Pretty good day

[cleolinda]

I started writing up a list of Specific "Fifteen Minutes" Footnotes That Still Need Work (links, research, a quick polish, whatever), and the Dracula one's kind of long, the Van Helsing one's okay, the POA one is really short, and then you to get to the King Arthur list, and it says, I am not kidding,

Total mess. Seriously, you have like 6 pages of unincorporated research. Get basic intro together.
HAVE YOU DONE ANY WORK ON THIS AT ALL?
Pelagius?

And then I just said to hell with it and took the dogs for a walk.

Today's journal flashback: a handful of shorter movie bits, Wicker Park ("A movie I haven't seen in five minutes, if you will"), the cracked-out Jurassic Park 4 script (really honestly truly, not making it up), and... hey, why not a discussion of Picnic at Hanging Rock? Can't think why not.

Earlier today, because I don't want y'all to overlook it: Where my synesthetes at?

From mercat: "There are several different movements in action to try to save Pushing Daisies, so I thought I'd link you to them: Help Bees Help Daisies, Pies for Poverty, Honey for the Homeless, and a mail-in (more info)." And I'll tell you truthfully, now is the time to act. You know, not several months later like the Moonlight fandom, bless them.

And from entropy_and_me: David Tennant officially leaving 'Doctor Who.' I'll just be in my scream-proof anti-fangirl bunker now if you need me.

More linkspam, now that I have crushed half my readership's souls:

Five pirate attacks repelled in a single day.

Thin Line Between Love And Hate? - Science Knows Why.

Cat in hat makes $10 million for town.

Ross and Brand's 'vile rant revealed in full for first time' as Brown turns up heat on BBC; Russell Brand prank: Too far (or is that the whole point)?; BBC Suspends Brand + Ross After Controversial Radio Show; Russell Brand quits BBC after prank calls flap.

Brooks Wants Leachman For 'Young Frankenstein' Musical.

'West Side Story' cast announced.

'Melrose Place' redo in works at desperate CW.

Ten Awesome Costumes You Slackers Can Get Done By Friday; Defamer Halloween Costume Ideas, Vol. III: The Dreamer.

'Saw' Is Now the Most Lucrative Horror Franchise in History; Horror Franchises that Should be Killed Off.

Fan Made: 20 Films Recreated in LEGO.

Images: Check This Out: First Poster for Sony's 'The International'; New 'Valkyrie' Stills, Trailer Tomorrow; A Gallon of New Pictures of 'Milk'; More 'Last Night' set pics; Exclusive 'Bolt' Photos and LA Screening Tickets; 'Drag Me to Hell' Looks a Lot Like Being Dragged to Grandma's.

Trailers and clips: 5 Minute 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Trailer!; Exclusive video: Virtue, vice clash in Meryl Streep's 'Doubt'; 'Delgo' Trailer Finds New Level of CGI Creepiness.

'Quantum of Solace' - Official Blog Report #32; New 007 film tries to scale high bar; DVD review: 'Casino Royale: Collector's Edition'; Official 'Quantum of Solace' Marketing Partners; 'Quantum of Solace' - What The Critics Said (Part III); Craig Doesn't Hold Back When It Comes To Bond; Seeking Solace With Marc Forster And Olga Kurylenko.

More Fuel to the 'Watchmen' Ending Fire; Watchmen Parody Sends Rorschach Through the Underworld of Children’s Lit.

Misguided Petition Hopes to Save Terrence Howard's 'Iron Man 2' Role; 885 Outraged Fanboys Rally Behind 'Iron Man 2' Jiltee Terrence Howard.

New Set Photos from Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes; Tony Stark's Great-Grandfather Tests New Rocket Trousers [Open Caption].

'The Hobbit' in 3-D? Del Toro Says Maybe.

New Photos of Fenrir Greyback, Narcissa Malfoy and More; New HBP pics (same, on one convenient page); Video Interview: Robbie Coltrane Talks Flying Bike Scene for 'Deathly Hallows.'

Filming on 'Dawn Treader' Bumped Yet Again?

Exclusive: ‘Twilight’ Trick Or Treat - Ticket Presales To Begin On Halloween; Twilight is a metaphor for abstinence. No, it is. No arguing, it is (also, I started having terrifying flashbacks to the oral section of the AP Spanish exam that I bombed back in '97); Kristen Stewart and Cam Gigandet earn their keep in Madrid; Spain Coverage via Twilight Poison; More Coverage from Spain; Cast of Twilight at Empire Magazine; Halloween Twilight Style; Häagen-Dazs, y'all.

