Later than usual

[cleolinda]

First: MOAR TWILIGHT. Yes, I did promise to do a 15M of the movie. I promised last May when I saw the first trailer, so y'all can relax. Twilight' Trailer Reactions: Some Fans Are Still Speechless, Others Just Can't Breathe; The Final ‘Twilight’ Trailer Is Here, And We Have Your Shot-By-Shot Analysis! (Please. I have already taken care of your tree-skittering, Jerome Robbins-choreographed, aerial slapfighting needs); the trailer music was from 'Interview with the Vampire'? (cute); Wendy Chuck explains the costumes of Twilight (Kiss Victoria, she's Irish. Also: NEEDS MOAR BEIGE); a couple of new pics; more new pics here, although it's hard to pick out the new-new ones; Full Photo Gallery of Twilight Male Cast in VMan Magazine (yes, including The Bad Ponytail Vampire that y'all all started going crazy for).

Also, from spike22fowl: The famous greenhouse scene! You know! The one that... wasn't... in the book. It seems to be taking the place of Bella bitching her way through the hospital in a neck brace after the Death Van, though, so that's all right by me. It also gives us the deathless line, "I had an adrenaline rush. They're very common. You can Google it." (No, really. Watch it with subtitles.) Kristen Stewart also has an excellent Bella-style "GOD I HATE EVERYONE *falls over* " bitchface going, I must say.

(Please notice The Hair staying carefully out of frame, watching for suspicious fangirl activity off-camera.)

(Re: my choice of music: get Edward in full NOOOO I WILL NOT CRUSH YOU IN THE MISSIONARY POSITION mode in your head and go throw this song on your mp3 player. It will BLOW YOUR MIND.)

Today's Journal Birthmonth Flashback: Well, since we invoked Our Lady of Soundtrack Sorrow this morning, let's revisit Troy in Fifteen Minutes.

Regular linkspam!

Longtime 'All My Children' actress dies.

Spokesman for pirates makes threats off Somalia coast; Somali pirates threaten to blow up ship.

Finland's ex-president Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize.

From annlarimer: Shark Jesus!

Gaiman's Graveyard Book video tour finishes, book hits #1 on NYTimes YA bestseller list; Gaiman's 'Graveyard Book' -- spooky, magical retelling of 'The Jungle Book' in a graveyard.

Pullman wins battle to stop development at historic Oxford boatyard.

Scifi Books that Have Been Banned in the Twenty-First Century.

Where Is the Most Literary Bar?

Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' is coming out next month (Axl really means it this time!).

Rap fan pays fine rather than listen to Beethoven.

Mark Wahlberg Not A Fan Of Andy Samberg’s ‘Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals’ SNL Sketch.

Eleven Ways 'Eleventh Hour' Smears the Reputation of Real Science.

‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Brings In Some Garbage.

When Star Trek Drives You To Drink, Everyone Wins [Trektinis].

V Is Back! All Hail The Visitors!

Bebo Sends Friend Request to Alien Planet [Space Spam].

'True Blood': The Vampires Give Back, or, HBO sent "Sam" and "Tara" out to gladhand a Florida cable company.

CosmoGirl folds; Fug the [final] Cover: Scarlett Johansson.

Zac Efron (And His Peen) In Equus? I literally started wailing "AHHHHH! WAHHHHH!" out loud when I read this.

Oscars: Rourke + Langella Are Early Oscars Favourites; 'The Wrestler : The NYFF Press Conference; Scott Rudin Yanks His Name From 'The Reader.'

Images: Beautiful New German 'Day the Earth Stood Still Poster'; 'The Ugly Truth' Gets a Clever One-Sheet; Paul Bettany As Charles Darwin: A Horror of Evolution; Ben Barnes in 'Bigga Than Ben' (aw, it's such a cute widdle gangsta, yes it is!).

Trailers and clips: Must Watch: Phenomenal Trailer for Edward Zwick's 'Defiance' (New Poster and Trailer for Daniel Craig's 'Defiance'); New International 'Revolutionary Road' trailer; Must Watch: Awesome New 'Transporter 3' Full Trailer!; 'Cloverfield' Hottie Gets Skerred in 'Unborn' Pics and Trailer, in case you weren't traumatized enough the other day; Jolene (great, now I'll have that song in my head all night).

trailer_spot: Transporter 3, Twilight, Sunshine Cleaning, Birds of America, Christmas On Mars.

First Look: Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes; Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes — FIRST PICTURES; Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes: It's A Venti Latte, Dear Watson. I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS YET. Although--you know, they could be doing one of those scenes where Holmes goes undercover as a beggar or a cabdriver or something.

New 'Quantum' Video Showcases Montenegro Train Level; James Bond's Golden Gun Stolen From Elstree Studios.

