Feeling kind of floppy, but in a good way

[cleolinda]

I had a couple of thoughts today while I was making breakfast after posting the True Blood recap:

1. Are sunlight-phobic vampires so angsty because they don't get enough vitamin D?

2. Could you kill a vampire with a full-spectrum lamp?

(Not sure when I'll post the second episode. Writing recaps needs to be contingent on my getting actual work done.)

Linkspam!

Hollywood Mourns Paul Newman's Death; Stars honor screen legend Newman; Robert Redford mourns loss of 'real friend' Newman; An Appraisal: An Actor Whose Baby Blues Came in Shades of Gray; Newman's Daughters Hail Him As An "Inspirational" Father; Newman's Daughter: 'Fans Should Support Each Other'; What's next for Newman's food biz?; Paul Newman's legacy: Good works.

Heath Ledger Leaves $10 Million To Matilda, But Insurance Company Reportedly Balks At Payment; Insurer sued over Ledger's $10M policy.

Celebrate Banned Books Week!; Pullman glad that HDM is one of the most "challenged" books in America.

We Must Act Now to Save American Poetry.

Pirates Demand $35 Million Ransom.

Stewart and Colbert Double-Team the Issues; Stewart & Colbert: Exclusive Q&A.

Introducing the Katy Perry doll. DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME.

Prince launches Official '21 Nights' Book Campaign; Prince is going to knock on your door.

'The Boss' to play Super Bowl halftime.

David Blaine Will Not Perform "That." No word on what he will or will not do for love.

Hutchison Reveals 'Lost' Return.

Admiral Cain To Join Vampire Orgy In 'True Blood'; True Blood's Viral Campaign; Vampires Are The New Superheroes [Are The New Pirates Update]; Alan Ball Preps Horror Film, Looks Towards 1930s For Screwball Sex Comedy.

HBO Developing Futuristic Immigrant Drama 'Americatown.'

Spooked: Our Real-Life Ghost Hunt.

Delusion or Alien Invasion? Disorders That Make Life Seem Like Scifi.

You’ve Been A Steampunk Movie Fan Forever, Whether You Knew It Or Not.

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Got Married [Tragedies]. Yeah. There's a reason I didn't put this up top with actual deaths.

Images: Enter Oliver Stone's 'W.' Situation Room and Meet the Dogs; More 'Saw 5' stills; Jason Voorhees Unmasked. I refuse to allow this headline its exclamation point.

Trailers and clips: Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia'; The Trailer for Will Smith's 'Seven Pounds'; Must Watch: Another New Full 'Benjamin Button' Trailer!; Exclusive 'Easy Virtue' Video; 'The Spirit' Trailer Continues Frank Miller's Love Affair with Beautiful Women, Ridiculous Dialog, and Monochromatic Ties; Isla Fisher's 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' Trailer; Worth Watching: Seth Grossman's 'The Elephant King' Trailer; Would You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?; Nazi Zombies And Parasitic Monsters Are Ruining Everyones Vacation.

trailer_spot: Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Spirit, W., Gomorra, Soloist.

BREAKING: Russell Crowe Will Play Robin Hood AND The Sheriff In Ridley Scott’s ‘Nottingham.’ Huh. I... huh.

New HBP wall calendar scans!; Radcakes wins raves for 'Equus'; MTV EXCLUSIVE: Rupert Grint talks 'Cherrybomb' (I am really disturbed that I thought that was Jude Law in the picture at first); Spoof: ‘Harry Potter’ Meets ‘The Office.’

New 'Quantum' Photos Featuring Daniel Craig And Olga Kurylenko; Is 'Quantum Of Solace' Science Fiction?; The Many Marketing Partners Of 'Quantum of Solace'; Smirnoff To Launch James Bond Campaign In October. BITCH PLEASE. Why don't you just have him shill Aristocrat? Best paint thinner I ever drank.

Oscar Voters Get First Glimpse At Groundbreaking 'Dark Knight' Blu-Ray.

Marvel Studios and Paramount Extend Distribution Agreement; Discuss: Which Upcoming Marvel Film Has the Most Promise?

Actor/Director Kenneth Branagh Helming Marvel's 'Thor'!

'Iron Man' Extended/Deleted Scenes & More!; 'Iron Man' DVD caps.

Green Lantern Movie Finally Takes Flight.

Millar's 'War Heroes' Headed To Screen After All.

