I'm rather dumbstruck at the moment, so I'm just going to drop this into the aether and see how you folks react. Reading up on the casting of Red Dwarf: Series 1 over at the home page, I was shocked (SHOCKED, I tell you) to discover that my dear Mr. Barrie had some competition in the form of...well, just let me quote:

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As heard this morning on the latest podcast from made_of_fail_pc, and cracking me up about once every ten minutes for the rest of the day:

"Opera singers have voices that can shatter glass;
Alan Rickman has the voice that can shatter underpants."
Mwhahahahahahaha! Oh my....It's funny because it's true ;p ( Read more... )

*Dies* Harry Who? LOL! As much as I was bored by the last HP film, I am still excited about Half-Blood Prince because I love Snape SO MUCH. But you all knew that already :p

Can I get one of these? Please? There is a bare space on the wall right between my mounted speakers where this would fit perfectly...

Thank you, snapecast!


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So yes, Warner Bros. has made the decision to move back the release of Half-Blood Prince. The general consensus of opinion seems to be that the cause of this delay is the proximity of the original release date to that of the film adapatation of Twilight. There has been an uproar of complaints, several threats of a petition campaign, and, at least ( Read more... )

Oh dear sweet Goddess of Mercy.....

Alan Rickman played Valmont in the original stage productions of Dangerous Liaisons....?


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Expanding upon some thoughts posted here.

The Matter of Mr. RickmanHe's too old to play Rochester. I know he is. He just turned 60. 15 years ago, even 10 (around the time he played Colonel Brandon), he would have been perfect. But now? Casting him as a romantic lead opposite a 24-year-old? Even I can admit that would be more than a little ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is about extreme cold and heat, but my metabolism just completely shuts down. Doesn't matter how much tea/coffee/vitamins/etc I take, my body keeps screaming, "No, no, you're nonfunctional now. Go back to bed!" Believe me, I would dearly love to right now. Most of the time I don't mind so much having to get up at 4am, but ( Read more... )

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New Alan Rickman photos posted by dreamingallday.


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We all know that Professor Snape is a brilliant liar criminal mastermind strategist and spy, but what is his ultimate goal? How does he plan to defeat Harry/Voldemorte and win the day? Well, I think the answer should be fairly obvious:

By leading his undersea army to world domination, through song! (Listen if you dare)What, you don't believe me ( Read more... )