"New Line Cinema will premiere the new trailer for its upcoming sequel film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on America Online at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 30. The trailer will then move to the official Web site. Two Towers opens Dec. 18." [source: SciFi Wire sidebar]


i don't understand this. is this supposed to be some sort of "bonus" AOL gives it's customers? "Join AOL and get exclusive looks at movie trailers a few minutes before they're available to the general public!" will people be bragging about it? "I got to see LotR:T^3 trailer five minutes before you did!"

<chime> You've got Lame!

my employer will be passing out pledge cards for the Tulsa Area United Way. reading the accompanying email, it occurs to me that every year, they say the same thing: the United Way needs your assistance more than ever!

if year after year it's always a more than ever! thing, doesn't that mean that world keep getting worse and worse? who needs a Doomsday Clock? there's the perfect Hell In a Handbasket Indicator.

for the record, i already knew the world was going to shit:

Moviehole reports that an insider at Paramount Pictures has confirmed that John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are indeed in talks to reprise their roles of Danny and Sandy for an update of "Grease". The story follows all the original film's stars who'll we'll be catching up with years later and finding out what's going on in their lives post high school. Stockard Channing is apparently going to reprise Rizzo. Randal Kleiser, the original director, is rumoured to be handling the new one.

Fun With Referrals (or, Skip This Post):

wtf? i mean, i know why it comes here. i just don't understand the search.

also listed in the results is this, which feels like (because it is like) you walked in on the middle of a conversation, but is interesting nonetheless.

hooray! i've been useful to someone!

kinky or in need of therapy?

oh look! my employer Posts Early Loss of $954 Million.

All this finance stuff tends to go over my head a little. Anyone want to read up on this then let me know if I'll still have a job come year end?

a quick five-question Q&A with James B. South, associate professor of philosophy at Marquette University: Buffy has more to teach than just killing vampires


i should do better with attribution. this link and the one immediately above are from Slayage.com, which is a great source for BtVS (and other Joss creations, plus any news about the cast and crew of the shows) related news. they're kind enough to put a (SPOILERS) notice with each link that needs it.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Theologian of the Year.

an interesting read with some good points and interpretations here, though at times it felt a little like the fict-facts were being a little manipulated to make a point or to stay within the thesis.

woot! a second full night of good solid sleep! a guy could get used to this.

i could have figured it out on my own (really, i could have. two hands, one foot) if i'd given any thought to it: ST:TNG debuted 15 years ago.

updated 2:45pm - planned on talking about Buffy here. some Buffy talk would be nice. i've been trying all day to get the time to talk about it. bah! whenever i get a little bit of freetime, something else comes up and i'm stuck sitting here keeping all my thoughts to myself. i will cross my fingers and hope for it.

a list of Firefly reviews, including an unfavorable one from someone who is now on my list of people to flog soundly 'round the shoulders and head.

this is Banned Books Week. go out and ban some books today!

Farscape: Animated Series: Looks like the show will live on in one way, in an official press release by ADV Films they confirmed 26 episodes of an animated version is in active production

anything good on tv tonight?

yeah, you know there is! Buffy is back, starting tonight! woo hoo! the long, horrible, rerun-hell summer is over!

everyone watch tonight, 'cause we're gonna have lots to talk about tomorrow.

on the subject of ratings, Firefly, Fox and such, my two posts over at Whedonesque involve a little more research. why clutter my blog when i can use someone else's and just link to it?

obligatory =) to indicate that i am not serious about that. please do not ban me from Whedonesque!

Enterprise's premiere ratings lukewarm.

i don't really buy into ratings (much as i don't buy into polls. come on! you called 750 people out 3.5 million?). the ratings game is a scam, but unfortunately one that can cause the cancellation of a beloved program. not that i worry that cancellation will happen to Enterprise. Voyager stayed on the air with lukewarm ratings (because lukewarm = very good for UPN).

however, Firefly pulled a 4.1 according to Zap2it, even lower than Enterprise (TVtracker says a 4.9, which would tie Enterprise). Fox is cancellation happy, and the 8pm Friday timeslot is like Death to any show anyway. though Firefly won its timeslot among adults 18 - 49, i fear for the crew of Serenity.