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[apocalypsos]

OMG WAAAAAAAAAAAANT. I swear, if I could just buy a bunch of movie posters and decorate the (possibly) new apartment with 'em and make it look like a second-rate movie theater, I'd be all giddy. :)

In related news, movie trailers ...

Jarhead -- "Welcome to the suck." Heh. (Also, if this is Jamie Foxx's way of making up for Stealth, it just might work.)

Shopgirl -- Well, that could be cute. And hell, at least it means that's a few more months of the year Stve Martin wasn't making a Cheaper by the Dozen sequel.

Yours, Mine, and Ours -- Speaking of Cheaper By The Dozen ... Hollywood, is it too much to ask to just have a comedy where the couple has one or two kids anymore? Or is casting every child who walks across the lot during pre-production now some sort of imperative?

Two For The Money -- I swear, I will see movies I would never watch otherwise if Matthew McConnaughey is in them. Yummy.

The Fog -- I think I like it better when Maggie Grace and Tom Welling are having their lives threatened by Mira Furlan in monster need of a hot-oil treatment and a bald billionaire trying to fuck him, respectively.

The Thing About My Parents -- Considering the only thing I've ever liked Paul Reiser in was My Two Dads (and I was ten at the time) ... uh, no.

Everything is Illuminated -- OOOO. That's really kind of gorgeously filmed, if the trailer is any indication.

In other news, an article on the four-person-team season of The Amazing Race coming up. Apparently, the names of the teams are going to be released today. You know, I really want to give them some credit, because even when TAR's having a bad season, it's still better than nearly every reality show out there. So I guess if I have faith that someone won't screw up this concept, it'll be these guys. (Even though ... ten teams of four? Sheesh, that's about sixteen people more than usual. And how the hell are they going to arrange cabs with teams of four, a cameraman, and a soundguy again? Then again, with all of the money they save on plane tickets, maybe they're just setting them up with vans everywhere. *shrugs*)

England's highest mountain conquered by two-year-old. Well, I suppose getting her up the mountains now while she's full of the energy of a toddler is a good plan. ;)

Pennsylvania couple get married at McDonald's. You realize, of course, that sooner or later you're going to have to explain to your kids why you didn't get married in a church or someplace normal. Sheesh.

Man claims pet rabbit saved his pregnant wife. Okay, that's kind of cool.

Russia's feeding its cattle confiscated marijuana this winter. Yes, folks, it's the hamburgers you just can't stop eating.

Comments

[pelennor-fields.livejournal.com]

Everything is Illuminated -- OOOO. That's really kind of gorgeously filmed, if the trailer is any indication.

Si! That is the best non-Serenity trailer I've seen since Millions (Millions, by the way, is the years's best non-Serenity movie).

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Cool trailer. Very uncool costume for Jonathan, who really didn't come across as quite that much of a dork in the book. But that's okay because there's Alex and his grandfather and the seeing-eye bitch yay!

-blue

[thedivinegoat.livejournal.com]

I'm rather nervous about Shop Girl. I love the book so much I'm not sure I would treat the film fairly.

Everything is Illuminated looked gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

[tronella.livejournal.com]

I also want that poster.
I think I've *read* Everything Is Illuminated... if it's what I'm thinking of (can't watch the trailer at work ;_;) it's a great story.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've got tons of movie posters on my apartment wishlist, but the one I covet most is the Ghostbusters one. It's just ... Ghostbusters. YAAAAAAY. *pets*

[tronella.livejournal.com]

... I hate you. Stop showing me things I want to buy! I have no money!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

So then I shouldn't link to the apartment wishlist I've been stockpiling with all of the coolest stuff I could find, then? *cackles, wanders off*

(If it makes you feel better, I can't afford to buy anything on that list, either. *sigh*)

[tronella.livejournal.com]

;_;
the world wants me to be poor.

[akacat]

My dad's parents always had a few milk cows on the farm. Dad said he *hated* drinking milk during the summer because it always tasted weird.

Years after the fact they found out that the field they used for pasture was full of marijuana plants.

[anonymisty.livejournal.com]

Yes, folks, it's the hamburgers you just can't stop eating.

ROFL!!!! You just made my entire day!

[eiluned.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Cheaper By The Dozen ... Hollywood, is it too much to ask to just have a comedy where the couple has one or two kids anymore? Or is casting every child who walks across the lot during pre-production now some sort of imperative?

My question is why the fuck do they feel the need to remake every corny Doris Day-esque film ever made? If they come out with Pillow Talk... [shudder] The only reason those movies are entertaining (IMHO, of course) is because we know Rock Hudson was gay. And the ones with James Garner are funny because... well, he's James Garner. ;)

Hi, I haven't had my coffee yet.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Because they have the rights to the film and the plot. Just add in a few DVD jokes and a Coca-Cola sign or seven and bam, new movie.

Plus, you get an upswing in rentals when the old black and white version is rented by idiots who can't tell it's not the new one.

[valerie]

Everything is Illuminated is going to be so. Damn. PRETTY :)

And that article about TAR... I have to say I'm a little less wary about the Family Style season now... but we'll see what happens when it starts up. Couldn't be any worse than TAR 6, I say.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Couldn't be any worse than TAR 6, I say.

Amen to that.

I think my only worry right now is that with almost twice as many players as usual, it might get to be a little hard to get a grasp on everybody. but then again, with only ten teams, you can just see the non-elimination rounds and two-parters coming a mile away.

[aexia.livejournal.com]

I guess it's TAR... FE.

TARFE!
TARFE!

Anyways, fewer non-elimiation episodes? I'm guessing they go from 4(3 non-elim + super leg) to 2... which probably means super leg with the non-elimination leg being at the very end or something.

Sounds largely confined to the US. No wonder the spoiler-mavens had difficulty figuring out the starting location with all the sightings...

[denial-girl.livejournal.com]

The teams are indeed announced on cbs.com today. I already have pre-love for two teams, the Aiellos and Paolos. I know many people had reservations about a Family Edition, but I have faith in TAR!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

The more kids on screen, the better the chance one will show talent and can get a Disney sitcom.

And the Russian pot cows...heh. They'll be there in line waiting an hour before dinnertime.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Considering the only thing I've ever liked Paul Reiser in was My Two Dads (and I was ten at the time) ... uh, no.

Not... not even aliens? (Or is that The two dads of the thing that's incubating in my chest...?)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

If I admit I've never seen Aliens, exactly how sad does it make me? *shifty eyes*

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Err... not sad at all, especially if you and the Magic Mirror decide to write a review of it! *innocent look*

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

Apparently, my great-grandfather used to feed marijuana to his cows when they had anxiety and stopped giving milk. So those will be some very calm, very milk-productive cows, methinks. (If they give milk. Beef productive, maybe?)

[midnightbex.livejournal.com]

Steve Martin won't be working on a Cheaper by the Dozen sequel at the end of the year - he'll be in the Chicago Suburbs doing a 3 month solo comedy show run. We can only keep our fingers crossed for next year though.

[adjectivegirl.livejournal.com]

*squees softly at your icon*

[midnightbex.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks!

You are more than welcome to use it if you credit me. :D

[adjectivegirl.livejournal.com]

I confess myself utterly terrified of Everything Is Illuminated because it could wreak all sorts of badwill in my subconscious towards my favorite friggin' actors if it's not as good as the book. Which would be hard. Because the book is amazing.