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Mar. 7th, 2013 01:54 pm
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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?
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Feb. 19th, 2013 02:38 pm
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Italian file-sharing site owner hit with record $8.5 million fine

Rifftrax: Cool As Ice (Sample)

Cartoons, characters linked to kids’ bad behavior: Power Rangers again. I watched Power Rangers when I was 11. It didn’t do anything to me.

AfterEllen interviews Zoie Palmer, from Lost Girl.

Guardians of the Galaxy Character Guide.

Mutant Women of Earth: How Chris Claremont Reinvented The Female Superhero.

Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! Vans Special

Sandman/Sherlock crossover fan art.

Download Calendar of Tales: 12 New Neil Gaiman Stories for Free

Injustice Gods Among Us' alternative costumes for Harley Quinn, Bane

The Dark Knight Returns To Vegas…With Bane and the Joker (Cosplay)

What It's Like To Have Your Period As Told By Batman, Bane And The Joker

Bizarro Back Issues: ‘Dastardly Events Aboard The Hellship’ (1978)

The Batmobile, Totally Geeked Out

Image of the Day: Best BTAS Screenshots #2

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich & Joker’s Wild

JLA Profiles: Stargirl—Geoff Johns' Favorite Character

Greg Weisman Discusses The Final Issue Of The Young Justice Comic Series

Warren Ellis has started a new daily panel strip called Scatterlands

Interview: Chris Chibnall.

Doctor Who Revisited: Patrick Troughton BBC America Promo.

'Doctor Who' 50th anniversary episode to be directed by Nick Hurran

Weeping Angel Cookies.

Big Finish: February Releases.

Julie Benz Talks TV Death, Undeath And 'Defiance’

TV’s Most Heartbreaking Deaths. Whedonesque reacts to the list here. Joyce is listed. I would have added Fred on Angel.

Five Fan Theories That Explain The Events Of Back To The Future

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman To Present One-Time Concert In London

The Worst Sci-Fi Snubs In Oscar History.

Is it possible that the Borg are the perfect enemy?

Ten Out-of-Print Horror Flicks to Make You Drool

Random Roles: Eric Roberts on The Dark Knight, Shelley Winters, John Waters, and more

Kathleen Kennedy Exits ‘Jurassic Park IV’ to Concentrate on ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

The CW’s Tomorrow People Casts Peyton List

18 Stills From Orphan Black

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #191: What comic do you, personally, want to be a character in?

The Vulcan Vault: The George Lucas-Produced Twice Upon A Time (1983)

Five New Minutes Of Bates Motel Footage.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 98: Aspen Extreme (1993)

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #74: Live From San Francisco.
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Jan. 29th, 2013 02:06 pm
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The encore presentation of Rifftrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space is this Thursday.

Rifftrax: Say No To Strangers (Sample).

A Words And Deeds Love Meme is being hosted by Staranise. My post is here.

Disney closes Epic Mickey creator Junction Point Studios

All Original Watchmen Art Is Now Up For Auction.

SDCC ’13: Pro Badge-o-ween has come…and gone

There’s a fan petition to save Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

BBC Worldwide’s playlist for the First Doctor.

The ‘Doctor Who’ Knitting Circle: Part 2

Beautiful Retro Doctor Who Books Reissued For 50th Anniversary.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Airline Arrival Delays

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two Animated Feature Now Available On Home Video, Download

JLA Profiles: Catwoman Brings Villainous Slant To Team

What it means to be an alien: David S. Goyer talks Man of Steel

The 10 Greatest Superman Villains Of All Time.

On the Scene: Superman at 75, Celebrating America’s Most Enduring Hero

More Images From Aborted Superman Lives Show Nicholas Cage In Costume

Justice League Depends On How Well Man of Steel Does.

Interview: Kelly Sue DeConnick, The Power Behind The New Captain Marvel

Being Human (UK)—Cast Promotional Group Photo.

Audio downloads available at Cinemassacre. One of them is a commentary for the 1931 version of Dracula.

The new poster for The Lone Ranger.

From Cracked: 6 Unknown Artists Who Made All Of Our Favorite Movie Moments.

David Cronenberg To Star In Haunting Thriller ‘Body Art’

Have The 501st At Your Wedding And Help a Worthy Charity

Star Wars/Star Trek Movie Art: 15 Favorite Fan-Made Mashups

Lucasfilm cancels 3D re-releases of Star Wars to focus on Episode VII.

