Soo, last night was it and I just watched it on Surfthechannel...
James Vanderbeek on One Tree Hill. I've watched most of the episodes now...sigh, my friend Ali was right, I'm hooked in. Gloat if you must Allison.
Anyway, he was brought in as a film director named Dixon (That's pretty close to a certain other name if you ask me!) because Lucas is interviewing him to see if he'll direct the movie version of Lucas's novel. First of all we've seen CMM and The Beek square off before. I don't know how many of those watching OTH at this point know that Chad played cheating rocker with a heart of gold Charlie on Dawson's Creek. Charlie starred in one of Dawson's epic love stories, much to Jen's chagrin, and Pacey's irritation (Audrey was playing the leading lady and Charlie was in hot pursuit of Joey at the time...you can see why Pacey'd be pissed about the choice.)
I was hoping, at least a little that this director would be a Dawson reincarnate, someone to match up with Lucas's good guy instincts and they could be sanctimonious together. But I was pleasantly surprised to see they did it differently. Dixon is like the counterparts Dawson finds in the later seasons. Oliver and that British guy. He's abrasive and pushy and hyperactive. It makes sense, because if you were to actually put Dawson and Lucas in a room together to work on a project it would be the most boring, drawn out and preachy piece of trash ever. So instead Dixon insists on two things, the couple you expect to end up together shouldn't, and you have to raise the stakes by killing off one of the younger characters. You have to have a knowledge of Dawson's to really understand the humor behind him asking for those things, one of which he phrases, "The one thing I know is that the audiences goes crazy over who ends up together in the end." Anyone with a remotely intimate knowledge of Dawson's Creek gets the humor in Dixon's requests.
1. The raise the stakes thing by randomly killing off one of the leads. Her name was Jen Lindley. Her story was overall the most interesting and least annoying of any of the characters on previously mentioned show. And what do they do? Halfway through the series finale Jen dies of a heart condition that until said series finale no one, including her best friend in the world Jack knew she had. Raises the stakes? Little bit. Breaks the audience's heart? TOTALLY!
2. The unexpected couple ends up together. OK, so Joey choosing Pacey isn't totally unexpected, and the emotional payoff is worth it. But it's definitely a twist. Dixon is specifically asking for Lucas to end up with Hayley in the movie. That's Dawson talking, Dawson who never got his Joey, wants the best friends to end up together. In all of Dawson's retellings of the story that's how it ends up. Sam chooses Colby, in that movie they make in Season 2 or 3, I can't remember, where Rachel Leigh Cook plays Joey, she ends up with the Dawson character. He wants to see it happen again, even from the guise of this guy who isn't Dawson.
Of course after this we've learned that something's going on with Peyton...my guess is she's pregnant or has cancer.
Or maybe she has a mysterious heart condition that she didn't tell anybody about.
Either way this is going to be a funn ride...Good to have you back Leery.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
What a stupid lamb...
OK, so, I got back from Twilight about an hour ago and I have to say I'm highly impressed. I enjoyed every second of it. And I'll dive right in.
The opening, we see Edward stalking down a deer, as Bella reads the preface to the novel. I'd imagine this would be a pretty scary moment to those who don't know the deal. We see Bella's departure from Phoenix, her arrival in Forks. The Charlie and Bella dynamic is perfect, their careful awkwardness is ideal.
Change but perfectly executed: Bella doesn't cook, they eat in a diner every night. This provides an excellent way into Forks, the people of Forks know Bella, even though she doesn't know them.
Another change, Billy and Jacob drive the truck up, we actually see them before we see the Cullens, as a Jacob fan this pleased me. Bella is immediately at ease when Jacob's around, which is nice to see. I'll get into performances later.
Bella's first day at Forks High and the onslaught of male admirers is done perfectly, especially the way Jessica's motives for friendship with Bella are completely obvious, Mike's paying attention to Bella, Jess swoops in. Angela is more sincere, as is the point. Lauren is left out entirely, which is fine. Jess and Angela introduce the Cullens when Bella inquires after them.
The biology scene is hilarious, and I can imagine confusing to those who don't know the deal. Edward trying to hold his breath and Bella continually smelling herself afraid she has BO is so awkwardly and perfectly executed. As are the rest of their courting scenes. Even when they get together, if you took out the supernatural elements their relationship could simply be between the nice girl and the bad boy. Edward could be Jess Mariano, or James Dean, the point is that Bella should stay away from him, but she can't.
