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2013-02-11 02:30 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Seven vulnerabilities found through Mega’s security bounty program

Peter David is home and recovering.

Goodbye G4 TV, hello Esquire Network

The CW renews Arrow, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural.

Clancy Brown Joins Lego Batman Premiere

Image of the Day: The Early History of Dick and Babs #1

Comic Book Casting: The Dark Knight Returns Movie

The AV Club looks back at the Batman: The Animated Series episode ‘Over The Edge.’

Editorial: Why World’s Finest Should Be The Next DC Comics Movie

Bryan Singer breaks his silence on Man of Steel.

Geoff Johns Leaving Green Lantern With Issue #20.

New Spider-Man Sideshow Classics Statue.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – The X-Men and the Case of the Exploding Communion Wafers

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Nightcrawler was a Priest?

Jack the Giant Slayer - Official Trailer #2

Atop The Fourth Wall: Youngblood #5 and Star Wars 3D #1.

David Morrissey interview: The Walking Dead, the Governor, Doctor Who and more.

Moffat: Matt Smith is ‘not going.’

Alternate History of Doctor Who: Female Cast As The Doctor.

Rumored Doctor Who Monster Return Confirmed.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be In 3D.

New Information On Mattel’s Ecto Goggles Prop Replica.

100 Episodes: DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared.

10 Amazing Horror Comedies.

Toy Fair 2013: More Pics of Pacific Rim Collectibles

Toy Fair 2013: A Look At NECA’s Carrie Figures.

Toy Fair 2013: Mattel Reveals Castle Grayskull

Hasbro Star Trek Line Unveiled At Toy Fair—Possibly Revealing Some Into Darkness Clues.

Toy Fair 2013: Playmates Reveal New Bebop & Rocksteady Figures

Elizabeth Olsen Hints at Godzilla's Somber Tone

‘Hobbit’ earns first Oscars with science, tech

Under The Dome Will Hit Amazon, NOT Netflix or Hulu.

Superman on TV: February 11th-17th.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on The Heartbreak Kid

Comics Alliance Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Part Two.

Birdemic II: The Resurrection Spreads Its Wings In June. And I can only hope Rifftrax mocks it mercilessly soon after.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): February 11th.

All My Children And One Life To Live To Begin Production On February 25th.

Bonnie and Clyde Cast: Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger

Tysto Commentaries: The Thing (2011)

Star Trek Monthly Monday #48: The Original Series: Devil In The Dark.
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2013-02-08 03:14 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Archive Of Our Own: Site Security.

Lifetime Horror Award Goes To Clive Barker.

Rifftrax: When A Stranger Calls Back (VOD Sample)

The Uncanny X-Men Revolution: Magik.

Tom DeSanto - With Great Power Extended Interviews

The Line it is Drawn #125 – Rock and Roll Superheroes

DC Cancels Firestorm, Ravagers, Hawkman, Deathstroke, Sword Of Sorcery And Team 7

Sales Post Mortem on DC’s Cancelled Titles.

Superman is back on stage in It’s a Bird revival

The Changing Face (Literally) of Superman Over 75 Years

New Digital-First Superman Series to Feature Timm, Hitch, Samnee, Sprouse and More with Out-of-Continuity Adventures

Dustin Nguyen Celebrates Holidays With Batman: Li'l Gotham

Justice League May Be Looking For New Writers.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #405.

16 Heartbreakingly Awesome Bits Of Production Art That Never Made It To The Screen.

Toby on the conclusion of Being Human

Could The Next Doctor Who Showrunner Already Be Chosen?

An Adventure in Space and Time: Jamie Glover to play William Russell

An Adventure in Space and Time: Jemma Powell to play Jacqueline Hill

Meet The Characters In BBC America’s Orphan Black. The newest BBC America trailer is here.

Stanley Hotel To Hold Indie Horror Fest.

Cover and Synopsis for Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep.

Gremlins Greta Life-Size Stunt Puppet

Zombieland Pilot Casts Two Leads.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on Burn.

Frank Oz Up For Reprising Yoda Role In Star Wars Spin-Off Movie.

Catching Up With Catherine Mary Stewart.

Best Art Ever (This Week): February 8th.

Alfred Hitchcock's iconic horror film Psycho was supposed to be a comedy, a new collection of BBC interviews reveal.

