Apparently I feel chatty today

[cleolinda]

Re: the SDCC exclusive Tonner Edward variant: I think my problem here isn't OMG IT'S A TWILIGHT DOLL I MUST HAVE IT; it's that I love incorporating stuff into the Secret Life stories. And "stuff" often gets expensive, although not always--some of the best bits have been small reader gifts (The Littlest Cowboy Hat, for example), or stuff I found around the house (the dessert fork for pitching the ponies' grass), or old toys from my closet (the ponies themselves). I mean, there are dolls I want for myself that I haven't bought because I couldn't justify the cost (even crazy-fantastic bargains) by thinking of a way to incorporate them--but I see something that makes me go HOLY SHIT I HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THE STORY and it's like my brain just shuts down. I mean, I saw Super Special Exclusive Legolas with Cloak on eBay and fought for that thing to the $40 death AND STILL GOT IT FOR HALF WHAT IT USUALLY GOES FOR, SUCKAAAAAS. It's kind of my equivalent of "SQUIRREL!"

But I am trying to talk myself down off the Gratuitous Edward Variant ledge because: Alice. I have to have Alice. I can't not have Alice. I have to bring Alice's awesome to The Shelf. I can't blow this kind of money on a character I already have in a slightly different shirt and afford an Alice. So there's that. I... I'll have to see a picture of the variant Edward, I guess. *hangs head*

Oh, by the way, we have a reader question about dolls--where to find good sites for accessories for 4" figures?

Oh, and my mother has found someone who wants to buy the plates. Not the mugs yet, though.

Linkspam:

AP Exclusive: No Carradine suicide, expert says.

Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type.

Daily Show visits the New York Times. It's the part about "aged news" that's so awesome.

Tim Burton To Be Featured In An Exhibition At New York’s Museum Of Modern Art.

HBO's vampires take over Friday's 'L.A. Times'; Vampires strike back: 'True Blood' boils anew in Season 2; Stephen Moyer on The View; Michelle Forbes Says Season Two of "True Blood" Should Come With A Helmet!; TRUE BLOOD Interview with Deborah Ann Woll; True Blood Season 2 Premiere - Red-carpet Interviews; True Blood Season 2 Clips Show Us The Moodier Side Of Vampires In Track Suits; Bite into Four New Clips from ‘True Blood’ Season Two; Evan Rachel Wood just got her fangs for her new role in True Blood; Bella no match for Sookie at vampire love; Review: True Blood returns for a second season of sexy vampire love.

Speaking of which, I would really like to finish the first season recaps, and I got the DVDs last weekend. Problem is, it's been a really crazy week, so the five-episode recap marathon I'd been hoping to do didn't happen (and the Recap Triathlon last year nearly killed me as it was). My point is, I'd like to start up where I left off, maybe do two or three a week until I'm caught up with the current season, and maybe be a little less thorough this time around, since recaps were generally taking seven hours each to write by the time I left off. Which may be a clue as to why I did, in fact, leave off. I just know that I have a Sagittarian tendency to start things with great enthusiasm and then not finish them, and that really eats at me. So I'd like to see this through.

(No, I will probably never go back to Lost recaps, because it would pretty much have to be your full-time job to wade through mythology now. And that's why I stopped, because I couldn't enjoy the show for trying to recap it. So I choose the show over the recaps, basically.)

(I didn't finish Empire either. But you know, I actually have the DVDs. Next time an Emily Blunt [she was Camane!] movie comes out--what's she got next, The Wolf Man?--that might be a good time to recap the last two episodes.)

Rumor: Stephen Sommers Fired Mid-Way Through G.I. Joe?; 'G.I. Joe' Director Fired? Biggest Stinker of 2009? Do Tell!; Lorenzo di Bonaventura Responds to G.I. Joe Rumors and Accusations; Joseph Gordon-Levitt Chimes In On ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra’ And Sommers’ Rumored Firing.

Images: New One-Sheet for '9' Debuts; New 'Hurt Locker' Images; speaking of Emily Blunt, First 'Wild Target' Production Stills; First Look: Eisenberg, Harrelson, and Breslin in 'Zombieland'!; Tyler Perry Can Do 'Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself' Poster All By Himself.

