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calliopes_pen) wrote2012-01-25 10:56 am
calliopes_pen) wrote2012-01-25 10:56 am
Fannish Items of Interest
Nicol Williamson passed away on December 16th, at the age of 75, following a two-year struggle with esophageal cancer. May he rest in peace. Sherlock Holmes fans will remember him in the lead role from The Seven Per-Cent Solution. He was also the Nome King/Dr. Worley in Return to Oz, Merlin in 1981’s Excalibur, Cogliostro in Spawn, and Father Morning in The Exorcist III. Despite Return to Oz scarring me when I was little, I catch it whenever it’s on Flix. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is one of my favorite Holmes movies.
Official White House petition to veto SOPA First link goes to the article, second to the actual petition—over 51,000 signatures as of the last time I checked. There’s also a petition to end ACTA.
6 Made Up Words That Made It To Common Usage, and 8 That Should.
Layman and McCrea relaunch Mars Attacks.
10 Most Undignified Deaths In Science Fiction And Fantasy.
Lily Collins will not be in the remake in the remake of The Evil Dead after all, due to a scheduling conflict.
Prompt submissions are open, over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
dark_fest. Banners for spreading the word are located here.
New poster for The Raven. It almost looks like Edgar Allan Poe just became the new host for the Phoenix Force.
Dimestore Dames spotlights Sylvia Danvers.
An official synopsis for The Amazing Spider-Man.
ABC ordered a Beauty and the Beast pilot. Not to be confused with the one the CW just picked up.
The strange or ill-advised movie sequels that never were. Check out the insanity the Gladiator sequel would have been.
Adapting Sherlock: Series 2. This is a lovely article on the canon of the season, so if you haven’t watched the season yet, beware the spoilers.
Stan Lee reflects on 70 years in comics.
Another notification of a journal purging came through. This time, for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kinross_shewolf. I only used that one briefly for a game that died, but I never posted in the journal. So I’m fine with that one being swallowed by Frank the Goat. (The username originated for me on Greatestjournal for a different game, before I moved stuff over to Insanejournal—just happened to use it once more here on LJ.)
Official White House petition to veto SOPA First link goes to the article, second to the actual petition—over 51,000 signatures as of the last time I checked. There’s also a petition to end ACTA.
6 Made Up Words That Made It To Common Usage, and 8 That Should.
Layman and McCrea relaunch Mars Attacks.
10 Most Undignified Deaths In Science Fiction And Fantasy.
Lily Collins will not be in the remake in the remake of The Evil Dead after all, due to a scheduling conflict.
Prompt submissions are open, over at
dark_fest. Banners for spreading the word are located here.New poster for The Raven. It almost looks like Edgar Allan Poe just became the new host for the Phoenix Force.
Dimestore Dames spotlights Sylvia Danvers.
An official synopsis for The Amazing Spider-Man.
ABC ordered a Beauty and the Beast pilot. Not to be confused with the one the CW just picked up.
The strange or ill-advised movie sequels that never were. Check out the insanity the Gladiator sequel would have been.
Adapting Sherlock: Series 2. This is a lovely article on the canon of the season, so if you haven’t watched the season yet, beware the spoilers.
Stan Lee reflects on 70 years in comics.
Another notification of a journal purging came through. This time, for
kinross_shewolf. I only used that one briefly for a game that died, but I never posted in the journal. So I’m fine with that one being swallowed by Frank the Goat. (The username originated for me on Greatestjournal for a different game, before I moved stuff over to Insanejournal—just happened to use it once more here on LJ.)