Template Devastation!

Some words regarding Sassy's new design.

So I logged on to make a post about the new Green Hornet trailer, which in hindsight is SO not worth all the drama that ensued, when I noticed that Blogger had new design templates!! Lovely! I'd been thinking Sassy needed a little makeover, so it was perfect! Too bad all the new templates are HIDEOUS!! Despite my horror, though, I decided I'd give one a try. So I picked a template and made all the necessary tweaks and thought, okay, this might not be so bad. When I tested it, though, OI! My poor eyes! Traumatized by my unholy creation I decided to go back to Sassy's original design. Too bad all the old templates are gone!! Ahhhh!!! I suspect this isn't completely irreversible, but it's getting late and now I'm tired and angry. So until I find a way to restore Sassy to her former glory, we're all going to have to do with this nasty template created by some evil hag named Tina Chen. Could it be????

Cute!

Hey guys. I am assuming that we are all aware that Toy Story 3 opens next Friday. YesYes? And we're all pretty excited right? I mean, we've grown up with Andy, Woody, Buzz and the crew. This is a big moment for us!!

Anyway, Pixar and Google have teamed up and made this little gem of a vid. Check it out!



Love it! Sound off in comments!

New Trailer!!

Back on my CSULB movie blog, I posted the teaser for Michael Cera's new quirky-nerd-falls-in-love film, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. By now we've all heard the "Michael Cera plays the same character in every movie" complaint, but you know what? It's a pretty awesome character. Who doesn't love George-Michael Bluth? Perhaps I'm just charmed by his lanky two-pound frame and whisper voice. Anyway, the full trailer, which will play in front of Get Him to the Greek this Friday, has just been released! Rejoice!



Michael Cera, action star? From Edgar Wright, director of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead aka Best Movie Ever?? I'm there. Oh and is that Kieran Culkin I see?? Lovely. So tell me, people, will YOU be seeing Scott Pilgrim??? Sound off in the comments, bbs!

PS: It's on like Donkey Kong? I feel violated.

Anyone Here Like Transformers?

I'm not exactly what you would call a fan of this franchise, but I was very intrigued when I heard Megan Fox was fired (or quit, depending on whose story you believe) from Transformers. She got a lot of bad press last summer after comparing Michael Bay to Hitler. But, of course Bay gets a lot of bad press for making terrible movies. I digress. A ton of names were thrown around regarding Fox's replacement including Bar Rafaeli (not an actress) and Brooklyn Decker (not an actress) and none of them were very interesting to me. Something that WAS interesting to me? The "audition tape" Heidi Pratt (DEFINITELY not an actress) shot and sent to Michael Bay. Check that out for the lulz:



Clearly, this is the stuff that action stars are made of...

Anywho...it seems that all that combat training wasn't enough for the studio, since it has now been confirmed that Victoria's Secret Angel and non-Actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has snagged the role of Shia Labeouf's new love interest! What an upset! VS even made a congratulatory video for their Angel.



Lovely. :)

So what are our thoughts on this choice? Even though she never really had anything to do besides run around and look hot, I was kind of sad to see Megan Fox go. Only because I have absolutely no idea what kind of roles she'll take now. Jonah Hex looks awful. I did hear an interesting rumor, though, of her being offered a role as a mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (another awful franchise), but it's too soon to say whether or not that'll come through. And on some twisted level, I could almost buy Shia Labeouf being with Megan Fox. But, now I'm supposed to believe Sam Witwicky has ANOTHER ridiculously hot girlfriend. Tough sell, in my opinion.

What do you guys think? Oh and be sure to answer my Heidi-related pool.

Cheers. :)

Spider-Man, Spider-Man

Here we go!!! First revamped blog post. Exciting! So, one of the stories I followed on my other blog was the Spider-Man reboot. Quick refresher, production on Spider-Man 4 came to a halt after the studio couldn't come up with a proper script. So the cast/Sam Raimi walked and Sony announced plans for a full reboot. Why now instead of, ohhh, 10-15 years from now when films 1-3 have a chance to fade from the pop-culture lens, who knows? But, Sony and new/former music video director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) are going full steam ahead and are currently looking for a new Peter Parker! Basically every name in Hollywood under 25 has been thrown around including the beastly Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)**** but Slashfilm uncovered a new shortlist today! The front-runners are:

Jamie Bell (too old in my opinion, but an interesting choice otherwise)


Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)


Alden Ehrenhreich (that last name was a bitch to me) Who'd like to tell me who this guy is? Anyone?


Frank Dillane (teenage Tom Riddle in HBP)


and the always-welcome-in-my-life/jailbait/I mean wut?? Josh Hutcherson (It was way too hard to find a non-douchey post-puberty picture)

Okay, so what are our thoughts? Any preferences? Did the Tom Riddle picture make you giggle as much as I did?? I think it's the soft-focus...

Or are we just against this whole venture? For those of you who are (like me) let's just get out our 500 Days of Summer DVDs and wait for our very own Joseph Gordon-Levitt to sashay into our lives. Animated bird and all...

**** The only problem I have with Logan Lerman is the fact that he starred in that Percy Jackson disaster. Get out of here with that mess!! #HPftw

Hi Guys...

