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Iron Man - Film Review

MaSh — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:55:32 +0000

Iron Man is another in the trail of the Marvel Comic to film conversions, and could just be the best yet. Generally speaking, the comic books turned films have been very good - Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, all to me were very enjoyable. I have to admit, Iron Man to me is one that I can't remember at all from childhood, and even the trailers couldn't fully entice me but I went along to see it anyway.

Iron Man follows the script that you would expect, with lots of CGI, one central 'hero' character, and an outlandish plot to wrap it all together. Even though they all have similar themes, what makes each one unique and different is the hero. Apart from X-Men, all the others focus on one character, the hero, and it's this that makes each film enjoyable in its own way.

This also means that the actor playing the hero role has to be perfect. If the casting of the main character is off, the film is absolutely doomed. Fortunately, Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr who completely makes the film what it is. His character Tony Stark starts as an extravagant billionaire, living the playboy lifestyle in casino's and living day-to-day. Stark then goes through a major emotional journey, going through various attitudes towards his work and colleagues, before ultimately deciding what to do with his money and his engineering talents. It's done in a likeable way though - one thing (maybe the only thing) about one of the Spiderman films that annoyed me was that Toby McGuire turned into a goody two shoes overnight, and dumped (before getting back with) Kirsten Dunst in order to save as many people as possible. I know its noble and a hero is supposed to be like that, but its still annoying. Iron Man is a good guy, but he does the right thing for his own good and for his own revenge against the people who originally kidnapped him - not because the villain is a threat to society or anything sad like that. So even though he should be a bit of an asshole, he's actually very cool and likeable, and crucially, not annoying or frustrating to watch. Just the opposite in fact.

CGI effects are very good throughout the film, and are done in a similar way to the Transformer film. It looks realistic and tangible even though it is obviously done on computers. The Iron Man Suit effects are shiny and eye-catching, even more so than Spidey's undies, and the mechanical components that pop in and out shooting missiles and what not, are sublime.

The storyline is a bit silly, even for me, but I'll forget about that. You know its not going to be based on real life events or anything serious so who cares. The ending is a bit OTT but satisfying nonetheless (and wide open for a sequel).

Pepper Potts, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, has the somewhat typically role of the obedient, under-appreciated, plain yet secretly glamorous assistant to Tony Stark. Although everyone else thinks she was great, I think the role could have been better cast. This is being a bit picky because she does do the role OK, but for such a good film you would expect slightly more from her.

Iron Man is a great film to watch - thrilling, fast paced, frequently comical and absolutely owned by Robert Downey Jr who makes the film what it is almost single handedly, without him, the film would have been only a 5/10 and you can't imagine the role going to anyone else after seeing him in it.

Overall - 8.5/10

The Seven Deadly Trends, Part 6: Substytutes

youcantcallitit — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:24:58 +0000

The letter Y is inciting the modern American baby naming imagination like no other. Y is currently enjoying a disproportionate renaissance, and is being inserted at random to make a name one's own. From Alyvia to Zoey, Alyxandra to Zsophya, people are taking perfectly beautiful classics like Olivia, Zoe, Alexandra, and Sophia, and creating invented forms by using Y as a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, and now Y more than ever). Revisiting my list of common K names, let's try trading the K for other popular letter combinations (see K Kraze. We arrive at Shayley, Jayla, Braylin, Rylie, and Myleah. Sound familiar? The letter Y replaces Is and Es, and is being made to rhyme with I and E as well. Confusion arises. Not only are spellings no longer intuitive, but pronunciations aren't either. Let this be clear: misspelling a name, be it with a Y or otherwise, in no way makes a name unique. It will make your child part of a greater trend in which Americans are distancing themselves from the English language, from "ur" instead of you're/your, to "gr8" in lieu of great. Remember that a child's name belongs on a diploma, not just in an instant message.

Y is for the most part, but not exclusively, being relegated to girls. According to Roy Feinson in The Secret Universe of Names, girls are thirty times as likely to have a name beginning with a Y than boys. Whether it begins, ends, or is within the name, Y bestows a youthful feel, which can sometimes border on the infantile. If the Greek i itself is what you're after, the Greeks and the Welsh have a plethora of more sophisticated traditional Y names to choose from.*

Here's a List of Possible Alternatives:

Ayla- Turkish, "moonlight, halo"

Betrys- Welsh form of Beatrice, "blessed voyager, bringer of joy"

Bronwyn- Welsh (traditionally this name is spelled Bronwen, but this version has entered common usage), from bron "breast" and gwen "white, fair, blessed"

Bryony- BRIE-uh-nee. English, a type of flowering vine.

Carys- Modern Welsh, "loved"

Delyth- Modern Welsh, "pretty"

Euphrosyne- Greek, "myrth, merriment", one of the three graces

Gwyneth- Welsh, "fair, blessed"

Hyacinth- English, from the flower; also derived from Greek mythology

Lydia- Greek, biblical place name

Maëlys- Breton, "chief"

Mireya- Spanish, "miraculous one"

Myrtle, Myrtille- English and French, respectively; from the plant

Nerys- Modern Welsh, related to "lord"

Olympia- Greek, from Mount Olympus

Sylvia-Ancient Roman (Silvia), "wood, forest"

Yasmin- Persian, "jasmine"

Yayoi- Japanese, "spring"

Yelenys- Hispanic rare form of Helen, "light"

Yseult-French form of Isolde, meaning "beautiful"

If It's the Buoyant "ee" Ending is What You Want, Why Not Try:

Amelie- French, from the German Amalia, meaning "hard work"

Aurelie- French, from Ancient Roman Aurelia, "golden"

Bryony (see above)

Calanthe- Greek, "beautiful flower"; a type of orchid

Calliope- Greek, "beautiful voice"

Cecily- English, from Ancient Roman Caecilia, meaning "blind, hidden meaning"

Coralie- French, "coral"

Elodie- French, from Alodia meaning "foreign riches"

Emily- English, from the Latin, "industrious"

Eulalie- French, from the Greek "well spoken"

Eugenie- French, from the Greek, "of noble birth"

Hermione- Greek, "messenger"

Hiromi- Japanese "beauty"

Ianthe, Iolanthe-Greek "violet flower"

Leilani- Hawaiian, "heavenly flowers"

Lucy- English "light"

Marjani- Swahili, "coral"

Mary- English, ultimately deriving from the Hebrew, Miryam. Disputed meaning, "sea of bitterness" or "wished for child"

Naoki- Japanese "honest tree, joy"

Naomi- Hebrew "pleasantness"; Japanese "honest beauty"

Noemi- French, Italian, and Czech form of the Hebrew Naomi

Ottilie- German variant of Odilia, meaning "wealth, fortune"

Penelope- Greek, "weaver, webbed eye"

Phoebe- Greek, "bright"

Ruby- English, from the red gemstone

Silvie- French form of Sylvia (see above)

Thisbe- Greek, from the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe

Yuki- Japanese, "happiness"

This list does not take into account darling nicknames like Maisie and Millie, as I limited the list to full names recommended for the birth certificate. A fun nickname thread will be forthcoming!

