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AMC FearFest 2012 Schedule (tell it to sort alphabetically, for the full list). TCM’s horror movie schedule. Looks like Fright Night Part 2 will be airing on AMC on the 27th at 2 AM CST, for those that are interested.

MTV Geek’s Frightful Faves: Fright Night (1985).

Classic Gothic horror cinema show in Montreal.

Experience The Vampire Diaries’ twisting plot and many thrills in 10 episodes.

Guillermo del Toro Talks Frankenstein, Hulk And More./a>

Top 10 1980s Horror Movie Posters.

The Weekly Geek: Geeky Halloween Costumes.

31 Days of Horror: Carnival of Souls/Insidious.

A Beginner’s Guide To Italian Horror: Mario Bava on Blu-Ray.

Celebrate Halloween with ‘Lyndhurst After Dark’.

How It Should Have Ended: The Amazing Spider-Man Bonus Scene.

First full image of Captain Hook in Once Upon A Time.

The Wizard of Oz is getting a 3D re-release.

Looking back at Young Sherlock Holmes.

Did Tru Calling deserve to be axed?

Life Outside The TARDIS: The Classic Companions’ Best Roles.

Life Outside The TARDIS: Elisabeth Sladen.

Doctor Who Rogues Gallery: The Time Lords.

Power Corrupts: 10 Omnipotent Characters That Went Too Far.

Six Developments From Avengers vs. X-Men #12.

An excerpt of Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics, The Untold Story.

IDW announces Mars Attacks the Real Ghostbusters.

Ellen Greene joins the cast of Hannibal.

Ally Sheedy returns for the musical episode of Psych.

The History of Lois Lane – Part 2: TV, Cartoons and Everything Else Leading to 'Man of Steel'.

As the showing of Rifftrax Live: Birdemic approaches, Boing Boing interviews Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, and Michael J. Nelson.

Ten Worst One-Liners From Batman And Robin. Oh, the pain.

Batman Hates Bronies.

Honest Trailers—The Dark Knight.

27 Of The Most Insane Martial Arts Battles Ever Filmed.

Star Wars, Gremlins, And Indiana Jones By Patrick Schoenmaker.

Should Filmmakers Explain Their Movies?

Red Dwarf: a beginner’s guide.

Robot Chicken: Cast Away Reboot.

The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes.

Gateways To Geekery: Where to start with Tales From Earthsea author Ursula K. Le Guin.

Junk Food Dinner Podcast #129: Vamp (1986), Stake Land (2010), and Interview With The Vampire (1994).

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 268: Night Fright.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/869972.html

Torrent sites go offline as police raid alleged copyright infringers.

Pirate Bay Will Be Back ‘Soon.’

Halloween On TV: 215 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes And Specials In October 2012. As it is always being updated, I suggest you check back every couple of days.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: 80’s Rerun: Fright Night.

What’s Your Favorite Horror Movie (or television special) Intended For Children? What was your first horror movie?

Coffin Halloween/Birthday Cake.

Comics Alliance Reviews X-Men: First Class (2011), Part One.

Danny Strong has been picked to script the final Hunger Games movies. Whedonesque discusses the news here.

Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest 2012.

Superman: Man of Steel Mural.

Mark Valley voices Superman in The Dark Knight Returns—Part 2.

Boostlethon Winter 2012: The Rules.

When We First Met—When Did The Legion Flight Ring Debut? Plus More Legion of Superheroes Firsts.

Ignore The Rumors—Mockingbird Lane Is Not Dead.

First Character Details Surface For Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

SFX interviewed John de Lancie.

John August On The Dark Shadows Movie That Never Was.

How To Survive New York Comic Con In 12 Easy Steps.

What’s Changed In The Flash’s Origin?

Even Star Trek Knows That Time Warner Cable Is So Very Terrible.

Once Upon A Time Friending Meme.

Worldcon 2012: Neil Gaiman Talks The Sandman Prequel.

10 Silliest Frankenstein Spoofs.

The Lone Ranger Poster Revealed.

Cross The Streams Radio Show: Episode 27.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 78: Silver Bullet (1985).

Terror Transmission, Episode 77: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/869158.html

John Ingle has passed away at the age of 84. May he rest in peace. He was a replacement casting for Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives, and had a long-running role on General Hospital as Edward Quartermaine. According to IMDB, he also popped up as a Doctor in the horrible Batman and Robin, provided voiceover work for Extreme Ghostbusters. I remember him delivering the eulogy at the end of Death Becomes Her.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 260: Legends of the Dark Knight #83.

What’s in the Batman canon?

12 Zombie Movies That Root For The Zombie.

Six new photos from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Superman on TV: September 17-23.

Horror Education Of The Week: Rosemary’s Baby.

Detailed Venom Body Art.

Five deleted scenes from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.

Trailers From Hell: Josh Olson on Blood Simple.

Marvel Studios Edits Key Scene For International Avengers Release. There are spoilers.

Archie Comics Names Adam Tracey New Director Of Publicity.

An interview with Grant Morrison.

Manga Artifacts: The Unauthorized Astro Boy Comic.

From How It Should Have Ended: The Slender Games.

The Royal Flush Gang Will Appear In Arrow. Kyle Schmid has been cast as Ace.

Awesome Steampunk Re-imagining of Ghostbusters.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) September 17th.

DC Nation Shorts: Animal Man Bank Robbery.

Hex comes to BBC America this October.

A clip from the season 4 premiere of The Vampire Diaries.

Comics Alliance Reviews X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Part Two.

Film Sack Podcast #131: Hardware (1990)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/865338.html

Dutch court rules linking to photos is copyright infringement.

