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A meme, taken from a lot of people on my Insanejournal friends list:
You give me any character or characters that I have played (past or present) and I will give you 3-5 alternate Played-Bys for the character. I might even explain the choice(s).

Since I’m only currently playing Meggan Szardos, I’ll go ahead and give four alternate PB’s for her.

My selections in order of last name are:
Candice Accola
Jessica Marais
Georgia Moffett
Jessy Schram

M.A.R. Barker passed away on March 16th, at the age of 83. May he rest in peace. He made Empire of the Petal Throne, “only six weeks after the original D&D, and then TSR swiftly republished it. It was the second roleplaying game ever.” In addition, he wrote five novels and some short stories.

Megaupload seizure order “null and void,” says New Zealand’s High Court. Due to a procedural error, police may have to return Kim Dotcom’s assets.

Due to severe weather, the Anaheim Convention Center began leaking during WonderCon.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Mole People.

Second trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Seven Secrets of the Dark Shadows Trailer.

Latest on The Hobbit pub, Southampton.

The full trailer for Prometheus.

JMS Gives More Before Watchmen Details, Defends Project.

Carol Danvers is the new Captain Marvel.

Sneak peek at Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

From WonderCon: DC Nation Animation Panel.

DC Nation’s Super Best Friends Forever (starring Supergirl, Batgirl, and Wonder Girl) will consist of a total of five 75 second long shorts, with a possibility of more. The first episode is here.

X-Treme X-Men was announced at WonderCon, and the cover unveiled.

From Cracked: The 5 Most Spectacular Landscapes On Earth (That Murder You).

Viral newscast video for The Amazing Spider-Man, featuring Gwen Stacy’s father being interviewed by Daily Bugle News.

Writer Seth Grahame-Smith updates Fearnet on the Pride And Prejudice And Zombies movie.

A fourth season has been confirmed for Being Human.

The Russian trailer for X-Men: First Class includes a bit of footage not previously seen in the English version. Read the comments at Blastr, since someone translated the text and dialogue into English. You get to see Magneto in his helmet. The other difference is there’s music in place of the JFK speech.

The idea of a Sandman series is dead again.

The preview for Red Nose Day includes a short clip of the Doctor Who segment.

10 Coolest Time Machines In The Space-Time Continuum. Yes, the Delorean and TARDIS are included.

And now, a couple of RPG related memes that I want to do--taken from racetrack and loveologist, over on Insanejournal:

Give me one of your characters and one of mine, and I will give you their top three Texts From Last Night.

and

Name one of my characters and one of yours. I'll show you three icons displaying expressions that my character frequently makes when interacting with yours, and explain why.

Or in this case, as I only have the one character: Give me yours, and I’ll do that. Just let me know which meme (or if it’s both) it’s for when you comment. Crossing my fingers that the comments come to me now, now that I've switched notifications to Gmail.

Pretty much the only thing that has been standing in the way of getting The Hobbit made is one thing: money. MGM is bankrupt. However, now comes the news that Warner Bros. has agreed to foot the bill for the movies. $500 million for both Hobbit movies, since it’s going to be split in two parts. That’s astounding. Meanwhile, Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen are officially confirmed to be signed on for the movie.

The Wonder Woman tv show that was going to be written by David E. Kelly?

Gail Simone could end up writing the comic of Buffy Season 9. The job is hers if she agrees to it.

The Dark Knight Rises will be filming in Detroit—and Nolan says again that it will not be in 3D. Which makes me like him even more.

C. Thomas Howell has signed on to the Spider-Man movie. He will play someone named Ray.

Someone made their wedding cake one of the Ghostbusters using their proton packs against the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, on top of Dana’s building. And it’s glow-in-the-dark.

I redid the Character Expression Meme that I posted before, because I just wanted to be able to fill it up entirely, with the icons that I both use, and would use if I could. So I uploaded the latter to the LJ Scrapbook to get that to work, and made a tag there for the person that made each one. It’s that, and I just didn’t want to see the thing remain unfinished.