Cedric Diggory Meets Salvador Dali; Check Out 'Twilight's' Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali; First Look: Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí in 'Little Ashes.' Some of the pictures vary from site to site, which is why I keep linking to different articles. Because, honestly, I can't stop laughing long enough to figure out which one has them all. What? Y'all should know by now, I have a very low giggle threshold.

Mark Millar's Superman Pitch Revealed as Godfather-Like Epic.

Sam Mendes to Direct 'Preacher'!

Jon Favreau Calls James Cameron's Avatar 'The Future.'

It's Not Easy Being John Connor ['Terminator Salvation'].

DVD review: Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition.

Matthew Goode to Play 'A Single Man' with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore; Tom Ford to direct Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in 'A Single Man.' Yeah. I went from "Oh, wow!" to "WHAT" in the space of two seconds. "You mean... the fashion designer? The dude who was sniffing Keira Knightley's hair?" (Possibly NSFW.)

Ifans, Sevigny & Thewlis to Star in 'Mr. Nice.'

Mike Nichols Remaking Akira Kurosawa's 'High and Low.'

Vince Vaughn Does Drama For 'Sunny And 68.'

Laugier To Helm New 'Hellraiser.'

‘G.I. Joe’ Producer Gives Scene Details, Promises Film’s ‘Looking Really Good.’

Relativity, Chelsom Making 'Eli Webb.'

Entertainment Weekly reviews: 'Splinter'; 'I've Loved You So Long'; 'Dear Zachary'; 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno.'

(Related to that last one: "Han Solo Ain't Never Had No Sex With Princess Leia in a 'Star War'!")

Focus Features is Confident in Milk's Marketing Strategy.

Warren Ellis' Albino Anti-Hero Gets His Own Movie?

Universal Hiring Some Comic Book 'Villains.'

Set Visit Preview: Clive Barker's 'Dread.'

War and Social Upheaval Cause Spikes in Zombie Movie Production.

Only Defamer Has Seen Footage of Rob Zombie's New, 'Masturbation Friendly' Animated Film.

What the World Needs Now Is Not a 'Boondock Saints' Sequel.

Comments

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

David Tennant officially leaving 'Doctor Who.' I'll just be in my scream-proof anti-fangirl bunker now if you need me.

My flist has not freaked out yet, and I am a little confused. Although, as I said on my lj, people have been stressing over the possibility of him leaving for the past 2 years, so now that it's actually happening, and we have a year to prepare for it? I think people will be surprisingly calm (you know, for Who fandom)

[trillianastra.livejournal.com]

Nah, some people at least are gonna freak.

Me, I expected this. I want to know who Eleven is! Tennant had a good run, but he was always gonna leave at some point.

[divadeanna.livejournal.com]

WHOA UNEXPECTED FENRIR on that one page. Lord, that startled me.

Also, I know it's close-minded of me, and I know he's too old now, but...:-( I miss Christian Coulson. He was the perfect mix of hotness and menace. lol But it's okay. I'm still gonna give the new guy a shot.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

WHOA UNEXPECTED FENRIR on that one page. Lord, that startled me.

Heh, me too. Sorry, I forgot to mention.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Would you mind putting the DW spoiler behind a cut? I suppose it's futile to pretend that we spoilerphobes would actually manage to avoid this news for, like, a year, but I'm sure many people are deliberately trying to avoid it for as long as possible, at least. Thanks.

[elina.livejournal.com]

F'real. Logically I know there's no way I could have avoided this spoiler for an entire year, but...now I am spoiled one day sooner than I might have been.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Craig Robinson is my favorite. I can't wait to see that movie.

Twilight ice cream? I'm surprised they didn't come up with something that smells like freesia.

I was looking at the Twilight costume suggestions. I noticed that for Bella they only talk about the prom dress. But really, all you'd have to do is wear the most nondescript clothes you can find and then proceed to fall down a lot and attempt to get hit by every car you see.

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

I've just had nine days of seeing Equus and was not happy that I had to come home, and those RPatz pictures are the only thing keeping a smile on my face!

[alierakieron.livejournal.com]

I am soothing my trauma by imagining brilliant new Doctors. Like Tony Head, or... um... anyone?

[jwdmeow.livejournal.com]

Eddie Izzard? He's the only one I can imagine who could pull it off at this point. But my guess is that they'll go young to try to retain audience numbers.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone else yells at themselves in their own to-do list.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, I do it all the time. I think the Dracula list includes the item "JESUS, DID YOU NOT DO ANY OF THE ACTOR NOTES AT ALL?"

