Rainy Saturday linkspam

[cleolinda]

Back thataway: the freakishly lifelike Christian Bale/John Connor 12" figure. Seriously, you have got to see it.

Stewart seen as winner in Cramer showdown; Obama spokesman 'enjoyed' lashing of CNBC host. See the full unedited version on the Comedy Central site (scroll down to "Unedited Interview, Pt 1," etc. It was edited for time, mostly, because Jon Stewart persisted in his rampage of pwnage).

Peter S. Beagle On Unicorns, Golems, and the Law [Interview].

The Saturday Profile: In Argentina, a Camera and a Blog Make a Star.

Hipsters Are Ruining Twitter, Say Hipsters on Twitter [Twitterati].

What Facebook's New Look Means [Pop Psychology]. It means that we all HATE IT, is what it means. Related: Linear Progression of Facebook Suckery.

Strange Barbies over the years. Includes Pooper Scooper Barbie, Desert Storm Barbie, Growing Up Skipper ("Grows as her figure matures!"), and Black Canary Barbie, which is not strange but merely awesome.

Update: No Duet for Chris and Rihanna.

True Blood Needs Female "Blood Hookers."

Read All About Doctor Who's Off-Hours In New Comic.

Paltrow Casts Doubt Over Co-star Phoenix's 'Rap Career'; Phoenix fight staged?

DVD Picks from Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Jon Favreau, James Gray + Sofia Coppola.

Small studio pic update from MUSE/Matt Bellamy contributes to 'The International' Soundtrack.

DirecTV ads would be better if they picked grim movie scenes.

Obsessed Joker Fan Gunned Down By Police.

Images: First Look: Gary Oldman in Hughes Brother's Book of Eli; First Look: Destro (Christopher Eccleston) from 'G.I. Joe'; First Look: David Fincher's Animated Version of 'The Goon'; Angelina Jolie: Barefoot Babe! ('Salt'); Reese Witherspoon is Ginormica, New Looks At Rainn Wilson's Space Conqueror, Gallaxhar [Monsters Versus Aliens].

Trailers and clips: Another Brilliant Trailer for The Boat That Rocked; 'Up' Clips Available in Short Episodic Format; Meet the Citizens of Forest Ridge Mall ('Observe and Report'); 'Hybrid' Trailer: No Green Message, Only Blood!; Must Watch: Trailer for James Toback's Tyson Documentary; Don't Watch: Official Trailer for Horror Feature 'Orphan.'

Stephen King's IT Coming to the Big Screen. You know, unlike a lot of people, I've never been afraid of clowns. This may change soon.

‘Watchmen’ Box-Office Tumbles 71% While ‘Witch Mountain’ Scares Up $6.5 Million; 'Watchmen' Still Tops Online Ticket Sales; ‘Watchmen Tour With Malin Akerman’ Video Features Inventive Way To Raise Rent Money; Patton Oswalt Has Harsh Words For ‘Watchmen’ Critics ("Zack Snyder STEPPED UP, motherfuckers. [...] Crack the tab on a frosty can of Go Fuck Yourself and go see the movie").

Related: Columbus Short Added To ‘The Losers’ Cast, Joins ‘Watchmen’ Star Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

MuggleNet: Second Half-Blood Prince screening NOT real; Shell Cottage Scene for Deathly Hallows to be Filmed in Wales?; PotterCast 187: That Hufflepuff Dog!

Damon Confirms Fourth Bourne Movie.

We talk exclusively with the cast of 'Race to Witch Mountain'; The Rock Can't Save Us With These 2 Aliens On His Back [Witch Mountain Review]; Review: Why you shouldn't Race to Witch Mountain; Take a detour around this 'Witch Mountain'; Movie Review: Race to Witch Mountain (2009).

'Last House on the Left' is condemnable; Keep driving past ‘Last House on the Left’; Movie Review: The Last House on the Left (2009.)

Sunshine Cleaning Dusts Off Indie Movie Clichés [Critical Mass]; Review: 'Sunshine Cleaning' agreeably tidy; ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ leaves a whiff of staleness; 'Sunshine Cleaning': You'll cheer this bold, fab film; Movie Review: Sunshine Cleaning (2009).

Review: ‘The Edge of Love’ is corny melodrama. Related: Knightley Waits For My Fair Lady Role; Knightley Says No to 'Pirates 4.'

