Writer's Block: Twilight is nearing

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OK, OK, I'll play nice. I don't feel anything about the upcoming Twilight film. Should I? I'm not a fan, and I am definitely a critical bystander. I've read the first book and I refuse to see the movies because suffering through 300+ pages of...whatever that was, was bad enough. Reviews of the films by those who aren't screaming fans have told me that my decision to ignore the films was a very wise one.

If you want to ask about a movie that's got legitimate criticisms aimed at it, how about you ask a question about The Last Airbender. That's a film over which there should be much discussion, and yet, very few people outside of the fandom have been really talking about it and all the ways Shyamalan has failed in making the film. (Though I was happy to see Roger Ebert touched on the white-washing of the cast in his half-star review.)

But I guess we can't ask the really tough questions and must instead remark upon Edward's brooding eyes and Jacob's toned abs.

From now on I'm calling it "The Last Failbender."

More bad reviews for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. When Roger Ebert gives your movie half of a star while giving Twilight: Eclipse two stars, you know it's going to be ugly.

Pretty much the consensus is that Mr. Shyamalan is a legend only in his own mind. He was practically handed a complete story on a silver platter and still managed to turn it into complete and utter crap. Whatever happened to the man who directed The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable? Personally I wondered what the hell Nickelodeon was thinking when it allowed Shyamalan to wirte the screenplay and direct it. Please don't tell me the contracts were signed after The Happening, I don't think my heart could take it.

Moving away from The Last Failbender, I found two very interesting links today while sifting through comments on the reviews.

First up is an exciting Twitter post:

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER coming back as new TV series on Nickelodeon? 4 days ago Viacom filed papers to trademark AVATAR: LEGEND OF KORRA

My heart, I must admit, gave an excited flutter. And I tried to ignore this until I found out about a job posting for a storyboard revisionist to work on an "Untitled Avatar project" for Nickelodeon.

I had heard rumors that the original creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante were looking to do a fourth season of ATLA, and it looks like those rumors might indeed be true. Perhaps they're flipping the metaphorical bird at M. Night Shyamalan, or maybe they just realized they had another story to tell. Let's hope they keep up their excellent work and are able to distance themselves far, far away from The Last Failbender.

Puppeh Pictures!

Since today was unusually cool for June -- very unusually cool -- the kiddo and I spent a few minutes outdoors with the camera and both dogs. I tried very hard to get some decent shots of Sasha and Penny together, but, well, I'm not a miracle worker.



( Three more puppeh pictures under the cut, with bonus kiddo cameo! )