Assorted Thursday Links

[yendi]

1. amokk won a $5 Amazon Gift Certificate on Blingo! Which means that I won one, as well! Yay!

2. Obligatory KOL Update: Got ready for the final quest, only to realize that I'd skipped the entire Star area. Sigh. Fortunately, I still had three Corpse drinks remaining from yesterday, so I should have enough adventures to farm what I need and at least get partially into the tower.

3. The latest fun product recall: Confetti Bursts, from "American" Greetings (product made in China, of course). At least it's only lead in the confetti, and not GHB.

4. More Batman/Dark Knight viral marketing, in the form of the Gotham Times and the Ha Ha Ha Times, Gotham Police, and Remembering Gina.

5. Eliza Dushku in a movie about group sex. Yeah, I'm there. Incidentally, Duskku was hysterical playing against type on Ugly Betty the other week.

6. Personalized Sharpies! I know tons of folks who would probably use these (more than the personalized M&Ms, at least).

7. Seth Rogen is writing The Green Hornet! Not totally sure how I feel about that yet, other than surprised.

8. Rainbows End, a damned deserving Hugo winner (even though I also liked Blindsight a lot), is now available free online.

9. Buy'n'Large is the promo site for next year's Pixar movie Wall*E. It's full of little gems.

10. Finally, here's a good look at Futurama's mishandling by the morons at Fox, amongst other things.

Comments

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, about #5, see... I keep pointing this out to my 40-something coworker who's got a thing for Eliza.

When I last saw Eliza her age was measured in months. I remember her disrupting a Cub Scout meeting that my *little* brother and her *oldest* brother were attending. When you guys go on and on about her, all I think about is this little infant I once knew...

Of course, I can be almost accurate and say that I held her in my arms... (I probably didn't, but I know my mother did! =)

[yendi]

Heh -- yeah, that can be a little creepy, I'm sure.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

How did you find the Buy'n'Large thing? Or should you not reveal your linkspam secrets?

Intrigued, I am. (It helped that the Wall-E teaser trailer used some of the Brazil score...)

[yendi]

That was from USA Today's Pop Candy, I think. Or maybe Boing Boing. When in doubt, assume one of those two.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

I actually knew about Rogen writing the Green Hornet - it was part of a Kevin Smith blog post the other day all about Seth and KS's new movie.
http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=365

search on green and you'll see it... :)

[yendi]

And more importantly, Smith is making a film with Elizabeth Banks! There simply cannot be enough of her.

(I don't read his blog regularly, as I just don't have the patience for it, alas).

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I shall join you on the Banks bandwagon! I found her, shall we say, striking when I saw her in Seabiscuit. Then I realized she was Betty Brant, too, and I think I fell a little in love...

This should be a fun film.

[yendi]

And don't forget her run on Scrubs as the mother of JD's baby, or as the lead in Slither. Or for her role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I won't forget now. Of those I've only seen The 40-Year-Old Virgin (and I remember her from that), but I do mean to see Slither. I think I like James Gunn's taste in women...

[yndy.livejournal.com]

I have it on an LJ feed - so I only click thru on the things that interest me :)

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I love all the Batman viral marketing!

[yendi]

If the movie's half as good as the setup, I'm hooked.