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH NARCISSA MALFOY'S HAIR

WHAT

Oh my god.

Okay, look, I just fixed her hair in Photoshop, and with her hair all one color, she looks fine. WHY would they ever do that.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, I had the same reaction. And the set pics we saw of her earlier at Snape's with Bellatrix didn't have that!

[sugarcages.livejournal.com]

I'll admit I was pretty sad with David Tennat's news but thank GOD you linked to that $10M cat with the jaunty hat and RPattz' eyebrow moustache!

[marginaliana]

I saw the trailer for "I've Loved You So Long" this weekend and the guy sitting behind me leaned over and whispered "me love you long time" to the girl he was with. *facepalm*

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

I don't understand. We already have our Twilight tickets. That's just... weird.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Just seeing the words "G.I. Joe" kind of makes me want to cry these days.

Oh, and let the speculation and infighting over who's going to play the Eleventh Doctor commence! *glee* Seriously, I hope they keep the casting on that secret for a while (if they've done it) just so we can toss it around for a while.

[pescivendolo.livejournal.com]

Stephen Fry or bust!

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

Huh. So . . . they faked the viewers out about DT leaving during the S4 finale, then called "False alarm!" then announced that he was leaving? I'm torn between "Well played!" and "You sneaky bastards!"

So basically, we're starting S5 with an all-new cast and writing team. I'm interested to see the new directions it could go in.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

He's leaving after/during next year's "specials," though.

[missbaxter.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say thanks for the flashback to 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' - 'Rocks Fall, Everybody Dies' just made my day. I can't stop giggling (even though I subscribe to the 'unknowable' side of the board, though rips in time and space do tend to suggest one thing in particular: I suppose no mention was made of anyone seeing a large blue box on the Rock?...)

[ravenofthejade.livejournal.com]

I've seen too much of Makani's fan art of the Malfoys. XD For some reason I thought Narcissa would look exactly like this: http://makani.deviantart.com/art/fanart100-work-49129258

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

No kidding, she's exactly what I picture for Narcissa, not this browny-blond thing in the movie.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

David Tennant officially leaving 'Doctor Who.'

Nooooooooo! *sob* We were supposed to get another whole season before this happened! (Although I wonder if this will give more weight to my theory that River Song's Doctor was actually 11 or 12 or what-have-you, not just Ten in the future.)

It took me so long to get over Nine. I was not looking forward to doing it again.

I did have that dream a month ago that Sean Bean had been named the new Doctor, though, so maybe subconsciously I knew this was coming.:)

[julietvalcouer.livejournal.com]

I did have that dream a month ago that Sean Bean had been named the new Doctor, though, so maybe subconsciously I knew this was coming.:)

If this were to come true...I might never stop watching Doctor Who. Ever. 24/7 Doctor Who it shall be.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Woooooo Picnic at Hanging Rock!

I'm not sure if you care/actually are looking for stuff on Pelagius, but...

[jessica551155.livejournal.com]

If you want an easy (and not as problematic as it sounds) footnote for your Pelagius needs, check out the Catholic encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11604a.htm I'm in a PhD program in medieval history (and decidedly not Catholic or in a religious program), and this is one of the standard places to check basic biographies/facts/etc, so it's not like the confessional bias is considered to be a big deal. The very end of the article even includes a brief mention of Germanus/Germanius and his trip to Britain to get rid of the heresy.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

BBC Suspends Brand + Ross After Controversial Radio Show

And that's what you get for messing with Manuel. Everyone take heed.

And whatever you do, don't mention the war!

[joe-pwnz-pete.livejournal.com]

Set Visit Preview: Clive Barker's 'Dread.'

I skimmed and read that as 'Clive Barker's Dead' and nearly cried.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

My f-list has yet to freak out...then again I'm staying away from the comment section.

And OMG SO EXCITED ABOUT WEST SIDE STORY.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking the Pushing Daisies stuff! It's definitely the time to get this moving, and the good part is that it's all mostly ready to go, the whole fandom seemed to get into gear last week to Get Shit Done. But they are filming episode nine right now and ABC has only bought 13, so right now is the best time to show them that we love the show. :D

Also, that jaunty-hat-cat is frigging adorable.

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

David Tennant officially leaving 'Doctor Who.'
I am not a happy fangirl.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Ah, but who should the next Who be?

[firei.livejournal.com]

the best part is that that mustache is not drawn on. oh, r-pattz.