This is probably the most work I got done all day

[cleolinda]

I already got my chattiness out of the way earlier today, so let's just go with the Wide, Wide World recappish-type entry as today's flashback and jump straight to four or five days' backlog of linkspam, of which I have only selected the cream:

OMG -- you hit 'send' to wrong person. That's right: "OMG" just appeared in a CNN headline. Or at least it did on Google Reader.

Lunchtime Quiz: Sherlock Holmes. Bitch, please. Easiest quiz I ever took.

Should SF Writers Boycott Borders?

Nick Cave & the Musician-Novel Trend. See, what I want to see is more writers going musical, à la the Rock Bottom Remainders.

Could There Be A ‘Lost’ Movie? Creator J.J. Abrams Says ‘Maybe.’

Five million-dollar mistakes by movie stars; Jeremy Irons passed on role in Oscar winner 'Unforgiven,' most likely remained sexy while doing so.

Paramount Delays 'The Soloist' and 'Defiance' Until 2009; 2008 Oscar race turned 'upside-down'; Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor in 'Tropic Thunder'!; Oscar Update: Frosty 'Frost/Nixon' Reviews and My Early Best Pic Predicts.

Images: New Dirty Look at Viggo and Kodi from 'The Road' (whoa, he's fifty today?); First Looks at 'Fame' Remake, Logo Comparison and Release Date; First Look: Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster in Sci-Fi Thriller 'Pandorum'; First Look: Brad in 'Inglourious Basterds'; First Look: Til Schweiger in Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' (is that really the spelling we're going with, officially? For real?); Revolutionary Road's Beautiful Black and White Photo Shoot.

Trailers and clips: ComingSoon.net's Trailers & Clips Recap; Great New Red-Band Trailer for the (Still Awesome) 'Let the Right One In'; 'Franklyn' Trailer Has Parallel Universes, Masked Murderers, Ryan Phillipe, Etc. (and Eva Green!); Must Watch: First Trailer for Superpower Sci-Fi Thriller 'Push'; EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Haunting In Connecticut’ Trailer Premiere; Exclusive 'I Can't Think Straight' Trailer; 'Marley & Me' Trailer Reminds Us Dogs That Aren't Talking Chihuahuas Are A-Holes; Must Watch: 'Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father' Trailer; Watch 'The Chase' in 'Bolt'; Exclusive 'Gardens of the Night' Clip; 'Trick 'R' Treat' Trailer Here; The 'Bride Wars' Trailer: A Reason For Head to Hit Wall. Repeatedly.

trailer_spot: Push, Marley & Me, Largo Winch, Special, Great Buck Howard.

'Star Trek': 11 new photos; Full 'Star Trek' Gallery Launches; Even More Star Trek Photos, Big Reveals, and Information!

James Bond Curse Extends to Early 'Quantum of Solace' Reviews; First 'Quantum of Solace' Review Gives it 3/5 Stars; 'Quantum of Solace' TV Spot #4 Online; 'Quantum of Solace' TV Spot #5 Arrives; James Bonding with a Trio of 'Quantum of Solace' Clips; 'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #30; Ask Daniel Craig and director Marc Forster a Question for 'Bond' Unscripted!; Bond Goes Blu and Here's the Review; Craig Takes Risks Because Bond Is Expected To Be Tougher Than Ever; Bond Set Closed To Find Craig's Finger Pad; Craig: 'Picking Bond Girls Is Weird'; Craig Got Bond Call While Shopping For Groceries In Baltimore.

The Bleak Ending of 'Watchmen' Changed? (like, the last two minutes, don't panic); Spike To Preview 'Watchmen'; Snyder’s 'Watchmen' Secrets.

