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Top-Grossing Movies of 2009 (via Box Office Mojo)
For the U.S. and Canada. Amounts are in millions. Highlighted movies are still in theatrical release.



1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($402.1 June 24-Oct. 15)
2. Avatar ($352.1 Dec. 18—TBA)
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302.0 July 15-Dec. 17)
4. Up ($293.0 May 29-Nov. 5)
5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($287.9 Nov. 20—TBA)
6. The Hangover ($277.3 June 5-Dec. 17)
7. Star Trek ($257.7 May 8-Oct. 1)
8. The Blind Side ($208.3 Nov. 20—TBA)
9. Monsters vs. Aliens ($198.4 March 27-Aug. 27)
10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($196.6 July 1-Nov. 22)

That roar you hear at the multiplex this week can be measured in dollars as well as decibels. Hollywood enjoyed a record 2009 in terms of dollars grossed, raking in $10.6 billion in the United States and Canada, and $26.3 billion worldwide. Domestically, the numbers are up by a billion dollars, or 10 percent over 2008, according to veteran industry analyst Paul Dergarabedian at Hollywood.com. Globally they're up $2.3 billion, just under 10 percent, according to Rentrak, a company that tabulates movie box office.

In the Philadelphia region, according to Rentrak, $234 million in tickets were sold last year, 10.3 percent above the $212 million in 2008. The local increase was slightly higher than the overall 10.1 percent rise in the domestic box office. The local figures are for the Philadelphia Designated Market Area, an 18-county region that runs from Allentown to Cape May.

In terms of tickets sold, the 1.42 billion ducats bought this year remain below the record-setting 1.61 billion sold in 2002. "Still, 2009 marks the highest attendance since 2006," Dergarabedian said yesterday. According to his figures, "The last week of 2009 alone accounted for $500 million at the box office." That is a 20 percent jump over the 2008 holiday week.

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Title: Taken Into The Dark Silence
Author: lady_katana4544
Rating: T
Characters: First Aid, Hook, Constructions, Protectobots, the Fallen, Megatron, ensemble
Summary: The Fallen orders Megatron take an Autobot captive and format the Autobot completely into a Decepticon for their gestalt team to function properly.
Disclaimer: Recognizable characters are not mine.
Warnings: gender bended TFs, violence, language, angst
Notes: First in an AU and bunny was originally created by witch08. Not entirely complaint with the current movie verse.

chapter 3 ~ a lot longer than chapter 2.

Title: What The Night and The Voice Sees
Author: lady_katana4544
Rating: T
Characters: Hook, Constructicons, The Fallen, Megatron, mentions of others
Summary: In the middle of the night cycle she would awaken from seeing images of strange things, then the Voice would come to her. After the Voice, she would seek out her brothers.
Disclaimer: Recognizable characters are not mine.
Warnings: angst, violence, language, gender bended TFs, nightmarish imagery
Notes: This ficlet was originally supposed to set in the G1 universe, but the AU bunny ran off with it instead. This can be considered as slightly spoilery for some chapters of Taken Into The Dark Silence.

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Hello, hello all! Just wondering if anyone would happen to know the location of a certain story? I read it some time ago, loved the artwork that came with it and am now cursing myself for not bookmarking it. Or having a better memory *headdesk*. Anyway, the autobot gang all get turned into sparklings while fighting the decepticons and are brought back to the dcons base. Or maybe they were already there when they were turned. I dunno, but I think it was one of wheeljack's inventions that did it. Lots of cute sparkling fluff ensues until it's revealed that the autobots are only sparkling in form, not mind and prowl is plotting their escape. Last I remember of it is when optimus switches back to full size while still in megatron's lap. Hope this rings a bell?

Why is Starscream so much more colorful than his fellow Seekers?
And why was he painted black to his crowning ceremony?

a)Did he mourn for his wing mates? (After booting them out of Astrotrain, that slagger)
b)Dark colors in a Seeker are a sign that said Seeker is searching for a possible trine-mate. So this whole time, while Screamer was perfectly content where he was, Warp and TC basically sent "Come and join us so that we can rid of that intruder flying with us". Or they mourned their real trine-mate, who died before Screamer joint in?
c)Seekers are like chamaeleons. If happy they settle for some ground color with few and modest markings, if agitated or unsatisfied with their situation, they get bright and show agressive colors, so when Screamer get crowned, he was all happy and became black and white?
d)Why has Screamer a black face? An omen for something? A sign only a Seeker knows how to interpret?
e)Megs finds out that Seekers are Chamaeleons and that they have more moods than "content" and "not-content" and that these moods show through slight or drastic color changes. Now he's trying to use that to his advantage to be finally able to predict and direct Screamer's moves and thoughts. (Could explain why in G1 so many coloring errors were made. Especially when showing the Seekers XD)
f)Something happens that really shocks/affects the Seekers in some way and suddenly they all share the same colors. Much confusions ensues.

