Violence and Variations

dingoesatemybaby:

Dudes, Wanted will help you rediscover that magical awe of seeing super stylised, balls-out, geek fantasy uber-violence.

I know Wall-E totally overshadowed everything else last week in the US Box Office, and that little robot has probably melted the heart of every single person who’s seen it, but if you’re looking for some apeshit-crazy car flips and slow motion shots of bullets kissing, you should really, really watch Wanted. It’s a very stylised movie with incredible editing and visual effects, and there’s gratuitous shirtless scenes of James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, and basically you will love it if you are a geek and a guy. I’m close enough to both of those.

“Though you tagged this photograph as “I’m ready to love everything” and to me it looks like “I’m ready to lose everything,” I wonder if in fact these vastly different phrases would still translate to the same meaning…”
Post-secret. I think I wonder about this too much too, and that’s why I’m not ready to do either.
(via) Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning. That is just beyond pretty.
(via) Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning. That is just beyond pretty.
“We began to realize that for our existence to hold any value it must end. To live meaningful lives we must die, and not return. The one human flaw, that you spend your lifetimes distressing over - mortality - is the one thing…well, it’s the one thing that makes you whole.”

Natalie-Six on Battlestar Galactica.

I have to stop watching this show when I’m half-asleep - it requires a fully functional brain to take in all the perspectives that they bring up about humanity, mortality and morality.

Why Pixar Is The Coolest Studio Ever!

dingoesatemybaby:

Remember Courtney, the girl who cries on cue when watching the Wall-E teaser? Well Pixar invited her out to an exclusive screening of the movie last week. This is the most heartwarmimg, gracious, appreciative and amazing story I’ve ever heard and the fact that Pixar did not even publicize this is amazing. In an age where it’s all evil corporations like Exxon this and Wall Mart-Mart that, it’s refereshing to see a major successful company like this be decent and just plain awesome. Pixar now has a guaranteed fan for life in everybody who reads about this.

What a lovely lovely thing for them to do. Reading that made me cry - it’s like a fairy tale for geeks who love robots and spaceships! As if anybody needs any more reason to love Pixar. WALL-E will only be released late August here, but I can tell I am going to be insanely emotional when I watch it.

A simple shot, but what a wonderful sense of intimacy. (more)
A simple shot, but what a wonderful sense of intimacy. (more)
Hot damn, every single poster for TDK has been ridiculous amounts of cool. (bigger)
Hot damn, every single poster for TDK has been ridiculous amounts of cool. (bigger)

Mary McDonnell makes the Emmy Top 10 List!

FRAK YES. I know that all of you are sick of me going on about Battlestar Galactica, but I watched her episode submission (Faith) the other day and it was a stunning piece of acting.

OMG OMG OMG (BSG HAS TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

Glass-eyed.

Since I was seven, I’ve worn glasses - I’ve probably gone through more than 12 pairs. Most of them were hideous: thin, old-man frames coupled with thick round lenses. It was always a weird barrier for me, and made everyone seem very far away. Although somewhat insignificant in a country with incredibly high myopia rates, this affected me throughout my adolescent years, and it made me feel more awkward and ugly than any teenage girl should deserve to feel. It was a joy to finally get contact lenses.

Sometimes I wonder how much difference it would have made if I never had to wear them. Maybe the world would seem a little more perfect and maybe it would be easier to look people in the eye.

Anyway, I’m really glad that I am totally okay with my glasses now. They allow me to make pretentious bullshit sound convincing and smart, they make me feel like I sort of kick ass, and when I take them off, the lack of clarity and 20/20 vision makes everything look soft-focused and pretty.

Plus, who doesn’t want to look like the two most awesome women on television?

(via) Today I felt the happiest I’ve been in weeks: I wanted to capture the far away pavement grey clouds to keep in my pocket for when it’s sunny tomorrow.
(via) Today I felt the happiest I’ve been in weeks: I wanted to capture the far away pavement grey clouds to keep in my pocket for when it’s sunny tomorrow.
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The Decemberists - July, July!

A little early, but it’s finally here!

Top 25 Sci-Fi TV Babes

Most of this list = girl crushes. So basically, I have the same taste as guys who dream of girl robots and are overly protective of their Boba Fett action figures.
Another adorable Vogue Korea shoot.
Another adorable Vogue Korea shoot.
  • Me: All I can think about is my colleague in LA right now interviewing Christian Bale and Nolan and watching the preview #!!!
  • Hidzir: I'm pissed at all the people who got to watch the IMAX screenings over the weekend.
  • Hidzir: Have you read the reviews? God they range between "so fucking good!" to "this will cure cancer good!"
  • Hidzir: I literally look at the clock everyday at midnight and say to myself "ahh one more day closer to The Dark Knight." Is that sad?
  • I can't believe they expect us to wait 3 more weeks for this. At least I'll get preview tickets!
“The best drama semi-finalists are: Boston Legal; Damages; Dexter; Friday Night Lights; Grey’s Anatomy; House; Lost; Mad Men; The Tudors and The Wire.”

Academy of TV Arts and Sciences

Finally I know how geeks all the world round feel every year when Battlestar Galactica gets snubbed at the Emmy’s.