The baseball scene is unbelievable, I always had trouble reading that part, it didn't make sense to me, I couldn't visual the super fast, super athletic vampires. Seeing that scene made it real for me.
And the fight in the ballet studio was beautifully done, it was a nice pay off I'm sure for all the poor boyfriends who are being dragged to watch their girlfriends drool over Edward Cullen.
And then the prom scene. Another change, Bella seems less resistant, not to mention the prom isn't in the Forks High Gym, but whatever. Jacob's appearance and his warning to Bella is more sincere, you get the feeling that in the movie universe, Jacob is already a wolf, he already knows the deal. I could be wrong though. I had a giggle moment that I had to stifle a bit, as Edward walked Bella away from Jacob he mutters, "I leave you alone for 2 minutes and the wolves descend." I actually snorted I was so happy. The glare that Edward and Jacob exchange too, ah, no words. Chills, though definitely chills.
And the twist ending sets up Eclipse as well as New Moon. We saw the birth of a film series.
Now onto the individual performances. Let's start with the smaller parts. The human friends were perfect. It was really a thrill for me to see Anna Kendrick up on the big screen, even if she didn't sing lol. The Cullens were ideal, almost exact, especially Emmet, considering how small his part was he got his playful bearlike attitude across perfectly. I was a little disappointed because Carlisle backstory was cut for time, I understood the cutting but still, I would have liked to have seen it.
Kristen Stewart was unreal. She's going to be a star, and I really hope that Bella doesn't end up pigeon holing her, and that she agrees to the sequels. She was Bella, perfectly incarnate, I was very impressed.
Robert Pattinson was unbelievable. I take back every doubt I had. He was just perfect. He exuded Edward's confident discomfort. Not to mention because I read them all in a chunk the way I did, I forgot that in Twilight Edward is stiffer, more scared. It's not until Eclipse that he relaxes, and lets go and is really himself.
ANND Taylor Lautner. So adorable, wanted to hug him. <3 My Jacob. End of Story.
All in all, I was impressed, happy even. Maybe I'll get back to you all after my second look but I wouldn't count on it. I have a feeling this is always going to be good.
The opening, we see Edward stalking down a deer, as Bella reads the preface to the novel. I'd imagine this would be a pretty scary moment to those who don't know the deal. We see Bella's departure from Phoenix, her arrival in Forks. The Charlie and Bella dynamic is perfect, their careful awkwardness is ideal.
Change but perfectly executed: Bella doesn't cook, they eat in a diner every night. This provides an excellent way into Forks, the people of Forks know Bella, even though she doesn't know them.
Another change, Billy and Jacob drive the truck up, we actually see them before we see the Cullens, as a Jacob fan this pleased me. Bella is immediately at ease when Jacob's around, which is nice to see. I'll get into performances later.
Bella's first day at Forks High and the onslaught of male admirers is done perfectly, especially the way Jessica's motives for friendship with Bella are completely obvious, Mike's paying attention to Bella, Jess swoops in. Angela is more sincere, as is the point. Lauren is left out entirely, which is fine. Jess and Angela introduce the Cullens when Bella inquires after them.
The biology scene is hilarious, and I can imagine confusing to those who don't know the deal. Edward trying to hold his breath and Bella continually smelling herself afraid she has BO is so awkwardly and perfectly executed. As are the rest of their courting scenes. Even when they get together, if you took out the supernatural elements their relationship could simply be between the nice girl and the bad boy. Edward could be Jess Mariano, or James Dean, the point is that Bella should stay away from him, but she can't.
The baseball scene is unbelievable, I always had trouble reading that part, it didn't make sense to me, I couldn't visual the super fast, super athletic vampires. Seeing that scene made it real for me.
And the fight in the ballet studio was beautifully done, it was a nice pay off I'm sure for all the poor boyfriends who are being dragged to watch their girlfriends drool over Edward Cullen.
And then the prom scene. Another change, Bella seems less resistant, not to mention the prom isn't in the Forks High Gym, but whatever. Jacob's appearance and his warning to Bella is more sincere, you get the feeling that in the movie universe, Jacob is already a wolf, he already knows the deal. I could be wrong though. I had a giggle moment that I had to stifle a bit, as Edward walked Bella away from Jacob he mutters, "I leave you alone for 2 minutes and the wolves descend." I actually snorted I was so happy. The glare that Edward and Jacob exchange too, ah, no words. Chills, though definitely chills.
And the twist ending sets up Eclipse as well as New Moon. We saw the birth of a film series.
