A little night linkspam

[cleolinda]

Stayed off Mountain Dew today, although it was hard--interestingly enough, because I really, really missed the taste of it, not the caffeine. That's always what brings me back around to it--the taste, for some reason. Of course, I still had a caffeine-withdrawal headache anyway, but today's was less deathly than yesterday's. (I'll say it up front, though: I'm allowed to have soda if I go out to eat or see a movie. It's the habit I'm trying to break.)

And now, back to our scheduled Doctor Who wank (major spoiler for series five).

A little linkspam, before the storm potentially knocks out my internet again:

National Critics Pick ‘Waltz with Bashir’ while ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ Takes Home Four Kudos.

Lost's Time Traveling To Flash Further This Year.

Images: First official pic from 'Shrink'; More Images from 'Thirst.'

Watchmen Movie Lawsuit Finally Outed As Studio Pissing Match:

According to the New York Times' Michael Cieply, lawyers working on behalf of Warner Bros. are now claiming that Fox's lawyers are blocking evidence that would show that Warners is a "better" studio than the "underperforming" Fox. This is, in part, in response to a deposition from a Fox executive who claimed that his studio was both "unique" and "the best in the business."

If this is the kind of legal battle we can expect from the upcoming trial, we can only hope that - at some point in the proceedings - a Warners' attorney will feel the need to tell a Fox lawyer that he should, in fact, eat all the dicks.

Dan Radcliffe Says NO Thanks to Harry Potter, The Musical; Emma Thompson Makes New Comments on Decision Not to Return as Trelawney.

Read This: Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind the Camera.

Can Jesus Become Your New SF Hero? [Jesus Christ Spacestar]: "A new Christian film festival plans to look at how to approach the genre... and maybe co-opt it a little, too."

Mars Invades Earth With X-Rated Movies: Hear For Yourself!

Beware Twinkle, The Destroyer Of Cities! [Found Footage].

For Your Razzie Consideration: 'The Spirit'; What Happened To 'The Spirit'? You know, I think it actually could have worked as a Christmas Day release if it had been filmed in the more colorful style of the actual comic and not shoehorned into Frank Miller's one-trick-pony Sin City style. This is a little like saying "It would have been more successful if it had actually been good," though, I guess.

Comments

[joaniemaloney.livejournal.com]

I haven't had Mountain Dew in ages. It's always been a bit too sweet for me, even though I've got quite the sweet tooth.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God. I'm so very tempted to look up all the filings and briefs in the Watchmen case purely for the lols.

[himhilien.livejournal.com]

I just had Mountain Dew, and I don't even like the taste that much. Ugh, caffeine related headaches are awful.

When did Emma Thompson say she wasn't coming back? D:

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

A little while back? Maybe a month or two, I can't remember.

About the Emma Thompson news, comments from the TLK

[cjk1701.livejournal.com]

"I thought she was a sh*t Trelawney, and now i think even less of her for not committing to HP. good riddance" says K, and gets a point for consistency.

"A Nanny McPhee sequel won’t be as widely-received as the last Harry Potter movie, and if Emma Thompson honestly believes anything to the contrary, she’s just kidding herself." says Reader511, because actors only act in films likely to make the BIG BUCKS and have no other considerations.

"Its a disgrace..Anyone who portrayed a reoccuring character in any potter movie woud understand they would be expected to return should the book require it…If they cant then they should decline the offer to start with or we would have 100 actors playing 8 characters. SHould be a contract clause but warner hasn’t got any sense any way to forsee any thing..maybe Thompson can lend Waner her craysat ball as she won’t need it any more." says Joanna Martin, proving a perfect understanding of actors' work, contracts, and sequels.

...Oh gods, why did I look at the comments? *scrubs herself clean*

Re: About the Emma Thompson news, comments from the TLK

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Her craysat ball?

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

(http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa257/Madripoor_Rose/?action=view&current=Flash1002-1.jpg)

I wish they'd release THIS The Spirit on dvd.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

MAJOR KIRA

HI MAJOR KIRA

HIIIII~

...ahem. as you were.

[efyyness.livejournal.com]

i laughed really, really hard when i read daniel radcliffe's questionaire. his new year's resolution is to "work harder on the next harry potter film than ever before."

yeah. XD

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

The "eat all the dicks" link is hilarious. I'm not that emotionally invested in Watchmen -- in fact, I probably won't see it until I get around to reading it, which will be in a long time -- but that link is totally worth following.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

That pic of Jesus in the spacesuit reminds me way too much of the Buddy Christ from Dogma.

