calliopes_pen | Fannish Items of Interest, And A Meme

First, the meme, taken from a few on my Insanejournal friends list:

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

More Dark Shadows news as Helena Bonham Carter is reported to be the favorite to portray…Dr. Julia Hoffman. I had been expecting Tim Burton to put her somewhere, so I’m not all that surprised. Personally, I would have liked them to bring back Barbara Steele.

A strange superhero spoof of all those internet dating ads: SuperHarmony.

The Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes sequel has a title—A Game of Shadows.

Someone in Brooklyn built Castle Greyskull out of all the snow that was dumped on them. It took two days to build, using only a Korean soup bowl and spoon.

The Science Channel will begin airing Firefly in March.

whedonesque discusses it here.

Borders officially filed for bankruptcy protection today. Were it not for the fact that we lost our only Borders store a couple years ago, I would be off to buy what I could from them while I still had the chance.

Remembering the recently departed Joanne Siegel. May she rest in peace.