Fannish Items of Interest

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Morgan Paull has passed away, at the age of 67, after battling stomach cancer. May he rest in peace. He was famous for his role in Blade Runner—MST3K fans may also remember him from Mitchell.

Court May Order Google To Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘Rapidshare,’ and ‘Megaupload.’

Dropbox Users Targeted By Spam, Possible Address Leak To Blame?

SDCC 2012: Man of Steel panel.

SDCC 2012: The Hobbit panel.

SDCC 2012: Being Human panel.

Best Comic Con Cosplay Gallery Ever: Sunday. Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Galactus and Thanos had great costumes.

CCI: Marvel’s 2012 Costume Contest. There’s a Phoenix possessed Illyana in there, along with some great costumes of Deadpool, Storm, Emma Frost, Dark Phoenix, Hope Summers, Venom, and more.

Bleeding Cool has more costumes that were spotted. My favorite is the one at the end, The Dark Knight Retires. Deadpool Pokemon (is that what that was?) is a close second.

Deadpool Takes Comic Con By Dancing Storm.

The 10 Biggest Comic Con Announcements.

The Most Astounding Comic Book News Of Comic Con 2012.

Galactus Is Nigh: Counter-Protestors Warn of the Comic Con Apocalypse. There wasn’t as much said about this as there was about a certain church that protested a couple years back. The only two amusing bits are the Galactus sign, and the list of things they think lead to possession: Vegetarianism, Halloween fire walking, LOTR, and Twilight films?

SFX interviewed Paul Cornell at Comic Con.

Featurette for ParaNorman

Molly Quinn will be voicing Supergirl in an upcoming DC animated feature.

Trailer for Drew: The Man Behind The Poster.

Trailer for Merlin: The Game.

Rifftax at Comic Con: Best Of Trailer.

Cinematic Titanic’s Next DVD: Rattlers.

The Dark Knight Rises TV Spot #10.

7 Wildly Incorrect and Irresponsible Rumors About Batman Movies.

Mark Hamill and Nathan Fillion with Stan Lee on Youtube.

Nathan Fillion came up with an interesting (and classy) way to sign things for as many people as possible, while trying not to disappoint them—an apology letter with his signature.

Greg Pak talks Doctor Strange Season 1.

Bill Murray +12 more actors who almost wore a big-screen Batsuit.

Green Lantern The Animated Series: SDCC 2012 Preview.

The Sci Fi Channel just got a brand new name and identity…in Australia.

Do You Listen To Podcasts?

Denis Medry’s Steampunk Spider-Man and Rogue’s Gallery.

Every Dinosaur’s Kill Count From The Jurassic Park Franchise.

From Cracked: The 4 Weirdest Lessons 80’s Movies Really Wanted To Teach Us.

Jessica Biel May Not Be In The Wolverine After All. Pretty much as I expected.

There’s Nothing Strange In Your Neighborhood Shirt.

The Hub recreates Dark Knight Rises trailer for Batman cartoon marathon.

5 Modern Movie Trends That Were Started By Peter Jackson.

5 Things You Might Not Know About Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop, Released 25 Years Ago Today. Or yesterday, as the case may be.

Star Wars Lightsaber Chopsticks That Actually Light Up.

R2-D2 Football.

Wizard of Who T-Shirt.

Warren Ellis shows Joss Whedon hard at work on Wastelanders. Whedonesque discusses it here.

Now Playing Podcast: The Dark Knight (2008).