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1. Wait, so no one mentioned that Fright Night is being remade with a scheduled release of this summer? And Colin Farrell, David Tennent, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Anton Yelchin are involved?? I am tentatively excited about this. Fright Night was one of *the* movies of my childhood (I thank WPIX for replaying this, Firestarter, and The Howling over and over again during the summer). Good times.

2. A Game of Thrones is premiering this Sunday on HBO. Sort of "meh" on this one, probably because my disappointment in the later books in the series is seeping through. The reviews seem to be positive and state that all the violence and sex and political machinations are alive and well. Uhm, guess that's okay? Just give me some Jon Snow and I'll be okay.

And Aidan Gillen is playing Littlefinger. AND how did I forget Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Okay, I'm in.

3. Speaking of actors in A Game of Thrones, does anyone think Jason Momoa is getting tired of being cast as the barbarian/warrior type? He's cast as Khal Droga in Thrones and he's staring as the title character in the Conan motion picture remake due this summer. Or is he just happy to be making enough money to pay this bills?

4. I'm not going to front: I'm looking forward to the Thor movie next month. The commercials have slow-mo hammer action! Hair flowing in the wind! Cameos from S.H.I.E.L.D. agents! And stuff getting blown up real good. Can't ask for more than that.

5. Still loving on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World v. v. hard. Also, the video game continues to garner brownie points.

Comments

[aearonlinn.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

how did I forget Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.
Yeah believe it or not, I wasn't too stoked about this until recently, when I started watching the trailers for it. Seeing him talk about playing Tyrion I remembered how much I loved him...

does anyone think Jason Momoa is getting tired of being cast as the barbarian/warrior type?
The hell is up with that? I mean, if you have to do it, Drogho is kind of cool because you get to learn a new language, but, uhm, it's still... uhm, yeah.

Well, I guess we all need to pay bills. You may have a point there.

Also, I'm glad you're looking forward to Thor too. I was starting to feel extremely lame. Well, I still do, but in a good way :D

[writer-lilies.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I'd be veeery disappointed to see Jason Momoa with a shirt on.

[darker-one.livejournal.com]

I am also looking forward to Thor! I love a good superhero movie. And I also love a cheesy superhero movie, so there's little chance I'll be disappointed.

[blood-of-winter.livejournal.com]

Fright Night - why cant they leave well enough alone????

Game - I dont have HBO so I wont be watching it until netflix picks it up :( despite the last book being meh, the others were so good, i'd watch it just to see how they handled everything. Plus the next book will have Tyrion, Jon, and Arya POVs!!

As far as Jason Mamoa, Im sure he's glad to pay the bills. Remember quite a number of big actors today started off the same way so he's taking a gamble that the same will pay off for him.

Thor - oh yeah!