, seriously, breathtaking. It made me want to read everything she's ever written. She's so eloquent and amazingly descriptive.

[stardustshine.livejournal.com]

Re the MTV VH1 interview - Everything that comes out of SMeyer's mouth just makes me think she was really born to write fanfiction and just made the mistake of writing it before she watched Buffy, or any of the other zillions of vampire material out there. One wonders, if she had seen Buffy first, would she have stuck to writing fanfiction involving copious amounts of sparkle lotion?

By the way, I kind of sent the Movies & Fifteen minutes communities in to Heather on the CraftLit (http://www.craftlit.libsyn.com/) podcast, and she talked about it in the podcast and posted a link, so, um, don't be too weirded out if you get a sudden influx of knitters. I don't know that you will with anonymous posting disabled, but I know there are a lot of LJ knitters, so I just thought I should let you know.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee! Awesome.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

"Scientology Shenanigans" - isn't that phrase really redundant

"What male roles would you like to see played by a woman?"
--Tootsie

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

LMAO "Nellouise"? I love it! And then Nellie and Nessie can be the bestest of BFFs! ;-) Hope you feel better soon!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks. Hope you're feeling better, too!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I'd be a bit weirded out if I was Random Chinese Olympic Guard.

Also: I know Michael Chabon's other book wasn't sci-fi, per se, but I mean, really! It was about comics and comic book characters and daring escapes. It wasn't really a long journey to sci-fi land. :)

That said, apparently I'm not the onlym one who thinks David Sedaris would be a fun sci-fi-ist.

[fxchip.livejournal.com]

Fire burns building at Apple global headquarters in Cupertino. (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6323910)

Scary.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

especially when the place is right next to where my elementary school once stood

[animamea.livejournal.com]

I saw "Stephenie Meyer Answers Your Burning 'Breaking Dawn' Questions" and I thought "Wow, people are BURNING it now?"