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2018-11-12 04:30 pm

Rest In Peace, Stan Lee

Stan Lee passed away today, at the age of 95. After everything that man had been through in the last year or so, may he rest in peace. He reportedly died after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for a medical emergency.

Loved listening to his voice in an early 80’s cartoon of The Incredible Hulk, when I was 2 (and that, and then an issue of Uncanny X-Men were how I fell in love with Marvel at a young age apparently). I didn’t really love the show more than any other, mind you; I just liked his narration, and wandered back into the room for his voice. I can’t find any of his narration of that show on Youtube, but have the opening intro.
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2017-07-07 11:22 am

Rest In Peace, Joan Lee

Joan Lee, wife of Stan Lee for 69 years, passed away on Thursday at the age of 93. May she rest in peace. She had suffered a stroke earlier this week, and was in the hospital to recover.

Until I read her IMDB page, I never realized she played Madame Web on the 90’s version of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. She also had a cameo with her husband in X-Men: Apocalypse--that cameo is the only bit of the film I’ve seen.
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2013-03-15 03:21 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Malachi Throne has passed away at the age of 84. May he rest in peace. Star Trek fans will remember him as Commodore Mendez in the TOS episode The Menagerie, as well as the leader of the Talosians in The Cage, and was Senator Pardek in the Star Trek: TNG two-parter Unification. He played False Face in the Adam West Batman series—I recently managed to catch an episode with him, courtesy of ME-TV. He was the narrator for the original 1977 trailer for Star Wars. A quick check of IMDB, tells me he was also the narrator of the cartoon Visionaries: Knights of the Magic Light.

Paramount Censors Torrentz’s Torrentless Homepage from Google

A Few Favorite Red Nose Day Moments.

A Global Zombie Walk Is Coming This May.

The History of TNT’s Monstervision. From back when I watched, pre-Joe Bob Briggs.

Veronica Mars Movie Budget Coming Entirely From Kickstarter, More Rewards To Be Added

Today in ‘What’s being Kickstarted?’: Maybe Pushing Daisies, definitely not Firefly.

BFI: The Second Doctor Panel.

10 Minor Doctor Who Characters That Should Have Been Companions.

The Line It Is Drawn #130—Song Lyrics Starring Comic Book Characters.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #410.

Ask Chris #145: Looking Forward To Batman’s Past.

10 Marvel Events That Had A Major Impact.

San Diego Comic-Con Update: convention center expansion approved; D23 may threaten Marvel’s participation

Dave Bautista will play Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Commercials

90-year-old Stan Lee is a parkour master with his own theme song, obviously

Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection Trailer

World Premiere Of ‘Teen Titans Go’ Slated For Wondercon 2013 In Anaheim

Image of the Day: Favorite Images From Knightfall #4.

Image of the Day: Favorite Images From Knightfall #5.

New Beware the Batman Promo Poster Released

Cartoon Theme Songs Sure Were Weird.

Why Sherlock Comics Should Be A Thing.

Andy Diggle, Scott Lobdell, Greg Pak and Scott Snyder Celebrate Superman, Part 1.

Wonder Woman Documentary To Air On PBS April 15th.

Jurassic Park 4’s director will be Colin Trevorrow.

Top 10 Hilarious Movie Deaths

33 Things We Learned from the ‘Psycho’ Commentary

Vintage Horror Cinema: F.W. Murnau's 'Faust'

Cosplay We Love: The most amazing Cthulhu costume you’ll ever see.

How It Should Have Ended: Portal.

MST3K Volume XXVI Trailer

Trailers From Hell: Allan Arkush on The Actress

Top 10 Unlikely Action Stars

The 10 Greatest Personality Tests In Science Fiction And Fantasy

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 290: The Shining

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 87: Rock ‘n’ Rule (1983).

Mission Log Podcast #32—Episode 32: The Changeling

Smodcast #30: Christopher Drake: Music of the Knight.

