3 posts tagged “bacon”
I wish I could write fantasy fiction. Perhaps of the young adult variety. I think a lot of great stuff comes out of the genre. The best of it is full of meaning and enjoyment for adults too.
This is probably why so much of it is being optioned by movie studios. So far we've had Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings (doesn't necessarily fit the YAF designation, but it definitely helped jumpstart the fantasy trend in Hollywood), the Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia, the Dark is Rising, and His Dark Materials. Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head; there may be others. And Terabithia is the only one of those titles that has not or will not spawn at least two sequels. There is a buttload of money tied up in these movies. It seems as though anyone with a half-decent fantasy story stands a chance of getting their work adapted into a blockbuster.
I chose to post on this because I just finished "The Golden Compass" (AKA "The Northern Lights"), the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. I wanted to read it before the film came out, and I really enjoyed it. I'm about ready to tear through the next two, which may also be produced by New Line if "The Golden Compass" fares well at the box office. I'm not happy about the news that the last three chapters of the first book will be tacked onto the beginning of the second movie, however. That'll be pretty unsatisfying for anyone who is a fan of the story.
And as a total non sequitur (because Bridgid requested it), here's a photo of the tastiest luggage I've ever seen:
Okay, if I write one more bacon-related post it will officially be a bacon series and one of you should stop me.
But seriously, chocolate-covered bacon?! I love both of these things, but I don't know if I'd go for this.
Quote of the day:
"Obsessing over celebrity is wrong. Unless that celebrity is bacon."
This gem comes from a commercial for Wendy's newest sandwich: the Baconator. It's just two patties, cheese, and a buttload of bacon. God bless America.
