“Forgive me, he had it coming…so beardy and so old.” By way of LinkMachineGo, the Guardian accepts rewrites of the climactic moment of Half-Blood Prince in the style of various famous authors. Some of these are really funny. [Massive book spoilers, obviously]
Tag: Fanboy
Longtime Companion.
Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen), one of the Doctor’s most memorable companions from the Pertwee-Baker years, will return in Season 2 of the Who revival (along with the Cybermen.) How ’bout Harry and the Brigadier while we’re at it?
Vendetta Mondatta.
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November…” The Comic-Con trailer for V for Vendetta is now online, starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving (formerly James Purefoy), Stephen Rea, and John Hurt. Look like it’s Winston’s turn as Big Brother.
The Trouble For Harry.
This, the sixth volume of the series, [is] the darkest and most unsettling installment yet…” (If you’ve gone completely spoiler-less, do not read this NYT review.) And now, if you’ll excuse me, with book in hand, I’m off to get my Potter on. Update: Done. Another fine outing, I thought — I posted a heavily spoiler-laden reaction over at WebGoddess.
Fanboys of the world unite.
(You have nothing to lose but your collectible packaging.) Those disgruntled fansters out there looking for more movie coverage around these parts, take heart — Comic-Con 2005 starts today in San Diego, which should mean a wealth of new news about King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia, and other upcoming big-ticket projects. (That being said, I refuse to spend my hard-earned fanboy dollar on obviously phoned-in drek like FF, so that review might be a long time coming.)
Harry Potter and the Angry Rottweiler.
On the eve of the Half-Blood Prince, letters are unearthed in which Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, decries the Harry Potter books. “It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly.” Well, if the future pope could handle the Hitler Youth, I think most kids’ eternal souls should be able to weather the Harry Potter tomes just fine.
Fawkes Force V.
The new poster for V for Vendetta is up.
Method Clowning.
Sean Penn as The Joker? I’ve been hoping for Adrien Brody as the Clown Prince of Crime myself, but it’s definitely outside-the-box thinking.
Nice Marmot.
Making the rounds today, AFI’s Top 100 Movie Quotes. Mostly the usual suspects throughout…I’d be more impressed if they’d made room for Lebowski.
Your Lion Eyes.
Frodo, step aside — it’s Aslan’s turn. Disney releases the one sheet for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.