Sunday, August 31, 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Night #250 - Names
Rebel Wilson's character: Tilly
Louriza Tronco's character: Andrea
Yet Ben Kingsley and Michael Patrick Denis's character remains unnamed. Why is this such a secret? A character I don't even know jack about and the night guard which greets Larry and thinks he's cool for being a guard in America both get names. Why is Ahkmenrah's father's name such a secret? What lies hidden there? Egyptians always believed that names held power, so is that what's at play here? Is it the name of a famous historical figure to give a better anchor into the ancient Egyptian timeline for the Brothers Egypt? What in the actual hell is going on with this guy? I MUST KNOW!!!!!
Countdown: 124 Days to NATM:SOTT (though hopefully not answers)
Louriza Tronco's character: Andrea
Yet Ben Kingsley and Michael Patrick Denis's character remains unnamed. Why is this such a secret? A character I don't even know jack about and the night guard which greets Larry and thinks he's cool for being a guard in America both get names. Why is Ahkmenrah's father's name such a secret? What lies hidden there? Egyptians always believed that names held power, so is that what's at play here? Is it the name of a famous historical figure to give a better anchor into the ancient Egyptian timeline for the Brothers Egypt? What in the actual hell is going on with this guy? I MUST KNOW!!!!!
Countdown: 124 Days to NATM:SOTT (though hopefully not answers)
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Night #249 - Crystal
That little sweetheart got to spend time with Robin Williams on his very last birthday ever!
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Countdown: 125 Days to NATM:SOTT
See More Here
Countdown: 125 Days to NATM:SOTT
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
Breaking News
I just learned from Tumblr and checked through the rest of the internet that Robin Williams is dead. The guy who plays Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt's bust, and Teddy Roosevelt's hologram is gone. Somebody said suicide, somebody said asphyxiation (lack of oxygen which can result in death), it's breaking news all over the internet and right now personally I'm in shock. I don't know what to make of this at this point, and it's really sad that this was his last movie.
(And I just checked, it looks like suicide by asphyxia, which is to say hanging or choking or otherwise suffocating himself.)
Robin Williams was 63.
(And I just checked, it looks like suicide by asphyxia, which is to say hanging or choking or otherwise suffocating himself.)
Robin Williams was 63.
Night #240 - Videos About the Trailer
(NOTE: This kid is extremely hard to please, especially for a 10-year-old, but his video has been included for the sake of having a variety of opinions on the trailer. I dub him lame!kid and have no idea what pleases him/makes a good movie in his view, but it's perfectly okay to think he has a point. I'm aware some of you read this to laugh at me and some more of you liked NATM1 and thought NATM2 was terrible (the way this kid does, which is interesting I think) and are in no way excited for NATM3, but I'm also aware that some of you thought the movies progressively got better and are looking forward to SOTT. I'm just doing my best to be representative, love it or hate it.)
Countdown: 134 Days to NATM:SOTT
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Night #239 - Why does the International Trailer exist again?
The International Trailer, just a hair shorter than the trailer currently released; shaved off is the "This preview is approved for all audiences" card and that part where Jed and Octavius tumble through the air duct to Pompeii (presumably). It makes me wonder why it even exists at all. And there's even this 2:51 version on Dailymotion, which has tacked onto the end of the official trailer (the American one) a segment about the King Kong prequels, about which as a NATM fan I don't care. So, so far as I can tell, there's a trailer and one that is just ever so slightly shorter but essentially the same thing. If you're going to have an International Trailer, make it long and pack it with new material. Make it f*cking worth it, dammit.
(But if you really, really want to see it, click here.)
Countdown: 135 Days to NATM:SOTT
(But if you really, really want to see it, click here.)
Countdown: 135 Days to NATM:SOTT
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Friday, August 8, 2014
Night #237 - Wherein I Muse Over What it Means to be Last in a Trilogy
I just realized the countdown and Tonight are exactly a hundred apart, number-wise. Wonder what that means? Woooooo, creepy magic hoodoo stuff.
Actually, tonight is kind of interesting, because it's the night where I'm starting to truly see the decline of activity in the fandom as a whole, the "settling down" if you will, in the post-trailer universe. I still receive as-it-happens Google alerts with the hope of coming up with something to talk to you guys about, but it's drifting back to same-stuff-different-day. It is coming out and being clear that this is the final installment that we're expecting this Christmas season, which is exceedingly depressing (possibly due to Mindy McCready's "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"), and kind of worries me some. This is the end of the series, after all, so is it going to be good, is it going to be happy and hopeful? Is it going to be sad and depressing and forever ruin the entire franchise? (This is similar to the effect Twelfth Grade Kills has on the Vladimir Tod fandom: if you know what happens in TGK, then everything else becomes exceedingly different when you go back through, and a lot of the time it's darker.) The thing is, there is a lot to saddle here, and if it can't be done, or at least can't be done effectively, then the fandom could consider itself destroyed. If it's intentionally depressing, or the creators' intentions don't jive with what the fandom wants to see happen, then the hate mail could start flying the second the end credits roll (this goes for Twilight, as well; many Twihards prefer to think that Breaking Dawn never happened and the story ended with Eclipse). This is sad and challenging for us all. It may not feel that way in the midst of all the anticipation, but I encourage you to sit down and think about it. Think about what it means that Night at the Museum is coming to an end. Think about what could happen if this installment screws with anyone's ideas, anyone at all anywhere, ever. There is too much riding on this one movie: what if the ending's not right? What if we don't get the mood just right? This is the last memory we will have of this franchise possibly ever. What if it's not a good one? What if it's sad and depressing and intentionally so? (I'm sure Levy and Co are insulated from the fall-out but the internet would be positively alive.) There are consequences, especially to something this truly momentous, and personally, what if Secret of the Tomb doesn't live up to expectations. I'm scared for what could happen to the fandom as a result. But maybe that's just me as the unofficial fandom reporter over here at LoveNATM.