'Eagle Eye' Writers Working on a 'Blade Runner 2'?!; Stop 'Blade Runner 2' Before It Starts!

'Men In Black 3': Are There Any More Wacky Aliens Left?

Tim Robbins Promises Fans He’ll Never Make Sequels of Anything.

Rachel McAdams Left Bookish By ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife.’

Peace at Last! Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein Slate 'Reader' For '08; Oscar Update: 'Reader' Release Date and Hoffman's Pitch.

Miramax Acquires Clive Owen's 'Boys.'

More Confusing Updates on Pixar's 'John Carter of Mars.'

Tom Cruise Talks 'Valkyrie' Controvery, Accents and More.

Plum is Developing 'The Innocent.'

Penn Texts Madonna To Boast About Gay Kiss. Even considering that they were, in fact, once married... the hell?

Ronan: 'City of Ember' Faithful To Book.

DiCaprio has fond memories of ‘Titanic.’

Fantastic Fest Review: 'South of Heaven.'

You're Not As Obsessed with Star Wars As You Think.

‘Repo the Genetic Opera’ Director Darren Lynn Bousman Reveals Rock N’ Roll Fantasies.

Kurt Loder Reviews Cult Horror Film ‘Midnight Meat Train.’

'Plan 9' Remake Is Cast. Here's my question: would a bad movie be a bad remake of Plan 9 from Outer Space, or a good remake?

Comments

[mermaidrain.livejournal.com]

There was an ep of "Blood Ties" that had a vamp getting fried from a heat lamp of some sort. It was the first time I'd seen anything with vampires explore the lamp option. ;)

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

They were UV bulbs.... that young vamp meant business lol

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

AUSTRALIA EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[dracoaccio.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOUR ICON!

You know that Sarah Palin says you can see Russia from Alaska? MICHAEL Palin has actually been to that island! (Little Diomede). He is clearly much better qualified!

[brermatt.livejournal.com]

If you can melt the face of a vampire with a pizza because of the garlic, then they will totally flame on from a full spectrum lamp.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

This has absolutely nothing to do with your linkspam or fab True Blood recap, but what is your icon? I like it!

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

And yes, I'm feeling too lazy to go into your userinfo and look it up. *headdesk*

[vega-ofthe-lyre.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the lamp idea is explored in 30 Days of Night... I think a UV light used for growing weed is used to fend off some vamps? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[palexbluexangel.livejournal.com]

Nope, you're right!

[alliancesjr.livejournal.com]

In the movie Blade, they tortured and killed a vampire with a UV lamp. And the Big Bad of the movie was able to walk around in daylight after first applying a tanker of sunblock.

[msilverstar]

I <3 Tim Robbins.

Even though I'm very excited for more Hobbit/LotR. I own my hypocrisy.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

You don't just own it. You work it! *snaps fingers*

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

ATTN: Kenneth Branagh

Dear Mr. Branagh,

I LOVE YOU

Now that that's out of the way, could you do a Thor fan a solid and cast Sean Bean? I will not be able to die in peace until Thoromir is made flesh.

Also, your Hamlet ruled.

Love,
lraiman

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to agree with the article and be not pleased with the idea of Ken Branagh being in charge of Thor. He's one of those weird actor/directors who has somehow maintained a good reputation in spite of a really crappy resume that is actually far stronger at its beginning than at its more recent end.

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

too.. much... linkspam. so... little... time. Repo the opera is intriguing and extremely repulsive at the same time. Trailer look interesting, but watching a clip made me feel all skeevy.
I SOOO want will smith to be the green lantern. i think it would be perfection...

[bienegold.livejournal.com]

The cast is a total deal-killer for me.

[saramiskismet.livejournal.com]

Here come the Men in Black, na-na-na... galaxy defenders...!

Count me in!

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

LoL. Me too! As long as they get the two boys back together, I'm all for it!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Russell Crowe as Robin Hood/Sheriff of Nottingham reminds me of some asshole kid who takes over a game of make-believe: "Nobody else is doing it right! I'm gonna be Wolverine AND Magneto!"

Well, that or Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Here's my question: would a bad movie be a bad remake of Plan 9 from Outer Space, or a good remake?

Thank you for destroying the remainder of my brain cells.

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

"After our kiss, Sean texted Madonna and said, 'I just popped my cherry kissing a guy. I thought of you. I don't know why'."

So... Madonna kisses like a guy?

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I thought it was because of her kissing Britney.

