Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning.

On occasion I like to check out the official QotD movie site to sort of relive the thrill of anticipation of the QotD movie. But when I looked it up a few days ago. It was gone. the only thing there really was a place where you could buy the DVD (for $5!). Alas for BluRay fans out there there's still no version in that format.


I've still a bit stunned. I've saved the pics from there (most if not all) and the F.A.Q. but it still guts me a little that it's now officially gone.


I love the screensaver that was available on the site. I still have it. In the past if I had to get a new computer one of the very first thing I did was make sure that that screensaver was on it. So now I'm going to relish it all that I can now and hope I won't need a computer for at least a few more years.


Note to self. Buy a couple of USB's I want to save all the QotD and/or Stuart pics as I can It would be a PAIN to find them all again.

Looking over random pictures from all over and I really REALLY love Fleur's wedding gown!

I know this casting news has been out for ages but I've just FINALLY started to get excited about it!

As you may or may not know that there will be a new adaptation of The Three Musketeers. But what really causes my heart to pitterpat is that one of the Musketeers is my most favorite Mr. Darcy ever!

Yup Matthew Macfadyen is going to play Athos (I may be Porthos girl at heart, but this news made me squee like a banshee!)


Not only that but the lovely Milla Jovovich will be playing Lady DeWinter, Athos' "ex"-wife. Gah! Can the cast get any better? Oh wait it just did!


Orlando Bloom will be playing "Duke of Buckingham"
Logan 'Percy Jackson' Lerman will be playing "D'Artagnan",
Christoph Waltz will undoubtedly be awesome as the Cardinal Richelieu

Mads Mikkelsen and Ray Stevenson both from "King Arthur" will be playing "Rochefort" and "Porthos" respectively!

This movie is going to awesome! Hell it couldn't be any more awesome than if if you beat it with an "awesome" stick!


Yes I've seen the 1993 version (and adore it. I've also read the book though it took me a while) I've also see Man in the Iron Mask (brillant!) and "The Musketeer" (it was good but there were parts that just made me go WTF!?)

I feel that if the promotion for the movie Stardust (one of my favorite romantic movies) had been something like this video that maybe it would've got a lot more attention and done a lot better in the box office (and DVD sales) than it did. I found this and its making me want to watch Stardust (yet again! And I will after I finish the Goonies) This movie doesn't get enough credit, I fear. But those who do love it, love it fiercely.



A few quotes for a taste.

Narrator (Ian McKellan!): A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?" Pointless really. Do the stars gaze back? Now that's a question.
*~*~*~*~*~*
[Tristan and Victoria are sipping champagne under the stars]
Victoria: Do you know, Humphrey's going all the way to Ipswich to buy me a ring.
Tristan: Ipswich? Victoria I'm talking about London or Paris or... A ring? Why is he... What kind of a ring?
Victoria: The word is he's planning to propose to me on my birthday.
Tristan: [crestfallen] He's going to... And you're gonna say yes?
Victoria: [laughs] Well I can't exactly say no after he's gone all the way to Ipswich.
Tristan: "All the way to Ipswich"? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross oceans or continents.
Victoria: Really?
Tristan: Yes.
[Victoria giggles]
Tristan: Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I would go to the gold fields of San Francisco and bring you back your weight in gold. I'd go to Africa and bring you back a diamond as big as your fist. Or I'd go to the Arctic and I'd slaughter a polar bear and bring you back its head.
[Victoria has been moving closer, about to kiss him, but suddenly she recoils]
Victoria: [disgusted] A polar bear's head? Ugh! You're funny, Tristan.
[they look up into the sky]
Victoria: Oh, Tristan! A shooting star. Beautiful.
Tristan: More beautiful than a fancy ring from Ipswich? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross the wall and bring you back that fallen star.
Victoria: You can't cross the wall. Nobody crosses the wall. Now you're just being silly.
Tristan: I'm not being silly. I'd do it. For you, I'd do anything.
Victoria: [thinking] Hmmm. My very own star. It seems we have ourselves an agreement. You have exactly one week or I'm marrying Humphrey.

~*~*~
[Tristan and Yvaine are imprisoned in the pirate ship]
Yvaine: Tell me about Victoria, then.
Tristan: Well, she... she... There's nothing more to tell you.
Yvaine: The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.
Tristan: Hang on! This wasn't about me buying her love. This was a way for me to prove to her how I felt.
Yvaine: Ah... And what's she doing to prove how she feels about you?
Tristan: Well... Look, Yvaine, you'll understand when you meet her, all right? If we don't get murdered by pirates first.
Yvaine: Mmm... Murdered by pirates. Heart torn out and eaten. Meet Victoria. I can't quite decide which sounds more fun...

*~*~*~
[outside the witches' castle]
Septimus: [as he holds a sword to Tristan's throat] Who are you? What business do you have here?
Tristan: [he sees the number 7 mark on Septimus' hand] Septimus... I knew your brother, Primus.
Septimus: Unless you wish to meet him in the afterlife, I suggest you answer my question. What are you doing here?
Tristan: I might ask you the same thing!
[Septimus realises that Tristan is holding a blade to his gut]
Septimus: Ah...
[they both lower their weapons and peer through the window]
Septimus: There are four of them. Do as I say and we may stand a chance.
Tristan: Wait! How do I know you can be trusted?
Septimus: You don't. Why? Do you have a choice?
Tristan: No.
Septimus: Well then, let's go.

*~*~*~
Tristan: I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight.
[showing the candle]
Yvaine: You've got a Babylon candle.
Tristan: Yeah, I have a bubbling candle.
Yvaine: A *Babylon* candle.
Tristan: That's what I said.
Yvaine: You said "bubbling".


And that's it. Because if I printed anymore of them what would get you to watch the movie? (or read the book that's based on) If you're so inclined

I just saw the movie this afternoon and I ADORED it. I can't tell you how much I did. The costumes were marvelous! My favorites the White Queen's dress, Alice's armor and Alice's red/black/white dress (it's just stunning, well that's my personal taste at least)