Sunny, gorgeous day

[cleolinda]

Early linkspam so I can go take some pictures for something I'm a bit behind on posting. Cough.

Re: the previous post: Okay, you know me. I love me some Tonners. That is not a factory fresh "original" Tonner Jacob. Now that I've gotten a good look at it, you can't convince me that it is. I know for a fact that the other two are repaints, because I know what the originals look like. That is just not a Tonner paint job, and you cannot tell me otherwise. ETA: Aha! Solved.

The new Made of Fail podcast is up, for real this time.

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson dead at 61.

Fawcett's battle brings attention to rare cancer.

First Glimpse of Stephen King's Next Novel.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels provide street names for U.K. town.

Ebert Compares Bill O'Reilly to Horny Mouse.

Somali Pirates Kidnap Americans, Instantly Become Villains [Mistakes]; It's All 'Parrots' This and 'Argh, Matey' That Until the Terrorist Pirates Kill You, America.

U2's manager wants the power to cut off your Internet connection.

Conficker computer worm wakes up; Conficker Worm Spams People Too Stupid to Download Antivirus Software.

Zombies lurch into popular culture; Review: Take a bite out of Jane Austen with 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' (yes, it's a real book); Gentleman in New Orleans Loses Chunk of Arm in Possible Zombie Attack.

Will Fox air only 12 of Dollhouse's 13 episodes?; You Won't Get Your Alan Tudyk/Felicia Day Fix On 'Dollhouse.'

Meet the Dalekettes, A Gang of Cosplayers After Our Hearts [Cosplay FTW].

ABC's Summer Officially Filled With 'Daisies' And 'Eli Stone' [Summer Television Deathhouse].

Solved! The secret 'Fringe' glyph code; 'Fringe' beams up Mr. Spock!

First Look At Macaulay Culkin's Good Son-esque 'Kings' Cameo.

Season 2 'True Blood' Casting News.

Billy Bob Thornton tussles with online TV host. Short version: "How dare you mention that I am or ever was an actor!"

Are Movies Better the Second Time? You know what? I would actually argue that Casablanca doesn't even really work until the second time you see it, because it's all about memory and nostalgia as it is. The first time you see it, all you can focus on are the lines that are, through no fault of their own, now clichés; every subsequent time, you are participating in the experience of returning to something, justlike the characters.

Images: The Best or The Worst Terminator Salvation Poster Yet?; You Can Tell These Transformers 2s are Both Best Brothers and Best Friends; New 'What Goes Up' Offical Poster and Stills; Trippy Freakin' Poster for Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock'; 'Moon' pics; Exclusive: Teaser Poster for Nora Ephron's 'Julie and Julia.'

Trailers and clips: Must Watch: Second Fantastic Trailer for Public Enemies!; More On HBO's Grey Gardens: "The Hallmark Of Aristocracy Is Responsibility" [Exclusive]; Must Watch: Trailer for Foreign Language Oscar Winner 'Departures'; EXCLUSIVE: Watch Ashley Tisdale Repel An Alien Attack In ‘They Came From Upstairs’; Trailer Premiere: Mike Judge's 'Extract'!; The Descent 2 trailer released; Finally, Two Girls in a Lightsaber Strip-Fight!; New Eminem music video spoofs Star Trek and Transformers; '8 Mile' and 'Die Hard' Reimagined as 50s French Classics; 'Naked Dawn': Rob Schneider's Parodies No More Ridiculous Than Rob Schneider's Real Movies.

trailer_spot: Departures, Blood: The Last Vampire, Rain, Rudo y Cursi, Young Victoria.

Half-Blood Prince Trailer News: Clean Version of Japanese Trailer, More; Statement from J.K. Rowling Regarding Resignation from MS Society Scotland; Actor Jamie Waylett Reportedly Arrested for Drug Possession in London; Deathly Hallows Filming Update: Location Shoots Possibly in Midlands and London; Variety: Ralph Fiennes to Begin Deathly Hallows Production "In the Fall."

