Dammit, I forgot a title again

[cleolinda]

Did I mention that I just realized yesterday that the Golden Globes are this weekend? I mean, not that that's a huge problem, but I hadn't started strength-training mentally preparing myself for the liveblogging. (The goal, by the way, is to have something you can actually read a week later and have any clue what I was talking about.) They didn't even have the Globes last year, due to the writers' strike, so it'll be nice to have the Drinky Oscars back.

(Please bear in mind, also, that I'm still reformatting the PBWiki as we go, now that we're all having to upgrade to 2.0.)

Linkspam!

Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker. *facepalm*

Mess Over DTV May Mean Postponement.

Otter Up!; How many meerkats? London Zoo critter count. I like how the fourth otter at the first link is like "I'm here! I'm here! DID YOU COUNT ME?"

Cardigans' singer on life after 'Lovefool.' I actually like "My Favourite Game" and "Erase/Rewind" a lot better, but that's just me.

Edward Gorey's Ettiquette For 'The Recently Deflowered Girl' [Oldies But Goodies].

Directors Guild noms (which I posted first on Twitter, leading jennitalula to reply, "I so read that and assumed noms like the LOLcat definition. Here are some Directors nomming on cheezburgers." Hey, David Fincher's gotta eat).

Images: Underworld UK Quad Revealed and it's kind of hideous, in a Baby's First Photoshop way; First Look at Jim Carrey in 'A Christmas Carol'; Madea Has Been Arrested Several Times; Five Hi-Res Stills from Dominic Monaghan's 'I Sell the Dead.'

Trailers and clips: Visit 'The Last House on the Left'!; Watch This: 'High Kick Girl' Trailer; Must Watch: First Trailer for Dito Montiel's 'Fighting'; Slamdance Trailers: 'Zombie Girl: The Movie' and 'Spooner'; Sandra Bullock Has Nuked the Fridge - 'All About Steve' Trailer.

Also: Summit Entertainment 2009 Movie Preview, including 'Push,' 'Knowing,' 'The Hurt Locker' (WHOA WAIT RALPH FIENNES? Okay, I'm sold. And he also did Strange Days with Kathryn Bigelow, a movie which apparently I alone in the universe love), 'Next Day Air,' 'The Brothers Bloom,' 'Bandslam,' 'Sorority Row,' 'Astro Boy,' and, of course, 'New Moon.' Speaking of which...

Stephenie Meyer confirms Taylor Lautner will be in 'Twilight' sequel (as we learned last night); New Moon casting calls.

(From deadwoodmt: Vampotato. THE TINY LITTLE FANGS, Y'ALL.)

(Guillermo Del Toro Unveils Plots For His ‘Epic’ Vampire Novels.)

Warner Bros. Wants 'Watchmen' Decision Sooner; Read This Now - Producer Lloyd Levin's Open Letter About 'Watchmen'; 'Watchmen' Producer's Emotional Appeal Fails to Grasp Basic Contract Law. Also: 'Watchmen' Updates Galore - New Photos, Viral Site, and More!; Video Journal #10 in HD; For Sale: Alan Moore's inspiration for 'Watchmen'; The Iconography Stashed in Alan Moore's Brain [Concept Art]; 'Tales of the Black Freighter' Gets An R Rating, Will Teach You How To Sail Atop Dead People; Warner Brothers Has Put All DC Comics Movies on Hold.

Nolan, Goyer Are Brainstorming Sequel Ideas, Says ‘Dark Knight’ Producer; ‘Dark Knight’ wins People’s Choice.

(Related: Fan Rant: Women, You Don't Care About Superheroes. Or so this one dude says, while all the female bloggers are handing him his ass.)

Contest to Win Collector's Edition of "Beedle the Bard" from AbeBooks.

Bill Nighy Eager To Sail Again For ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 4.’ Only if you bring Teh Kraken back with you.

How Scary is 'The Unborn'? Ask director David Goyer what freaked out Odette Yustman. Okay, did we actually need to bring in potato bugs bite her? Matt Reeves seems to have gotten perfectly adequate, unbitten screams out of her for Cloverfield.

Speaking of which: Own the Cloverfield monster that destroyed New York. This is the toy we've heard so much about, and--IT'S TWO FEET TALL? I wouldn't be able to sleep with that thing in my house, GOOD GOD.

Leonardo DiCaprio Will 'Beat the Reaper.' Kinky.