Trailers and clips: New Trailer for Martin Scorsese's 'Shutter Island'; Trailer for Paul Bettany's Charles Darwin Biopic 'Creation'; Second Trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Kids Movie 'Shorts'; Must Watch: Awesome Promo Trailer for 'The Warrior's Way'; Don't Watch: Trailer for 'Old Dogs' with Travolta and Williams.

‘Up’ Director Reveals Secret Deleted Subplot - And the Egg on Carl’s Face; Ask Pixar to Make a Movie About a Girl? Why, That's Just 'P.C. B.S.!'

Del Toro Confirms Hugo Weaving and Two Others for Hobbit. Related: Peter Jackson Pledges to Shoot in 3D From Now On.

‘Time Traveler’s Wife’ Trailer and Poster.

Video Interview with Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright; Large HBP French tour posters; Oh so many Panini scans; Emma Watson, the New Face of Burberry; Harry Potter helps Sasha Obama have magical birthday.

Behind the Scenes Filming New Moon Vancouver Video; Exclusive New Moon photos; Lautner talks Wolves for New Moon; 'Twilight': Why are Bella and Edward really attracted to one another?; Catherine Hardwicke Hopeful to Work with Twilight Stars Again; ‘Twilight’ Fans Prove Their Fervor Once More, To The Tune Of 10.6 Million ‘New Moon’ Trailer Streams; The Five Greatest 'New Moon' Trailer Reactions; Men Who Stay Up All Night to Watch Girls While They Sleep: a Venn diagram.

(Con-goer beware: this is going to end in tears.)

Kristen Stewart is Mullet Marvelous as Joan Jett; 'Runaways' Biopic Finds Its Lita Ford: Alessandra Torresani; Michael Shannon May Join Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning In ‘The Runaways’; Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning: Runaway Duo. I'm mostly interested in this because I feel like "I Hate Myself for Loving You" is one of the greatest songs ever (when someone like Joan Jett wants to walk but always runs back to you, because you took her heart and you took her pride away, that is SAYING SOMETHING).

‘Twilight’ Star Kellan Lutz Eager to Take On Freddy in ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Reboot. I just like to torment sweetdragon at this point. I'm sure she'd return the favor, as soon as something comes up that causes a little piece of my soul to die every time there's an update.

‘Frost/Nixon’ Writer Peter Morgan Joins Purvis & Wade For The Next Bond Flick.

‘Pirates 4′ Taking Priority Over ‘Lone Ranger.’ Sigh.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds Confirms ‘Deadpool’ Details — Scars, Costume And All!

Evan Rachel Wood to star in "Spider-Man: The Musical"; U2 On The ‘Spider-Man’ Musical: Peter Parker’s Story Is ‘Like Every Rock-And-Roll Star’s Story’; ‘Spider-Man 2’ Star Alfred Molina Says He’d Love To Return As Doctor Octopus In Future Films. Um... how?

Why Whiplash Makes Us Nervous For Iron Man 2 [Iron Man 2 Fail].

Alexander Skarsgard Was So Close To Playing Thor, He Even Tried On The Costume.

Abrams and Cruise Reuniting for 'Mission: Impossible 4'; Do We Really Need Another Mission Impossible, Even With J.J. Abrams? I gotta tell you, I loved what Abrams did with M:I3.

‘Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen’ Images For You To Gawk At; Megan Fox: Breaking the Internets, one site at a time; Megan Fox's 50 Best (& Worst) Bon Mots. I am starting to really, really dislike her--not because "women hate a girl who's sexy" or "a girl that guys like," but because she is trying so hard to show how edgy and sexy and "one of the boys" she is. Bitch, please. Just be it, don't run off at the mouth about it 24/7.

Movie Review: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009); Review: 'The Taking of Pelham 123.'

Mischievous Betty White makes most of 'Proposal.'

Movie Review: Moon (2009).