The Dark Knight Rises—And Goes Back To Sleep.

Dark Knight Returns Part 1: David Selby On Voicing James Gordon.

Here’s the poster for the Halloween re-release.

Tarzan Never Dies, Part II: Will There Ever Be A Great Tarzan Movie? One NSFW image (specifically, a nude Bo Derek, in Tarzan The Ape Man) is in the article.

DC Nation Returns With New Episodes And Shorts On September 29th.

Fan Favorite DC Cosplay of Dragon Con.

6 Filmmaking Tips From Monty Python.

Rare Raiders of the Lost Ark Posters You May Have Never Seen.

Revisiting Star Trek TNG: Encounter At Farpoint.

George Takei, The Best Driver In The Galaxy.

The Saloon—Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy teaser.

Doctor Who Rogues Gallery: Davros.

Outdoor TARDIS Shower Invigorates, Regenerates.

Grumpy Old Fan: Relaunch round-up, part 2.

Godzilla Stomps Into Theaters On May 16, 2014.

Trailers From Hell: David DeCoteau on The Devil’s Rain.

From Think Geek: Warehouse 13 Phoenix Medallion. Warehouse 13 Tesla Artisan Hero Prop.

Heroes In Need: Villains Edition.

From Cracked: 5 Terrifying Implications of Surviving a Horror Movie.

Marvel now owns Miracleman…the trademark.

Brian Blessed joins the cast of CBBC’s Wizards Vs. Aliens.

Drew Goddard Talks Secrets and Sequels for 'Cabin in the Woods'

Best Art Ever (This Week) 9/14/2012.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #384.

Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style. Bane dances through, too.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Episode 6 Season 2: Lou Ferrigno.

Nerdist Writers Panel #55: Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder.

Movie Issues Podcast: Radioland Murders (1994). I may have been one of the only people to see this movie in the theater.

Nerdist Podcast: Michael Dorn.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/864609.html

Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away, at the age of 54. He suffered a heart attack in July, from which he never fully recovered. May he rest in peace. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his role in The Green Mile. I remember him best as The Kingpin, in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, having apparently never seen anything live action that he has appeared in.

Pirate Bay Founder Will Be Deported, Cambodian Authorities Confirm.

Review: Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1.

Ghostbusters Firehouse For Mattel Custom Façade Diorama

A fan’s script outline for Ghostbusters 3.

Batman Film Reboot: 11 Things That Must Be Included.

The Dark Knight Returns’ Joker Revealed.

Amazing Life-Size Heath Ledger Joker Statue.

The Dark Knight Rises Surpasses $100 Million In IMAX.

Theaters Saw Worst Summer Box Office Sales Since 1993.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Tom Strong, Part 2.

An interview with Alan Moore.

25 movies that expose the ruthlessness of television. From the list, I’ve seen Stay Tuned and Galaxy Quest.

Why Baz, The New Green Lantern, Will Be Different.

Joss Whedon, Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass Q&A at the Writers Guild of America.

If it’s Power Girl this must be Dragon Con (and PAX).

From Cracked: 6 Sensible Things You Should Never Do In A Zombie Outbreak.

It’s Official: Michael Strahan Named Kelly Ripa’s Permanent Live Co-Host.

What Hallucinations Reveal About Our Minds.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #169: What superhero do you want as a big brother or sister?

Evil Dead Dress.

Comics Alliance Reviews X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Part Two.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 248: Excalibur #27.

Bandai Entertainment to discontinue home video, manga, novel sales.

What We Learned About The Hobbit Movies At Dragon Con.

Watch Season 1 Shorts From DC Nation.

Campaign To Get Hutchinson, Kansas Renamed Smallville In Honor Of Superman.

What People In 1899 Thought The Year 2000 Would Look Like.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week)—September 4th.

American Psycho Cupcakes.

Should Movie Theaters Charge Less For Flops?

15 Really Strange Movie Credits.

Parker Sends Willow On A Magic Journey.

Stan Lee’s Rants: The Weatherman.

First trailer for Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 74: Invisible Child (1999)

GeekFest Rants Podcast, Episode 104: Highlander (1986) Commentary.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/861883.html

Steven Franken has passed away, at the age of 80, as a result of cancer. May he rest in peace. If he’s who I’m thinking of, he played a warlock who was henpecked by his mother, and had a crush on Samantha on Bewitched. Where he also played five other characters. He was also in an episode of the Adam West version of Batman as a valet, and was the voice of someone in Batman: The Animated Series. His best remembered role would be as the rich and snobby Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and for MST3K fans he ended up in Stranded In Space.

In Praise Of The Doomsday Machine (and William Windom).

U.S. Returns Seized Domains To Streaming Links Site (After 18 Months).

Own e-books? Publishers to pay back millions over price fixing charges.

Oracle knew about currently exploited Java vulnerabilities for months, researcher says.

How It Should Have Ended: The Dark Knight Rises—Bane Bonus.

Read a preview of Detective Comics #0.

Talking Rifftrax: Ghosthouse.

Pond Life: Part 4.

Doctor Who Episode Posters Released.

8 Female Candidates Who Could Theoretically Play The 12th Doctor In Doctor Who.

Jorge Garcia guest stars in Once Upon A Time.

The Evil Cat’s Out Of The Bag In This Grimm Clip.

The Many Kisses of Superman and Wonder Woman.

The Justice League/Transformers Comic That Never Was.

Warner Bros. must be kicking themselves that they let Joss Whedon get away.

Michael Keaton Replaces Hugh Laurie In Robocop.

The Line It Is Drawn #104—Superheroes Get New Jobs.

More of the Hero Complex interview with Neal Adams.

