A quiet, chatty day

[cleolinda]

Man--for some reason I really crash in the evenings. I mean, not unreasonably, but since I try to put off the linkspam as long as I can to get the last news of the day in--*flop.*

(And I really need to go take some pictures, too, because I need to have night in the background, if that makes any sense. Nrrrgh, second wind!)

Re: the book: A number of people commented yesterday that they've seen the Movies in Fifteen Minutes book in different Half Price Books stores around the country, so it may be a chain-wide import thing, not just that one store in Austin. And if you were concerned as to whether I get royalties if the book is half-price, secondhand, whatever--I honestly don't care. My personal feeling at this point is that it's more important for people to read the book (and come back here and start reading my journal, even) than to get whatever few cents on the dollar might come in. And I'm even saying that from a financial perspective--it seems like an investment in the future to try to get more people to see the book, so if you buy it used or borrow it from a library or lend it to a friend, I am perfectly okay with that.

From ook: Lein Wein, creator of Wolverine, lost his home, dog, and original art in a fire. I'm not sure if he lost the entire house? It's deeply unfortunate either way.

Re: Project Download and Erin's passing: I've been holding on to this perhaps longer than I should have, but I wanted to get an answer from Erin's mother first--chris_walsh did attend Erin's memorial last week, and says, "Jo [Erin's mother] wanted to hear from more people who knew Erin online. If you want to reach Jo, her e-mail is jorn43 [at] yahoo[dot]com." You'll need to put Erin's name in the subject line ("About Erin," for example) to make sure Jo knows to open it.


Changes take effect in Apple's iTunes prices.

The Hand In Space! [Space Porn].

Twitter Is Wondering Why Facebook's Down.

Blade Runner's Original Text Comes To Comics [Exclusive]; 'The Flash' and 'Secret Warriors': Are these the two best-written super-hero comics right now?

‘Rock of Ages’ lights up Broadway.

SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS WEEK'S "HOUSE" YET: Actor leaves TV series to work for Obama; 'House' actor explains shocking decision.

NBC's 'Kings' move to Saturday nights; NBC Readies 'Kings' For The Firing Squad.

'10 Things I Hate About You': Can ABC Family do the fan favorite justice?

A modern 'Wizard of Oz' adaptation for TV is coming.

James Franco re-enacts his entire career.

Images: Rant: This Poster for Richard Kelly's 'The Box' is Awful!; 28 Photos From 'The Expendables' Set; ‘Jonah Hex’ Casting In New Orleans, Megan Fox Photos Appear Online.

Trailers and clips: Must Watch: Trailer for Rian Johnson's 'The Brothers Bloom'; Now Officially Released: Trailer for Cherrybomb' Starring Rupert Grint; 'Frankenhood' Trailer: Frankenstein's Monster Plays Street Basketball; Watch This: Spike Jonze's 'Everyone Poops' Trailer.

The Biggest Hollywood Crime of the Decade [Wolverine Leak]; It's Official: Roger Friedman is Out as Fox News' Entertainment Columnist.

'Star Trek': What people are saying after the surprise screening; Early 'Star Trek' Reviews Seem Very Positive; Let's Not Go TOO Crazy over These Early 'Star Trek' Reviews; Star Trek Sneak Explodes In Giant Trekgasm. Meanwhile, EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Star Trek’ Clip Reveals Tougher, Hornier Captain Kirk; Review: Star Trek 12-inch figures cartoony but collectible; Star Trek TOS wall mural turns your mom's basement into the bridge of the Enterprise.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Iron Man 2’ Black Widow, Tony Stark & Pepper Potts Love Triangle Confirmed; Behind-the-scenes video from the set of Iron Man 2; Favreau tweets; ‘Iron Man 2’ Update: First Look At Don Cheadle, Garry Shandling Joins Cast.

Is Terminator Salvation rated PG-13?; The Many Faces Of John Connor's Terminator Foes.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Caine Could Join Cast For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception.’

Vancouver Sun Confirms New Moon High School Filming.

Zac Efron Attached To ‘Full Metal Panic!’ Manga Adaptation?; Zac Efron's FunnyOrDie skit: Does this thing actually exist?!

Was George Lucas Wrong?

Coming Soon: ‘Moon’ - A Sci-Fi Trip To The Dark Side, By Kurt Loder.

Jamie Foxx Says Michael Mann’s ‘Damage Control’ Is On Its Way.