Cast Update For Stephen King’s Under The Dome--Jolene Purdy and Nicholas Strong join the show.

Gaumont’s Barbarella TV series coming to life with Skyfall writers; Nicolas Winding Refn will direct.

BBC orders a second series of Ripper Street for 2014.

CBS Renews Entire Daytime Line-Up For 2013-2014 Season Including The Young And The Restless and The Bold And The Beautiful.

Fiction Into Reality: Why We Borrow From What We Love.

He’s Still Got It: Ex-Green Power Ranger Breaks World Record For Karate Chopping Wood Blocks While Skydiving.

Girl Meets World Gets Official Pilot Order From Disney. Cory and Topanga’s daughter will be played by Rowan Blanchard.

How The Return of the Living Dead thumbs its nose at traditional zombie lore.

Wil Wheaton reflects on Star Trek: The Next Generation’s season 3.

Julia Wagner Joins Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

10 Greatest Prison Breaks In Science Fiction And Fantasy.

Ten Fairy Tales That Scream For The Horror Film Treatment.

NBC’s Alice In Wonderland sequel gets pilot order.

The Best Fictional Libraries In Pop Culture.

Nine Genre Movies Not To Look Forward To In 2013.

From Think Geek: Pac Man Multi-Color Ghost Lamp.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #188: Plan a comic book convention that would be perfect for you.

Nerdist Podcast: Mark Hamill.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast: Judge Dredd (1995)

The Batman Universe, Episode 108.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 95: This Means War (2012)

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

If you could sit me down and get me to share one canon, be it a book or movie or show, what would you share with me? What made you pick that one?
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Jan. 4th, 2013 02:47 pm
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Leader of BitTorrent piracy ring sentenced to five years in prison.

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

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

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

Pop culture resolutions for 2013.

10 To Watch In 2013: Television.

The Ten Best Geek Movies of 2012.

Thunder and Lighting Come to DC Nation

DC Nation Debuts Amethyst Cartoon.

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

Man Proposes Dressed As Ood.

Warner Bros. Settles Half of Smallville Lawsuit

The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide To The Hobbit.

Rumor: Universal plans Middle Earth theme park?

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

Time Warner Cable drops Current TV after sale.

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

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

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

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

From Think Geek: Doctor Who TARDIS Play Tent.

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

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

Trailers From Hell: Josh Olson on Straight Time

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

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Images.

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

I Find Your Lack Of Jiggawatts Disturbing Art Print.

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

Interview: How Brandon Sanderson Ended The Wheel Of Time

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

The Greatest Manga Censorship Fails

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

Exclusive Interview with Robin Shelby aka Slimer

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

Top 10 Werewolf Movies.

Colorful Vintage Moon Maps.

What is the subtext of George Lucas’ exit interviews?

Ask Chris #135: Under The Hood.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 1)

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

Delete My Browser History Medicalert Bracelet.

Ringo Starr - With Great Power Extended Interview

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

The 10 Weirdest Deaths By Technology.

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

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

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

10 of the Most Pointless Action Figures Ever Made.

Retro Calendars for 2013 - 1991 Revisited

Check Into Bates Motel March 18th.

Conversing On Comics With Warren Ellis

Nerdist Podcast: Warren Ellis.

Fantastic Fangirls Podcast: Comfort Media.

Movie Issues Podcast: Best of 2012.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #158: Joysticks (1983)

Saturday B Movie Reel #93—Behemoth.
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Dec. 31st, 2012 02:39 pm
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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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Dec. 30th, 2012 02:26 pm
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Dec. 28th, 2012 01:09 pm
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Stan Lee Turns 90 Today.

Stan Lee At 90: 90 Reasons To Love ‘The Man.’

Ian Bryce - With Great Power Extended Interview

Being Peter Parker: Thoughts On Amazing Spider-Man #700.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Surpasses $500 Million Worldwide.

The Soviets Made A Hobbit Movie In 1985. It’s So Terrible, It’s Incredible.

Great Quotes About Writing From Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin.

Only Bruce Wayne can afford this ludicrously expensive Batman chess set.

Women of the Whedonverse T-Shirt.

Labyrinth Knocker Earrings.

10 To Watch In 2013: Comic Book Characters.

The 10 Most-Anticipated Geek Movies of 2013.

The Absolute Best Cosplay Of 2012.

iFanboy’s Best of 2012: Best Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

Doctor Who: Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman interview each other

Play The Game Of Time T-Shirt.

NBC Officially Passes On Mockingbird Lane.

