calliopes_pen: (camwyn Mad science goggles)
2013-03-07 01:54 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

New Java malware protection undone by old-school attack

Toren Smith has passed away, at the age of 52. May he rest in peace. He was one of the earliest English translators of manga.

Fantagraphics’ Kim Thompson Talks About Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Uncovering Marvel’s lost ’80s cartoon pitches

Image of the Day: Best Images of the Joker #4

P:R Approved: Bobby Rubio’s Nightwing

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Desperately Seeking Damian.

Green Goblin / Norman Osborn: Where Do I Start?

'Back to the Future: The Game' now available for iPhone

20 Lies Back to the Future II Told Us (Besides the Hoverboard)

Cosplay of the Day: Louis Tully Needs to Call the Ghostbusters

Mego-style Dark Shadows toys available in May

Anthony Stewart Head joins The CW’s The Selection. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

Melissa George and Seth Gabel Join Gothica—the latter will play Roderick Usher, while the former is Fiona Hunter.

Buzzfeed interviews Martin Freeman.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 15, The Gathering of the Clouds.

Hannibal TV Series Poster

Poltergeist’ Remake Will Be Directed by ‘Monster House’ Helmer Gil Kenan

Alex Winter Explains Why We Haven’t Seen ‘Bill and Ted 3′ Yet

The trailer for Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Animation Tests For The Doctor’s First Regeneration

TARDIS Rubik’s Cube

An Old Hope: Lucas says Hamill, Fisher, and Ford set for Star Wars VII

5 Nutty Things (and One Serious) About Stephen King’s Shining Sequel Doctor Sleep.

Nightmare Before Christmas Birthday Cake.

UK Release Date Of Star Trek Into Darkness Brought Forward One Week

Monster of the Week: The Nightmare

8 Ridiculous Hooks For Sequels That Were Never Made (But Should Have Been)

29 Things We Learned from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ Commentary

Comic Issues #108: DC Then and Marvel Now.

Out of the Blue, Episode 2: Robert Picardo

Smodcast: Geoff Johns: Shazam, Batman.

Film Bin Podcast: The Secret Garden (1993)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 85: Fire And Ice (1983)

Mission Log Podcast #31, Episode 31: Who Mourns For Adonais?
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.