slaves, tell me about 50 Shades of Grey

u_u

Viral promotion done right:

http://m.gawker.com/5969891/oh-my-george-takei-gets-intimate-with-a-copy-of-fifty-shades-of-grey

Kind of lol but mostly bleurgh:

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/gus-van-sant-frontrunner-direct-50-shades-grey-87341

Also Read: 8 Burning Box Office Questions: Is Hollywood Ignoring Women?

Only Cronenberg can do this work justice. Or maybe Verhoeven. Penny Marshall?

so glad these books aren't selling any more. kindle bestsellers list is still filled with similar junk though.

Yeah, I noticed they weren't as omnipresent at airport bookshops anymore

Choking thrift store bookshelves in 3, 2, ...

Sunny Delight of the book game

http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/james-deen-the-canyons-fifty-shades-sasha-grey.html

There are some allusions to Fifty Shades of Grey here, which we know Bret was really into for a while: Your character’s name is Christian, and he’s very controlling sexually and in other ways. What do you make of the whole Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon? Why do you think women are so interested in a character like Christian Grey?

It’s sexy. I mean, I can’t speak for women because I’m not a woman, but from what I know of Christian Grey, he’s a dashing, handsome man with a stoic exterior, and there’s a soft side inside of him — he’s Harlequin 2.0, if you will. He’s a man in control, and he needs a woman with a magic vagina who changes him and unlocks him, and unlocks the sweet part inside of this untouchable man. I mean, I haven’t read the entire thing yet — if I got a call saying, “We want you to read for this movie,” obviously I’d read all three books from cover to cover — but from what I’ve read, the 21st-century titillation factor is just a new twist on your classic romance novels. Twilight has the same thing.

Not bad, not bad

http://www.walgreens.com/search/results.jsp?Ntt=50+shades+of+grey

glad that

"Fifty Shades of Grey "Something Forbidden" Butt Plug"

is the first item, for some reason.

Dakota Johnson tapped to play lead in 50 Shades movie

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zL5rGHdXSsQ/Tja1dnr0AcI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/fwhftSlhpK0/s400/fonzie_henry_winkler_happy_days.jpg

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/twitter-explodes-over-charlie-hunnam-fifty-shades-grey-152234518.html

"Following his casting announcement in September, more than 87,000 fans started a petition on change.org, many of whom are now virtually patting themselves on the back for potentially influencing his departure, and urged producers to reconsider their decision."

change.org a force for good

u_u

I haven't read any 50 Shades of Grey stuff other than on this thread, but clicking on that link, that guy looks pretty close to what I imagined the character to look like.

lol at E.L. James. Her next tweet is a pic of los angeles with the text "LALA land..."

Love that Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's daughter is doing this, seeing as they would have been the leads in Brian De Palma's 1985 version.

http://www.avclub.com/article/put-fifty-shades-grey-trailer-inside-you-and-say-y-207308

http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/

dying all over again

i read that -- it was pretty funny if not totally disappointing (as everything about this book is iirc)
a while ago i asked a couple of close friends who had both read the book a few questions (they brought it up) and came up with the following conclusions

* they did not find what they were looking for
* however, it did get them thinking about what they were looking for and this had its benefits
* many of the words and phrases used in 50 Shades do seem to closely resemble suggestions from the romance writer's phrasebook (the word "shattered" elicited a lot of lols)
* i still definitely do not need to read this book

goddamn it I still think Dave Barry is hilarious in 2014 what is wrong with me

I only just now learned that the female protagonist's name is Anastasia Steele. That's the most obvious, cheap, romance novely name ever. If this writer can't come up with character names any better than Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, then there's absolutely NO CHANCE the risque sex within is anything but boring.

God, these Twilight people/fans/fan fic writers. They're terrible people. All of them. Bleh. Hmph.

Colin Quinn @iamcolinquinn
Steamy trailer from Fifty Shades of Grey. That movie seems like it's really going to push some boundaries! Can't wait.

The male lead looks like Levi Johnston.

about as steamy as a root canal

http://sallongo.com/timwhatley.jpg
Lie back, slave, and let me hear you moan as I scrape that infected pulp out of your cavity.

This thread always makes me think of where this ends up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iypGrPsgM

amazing blog post

http://defamer.gawker.com/50-shades-of-sigh-the-disastrous-50-shades-of-grey-p-1683492446

That is...wow.

looks to still be a smash hit, "tracking well" in the south and midwest

of course it is

haha those gifs!

i feel like this film would have been better if performed by legos

would certainly have been an interesting response to the oscar snub

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/ScreenShot2015-02-04at33139PM_zps7a6dd1e0.png

that article is making me kinda want to see this now

"[The tampon scene] didn't make it into the movie. It was never even discussed."

awaiting the "Tyrion should be without a nose" levels of rage that will ripple through the Grey community....

i saw the preview and i can't wait to see it
it looked extremely ott awful

when i was at a major grocery chain the other day i saw bottles of 50 Shades wine

tamp flavored

i cannot wait to hatewatch

Jamie Dornan played the sadistic serial killer in The Fall and this movie makes him say:

"There were times when Dakota was not wearing much, and I had to do stuff to her that I'd never choose to do to a woman."

and

"What the f—k is happening? I'm a dad. What?"

Which says something about this movie. Or maybe Jamie Dornan...

lol

We would have proper on-set barneys

sounds like the hottest on-screen chemistry since sharon stone and billy baldwin

everyone involved in that ipad interview should be fired from their jobs and then rehired and then fired again and then someone should pour a bucket of mud on their heads and then the bucket person should be fired for proximity

...and the agent says "what do you call this act?"

biggest LOLs in years from this whole thread (THANK YOU, PEOPLE OF ILX), but this in particular:

Oh Jeezu, Joy of Man's Desiring
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink