"MY DOG IS A SATELLITE DOG!"

[cleolinda]

Fairly productive today. We've also got Pete on the premises, and that dog and his lampshade are the saddest thing I've ever seen. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of going back over some of my old work, the really short pieces, and dusting them off again. I'm sure this will upset the three people in the world laboring under the delusion that I was a good poet, bless them, but the problem with most of my poetry is that I always try to cram a story in there between the lines, and it occurs to me now that I might just try expanding them into vignettes. My prose voice is probably one of my few real strengths, so it's worth a shot, I guess. It might be nice to try submitting to magazines again, I don't know. I'm thinking about posting a few of them here instead. So... we'll see.

Hm. So for today's flashback... let's go with that mini-entry about The Black Dahlia. Note: I only made up one thing in that entire paragraph, and that is "crushed by a falling anvil." Every single other thing actually happened in that movie.

Linkspam!

British Cannibal To Cook In Prison: 'Irony Chef.'

Franz Ferdinand's new album cover, track listing, and release date.

‘Spamalot,’ ‘Hairspray’ to close in January.

First official 'Lost' season 5 promo; 'Lost' boy [spoiler?] is back!

‘Pushing Daisies’ has to struggle back to life.

John McTiernan Closer To Changing Guilty Plea.

Gary Busey Snorted Cocaine Off His Dog. That may be one of the greatest sentences I have ever seen.

Chihuahuas of Oz.

7 Costumes You Should NOT Wear for Halloween. Actually, you know why you really shouldn't go as the Joker? Because EVERYONE ELSE ALREADY IS.

Ricky Gervais too 'Scared' to Host Oscars. GOOD.

Brand Received Death Threat After MTV Awards. Honestly, I was only surprised to find out that he was threatened over his Bush jokes, not the Twilight Incident.

Judge Rules 'We Are Marshall' Not a Ripoff, at Least Not Legally Speaking.

Roger Ebert Regrets Reviewing Movie He Only Watched For 8 Minutes. Note the first: He said up front in his review that he'd only been able to stand eight minutes of it. Note the second: He went back, watched the whole thing, re-reviewed it, and liked it even less the second time around. Sometimes you gotta quit while you're ahead, y'all.

Film factbook: Brazilian cinema.

Images: First Look: Heath Ledger in 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'; 'Four Christmases'; New Production Stills from 'Safety Glass.'

Trailers and clips: First Official 'Friday the 13th' Teaser Trailer; Final 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' Trailer For Your Pleasure; Zac Efron's '17 Again' Trailer Debut.

Must Watch: Watchmen Footage from the Scream Awards! (New 'Watchmen' Footage Is Lovely And Tormented); New, Awesome 'Watchmen' Poster; 'Watchmen' rated R for "strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language."

'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #31; 'Quantum' Organization To Return In Future James Bond Films.

New Teaser for 'Twilight' Now Online; 'Twilight' Actor Taylor Lautner Is Eager To Deliver 'Naked' Line, Master Driving; Jackson Rathbone And Peter Facinelli Latest Stars To Join LA’s ‘TwilightLive’ Event ("Discussion topics for the panel include 'Twilight' news, the evolving fandom, and the films" and will feature "notable Twilighters"); Robert Pattinson and Nikki Reed? Emmett is gonna be pissed, y'all.

New Terminator Aims To Outdo Sarah Connor With Time Travel Insanity [Terminator: Revolution].

James Cameron Returns To Killer Cyborgs From The Future [Battle Angel].

Rumor Control: Zac Efron NOT in ‘Pirates 4,’ Star Insists.

Bacon Wishes Zac Efron 'Best' for 'Footloose' Remake. I'm not saying I particularly like the kid, but I can see this one.

'High School Musical 3: EW review; ‘HS Musical 3’ Week Continues With Vanessa Hudgens.

Yves Simoneau Helming WWI Story 'Harlem Hellfighters.'

More reviews: 'Let the Right One In'; 'Synecdoche, New York.'