New Diamond Select Trek Toys On The Way.

Geek Gear: Monty Python/Dark Knight Rises ‘The Black Knight Rises’ Shirt.

Marvel Tease The Return Of Dark Phoenix.

Stan Lee’s Bloggerin’ Time.

The Weekly Geek: Dragon Con.

Make your own Barnabas Collins costume.

Has Dark Shadows outgrown Victoria Winters?

310 TV Series And Movie Marathons And Events For Labor Day Weekend 2012. Logo will be having a Buffy marathon, BBC America will have a Doctor Who marathon, and Encore will have a Superheroes Labor Day marathon which includes Darkman, Spawn, The Shadow, Flash Gordon, Hulk, The Green Hornet, Superman 1-4, and Batman Returns. Those that have Chiller TV have a Buffy marathon there, too.

Dr. Horrible sequel to hopefully be in production ‘within the next year.’

Neil Gaiman on a trampoline.

The Law Office of Lando Calrissian.

The secret allure of the spoiler.

The 5 Coolest (And 5 Strangest) Marvel Comics Foodstuffs.

Psylocke Redesign By Bryan Lee O’Malley.

The inspiration for Comic Sans gives his verdict on this ‘awful’ font.

From Cracked: 6 Ironic Coincidences Behind the Scenes of Famous Movies.

Premiere Date For Red Dwarf X.

P:R Regulars: Yasmin Liang’s Art.

Sherlock Re-Imagined in New Paradigm’s Watson and Sherlock.

Comics Aren’t Just For Eyes Anymore.

Burger King Stormtrooper.

Watch a fake ad for the Back to the Future Hoverboard.

Grand Theft Auto: Hill Valley, Back To The Future Version.

10 Things We Know About The Psycho Prequel TV Pilot Bates Motel.

Katie Longua Imagines Superheroes As Pokemon Trainers.

Fringe Season 5 Promo #2.

Not The Droids You’re Look For T-Shirt. Crossing over with MST3K.

Watch The Avengers In Theaters This Labor Day Weekend. Whedonesque discusses the news here.

Comic Book Club Podcast: J.K. Woodward.

Hey Kids Comics Podcast, Season 1 Episode 7: Transmetropolitan.

Mission Log Podcast #4, Episode 4: Where No Man Has Gone Before.

And now, a meme, taken from a few on my friends list:

Name a fictional character and I'll tell you three reasons I wouldn't want to date them.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/860442.html

Tissa David has passed away, at the age of 91, due to a brain tumor. May she rest in peace. She was a master animator who worked for five decades—most notably, she drew Raggedy Ann and Andy.

Dropbox Competitor Adds BitTorrent Support.

Pond Life: Part Two. The Doctor really needs to learn to knock before entering their bedroom…

12 Brilliant Doctor Who Cliffhangers. Utopia should have been listed.

Here’s the cover for the Radio Times Doctor Who Special.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #168: Who would you cast in a Justice League film?

Off My Mind: Looking at the New Justice League of America Roster.

The Disaster That Was The 1997 Comedy Pilot For The Justice League of America.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Tom Strong, Part 1.

Book Tower or Book Wall? The Choice Is Yours.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): August 27th. Batgirl and Bizarro look fantastic.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 240: Batman #458.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The First Teaser For The Girl.

P:R Approved: Jeremy Love’s Super Skrulls.

Erik Larsen to leave Supreme with issue 68.

The Man of Steel In Nolan’s Shadow.

The Dark Knight Rises Analysis: Why One Plot Twist Did Not Ruin The Film. Expect spoilers.

DC Nation: The Bat Man Of Shanghai.

Zubatman: The Animated Fan Teaser Trailer.

10 Reasons The Next Batman Movie Should Be Batman Beyond.

Exclusive First Look At Mondo Poster The Batcave.

Image of the Day: Incredible life-sized, 500 lb Darth Vader cake.

Morgan Freeman and Elizabeth Banks Get Turned Into Lego Minifigs.

Fan Expo: Stan Lee Talks Hollywood, Spider-Man’s 50th Anniversary.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Dragon Con 2012.

A new trailer for Rifftrax Live: Birdemic.

Kerry Callen’s more realistic cover for Amazing Fantasy #15.

Alex Segura Returns To DC as Executive Director of Publicity.

An interview with Jack Kirby, from February of 1990.

Review: Dark Shadows by Marilyn Ross.

About All This Robocop Business…

Jim Lee reflects on a life in art—and the art of life.

Anika Noni Rose joins the cast of Elementary for an episode.

What went on at the Sherlock Masterclass.

Random Roles: LeVar Burton on Tiger Woods, Geordi La Forge, and reviving Reading Rainbow.

You Want Horror? You Got It! The Fall 2012 Horror Movie Guide.

The new Ninja Turtles screenplay has leaked and may be worse than we feared.

Once Upon A Time, Season 2: Full Promotional Image of Mulan.

A sneak peek of the next issue of the Ghostbusters comic.

From Cracked: 5 Toy Recalls That Everyone Should Have Seen Coming.

Brave Blu-Ray Bonus Features.

Unauthorized Evil Dead 4 Is Not Going To Happen.

Watch the alternate opening to The Avengers.

Excerpt from Hope Larson’s graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 262: Hellraiser Retrospective (Part 3).

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 73: Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991).

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/860085.html

Are Demonoid Users At Risk?

Demonoid Raid Credited To IFPI, Multiple Arrests In Mexico Reported.

Bob Hoskins Announces Retirement From Acting After Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis. Best wishes to him.

Brenda Chapman Leaves Pixar For LucasFilm.

Watch William Shatner Throw The First Pitch For Dodgers Star Trek Night.