Movie Issues Podcast: Josie and the Pussycats (2001).
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2013-03-06 02:19 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

William Moody aka Paul Bearer has passed away at the age of 58. May he rest in peace.

Del Tenney has passed away at the age of 82. May he rest in peace. MST3K fans are likely to remember Horror of Party Beach, which he produced.

Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

Microsoft reverses its Office 2013 license transfer rule

EU fines Microsoft €561 million for not giving users a browser choice

The Pirate Bay Reveals North Korea Relocation Plan Was A Prank

LEGO Spill Shuts Down Highway Lane In West Virginia

SDCC and ‘The Art of War’: A 40+ Page Survival Guide

10 Tips For Surviving Con Season.

Rare Women Fic Exchange: Treating, letters, and other post-assignment concerns.

New Short From Rifftrax: Ghost Rider.

DC Histories: Sherlock Holmes. So now I have to track down the issue with an Eclipso-possessed Watson.

Analyzing Time In The New 52.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Day of the Samurai and Terror in the Sky.

Cristiano Siqueira’s posters for imaginary Batman films

Round Robin Requiem: 8 DC Writers Discuss Damian’s Death.

From College Humor: Batman Says His Goodbyes.

Image of the Day: Best Images of the Joker #3

First look at the New 52 Batman skin for Injustice.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series Producer Giancarlo Volpe Talks Finale, Looks Back At Series

Retailers Order Over 4.6 Million Free Comic Book Day 2013 Comics.

Three Decades Ago, In a Movie Theater Down the Street: Ten Favorite Science Fiction Films of the 1980s, By Dayton Ward

Ex-X: The Noble Tradition of Rage-Quitting The X-Men.

Make It So: A Conversation With Sir Patrick Stewart

Cerebro Being Rebuilt for X-Men: Days of Future Past

Everything We Know About X-Men: Days of Future Past

It’ll Be Difficult To Top This Incredible Zombie Iron Man Cosplay

10 Things Worth Noticing in the Final Iron Man 3 Trailer

Stan Lee’s Rants: Pole Dancing.

Gimmick or Good? – Marvels #1-4

The Sandman Re-Read: Death: The High Cost of Living

SoapNet To Air 50-Hour General Hospital Marathon

‘Evil Dead 4′ rumors: Bruce Campbell says remake should satisfy fans

Q&A: Sam Raimi's New Dimensions in Oz

Sam Raimi Confirms That Anne Hathaway Would Have Been His Felicia Hardy in Spider-Man 4

Sam Raimi Muses on the Evil Dead Phenomenon

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Character Portraits.

Aaron Yoo joins The Tomorrow People.

'King Kong' Musical Premieres This Summer

Rupert Wyatt Won’t Make ‘The Equalizer’ After All

Trailers From Hell: Karyn Kusama on Deep Red

Three New Teasers for NBC's Hannibal Series

17 reasons geeks worship Joss Whedon (and 3 reasons not to)

Spend the Night Alone: Notes on ‘Conversations With Dead People.’

Geek Gear: Firefly ‘Browncoat Brick’ Shirt

The 10 Greatest (Fictional) Female Scientists We Want to Be When We Grow Up

6 Filmmaking Tips From Ang Lee

'Grimm,' 'Vampire Diaries,' 'Psych,' 'Once Upon a Time': Find out what's next in the Spoiler Room

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #76: Live from the Jonathan Coulton Cruise. Bill Corbett moderates the panel, which includes John Scalzi, Josh Cagan, John Roderick, Randall Munroe, Molly Lewis, Adam Bernstein, and Joseph Scrimshaw.

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 10: Night of Dark Shadows.

Now Playing Podcast: Constantine (2005)

Tuner Minute #230.

