*flop*

[cleolinda]

I intended to be a lazy bastard today, but... that ended up not happening. So I'm still tired, and I'm only going to give you the choicest linkspam because, again: tired. And also, my inbox is on fire.

(But it's a good tired. I've still got more work to do, but I cannot tell you how mellow I feel now that I've got "Twilight in Fifteen Minutes"--something I've worried about writing for six months now--behind me.)

Big money! No Whammies!: "Also, sources say stars Robert Pattinson, 22, and Kristin Stewart, 18, will get huge salary boosts from the $2 million each earned for 'Twilight' -- reportedly $10 million more, per film, plus a nice percentage of the future movies' box-office take." Where I come from, we call this "hazard pay."

The final Growing Up Cullen. And I totally understand, too. There's a reason I only post a few Fifteen Minutes(es?) per year--because there's a sense of diminishing returns (and writerly fun) after a while.

(Does my scrapbook dazzle you? Yes, it is actually a Twilight-themed set.)

Remember the epic USAWeekend comments? (The one where my favorite was from "Susan Pevensie"?) Well, now there are icons. Lots and lots of icons.

‘Twilight’ drinks in $70.6 million; Vampire Bites Dog; Twilight's First Day Is A Hit - But What Happens Next?; Script already finished for ‘Twilight’ sequel; In The Wake Of ‘Twilight,’ Here’s My ‘New Moon’ Wish List; Why 'Twilight' is Historic for Women Filmmakers.

The Soup takes on Twilight; Twilight parody: 'Dimlight'; 7 Vampires Better Than Twilight's Edward Cullen [Suck It]; Robert Pattinson Plays Dumb About the Appeal of Hair He Can't Stop Touching.

Oh, and by the way, I have to give a shoutout to the Geektress podcast, which discusses Twilight in general for a while and my recaps in particular for a bit, as well as a number of comics and TV shows.

Regular linkspam!

Hollywood actors guild to seek strike; Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?

Images: Frost/Nixon; Great International Poster for Dominic Sena's 'Whiteout'; Great Silhouette Poster for Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino'; 'Notorious' Poster is Pretty 'Big'! (Wink!); ‘Avatar’ and ‘Dragonball’ Concept Art is Fake.

Trailers and clips: EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Check Out Mos Def As Chuck Berry In ‘Cadillac Records’; Second 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' Teaser Trailer; 'Adventureland' Trailer (or Kristen Stewart Stars in a Film Not Called 'Twilight'); Worth Watching -'Badass Black Dynamite' Trailer; 'Ace Ventura Jr.' Trailer! I like to think that the exclamation point has more of a "Ace Ventura Jr.! RUN!" inflection.

trailer_spot: Wrestler, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Astro Boy, Official Rejection, Earth.

'Quantum of Solace' Passes $100 Million Mark In US; Craig Promises Next 007 Outing Will Be A Sexy One; Dennis Gassner On Designing 'Quantum of Solace'; Kevin Tod Haug On Creating 'Quantum's' Visual Effects; Keeping 'Quantum of Solace' Real; Olga Kurylenko at Tokyo's 'Quantum of Solace' party; Olga Kurylenko in Glamour.

ABC Famiy to Show HBP Exclusives During "Goblet" World Premiere; Clips of Dan Radcliffe's "Inside the Actors Studio" Appearance; 'In Search of Harry Potter' hits shelves.

Watchmen: The condensed MS Paint version (I pretty much cried laughing); Easter Eggs In Zack Snyder's Insanely OCD Watchmen Trailer.

New Star Trek Uhura, Nero Posters!; Star Trek stills.

Baz Luhrmann Talks About His Inspirations for 'Australia'; Movie Review: Australia (2008); Critic Attacks Nicole "Botox" Kidman; Hugh Jackman Covers Vanity Fair Italy.

More Deadpool movie news!

fashion_piranha also got a Coraline Box of Mystery!; New Coraline Photos!; Would You Sew Buttons Over Your Eyes To Live In Coraline's Parallel Universe?

Blu-ray Review: The Dark Knight (2-Disc Special Edition); The Dark Knight's For Your Consideration Ads in Variety; Top Ten Reasons to Make ‘Batman 3′ and Why Chris Nolan Needs To Direct It.

Jeff Bridges' Fascinating Photo Diary - Making 'Iron Man'; EXCLUSIVE: ‘Iron Man 2’ Screenwriter Talks Terrence Howard Departure & The Future Of War Machine; Justin Theroux Talks 'Iron Man 2'; Screenwriter: Don't Blame Me For No Howard In 'Iron Man 2.'

Timing is finally right for 'Milk' amid uproar over gay marriage; Exclusive: Franco, Hirsch and Pill on 'Milk'; Harvey Bernard Milk's short life, turbulent times.

One Last Wonderful International Benjamin Button Trailer; ‘Benjamin Button’ Reactions, New Trailer and 42 Trailer Pics; 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' stills; First 'Benjamin Button' Reviews Break: 'Historic Achievement' or 'Spoon-Fed Artifice'?; Benjamin Button's Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart; More Weigh in on ‘Benjamin Button’ and a Listen to Desplat’s Score.

Richard Kelly's Thriller 'The Box' Delayed (Again).

Meet The Wife That Han Solo Never Had.

Do not rent or buy 'Fred Claus.'