And why not until the fall? Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson Join ‘Clash of the Titans,’ as Hades and Zeus, respectively.

‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Star Hugh Jackman Ziplines From A Helicopter, Awesomeness Ensues; Hugh Jackman 'heartbroken' at Wolverine leak; Three New ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ TV Previews Go Online; Taylor Kitsch is eyesexing various points in the distance.

Spock Says ‘Answer Me’ in New ‘Star Trek’ Clip; Third Star Trek Clip And Pics Take You On Spock's Bridge; Beam Him Up, Scotty.

Gary Oldman Joins 'Iron Man 2'?; Gary Oldman NOT in 'Iron Man 2'; Your daily dose of RDJ.

Robert Downey Jr. Is Betting On ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Sequel; First Film is PG-13.

EXCLUSIVE: Is Robert Downey Jr. Out Of ‘Cowboys And Aliens’?

Writers confirm a Spider-Man Venom spinoff is in the works.

Megan Fox to star as 'She-Hulk.'

Have Warners Planned A Green Lantern Trilogy?

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Caine Explains Last Year’s ‘Batman 3’ Depp/Hoffman Casting Rumor.

Vancouver Sun Confirms: Stephenie Meyer On New Moon Set; Forks HS Set Photos;Gianna Cast?; Stephenie Meyer Sold 16 Percent of all Books Last Quarter; Twilight Fans Stab, Choke, And Beat Haters Into Submission. Okay, guys, seriously? I'll say it again: I strongly doubt that most of those incidents as written happened. I mean, why do so many of the stories feature 1) the ominous "I'LL GET YOU" Threat o' Foreshadowing and then 2) the inevitable Twihard battle cry of "I'LL SHOW YOU, HATER!"? I mean, I'm a connoisseur of crazy, but most of these stories read like Twilight haters trying to prove a point.

(Related: Jackson Rathbone: Criminal Minds Wrap Up; SPOILERS: "Miss Jasper if you're nasty!")

(Re: 'Russet Noon': Author threatens Caito at FW, plaintively asks why fans "can't make money off the universe they feed." Meanwhile, Twilight Lexicon asks Whose Characters Are They Anyway? and replies, in essence, "NOT YOURS.")

‘Bizarro’ Superman Movie Making The Rounds?

‘Constantine’ Writer Mark Bomback To Adapt Gerard Way’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ For Film.

Al Pacino Set To Play Napoleon For ‘Betsy And The Emperor.’

Would You Rather Universal Make a Third Riddick Film or ‘Serenity 2′? (oh, come on, that's not even a fair fight); There Is A Band Called The Browncoats And Yes, They Sing About Jayne.

UPDATE: Dimension Lets 'Sin City 2' Rights Expire?

Kyle Gallner confirmed to join cast of 'Nightmare on Elm Street.'

‘Pink Panther’ Filmmaker Says ‘We’ve Seen the End’ of the Series.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dragonball Evolution’ Star Emmy Rossum Eyes Neil Gaiman’s ‘Black Orchid’ & ‘Death.’ Read: she wants to be in the projects; no one has asked her.

10 things you need to know before you see Dragonball Evolution; The cast of Dragonball Evolution talks hairspray, anime and butt kicking; ‘Dragonball Evolution’ Stars Talk Fandom And The Pressures Of Introducing An Epic. Well, fortunately, they were nowhere near an epic movie, so the pressure was off, I guess.

Comments

[leia1912.livejournal.com]

Cleolinda, the dolls are the repaint work of an artist--not Noel Cruz, although his Edward is on his website!

It's this artist, and she did both Edward and Bella for sale on Ebay:
http://tinyurl.com/dbw9qu

[moiread]

Those are pretty impressive. I mean, that Bella and Edward actually look more like RPattz and KStew than the originals.

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

Gentleman in New Orleans Loses Chunk of Arm in Possible Zombie Attack.