More images from Sam Raimi’s The Possession.

As many as 30% of cats are stone cold killers.

Fifty Shades of Stan Lee...Actually Just Three. It’s not how it sounds. There are no kinks. It’s just three people (two and a puppet version) who are Stan Lee imitators popping up throughout.

10 Shows That Survived After Their Original Showrunners Left.

Mark Gatiss to pen Doctor Who making of drama, An Adventure In Space And Time.

An interview with Bill Corbett.

Geek Gear: Doctor Who/Lost In Space ‘Exterminate The Robinsons’ Shirt.

The Claws of Axos—Special Edition Cover Art.

Fan Film: Batman: Puppet Master. You get an idea of what the Riddler and Ventriloquist might have been like in Nolan’s universe.

Batgirl: Spoiled—Full Fan Trailer.

Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and Tony Moore are relaunching Deadpool for Marvel Now.

The Line It Is Drawn #101: Superhero 101.

The differences between Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.

The special features on the Blu-Ray and DVD for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.

An interview with Kim Newman.

Contest: Win Manos The Hands Of Fate Signed Poster.

Alf is getting his own movie.

How to make any room look more science fictional.

Marvel Cancels Defenders With Issue 12.

Cyber Force Kickstarter campaign passes $79,000 goal.

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #50: TV Fantasy Goes Mainstream.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/855822.html

The Internet Archive Starts Seeding Over A Million Torrents.

Received a Letter From Golden Eye International? Help Is At Hand.

Amazon Says It Closed Its Glaring Authentication Hack Exploit.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: The unrevealed mysteries of Mystique and the unpublished debut of Destiny, Rogue and the Hellfire Club.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Greta Hayes (Secret).

Spider-Man’s 10 Best Costumes Ever.

Christopher Nolan on Superman: The Man of Steel.

From Funny Or Die: Bane After Batman.

Paul Dini explains absence from next Batman game.

A Few Distracting Things About Adventures In Babysitting.

Joss Whedon Is On Board For The Avengers 2. Joss Whedon Signs Three Year Deal With Marvel Studios. Whedonesque reacts to the news here and here.

The Outhousers starts campaign to save Joss Whedon’s Avengers Tv show from cancellation.

Brian Bendis unveils Bill Sienkiewicz art from Daredevil: End of Days.

Star Trek Comics Writer Talks Timeline Divergence Leading To 2013 Sequel.

Before They Were Famous: Best Science Fiction Cameos By Today’s Stars.

Top 10 Quantum Leap Episodes. The only episode I ever loved was the one with a young Stephen King.

New Elementary Promo.

6 Ways To Get Through The BBC Sherlock Hiatus.

British Library to publish Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s personal diary from Arctic whaling adventures.

Interview: The Rifftrax crew revisit another ‘classic.’

New VOD Title From Rifftrax: Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots.

Trailers From Hell: Karyn Kusama on Near Dark.

Days of Our Lives Post Olympics Preview Clip.

From Cracked: 6 Movie Heroes Saved By Gaping Plot Holes. Back to the Future Part II and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade make the list.

P:R Redesign: Denis Medri’s Steampunk Daredevil, Black Cat, Electro and Mysterio.

Concept art for Disney’s Frozen movies shows off our new Snow Queen.

Get some original fantasy art from the great Kiri Moth.

An extended promo for 666 Park Avenue.

2012 World Fantasy Award Nominees Announced.

Extended Cut Of The Shining Headed To UK Theaters.

Good News And Bad News About 48fps Hobbit.

Dark Shadows Dolls Pushed Back To 2013.

Alan Moore Attends Comic Convention.

For The Trophy Room: Alien Skull Replica From Predator II.

Horror Character Ice Pops.

The Halloween 4 Blu-Ray Seems To Be Missing Something.

Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore Kickstart Leaving Megalopolis.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series Soundtrack Announced.

Now Playing Podcast: From Russia With Love (1963).

Film Sack Podcast #126: Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/855755.html

Aurora Shooting Victims Wore Batman Shirts To Gunman’s Court Hearing.

Chewbacca’s Head Sells For $172,000.

Arrow: New Promotional Images. Deadshot will be played by Michael Rowe.

The CW President Mark Pedowitz Offers Updates On Battle Royale, Supernatural, The Selection, And More.

Watch: Wil Wheaton and William Shatner’s Dueling Narrations For NASA’s New Mars Rover.

Tom Hardy’s screen test for Star Trek: Nemesis.

DVD, Blu-Ray Details Revealed For Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.

Interview With Aaron Ashmore of Warehouse 13,

You Have The Power…To Save He-Man.

Live Action Masters Of The Universe Movie Going Forward, Jon M. Chu In Talks.

The episodes in the next MST3K set are: Robot Holocaust, Operation Kid Brother, Kitten With A Whip, and Revenge Of The Creature.

Mondo’s poster for The Goonies.

What comic book character should do infomercials?

From Cracked: 5 Villains Who Went Out Of Their Way To Screw Their Own Plan.

Stan Lee’s Rants: The Olympics.

The trailers for Skyfall.

Which Sci-Fi Shows Had The Best Endings?

Movie Ghostbusters With Real Ghostbusters Suits.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Trailer.

When We First Met—A Bunch Of Catwoman Firsts.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Movie Turns 20. Whedonesque discusses it here.

The Wolverine Casting Call: Time To Play The Viper.

You can stay in the motel room that was the Mars’ apartment on Veronica Mars.

How We Would Cast A Neil Gaiman Biopic.

Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who film.

New Line registers Hobbit movie titles.

10 Upcoming Science Fiction And Fantasy Remakes (And Why They May Not Suck)

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 69: Twister (1996).