Exclusive: Derick Martini's 'Lymelife.'

50 Cent, Chace Crawford And Emma Roberts Join ‘Twelve.’

'Shadow of the Colossus' is being made into a movie: Yay! But who'll direct?

In the Future with The Crazies ' Eisner and Mitchell.

'Topper' remakers slag the 1937 original film.

How Dragonball Evolution's stars learned to kick butt; Goku Vs. Wolverine? Piccolo Vs. Spike? ‘Dragonball’ Star James Marsters Calls The Match-Ups.

Fair Warning, DVD Shoppers: 'Howard the Duck' Special Edition Exists.

Comments

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Well, at least the writers didn't have SPOILER walk into an open elevator shaft on House.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Close enough. It just seemed so . . . random.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

Please don't remake 10 Things, ABC Family. PLEASE. Just leave it alone!

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

I have been in deep denial about the 10 Things... TV show since I heard about it last summer. Part of it is because, well, Patrick Verona is to me what Jake Ryan was to a thirteen year old girl in 1984. And the movie kind of introduced me to the concept of snark, even though I had no idea what it was at the time. (And yet, I will watch it, because I am a bit of a masochist.)

[dives.livejournal.com]

I've definitely heard of Moon before but I can't remember how...I hear it's really good, anyway. Uh, fwiw.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman, in his blog, mentioned seeing it and liking it.
And yes, it sounds like a movie I'd like to see.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Fair Warning, DVD Shoppers: 'Howard the Duck' Special Edition Exists.

WHY, GOD, WHY?!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have a dozen of those than a "Topper" remake by people who think the original was "terrible."

*Is speechless with rage*

[lilychick.livejournal.com]

I'm going to see Rock of Ages at the end of the month! I'm a little ashamed of how excited I am. Not gonna lie.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Vancouver Sun Confirms New Moon High School Filming

OH GOD WHAT. Between that link and the Zac Efron one below it, I misread that as "Vancouver Sun Confirms New Moon HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Filming."

DUDE, I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF EXCITED. BRB, dying of indescribable shame.

[amatyultare.livejournal.com]

I'll bet you $20 there's crossover fanfic somewhere. And I'm with you in dying of indescribable shame, because I (a) would read it and (b) now kind of want to go find some.

(Plus, there's always Twilight The Musical (http://twilightthemusical.com/)?)

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

I knew I was going to watch 'Inception' the second I heard Cillian Murphy was in it. Now I doubly have to see it if Michael Caine is actually in it. :) Good thing it'll be an awesome movie.

[ilikeblue.livejournal.com]

This week's House was a terrible episode. The emotions were just not there and then I felt like a terrible person for rolling my eyes.

[nefariousgrey.livejournal.com]

I liked how the entire episode was shot through a blue lens or something. High noon outside and it looks like night because this is a VERY SERIOUS AND SOMBER EPISODE, DAMMIT.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

I do NOT like the idea of a 10 Things I Hate About You TV show.


... and Cherrybomb looks really good.

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

NBC's 'Kings' move to Saturday nights; NBC Readies 'Kings' For The Firing Squad.

Dammit, now I have to reset my DVR. But I called it from the get go, I knew it wouldn't last a season.

totally out of left field...

[sesler.livejournal.com]

hey -- ummm, this is going to be completely random, but i actually have a question about your black ribbon series and the only way i could think of to ask you about it was to get a live journal account and leave a comment...i hope that isn't creepy. it seems like right now you're working on another project as well as m15m and regular writing and life and possibly school and work and what not, so i don't mean to add stress, but i loved what you put online and was just wondering if you've put that project to rest for now, or if more will be forthcoming...either online or in printed format...any hope that more will one day come would be appreciated. thanks!

Re: totally out of left field...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw! I'm actually trying to finish the first book of it (have been for a few years now); I have a series of eight planned, so the process has been a little top-heavy with planning out the future. But yeah, I'm still working on it as we speak, and as soon as I have anything readable, I'll have my agent on it.

[fineprnt.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Twitter, does anyone else weirdly love that Hugh Jackman is following Taylor Swift?

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

*waves*

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

SOMEONE TELL ZAC EFRON TO STAY AWAY FROM FMP. OMG, NO NO NO.

[reiko18.livejournal.com]

Zac Efron Attached To ‘Full Metal Panic!’ Manga Adaptation?

