Sleepy

[cleolinda]

So Pete, Sister Girl's dog, is at the vet overnight on an IV because he can't stop throwing up for some reason (God, I hope he's going to be okay). So when she called to make sure he hadn't thrown up yesterday while I was dogsitting him, she started talking about trying to watch the final Twilight trailer, and I got to play Horrify the Twilight Noob (one of my favoritest games) with her as well. Except that she didn't get to see the whole thing, because Pete started throwing up shortly after she got to the "Kryptonite" line.

"Well, dude! That explains everything. Your dog is allergic to Twilight."

"That line was awful, by the way. Was it supposed to be stupid? Can Kristen Stewart not act?"

"No, trust me. I've read the books. She is doing the best she can with what they're giving her."

And then I read her that bit from the "I'm gay"/"He's impotent" interview and regaled her with excerpts of Growing Up Cullen. ("Oh, he would totally scrapbook." "You haven't even read the books!" "No, but he totally would.") I am slowly converting the people around me to The Dark Side, The Way of Lulz, so that someone will take me to see this movie next month.

Oh, and since we've been having Sherlock Holmes set pics: a flashback to the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes entry, in which I express some frustration with "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane." Also notable for "the zenith of Holmes/Watson slashiness."

Linkspam!

Mafia wants "Gomorra" author dead by Christmas.

Aravind Adiga Wins Man Booker Prize; A Debut Novel About India Wins the Man Booker Prize.

Rolling Stone ends large format after 4 decades.

Farewell, Samantha Parkington! OKAY THAT IS JUST BULLSHIT.

FTC busts 'world's largest spam operation.'

Polar bear falls into zoo moat.

Bookies Suspend Bets On Aliens Landing Today.

Zombie Pin-Up Calendar Will Make Your Blood Race [Necrotic Erotic].

Gross cartoon art. OKAY CUT IT OUT WITH THE GROSS TODAY.

The Hottest Movie-Related Halloween Costumes of 2008; Maybe The Best Way To Handle Slutoween Is To Just Go With It. I'm sorry, y'all adults can dress up as Sexy Rainbow Brite or Sexy Wednesday Addams or Sexy Spongebob Squarepants (wait, what?) or what the hell ever, but Slutty Baby Pirate costumes are Not Okay and they will never be anything other than Not Okay.

Marcia Brady Traumatizes 'Today' Show Audiences With Syphilitic Tales Of Horror.

Colin Farrell Finally Comes Clean About His Sex Tape: 'I Think I Was High.'

EXCLUSIVE: Dakota Fanning's 'Diva' Director Sets the Record Straight [Rebuttals].

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr warns fans he is too busy to sign autographs; Ringo Starr Forbids You To Send Fan Mail; Ringo Starr Officially Hates You.

Ace of Base planning comeback.

Ever wonder what happened to all those wacky internet celebs?

Is This The New Doctor Who?; Torchwood casting news.

If the Writers Don't Kill Half the Characters on 'Heroes' Now, I Will.

Entertainment Weekly discovers fanfiction.

Hey Studios: The Movie You Hid from Critics Is Better Than the Ones You Didn't.

Recall the Gold: The 2003 Best Actor Oscar race.

Images: New photos from Gus Van Sant's 'Milk'; Posters: Easy Virtue (wait, is there a 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' crossover here or something?), Australia, Changeling, The Matador; Teaser Poster for Pixar's Up Finally Revealed!, and it's gorgeous; Japanese 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li' Poster and Website.

Trailers and clips: Seven Clips from Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling'; 'Incendiary' trailer.

trailer_spot: Seven Pounds, Defiance, Incendiary, Sunshine Cleaning, W.

Travolta film victim of violence in French project; 'From Paris With Love' Shoot Cancelled.

‘Iron Man 2′: Terrence Howard Departs, Don Cheadle Steps In, But What Does It Mean? It means that I'm actually kind of excited, is what it means! (What? Terrence Howard just really does not do anything for me, and I love Don Cheadle.)

'Quantum of Solace' Worldwide Promotional Tour Kicks Off In Moscow; Craig Met Assassins For Bond Inspiration; James Bond’s Aston Martin DBS: The ‘Quantum Of Solace’ Test Drive; 007 Films Drop On Blu-ray.

Downey Holmes and Dueling Sherlocks!

‘Hobbit’ Director Guillermo Del Toro Sounds Off On What Bilbo Baggins Means To Him.

J.J. Abrams Makes Simon Pegg Cry, Confirms Running Time For ‘Star Trek’ (“It will be a two-hour movie. I’m sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies. Seriously, it’s like I don’t have enough time to stay two hours and forty-five minutes. I’m exhausted just saying that twice. I can’t stand it”); Abrams Explains What 'Star Trek' Isn't And What 'Fringe' Is; J.J. Abrams on William Shatner: 'How Did This Become My Life?'

