Random thought that popped into my head

Well, it seems that lot of people are really disappointed that Benedict Cumberbatch didn't get the BAFTA for best actor.  I, of course, said that I wanted him to win, because I loved his performance, but the fact is that I haven't seen Eric and Ernie or... the thing Jim Broadbent did, and of the two I did see, I couldn't honestly say if I thought Cumberbatch's Sherlock was better than Smith's Doctor.  So, I don't even have enough information to say whether I agree with the decision or not, much less complain about it.  And frankly, I am not upset.  Cumberbatch was really good.  Yay!  Apparently there are some people who think he wasn't the best. They may well be right.  :-)

But I saw a brief interview with Cumberbatch from before the awards ceremony, and he said something to the effect that it was insulting to Broadbent and Rigby that the press was setting this up as only a competition between Smith and Cumberbatch. 

So the random thought that popped into my head was... I wonder if that affected the BAFTA voters? 

(I don't mean this bitterly or conspiracy theory-ish-ly.  I just know if I were voting and I were really torn between several really great actors, that would influence me against them for sure!)

Random thought that popped into my head

Well, it seems that lot of people are really disappointed that Benedict Cumberbatch didn't get the BAFTA for best actor.  I, of course, said that I wanted him to win, because I loved his performance, but the fact is that I haven't seen Eric and Ernie or... the thing Jim Broadbent did, and of the two I did see, I couldn't honestly say if I thought Cumberbatch's Sherlock was better than Smith's Doctor.  So, I don't even have enough information to say whether I agree with the decision or not, much less complain about it.  And frankly, I am not upset.  Cumberbatch was really good.  Yay!  Apparently there are some people who think he wasn't the best. They may well be right.  :-)

But I saw a brief interview with Cumberbatch from before the awards ceremony, and he said something to the effect that it was insulting to Broadbent and Rigby that the press was setting this up as only a competition between Smith and Cumberbatch. 

So the random thought that popped into my head was... I wonder if that affected the BAFTA voters? 

(I don't mean this bitterly or conspiracy theory-ish-ly.  I just know if I were voting and I were really torn between several really great actors, that would influence me against them for sure!)

!!!!!!!!!!!

I am fully convinced, down to the bottom of my cynical little heart that Peter Jackson's Hobbit will be a travesty.

So, when I heard that Cumberbatch was joining the cast, I wasn't sure whether to be happy that another briliant actor was joining the already brilliant cast or sad that another brilliant actor was joining the travesty, which would be more disappointing because it should be wonderful...

But if THIS speculation proves correct... well... I WILL BE ECSTATIC:

Early reports suggest Cumberbatch will voice the dragon character Smaug but the actor refused to specify his role, insisting, “I can’t say at the moment, thank you very much.” A red-faced Freeman later told reporters, “I knew I was a sort of a big mouth but I didn’t realize to what extent I was a big mouth, and I’ve just ruined everything. I might not actually go back to a job – they might have just sacked (fired) me.”

(I giggle that "sacked" needed to be defined by whoever wrote this little snippet.)

(I do not giggle that they used parentheses instead of brackets.)

Of course, cynical me just kicked in again and pointed out that despite Cumberbatch's brilliant speaking voice, and the fact that Smaug has some really briliant dialogue, the script is bound to me marginally above Star Wars quality.

*snrk*

!!!!!!!!!!!

I am fully convinced, down to the bottom of my cynical little heart that Peter Jackson's Hobbit will be a travesty.

So, when I heard that Cumberbatch was joining the cast, I wasn't sure whether to be happy that another briliant actor was joining the already brilliant cast or sad that another brilliant actor was joining the travesty, which would be more disappointing because it should be wonderful...

But if THIS speculation proves correct... well... I WILL BE ECSTATIC:

Early reports suggest Cumberbatch will voice the dragon character Smaug but the actor refused to specify his role, insisting, “I can’t say at the moment, thank you very much.” A red-faced Freeman later told reporters, “I knew I was a sort of a big mouth but I didn’t realize to what extent I was a big mouth, and I’ve just ruined everything. I might not actually go back to a job – they might have just sacked (fired) me.”

(I giggle that "sacked" needed to be defined by whoever wrote this little snippet.)

(I do not giggle that they used parentheses instead of brackets.)

Of course, cynical me just kicked in again and pointed out that despite Cumberbatch's brilliant speaking voice, and the fact that Smaug has some really briliant dialogue, the script is bound to me marginally above Star Wars quality.

*snrk*

Long Long Book Meme

I have writer's block... so I'm doing this massively long book meme.  Unlike litlover12 , I'm doing it in one swell foop.

In this post are included spoilers for 1984, Jude the Obscure, and His Dark Materials.  I have written everything like that in white, so you can choose to look at it or not.