Andrew Stanton's 'John Carter of Mars' Shooting in November; Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins to Star in 'John Carter of Mars.' Lynn Collins gets a free pass for life from me after that one episode of True Blood, is all I have to say about that.

Tony Scott Sees Javier Bardem For ‘Pancho Villa.’

Joss Whedon Was Asked To Work On New ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Movie — After The News Broke; Joss Whedon Says "No Thanks" to New 'Buffy' Movie. Related: Exclusive: Joss Whedon on 'Dollhouse' -- 'Back with such a vengeance.'

Disney and Diane Lane Jump on 'Secretariat.'

Stephen Root Staring At Clooney, Spacey, McGregor — And ‘Goats.’

Exclusive 'Dead Snow' Clip; 'Dead Snow' Images; 'Dead Snow' Review.

Aronofsky's Robocop Delayed Until 2011.

Leonardo DiCaprio in the 'Spawn' remake? Um, okay...

Marcus Nispel Directing ‘Conan’ Remake.

Neil Marshall to Direct Robert Rodriguez' Predators Reboot?!

Kevin Lima Remaking Don Knotts' 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet.'

Stars in Rewind: Clint Eastwood in 'Revenge of the Creature.'

Comments

[loony-moony.livejournal.com]

IDK about Megan Fox. She (and everyone around her) is so desperate to market herself as a nubile Angelina Jolie, she fails to realize just how trashy and dumb it makes her look. She's more and more that girl people half-care about what she says because of that crotch shot from Transformers than anything else. And I've never even heard of her being a halfway decent actress, which. Yeah. She needs to go cool off in some corner, preferably far away from skeezy men.

[jubilantia.livejournal.com]

For real! I hate her slutty image with a passion, which is sad, because I feel like she's a relatively smart person (maybe?) who's gotten chewed up by Hollywood. I like Transformers as a popcorn movie, but there was that niggling voice in my head that wanted an awesome kickass nerd girl opposite Sam.

[megalosaurus.livejournal.com]

I don't know if re-ment or megahouse are the kind of accessories you're looking for, but there's a ton of stuff over at cute minis (http://cuteminis.com/index.php)
it might be the wrong scale, actually...
(oh god, re-ment is like crack for me)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, for real--I have a few pieces of Re-ment now, and sometimes I just go stare at pages of them.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

I... I agree about Alice. I still refuse to read the books, but I ended up watching the movie with some friends last weekend, and even in a minor part I could see why you rave about Alice being awesome. And in doll land, Alice + Lyra and Serafina would certainly get up to some interesting hijinks. ;P

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Really, Alice's rep for awesomosity comes from the time she hotwired and stole a yellow Porsche in Italy. She gets a little faily once she starts pressuring Bella to have the big fancy wedding Bella doesn't want. The movie, however, added Alice twisting James' head off like a bottle cap (Bella's unconscious for that whole bit in the book so we don't know exactly what happens), so that evens the balance a bit.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in G.I. Joe? I don't understand.

And I know what you mean about Megan Fox. I read her 50 best & worst quotes, and I went from thinking "who are you again?" to "you're kinda cool" to "oh my god, shut up about how much you don't give a fuck, please." Also, her eyebrows scare me.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know--I don't remember seeing him in the trailer at all. Maybe he's not actually in it, but no one's told him yet?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Just tell me your Alice, when you get her, isn't going to start dressing unconscious Bella in a cocktail dress and stilettos.

That squicked me out so bad.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Alice has some strong moments of fail now and then.

[orca-girl.livejournal.com]

So, they cast a white chick as Deja Thoris of Mars? What are they going to do, just "give her a tan"?

[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

A++ WOULD LOL AGAIN. *dies*

I just know that Tars Tarkas & Co. are gonna be green as Piccolo, but the Red Martians abruptly becoming White Martians is not only going to be Ultra Faily, it throws a serious wrench in the works if they want to make a sequel. Dejah Thoris is guaranteed to be 500% less bloodthirstily awesome as well.

