This is one looooooong voting process. Which works to our advantage. I'm sure many other "fans" have long forgotten about this, so now's the time to sneak in and take it for Rob!
And...you can vote over and over and over.
You didn't have any other plans for the day, right? So keep voting!
VOTE HERE
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Is Robert Pattinson a technological "perfect storm"?
Sometimes I stand back and look at my obsession with Rob and ask “why is this actor different than all the others?” (Kind of like one of questions you’d ask at a Passover Seder.) Is it that there has never been an actor who has caught the public imagination before? Or is it just a matter of WHEN Rob came into the picture; during an explosion of technology – Internet, email, laptops, WiFi, Photoshop, DVD players, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, digital cameras, OneTrueMedia, camera phones, webcams, DVR’s, online entertainment magazines, message boards, Fandango, CafePress, Blackberries, I Phones, etc.
In other words, the phenomenon of Rob seems to feed off of itself due to the accessibility OF Rob – something never experienced at this kind of level before.
Think about it. At what other time has the public had this kind of access to actors? When has a group ofwomen people ever had this kind of ability to network at this extreme level – all revolving around one actor?
Yeah, this guy.
Previously, all you were able to do was maybe start a fan club. And that would primarily entail writing letters or requesting an autographed photo. You could get studio photos and read about your favorite stars in magazines – news that was old by the time you saw it. Sometimes there would be newspaper stories and photos. Maybe there would be a contest to meet the actor or a chance to get a glimpse of him/her at a premiere or at the Academy Awards.
This was my bible and these guys were all over my walls.
But all of that has CHANGED. A lot.
Now we expect 24/7 updates on their whereabouts. We demand their filming schedules so we can set -stalk them. We can communicate directly with them – on their blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook, on message boards. We can watch them eating, or buying underwear – LIVE!
Rob, you were this close to losing an entire fan base if you had gone with the briefs. Seriously.
There is a lot of action to follow, thus a lot of potential for devoting entire blogs to them. Like.never.before.
If it wasn’t for all the blogs I started reading after discovering Rob, that were so damn entertaining, would I have gotten so into him? Thesewomen bloggers are incredible at reporting every detail of Rob’s existence. It’s enticing, and addicting. But without that, would I have succumbed so fully? Would the obsession have been sustained so long?
I don’t think so.
Don’t get me wrong. Rob is special. But I would never have seen just HOW special, if I wasn’t able to watch his interviews on YouTube, read all his interviews online or watch the Twilight DVD over, and over and over. Or search for RobPorn night and day. We can’t forget THAT important component. Photo shoot outtakes posted online? Um, yeah. That’s a BIG part of my indoctrination.
Vanity Fair - the outtakes that kept on giving...multiple orgasms.
So does this explain it? Can it be explained?
In other words, the phenomenon of Rob seems to feed off of itself due to the accessibility OF Rob – something never experienced at this kind of level before.
Think about it. At what other time has the public had this kind of access to actors? When has a group of
Previously, all you were able to do was maybe start a fan club. And that would primarily entail writing letters or requesting an autographed photo. You could get studio photos and read about your favorite stars in magazines – news that was old by the time you saw it. Sometimes there would be newspaper stories and photos. Maybe there would be a contest to meet the actor or a chance to get a glimpse of him/her at a premiere or at the Academy Awards.
But all of that has CHANGED. A lot.
Now we expect 24/7 updates on their whereabouts. We demand their filming schedules so we can set -stalk them. We can communicate directly with them – on their blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook, on message boards. We can watch them eating, or buying underwear – LIVE!
There is a lot of action to follow, thus a lot of potential for devoting entire blogs to them. Like.never.before.
If it wasn’t for all the blogs I started reading after discovering Rob, that were so damn entertaining, would I have gotten so into him? These
I don’t think so.
Don’t get me wrong. Rob is special. But I would never have seen just HOW special, if I wasn’t able to watch his interviews on YouTube, read all his interviews online or watch the Twilight DVD over, and over and over. Or search for RobPorn night and day. We can’t forget THAT important component. Photo shoot outtakes posted online? Um, yeah. That’s a BIG part of my indoctrination.