( I’ve put the Character Expression Meme beneath the cut, due to the length of it. )

On another Meggan-related note, I just realized that I’ll be having the poor thing doing a driving test in February. So...yes. Her driving test will be filled with snow and ice and sleet, as she navigates the streets of New York. And she’ll probably attempt to practice driving in a bit of that, unless someone talks her into doing March instead. When things should thaw in New York, provided there are no apocalyptic scenarios.

I also realized she would probably be first in line to the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie in May—whatever that one is called—given her love of all things pirate related. This means extensive research of the Wikipedia pages is in store for me.

ETA: Please bear with me, while I try to find and remove the small scrap of code that is centering the bottom half of this post.

ETA 2: Fixed!

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10 Things Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four Taught Us.

From Comic Alliance: 10 Completely Insane Superhero Costumes...For Your Dog. It’s the commentary about the poor dogs that makes the article worth it.

In other news, because I managed to stumble across someone (dedicated to the pairing of John and Marlena) that uploaded the entire storyline (and Aremid and one or two other chunks) to Youtube, I’ve been having a Marlena Possessed By The Devil Marathon—just in time for Halloween, I guess. Backwards, beginning with the fight in the morgue, and basically skipping around. From what I can tell, two episodes are missing. The bit where Father Francis was briefly possessed—which Mom also remembers, so I know it happened. We both remember that he had yellow eyes at that moment. And the episode directly after the possession ended. Which was a recap of the whole mess, with John relating all the events to someone and endless flashbacks—I don’t remember who it was he was talking to, though. That episode is how I figured out what was going on back in 1995, since I came in toward the end of it all.

I had to laugh at one commercial that was accidentally included—for the O.J. Simpson trial. “Don’t worry, your soaps will be back very soon! This won’t last long!” Not so much. They were gone for months.

And now, a meme—taken from lafemmedarla:

Go through all your role play characters. Pick out your favourite icon. List it. Explain why.

Since I only have Meggan, this won’t take too long. It’s a tie between this one, and this one, because something about them just seems to capture her personality rather nicely.

From Cracked: 6 Baffling Flaws In Famous Sci-Fi Technology. The DeLorean in Back to the Future, the Enterprise, and the Batwing are included on the list.

Saturday is Read Comics In Public Day.

The Doctor Who tv movie is finally getting an American DVD release.

There’s going to be a Doctor Who Secret Santa over at dwsanta. You can sign up here.

Someone put the TARDIS on top of MIT.

x_project related: I’m thinking that Meggan would end up doing the test for her learner’s permit on Friday--so if she passes, she would then have the weekend to celebrate. That, and getting it out of the way for her before school starts up again, so that all she needs to worry about on that front is learning to actually drive. I actually dug through New York's DMV site, and decided which questions (out of 20) she would most likely get wrong.

6 Things Bryan Singer Just Revealed About X-Men: First Class. Basically, while it’s set in the 60’s, we won’t see the actual first class of X-Men.

I was thinking of changing the picture on Meggan’s page of the Wiki. That’s mostly because I stumbled across this as I was looking through various sites.

Also being considered are this one, (more of a smile than the one I used for the Wiki) or this one.

If I could find the exact screencap this originates from, it might be an option, too. I know it’s during Blink. I’ve hunted through various screencap sites, but I can’t find a match for it. It looks like it might be from the end of the episode, but I’m not sure. From what I can tell, the clothes aren't right for that.

Den of Geek attempts to explain the timey wimey-ness of The Big Bang. They do an incredible job, too. Anyone who hasn’t seen that episode or The Pandorica Opens should avoid it. Your head will explode either way.

