Checking in

[cleolinda]

Huh. I had no idea I hadn't posted in more than a week.

1) So... here's Tonner Jasper. Or rather, the page seems to have gone up too early and is now down. (I think the Toy Fair 2011 reveal is supposed to be on Monday.) Too bad I'd left the "click for larger image" tab open! MOO HA HA.

Comments

[ironymaiden]

is she up for Katniss? OH MY YES.

[cleolinda]

She's the rumored front-runner, but I don't know that anyone's confirmed anything. She may be rapidly taking over as the fan favorite, IDK.

[ceilidh_ann]

Have not seen True Grit yet but the book is fantastic. Mattie Ross may be one of my favourite narrators ever. Hope the movie does the book and the character justice.

[cleolinda]

I went through Wikipedia when I got home, and apparently it's much closer to the plot of the book, particularly with the snake bite and... what happens afterwards. And you do have an Adult Mattie narration at the beginning and the end.

[amelia_petkova]

I saw the 2010 version soon after it came out and I'm currently about 3/4 through the novel. For the most part it's a close adaptation (the movie, I mean) and Mattie as the narrator continues to be awesome.

[zelda_queen]

I actually liked her more than Kim Darby. Kim was spunky, but just seemed to get in trouble every other minute. The new Mattie just felt more believably tough.

[cleolinda]

It's weird in a few places--male Tonners seem to get weird around the jaw a lot--but you can see what they were going for. Like, "okay, that one feature there, they nailed that." It's a little... unsettling.

The hair on that doll is better than the hair in the movie. This is the world we live in now.

[elvensapphire]

The hair on that doll is better than the hair in the movie. This is the world we live in now.

This was basically MTE.

[annlarimer]

Leif Garrett is in the Twilight movies?

[cleolinda]

A man's gotta eat, okay?

[annlarimer]

No, it's fine. He looks a lot better than he has in a while.

[wendyzski]

Been reading The Proud Tower, as background for co-writing the murder mystery scenario at a steampunk convention. We're going with a Great Game/Spies sort of thing, so a quick read through what REALLY happened will make our background better-grounded. Thank you.

[cleolinda]

Oh, awesome. And yeah, the fact that it goes in-depth on more than one country helps. You get a comparative sense of history that way.

[wendyzski]

I'm already going to put in someone's mouth "The one thing the Germans can't abide is the idea that someone will have a war and they won't get to play!"