David Lynch, director of movies that are weirder than your grandmother’s night terrors, is opening up a Mulholland Drive themed nightclub in Paris. The club, Silencio, will house a cinema, concert hall, art gallery, restaurant, and a bar and will look stylistically similar to the film. It will open in September. Here’s an early description:
Lynch has designed the entire interior of the club, including some striking pieces of furniture. A surreal wooden-speaker stack seems to resemble a nightmarish appropriation of the face of a child’s cuddly toy — the eyes being the two circular speaker cones. He’s also designed several bespoke chairs and an asymmetrical double sofa, footstool and side-table combination.
…The club will also feature a private film screening room. As you might expect from a Lynch project, much is still shrouded in secrecy. Those involved with the club reveal little, saying information will be released nearer to the opening date. But this cloud of obfuscation hasn’t stopped Lynch’s devoted fanbase from excitably posting leaks, titbits and photographs on internet forums and Facebook. Club Silencio, it seems, won’t stay quiet for long.
I hope there’s a separate couch for the schizophrenic ladies. (Source: Mediabistro)
Bummer, y’all. Early reports that there would be a full 14-episode season of “Doctor Who” were correct. However, those 14 episodes will not all run in 2012. Rather, there will be a special anniversary run of episodes in 2013. That means maybe only a few episodes will air in late 2012, while the rest will run in 2013. All of which is to say: There won’t be much of Matt Smith to look forward to in next year. But at least we’ll have Steven Moffat’s Sherlock Holmes to which to look forward. (IO9)
If you’re not keeping up with “Dexter” season six news, let me fill you in: Colin Hanks, son of Tom, will have a significant role, appearing in all 12 episodes as a “brilliant expert on ancient artifacts who somehow becomes linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami.” No idea if that puts him on Dexter’s good side or bad side. What we also know now is that Molly Parker (“Deadwood”) will also be joining the season. She will play the sister of Hanks’ character. Oh, she did it! I can already tell. It was her! It was her! (TVLine)
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Apparently, Sean Bean will make a return appearance in the finale of “GoT” this Sunday. If you haven’t caught up yet, there’s no reason to think he wouldn’t right? Anyway, TV Line is reporting that “Two of his children will see him in a way you’d probably expect of television; a third, though, will have a shocking run-in with dear old Dad.” I’m sure the smug book readers know exactly what she’s talking about. (HBO Watch)
I suspect this is true of many of you, but a study had proven it: Netflix Steaming Users are downgrading their cable packages. The number of streaming users likely to downgrade in the next six months had jumped from 16 percent to 32 percent. That reminds me, I need to cancel Showtime. Is there any reason to have it before “Dexter” returns?
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Moffat said that things are being misconstrued (but isn't all internet entertainment news like looking into a Palantir?) but says he won't reveal what's really up his sleeve yet.
Posted by: Jay at June 16, 2011 11:56 AM
To be honest, as one of those "smug book readers", I have no fucking clue what she's talking about.
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at June 16, 2011 11:56 AM
I'm with Forbiddendonut. Read the series twice and haven't a gorram clue what she's referring to.
Also, terribly sorry to nitpick, but it's just Sherlock. No Holmes in the title. Apparently Moffat's quite upset with people for thinking that Doctor Who is suffering at the hands of Sherlock. I guess that isn't the case, but he can't say why not for fear of spoilers. Hmm.
Posted by: beckster at June 16, 2011 12:22 PM
So does this mean Smith is pulling a Christopher Eccleston and pulling out of playing Dr. Who? Are we to be Who-less? I nominate Stephen Moyer of True Blood as the next Who. He's be great!
OK, being careful to avoid clear spoilers... we're told that two children will see Ned in a way that's not surprising, and one child will see him in a way that's more surprising.
Ned currently has two daughters in King's Landing, one son with an army maybe 500 miles away near the Twins, two younger sons back in Winterfell around 1600 miles away, and one bastard son at the Wall, around 2300 miles away. You can work out what would be surprising from that.
I loved Sherlock (no Holmes in the title as beckster noted) but I'll be unhappy if I don't get a proper Doctor Who season next year. I've really been enjoying Matt Smith's run.
Posted by: foolsage at June 16, 2011 12:59 PM
I think the Who reporting is wrong.
There is no reason why Moffit producing (& writing one) 3 episodes of Sherlock would keep there from being Who next year.
So far we have heard nothing about a 3rd season of Sherlock and wonder when Cumberbatch/Freeman would find the time in the next year or so.
Posted by: Jules at June 16, 2011 1:16 PM
From @steven_moffat The scheduling of Dr Who has got NOTHING to with Sherlock. On the plus side THE BBC SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT!!!!
Posted by: cockroach at June 16, 2011 1:19 PM
I'm with all the above; I have no Earthly goddamn clue what the hell that GoT news is supposed to refer to.
Posted by: Kala at June 16, 2011 1:55 PM
Smug book reader here. I'm fairly certain I know exactly what that GOT remark means.
Note the word used is "shocking" - not "surprising." That is alluding to a very specific scene at the end of the first book that had me almost yelling at a character to act on a particular impulse. The character is shocked. Now do you remember?
As for the other two appearances, I'll spare the spoilers and just ask: what's a common television device for seeing deceased people?
Posted by: DarthCorleone at June 16, 2011 2:14 PM
13 episodes in a year isn't much of an output as it is. It will be a sad 2012 with less Who.
