Due to the computer trouble (see the previous entry) and also my general and regrettable allergy to deadlines, I haven't finished the Breaking Dawn thing yet. However, even if I do finish it this weekend… I'm not sure when it will be appropriate to post it, given the really, really awful events in Connecticut. Charlie's Over-Protective Father ( Read more... )

This is just to say that hello! It is my birthday! But oh no! The AVG 2013 antivirus update has screwed up my computer (LIZZIE NOOOOOO) and I cannot connect to the internet at this time because to connect to the internet I have to download a new driver from... the internet... and also the Breaking Dawn thing is running even later than it was before ( Read more... )

Legendary sword master Bob Anderson dies.

It is reported that the sword-fighting trainer and choreographer passed away today, at the age of 89. Bob Anderson was a behind-the-scenes name little known to many fans but who had a tremendous impact not only on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, but on cinema itself. Anderson’s many credits include: Star ( Read more... )

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I bring you a final (presumably) SDCC/movie linkspam. To begin:

@dcwomenkicknass: DC Comics SDCC panels: uncomfortable questions about female creators/characters. Apparently what happened was, a woman dressed as Batgirl (with a young girl dressed as Spoiler) (I don't know who Spoiler is) (just go with it) kept going to comics panels and asking ( Read more... )

So last night I was tired and also there was a pretty bad thunderstorm, and now I've got yesterday's linkspam and today's Comic-Con movie news to deal with. And deal with it we shall, in the most orderly way I can manage.

( DEEP BREATH )

Harry Potter is the Biggest Worldwide Debut Ever with $476M. That is to say, nearly half a billion dollars, blowing through the Eclipse midnight record, the New Moon opening day record, and the Dark Knight weekend record. From what I've seen of Comments on the Interwebs, Twilight fans and Batman fans are united in shouting YEAH WELL WAIT TILL OUR ( Read more... )

I'm not saying I'll be able to keep up a steady stream of linkspam posts; I'm just saying I'm going to try.

( Ah, the hot dwarves. )

All right. Let's try to resume linkspam service. First:

@mellymell: A friend needs help raising money for a lifesaving surgery. Please help & [pass on] if you can.

magtwysera: "A friend of mine- she's coloriffic on deviantart- is taking NYOP commissions over at http:// ( Read more... )

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