Rumor: Star Wars Comics License Returning To Marvel?

The Worst TV Of 2012.

Marvin The Martian, Hong Kong Phooey Live/CG Footage Leaked.

The Hub January 2013 Highlights: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Joins, Batman and Superman Movies.

Titles For Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series Episodes Airing January 2013.

From Cracked: 6 Places You’ll Recognize From The Background Of Every Movie.

Best Art Ever (This Week): December 28th.

Awesome Retro X-Men Comic Book Cover Tattoo.

FYI: What Kind Of Dinosaur Meat Would Taste Best?

10 Incredibly Stupid Ways Superheroes and Villains Have Died.

51 Things We Learned From The Looper Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #399.

Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity of Rudolph’s Shiny New Year.

Bill Morrison organizing art auctions to help save Metro Entertainment.

New Stills From Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer.

Film Pigs DVD Commentary #45: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Movie Issues Podcast: Strange Days (1995)
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Dec. 26th, 2012 01:58 pm
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Charles Durning has passed away, at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. After checking IMDB, I mostly remember him from The Hudsucker Proxy and Dick Tracy.

Gerry Anderson has passed away, at the age of 83, after suffering from dementia for several years. May he rest in peace. He was the producer of Thunderbirds, Space: 1999, and many other shows over the decades. I don’t believe I have ever watched any of his shows.

From Cracked: Where Aren’t They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2012.

Yuletide 2012: Highlights from the biggest fanfic challenge of the year.

Novel created from tweets raises money for charity.

Doctor Who: 'The Snowmen' Christmas Special 2012 - Behind the Scenes

Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Steven Moffat answer questions about Doctor Who.

Doctor Who: Inside The New TARDIS Interior. A clip from the Christmas special. I liked the new interior.

Royal Mail reveals Doctor Who stamps.

Relive your favorite Doctor Who deaths in the Gallifreycrumb Tinies

The 12 Most Epic Action Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

JJ Abrams Turned Down Directing Star Wars Episode VII Over Loyalty To Star Trek.

Teaser trailer for BBC America’s Orphan Black.

Paul Giamatti Still Hopes To Sink His Teeth Into Bubba Nosferatu.

Shock Interview: Don Coscarelli Talks John At The End, Phantasm 5, and more.

Bruce Campbell: Heroes and Inspirations.

Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn denies casting rumors.

Sir Patrick Stewart: Next Generation, X-Men and Hollywood history.

Bizarro Back Issues: Boxing Day With Captain Marvel (1944).

Massive Chart of Superpowers.

Massachusetts retailer gets road renamed Lois Lane.

Amazing Spider-Man: Dan Slott talks Peter Parker’s fate. There are major spoilers for a pivotal moment that occurs in the final issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.

This Day In Horror: The Exorcist Is Unleashed Upon Audiences.

Grendel as Grinch.

The Batman Universe Commentary Podcast: Batman: Year One (2011)

The Batman Universe Commentary Podcast: Justice League: Doom (2012)

The Forgotten Flix Podcast, Episode 89: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Pulp Nightmare Pulp Commentary: End of Days (1999).

Geekfest Rants Geek Commentary, Episode 120: Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Arrow In The Head Podcast, Episode 188: Reviews of Elves, Rare Exports, Gremlins and Jack Reacher.

Comic Issues #98—Best of 2012.

The Shut Up And Watch This Commentary, Episode 72: The Snowman (1983 David Bowie Intro).
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Dec. 23rd, 2012 03:57 pm
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Dec. 21st, 2012 02:11 pm
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ACTA Gets Death Certificate In Europe.

Net Neutrality Bill Aimed At ISP Data Caps Introduced In US Senate.

New Legislation Mandates Investigation of Video Games and Violent Behavior.

Spin magazine ceases print publication, shocking almost no one.

Crossposts between Livejournal and Dreamwidth might be slow.

A Yuletide focused carol.

Prompts For Yuletide Pinch Hitters.

You can find all of the Yuletide prompts either here or on this single page.

14 Best Craigslist Ads Of The Apocalypse.

Where Did The End of the World Find You?

11 Reasons We Hope The World Actually Ends Later Today.

Gremlins is a perfect holiday movie for those all out of Christmas cheer.

Five Less Conventional Ways The World Will End.

You can own a perfect replica of River Song’s sonic screwdriver and diary.

Lego Officially Announce Back to the Future DeLorean Kit For Next Year.

Original Slimer maquette gets restored.

The Line It Is Drawn #120—Happy Holidays.