I assure you, I have an alibi.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

I can confirm that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a real book. I bought it yesterday. It's just very difficult to find.

But I fully recommend it. The book even has illustrations of Elizabeth Bennet with a dagger and kicking zombies in the face.

[bumblebee-1983.livejournal.com]

OH GODS SERIOUSLY?

Must find book...

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna have to agree with you, re the dolls. }:/

Will Fox air only 12 of Dollhouse's 13 episodes?; You Won't Get Your Alan Tudyk/Felicia Day Fix On 'Dollhouse.'

It was [basically] confirmed on Twitter, that no, the 13th episode will not be shown.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Dammit. I had been hoping the show would make it, since I hadn't heard any rumors to the contrary.

Damn you, Fox! You officially have no reason to exist any more.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Roger Ebert is amazing on many levels.

I really hope the new version of 'Clash of the Titans' is everything I dream it to be. I love old-skool Ray Harryhausen so hard.

[emmy-scarlet.livejournal.com]

See, I love the original version so much (mostly because of Ray Harryhausen) that I'm having a hard time even accepting the idea of a remake. Because A) remakes, as a whole, tend to suck so very, very much. B) You just know they're going to CGI this sucker to Hell (or rather, the Underworld) which just makes me sad. And C)...I don't really have a C right now. I'll get back to you.

But honestly, casting two actors I like, and for that matter including my favorite of the Greek gods (Hades) in the film...that's just playing dirty pool, makers of the film. I am ashamed for you. But I may just have to see your stupid remake after all *sighs*

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I really could have done without reading those comments on Gawker. I need to get rid of the reflex which has me reading anything and everything about Somalia.

You know what's sad? Whenever I read about Megan Fox, my reaction is always Woo! Megan Good is getting work! Then I realise, it's the American actress called Megan whom I HATE. By which I mean, I dislike her work.

[ladytinyhelm.livejournal.com]

Gawker is one of those places where e-dignity goes to die. :/

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

Oh YAY! Pushing Daisies!

You have made me day go from craptastic to AMA-ZA-ZING!

[lilyofshalott]

Pushing Daisies = adorable quirky happiness. in TECHNICOLOR. ^_^

Now if it would only get uncancelled somehow . . .

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

As a long-time orgy vampire enthusiast, I am delighted to see that True Blood will be catering to my personal needs next season.

Also, those pix of RDJ are both groineriffic and packagetastic.

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

As someone who just finished Dead Until Dark, I thought that there was a lot more non-Jason sex in it. I think that I have seen just about enough of that boy's body, and am welcoming something, anything different next season.

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

I don't know Tonners, but I know models, and there is a lot of individualized-looking paint on that Jacob. Unless he's a special-run or something, I'd be surprised if he were mass-marketed.

[sturmclan.livejournal.com]

Oh.
My.
Gawd.
Somebody is paying $695 for that Bella repaint. What the hell?
And if there are these artists out there who can more accurately represent these movie/character dolls to make them look like the actors? Why aren't they using THESE people to do the painting? That chick's and Noel Cruz's dolls are amazingly accurate.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Probably because that level of detail is time-consuming and hard to guarantee uniformness of product, would be my guess.

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

I have an actual, honest-to-goodness printed copy of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" that I just got for my birthday and I can't even describe to you how excited I am about it.

[smu.livejournal.com]

1. RDJ will always be hot. Always.

2. I wish I had thought of the Dalekettes. SO cute. Damn.

3. NO ONE WHO IS IN THAT MONSTROSITY OF DRAGON BALL Z MOVIE WILL BE IN A NEIL GAIMAN FILM, AND CERTAINLY NOT AS DEATH. I'm still kinda pulling for Christina Ricci in that roll...

[bumblebee-1983.livejournal.com]

I agree with ALL of this.

*bows*

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" is AWESOME. My friends is a hardcore fan of the original, but after I read her the first line she was trying to steal it from me.

Also, Serenity 2 is winning by 90% on that poll.