*For more musings on the letter, please check this out: http://www.4geeks.net/blog/2007/10/10/the-plight-of-endangered-letters/

I gotta agree with Perez Hilton on this one

agirlgottaeat — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:37:11 +0000

I gotta agree with Perez Hilton on this one. Gwyneth heard the call of the Romans and I'm envious. Ms Paltrow wore these shoes at a photo shoot to promote her New Movie "Two Lovers":

So I guess I'm getting to like Gladiator shoes....Who know ;)
How bout you guys? Love? Or hate them?

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Gwyneth Paltrow gets half naked in the movie

chloeslambuet — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:26:12 +0000

You don't really think of Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow as the racy type.

But in her new film, "Two Lovers," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival Monday night, she quite surprisingly bares a single breast. The shot is, shall we say, head-on into the camera. And it's for more than a couple of seconds. This is no wardrobe malfunction. It's on purpose. (To paraphrase a great "Seinfeld" quote: "They're real … and they're spectacular!")

Of course, this moment — it's the left breast, by the way — is meant to be part of the story; it's exactly what her manipulative character would do to land her man, in this case a character played by Joaquin Phoenix. In "Two Lovers," Phoenix plays a mentally jumbled lonely guy who tries to juggle romances with both Paltrow's selfish car crash of a mistress and Vinessa Shaw's girl next door.

It's not easy for Joaquin, who appears here for the third time in a film directed by James Gray. Nevertheless, Phoenix shrugged off his Cannes promo duties this year, citing "dehydration" or "exhaustion" depending on whom you asked.

But Gray was here for the red carpet premiere and after-party, as were Paltrow and Shaw. I didn't get a chance to ask Gwyneth about her breast-baring moment, but she did do me a favor at the after-party and made sure yours truly was allowed into the roped-off VIP Section.

"He's all right," she said, giving a mock royal benediction, before she exited the party to go check on her two small children. The queen has spoken!

Paltrow is having a good month, appearing in the hit "Iron Man" with Robert Downey Jr. But beyond "Two Lovers," she told me she's not sure what her next film will be. Luckily, husband Chris Martin's rock group, Coldplay, has an album about to hit the Internet and stores. Paltrow and kids shan't go hungry while she sifts through new scripts!

Jagger, Stars Do the Town in Cannes

They're not Sophia Loren or Marcello Mastroianni, but plenty of stars are all over town this week in Cannes for the 61st annual film festival.

On Monday, Mick Jagger and Harrison Ford lunched together at the Eden Roc, amid loads of executives including departing New Line Cinema founders Michael Lynne andBob Shaye. Jagger and Harrison made lunch plans two nights earlier at the Vanity Fair party.

Monday night found both Jude Law and Sean Penn reveling in female attention at the Hotel Martinez bar, the new post-1 a.m. hangout on the Croisette. Head juror Penn was busy having a serious talk with a posse of beautiful but hard-looking blondes — meaning smart ones — said to be in hedge funds from Los Angeles.

The dolled group with tired eyes and blotted mascara had just decamped from the annual Chopard gala at the Carlton Hotel, where "Into the Wild" was a reference to the bar lines.

Penn also took time to greet director Walter Salles, whose "Linha de Passe" is in competition. The word on the Croisette is that Salles is readying his documentary about Jack Kerouac for entry in the Venice Film Festival. It will be followed by his feature of Kerouac's 1957 classic, "On the Road."

Law, meantime, has been in Cannes on a peace mission. He's helping to promote International Peace Day and a documentary by Jeremy Gilley, the founder and organizer of the Sept. 21 Peace Day initiative. This group is serious. Law says members have even been corresponding with the Taliban — they have printed stationery, who knew?! — and they've agreed to observe Sept. 21 as Peace Day. You can read all about it here.

Meanwhile, Christian Slater was one of many stars and socialites who turned up on Ronald Perelman's boat the Ultima III for annual cocktails and dinner. Slater — with girlfriend Tamara Mellon — spent the night accepting congrats on his new NBC series. He told me he has a dual role on the show, playing a Jekyll and Hyde pair of characters who are super spies.

The first 13 episodes start shooting next month, and Ben Silverman is said to be so high on the show, "My Own Worst Enemy," that he's slotted Christian's show right after the mega-hit "Heroes."

Also seen on the Perelman yacht: Brett Ratner, Harvey Weinstein, Denise Rich, Vivi Nevo andZiyi Zhang. A New Orleans Mardi Gras band set up shop on the pier and played for free, just to get attention, during sunset cocktails. They were good, too!

Also making the rounds: overnight sensation Jim Sturgess, who played the Paul McCartneycharacter in "Across the Universe." He's getting ready to shoot a film called "Heartless". ... Clint Eastwood and his entire family dining at Michelangelo in Antibes, his favorite restaurant. Clint's "Changeling" has its red carpet premiere Tuesday night. … Brad Pitt stopped by Paul Allen's yacht party the other night, sans Angelina Jolie — only because she didn't need the seasick ride out to the yacht on a tender. She herself is quite tender and may be due to give birth before the end of June, even though she told the press she's due in August. ...

Michael Moore was Paramount's special guest on Sunday night at the premiere of "Indiana Jones." He's working on a sequel to "Fahrenheit 911" for Paramount in a joint venture with Overture Films. Moore wore a tuxedo for the occasion, but Ford was able to eschew the required bow tie and stuck to a long necktie instead. …

People are still griping about who did and didn't get invited to the "intimate" bash for 400 following the "Indy" premiere. Neither the studio nor the filmmakers did themselves any favors going that route, considering that some of the guests were considered quite below C, not sea, level. …

And, please, someone tell Seymour Stein that the song emanating from the wildest disco on the beach, a place called Diva that sports a huge video screen marquee and couldn't be tackier, was none other than Sire Records' finest-ever French gibberish hit circa 1977: "Ca Plane Pour Moi" byPlastic Bertrand. Forget Madonna. That was Sire Records' greatest achievement. …

Polanski Will Not Show, But Directors Will

Don't expect to see director Roman Polanski Tuesday night at the premiere of "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired."

After much debate among all his associates and a lot of soul-searching, Polanski decided it would be inappropriate to appear at a festivity for the Marina Zenovich documentary.

Instead, he will view it on DVD at home and send his support to Zenovich and everyone involved.

Remember, I told you last week that in New York, 25 directors showed up to host a screening of "Wanted and Desired" and to show their support for Polanski. The word is that most of the directors here in Cannes will show up Tuesday night in a similar effort.

This extraordinary recounting of Polanski's trial at the hands of corrupt lawmakers gets its first airing in June on HBO, followed by a limited theatrical run and then a DVD blitz. The European version of Premiere magazine (the U.S. version was stupidly shut down by Hachette) carries a terrific piece this month — Polanski and Catherine Deneuve interviewing each other.

