The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: Cumberfact or Cumberfiction?

TUESDAY

Lots of Avengers stuff! There was a hilarious gag reel, another extra scene, with Loki and Hawkeye. Both of them will feature on the DVD/Blu-ray, but as usual the internet got a hold of it first. The gag reel is hilarious and you can see the cast (and director) being absolute dorks, with many fails, Cobie Smulders overacting, Tom Hiddleston doing an Alan Rickman impersonation, Clark Gregg sharing a slashy moment with Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo fleeing from the final battle. Fanart followed soon after, and even the celebrities themselves noticed and approved.

On the other hand, the second clip gets kudos for showing off Tom Hiddleston’s cheekbones in a beautifully illuminated scene with Jeremy Renner. I got why it didn’t make it to the final cut. It kinda takes away from the villain when they explain their Evil Plan. But still, I love that it was filmed!

In related news, Kat Dennings will come back as Darcy Lewis in Thor: The Dark World. Though I’d love to see more Darcy, her prescence and Jane’s kinda confuse me. What are two women with no superpowers or combat training doing in the middle of what seems to be an Ancient Alien Gods fight? I’m still excited about it though~

Lots of pictures of the Doctor Who special: A Very Who Christmas. This is the episode where the new companion, Clara, will be introduced and damn I want her to be from the past!

Talking about pictures, here are lots from The Hobbit, including a brand new calendar, which apparently has 16 months… Years are different on Middle Earth?

WEDNESDAY

First, we got new trailers from two series I am eagerly waiting for: Doctor Who and Elementary!

More Thor: The Dark World casting news! Mr. Eko from Lost will be Algrim the Strong! Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will also play Kurse, which is Algrim healing into a stronger creature, Dragon Ball style, after Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccelston) betrays him.

And then, Superman/Wonder Woman happened. Yeah, thanks but no thanks. I’d rather they stay as superfriends.

I love she’s tying him up with her lasso of truth though~ Get it, gurl!

mirella

YAM Magazine geek resident. Cloud Cuckoolander. Seldom web developer. Graphic designer.

2 Responses

  1. Camiele says:

    Oh my god…. SOOOOO much to comment on, so let me preface this by saying SQUEE!!!

    First things first: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA >>>>>> EVERYTHING!!! So it makes absolute sense to me that it kicked the hell out of 50 Shades of Whatthefuckery.

    Okay, Videodrome remake….? Maybe. That film’s a bit epic and if Universal has any say, it’ll be taken down a few thousand notches and I’m not too happy about that. As for the Carrie remake… Julianne Moore as the mom = yes. Everything else = HELL TO THE NAWL!!! It was the second horror film I ever saw and the ending sequence alone had me awake for two weeks afterwards. I’m kinda unhappy that this is a thing.

    As for the OldBoy remake… I’m always gonna hate that America remakes ANYTHING, but ESPECIALLY when they attempt to remake Asian cinema for an American audience. But I’m torn all about this because if there’s one director that could make it work it’s Spike Lee — and Quentin, because his style of direction is perfect for adapting anime to live action, but Spike’s ability to use lighting, sound, and subtlety probably works better for OldBoy. However, from what I can tell the cast is going to be HORRIBLY whitewashed and Samuel L., the greatest actor of all time though he may be, I fear it’ll take down the film a notch. If you can’t already tell, I’m a RAGING fangirl for OldBoy. It had me in tears the first time I watched it. The cast may be a group of good to great actors, but… I don’t know. I just… I just don’t know. It’s gonna take a LOT of understatement from these people to make this work. I don’t want this to become a mockery of the actual film, with over the top dramatics and screaming and running and… just the overall idea of what American audiences think of horror slapped on another Asian crossover. I’d be very heartbroken.

    Anyway, that’s enough about that. I guess I should watch this Gangam Style. I’ve only seen a meme with random clips of it and it LOOKS to be the funniest thing in the universe. Too bad most Korean acts in general won’t actually make it big in America without a gimmick like this. Oh well. *sigh*

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