P:R Approved: Chris Bachalo’s Cyclops

Trailers From Hell: Marshall Harvey on The Sword and the Sorcerer. The trailer is NSFW.

CW Targets Robin Hood Series With Female Twist.

This Season’s 16 Most Bizarre Pop Culture Christmas Ornaments.

New Year’s Eve: Tales From The Crypt Marathon With Cryptkeeper Hosting.

Great E-Mail Threads: The JLA Do Secret Santa.

Mattel Announces An Adam West Batman Toy Line.

Daleks: 49 Years of Terror.

Best Art Ever (This Week): Holiday Edition 2012.

Heathers Scribe Completes Vampire Academy Adaptation, Director Comes Aboard.

From Rifftrax: Worst Movies of All Time.

Stan Lee Reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’

Michael Caine Gives Alfred’s Origin Story.

From College Humor: 10 Parts In Home Alone That Still Bother Me, by Dan Hopper and Alex Schmidt.

Diagnosing the Home Alone burglars’ injuries: A professional weighs in.

Does the kids vs. adults sadism of the Home Alone movies stand the test of time?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey concept art.

The Absolute Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2012.

The 10 best TV episodes of 2012.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #398.

DC Promotes Bob Harras, Hank Kanalz.

The Walking Dead Renewed For Fourth Season As Problems Persist…

Ask Chris #133: The Best Christmas Movie Ever.

Happy Holidays From Deadpool.

Top 20 Horror Christmas Movies.

Original Storyboards From Blade Runner

DC Nation, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice Teaser Videos Released.

Mission Log Podcast #20: Episode 20—Court Martial.

Movie Issues Podcast: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Schlock Treatment 104: Power Rangers/Fat Albert Christmas Specials.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 70: Gremlins (1984) Commentary

Retroist Podcast, Episode 127—Christmas Commercials II

Ars Technicast, Episode 17: Deconstructing The Hobbit.

Now Playing Podcast: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991).
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Dec. 17th, 2012 03:29 pm
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Nielsen will supplement its TV ratings system with Twitter

Anti-Piracy Chief Patents ‘Pay Up Or Disconnect’ Scheme.

Gallifrey Times is hosting a Get Acquainted Meme.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen Prequel: Vastra Investigates

Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Melty Welty Timey Wimey’ Shirt.

Ghosts of Doctor Who Christmases Past.

A new, longer teaser trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness

Shot-By-Shot Breakdown Of All The Plot Details Hidden In The New Star Trek: Into Darkness Trailer.

Orson Welles on Horror Comics/Movies: January 17, 1955.

Lost 1966 Adaptation of The Hobbit by Gene Deitch.

Something amusing from The Onion: The Hobbit To Feature 53 Minute Long Scene of Bilbo Baggins Trying To Figure Out What To Pack.

Rise To Glory: 10 Comic Book Bad Guys Gone Good.

2012 Fright Meter Award Nominees.

Superman on TV: December 17-23.

Interview: Scott Lobdell on Death of the Family, Red Robin and Jason Todd Fighting In A Towel.

Joker Squared.

Press Release For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two Animated Feature.

Cosplay: The Best Jokers Are The Old Jokers.

No more Spirit or pulp heroes at DC.

Simon Bisley Lays Hellblazer To Rest.

Comics Alliance Reviews The Wonder Woman Christmas Episode (1977)

Atop The Fourth Wall: Teen Titans #13.

Jamie Foxx says expect big changes to Amazing Spider-Man 2’s Electro costume.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on The Day Mars Invaded Earth.

The first trailer for My Fair Zombie.

Vampires 101: Dracula A.D. 1972.

11 Odd, Campy, Surreal Holiday Specials That Should Be Classics.

Thought Bubble #6: Is Crowd-Funding Good For Comics?

12 Horrible Gobbledygook Words We Reluctantly Accepted.

2012: The Year In Horror Poster Art—The Best, The Worst, And More.

Olly Moss Explains His Canceled And Alternative 2012 Work Including Akira, Lawrence of Arabia, And More.

USA adding modern-day Zorro to its line-up.

Collector’s Edition Grimm Magazine Will Hit Newsstands In 2013.

Hans Christian Andersen's first fairytale found

Marvel Starts Releasing 50th Anniversary X-Men Covers

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): December 17th.

Vin Diesel To Star In Kojak Movie.

The F This Movie Podcast: Hitchcock (2012).