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Iron Man s'équipe en DELL !!

erikoss — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:55:21 +0000

J'ai récemment vu le film Iron Man (qui en passant est pas mal du tout, du bon Marvel) et il s'avère que Tony Starck (joué par Robert Downey Jr) est équipé en DELL. On retrouve des gros plans de moniteurs DELL et de serveurs. Le placement de produit... j'adore :) .

Ci-dessous, un passage dans l'atelier de Tony Starck

La bande annonce officielle.

DETOX et GOSSIP

la môme de NYC — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:59 +0000

Non non et non, on ne parlera pas de la musculature de Madonna et encore moins de sa coach Tracy Anderson.

Si un peu, vite fait. Tracy Anderson c'est la coach du moment. Celle qui a fait oubliée la Guiness et la friture à Gwyneth et donnée trois biceps en plus un coup de punch à Madonna, tout le monde le sait, tout le monde en parle surtout à L.A. Tracy, danseuse yoga-pilate-fitness girl, a laissée son diet program sur le net. Je l'ai lu mais perdu de vue. En gros, elle dit qu'elle peut rendre n'importe qui super ultra slim. Quand j'avais lu son régime et les exercices à faire, je suis restée septique. Déjà côté exercices, pourquoi pas. Mais côté assiette...là, je trouve que ça déconne sec. Il faut dire qu'elle n'a pas été élevée en france donc, la perception de la bonne bouffe est bien lointaine de la mienne. Je ne cherche pas à prôner quoi que soit en frimeuse innée de la table, il y a que justement, même ici aux states, des palets savent aussi se nourrir.

Tracy donne des tips ou plutôt une ligne de conduite à respecter, allez voir ici

Si vous êtes comme beaucoup, vous vous étonnerez des deux branches de célerie le midi etc...non, non, on n'en parlera pas non plus. Et quoi que. On sait que dans un régime vaut mieux caler le copieux en début de journée plutôt que le soir et puis faire du sport demande de l'énergie...

Si vous êtes tenté par une autre technique, Demi Moore nettoie son sang avec des sangsues, pas n'importe lesquelles, des Australiennes, des chevaux de courses du pompage de veine. Et oui, elle en raffolle, adore et se sent vraiment detoxifiée juste aprés sa scéance.

Bon et bien moi, je fais dans le cool. Je pose le tout demain en post et sur ce, bon week end!

Iron Man Review

buckdiddy — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:33:25 +0000

Iron Man is a comic adpatation to film from the Marvel Entertainment Group which made the comic itself. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes, and Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stone.

Now if you don't want to read all of this because it is tl;dr well folks I just so happen to have made a quick review last night after the movie. Here it is...

The movie starts off on a good foot and never missteps. From the very beginning opening scene of comedy flowing easily into action follows the path throughout the movie. This can be attributed mostly to the directing talents of Jon Favreau who has a comedy movie past. He proved on Zathura he could do action and here in Iron Man he proved he could adapt a comic book into a movie almost perfectly.

What's interesting to note is that throughout the film there are various assorments of different techniques to go on to the next scene. There was a blend in, a side swipe, and quick cutting all throughout the movie and I for one loved that there really was no set style for this movie other than it's story.

The story is pretty much true to the comic itself as we see Tony Stark battle himself more than the actual enemies. Stark is a complex man and you need a complex actor to play him and Robert Downey Jr. fit the bill. Downey has had his own life problems and seeing him use them to make Tony Stark a more fully enriched character is something I want to see more than once. Downey proves that he is one of the greatest actors of our current time.

Don't get me wrong Downey pretty much is the movie but the cast of other characters is strong and important to the film as well. Paltrow and Terrence Howard play their buddy parts like they only know how and Jeff Bridges brings in a great performance throughout as Obadiah Stone.

What I like most about this movie is the secret nods to the comic book fans of the movie. We got hints of S.H.I.E.L.D., War Machine, and staying true to how Stark handled the press about Iron Man.

Overall, this movie is everything you want in an action movie and more. It gives you sense of satisfaction and that's what you really go into a movie theatre hoping for. While I'm a Spiderman fan outright I can tell you that Iron Man is the most complex character and it elevated the movie as one of the best comic book movies of all time.

4.3/5

Welcome

keepthetoriesout — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:12:12 +0000

This is a blog dedicated to keeping the Tories out of Crewe and Nantwich in the forthcoming by-election. I'm a middle aged, working class man living in the West End of Crewe; formerly employed in Crewe Works prior to its destruction by Tory and Thatcherite policies. As someone who remembers vividly the disgraceful contempt with which the Tories treated northern working class communities during the 1970s and 1980s, I am saddened that many of my fellow Crewe residents are considering voting for this sham of a party. This blog will be updated daily, detailing the elitism of the Tories, the snobbery of the leadership, the weaknesses of its policies and the reality of the toff they've got standing for election in Crewe. I hope to expose the reality of the modern Tory Party and break through many of the myths they have tried to create about being a party for ordinary families.

Iron Man (2008)

melancholiac — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:32:37 +0000

This was one of the more anticipated movies for the first half of 2008. But as with all big-name-big-buck movies, there were huge expectations, and usually the movie bombs. But with the first installment of Iron Man, it definitely exceeded my expectations. Unbelievably high-tech yet slapstick at the same time, the movie hinged on a very consistent light comedic dialogue between all the characters. The cast was very well picked out as all three main characters did superbly well in their respective roles. The story line was also pretty good and consistent with the dilemma Tony Stark really had in the original comics. But the most impressive part in the movie was definitely the armor! The guys who did the rendering of Iron Man's armor did an amazing job, and when you see it in the movie, you will be in awe, as I was :)

Iron Man is a story about a wealthy philanthropist named Tony Stark, who is a filthy rich carefree billionaire industrialist and inventor. The movie starts off with Stark showing off his latest creation in weapons technology and then gets kidnapped by some Afghan rebels. As it turns out, most of Stark's weapons were being bought out by this same group and was being used to destroy innocent neighboring countries. He wakes up in a cave with a huge metal plate in his chest powered by a car battery. Apparently, the shrapnel from his own weapon had pierced his heart and the mechanism in his chest was the only thing keeping him alive.

Stark is then forced to build a diabolical weapon, but instead uses his ingenuity to create an indestructible suit of armor to escape his captors. He then discovers that he knew very little of where his weapons were going and vowed to rid the world of the same weapons he had created. With his new found conscience and zest for life, he creates a brand new suit of armor to help him in his mission. And from here, you will see the process of the creation of his armor as well as the character roles being developed very well.

Robert Downey Jr, may just be the perfect actor to have portrayed Iron Man, and may be the best fit to a superhero since Hugh Jackman for Wolverine. If you are familiar with the cartoon series long ago, he looks very much like Tony Stark. And Downey Jr. played his role to a tee mixing arrogance with comedic aptitude that was a pure joy to watch on-screen. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars as his secretary, “Pepper” Potts, the shy-yet-feisty sidekick who's not so secretly in love with her boss. I never liked her, but she looked quite amazing in this movie. And playing the wily Obadiah Stane is Jeff Bridges, in probably the best role I've seen him play. He seems revitalized and was also perfect for the role in his shaved head and beard. Bridges challenges Stark's new found idealism at every turn and was also a great joy to watch.

