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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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2013-01-21 03:43 pm
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2013-01-18 02:54 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Stan Lee sends video message to teen injured in school shooting.

The Line It Is Drawn #122—Classic Marvel Moments From The Silver Age.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #402.

Adam West in Batman: Turn Off The Dark?

‘This Is Gotham After All’: Discovering Harley Quinn.

DC’s Superman Free Comic Book Day Release Revealed.

Men In Black III’s villain could have looked a lot more horrific.

Changes at Image: Ron Richards in, Martinez and Delaine out

The fading wonder of video rental shops.

15 Reasons Why Toys In The 90’s Were Just Plain Better.

X-Treme X-Men and Age of Apocalypse end in April.

Ifanboy’s Weekly Sketch-Up—January 18th. There’s a nice one of Colossus and Shadowcat.

Best Art Ever (This Week): January 18th.

Ask Chris #137: Aquaman Is Basically Terrible.

First Look At The Poster For The Frankenstein Theory.

NBC’s Dracula Series Finds Its Mina Murray--Jessica de Gouw.

Ray Liotta, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven Join Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

‘The Haunted Refrain’: New Dark Shadows Release From Big Finish.

Premiere Date Set For Power Rangers Megaforce.

Burnham Busts Up New ‘Ghostbusters’ Ongoing Series

10 Facts About The New Evil Dead.

A Skull Ice Mold Chills Your Drinks To The Bone.

Goodbye, Fringe—J.H. Wyman looks back at 5 mind-bending years.

With Great Power Extended Interviews: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

Smodcast: Kyle Higgins, on Dick Grayson, Part 1.

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 4: P.N. Elrod and Nancy Kersey.

Movie Issues Podcast: The Three Musketeers (2011)

Nerdist Podcast: Amber Benson.

Retroist Podcast—Episode 128—Cloak & Dagger (1984).
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2013-01-16 02:04 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Conrad Bain has passed away at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. He was best known for his roles on Maude and Diff’rent Strokes, as well as The Edge of Night and four episodes of Dark Shadows.

New report shows Congress' favorite BitTorrent downloads

Archive of Our Own Scheduled Downtime Tomorrow: Firewall upgrade

How You Can Help Peter David Recover.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Katma Tui.

Death, Honor, And Swords: History of JLA’s Katana.

DC Histories: Jared Stevens (Fate)

Being Human’s Sam Witwer and Sam Huntington were on io9, and answering questions yesterday.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Babies on Airplanes.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Season 3, Episode 1: Sandeep Parikh and Tony Janning

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on The Lady From Shanghai.

Ron Perazza heads to Marvel.

Walking Dead Zombie Walk is coming back to Comic Con this year.

When Nolan Met Burton: Two 'Batman' Franchises, One Mash-Up.

Big Finish: January Releases.

New Dario Argento Book Takes an Analytical Look at the Master

Gift Guide: Twin Peaks Tarot Cards.

Celebrating The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Drop Dead Diva Cancelled.

Saving Lives in Serenity: Can a Fanboy and Physics Change a Movie?

Del Toro Takes Over The Ghost Hunters Twitter Account Tonight.

The Sandman Re-Read: Preludes and Nocturnes.

Lance Henriksen Joins Hannibal.

Faces of the Beast: The Changing Look of Hank McCoy.

DC Talent Including Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Guest on Syfy's Face-Off.

Wonder Woman Scythian Redesign.

Batwoman, Kevin Keller etc get GLAAD Award nominations.

Now Playing Podcast: The Detective (1968)

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #69: BJ Novak, Elaine Ko, and Kevin Shinick.

Cross The Streams Radio Show, Episode 29.

Comic Issues #101—King of the Nerds.

F This Movie Podcast: Battle Royale (2000).
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2013-01-09 04:09 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Ned Wertimer has passed away at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. He may be best known as the doorman on The Jeffersons. For MST3K fans, he played reporter Andy Henderson in Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.

News on Peter David’s health.

After 40+ Years, Comic Buyer’s Guide Ends Publication.

Microsoft Axing Messenger On March 15th

Disney Considering Layoffs To Cut Costs.