Ember Proves The Only Grown-Up Movies Are Aimed At Kids [City Of Ember Review]; 'City of Ember' burns brightest when young stars lead; Film review: 'City Of Ember' ("Notes from the underground"); Review: Keep driving past ‘City of Ember’; Will There Be A 'City Of Ember' 2?

(Bill Murray failed to become Batman and kick ass. Wha?)

Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Body Of Lies’ Co-Star Dishes On How To Win Him Over; Leonardo DiCaprio: Half a boy and half a man; Review: 'Body of Lies' flat; The truth about 'Lies': It's intriguing but unfocused; Kevin's Review: 'Body of Lies' - Probably the Best Thriller of Its Kind; Leonardo DiCaprio's Sinking Ship 'Body of Lies' Readies the Lifeboats.

‘Iron Man’ Writers Want Hulk To Be The Villain In ‘The Avengers.’

Glen Keane leaving Disney's 'Rapunzel.' Who's stepping up?

‘Die Hard’ Screenwriter Compares His 1987 ‘The Spirit’ TV Pilot To Frank Miller Film.

Producer Thinks ‘Salt’ Substitute Angelina Jolie Will Make For Spicy Dish.

Eric Bana Is ‘Armored’ For Heist Drama.

Juan Antonio Bayona Joins Guillermo Del Toro On Universal’s ‘Hater.’

‘Lost’ Actress Rebecca Mader Joins ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats.’ Oh, hey, it's Charlotte!

'Fame' Cast Comes Together.

Kevin Smith Explains Why He Really Wants to Make 'Red State.'

Seth Rogen Picks Up Will Reiser's 'I'm With Cancer' Project.

Slapdash 'W.' Web Site Reaches Out to the Dead-Language Crowd.

14 horror-movie Musts!; Zombie-movie preparedness kit!

Don't Inject Ladies with Gorilla Blood [Found Footage].

Comments

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

Jeez, a horror of evolution is right. What happened to those Master and Commander days, Paul?

I'll still see it, I'm a sucker for the man

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Oh please, Mark Wahlberg, grow a sense of humor. If you can't laugh at that performance you gave in The Happening, how do you get through the day? I start giggling every time I watch that clip about you and the pharmacist (mainly because poor Zooey Deschanel just looks so hurt).

Meanwhile, Andy Samberg's delivery of "now I'm going to talk to a chicken" will never not be funny.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

At this point, I just want to look Mark Wahlberg in the eye and say "Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch."

Once he recovers from his shame, he will be a stronger person.

[kaelajael.livejournal.com]

Troy in 15 minutes was my first introduction to you and you have provided me with a huge amount of entertainment since :)

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

Aaah, Lady of Soundtrack Sorrow. Our old friend.
That is a lot of Twilight stuff, for sure. There should've been a lot more beige in those outfits, I agree. Though, I suppose that now after after the lunchroom pic, we can only hope that Edward would be a black-wearing depressive with a big tattoo on his forearm that says "DEATH IS MY SWEET ESCAPE" or something.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS YET. Although--you know, they could be doing one of those scenes where Holmes goes undercover as a beggar or a cabdriver or something.

Heh, one of the comments on the Jezebel post: "Right, he could be the dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude."

This is the part where I confess that, beyond reading a couple of stories in high school, I have no particular attachment to Sherlock Holmes (unless you count a fondness for The Great Mouse Detective) so I'll probably go and see this movie expecting little more than some silly fun. That said, the hat does look odd.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

also, the photos of the Twilight guys posing with the plastic vampire teeth are really cute.

[joe-pwnz-pete.livejournal.com]

What is up with Troy being on my TV at least once a week? It's always on the same channel, too.

That new photoshoot makes all the Twilight guys look very nice. Even Kellan (who WAS IN THAT JUSTIN LONG MOVIE GUYS.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1553725/

HE WAS THE REDONK SKATER. I thought he looked familiar.)

Taylor Lautner has nice skin in black and white.

[eruvadhril.livejournal.com]

AUGH HOLMES WHAT THE HELL.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Your Chan'tho icon amuses me muchly. Yoinks?!

WHA?

[ohemgeeitsfishy.livejournal.com]

OOF. What the hell is that?! I WANT MY COSMO-GIRL! Damn economy! [-is saddened-]
The year 2008 has gone beyond suck at this point. Rawr.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

While the Holmes look is awkward, I think it is actually rather adorable that RDJ looks like Charlie Chaplin. But then again, Charlie Chaplin is frigging awesome.


...And everything on that banned books list is on my "to read" list. And 90% of it was on our AP reading list... =) Clearly these are things I should be reading.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

'(Bill Murray failed to become Batman and kick ass. Wha?)'

Could've been worse; he could've played Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, as per the first choice of Stephen King himself (probably in the midst of some coke binge). Saner heads prevailed and we got Walken.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

... wha?

