wall*E (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS)

Y'know, there's one thing keeping me from fully embracing WALL*E as a brilliant film. Well, not one thing per se, as my favorite joyless bastard Devin at CHUD.com makes a compelling argument how the film abandons greatness halfway through and settles for just being "good." (Don't read that until you've seen the film, lest it risk you enjoying WALL*E for what it was, not what it perhaps should have been.)

I don't know if I agree with him, but he makes some good points. He certainly echoes my early concerns when I was disappointed to learn that WALL*E would not be a silent (dialogueless) film after all.

But what's really bugging me about WALL*E was the ending.

( SPOILERS FOR WALL*E'S ENDING! SPOILERS AHOY! )

Being anal on Wikipedia

Dear god. I actually devoted an hour last night to editing the Wikipedia entries for Two-Face* and Gilda Dent. DOES MY DORKITUDE KNOW NO BOUNDS?!

I mean, come on! Both were seriously leaning towards THE LONG HALLOWEEN as the one and only gospel of Harvey Dent. Something needed to be done! At least I stopped before I went to tear down the "Vernon Fields" entry page. Grrrrrr.

Honestly, a major reason I'd want my Harvey Dent novel to become canon is simply for what I'm doing with Gilda. The poor woman's been a supporting character for a supporting character, and a female one at that, which means not getting a lot of depth nor development over the years other than being either a crying foil or a family-crazed murderer. With the help of Bloo and little_dinosaur, I've actually fleshed Gilda out into the character who really is the secret weapon of the book, the success or failure of which really does ride on her.

If the book sees the light of day, then I will personally go and revise her Wikipedia entry with pride. Oh god, I'm such a dork.



*In google-searching Two-Face, google image popped up and I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE LEAKED PICTURE OF AARON ECKHART AS TWO-FACE! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! Thankfully, it was just a thumbnail and just a glimpse, as I scrambled to avoid it. I didn't get to see any details (what I saw was pretty much what I was expecting anyway), and really, seeing it in motion will be worlds of difference from a bit of concept art.

Nonetheless, FUCK YOU, INTERNET.