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Missing Actor Nick Stahl Resurfaces Via E-Mail.

BitTorrent Inc Takes Legal Action Against Download Scammers.

Nancy Kersey shares her memories of Jonathan Frid.

Ryan Reynolds is the current frontrunner to play Connor MacLeod for the Highlander remake. I don’t see that working out at all. They’ve been trying to get this off the ground since around 2008, so it could be a while yet before anything actually happens.

First look at Mad Monster Party action figures.

Two promo posters for The Dark Knight Rises.

Steven Moffat will receive a special BAFTA on May 27th, “in recognition of his outstanding creative writing contribution to television.”

Sherlock versus Sherlock.

IDW Collects All Nineteen of Brian Bolland’s Judge Dredd Stories In October.

The Avengers Will Be On Blu-Ray September 25th, With New Short And Copious Extra Footage.

Dan Harmon Off Community.

The Prime Time Madness 2012 Collection is open.

Nebular Award for The Doctor’s Wife.

D.V. DeVincentis will be writing a remake of The Night Stalker, starring Johnny Depp.

Tickets to Rifftrax Live: Manos: The Hands of Fate go on sale June 8th.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked: Does the demon rhyme all the time?

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Mummy’s Curse.

Schlock Treatment 78: Bubba Ho-Tep.

What should we call this age of comics?

Dark Shadows Movie Video Treats. They include Barnabas Unleashed (a behind-the-scenes featurette with Johnny Depp and others discussing the film Barnabas) as well as a new tv spot, and a scene between Roger and Barnabas. The featurette Constructing Collinwood explores the sets.

Custom Barnabas Collins Doll.

Willie Loomis, Josette Dupres, and Quentin Collins figures solicited for 2012.

Original Art For Jim Lee’s Free Comic Book Day Shirt Tops $400.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Revenge of the Creature.

Phantom of the Opera Production Still (1925).

From Cracked: The 5 Most Baffling Product Recalls of All Time. 10 News Stories That Raise Endless Unanswered Questions.

One bad apple…we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes.

Dazzler #1’s unpublished splash page.

BBC1 has ordered a ten part series based on the characters created by Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers.

Official Teen Wolf Season 2 Trailer.

The Punisher Fleece Slippers.

Revolving bookcase/room divider.

ComicsAlliance Reviews Superman III, Part Two.

A new clip from Snow White And The Huntsman—it’s Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth vs. a troll.

Film Sack Podcast 116: Hard Target.

Nerdist Podcast: John Lithgow.

Dalek Impersonator on Britain’s Got Talent.

Exclusive: Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige Explain Origin of The Avengers Post-Script.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: D.R. and Quinch.

12 Lesser Known Marvel Super-Teams That Also Deserve Movies.

Jessica Chastain will not appear in Iron Man 3.

Pentagon Quit The Avengers Because Of Its Unreality.

James Cromwell is in talks to join American Horror Story.

The Real Reason The Avengers Assembled Was To Help Back Up Your Files.

Celebrate Science With These Insane Retro Posters.

This well-known Egyptian symbol is actually an early math problem.

Why are so many vampire stories so weak?

5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Original Ghostbusters.

The Avengers opens bigger than expected, with $207.4 million.

Jury rules Google violated Java copyright, Google moves for mistrial.

Court Gives IFPI Permission To Identify Pirate Bay Users.

Company Accidentally Fires Entire Staff (Worldwide) Via E-Mail.

Best look yet at Before Watchmen pages, character designs.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: From Hell, Part 1.

MTV Geek interviews Amber Benson.

The unaired pilots for Wonder Woman and Batgirl, from 1967.

5 Things You May Not Know About Superman II.

First look at Jim Lee’s poster for 2012 Hero Complex Film Festival.

Creators’ families rights: merit vs. inheritance.

Upstairs Downstairs Not Returning For Third Season.

32 Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies That Could Rock Your Summer.

