Posts Tagged ‘Renee Zellweger’
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In case you haven’t gathered, today’s strip references Down With Love – a delightful little film I encourage you to see.
Cami and I caught a matinee on Sunday, and I’m still thinking about it a week later. That’s saying something since it has to compete for real estate with the revolving head game that was The Matrix Reloaded.
I knew going in to see Down With Love that it would be a confection wrapped in period costumes, but I had a lot of fun with it. I’m really beginning to warm to the idea of remaking films from past generations with a modern filter placed between them. Kind of like what they did with Far From Heaven, but y’know… entertaining.
I have to admit that Ewan McGregor is cooler than cool and I’ve been a fan of his for a long time. He carries the picture on his back and is a joy to watch.
*THE REST OF THIS BLOG POST WAS LOST WHEN THEATER HOPPER MOVED TO WORDPRESS IN JANUARY 2009*
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I don’t think I’m saying anything shocking when I complain that Hollywood’s standard of beauty is warped beyond measure. Nevermind the damage it does to everyday people who try to follow the examples of their idols.
I find Renee Zellweger’s “daring transformation” particularly egregious. The woman is essentially being rewarded for being rail thin, then being heralded as brave by putting on pounds to portray a regular-sized woman in the Bridget Jones movies. This in face of the fact that Zellweger was actually paid A BONUS for each pound she put on to achieve the appropriate look in the Bridget Jones sequel.
Weight gain for the first movie probably wasn’t a big deal for the first Bridget Jones when she was languishing in movies like One True Thing and Me, Myself and Irene. But after Chicago and Cold Mountain and becoming a certifiable “A-lister” made packing on the pound a more risky proposition.
So, instead of approaching the issue from an artistic perspective – that the Bridget Jones character is, yes, a little overweight and it would seem odd to play the part as a skeletal figure (as she appeared at the ’03 Oscars) – she would let money grease the wheels. Bribe her in to looking normal.
Excuse me if I find the whole thing offensive.
You’ll have to excuse me for going light on the backgrounds of today’s comic, but I have a good reason. Cami and I spent most of the afternoon putting the Spoiler t-shirts into envelopes and preparing them to mail today. In fact, there were so many shirts, one could say it was a little overwhelming!
That’s not all of the packages, obviously. Just enough to give you the idea it was a lot. Here’s a picture of all the envelopes in a tidy box, ready to be taken to the fine folks at the Unites States Postal Service…
I’m really excited to get these shirts off to everyone who placed an order. Mostly because I know if you’re anything like me, you hate to wait! But rest assured that they’re on their way to you now and I appreciate your support!
I know I said once I could get this first shipment sent out, I would open up the pre-order process again for anyone who didn’t get an opportunity to place an order. I still plan on doing that… just, not yet.
I want to set aside some time to go over the details of the first mailing and tighten up the process by which I receive orders first. Plus, I plan on unveiling a new t-shirt at the same time I offer pre-ordering for the Spoiler shirt. And it’ll happen this time! I swear!
In the meantime, I hope everyone is enjoying their Monday because I have nothing else to add!
Later!
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Nov17
You thought I was going to let it go, didn’t you? Nope. I’m as tenacious as a pit bull and this Renee Zellweger/Bridget Jones malarkey has me growlin’ mad!
Not really. I just had another zinger in my head left over from Monday and wanted to try it in another comic. Hey, any opportunity you get to zing Chris Tucker, you should take! Am I right?
Well, kids. All the hoodies, t-shirts and baby doll shirts have been sent out. I dropped them in the mail early this week and they should be making their way to you soon. I know it’s taken a long time to get them to you. For some of you, a little more than a month, so I appreciate your patience.
I was very pleased with the outpouring of interest in this shirt. But the one thing that disappointed me was not being to get them to you faster! Being a one-man operation and not having the money to buy a bunch of shirts up front means I didn’t have shirts at my house, ready to mail when the orders came in. Not like I have the space to store all the items, but I think you get the sense of things.
I felt by offering the variety of colors and styles that I did, that would offset the long wait. I wouldn’t have been able to offer an extra large eggplant t-shirt to that one guy out west if I had purchased 100 black tees ahead of time. Many thanks to Brunetto Shirts for being extra flexible and exceptionally cool. I appreciate your hard work, guys!
That said, I’ll probably scale back some of the variety for the second printing. Truth be told, there were some colors that didn’t sell and some that sold barely any. So there are going to be some of you out there who are the proud owners of a LIMITED EDITION Spoiler shirt! It’ll never be seen in that color again.
All the ladies who ordered baby dolls should feel equally as lucky, because I don’t think I’ll offer the design for that style again, either. Don’t worry, though. I have a replacement for all the baby doll fans. A design exclusive to that style of shirt. Won’t the boys be jealous?!
Expect some big changes to the site over the weekend. Yeah, yeah. I know I’ve made those promises before. But this time I’m actually setting aside some time to really make things fly. I’m taking a personal day off from work on Friday, but getting up at the butt-crack of dawn and acting like I’m on the clock anyway. Except this time, instead of working for “The Man”, I’ll be working for you! Updating the store to offer new tees, getting the posters page back online as well as adding a NEW page offering original commissioned artwork to all the boys and girls (who have the scratch to pay for it!) It’s going to be great.
I’m also going to bring all of the Bonus Material pages up to speed and redesign them in CSS so they match the rest of the site. Reviews, guest strips, fan art – they’ll all get a new coat of paint. Who knows. I might even add a LIVE CAM along with the static web cam archive so you guys can watch me work on the strip Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights!
Oh, by the way. If you have a web cam of your own and are interested in joining the Theater Hopper web cam portal, all you have to do is sign up for an account in the THorum and fill in the field in your profile with a link to your cam image. It’s deceptively simple and really fun.
Anyway, enough jibber-jabber. I guess I’m just really excited for all of the changes. Hopefully we’re entering the next era of Theater Hopper’s evolution and I can continue to make the site a content-rich experience for everyone.
I appreciate your support! Thanks, guys!
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I don’t know if today’s Webcomics List incentive sketch is misogynistic, but when the last panel of your comic is a guy with boxing gloves on and Betty Boop standing next to him… well, you can draw your own conclusions.
At any rate, Theater Hopper shot up the charts last Friday and has taken a firm grip on the number two slot. Should we see what happens if we shoot for Number 1?
For the record, Theater Hopper does not advocate physical violence against animated characters from the 1930’s.
For more fun with Betty Boop, check out this gallery site featuring the artwork of Michael Paulus. He took the renderings of popular animated characters and drew their skeletal structures based on their overlying anatomy. It’s creepy and educational all at the same time!
Cami and I saw Cinderella Man over the weekend and I have less to say about it than I thought I would. The movie was serviceable and entertaining. The boxing scenes are particularly powerful. And despite it’s near two and half hour running time, it moves along at a pretty good clip.
I will, however, contend that a sub-plot involving Jim Braddock’s dockworker friend and lightweight political activist Mike Wilson could have been jettisoned completely. The only reason it was included in the film was to give Ren
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