Lucas Thrills Scream Awards Crowd But Batman Is The Big Winner; 'The Dark Knight' Dominates the Scream Awards; Sneak Peek at Upcoming Joker Comic; Batman 3 Rumors Downplayed; Don Your Clone Wars Helmet And Ride A Cyborg Dino to Fight Harvey Dent's Gross Face [Mega Toys] (wow... that is a really good likeness of Aaron Eckhart); Ledger's Joker To Get Best Supporting Oscar Nod? I would like to point out that there is a Best Actor psychopath precedent here--Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for Silence of the Lambs with far less screen time (something like 20-25 minutes?). That said, it's really about the field you're playing in a given year, and it's also true that a performance memorable or substantial enough to compete in the Best Actor race could therefore steamroll the Supporting Actor race. (Which is why it's even more surprising that Anthony Hopkins won in that category, given that the character's screen time really made him more of a supporting actor, but it was a performance that completely dominated the movie. Which is exactly what I would say about Heath Ledger's Joker--just immediately iconic, and that's aside from the tragedy involved. And that's why I'm going to be very interested to see how this all shakes out.) And given the Mickey Rourke/Sean Penn/Frank Langella Best Actor talk at this point, Supporting Actor would be the smartest place to campaign. Does all this sound completely cold and mercenary? Yup. But there's a point where the Oscars have little to nothing to do with the merits of the movies themselves and everything to do with the way the campaigns appeal to a small, specific group of voters. You and I aren't voting for them, after all, and we're not trying to decide which was the best movie or performance this year; we're trying to predict what the Academy will vote for.

Even Terrence Howard Was Shocked About Iron Man 2 Recast; Terrence Howard Doesn't Know Why Iron Man Dumped Him; Comic Tidbits: Nick Fury in Iron Man 2.

Sam Raimi Chats Spider-Man 4 and Lizard Possibility; Sam Raimi Talks ‘Spider-Man’ 4 & 5, Kirsten Dunst And Potential Villains; Sam Raimi Ditching Kirsten Dunst In Spider-Man 4 And 5?; Meet Spidey's New Leading Lady?

Tim Burton talks Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp, his career, etc etc; Depp Eats Hat On Set.

Zac Efron To Star In Pirates Of The Caribbean 4? Congratulations! You have figured out exactly what it would take to make sure I never, ever go see this movie. Like, it's either Zac Efron or Nicolas Cage. And I imagine that Zac Efron is less expensive, if all you're trying to do is drive me away.

Win a tea party with J.K. Rowling!; Very hi-res calendar promos; Scholastic Updates with New Interviews from Key Staff on "Bard," "Deathly Hallows," and More; Dan Radcliffe Talks Epilogue of "Deathly Hallows" Movie and more on Inside Actors Studio.

Kellan Lutz On The Book Rock Of ‘Twilight’ And ‘Harry Potter’; Twilight' Soundtrack Now Online?; 'Twilight' CD: We heard it!; Soundtrack Official Site; Are You Camping Out For Hot Topic’s ‘Twilight’ Soundtrack Listening Parties? (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?) (Of course it's at Hot Topic. Of course it is); You too can wear replicas of Cullen family jewelry (Edward wears a wristband? For real? A heraldic wristband. That Emmett then stole. He is gonna be so mad, y'all).

Tibits about Deadpool in Wolverine movie + more spec about his very own feature!

Sleek New Poster Unveiled for Frank Miller's 'The Spirit'; New Featurette on 'The Spirit'; Why Frank Miller's 'Spirit' Can Only Fail.

Green Lantern's Epic Space-Hero Script Gets A B-Minus.

Peter Weir Finds ‘The Way Back’ To Soviet Gulag.

Ron Perlman Goes Supernatural With Nicolas Cage In ‘Season Of The Witch.’

Mortier Adapting Palahniuk's 'Haunted.'

Warner Brothers Has Killed Grayskull and He-Man!

World of Warcraft Movie Still on the Horizon?

'Dragonball' Reshoots Make Us Hope For A Better Ball. Y'all go on and hold your collective breath for that, I'll just be over here laughing at Emmy Rossum's career hair.

Comments

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Waitwaitwait, what? Zach Efron?!? Oh hell no.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.
I can't even believe that they're thinking of getting Efron to eventually replace Depp. Are they that stupid?

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

That interview with Burton is cool. He's becoming one of my favorite directors.

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

-imagines Zack Efron as Jack Sparrow for 5 seconds-


WHYYYYYYYYYYY

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Is that Ema Skye in your icon? If so, where did the pic come from? =O (Cause I'd love to see it.)