Aussie Teresa Palmer gets swept up in 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice.'

Darren Aronofsky Discusses ‘Lone Wolf And Cub’ Movie Status.

Danny Boyle Asked to Direct 'Lady Vengeance.'

'Rudo y Cursi': Bernal-Luna reunion comedy picked up pre-Sundance.

'Che': the EW review; 'Che' loses battle to get to the root of a revolutionary.

Film review: 'Bride Wars' ("If you only see one Anne Hathaway wedding movie this year, see the other one"); 'Bride Wars': A date movie that will live in infamy.

Sony Kills 'Fright Night' Remake, Instead Wants 'Hell Night.'

Yor Battles Dinosaurs and Lasers! [Found Footage]

Comments

[raanve]

For me, the Cardigans love goes to "Choke" and "Step on Me", but it's true that without "Lovefool" I might not have bought that CD (oh, man, I am so OLD), and it is still one of my go-to discs for Happy Times.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I had a horrifyingly violent physical reaction when I saw the trailer for Bride Wars. Because I value my life, I will be avoiding that movie like the plague. (Also, apparently Anne Hathaway is going to win a Golden Globe, according to their website?)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

For "Rachel Getting Married," yeah. It's very likely she'll be nominated for an Oscar, and might even win it.

Strange Days

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Strange Days: Love that movie. The NYE scene with Mace and the cops and the confetti is just breathtaking.

Re: Strange Days

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

OMG YES

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

Yay Drinky Oscars! Yay Vampotato! Yay Batman III!

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Women, You Don't Care About Superheroes

HAHAHAHA. Oh lordy. Don't you just love it when men tell women what's inside their own heads? With just a few words from this wisest of males, all of comics girlfandom is invalidated! Because we all played with dolls and not action figures when we were little, dontcha know.

(Shit, where have my eyes rolled to?!)

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I played with dolls...

...my Ninja Turtles and GI Joes needed giant monsters to attack, and figure skater Barbie was the only one up to the task (especially after the horrible puppy-related accident that left her unable to skate ever again for lack of feet).

[ravenofthejade.livejournal.com]

Haha, did you notice Kristen Stewart's twitter is now set to private? Apparently she thought their names were obscure enough.

[threeparts.livejournal.com]

Yeah, except for the part where you can search for first and last names as well as screen names. I can only assume they're fake attention whores, or really, really dumb.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved "Erase/Remind"! I believe it was in "Never Been Kissed" and I seem to recall it being the only thing I actually remember about that movie other than Drew Barrymore deciding to dress like a teenager and ending up looking like me in high school -- sadly dorky and sartorially trying too hard.

Also, "Bride Wars" is repugnant. The trailers are enough to make me cringe as if the sexism has reached through the scream and tried to grope me. Eww. No touchie.

[lonefire08.livejournal.com]

I definitely read "Bill Nighy" as "Bill Nye", and wondered wtf he was doing in Pirates.

Also, I want my Watchmen! My entire graphic novels class (in which we'll be reading that book in a month or so) will be crushed if it doesn't go through, and our teacher shall be devastated.

[himhilien.livejournal.com]

You have a graphic novels class?! I want to get into this class!

[kelcea.livejournal.com]

New Moon shooting confirmed to happen in Vancouver, then, according to the casting call.

*prepares bomb shelter*

[insomniacafe547.livejournal.com]

Damn, now whenever someone mentions Jim Carrey all I see in my mind is one loooong eyebrow and that fridiculous wig he wore during The Marvelous Marriage.

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

I'm dying to see High Kick Girl. And did you see what they're doing with The Machine Girl 2? GOOD LORD.

Also, I am very perturbed to hear about a Lady Vengeance remake. STOP RAPING AWESOME ASIAN MOVIES. Just....*twitch* Urgh.

[himhilien.livejournal.com]

Fan Rant: Women, You Don't Care About Superheroes.

BWAHAHAHAHA! I used to play with Barbie dolls and TMNT action figures. And who did I want to be the most? Donatello! Not Barbie but a brainy, technical genius who could still kick your ass. I also wanted to be Batman. XD

[trampchic.livejournal.com]

For a wild second, I thought you were talking about Donatello, the renaissance sculptor x) ((which could actually work in that sentence x) )).

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

That Edward Gorey book is hilarious. I sent the link on to a couple among my friends, one of whom is a big Gorey fan.