Charlie Kaufman's Own Introspective on Making Sense of 'Synecdoche, New York.'

Naomi Watts Wants to Face Down the President As ‘Jody Williams.’

Talking with 'Prince of Persia' creator Jordan Mechner.

Seth Rogen Plans Origin Story Since ‘No One Knows Anything About The Green Hornet.’

Ashton Kutcher Recruited to Robert Luketic's 'Five Killers.'

Anne Hathaway Grabs More Wedding-Centric Work. Dude, this is like her third wedding movie in a row, what the hell?

Feature: I Watched This On Purpose: The Final Conflict (a.k.a. The Omen III).

Speaking of 'Friday the 13th', Remember How Hilarious Part III Was? From I Watch Stuff: "While looking around at Friday the 13th stuff earlier, I ran across this: Friday the 13th Part III with dubbed-over laugh track from a Beverly Hills episode. It's sort of funny how the laughter immediately transforms the film into a run-of-the-mill sitcom, but the I think the bigger point to take away from this the flipside: that it turns out every bad sitcom has basically been Friday the 13th Part III without the murder."

Comments

[kittenkatt.livejournal.com]

Yay for the Dominic Monaghan news!

[deed-11.livejournal.com]

I note that "Sarah Palin" was not recognized as one of the 7 halloween costumes to avoid. That's really a pity.

Instead, I think we'll just have to print out these: http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/palinposter.jpg

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

OMG NEW WATCHMEN FOOTAGE!!!

The Comedian falling scene looks AMAZING.

March 6th cannot come soon enough...

[meredithsg.livejournal.com]

If you haven't heard yet (I haven't see linkspan for this) Alyson Hannigan is pregnant.

Willow and Wesley are having a baby.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

As long as it's not kidnapped and raised in a hell-dimension, this is a good thing.

[ohkaye.livejournal.com]

POTC4?

I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[quitesometime.livejournal.com]

As much as it pains me to admit it, I have a HSM3 pin on my Disney lanyard. (you know, that crazy obsessive hobby as seen at disneypins.com). Of course, I didn't actually buy it. But still, the shame is there.

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

Ned and Chuck still need to be reunited... If that doesn't happen by the end of the season, that conceit will have completely worn itself out.

I'm assuming that by "reunited", the reviewer means "able to fuck", which makes me wonder if they've ever watched the show. Ned and Chuck being able to touch without Chuck falling over dead should only happen in the final season, and probably the final episode.

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

p.s. I was totally going to email you that Gary Busey thing, then figured that probably a zillion people already had. You have to see the Best Week Ever re-enactment (http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/10/22/gary-busey-snorted-cocaine-off-his-dog).

To me the funniest thing is the phrase "claims he's been sober for 13 years" *skeptical eyebrow cock*. Because no one really thinks anyone could be that crazy unless drugs are involved.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Bah, Pushing Daisies is still awesome and MUST SURVIVE FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND.

Or something.

Also a big YAY for the Dom news! =D

[entropy-and-me.livejournal.com]

I forgot about those retriever mugs! Those damn mugs are adorable. *Almost* as adorable as Ned.

In other words, Icon Love! And good source material love!

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Ok, first of all, that picture of Gary Busey looks like he JUST DID an 8ball off his dog 5 minutes ago. Srsly.

Second - AHAHAHA RPATTZ why you so crazy? You just know he's been on an endless, Lost Weekend-style bender, ever since that incident at Comic Con when he realized that his fans are deranged, shameless, horny middle-aged women (AND THEIR DAUGHTERS) who sound like demons at the gates of hell.

And last, thank god potc4 will be free of all things Efron. I would hate to have to suffer through his rubbishy acting just for my annual fix of Sparrowliciousness.

OH HAY HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY BTW.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Also, he's so obviously stoned in all of those photos.

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

links aren't working.