All in all, the movie was very entertaining and fun to watch. I would most definitely watch it again, and I'm going to buy the DVD when it comes out. If you haven't seen it yet, please do yourself a favor and make sure you do on the big screen. There is nothing more amazing than seeing this movie in all its glory in the theaters. The way the technology of the armor was shown while it was being built, as well as when Tony Stark dons the final version was awe-inspiring. There was never a time in the movie that I got bored, and it was entertaining from start to finish. Oh, it was also great hearing Terrence Howard say "maybe next time" after seeing another armor set in Tony Stark's tech room. It means we will definitely see a second installment of this movie and I can't wait for that one!

Personal Rating (out of 10): 9.2/10
IMDb User Rating (out of 10): 8.3/10
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action
Size: 52 Files (Use HJSplit to Join), 693.06 MB
Duration: 126 minutes
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This Week's New Movies!

graymatality — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:06:16 +0000

This week's movies are Made Of Honor, Iron Man, Redbelt [limited], Son Of Rambom [limited], and Mister Lonely.

Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan starts in Made Of Honor
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard starts in Iron Man
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, and Emily Mortimer starts in Redbelt
Bill Milner starts in Son Of Rambow
Deigo Luna, Samantha Morton, and Denis Lavant starts in Mister Lonely

Labour Party Organises Scam Tribute to the Late Gwyneth Dunwoody

leatherhead — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:18:01 +0000

Guido Fawkes has lifted the lid on the latest Labour Party sleaze. The Labour Party have organised an opportunity for you to leave a "tribute" to the late, great Gwyneth Dunwoody. I didn't always like her politics but, there was never any doubt where she stood & she spoke her mind. Something which appears to be lost forever among her cynical colleagues in the parliamentary Labour Party.

As if to prove the point, even this tribute to Gwyneth is not what it seems. Visit the tribute page on her constituency website and you are asked to "leave a tribute which will be passed on to her family". But, as the snapshot below shows you are then requested to provide detailed contact details. Fair enough you may say, but this is not as innocent as it seems.

A close study of the data capture process reveals that it includes a sophisticated software routine designed to look-up and verify the postcode and collect the data for Labour HQ in London. This is not a spontaneous local initiative - it was designed by Tangent Labs, the Labour Party's national e-campaigns software contractors.

The Labour Party appear to not to understand basic standards of decency. Everything is used for political opportunity, even the death of one of its favourite daughter. It's cynical and its sleazy but, the Labour Party just don't get it!

Entrevista: Gwyneth Paltrow, a Pepper Potts de Homem de Ferro

blogye16 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:53:09 +0000

Atriz conta porque decidiu aceitar o papel e como foram as filmagens ao lado de Downey Jr.

Gwyneth Paltrow entrou na sala usando um vestido todo chique e mancando do alto dos seus saltos. Ela tinha acabado de operar o joelho e estava no meio do tratamento da fisioterapia, recém-largado a bengala e pediu para que ninguém contasse ao seu ortopedista. Acho que ele não lê português... e mesmo que leia, já faz tanto tempo que ela nem deve levar uma bronca tão grande assim :-)

Bem menos presente nos cinemas do que no passado, conseqüência do casamento com o roqueiro Chris Martin (Coldplay) e os filhos Apple e Moses, a ganhadora do Oscar por Shakespeare Apaixonado resolveu marcar a sua volta justamente em Homem de Ferro e ninguém melhor para explicar o personagem do que ela própria.

Para aqueles que nunca leram gibis do Homem de Ferro, será que você poderia, por favor, falar um pouco do seu personagem?

O Homem de Ferro começou lá atrás como um quadrinho anticomunista. Tony Stark é o protagonista, um cara cheio de problemas. Ele é meio alcoólatra, mulherengo e um fabricante de armas, mas é tipo um Howard Hughes, um pouco imprudente. Eu interpreto Pepper Potts. Ele é assistente do Stark. Sua confidente. Ele é a pessoa mais próxima que ele tem. Pau pra toda obra, sabe? Eles têm essa relação mútua, até meio fraternal, mas também um pouco sexual e muito divertida. Enquanto ele é porra-louca, ela é meio que a consciência, a parte moral sempre tentando dominar.

Homem de Ferro foi o seu primeiro convite para os filmes de super-heróis?

Sim, foi o primeiro.

Não foi estranho? Você ficou um tempão afastada e voltou justamente neste filme, que é diferente de tudo o que tinha feito antes.

Quer saber? Foi estranho, mas quando estávamos lá, desde o primeiro dia foi ótimo. Eu adoro o Jon e tudo mundo e foi tão legal que espero que anunciem logo a segunda parte...

Seu contrato é para três filmes?

Sim. Assinei com meu sangue. (risos)

Quais os passos daqui para frente?

Eu só quero me divertir. Experimentar coisas novas. Tentar papéis que nunca fiz e ver como me sinto, sabe? Se eu vou trabalhar, tem que ser algo revigorante para mim, que me deixe animada. E não tem que ser Shakespeare. Pode ser qualquer coisa desde que eu ache que valha a pena e também desde que eu esteja trabalhando com boas pessoas e aprendendo algo.

Na sua opinião, o que diferencia o Homem de Ferro para outros heróis mais conhecidos como Super-Homem, Batman e Homem Aranha?

Robert Downey Jr.. Eu sempre quis trabalhar com ele, desde que era uma adolescente. Até mesmo antes de começar a atuar achava que ele era um gênio. Ele e Johnny Depp eram os dois atores com quem sempre sonhei trabalhar e por isso foi sensacional quando me chamaram e disseram que era um filme do Jon Favreau, que fez filmes que adoro, e que eu iria atuar ao lado de Robert Downey Jr., Terrance Howard e Jeff Bridges... Só pude dizer "Ótimo! Onde eu assino?" E só depois perguntei sobre o que era e me contaram que seria uma adaptação de quadrinhos do Homem de Ferro. E eu falei "Legal e como é?" e assim fui me familiarizando com aquele universo e fiquei muito feliz. Me diverti muito.

E como foi realizar este sonho e trabalhar com Robert Downey Jr?

Foi maravilhoso. Ele é uma pessoa sensacional e me fazia dar risadas o tempo todo. O senso de humor dele é muito bizarro. Ele pensa em módulos. Ele não pensa linearmente. Do nada ele vem com umas idéias malucas e analogias e fica difícil acompanhá-lo. Uma hora ele está aqui, no segundo seguinte ele já está lá do outro lado.

O que faz do Robert Downey um bom Homem de Ferro?