[shallowesque.livejournal.com]

Psst, Jian Ghomeshi (dude in the Attack of Billy Bob Thornton's Ego link) is a radio host on the CBC, not an online TV guy. EW got it wrong and appears to have changed their title since then.

[instantpicnic.livejournal.com]

Jian was also in the band Moxy Früvous (they put on an awesome live show!)

[ailaes.livejournal.com]

I just have to say, I LOVE your icon. I drool every time I see the Alice/Hatter/Queen of Hearts dolls. I pout because the only place I find them is ebay.


I inadvertently found a link for House from the Sin City 2 link. I read the book last year and the DVD is on my list.

http://www.housethemovie.net/

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Really? I've found the Queen of Hearts on Amazon. She's a pretty good price.

[xuxana.livejournal.com]

I strongly doubt that most of those incidents as written happened. I mean, why do so many of the stories feature 1) the ominous "I'LL GET YOU" Threat o' Foreshadowing and then 2) the inevitable Twihard battle cry of "I'LL SHOW YOU, HATER!"?

LOL

Those poor haters are always getting caught! They can't stand around quietly enjoying their hatred of Twilight, not even at commercial fishing docks!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Are Movies Better the Second Time?

Sometimes, absolutely. The first time I saw Zoolander I thought it was ridiculous and stupid. About a year later, I saw it on tv, and I thought it was ridiculous and AWESOME. It's now one of my favorite movies, and I watch it at least once a month. I call this the Zoolander Effect; I'm hoping it holds true for Tropic Thunder.

The link you posted on your Twitter earlier, about the Star Trek cologne? I've spent a good chunk of the afternoon coming up with other catchphrases for the Red Shirt Cologne. My nerd quotient is skyrocketing.

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

I know you don't watch Criminal Minds, but Jackson Rathbone was in last night's episode, and he can act - both as a woman (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s235/sevenses/Criminal%20Minds/cms4e20rathbone2.jpg) and as an abuse survivor (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s235/sevenses/Criminal%20Minds/cms4e20adam2.jpg). I was pleasantly surprised.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mentioned it in the linkspam. : )

[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

Would You Rather Universal Make a Third Riddick Film or ‘Serenity 2′? (http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/would-you-rather-universal-make-a-third-riddick-film-or-serenity-2) (oh, come on, that's not even a fair fight)

I do have to say that I fucking loved Pitch Black and Riddick. Never mind the abrupt shift in genre, tone, scale and quality, they were both very enjoyable movies. I liked that for once I didn't feel guilty rooting for a villain in Pitch Black. Riddick was amazing in an "awesomely terrible, but why could'nt someone with a clue have written this" kind of way. Another Firefly movie? Could be beautiful, could be fantastic, could be... mediocre. I don't know.

(As an aside, my giant crush on both Vin Diesel and Summer Glau is not helping..)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but in terms of tossing that question out to fandom at large? Not really a fair fight.

[kitrinlu.livejournal.com]

Jayne, the man they call Jayne...

*wanders off humming happily*

[bumblebee-1983.livejournal.com]

...beat haters into submission...

Hmm...good thing I'm nowhere near my friends who are twihards. ;)

[maisontv.livejournal.com]

Jackson Rathbone seems to be wanting to distance himself from the Twilight franchise. Well-known actors tend to play unsubs for Criminal Minds when they want to get away from associations with a signature project and/or teen idol image.

Frankie Muniz, James Van Der Beek, and Wil Wheaton have all played unsubs on CM.

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

Wil Wheaton also played a mentally unstable homeless murder suspect on CSI.

[wumbawoman.livejournal.com]

Did you see bluehinter's suggestion?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

What in the where?

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

My day has been filled with decisions like walk into traffic or not? Blink or let your eyes dry out? Breathe or die? But the easiest decision I've made all day was Serenity 2 over Riddick 3.

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Barbie Alice!

Now I have to stay up all night for the next SLOD. (I'm staying up to work anyway.