Comments

[joaniemaloney.livejournal.com]

I'm off to read your Twilight in 15 mins - should be hilarious!:D

[bgmaster.livejournal.com]

That Watchmen MSPaint thing is the best thing ever. Someday, I will tell someone their wine is "poison flavored."

Also, regarding Han and the Wookie: ... what. But the Han/Chewie slashfic community has already done that sort of thing many times over, I'm sure. I don't want to know.

I'm still depressed about the Twilight box office numbers. I will probably be ranting about that to my mother (an elementary school librarian) over Thanksgiving.

[endless-reader.livejournal.com]

HAN WAS A FURRY!!



*falls down laughing*

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Meet The Wife That Han Solo Never Had.

OH HELL NO

I... I just have no words for that horror beyond that. @_@

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Omfg stick!Watchmen A++++

[kian.livejournal.com]

I discovered you on Friday and my god you've become my new hero. I have actually laughed so hard I've cried thanks to you! (and thank you that I don't actually have to read any of the books and now also know which ones to have my 12 year old avoid for the time being!)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. : )

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

So is it just me or does Eric Bana make for one daaaaaamn hot Romulan?

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Eric Bana would make a hot banana slug. God's truth.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

EMMETT WOULD DRINK KEYSTONE LIGHT.

god I love growing up cullen

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Dang! I really want to see James Marsden's BOX.. um...

TWILIGHT: The sparkling is a bit of a let-down, nu? I was expecting lens flare and prism rainbows and all sorts of light effects...

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I was expecting lens flare and prism rainbows and all sorts of light effects...

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/30030243.html

Something like this, maybe?

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

No one can ever quite measure up to the exquisite Nichelle Nichols in her prime...

But Zoe Saldana? Comes pretty close.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

How the hell did I not know that Eric Bana is in the new Star Trek movie? My excitement level just shot way up.

Also: the icons are hilarious, thanks for the links. I think my favorite is the T.S. Eliot "not with a bang but with a sparkle" one.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Would You Sew Buttons Over Your Eyes To Live In Coraline's Parallel Universe?

Would...would fabric glue be okay? I don't like sentences that have both "eyes" and "sew" in them.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

I don't like sentences that have both "eyes" and "sew" in them.

Very, VERY well put.

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

Before I get to the linkspam, by the end of which you'll have about 100 comments to wade through, I want to say that I look forward to your True Blood recaps when you find the time again; I just finished the series and oh, damn. Many, many things.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

OMG I just finished episode 12 today. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Holy Biceps, Hugh Jackman!

[rabidglow.livejournal.com]

Re: the scrapbook. I've seen much much worse. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190263628285)

[bakednudel.livejournal.com]

They...had music...on their ebay page.

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

I'M TRYING TO SCIENCE OVER HERE!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

HAPPY INCARCERATION!

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

That MSPaint Watchmen is the best thing all day. Minus the M15M and Growing Up Cullen.

Particularly the GrimDark Pirate Comic.

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

I physically recoiled from the "Han was supposed to be married to a wookie" item. WAT. OH HALE NO.

Also, no one should ever, ever watch the Star Wars Holiday special. Even the Rifftrax version. It's just not worth it.

[risti.livejournal.com]

Was grocery shopping today, and the front page of one of the celebrity rag/paparazzi type magazines (can't remember which one) had an article saying RPatz and Kristen Stewart were a real life couple.

I don't believe it for a minute, but I wonder if other people heard this rumour?

(this journal is my only connection to the twilight craziness, and I'm scared to step into the wilds of the actual fandom.)

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

That's probably leftover from when it came out that he proposed to her a couple of times. And then that he randomly proposes to women all the time....

[jadesfire2.livejournal.com]

The webcomic Shortpacked is in the middle of a Twilight parody storyline...this time, it's mummies!

http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20081120.html

[msilverstar]

You did it, WOOT!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Is my relief palpable? Because it feels that way from over here.

[miss-sophia.livejournal.com]

First comment under the "Do not rent or buy 'Fred Claus'" post:

Do not rent or buy Fred Claus.

EW is probably trying to say "GO SEE TWILIGHT INSTEAD"

Cullen's Law: "As an Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of Twilight coming up approaches one."

[kali921.livejournal.com]

That Watchmen in MS Paint was done years and years ago over on the V. Glad to see that it's found a new audience, because it's hilarious.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Do you know who it's by? They were trying to figure it out--maybe they did in the comments, I don't know.

[soccerharry.livejournal.com]

The Adventureland trailer played before Twilight on Sunday, and I was a bit upset when watching it, cause it was filmed in Kennywood, 20 min away, The whole audience couldn't shut up during it, and the serious fangirls in the back were exclaiming their anger about missing Kristen being in Pittsburgh.

Recap Appreciation, Part II

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

So late last night, I shared you lovely recap of the Twilight movie with my husband, the reluctant Twilight moview-goer/book reader (more of a slog, actually..., and I then went on to bed.

Fast forward an hour or so. I'm awakened by him, just getting to bed. And randomly giggling. Quoting various lines from the recap. Pausing to brush his teeth, etc. Giggling again.

He said it was ALMOST worth reading Twilight to get the recap. And that you're brilliant (well, duh!).

Thanks again....and rest up before the next big project - you've earned it!

Re: Recap Appreciation, Part II

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad he enjoyed it. : )