The Lunch: Episode 25: Room 237 Director Rodney Ascher

Movie Issues Podcast: Shaft (2000)

The Batman Universe, Bat-Books For Beginners, Episode 97: Batman: Cataclysm

Sean Pultz Commentaries: The Omen (1976)
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2013-02-07 02:11 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Stuart Freeborn has passed away, at the age of 98. He was the “creature effects artist who brought Yoda, Chewbacca, the Ewoks and countless other Star Wars aliens to life.” May he rest in peace.

Robin Sachs' dogs are looking for a new home.

Massive search fraud botnet seized by Microsoft and Symantec

Siegel and Shuster attorney to court: It’s over

Comic Con International’s Tax Documents Reveal Organizations Assets, Cost of SDCC.

Warren Bernard’s Citations and Fredric Wertham Documents.

Abandoned Love: How Do We Get Wonder Woman Back From Being a Mod?

Neal Adams’ Amended Cover For The London Super Comic Con

Final Series Of Being Human Announced.

Being Human Series 5 Trailer

‘Merlin’ co-creator Julian Murphy on series’ emotional conclusion

Matt Smith to star in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut How To Catch A Monster.

Ann Nocenti Talks Katana, Kurasowa and the Changes She’s Seen in Comics

Hindi Superman: 1987.

What The End Of Death of the Family Could Bring To Batman Comics.

Alfred Pennyworth: Where Do I Start?

Great Moments In Comics History: World’s Finest #153.

The Bat Signal: Layman & Fabok Rule the Roost in Detective Comics

Greg Berlanti's Storyboard Pitch For Green Lantern.

Paradise Island Concept Art Surfaces For David E. Kelly’s Wonder Woman.

The Uncanny X-Men Revolution: Cyclops

Is Venom In The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Farscape Rewatch: Season Two Overview, Season Three Primer

Do zombies experience consciousness?

Bryan Cranston And Elizabeth Olsen In Talks To Join Legendary's Godzilla.

TV Legends Revealed: Ernie Hudson Lost The Ghostbusters Cartoon Role?

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Fridge Decal.

Super Mario Busters Perfectly Mixes SMB with Ghostbusters

Who Should Play Young Han Solo?

Who do you LEAST want to play Young Han Solo in the new Star Wars spinoff?

The Star Wars Sequel That Never (Quite) Was: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

Top 20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie WTF Moments.

How The Definitive Movie Scare Got Grossed Up Into A Tiresome Cliché

TR Interview: Jeffrey Combs.

New Star Trek: Into Darkness Images From Entertainment Weekly.

Here’s an Ask Me Anything from William Shatner.

It’s No Coincidence That Your Favorite Characters Are Now Winter Storms

Charles Band Vidcast 02.07.13 - Valentine's Day, Wizard Video VHS, Grindhouse, Etc…

Dark Shadows News: April California Shadows Events Announced.

10 Movies That Should Become Spinoff TV Series Right Now

Why Americans Became Obsessed With Ninjas.

Stargate SG-1: Unleashed Seeks to Revive SG-1 As An Interactive Adventure

Junk Food Dinner #146: Alien (1979), Not Of This Earth (1988), and I Come In Peace (1990). Skip to 36 minutes in, if you only want to hear the movie discussions.

Pulp Nightmare: Pulp Commentary—Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 78: Super Hero Taisen (Commentary)

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast:Volume 2, Episode 6: Happy Birthday Superman, Part 1

Smodcast: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Commentary Track With Kevin Smith And Marc Bernardin.

Mission Log Podcast #27: Episode 27—The Alternative Factor.
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2013-02-06 02:42 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Remembering Star Trek: Voyager Guest Robin Sachs, 1951-2013. The AV Club remembers him here.

United States Postal Service Dropping Saturday Mail Delivery Starting August 1st.

Joanna Dodd Massey Named Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Publicity for The Hub

Nominations continue for the Rare Women Fic Exchange.

Claudia Grant will play Carole Ann Ford (the actress who played Susan) in An Adventure in Space and Time.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Bonnie Baxter.

DC Histories: Oliver Queen (Green Arrow I)

Grant Morrison: The 'Action Comics' Exit Interview

5 Actors Who Could Play The Flash In Justice League.

A visual comparison of Batman character looks & casting between: the Animated Series, Burton's movies, Nolan's movies, and the 1960's show.

Chris Pratt has been cast as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.

10 Casting Candidates For The Live-Action Doctor Strange.

The Avengers Cast To Present At The Oscars.

