The Lord of the Links: Two Jacksons
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 7:01PM 
Cracked uses that late minute reworking of the Red Dawn remake as a jump off point for a very funny article on "6 Groups Who Don't Work as Movie Bad Guys Anymore". I'm not proud but I even ended up LOL'ing at a poop joke.
Boy Culture Jesus. I was on to something posting that "stars as other stars" post just a few days back. Now Madonna went and did Charlie Chaplin for Purim. Cute.
Little White Lies has a nice piece on double readings of Blade Runner depending on whether you view Deckard as a Replicant or regular human man.
My New Plaid Pants Tom Hardy on the other hand is no machine but man. He's got the peen to prove it in a new digital short [NSFW].
Ester Goldberg is that Barbra Streisand Gypsy movie really dead? Some people aren't letting the ghost go.
Cinema Blend has an alarmist headline "No More Nudity For Ewan McGregor". I'm not sure that the quotes support the headline but made me look. You win.
And finally Awards Daily shares the first photos from the set of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. I know it is probably my duty as a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as a denizen of planet Earth to be excited about this movie... er movie²... but I think it's a terrible idea.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was so Aughts-defining in a way and why not go out on a high note like, I dunno, sweeping at the Oscars? Just a thought, Peter. I can't see how this won't feel like either
a) a rerun retread reboot
b) nostalgia exercize / faded glory
c) The Lord of the Rings Episode IV: The Phantom Menace.
Oh shush. I feel that "C" is a fair barb given the tonal "I completely forgot how to direct" chaotic atrocity that was The Lovely Bones. But I'll allow that maybe this is just cynical fretting. As a huge fan of LotR and Heavenly Creatures even moreso and even as an admirer of that Meet the Feebles gusto, I'll always hope that Jackson can work new magics.
Reader Comments (8)
I hate to repeat myself but I'll go ahead and trust you on The Hobbit being a bad idea and I'm stating even before its making that it should be a musical. No, I don't say that for every movie. But your Meet the Feebles reference reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCcaMIcwz30
Don't be such a wet blanket. When has more sequels ever been a bad idea, except more Matrix, more Pirates, more Godfather, more Indiana Jones, more Hannibal Lecter, more Star Wars, more Jurassic Park, more Lethal Weapon, more X-Men, more...
The Lovely Bones thing kills me, it's SO true. I dunno about this, Mr. Jackson. I mean, I know people wanna see The Hobbit realized on the big screen but UGH TOO SOON.
I hope Tom Hardy is a grower, because he's definitely not a shower.
Meet the Feebles
I thank God I've never seen, nor, do I have any intentions of ever seeing the preverted Muppet Movie.
They did cast just about the perfect Bilbo though, it'll have that going for it if nothing else...
The Lovely Bones is underrated and he also did King Kong which, while flawed, is still a great epic adventure film.
I can't wait to see "The Hobbit." All the ingredients are there for success again. I don't see why we should anticipate disaster before it even gets off the ground. It took a long time to get there, so that caused me pause at first. But it's happening finally, and I'm all for it. I'm going to trust Peter Jackson on this one.