Como eu disse, o próprio personagem é um cara cheio de problemas e eles compartilham este passado complicado e faz isso de uma forma sensacional. Ele se parece com o cara que curte ação, está muito bem e é um ótimo ator, que traz tudo isso para o personagem. Ele não tem amarras, mas quando está trabalhando se dedica totalmente e tenta as coisas mais geniais. Ele é um cara ligado no 220V, sabe? Você não chega ao fim do dia se arrastando. Sempre tem algo inesperado quando ele está por perto.

Você tinha algo de nerd na sua adolescência? Algum quadrinho que lia, algum personagem que gostava?

Minha nerdice era mais para as comidas e coisas interiores ou música. Todo este universo de histórias em quadrinhos é novidade para mim, porque eu nunca tinha lido nada. Meu irmão lia muito quando estávamos crescendo o que é bem interessante pois era todo um mundo que eu nunca me interessei muito. Claro que eu sabia que existia, mas não conhecia a sua extensão e quão urbano e passionais são os fãs e tudo mais.

Jon Favreau disse que preferiu focar mais nos efeitos reais do que na computação gráfica. Esta decisão torna as coisas mais fáceis para os atores?

Bom, é mais fácil porque você realmente se assusta quando as armas são disparadas e tudo começa a explodir. Sim, eles fizeram umas coisas bem malucas. Eles explodiram muita coisa e é melhor eu não entregar o quê... Não é o tipo de trabalho que você vê todos os dias. Podia levar umas oito horas para arrumar tudo no set para depois explodir tudo em segundos.

Como você acha a realidade em uma história como esta?

Para mim, o que é legal é a relação entre os personagens. Esta é a alma do filme. Foi muito bem construída, real e até complicada. Eu não estava lá nos dias em que eles explodiram tudo.

Mas o seu personagem tem cenas de ação?

No fim...

Tem alguma luta ou armas?

Não tem nenhuma luta. Não uso armas. Eu tenho isso… [e aponta para a cabeça]

Veja também:

Cenas de Heath Ledger não serão cortadas.

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Shallow Hall

quebarbaro — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:55:28 +0000

Ayer fui al super, y había una batea llena de dvd de oferta. Me puse a revolver, y habia todos títulos viejos y clásicos, aunque había algunos que zafaban, y entre ellos encontré la comedia "Shallow Hal" (Amor ciego) con Jack Black (School of rock) y Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in love) y me la compré, porque siempre la habia querido ver. Me encantan las comedias, y esta es buena, no es la mejor ni es buenisisisisima, pero esta linda, graciosa y ademas te deja pensando.

Asi que si andan con ganas de ver una comedia linda; bájensenla, porque yo no se las presto!!! Muahahahahahah

My Niece. And Why I Love Her So.

valerietan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:11:22 +0000

I'm not a fan of uploading too many pictures on this blog because once you exceed a certain amount you can't put up any more new pictures, unless you subscribe to the premium wordpress or something. But, having used wordpress & formerly blogger, I'm still very much a fan of wordpress for it's simplicity and aesthetically prettier intersurface. I'm such a sucker for anything neat & tidy (not pertaining to the condition of my room during exams though).

Anyway, I just couldn't resist uploading some pictures of my dear niece. Even though she really does not seem to like to smile to the camera. Or rather, when she is conscious that something big & black is in front of her (my phone camera) she'll suddenly go into this tranquil mode and dares not blink. (Talk about being camera-ly aware) Or how she is chatty and demands attention by increasing her volume everytime someone refuses to talk to her, but when my sister stuffs the phone in her face to make her chat to her daddy in Jakarta, she goes mute.

Yup, she's awfully cute, even though 90% of the time, she never smiles at the camera. And here is why I love her so:

And this is ultimately my favourite. Did I mention, she loves talking to Teddy.

Portucalis em Greve

M2life Paravane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:38:09 +0000

Durante os dias 15, 16 e 17 este blogue encontra-se em greve, pelas razões explicitadas em posts anteriores.

Aromas de Abril (talvez)**

M2life Paravane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:36:40 +0000

"...Assim, os que não estiverem em greve..." é um bom começo para este post a partir do último, escrito pela Summer.

Visto a clarificação dos ‘coisos' não ter clarificado quase nada, a Gwyneth publicou no seu blogue uma Petição, que nos blogues portugueses, só foi reproduzida em dois - emendem-me se estou errado (em Portucalis e no Geta).

Os responsáveis pelos outros blogues ficaram esclarecidos e satisfeitos com a resposta dos ‘coisos' ou só alinharam porque enfim, ok, acho que sim, cá por mim, vamos nessa, é preciso estar na onda?

Sem mais preâmbulos, as perguntas realmente incómodas:

1. Quais dos blogues que publicaram o Manifesto original da Gwyneth farão greve?

2. Mais importante: quais as pessoas que postam nesses blogues farão greve não entrando inworld entre os dias 15 e 18 deste mês?

3. A Gwyneth também fará greve não entrando inworld assim como a empresa* a que pertence (e que depende dos ‘coisos')?

Dia 15 está próximo... quero ver ... (o 25 de Abril também está próximo) :-)

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* informação pública (não estou a fazer nenhuma inconfidência).

** Não há links nem TM's nem R's nem Pingbacks nem nada: quem se der ao trabalho de ler este post sabe do que falo e, como tal, saberá encontrar o que lhe interessar.

Petition to Linden Lab on the Policy of Trademark Enforcement

M2life Paravane — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:52:23 +0000

Introduction

Linden Research Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware, United States of America ("Linden"), doing business as Linden Lab®, developers of the Second Life® virtual world platform, owners of not only the Second Life® registered trademark (in the US, Europe, and other countries), and the eye-on-hand logo, but also of several recently registered trademarks (including, but not exclusive, to the words "SL", "SL Grid", "Second Life Grid", "2nd Life", etc.), has launched, in May 2004, the "Second Life® Fansite Toolkit", which was later reinforced with referral programmes like "Viva La Evolution", to positively encourage the widespread use of Linden's trademarks, so long as it was quite clearly displayed that no infringement was intended, and a disclaimer to non-affiliation to Linden.
A direct quotation of the previous accepted use includes the following paragraph:

USE OF SECOND LIFE MARKS

While you are in full compliance with the usage guidelines described here, you may use the "Second Life" name on your website, as well as the related logos and graphics available at Toolkit, solely in the form described there. Additionally, you may use screenshots from Second Life to the extent that Linden Lab has the right to authorize use of the content within such screenshot, including screenshots of Linden in-world objects and Linden avatars, subject to these usage guidelines.

The full text of the acceptable use of Linden's trademarks is published here. Three versions of the Fansite Toolkit were distributed by Linden, which included banners, logos, and a set of images, as well as a PDF encouraging their dissemination (the link is not available any more).