Impress Chris Claremont with your X-Men T-shirt design, win a trip to San Diego

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 synopsis released.

Superhero Noir Captures the Bleakness of Do-Gooding

The Sandman Re-Read: Seasons of Mists.

Bleach, Gintama Creators Take 1 Week Off Due to Flu

Covers For Full Color Dragon Ball Z Manga Revealed

New Sherlock Holmes game Crimes & Punishments announced

Delay Splits Studio Ghibli's Summer Plans

Disney Confirms Stand-Alone Star Wars Films.

Genuine 'Evil Dead II' Prop on the Auction Block

Sam Raimi And The Coen Brothers’ Crimewave Headed To Blu-Ray

13 Directors Who Work With The Same Stars Again And Again. I would add Christopher Nolan to that list.

Video Review: Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hill: In The Beginning… Mom used to watch this show with me, back in 1995. Neither of us knows why we bothered with it now.

Obscurus Lupa Presents: Witchcraft 3: Kiss of Death.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on Night Of The Following Day

Charles Michael Davis joins the cast of the Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals.

‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin Signs New Deal With HBO

Camera Operator for 'The Shining' Explains Helicopter Shadows in Opening Credits, Discusses Hallorann Crash Sequence

Starz Unveils its Key Art for Da Vinci’s Demons

6 Filmmaking Tips From Lawrence Kasdan

Theatrical Poster, Trailer And Release For Vincent Cassel-Starrer ‘The Monk’

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Music Collection Coming Next Week.

Now Playing Podcast: Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995)

Comic Issues Podcast #104: The Walking Dead

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #72: Robert Kirkman.
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2013-02-02 01:19 pm
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2013-01-31 01:41 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Firefox to block content based on Java, Reader, and Silverlight

Yesterday was Fred Hembeck’s 60th birthday.

An interview with Joel Hodgson.

A Brief History of J.J. Abrams’ Path To Power.

Remembering Boris Karloff.

Mark Gatiss: Sherlock to ‘Hide in Plain Sight’ in Season 3 Return

Stan Lee Cancels Megacon Appearance.

Iron Man 3 Super Bowl TV Spot

New Iron Man 3 Poster.

X-Men: Days of Future Past To Be Set Over Ten Years After The Events of First Class.

Review: Tracy Hickman’s Wayne of Gotham. I had the exact same issues with the author’s interpretation of Bruce and Alfred’s relationship.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: The Laughing Fish and Night of the Ninja.

Here’s a snow sculpture of Batman fighting a shark.

Is This The Swankiest Batman Collectible Ever Made?

12 Things That Ruined Superman

Superman Unbound Trailer.

Warner Bros. Releases New “Beware The Batman,” “Teen Titans Go!” Images

Frankenweenie's Performance Stalls Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio?

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Thinner.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 11, On The Doorstep.

Production Art From Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings.

Why Star Trek Phasers Don’t Exist Yet.

Star Trek Props And Costumes At Auction On eBay.

Great international poster for The Prestige.

35 Things Learned On The Set Of Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great And Powerful.

Doctor Who: The Aztecs Special Edition: Full DVD Details

Movie Legends Revealed: He-Man And Spider-Man Films Became Cyborg?

Will Gluck Will Direct Will Smith and Jay-Z’s ‘Annie’ Remake, But Willow Smith Won’t Star.

Mr. Fusion Ad T-Shirt.

Top 10 Horror Television Shows.

NPR’s Watch This: Neil Gaiman's Imaginative Favorites

Mission Log Podcast #26—Episode 26: Errand of Mercy.

Hey, Kids Comics, Volume 2, Episode 5: Farewell, Hellblazer Part 2.
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2013-01-30 01:56 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now.

CBS and CNET Protest Looming BitTorrent Client Ban

For those out there that missed out on seeing Rifftrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space in either it’s original showing or encore presentation, or just want to see how it went, here’s an old Tor review, and an old Agony Booth review. Over here are the reactions at the time over at Satellite News, which links to numerous other reviews.

Dingsi is hosting a Love Meme.

An Adventure In Space And Time Cast Announcement—David Bradley will play William Hartnell.

The Doctor Who Project: An Introduction.

Some of Warren Ellis’ favorite Planetary covers.

Committed: Jeff Lemire talks Constantine.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Wendy Harris/Kuttler (Proxy).

The full episode of Pioneers of Television: Superheroes

DC Histories: The Superman/Flash Races.