It's been a loooooooooooooong time, hasn't it? K, so this summer I'm planning on starting Sassy again, and I know I've said this many times before, but I'm going to try real hard to make it stick this time. I'd like to take this time to comment on some changes Sassy'll be going through over the next few weeks....

I spent this last semester posting blogs on a different/CSULB private account. I meant to copy/paste them here, but I was lazy. lulz. Anywayyy, it was suggested by my professor and the Journalism Day Panel ~ooh la la~ that we continue blogging on our "beats" (mine was movies, shockingly enough) so that potential internship people/future employers can see that we know how to 1) follow a beat 2) post on a regular schedule and 3) write coherent sentences. I did all 3 very well I might say (100% on my semester-long blog holla holla) and I figured it was because I had so much ~experience writing here on Sassy. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that from now on Sassy will be less about my life and things I like and more about movie stuff such as trailers/casting/box office, etc. Sad, I know, but I'll try to throw in some personal stuff every now and then, too. It shouldn't be too bad. My own ~sassy voice will remain intact and there will be plenty of tildes to go around. ~~~~~!! Sound good?

Onward!

My 9 for '09!

Hey, y'allz! With 2009 coming to an end, it's time to count down my favorite pop culture moments, people, movies, songs and ethnicities of 2009! Yey!!! Let's go!

9. I Love The Hangover!

I LOVE movies. I live for them! Sadly, though, this year's crop haven't done much for me. Except these two!!

I think I Love You, Man flew a bit under people's radar. Sucks for them! These movie is geeeeeeeeeeenius and gets better with every viewing. Behold! (Samberg alert) the trailer.



Those fish tacos are the tits, Joben.

The Hangover flew under absolutely no one's radar. Behold! the trailer.



And the world would never be the same.

8. David After Dentist!

I swear to you all, I invented this video.



A+

7. Angry Youtube Rants!

Why Christian Bale's people aren't campaigning for a Best Actor nom, I'll never know. This is the most emotional I've ever heard him, and he did it all in while in character!! Cheers.



And then there's this guy. While I have trouble believing someone could truly get this upset over some stranger bitch attacking Beyonce, I can't help but appreciate his commitment. You go, coco.



Perfection, thy name is....whatever this guy's name is.

6. KANYE!!!!!

Ok. It was rude. I get it. But, can we just put our feelings aside to admire the GENIUS work of Mr. West, here. I mean, he effortlessly turned himself into one of 2009's greatest pop culture villains (aside from Crizz Brown and possibly Jon Gosselin), BUT unlike those two, he didn't actually hurt anyone/damn 8 children to a life of therapy and/or drugs and/or sexual ~indescretions, which will ultimately make his return that much sweeter. Plus, that shoulder shrug is HILARIOUS.

MTV Shows

Bonus Amber Rose, cuz she's fierce:



5. Asians!

Asians were so in this year (for me)! I didn't start watching J&K+8 until after the Gosselin marriage went to crap, but thank jeebus it did! Alexis and Aaden are the lights of my life.

I hate Maddy by the way. BIG HATE.

Also,

You're welcome.

And of course,



ADORABLE! It's funny that I didn't love the Asians until AFTER Oxford. Can you imagine the shitstorm had I liked Asians in high school?? Good lord.

4. Glee!

This isn't really the best clip from Glee, but Hulu didn't have Dancing With Myself anymore (assholes) so I went with another Artie-heavy clip. It's still pretty good, though. Kurt's intensity. Finn's...dancing? And the token maybe-hot minorities dancing. A+ Glee, A+



3. SNL.

I realize that SNL isn't all that great anymore (like, at all) but there are still moments where I find it funny. Deal with it.

Easily the best Digital Short of the year. Thanks JT.



I also liked Shy Ronnie. I didn't think Rihanna could be funny, but her eh's are perfect here.



Also, this needs to be said. Kenan Thompson is the best thing about SNL right now. Maybe it's just me. It's probably just me, but, he was on Kenan and Kel. Soooo, take that as you will. hahaha. All I'm trying to say is I love What Up With That and no one can take that away from me.



Political wiiiiiill. Genius. Also Jason Sudeikis dancing in the background? Will you marry me?

2. Lady Gaga

This was the moment I stopped hating Gaga.

Lady Gaga - New Music - More Music Videos

And this was the moment I started loving her.

Lady Gaga - New Music - More Music Videos

Dude.

1. LOST!


Okay, first of all I am addicted. Second, there is a RIDICULOUS amount of man candy on this show. From Jin (see shirtless man in the asian post) to Sawyer to Faraday. Bahahaha. K, maybe not Faraday, but I am mildly attracted to him. And by mildly....yeah.

And don't forget post-island Sayid's luxurious weave.

LOLZ!

YAY!!!! That's it, guys! My favorite things about 2009. And with that, I say goodbye to 2009 and haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to 2010 (I wonder how many of these things will still be on the list next year). So leave me your comments my children. Anything I missed. What did you love this year? And stay tuned for my Top 10 of the DECADE list. Coming soon!

bai.

Bonus Hirsch because I love him.