Points of Interest
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naomi_jayI haven't really been blogging much lately because I've been feeling rather crap. I suspect a virus is on its way. But now I have News And Opinions! So damn the earache, here comes the blog:
1. I've been offered a contract for DEMONISED! (or Demonized, as it will be Americanised in editing). Yay! Damnation Books are looking at a March 2011 release, but more details will follow. I'm very excited (or would be if my head didn't feel like it's full of cottonwool), and hope this will be the first of many wacky adventures for Ethan.
2. This whole "I write like..." meme thing is everywhere now, and I'm bored of it. Everyone I know apparently writes like Stephen King, which is probably patently untrue (no offence, anyone, but come on), and I think we should all aspire to write like ourselves anyway.
3. We went to seethe trailer for The Expendables Predators last night. OMG. I don't even know. It was vastly superior to both AVP films, but not quite as good as Predator. I have this thing about Predator films where I don't really want the puny humans to have personalities, I just want them to be walking targets. So I get annoyed when people start showing each other pictures of their kids (not least because as soon as you do that YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, QUITE FRANKLY) and having deep philosophical conversations about why they became hitmen or whatever. Look, just run around blindly, realise you're all doomed and then die, okay? Predator does not care for your backstory. And please, please don't EVER get a human and a Predator to team up together! That's not what I watch Predator films for! I hated it in AVP, and I didn't appreciate it last night either.
But it was good! Laurence Fishburne put in a great performance as a crazy-ass wild man, and I loved the sword fight between the Yakuza guy and the Predator. I was disappointed not to notice any xenomorph skulls in the Predator death camp, but they may just have been there and I didn't notice because I was all distracted by Adrian Brody's Wolverine impression. (Oh seriously, Adrian Brody as an action hero? He looks like a Toby jug!). And I totally pegged the doctor at the start. You don't drop a weedy-looking doctor on a planet designed as a game preserve with a group of black ops-serial killer-mercenary-cartel enforcer types unless he's also a Very Bad Man.
Of course, none of that matters because I saw a trailer for The Expendables, and it's like Hollywood looked into my brain, saw everything I love and made it into a film. I cannot wait for August! I need this film in my life. Also saw a trailer for Splice, which I'm convinced will be hilarious good times, and also features Adrian Brody in a more appropriate role.
Anyway. My head hurts so I'm going to hunt down some painkillers.
1. I've been offered a contract for DEMONISED! (or Demonized, as it will be Americanised in editing). Yay! Damnation Books are looking at a March 2011 release, but more details will follow. I'm very excited (or would be if my head didn't feel like it's full of cottonwool), and hope this will be the first of many wacky adventures for Ethan.
2. This whole "I write like..." meme thing is everywhere now, and I'm bored of it. Everyone I know apparently writes like Stephen King, which is probably patently untrue (no offence, anyone, but come on), and I think we should all aspire to write like ourselves anyway.
3. We went to see
But it was good! Laurence Fishburne put in a great performance as a crazy-ass wild man, and I loved the sword fight between the Yakuza guy and the Predator. I was disappointed not to notice any xenomorph skulls in the Predator death camp, but they may just have been there and I didn't notice because I was all distracted by Adrian Brody's Wolverine impression. (Oh seriously, Adrian Brody as an action hero? He looks like a Toby jug!). And I totally pegged the doctor at the start. You don't drop a weedy-looking doctor on a planet designed as a game preserve with a group of black ops-serial killer-mercenary-cartel enforcer types unless he's also a Very Bad Man.
Of course, none of that matters because I saw a trailer for The Expendables, and it's like Hollywood looked into my brain, saw everything I love and made it into a film. I cannot wait for August! I need this film in my life. Also saw a trailer for Splice, which I'm convinced will be hilarious good times, and also features Adrian Brody in a more appropriate role.
Anyway. My head hurts so I'm going to hunt down some painkillers.
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on 2010-07-14 09:18 am (UTC)Also, I write like James Joyce not Stephen King. Apparently. I don't know if this is a good thing or not...
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on 2010-07-14 09:28 am (UTC)I should get myself to a theatre to see Predators next week. The sheer crack of having Topher Grace vs a Predator will be hilar. But I agree entirely -- EVERYONE SHOULD DIE. Which is what makes the futiel battle of the puny humans so entertaining! though, I am sorta fond of the idea that the Predators are so advanced to have space travel and laser guns and shit, they probably wouldn't be expecting the humans to go stone age on them with bows and arrows and spears instead of the guns.
(Though, Splice...please tell me you kinda-sorta know what goes on in that aside from crazy science?)
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on 2010-07-14 04:54 pm (UTC)2. Yeah, I realize the "I write like..." meme is kind of silly. I'm sure the comparisons are trite and whatever algorithm ridiculous, but at the same idea, I find it kind of fun. :)
3. Actually I kind of liked the human/predator pairing in AVP. It was actually my favorite part of the movie, when she gets marked as a hunter like him. I thought that rocked. But to each their own. :)
I am totally looking forward to The Expendables. It looks like a rollicking good time.
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on 2010-07-14 06:09 pm (UTC)It definitely is a fun meme, but I had five minutes this morning where everyone on Twitter, Facehbook, LJ and all my writing group email loops were firing it back and forth and suddenly it was just annoying, lol. I might copy and paste some blog entries into it and see what comes up.
The Expendables won me with Dolph Lundgren. That man is a legend!
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on 2010-07-14 05:11 pm (UTC)And (((hugs))) Get well soon.
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