BuzzFeed offers a look inside the DC Comics offices.

An interview with John Barrowman, from the recent C2E2 convention.

Should John Barrowman return as Captain Jack for the 50th anniversary?

Dark Shadows Original Cast Reunion Photo. Taken before Jonathan Frid passed away.

Preview of Superman #8.

The Avengers Theme.

Buffy Writer Jane Espenson Talks Tough TV Heroines.

Jessica Chastain is in talks for Iron Man 3.

New trailer for Pixar’s Brave. And a clip called Eyes On the Pies.

The director of Bridesmaids wrote some of The Amazing Spider-Man.

Amazing Spider-Man Toaster.

BAFTA Television Award Nominations. Nominations are up for Sherlock, The Fades, and Misfits.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation Theatrical Trailer.

Gallifrey Time Lords T-Shirt

DC Cancels Legion Lost Trade.

Original art from New Mutants Special and X-Men Annual #9.

Fantastic Fangirls: What comic book character would make a good coach?

Svengoolie interviews Vince Price’s daughter, Victoria Price.

Jane Levy on Possession and The Evil Dead Remake.

Watch Chris Weston Paint Miracleman.

24 Things We Learned From The Total Recall Commentary.

Megaupload Trial May Never Happen, Judge Says.

Youtube Liable For Copyright Infringements, German Court Rules.

100 Best Horror Films.

Ask Chris #102: Superman’s Terrible Villains.

The Avengers UK Press Conference In Full.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #363, all regarding Psylocke.

Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross Steps Down, Says The Job Is Not The Right Professional Fit.

Chris Roberson is no longer writing an arc of Fairest.

Coming Soon: Subtitle Glasses Enhance the Cinema Experience For Hearing-Impaired Viewers.

Guy Pearce will play Dr. Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3.

Point/Counterpoint: Thundercats.

What Popular Websites Would Look Like As Fashionable Dresses.

The Lobo Movie Just Got Fragged. Warner Bros. hired Brad Peyton to rewrite the script and direct the Lobo movie—the other two films he’s done are Journey 2 and Cats And Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.

Earth Day Terrors: 10 Organic Villains To Fear.

Rights Glitch: Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch Could Appear In Both Fox And Marvel Studios Movies.

Buffy Cake.

American Scary.

Behind The Scenes Pic Of The Day: The Prestige.

Fan Art: Gozer The Destructor.

Two more international spots for The Avengers—focusing on the Hulk and Captain America.

A new Dark Knight Rises trailer will be coming with The Avengers.

Superhero movies like The Avengers should not be scorned. Tom Hiddleston writes a fantastic defense of the superhero genre.

Worst Werewolves On Film And TV. I recently watched Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf for the first time, courtesy of Comcast On Demand. In that version, Stirba flashes the audience during the end credits 16 times, rather than 10. So there must be a weird bit of censoring going on.

Friday In The Crypt. Vampires in pop culture. Toward the end, there’s a discussion of Dark Shadows—written before the author found out about Jonathan Frid.

Found via wabbitseason: Francesco Francaville’s art tribute to Jonathan Frid.

Also, if someone could point me in the direction of some Dark Shadows icons, that would be great. I keep running into ancient posts with images that have been removed.

Mike Wallace passed away yesterday, at the age of 93. May he rest in peace. In addition to being a wonderful journalist on 60 Minutes, MST3K fans will likely also remember him as the narrator in the English dub of The Sword And The Dragon.

The Hugo Award Nominations.

The Geek Guide To Easter Headgear.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked: So Is She A Clone Of Gwen Or What?

The first 4 minutes of Lockout.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Dracula (1931).

Toonami is back, and their schedule includes Rifftrax and MST3K.

The TARDIS trash can.

From Cracked: 6 Amazing Rich Kid Versions of the Toys You Grew Up With.

What ever happened to the American arcade?

Batman/Ghostbusters Venkman Shirt.

Doctor Who clockwork android cosplay is delightfully creepy.