As for the Directors Guild NOMs... yeah, I had the same reaction but you don't follow me on Twitter so I kept my mouth shut fingers off the keyboard. *grin*

[elysian-dreams.livejournal.com]

Your icon made me lol :)

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm definitely glad they scrapped the Fright Night redux. That movie does not need to be remade. And I may be one of the few people who thought its sequel was also made of awesome.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

And I just read that article on the Cloverfield toy, where the author said that he thought "Cloverfield put all Godzilla and all of his pretenders to shame."

*twitch*

Okay, I loved Cloverfield as much as the next giant monster fan, but I feel the need to school that punk.

Preferably by strapping him to a chair and forcing him to watch:

Gojira
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
and
Gamera 3

There's just no excuse for that kind of ignorant statement.

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

It's funny how there are replies to that "Women Don't Like Superheroes" thing saying "It's not at all sexist! He's just pointing out trends and percentages," when he says, "So, back to the kitchen and make those comic-book reading boys some pie, ladies. You like girl things, and Wolverine isn't a girl thing at all. "

I like girl things.... like Hugh Jackman's ASS!
(oh, and the Phoenix. No, the REAL Phoenix)

In other words, "Women, stop passionately arguing about superheroes and comics! You don't like that! You like romantic comedies!"

Okay, so I'm not as big of a superhero comic reader as others are, and I'm really more of a dabbler, but why should this be a contest?

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

JESUS LAPDANCING CHRIST. That Cloverfield thing is GHASTLY. Although admittedly, the "open a hatch in its default head and you get 10 parasites" thing is hysterical.

That Edward Gorey thing almost makes me want to succumb to the sinister attractions of a Facebook account, just so I can change my status to "Being Deflowered by the Ghost of Rudolph Valentino, BRB."

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

I give up -- can someone tell me what network the Golden Globes are on?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

NBC, I think? I'm not even sure of the day yet myself.

[deadwoodmt.livejournal.com]

Oh good. You didn't have it. :D

Also? Edward Gorey FTMFW! XDXD I totally have this awesome Gashlycrumb Tinies lunchbox that I picked up at the dollar store. Well, okay. I picked it up, then bought it.

Cherrybomb news!

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

Irish Film and Television awards: Belfast musician/DJ David Holmes has been nominated twice in the Original Score Category for his soundtracks to Hunger and Cherrybomb. (http://www.rupert-grint.us/wordpress/2009/01/08/david-holmes-nominated-for-cherrybomb-soundtrack-at-ifta/#comments)

Some tidbits from the film: joyriding, Malachy (Rupert) slammed against a wall by Crilly (James Nesbitt), and more. (http://www.rupert-grint.us/wordpress/2009/01/08/some-tidbits-from-rupert-grints-new-film-cherrybomb/#comments)

[creatrix]

Random: do you have a filter for the awards blogging that people can opt in or out of?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no--because there are people who follow the journal without having LJ accounts, or through RSS feeds (which don't "see" filtered entries). I wish I had a way to help people who don't care about awards avoid those entries--I always LJ-cut them, though.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

The thing that kills about Mr. Let Me Tell You What You SIlly Wimins Are Thinking is that he is apparently stuck in the 90s, poor dear. I mean, Julia Roberts, really? When is the last time she made a romantic comedy? Dude, if you're gonna play the "woman like this but men like this"game, at least come up with more current examples.

[jrs1980.livejournal.com]

That was my question. "Is Julia Roberts even doing many movies anymore?"

The only movie I'm really looking forward to is HBP. Is that a boy movie or a girl movie??? Should I email that guy to find out?

Edit: Also, um, Buffy? Has he heard of that one? Female superhero, considerable fanbase amongst the ladies?

RE: Yor

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Here's how I found out about it. (http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/2008/07/06/yor-hunter-from-the-future-movie-review/)

I fanscreamed when they linked it to Space Mutiny. My friends did not know why. They fail as nerds.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

The Vampotato is hilarity. And zomg, otters and meerkats. *flails* So adorable.

[elysian-dreams.livejournal.com]

Vampotato better watch out for Bunnicula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnicula), is all I'm saying.

[angelene.livejournal.com]

And he also did Strange Days with Kathryn Bigelow, a movie which apparently I alone in the universe love

What, WHAT??! There's people out there who do NOT love that movie??!

You're not alone.