[wearejustducky.livejournal.com]

I read that book solely because of your recap, thinking that surely, you had exaggerated for comic effect.

I apologize for ever doubting you. That book was even more bananas than you said.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was actually quite restrained in my description, honestly. People need to learn that I am Not Kidding about 97% of the time.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

JJ Abrams must be stopped. The man is drunk with power and is no longer thinking clearly.

I wonder what a Twilight listening party would actually be like. Will Hot Topic have EMTs available to resuscitate the tweens who hyperventilate and pass out when one of RPattz's songs starts playing?

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

win

[encyclops.livejournal.com]

Watchmen: the change I've heard about is actually a good thing, since the part they're altering was always kind of goofy in the first place. It would have been fine either way, but I think today's audience would probably just laugh at the original ending.

Pirates: To my mind, PotC:PotC2&3::The Matrix:Reloaded&Revolutions. That is, the first was decent and the sequels were awful.

[redcurrantbasil.livejournal.com]

I agree. It works in the comic but squid monster of apocalyptic doom may not have fared very well on screen.
Just like Gary Oldman half naked in a circus being electric prodded by siamese twin midgets while the joker shows him pictures of his naked half-dead daughter may not have worked in the Dark Knight either.
Well maybe it would have...seeing as Nolan killed Rachael and Two Face off in one shot.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

The idea of Emily Rossum as Bulma sends me into hysterical laughter any time it's brought up.

[jenny-islander.livejournal.com]

Teen Anna Paquin with license to chew scenery might have been able to pull it off.

But, really, this is just going to be awful. I am imagining something as completely clueless about the source material as, oh, a crucified Santa in a Japanese mall.

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Mortier Adapting Palahniuk's 'Haunted.'

Oh come on, when are we going to get 'Invisible Monsters' D:

*sad for years*

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering how they're even going to *manage* Haunted. I liked the book, but some parts of it are just...so gross.

You Rock

[devilinbludress.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say sorry again for being an asshole the other day with my comment. You are awesome.

Re: You Rock

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

No problem.

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

Trick R Treat?

Seriously?

That script crossed my desk, no joke, NINE YEARS AGO. And we passed on it. BECAUSE IT WAS CRAP!

I thought "surely it's not the same film." But lo and behold, I checked through the pictures and there's the little pumpkinhead kid in the footie pajamas.

If you like horror movies... don't. Just don't. Even a page 1 rewrite wasn't going to save that god awful pile of garbage.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. There are actual decent movies they could be making, and they pull a piece of shit like that out of the slush pile?

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

'Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for Silence of the Lambs with far less screen time (something like 20-25 minutes?)'

More like 16.

Hopkins pushed to be put out there for Best Actor rather than Best Supporting, his reasoning being that it would be too easy to win Supporting. His agent thought he was crazy, and indeed the favorite to win that year was Nick Nolte for The Prince of Tides. Against all odds — the genre of the film, its February release, not to mention some media fuss over increased violence in entertainment — Hopkins and pretty much everyone else who was nominated for Silence won.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I'm just even more impressed. And yeah, it's one of three movies to win the big five--which is even more amazing when you consider how badly horror/suspense tends to do at the Oscars. I guess sometimes things just really come together, who knows. (Especially when you read things like how it was originally going to star Gene Hackman and Michelle Pfeiffer.)

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You have figured out exactly what it would take to make sure I never, ever go see this movie. Like, it's either Zac Efron or Nicolas Cage. And I imagine that Zac Efron is less expensive, if all you're trying to do is drive me away.

You perfectly summed up the horror and pain I felt upon reading that headline. T_T

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

just looking at your icon made me think the following thought:

"It'll happen to..THE OTHER GUY"
"AHHHHH"
"Why don't they-"
"AHHHH"
"Why don't they look."

i love MST3K so hard.

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

Zac Efron... in Pirates 4?

But... but nooo!

I will now proceed to whine like a little child.