So You Wanna Go To Comic Con...The Hero’s Journey Begins.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man.

Science Fiction And Fantasy TV Shows That Were Ahead Of Their Time. The only one on that list that I’ve seen is Pushing Daisies, and that was a while after it was cancelled. Over the course of a few days, so I could decide if I wanted to write for it for Yuletide. I always avoided The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. as I always mixed it up with Chuck Norris’ series—Walker, Texas Ranger.

Doctor Who’s 25 Silliest Moments

The first publicity photo for the Doctor’s new companion.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Actors/Directors You Became A Fan of Via MST3K.

From Cracked: 6 Insane Roads You Won’t Believe People Actually Drive On. I would add Bolivia’s Death Road, as you can see the guys from Top Gear attempting to navigate. Stick around to 6 minutes, 40 seconds to see the worst of it.

Chloe Moretz and Haley Bennett are being considered for the lead role in the Carrie remake.

So not only will Michael Bay make the Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles aliens, but they will be losing the teenage bit. Shouldn’t be too much longer before the Ninja Turtles are neither ninjas nor turtles. Perhaps snails, crabs, or sea monkeys. Middle-Aged Alien Cowboy Sea Monkeys. Shortest franchise in history, as they only live a day or so.

Alternative X-Factor: Chris Claremont Reveals What Might Have Been.

How spoilerphobic are you?

The Bad Movie Fiends Podcast discusses Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze (1975).

Schlock Treatment focuses on Killdozer.

Leonardo Cimino passed away in his home on March 3rd, at the age of 94, as a result of COPD. May he rest in peace. Some may remember him as “Scary German Guy” in The Monster Squad. He also had the role of Abraham Bernstein, in the original V miniseries, as well as The Baron’s Doctor in Dune.

The Justice Department has warned Apple Inc and five other U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Ghost of Frankenstein.

Somewhere out there exists an R-rated version of Galaxy Quest.

An in-depth interview with James Marsters. In the course of the interview, he discusses behind the scenes moments in School Hard, Once More With Feeling, and Seeing Red. whedonesque discusses the article here.

Buffy with rocket launcher figure.

David Tennant on The One Show.

The Ten Worst Highway Signs.

Darth Vader, playing the Star Wars theme on bagpipes, while riding a unicycle and wearing a kilt.

Creepy Joker mannequin from 1966. “Can’t sleep…clown’ll eat me,” seems apt right about now, don’t you think?

From Tor: Spock Must Die!: The first Star Trek novel.

The 10 Most Grievous Grants of Wishes.

AMC Theaters will hold the Ultimate Marvel Marathon for five movies on May 3rd, as preparation for the build-up to The Avengers. They include: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America.

Flying model of the DeLorean from Back to the Future takes to the skies in Russia.

Exclusive interview with Back to the Future DeLorean designer Ron Cobb.

In 2004, a letter was sent from Professor Honeydew to NASA.

New notes from the trial of Lizzie Borden.

Star Wars/Gremlins Victorian Era cake.

From Film School Rejects: 33 Things We Learned From The Princess Bride Commentary Tracks.

Indiewire interviews Joss Whedon at SXSW 2012. whedonesque discusses it here. No spoilers for The Avengers or Cabin In the Woods.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Abbott And Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff.

EW interviews Being Human’s Lenora Crichlow, Michael Socha, and Damien Molony. There are spoilers for season 4, if you haven’t seen the season premiere.

Full list of nominations for this year’s Razzie Awards.

From Cracked: 5 Ridiculous Archeological Frauds (That Fooled The World).

The Gandalf self-inking stamp: “You shall not pass!”

The trailer for The Moth Diaries.

I would like to thank donutsweeper, janedavitt, katherine_b, time_converges, and some kind anonymous person for sending me dragon v-gifts.