It's Twilight Tuesday! 'Twilight' Sequel Already in the Works? Well, duh. We've got three more giant books, and those noobs ain't gonna horrify themselves. Also: Christian Serratos, The ‘Twilight’ Tuesday Star, Eager To Say ‘Yes’ To An Impressive Career (um, she plays Angela, in case you were wondering); Teen Vampires: 10 Most Toothsome (none of them from Twilight); Stephenie Meyer interview on the Mugglecast/Imprint podcast; Honey, your wire is showing.

Watchmen Motion Comics Chapter 2.

'Watchmen' & 'Friday the 13th' Footage to Premiere at SCREAM 2008; Anthony Hopkins to be given first-ever Legend award during Scream 2008.

Live-Action Version of Mulan Coming.

Captain America Cameo Revealed In ‘Incredible Hulk’ DVD.

'Inglourious Basterds' [sic] Commences Principal Photography; Quentin Tarantino Hops Aboard the Cloris Leachman Comeback Train!

Oliver Stone and His W. Cast; Josh Brolin adds a 'W.' to a string of accomplishments.

Exclusive: Mark Wahlberg on 'Max Payne.'

Cast overboard in Tintin bust-up.

Jean-Jacques Annaud Heading to 'Kashmir.'

Steve Martin And Alec Baldwin Vie For The Love Of Meryl Streep.

Ving Rhames On A Mission From ‘God’ In His Latest Film.

Fox Green-Lights ‘Wall Street’ Sequel, Michael Douglas Undecided About Return. I would bitch about Yet Another Unnecessary Sequel, except that the time is SO VERY RIGHT for this.

'Heathers 2' Alert: Jason Dean Wants More Suicide Notes & Maybe Pirate Radio. Um... I don't want to spoil the movie for a potential new generation of viewers, but... I'm not sure how this is possible.

Cameron Crowe To Revive Career With Craziest Movie Already Made; An Open Letter to Cameron Crowe, Re: His New Volcano Comedy.

Elton John Composing The Most Hilarious AIDS Musical Ever For Ben Stiller.

Science, Murder and the Sex Lives of Conjoined Twins in 1951 [Found Footage].

Comments

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

I absolutely don't get the Slutoween thing. I didn't even dress sexy until I was 20 or something. Before that, I was a clown/witch/gypsy/tiger of the unsexy variety.

Actually, when you're a kid living in Canada, Slutoween has a hard time existing... it's hard to get that candy when your belly and legs are bare and you're freezing. October is fucking cold.

[rinnamarie.livejournal.com]

The first Halloween after I moved from a hot-weather climate to a cold-weather climate, I didn't really grasp how that would affect my costume choice. I was so upset when I had to wear a ski suit under my Cleopatra costume.

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

I watched My Own Worst Enemy last night, and it was okay, but Christian Slater is not what he once was in my long ago youth. Don't taint the memory, Chris.

If I hadn't been able to completely accept the actress switch between Nolan Batmans, I'd be more worried about the Cheadle thing, but I think he's more than up to it. We'll hardly notice. And on another actor-swapping note, while I like Paterson Joseph, there's been so much prior talk about how much David Tennant enjoys the role and wants to beat Tom Baker's run, and how much the BBC love him, that I don't see them switching doctors as soon as 2011.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Tennant's already beat Baker for number of episodes. He may still have a few years left in him, but if we are switching out Doctors in 2011, Joseph would be the best possible choice, IMHO. He was so good as the Marquis de Carabas, a character Neil Gaiman partially modeled on the Doctor, and if he brought the same energy to the role of the Doctor, it't be truly fantastic.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Ace of Base planning comeback.

LOL.

[incogra.livejournal.com]

A friend just lent me Twilight. I accepted it to be polite, planning to give it back in a few days pretending I'd read it, but...my inner 14-yr-old would not be denied. I'm doomed on page 45.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

aw man! i begged and pleaded with my mom for a samantha doll when i was ten, and i got one for christmas. this was back when "american girl" was still pleasant company. (i kept pitching PCo. on a series of books about a 1920s girl, and they always corresponded with me in a very kind way.) that is some sad news.

[rinnamarie.livejournal.com]

Sexy Spongebob Squarepants? Seriously? If that doesn't mark the increasing decline of western society, I don't know what does.

And I have to admit, my inner 6th-grader squeed when I read about the Ace of Base comeback. That was the first cd I ever bought. Ah, memories.

[alliancesjr.livejournal.com]

I WILL TAKE YOU

COME TO CHICAGO PLZ

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

Farewell, Samantha Parkington! OKAY THAT IS JUST BULLSHIT.

HELLS TO THE NO. That is UNACCEPTABLE.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

I freaked the hell out and called my sister in LA to bitch. (I have Samantha, she has Kirsten.)

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

hehe I'll prolly see that Ben Stiller movie just for Elton John music now. Loooove him. Saw him in concert last April, it was awesome.

Also, just wondering if you could mention this, Cleo, in case there's some that's interested but doesn't know: Discovery Channel is doing a series on the Iditarod, starting tonight at 10:00 p.m.--there'll be reruns for those who miss it. Find out more here: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/iditarod.html

I'm watching it now, and it's really, really cool.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I would have forgotten otherwise.

[darth-snarky.livejournal.com]

I don't buy it. Samantha is still one of the more popular ones--if they were going to retire one of the original ones, I think it'd have to be Kirsten.

They did "retire" Felicity a few years ago, then brought her back a couple years later, I think when she had the movie and then they introduced the doll of her friend Elizabeth.

If they need more room, they could get rid of all the extra Kit stuff they introduced this summer. No doll needs a treehouse.

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Maybe they are doing a Disney Vault thing.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

I am slowly converting the people around me to The Dark Side, The Way of Lulz, so that someone will take me to see this movie next month.

I have been trying to do the same, because after all of this build-up, I *have* to go see it. Although it might be best if I waited til it was on dvd, so the fangirls in the theater don't hurt me.

I hope Pete's ok.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Also, seconding the 'this is bullshit' about retiring Samantha.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

The Kryptonite line pisses me off so bad, because...what the hell is that supposed to mean? You can't say "radioactive spider" and then "kryptonite". Those are like too completely opposite things! I know that that was what's herfacescriptwriterIforgot trying to beef up the crap conversation of the books, but man, I was Thirteen. Poetic Dialogue isn't exactly her strong suite anyway.

If anything she should have said "yellow suns"...but man, that wouldn't have made sense to anyone but 10% of the population.

I'm not sure I'll ever get tired of reciting the whole Twilight plot summary as fast as I can to a noob and just watching their eyes get wider and wider (until their head most likely explodes).

[fxchip.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the color of the sun; Superman's lesser-known weakness.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

I have been reduced to outright bribery (endless rounds of drinks, tacos, and actual cold hard cash) in order to find someone to go see Twilight with me. Somehow, this only makes it better.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Heathers sequel? ...um. What?

Man, I wanted a Samantha doll so badly as a girl. Why are they discontinuing her? She'd have to be a best seller...

[crackedwraith.livejournal.com]

I'm more than a little disappointed that the "Growing up Cullen" link (on the wiki) isn't working. :(

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

They did exactly what I thought they might do eventually: they corrected the spelling of the tag. I'll change it out. : )

http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/tag/creative+endeavors:+growing+up+cullen

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much convinced at this point that "Tintin" will never be made. It's been in pre-production for like 30-odd years. It's cursed.

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

I'm kindof pissed they're making a twilight sequel a) cause it's gonna be missing Edward for, like, all of it, and rpattz is important to my commitment and 2) my only consulation for obsessively checking the interweb for twilight was that it could stop after the movie was out. But woe, I will have to continue my 108-year-old-virgin like obsession.
Who am I kidding, I'm super excited.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

Three words: BADLY CGED WEREWOLVES.

It's going to take a Disney-worthy budget to pull off good giant CG wolves (Narnia, yum). I don't have high hopes for MTVs/Viacoms thriftiness.

Though I'm looking forward to many fursplosions.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Toooooooooootally read that as "Mulan coming" and, er, yeah. I'll just be over here in the gutter. Don't mind me.

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

‘Iron Man 2′: Terrence Howard Departs, Don Cheadle Steps In
I hate it when movies do this, especially since the first was pretty much perfect overall. But I do adore Don Cheadle, so I'm willing to give it a chance.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

Butbutbut Terrence was perfect in that roll! *cry*

[glamtart.livejournal.com]

Coming out of full lurker mode to say that I hope Pete is OK. Doggie sickness is so scary, because they can't tell you where it hurts.

I'm thinking of him and hugging my dog extra tight tonight.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I still don't get Slutoween, even with the whole Mean Girls view. If you want to act like a slut, act like a slut. Don't pretend like you're making an effort to win a costume contest or something... I will end you.


...Wow, I sound really angry. =P

[visionary-gleam.livejournal.com]

The Samantha thing is just wrong. I totally wanted a Samantha doll when I was little - and I wanted to get one for one of my little cousins for Christmas! Argh.

And heeey.... are you going to write recaps for the rest of the True Blood eps? It would be grand. :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I am! I was just resting up and trying to get some actual work done last week.

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna go out with a gigantic, bloody gash straight across my forehead, pale skin, and a white t-shit that says "Sylar was here".

Personally, I think I'm pretty damn clever. And I'll be spending, like, 5 bucks on facial gashes and fake blood.

Take that, unoriginal sluts.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

A couple of Halloweens I went to class and told people that I was an undercover FBI agent. Deep undercover.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Gross cartoon art. OKAY CUT IT OUT WITH THE GROSS TODAY.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS.

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

We received a Halloween catalog at my house, from a local party store, and that Sexy Spongebob Squarepants costume was in it.

Only it was labeled SPONGEBABE.









SPONGEBABE

[crackedwraith.livejournal.com]

....Spongebabe....