Now onto the individual performances. Let's start with the smaller parts. The human friends were perfect. It was really a thrill for me to see Anna Kendrick up on the big screen, even if she didn't sing lol. The Cullens were ideal, almost exact, especially Emmet, considering how small his part was he got his playful bearlike attitude across perfectly. I was a little disappointed because Carlisle backstory was cut for time, I understood the cutting but still, I would have liked to have seen it.
Kristen Stewart was unreal. She's going to be a star, and I really hope that Bella doesn't end up pigeon holing her, and that she agrees to the sequels. She was Bella, perfectly incarnate, I was very impressed.
Robert Pattinson was unbelievable. I take back every doubt I had. He was just perfect. He exuded Edward's confident discomfort. Not to mention because I read them all in a chunk the way I did, I forgot that in Twilight Edward is stiffer, more scared. It's not until Eclipse that he relaxes, and lets go and is really himself.
ANND Taylor Lautner. So adorable, wanted to hug him. <3 My Jacob. End of Story.
All in all, I was impressed, happy even. Maybe I'll get back to you all after my second look but I wouldn't count on it. I have a feeling this is always going to be good.
It's TWILIGHT DAY!
Today is going to be entirely dedicated to Twilight! YAY!
I haven't seen the movie yet, I'm going this afternoon, I'll have a full review tomorrow, or later today, but right now, I'm going to do a Versus situation, I like doing these, they're fun, and this is a particularly fun one.
Many people know that I was falsely lured into the world of Twilight by friends who assured me that Bella and Edward's romance resembled Buffy and Angel's. Guess what? It doesn't. This lead to the inevitable fangirl/boy question...if Buffy's Scooby Doo gang went against the Cullens and co, who would win?
First some rules: We are discussing before Bella's transformation into a vampire, after the alliance with the wolves, in Twilight time, after Buffy comes back from the dead more powerful, after Faith joins the group and Willow discovers her powers for the Buffy gang? Are we clear? Good.
So let's start with the obvious:
Buffy would first take Bella out, because well, Bella wants to be a vampire and Buffy knows that this is bad. She wouldn't kill her because Buffy doesn't kill people but she'd knock her out and maybe some sense into her. For her trouble, Buffy would then have to take on Jacob and Edward, you know because they love her. Luckily Edward will be otherwise engaged, I'll get to that in a minute. And she's Buffy, she can handle Jacob (I love him, but I mean, she's Buffy!)
Edward and Angel will be having a brood off. They're going to sit and stare into space, contemplating the danger they've put the women they love in. Edward will read Angel's mind and discover that he too mourns over the fact that he has no immortal soul and he has to walk the world forever denying his nature. Then they will bond. And they can brood and brood and be incredibly sexy. It'll be good.
Back to Buffy and Jacob. Yes, he'd be in wolf form and he'd have Seth and Quil and Embry and Leah and all the others backing him up, but Buffy's fought werewolves, and she'd take care of it. I trust in Buffy, she'd beat them.
Faith gets Alice, let's face it, with the whole psychic thing, there needs to be a Slayer on her. Plus she's got Jasper backing her up, so again, there is need for a slayer. I put Faith on them instead of Buffy because, as the Dark Slayer she's more brutal. Unfortunately, I don't think she could beat them, Faith falls.
Cordelia and Rosalie. Cordelia is useless, but she's pretty. Rosalie refuses to kill people and oh right, she and Cordelia are exactly the same, you know, pretty, shallow, largely useless in a fight but really fun for the plot. So yeah, just give them each a mirror, it'll be fun.
Willow vs. Esme? Maybe...I don't know. Willow's such a powerful witch I almost think she could take them all out at once. Or at least debilitate them.
Carlisle and Giles will sit up in Carlisle's library and talk about old books while everyone else fights. Giles will be fascinated by the Volturi. You know he will!
Oh right...
Then Lestat and Louis swoop in and kill everybody. YAY!
I haven't seen the movie yet, I'm going this afternoon, I'll have a full review tomorrow, or later today, but right now, I'm going to do a Versus situation, I like doing these, they're fun, and this is a particularly fun one.
Many people know that I was falsely lured into the world of Twilight by friends who assured me that Bella and Edward's romance resembled Buffy and Angel's. Guess what? It doesn't. This lead to the inevitable fangirl/boy question...if Buffy's Scooby Doo gang went against the Cullens and co, who would win?
First some rules: We are discussing before Bella's transformation into a vampire, after the alliance with the wolves, in Twilight time, after Buffy comes back from the dead more powerful, after Faith joins the group and Willow discovers her powers for the Buffy gang? Are we clear? Good.
