Guyday #1

Hello everyone! Sorry I have not been about much. It's been a combination of a sick headache and laziness. For the last couple of Fridays I have been doing Guyday on one of the Richard Armitage pages that Grati had set up there and it got me to thinking about doing a little something here, so with that being said:

Does anyone have a can opener?

 

Thank you. About time. *Smirks* 

 

And the New Batman is...

Ben "Friggin'" Affleck has been named as the new Batman as per news services almost 40 minutes or so ago. Yes, that's right. What the hell are the taking over at Warner Brothers!? I would have taken Batman as a ginger over Ben Affleck. I mean REALLY, why didn't they just name Ryan Gosling or Max Martini to the role?


  Now I know some, at least on Twitter are willing to give Ben a chance but I am not one of them because I believe that Henry Cavill will end up carrying the new movie on his back, especially if Ben asks George Clooney advice on Batman. If he does that will be the end of Batman for maybe another 20 years.  I also made the mistake in thinking that he bombed in a super hero movie where he met his wife, but I looked it up after I shot my tweets out and found that I was wrong. $179 million isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination.

 Anyway,  Ben should stay behind the camera he is less boring that way.

  Now that is out of the way, I can also sigh with relief that Richard wasn't named Batman. Yes it would have been a nice feather in his acting career but this could mean that something better is coming down the proverbial pipeline for him. Matthew Clairmont? Ross Poldark? Or someone completely different? Richard is going to come out of this better and a little less typecast as a kick butt actor that is not allowed to show his true acting skills. But he would have made a FARR sexier Bruce Wayne. Oh Guy, Richard in the tight Batman costume? If people still give costume parties that would be one way to get him into the Batman outfit.

One Year Anniversary

Can not believe I forgot yesterday was my one year anniversary of  It's an R A World.  I was looking back at my first post and I feel like I have gottten the color scheme right so that it doesn't clash with Richard and I feel that a good many of my posts are tenth as good as many I read.

  With that being said, I want to thank everyone who visits, follows and leaves a comment. You are treasured.

Not only is Richard's lips smiling but so are his eyes.

Happy Birthday, Richard

A tall, dark haired and blue eyed handsome Englishman has biRthdAy today. Yes our Richard is turning 42 and I hope he enjoys it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICHARD! ♥♥♥♥

 
Even Vaisy stopped by to wish Richard a Happy Birthday.

Now it is time for the biRthdAy boy to cut his cake

 

Tuchus Tuesday #19

  Having fun surfing the internet looking for some more of Richard's tuchus to put in Photobucket in hopes that I will be less likely in repeating the same picture. I came up with some that I really haven't posted before from Ultimate Force rugby game/match. I know that I have posted one picture from the series before but did not know it. I am going to stretch the pictures out just so we can all suffer in anticipation together. So here is Capt. Ian Macalwain from the match.

Release Date for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Editions

Don't know if this has been reported yet but Amazon has The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on pre-order sale for both Blue-ray and DVD. The release date is November 5, 2013. So at last we have a release date for it. I don't know if I'll order it or not yet or just wait until after it is up for sale. Of course if I order The Hobbit now and the price drops further before the release date I'll get it for that price, regardless if and when the price of the DVD goes up. I did that with the History Channels series "Vikings" and it now costing me half of the original price and the price went back up but still less than the original asking price. I don't know. I'll just wait and think about it.

Thorin Thursday #4

Having a nice and peaceful Thorin Thursday and I hope you are having the same. Have a nice gif of Thorin banging an hammer and wish he was banging something else. Actually, I think Lady0akenshield is the one who would be really thinking that because Thorin is second in line and Guy is first in line and in my heart.Bad boy theory applies to him. Anyway, like I said I have a nice Thorin gif of him banging with a hammer. Handsome dwarf.

Batman Update

  Add Legolas to the mix of top picks to play Batman in the planned 'Man of Steel'. I got this information originally from a New Orleans radio station and then they posted it on Facebook and Twitter; I was a few seconds off on giving my reply with the link to the story. And here is my answer to Orlando being added to the Batman list: HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually I think OH HELL NO!!!! would have been apropos answer.

  Nothing against Orlando, I just can't see him as Batman. Too scrawny and high pitched. Yes I know he can work on it but it would be more time and cost efficient to have someone, like Richard Armitage, who has the body and voice built in portray Batman. Besides would it not divide Tolkien fan base to an extent to have Legolas and Thorin up for the same part?

Very Bruce Wayne:

Sorry Orlando maybe Robin but not Batman and definitely not Bruce Wayne:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014 Calendars

Yesterday news came from Middle-Earth News that the Spanish site Vistoenpantalla has The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014 wall calendar up for sale, with Thorin in the months of March and September. At first I thought Thorin was also in the month of December, but I really don't think so with tattoos and a Tolkien/Jackson version of a mohawk that seems to go down his back, so it could be Beorn.

Beorn?

  Well, last night I decided to go on Amazon to see if the calendar is for sale on Amazon. Whereas the Spanish one is not for sale I did find the States own version of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014 calendar on pre-order sale, but with no pictures to show what/who is in the calendar. A pig in a poke, if you will. But I may go ahead and pre-order it. I know how to save $5 off using Bing and that should cover the shipping and so I'll probably break even. *Fingers crossed*

Richard As Batman?

  This week came word that the Man of Steel will join forces with the Dark Knight for the Superman sequel and almost immediately Richard Armitage is on the shortlist, or short wish list, to be Batman to Henry Cavill's Superman.

  I am  kind of on board with the prospect of Richard being Batman because he has already played a Dark Knight of sorts with Guy of Gisborne, who was a Black Knight, but I'm worried about Richard being typed cast as an action hero type without being allowed, by who ever, to stretch and show his traditional acting skills that we know he has.

   I know that he is on the wish list of fans that are familiar with a remake of a 1970's period piece, that I can not think of the name of for nothing in the world, that would love to see Richard in the title role. Plus there is also those that want Richard as Matthew Clairmont in 'A Discovery of Witches' and if I ever finish up my post about that book you will find out why I think that would be a good idea. It will more than likely be a naive point of view, but that's me.

  Anyway back to casting Batman. In addition to Richard making the list there is also Ryan Gosling, who is too short and skinny and who I find to be not all that attractive, nothing in particular other than he is a blond and he is not Daniel Craig or Robert Plant the only two blonds that I really like.  A young Robert Plant late 1960's through the 1970's , oh my G_d,you talk about being gobsmacked and he's old enough to be my father.

  Where was I? Oh yes, Richard's competition for Batman. Ryan Gosling, as I said before; True Bloods Joe Manganiello, talk about being able to fill out the batman suit; Josh Brolin...WHY? I'm befuddled on that one. Max Martini, eh, not really seeing it.Plus Max is a ginger...no, no, no. Male gingers need not apply. And the last one is Matthew Goode, who I keep seeing as a bit of a dark haired Macaulay Culkin mixed with maybe a bit of Dana Carvey. The only reason he seems to be on the list is that he worked in Zack Snyder's, named director of 'Man of Steel 2',  2009 movie 'Watchmen' as Ozymandias. I guess nepotism is being hoped for in this case.

Ryan Gosling

Joe Manganiello

Josh Brolin

Max Martini

Matthew Goode

Thorin Thursday #3

I do not know who made this majestically beautiful and ethereal gif of Thorin because I found it on Tumblr a few minutes ago and wanted to share it with you. I fell in love with it myself first of all and then I thought that lady0kenshield would really fall in love with this one.