Dear God, I hope they do this right.
Countdown: 137 Days to NATM 3.
Actually, tonight is kind of interesting, because it's the night where I'm starting to truly see the decline of activity in the fandom as a whole, the "settling down" if you will, in the post-trailer universe. I still receive as-it-happens Google alerts with the hope of coming up with something to talk to you guys about, but it's drifting back to same-stuff-different-day. It is coming out and being clear that this is the final installment that we're expecting this Christmas season, which is exceedingly depressing (possibly due to Mindy McCready's "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"), and kind of worries me some. This is the end of the series, after all, so is it going to be good, is it going to be happy and hopeful? Is it going to be sad and depressing and forever ruin the entire franchise? (This is similar to the effect Twelfth Grade Kills has on the Vladimir Tod fandom: if you know what happens in TGK, then everything else becomes exceedingly different when you go back through, and a lot of the time it's darker.) The thing is, there is a lot to saddle here, and if it can't be done, or at least can't be done effectively, then the fandom could consider itself destroyed. If it's intentionally depressing, or the creators' intentions don't jive with what the fandom wants to see happen, then the hate mail could start flying the second the end credits roll (this goes for Twilight, as well; many Twihards prefer to think that Breaking Dawn never happened and the story ended with Eclipse). This is sad and challenging for us all. It may not feel that way in the midst of all the anticipation, but I encourage you to sit down and think about it. Think about what it means that Night at the Museum is coming to an end. Think about what could happen if this installment screws with anyone's ideas, anyone at all anywhere, ever. There is too much riding on this one movie: what if the ending's not right? What if we don't get the mood just right? This is the last memory we will have of this franchise possibly ever. What if it's not a good one? What if it's sad and depressing and intentionally so? (I'm sure Levy and Co are insulated from the fall-out but the internet would be positively alive.) There are consequences, especially to something this truly momentous, and personally, what if Secret of the Tomb doesn't live up to expectations. I'm scared for what could happen to the fandom as a result. But maybe that's just me as the unofficial fandom reporter over here at LoveNATM.
Dear God, I hope they do this right.
Countdown: 137 Days to NATM 3.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Night #236 - And One Thing I Forgot
I kept forgetting this in my tapes for the reaction videos, but apparently things outside the museum are coming to life as well, which to me is a huge clue that really wonky shit is hitting the fan. If things outside are coming to life and things inside are dying, then this truly means the end is nigh, I think, as it won't be long before chaos runs amok through the streets and from there it's a slippery slope to a gigantic snake trying to swallow the sun and plunge the earth into chaos and darkness.
Countdown: 138 Days to NATM:SOTT
Countdown: 138 Days to NATM:SOTT
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Night #235 - Reacting to the Trailer Part 2
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Night #234 - Wherein I React to the Trailer
As Blogger's own video upload feature is not cooperating with me, click this link.
Countdown: 140 Days to NATM:SOTT
Monday, August 4, 2014
Night #233 - Tom Cruise
Because this is a question that has been floating around ever since the trailer came out. There is no listing of Tom Cruise anywhere on SOTT related material except to ask this question: Is that Tom Cruise as the caveman? Because apparently it looks a hell of a lot like him. Personally I can't tell one way or the other under the makeup and such, but if you can, please let me know in the comments below.
Countdown: 141 Days to NATM:SOTT
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Night #231 - Somebody Did This
Which of the characters present doesn't belong/is someone you've never seen before?
Countdown: 143 Days to NATM:SOTT
Friday, August 1, 2014
News
It seems I'm returning to the old format, a post a day with more than just the countdown. I owe a great deal of that to the trailer and the microblogging world of tumblr, where people make GIFs of things like this, as well as post the trailer, draw fan art, post pics, etc. However, I don't know how long this can hold out. I know that since one trailer has come out, others will follow in the coming months, not to mention the posters, stills, and GIF sets, but as of now I don't have any definite plans for the future of the blog, even tomorrow I'm not fully sure what I'll post. It seems the entire fandom is still in a stage of reacting to the release of the trailer (which they have absolutely every right to do, because it's epic and too long coming), so the surge in material is great. But that's ultimately a short-term thing. This will wear off soon, so I've been careful about advertising what's next on LoveNATM. But rest assured, I will ride the wave as long as I possibly can, and we'll all end up in the same place together. And we might get lucky, that wave may never fully end until long after the release of SOTT on DVD. :)
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