The Last Days of Bandai Entertainment USA

Geekfest Rants, Episode 130: Fringe Series Finale. Even if I have never seen a single episode, this is still a fascinating discussion.
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2013-02-28 02:41 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Here’s what an actual Six Strikes copyright alert looks like. Comcast Punishes BitTorrent Pirates With Browser Hijack.

Are Cable Companies Hoping Usage-Based Internet Access Will Help Thwart Netflix?

Time Warner Cable says there's no consumer demand for gigabit internet

High Court Orders UK ISPs to Block Kat.ph, H33T and Fenopy

San Diego Comic Con hotels sold out in about 2 minutes.

New Short From Rifftrax: Ten Long Minutes

For the curious, the Rifftrax Kickstarter page has reached $174,410, with 26 days to go. Here’s their recent video with their plea.

Showcase Renews Lost Girl For Season 4; Syfy will air it, too.

Off My Mind: Consequences of Batman Incorporated #8.

Help Wanted: 10 Applicants For The New Robin.

A poster for The Dark Knight, drawn by Daniel Nash

Image of the Day: Awkward 1950′s and 1960′s Batman Moments #4

Deadman: Where Do I Start?

Top 10 Things That Make Stan Lee Awesome.

Stunning Glow-In-The Dark Steampunk Iron Man Cake

Great Moments in Comics History: What If? #19

Image Relaunches Joe’s Comics Imprint With Help From Straczynski, Templesmith, and Sienkiewicz

11 Most Controversial Comic Books.

Defining the Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Weeping Angel Doll

Cult moves to Fridays on the CW.

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever #1 - The Exorcist

Movie Legends Revealed: Was There Really an Octopus in The Goonies?

Star Wars X-Wing Bed.

Snow Yoda.

What Movies Look Like Before Special Effects.

Sherlock’s E-Card.

Oz: The Great And Powerful cover for Entertainment Weekly.

8 Great Mythological Creatures That Desperately Need to Be in More Movies

Ninja Turtles Moves to June 2014

21 Surprising Facts About Your Favorite Childhood TV Shows.

The BBC’s Zombie PSA – Keep Calm And Avoid The Undead

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 14, Fire and Water.

CBS Announces Start Of Production On Under the Dome

You can watch the two-minute international trailer for the first season of Hannibal here.

Titanium ring conceals saw and handcuff opener

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #166—Live Stream.

Saturday B Movie Reel #100: End of the World.

Film Bin Super-List Special: ‘Cartoon Villains’, Part 1

Film Bin Super-List Special: ‘Cartoon Villains’, Part 2

Mission Log #30—Episode 30—Amok Time.
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2013-02-27 02:08 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Former Uploaded.to Admin Fined $188,000 For Copyright Infringement

Dreamworks Will Layoff 350 Employees

March 30th is International Tabletop Day

The weirdest stories about objects that came shooting out of the sky

Notes on a Fandom: Last Exit.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Zombies.

Giant-Sized X-Position: The All-New Brian Michael Bendis Interview, Part 2.

Seth Grahame-Smith has been hired to ‘polish’ the Fantastic Four reboot.

Chris Cooper has been cast as Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Gimmick or Good? – Spider-Man #1

Why You Should Read Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars.

DC Histories: Damian Wayne (Robin V).

DC Comics Puts ‘WTF Certified’ On Hold And It’s Probably For The Best

Image of the Day: Awkward 1950′s and 1960′s Batman Moments #3

One Comics Fan’s Cosmic Quest to Collect All of Jack Kirby’s Covers

The Sandman Re-Read: Brief Lives.

Doctor Who Is For Everyone.

BBC Showcase Marks 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ with Symphonic Spectacular

Pushing Daisies' Lee Pace to Headline AMC Period Drama Halt & Catch Fire

Lost Girl Prompt Meme.

Juliette Binoche is in talks to join Jareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot.

Teen Wolf Returns To MTV This June.

What if Real Genius was an M. Night Shyamalan thriller?

Ridley Scott Writing Prometheus 2 Script.

