Another omnibus post, brought to you by my short attention span:
-- Mickey Rourke will apparently appear as a villain in Iron Man 2. Nice to see that the success of The Wrestler is getting him work. I guess he's well and truly out of career hypersleep. Favreau must be fond of resuscitated actors, given that Downey had a similar career trajectory. The always excellent Sam Rockwell's going to be in it too.
-- I never thought I'd see the day, but it looks like the new Judge Dredd movie might be happening. I thought Stallone (and Rob Schneider!) had killed this franchise dead. They shoulda sent them to Titan for that movie.
-- That guy who played Jacob in Twilight is going to play him again in New Moon. See, they thought maybe he wasn't going to. Now he is. All right! Personally I thought he was pretty good in Twilight, so all's well.
-- My friend and colleague Jim Poniewozik pointed me to this interview with Ian McKellan, in which he first admits that everybody mistakes him for Dumbledore, and then speculates that Gandalf might be gay. Why not? [Insert all previous gay Dumbledore jokes here, suitably amended.]
-- Yesterday I recorded commentary for a bonus feature that will be part of the Watchmen DVD. That'll sell some copies. Maybe I'll be an easter egg -- just click on Dr. Manhattan's big bald blue head.
-- The government can't remember what the space program is for. Remind them? Seriously, the Space Studies board of the National Academies is doing a study and wants public input. This is your chance to remind them that their first and only priority should be finding and neutralizing Decepticons.
You're going to be on the Watchmen DVD?! Seriously? Was it show commentary or something else?
Also, Judge Dredd deserves better than that last movie. Let's hope he gets it.
Church
Jan. 8, 2009 18:41:pm
at 18:41:pm
Just to serve as a layman voice for everyone working themselves into Watchmen Fanboy Fury... I still have no desire to see it. Sorry. I hope it's good and well done, but if anyone's thinking "How could this movie possibly fail???" The answer is: very easily.
Dave
Jan. 9, 2009 10:06:am
at 10:06:am
Note: I'm not saying that Lev and Church are exactly in a fanboy fury right now, but I've seen some folks getting way too pumped up about it.
Dave
Jan. 9, 2009 10:07:am
at 10:07:am
Really? I see most people freaking out that it won't be 100% identical to the book and are thus refusing to see it.
It's not going to be identical to the book, but it has potential to be badass. I'm very much looking forward to it, and have already separated the book from the movie in my mind (too many people refused to do that with V for Vendetta).
Rorschach
Jan. 9, 2009 10:50:am
at 10:50:am
Ditto Rorschach. Right now, people are working themselves up into a cautious hope, for the most part.
Church
Jan. 9, 2009 13:01:pm
at 13:01:pm
@Church. Are you talking about Obama or Watchmen?
Brew
Jan. 9, 2009 13:40:pm
at 13:40:pm
so i guess we can call both mickey and taylor(jacob black) the comeback kids though for completely different reasons.
themoonisdown
Jan. 9, 2009 14:02:pm
at 14:02:pm
So we're still hoping Fox won't kill/steal/significantly delay the movie with the lawsuit against Warner about the rights? I haven't seen anything new lately.
@ Church. I'm stealing that cautious hope line at some point.
Kemper
Jan. 10, 2009 08:07:am
at 08:07:am
Wait a minute, here. I thought that the responsibility of handling decepticons was transfered to the Autobots during the terms of agreement of the alliance between them and humankind, leaving the space program with no objectives (which would explain why they've been doing nothing).
tereglith
Jan. 10, 2009 15:35:pm
at 15:35:pm
Tereglith just freaked me out.
bloggit
alexandriacarpetone
Jan. 16, 2009 10:06:am
at 10:06:am