I’ll being doing that Yuletide meme that’s been going around later. I’ve been doing Yuletide since 2006, (excluding 2007, when I had to bow out) so I have a few to list.

Nellie’s funeral will be tomorrow at 1 PM, immediately following a very, very short (according to her wishes) visitation.
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Dec. 10th, 2012 01:27 pm
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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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Dec. 8th, 2012 12:26 pm
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Sony to discontinue the production early 2013 of Cassette Player/Recorder.

‘Indiana Jones’ sued over missing crystal skull.

Doctor Who Friending Meme.

This is the weirdest TARDIS cosplay we’ve ever seen.

The hunt for the lost classics of Doctor Who.

New TARDIS Interior Teased

Doctor Who: The Snowmen: special guest star revealed.

Picturing The Hobbit.

LOTR Trilogy Marathon: dos and don’ts.

Cartoon Network Canada To Air New Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series In January 2013.

Dark Phoenix, Deadpool, Ghost Rider And More Coming In Second Funko Pop Vinyl Wave.

This Week In Horror: House of Dracula, Cat People.

Disney Developing Sequel To Live Action Alice In Wonderland.

Gina Torres will guest star on Castle.

Awesome Art Picks: Firestar, Batman, Captain Marvel And More.

A Simple Chart That Explains Why Batman Would Have A Short Career.

New International Poster For Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Evil Dead Star Jane Levy Talks Remaking The Cult Classic.

Release Date Set For Fantastic Four Reboot.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Episode Viewing Patterns.

Neil Gaiman’s Advice To Aspiring Artists.

First Appearance Of Captain Marvel In Whiz Comics #2 Sells For Record $281,001.

Items Used In The Original Star Wars Trilogy Are Headed To Auction.

The Shut Up And Watch This Commentary, Episode 67: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

Schlock Treatment 103: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
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Dec. 7th, 2012 02:11 pm
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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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Dec. 6th, 2012 02:26 pm
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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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Dec. 5th, 2012 02:45 pm
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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
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Nov. 30th, 2012 12:56 pm
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Franco Urru has passed away. May he rest in peace. He is best known for his artwork on IDW’s Spike: Asylum, Spike: Shadow Puppets, and Angel: After The Fall, as well as working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the publisher. Whedonesque reacts to the news here. Guest Editorial: In Memoriam—Franco Urru.

Final Nintendo Power cover brings the magazine full circle.

Happy 60th Birthday, Keith Giffen.

Happy 62nd Birthday, Chris Claremont.

Happy 56th Birthday, Kevin Conroy.

Doctor Who: BBC confirms 50th anniversary special.

Sir Ian McKellen On Playing Magneto In X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Diabolique Magazine—Issue 13 To Feature Author Christopher Pike.

Infographic: Quick Guide To Choosing A Vampire Hunter.

Catching Up With Star Trek IV’s Catherine Hicks.

Bid at Ebay on a Wesley Crusher Trading Card Ruined By Wil Wheaton Himself.

Take Your First Look At New Carrie, Prometheus, And Gremlins Action Figures From NECA.

Win A Piece Of Original Alex Ross Painted Art.

New Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two Blu-Ray And DVD Package Art, Bonus Content

Trivia: Christopher Nolan Met With Heath Ledger For The Lead Role In Batman Begins.

Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing Gets June 2013 Release Date. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey TV Spot #8.

TeeFury features new Ghostbusters/Star Wars design.

The 10 Biggest Changes of the Brian Bendis Avengers Era.

Details Revealed On The CW’s New Wonder Woman Series.

Man of Steel Movie Novelization Already Available For Pre-Order.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on Game of Death.

Samuel L. Jackson: No Nick Fury In Iron Man 3, Confirms Captain America Sequel Role.

Clarence Haynes: A Case For Comic Books, Part 1: A Woman Named Raven.

Merlin: details of two-part series five finale revealed.

White-Chocolate Baby Heads: The Cure For Chocoholics.

And Now, This Weatherman Will Read The Forecast In Elvish.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #395.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—That Time Gen13 Met Betty, Veronica, Archie, Katchoo, Wolverine, Hellboy, Madman…

ABC president on S.H.I.E.L.D.—‘It’s very Joss Whedon.’

Two Teaser TV Spots For A&E’s Psycho Series Bates Motel.

Interview: Dolph Lundgren, still a ‘Universal’ Action Star.

Arrow casts Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson.

Marvel Unveils Four Iron Man 3 Movie Stills.