So does this explain it? Can it be explained?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
BOOTYPEST - bwahahahahahahaaha
Someone in an online comment used the term Bootypest to describe Kristen Stewart's birthday visit to see Robert Pattinson in Budapest this past weekend and I thought that was fucking brilliant! I'd travel to Europe too for a few days if it meant getting to unwrap Rob's package, if you know what I'm sayin'.
Because I have no life, I was telling Mr. B last Friday how it was Kristen's birthday and that rumors were probably swirling about the interwebs regarding Kristen going to visit him, etc. I didn't really think she would fly all the way from LA to freaking Budapest, so boy was I surprised to see that she actually did!
I'm not a big fan of paparazzi shots in general, especially when they are obviously intrusive and deliberately exploitative. Shots at a public airport, that amount to a few seconds of annoyance, don't trouble me quite as much. Like these of Rob and Kristen leaving Budapest together:
And this one of Rob and Kristen arriving in London:
Write a song for me Rob
These photos of them together aren't exactly revelatory to me - I think for anyone paying attention it's clear these 2 are in a romantic relationship. I mean, Catherine Hardwicke let her lips flap and said they were together. She put them together, so that's a source I give some weight to. Although it's pretty obvious without any kind of formal confirmation. They've put people in prison for life with less evidence.
I've said before I don't know why I care if they're together, but I do. It just seems right - how it's supposed to be. Maybe because Rob said so often how he wanted to be with her and I want Rob to have what he wants? I don't know, but it makes me happy knowing they are involved.
But apparently there are some people who really, REALLY, don't want them together. There are those who belive that Rob and Kristen's relationship is simply PR - that Summit is forcing them to spend personal time together in order to promote the Twilight series. Yeah, Rob and Kristen really seem like the easily manipulated types - um, uh, NOT!
While I would love to see a shot of them kissing or something - so I can sigh and go "oh, that's so sweet" - I really respect them for keeping their relationship to themselves. I am so sick of all the fame whores that Reality TV and the Internet haa created, so what a breath of fresh air to have young actors who aren't playing that game. It's obvious they have zero interest in being "celebrities" - and act accordingly.
Which must explain why Rob is the person I am blogging about. He doesn't seem to play games.
Because I have no life, I was telling Mr. B last Friday how it was Kristen's birthday and that rumors were probably swirling about the interwebs regarding Kristen going to visit him, etc. I didn't really think she would fly all the way from LA to freaking Budapest, so boy was I surprised to see that she actually did!
I'm not a big fan of paparazzi shots in general, especially when they are obviously intrusive and deliberately exploitative. Shots at a public airport, that amount to a few seconds of annoyance, don't trouble me quite as much. Like these of Rob and Kristen leaving Budapest together:
And this one of Rob and Kristen arriving in London:
These photos of them together aren't exactly revelatory to me - I think for anyone paying attention it's clear these 2 are in a romantic relationship. I mean, Catherine Hardwicke let her lips flap and said they were together. She put them together, so that's a source I give some weight to. Although it's pretty obvious without any kind of formal confirmation. They've put people in prison for life with less evidence.
I've said before I don't know why I care if they're together, but I do. It just seems right - how it's supposed to be. Maybe because Rob said so often how he wanted to be with her and I want Rob to have what he wants? I don't know, but it makes me happy knowing they are involved.
But apparently there are some people who really, REALLY, don't want them together. There are those who belive that Rob and Kristen's relationship is simply PR - that Summit is forcing them to spend personal time together in order to promote the Twilight series. Yeah, Rob and Kristen really seem like the easily manipulated types - um, uh, NOT!
While I would love to see a shot of them kissing or something - so I can sigh and go "oh, that's so sweet" - I really respect them for keeping their relationship to themselves. I am so sick of all the fame whores that Reality TV and the Internet haa created, so what a breath of fresh air to have young actors who aren't playing that game. It's obvious they have zero interest in being "celebrities" - and act accordingly.
Which must explain why Rob is the person I am blogging about. He doesn't seem to play games.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Shirtless, Dotless Rob
I've had a particularly shitty week, but thank you Thinking of Rob for removing the black "sparkle effect" dots from these stills of Rob shirtless - from the Italian set of New Moon.