The Walking Dead names new showrunner: Scott M. Gimple.

'Evil Dead' Fans - Cook Yourself a Killer Pizzanomicon

Looking back at Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

The 2012 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever #2 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Trailers From Hell: Mick Garris on Twice Told Tales

Don’t Touch That Dial: Midseason Thrillers and Historical Dramas

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gets Renewed for a Third Season

11 Reasons David Bowie Is A Sci-Fi Icon

No, Ghostbusters 3 Will Not Be Animated. I doubt it will happen either way.

Giant Lego Hogwarts.

The Flatliners Remake Appears To Have A Director.

Horror Etc, Episode 288: The Blind Dead Series.

Now Playing Podcast: Tank Girl (1995)

Comic Issues #107—Like A Ross.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 129: New York Toy Fair 2013—Part 2.

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 59 – The End: An Introduction

Bloodbaths And Broomsticks Podcast, Episode 50: Spookies (1986) Commentary

Out of the Blue: Episode 1: Doug Jones
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2013-02-22 03:17 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Robin Sachs contributed voice work to the final piece of Mass Effect 3 story content.

Nielsen to begin counting broadband viewing homes

Primeval: New World Has Been Cancelled.

FX Renews The Americans For Season 2

Daniel Knauf tells his plan for the end of Carnivàle

Pre-Star Wars, Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman were beacons for young nerds

Stan Lee's 'Annihilator' Heading to the Big Screen

Lou Ferrigno - With Great Power Extended Interviews

And Now The Mandarin Character Poster For Iron Man 3.

Cardboard Iron Man Suits.

Ask Chris #142: The Case Against Cyclops

When Capes Clash: The 10 Best Superhero Rivalries.

Great E-Mail Threads: The JLA Oscars Pool.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #407

Watchmen #1-3 Original Art Covers Sell For A Total Of $216,892.50

Image of the Day: Best BTAS Screenshots #5

Trailer for the documentary Legends of the Knight.

Exit Jason Todd, Enter Tim Drake: A Look Back At 'Batman: A Lonely Place Of Dying'

Artist Christopher Jones Looks Back At Young Justice Comic Series

The Line It Is Drawn #127—Superheroes Break Bad.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Gatocon TGWTG Q&A

TARDIS Lantern.

A Haunting Season 5 Hitting DVD In April.

Q&A Interview with Psych Star Dulé Hill and Creator Steve Franks

Best Art Ever (This Week): February 22nd.

There’s going to be a Princess Bride board game.

Megan Fox joins the Michael Bay Ninja Turtles movie.

A pair of new posters for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Tom Ellis joins Gothica as Dr. Frankenstein. Chris Egan will play Dorian Gray.

Robbie Amell joins the pilot for The Tomorrow People.

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever: #6 - Psycho

Trailers From Hell: Dave DeCoteau on Love Me Deadly

Vampires 101: Edward Gorey

The 10 Worst Death Scenes in Movie History.

Mission Log Podcast #29—Episode 29: Operation: Annihilate

Movie Issues Podcast: Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Film Bin Commentaries: The Three Musketeers (1973)

The Batman Universe, Bat-Books For Beginners, Episode 98--Batman: Aftershock

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Dark City (1998).
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2013-02-21 02:50 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Pirate Bay Bandwidth Supplier Disconnected, But The Ship Sails On

Track CISPA's every move in Congress with the Sunlight Foundation's Scout alert service

What’s Reading For?

A Companion To Doctors: The Second Doctor.

An interview with Steven Moffat at Gallifrey One.

Nicholas Briggs will provide the voice of the Daleks for An Adventure in Space and Time.

The Wolverine: New Official Image.

Great Moments in Comics History: DC Special Series #8

Image of the Day Best BTAS Screenshots #4

Abandoned Love: The Scorched Earth of the New 52 Green Arrow

Interview with J.M. DeMatteis

Possible Running Time For Man of Steel.