Turkey lifts ban on thousands of books.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Helen Claiborne.

DC Histories: Doctor Fate.

Superhero Origins: Guardians of the Galaxy.

Latest tv spot for Syfy’s Being Human.

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Young Justice

Stan Lee’s Rants: Fine Dining vs. Diners

Trailer for Army of Frankensteins.

The Hobbit - Misty Mountains - Peter Hollens Acappella

Creepy TNG Test Footage.

Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! Obnoxio The Clown Returns

BAFTA Award Nominations for 2013

2013 Razzie Nominations: Worst in Movies

Talkin’ Rifftrax: The Avengers.

Release the kraken! 2,000 years of tall tales (and a smattering of truth)

Fox Developing Twin Peaks-Like Thriller From M. Night Shyamalan

Brett Ratner is making a high concept Quantum Leap show.

How To Cope With All The Stages Of Fan Letdown.

1987 PBS documentary celebrates Dark Shadows.

End of an Era: Fred Flintstone Replaced On Fruity Pebbles Box.

Marvel Teases Hulk And Spider-Man Events Coming In April.

Amazing behind the scenes videos from Jeff Pruitt, Buffy stunt coordinator

Short-Stint Imprints: A Look Back at DC's Defunct Lines

Millennium Films Plans Texas Chainsaw 4

Fan Made Poster Puts the Evil Dead in Motion

Limited Edition Evil Dead Shirt.

1983—Anatomy of a Cover—Magik #1.

Phoenix (Green Variant) ECCC Vinyl Figure

P:R Approved: Giovanni Costa’s Spaghetti Gotham

Blackman and Williams on Batwoman

Indiana Jones by Rodrigo Pascoal Lopes da Silva

Trailers From Hell: Alan Spencer on The Nude Bomb.

Jeff Lemire Takes Aim At Green Arrow.

First Look At The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Labyrinth Cake.

Fright Night 2 Has Found Its New Charlie And Evil Ed.

Promotional Photos For The First Episode of NBC’s Hannibal.

Exclusive Photos From Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Big Finish Produces Its Own ‘Five Doctors.’

NBC Renews Days of Our Lives Through 2014.

Are Vampires Returning To Port Charles?

Cyberpunk, multi-booting briefcase.

Jurassic Park 3D Re-Release Gets One Week Only IMAX Engagement.

CR Holiday Interview #21 -- Sean Howe

Exclusive: Spider-Man 2099 To Return.

Sherlock and the case of the Russian knock-off.

10 episodes that show the appeal Hey Arnold held for kids and parents.

Langridge, and Bone Direct The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #68: 2012 In Review, Part 2.

Comic Issues #100—Geek Drinks.

The Batman Universe Podcast, Episode 20.

Just Cool Enough Movie Commentary: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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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)
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2012-12-14 02:00 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

US Government Targets Torrent Sites, Cyberlockers and Warez Forum.

New Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series Episodes Return January 5th, 2013.

Warner Bros. announces the international release dates for Man of Steel.

Indiana Jones is officially getting mail at the University of Chicago.

The Dumbest Apocalypses That Hollywood Has Dreamed Up.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Servers NOT Closing.

Ghostbusters Light-Up Firehouse Mini-Statue Coming Soon.

Five Things We Learned About Ghostbusters From Jason Reitman’s Live Reading.

6 Unexpected Heroes Not Named Bilbo Baggins.

15 Ice Planets For A Guaranteed White Christmas.

The death and rebirth of British comics.

Misfits has been renewed for a fifth series.

Len Wiseman’s The Mummy Is A Modern-Day Reboot, Director Talks Project.

Trailers From Hell: Alan Spencer on Young Frankenstein.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: The final days of the X-Men—The destruction and revamping of the team leading up to the Mutant Wars and Chris Claremont’s departure from writing the series.

Grinch Cake.

Studio Ghibli Announces Next Anime Movies From Co-Founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.

Leonard Nimoy’s The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.

Best Quotes of 2012: From A (Avengers) to Z (Zippy).

AMC To Air Season One And Season 2 Of The Walking Dead In Black And White.

The theologically confusing nightmare that is the He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special.

Merlin’s final season will begin airing on Syfy on January 4th.

