For the record, I didn’t think Gaiman “stole” the line: I thought it was a reference, a joke, a little shout out to those of us clever folks who’ve seen Jekyll. I was bummed to learn it was just Moffat reusing a joke.
I mean, that’s totally fine: it’s a great joke, it worked really well both times, and apparently not many people saw Jekyll. I just would have been way more delighted if it had been Gaiman and Moffat sharing a little joke.
At any rate, I’m shocked to learn that Jekyll didn’t do very well. It’s bloody fantastic. I was going to link to a trailer, but they’re all misleading or spoilery, so just trust me here. It’s available on DVD in the states, so I assume it’s on NetFlix. Seattle friends may apply to me directly to borrow mine.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you end a good day.
That awkward moment where, just briefly, you want to make out with Neil deGrasse Tyson.
I want to be John Darnielle when I grow up.
That being said, this is not new. Lego made “girls sets” when I was a kid: I had one that was some kind of beach resort, with a couple of little shops and an ice cream truck. This would have been maybe 1992? I played with it the same as I had with the early Lego sets my parents bought when I was even younger, the primary colored blocks that made windmills and gas stations.
Don’t get me wrong: it’s still bullshit. It’s just not new bullshit.
I love it when things accidentally line up like this on Twitter. Coincitweets.
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome this is.
Seriously: two from Neil Gaiman, one from John Darnielle, and now this? 2012 is a good year for tweetbacks.
I have been strutting around like a motherfucking badass pretty much all day because of this.