New Literal video (head over heels): http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6342db2270

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Thank God for the R-rating -- I'm sure that'll bite into the box office a bit, but the last thing Watchmen needs is to get edited by chainsaw to fit the tween niche.

Between that and the reports from Portland on the unfinished screening...I remain optimistic.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I doubt I'd be able to take seriously an adaption that didn't have an R rating.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

submitsubmitsubmit *g*

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

They're making a Pirates 4? What, they're not done beating that horse yet?

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Lackadaisy icon!

[chorusgirl.livejournal.com]

Anne Hathaway is such a one trick pony. In every movie she's either: The princess, the ugly duckling or getting married... Or some combination of the three.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

But you totally listed like three tricks. Four if you count addition and subtraction! :D

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

You know, everytime I ever saw anything on Watchmen my mind would immediately go back to you going, "WAAAATCCCHHHMEEENNN".
So now I'm a few pages into the graphic novel because of you *shakes fist*

I was thinking of dressing up as the Joker as well, but a female version just to be weird. Regardless though, you're right that there will be so many- it won't even matter if I'm a female version, and I don't want to go as Harley Quinn. Oh well, maybe five years from now or whenever it dies out enough.

[fxchip.livejournal.com]

It would be so fitting if your icon were the truth.

[miccie.livejournal.com]

Hi Cleo, I read your LJ pretty regularly even though I comment very much, but I was wondering if you'd link this page: http://rankmaniac00.nfshost.com from your main journal page with the text 'rankmaniac' in the link- it's an assignment for a class (http://scienceoftheweb.org/) in which we're supposed to get as high a page rank as we can for that particular keyword, and considering how linked your journal is, it would probably help. Thanks either way! :)

[mercat.livejournal.com]

NO PUSHING DAISIES I LOOOOOVE YOUUUU


Also I'm totally going as the Joker =/ as well as at least two other people I know... But I'm neither offended nor worried. For one reason, I'm that crazy detail-freak who goes a bit over budget (albeit, I'm a cheapass who goes over budget) and spends way too much time on detail. Plus I'd like to think I'm good at characterization... Meh. I like dressing up and it was a fun character so I don't really care. =P

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I feel like I should thank you for sitting through all of The Black Dahlia so I didn't have to, 'cause god knows I tried.

I think Nikki Reed should be worried about the RPATTZ-KSTEW 4EVA people. Doesn't she know she's standing in the way of destiny?

And really, if Roger Ebert can only sit through 8 minutes of a movie, that's all I need to know about it.

General Costume Request

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

SOS for my halloween costume this year, ya'll (hey, I'm a Bama girl - we do that).

I thought I would go as a Twi-mom. It helps that I'm over 30 and (**ahem**) not of the waif persuasion.

So.....any thoughts? Ideas? Screams?

Re: General Costume Request

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

hey, I'm a Bama girl

Ah, you too, then.

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

Huh. I got The Black Dahlia from Netflix and it's sitting on top of my tv. I haven't been in the mood to watch it in a few weeks so was thinking of just sending it back unwatched. I may have to give it a shot, now...

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I am so so glad Efron is not in PotC 4. So glad.

[rahrahmah.livejournal.com]

I know. I KNOW! Oh man. This was honest some of the best news I've heard all month. I ran into the other room to tell my roommate even though he doesn't care, just because I had to express my joy to someone.

[laurelt.livejournal.com]

SATELLITE DOG WILL TEACH YOU KUNG FU!

[undying-rose17.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to state for the record that your cut tag made me say "Oh thank you, sweet Jesus!" very loudly.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Ricky Gervais is not funny. Tell the people!!

OMEN III: FINAL CONFLICT- the musical score was the best part. And the Satanic boy-scouts.

So, have you seen LET THE RIGHT ONE IN yet?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It still hasn't come to town yet; that time it was here before, that was a one-night-only film festival thing. So no, I physically have not been able to see it.

[headphone.livejournal.com]

This reminded me of your recaps...



You should start copyrighting your shiz, bb.