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deepredbelle posted the rumor the other day, and now it's official: Aaron Eckhart is Harvey Dent in the sequel to Batman Begins.

Truthfully? I have no idea what to think, and I've been considering this for a few days. Certainly, it doesn't get the knee-jerk reaction that someone like Hayden fucking Christiansen got earlier from me, but that's only because I don't know enough of Eckhart's stuff to know whether or not he'll be good in the role. I will say that he's a bit old for the part, especially as Harvey Dent should be only about low-30s for the start of the Batman screen universe. Of course, if he's made into Two-Face in the next movie, makeup will be distracting enough from that part. My deal about his age is only that they actually got an actor to be playing to his age in Christian Bale, and I thought Bruce and Harvey were meant to be contemporaries. Someone else knows better, hey, enlighten me.

Basically, I dunno. Things I've seen with Eckhart: In the Company of Men and Your Friends & Neighbors, both of which are supposedly sooooooo great, and I thought were just boring excuses to jerk the women in them around and make them look like stupid sluts. Everyone in both of those movies was utterly unlikeable, and, I'm sorry, if I can't like anyone in a movie, I'm not going to like the fucking movie. So, a bit bitter, perhaps. It might be best that I know him from as little as possible prior to this. My many-year hiatus from watching anything with Heath Ledger in it will probably help me get over the 10 Things I Hate About You/A Knight's Tale hangover woes about him being cast as the Joker. Yes.

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While I was on my trip to Disney World, I read to fluffy, cozy-mystery-type novels by Carrie Bebris. "Mr. and Mrs. Darcy" mysteries, to put a finer point on it. They're cute, easy reads, perfect for plane rides and frequent interruptions when traveling, and while the mysteries are about as interesting as your average Smallville episode (kidding, but they are predictable), the reparte between Elizabeth and Darcy is really fun and genuine and I liked it a lot.

I'm a little miffed that someone gets paid to write what is essentially fanfiction, but the gal has done her research. I mentioned this to moonlightalice, who loaned me one of Bebris' books--North by Northanger and came to the following, HORRIFIC REALIZATION:

me: I'm a bit jealous that someone gets paid to write fanfic and published. But hey, she did her research.
moonlightalice: dude, what do you think shakespeare did?
me: Good point.
moonlightalice: and he used CONTEMPORARIES (a big no no nowadays)
b>me: God help us when Star Wars and Harry Potter go into the public domain.
moonlightalice lol
b>me: GOD HELP US ALL
Tmoonlightalice: oh no...
b>me: I just...No.