Ask Chris #132: Christmas With The Joker.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #397.

With Great Power Extended Interview—Samuel L. Jackson.

Willow Blu-Ray Features Trailer.

10 of the Most Insane Death-Defying Stunts From Science Fiction Movies.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 278: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight, Part 2.

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast #1: House of Dark Shadows.

Movie Issues Podcast: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).
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2012-12-10 01:27 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Gail Simone is ‘no longer the writer’ for Batgirl. She was fired by e-mail.

Comics Pros React To Gail Simone Being Fired From Batgirl.

Ray Fawkes to fill in on Batgirl for two issues.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Feat of Clay Part 1 and 2.

Bane explains the importance of fiber in these Dark Knight Rises ‘outtakes’

Batman News attends Batman Live in St. Louis.

Jeff Victor teaches evolution (Of Batman)

Superman on TV: December 10th-16th.

Superman Costume Comparisons.

P:R Approved: Mahmud Asrar’s Alternate New 52 Supergirl Designs. The fourth design looks best.

Martin Sheen Bringing Back Uncle Ben For Next Spider-Man Movie.

Awesome zat gun + 21 more gifts for your Stargate-loving friends.

Writing The Dark Shadows Visual Companion: An Interview With Mark Salisbury.

Jonathan Frid featured in TCM Remembers video.

Bob Gale says Mattel’s hoverboard replica did not live up to his expectations; okay to throw eggs at him.

‘Captain, I saved the bridge’: Boldly going where no TV set has gone before.

What will you learn from the first 9 minutes of Star Trek: Into Darkness?

When did the Golden Age of comics end?

Trailers From Hell: Alan Spencer on The Last Remake of Beau Geste.

An Aural History of the Inception Horn.

Third Series of Super Rare Doctor Who Micro-Figures Revealed.

Geek Gear: Doctor Who/Nightmare Before Christmas ‘Who’s This?’ Shirt.

Geek Gear: Star Wars/Monty Python ‘Dark Duel’ Shirt.

Shock Til You Drop Interview: Doug Bradley Reflects On His Hellraiser Legacy As Pinhead.

Mark Millar Character Auction Raises $3550.

Joss nominated for Original Screenplay for Cabin In The Woods.

Eliza Dushku to star in The Saint backdoor pilot.

Iron Man 3 Adds Xueqi Wang.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): December 10th.

Scream Factory Dates From Beyond and Phantasm II Collector’s Editions For Blu-Ray Release.

The Incredible Hulk—Bad Days—Episode 10.

Film Sack Podcast #143: Idiocracy (2006)

The F This Movie Podcast: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) Commentary.

Star Trek Monthly Monday, Episode 304: Amok Time.

Yuletide Related: I thought of a slightly better title for my fanfic, so I just went back into the archive and edited both that and a couple lines in one paragraph.
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2012-12-07 02:11 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Mystery donor who gave $35,000 to The Oatmeal’s Tesla museum fund revealed.

Holiday Love Meme 2012. Since it's been a rough couple of months, my thread.

A Friending Meme.

CBLDF’s Holiday Gift Guide

Magical Used Book Store Dispenses Random Literary Treasures.

First Official Photo From The Hobbit: There And Back Again Released.

Gandalf Confronts The Goblin King In A New Still From The Hobbit: There And Back Again.

First ever image from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug shows one terrified burglar.

The 10 Most Interesting Facts Gleaned From The Hobbit Press Conference.

Philippa Boyens: Del Toro’s Hobbit would have been amazing.

Preview: Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #1.

Pan’s Labyrinth Being Adapted As A Stage Musical.

5 great geek crossover TV episodes.

First look at Being Human series 5.

Brian De Palma's The Fury the Latest Cult Favorite Going Blu-ray in 2013

Development Deal: Adam Strange.

Dark Shadows Actress Kathryn Leigh Scott Wants To Help With Your Holiday Shopping

List Of IMAX Theaters Showing 9 Minute Star Trek: Into Darkness Preview Available Now.

Once Upon A Time has cast Gregory Itzin as Victor Frankenstein’s father, Alphonse.