Five bucks says that either they don't specify which side this Civil War hero fought on or they swap it entirely. I'm also gonna bet that any and all mentions of Native Americans, the live ones in pursuit or the dead ones in the cave, are going to abruptly vanish.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

I am starting to really, really dislike her--not because "women hate a girl who's sexy" or "a girl that guys like," but because she is trying so hard to show how edgy and sexy and "one of the boys" she is.

I made a comment on ONTD about how she's like that hot girl in high school who you realize after the fact is pretty but generic and a bunch of people jumped on me. I don't hate MF, but I can't understand being crazily in love with her either. She's just too generic to care about. Even all the crazy things she says seem very calculated by her agents.

[greenfairy-87.livejournal.com]

IA. Girl has absolutely nothing going for her other than her looks, and even then her hotness is in the "Totally Unattainable and Uninterested so don't even ask for my number" category. She's like a broken i-pod. No one wants to listen to her.

let me add to your sentiment that Joan Jett is awesome

[count-01.livejournal.com]

'I Hate Myself for Loving You' is basically a blues song that never made it past the 'anger' stage, instead just cranked the amp up to 11, shoved hot shards of glass through its nipples, and ran a razor-sharp tuning fork down your screen door at 2 in the morning, wanting so bad not to want to come in.

Sounds...like too many of my breakups, to be overly candid.

edited to add: in most of the dreams I wake up from not sure whether I'm turned on or scared out of my damn mind, the fork is tuned to middle C.

Re: let me add to your sentiment that Joan Jett is awesome

[internal666.livejournal.com]

Totally unrelated but: OMIGOSHSIOUXSIEICONLOVE<3

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEE True Blood!

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Megan Fox will never be half as awesome as Betty White.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

Squee!!!! More more night til Season 2 True Blood!! Thanks for the link to the Stephen Moyer appearance on The View, he was adorable. Can't wait, can't wait.

Cleo, I actually watched Season 1 online so that I could read your recaps. :) They rocked of course, I expect no less from you! But as for recapping the rest of Season 1, if you get to it, then great. If you don't, that's fine too. I appreciate reading whatever you take the time to share with us.

[cherrysakura5.livejournal.com]

Spider-Man: The Musical! WHAT!?! I think I'm going to cry
KStew Hair - WHY? I loved her hair.
Remakes and Reboots is Hollywood seriously that desperate there is just no good news today. Really Predators Reboot!! Do Not Want!

I bet when New Moon comes out Alice Dolls are going to be selling fast! Keep your eyes on the prize Cleo. An Alice is essential not only to SLOD but like you said she is totally awesome. I only read the Twilight series now just because of her.

PISTOLS AT DAWN, JONES!!

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

That's it. I'm busting open The Folder[tm] tomorrow.

Re: PISTOLS AT DAWN, JONES!!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

NOOOOO NOT THE FOLDER

I'm not accepting any file transfers from YOU tomorrow, that's for sure.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

If he sparkles.. I say screw it and get him. But if it's just a different outfit.. You could possibly just get the outfit on eBay.

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly.

[kouryou.livejournal.com]

Okay, my brain is ambivalent on Rodriguez touching Predator, but my heart went AAAAAAAH! in the good way when I saw Neil Marshall's name in that line. What I don't understand, though, is the lack of people mentioning Dog Soldiers in detail as valid credentials for the job. I mean, hell, Dog Soldiers was closer to a Predator-feeling movie than AvP.

... and, okay, the guy's tendency to cast a particular handful of actors in his works makes me squeeble. Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt... yes, yes, please.

[lupegarou.livejournal.com]

okay so this is a few days late but.

OH MY GOD DOG SOLDIERS. this is seriously one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. i don't like scary movies in general, but if i'm wanting for a good heart pounding movie, i pick Dog Soldiers. i'm pretty sure i've seen this movie over 500 times, and the part where the cow flies into the camp still scares the living shit out of me.

anyway, i agree that DS was WAY closer to the Pred feel than AvP. like, a thousand times more. maybe people didn't mention DS because they've either a) never seen it or b) feel that the rubber wolf suits make it almost too "b movie".

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

It depresses me a bit that my 21st birthday party next week will in no way ever be able to compare to Sasha Obama's 8th birthday party.