'Superman Lives' Indeed Via Nic Cage's Serene Movie Life Mask

Warner Home Video Issues Press Release, New Images, From Superman: Unbound

Beyond JLA: 10 Superteams Patrolling The Rest Of The World.

Greg Pak To Write Batman/Superman.

Stan Lee's Oscar Nomination

Mania and Dream Logic: Looking Back At Steve Ditko’s Cackling Creeper.

From College Humor: The 25 Greatest Comic Book Villains Of All Time.

Vertigo Announces Fables Encyclopedia, Fairest: In All the Land OGN

One Trek Mind: 10 Facts About The First Trek Tie-in Novel

Mark Hamill Confirms He’s in Talks For Star Wars: Episode VII Role

New Evil Dead Poster

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever #7 - Frankenstein

Censoring Hammer’s Dracula.

Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Neverwhere - first photo and air date revealed

What If BBC Sherlock Was An Animated Cartoon Series?

Cynthia Addai-Robinson joins The Vampire Diaries.

Fox’s Sleepy Hollow TV Pilot Has A Time Travel Element

Read Jane Espenson's spec script for 'Frasier'.

Short interview with Joss on Much Ado About Nothing

Gandalf Gear Poster.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 13, Not At Home.

TV Legends Revealed: Didthe Mob Try to Kill Desi Arnaz?

20 Things We Learned From the ‘Argo’ Commentary

Gift Guide: Zombified Art Nouveau Cameo

Scanners and Its Sequels Heading to UK Blu-ray from Second Sight Films

Random Roles: Linda Cardellini on Freaks And Geeks, ER, and more.

Luke Mitchell joins The Tomorrow People.

Daniel Knauf opens up about Carnivàle’s long, weird journey (1 of 2)

The Strange, Secret Evolution of Babylon 5

Top 10 Movie Ghosts.

5 Revitalizing Trends In Horror Movies Today.

Smodcast: Grant Morrison interview with Kevin Smith, part 2.

Hey Kids, Comics—Season 2, Episode 8: Spider-Man 2099.

Radiodrome, Episode 111: Blaxpliotation

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 9: David Selby

The JV Club #50: Carla Gallo.
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2013-02-20 03:18 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Spider rain wasn’t so strange. Those with a massive fear of spiders probably shouldn’t watch the video. I’d say being stuck there at that particular moment in time would be my own nightmare.

Kentucky Experiences Real-Life ‘Birds’ Terror As Millions Flock To Small City. Instead of spiders, a city a short distance from here is getting this.

Saturn Award Nominees. Whedonesque reacts to The Avengers and The Cabin In The Woods being nominated here.

CCI Issues Statement Regarding Registration Technical Issues

X-Men Sequel Days of Future Past Teased for SDCC 2013

How one man’s lies almost destroyed the comics industry

Stan Lee’s Rants: Pennies.

CBR News interviews Brian Michael Bendis

DC Announces Venditti, Fialkov, Jordan and Giffen on Green Lantern Titles

DC Histories: Vibe.

Kyle Higgins Talks Nightwing’s Big Move Out Of Gotham

Image of the Day: Best BTAS Screenshots #3

Top 10 Most Terrifying Toy Commercials Of The 80’s—Part 2.

Rachelle Lefevre Joins Under The Dome

Kirk Ward joins the Zombieland series as Tallahassee

An Adventure in Space and Time: TARDIS designer cast

Bruce Campbell Wants To Buy You An Evil Dead Tattoo

Proton Pack To Be Given Away At Retro Con 2013.

The Sandman Re-Read: Fables and Reflections.

Eileen Davidson Returning To Young And The Restless.

Random Roles: Jeffrey Combs on Re-Animator’s endurance, playing H.P. Lovecraft, and more.