So let's start with the obvious:
Buffy would first take Bella out, because well, Bella wants to be a vampire and Buffy knows that this is bad. She wouldn't kill her because Buffy doesn't kill people but she'd knock her out and maybe some sense into her. For her trouble, Buffy would then have to take on Jacob and Edward, you know because they love her. Luckily Edward will be otherwise engaged, I'll get to that in a minute. And she's Buffy, she can handle Jacob (I love him, but I mean, she's Buffy!)
Edward and Angel will be having a brood off. They're going to sit and stare into space, contemplating the danger they've put the women they love in. Edward will read Angel's mind and discover that he too mourns over the fact that he has no immortal soul and he has to walk the world forever denying his nature. Then they will bond. And they can brood and brood and be incredibly sexy. It'll be good.
Back to Buffy and Jacob. Yes, he'd be in wolf form and he'd have Seth and Quil and Embry and Leah and all the others backing him up, but Buffy's fought werewolves, and she'd take care of it. I trust in Buffy, she'd beat them.
Faith gets Alice, let's face it, with the whole psychic thing, there needs to be a Slayer on her. Plus she's got Jasper backing her up, so again, there is need for a slayer. I put Faith on them instead of Buffy because, as the Dark Slayer she's more brutal. Unfortunately, I don't think she could beat them, Faith falls.
Cordelia and Rosalie. Cordelia is useless, but she's pretty. Rosalie refuses to kill people and oh right, she and Cordelia are exactly the same, you know, pretty, shallow, largely useless in a fight but really fun for the plot. So yeah, just give them each a mirror, it'll be fun.
Willow vs. Esme? Maybe...I don't know. Willow's such a powerful witch I almost think she could take them all out at once. Or at least debilitate them.
Carlisle and Giles will sit up in Carlisle's library and talk about old books while everyone else fights. Giles will be fascinated by the Volturi. You know he will!
Oh right...
Then Lestat and Louis swoop in and kill everybody. YAY!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
CODE WORDS
Well, it's official, this season's DWTS hookup: Cody Linely and Julianne Hough.
They've been kicked off in semis, which makes me very sad, because I didn't get my Hough v. Hough finale, but whatever...in their little "walk down memory lane" clip montage the voice over read:
"In Julianne I haven't just gotten a dance partner, I've gotten a new friend for life."
DING DING DING! We have a winner. Shannen Elizabeth and Derek Hough..."friends for life," (Totes a couple, not anymore as far as I know, but there was hooking up.) Mario Lopez and Katirina Smirnoff..."friends for life" (THEY WERE ENGAGED!) Mario(R and B Singer) and Katirina..."friends for life" (Fucked) Apollo Anton Ono and Julianne Hough..."friends for life."
I think you get the point.
They've been kicked off in semis, which makes me very sad, because I didn't get my Hough v. Hough finale, but whatever...in their little "walk down memory lane" clip montage the voice over read:
"In Julianne I haven't just gotten a dance partner, I've gotten a new friend for life."
DING DING DING! We have a winner. Shannen Elizabeth and Derek Hough..."friends for life," (Totes a couple, not anymore as far as I know, but there was hooking up.) Mario Lopez and Katirina Smirnoff..."friends for life" (THEY WERE ENGAGED!) Mario(R and B Singer) and Katirina..."friends for life" (Fucked) Apollo Anton Ono and Julianne Hough..."friends for life."
I think you get the point.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
They're BAAACKK
OK, so, just one week after saying that 90210 lost my attention they brought it back full force.
1. Annie/Ethan/Naomi triangle is firmly in place. Annie and Ethan are a couple. Naomi is watching jealously from a distance, as much as Annie and Ethan have their Brenda and Dylan moments, from the looks of thing these three are going to be much more like Valeria, Brandon and Kelly. Especially the fight between the two girls that took place last night...
2. Navid/Adrianna Unexpected to be sure, but this seems like a pair that's going to work. Of course it doesn't hurt that Navid is David Silver. Not just like him, he's the same effing character. He's a closet musician, attached to his video camera by the hand.
3. Kelly and Brenda are back...and next week Brenda's going to confess to sleeping with Ryan. But, need we go back and remember that although Brenda was hugely bitchy about the whole thing, it was Kelly who slept with Dylan while he was still going out with Brenda the first time. And then Kelly just moved on along to Brenda's twin brother, so I'm just saying, maybe it's Brenda's turn to get hers!
