Hey, the board ate part of my last post. I meant to say also that Paul Bettany would have been my Lestat, right or wrong. Tom Hardy is a cool idea, though.

Crazy or not, I think TC could become a convicted murderer and I'd still think Legend was the bomb (and I think it's that cinematography that I compare LOTR trilogies to, and they suffer for it).

Yes, do snuggle the Homer.

Brad Pitt playing all the roles (possibly NOT Claudia) would have been awesome. I don't think Paul Bettany existed in my brain at that time, but I love him in everything, including that horrible Wimbledon movie with Kirsten Dunst (Claudia). I do always feel a little bad, because I am just a Louis girl, no matter what. I totally appreciated everything Anne Rice did with Lestat, because the change in point of view from Interview to The Vampire Lestat, and how it just changed everything was brilliant, but at the end of the day, I just still sort of want Lestat and Louis to settle down together somewhere quiet and peaceful.

Visible air. That's what the words "Ridley Scott" bring to mind: Legend, Blade Runner, Alien. Other things, too, obviously. But immediately? Visible air.

After he was laid off at 40, Lee Child deliberately set out to create lucrative thrillers. I doubt he would say much about the casting if the deal was right. As I recall, he's said he thinks of Jack Reacher as his height, which is 6'5".

Cruise should TOTALLY cast everyone proportionally shorter than him and use forced perspective an' stuff to LOOK 6'5". It could be a whole reverse-Hobbit thing.

How does someone sound Jewish?

It could be an inflection/cadence/word-arranging kind of thing. I can't describe it well, but as far as I can tell you don't so much talk like a Catskills comic.

The Average White Baby is in the house!

And Matilda is feeding him.

Consuela, if you can get the doctor on the phone, maybe a little something for yourself??

No shit. I mean, not to be like "OMG, you really need to calm down!" or anything--more "OMG, you deserve a chance to freakin' relax"

Maybe some medicinal marijuana. :)

Cruise should TOTALLY cast everyone proportionally shorter than him and use forced perspective an' stuff to LOOK 6'5".

OK, I might see THAT, for shits and giggles. I just don't see how Tom Cruise is going to seem physically imposing. And while I don't think the guy has to be UGLY (I mean, he somehow finds women who do shit for him every book, he's gotta have something), he's supposed to be someone who gets on a bus to new towns with his wallet, and like, a knife and a toothbrush. Tom Cruise strikes me as someone who'd have to carry a mirror and gel.

I'm pretty sure a wallet and a knife would be too many possessions for Real Jack Reacher.

No shit. I mean, not to be like "OMG, you really need to calm down!" or anything--more "OMG, you deserve a chance to freakin' relax"

Yeah, that.

Loki is a big furry ball of therapy. He's making big eyes and puring at me as I rearrange his fatexcess skin. He's a big ball of cuddle. I wish I could ship his soothings to Consuela.

But I think I can make a compelling argument that Brad Pitt should have played most of the roles in that movie. Well, either it is actually compelling or Jilli and Plei wanted me to shut up.

No, it is an actually compelling argument! One that we have developed shorthand for!