Oz The Great and Powerful—Behind the Scenes

Oz The Great and Powerful Extended Sneak Peek

Horror Etc, Episode 287: Long Live The New Flesh

Now Playing Podcast: A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)

Comic Issues #106—Spoiler Alert.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 128: New York Toy Fair 2013—Part 1

Film Bin Podcast: Outland (1981)
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2013-02-14 01:54 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd & Major Private BitTorrent Trackers

Large Hadron Collider shuts down for two years of upgrades

[livejournal.com profile] svmadelyn made this Valentine Love Meme. You may want to check to see if you happen to be listed. Whoever it was that tossed my name out there, thank you so much—that was unexpected, but definitely a welcome surprise.

Nathan Fillion Is Taking Valentine Requests

The 12 Most Horrifically Bad Dates in All of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Stan Lee’s Rants: How It Should Have Ended. It’s a crossover with How It Should Have Ended, for the Star Wars movies, Inception, and Batman.

San Diego Comic Con badges go on sale on February 16th—here’s your video guide.

ComicsPRO and CBLDF Team-Up for Second Annual Live Auction

Tales From The Code: You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.

Canada Has Bipartisan Agreement Opposing Zombies

The Line It Is Drawn #126: Valentine’s Day With The Superheroes.

Peter Dinklage joins the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past. While they don’t say which character he’ll play, my best guess is Puck.

Alternate The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Web-Shooter Designs Arrive Online.

Hayley Atwell Will Return (Briefly) In Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

New Iron Man 3 Poster.

The Night Gwen Stacy Died Cover Art Expected To Go For Over Two Hundred Thousand

Rocket Raccoon: Where Do I Start?

Interview: Scott Snyder On Death Of The Family.

10 Things Geoff Johns Added To The Green Lantern Mythos.

Rumored New Writers For The Green Lantern Books.

Claire Holt joins the spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals.

A Jurassic Park 3D Poster.

Ultimate Back To The Future Collectible: Biff’s Manure Car.

Griff’s Hoverboard For Sale On eBay.

One Trek Mind #63: 10 Best Trek Romances

The Evolution of Star Trek.

The Darth Vader Knife That’s Made To Go With a Kilt

The Hobbit Re-Read, Chapter 12: Inside Information.

Transformation and Death: The Witches.

Amazingly realistic David Bowie dolls

Night Of The Living Dead (1968): 3 different prints at Archive.org

Evil Dead Fest Announced.

Top 10 Superhero Movie Costumes.

Hey Kids, Comics Vol 2 07 Happy Birthday, Superman Part 2.

Pulp Nightmare Pulp Commentary: Judge Dredd

Comic Book Club Podcast: New Paradigm Studios.

Death’s Door Prods Podcast—Let’s Watch: Young Frankenstein (1974) Commentary

Death’s Door Prods Podcast—Let’s Watch: Spaceballs (1987)
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2013-02-08 03:14 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Archive Of Our Own: Site Security.

Lifetime Horror Award Goes To Clive Barker.

Rifftrax: When A Stranger Calls Back (VOD Sample)

The Uncanny X-Men Revolution: Magik.

Tom DeSanto - With Great Power Extended Interviews

The Line it is Drawn #125 – Rock and Roll Superheroes

DC Cancels Firestorm, Ravagers, Hawkman, Deathstroke, Sword Of Sorcery And Team 7

Sales Post Mortem on DC’s Cancelled Titles.

Superman is back on stage in It’s a Bird revival

The Changing Face (Literally) of Superman Over 75 Years

New Digital-First Superman Series to Feature Timm, Hitch, Samnee, Sprouse and More with Out-of-Continuity Adventures

Dustin Nguyen Celebrates Holidays With Batman: Li'l Gotham

Justice League May Be Looking For New Writers.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #405.

16 Heartbreakingly Awesome Bits Of Production Art That Never Made It To The Screen.

Toby on the conclusion of Being Human

Could The Next Doctor Who Showrunner Already Be Chosen?