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

I will cry manly tears at Time Traveler's Wife...

[bambbles.livejournal.com]

You and me both! I am so excited that this movie is finally coming out! I love the Time Traveler's Wife...

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Alexander Skarsgard Was So Close To Playing Thor, He Even Tried On The Costume.

From the article:

When I told him I thought he had the perfect look to bring the comic book hero to life, Skarsgard had a simple — and honest — response: “So did I.”

Aw, poor Alex. :( Don't get me wrong, I thought Chris Hemsworth did a good job in the, um, three minutes he was on screen in Star Trek, but man Skarsgard could have been great as Thor.

On the other hand, this tidbit from the article sounds interesting:

Skarsgard told me that he’ll keep an open mind and remain hopeful to someday land another comic-book-based role. And, since Feige has made recent statements saying that the people he met during the “Thor” auditions could be brought back for other Marvel roles, we might still see him in Spandex and a cowl someday.

“It depends on the circumstances,” Skarsgard said of possible roles in “Captain America” or beyond. “It’s pretty hard to say [whether I’d take another comic role]. It depends on the circumstances - who the director is, and what the character is. But of course [I’d be interested in looking into it]. I think it’s every little boy’s dream; it would be a person’s dream to play an action hero.”

It would be pretty funny if we wind up with an American playing the Norse god, and a Northern European playing Captain America. *g* (hey, he looks the part! I mean, he's big blond and handsome anyway)

[girlthethird.livejournal.com]

Actually, Chris Hemsworth is Australian. So it's even funnier.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

4" figures should be the right size for Playmobil. Their victorian-dollhouse range is mostly pretty realistic.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Also Playmobil is often completely cracktastic. (http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Product-Show?pid=4270&CatalogCategoryID=Roemer) Ooo, I just realized that having a young son gives me an excuse to start a gigantic collection of Playmobil now!

[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

Did anyone hear about the District 9 contest? Only MALE contestants have a chance to win a trip for two to filming. Not as a cameo character or anything, just to get a backstage look. SEXIST AS ALL HELL. (http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/3321287.html) ()

[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

Just checked back and they totally just backtracked, allowing men AND women... but now if you want to be considered you have to agree to receive e-mail updates from Sony (read: spam) and I suspect they're just going to pick a dude anyway.

[lilyofshalott]

'TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE' TRAILER!! \o/

It seems like I've been waiting *forever* for that to show up . . . and the release date is THIS August!!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I seriously find myself wondering what it would take for me to be magically transported to Hollywood to consult on the Deadpool movie. OMG SO EXCITED.

I am SO glad a fan is playing the main actor, and that it's awesome Ryan Reynolds!

[nik-bella.livejournal.com]

Time Traveler's Wife has me all giddy and wiggly in my chair. As short as it was, the trailer had so many things right (in my mind) that now I am more excit-diculous than ever.

[lilychick.livejournal.com]

I have a Sagittarian tendency to start things with great enthusiasm and then not finish them

I'm just amused because I do the same thing, except that I always considered it Aquarian. :-)

I had a dream that I was at a Twilight con once. I watched a panel where a shock-value-Goth Edward/Jacob writer had a throwdown with an evangelical Mormon BNF. It was pretty epic.

[kakyuu-hime.livejournal.com]

Kevin Lima Remaking Don Knotts' 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet.'

... *finds things to throw* DO NOT FUCK THIS UP, MR. LIMA!
You brought back a little 2-D animation with Enchanted, you better do the same with Mr. Limpet! I will not accept CGI! MY CHILDHOOD WILL NOT ACCEPT CGI!

[emmy-scarlet.livejournal.com]

Seconded! Frankly, I'm sketchy about the whole thing, I mean, how can you possibly top Don Knotts? He was the perfect Mr. Limpet.

That, and what about the storyline? Would they keep it in WWII era, or will there be some godawful update-for-audiences putting it somewhere closer to today's time?

Oh man, between this and Clash of the Titans, -and- a Short Circuit remake, my inner child is in the corner weeping, I swear. And let's not even get started on the Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, or I'll really start bawling.