Yesterday, I watched part of Syfy’s marathon (this gives me flashbacks to the days when the Sci-Fi Channel was good, and had reruns of old shows) of The Greatest American Hero, as I had never seen it before. All I can say is the theme song is stuck in my head right now. All I knew before was that the character flew around in what appeared to be long underwear, wearing a cape that resembled a child’s blanket. And that he crashed into things a lot. Now I know that aliens gave him the costume, and he lost the manual for it. Possibly more than once. And then I read the TV Tropes page for it. The entry for UnCanceled is bizarre.

And a couple of memes, the first of which I thought I had already posted last week. Apparently not.

Name a character you think I ought to play and I'll talk to you about why I would or wouldn't.

Oh, and if anyone didn't get the notifications for it, (if they're still down) I've answered a couple more for the AU meme. So it's Meggan in the Buffyverse, Meggan in Doctor Who, and Meggan in Jem.

I don’t believe the bookies that think the Eleventh Doctor’s regeneration would come soon. And if it did? My ideal Twelfth Doctor would be Peter Wingfield.

Another rumor making the rounds, highly likely to be false, is that Johnny Depp is going to be in an American version of Doctor Who as the Doctor. Besides, I think the actor has enough things on his plate, and wouldn’t have the time to do a tv show, too. Just check out his IMDB page—14 things in development, one filming, three in post-production, and one in production.

Since Jeph Loeb will oversee Marvel-related television shows, Io9 has posted a recap of what Marvel has made so far, in the live action department. Follow the links and remember (or discover) just how bad the Generation X tv movie was. I’m amused to say that I have this on DVD—I actually tracked it down through Ebay a few years back. I believe a New Mutants series would be interesting, and the whole Limbo storyline could be an ongoing arc. I don’t think it would ever happen, but it’s still an interesting idea.

blognewsarama has a clip from the live action Power Pack pilot that was never picked up.

The 10 Best Beat-‘Em-Ups (Arcade Games) of All Time. The X-Men arcade game (the one based on Pryde of the X-Men) is listed, as is the one for The Simpsons. I remember playing the latter when I stumbled across a Chuck E. Cheese in Memphis one year. 1991 is when it was released, so it was probably then.

And lastly, three RPG related memes that have been going around my friends list.

You give me any character or characters that I have played (past or present) and I will give you 1-3 links or images of alternate Played-Bys for the character. I might even explain the choice(s).

Give me two or more characters, and I will tell you what happens when they are trapped in a mountain cabin together.

Name one of my characters and one or more others, and I will tell you what happens when they are stranded on a desert island together. How did they get there? What is the island like? Do they get off? Etc.

With the last two, as I only play one character—Meggan—it’s her, plus whatever other character you choose to be trapped with her in those situations.

ETA: According to comments on my friends list, comment notifications seem to be down at the moment. So please be patient if I haven't replied to something, as I probably don't know about it yet.

Patrick Stewart was finally knighted.

Den of Geek has a DVD review of The Incredible Hulk cartoon from the early 80’s. Anyone else ever watch that? I was probably 2 when I watched it, but I loved it. Of course, I mainly remember the narration from Stan Lee, and the opening credits.

When I watched Vampires in Venice a few weeks ago, I kept thinking that one lady looked like Sigourney Weaver. Specifically, when Sigourney Weaver was in Snow White: A Tale of Terror. Here’s the trailer. Anyone else think so?

x_journal related: Meggan will be wearing either this or this to prom. Going by how Meggan is, though, I’m leaning toward the former—it’s her style and it’s cute. This one, on the other hand, would not be a good idea, would not suit her, and would just be terrifying—she might break a leg in those shoes, too. Only worn if Meggan has lost her mind. I stumbled across that photoshoot a few minutes ago, and had to throw it in.

The Fictional Love Meme. You post your username, and someone replies to your comment anonymously, pretending to be a fictional character from any fandom expressing love (platonic or otherwise) for you. It’s a strange meme, but I’m joining in. My thread is here.