So that's the next thing they're going to ruin.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

*wails* Make the bad men STOP!

[anonymeet.livejournal.com]

I'm going to guess those Star Trek dolls aren't on your list of future purchases . . . unless there's going to be an epic SLOD battle and you need cannon fodder . . . .

[neveth.livejournal.com]

LEAVE FULL METAL PANIC ALONE YOU BASTARDS. LEAVE. IT. ALONE.
*bursts into tears*

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I've got a Half Price Books right across the street. I'll check it out and see if it's here in Dallas, too.

I'm guessing that it'll be in the film section.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I've heard both "display table" and "film section" so far.

[ellaafleck.livejournal.com]

"Can they do justice to '10 Things'"? No. No they can't. Stop it.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

thanks for posting the iTunes info. I have the opportunity to put our music on iTunes through our manufacturer but I was waiting for them to sort out the DRM nonsense before getting things rolling.

We'll net about 34 cents a track at the mid-line price, but nowadays we can't turn down any possible outlet.

[bluebren.livejournal.com]

Shadow of the Colossus movie eeeeeeeeeeeeee

...Actually, upon reflection, I'm a little worried about it. So much of that game's awesomeness was in the playing of it. Seeing it get the ol' New Zealand Treatment would be amazing, if that should happen, but beyond that... what's it going to be, an action movie? Enh. I just don't know.

[lemone.livejournal.com]

Same here. My biggest fear about the idea is that they'll overexplain everything, when one of the game's greatest triumphs was that the storytelling took such a minimalist approach.

oh noooooo

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

Poor Len! To any member of the Los Angeles comic book collecting community, Len is like the crazy uncle you WISH you could bring to family functions.

Any other readers in here happen to be Golden Apple patrons? Maybe if we gang up on everyone, they'd be willing to hold a benefit/fundraiser or something for Len and his family...

Re: oh noooooo

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

If you hear about any kind of fundraiser, let me know.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

It's hard to take too much stock in the early reviews of Star Trek because nearly all of them are trying to say that it's the best Trek film since Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Trouble is, I said the same thing when I first saw Star Trek: Nemesis, which is now widely reviled by Trekkers and I admit my own feelings towards it have cooled considerably. The reviews did raise my optimism back up a teeny bit, but I'm choosing to take them with a bucket of salt.

[As an aside, just once I'd love to hear someone try to convince someone of a Trek movie's quality by saying, "ZOMG, it's totally the best since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier!" I mean, that person would get some strange looks and immediately be disregarded for having terrible taste, but damn it'd be funny.]

As for Terminator: Salvation being PG-13, I'm in total agreement with the commenter who bemoans the fact that it used to be no big deal to see a pair of tits in a PG-13 movie--or Hell, even a PG one!

I mean, just off the top of my head you have Critters 2: The Main Course, a PG-13 film where a shapeshifting alien bounty hunter decides to assume the shape of a Playboy centerfold and her breasts explode out of the alien's space suit, in close-up!

And who can forget Airplane!--a PG film where we get a pair of bouncing bare breasts thrust into the camera!

From the sound of that nude scene, it sounds no worse than either of those examples. And if it's "artistically" done, I see absolutely no reason that it shouldn't be allowed to appear in the finished film, whether R or PG-13.

I hate to beat a decaying equine carcass, but are we really more concerned about our kids and teenagers seeing a woman naked than a bunch of robots slaughtering hundreds and thousands of humans?

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

are we really more concerned about our kids and teenagers seeing a woman naked than a bunch of robots slaughtering hundreds and thousands of humans?

Apparently so. :(

[kelcea.livejournal.com]

Re: New Moon locations in Vancouver.
They list Pitt Meadows as a filming location. That's my hometown! Ee.

[flamingo-bandit.livejournal.com]

I misread "Topper" as "Troper (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage)." I'm not entirely sure what a Troper movie would be about, but I'd totally watch it.

[izzy-unkempt.livejournal.com]

I'm so fan-ishly happy for the Trekkies that got to see the screening :) It sounds like it was such a blast! Things like this make me want to pinch Hollywood's cheeks and give them a raspberry.

I myself am not so big on the original series (*hides from all the hard core fans*), but I will always have a special place in my heart for Jean-Luc Picard. One of the sexiest men ever, excluding his terrifying if funny appearance on Extras. If this movie is as awesome as First Contact, I'll be happy.