12 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Are Just Pure Nonstop Fun. I would have added Back to the Future, The Mummy, Army of Darkness, and Ghostbusters to that list.

Massive collection of 1,950 Star Wars figures being auctioned off.

Movie Issues Podcast: Catwoman (2004)

Retroist Podcast. Episode 124: The Last Starfighter (1984).
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Nov. 23rd, 2012 02:38 pm
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The 2012 Black Friday Chopping List: Books and Comics.

2012 Black Friday Chopping List: Mega Edition.

The Best Black Friday Deals For Science Fiction and Fantasy Schwag

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals For Star Trek Products.

Forceful Gifts For The Star Wars Fanatic

Gift Guide: Tentacle Ear Wrap.

CBR’s ‘Comic Recruiter’ Black Friday Gift Guide.

This Is Not The Dark Knight, But It’s Damn Close.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—‘Yeah, Sure, You Can Be Batman For A Night.’

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 327: Spider-Man #2.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #394.

Lord of the Rings Supreme Edition Gollum Life-Sized Statue.

CBLDF Offers Alan Moore, Other Creators’ Signatures For Christmas.

Joe Caramagna and Scott Koblish Successfully Kickstart Wyatt Earp.

Happy 49th Birthday, Doctor Who.

Determining Which Doctors Would Return For Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary.

New Marvel Minimates Box Set Examines Hulk Through The Ages.

Christopher Lloyd appearing at Japan’s first Comic Con.

Psycho, Robocop and Back to the Future Part II Highlight Mondo’s Black Friday Offerings.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #7.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #8.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #9.

Looking back at David Cronenberg’s Scanners.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on I Was A Teenage Frankenstein.

From Cracked: 5 Bizarrely Specific Subgenres of Horror Movies.

Best Art Ever (This Week)—November 23rd.

Mission Log Podcast #16: Episode 16—The Galileo Seven.

Movie Issues Podcast: Virtuosity (1995)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #152: Anonymous Rex (2004)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 65: Bravestarr: The Movie (1988) Commentary.
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Nov. 22nd, 2012 12:25 pm
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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.
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Nov. 10th, 2012 01:44 pm
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A PSA for those that use Delicious—it apparently displays your full real name next to your username now, if you signed up with it.

Spook Central On Hiatus/Making Ghostbusters PDF Ebook Preserved. I highly recommend downloading a copy of Making Ghostbusters. While I already have a physical copy (managed to track it down on Ebay a few years ago) I’m grabbing the pdf, too.

IDW Comics Preview: Introducing The New Ghostbusters.

Holiday Wishes is open.

Infographic: So, You Want To Make A Horror Movie?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Reaches #1 In Online Ticket Sales.

Stan Lee discusses The Amazing Spider-Man.

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Lifeforce Another Chance?

Confirmed: Toy Story 3 Scribe Michael Arndt Writing Star Wars VII.

Awesome Art Picks: Joker, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and More.

Hero Complex interviews Sean Maher.

Weekend Discussion Thread: What Should The Movies Have Been Called?

Steampunk Spy-Fi: Real-life gadgets perfect for a Victorian Era James Bond

Now Playing Podcast: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #150: xXx: State of the Union (2005).

Schlock Treatment 100: She (1982) (revisited)
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Nov. 9th, 2012 03:32 pm
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Nestle recalls Nesquik chocolate mix because of salmonella risk

Sony Entertainment Head Steps Down

5 Dracula Spoofs To Celebrate Bram Stoker’s Birthday.

Here’s the official trailer for World War Z.

The international trailer for Hitchcock.

Trailers From Hell: John Landis on Panic In The Streets.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: Cosmic comedy with Excalibur, but the Phoenix mini-series didn't make it to print, Colossus didn't make the team, and Nightcrawler's Captains Courageous team wasn't assembled.

Best Art Ever (This Week): November 9th.

Tokypop: Cosplay Friday #4. My favorite is the person dressed as Adam West Batman, complete with bomb.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—Aunt May…Herald of Galactus?!

Every fan needs a copy of Making Ghostbusters.

10 Classic Logos Re-Imagined For The Zombie Apocalypse.

The zombie version of the Mile High Comics Woodchuck logo.

25 Things We Learned From The Rocky Horror Picture Show Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #392.

Beauty and the Beast gets full season.

Syfy Renews Haven For Season 4.

Spielberg, Tarantino And Zack Snyder All Say No To Star Wars.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 273: Twin Peaks.

Movie Issues Podcast: Sixteen Candles (1984)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 123: Too Close For Comfort.

