1. A couple weeks ago, I heard that Hollywood is making a Teen Titans movie. I was all like WOOHOO, because I have pure, unadulterated love for Cartoon Network's Teen Titans. I have desperately missed Cyborg and Beast Boy and Raven and Robin/Starfire (OTP OF MY SOUL!) since it went off the air. But today I found out that someone from Smallville and Battlestar Galactica is writing/producing. And Superman Returns is the tone he is going for.
Smallville + Battlestar Galactica + Superman Returns = OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SUCK!
OH, LIFE. YOU ARE SO UNFAIR.
ETA: I checked this dude's IMDB profile hoping that maybe he was from first season BSG. No dice! He motherfrakking wrote "Black Market," I SHIT YOU NOT.
2. Also of the suck? The WB sold the publishing rights for Veronica Mars to DC Comics, meaning that there will be comics instead of books. Sigh.
3. Not quite so of the suck? Nancy Drew. (Disclaimer: I own the entire yellow and blue Nancy Drew series. I read all of the Nancy Drew Files, many of the Nancy Drew Notebooks and nearly all of the Nancy Drew On Campus books. I totally ship Nancy/Frank Hardy.) It is definitely not fabulous or anything, but I still enjoyed it. I thought that the mystery itself was very true to the spirit of the books, and Nancy walking through the tunnel with her flashlight and the narrow escapes from the bad guys were like all of my childhood daydreams come true! Words cannot express my joy when she discovered a hidden passage by tapping on the walls. I USED TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME WHEN I WASNANCY DREW A KID. Her blue roadster! Her sleuthing kit! Hannah's food! Carson Drew! There were lots of opportunities for fannish glee.
But, eh. Some of the storytelling was so contrived. At one point, Nancy wonders why Ned's shirt looks so wrinkled, and he's like "Because my closet is only six inches deep!" And then Nancy is like "Aha!" Stupid. Other times it was really good. At one point, Nancy dreams that a ghost visits her and gives her a clue to the mystery. I stewed about this for awhile, because NANCY DREW DOES NOT SEE GHOSTS, OKAY. But there ends up being a clever explanation for the "ghost" at the end, so it was all good.
My big problem was the whole Nancy Drew Goes To L.A. thing. Unnecessary. I really would rather they just have ixnayed the stupid "I'm going to stop sleuthing and attempt to be normal!" stuff, because then Corky and those two completely pointless girls would not have inflicted their pointlessness on the rest of the movie. And to add insult to injury, they were replacing Bess and George. Boo.
That said, because of Nancy Drew's complete and utter lack of personality, I can understand the difficulties they had, and I think that Nancy Drew as an overachieving nerd stuck in the fifties was an interesting approach. What's kind of ironic is that Nancy Drew has been constantly retooled to fit the times. She is absolutely a "modern girl" who is well-liked by everyone and fits in wherever she goes. So it was disconcerting to see Nancy as the target of school pranks. The CPR one in particular hurt me in my soul. But, like I said. It was an interesting approach.
Anyway. I wish that this movie had been written and directed by a woman. I wish it had been good enough to merit sequels. I wish they'd done a kids TV show since they used cheapy-cheap TV actors. I wish they'd liasoned with the people at Her Interactive, who have been so successful at bringing the Nancy Drew franchise to life for computer games. I just wish it had been better.
4. Remember how last summer I bitched about that S.O.S. song, because it would come on the radio and I would get all excited thinking "Tainted Love" was going to play, but it was actually just Rihanna? Sampling is one thing, but she basically sang a new song over the old song! It was weird.
Anyway, I freaking love her "Umbrella" song, so I was listening to her whole CD, and there's this one song on there, and I was like I KNOW THIS SONG, but I couldn't think of what it was with Rihanna's lyrics in the way. Anyway, I finally placed it, and she did it again! She's going to work her way through all of the awesome 80s songs! But I'll let you see if recognize it on your own.
Smallville + Battlestar Galactica + Superman Returns = OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SUCK!
OH, LIFE. YOU ARE SO UNFAIR.
ETA: I checked this dude's IMDB profile hoping that maybe he was from first season BSG. No dice! He motherfrakking wrote "Black Market," I SHIT YOU NOT.
2. Also of the suck? The WB sold the publishing rights for Veronica Mars to DC Comics, meaning that there will be comics instead of books. Sigh.
3. Not quite so of the suck? Nancy Drew. (Disclaimer: I own the entire yellow and blue Nancy Drew series. I read all of the Nancy Drew Files, many of the Nancy Drew Notebooks and nearly all of the Nancy Drew On Campus books. I totally ship Nancy/Frank Hardy.) It is definitely not fabulous or anything, but I still enjoyed it. I thought that the mystery itself was very true to the spirit of the books, and Nancy walking through the tunnel with her flashlight and the narrow escapes from the bad guys were like all of my childhood daydreams come true! Words cannot express my joy when she discovered a hidden passage by tapping on the walls. I USED TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME WHEN I WAS
But, eh. Some of the storytelling was so contrived. At one point, Nancy wonders why Ned's shirt looks so wrinkled, and he's like "Because my closet is only six inches deep!" And then Nancy is like "Aha!" Stupid. Other times it was really good. At one point, Nancy dreams that a ghost visits her and gives her a clue to the mystery. I stewed about this for awhile, because NANCY DREW DOES NOT SEE GHOSTS, OKAY. But there ends up being a clever explanation for the "ghost" at the end, so it was all good.
My big problem was the whole Nancy Drew Goes To L.A. thing. Unnecessary. I really would rather they just have ixnayed the stupid "I'm going to stop sleuthing and attempt to be normal!" stuff, because then Corky and those two completely pointless girls would not have inflicted their pointlessness on the rest of the movie. And to add insult to injury, they were replacing Bess and George. Boo.
That said, because of Nancy Drew's complete and utter lack of personality, I can understand the difficulties they had, and I think that Nancy Drew as an overachieving nerd stuck in the fifties was an interesting approach. What's kind of ironic is that Nancy Drew has been constantly retooled to fit the times. She is absolutely a "modern girl" who is well-liked by everyone and fits in wherever she goes. So it was disconcerting to see Nancy as the target of school pranks. The CPR one in particular hurt me in my soul. But, like I said. It was an interesting approach.
Anyway. I wish that this movie had been written and directed by a woman. I wish it had been good enough to merit sequels. I wish they'd done a kids TV show since they used cheapy-cheap TV actors. I wish they'd liasoned with the people at Her Interactive, who have been so successful at bringing the Nancy Drew franchise to life for computer games. I just wish it had been better.
4. Remember how last summer I bitched about that S.O.S. song, because it would come on the radio and I would get all excited thinking "Tainted Love" was going to play, but it was actually just Rihanna? Sampling is one thing, but she basically sang a new song over the old song! It was weird.
Anyway, I freaking love her "Umbrella" song, so I was listening to her whole CD, and there's this one song on there, and I was like I KNOW THIS SONG, but I couldn't think of what it was with Rihanna's lyrics in the way. Anyway, I finally placed it, and she did it again! She's going to work her way through all of the awesome 80s songs! But I'll let you see if recognize it on your own.
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