Dr. Parnassus, srsly?!

Once again, the people of the United States get jobbed. Allow me to clarify, below is the official U.S. poster for Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus:

If I knew nothing about this movie, this poster would totally disinterest me. It’s a horrible design–especially when you compare it to the European version (below) and the brilliant trailer. Am I the only one that finds it sad that the rest of the world gets thought-provoking media, and we get slapped in the face with the cast. Maybe I’m just talking (er, typing) crazy…  I mean don’t we all like totally care about names and faces over substance and art?

Hello, World, can you PLEASE take note that not everyone in the U.S. is an idiot?! Fortunately, I am one of those non-idiots, and I won’t hold this boo-worthy studio move against the film itself. I’ll just  bask in the beauty, whimsy, and mystery encapsulated in the better advertising vein until December 25th:

Star Wars: Retold; The force is[n't] strong with this one

Star Wars summed up by someone that has never seen it.

What do you think this says about our society? Pop culture (this minute blog included) occupies so much of our consciousness that someone who has yet to see three entire films can give a pretty coherent  wrap-up of the characters, plot, and even costuming–which reminds me…

Fun Fact: Studio executives were so peeved at Chewbacca’s lack of clothes that they tried to have his costume redesigned with shorts.

I might just have to stop there, and ponder my place in this mass of much too much. Perhaps I will leave you on a more high-brow note, may the force be with you all:

Weezer, if you’re wondering if I want you to…I don’t.

At this point in my life, I am here (simultaneous fascination, horror, and mocking of infomercial products):

But, now, Weezer is trying to trick me…into wanting a Snuggie (with my new copy of Raditude)!!! Dun-dun-duuuuuuuun!

It is a totes brill move in marketing/hipster irony…touché. I’ll still be grabbing my copy of Raditude today–yep Weezer gets my official non-digital copy rating. Check out their redeeming video for (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To:

Happy B-Day, Katie Scarlett!

It’s Vivien Leigh’s birthday! (Sorry, Guy Fawkes–no V for Vendetta features today.) Most people know her for her iconic role as Katie Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, but Leigh tackled some other major heroines as well: Blanche DuBois, Anna Karenina, Cleopatra.

Here’s why I love her:

She was the first Brit to win an Academy Award. She won two Oscars, actually (Gone With the Wind in 1939 & A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951)!

She actually read Gone With the Wind before ever dreaming of auditioning–in fact, the audition was circumstance.

She once, out of turn, sassed the House of Lords when they were discussing demolishing a historic London theater.

Katharine Hepburn was her maid of honor…at her wedding to Laurence Olivier!

She rocked that right eyebrow.

Also, Leigh fought back against people who wanted to write her off simply as a pretty face by actually kicking ass. Take note, Megan Fox-types.

In other GWTW news, see the review our friends on Bucking the Wave gave of Frankly My Dear: Gone With the Wind Revisited.

Villainy is so hot right now

Junkie1 & ZRose25 present: An Ode to The Monarch from The Venture Bros.

Vicious butterfly
In your “menacing” cocoon
Diabolical

Arching the Ventures
Waylaid by Jackassery
I have cuddle fish

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Octopus delight!