An Adventure in Space and Time: Jamie Glover to play William Russell

An Adventure in Space and Time: Jemma Powell to play Jacqueline Hill

Meet The Characters In BBC America’s Orphan Black. The newest BBC America trailer is here.

Stanley Hotel To Hold Indie Horror Fest.

Cover and Synopsis for Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep.

Gremlins Greta Life-Size Stunt Puppet

Zombieland Pilot Casts Two Leads.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on Burn.

Frank Oz Up For Reprising Yoda Role In Star Wars Spin-Off Movie.

Catching Up With Catherine Mary Stewart.

Best Art Ever (This Week): February 8th.

Alfred Hitchcock's iconic horror film Psycho was supposed to be a comedy, a new collection of BBC interviews reveal.

The Lunch: Episode 25: Room 237 Director Rodney Ascher

Movie Issues Podcast: Shaft (2000)

The Batman Universe, Bat-Books For Beginners, Episode 97: Batman: Cataclysm

Sean Pultz Commentaries: The Omen (1976)
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2013-02-04 03:01 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

I stumbled across a 22 minute in-depth review of Bride of Boogedy from last Halloween, for those that might be interested. The same person had a shorter one for Mr. Boogedy over here.

King Richard III Discovered In England: DNA Testing Confirms.

News Corporation sells IGN Entertainment.

This Day In Horror: George A. Romero Was Born.

The Unpopular Women Love Post.

Help Neil Gaiman With ‘A Calendar Of Tales’ On A Blackberry and Twitter.

New Terminator 2: Judgment Day VFX Test Clips

Star Trek: Into Darkness Full Super Bowl Spot.

Shot-By-Shot Analysis Of Star Trek Into Darkness Super Bowl Commercial

Star Trek Into Darkness to Hit IMAX 3D Theaters Two Days Early

Iron Man 3—Full Super Bowl Spot.

Iron Man 3—Extended Super Bowl Spot. The first 20 seconds is just Robert Downey Jr. staring into the camera.

Oz: The Great and Powerful - Full Super Bowl Spot

The Lone Ranger - Full Super Bowl Spot

Super Bowl Blackout—What Caused The Blackout? Top 12 Theories. My favorite is the first comment—Bane did it.

The Superman Homepage interviews Andrea Romano at the premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked (Death is Not the End) – The Death of the Hulk’s Wife: The Quickest Retcon in Comic History?

Stan Lee's Real Life Webslingers

Comic Book Casting: The Legion of Super-Heroes

Superman: Unbound Hits Home Video May 7th, 2013.

Being Human: Being The Production Designer.

Victoria Smurfit joins the cast of NBC’s Dracula, as Lady Jayne.

New Thunderbirds series pushes ahead.

Cinemassacre Presents: Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Films.

Cecil Trachenburg reviews Krull (1983)

Atop The Fourth Wall: All-Star Batman And Robin #5.

Dr. Seuss Cake.

Trailers From Hell: John Badham on On The Waterfront.

Superman on TV: February 4th-10th.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): February 4th.

Comics Alliance Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Part One.

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 7: The Great Dark Shadows Rebuttal.

Film Sack Podcast: Independence Day (1996) Commentary

Mission Log Podcast: Supplemental #3—The One With Bobby Clark.
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2013-01-31 01:41 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Firefox to block content based on Java, Reader, and Silverlight

Yesterday was Fred Hembeck’s 60th birthday.

An interview with Joel Hodgson.

A Brief History of J.J. Abrams’ Path To Power.

Remembering Boris Karloff.

Mark Gatiss: Sherlock to ‘Hide in Plain Sight’ in Season 3 Return

Stan Lee Cancels Megacon Appearance.

Iron Man 3 Super Bowl TV Spot

New Iron Man 3 Poster.

X-Men: Days of Future Past To Be Set Over Ten Years After The Events of First Class.