Matt Kindt Mindmelds With Martian Manhunter.

Katie McGrath and Nonso Anozie join the cast of NBC’s Dracula. Katie McGrath will play Lucy Westenra, and Anonzie will play R.M. Renfield.

First Photo Of Amy Adams As Lois Lane.

Dear Hollywood: Cast Gina Torres As Wonder Woman. Whedonesque reacts to that thought here.

What Are The Ingredients For A Good Wonder Woman Television Series?

Stan Lee Narrates Iron Man: Armored Avenger App.

Eva Green To Play Ava Lord In Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

The Unwritten and Fables Cross Paths In May.

Some Spider-Man casting ideas more insane than Paul Giamatti as the Rhino.

TV Show Opening Monologues That Are Worth Reciting In The Shower Each Morning.

Five Female Characters Who Should Star In Star Wars: Episode VII.

5 Alternative Zombie Movies To Get You Undead And Ready For Warm Bodies.

10 Reasons Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Is Secretly Great.

The macabre Beetlejuice is a reminder of the dazzling Tim Burton of old.

You’re A Zombie, Chuck T-Shirt.

Harry Potter Sorting Hat Cake.

Through The Looking Glass With An Alice In Wonderland Wedding.

Oz: The Great and Powerful SuperBowl Teaser Trailer

Two new posters for Jack The Giant Slayer.

Cryptid Catalog: 'The Barghest Hound'

Spawn of Dark Shadows: Gothica ABC Pilot.

Dark Shadows #13 Extended Preview.

Brand New Dark Shadows For 2013, From Big Finish.

6 Filmmaking Tips From Silent Era Icon Harold Lloyd.

Trailers From Hell: Marshall Harvey on Unfaithfully Yours

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Comic To Pilot

It Just Popped In There: The Making Of A Stay Puft Costume.

The Sandman Re-Read: Dream Country.

Evil Dead to open a week early.

Title and Plot Revealed for the Muppets sequel.

These Masters of the Universe Plushies Are Powerfully Cuddly.

Roseanne Barr To Play Krang Prime In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

10 episodes that make the argument for SCTV as one of TV’s all-time greats.

How I Met Your Mother officially renewed for final season.

Radiodrome, Episode 108: The Predator Retrospective.

Radiodrome, Episode 109: Adaptations

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #71: American Horror Story: Asylum In Review. Tim Minear joins the panel, along with co-executive producers Jennifer Salt and Jessica Sharzer.

Now Playing Podcast: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Comic Issues #103.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 125.

Junk Food Dinner #145: The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987), Mr. T’s Be Somebody Or Be Somebody’s Fool (1984), and For Safety’s Sake (1986). If you want to skip the interview portion, and go straight to the movie discussion, skip ahead to 1:25:19.
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2013-01-28 04:49 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Yes, that PC cleanup app you saw on cable TV at 3 AM is a scam. Pretty much as you’d expect.

Barnes & Noble to close one-third of retail stores over the next decade.

Cartoon Network Cancels Young Justice And Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Teen Titans Go and Beware the Batman will replace them.

Pilot News—Wonder Woman Amazon on Hold, CW Orders Tomorrow People.

Jonathan Frid featured in SAG awards video.

French Church Goes Cute By Changing Gargoyles to Gremlins

PBS airing superhero-themed Pioneers of Television.

Celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary With Mini David Tennant.

The Doctor and the Ponds finally meet Inspector Spacetime.

David Troughton and Murray Gold Win Audio Drama Awards.

Hollywood’s trash, our treasure: 17 salvageable flops from the late-winter dumping ground.

Toby Whithouse Introduces Being Human Series 5

Damien Molony and Kate Bracken interview: Being Human series 5

Grimm: The Web Series.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Linkara Riffs: The Gossip.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Happy Days #2.

Stan Lee’s Real Life Wolverine Claws.

Captain Marvel DIY Sweater.

Jeffrey Combs - Happy 10th Anniversary to Shout! Factory

New study shows that graphic novels really do help people learn.

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: The New 52.

Newest Oz: The Great And Powerful Poster.

Empire Magazine Man of Steel Cover.

New Man of Steel Images Spotlight Cavill, Shannon and Crowe.

Superman on TV: January 28th-February 3rd

'Death Of Superman Lives' Documentary Hits Kickstarter

Wolverine Puts On A Suit In New Image From The Wolverine.