Trailer and poster for Blancanieves, a Spanish-language 1920's set Snow White tale.

Stranger than fiction: Jumanji to be rewritten by Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium scribe Zach Helm

Incredibly Strange and Ridiculously Cheap: Albert Pyun's 30-Year Career in B-Movies

Trailers From Hell: Sam Hamm on The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll.

Snow Sculpture Win.

The Evolution of Sigourney Weaver.

Best Art Ever (This Week)—December 7th.

Twenty Years Ago—Spider-Man’s 30th Anniversary.

New Portrait Of Man of Steel’s Superman On Magazine Cover.

Famke Janssen Talks Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Alan Moore’s Essay For The Activist Occupy Comics Anthology.

Keatinge & Dallocchio Take On Starfire for ‘DC Universe Presents’

99 Cent Sale On Dark Horse Digital.

Sandman covers before and after Photoshop.

David Tennant on his Doctor Who pride.

Free, partial TARDIS piñata.

Classic Julie Newmar Catwoman, drawn by Pedro Figue.

Joe Quesada—With Great Power Extended Interview.

Cinemassacre: Public Domain Horror VHS Art.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #396.

Gift Guide: Brain Cube.

Japanese Iron Man 3 Trailer.

10 Most Unlikely Things That Were Influenced By J.R.R. Tolkien.

Are we at the start of a new golden age of superhero TV shows?

Back to the Future Hoverboard Hands On: So This Is What A Real Life Hoverboard Looks Like.

Lee Pace Confirms He’s Auditioning For Guardians of the Galaxy; Says Script Is ‘Great.’

Horror Comedy Death Becomes Her Gets Small Screen Redo.

Return To Nuke ‘Em High Poster Revealed.

48 Things We Learned From The Casino Royale Commentary.

The Bigfoot of Endor T-Shirt.

Movie Issues Podcast: Black Christmas (2006)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #154: Steele Justice (1987)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 125—The Wonder Years.

Youtube has altered their main page again. So if you want to get to your subscriptions, you’ll have to go to this page from now on. After which, update (in Firefox) this script. It will allow you to have the x to remove videos. Loading new videos seems to have a bit of a hang up at the moment, however.
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2012-12-06 02:26 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

John McAfee arrested, asks for computer, blogs from jail cell.

Svengoolie Tweets about his recovery.

A Dark Shadows Gift Guide.

Horror Fans Christmas Gift Guide (UK)

iFanboy’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

5 Awesome (And Weird) Moments From Christmas Variety Specials.

Richard Armitage talks to The One Ring.Net

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey—13 Minute TV Special.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill.

Gandalf Playing Bagpipes And Riding A Unicycle In Portland, Oregon.

Matty Collector offering three Ghostbusters themed bundles.

Ghostbusters mobile game in development by Capcom’s Beeline.

There’s A Beetlejuice Museum In New York…

The Dark Knight Concept Art Featuring Two-Face and Joker’s Bank Robbery.

Mind-Blowing Lego Tumbler Looks As Detailed As The Real Batmobile.

Revisiting Torchwood: what series 2 did right.

First teaser trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness. This Japanese trailer has a bit more footage.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Panels—Days of Future Past.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Adds Dennis Haysbert. He will be replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the role of Manute.

From Cracked: The 4 Craziest Moments In The History of Christmas Specials.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Season 3 Episode 1: Freddie Wong.

Shock Interview: Silent Night’s Malcolm McDowell

Arrow Meets His Match In John Barrowman’s Merlyn.

Stephen King’s 11/22/63 Loses Its Writer And Director.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: The Dead Zone.

The Art of the Title: Dreamcatcher.

Gingerbread Star Wars Millennium Falcon.

Artist Olly Moss Teases a Thor: The Dark World Poster Design.

Great Moments In Comics History: Christmas With The Superheroes #1.

An interview with Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.

Mary Poppins is a Time Lord.

Free Comic Book Day 2013 Gold Sponsors Announced

Tron 3 is officially online again.

Mark Millar’s auction to name Jupiter’s Children character hits $2550.

Matt Kindt and Geoff Johns Co-Writing Martian Manhunter Back-Up In Justice League of America.

