And mostly made of squee (or ooooooooooh).

Benedict Cumberbatch is motion-capture Smaug - also the voice of 'the Necromancer'. Oh, and they've cast Bard, but he's someone I haven't heard of. So in two or three years time I will look back and go OMG how did I make this post without even mentioning Luke Evans' name?

Possible Dark Knight spoilers, ( Read more... )

Gneil carefully giving away absolutely nothing about the movie that may or may not result from the American Gods rights being sold last week, except that the director they have at the moment is multiply-oscar-nommed. Which is faintly exciting.

YA publishing industry dramas. In short: author wrote story for anthology which featured a gay romance. ( Read more... )

What.

There has been confirmation on the internet since the 1st and 11th of March respectively that there are two Terry Pratchett related TV shows in the works.Terry Jones is doing a Good Omens show. Money has changed hands. Things are moving along. This has been out there since the 1st of March. DOES NOBODY ELSE ON THE INTERNET CARE ENOUGH TO ( Read more... )

Deconstructing the Complete and Utter Insanity of 'Batman: Odyssey'. I almost lost it when Nude Bruce was suddenly brandishing a banana in a vaguely threatening manner, but by the time they got to halfway through Issue 5 and 'Because clowns clowns clowns clowns clowns clowns.' I was literally crying with laughter. This is bad, I am at work and ( Read more... )

Oh LJ. Even I get that this is a facepalmy move. 1000 Dreamwidth coders just punched the air. Speaking of which, I has DW and I have finally got round to applying the footer code so you can actually tell, so, go me. I think I've got some invite codes, should anyone want to join me on this bandwagon to the dark side ( Read more... )

Two things about which I have recently said 'I want that to be true but I don't think it is':

Dorky author/music goddess dating gossip squee.

Great big stonking Doctor Who spoilers. (Obviously the guy on the right - but I'd also like to say OMGYAY the guy on the left! WIN.)

Sometimes it's nice to be wrong. :)

Very nice day yesterday - anotherusedpage sang ( Read more... )

Hopefully if I tag this so it sits up the top of the list, I will actually update it now and then...

Also, I finished Pearls. Thoughts (hopefully non-spoilery) below. Spoilery ones may follow later but, like, if you've read it you probably know what I'm thinking from what's here... *squees*

( Read, reading, to read. )

Because anotherusedpage reminded me that I hadn't posted it here and I thought I probably should in case the original post disintegrates under the sheer weight of the crack.

Gen crossover Hellboy in London Below fic. Set pre-Neverwhere. First draft, very bitty, may contain fail. Does contain the Marquis de Caribas. You have been warned.

( Scenes from an Adventure )

Huzzah! George Takai and his boyfriend among the first to get gay marriage licenses in California.

Also Neil Gaiman interview with Terry Pratchett about the 25th anniversary of Discworld.Tuesday's Week in the Life post will be up later today after I've managed to get the photos off my phone ( Read more... )

American Gods! Get your free online copy of American Gods here![/street urchin ( Read more... )