Bryan Singer Talks X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Saint Revival Promises ‘New Take’ On Simon Templar.

Ghostbusters game from Capcom's Beeline available now

Evil Dead Had Received An NC-17, Cut For R.

Looks Like Suspiria Remake Slashed.

New X-Files Comic Launching From IDW.

P:R Approved: The Rahzzah’s Wonder Woman

Robert Zemeckis Blames Death Of Roger Rabbit Sequel On Regime Change At Disney

Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Zombies DVDs/Blu-rays from Synapse

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked (Death is Not the End) – So Is Europe Just a Codeword for Limbo for Osborns?

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – Lois Lane Meets a Man Who Somehow Has More Issues That Silver Age Lois Lane

Paul Giamatti may play Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

The Wackiest and Most Random Roles the Star Trek: TNG Cast Ever Took On

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): January 28th.

House To Astonish Podcast, Episode 99.

Bloodcast, Episode 27: The Omen and The Shining.

Film Sack Podcast #148: Double Dragon (1994)
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2013-01-22 03:42 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Reminders: Rifftrax at SFSketchFest/Best Of Rifftrax. I have tickets to the encore of Rifftrax Live: Manos. Provided we do not have a snowstorm (there’s a chance—last time a tornado, hail and migraine, this time a possibility of snow) or any other insanity going on at the time, I will be trying to go.

The First Doctor on BBC America. William Hartnell’s First Doctor story The Aztecs will air on BBC America on January 27th at 8 PM CST.

Doctor Who Snowmen Popping Up In The UK.

Arnold Schwarzenegger will appear in the next Terminator movie.

A Female Jimmy Olsen In Man Of Steel?

Man Of Steel—Man Of Ages.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Robin’s Reckoning: Part 1 and 2.

Geoff Johns on Justice League America: Unlocking Characters’ Potential.

Neil Gaiman And Teddy Kristiansen Deadman Story

A list of the 131 reasons David Banner turned into The Hulk.

S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot starts filming

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Jean Grey Tribute

Superhero Hocky—Bane Ends NHL Lockout.

Matt Wagner Unveils The Shadow: Year One.

The Zombieland TV show heads to Amazon.com

Daniel Gillies Joins Vampire Diaries Spin-Off

Is there any science fiction left on TV, now that Fringe is over?

‘Merlin’ showrunner shares his thoughts on the series finale in DVD commentary

The Cinema Snob—DVD-R Hell: Deception of a Generation, Part 1.

Eleven Alternatives To Carrie

Honest Trailers: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

Fan Art: Awesome head of Mr. Stay Puft by Alter-Ego-Dezines

7 Books That Would Make Great TV Shows.

30 Things We Learned From The Jurassic Park 3 Commentary.

Check Out These Alternate World War Z Posters.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #187: What is a comic you are currently enjoying?

The Covers of Oz Reimagined.

These Character Names Should Be Banned Forever.

More Famous Historical and Cultural Figures Who Could Become Monster Hunters.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): January 22nd.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 50: A Golden Passage.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 94: Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)
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2013-01-21 03:43 pm
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2013-01-20 03:45 pm
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2013-01-17 02:23 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Canadian Court Refuses To Ship Megaupload Servers To The US.

New Images, Cast Interviews for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Could Damian Wayne Kill The Joker?

Possible New Wonder Woman Has Experience At Torchwood, As A Misfit And Of Being Human.

Justice League Exclusive, Part 3: Making The Animated Series.

Your Living Room Needs These Justice League Prints.

Director Roman Coppola almost made a Doctor Strange movie back in 1992

Alphas cancelled by Syfy.

Syfy Finalizing A Straight-to-Series Deal for Ron Moore's Helix

Horror Poster Redux: Mondo Does Jaws…

Two New Images from Frankenstein's Army

Warner Bros. Planning Gremlins Reboot. Again.

Gremlins 3? Only If There’s a CGI-Limitation Clause In The Contract, Please

10 Marvel Heroes That Should Meet With Their Past Selves.

British Shows On DVD and Blu-Ray For January.

11 Heart-Melting Doctor Who Moments.

Revisiting Torchwood: what is its legacy?

Stephen King Reveals Shining Sequel Details.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Christine.

Geeky Nesting Dolls.

How It Should Have Ended: The Hobbit. Worth a watch, especially for their version of Misty Mountains at the very end.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 9, Barrels Out of Bond.