ETA: And I just noticed that I have one response, from someone pretending to be Donna. Love it! *laughs*

Meanwhile, I just realized something—someone’s going to need to teach Meggan how to drive over at x_journal—probably before she turns 18. Something tells me she wouldn’t be the best driver in the world. Not bad to the extent of running over signs and mailboxes, though. I recently found a clip of Kitty Pryde driving in X-Men: Evolution—there’s no way Meggan would be that terrifying.

Still on the subject of Meggan: After recently rewatching the episode of Merlin (plus the episode of Doctor Who with her) where Georgia Moffett appears, and finding icons of her from there, I briefly started wondering if she would work as Meggan. Going by how expressive she is, and the personality in general. Does she work?

I can’t tell if she’s slightly too old to work for an 18 year old or not, so I’m doing a poll—also adding the option of nobody wanting a change at all. Here are some icon posts. She really looks like a completely different person if she has red hair, so ignore those icons. The blonde icons look more like what I’m talking about, with maybe a few of the brunette.

[Poll #1568157]

This doesn’t mean I will be changing it, more wondering if she could work.

And we’ll see if any of the poll votes end up being sent to me. Last time I did a poll, they didn’t—so I’m hoping they’ve fixed the glitch by now.

ETA: It appears they haven't fixed the glitch. I'll recheck my settings tomorrow, and make sure it's not on my end. Last I checked, it wasn't.

At the end of the Support Stacie Auction, wiggiemomsi managed to win me for a grand total of $75. I think that’s around what was raised in my thread the last time around, back in September, so I’m thrilled. In addition to whatever (it can be a timestamp, or something else I listed that I was willing to write) you want me to write, wiggiemomsi, I also owe you two drabbles. You can get back to me on what you’d like those to be about.

If anyone’s interested in seeing the new interior of the TARDIS, Io9 has a few pictures here.

Prepare to feel slightly old: It’s the 20th anniversary of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. At the time, I was obsessed with them, and knew the theme song by heart...but for some strange reason the third movie is the only one I actually saw in the theater.

With Revenant, the log with Kurt comforting Meggan is finished. I’m thinking all that needs to be done with Meggan in the aftermath is just have her explaining things and apologizing to Catseye and Nick and anyone else she needs to, checking on Adrienne at some point, and talking to Amanda.

From Cracked.com: The Five Most Maddeningly Unresolved Plotlines. You can read the whedonesque comments about other plotlines that should have been listed, over here.

It would appear that someone else got to a hold of Stephanie Brown/Spoiler before I could—yesterday evening, by the look of it. It looks like a great game, so I’ll try to think of a few characters I like that they don’t already have, and then start a poll.

And now, a meme:

If you had me under your command and could make me write anything , regardless of whether or not I know the fandom or if anybody even writes fic in that fandom for Doctor Who/Torchwood, no matter how crack-addled it might be, what would you love to see me write?

And if it somehow manages to incorporate anything in my spook_me assignment, then I just might be able to work it in. You never know.

ETA: Good news! The LJ feeds are working again.
ETA 2: Ah, yes. Everything that was missed was thrown into the most recent part of my friends list. Just finished going through it as far back as skip=180. And I think it's still coming.

Saturn 3 is reportedly getting a remake, and so is Yellow Submarine…and Dirty Dancing. I was about to ask whether or not they had already made a sequel, but the article I’m linking to confirms they did. And nobody watched it, either.

Here’s something interesting. A shrine to a certain Torchwood character has been set up outside a door that’s used for Torchwood. If you haven’t already seen Children of Earth, you will be spoiled.

Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome. The Daleks are #10 on the list. #2 happens to be the 456 from Torchwood.

Warehouse 13 has apparently been picked up for another season by the Syfy Channel, with the potential for later seasons to be longer. I haven’t tried this one yet—is it worth watching? And on that note, is Eureka good? I’ve just recently watched the last two episodes of the current season, and wondered if it was worth watching earlier ones.

And, lastly, the Rahne and Illyana PB poll will be closing at the beginning of next week. Probably Monday evening or Tuesday morning. If you haven’t already (and last I looked, nobody had) voted, please do so here.