On the Yuletide front, I’ve been writing chunks of the fanfic I was assigned. I’m going to get started on piecing things together, starting this weekend. From there, I’ll see if it’s long enough and work on that. The series I’m writing for is completely and utterly insane, which helps.
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Nov. 2nd, 2012 01:24 pm
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Flooded NY data centers survive Sandy on generator power, fuel deliveries.

Megaupload Publishes Deal To Counter U.S. Extortion Claims.

Paypal Security Holes Expose Customer Card Data, Personal Details.

How Well Do You Know Bewitched?

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on Nothing But The Night.

Dwayne Johnson was The Hulk for Halloween.

Marc Webb Talks Jamie Foxx As Electro In The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Honest Trailers: The Amazing Spider-Man.

Fairly Legal Cancelled After Two-Season Run.

1980s Video Game Castle Wolfenstein To Become Feature Film.

Animators Carve ‘Teen Titans Go’ Halloween Pumpkins.

Brendan Fraser will not be in TNT’s Legends after all.

The Whovian Prayer.

Tim Burton Does Doctor Who.

Wolverine Set Photos.

10 Ways To Avoid Being Killed By A Horror Movie Monster.

20 Things We’d Never Do Thanks To Horror Movies.

10 Must-See Horror Movies You’ve Never Heard Of.

Brian Lumley’s Necroscope Headed To The Big Screen?

Comic Book Legends Revealed #391.

First Photo of Arrow’s Huntress Released.

Will Martian Manhunter Appear In The Next Episode of Arrow?

Postcards From Collinwood.

From the people that brought you Mega Shark vs, Giant Octopus comes…Sharknado.

14 New Character Posters For The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ian McKellan And Patrick Stewart Save The Park Theatre With The Hobbit Screenplay.

First Look: TNG Movie Event Trailer.

Top 10 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes.

Mission Log Podcast #13: Episode 13: The Conscience of the King.

The Midnight Movie Commentary: Back to the Future.

More drama around here, as my sister is sent to the hospital. She apparently decided (please don’t ever ask or comment about this, this is just how she is, despite being four years older than me) that it would be a smart move to eat or drink absolutely nothing for almost a week, because she just didn’t want to. And we couldn’t convince her to. And when Mom spotted that my sister’s legs were swollen from something like the knee down to the ankle, she was sent to the hospital. Currently diagnosed (as you’d expect after a week) with dehydration and malnutrition. Oh, and for a while someone thought she had Impetigo, but no. It's just acne.

I believe (and Mom agrees) she’s situated one floor above where Nellie is currently dying, but the nurses aren’t allowed to tell Mom the exact room number, due to doctor-patient confidentiality. She’s trying to get it from a neighbor, who is currently at work.
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Nov. 1st, 2012 12:41 pm
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Fandom Aid seeks to help raise money for survivors of Hurricane Sandy with an auction.

Both Paid and Permanent Accounts will be cancelled by Livejournal. If the latter has already been purchased, they will not be lost.

Holiday Wishes 2012 is coming.

Top 10 Yuletide fanfic requests.

The Bat Family Christmas Exchange.

31 Days of Horror: Halloween / Halloween II / Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

The Line It Is Drawn #113—Happy Halloween

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #2-1.

There was a Twitter account dedicated to tracking the progress of Michael Meyers as he slaughtered his way through Haddonfield, Illinois last night. And one for Dr. Sam Loomis as he tracks him. They only dealt with the first two movies.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein vs. reality: 13 horror posters scarier than their movies.

Is Horror Too Scary For Broadcast TV?

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 13.

The haunted building from Ghostbusters is for sale, for all your Gozer-worshipping needs. The asking price is…$35 million.

The Desk Where Bram Stoker Created Dracula Is Hitting The Auction Block.

X-Men animation cells to be auctioned online December 1st.

The Great Stephen King Reread: The Shining.

Your First Good Look At The Necronomicon From The Evil Dead Remake.

Silvestri and Hawkins On Two Decades of Top Cow, Part 2.

P:R Approved: Luc Latulippe’s Firestar.

Kia Motors unveils four Justice League inspired cars.

Andrew Dunbar will play Firefly on Arrow.

Exhibit looks at comic book censorship.

24 Things We Learned From The Frankenstein Commentary.

Evil Dead Cabin Hat.

Francis Lawrence To Direct The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2.

George Lucas Will Donate Most of the 4.05 Billion From Star Wars Deal.