A few Simmons +/and/or Leo centric icons from RotF, plus one from the first movie? Samples below, more inside cut. Yeah, I'm one of those weirdoes who likes him, no, I haven't scrolled back far enough to see if there were similar, sorry. :/ Also includes some early ones from before there were screencaps.



( 23 icons or variations )

i made this as an icon for antepathy

( *flings* )

Title: Back Road   (Part 2/3)
Rating: PG13 to be safe
Characters: Sideswipe, Jolt, mentions of others.
Summary: It was just supposed to be a simple training exercise. [Sideswipe/Jolt]

Notes: Part two of three, because I am a horrible, horrible tease and an all-around bad person.  Plus it sort of exploded on me.  And, as usual, everything about Jolt comes from the illustrious forgo.

 

( walkin' in a winter wonderland )

http://www.insideline.com/chevrolet/camaro/2011/inside-the-cars-and-trucks-of-transformers.html

I found this article about the vehicles and it includes photos of their interiors and even some engines! Thought I'd pass it on. :D

Title: Musical Misconceptions

Chapter: 3

Rating: R/NC-17

Warnings: Adult Themes (I’m serious no likey no looky)
Characters/Pairings: ProwlxJazz

Setting: G1/AU

Disclaimer: Nothing is mine besides the fun I had writing this and discussing my ideas with chia16 (Chiatea16). Transformers and the songs I used ( none for this chapter ) belong to their rightful owners and subsidiary companies. I have only come to play in their sandbox.
 
Chapter 1&2 can be found here:  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5436653/1/Musical_Misconceptions

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Title: Younglings and Mechs (Part 2)
'Verse: G1 Transformers
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: TF cussing

And now, more adorable grey Datsun

So, although Shattered Glass isn't a straight-up, no frills mirrorverse, most of the characters are still somewhat like their 'normal' counterparts. Still, there are exceptions to the Decepticons = good and Autobots = bad rule, such as the deal with Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Still...

Where did Ricochet come from?

SG!Jazz gets a twin, which seems a little out-of-the-blue. So, if there's an SG!Ricochet, where is he in G1, movieverse, TFA, IDW, AHM, etc? Or, since we don't see him, what happened to him? If something happened to him, and since he is Jazz's twin, how does Jazz cope without him? Does Jazz cope? Who is aware that Jazz had/has a twin? How does the loss/stretch of his twinbond affect the way Jazz treats/sees/understands/interacts with Sunstreaker and Sideswipe?

As I'm currently been relegated to blowing my nose non stop for the past week, I've had a few bunnies creep up on me and bite a few times. **evil, insane laughter** Now I give them to you! Some of the ideas are crack, some are just.. weird. Mature on is located at the bottom for it's... questionable... theme.

Most bunnies are Bayverse but could be used for just about any chunk of canon.

( Hop Hop - get down and do the Bunny Hop! )

You can read it here, curl up and enjoy the stories!

Happy New Year! Here's Chapter Four of To Catch a Thief. Sorry it's taken me so long to post, but it's been hectic these past two weeks. Let me know what you think.

Title: To Catch a Thief
Rating: T
Characters: Prowl, Jazz, Blaster, Smokescreen

( Chapter Four )

Because I can't seem to fall asleep (I have to be up in 5 hours) I'll share a bunny that's been nibbling on my brain since my hubby told me something that had vacum cleaner and Optimus Prime in one sentence.

Wheeljack's device go boom while Optimus is in the lab. Due to this accident Prime's spark is transferred into a vacum cleaner. (he can transform into casette-sized bot)

What happens, how Prime deals with suddenly being small, how others deal with an unknown casette claiming he is their Prime, can they feel that Optimus is realy Optimus.

Play with it as I'm not apropriate to write this bunny myself :D

*crosses fingers in hope this'll get adopted*

Hiyah! And Happy New Year!! ♥

I haven't been much around here... other stuff kept coming into the way and other ideas as well.

Well now, without further blabbing, here's another funny fanart about Jazz and Prowl - co-starring with Elita and Optimus. ;P (Bare with me, okay?)

Oh, the link leads you directly to my DA account - I'm feeling lazy~! XDD

Title: "Arrest me, officer..."
Artist: k_tiraam
Rating: K+
Pairings: Jazz/Prowl and Elita/Optimus (as humans)
Universe: AU, Transformers movies
Warning: More silliness, smexy-looking Jazz and hot-looking Elita. ;3
Note: One of my silly ideas got this far, which managed to drop my friends' jaw in awe and turn them into frantic fans. XDD
Disclaimer: Still don't own any Transformers - expect Tracks-toy.

"FANART: Arrest me, officer"

i made all of these specifically for lj, except the bottom corner (all of those a parts of larger picture i have over on deviant art)
so, 2 icons and a large sheet of bigger versions of those same icons (so you can see the detail)
enjoy, just make sure you credit if you use

( artz and icons )

First off, I answered #10 and #9 (still unfinished) from this entry and #21 from this entry.
#9: 'Elect A Leader Week': part one, part two, part three
#10: Decepticon falls for Chromia: here
#21: Prime's inability to die: here

Now for the Burn Notice xover bunny:

( clicky here )