[mdmbrightside.livejournal.com]

(Re: my choice of music: get Edward in full NOOOO I WILL NOT CRUSH YOU IN THE MISSIONARY POSITION mode in your head and go throw this song on your mp3 player. It will BLOW YOUR MIND.)

You're talking about your current music for the post: Def Leppard's "Love Bites?" Gah, it took me forever to figure this out (if I've indeed got it right).

It definitely brings out the repressed side of Edward the Virgin, I'll give it that.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes.

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

On the topic of songs that fit twilight. A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to Russian radio on-line and this old (ahem, from the 90s) song came on, and I was like, that's what Edward and Bella should've been dancing to at their wedding!

To give you an idea, the second verse has the lyrics "I'll tell you the secrets of the Universe, become death and give me peace." The chorus goes like this "Happy is a heavy burden, and ungratifying role. You gave me the gift of time. I caused you pain."

I may or may not have envisioned a scene in my head during which Tanya sings this song for the newlyweds as a gift.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Cheerful!

(... I kind of want to hear it now.)

[ninjatachyon.livejournal.com]

oh god sorry I couldn't stop myself

[brigidsblest.livejournal.com]

Man, I know someone who's going to be orgasmic when she learns 'V' is coming back.

[nnneng.livejournal.com]

(Please notice The Hair staying carefully out of frame, watching for suspicious fangirl activity off-camera.)

LOL!

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Eleven Ways 'Eleventh Hour' Smears the Reputation of Real Science.

I must admit, I read that heading, and I thought, "But... it's a kids' book! A kids' book with beautiful illustrations and riddles and lots of hidden things on every page! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eleventh_Hour_(book))"

Then I clicked the link and discovered my error.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

omg I love that book

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Reading the 15M of Troy really brings back memories.

I sprained my ankle on opening night of a play I was doing and had to spend most of the evening with my foot on ice, and then I was in the hospital until 3am. The next day I was sitting at home, unable to do the show, and I was thinking to myself "oh woe is I me I am so depressed *sob sob* what am I going to do with myself?" And lo and behold, Troy was on HBO. Lulz make everything better.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

YAY! about the Defiance trailer... I want to see it because Jamie Bell is an AMAZING actor but when I heard Daniel Craig was staring in it I thought the trailer would be all him but they gave fair play to Leiv and Jamie as well! So I'm happy..

And I also squeed when I saw the promised Twilight in 15min. It will be the easiest one ever for you... the jokes practically write themselves!

[harveypenguin.livejournal.com]

You've seen this, right? http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/28690907.html. It is relevant to your interests. (Sorry, I can't make links work.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

JESUS, THAT'S TERRIFYING

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

get Edward in full NOOOO I WILL NOT CRUSH YOU IN THE MISSIONARY POSITION mode

So is that what's bringing him to his knees? Um.

[velvet4269.livejournal.com]

You know ... when I saw, at the very beginning of 'Eleventh Hour' the little blurb about how it's based of a UK TV show, and knowing that another station (NBC, I think it was) has also Americanized the UK's "Life on Mars," the first thing that popped into my head was: "When will they learn that the UK shows are SO MUCH BETTER if you leave them in the UK!"

Seriously, Americans have far too many qualms about what they watch on TV; the Brits may come across as "prim and proper," but they can be down-right gritty when it comes to their TV.

[velvet4269.livejournal.com]

And adding, since I can't edit my comments - and read a little of the blurb about 'Eleventh Hour':

Jerry Bruckheimer's Fringe-esque show about Hood, a "special science adviser to the FBI

Funny, I was thinking the set up was more like Fox's Bones, but not nearly as a) quirky or b) good.

[eiki.livejournal.com]

I'm not too into RDJ as Holmes since I love Sherlock Holmes and hell will come to those who ruin it, but man! I still can't wait for this movie ♥ I'm anticipating Rachel McAdams' role as Irene Adler, too.

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

Ughh... I'm still not sure about Sherlock Holmes, yet. Still not sure.

Although, everything RDJr touches lately turns to gold. Also, he is pretty.

Someone in the last link you gave commented that they were rooting for a Hugh Laurie/Stephen Fry combo for Holmes and Watson, and I hadn't even CONSIDERED the awesome possibilities of that. Hugh really would've nailed it.

Ah well. Until it hits the big screen, I await in timid anticipation.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

There wouldn't happen to be a feature movie about Jeeves and Wooster, with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in those classic roles? That is - most emphatically - I movie I would watch. Even if I had to stand vigil at the theater.

:)

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

Got to love the complete absence of irony in the statement about "V"

As opposed to following the Nazi Germany metaphor in the original V, Peters explained that this V will show what happens when the masses have blind faith in their leaders

Because that was so totally NOT the Nazi Germany metaphor at all.

I thought of you

[shadrad.livejournal.com]

http://scargut-the-gutless.deviantart.com/art/Methinks-Bella-likes-Edward-99242138

Re: I thought of you

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

*snickers*

Oh that's brilliant.