Mama Mia!
Click to enlarge. Seriously.
I don't know what kind of week you all had, but don't these make you all warm, wet and fuzzy inside?
Mama Mia!
I don't know what kind of week you all had, but don't these make you all warm, wet and fuzzy inside?
Friday, April 9, 2010
I entered the Twilight, Twilight Zone
So I went to drop something off at someone’s desk at work today, and there were 2 males (lets calls them Tom and Bobby), me and 1 other female (we‘ll call her Alice) in this cube section. Now Tom is your typical sports loving guy and Bobby I don’t know that well, but he‘s probably in his early 30‘s. Alice is around 22 and loves vampires and the Twilight series. This is the conversation that went down:
Tom: (addressing me) So I saw your movie last night.
Alice: Remember Me?
Tom: No freaking way!
Me: Hey!
Bobby: Is that the new movie with Miley Cyrus?
Me: NO! It’s NOT a Nicholas Sparks film.
Bobby: Rob Pattinson is like a bad Ryan Phillipe. He can’t act.
Me: Yes he can. Seriously - Remember Me is really good.
Tom: I watched New Moon. I really liked it.
Alice: You did?
Tom: I’m Team Jacob.
Me and Alice: Laugh
Tom: I’m all about the wolves. They were fierce.
Me: When she shifts the story to Jacob’s perspective, the wolves are not as exciting.
Bobby: It was a little much with the naked chest thing the whole movie.
Me: Well, in the extras the director said there was another take of Jacob taking his shirt off really slowly when Bella falls off the bike, but the author Stephanie Meyer thought it looked like the Chippendales.
Bobby: Was the author involved with making the movies?
Me: Oh, yeah. Very involved. She even had a cameo in the first one.
Alice: What did you think of the Volturi?
Tom: Who?
Me: The Italian vampires?
Tom: Oh, I hate that girl. I was annoyed when she came on screen. But the “hurt” thing was cool.
Me: Dakota Fanning? Really?
Me: Pain (I imitated her)
Tom: Yeah, that’s right pain.
Tom: Tickle
Me: Laughs
Tom: Wow, it works. I said tickle and you laughed!
Me: LOL. That was pretty good. I have to go….
Alice: Eclipse looks even better.
Tom: When they are finished with the 12 books…
Me and Alice: 4 books
Tom: …they should have a werewolf and a vampire create a mixed baby - that would be so cool.
Alice: What do you think about Breaking Dawn being made into a movie? If they do the birth it will be like a horror movie.
Me: Yeah, a lot of people don’t want it made because of all that.
Alice: I think they’re right! They shouldn’t make it.
Me: They’ll probably do a lot of fade to black. Like Stephanie did to ruin the honeymoon scene. (Whispers) Stephanie is such a cock block.
Alice: Gasps. Her mouth is hanging open. She cracks up.
Bobby: I’ve been listening to the books on tape.
Me: (In my head - did he really just say that?) I didn’t really like the woman they had reading New Moon, but I got used to her.
Bobby: I think the one I’m listening to now has different actors doing the voices.
Me: Really? I didn’t th…
Bobby: I think so, let me look it up online.
Me: Sorry, I really have to go to a meeting. Tom, promise me you’ll see Remember Me when it comes out on DVD. You’ll like it!
I can’t tell you how weird the whole discussion was. Usually I get eye rolls and am mocked for my Twilight/Rob interest at work, so I really didn’t know what to make of it. I really felt like I had entered an alternative universe.
I was shaking my head in disbelief for much of the rest of the day….
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Movie making looks b-o-r-i-n-g
but looking at costumed Rob isn’t…
I’ve never spent a whole lot of time watching footage of “real-time” film making – what actually happens on set throughout a day – but after watching Rob on the set of Bel Ami in Budapest, all I can say is WHAT A SNOOZE FEST! Seriously.
I don’t know how the hell the actors can stand waiting around hour after hour, day after day, for just a few moments of action. It’s just like a baseball game. And that doesn't even include all the hours in costume fittings, makeup, hair.
Not fun at all.