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 258: Book Club 5 (Part 1).

I’m reading the novelization of The Dark Knight Rises, and hit this moment. I don’t think this comment (to Blake’s question of how he always seemed to know exactly where his friends were) from Batman was in the film, but it should have been.

( Beneath the cut for spoilers from me about the film’s ending, even if the excerpt doesn’t give away anything. )

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/853569.html

Norman Alden has passed away at the age of 87. May he rest in peace. He was the voice of Aquaman in the Super Friends cartoon, and appeared in Back to the Future as the owner of the diner.

FileSonic, Oron and Their Users Hit With Piracy Lawsuit.

The Dark Knight Rises Passes The $500 Million Mark Worldwide.

Variations of Bane’s Mask In The Dark Knight Rises Concept Art And More Behind The Scenes Photos

Batman: The Dark Knightfall Fan Trailer. Done with toys, very impressively.

From College Humor: The Gotham Olympics.

Benedict Cumberbatch Comments On Elementary.

The 20 nerdiest moments from the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

The Dark Shadows Experiment: The Exit Interview.

Preview: Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1.

The Messed-Up History of Marvel’s Captain Marvel and Why It Doesn’t Matter.

Patricio Oliver’s Hellions Redesign.

An interview with Marsha Thomason of White Collar.

Marvel To Liquidate Stacks Of Hardcover Stock.

Doctor Horrible Gets CW Premiere Date—October 9th.

Big Finish’s License To Make Doctor Who Audios Is Extended.

How To Who: On Starting To Watch Classic Doctor Who.

The Not Prime Time Collection is open.

Update: Peter Jackson Confirms Third Hobbit Film.

Deadshot Confirmed For The CW’s Arrow.

A Cast Of Currys.

Optimus Prime Wedding Cake.

7 Behind The Scenes Photos From The Original Ghostbusters.

CBS Offering Free Replacement Blu-Ray Discs To Fix Star Trek: The Next Generation Surround Sound Problem.

Film Sack Podcast #125: Frogs (1972)

Two True Freaks Podcast, Episode 275: A Tribute To 1982.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/853321.html

San Diego Comic Con, Tragedy, and the Family of Fans: A Handful of Thoughts. Warner Bros. Will Donate Portion of Dark Knight Rises Proceeds To Aurora Shooting Victims.

DC Comics Postpones Batman Incorporated #3 For A Month Over ‘Content That May Be Perceived As Insensitive.’

The Dark Knight Rises Opens To $249 Million Worldwide.

The Dark Knight Rises: bringing Batman full circle. As this article discusses all three films in their entirety, there are massive spoilers.

Christopher Nolan’s goodbye to the Batman franchise, as can be read in the foreword to The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy.

Warning: Serious Rootkit Virus Spreading In LJ Comments. I’ve been getting a lot of those in long-unused RPG related journals, as well as ancient posts in a few dead LJ groups. I just report the bot, and never click.

CCI: Fringe Stars And Producer Thank Fans In Their Final Panel.

Official: Jena Malone Is Johanna Mason In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

The Hobbit Production Video #8.

Second Look At Anthony Hopkins In Character As Hitchcock.

Nerdist Specials On BBC America This Saturday.

Watch a 60 Second TV Spot From The Possession.

From Cracked: The Horrible Truth Batman’s ‘Secret’ Identity. Have the sound turned up to catch the little “Wheeee!” from Bruce in the background. Don’t read the comments until you’ve see The Dark Knight Rises, due to a short rant about the film.

Blakes 7 Reboot On The Cards.

Spider-Man’s Amazingly Bizarre Media History, Part 2.

Watch the full length trailer for Man of Steel, so far only spotted at Comic Con. It could be removed any minute by an annoyed Warner Bros., so watch while you can.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Gwen Stacy vs. Mary Jane.

Dark Horse’s Scott Allie talks Buffy books, possible Firefly comics.

First look at Japanese Dark Shadows Blu-Ray set.

Laurence Fishburne To Become Agent In Hannibal Series.

Total Recall Action Featurette.

An interview with Dave Sim.

An interview with Grant Morrison. The biggest news would be that he reveals his time on Action Comics comes to an end with issue #13, and his departure from Batman Incorporated with issue #12.

Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Interviewed.

Superheroes With Top Hats.

Anthropology Panel At ReaderCon.

7 Great Morally Dubious Characters of Sci Fi TV.

10 Civilizations That Disappeared Under Mysterious Circumstances.

How do you feel about retcons in comics?

Cast photos for season 2 of Grimm.

New batch of set photos for Once Upon A Time.

The Blu-Ray For The Raven Is Loaded With Features.

The Ten Sweetest Moments Of Comic Con 2012.

Elvira For President.

New Images of Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan In Byzantium.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 68: Reign of Fire (2002)

Two True Freaks Podcast, Episode 274: Something Wicked This Way Comes Commentary

Now Playing Podcast: The Dark Knight Rises (2012). In the first few minutes, they mention that the podcast is dedicated to the victims in Aurora. The editor of the podcast’s fiance’s friend was killed in the theater.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/851925.html

Nearly half a million Yahoo passwords leaked following hack. If you want to see if you were on the list, you can go here and check for your e-mail—I’m safe, from the looks of it.

Kristen Chenoweth was injured on the set of The Good Wife after being hit on the head by a falling piece of lighting equipment. As a result of which, she had a seizure and was hospitalized—so best wishes to her on a speedy recovery.

First Clip From Total Recall. The international poster.

Alex Ross To Paint All Of Chris Roberson’s Masks, With The Shadow, Green Hornet And Zorro.