Vancouver Welcomes New Moon Filming; Looks Like Variety Jumped The Gun: Bayona not a done deal for Eclipse; Paris Hilton "Desperate" For Twilight Role (oh, GROSS); Twilight Parody Song From the Vlogbrothers. By the way, I am a huge fan of Noel Cruz's doll repaints (if I had a money tree, I would get him to repaint Elizabeth like so--to lessen the Celine Dion resemblance, if nothing else), and today I get an update from WatchThatPage: "COMING IN TWO WEEKS! OOAK EDWARD CULLEN & BELLA SWAN!" Which should raise the resemblance stakes considerably.

And yes, I did link the Robert Pattinson GQ interview in the last linkspam ("Somebody got pictures of him anyway. Hidden in the darkness! Like some kind of Hamburglar!"). There's some discussion of 'Little Ashes' in there, by the way, including details that I am pretty sure foreshadow a coming Twimageddon, and are related to the headline Javier Beltran Dishes on Robert Pattinson Sex Scenes.

Freida Pinto: Next Bond Girl?

Jon Favreau Closer to Directing 'The Avengers'?

Avatar's Michelle Rodriguez loves James Cameron, and f--k you if you don't.

Wonder Woman Movie May Be Happening After All?

‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Blockbuster Will Have Director Reinventing Aliens, Aaron Eckhart.

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Kutcher Romances Michelle Pfeifer In ‘Personal Effects.’

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sin City 2’ Filming Could Begin ‘Sometime This Year,’ Says Rosario Dawson.

Last House's Dennis Iliadis Helming 'Cure' Thriller Next.

Craven won't be seeing 'Nightmare' remake. Look, I don't even watch the originals, but if they brought in Jackie Earle Haley as suggested? I would be there.

'Final Destination' Versus 'Halloween 2'!

More are cast in M. Night Shyamalan's 'Last Airbender.'

Mulan Filming Halted By Protesters.

Kevin Smith Responds to 'A Couple of Dicks' Criticism.

Cinesite Creating 'Clash of the Titans' Effects.

Mischa Barton’s ‘High School President’ May Graduate To DVD.

Best "Posse Up And Kill The Werewolf" Scene Ever! [Found Footage].

Comments

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

I think Facebook is insecure in it's own identity. For a while it was FB, then it was trying to be MySpace, and now with this new update, I think it's trying to be Twitter. And it needs to stop. I'm sick of the constant updates to my homepage. Just when I learn the old one, a new one comes out. Booooo.

HEY LOOK, MOOOOOORE AVATAR FAILCASTING! I'm never seeing this movie... what a hot mess. *retreats with her boxsets of all three seasons*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think Facebook needs to own its Facebookness and establish itself as a brand (which it had done, for a little while), rather than chasing after everyone else's style.

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

I had a Growing-Up Skipper! Before her, the coolest Barbie had been Malibu Barbie with the swivelly wrists.

Yeah, I'm old.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

(Aasif) Mandvi (TV's The Daily Show) is set to play the role of Commander Zhao, an ambitious and hot-tempered Fire Nation commander.

(Shaun) Toub (The Kite Runner) is cast as Uncle Iroh, the retired Fire Nation general and devoted surrogate parent to Dev Patel's character Zuko.

(Cliff) Curtis (10,000 B.C.) is set to play the ruthless ruler Fire Lord Ozai.

Uhhh.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Everytime Aasif opens his mouth all I'm going to hear is one of his crazy skits with Jon Stewart.

"We're ALL Doctors Jon!"

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Wait, I'm confused... Are they filming a live-action version of Mulan?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah--a Chinese production, it sounds like.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stormthesea/]

The only thing that bothers me about Pooper Scooper Barbie is that the food the dog eating is its poop. The dog is essentially eating its feces.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

So...it's the realism that bothers you?

Yes, I was raised by dogs. Why do you ask?

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Dear Facebook: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. That is all. Sincerely, Robin.

So I was at EW.com reading the next-to-last BSG recap (sob), and I happened to see a link to a story about the RPattz GQ interview. They basically liveblogged the article.

[zen-child.livejournal.com]

From the thumbnail I thought the doll looked like David Beckham.

[numbedtoe.livejournal.com]

I would love Rockin Goth Barbie.

Did you watch The Twilight Musical? I laughed my ass off.

[stellanoxx.livejournal.com]

It was AMAZING! Here's hoping they put the soundtrack on iTunes...