4. Dixon and Silver are David and Donna to this show. They're the stable coupled comic relief, and adorable. Also, I love Silver...and apparently Terminator is starting to tank a little and Tori has reopened the contract negotiations...*SIGH* I hope we get to see Donna and David's happily ever after (THEY DID LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!)
6. Minimizing of the parental story lines...No one cares. I'm glad they got the hint. It's not like Lilly and Rufus and how they're the best part of GG, or Sandy, Kirsten, Julie, Jimmy and Cal and how they were often the comic relief on OC. Yes, the dramas are nice for certain insert, but really, I think they serve a Mitch and Gail (Creek) aka, filler!
Oh right, and I've officially decided that I think Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas should play the Volturi in the Twilight sequels. Think about it, it'll be funny.
1. Annie/Ethan/Naomi triangle is firmly in place. Annie and Ethan are a couple. Naomi is watching jealously from a distance, as much as Annie and Ethan have their Brenda and Dylan moments, from the looks of thing these three are going to be much more like Valeria, Brandon and Kelly. Especially the fight between the two girls that took place last night...
2. Navid/Adrianna Unexpected to be sure, but this seems like a pair that's going to work. Of course it doesn't hurt that Navid is David Silver. Not just like him, he's the same effing character. He's a closet musician, attached to his video camera by the hand.
3. Kelly and Brenda are back...and next week Brenda's going to confess to sleeping with Ryan. But, need we go back and remember that although Brenda was hugely bitchy about the whole thing, it was Kelly who slept with Dylan while he was still going out with Brenda the first time. And then Kelly just moved on along to Brenda's twin brother, so I'm just saying, maybe it's Brenda's turn to get hers!
4. Dixon and Silver are David and Donna to this show. They're the stable coupled comic relief, and adorable. Also, I love Silver...and apparently Terminator is starting to tank a little and Tori has reopened the contract negotiations...*SIGH* I hope we get to see Donna and David's happily ever after (THEY DID LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!)
6. Minimizing of the parental story lines...No one cares. I'm glad they got the hint. It's not like Lilly and Rufus and how they're the best part of GG, or Sandy, Kirsten, Julie, Jimmy and Cal and how they were often the comic relief on OC. Yes, the dramas are nice for certain insert, but really, I think they serve a Mitch and Gail (Creek) aka, filler!
Oh right, and I've officially decided that I think Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas should play the Volturi in the Twilight sequels. Think about it, it'll be funny.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
When you can live forever...
OK, first things first, my apologies for going so long without an update. I was swamped with school work, a trip home for a weekend, and my project for the next week.
I'm rereading the Twilight saga in preparations for the movie opening next Friday...OK it started out as rereading Twilight but then, well, I don't know why, I needed to get my Jacob fix, which you don't get nearly enough of him in just Twilight, so I moved on and did New Moon. And then well, New Moon gives you such a cliffhanger, and Eclipse is clearly the epitome of the series (Although I suppose those who are more partial to Edward over Jacob might pick the original, but I think everyone who's read them can agree that it outshines Breaking Dawn but a whole lot!) I'm almost done with it now, where I'll move on to Breaking Dawn, despite my antipathy towards some of the ways Meyer decided to tie up loose ends as well as sooo many ends she didn't tie up. (When the Cullens leave Forks, what's Jacob supposed to do? Wait around for seventy years until they show up again and he can be with Nessie? Or does he go with them? Won't he and Rosalie kill each other? What about Charlie? Won't he get all heartbroken when Bella and Nessie disappear from his life? What about that other half vampire who was totes checking Nessie out even though she's like 5 or whatever, and she and Jacob are soul mates? See how the questions mount?)
That being said, I'm managing my expectations for the movie version, but everytime I see something new from it I get a little more excited. I'm still not sold on Cedric Diggory as Edward, and it seems from the publicity at least that he sneers too much. Edward isn't like that. He's kind and sweet and perfect, and I'm sick of him, which is why despite the saga ending and the convenience of Nessie, I still think Bella should have chosen Jacob. As soon as I saw Kristen Stewart with dark hair I knew she was perfect for Bella. I really loved her in In The Land Of Women and I think she has the right mix of quiet sarcasm and intelligence for the part. Rosalie isn't pretty enough, but who is? (OK in my head I see Julianne Hough, but I do have a gimundo girl crush on her) Emmet and Jasper are perfect and I pray for the sequels so that we get more of them. Emmet is my favorite side character except maybe for Seth Clearwater, and I want him to be represented well. When I said Emmet and Jasper were perfect it was nothing to how perfect the girl they have for Alice is, at least visually, she fits the books description to a T, like Stephanie Meyer dreamed her up. The girl who played Rebecca on Grey's will make a fantastic Esme, especially given her resemblance to Kristen Stewart, it sets up a nice visual that Edward would pick a girl who resembles his "mother." And Carlisle is good too, immensely good looking and kindhearted, he fits, which is as I said before, nice to see.
