A bit of linkspam

[cleolinda]

Been having a really hard time the last few days. Don't even really want to talk about it, although suffice it to say that it's not just me feeling pitiful, it's me actually trying not to get sucked into a number of different people's dramaz and not entirely succeeding. I'm trying to space the entries several days apart, but if The Secret Life of Dolls seems to move at a brisk pace over the next week or so, it's because I find working on that to be both comforting and distracting.

Linkspam--before we get into the grim stuff: ICE CREAM DEATHMATCH! If you'll excuse me, I have a container of Heavenly Hash I want to crawl into now.


Karl Malden, Everyman Actor, Dies at 97.

'Fargo' actor Harve Presnell dead at 75.

Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86.

Vanity Fair Covers The Last Days Of Heath Ledger [Tributes].

Vibe Folds (Updated) [Great Magazine Die-off]; Quincy Jones may try to buy back Vibe.

Which SCI FI shows and stars will be at Comic-Con? We've got the full lineup here.

Images: More Concept Art from 'Alice in Wonderland'; Complete Character Poster Series for Shane Acker's 9!; Avatar Comic-Con Banner Revealed!; Scarlett Poster for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'!; Another Beautiful Artistic Poster for Lee Daniels' 'Precious'; Ben Barnes is 'Valediction' Vibrant; 1st Photo: Kevin Spacey As Jack Abramoff; New 'Jennifer’s Body' Photos; Remember How Good 'Drag Me to Hell' Was with Fan Art.

Trailers and clips: Unbelievable Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's 'The Informant'!; Official Trailer for Mira Nair's 'Amelia' Starring Hilary Swank; New International 'Inglourious Basterds' Trailer!; New 'Princess and the Frog' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette; Must Watch: Trailer for Peter Billingsley's 'Couples Retreat'; Creepy Trailer for Virus Movie 'Carriers' Starring Chris Pine (Disturbing One-Sheet for 'Carriers'); ‘Coco Before Chanel’ Trailer Is Released & We Already Want To See More!; International Trailer for Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 'Micmacs'; Gorgeous Short Film About a Bio-Robot With Endless Desire - For Water.

Will Public Enemies Be Just Another Hollow Michael Mann Movie? [Ruminations]; Review: Depp is great in 'Public Enemies'; Depp's 'Public Enemies': Dillinger captured at last; Cops and guns are best part of ‘Public Enemies.’

Recipe for an 'Ice Age' mess: Thaw, rehash, refreeze.

Is Bill Nighy Playing Scrimgeour in Deathly Hallows? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure my life is complete now. Also: New Clip from Half-Blood Prince on AOL Moviefone; David Yates Talks Trio and FiendFyre Scene, Deathly Hallows Part One vs Part Two; Radcliffe Talks Missing Dobby, Black Family Tree and More in Empire Magazine; Matt Lewis On Missing the St. Mungo Scene and More as Neville Longbottom; Jamie Campbell Bower Talks Role as Young Grindelwald in Deathly Hallows.

‘New Moon’ Mini-Movie Details From ‘Twilight’ Actor Michael Welch; ‘Twilight’ Cruise: Kellan Lutz Jumps Overboard While Alex Meraz Hops On. (Ah, so the one who takes candy from strangers isn't going now); 'Twilight' Beauty - The Movie Saga to Launch Vampy Makeup Line; Win Tickets to Vampire Baseball.

More 'Runaways' set pics; Is Alia Shawkat Joining 'The Runaways'?

Can Ethan Hawke's 'Daybreakers' Make Vampires Edgy Again?; Trailer for the Vampire Thriller 'Daybreakers'; Bloodthirsty ‘Transformers’ Star Sees Upcoming Flick As ‘Twilight’ Meets ‘Let The Right One In’ ("It’s a vampire movie, the lead character is named Edward and it arrives in theaters this winter"); 'Daybreakers' Poster: Vampires Are So Hot Right Now.

Matt Reeves Updates Overture's 'Let the Right One In' Remake; 'Let the Right One In' Remake Won't Actually Be 'Twilight', If That Was Your Concern.

Could a movie version of the vampire TV show 'Moonlight' rise from the dead?

Jackie Earle Haley signed for three 'Nightmares'; Exclusive: Robert Englund on Jackie Earle Haley and the 'Nightmare' Remake.

Guy Pearce And Katie Holmes To Be Tortured At Night By Tiny Demons ['Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark']. There's a Tom Cruise joke in there somewhere that I just can't bring myself to make.