But what IS fun are the drawer-dropping, um I mean jaw-dropping (that was a real Freudian Slip, I kid you not!) photos of Rob that are coming from the set. It’s like the perfect storm of period-piece fantasies for me - and I’m sure many, many other Rob fans - who have always wanted their own Mr. Darcy.
I just can’t believe this gift that is being bestowed upon us. I am beside myself with anticipation for this film's release. Not only do we get 1800’s costumed Rob, but we get 1800’s costumed PERVY Rob. Mr. Darcy getting down!
Sigh…
I hope that Rob doesn’t find filming boring, and that it’s just me that would be driven crazy having to endure it. But just to amuse myself, I’m giving the stills of Rob from the Bel Ami set a little more entertainment value:
"Hold on. You have a booger."
Did you stumble onto the wrong set Rob? It's like the burning of Atlanta, Rhett.
Bel Ami tap dance number.
"Let me get that door to the 1800's for you, sir."
C'mon, give me a little smoochie-woochie...
I.GOT.NOTHING. I'm speechless
"You evil 21st century equipment! I spit on you!
"Stepping on horse poop was soooooo not in my contract."
"What am I supposed to do with this thing?"
"Oh, duh. It's rain effects today. I thought I left this crap on the Twilight sets."
"Please God, protect me from fans on the set today."
But it's the pelvic thrust...that really drives you insane...Let's do the Time Warp again!
If I had photoshop skills, Dean would be sooooo gone from this shot.
"It wasn't enough that I am so friggin beautiful in this tux, I had to stick out my tongue just in case I hadn't killed you yet."
I know, it makes you mad when I demand flowers Rob. But, awww, they're so pretty.
"I wonder ... if I wave this over my hat will a rabbit appear?"
"I..don't.. want..you..to..come."
"Move, boys. You're blocking the Sparkle Peen."
"Oh, crap. Rob's Bitch followed me to Budapest."
I want to be the one waiting in the carriage
I’ve never spent a whole lot of time watching footage of “real-time” film making – what actually happens on set throughout a day – but after watching Rob on the set of Bel Ami in Budapest, all I can say is WHAT A SNOOZE FEST! Seriously.
I don’t know how the hell the actors can stand waiting around hour after hour, day after day, for just a few moments of action. It’s just like a baseball game. And that doesn't even include all the hours in costume fittings, makeup, hair.
Not fun at all.
But what IS fun are the drawer-dropping, um I mean jaw-dropping (that was a real Freudian Slip, I kid you not!) photos of Rob that are coming from the set. It’s like the perfect storm of period-piece fantasies for me - and I’m sure many, many other Rob fans - who have always wanted their own Mr. Darcy.
I just can’t believe this gift that is being bestowed upon us. I am beside myself with anticipation for this film's release. Not only do we get 1800’s costumed Rob, but we get 1800’s costumed PERVY Rob. Mr. Darcy getting down!
Sigh…
I hope that Rob doesn’t find filming boring, and that it’s just me that would be driven crazy having to endure it. But just to amuse myself, I’m giving the stills of Rob from the Bel Ami set a little more entertainment value:
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Vote for Robert Pattinson! Just vote, dammit!
It always amuses me when Rob wins these stupid voting award things. Mostly because it really pisses other people off that dislike him.
And this contest is definitely one of the funniest:
TIME Magazine 2010 100 Most Influential People
(Click on his name, slide the bar to 100, enter the verification words and then submit)
Rob is currently in SECOND PLACE behind some Ultimate Fighting Champion President guy. HIS fans are deliberately trying to beat Rob, so this is WAR! And considering Rob's fan base, it's probably winnable.
I think it would be a riot it Rob was TIME's Most Influential Whatever. Don't you?
Let's Do THIS!!!!
Let make THIS person TIME's Most Influential winner!
And this contest is definitely one of the funniest:
TIME Magazine 2010 100 Most Influential People
(Click on his name, slide the bar to 100, enter the verification words and then submit)
Rob is currently in SECOND PLACE behind some Ultimate Fighting Champion President guy. HIS fans are deliberately trying to beat Rob, so this is WAR! And considering Rob's fan base, it's probably winnable.
I think it would be a riot it Rob was TIME's Most Influential Whatever. Don't you?
Let's Do THIS!!!!
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