[redcurrantbasil.livejournal.com]

Red right haaaaand!
I love Nick Cave.
Oh my. I fail to understand how "Supermassive Black Hole" fits into Twilight, especially in the opening(?) of the film. I like Muse quite a bit and yet Smeyer manages to make them somewhat lamer by association of epic whiny teenage vampire angst.I get a huge kick out of a 100+ years vampire listening to emo and Linkin Park.

I am excited for that comic. I hope it is in the vein of "Killing Joke".

Ahahahaha Efron!
Srsly? My sister and cousin are allready lining up for High School Pirate Musical 4.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

World of Warcraft Movie Still on the Horizon?

I like WoW...but...I don't think so.

I'm ignoring this Zac Efron business.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Can I just say that this picture of the Family Cullen (http://pics.livejournal.com/cleolinda/pic/000b0yyf) always cracks me up? (Of course I can.) Mostly because they look like no high school students I have ever met, and because Emmett appears to be carrying a bag of shelled boiled eggs. That's what he's going to eat for lunch?

Emmet, really. That's ridiculous. There's no need to color-coordinate your food to your outfit.

Unless they're powdered-sugar donut holes. That's OK.

[redcurrantbasil.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. I hadn't seen that one yet.
My cousin actually wore all white with gelled hair and wrist cuffs in high school.Also girls have stopped him because ZOMG he is pale and mysterious and has hair like Eddiekins.I have been asked many times to ask him out on behalf of them.He haz a fangirls.:)

They kind of look like my friends fellow art school students in calgary.But highschool?Noooo.

[redcurrantbasil.livejournal.com]

50?He is almost ten years older than my dad.
Pfff. I do not care.He is awesome.
Even though some scenes in Eastern Promises made me uncomfortable.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

My word. Effron? If they put him in either that or Equus, I might just be starred for life.

*eyes Disney*

DAMN IT, Y'ALL. SHAPE UP OVER THERE.

You know what I really want to see and be done well? This (http://sfscope.com/2008/01/ua-options-john-flanagans-rang.html). The Ranger's Apprentice series are really great books- technically they're children's book, but they're still pretty much awesome. XD

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

*scarred

*eyes keyboard*

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

You too can wear replicas of Cullen family jewelry (Edward wears a wristband? For real? A heraldic wristband. That Emmett then stole. He is gonna be so mad, y'all).

What I want to know is when they're gonna make a replica of his chastity ring. 'Cause YOU KNOW he has one.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

EMMETT HOW DARE YOU MOCK THAT RING. THAT RING IS A SYMBOL OF MY PROMISE TO SAVE MYSELF FOR THE ONE TRUE LOVE OF MY UNLIFE. SOME OF US TRY TO RISE ABOVE OUR NATURES, EMMETT. I'M MERELY TRYING TO BE GOOD AND PURE, DESPITE BEING AN UNHOLY CREATURE OF THE NIGHT. EMMETT, WHY MUST YOU BE SO UNCHASTE? I KNOW YOU ARE, EMMETT. I CAN HEAR YOU. STOP THAT.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

D:
NO NO ZAC EFRON DO NOT WANT. Although it would be awesome if he ended up being the bastard child of Pintel & the Kraken. *snicker*

In other news, damn if that Kellan Lutz isn't some fine lookin' beefcake. (YES, I LIKE THEM BIG AND DUMB OMG DON'T JUDGE MEEE.)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

I'm just so excited about Alice, it's a little ridiculous.

JUST SAY NO TO ZAC EFRON, OMG. *cries* Why are they doing this to us?

HBP, why can't you be coming out next month? Le sigh.

Hot Topic and NECA jewelry. Oh Twilight. You bring the LOLZ.

[ladyvoldything.livejournal.com]

This is old, but I felt that you deserve to know.

Rpattz is making Rupert Grint read "Twilight" because he lost a bet. (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/27814449.html)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, I posted something on it a while back. :)

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Y'know, each interview makes me like Daniel Craig a bit more. He seems very chill about Bond, and like he's really taking the piss out of his fame.

[drapette.livejournal.com]

Zac Efron in "PotC 4," and a film adaptation of "Haunted." You'd have to play me a lot of money to sit through either of those things.

[newsong.livejournal.com]

Still waiting for the MuteMath track on the Twilight soundtrack...