MPAA Officially Passes PG-13 Rating For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two.

The Ed Brubaker Captain America Exit Interview.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 272: The 5th Anniversary.

The JV Club #35: Amy Acker.

Weinberg’s House of Horrors, Episode 10: Love For Lovecraft.

We didn’t get a single trick-or-treater last night, pretty much as I expected. They were doing half a dozen Trunk-or-Treats at various churches, had a roped off section downtown for safe trick-or-treating, and a fall festival at another church. Also, a traffic jam near my area, thanks to K-Mart (a few blocks from me) hosting a Safe Halloween, and passing out candy there.
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Oct. 31st, 2012 12:56 pm
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Sandy’s Impact: State By State.

Old skeleton found in tree uprooted by Sandy.

The Comic Industry Faces Sandy Through Twitter.

Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] aralias for spotting this one: If this is true, then it appears as though Livejournal plans to cancel paid accounts in the spring.

[livejournal.com profile] evilawyer has a brief tutorial on how to cross-post from Dreamwidth to Livejournal. As always, for those that want to leave for Dreamwidth, my username is the same there as it is on LJ. Feel free to add me—or let me know if I haven’t already added you to the circle.

Yuletide Sign-Ups Close At 8 PM CST. I eventually replaced Indiana Jones with The Mummy on the fandoms I’m offering for Yuletide. If I weren’t afraid I would be forced to write a story with Mutt in it, I would have thrown Indiana Jones into the Bucket List section.

Gmail Makes It Easier To Compose Emails With New Function.

This Is Halloween.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness—80’s Rerun: Return of the Living Dead.

Longbox of the Damned: Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash.

Ain’t It Scary Reviews #31 of 31: It! The Terror From Beyond Space.

Rare Halloween Videos: Halloween Party and Safety Videos.

MTV Geek’s Frightful Faves: Return of the Living Dead (1985).

24 hours of horror with Joe Dante. He has great taste in horror films.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on Horror Express.

Meta Horror Sequels.

Bored at a Halloween party? Time for some secret Pumpkin Tetris.

This Joker pumpkin is simply…smashing.

Watermelon Krang O’Lantern.

Spooky Stories: 10 Comics To Get In The Halloween Spirit.

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 12.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Jennifer-Lynn Hayden (Jade/Green Lantern).

Disney Buys LucasFilm For $4 Billion, Announces New Star Wars Movie For 2015.

Dark Horse Comics Reacts To Disney’s Star Wars Purchase.

Bryan Singer Confirmed To Direct X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Let’s Have One More Ghostbusters 3 Update, Seeing As Sony Are In Money Trouble And All.

The Real Ghostbusters Unofficial Complete Series Companion.

A Superman insignia pumpkin.

Two stills from Frankenstein’s Army.

What Is Scarier Than Vampires? Disco Vampires.

25 awesome spooky movies

Bizarro Back Issues: The Existential Dread of Halloween on Bizarro World.

Stephanie Brown Batgirl Returns To DC In Lil Gotham Digital Specials.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Marvel Avengers Battle For Earth.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Episode 10, Season 2: Thomas Jane.

Robot Chicken: The Prime Directive.

The Cinefiles—Neo Grindhouse.

James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Not An Animated Film.

P:R Approved: Katsuhiro Otomo’s Batman

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #6-5.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #4-3.

Major Spoilers Costume Contest 2012: Meet The Finalists.

Best Art Ever (This Week)—Halloween 2012.

From Cracked: The 8 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 4).

Doctor Who’s Ten Most Horrifying Moments.

DC Histories: Wally West.

Kaleidoscope buys international rights to release Much Ado About Nothing.

How Dark Shadows brought the supernatural to television drama.

A History of Censorship, Halloween Edition: War of the Worlds.

New poster for Oz: The Great And Powerful.

Promo art for The Woman In Black: Angel of Death.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 61: Ghostbusters.

Forgotten Flix Podcast #85: Halloween (1978)

Pulp Nightmare: Pulp Commentary—Halloween II (1981).

JoBlo Movie Podcast: Halloween II (1981) Commentary

Junk Food Dinner Podcast #133: Halloween II (1981), The Day After Halloween (1979), and Night of the Demons (1988).

F This Movie Podcast: The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise.

Comic Issues Podcast #90: Vampirism.

Now Playing Podcast: License To Kill (1989)

Monster Movie Podcast Episode 26.

Earth Station One Podcast, Episode 134 Bonus: Earth Station Boo.
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