Fannish Items of Interest, And A Poll

[calliopes_pen]

From Cracked: The 7 Most Offensive Adaptations of Classic Comic Books. #1 on their list is the Generation X tv movie.

20 Heroic Librarians Who Save The World. Pretty much everyone I could think of was listed—including The Librarian movies, Evie from The Mummy, and Giles.

Sylvester McCoy is another that has been cast in The Hobbit. He will reportedly play Radagast the Brown.

In other news, I found out something about the movie shown after the Zombie Walk. It’s the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead—not interested in seeing that, which leaves me free to go to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Also? Thanks to a post by cinemassacre, I found out that Rifftrax Live is doing the original House on Haunted Hill on October 28th. Normally, that sort of thing doesn’t show up in the theaters around here. For once? It will be at a theater near the mall at 7 PM. So now I’m trying to decide if I want to go see that, too. I love Vincent Price movies, and I like the Rifftrax guys.

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As a sidenote, I see that I need to find a Vincent Price icon. Bela will do for now.

Comments

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Putting Generation X first was a little unfair. Not because it wasn't terrible, but because they seem to be treating it like it was an adaptation of X-Men. It wasn't. Or it'd have been called X-Men. It was an adaptation of Generation X, a comic featuring lesser known and new characters with ties to the X-universe. Call that ill-conceived all you want (I personally think it's a much better basis for a live TV series than an X-Men one, although perhaps that book's cast might not be the best choice, and it was certainly a poor adaptation), but it's not at the level of, say, a Superman musical where he considers killing himself by jumping off a bridge, or most of the other choices.

[magikfanfic.livejournal.com]

I was about to comment and make this exact same point. The movie is pretty terrible but it's not as bad as it could be and when compared to the series it was actually portraying it's still bad, but not as bad as what they're talking about. Generation X would have made an awesome TV series, but they picked a team with powers that would have called for special effects that could not be afforded at that time. The replacement heroes they came up with for the kids they could not afford to include are, understandably, a little flat.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Sylvester McCoy as a wizardly animal-whisperer? Yesplz.

I chose Rifftrax only because a) I love the idea of snarking at old-skool horror flicks; b) I'd be a RHPS 'virgin' and I cringe in advance at the notion of being hazed by the regulars.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Aiee, I hear you. There are ways of avoiding the hazing, however. Suggestion: go with a couple of non-virgin friends who are anti-hazing as well, and can be trusted not to rat you out. I've done that for friends from time to time. (I only got out of my own hazing because I had a panic attack and fled to the lobby. It wasn't pretty.)

[calliopes_pen]

Just looked up the hazing at Wikipedia--as I've never seen it in a theater either, they'd be doing all that to me. I'm cringing here, too.

I only knew about the throwing of playing cards, dancing the Time Warp in the aisles, throwing confetti, and throwing toast. Wasn't aware of the hazing. Not interested in that.

Well, then. Rifftrax for me! *laughs*

[clocketpatch]

I've just been staring at one of the Generation X photos on Cracked and realizing that FOX totally re-used the weird bondage head band with nails thingy from the Doctor Who movie. *blinks*

I'm not the only one who sees it? right?

[calliopes_pen]

I never connected the two until now, but I think you're right. I see it, too. If it's not the same one, then it's incredibly similar.