Peter Breck has passed away, at the age of 82, following a long illness. May he rest in peace. He was best known for his role in The Big Valley. MST3K fans will likely remember him from The Crawling Hand, and The Beatniks.

terror_scifi will be discussing Labyrinth.

Syfy is developing a series around the premise of the 2010 film Legion.

Fundraising efforts have begun, in order to help Gary Friedrich pay what he now owes Marvel.

Lou Taylor Pucci is in talks to join the remake of The Evil Dead.

From Cracked: 7 Theories On Time That Would Make Doc Brown’s Head Explode.

Give Bleeding Cool your questions for Joss Whedon, and he could answer them. whedonesque discusses it here.

snickfic is starting More Feedback Week.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Munster, Go Home.

New image of Barnabas and Angelique, from the Dark Shadows movie.

Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart: Battle of the Action Figures.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Duck Soup.

From Cracked: The 5 Most Satisfying Tales of Payback.

If Wonder Woman were a Disney Princess.

Watch a woman build her own TARDIS.

Another promo shot from The Hobbit.

A casting call for extras in The Hobbit had to be shut down when too many showed up for auditions: 3000, instead of 1200—all trying to cross the highway, risking their lives.

How to survive your evil boarding school.

SFX interviews Toby Whithouse, discussing season 3’s finale of Being Human, and season 4.

Matthew Vaughn is back to direct the sequel to X-Men: First Class, with Bryan Singer on board as producer.

DC’s Captain Marvel is officially changing his name to the non-trademark infringing Shazam.

Relativity and Hasbro will be making a live action Stretch Armstrong movie.

Tor looks back at the friendships in season 1 of Buffy.

A Fantastic Four/Ghostbusters t-shirt.

Dick Tufeld has passed away, at the age of 69, due to congestive heart failure. May he rest in peace. He was possibly most famous for being the voice of the robot who frequently said “Danger, Will Robinson!” on Lost In Space. According to IMDB, he was also the opening announcer for Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, as well as The Time Tunnel and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. I watched the last two on The Sci-Fi Channel, in its early days.

FileSonic has disabled all file sharing capabilities.

Dreamhost was hacked.

March 10th marks the 15th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiering on the now-defunct WB. whedonesque discusses it here. I’ve been a fan since Dead Man’s Party aired at the beginning of season 3.

Weekend Discussion Thread for Satellite News: Has MST3K Helped You Through A Difficult Time?

The official sherlockbbc series 2 friending meme is here.

Lost Girl Prompt Meme.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Abbott And Costello Go To Mars.

One man’s attempt to map every family tree in Middle Earth.

Neil Gaiman drew a “wobbly dragon” in honor of those celebrating the Chinese New Year.

John Rozum explains his exit from Static Shock.

Trailer for the Doctor Who video game, The Eternity Clock.

SFX lists the Top 50 Vampires 2012. Some characters from Dark Shadows, Being Human (both the US and UK versions) and the Buffyverse make the list. whedonesque discusses the list here.

Good news: ABC cancels Work It after two episodes.

Back to the Future/Doctor Who Mashup: Back to the TARDIS. Rose and the Tenth Doctor as Marty and Doc.

The DCU Friending Meme.

The next movie for Svengoolie is House of Frankenstein.

New image from The Hobbit.

AMC has ordered 16 episodes for season 3 of The Walking Dead.

There’s a new quick fix for the Youtube homepage. Go to this video. It was the one that originally explained how to add the bit to Greasemonkey as a workaround. Expand the description, and look for the explained update, as of the 12th. Follow the instructions, add the new script (after removing the old one as a precaution). The page looks a bit different, but easy to navigate, and you’ll be able to view your subscription videos and remove what you don’t want to see via the x.

I’ve been going through Dreamwidth and friending those people from my friends list that I could find over there. (I also stumbled across an Open ID profile for my journal over there--added everyone that had friended that) If you use a different username over there and I haven’t already friended you, just let me know.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Phantom of the Opera. This is the 1943 version with Claude Rains.