Under these gentle terms, users of the Second Life® platform have set up dozens of thousands of websites, blogs, forums, 3rd party services (both inside the Second Life® environment or on the World-Wide Web). The intended purpose of the "Fansite Toolkit" was not only accomplished, but overwhelmingly effective. From about 10,000 registered users in May 2004, the number of registrations climbed to over 13 million users in March 2008, and the growth continues - as well as the growth in the number of fansites related to the Second Life® environment. A quick search on Google comparing the number of times "Second Life" is referred on Linden's own sites (9000+ results) compared to what the non-Linden sites (24 million results) shows quite clearly that the promotion and marketing of "Second Life" as a Linden product is, by far, being done outside Linden's own feeble efforts - as it was intended.

The terms of the "Fansite Toolkit" enabled furthermore a small startup company in San Francisco, without any advertising, promotion, or little public relations in 2004, to create one of the most effectively known technologies on the Internet, enjoying raving press reviews in late 2006, and, since then, a product and an environment that cannot be further ignored by the mainstream. Like it or hate it, the Second Life® virtual world is now part of the Internet's history. All this was achieved thanks to the huge community of very enthusiastic users of Linden's platform, who have promoted its use way beyond Linden's own ability to market their own product.

"Genericide"

The secret of Second Life®'s success was, however, accompanied by an adaptation of the word to describe not only Linden's product, but a new concept that did not exist before: a community of users that generate content in a shared environment, using Linden's tools and Linden-managed computer servers to provide an interconnected grid where this content can exist. The usage of "Second Life" was never strictly associated with the client software (the 3D viewer installed on users' computers), the server software (running on Linden's servers), or the communication protocol (which, until recently, was even unnamed). Rather, "Second Life" was employed, for the past four years, to describe all the above together as a technology empowering user-created content in a virtual world environment using Linden's technology. The subtle difference has, however, huge implications. "Second Life", as employed on the 24 million links stored by Google,^(ref) describes not patented software (the Second Life® client is, indeed, free and open source) nor a "technology", but an "environment", a "virtual world".

The situation is very analogous to the usage of the terms "World-Wide Web" or "Internet" (the latter having at some point been trademarked by Microsoft around 1995, with little success), both describing a certain use of several technologies, hardware, software, and telecommunications, but where no definite claim can be made on the resulting environment created by a community of users. Derivative words like "Internet Service Provider" or "Web consultant" are popularly used. The difference between those two terms is that no organisation currently managed to secure a claim to those names.

But further examples are also common, where registered trademarks have been adopted by a community of users generating content for their platforms. Thousands of sites and technologies have used the term "Mac" in their names, or even "Windows" (clear cases where the respective owners, Apple and Microsoft, have indeed solidly claimed their registered trademarks). "Mac" and "Windows" fansites abound and help the promotion of these technologies and platforms. The difference, in those two cases, is that the popularity of those technologies was heavily promoted by their owners through massive advertising and public relations. And still both companies "allow" the widespread use of their trademarked names in 3rd party websites, fansites, service providers, or even products!

Second Life®, by contrast, never enjoyed the same level of promotion by Linden. It relied on the "Fansite Toolkit" as the primary - and most successful! - way of "viral marketing", effectively crowdsourcing the co-promotion of the Second Life® virtual world by its users. And these, obviously, were very eager to do so - since all participants in the virtual world, Linden and their users, benefit tremendously from this cooperative promotion. "Your World, Your Imagination", Linden's motto for their Second Life® virtual world platform, was taken to an extreme, and perhaps unprecedented, level in the history of technology dissemination.

Linden, however, now fears (probably very correctly) that the usage of Second Life® might fall under "genericide".

Recent developments

Possibly advised by their legal advisers, Linden announced here and here that they would start as of now to aggressively discourage the usage of all Linden-related registered trademarks, thus effectively reverting its four-year old policy of co-promotion through marketing crowdsourcing. The major issue with the current population of Second Life® users is that dozens of thousands of products and services were created within compliance with the old guidelines, and there is no provision made by Linden to "grandfather" existing services now currently in existence. Almost all have no legal protection that will allow them to contest any of Linden's claims in court to shut their services down if they receive Linden's Cease & Desist letters. Linden's claim to their trademarks is, naturally, factually correct, unambiguous, and entirely within Linden's rights.

There is, however, one aspect of Linden's claims where we feel the Guidelines are overshooting the legitimate intent of Linden Research in preserving their trademarked brands and preventing their dilution. We refer to the section "Proper Reference to Linden Lab's Brand Names in Text", which basically outlines how any mention of terms trademarked by Linden has to be written any text published. Among other things, it claims to make sure the brand names are only ever used with an "appropriate generic noun" of which Linden provides a list, and that "as often as possible", down to capitalisation, spelling, elisions and contractions. In effect, this precludes any usage of trademarked terms in text in most of the forms current nowadays, and dictates to commentators, bloggers and critics how and what to write when referring to trademarked terms.

The issue, however, is even more serious. Although Linden's prevention of the use of trademarks under the new guidelines could be contested in court, either in the US or elsewhere, possibly appealing to estoppel, as a matter of fact, Linden can - through its new Terms of Service, that all users required to sign to access their content on Linden's virtual world - simply ban any user that Linden considers to be in violation of their trademark claims. By virtue of the same principle, Linden can simply ban any user that exerts his or her rights to free speech, nominative use of trademarked terms as laid down by US law, or equivalent rights under local legislation.

This is "doing justice with your own hands" - without laws, without trial, without a jury, without recourse. The Linden Terms of Service allow Linden to ban any user from using their services, without any reason whatsoever. Linden can, at whim, delete accounts and content (even copyrighted content) from any user without a complaint.

Granted, complaints can be filed against Linden - but in a court of law. In at least one case (Bragg vs. Linden), a user of the Second Life® world managed, through a lawsuit, and with a settlement agreement, to get access to his content back. But this requires effectively users to sue Linden in order to get their access back, no matter if they are or not violating Linden's trademarks. Linden does not require any impartial judgment to validate a user's claims on the lack of violation. Linden can safely ignore their four-year-old policy and revert their decision at whim - because they can ban accounts that refuse to comply with their new Terms of Service.

In effect, Linden is able to enforce their own interpretation of the usage of their trademarks by banning all content they view as "threatening" to their claims on registered trademarks, no matter if it is displayed inside Linden's virtual world or anywhere else on the world. Linden's decision to ban avatars and remove content is unilateral and not appealable unless a user is willing to sue Linden in a court under the jurisdiction of the State of California.

This total reversal of Linden's policy threatens to shut down most (fortunately not all) of the sites providing 24 million links to Linden's products and services; it threatens to deprive Second Life of hundreds or thousands of 3rd party services, websites, fan sites, blogs, Second Life®-specific media, artistic and cultural developments, educational and research efforts - not to mention thousands or dozens of thousands of the most energic "evangelisers" that have co-promoted Linden's products and technologies in the past which might, in less than three months, see their accounts banned and their content deleted with little or no hope of appeal.

Open petition to Linden Research, Inc.