Anatomical Frankenstein limited edition print.

A casting agency for all of your creepy horror child casting needs.

Teaching Controversial Comics: A First-Hand Account.

8 ways X-Men movie continuity is irretrievably screwed.

The Line It Is Drawn #118—A Li’l Collection of Li’l Comic Book Characters.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 341: Legends of the Dark Knight #70.

More White House Petitions Inspired By Movies.

From Think Geek: USB Squirming Tentacle.

Star Talk discusses the science of Star Trek with Wil Wheaton. The discussion is enormously entertaining.

Bizarro Back Issues: Donald Duck In A Christmas For Shacktown (1952).

Superboy and Wonder Woman DVD’s: Coming December 11th.

Ask Red Dwarf’s Robert Llewellyn all your smegging questions.

Sofa Dogs Podcast: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 277: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight (Part 1).

Collected Comics Library Podcast #341: Major Typos From DC And Marvel.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 48: Dangerous Work.

Mission Log Podcast #18: Episode 18—Arena.
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2012-12-05 02:45 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Disney anoints Netflix as its exclusive distributor starting in 2016

Hurricane Sandy closes Staten Island’s Krypton Comics.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Beth Chapel (Doctor Midnight).

Doctor Who: The Snowmen confirmed for 5:15 PM on Christmas Day.

Doctor Who: lots and lots of new Christmas Special pictures.

Merlin’s series finale will air on December 24th.

Bradley James Talks Arthur And Return of Merlin.

False Alarm: Sir Patrick Stewart Hasn’t Actually Signed On To X-Men: Days of Future Past Yet.

5 Reasons You Should Be Reading All New X-Men.

16 Famous Science Fiction Quotes That Make Excellent Pick-Up Lines.

DC Histories: Bane.

Michael Caine On The Dark Knight Rises, Oscar Chances And Winning His First Academy Award.

The Dark Knight Rises DVD/Blu-Ray Drinking Game.

Batman Returns Movie Poster by Adam Rabalais

DC Collectibles Unveils Batman: Arkham City Joker Statue.

Christopher Nolan Talks Around Justice League And Says Man of Steel Is Not Quite Like His Batman Trilogy.

When We First Met—Death and the Batman

Dark Shadows-themed inn a part of holiday home tour.

Quentin and Jamison Collins return this winter, courtesy of Big Finish.

A Look Back At The (Pretty Awful) Bazooka Joe Chewing Gum Comics.

First Look At The Cover Art For Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard.

Bookstore Stacks Hobbit/LOTR Boxed Sets Into Barad-Dûr

Gift Guide: Necronomicon Ring.

Charlie Brown Gets A Chainsaw Arm In This Evil Dead Mash-Up.

Terrific How The Grinch Stole Christmas Cake.

Dan Aykroyd Interview: Dan Aykroyd on Ghostbusters 3.

10 Vertigo Series That Changed Comics.

Sam Witwer Answers Fan Questions In New Being Human Promo Video.

Check Out TNG Season Three Blu-Ray Trailer.

Spock Cake.

Marvel Comics Of The 1980’s: 1991: Power Pack TV Pilot.

Trailers From Hell: Sam Hamm on The Testament of Dr. Cordelier.

Exclusive video interview: MST3K’s Joel Hodgson.

How Fraggle Rock taught kids about society and community in 10 episodes.

Video Store Memories with James Rolfe and Mike Matei.

Interview: Gerry Duggan On Deadpool.

Pancakes I Have You Now Darth Vader T-Shirt.

Super Best Friends Forever Will Not Return.

Tim Burton’s Original The Nightmare Before Christmas Poem, As Narrated By Christopher Lee.

Peter Pan: Movie History.

Sean Bean to star in TNT’s Legends as a guy who is alive.

Help Create The Opening Title Sequence For Bates Motel.

Peter Jackson on The Hobbit 48 FPS Controversy.

The F This Movie Podcast: Fargo (1996)

Nerdist Writers Panel #66: Man of Action Studios.

Comic Issues Podcast #95: With Great Powers
calliopes_pen: (kathyh good books are immortal)
2012-11-29 02:03 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Artist Josh Medors has passed away, at the age of 36, following a long battle with spinal cancer. May he rest in peace.

