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It's been a while, now, and I should have been cooking. Instead, the comic above has just happened in my living room, although no one has interrupted me yet.

IMDb is only rumouring about this, but I also read it from Como (a magazine about movies, music and other things in popular culture): Sir Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving are going to continue playing their roles from LotR in the upcoming The Hobbit. Awesome!

Okay, so I'm going to share with you some trailers I've recently seen. Two of them are from movies which I knew were in production and which I'm eagerly waiting for – and it took me some time to realise tht there might actually be some trailers released already. The third one is a movie I heard about just today, when I searched for the other trailers from YouTube, and noticed that the search field constantly offered something called "2012". I decided to take a look.

2012
So, let's start with 2012. Yay, another "the world is going to end" -story! I've been wondering if the disaster movie franchise is completely dead, since there hasn't been any disaster movies worth watching for a while. Perhaps they're going to come back with a bang, at least that's what it looks like based on that trailer. Although I don't know if anyone else will be interested in that movie, but to me it looks like fun.

Public Enemies
Public Enemies is the next movie featuring Johnny Depp (or then again, it might be The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, but I think at least here in Finland Public Enemies will have it's premiere first). I'm going to confess that the story of the movie doesn't interest me so much, but I'm going to see it because of Depp. You can call me shallow if you want, but hey, look at that trailer! And I'm not saying the story is totally indifferent to me. I just mean that if it weren't for Depp, I probably wouldn't watch that movie.

Sherlock Holmes
Last, but definetely not the least, Sherlock Holmes. My feelings towards the movie are a bit mixed. Sherlock Holmes + huge amount of Hollywood action = WTF? I believe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is spinning in his grave. On the other hand, though, it looks fantastic and I can hardly wait for the premiere. Okay, so, yeah, Robert Downey Jr., almost-certain slash baits, apparently witty humour... It sounds so good it might actually be a trap!

I've come to understand that adamantium cuts through anything and it's virtually indestructible. But, if it cuts through anything, does it also cut through itself?

Also, how much does it weight? More than human bones, I suppose, but how much exactly? So much that it would affect for example Wolverines movements? I mean, it's a bit different to carry our own weight when you have normal bones, compared to adamantium ones. Of course your muscles get used to it, but I think that would take time.

Wolverine has a rapid healing factor, but wouldn't that affect only his own tissues? So, his own bones heal, but didn't adamantium replace his bone tissue, so adamantium bones wouldn't heal when broken? Oh, but they dont' break, because they're adamantium. Unless Wolverine can accidentally cut his claws with his claws, if adamantium cuts through itself. Now, that would be inconvenient.

Bonus question, not related to adamantium but Wolverine. Yellow spandex. How on earth is it possible that Wolverine was such a popular character before the movies? Okay, so I haven't read the comics (which is a shame, and I know that I should), but I would think that when a character is clothed in yellow spandex, it doesn't really matter if he's the coolest guy on earth, because he's clothed in yellow spandex! Then again, adamantium claws might add his credibility, and he is quite well-built and I assume his personality is the same in the comics than in the movies. Perhaps he can overcome the handicap of yellow spandex. There, I said it three times.

No, I didn't just see X-Men Origins: Wolverine for the first time, and I didn't even see it just now. I saw it on the premiere day, and haven't seen it since, though I'd love to see it again. I just haven't had the time to write about it earlier, and I'm not going to say much about it now, either. Let's just say that the movie was great and I enjoyed every minute of it, though I would have enjoyed it more if Gambit would have gotten more screen time – preferably with Wolverine.

Wolverine. Need I say more?

Theatrical trailer
Another theatrical trailer

I've seen all the X-Men movies once (parts II & III just a couple of weeks ago, actually), but I think really should get this.

I just (like, a minute ago, dashed to update asap) heard a quick news flash from the radio about the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie. Robert Downey Jr, who plays Holmes, has confirmed that in the movie Holmes and Watson (Jude Law) do in fact have more than just a platonic relationship.

I actually squealed out loud.

I was surfing around the YouTube, and stumbled upon this Daniel Radcliffe interview. Now, there's nothing unusual with the interview itself, but pay attention when Dan answers the last question. *grin*

I'm sure all the other people who are interested in the next Harry Potter movie have already seen this third trailer ages ago. But, in case I'm not the only one who discovered it just now...

Trailer #3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I just noticed that my Potter/Malfoy icon was terribly out of date. I mean, when I made it, I used pictures from Chamber of Secrets, and that movie's made six years ago! The boys have grown since, and I felt it was appropriate to get rid of those babyface pics, since there is better material available now.

For comparison:

Anaconda is one of my favourite examples when I'm talking about bad monster movies. I mean, really bad: so bad that they went past the "so-bad-it's-good" phase, all the way to "so-bad-it's-actually-bad". But, when I saw Anaconda the first time, I wasn't really into this "so-bad-it's-good" stuff — I just thought the movie was awful and complete waste of time. After that, I learned to appreciate the humorous aspects of the genre, and when I think of Anaconda now, I might actually like it. You know, the same way I like movies like Komodo or Alligator.