( Really long book meme. BUT I'VE BEEN INSPIRED TO READ! WOOT! )

Long Long Book Meme

I have writer's block... so I'm doing this massively long book meme.  Unlike litlover12 , I'm doing it in one swell foop.

In this post are included spoilers for 1984, Jude the Obscure, and His Dark Materials.  I have written everything like that in white, so you can choose to look at it or not.


( Really long book meme. BUT I'VE BEEN INSPIRED TO READ! WOOT! )

Lothlorien reading

'Alas! I Fear we cannot stay here longer,' said Aragorn. He looked towards the mountains and held up his sword. `Farewell, Gandalf! ' he cried. 'Did I not say to you: _if you pass the doors of Moria, beware_? Alas that I spoke true! What hope have we without you? '
He turned to the Company. `We must do without hope,' he said. `At least we may yet be avenged. Let us gird ourselves and weep no more! Come! We have a long road, and much to do.'
They rose and looked about them. Northward the dale ran up into a glen of shadows between two great arms of the mountains, above which three white peaks were shining: Celebdil, Fanuidhol, Caradhras. the Mountains of Moria. At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains' feet.
`Yonder is the Dimrill Stair,' said Aragorn, pointing to the falls. 'Down the deep-cloven way that climbs beside the torrent we should have come, if fortune had been kinder.'
`Or Caradhras less cruel,' said Gimli. `There he stands smiling in the sun! ' He shook his fist at the furthest of the snow-capped peaks and turned away.
To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague. To the south the Misty Mountains receded endlessly as far as sight could reach. Less than a mile away, and a little below them, for they still stood high up on the west side of the dale, there lay a mere. It was long and oval, shaped like a great spear-head thrust deep into the northern glen; but its southern end was beyond the shadows under the sunlit sky. Yet its waters were dark: a deep blue like clear evening sky seen from a lamp-lit room. Its face was still and unruffled. About it lay a smooth sward, shelving down on all sides to its bare unbroken rim.
`There lies the Mirrormere, deep Kheled-z‚ram! ' said Gimli sadly. `I remember that he said: "May you have joy of the sight! But we cannot linger there." Now long shall I journey ere I have joy again. It is I that must hasten away, and he that must remain.'
The Company now went down the road from the Gates. It was rough and broken, fading to a winding track between heather and whin that thrust amid the cracking stones. But still it could be seen that once long ago a great paved way had wound upwards from the lowlands of the Dwarf-kingdom. In places there were ruined works of stone beside the path, and mounds of green topped with slender birches, or fir-trees sighing in the wind. An eastward bend led them hard by the sward of Mirrormere, and there not far from the roadside stood a single column broken at the top.

Lothlorien reading

'Alas! I Fear we cannot stay here longer,' said Aragorn. He looked towards the mountains and held up his sword. `Farewell, Gandalf! ' he cried. 'Did I not say to you: _if you pass the doors of Moria, beware_? Alas that I spoke true! What hope have we without you? '
He turned to the Company. `We must do without hope,' he said. `At least we may yet be avenged. Let us gird ourselves and weep no more! Come! We have a long road, and much to do.'
They rose and looked about them. Northward the dale ran up into a glen of shadows between two great arms of the mountains, above which three white peaks were shining: Celebdil, Fanuidhol, Caradhras. the Mountains of Moria. At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains' feet.
`Yonder is the Dimrill Stair,' said Aragorn, pointing to the falls. 'Down the deep-cloven way that climbs beside the torrent we should have come, if fortune had been kinder.'
`Or Caradhras less cruel,' said Gimli. `There he stands smiling in the sun! ' He shook his fist at the furthest of the snow-capped peaks and turned away.
To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague. To the south the Misty Mountains receded endlessly as far as sight could reach. Less than a mile away, and a little below them, for they still stood high up on the west side of the dale, there lay a mere. It was long and oval, shaped like a great spear-head thrust deep into the northern glen; but its southern end was beyond the shadows under the sunlit sky. Yet its waters were dark: a deep blue like clear evening sky seen from a lamp-lit room. Its face was still and unruffled. About it lay a smooth sward, shelving down on all sides to its bare unbroken rim.
`There lies the Mirrormere, deep Kheled-z‚ram! ' said Gimli sadly. `I remember that he said: "May you have joy of the sight! But we cannot linger there." Now long shall I journey ere I have joy again. It is I that must hasten away, and he that must remain.'
The Company now went down the road from the Gates. It was rough and broken, fading to a winding track between heather and whin that thrust amid the cracking stones. But still it could be seen that once long ago a great paved way had wound upwards from the lowlands of the Dwarf-kingdom. In places there were ruined works of stone beside the path, and mounds of green topped with slender birches, or fir-trees sighing in the wind. An eastward bend led them hard by the sward of Mirrormere, and there not far from the roadside stood a single column broken at the top.

OH NOES!

Final Minutes Of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven Separate Films

OH NOES!

Final Minutes Of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven Separate Films