I kind of love that James is being played by Volchock from The OC. For several reasons,
1. He killed Marissa, and for this I will always be grateful (someday I will go into my deep seeded hatred for Marissa Cooper)
2. He's really really good at being enticingly creepy, that's how he lured Marissa into his sinful slug lifestyle which eventually caused her death. Much like Anne Rice's, Meyer's vampires lure their pray in by being attractive to them.
3. He was on THE OC!
Other side characters I'm psyched for...FRITZY IS PLAYING JESSICA! OK, so anyone who knew me five or six years ago, has had to deal with Camp. (Camp is a severely corny independent film about theater camp that me and my friends were obsessed with!) Fritzy was our absolute favorite character, a quiet freak of a girl who poisened the Queen Bee to steal her role in Company...anyway, I know I'm excited to see her do something high profile, even in as small a role as Jess, I don't know about my fellow Camp-heads. Bella's non vamp friends are all there and just fine, and an added love interest for Charlie is an interesting addition, although unnecessary and kind of clumsy...since it's sort of implied that Charlie and Sue Clearwater hook up in the end. There's someone credited on IMDB as simply "Jacob's friend" and my guess is that it's supposed to be Sam, or maybe Quil or Embry.
Now to my Jacob. True, in Twilight he's minimal, and so the need to cast someone just right is a serious "Just in case!" (If the movie tanks we won't see New Moon, let alone Eclipse and Team Jacob will be devastated by this) But that being said they nailed him. The kid has that sweet face and wide grin that Bella describes as loving. And he was so psyched for it that he grew his hair out. Anyone with that much enthusiasm has my backing! Of course the whole movie could suck and as long as he was good I'd be happy.
That being said, I can't wait to see what direction they take it in. I've already got two dates to see it (Going with Erin at school and then my Dad when I get home) so you'll get my first watch reaction as well as a pretty soon after rewatch. Keep your eyes peeled!
I'm rereading the Twilight saga in preparations for the movie opening next Friday...OK it started out as rereading Twilight but then, well, I don't know why, I needed to get my Jacob fix, which you don't get nearly enough of him in just Twilight, so I moved on and did New Moon. And then well, New Moon gives you such a cliffhanger, and Eclipse is clearly the epitome of the series (Although I suppose those who are more partial to Edward over Jacob might pick the original, but I think everyone who's read them can agree that it outshines Breaking Dawn but a whole lot!) I'm almost done with it now, where I'll move on to Breaking Dawn, despite my antipathy towards some of the ways Meyer decided to tie up loose ends as well as sooo many ends she didn't tie up. (When the Cullens leave Forks, what's Jacob supposed to do? Wait around for seventy years until they show up again and he can be with Nessie? Or does he go with them? Won't he and Rosalie kill each other? What about Charlie? Won't he get all heartbroken when Bella and Nessie disappear from his life? What about that other half vampire who was totes checking Nessie out even though she's like 5 or whatever, and she and Jacob are soul mates? See how the questions mount?)
That being said, I'm managing my expectations for the movie version, but everytime I see something new from it I get a little more excited. I'm still not sold on Cedric Diggory as Edward, and it seems from the publicity at least that he sneers too much. Edward isn't like that. He's kind and sweet and perfect, and I'm sick of him, which is why despite the saga ending and the convenience of Nessie, I still think Bella should have chosen Jacob. As soon as I saw Kristen Stewart with dark hair I knew she was perfect for Bella. I really loved her in In The Land Of Women and I think she has the right mix of quiet sarcasm and intelligence for the part. Rosalie isn't pretty enough, but who is? (OK in my head I see Julianne Hough, but I do have a gimundo girl crush on her) Emmet and Jasper are perfect and I pray for the sequels so that we get more of them. Emmet is my favorite side character except maybe for Seth Clearwater, and I want him to be represented well. When I said Emmet and Jasper were perfect it was nothing to how perfect the girl they have for Alice is, at least visually, she fits the books description to a T, like Stephanie Meyer dreamed her up. The girl who played Rebecca on Grey's will make a fantastic Esme, especially given her resemblance to Kristen Stewart, it sets up a nice visual that Edward would pick a girl who resembles his "mother." And Carlisle is good too, immensely good looking and kindhearted, he fits, which is as I said before, nice to see.