The community of users of the Second Life® world always recognised, beyond a shadow of doubt, Linden's full right to its registered trademarks, which were almost always duly credited, and clearly stated their non-affiliation with Linden and that they had no intention of infringing in any of Linden's rights or claims to the trademarks. Some of those trademarks were never disputed, for several years since their registration and use by Linden, and Linden's claim to them is solid and universally accepted world-wide. Linden, in return, gently condescended to a limited usage of their registered trademarks for specific purposes, well stated in a clear document (the "Fansite Guidelines"). The very few exceptions where abuse occurred could be effectively dealt with by Linden's own legal advisers and were very reduced in number.

It is our belief that the extreme switch to the complete opposite of what has been actively promoted in the past four years is not a good marketing strategy - effectively, fighting off, one by one, all the most energetic promoters of Linden and their products, shutting down their right to talk and co-promote Linden's technology and environment, ban their accounts, and remove their content. A four-year policy grants (at least under estoppel) the large community of enthusiastic supporters the moral right to request from Linden a better model of co-promotion, one that is fair and balanced, protective of Linden's legal rights as valid owners of their registered trademarks, but also that allows "fansites" to continue to spread and promote Linden's products without fear of litigation.

We thus propose the following:

Accept that, by introducing the "Fansite Guidelines" four years ago, Linden effectively allowed co-branding and co-promotion of their registered trademarks, so long as these were displayed on "website[s] created and maintained by residents or other devotees of Second Life®, with content primarily focused on some aspect of Second Life." and had no other purpose. These "Fansite Guidelines" lead to fair expectations (under estoppel) of goodwill of Linden towards a fair use of their trademarks without intention to infringe on any of Linden's rights.
Rewrite, but not eliminate, the "Fansite Guidelines" to be more strict, but still allow the usage of Linden's trademarked words as part of the co-promotional effects, accepting that their existence in no way invalidates Linden's claims on their registered trademarks, but only serve as a vehicle for promotion and marketing.
Require that all such websites register with Linden and formally accept the Guidelines (very similar to the request for the display of the "inSL" logo). Remember your international audience, too, and provide translations as well.
Reinforce the duty of all websites under the "Fansite Guidelines" to be strictly compliant with these, or face a Cease & Desist letter/Takedown notice.
Request to all owners of such websites a clear display of their non-affiliation with Linden or its subsidiaries, stated clearly and unambiguously.
Reword the statements of the Brand Center, which currently states that no requests for the usage of any of the trademarks (with few exceptions) will be taken, and that most emails will never be answered (or even read). Instead, work on a case-by-case basis, grandfather existing products and services, and work with organisations, groups, and companies owning those websites to make sure they clearly comply with the Guidelines.
Request assistance from the users to locate, identify, and report websites where your Fansite Guidelines are not in compliance, or their non-affiliation with Linden is not being clearly and unambiguously stated, or where your registered trademarks are illegally used. Deal with each case separately and encourage first the non-compliant websites to voluntarily display conforming information, and threaten with a Cease & Desist or takedown letter if they refuse.
Remove the threat to ban avatars from users that have inadvertently ignored (or misunderstood) the Guidelines. Instead, warn them and give due notice of their lack of compliance with the Guidelines, encourage them to sign on and register their sites, and validate their compliance after the warning.
Continue to invest in the world-wide co-promotion of the "Second Life®" brand by launching different levels of "affiliation programmes"; "inSL" is a good start but a very weak one with limited value (no aggressive promotion by Linden of the logo and word).

We would also request Linden to further clarify the potentially censurous policy towards residents implied in the guidelines in conjunction with the Terms of Service:

Clarify that the rules and policies outlined in the brand guidelines under the heading of Proper Reference to Linden Lab's Brand Names in Text do not apply to cases covered by rights of free speech, including but not limited to nominative use of trademarked terms under US law and equivalent rights conferred upon users of the Second Life® service by local legislation.
Clarify that Linden Research does not intend to ban or threaten to ban users exerting the rights delineated above, independently of the contractual relationship created by their usage of the Second Life® service.

We feel that the above proposal, if correctly implemented, and duly promoted, will not only reinforce Linden's claim to their registered trademarks, but positively encourage their further widespread in all media, without hurting the millions of hours spent in the past year by dozens of thousand of users to promote and disseminate Linden's products and services world-wide.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following residents, who helped fleshing out the above document, provided insight, comments, and rewriting of several sections, as well as some minor legal advice.

Cat Magellan and Ana Lutetia, for their encouragement in writing the petition
Rheta Shan, for the extensive revision and adding several sections and changes
SignpostMarv Martin for comments and more external links
Jamie Palisades, for comments on estoppel and genericide
iAlja Writer, Tateru Nino, and several others for taking a look at the document and making some private comments
PalUP Ling, for the T-shirt (and his promotion)
The unofficial community of Second Life® residents on Twitter, for a lot of comments, input, and ideas
An even larger group of bloggers that wrote about the issue, providing lots to think about, and including, but definitely not limited, to the following articles:
http://www.vintfalken.com/insl-your-world-your-imagination-our-trademark/
http://sl.governormarley.com/slpress/?p=27
http://codebastardredgrave.com/2008/03/26/so-they-owe-us-a-sl/
http://dedricmauriac.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/a-generic-post-to-avoid-copyright-infringement/
http://www.technovia.co.uk/2008/03/the-huge-kerfuffle-over-second-life-trademarks.html
http://harperganesvoort.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/sl-brand-center-followup/
http://laetizia.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/clarity-there-is-movement-there-is-not/
http://www.massively.com/2008/04/02/making-your-mark/
http://getasecondlife.net/2008/03/second-life-geral/a-comunidade-portuguesa/ (even more links here)

Robin Linden, for some early clarifications before Catherine Linden posted her article on Linden's Official Blog
and Everett Linden for reading this document before it was publicly posted.

Permission to copy the above text, modify it, or translate it into other languages, is granted by the author.

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Nota: O texto publicado é o original sem qualquer alteração. E sem qualquer outro objectivo (apenas para que conste), este blogue é o primeiro blogue em língua portuguesa a publicar a Petição :-)

Ainda as Trademarks e os 'coisos'

M2life Paravane — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:21:42 +0000

A gwyneth, depois do Manifesto, acaba de publicar no seu blogue uma Petição sobre o assunto. Uma vez mais, nós, concordamos inteiramente com o texto e ele será reproduzido no post seguinte.

Duas breves considerações (pessoais):

1. A pretensão dos 'coisos' sobre o registro ou sobre a trademark de certos termos faz muito pouco sentido. A Gwyneth dá alguns exemplos e o termo Genericide é muito apropriado. Seria interessante ver a Bayer começar algo semelhante ao que os 'coisos' começaram por aparecer escrita a palavra 'aspirina' (só para dar um exemplo).

2. Fazendo uma busca através do INPI (Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial), podemos ver que a marca SL já está registada por várias empresas internacionais. Os 'coisos' estão, quanto a mim, a dar um tiro no pé.

