Marian Call is smart, funny, nerdy, talented, pretty, sweet.... I could go on and on and on... She is fantastic and I appreciate her. She is at ComiCon right now, so if you are there, please go tell her she's wonderful.
I discovered her through a podcast about six months ago through a podcast and I am so hooked on her. She writes about a variety of things from her home in Alaska, Jane Austin, Firefly and just being a nerd in general.
She is the type of nerd who I would like to see gain much much more success. If you ever have a chance to go see her live, do it! And then tell me about it.
Yesterday my sweetheart didn't feel well. He wanted to be cuddled soothed and not forced to leave the couch for the majority of the day. Of course, as a modern human presented with this sort of situation, my first instinct was to say, "Let's see what the Netflix has." We are both massive Doctor Who fans and it was already in our heads that Steven Moffat is a god walking on earth and we had heard good things about this show so why not? "Let's try an episode of Sherlock."
Bah. Try ONE episode! Right... Not likely.
It is probably a blessing in disguise that Netflix only has the first series. It is also probably a blessing that each series is only three episodes. If there had been ten episodes and they were each two hours each, we would have watched them all. I'm not even kidding. It would have been like that episode of "Portlandia" where they got hooked on "Battlestar Galactica".
We literally sat completely enthralled for five hours. Damn you, Steven Moffatt...
Of course, tonight we are determined to to watch more. "NEED MOAR! NOW!" In our hunt for Series 2 of Sherlock, both Netflix and Blockbuster failed us. Rather than waiting and being patient like people used to do when they didn't have the option to be demanding but what fun us that? So yes, we went out and purchased the dvds of a show we started watching... yesterday. I feel no shame!
Sherlock is one of the smartest and most inspiring televisions shows I have seen in a very long time. It doesn't surprise me at all that my new second favorite show is directed by Steven Moffatt. I adore the man. I adore his brain. I want to curl up inside of it and live there. Benedict Cumberbatch, who has the most fun name to say ever, is a brilliant Sherlock. He is condescending and intelligent in a way that should make you hate him, but instead it is endearing. He's the guy you want to impress. He's the guy you to think you're clever.
Martin Freeman is an adorable Watson. Such and adorable lap dog of a side-kick. I can relate to him quite a bit. He's finally someone to keep his life interesting and will do everything he can to keep living the exciting life he's found. He's a little thick-headed at times but he's very clever when it counts.
Basically, I want to follow these men wherever they go just so I could be near their adventures.
Thank you, BBC America. I don't think TV would be worth having without you.
Amy Adams is just about the cutest thing in the world. I mean, don't you just want to love and cuddle her and take her home and well... ahem... Nevermind. I love that even though she is a beautiful, fiery redhead, she chooses a lot of really quirky roles. (At least I hope she's choosing.) She is as cute as a button in "the Muppet Movie," very convincing and silly in "Enchanted," and fantastic in "Sunshine Cleaners."
I appreciate it a lot when it is apparent that actresses are getting work because they have real talent and not just a pretty face.
So happy Friday everyone and thank goodness for Amy Adams! My hot nerd crush of the week.
CORRECTION: The image I posted earlier was of Isla Fisher. She's really pretty but not nearly as cool as Amy Adams.
Hi, hello... I'm sorry... I have been neglecting my blog and I feel terribly. For some reason writing has just been really hard recently and the longer I wait, the harder it seems to get. The only way to break through this is to assume that no one is mad at me for not writing and to just start doing it again. I find I've been falling into the internet loop at work. Instead of doing anything productive with my free time, I've been stuck checking email, checking Facebook, checking Twitter, repeat. Not useful. Not even a little.
One productive thing I did was make some good looking pies. I mean, look at this pie!
That is a pear pie with Gruyere cheese baked into the crust. Bam!
So I apologize for my absence. I'm going to try to get back on track again. My goal is going to be writing twice a week but I have a lot of catch-up to do. I mean, have you seen how many awesome movies have been coming out? I'm overwhelmed. I didn't even get to see all the ones I wanted before they left theaters.
So, I'm back. Here's a thing. I'll probably post a Hot Nerd on my 3pm work break.
I was excited for this movie. I made my darling boyfriend take me opening weekend to the local theater we don't even like because it was the only theater in town showing the movie. I love Tim Burton, I love Johnny Depp, I live it when they work together. Yes, some of their movies are kind of cheesy but they're full of character and heart and I love them! Everyone has their secret pleasures, right?
This movie did not tickle my fancy. At all. Actually, I'd be will to say that this is a crappy movie. The characters are not well developed, the movie is melodramatic in places where it would have done much better to be humorous instead and while I had heard that it took a different twist on the old television show, I was not aware that the movie was going to just openly mock the show. The movie started out humorous, showing the recently-awakened vampire trying to adjust to the 1970s and I was somewhat excited to see this motif continue but it didn't.
Honestly, I just didn't care about any of the characters or anything that happened to them. When things went wrong, instead of showing how the characters solved a problem, things just magically were in the next scene. Hardly even a montage. I need at least a montage!
