Friday 29 June 2012

Thoughts

1) First of all- Congrats to everyone who won at Lammy this year, and all those who were nominated too. You guys are awesome :D


2) Mia Wasikowska, Zoe Aggeliki and Jena Malone are being considered for the part of Johanna MAson in the Catching Fire movie. The first two are very young in my opinion, since Johanna looks 30 in the book. Malone is an interesting choice and I can definitely see her doing something with a role like this. Obviously the biggest casting choice we are all waiting for is Finnick Odair's (one Armie Hammer please).


3) After listening to the Matineecast this week, I have decided to go on an Animation Month Marathon. I have made a list of 40 films. The films are Disney, anime, Pixar and some other films that I haven't seen yet and want to watch. This is sort of the perfect timing because August is when I turn into an adult/ a pumpkin/ 20, and I just need to embrace the inner child right now. I had originally planned to only watch cartoon films all of this month as an experiment, but I need a bit of variety and I'm already hungry for something non-Disney-like, so I'll watch random live-action stuff here and there. I really hope I can finish this in time :/


4) The world's fascination and disgust at Fifty Shades of Grey continues to grow, and I find it really hilarious now. There was this whole article on the newspaper about this here, and I really loved the way it ended- "...And what is shameful about Fifty Shades of Grey isn't the submissive sex, it's the Cinderella story.... It didn't take much for an erotic e-book to catch fire. A glimpse of stocking can still be shocking when it's used to bind a woman's wrist; it's irresistable when a handsom billionaire is tying the knot." 
It's kind of cheeky I think :P I love how people are making up dream casts for the film here, seeing that it will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER release in India. Also Gilbert Gottfried reading it is the most hilarious thing ever!


5) Trailers- Yeah I haven't really been that enthused about watching trailers this week. Robot and Frank looks kind of sweet. I quite like the cast, especially Susan Srandon and Frank Langella. Total Recall which again looks cool, but mehh. The American Sherlock Holmes series Elementary has a trailer out. I am sorry but Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are looking at this and probably thinking "poor sods", although I do like the idea of a female Dr. Watson, and the actual possibility of all that sexual tension being realeased in a foreseeable way.


6) Finally, this is actually cool-
With all this talk about Prometheus and Alien, we look at who was underneath the monstrous black mask in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic. Bolanji Badejo, a 7ft tall Nigerian design student picked up from a bar in West London to fill the title role. He worked on the film for 4 months. Spending every day wrapped in a suffocating custom fitted rubber suit, working to exude a presence of pure evil.
Despite his incredible contribution to the film’s success Badejo never received any publicity for his involvement. Ultimately, it would be his only film role.

Bye :)

8 comments:

  1. Couldn't help but chuckle a little from your Elementary comment. It just seems awkward that they cast a former co-star of Benedict's to play Sherlock Holmes. I rather stick to what Moffat and Gatiss have been offering us since 2010.

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    1. Haha. Well he doesn't have the magic of Cumberbatch and speaks at normal people speed, which is weird.
      I would stick to what Moffat and Gatiss have to offer to us too.

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  2. Fifty Shades of Grey is getting so famous I may read just to laugh at it. I wonder if the kinky stuff is kinkier than some parts of American Psycho. Probably not.

    That poor guy in Alien. Can't even imagine how uncomfortable it must have been to be wearing that costume. I think there was even some sort of special mechanism for the head thing, since it was so heavy.

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    1. It is pretty laughable, though I whined like a little bitch about it. I haven't read all of American Psycho so I don't know, but even I guess not.

      I can't imagine wearing the costume too.

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  3. I hear Mia Wasikowska isn't actually in the running for the role of Johanna. It's too bad, she would easily be my favorite although it would have been unlikely anyway, given her penchant for more indie fares.

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    1. She is my favourite, but Johanna rips people's throats out and Wasikowska looks too dainty to do that :P

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  4. That is an amazing pic! This guy could surely make a fortune at sci-fi conventions and stuff doing signings etc?

    I think I was the last person on Earth to hear about this 50 Shades book. Somebody just told me about it last night! Sounds um interesting!

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    1. I know right? Maybe he's embarrassed?

      Hahaha it's crap. Interesting sometimes.

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