and the Miranda news came out a week or two ago
07-26-2004 @ 11:45 AM
More casting news: Miranda Richardson had been cast as obnoxoius tabloid reporter Rita Skeeter.
Yeah, I posted that when it was announced too. But the press release had it in there so it's included. Thanks for keeping an eye out though, Jon.
Edit: This is a post from a thread while ago. The thread was about some pics of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. For those interested, it'll give a little insight into the exchange Jon and I just had:
This is a perfect opportunity to give a little lesson. So, those of you out there who are looking to learn 'Geek', pay attention. It's not so much it's own language. It uses the same words as English, but it's the subtleties and nuanced meanings of the words that change. The purpose of normal human language is to exchange information, in one way or another, with someone else. 'Geek' is all about one-upsmanship. It's there, you just gotta read between the lines:
JustJon said, "Nah, I saved that for the pics of Natalie Portman and the chick who looks like Angelina Jolie that were on the same page when I saw it last night."
Now to the average human being that is merely Jon making a statement giving us a little of his opinion and the idea the there were some pics of hot chicks with the pic of Anakin.
To me, and every other geek, it goes much deeper. The fact that the other pics were of chicks isn't all that important. It helps that they are chicks, but the pics could be of anything, vehicles, costumes, set ideas, not all that important. What is important is that there were other pics to see. By metntioning the other pics, Jon lets us know that he's seen more than we have, he's a little more 'inside' than we are, and he knows a little more about the film than we do.
The second half of his statement is even more telling. "on the same page when I saw it last night". This let's us all know that not only does Jon know more than us, it's also old news to him. He knew all this yesterday. It's soooooo not even a scoop any more. "Yaaaawn, most boring post ever!"
If I were to uphold my end of the 'Geek' conversation, my first order of business would be to save face. I'd have to let everyone know that I'd also seen the pictures yesterday, but for some reason (insert lame excuse) I didn't make the post until today. I would also have to redeem myself by perhaps making reference to some long forgotten indie type film of Natalie Portman's and say that she looked hotter in that. Not because she does or doesn't look hotter in it, just so that it's known that I know something that not everyone else does.
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