#December2011
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & You
Stieg Larsson’s international bestseller (meaning they sell it at Target) “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” was tailor-made to be adapted by David Fincher. The man cut his teeth on a lot of Dragon‘s core elements: a capable female lead (Alien 3, Panic Room), a serial killer (Seven, Zodiac), and a locale drowning in atmosphere. Dragon‘s a crowd-pleaser that works with Fincher’s sensibilities, but it’s also disappointingly conventional and pretty dumb in some parts. Fincher sets up a complex investigation about an island of ex-Nazi scumbags then sits at a Mac and flips through old photos for two hours. Most boring investigation ever.
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Astronomers Find Two Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting Same Star. Kepler Fist-Pump.
The Kepler observatory continues to crush it when it comes to exoplanet finds and the such. The recent most ballin’ discovery? Two Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star. Everybody drink! Woo! Or don’t drink, cause you know, it’s the middle of the work day and shit.
New Official Images For ‘The Avengers’ Feature Bros For Life, Flying Iron Guys.
Want a couple of new images from The Avengers? Of course you do, you little glutton!
Hit the jump for the official drops.
The Sculptor Galaxy Is Gorgeously Molded. COSMIC PUNS.
Video: Drunk History’s ‘The Night Before Christmas’ Features Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Jim Carrey.
I am madly in love with Ryan Gosling – the vat grown ovaries are coming my true love, wait for me to install them!, wait! – and Drunk History has always made me laugh. The combination of those two and more in DH’s take on The Night Before Christmas” is gold.
Hit the jump for the video. Ya turkey.
David Fincher’s ‘Spider-Man’ Would Have Had Operatic Music Video Opening.
Though not sounding nearly as bananas as Aronofsky’s take on the Batman mythos, David Fincher’s pitch for a Spider-Man movie is definitely out of left field. Oh, and fucking awesome by the way.
Monday Morning Commute: Refreshing Taste of Glass.
Here it is folks – the final push towards Christmas! In less than a week’s time, the Magic Bearded Arbiter will sneak into our homes and either reward us with gifts or punish us with lumps of fossil fuel. Hopefully the Bearded Arbiter wasn’t looking when you cheated on your taxes, ran a red light, or didn’t tip the waitress because she didn’t preemptively refill your coffee.
But chances’re are that your ass is busted. There’s no hiding from Santa. He sees you when you’re sleeping.
So on that note, welcome to the MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE! This is the spot where we meet up to discuss the various bits of entertainment we’ll be relying on to get us through the hellish gauntlet that is the workweek. However, most of us are probably going to be giving half-assed performances at our jobs this week, more interested in cakes and candies and parties than punching in from 9-5. With that being said, last-minute shopping and party-planning carry their own unique brands of stress, and we’ll still need something to get us through.
C’mon, fly down the chimney and I’ll show you what’ll be occupying my mind this week!
Dual-Wielding Star Wars Fan Arrested For Terrorizing Toys R Us. Awesome.
Some of us Star Wars fans are pretty fucking brutal, brah. Or brah-dette. We roll hard. The Force (of insanity) was particularly strong in one of us in Portland, Oregon.
Next Bond Flick, “Skyfall’ Will Be Standalone Movie. Bonus!
The next James Bond flick, Skyfall, is going to be a standalone. This tantalizes my taint. I want my Bond flicks to be self-contained techno-sexual-suave wankfests.