Spain Rodriguez has passed away, at the age of 72, after a long battle with cancer. May he rest in peace.

Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Delayed Until 2013.

Fandom Stocking has moved to Dreamwidth—you can find the Stocking Submission Post here.

This is the only hint as to what the next Rifftrax Live Christmas special will be.

You can watch 2009’s Rifftrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza on Hulu.

Neil Gaiman mystery project with Anthony Stewart Head revealed.

Neil Gaiman Penning Pilot Presentation For American Gods.

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Superman: Brainiac Attacks Blu-Rays Announced.

Christopher Nolan Discusses The Open-Ended Nature of The Dark Knight Rises.

Batman Pint Glass Box Set.

Watch This Behind The Scenes Clip Of The Dark Knight’s Bat.

Dark Knight art appears to rip the floor out of an Australian mall.

Scott Snyder On Death Of The Family: It’s A Love Letter To Batman From The Joker.

The Original 1966 Batmobile Going Up For Auction.

P:R Redesign: Ha Huy Hoang’s Batman Collection

DC Nation Animated Short: New Teen Titans—Groundhog Minute.

New Man of Steel Licensing Artwork Revealed.

Hugh Jackman In Talks To Join X-Men: Days of Future Past.

An interview with Jenna-Louise Coleman.

The complete series of In Search Of is on DVD.

The Secret World of Alex Mack Retrospective: Larisa Oleynik And More On The Origins, Hats, And A Remake.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: The Stand.

Stephen King’s Under The Dome Coming To TV Next Summer.

Secret Identity Crisis: 10 Superheroes In Disguise.

Robot Chicken creates PlayStation All-Stars ad.

USA Today tells how to write a comic book.

Great Moments In Comics: The New Teen Titans #4.

The Line It Is Drawn #117—A Fond Farewell To Hostess. I love the nod to the Super Dictionary.

King Kong is banging on the Spider-Man musical’s door.

6 Filmmaking Tips From Akira Kurosawa.

How It Should Have Ended: Looper. Doc, and the Tenth Doctor pop up, along with a certain other creature from the latter series.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Batman in the Justice League Movie (Parody from It’s Just Some Random Guy)

The Cinefiles—Digital vs. Film.

Disney names Jennifer Lee co-director of Frozen.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 3, ‘A Short Rest.’

Clive Barker Relaunches Hellraiser Comics With The Dark Watch.

9+ Cartoons, TV Shows and Movies That Infuriatingly Aren’t On DVD Yet.

Curiosity finds Daleks on Mars.

Disney In Depth: 20 Aladdin Fun Facts You May Not Have Known.

Alan Rickman joins StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Junk Food Dinner #137: Transformers: The Movie (1986) Audio Commentary.

Weinberg’s House of Horrors Episode 12: The Best and Worst Horror Films of 2012.

JoBlo Movie Podcast: They Live Commentary.

Mission Log Podcast #17: Episode 17—The Squire of Gothos.
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon sneaky geek)
2012-11-26 02:24 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Marie Wallace is recovering from her October injury.

Merlin officially not returning for Series 6. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

Merlin final series: Colin Morgan, Anthony Stewart Head on show end.

What’s next for Merlin?

Merlin Spin-Off Planned—But Without The Original Creators

Webcomic Gift Ideas For People Who Don’t Read Webcomics.

J. Michael Straczynski: Moloch, Superman, & Digital Speculation

Superman on TV: November 26th-December 2nd.

This Just Happened: A Romance Is Revealed.

Man of Steel Could Be Linked To Justice League, Zack Snyder Hints.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on The Way of the Dragon.

Amazon has the Ghostbusters Blu-Ray for $9.49 today.

Sony and Atari shut down PS3 servers for Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

Air New Zealand Shows Off Hobbit Plane.

Literal: The Hobbit Trailer.

Sherlock season 3 might not air until 2014.

The 5 Best (And 1 Worst) Films of John Carpenter.

From Cracked: 5 Insane Pop Culture Crossovers That Almost Happened.