Amy Adams Joins the Cast of David O. Russell's 'The Fighter.'

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Jackson Says Nick Fury Won’t See Action In ‘Iron Man 2.’

Jessica Biel in talks for 'Thor'?

M. Night Shyamalan talks 'The Last Airbender.'

Kristen Kreuk's New 'Street Fighter' Clips Remind Us Sweet Can't Save Crazy Bad.

EXCLUSIVE Trailer Debut: ‘Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.’

Comments

[kittybacklash.livejournal.com]

Am I the only person who thinks that Helena Bonham Carter looked like Mollie Sugden/Mrs Slocombe in the pictures they released of her as The Queen of Hearts?

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Icon love. :)

May I steal?

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

I really hope your week gets better. I've always found the 4th to be a major letdown, but I hope something fun/exciting happens for ya.

I have to say, I wasn't all that excited about the Alice in Wonderland movie until I saw the concept art for it. It looks BEAUTIFUL.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure Anne Hathaway will be good in it, to be honest.

[randombastary.livejournal.com]

Harve Presnell was from where I live? O_o He will forever be Mr Parker, as I far as I'm concerned. Bye, Mr Parker.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

I just started in on the boxed sets again a couple of weeks ago, too. When Mr. Parker shows up... bah.

[snacky]

Thanks, Cleo! ♥♥♥

Mmmm, Heavenly Hash!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, this first matchup reminds me that I've never actually had Heath Bar Crunch. I feel this should be rectified ASAP.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

And in other news, a Jonas Brother is engaged! Woe.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Was it the "ugly" one? Because I can't tell any of them apart, but I have a soft spot for any kid randomly designated "the ugly one."

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

While I have nothing to do with vampire stuff, I admit that the premise for Daybreakers is kind of nifty. Also? Sam Neill as (what looks like from the trailer, anyway) a baddie. So, there's that.

[acaciakitty.livejournal.com]

Icon love! Munchkin is a fantastic game.

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why people feel the need to remake and Americanize a brilliant film like "Let the Right One In"--I'm sorry, but I will be skeptical that it can beat the original until I see it. In any case I think it is WAY too soon to be doing a remake!

I do think the new title, "Let Me In" is interesting though, because that is actually what the Spanish title of the original Swedish film is--"Dejame entrar". I guess the Spanish then are snazzier at translating their titles in this case, though I'm not sure how they'll make a distinction between the two movies when the American title is now the same....I actually think the Spanish translation of "Let Me In" has a nicer ring to it!

Also I hope there's a Mooonlight movie, we need one! (Sciwire is wrong when it says the vampire craze came too late to save ML, it was already here, and CBS just didn't care!)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I actually like the title "Let the Right One In," because--before anyone even hears what the movie's about, you've got the tension of potentially making a bad choice ("the right one").

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Robert Englund is such a class act. I loved him praising JEH that way; that has to be such an ego boost. And I had no idea Clancy Brown is in Nightmare! I guess he's Nancy's dad?

I disagree with him about one thing: I do hope they keep the classic Freddy silhouette. That's one of the most iconic images in horror.

[acaciakitty.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm still reserving judgment, because Nightmare is what I was ALL ABOUT as a kid. (Hey, I was a little grown up for my age.)

As a rule, though, remakes break my heart. I also feel they will never be able to capture the...fun of the original. No one will be able to crack off those awful puns and one liners like Englund.

Shock

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I'm surprised Molly Sudgen was still alive. I always thought she was so much older when she was filming Are You Being Served....

And....I've decided that it's the Rapture - celebrity version. (like a version of Trivial Pursuit, but with much further-reaching consequences).

And, considering the variety of people this is touching.....what does this say about the rest of us?

(Yes, I'm a heathen...*sigh*).

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Ah, Karl Malden, I miss you already. :-( One of the greats. R.I.P.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

I need Coco Before Chanel to be out, like, yesterday, please and thank you.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

BlablablablablavampiresblablablaTwilightblablablabla...

So, are they determined to make "Iron Man 2" suck or what?
All the news I keep hearing is not good.
Morons.

[genmaicha.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I'm going to have to strike Iron Man 2 from my personal canon the way I did with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Sigh.

[handlebars19.livejournal.com]

Daybreakers actually looks really good. I definitely will be checking that out in the theaters

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

If Bill Nighy is Scrimgeour, I'll... I'll...

I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be so fucking awesome that somebody, some day, will write a book about it. That book will then be adapted into a film.