Seriously, are Fox and WB run by middle-schoolers?

[aestasbeyond.livejournal.com]

Aw, and I was really really excited about The Spirit too. :(

[sarasaid.livejournal.com]

i quit mountain dew a few years ago, cold turkey, and i had THE WORST headaches imaginable. i stayed off caffeine for a LONG time... but then i moved to seattle... and became addicted to espresso. le sigh!

the moral being: good luck cleo!

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't being rude at all," says Thompson, who adds that she loves Sybil. "It's so typical, where they take something very, very small and turn it into a big deal."

AHAHAHAHAHA. *Waits for the wank*

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

Our Mountain Dew doesn't have caffeine in it. Strange.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Really? Over here, it's even got more caffeine than most sodas.

[numb3r-5ev3n.livejournal.com]

WB is definitely not making themselves look good here. That said, I think Fox is seriously going to "underperform" if they attempt to block Watchmen.

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

What Happened To 'The Spirit'?

Lack of plot, paper-flat characters, and random crap thrown in at the whim of the director, coherency and taste be damned? *is still bitter about having wasted two hours of my life on it*

[queenfaithie.livejournal.com]

Wanking about it won't stop the fact that he's already been chosen. I for one choose to go with the river, and thus am beginning my Sally Sparrow/Eleven campaign. *points to icon*

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Speaking of rivers, it occurs to me that Moffat's River is a bit of a cradle-robber, at least appearance-wise, if this is the future Doctor she hooks up with.

[setauuta.livejournal.com]

I'm not really surprised by Harry Potter: the Musical. I had a class in college where our final project was to take a well-known book or movie and write the outline for a musical based on that work. One of my good friends actually started writing songs for his Harry Potter musical - it wasn't bad, really.

(Me? I did the Princess Bride - the book, not the movie.)

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Re: Watchmen - so not surprised. SOMEHOW it always, always comes back to men measuring their dicks. =P (Not that I'm a man-hater or anything, I just... find that so typical. And hilarious.)

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Icon love.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I love that I don't know a thing about the actor who'll be playing the new Doctor. Absolutely LOVE it. That's the way to do it.

[queenfaithie.livejournal.com]

I'm actually really glad that they ended up not picking someone like Billie Piper or John Simm. Because it would have just been like, "Oh. Well. This is...not really new." Or, even worse, Robert Pattison wanted to be the Doctor, and I'm just like, "No. Just no."

But I never heard of Matt Smith, so I get to discover him and what he can bring to the Doctor.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Here's the thing about The Spirit, I don't think it knew exactly what kind of movie it wanted to be. It was billed as something like Sin City and advertised that way, but it most certainly is not. It almost reminds me of a darker version of something like The Middleman, but that's a hard note to pull and make work. I don't think it was awful, but it wasn't good either. I certainly don't think it was Razzie worthy as I think there were ten million movies worse, but it probably will go down winning it because I don't think most people understand what it was aimming at (and missed, admittedly).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I will say, anyone who thinks The Spirit is the worst movie this year did not sit through even a commercial for The Guru.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Eleventh Doctor looks keen. Looking forward to seeing him in action! We're getting closer and closer to the Valeyard, too...

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Huh, so is some of Harry's snark rubbing off on Dan or what? I like it :D

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say I appreciate keeping the Doctor Who spoiler safely lj-cut and all. I am lying low on the 'net at the moment hoping I don't get spoiled :P

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

My personal addiction is Diet Sprite. I'm not sure if it's *bad* for you or anything, but you know you've fallen off some wagon when you wake up in the middle of the night looking for a Sprite before you can go back to bed.

Dan Radcliffe is adorable! Sorry, I know he's 19 already (odfogjs;fsd;lkf) but he still is, with his baby blues and Spongebob fandom. And a Harry Potter musical just has me thinking of Snape singing his Song of Creepiness and and Harry a woeful angst song and not to mention a forceful duet between Sirius and Harry, followed by a snarky piece by Bellatrix Lestrange called "I Love Killing Godfathers".

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

I love Doctor Who, but man that is one fandom that creates EPIC fanwank.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

How many years of practice do they have now, forty?

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Our reaction to Matt Smitth as next Doctor?

Who???


No pun intended.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Who???


No pun intended.

Yeah, pretty much the exact same thing here.