You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.

Willow ,'Sleeper'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Nov 26, 2012 11:06:02 am PST #2166 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

PRWeb is almost the same thing as a peer-reviewed journal article, right?

I find that "peer-reviewed" is a somewhat slippery term when one's peers are other cryptozoologists.


Tom Scola - Nov 26, 2012 11:07:15 am PST #2167 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

And Fox News is almost the same thing as journalism.

If not for Fox News, who will protect us from the Straw Feminists?


-t - Nov 26, 2012 11:31:55 am PST #2168 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congrats, Nora!


tommyrot - Nov 26, 2012 11:38:03 am PST #2169 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yay Nora!


§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 11:40:06 am PST #2170 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nora, that must be a hell of an exhalation you had building up there! Let it out, let it all out!


Consuela - Nov 26, 2012 11:44:14 am PST #2171 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yay Nora!

Oh, god, this is a debacle. Screaming and crying, and Dad can't withstand her.


Amy - Nov 26, 2012 11:47:59 am PST #2172 of 30001
Because books.

Consuela, can they give her something? Ativan or Xanax? I'm sorry this is so hard. I hope after a few days she's going to settle in, for everyone's sake.

Congratulations, Nora!

ita, I had assumed Tom Cruise pursued the Jack Reacher books, too. Mostly because I think he wants roles with a really masculine, heroic edge, and also because I can't stand him so I always assume the worst. And when it comes to the author's approval, I think Lee Child is probably savvy enough to know that bad-mouthing the casting isn't going to win him any friends in the industry, where he could potentially make a lot more money.


meara - Nov 26, 2012 11:49:47 am PST #2173 of 30001

ita, I had assumed Tom Cruise pursued the Jack Reacher books, too. Mostly because I think he wants roles with a really masculine, heroic edge, and also because I can't stand him so I always assume the worst. And when it comes to the author's approval, I think Lee Child is probably savvy enough to know that bad-mouthing the casting isn't going to win him any friends in the industry, where he could potentially make a lot more money.

This. Also especially because its a series, so in theory if the movie does well it could be a cash cow for years.


Consuela - Nov 26, 2012 11:59:07 am PST #2174 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I'm trying to get through to the psych to see if I can get a PRN order for more benzos.


§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 12:00:53 pm PST #2175 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think there's a lot less actor pursuing the role than you might otherwise guess. It's not an efficient use of time, unless the actor in question has an active production company of their own, and even then I think we still overestimate. There's a reporting bias, I guess, because "I wanted to play Jesus for years, and I was shopping this script to everyone" makes a good soundbite, and we just don't hear the stories of the hundreds of popular movies where someone's people called their people or they just auditioned amongst others.

also because I can't stand him so I always assume the worst

And there is certainly that.

The writer's quote is impossible to parse accurately with just that information. Some writers would bitch, some would not, and there's no way I can tell anything from this distance other than "publicly on board" so that's why it's all I said.