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Hi everyone!


I come back here because I have an important mission to accomplish! You see, with the support of my University, I'm developing a research about television and, in particular, about the tv-show LOST. I don't know if there'll ever be someone out there that will read this post and, at the same time, has seen this series, but just in case I give you the link to a questionnaire related to it:

Lost questionnaire

So, if you saw LOST and its fifth season, pleeeease, give it a try! I need all the answers I can get! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu!!!


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Ciao a tutti!

Eccomi tornata a voi per portare a termine una missione speciale! Con la mia Università sto sviluppando una ricerca sulla televisione e in particolare sul telefilm LOST. Non so se là fuori c'è qualcuno che leggerà questo post e sarà, al tempo stesso, un fan di questo programma, ma in caso, lascio anche a voi il link al questionario in italiano!

Questionario LOST

Se avete visto questo show e la sua quinta serie, potete gentilmente compilarlo? Grazie mille a tutti e buona giornata!

We win, Gracie!
(Armageddon)

Wow... A long time has passed since my last message... but I'm changing phone operator at home and it's taking AGES to have everything settled down. I'm starting to feel a strong need to call a lawyer... @__@

While waiting for my Internet connection to be back I created some banners... I'll post a first bunch, but I hope to be back soon to upload everything else.

1-4: Lord of the Rings (500x100px)
5-6: LOST (500x100px)
7-8: The Prestige (500x100px)

As always, please, do not hotlink. Thank you! :)

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Because you're a good man.
Even when you don't know someone's watching
(Seven Pounds)




28 Australia (by Baz Lurhmann) icons, made using pictures from this wonderful site.

Texture:

by innocent_lexys</lj>


As always, pleeease do not hotlink! Thank you! :)

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At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains.
Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone.
There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust.
(Sunshine)






Some new icons! ...I have to pass my time in some way, since I cannot see the Golden Globes tonight. Sometimes I hate to live here. *scowls*

Anyway...

001-020: Batman Begins (mainly Bruce Wayne) icons
NDP001-NDP012: Notre Dame De Paris (Riccardo Cocciante's musical) icons

Let me know if you like them and pleeeease, do not hotlink! :) Thank you!

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The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience
(War and Peace, L. Toltoy)




A couple of things dedicated to the community nowweretwo</lj>. I'm a very poor photo manipulator, but I tried my best with them... :)



Be careful:

A couple of the following images contain slash materials. Nothing explicit, but if you feel offended by the idea or don't like this kind of thing, please, skip this post. :)

Also, pleeease, do not hotlink! Thank you!!! :)


Contenuti:

- Bruce Wayne & Jim Gordon wallpaper (1280 x 1024 pixels)
- Bruce Wayne/Jim Gordon Header (500 x 300 pixels)

(Both made using steps from this and this tutorial)


- 3 Bruce Waybe/Jim Gordon icons (100 x 100 pixels)

(made using this tutorial)

Wallpaper 1280 x 1024

Header (500 x 300 pixel)

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Un po' di Armani non ha mai fatto male a nessuno
(film ignoto)




Wonderful. Just wonderful. I had planned the best party of my life to celebrate the New Year and... I got sick. YAY for me. *snorts*

My evening was really quite uneventful: I couldn't go out, couldn't dance by myself, couldn't do much more than watching TV and using my pc. Well, at least that gave me the perfect excuse to work on some other TDK graphic things.

Before posting them, however, let me wish you a very happy 2009!!!! May it be full of... penguins, new obsessions to write fanfictions about, new fandoms to follow, new plans for the future and a lot of love!

May God bless you all!

As for the rest,

here we go with:

001-009: Christian Bale Icons
010-029: The Dark Knight Icons
030: Bruce Wayne Wallpaper (1280 x 1024 pixel)
031: Jim Gordon Wallpaper (1280 x 1024 pixel)

(made using meira_xx's tutorial, profoundly_grey's tutorial and Immortal Memories's textures)

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Bella...
E' il demonio che si e incarnato in lei
Per straparmi gli occhi via da Dio, lei
Che ha messo la passione e il desiderio in me
La carne sa che paradiso e lei
C'e in me il dolore di un amore che fa male
E non m' importa se divento un criminale
Lei
Che passa come la bellezza piu profana
Lei porta il peso di un' atroce croce umana
O Notre Dame!
per una volta io vorrei
Per la sua porta come in chiesa entra in lei
(Frollo, Notre Dame de Paris)




Here 4 TDK wallpapers (1024 x 768).
The first one was inspired by this gorgeous fic by heatherhouse.

Textures used for these arts are from Immortal Memories and this tutorial.