Gateways To Geekery: Kathryn Bigelow.

Marvel Characters Typography.

Sam Raimi’s Horror Short That Inspired The Evil Dead—Within The Woods.

From Cracked: 6 Deleted Backstories That Totally Change Classic Movies.

Patrick Lussier, Laeta Kalogridis To Pen New Terminator Film.

Deadpool Shot First: A Collection of Ridiculous Deadpool Crossover Art.

Sherlock series 3: what do we know so far – and what can we deduce?

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 283: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight (Part 3).

Saturday B Movie Reel #95—Starcrash.

Mission Log #24—Episode 24—This Side of Paradise.
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2013-01-12 01:33 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Sol Yurick has passed away at the age of 87, due to complications from lung cancer. May he rest in peace. He may be most famous as the author of The Warriors.

Medical fundraiser for sf writer Jay Lake.

Buffy vs. Edward remix is back online, but no fallout for Lionsgate.

Best of 80's UK Monster Movie VHS Cover Art

William Castle’s Five Top Movie Gimmicks.

Read White House's geeky, witty response to Death Star petition.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: X-Men and X-Factor united…with Wolverine as the villain, Gambit as the betrayer, and Professor Xavier’s final battle with the Shadow King had writer Chris Claremont stayed on the books.

14 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movies That Never Happened.

Who-themed ‘ValenTime’ Cards

Star Trek: Catching Up With Diana Muldaur, Part 1.

The CineFiles Presents: Deleted—Cronenberg.

DC Recruits Tynion and Suayan for Red Hood and the Outlaws.

Jurassic Park 4 Release Date Set For 2014; Director Yet To Be Announced

Awesome Art Picks: Power Man and Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Dredd and More.

New Image From Animated Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two.

Cartoon Of The Day: Batman (Opening Titles For 1966 Series)

Gandalf Problem Solving—A Flowchart.

Eight page preview of Mars Attacks The Real Ghostbusters.

Frankenstein Show From Sam Mendes And John Logan Headed To Showtime

Weekend Discussion Thread: Your First Computer/Internet Experience.

The Shadow: Year One Cover By Chris Samnee.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked (Death Is Not The End)—Being Impaled In The Heart Isn’t Fatal, Right?

Cannon Fodder 6: The Company of Wolves And The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

The Batman Universe Podcast, Episode 95: Nightwing/Huntress #1-4

Junk Food Dinner Podcast, Episode 142: The Miami Connection (1987), Shrunken Heads (1994), and Madhouse (1974).

Movie Issues Podcast: Black Sheep (2006)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast, Episode 159: Iron Sky (2012)

Schlock Treatment 108: The Octagon (1980)
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2013-01-10 03:53 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Game of Thrones star Wilco Johnson has terminal pancreatic cancer.

Buffy vs. Edward remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate.

It’s official: 2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S.

New Year, New You? 10 Extreme Superhero Makeovers.

What TV shows should others resolve to add in 2013?

All The Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming In 2013

The Dark Knight Trilogy In 3 Minutes.

Justice League Exclusive: Making The Animated Series, Part 1.

Every Significant Superman Logo Infographic.

Warner Bros. wins huge legal decison in Superman case—Updated

Stan Lee's Real Life Radioactive Ooze

Son of Atop The Fourth Wall Live.

A House Shaped Like a Flying Saucer, Perched Atop a Volcano

Revisiting Torchwood: James Moran interview.

Starfleet Academy Class Ring (2009)

Texas Chainsaw 3D Sequel Talk Premature, No Movement Yet

New Line Announces Y: The Last Man Director

Prometheus, ParaNorman, Frankenweenie, Hitchcock Take Oscar Nominations.

Skyfall, The Hobbit and The Avengers Nominated For Academy Awards. The latter one is for Visual Effects, and Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Different Seasons.

Carrie - Official Teaser (Revised Release Date)

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 8, Flies and Spiders.

Aaron Johnson has been offered the human lead in Godzilla.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 282: The Horror Hall of Fame

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Knightfall, Part 3.

Saturday B Movie Reel #94—The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Mission Log #23—Episode 23—A Taste of Armageddon.

Sean Pultz Commentaries: Ghostbusters (1984) Commentary.