So, I went to Play.com to check the price of Anaconda on DVD — and noticed that there's another sequel to the movie. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid was old news already; I'd passed it at the store, laughed a bit at the idea, and then forgot about it. But now there's Anaconda III: The Offspring! With David Hasselhoff!

Check out the trailer.

I might actually want to see this one. Though I still wonder why John Rhys-Davies is in the movie also. One would think he wouldn't have to do anything like this after LoTR.

Umm... I also found Anaconda 4: Trail of Blood from IMDb. Are they serious?!

Well, this isn't technically brand new, but it's new to me, though.

New official Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince International Teaser Trailer

Dumbledore's mumbling bothers me.

Alas, I still can't find a picture of Tony Coburn as young Lucius. I found this, though.

I saw The Dark Knight last week and I must say I'm impressed. Okay, so I expected it to be a great movie, but it was even better. The trailers paint a misleading picture, as they mimic the story of 1989 Batman. I mean, you might expect to see something similar, since the main villain is the same one. Get ready to be surprised.

Heath Ledger's Joker is very, very disturbing. Great acting. It's a shame he isn't here anymore to hear all the praise. I'd like to know what Jack Nicholson thinks of Ledger's version of the Joker.

They gave the Scarecrow a little bit of screen time at the beginning of the movie, so those of you who drool over Cillian Murphy, prepare yourselves.

I dislike it a bit when they switch the actor of a character in the middle of the movie series. This time, it was Rachel Dawes' actor, formerly Katie Holmes and now Maggie Gyllenhaal. But, this switch was actually quite good, I mean, it wasn't disturbing. After a while, you got used to the switch and then you forgot about it. And I also thought that Holmes looked a bit too young for that role (compared to Christian Bale, as they were supposed to be about the same age), and Gyllenhaal was therefore much more credible.

I want all those cool toys Batman has. Especially the Bat Pod.

I really like Christopher Nolan's vision of Batman. I hope it doesn't take another three years before the next movie is out.

I might just lose my mind if this ever happens. In a good way.

The Riddler is one of my favourite villains in Batman, and the last time he was seen on the screen it was Jim Carrey doing the job. I was a huge Carrey fan back then, and I think this role was / is one of his best. Now, if Depp is going to play The Riddler, I... I... I don't even know what's going to happen. But I bet it's going to be good.

In case someone didn't already know, the teaser for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is released.

Now, after seeing the teaser I went to IMDb, just to check some things out. Three words got my attention: "Young Lucius Malfoy". He's portrayed by Tony Coburn, but alas, I couldn't find any pics of him as Lucius yet.

Draco seems to get older, too (well, it would be weird if he didn't...). Brooding angst and some wand-waving.

I attended a LotR marathon today. There were four of us, all fangirls, more or less. We started after 10 am and finished just after 11 pm. Yes, of course we watched the extended editions, and also two of the easter eggs (not the easter egg on the Fellowship DVD, because we all had seen it before). And the setting was fantastic, we had video projector, proper speakers and all.

If there's nothing wrong with my memory, this was the first time I watched all the extended editions in a row. Of course we took some breaks, we're not that crazy. Still, it felt like we were watching just one very loooong movie.

And oh, did we have fun. It's great when you don't have to be all silent and solemn while watching something you really like. It's much more fun when you can squeal and drool and laugh and make stupid comments and quote Very Secred Diaries.

The battle of Helm's Deep could be shorter, it's quite clear now. Oh, and that one small girl who looks exactly like Eomer (in the caves at Helm's Deep) bothers me a lot. Sméagol/Gollum is still exceptionally well done, Eowyn is still a babe and a hero, and the Mouth of Sauron till makes me laugh when he smiles. Merri and Pippin steal the show quite many times and perhaps the best sequence in the whole trilogy is Faramir's suicidal mission to win back Osgiliath, while his father eats like a pig and Pippin sings.

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ElfQuest turns 30 years this year. It's been a while since my last visit to the EQ website, and what's new? They're publishing all the comics online!!!!!!

I think I've died and gone to Heaven.

Heroes is one of those TV series that caught my interest. I've only seen the first season, but I'm waiting eagerly to see the second and the third. I actually don't know why I haven't written anything about Heroes before this, since I'm definetely a fangirl of the series.

Well, it suddenly dawned to me that there has to be a thing called Peter/Sylar slash. It's rule 34 of the Internet. I mean, just look at that chemistry (don't if you a) haven seen Heroes but b) want to see it and c) want to avoid spoilers).

I haven't digged up any written fanfiction yet, but I found this music video from YouTube: Tainted Love (spoils).

And, as a special treat: the end of the episode Five Years Gone (spoilers here, too).

(I don't actually know how many of my readers get anything out of this post, since I assume only few of you have seen Heroes / don't mind spoilers if you haven't.)