Cthulhu fhtagn. Maybe.
I suppose I should blog again. If only to get into a decent writing habit.
Occasionally, over the past few weeks, I've come across something cool and thought, "I need to blog this," and then promptly didn't, either because I didn't have a computer or the time handy, or because I thought, "That alone isn't worth it." Now I've forgotten most of those cool things, and am forcing myself to blog until I remember them.
Is blog a verb? I blog, you blog, weblog. Heh. (I think that's the name of a real blog, somewhere, actually, "I blog you blog weblog." Let me check. Yep! Well, close. It's right here. I've read some of it before - a really excellent poliblog. Or, at least, it was about politics. Currently it seems to be about Doctor Who, a show I really should start watching, as, I imagine, should you all.)
(Speaking of parenthetical references to television shows, I started watching Deadwood, recently. They say the word "fuck" and "cocksucker" a lot. It's pretty good so far.)
I have, thankfully, written a fair deal since getting home - I'm on my third short story, and there's a short play in there, and a bunch of semi-revived half-stories that I need to go back and edit. Eventually, I'm going to go back, pound them all into shape, and start sending them places.
I already have a gnawing, urgent obsession with J.J. Abrams as-yet-unnamed upcoming film. If you saw Transformers (and I have a whole damn rant in store about that movie) you may have seen the trailer already. If you haven't, go here immediately, chose your preferred size, and strap in (that sounded like a sexual reference). I'll wait.
Done? Ok. Here's the scoop, sort of. Nobody really knows a damn thing about it yet, but there are plenty of rumours. It's being written by Drew Goddard, a man who's worked mostly on television (and has a damn good resume - Buffy, Angel, Alias, and LOST, including the best episode of the last season of LOST and maybe ever, "The Man Behind the Curtain"). It's a giant monster movie of some kind, and the monster's codename is "The Parasite".
Here are the two rumours that have me most intrigued:
First, it may be shot entirely by hand-held camcorders. I feel like I need to keep justifying why this is cool to people, who seem to equate hand-held with Blair Witch. Here's my point - this is big budget. There will be a cinematographer on set, not a drunk film school grad who thinks she can act scared in the woods, filming her own snot. It will look good, and it will look real, and it'll give you the kind of perspective that you would get if an enormous monster attacked New York.
Second, it might be a Cthulhu movie.
This has been inferred from the two pieces of viral marketing that's been released for the film. Check 'em out:
http://www.1-18-08.com
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/
The second one is a big puzzle, and promises more information on August 1st. Can't wait.
Sleep now. Blargl.
Occasionally, over the past few weeks, I've come across something cool and thought, "I need to blog this," and then promptly didn't, either because I didn't have a computer or the time handy, or because I thought, "That alone isn't worth it." Now I've forgotten most of those cool things, and am forcing myself to blog until I remember them.
Is blog a verb? I blog, you blog, weblog. Heh. (I think that's the name of a real blog, somewhere, actually, "I blog you blog weblog." Let me check. Yep! Well, close. It's right here. I've read some of it before - a really excellent poliblog. Or, at least, it was about politics. Currently it seems to be about Doctor Who, a show I really should start watching, as, I imagine, should you all.)
(Speaking of parenthetical references to television shows, I started watching Deadwood, recently. They say the word "fuck" and "cocksucker" a lot. It's pretty good so far.)
I have, thankfully, written a fair deal since getting home - I'm on my third short story, and there's a short play in there, and a bunch of semi-revived half-stories that I need to go back and edit. Eventually, I'm going to go back, pound them all into shape, and start sending them places.
I already have a gnawing, urgent obsession with J.J. Abrams as-yet-unnamed upcoming film. If you saw Transformers (and I have a whole damn rant in store about that movie) you may have seen the trailer already. If you haven't, go here immediately, chose your preferred size, and strap in (that sounded like a sexual reference). I'll wait.
Done? Ok. Here's the scoop, sort of. Nobody really knows a damn thing about it yet, but there are plenty of rumours. It's being written by Drew Goddard, a man who's worked mostly on television (and has a damn good resume - Buffy, Angel, Alias, and LOST, including the best episode of the last season of LOST and maybe ever, "The Man Behind the Curtain"). It's a giant monster movie of some kind, and the monster's codename is "The Parasite".
Here are the two rumours that have me most intrigued:
First, it may be shot entirely by hand-held camcorders. I feel like I need to keep justifying why this is cool to people, who seem to equate hand-held with Blair Witch. Here's my point - this is big budget. There will be a cinematographer on set, not a drunk film school grad who thinks she can act scared in the woods, filming her own snot. It will look good, and it will look real, and it'll give you the kind of perspective that you would get if an enormous monster attacked New York.
Second, it might be a Cthulhu movie.
This has been inferred from the two pieces of viral marketing that's been released for the film. Check 'em out:
http://www.1-18-08.com
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/
The second one is a big puzzle, and promises more information on August 1st. Can't wait.
Sleep now. Blargl.
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