Atop The Fourth Wall: The Incredible Hulk #1.

Alicia Keys sings the Gummi Bears theme son, and it’s beautiful.

That time Jonathan Frakes cosplayed as Captain America.

December 2012 Schedule Details For Justice League Unlimited On Vortexx.

30 Hilariously Untrue Facts About The Avengers.

Star Trek Fine Art Trio Of Spock, Kirk And McCoy From Iron Gut.

Celebrate Syfy/Sci-Fi Channel’s 20th Anniversary.

Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw.

Universal Horror 1930-1946—Filmography

Captain America—Bad Days—Episode 8.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: The Proposition (2005)

Film Sack Podcast #141: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Commentary Monthly Monday, Episode 301: Galaxy Quest (1999) Commentary

I am still in need of a beta reader for my Yuletide fanfic. If you don’t know anything about the Pushing Daisies fandom, but have the time to look over the story for spelling or punctuation errors, that’s still fine. As mentioned in another post, it’s 7689 words long.
calliopes_pen: (we_use_cheats Doctor's got mail)
2012-11-22 12:25 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

SurfTheChannel Owner Sentenced For Contempt Of Court.

Dark Shadows marathon Thanksgiving Day on Chiller TV (1991 version). Unfortunately, I don’t have that channel.

1987 Marvel Comics Parade Float.

The classic clip from the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP.

Turkey Day Stream From Rifftrax.

Comics Alliance’s Guide To Black Friday/Cyber Monday Bargains.

CA Classic: Batman In The Worst Thanksgiving Ever.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Make Great Holiday Gifts.

The Best Comics To Give This Holiday Season.

The Best Gifts for Action Figure Addicts and Collectors of Collectibles.

Amazing, Experimental Science Gifts That You Can Make Or Buy.

Gift Guide: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Box Set.

From Hero Complex: Holiday gift guide 2012: The Hobbit, Star Wars, superheroes, and more.

CA Classic: The Superhero Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons of Nedroid.

Mimoco Reveals Star Trek Mimobot Flash Drives.

Great E-Mail Threads: The JLA Work On Thanksgiving.

Fan Creation: Real Ghostbusters inspired Slimer sculpt.

Motion Poster For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Jamie Lee Curtis’ one time only Halloween Panel at HorrorHound Weekend 2012.

The Implications of Amazing Spider-Man #698.

New VOD Title From Rifftrax: Tourist Trap.

Revisiting Torchwood: Gwen Cooper.

Sherlock Holmes Celebrates 125 Years.

The Line It Is Drawn #116—A Very Tarzan Thanksgiving.

Two Clips From The Dark Knight Rises Bonus Features.

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Top Ten Comic Book Villains.

Education finally gets serious about the undead apocalypse with this Zombie Scholarship.

The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 2, ‘Roast Mutton.’

The 20 Best Cliffhangers Ever Shown On Science Fiction Or Fantasy TV.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #5.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #6.

The trailer for Ripper Street.

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 1, Episode 19: Blackest Night 3.

It looks as though I’m finished with the Yuletide story. It’s currently in the middle of its first beta reading—once that’s done, I’ll see about getting a second beta reader to check it over.
calliopes_pen: (chomiji TARDIS Yuletide snow)
2012-11-21 02:04 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Paypal Bans Usenet Providers Over Piracy Concerns.

Remember the Lovecraftian horror that was Windows 95 with a new Tumblr.

Mythical Beasts Retro Travel Posters.

Zack Snyder Confirms Man of Steel Trailer With The Hobbit.

First look at evil goateed Zachary Quinto Spock.

Catching Up With LeVar Burton, Part 1. Part 2.

20th Century Fox Cancels Independence Day 3D Plans.

Animaniacs Joins The Hub This December.

Zombie Nutcracker

Here’s the full length trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on Teenage Monster

Spider-Man’s 10 Biggest Status Quo Changes.

P:R Approved: Wesley Burt’s Thor

Victoria Winters by Bill Branch.

Interview: Geoff Johns Talks Aquaman, Justice League and Throne of Atlantis.

Libraries: Cathedrals To Our Souls.