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

AAARGH! I had forgotten that they were remaking Clash of the Titans. And, oh goody, they got the guy who directed The Incredible Hulk to make it! Because that film wasn't just an unnecessary reboot of a much superior film, but with worse actors and piss-poor effects.

Look, the original was not a great film. (Don't even get me started on Bubo the Komic Relief Robo-Owl) But the original had Ray Harryhausen's special effects and Maggie Smith as the "villainous" goddess. This remake will no doubt have the same shitty CGI effects as always and a cast of beautiful people who will make Harry Hamlin look like Johnny Depp by comparison.

Come on, Hollywood! Do you realize how many other awesome Greek myths are out there that haven't gotten a much-deserved big-screen treatment? (Or at least, not a good one) Theseus and the Minotaur, Bellerophon and the Chimaera, The Odyssey, and The Seven Labors of Heracles/Hercules?

Seriously, remaking a Harryhausen film is like...well, remaking King Kong and taking out all the dinosaurs. Nobody went to see the original King Kong to see a gorilla make google-eyes at a vapid actress for nearly two hours, they went to see Kong fight dinosaurs and then wreck the shit out of New York. That's why nobody likes the 1976 version.

Nobody went to Harryhausen films for the acting and the writing, they went to see what the Hell kind of bad-ass bizarre creation Harryhausen would toss up onto the screen next.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

>>The Seven Labors of Heracles/Hercules

... twelve? *really confused*

[stellanoxx.livejournal.com]

Just as a side note: has anybody heard about the supposed "remake" of Watchmen? I found it on Film Talk, but I'm hoping its some sadistic trick on mankind.

Here's the link:
http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/02/27/watchmen-remake-reboot-2012/

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

It's probably bullshit, but the way Hollywood works these days, I wouldn't be surprised.

This is, after all, the same industry that felt that Hulk needed to be "rebooted" a mere five years later.

Man, the makers of Godzilla would look at Hollywood these days and go, "Dude, go easy on the reboots!"

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

Nononoo! No more IT. D: I haven't seen the original movie, but the image of Tim Curry in a clown suit scares me so much D: And if recent scary movies fail in storyline/plot and almost everything else, their scary faces are ALWAYS scary.

God knows how mortifying they're making Pennywise T_______T

Paris Hilton in a Twilight movie would make me so much more happy than the Twitards already make me feel sometimes. It'll just get LOLtastic from there.

Also, I don't know if you've mentioned this in the last linkspam, but have you watched the first episode of Twilight the Musical yet?

My tears are poring from the lol. I'm still unsure if we're supposed to be lol'ing. XD

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

That's *pouring*. *head-desk*

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

On Pirates 4, I actually think that if they're going to make it, they have start from scratch almost. The first three movies (which heaven help me, I love every ridiculous moment of) are done now. I'll miss Keira, but her storyline is over, and reviving it would be a great way to get a guaranteed flop. The only hope for this movie is to bring in a new storyline with mostly new characters that are awesome.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

I agree. IMO, keep Jack (obviously) and Barbossa, but chuck all other main characters.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Seeing Haley play Freddie might be worth just for the possible in-joke potential. (JohnnY Depp drove Haley to an audition on one of the sequels, which ended up kickstarting his acting career.) It might be a little too much an amalgamation of his recent parts though.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

You mean he drove him to an audition for the original. I remember it well because I've only seen the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and Johnny Depp's incredibly over-the-top death was about the only thing I enjoyed.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Just watched the Stewart/Cramer showdown, and I have to say one thing -- the lack of fact checking is what's wrong with "journalism" today. Cramer goes on there and says "We got lied to! What were we supposed to do?" FACT CHECK. It's what distinguishes you from the company's PR guy. It's the first thing you learn in journalism. Fact check everything, even the spelling of a source's name, to cover your ass and to make sure what you're delivering is the nearest thing to the truth possible. To a large extent, that's probably been a casualty of the current stripping of newspapers to skeleton crews in an attempt to stay solvent, but that shouldn't be CNBC's problem. Hell, the Daily Show crew does a better job of fact checking, and they're an entertainment/comedy show.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

To that end, my favorite parts of the interview were Jon Stewart being like, "Roll 210! ROLL 216!"

I do think he didn't quite go in for the kill, though--watching Cramer squirm, what I really wanted someone to say was, "You're shown on tape telling someone how to manipulate the market. I cannot believe anything you say from here on out." I mean, he pointed this out, but didn't quite go for the fatality there. The closest he got was, "I want this Jim Cramer to protect me from that Jim Cramer."

