Goddammit, Rian Johnson, you're on The List now.

(The List, for those of you who don't know--and you probably don't; I don't mention it all that often--is a list of directors and/or writers whose work I will see regardless of topic or star. It's not a long list; the only names on it, right now, are Vincenzo Natali and Neil Marshall. And now, Rian Johnson, GODDAMMIT.)

contains spoilers for looper, brick, and the brothers bloom )

Highly recommended.
Oh, man, it's that time of year again already? AWESOME.

So this year, I'm doing the best moments before I do the Recap of People, mostly because...this is the post that got finished first. So here we go!

Then There Was That Time Damon Wrote Stefan/Squirrel Fanfic: The Top 21 Moments From S3 of The Vampire Diaries )
I like anthologies for the same reason I like short story collections: sometimes you get utter bullshit, and sometimes you get something amazing. (The ratio of terrible-to-amazing-to-tepid varies by case.) Luckily for me, they happen to be coming back into vogue these days, especially in horror. Which means it's time for Capsule Reviews! (Or, you know, I was waaaaaaay too lazy to do full write-ups on each.)

movie reviews: deadtime stories 1-2, little deaths, the theatre bizarre, VHS )
It took a season-and-a-half, but I cave: I finally, FINALLY get the whole Suits thing. YOU WIN, FANDOM.
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Dear Teen Wolf fandom: let's talk about Grizzly Rage. PLEASE DEAR GOD let's talk about Grizzly Rage.

I'll revisit some of this later, because David DeCoteau is literally an entire Ambassador of Shitty Movies post all by himself, but Grizzly Rage was made as part of the Maneater series of films: basically, direct-to-DVD efforts about man-vs-nature that have, at one point or another, all aired on the SyFy Channel. (They may have actually been commissioned by SFC, but I honestly can't remember. They did air, though.) They include such classics as Eye of the Beast, Shark Swarm, and The Hive--and, of course, Grizzly Rage.

Grizzly Rage features Tyler Hoechlin. That is honestly the only reason to--

--well, no, as a TW fan that's the only reason to watch this movie; you should track down a copy anyway because it is fucking terrible.

grizzly rage: now with 100% more angry bear stock footage! )
Oh my God, CW, just...step away from Battle Royale. VERY VERY SLOWLY.

(They have tentative plans to adapt it as a TV series. I think a vein in my forehead just popped.)
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( Jul. 23rd, 2012 11:04 pm)
OH SHIT TEEN WOLF OH SHIT

I MIGHT HAVE TO UPGRADE YOU TO "TVD'S PRETTY GREAT LITTLE SISTER" BY THE END OF THIS YEAR

(by which I mean "no more head wound")

OH SHIT
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HEY GUYS LET'S TALK ABOUT POLITICAL ANIMALS

AND HOW SIGOURNEY WEAVER IS THE MOTHERFUCKING *WOMAN*

AND HOW SEBASTIAN STAN IS BASICALLY JULIAN FROM LESS THAN ZERO
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( Jul. 15th, 2012 09:46 pm)
ugh and now the Port Authority makes me sad

SERIOUSLY, MARVEL? SERIOUSLY?
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EVERYBODY GET A PEN, THESE ARE SOME DATES YOU SHOULD KNOW:

MCU movies, or, This is My Life Now, I Guess )
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( Jul. 10th, 2012 07:47 pm)
So thanks to Hearst Media, Viacom, and my local CW/NBC stations being dicks, I'll be doing TVD recaps...maybe next season? Or possibly not at all, thanks to that new ISP six strikes rule.

DEAR BIG BUSINESS, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DOWNLOAD SHIT.
You guys, not for nothing, but you reaaaaaaally need to work to make a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. You don't have the five-film setup The Avengers had, and Marvel--on its best day--is wonky with its more science-fiction-y series. It could be interesting! It...could also have to explain the sentient-raccoon-with-a-history-as-a-CNA and the living-tree-former-supervillain parts. (Don't even get me started on Mantis. "The former Celestial Madonna is our comms expert!" Just. Wow.)

Instead: you take that money and make a Black Widow movie and a Hulk movie. HEAR ME OUT ON THAT LAST ONE.

Black Widow movie: easy. It's the Bourne Identity with Natasha. Make Clint Marie, put in backstory about Red Room and whether or not she has superpowers; if you need an antagonist, have Yelena show up as the second Black Widow, who's pissed the original is still out there and wants to kill Natasha so she's the only one by that name. Boom! Action movie! Filled with ladies! Boys as eye candy! EVERYONE WINS.

Now, the Hulk movie. This is not complicated: )
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iphignia939: (Xavier's School For Fantastic Bitches (X)
( Jun. 30th, 2012 01:15 am)
And sometimes you end up on YouTube at quarter after 1 in the morning, spotting you and your friends at a Fall Out Boy show and missing the shit out of TAI. SHUT UP, SOMETIMES THERE ARE FEELINGS.
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Magic Mike: Actually better than I thought it was going to be, if still mostly beefcake with a surprisingly strong story. Not a single guy in my theater. That said:

Simon Halls, you are the LUCKIEST MOTHERFUCKER ON EARTH.
iphignia939: (Klingon for "I love you")
( Jun. 25th, 2012 11:49 pm)
Everyone tell me about Candice and Hoechlin dating. RIGHT NOW.

(ugh shut up what does this even say about me as a person)
iphignia939: (he gave me points (Losers))
( Jun. 17th, 2012 12:38 am)
Skew is what happens if Friday the 13th: The Series had a found footage episode. Or, say, the closest we'll come to an adaptation of Stephen King's "The Reaper's Image".

skew )
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