The Dark Knight Rises VHS Cover.

TNT Renews Falling Skies For 10 Episode Third Season.

Nickelodeon Orders Second Season Of The Legend Of Korra.

Drew Goddard Rewriting The End of World War Z. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

A New Space Adventure Show From Buffy’s Steven DeKnight? Starz also announces a new Dracula show by J. Michael Straczynski.

Model for Max Fleischer’s Superman found to be a 1950s pro wrestler.

Face To Face With The Hobbit Trolls—The Shrounds Have Come Off Weta’s Wonderful Creations.

The Hobbit at Comic Con: Peter Jackson’s San Diego plan.

The AV Club interviews Darwyn Cooke.

Dark Shadows Movies (House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows) Blu-Ray Covers Revealed. Very nice.

Looking back at Batman Begins.

Fall 2012 Complete Schedule For ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, And NBC With Trailers Of New Series.

Which new TV show will be your crack? Our First Impressions.

Get Under The Cloak Of Arrow.

J. Michael Straczynski Creates Studio JMS.

Science Aims To Misbehave With Firefly-Focused Browncoats Unite Special This Fall.

Fox Gung Ho On Fantastic Four Reboot, Lock Josh Trank As Director. Meanwhile, if Fox doesn’t find a new director for Daredevil soon, the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney.

The Line It Is Drawn #97: Comic Book Characters And Star Trek Characters.

First Look At Guy Gardner On Green Lantern Animated Series.

P:R Redesign: Daniel Irizarri’s Superboy.

Pajiba recasts Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whedonesque discusses it here. I disagree with most of the choices.

Why Did You Join Twitter? At this point in time, I have not.

Famous science fiction movies, depicted as 16th century Ottoman paintings.

The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition Photo Gallery.

NECA Show Off Prometheus Action Figures.

Two new clips from The Dark Knight Rises.

Could We Build Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise.

Plush Spock.

First image of Skyfall’s Q.

20 Facts About Life of Brian That Might Make You Feel Like Whistling A Cheery Tune.

Digitally created portrait of Merida from Brave.

Stephanie Brown Dropped From Smallville In Favor Of Barbara Gordon?

Nerdist Writers Panel #46: Len Wein, Ed Brubaker, and Jackson Publick.

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Ernest Borgnine has passed away, at the age of 95, due to renal failure. May he rest in peace. Because of MST3K, I remember him from Merlin’s Shop Of Mystical Wonders. According to IMDB, he was also the Lion in the 1985 version (the one with Carol Channing) of Alice In Wonderland.

The Amazing Spider-Man Webs Up $140 Million. The worldwide total is currently $341.2 million

Spider-Man at 50: The strange tale of Amazing Fantasy.

Is This What Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man Almost Looked Like?

Guest Blog: A Spider-Woman For the 1980’s, Part 1.

People Spent 1 Billion Hours Watching Netflix Last Month; What Were You Watching? I’ve never used Netflix—can’t afford it, and don’t care to use them, given everything I’ve read.

The British Comic Awards Are A Go.

Defenders assemble: 21 super-teams that would make for great movies (but likely never will).

Jamal Igle To Start Kickstarter Campaign For Molly Danger In August.

First The Dark Knight Rises screening reactions. No spoilers.

Smart Pop Writers At San Diego Comic Con.

SDCC 2012: operate cat ears with only your brain waves.

The Myth of Japan’s Shuten Dōji.

Amazing Discworld Cake.

Early 1900’s Halloween Lantern.

Stan Lee talks about how comics will last forever.

Look At This Incredible Paper Mache Bust of Dragon Maleficent

Stuart Gordon Talks Re-Animator The Musical.

Sew Nerdy gallery show reveals the softer side of fanart.

Comic Con Tips: A Dexter Survival Guide For Killer Weekend.

Game of Thrones Direwolf Bookends.

The Avengers Painted As Epic Fantasy Heroes.

Comics Alliance Reviews Superman Returns (2006) Part Two.

For Sale: Volcano House--$750,000.

October Release For Dark Shadows Movies On Blu-Ray And DVD. For Night of Dark Shadows, this is not the restored version people were hoping for, but the version originally seen in theaters.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Becomes Head Gamemaker For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Dan Jurgens Takes Over Writing And Drawing Firestorm.

Exclusive The Wolverine Casting News.

Thanks to some thunderstorms that went through the region, we’ve fallen from 115 degrees, down to a breathable 89 degrees.

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Cyberlocker Offered To Help Prosecute Userse To Settle $34.8m Copyright Suit.

Here’s Why Your Geek Squad Appointment Has Been Delayed Until Half Past Never.

Gateways To Geekery: Spider-Man Comics.

Spider-Man 101: The Tangled Web of His Loves, Powers, And More.

Superhero Economics: A Comparison Between Spider-Man And Batman.

The Line It Is Drawn #97: Comic Book Characters, Noir Style.

John Layman To Take Over Detective Comics.

Seth Meyers enters final test to fill the Regis Philbin-shaped hole on morning television. I hope he doesn’t become the new co-host.

$3.99 Stays Put, Hickman Is The New Bendis And Other Marvel Relaunch News.

New Charles Vess Drawings For Neil Gaiman’s Stardust.

SDCC 2012: The Must-See Comic Book Panels—Your Complete Schedule.

Getting Ready For Nerd HQ: What Do You Need To Know?

Eileen Davidson Returning To Days Of Our Lives. Her first air date is in October.

The Walkthrough: The Adventures of Pete And Pete comes to an unexpected end (Part 4 of 4).

DC Comics $20 million + payout for Superman—rejected.

Doctor Who/Sherlock Wedding Bouquet.