Five goofiest moments in Uncanny X-Men #’s 103-107.

From The AV Club: 15 comics that inspired forgotten tv adaptations. I remember watching Cathy, even if it was dull.

Images from season 4 (the UK version) of Being Human.

rarewomen is taking nominations for the upcoming challenge.

SFX interviews Kris Holden-Ried, from Lost Girl.

The preview trailer for Sherlock’s The Reichenbach Fall.

Adding to the fandom_stocking gifts: not_from_stars gave me a fic coupon—I can’t think of anything I would want to ask for, so I might not use that. medie has added an assortment of Highlander and Doctor Who icons.

Bob Anderson has passed away, at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. He was the Swordmaster for the Lord of the Rings—and the upcoming The Hobbit—The Princess Bride, The Three Musketeers (1993), and First Knight. He was also the Swordsmaster for the first Highlander movie, and twenty-eight episodes of Highlander: The Series. He worked as the stunt double for Darth Vader in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, and was a fighting guard in the Doctor Who serial The Enemy of the World.

A Beginner’s Guide To The Sherlock BBC Fandom—2nd Edition. I’ve watched Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia, by the way—without spoiling anything (although, there may eventually be spoilers in the comments if there are any, so be aware of that) for those that haven’t seen it, I loved it. Especially what Sherlock did about the intruder. Plus, the sheet moment. Irene Adler was surprisingly well done. It was worth the wait.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Deadly Mantis.

The Fandom Snowflake Challenge. I might attempt to participate in the first portion of the challenge later.

The Not Prime Time (Fandoms) Exchange goes from April through July. It’s for fandoms that are too large for Yuletide, while not being gigantic.

From Cracked: 5 Characters Who Totally Missed The Moral of Their Own Movie. #1. is Doc, from Back to the Future.

New Avengers poster.

Chris Claremont talks about the future—for him and for comics.

In the last few days, I have managed to watch: Girlfriend From Hell, Innocent Blood, Biggles: Adventures In Time, and Return of the Living Dead--and something from 1992 called Ghostwatch. With that first one, I vaguely liked it—I had been wanting to watch it since I was 7 or 8. Aside from the one moment seared into my brain where people teleport into a topless bar, complete with a stripper that bears a striking likeness to one Jackie Tyler. Which just makes this icon all the more appropriate, I have to say. (And slightly awkward, as Mom passed through at that moment, and asked if the topless lady was her--IMDB says no.)

I loved Innocent Blood, and have now put it on the list of possible things to request in Yuletide next time around. I already have a Fright Night prompt.

Beginning at 1:45 PM, Encore will show all three Poltergeist movies. I plan on watching, having never seen the second or third, and only the first chopped to bits on AMC in October.

Oh, and a question regarding Dreamwidth. I imported over the contents of my LJ several months back. If I tried to do so again, would it make duplicates of what’s already there, or would it simply pick up with the last new thing?

ETA: Dreamwidth question answered--thank you!

SFX posts 35 facts learned from the new biography of Patrick Troughton.

The Nerdist will feature Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and David Tennant on December 24th.

Listen to David Tennant read several vampire themed stories for Radio 4.

The 7 Weirdest Christmas TV Episodes And Specials

Official trailer for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

The trailer for the next episode (The Sword In The Stone Part 2) of Merlin.

The next on the list for Svengoolie is The World of Abbott and Costello.

Great trainwrecks of science fiction: movies where the director was fired in the middle.

Lego Christmas Dalek

Here’s the official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. At least until it gets pulled again.

New photo of Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

The Rifftrax of Magic Christmas Tree is apparently free for viewing at Hulu. If it’s made available anywhere else, I’ll link to it.

German trailer for The Avengers.

A very Calvin and Hobbes Christmas.

BBC Radio Wales interviews Colin Morgan and Bradley James.

Two clips have been released for the new season of Sherlock—from A Scandal In Belgravia. Clip #1. Clip #2.