As always, pleeease, do not hotlink! Thank you! :)

Bella, la parola bella è nata insieme a lei
Col suo corpo e con i piedi nudi lei
E un volo che afferrerei e stringerei
Ma sale su l`inferno a stringere me
(Quasimodo, Notre Dame de Paris)




I should have watched this show sooner, but I never had the chance to do so. A dear friend of mine (God bless her!!!) lent me the DVD the other day and...woah. I think I've discovered a new obsession. Everything about it is AMAZING. Its songs, its scenography, its singers and dancers... Gives you goosebumps, believe me.

Anyway, here's a couple of videos I found online. Matteo Setti (aka the poet Gringoire) is, in my opinion, the best character of the show. His voice is gorgeous. The song of the video opens the show... I can barely imagine what it must have been to listen to a "start" like that, for the people who were lucky enough to be there.



And here's another favourite one mine: Bella. It's a song dedicated to Esmeralda, the gipsy woman who conquered the heart of the three main characters. It speaks about their desire for her and about her beauty... Magic.



I'm still creating some icons about the show, but in the meantime, I give you a first bunch of them, all dedicated to Frollo, the priest driven mad by his love for Esmeralda. He's wonderfully portrayed by Vittorio Matteucci.

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Robert Angier: Why, haven't good come of your obsessions?
Nikola Tesla: Well at first. But I followed them too long.
I'm their slave... and one day they'll choose to destroy me
(The Prestige) 


Found here

SUPPOSEDLY if you’ve seen over 85 films, you have no life.

Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Put x’s next to the films you’ve seen, add them up.

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
Total: 7
(X) The Princess Bride
( ) Anchorman
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Labyrinth
(X) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 13
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(X) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 18
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 24
(X) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
(X) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
(X) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 31
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG
Total so far: 37
(X) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( )Halloween
(x) The Ring
(X) The Ring 2
(X) Surviving x-MAS
( ) Flubber
Total so far: 44
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
(X) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(X) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 49
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
(X) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(X) Just Married
(X) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
(X) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(X) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 59
( ) Bad Boys
(X) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
(X) Bourne Identity
(X) Bourne Supremacy
( ) Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(X) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 66
(X) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss’s Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
(X) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 70
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
(X) Calendar Girls
(X) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
(X) Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
( ) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(X) The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 80
(X) x-Men
(X) x-2
( ) x-3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(X) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
(X) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(X) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
Total so far: 93
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 96
(X) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 102
( ) Basketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
(X) American History x
(X) Three
Total so Far: 104
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
(X) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 107
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(X) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
Total so far: 111
(X) Kill Bill vol 1
(X) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 113
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X)Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 119
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( )Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
(X) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
(X) Hannibal
Total: 124

YAY! No life at all. ;)

Oh my.

It happened.

HEATH LEDGER GOT THE NOMINATION!!!!!!!

Thank God!!! *grins madly*  ... I jumped on my chair in happiness when I read it!

I complain about the fact that THE DARK KNIGHT got only THIS nomination, but you can never know how it'll go at the Oscars...

Anyways, here's the link to the official list: www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/104

Some other VERY positive notes: 

Gomorrah nominated for best foreign movie!!! GO ITALY!!!!!!!!!! *claps hands happily*
Kevin Spacey nominated for best performance by an actor in a mini-series. YAY!!!!!!


Speaking of this, have you heard about the Australian Oscar to Heath?

quotidianonet.ilsole24ore.com/spettacoli/2008/12/09/137841-oscar_australiano_heath_ledger.shtml

Go, boy. You deserved it.


On a negative note, instead, an Italian channel showed BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN the other day. And... guess what? They censored it!!! Can you believe this?!?!?!?! What's there to be censored?!? I got SOOOO angry when I saw this and a lot of people out there are protesting against this choice. If they didn't want to show it, why did they buy it? In my opinion, a movie must be taken as it's created. If you're against its plot, or its scenes, no one compells you to watch it or enjoy it, right?
What's even funnier is that last week the same channel showed TRANSAMERICA, that's got some quite explicit gay sex scenes, from what they've told me. That wasn't censored. So, here's what I get from this: sex is allright. Let's just censore feelings. I'm usually optimistic and I LOVE Italy, but seriously: our society must have some problems, if this is what it wants to teach you.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing
(The Bible)



23 new The Dark Knight icons. God Bless DVDs =D
1 -11: no text
12-23: with text

...let me know if you like them! :) And pleeeease, do not hotlink! :) Thank you!

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Everything happens for a reason


Hola a tutti!

After discovering how to put a texture on an icon (it took me ages to understand it and I'm still not completely certain I got it right...), I spent hours trying out this new ability...

The following ones are the results... most of them were inspired by tutorials I found at Icon Tutorial , while the header comes from Heygravity's tutorial. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I downloaded an amazing texture I used on many of these pictures, this one:



Thanks to its author with aaaall my heart! If anyone out there knows her/his name... let me know! :)

As always, please credit if using, and pleeeease, do not hotlink! :) Thank you!

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