Once Upon A Time casts Sarah Bolger as Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, while Jamie Chung will reportedly be Mulan.

Remender and Cassaday’s Uncanny Avengers #1 cover surfaces.

Mondo Kicks Off Lord of the Rings Poster Series.

Trailers From Hell: Dan Ireland on Mommie Dearest

Original Showbiz Pizza commercial, from 1982.

Sinbad: Exclusive Clip From The First Episode.

Sailor Moon Manga Gets New Anime Series In Summer 2013.

For Dark Shadows “Dead” Is Relative.

Fraggle Rock Spin-Off The Doozers In The Works.

Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiere date set.

The 10 Most Awesome Moments From Season 2 of Game of Thrones.

Jena Malone Offered Role In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: Why Phoenix Had To Die.

Go Behind The Scenes Of The DC Offices

Is Disney Developing A Hocus Pocus 2? I hope this isn't true.

Learn How To Be A Bad Guy In The Supervillain Handbook.

Digital Spy interviews Nathan Fillion.

The Hobbit wraps principal photography.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #374.

Sideshow Collectibles Is Giving Away A New Catwoman Legendary Scale Figure.

Forbidden Planet New York Moves Four Doors Down.

Sonic Screwdriver Remote Control.

JoBlo Podcast: The Teen Wolf Commentary

Retroist Podcast, Episode 115: Meatballs.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #132: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

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Andy Griffith passed away this morning, at the age of 86. May he rest in peace.

Big in Japan (and elsewhere): 29 American cultural entities that found greater popularity overseas.

The Ambassadors Of Death In Colour.

Batwoman on NYT Bestseller List

Writer-Director To Bring Us Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein.

Comics Alliance Reviews Superman Returns (2006) Part One.

A&E’s Psycho Prequel Goes Right To Series.

Your First Look At Grimm’s Season 2 Key Art And Special Comic Con Poster.

The 10 Worst Spider-Man Villains Of All Time.

New pictures from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

The newest title from Rifftrax: Brainiac.

How You Can Help Save Trailers From Hell.

The Avengers In 15 Minutes.

Anyone else remember Zoobilee Zoo?

Monkeybrain Comics explodes on Twitter, launches early.

Be A Terminator, Ride A Hoverboard, Hack With Jason’s Machete.

Why a US government agency was just forced to deny the existence of mermaids.

Don’t Call It A Comeback: The Joker Returns To DC’s New 52.

Is Jean Grey Really Coming Back? Again?

HBO renews True Blood for a sixth season.

Warner Bros. Releases Full Dark Knight Rises Synopsis. Run time confirmed.

Sherlock Depicted As Medieval Tapestry.

Hit-Girl #1 orders over 70,000 copies, first and second printings sold out.

Puppet Neil Gaiman And Puppet Alan Moore Chat About Before Watchmen.

The Avengers Fill Out Comment Cards At Restaurants.

Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘The Physician Unknown’ Shirt.

Geek Gear: Back To The Future/Dr. Seuss ‘Oh, The Eras You’ll Go’ Shirt.

Great Scott! Back To The Future Was Released 27 Years Ago Today.

Meet Adam Savage, The Man Behind The Myths.

Evil Dead Cake.

Exclusive X-Factor Collector Pack Announced.

10 Things I Didn’t Know About Dark Shadows.

Sci-Fi And Fantasy’s Greatest Reboots.

Tor looks back at Lifeforce.

Now Playing Podcast: Spider-Man 3 (2007)

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 65: Nine Months (1995)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/845501.html

Don’t Forget: ‘Six Strikes’ Starts This Weekend. It either starts today, July 1st, or July 12th, depending on what you read.

Megaupload Judge To Issue Order On Return Of User Data “Shortly.”

Blip Gets Into The Original Content Game, With A New Studio And Three Exclusive Series.

Nerd Glass Recreates Your Favorite Characters With Stained Glass Goodness.

Dallas renewed for second season by TNT.

CBS un-cancels Unforgettable.

Science Channel marathons Firefly on July 4th.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Required TV.

Dark Shadows Facebook Banners. And some for the 90’s series.

Real Ghostbusters Omnibus Announced.

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Torchwood: Miracle Day Another Chance?

Sci Fi And Fantasy’s Greatest Sound FX.

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

Japanese Tomb Found To House Rare Artifacts From Roman Empire.

Tentacle Wine Bottle Stopper.

This 15’ Journey Scarf Is Amazing.

Casting Bits For 666 Park Avenue and Revolution.

Happy birthday, Indiana Jones.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked: So Is Magneto Polaris’ Dad Or What?

Welshy Reviews: Black Sheep. The killer sheep movie, not the Chris Farley one.

Now Playing Podcast: Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Terror Transmission Episode 71: Damien: Omen II (1978).

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #131: Delta Force (1986)

Big Pop Fun #33: Mark Hamill (Part 3).

Schlock Treatment 82: Over The Top (1987)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/844987.html

Remembering Nora Ephron.

Megaupload Search Warrants Ruled Illegal By High Court.

Darren Lemke Tapped For Carmen Sandiego.

Rumor Control: Ryan Reynolds Not Yet Confirmed For Highlander Reboot. Okay, until they officially have an entire cast in front of a camera, and are ready for filming, I’ll quit listening to any Ryan Reynolds is/is not cast related rumors. I think this was the third or fourth time they’ve said he was, and then wasn’t.

Atari at 40.

Dark Shadows Turns 46 (sorta).

Dark Shadows Box Office Update: Over $218 Million Worldwide.

Cinematic Titanic Comes To Hulu.

Shooting Has Officially Begun On The Carrie Remake.