We’re up to Dumpster #11 for Nellie’s house. One of the workers has just been hauling everything daily, even as the others are rotated in and out in shifts...as of today, between pulling things out, he’s just staggering through the rain, looking done in. Which isn’t a surprise, since it’s looking like she had more stuff in there than could possibly fit, and the workers are still not done.
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2013-01-05 02:26 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

The government leaves Google alone—what it means for users.

Gifts will be revealed at Fandom Stocking on Monday, January 7th. (Might as well link to mine one more time, since I haven’t done so very much)

John Barrowman injured in Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime horse fall. The injury was reportedly minor.

Matt Smith, Michelle Dockery Read Poems For Disney Junior.

10 To Watch In 2013: Events That Will Shape The New Year.

Chiller TV’s Winter Schedule Includes The First Re-Air Of Pushing Daisies. Unfortunately, I don’t have this channel.

Why can’t any Sherlock Holmes adaptation get Irene Adler right?

Sam Humphries’ Tumblr celebrates mohawk-era Storm.

Q&A With Young Justice Producers.

Awesome Art Picks: Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men and More

The Scream Factory Brings Home Lifeforce and The Vampire Lovers In April.

The Long Road To Remaking The Evil Dead.

Agnes Nixon Releases Statement Confirming Return Of All My Children And One Life To Live.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Disagreeing with the Brains.

Dave Bardin Draws Junior Punisher, Bat-Squirrel, And The Fashion History of Superman.

Drawing Crazy Patterns—Other Characters Lifting Thor’s Hammer.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 2)

From Cracked: 6 Important Things You Won’t Believe Were Invented In Comics.

Watch Two Clips From Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Bates Motel: 5 facts about the Psycho prequel.

Compare: Animated Storyboards For Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Non-Animated Storyboards For Psycho’s Shower Scene

5 Episodes To Get You Into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Schlock Treatment 107: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 2: Morbius The Living Vampire
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2013-01-04 02:47 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Leader of BitTorrent piracy ring sentenced to five years in prison.

$7,000 Damages for Sharing a ‘For Dummies’ Book on BitTorrent

Peter David is in need of financial assistance after his stroke—here is how you can help. Whedonesque discusses this here. Likely due to the fact that everyone is going to his site at the same time, it’s having issues with going up and down. Just be patient.

77 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For In 2013.

Pop culture resolutions for 2013.

10 To Watch In 2013: Television.

The Ten Best Geek Movies of 2012.

Thunder and Lighting Come to DC Nation

DC Nation Debuts Amethyst Cartoon.

P:R Approved: Daniel Krall’s Joker and Harley Quinn

Man Proposes Dressed As Ood.

Warner Bros. Settles Half of Smallville Lawsuit

The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide To The Hobbit.

Rumor: Universal plans Middle Earth theme park?

A Fifty Year Old Copy of The Hobbit Goes To Bag End.

Time Warner Cable drops Current TV after sale.

Star Trek DS9’s Emissary At 20: An Appreciation.

How Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Helped To Invent Everything You Love.

Doctor Who: 9 things we know about Clara/Oswin.

Series Of Short Stories Announced To Celebrate Doctor Who 50th Anniversary

From Think Geek: Doctor Who TARDIS Play Tent.

Evil Dead (2013) Red Band Trailer #2. NSFW, massive amounts of gore—not for the squeamish, given what I saw of what happened to someone’s eye and tongue. And there’s what I think was the infamous tree scene. So if you don’t want to see that, it’s best to avoid this.

Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters New Red Band Trailer #2. Slightly NSFW due to language and fleeting nudity.

Trailers From Hell: Josh Olson on Straight Time

From It’s Just Some Random Guy: Marvel/DC Happy New Year Card Parody Collection.

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Images.

Remembering Peter Parker: The Importance of the Amazing Spider-Man.

I Find Your Lack Of Jiggawatts Disturbing Art Print.

Principal Strickland's 1985-A House from Back to the Future Part II is for Sale in Whittier

Interview: How Brandon Sanderson Ended The Wheel Of Time

Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli Classics Featured on Zippo Lighter Series

The Greatest Manga Censorship Fails

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Supernatural Season 1 Another Chance?

Exclusive Interview with Robin Shelby aka Slimer

Best Art Ever (This Week): January 4th.

Top 10 Werewolf Movies.

Colorful Vintage Moon Maps.

What is the subtext of George Lucas’ exit interviews?

Ask Chris #135: Under The Hood.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 1)

First Full Look At Firefly From Arrow’s Midseason Premiere.

Delete My Browser History Medicalert Bracelet.