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

dear gwynnie:

if sofia coppola is "one of [your] favorite directors", then why don't you spell her name right? also, thank you for alerting me to the fact that she has a vagina. this was something i didn't know before.

no love,
modpixie

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

She also misspelled Seth Rogen's name. Of course, I rather dislike Paltrow in general, so I didn't really need another excuse.

There's actually quite a bit of idiocy in that list. Jon Favreau mentions that Seven Samurai was remade into "Roger Corman's The Last Starfighter". No, Jon, you mean Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars. Corman had nothing to do with The Last Starfighter, and I don't think it had any true resemblance to Seven Samurai, either.

Paris in Twilight

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes, please! The lulzfactor will be off the frigging charts!XD

Re: Paris in Twilight

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Paris was surprisingly watchable in "Repo! The Genetic Opera". But part of that may have been her face falling off.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I didn't think "Last House on the Left" was that bad, really. It came across to me as more of a thriller than horror. Although I still don't know what the fuck was up with that tacked-on last scene.

The wife is insisting I watch the original now, though. *sigh*

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

You know, I really just can't bring myself to care about Joaquin Phoenix even if it isn't a stunt. Or if it is. Huh. You see what I mean?

The Damon link reminds me, I can't find my Bourne Ultimatum DVD anywhere! GAH!

I'm so confused by the Airbender movie - why are they re-hashing the plot of the show? Couldn't they do a new movie, including Zuko's quest for his mother or something? I...hrm.

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or did the studio respond to the allegations of racism by casting all the villains as POCs? Because . . . that's what it looks like.

[arithil.livejournal.com]

Its not just you.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Woohoo, more Jason Bourne. Hopefully with books as weapons again.

[silmerin.livejournal.com]

So, I read that whole RPattz interview and my lasting impression is "blah blah blah blah I FUCKED JOE JONAS." Which, just. WOW. My brain.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, I think he should bring that up every time someone asks him a dumbass question about which girl he is or isn't sleeping with. "MY HEART IS ONLY FOR JOE JONAS. WE ONLY HAD ONE MAGICAL NIGHT TOGETHER. HE NEVER CAAAAAAALLS! *sob*"

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

You haven't seen the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series? Auuugh! At least check out the first and 4th! The original one remains one of the only truly scary horror films to this day...

[agatha-mandrake.livejournal.com]

Black Canary Barbie is awesome. She arrived yesterday, to great rejoicing, and she is glorious. She now resides on my version of The Shelf, getting the side-eye from the Jem crew, who simply cannot deal with this level of awesome. The Hitchcock Barbie will be next, possibly followed by the Wicked Witch of the West Barbie (Barbie being more in my price range than Tonner, although the Batgirl and deluxe Poison Ivy are speaking to me.)

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

Yeah Patton Oswalt! An alumnus who doesn't hate our school! And he likes Watchmen! Suck it Jon Stewart.

[mercurywater.livejournal.com]

Those crazy politicians. :) I love that flowchart. It is made of awesome.

Peter S. Brugal made a Mark Twain refrence!! This makes me happy.
That guy really knows his music...

In Argentina ANTHING can happen...ANYTHING!!!

Hipster Twitter thing: OKay, then...

Never got into facebook...

Most of those barbies weren't strange, just awesome.

No Duet: Good. I never want to hear that asshat (Chris Brown) sing again.

True Blood hookers: That sounds like quality tele-vision right thar.

Doctor Who: I want to read about other characters "off hours" too. Maybe this will lead the way?

If Paltrow says it, it's true. And I agree with her (as most ppl do about ole Mr. Phoniex).

I....can't belive Wes Anderson's watched Neon Genesis Evangelion....damn...

That Directv add was somewhat amusing.....I never saw that requiem for a dream crap, but why wasn't I suprised to see anal in it? Oh, I remember why-because movies are gross.

Obessed Joker fan: Ack.

It's CRAZY Gary Oldman. He's CRAZY!!!

G.I. Joe always seemed like it had the POTENTIAL to be cool (to me) but failed. Epicly.

Never heard of 'the goon' b4. Looks intresting.

When I saw the 'barefoot babe' headline, I thought Angie would be playing some redneck, rather than a spy. (I actually know plenty of 'rednecks' and most of them do wear shoes, but still....)

I want to see this movie just for Ginormica....I wonder, will they make a doll of her? ('cuz I want one).

Like the M vs A images.