The New Trailer For Total Recall.

Gail Simone, Gamerati.

Hasbro To Launch New Jem And The Holograms Collectible Fashion Doll Line At SDCC 2012.

David Warner will appear in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who. Aside from who will be writing the episode, as well as the episode number, there are no spoilers at the link.

Bobby Brown’s Music Video For Ghostbusters 2 Is A Bizarre Moment In Time. I recognized Christopher Reeve on a bike, Donald Trump, Michelle Pfeiffer leaving a strip club, and Rick Moranis at a payphone—but nobody else.

Adventures Of A Rare (And Not Very Rare) Book Collector.

Locus Roundtable On Geek Culture.

The Entire Cast of Community Is Back For Season 4.

Geek Gear: Community ‘Theatre In Spacetime’

Toks Solarin’s X-Men Redesign.

From Cracked: 5 Ridiculous Things That Show Up In The Art Of Every Comic.

Spider-Man will have a teenage sidekick.

The classics come to Blu-Ray, Universal Monsters announced for October.

World premiere of restored The Curse of Frankenstein at De Montfort University on July 13th and 14th.

June 30th, 2012 Will Have 1 Extra Second

New image from The Possession.

Star Wars R2-D2 Novelty Phone.

Scaled-down Marvel Adventure theme park to open next year in Dubai.

From Think Geek: Futurama Yahtzee.

Pulp Nightmare Commentary Podcast: Children of the Corn (1984)

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/844432.html

Comcast Wins Protest Against “Shake Down” of BitTorrent Pirates.

How Tangled Should Have Ended.

Favorite Young Adult Novels.

Charlie Sheen Cast As U.S. President In Machete Kills.

Mordor Recruitment Video.

Wolverine And The X-Men: An Appreciation.

50 genuinely creepy horror movies.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: new CG series trailer.

Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Nudity And Profanity On Television, Sort Of.

Grayson Hall: A loud kind of quiet.

Castle Greyskull Business Card Holder.

First poster for the Paddington movie.

Happy birthday, Bruce Campbell.

ABC’s Latest 666 Park Avenue TV Spot.

Loki Helmet Ring.

Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Lived Abroad.

Great Showdowns: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Crash Landing Flying Saucer Alien Spacecraft Statue.

Illogical Incident Spock T-Shirt.

New clip from The Amazing Spider-Man.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #372.

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Elizabeth Eis has passed away at the age of 68—she had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. May she rest in peace. On Dark Shadows, she “appeared in Dark Shadows throughout 1970 as Nelle Gunston, Buffie Harrington and Mildred Ward.” As Buffie, she dealt with John Yaeger during the 1970 Parallel Time storyline.

Static Co-Creator Faces Pauper’s Burial Unless Donations Come Through.

RIM Manufacturer Partner Pulls The Plug On Blackberry Phones.

Amber Benson: From Buffy To Books.

Learn lightsaber stage combat at ThinkGeek HQ.

New Linkin Park Music Trailer For Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Comics Alliance Reviews Steel (1997), Part Two.

Knitted Borg Hat.

Scoleri Bros. Electric T-Shirt.

Warner Bros. Reveals New Promo Art For 666 Park Avenue.

FUNimation Bringing Lost Girl To DVD And Blu-Ray This Fall.

U.S. Release Date Set For The Awakening.

Author Karen Koehler’s Look Back At Wolfen.

Pixel Dan’s Video Review: Mattel’s Exclusive Dana as Zuul.

First Look At Angelina Jolie As Maleficent.

Toilet paper with a horror story from the author of The Ring.

Revenge of the Californian Swamp Creature T-Shirt.

A new promo for The Dark Knight Rises. And here’s a new full trailer, from Nokia.

Skull Violin.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 63: Jaws: The Revenge.

Crossposts: http://calliopes-pen.livejournal.com/842197.html

ACTA Showdown Coming Up—Man Your Barricades.

Paramount shuts down Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles after realizing there might be a problem with the script.

From Newsarama: The 10 Worst X-Men of All Time. I wouldn’t have included Doug, Hank, or Angelo.

The Dark Shadows Experiment.

The original Dark Shadows (or at least the first 40 episodes featuring Barnabas Collins) is now on Hulu. For those that want to see the 90’s version, but can’t use Hulu, that one is also hosted on Youtube. The original series, currently, is not.

Five things that nearly killed Star Trek before it started.

Grant Morrison honored by Queen Elizabeth II.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Prime Vacation Spots.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Son of Dracula.

Cocktails With Stan Lee: Marc Webb.

The Amazing Spider-Man—Car Thief Full Scene.

10 delightfully cheesy 90’s sci-fi movie trailers.

Looking back at 1991’s The Guyver.

An eighty-foot tube sculpture was made from the magnetic tape in VHS cassettes.

Early Test Footage of Roger and Jessica Rabbit, From When Roger Sounded Like Pee Wee Herman.

50 Worst Sci-Fi And Fantasy Movies That Had No Excuse.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Pez Set Coming This Fall.

Your Brain Scan Looks Different on Mac and PC.

Geek Jewelry on Etsy.

Pizza Necronomicon is deliciously horrific.

Six Strange Cases of Science Fiction Trademarks.

Seth Grahame-Smith Gives a Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Update.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #129: One Man Force (1989).

radioaches is hosting the What I Like About You Meme here and here.

Stolen from

chomiji: The Random Superhero Generator. My first result:

“calliopes_pen has the power to force butterflies to obey her every command, however using this power makes her incorporeal for one hour. Also, she has been known to leap through time using a startling helicopter. Tragically, calliopes_pen is infamous for being terrible at taunting.”