I kind of love that James is being played by Volchock from The OC. For several reasons,
1. He killed Marissa, and for this I will always be grateful (someday I will go into my deep seeded hatred for Marissa Cooper)
2. He's really really good at being enticingly creepy, that's how he lured Marissa into his sinful slug lifestyle which eventually caused her death. Much like Anne Rice's, Meyer's vampires lure their pray in by being attractive to them.
3. He was on THE OC!
Other side characters I'm psyched for...FRITZY IS PLAYING JESSICA! OK, so anyone who knew me five or six years ago, has had to deal with Camp. (Camp is a severely corny independent film about theater camp that me and my friends were obsessed with!) Fritzy was our absolute favorite character, a quiet freak of a girl who poisened the Queen Bee to steal her role in Company...anyway, I know I'm excited to see her do something high profile, even in as small a role as Jess, I don't know about my fellow Camp-heads. Bella's non vamp friends are all there and just fine, and an added love interest for Charlie is an interesting addition, although unnecessary and kind of clumsy...since it's sort of implied that Charlie and Sue Clearwater hook up in the end. There's someone credited on IMDB as simply "Jacob's friend" and my guess is that it's supposed to be Sam, or maybe Quil or Embry.
Now to my Jacob. True, in Twilight he's minimal, and so the need to cast someone just right is a serious "Just in case!" (If the movie tanks we won't see New Moon, let alone Eclipse and Team Jacob will be devastated by this) But that being said they nailed him. The kid has that sweet face and wide grin that Bella describes as loving. And he was so psyched for it that he grew his hair out. Anyone with that much enthusiasm has my backing! Of course the whole movie could suck and as long as he was good I'd be happy.
That being said, I can't wait to see what direction they take it in. I've already got two dates to see it (Going with Erin at school and then my Dad when I get home) so you'll get my first watch reaction as well as a pretty soon after rewatch. Keep your eyes peeled!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Fan freaking tastic and a PSA
The people over at Desperate Housewives have made me a very happy little nerd girl.
Ahem
The character of Karen McClusky (Played by the actress who I affectionately call Mrs. Laningham) her sister was introduced this week. This sister, is being played by Lilly Tomlin.
Get why this makes me happy?
Can't figure it out?
On The West Wing, Mrs. Laningham was President Josiah Bartlett's personal secretary, that is until she was killed by a drunk driver in one of the best season finales in the show's seven year run. I say best in the sense that it was incredibly heart wrenching and the TV nerd in me is still upset by it. Mrs. Laningham was replaced after an extensive search process by Lilly Tomlin. She never really did actually replace Mrs. Laningham, in fact I can't even remember her character's name (Jenna help me out here.) I'm just saying this is awesome.
I'm actually watching a West Wing marathon now. I completely forgot how well written and perfectly executed this show is.
Also, a part of me wants to write Jed Bartlett in tomorrow...Who's with me?
Granted I'm a hardcore crazy small government Republican and he's a practically socialist big government Democrat, not to mention fictional and played by an actual socialist, but I think that this is good.
And really, who doesn't want to see what would happen if Emilio, Charlie and Renee were the first children? All of a sudden the Bush daughters don't look so bad, right? I mean, next to Charlie Sheen, they're saints.
So do I have a point? Yes! I am making my first self important political statement. When I say I'm a Republican I'm not shitting around. I believe in small government and low taxes. I think that every day decisions should be in the hands of the people who have to make them every day, or if absolutely necessary on a state level. I believe in protect all people's rights, whether they're born or convicted of a crime, or making the difficult decision to protect this country by joining the armed forces. Incidentally this puts me against the current party leadership (Neo Conservatives are not real republicans) in several ways. Yes, I oppose abortion, I also oppose the death penalty, the war, human torture and I support equal rights for all Americans (I don't think that Gay marriage will destroy anything except for unfair double standards for heterosexual couples). I support John McCain because he feels the same way on most of these issues, gay marriage being the exception, but I refuse to be a single issue voter.
I'm a Republican, I'm not a fan of Bush, I think the fact that our country is in the toilet at the moment is evidence of what he and his administration have done. But I also think it should be known that The Senator from Arizona is the same way.
I've always supported this man, but after seeing him speak in person, I know that this is what we need.