I was and am very disappointed in this movie. I expected more.
The above is a movie we all expected to see this summer. This is a movie that was actually supposed to come out in about two weeks. But it won't. We will not get to see this potentially horrifically great, summer blockbuster, grin and stuff your face with popcorn kind of movie until... March 2013.
No, I didn't misspeak. The new G.I. Joe movie has been pulled by Paramount from the Summer 2012 lineup because they have The Fear. According to this NPR article*,the studio, who spends lots of money all year long on sometimes awful films, will not be releasing a summer movie this year. Their eyes are wide with horror as they watch seriously big budget movies like "John Carter" and "Dark Shadows" (review to come on "Dark Shadows.") crash and burn in the box office.
But why is it that these movies didn't do well? Could part of the problem be that the Disney Corporation changed the name of a well-known book from, "John Carter From Mars, " to the incredibly nondescript, "John Carter?" Could be. People got seriously fired over that one, that is for sure. But this probably isn't the whole problem, the problem is that the public may finally be getting tired of forking out their hard-earned cash for lack-luster films. Yes, a lot of these movies do appeal to things we love but how many of these movies can be made before the viewers feel like the studios are exploiting their childhoods rather than appealing to them? I mean, yes we all love superhero movies but how quickly can storyline be rebooted without causing whiplash?
The G.I. Joe movies appeal to 30-somethings men. They all watched the show when they were kids, they had fights with their dads that the toys were NOT dolls, they're ACTION FIGURES. There IS a difference! But let's face it, letting Hasbro be a major influence on the cinematic demographic may not be the best of choices if we actually want to watch quality films. Okay sure, the first Transformer's movie was mental candy. We all paid out to watch giant robots smack the shit out of each other and hot girls in tight shorts wash cars.
But that was 2007. The economy was better, most of us had jobs and movies were cheaper. I know, I know... "Back in my day, you could get two people into a movie and popcorn for $10 and the parking was free!" Times change, economies tank, things happen. One of the things the media kept repeating was that no matter how bad things got, people would always still go to the movies and watch tv. Even in bad times, movies were a constant. Well, I guess that isn't true. The movies have gotten bad enough and expensive enough that we've stopped going to the movies simply to go to the movies. We actually want to get our money's worth from the experience. If the movie looks to be so-so, we can wait and rent it from the red box or off of Netflix(because, oh yeah! The majority of our video stores are extinct).
So what does this say for Paramount and G.I. Joe 2? Not a lot of good things. It appears that Paramount has spent a great deal of money on this movie and yet knows that they have an inferior product in their hands. By showing us, the consumers that they have The Fear, I'm pretty sure they have doomed themselves. By condemning G.I. Joe 2 to a March 2013 release date, everyone is going to forget about them. "Hey, whatever happened to that one movie?" It will just... disappear.
This is the beginning of the end, Paramount. Play your cards smart.
Hi guys... I want to admit something. Yes, I have been avoiding you. I have been avoiding my blog because I was feeling severe anxiety about "The Avengers" and I didn't want to share my fears or puke up all that anxiety about this movie that I have been waiting so long for. I mean, all of the movies (Hulk aside, of course) leading up to this movie have been fantastic, fun and inspiring, one of my favorite directors made the movie, the cast is fantastic and none of the actors died. I mean, this all just seemed like a dream. How could it be real? And oh gods, what if it isn't good? What if it's Episode 1 all over again? What if we've waited and anticipated all this time and it's all just gotten too big for its britches? The fear got a hold on me.
But I was still hopeful. I was hopeful that it really was going to be everything I had hoped it would be. I put my tiny Thor charm on my cell phone, I dug out my Thor mask and my Captain America shirt.
This is me before work on Friday, May 4th. My sweetheart is no longer allowed to take pictures of me with his iPhone while he's lying in bed. Worst angle ever.
No, I didn't get to go to the midnight showing. I work at 8am and I also didn't want to go by myself. I mean, I'm sure there would have been people I know there but, driving home by myself at 3am sounded awful. Plus then I'd HAVE to see it a second time so my darling boyfriend wouldn't kill me for not being able to shut up about it. So Friday! Friday after work! Like an adult! With all the other adults! And their children! Oh yeah... Kids... Dear parents, please stop bringing your bundles of joy to the opening night showing of an action movie. Seriously, this is not a kids movie...
Anyway, this is my face after the movie and pre-dinner.
Holy crap, the movie was awesome! I was so incredibly happy with just about everything. Yes, I do think it is lame that if you blow up a mothership, all the drones magically fall out of the sky. Yes that is lame. Everything else is awesome. I love that Loki is a great villain. He thinks he's right. That is the best way to build a villain. He needs to be bitter. He needs to feel wrong by the pretty blonde guy with the huge... hammer.
So thank you. Thank you Joss Whedon. Thank you, Marvel. I really want to see Joss Whedon and Robert Downey, Jr. make more movies together. I love the banter. You know would be great? Whedon should direct Iron Man 3. Please?
