Still exhausted

[cleolinda]

Quick linkspam, much of it sad:

Harold Pinter, Whose Silences Redefined Drama, Dies at 78.

Eartha Kitt, a Seductive Legend of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81.

'Sopranos' actor 'Johnny Cakes' dead in suicide.

Fox Owns Rights to ‘Watchmen’ Says Judge; WATCHMEN RULING: Where Was Larry? I'm hoping this means that this is just a massive shakedown (legally justified or not) and WB will have to pay Fox a shitload of money, rather than Fox preventing or usurping the distribution of the movie.

Disney Abandons ‘Narnia’ Franchise, Third Film Now In Doubt; How Disney Killed Off Its Billion-Dollar 'Narnia' Franchise. And I have to say, they're absolutely right. Between the release date and the advertising, Disney has no one to blame for the box office performance of Prince Caspian but themselves.

Neil Gaiman finally gets his own Coraline box; Metafilter discusses the campaign, and more than one commenter points out that it actually may be more beneficial for the bloggers, as people reading general overviews of the boxes are discovering lesser-known blogs and sites (mine being one of them).

Because it made me laugh: Official Twilight Perfume at Hot Topic. $48 a bottle! Only one per customer, please! Guess what it smells like. NO, GUESS. Also, they apparently ripped off the Nina Ricci bottle like whoa. I mean LIKE WHOA.

To cheer you up, I bring you something I've been saving for a Christmas post since Sister Girl first sent it to me in October. Just watch it all the way through:

Comments

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

Woah. That is totally the same perfume bottle. Isn't there some sort of design IP that can be used to set the Twilight perfume people on fire? Other than, you know, dousing them with their own perfume and lighting it...

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

I think we're all hoping for the best with Watchmen.

I know I am...

So.....ANGRY

[last-archangel.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps Disney was rushing the film, or perhaps they were afraid of going up against the Harry Potter sequel that was originally scheduled for this winter, but it's hard to argue that the studio wouldn't have found more success with Caspian right now."

...And Harry Potter was pushed back as to avoid a confrontation with Twilight. So, technically, this brings everything back to my logical conclusion that EVERYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS NOW IS ALL SMEYER'S FAULT!

Re: So.....ANGRY

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Actually, HP was pushed back because WB had nothing big for 2009 as a financial year, and it looked better to spread it out, after The Dark Knight made even more money than they expected. You know, push a surefire bet to 2009 when they might need it more, so the stockholders don't freak out. It had nothing to do with Twilight, and HP would have crushed it if it had stayed, through sheer demographics alone--the only thing Twilight had to do with it was afterwards, when they jumped into the plum release date HP had vacated.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe that I missed looking at what scent that perfume was at first! That is lolarious!

And woah, they totally *did* rip off that Nina Ricci bottle!

Merry Christmas, btw! :-)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas!

Yeah, I'd never seen the Nina Ricci perfume before that comment, but--damn, did they just refill empty Nina bottles or what? Even the leaves are the same shape.

[justamormon.livejournal.com]

The Eartha Kitt thing makes me sad.I suddenly realize why she canceled her show at the concert hall where I work. =(

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

2008!!!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Yes, now you too can attract sparkling, stalking, emo-tastic vampires who give you mixed signals and HAVE THE SKIN OF A KILLER OMG.

Um, that's okay. Really. I'll pass.

Now if you had a scent that might attract a werewolf, I might consider...

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Fox Owns Rights to ‘Watchmen’ Says Judge;

BOOO!!! HISS!!!!! BOOO!!!!!!

[rabidglow.livejournal.com]

The scent... OMG, LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!



Yes, the gif again... I love it so much.

[sandoz-iscariot.livejournal.com]

If the Watchmen release is delayed, I will cry bitter fangirl tears. D:

[meroceres.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for cheering me up with Justin Gingerbread. I needed that after a rotten Christmas.

PS: Perfume: do not want.

Coraline Adverts

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

An empty storefront in Chicago (at Michigan Avenue and South Water, a former Bennigan's) has been repainted/covered with ad plastic and there is a screen showing bits of the circus scenes.

Amusingly enough, that's the same corner where the bus stop had the first True Blood "ad" i saw.

Re: Coraline Adverts

[darth-snarky.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I missed that last time when I was downtown. I need to go check that out. That sounds really cool.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Guess what it smells like. NO, GUESS.
IS IT FREESIA? I BET IT'S FREESIA.





I WAS RIGHT.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The sad thing was, I even knew that there would also be lavender in it before I even looked.

God, that shit must smell awful.

[arden-ranger.livejournal.com]

That's sad about Eartha Kitt. I loved that woman. No one can ever own Santa Baby. I don't remember even hearing that she was ill.

[cill-ros.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the video. Brilliant.

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Gingerbread boy got some moves.

My thought processes on the perfume? "Eh, they're both going to be apples, there's not many ways that you can mix it up....whoa. Infringement say what?"

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, it is Justin Timberlake, after all.

[labonnefille.livejournal.com]

Um, can I just say, I think the whole house thought I was NUTS when that video hit "STOP! Hammer Time!" I loled, very loud, irl, and couldn't stop...and then I rewound it and did it again.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, Eartha Kitt. I guess that fills the triad, with Majel Roddenberry and Bettie Page - all fantastic sex symbols with a niche/fannish connection.

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think of this, but I am MAD Eartha's gone. She had guts.

But it does give me comfort to think of them doing a burlesque variety show together in the afterlife. :)

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

I still utterly love the "Edward glitter" you linked to. I haven't laughed so much over marketing in a while.

I threatened to buy it for my friend for Christmas (we're 31). Then again, I knew someone who shopped at Hot Topic when I was 22 and I still thought the store was ridiculous.

[oldfeatheryhat.livejournal.com]

If someone had only told me about Justin Timberlake's head on a gingerbread body doing the "Can't Touch This" dance, I would have thought that they were just talking about a nightmare that they had. I mean, I... wow.

[wildcatlizzie.livejournal.com]

Justin Timberlake, why are you so awesome?

$48 for three ounces of something that's not even original? Bitch, please. Freesia smells like ass anyway.

[amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

They can't kill Narnia!!!! I've waited too long for these films!

Granted I think they'll be better WITHOUT Disney, but I'm so worried that they'll never get done AT ALL now!!!!

[amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com]

Also, that video??? LMAO! Thanks for that!

[yellowbread.livejournal.com]

Harold Pinter? Wow, that makes me really sad. He was such a fantastic playwright, poet, actor... a truly talented man.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Everyone has to go sometime, I guess, but I was still shocked for some reason.

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

I don't think those eye lines would have worked... It does sort of feel like cheating, but that Peter and the Wolf short also had a lot of digital erasing, and it was super cool.

When you're famous enough, the singing doesn't matter anymore. The fans drown you out, anyway.

... he... he made a gingerbread man suit work. He hammertimed. He was wearing a hammercookie. And it was awesome. He has my respect.

You could say that it's a coincidence, but there's more than one way to make a bottle look like an apple. (http://www.martinellis.com/store/products/siaj10b.shtml)

Okay, SMeyer... Twilight cover people and everyone else... I have a news flash:

The thing about the whole Forbidden Fruit thing is...

It has to be eaten!

I'm sorry. As an anime geek, even though I'm not a watcher of Weiss Kreuz, freesias, to me, are Omi-scented and not Bella-scented, kthnxbai.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

As another anime watcher, I totally got that last comment.

*facepalm*

[nik-bella.livejournal.com]

family gets very stressful on xmas (duh?) so i certainly needed a pick-me-up. Justin Gingerbread was totally awesome, thanks!