JGL, good news and bad news

Bad news: JGL turned down the role of Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Bummer :( I'm looking forward to the movie but with him staring in it? I would have been over the moon with excitement! *sad sigh*

Good news: On the other hand, JGL signed up for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For: source. He took the part of Johnny, previously offered to Johnny Depp. He will also re-unite with Bruce Willis in it!

Gordon-Levitt will play Johnny, a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game.

“Johnny is a new character in the Sin City world and we are excited for what Joseph will bring to the role,” say directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller in a press release (it’s amazing how people can talk in unison in a press release).

“I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality,” adds Gordon-Levitt. “Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr Rodriguez.”

Other actors already conformed include Mickey Rourke as Marv, Jessica Alba as Nancy, Rosario Dawson as Gail, Jaime King as Goldie/Wendy, Dennis Haysbert as Manute and Jamie Chung as Miho.

I still haven't seen the first Sin City - though I own it on DVD, as is my habit - but the twins love it, so... I guess this makes me excited - not as much as if he had joined GotG, but what can you do. This style suits him better, I think: not so flashy, rather dark and gritty. We will see how it goes...

Fic rec: Inception

"Pleurant" by Tabi_essentially | Arthur/Eames | Arthur fakes his death and goes deep underground. Eames, unknowing, mourns him and brings flowers to his grave. Arthur hears word of this unknown figure "haunting" his grave and goes to investigate. | ~14.000 words

"Arthur's dead," Griffin says without preamble.

Everything inside of Eames goes tight and cold. Still, he waves his hand and says, "Nah." Arthur dies every few months or so in dreamshare rumors.

"That's what I thought too," Griffin says. "But then these got out."

He spills the contents of the folder onto the table and spreads out a handful of photos.

Wonderfully written and so heartrending. Poor, poor Eames :(

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣

♦ My first Sherlock Holmes with Peter Cushing. I'm not sure if I liked him more or less than Jeremy Brett. He was less... manic, I guess - yes, I think Jeremy Brett did overdo it a bit in some scenes.

♦ I really liked this Holmes' relationship with Watson - but I didn't like this Watson as much as the one in Brett's series. Both Brett's Watsons felt... cuddlier, I guess :P And I'm all for cuddly Watsons. But their relationship was very sweet. I really felt it, its warmth.

♦ The writers took a lot of liberty with the novel, didn't they? At least they didn't change the identity of the murderer, that's something, I guess. But turning a wife into a daughter? And making doctor Mortimer dislike Sir Henry? Hm, I'm not sure I liked that. It's one thing when you are re-imagining something, then you can take liberties, and another when you are making a faithful adaptation.

♦ My favorite character was the clumsy bishop! He was hilarious!

♦ I might get the rest of the movies with Peter Cushing. I found his a very interesting portrayal.