And in that film, I will be played by Bill Nighy, even though I am a 25 year old woman.

And it will be amazing.

[ahirutwin.livejournal.com]

FIZZ FROM DIET SUNKIST BURNING INSIDES OF MY NOSTRILS, OH GOD. SNORTED ALL OVER MY PANTS, OH GOD. AND ON MY CREAM COLORED CARPET, OH GOD. Well, that's what Orange Clean is for, I guess.

Also, not only will I buy that book, I will see that movie. :D

[jubilantia.livejournal.com]

Why have I not heard about the Let the Right One In remake? And, more importantly, why is it even being made? I hate that all these creatively challenged directors are like "I respect the movie so much, which is why I think I can do a better job with the material! Except, that's not really what I meant... oh wait, it totally was!" And again, the "American audiences can't appreciate it unless it's Americanized LOL!"

RAAAAGE.

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

ITA. The whole thing is so stupid....

Though in some ways I do agree with the title change, though maybe because that's how I first heard the title when it came out in Spain--"Dejame entrar" or "Let Me In". It really has a whole different set of connotations and meaning than "Let the Right One In"....

[glass-pyx.livejournal.com]

WHY are they remaking "Let the Right One In!?" It's so good already! Can people really not read subtitles??

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

Nope, they can't. *sigh* My dad got all grumpy after I told him about how awesome Pan's Labyrinth was, when he went and figured out it was [GASP] not in English?! People are lazy. Especially Joe Moviegoer.

[septimus.livejournal.com]

Alia Shawkat has definitely joined the cast of The Runaways, there are now set pics of her with the other girls.

[dylan-weir.livejournal.com]

Yay for Maeby!! I'd love to see her in more stuff.

On a Twilight side-note, guess what my old high school's ball theme is... I was just wondering recently whether Twilight would be the compulsory ball/prom theme throughout high schools for the next four years or so. I'm tempted to pop in a cameo as Renesme, and show these kids how professionals carry out theme details.
"Listen. If you make the theme Twilight, expect a bloody, mutant, rapid-developing fetus to turn up! This shit is canon."
"But you don't even go here, you graduated like five years ago-"
"It's still in the damn book!"

[wearejustducky.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it is, but I have been having the worst week too. It's gotten to the point where my friends have decided someone gave me the ojo malo and it's time to go see a curandera, or maybe smudge the hell out of my apartment.

[ahirutwin.livejournal.com]

WHAT IS HOLLYWOOD PUTTING IN THEIR WATER? HOW MANY IS THAT THIS WEEK?

And the worst part is that I know, I just KNOW, that Patrick Swayze will be gone soon too. Whhhhhhhhhy? *sobs*

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

IKR? I'm officially freaked the hell out now. When's this madness gonna stop?

[marlinkhylacat]

NOOOOOO NOT MRS. SLOCOMBE! :(

I'm turning 30 in...oh, two minutes here, and I already planned to put a Billy Mays quote on my cake. Now I have to figure out how to work Mollie Sugden in too!

[glimmerata.livejournal.com]

Oh God. I can't believe someone is finally remaking "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." I saw that when I was a little kid, and it scared the everloving crap out of me. I STILL sometimes sleep with the light on because of that stupid movie.

I will not be paying to see the remake.

[acaciakitty.livejournal.com]

Aw, did the Drama Llama make a visit to your home? It must be like Christmas in July! /sarcasm

I hope you de-stress soon. Stay away from the drama black holes. They will suck you in.

Also, WHY IS EVERYONE DYING? Bad news.

[drpeprfan.livejournal.com]

I don't think Nighy's playing Scrimgeour, especially since the guy is mostly in THBP. Except I don't see Scrimgeour listed in the cast on IMDB for the 6th movie...hmm. Does that mean no conversation with the Prime Minister, and they cut out Scrimgeour trying to sweet talk Harry over Christmas break as well as towards the end? Sigh.

Yes! I hope they make the Moonlight movie soon (maybe on Alex O'Loughlin's break between seasons of Three Rivers?), they left way too much up in the air in the season finale. And hey, that Daybreakers movie looks good. I've loved Ethan Hawke since Gattaca. And Sam Neil since Merlin.

[followtherecipe.livejournal.com]

You know, isn't Christian Bale in 'Pubic Enemies'? I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in any of the trailers. What's up with that?

[inkidoll.livejournal.com]

Holy shit Twilight Makeup. I'mma just be here, lawling forever at that and debating buying some because it's just that ridiculous. :D