[thenotoriousso4.livejournal.com]

Dang you... I was never interested in Vampires until I friended you!

I just saw the first four minutes of True Blood on You Tube, and now I have to figure out how to watch the rest without having HBO!!!

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

now I have to figure out how to watch the rest without having HBO!!!

There is of course a way. But like HBO, it's not TV. (Though it is actually a phonetic mesh of "law" and "eagle.")

Anyway, I really just wanted to give a "Cheers" for the Dr. Horrible icon! I've wanted to make a diagram of pie for the longest time...

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Miramax Acquires Clive Owen's 'Boys.'

I totally read that wrong and snorfled.

Discuss: Which Upcoming Marvel Film Has the Most Promise?

Wait, Edgar Wright is doing Ant-Man? ANT-MAN, THEN.

Although if they're asking, "Which Upcoming Marvel Film that is being done by another studio Has the Most Promise?" then of course I say, with great hope: WOLVERINE. And speaking of that, where the hell are my movie-version masked Deadpool pics? WHERE?? There'd better be some, or shit is going to go DOWN. Deadpool does not hesitate to kick even Captain America's...well, his...oh, you know:



...

I have to say, Rupert Grint looks good in that pic (and, um, how old is he, again? Oh dear.) This (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/28287910.html?thread=3619665062) cracked me up, though.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

There's a vampire-slaying actinic lamp in the original Vampire Hunter D anime.

[summersdaughter.livejournal.com]

David Blaine Will Not Perform "That." No word on what he will or will not do for love.

*snort* Eeeeheehee, ILU.

Also I am so glad I'm not the only one that thinks Katy Perry is Zooey Deschanel's evil fakey lesbian twin.

Also-also, I have seriously high hopes for The Time Traveler's Wife.

[valancy-s.livejournal.com]

I have a story you so need to link to! A friend at the University of New Hampshire got this mass-email warning from campus security:

Last week, Campus Police banned from campus Bert John Allen III, after police learned he was engaged in the unpermitted and illegal behavior of attempting to recruit female university students as concubines near the Library.

Concubines!!!! Full story's here... (http://wbztv.com/local/bert.allen.unh.2.827715.html)

From that "everything is steampunk" link

[dives.livejournal.com]

The next entry in the steampunk canon will be “Watchmen,” the adaptation of the graphic novel set in a dark parallel universe heavy with clocks, gears, electric cars and airships, set to open March 2009.

Uh...n...o. Just because Watchmen has a recurring motif of a clock counting down does not mean that...


just...

you know what? Never mind. Everything vaguely science-fictional that is not specifically about the future is steampunk. Whatevs...oh, it's the MTV Movies Blog! That explains much.

Re: From that "everything is steampunk" link

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

It's also got steam. Y'know, from the manholes in the street.

Yeah, I got nuthin'.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can kill a vampire with a UV lamp- see BLADE, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, ULTRAVIOLET (the awesome British miniseries, not the awful American one)

MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN was raped and killed by the distributors before it even left the station...

[secretnthewings.livejournal.com]

...Lance Bass just did a routine to "I Kissed A Girl" on Dancing With the Stars.

I...I just had to tell someone.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

...?!

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

So, haven't had the time to read the first True Blood recap yet, but I can tell you that you just gave me something to look forward to in this crazy rundown economy kinda world we got going on here...okay maybe I've been watching too much True Blood. Anyway, that + LJ cut of "I kissed a doll and I liked it" make me want to get moving on that shrine I always intended to build for you. It's in the shape of Alabama, you'd love it.

FYI: For the fourth ep recap of TB, all you really have to do is write "ERECTION! ERECTION! ERECTION! ERECTION! vampire. ERECTION! ERECTION! ERECTION!" So, that's an easy one. Or, a "hard" one rather. Yes, I went there. No, I have no shame.

For banned book weeks, my uni is doing this Vodcast series of students reading from banned books and then discussing them. I got roped into it by my roommate, who ended up not doing it. Blerg. I have yet to actually watch the video I did. The guy filming didn't tell me he was filming, so the footage is just me talking to him in a rambly, incoherent sort of way instead of a quasi-prepared speech I had practiced. Poo./random

[smadronia.livejournal.com]

Can there even be a good remake of plan 9? really?

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

P.S. In case you are interested, I finally had time to post pics of the book festival and Neil Gaiman:

http://foresthouse.livejournal.com/496774.html

:)