Crimson Peak

Oh no, Mr. Guillermo Del Toro, we've been down this road before. You're not going to make me excited about one of your movies months ahead of time...not after The Hobbit or the project which I will probably never forgive you for not finishing...a proper The Haunted Mansion.

No, I don't care that it's a sexy, kinky horror romance aka Gothic, I don't go to your horror movies. I didn't even go to Pacific Rim because all the screaming and loudness from the theatre turned me off...plus...ROBOTS!

Oh, it's a character driven horror movie? Well, that's...that's interesting...but no, you will not tempt me.

Nope, I'm not going to care that it has awesome people I've loved for years like Charlie Hunnan, Burn Gorman and Jessica Chastain....

No, you can't sway me with sexy R-Rated fun being done by Tom Hiddleston as a lead...TOM HIDDLESTON??!!!

DAMMIT.

Okay, you win this round...

I told my mom in much the same way. I told her how I would happily not see it forever...if it weren't for the cast.

"Tom Hiddleston?"

"YES!"

She reminded me how Del Toro doesn't have the best track record with finishing stuff.

Also, does Tom not know about euphemisms? Because when you say you know a person "very well", that usually means they're practically family or you've slept with them.

So, since he's going to be in Toronto for en extended period of time minus Coriolanus and press stuff...can we have a Saturday Night Live episode at some point?

PLEASE?

P.S. I wish Prisoners would end with the revelation that Detective Loki took the girls to Asgard just to cause mischief. I know this isn't the case but it would have been cool.

Crimson Peak, Part 2

Tom Hiddleston replaced Benedict Cumberbatch. Immediately, there were rumors, currently shot down, that Benedict was up for a villain role in the next Star Wars.

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NO NO NO NO NO

I have nothing against Benedict. He is a fine actor but I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER FUCKING MALE CAUCASIAN AS THE VILLAIN!

Here's where the die-hard fans get into their separate little outposts...I am old enough that I fit into the traditional trilogy group but young enough that I still enjoyed the prequels. However, the best Star Wars production ever made was Star Wars: The Clone Wars October 3, 2008 – March 2, 2013. Most fans/people don't give this the time of day because "it's a cartoon", but...

Do you know what that series did that no other Star Wars media, apart from books, had ever done before?

It passed the freaking Bechdel test!

It had MULTIPLE female villains!

It had whole episodes revolving around a female lead.

No, I don't want to go backwards from this. I don't want a Caucasian male villain even if he is painted up like Ray Park in Episode One. If you can't give me a female villain, at least give me a non-Caucasian like Joss Whedon did in Serenity with the incredibly awesome Chiwetel Ejiofor.

However, in a completely non-Star Wars capacity, I would love Simon Pegg to be a villain like Lex Luthor or the Riddler but more physical than most. His fight scenes in The World's End were phenomenal! I realize Scotty isn't known for being physical but it really made me wish he was, he looked so natural at it. He also did some not so nice things that made me think he could really kick ass as a proper villain and not the lackey variety like in Doctor Who.

Odds and Ends

Okay, I ended up with two more videos, sorry.

This is Ariana Grande who I had never heard of before last week but she is absolutely amazing and I hope she gets better soon...vocal problems. Oldest nephew says she plays "the stupid one on Sam & Cat.

Also, have some Nathan Fillion in shorts which amuses my mom to no end.

Bad Days: Justice League

So now I'm kind of like...maybe instead of rooting for the Justice League movie, we should want a Teen Titans movie instead?

Wonder Woman seems to be the only female member of Justice League but Teen Titans has Starfire and Raven as major players with other females who come and go. Beast Boy is awesome...I've always loved him but Cyborg has been winning me over lately. First, I was reading some of the comics and then, I watched Teen Titans Go! and he kept bringing up '80s pop culture references.

Oh, it's my childhood on TV!!!!!

Yes, I like Teen Titans Go, it's not the same as Teen Titans but then, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, The Super Hero Squad Show and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes are nothing alike either and that's okay.