akashiver (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} akashiver) wrote,@ 2009-10-25 11:04:00 |
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Oh no you dee-int
Loads of entertainment news this weekend. Starting with the goodish news, I hear that after having weathered terrorism, the holy-shit religious-wacko-meltdown of the series' original lead, and the untimely death of the prequel's rumored star, Mad Max 4 is back on track.
In another blast from the past, there's the dubious news that Nickelodeon Has Acquired The "Ninja Turtles". Really, though, they couldn't screw up this series worse than the movies did. Go ninja, go ninja go!
In increasingly more dubious news, Dreamworks is planning a live action adaptation of "Ghost in the Shell. I *guess* this could work out well...
On a more WTF note, Gerard Butler, determined to win back America's love after the bellyflop of Gamer, is going to star in that most beloved of Shakespearean plays, Coriolanus. That will get those young kids back in the seats!
All sarcasm aside, I'm rather fond of Coriolanus, and Butler's casting indicates that the producers are adapting this misunderstood play with an eye to its untapped potential for Classical Beefcake Shirtlessness. Would that more Shakespearean films did the same.
And lastly, in news that's sure to appall me and about 5 other people in North America, David Fincher Will Turn the Famed British Miniseries "House of Cards" into a One Hour Drama. I fondly remember this mini-series as introducing my 12-yr-old self to the concepts of unreliable narration, the fourth wall, blackmail, twist endings, and sociopathic politicians, all of which have, in their own way, proved useful. So will the remake be any good? Will it be yet another sad American dismembering of a classic British series?
You might think that. You might very well think that, but of course, I couldn't possibly comment.
Loads of entertainment news this weekend. Starting with the goodish news, I hear that after having weathered terrorism, the holy-shit religious-wacko-meltdown of the series' original lead, and the untimely death of the prequel's rumored star, Mad Max 4 is back on track.
In another blast from the past, there's the dubious news that Nickelodeon Has Acquired The "Ninja Turtles". Really, though, they couldn't screw up this series worse than the movies did. Go ninja, go ninja go!
In increasingly more dubious news, Dreamworks is planning a live action adaptation of "Ghost in the Shell. I *guess* this could work out well...
On a more WTF note, Gerard Butler, determined to win back America's love after the bellyflop of Gamer, is going to star in that most beloved of Shakespearean plays, Coriolanus. That will get those young kids back in the seats!
All sarcasm aside, I'm rather fond of Coriolanus, and Butler's casting indicates that the producers are adapting this misunderstood play with an eye to its untapped potential for Classical Beefcake Shirtlessness. Would that more Shakespearean films did the same.
And lastly, in news that's sure to appall me and about 5 other people in North America, David Fincher Will Turn the Famed British Miniseries "House of Cards" into a One Hour Drama. I fondly remember this mini-series as introducing my 12-yr-old self to the concepts of unreliable narration, the fourth wall, blackmail, twist endings, and sociopathic politicians, all of which have, in their own way, proved useful. So will the remake be any good? Will it be yet another sad American dismembering of a classic British series?
You might think that. You might very well think that, but of course, I couldn't possibly comment.