Ringo Starr - With Great Power Extended Interview

The Cinefiles Presents: Deleted—Argento (scenes from the cutting room floor).

The 10 Weirdest Deaths By Technology.

Memory Wipe: Does the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series still thrill?

New Photos From Oblivion, Man of Steel, and World War Z.

Neil Gaiman Apparently Working On Another Doctor Who Project—And Probably Not For The Eleventh Doctor.

10 of the Most Pointless Action Figures Ever Made.

Retro Calendars for 2013 - 1991 Revisited

Check Into Bates Motel March 18th.

Conversing On Comics With Warren Ellis

Nerdist Podcast: Warren Ellis.

Fantastic Fangirls Podcast: Comfort Media.

Movie Issues Podcast: Best of 2012.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #158: Joysticks (1983)

Saturday B Movie Reel #93—Behemoth.
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2013-01-02 02:08 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Livejournal Status Update: possible slowness and access problems. If LJ is down and you’re reading from my cross-post on Dreamwidth, [personal profile] meridian_rose has copied the text of the post here.

Yuletide 2012 Statistics Post.

This is what the Lizard could have looked like in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies.

Behold an Alien facehugger made entirely out of animal bones.

The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 5.

Handmade Doctor Who Gallifreyan Collar.

Doctor Who Christmas special ratings surge.

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Steve Ditko Cover Breaks $1200 On eBay.

Japanese Poster For The Cabin In The Woods.

Crash Course: Dario Argento.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on What's The Matter With Helen.

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Creators weigh in on 2012 and 2013, Part 2.

J.M. DeMatteis on the Supernatural DCU and Phantom Stranger.

P:R Redesign: Denis Medri’s Fantasy Deadpool

Interview: Gregg Hurwitz & Ethan Van Sciver on Batman: The Dark Knight.

Stan Lee's Real Life Hobbit One Ring

Oz: The Great And Powerful—Two New Teaser Trailers.

After Elton interviews Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath.

The Evil Dead Wedding Cake.

Has The Roster For The Justice League Movie Been Revealed?

Is Scream 5 The New Ghostbusters 3?

5 Unfinished Comic Series We Want To Come Back.

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them To End.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 121: Reboots, Remakes, and Reimaginings.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Comic Issues #99: Geek Resolution.
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2012-12-31 02:39 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Mike Hopkins has passed away, at the age of 53, due to drowning after falling out of a raft while on a river. May he rest in peace. He won an Academy Award for his work on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He worked on Return To Oz, Blade Runner, Heavenly Creatures, Time Bandits, the 2005 remake of King Kong, Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive (AKA Braindead) and The Frighteners, and much more.

Peter David suffered a stroke while on vacation. There is an update on his current condition here. Best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

Jonathan Frid remembered.

SearchFreak’s Top 12 File-Sharing And Copyright Events of 2012.

Fandom Stocking: Volunteer Time.

What Counts As ‘Horror’?

Editorial: A Note On The Current State Of Horror Television.

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012.

Most Overlooked Movies of 2012: Cabin In The Woods, Bernie and More.

Your Last Injection Of Great Cosplay For 2012.

The Hellboy Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 4.

The best superhero and mainstream comics of 2012.

The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012.

The Coolest And Wrongest Spoilers Of 2012.

The Most Baffling Pop Culture Moments of 2012.

A New MegaSpider Image To Close Out 2012.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 365: Starman #80.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 366: Doom Patrol #63.

When We First Met—The Cast Of Sandman.

Handmade Silver TARDIS Necklace.

Superman on TV: December 31st-January 6th.

From Cracked: 4 Insane New Year’s Celebrations From Around The World.

Lost Girl—Season 3—New Poster.

Man stuffs Denny’s entire Hobbit menu down his Hobbit-hole.

A Massive, Interactive Chart Of All Of Zeus’ Offspring and Affairs.

First Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters TV Spot.

Atop The Fourth Wall: The Next 15 Screw-Ups Of Atop The Fourth Wall

Skyfall Passes $1 Billion Worldwide.

Marvel Readies Amazing Spider-Man #700 2nd Printing.

10 Science Fiction TV Characters We Hope Will Die In 2013.

Sonequa Martin-Green is joining the cast of Once Upon A Time.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 73: Ghostbusters II (1989) Commentary.

Film Sack Podcast, Episode 145: Predators (2010)

Now Playing Podcast: New Year’s Evil (1980)