I've been wanting to attend Club Silencio myself for a long time. I just wish it were opening in LA (where it's "actually" located) instead.
Posted by: DarthCorleone at June 16, 2011 2:16 PM
"Apparently Moffat's quite upset with people for thinking that Doctor Who is suffering at the hands of Sherlock. I guess that isn't the case, but he can't say why not for fear of spoilers. Hmm."
This scares me. It's almost identical to the statements Milch was issuing when it was revealed he was working on John of Cincinnati and people started wondering about Deadwood's fate.
And we all know how well that worked out for Deadwood fans.
Posted by: PaddyDog at June 16, 2011 2:17 PM
I seem to recall BBC pulling similar tactics in the late '80's during the Colin Baker/Sylvester McCoy Eras. For years before that each season of Who was about 6 to 7 stories long (each story about 4 half hour parts, or equal to about 13 to 14 1 hour episodes- same as today) The last Colin Baker season was about half that, and the McCoy era was even shorter at 4 stories with three half hour parts. Basically the Beeb kept whittling the number of episodes down and had less money to play with in each episode's budget.
I don't know what the story is here, but if it isn't a matter of actor availability, it would seem someone in the higher ups is trying to put down the series again, or at the very least not invest as much money into it.
It's almost a shame Who couldn't have a private company produce the show with the BBC only broadcasting and distributing it. That's the trouble with a government run company- eventually bureaucracy can be the death of it all.
Posted by: bleujayone at June 16, 2011 2:33 PM
It's odd to me that there would be any push against Who within the BBC right now. Doesn't it seem like it is more mainstream and popular than ever? My view might be skewed.
Posted by: DarthCorleone at June 16, 2011 2:44 PM
Well, on the whole, UK series tend to be six episodes. The Spaced crew was thrilled that they got alotted seven sight unseen. Who used to be done in pockets of four episode stories (thought sometimes more) so I'm still slightly confused how they determined when a season ended, but I just haven't read up on it enough.
I trust The Moff implicitly and I don't think we'll really get dogged on this. The anniversary probably does throw a spanner in the works...as it were...as far as scheduling goes, but I think something good's going to come out of it all. More believable is the rumor that the Ponds are gonna leave this year. It's weird...the idea really surprised me, then I remembered that it's normal for companions to leave.
I WANNA SEE EIGHT!
Posted by: Jay at June 16, 2011 3:12 PM
All of which is to say: There won’t be much of Matt Smith to look forward to in next year.
*howl of anguish*
Posted by: Lauren at June 16, 2011 3:53 PM
DarthCorleone-
The first time around then BBC Controller (think Chief Operating Officer) Michael Grade had it in for Doctor Who despite its healthy ratings. He reduced its number of broadcasts, changed its time-slot to a time that its fans were less likely to watch it, slashed its budget, gave it a forced 18-month hiatus, even unceremoniously fired Colin Baker as the Doctor (he was also boffing Baker's ex-wife at the time too). According to others around him, he hated the show. But he couldn't just kill a popular show, so he decided to make it unpopular enough to die a miserable death. When he left for another position, he allegedly appointed his successor on the condition he carry out his unfulfilled wishlist including the death of Doctor Who and anything else sci-fi oriented.
It should also be noted that he was responsible for axing the the third and final season of "The Tripods" despite its good ratings (always something that stuck in my craw) and did everything he could to eliminate Rowan Atikinson's "Blackadder" by slashing it's budget 75%. Thankfully Atkinson & Company were more about writing that locations anyway so they survived for a little while longer.
Sounds like a template for much of how many networks treat their shows via bullshit pettiness.
I do not know if this is a case of history repeating itself or not, but I do feel the show hasn't been having the same success it has in previous years. If things progress this way Moffat needs to either get down off his high horse and start producing more traditional Who stories that get better ratings, or beyond that hand it off to someone else who can put in a more dedicated effort.
Posted by: bleujayone at June 16, 2011 4:32 PM
hand it off to someone else who can put in a more dedicated effort.
You can fuck right off.
Posted by: Jay at June 16, 2011 5:25 PM
Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. When someone has several plates spinning at the same time and can only offer ambiguity and obtuseness as explanation when things aren't looking their best, I have to question whether or not things might be better if one were more focused on one single effort. Especially if someone else (that seemingly being the BBC) is already making moves to take one of those efforts away by force. What's worse is that its not being taken away and given to someone else, its just going away. Not a good sign. When that happen you need to double your efforts not bury them elsewhere.
I repeat, if Moffat wants to focus his attentions on other projects and not give this one the full time and effort it needs to remain both viable and constant, then he needs to choose which one is more important and walk away from the other. There are other people out there who would take a solid go at this job and not do it half-assed. He can do this if he just wants to be a writer on the show, if he wants to run the whole thing, he needs to be its champion and not treat it as less than paramount.
And you Jay can sod off.
Posted by: bleujayone at June 16, 2011 5:44 PM
Well, have fun with that.
Posted by: Jay at June 16, 2011 6:30 PM
*GASP* OMYES!! I'll be in Europe when Lynch's club opens! GOD LOVES ME!!!
Pretty sure I'm with you on the "shocking" appearance. Did it take place... um... above the ground? Would the impulse you were cheering have BEEN REALLY FUCKING AWESOME because at that point you (the reader) are SO... ANGRY... AT... SOMEONE...
Moffat said that things are being misconstrued (but isn't all internet entertainment news like looking into a Palantir?) but says he won't reveal what's really up his sleeve yet.