Para finalizar, acrescento que neste blogue, a página 'Manifesto' apresenta os links mais actualizados para os blogues portugueses aderente ao dito; a t-shirt do PalUP Ling pode ser ser obtida in inworld (mas ele não precisa de mais publicidade - os lobbys funcionam! :-) ); inworld existe também desde os primeiros momentos (mas só agora está a ser divulgado - apesar já muitos terem) um ™ para usar e ficar sobre o ombro do avatar (vai ficar a partir de hoje disponível no espaço da Academia Portucalis - uma pequena brincadeira Marga Ferrer™/ M2life™).

gwyneth herbert

benjaminreynolds — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:54:15 +0000

Just saw the jazz-folk songstress play at The Yardbird jazz club in the centre of Birmingham. Really really enjoyed it, even if some of the crowd were far to loud for my liking. Why go to a gig if your just going to sit there and talk? Anyway check out her website or MySpace

Cfhusband.blogspot.com

aslade — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:53:14 +0000

I have already mentioned this website in a previous post, but I wanted to mention it again and ask that anyone who reads this post would go and visit this website and pray for this family! Tricia (she has cystic fibrosis) is in need of new lungs and is on the list for a transplant. Her daughter, Gwyneth Rose, is a preemie who is 7 weeks old and is 1lb and 10 oz. Nathan is the husband of Tricia and the father of Gwyneth and has been blogging their journey. Its an incredible story and they are living out what it means to trust in the Lord and to be followers of Jesus Christ.

Click here for the website!

Gwyneth Gowns

kousesingh — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:47:39 +0000

A gown set that manages to be both formal and sporty, Gwyneth is a quality, affordable little number. Available in six colours (sapphire, gold, ruby, emerald, amethyst, and ocean) it's a great addition to any wardrobe, be it the RPer or the one who's afraid to be a little too formal in their choice of clothing, it's great if you're ona bit of a budget but still want to wrap yourself in something silky.

Nie mam kompleksów, mam photoshop

sawka — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:09:44 +0000

Trafiłam dziś na udowodnienie wymyślonego przeze mnie cytatu :"Nie mam kompleksów, mam photoshop". Kilka znanych kobiet, jakże idealnie wyglądających. Prawda jednak jest inna, tylko spójrzcie:

Może długo się otwierać lub mogą być problemy z otwieraniem, ale warto uzbroić się w cierpliwość. Talent grafika czyni cuda ! ;D

http://manitu.freehost.pl/retusze/retusze.html

Second Life's Dead

M2life Paravane — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:06:02 +0000

Quem se interessa por 'estas coisas' da SL, sabe que há blogues de leitura obrigatória. O da Gwy é um deles. O seu último post, não só é de leitura obrigatória, como é absolutamente irresistível! :-)

Tão irresistível que eu... não resisti e tinha de chamar a atenção aos mais distraídos para ele;-)

Pause for station identification...

godslittlemonkey — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:42:24 +0000

I mean, supposed to be doing a job, after all, not merely "justifying it"

It's time for... a parable. I call this little ditty,

The Righteous Pothead and the Blissful Poet:

So... after a morning of day labor, me and this guy smoke a little weed. I was wearing the "standard wardrobe" at the time, namely a shirt with "a certain blond" drawn on the back, which is usually a good conversation starter...

(And remember... do not attempt to understand the poet of this tale. Included for illustration purposes only. Speaking of miracles in the "really real," I don't even know. I love her like... there ain't no like. I digress...)

So he mentions his interest in art, displays a few tattoos. Which naturally encourages me to display the "certain blond" inked on my forearm... and we talk about poetry, somehow; perhaps because I'm headed to the coffeehouse to recite some for open mic night. (Poetry celebrating a "certain blond") A stop along the way is required to gather said hard copy, namely a visit to my storage space, being otherwise homeless at the time. And naturally, he investigates the numerous (less than a hundred, anyway:) pictures of a "certain blond" doing a laudable impression of wallpaper...

(A sidebar, in case, perhaps, you wonder about the imagery. If you ever seen a movie which called for the set design labeled "standard stalker layout, full kit..." I completely understand the negative stereotyping fostered my the media by my tastes in fashion and interior design. I also understand if you devalue the "book" of me by the "ostentatious cover" of this "excessive display," which is merely my celebration of her magnificence. And I will even apologize to those in the crowd for inspiring any uncontrolled "gag reflex." I have heard it told that far from being universally loved, this "certain blond" inspires actual, physical pain in some individuals from the mere mention of her name... All I ask is that you read the fine print: In no way, shape or form, through threat, intimidation, or even through inserting my presence with a ten mile radius of her, cause her any pain, discomfort, fear or emotional distress... I just absolutely adore this poor girl... OK, I'm done. Back to the story...)

Later:

We talk, compare art, smoke more weed... and out of the blue, he tries to catch my eye with the unlikely question of:

"But surely, you don't love Gwyneth more than God, do you?"

And I said...

Can you guess my answer? Bonus: can you guess what I actually said?

Forget all that. Let's join together in the comforts of socially acceptable behavior and find comfort in traditional values. Let us go as far as to say I'm not only wrong, I'm so far from right in performing my "duties as prophet," I'm mapping new territory in the realm of blasphemy... imagining all that, care to bet your conviction of my "express train straight to hell" against my similar certainty of the wink and a smile from ol' Pete at the Pearly Gates with the greeting of, "You and your dang Gwynnies..."

Of course, the Blissful Poet didn't say a dang thing. Left that place like some hidden computer activated the ejection seat. Sure enough a guided missile suddenly appeared on the threat scope. But at the other end of the imagination scope. Say I am absolutely correct and my actions are fully sanctioned, yet disaster occurs in the unfortunate "ascension" of a "certain blond" into the state-sanctioned "divine manifestation" of the more historically accurate aspect of the "creator" as "Goddess..." Let the record show...

Aw, relax. It's just a story, I'm just an obsessed freak posing as a monkey with a typewriter. Obviously insane. Surely cannot expect to be taken seriously in comparing some "moronic crush" on a movie star to the Divine Office ensconced with thousands of years of tradition and ritual... the very cornerstone upon which rests the entire weight of modern civilization... yet I seem to remember hearing of this other guy with a construction gig who surely had no intention of creating a new religion, just wanted to fix what was broken... (mumble, mumble) cornerstone of modern society (mumble, mumble) and has it not become... (mumble, mumble) celebrity worship is the state-sanctioned... (mumble, mumble) distract from the context of the actual "true, universal, modern religion" (mumble, mumble) all about the green...

And the moral of the story is (other than being a vehicle clearly driven by my issues:)

A couple of people can sit down and have a conversation speaking the same language, using words and phrases only with their most basic objective intent, yet communicate vastly different concepts... (an hour later...) What I'm really trying to say... cannot be said. Whether or not you are not reading or ignoring, devouring or skimming this missive, this rant, this pathetic display of an infatuated loser who has nothing to say and no way to say it... I'm looking at a picture of a "certain blond."

It is incorrect to state that "god is love." The more accurate form would be "love is god."