Fannish Items of Interest
Mar. 28th, 2012 11:33 amRapidshare was declared legal in court in Germany, and told that they must monitor external sites that link to copyrighted material they host, and ensure those files become inaccessible. They plan to take the case to the Supreme Court.
The next Rifftrax Live has officially been announced: on August 16th, Manos: The Hands of Fate will be riffed, and simulcast nationwide via Fathom Events. That’s the day before my birthday. If I’m able, and the local theater participates, I’ll likely be there.
Dimestore Dames spotlights Scandal Savage.
Insanejournal is having a Tax Time Sale—from now until April 17th, permanent accounts are 20% off.
The Dark Knight Rises will not have a panel at Comic Con 2012.
Rare Dracula poster discovered, sold for $143,400.
From Next Movie: Our 15 Favorite Lady Villains In Movies.
Four movies from Elvira’s Movie Macabre will be coming to DVD on May 8th.
Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Set, in limited edition coffin packaging is delayed again—it will now be released on July 10th.
Featurette: Eureka: A Look Back.
Major highlights in the history of space opera.
How to build a robotic squirrel-squirting water sentry-gun. Why did I see this, and think of Squirrel Girl?
What makes a good book-to-film adaptation?
A unique interview (since the one interviewing is 12 years old) with Mark Sheppard, while he was attending the Doctor Who convention last weekend.
Watch a clip and behind the scenes interview for The Wicker Tree, the sequel to (the Christopher Lee version, not the Nicholas Cage remake) The Wicker Man.
Justin Lin is attached to direct an adaptation of Lone Wolf And Cub.
Dan Didio: The Crisis Years.
Jamie McKelvie talks to Newsarama about his Carol Danvers redesign.
The 10 Most Awesome Moments From Game of Thrones’ First Season.
From Cracked: The 7 Biggest Jerk Moves In The History Of Superheroes.
This latest tv spot for Snow White And The Huntsman shows more footage. Io9 interviews the director, Rupert Sanders.
Joss Whedon carefully selects which Avenger he’ll doom forever in these adorable behind-the-scenes pics.
Emma Stone and Marc Webb discuss the character of Gwey Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man.
Emily Andras will be the new show runner for season 3 of Lost Girl.
Michael Bay, take a cue from these Ninja Turtles designs.
Hunger Games Cake.
Todd Spence’s fantastic Back to the Future painting.
David Tennant on his role as Charles Darwin in The Pirates: An Adventure With Scientists.
Now Playing Podcast discusses The Hulk—the one directed by Ang Lee. In the late 90’s, they wanted Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler to be the Hulk. Also, it would have been a comedy. I never knew that. So...it could have been so much worse.
The next Rifftrax Live has officially been announced: on August 16th, Manos: The Hands of Fate will be riffed, and simulcast nationwide via Fathom Events. That’s the day before my birthday. If I’m able, and the local theater participates, I’ll likely be there.
Dimestore Dames spotlights Scandal Savage.
Insanejournal is having a Tax Time Sale—from now until April 17th, permanent accounts are 20% off.
The Dark Knight Rises will not have a panel at Comic Con 2012.
Rare Dracula poster discovered, sold for $143,400.
From Next Movie: Our 15 Favorite Lady Villains In Movies.
Four movies from Elvira’s Movie Macabre will be coming to DVD on May 8th.
Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Set, in limited edition coffin packaging is delayed again—it will now be released on July 10th.
Featurette: Eureka: A Look Back.
Major highlights in the history of space opera.
How to build a robotic squirrel-squirting water sentry-gun. Why did I see this, and think of Squirrel Girl?
What makes a good book-to-film adaptation?
A unique interview (since the one interviewing is 12 years old) with Mark Sheppard, while he was attending the Doctor Who convention last weekend.
Watch a clip and behind the scenes interview for The Wicker Tree, the sequel to (the Christopher Lee version, not the Nicholas Cage remake) The Wicker Man.
Justin Lin is attached to direct an adaptation of Lone Wolf And Cub.
Dan Didio: The Crisis Years.
Jamie McKelvie talks to Newsarama about his Carol Danvers redesign.
The 10 Most Awesome Moments From Game of Thrones’ First Season.
From Cracked: The 7 Biggest Jerk Moves In The History Of Superheroes.
This latest tv spot for Snow White And The Huntsman shows more footage. Io9 interviews the director, Rupert Sanders.
Joss Whedon carefully selects which Avenger he’ll doom forever in these adorable behind-the-scenes pics.
Emma Stone and Marc Webb discuss the character of Gwey Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man.
Emily Andras will be the new show runner for season 3 of Lost Girl.
Michael Bay, take a cue from these Ninja Turtles designs.
Hunger Games Cake.
Todd Spence’s fantastic Back to the Future painting.
David Tennant on his role as Charles Darwin in The Pirates: An Adventure With Scientists.
Now Playing Podcast discusses The Hulk—the one directed by Ang Lee. In the late 90’s, they wanted Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler to be the Hulk. Also, it would have been a comedy. I never knew that. So...it could have been so much worse.