843 Holiday Specials, Episodes, Movies and Marathons on TV for November 2012.

From Cracked: 5 Grimm Fairy Tales You Should Only Read To Kids You Hate.

The Hobbit: Q&A With Royd Tolkien.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Season 2 Episode 12: Cara Santa Maria.

Vampires 101: Transylvania.

Two New Guest Stars Announced For The Vampire Diaries Season 4.

The 5 Worst and 5 Best Elseworld Origin Stories With Superman.

35 Comic Book Covers Celebrating Thanksgiving.

DC Histories: Batman Intercompany Crossovers.

Illustrated Collection of Famous Movie, TV, Comic, and Gaming Weapons.

Stay Puft Peruvian Beanie.

Five Things About The Making of Psycho That You Won’t See In Hitchcock.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek: The Animated Series.

A New Buffy Book, Just In Time For The Holidays: A Nancy Holder Interview.

Junk Food Dinner’s 400th Movie Will Be Transformers: The Movie.

Sofa Dogs Podcast #264: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Now Playing Podcast: Quantum of Solace (2008)

Comic Issues Podcast #93: The Great Cosplay Debate.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 275: What We’ve Been Watching 7.

This Yuletide fanfic may just be the longest fanfic I’ve ever written. Before I make sure everything’s done and there aren’t any lingering continuity issues tucked away somewhere, it’s at 7723 words.
calliopes_pen: (chomiji Blackadder candle)
2012-11-20 01:26 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

RIAA Hammers Google With DMCA Takedowns In Six Strikes Prelude.

MTV Geek’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For The Avengers Fan.

MTV Geek’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For The Game of Thrones Fan.

What Would You Buy For People Who Read Books?: A Gift Guide.

Science Fiction and Fantasy DVD Sets That Make Amazing Gifts.

Gift Ideas For The 8 Major Species of Science Fiction Fan.

CBLDF Announces New Officers and Board of Directors Member.

Comic Gallery: Spider-Man, Batman and Captain America Couldn’t Save Hostess.

Big Ol’ MST3K Sale At Shout.

Santa Cthulhu Brings Holiday Cheer

Our Favorite Horror Sidekicks—Fright Night’s Evil Ed.

Gary Frank Confirms Batman: Earth One Volume 2 For 2013.

Details For Young Justice: Invasion—Destiny Calling DVD Bonus Episodes.

Artist Christopher Jones Breaks Down Designing Brainiac For Young Justice Comic.

Ten great sitcom time travel episodes. Blackadder’s Christmas Carol tends to be shown around Christmas on BBC America. It’s the only episode of Blackadder I have ever seen.

Conspiracy theories and urban legends in the movies.

Monday Mix-Up: ESPN does The Princess Bride.

Originals vs. Remakes: 'House on Haunted Hill' (1959) vs. 'House on Haunted Hill' (1999)

Horror Education of the Week: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Anna Chlumsky joins Hannibal for a guest starring role.

First Look At Norma And Norman Bates In Bates Motel.

Earliest Hitchcock Film Now Streaming.

Warner Bros. Posts Fleischer Superman Cartoons Online.

Young Sherlock Holmes Remake Will Probably Be Written By Evan Spiliotopoulos.

Statement from Peter Jackson and the producers of The Hobbit about animal mistreatment allegations.

Tolkien estate unleashes legal Uruk-hai on LOTR slot machines.

Dark Shadows 2013 Cruise Information.

Deadpooh.

Someone please make this Pac-Man/Labyrinth mash-up game a reality.

A teaser trailer for the next season of Lost Girl.

Choose Your Captain T-Shirt.

The puppeteers and design team from Gremlins.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #180: What is your catch phrase?

Marvel’s Delayed Phase One Boxset Out April 2nd, Will Now Include Phase Two Tease.

Best Movie Ever?: Addams Family Values.

Interview: Horror Legend Richard Corben Talks Adapting Poe’s Conqueror Worm.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Turkey Day.

The Evil Dead Teaser Poster.

First look at Joe Quesada’s Amazing Spider-Man #700 variant cover.

Nerdist Podcast: Jimmy Kimmel.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 64: Highlander (1986) Commentary.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 85: Madhouse (1990).