No, wait for it--

[nekokoban]

I still think the coolest thing about "being an adult" is the whole autonomy over what I do and when I do it when it comes to socializing. So if, say, I come home from work and find zinjadu sitting in front of my door and going "dude, Harry Potter?" I can just toss my stuff down and head on back out without having to explain or justify or even really let anyone know where I'm going. (I mean, I did call my mom, but that was also a preplanned thing, and she would've fussed if I'd forgotten to call. Again.)

So, yes! Harry Potter movie -- I feel so accomplished; if not for my accomplices, there would be a very good chance I would not have seen it at all. 8Db But I'm glad I did, and it was definitely one of the cooler parts about being "adult." I mean, yeah, there's that whole job thing and the bills and the headaches, but there's also going to a movie and then holing up at a Red Robin afterwards with buddies and being. Kind of stupid, but that's par course♥

I also saw the Transformers movie yesterday, as part of a team outing (I can think of much worse things than an official company outing and being paid to see what was in fact a ver entertaining movie). Apparently I internalized more of the Transformers mythos from when I was a kid than I thought -- a lot of it was vaguely familiar in that tip-of-the-tongue (brain) sort of way.

The downside? I've seen the trailer for The Dark is Rising.

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Christopher Eccleston, I do love you. But that trailer made me want to stab someone with the ice cream cone I was eating. :(

(I mean, okay, the friends I was with haven't read the book, so they agreed that it looked like a sort of generically cool fantasy movie. But as soon as I heard them going on about Will, Will, Will, I, I ... whut.)

And I still have roughly an hour before bedtime, so! Time to work on springkink stuff that's due Saturday. :Db

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[white_aster]

:goes to look at trailer:

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......................O_O :TWITCH: O...OMGWTF? M...mall security? what's with the Rider's half-mask, dude? WHY IS THERE A LOVE STORY IN HERE? WHY IS WILL'S FAMILY FULL OF PRICKS? NO NO NO NO AND NO!

You know, I heard that folks were worried that the director would Christianize the story. I...I think we should have been worried about more than that! I mean, it might even be cool if...it wasn't totally unlike the book! I...I'm not even sure that I can go watch it without alcoholic help....

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Where'd you find the trailer? *paws* Google, youtube, and wiki all failed me... ;_;

[white_aster]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movies.php?id=3372

I take no responsibility for trauma. :hides: ._.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

t...than...k you...I think...

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somebody hold me? ;___;

(....in the category of 'really dumb nitpicks,' isn't the Rider a redhead?)
(even if Chris Eccleston with red hair could be the final straw before complete fan-brain snappage. It's the principle of the thing.)

[white_aster]

Y...yeah, it's kind of a mixed blessing, isn't it? ._.

(Yus, Rider definitely = redhead. Not that I found him one of the most compelling characters in that set of books and remember way more about him than I do about anything else, but yes. ^_^)

[nekokoban]

NOT ONLY IS IT A LOVE STORY, OH NO.

IT'S A LOVE STORY FOR THE RIDER.

Granted, Christopher Eccleston is exceedingly good-looking and charismatic and all.

BUT STILL FOR THE LOVE OF CAKE AND COOKIES A LOVE STORY FOR THE RIDER.

Part of me wants to go see it for trainwreck value, but I'm terrified at the same time. D: This was like my childhood's version of Harry Potter (only nostalgia value and better writing = x50000), and now -- this.

Mall security.

ARGH.

[white_aster]

WAIT WHAT? I didn't catch that one. omg just what

I will need much pre-drinking if I go see this movie.

[white_aster]

The wait what being about the love story for the rider, if I wasn't clear (which I wasn't). oh em gee

[nekokoban]

No, I guessed.

And uh. Yeah. Apparently they wanted to make the Rider "sympathetic" and his "reasons for turning more understandable" -- something like that. And I'm all for shades of gray between light and dark, but dudes, dudes! There are other characters you could have easily used instead. D:

[white_aster]

wait what? It's been a long time since I read the books, but did they ever really get into the Black Rider's background? I mean, they did with the Walker, to some degree, but I thought that the Black Rider was always kind of a mystery?

Dammit, and I'm not sure if I have these books anymore or if I got rid of them in my last cleaning spree.... ._.

[nekokoban]

I think that yeah, we didn't really find out much about the Rider -- but obviously, he was not sexy sympathetic enough for Hollywood. :p

My old copies of the books are at my parent's house in Austin, but! I did buy a new copy of The Dark is Rising since that really was my favorite of the sequence.

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I'mma reread it, I think, and pretend I don't know the movie's coming. 8Db

[white_aster]

oh gawd. So they're going to put in his Tragic Romantic reason for joining the Dark? oh good lord.

I think that that is an excellent idea! XD