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If you didn’t catch the opening segment of SNL this week you can thank Hulu that you’ll be able to watch it now. Tina Fey nails Sarah Palin again, but not enough has been made of the other characters in the sketch, Jason Sudeikis as Biden and Queen Latifah as Gwen Ifill.
I finally finished the Twilight
Well maybe a tiny bit.
The author profusely defends her YA audience and claims that she was writing books her kids would read, and eventually movies would be made that her kids would see. Phoey! My sister, Leila, who is about to begin the 4th and final book, and who began the series upon my insistence has complained loudly and numerously to me about the lack of heat, and “when are they going to get it on”, “hurry up and make her a vampire already!”.
Well I won’t spoil it for those who may still be working their way through. I will say that that I found the end satisfying. Although not in the happy ending sense.
Now, I’ll quickly mention another book that I read in the days following my completion of Twilight. And it’s party due to my sister who came to visit this past weekend and watched “True Blood” with us on Sunday night (HBO). Now that is a show with some heat, and chemistry.
More vampires, again with the human girl and vampire guy…but this show is not for the young adult crowd. It’s kind of vulgar and spicy (caliente)…directed by Alan Ball (our man from Six Feet Under). So anyway, Leila told me that she envisions Bill when she’s reading Twilight and pictures him as Edward. This got me thinking about envisioning characters while reading a book. I decided that since I like the characters Alan Ball cast for his show, I should go and read Charlaine Harris’s books that are the basis for his show.
The first book “Dead Until Dark” provides the basis for pretty much the first season, I’m told. And even though I know how it turns out and ‘who dun it’, it was way satisfying in the happy ending sense. So for those of you adult fans of the Twilight series who are looking for a little more punch, I would strongly recommend Charlaine Harris. I can vouch for her first book, I have no doubt that the other 8 in her Sookie Stackhouse series are just as good.
Cybele, vampire groupie
“Hi Dave”
“I have been a Fanboy for 36 years. I remember my first Mego Super Heroes action figure- Captain America- and the last one I ever bought, Captain Marvel on Ebay in 2005″
“So, Dave, what brings you to our group?”
“Well, I read this article today, about the new Watchmen movie…”
“AHHH” “Gasp” “Ooooooooo”
“….yeah, I know. March is too far away. Can’t wait that long. I’m re-reading it for the 5th time, and now its just killing me to know that its next year. Not this year, NEXT year. I mean, the Dark Knight was good, but this could blow it out if the water. Seriously.”
“AHHH” “Gasp” “Ooooooooo”
After taking a look at this photo, Zach Snyder is trying hard to get this one right. I respect Alan Moore and his work, and his feelings on what the movie world has attempted to do to his comics worlds. V for Vendetta could have been great, but the Wachovski’s pretty much ruined the story. Their story was based on the characters Moore created, and they would have been better off creating a new set of characters with the story they wove. Christ, Alan Moore originally wanted to use the Charleton Comics characters but decided against, creating his own that were similar. I get that they (the movie industry) ruined The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta and From Hell.
I think he might want to hold judgement on this one, though. I’m going to drink a big glass of the Kool-Aid, and say that Watchmen could be great. I hope it is. There was a viewing of 25 minutes of footage of the movie in LA. How the hell does a mere mortal get in on something lke this? What connections do you need?
Either way, there’s going to be alot of waiting. At least there’s LebowskiFest before, but damn its a long way to March.
