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This week sucks. I thought I could come up with something clever (sucks like a $2 hooker! TMantheia) or catchy (if it sucks, it must be a day ending in 'Y'!) or suitably cutting (sucks like your mom!) to describe how hard it sucks, but nope, don't even have that. That is how hard this week sucks.

And now this:

Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams will star in The Time Traveler's Wife, the Robert Schwentke-directed adaptation of the bestselling Audrey Niffenegger novel.

Shooting's set to start in August.

Bana will play a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time-travel when he is under duress. Though his disorder causes him to vanish for long periods, he tries to build a life with the woman he loves. She's a young heiress struggling with the arrangement.

I love Rachel. If I were into girls, I would totally hit that, but Eric Bana? As HENRY? Henry is lithe. Henry is a little punky. Eric Bana is the fucking Hulk (horrible movie, but the idea sticks). Couldn't you get a real actor like Ed Norton (even though, he's apparently playing the Hulk now)? Or a real Henry, like, like somebody else? How about Matthew Goode? He's hot. He can be an asshole too. And he and Rachel McAdams would set the screen on fire. And Clare isn't an heiress! WTF, people?! I must go cry now -- or something suitably hackthis as I don't cry.

I know. Please go convince scribblinlenore she has to write Nathan/Peter under the title SEX BOMB!

Do it for me the children the porn ME. Please?!!!

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mskatej just linked me to this because I was bitching and moaning about the exact same thing. Eric Bana is not Henry. He can never be Henry. He could not be more wrong. He is not a lanky punk rock librarian! He has no sense of mischief or humor. He is far too old. He is far too bland and masculine. Henry really had a trace of androgyny, as well. He was not a typical male.

I don't think this movie is going to turn out well. The director (he directed FLIGHTPLAN) is terrible. All the people who have had their hands all over the script are terrible. And I'm sure they're not going to retain any of the cultural signifiers that Audrey made so vivid in the book. I wouldn't be surprised if they moved it from Chicago to New York. If Henry and Clare's passion for punk and indie rock were erased from existence. If there's a theme song specially written by Faith Hill.

The whole thing makes me upset.

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If there's a theme song specially written by Faith Hill.


I agree with everything you said, however, if this particular thing happens, I will picket outside the theatre. Seriously.