It also doesn't help that according to Barack Obama my family is rich and yet both my parents work full time, don't own their home, can barely make tuition payments my mother is driving around in a on its last leg 15 year old mini van. I have trouble trusting anyone who's that out of touch with people in the middle class. Especially when they claim to be advocates of that group. White collar workers are still middle class...not just blue collar. I resent when people don't make the distinction between my father, an upper management consultant in a big corporation and The CEO of a fortune 500 company. There is a big difference. It's called upper middle class people, we exist, and we're hurting too, know why? Most of our money is in the stock market. Raise our taxes, and guess what happens? We don't have money to put in the stock market and the economy doesn't get better, it gets worse. Raise our taxes and give that money to other people, then you piss us off...We work for that money, (OK, in my case my father does, but someday I will) it's ours, we need it, to do things that we've earned, like take nice little weeks near the ocean to be with out families and recharge our batteries. Or buy new cars that we don't live in fear will stop working halfway through a drive through the Pennsylvania mountains to take our children to college. Those are just a few examples of things that my family has had to give up because of the current economic status. I assume other families like ours are in similar spots.
Ahem
The character of Karen McClusky (Played by the actress who I affectionately call Mrs. Laningham) her sister was introduced this week. This sister, is being played by Lilly Tomlin.
Get why this makes me happy?
Can't figure it out?
On The West Wing, Mrs. Laningham was President Josiah Bartlett's personal secretary, that is until she was killed by a drunk driver in one of the best season finales in the show's seven year run. I say best in the sense that it was incredibly heart wrenching and the TV nerd in me is still upset by it. Mrs. Laningham was replaced after an extensive search process by Lilly Tomlin. She never really did actually replace Mrs. Laningham, in fact I can't even remember her character's name (Jenna help me out here.) I'm just saying this is awesome.
I'm actually watching a West Wing marathon now. I completely forgot how well written and perfectly executed this show is.
Also, a part of me wants to write Jed Bartlett in tomorrow...Who's with me?
Granted I'm a hardcore crazy small government Republican and he's a practically socialist big government Democrat, not to mention fictional and played by an actual socialist, but I think that this is good.
And really, who doesn't want to see what would happen if Emilio, Charlie and Renee were the first children? All of a sudden the Bush daughters don't look so bad, right? I mean, next to Charlie Sheen, they're saints.
So do I have a point? Yes! I am making my first self important political statement. When I say I'm a Republican I'm not shitting around. I believe in small government and low taxes. I think that every day decisions should be in the hands of the people who have to make them every day, or if absolutely necessary on a state level. I believe in protect all people's rights, whether they're born or convicted of a crime, or making the difficult decision to protect this country by joining the armed forces. Incidentally this puts me against the current party leadership (Neo Conservatives are not real republicans) in several ways. Yes, I oppose abortion, I also oppose the death penalty, the war, human torture and I support equal rights for all Americans (I don't think that Gay marriage will destroy anything except for unfair double standards for heterosexual couples). I support John McCain because he feels the same way on most of these issues, gay marriage being the exception, but I refuse to be a single issue voter.
I'm a Republican, I'm not a fan of Bush, I think the fact that our country is in the toilet at the moment is evidence of what he and his administration have done. But I also think it should be known that The Senator from Arizona is the same way.
I've always supported this man, but after seeing him speak in person, I know that this is what we need.
It also doesn't help that according to Barack Obama my family is rich and yet both my parents work full time, don't own their home, can barely make tuition payments my mother is driving around in a on its last leg 15 year old mini van. I have trouble trusting anyone who's that out of touch with people in the middle class. Especially when they claim to be advocates of that group. White collar workers are still middle class...not just blue collar. I resent when people don't make the distinction between my father, an upper management consultant in a big corporation and The CEO of a fortune 500 company. There is a big difference. It's called upper middle class people, we exist, and we're hurting too, know why? Most of our money is in the stock market. Raise our taxes, and guess what happens? We don't have money to put in the stock market and the economy doesn't get better, it gets worse. Raise our taxes and give that money to other people, then you piss us off...We work for that money, (OK, in my case my father does, but someday I will) it's ours, we need it, to do things that we've earned, like take nice little weeks near the ocean to be with out families and recharge our batteries. Or buy new cars that we don't live in fear will stop working halfway through a drive through the Pennsylvania mountains to take our children to college. Those are just a few examples of things that my family has had to give up because of the current economic status. I assume other families like ours are in similar spots.
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