Review: Tracy Hickman’s Wayne of Gotham. I had the exact same issues with the author’s interpretation of Bruce and Alfred’s relationship.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: The Laughing Fish and Night of the Ninja.

Here’s a snow sculpture of Batman fighting a shark.

Is This The Swankiest Batman Collectible Ever Made?

12 Things That Ruined Superman

Superman Unbound Trailer.

Warner Bros. Releases New “Beware The Batman,” “Teen Titans Go!” Images

Frankenweenie's Performance Stalls Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio?

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Thinner.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 11, On The Doorstep.

Production Art From Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings.

Why Star Trek Phasers Don’t Exist Yet.

Star Trek Props And Costumes At Auction On eBay.

Great international poster for The Prestige.

35 Things Learned On The Set Of Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great And Powerful.

Doctor Who: The Aztecs Special Edition: Full DVD Details

Movie Legends Revealed: He-Man And Spider-Man Films Became Cyborg?

Will Gluck Will Direct Will Smith and Jay-Z’s ‘Annie’ Remake, But Willow Smith Won’t Star.

Mr. Fusion Ad T-Shirt.

Top 10 Horror Television Shows.

NPR’s Watch This: Neil Gaiman's Imaginative Favorites

Mission Log Podcast #26—Episode 26: Errand of Mercy.

Hey, Kids Comics, Volume 2, Episode 5: Farewell, Hellblazer Part 2.
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2013-01-30 01:56 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now.

CBS and CNET Protest Looming BitTorrent Client Ban

For those out there that missed out on seeing Rifftrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space in either it’s original showing or encore presentation, or just want to see how it went, here’s an old Tor review, and an old Agony Booth review. Over here are the reactions at the time over at Satellite News, which links to numerous other reviews.

Dingsi is hosting a Love Meme.

An Adventure In Space And Time Cast Announcement—David Bradley will play William Hartnell.

The Doctor Who Project: An Introduction.

Some of Warren Ellis’ favorite Planetary covers.

Committed: Jeff Lemire talks Constantine.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Wendy Harris/Kuttler (Proxy).

The full episode of Pioneers of Television: Superheroes

DC Histories: The Superman/Flash Races.

Matt Kindt Mindmelds With Martian Manhunter.

Katie McGrath and Nonso Anozie join the cast of NBC’s Dracula. Katie McGrath will play Lucy Westenra, and Anonzie will play R.M. Renfield.

First Photo Of Amy Adams As Lois Lane.

Dear Hollywood: Cast Gina Torres As Wonder Woman. Whedonesque reacts to that thought here.

What Are The Ingredients For A Good Wonder Woman Television Series?

Stan Lee Narrates Iron Man: Armored Avenger App.

Eva Green To Play Ava Lord In Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

The Unwritten and Fables Cross Paths In May.

Some Spider-Man casting ideas more insane than Paul Giamatti as the Rhino.

TV Show Opening Monologues That Are Worth Reciting In The Shower Each Morning.

Five Female Characters Who Should Star In Star Wars: Episode VII.

5 Alternative Zombie Movies To Get You Undead And Ready For Warm Bodies.

10 Reasons Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Is Secretly Great.

The macabre Beetlejuice is a reminder of the dazzling Tim Burton of old.

You’re A Zombie, Chuck T-Shirt.

Harry Potter Sorting Hat Cake.

Through The Looking Glass With An Alice In Wonderland Wedding.

Oz: The Great and Powerful SuperBowl Teaser Trailer

Two new posters for Jack The Giant Slayer.

Cryptid Catalog: 'The Barghest Hound'

Spawn of Dark Shadows: Gothica ABC Pilot.

Dark Shadows #13 Extended Preview.

Brand New Dark Shadows For 2013, From Big Finish.

6 Filmmaking Tips From Silent Era Icon Harold Lloyd.

Trailers From Hell: Marshall Harvey on Unfaithfully Yours

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Comic To Pilot

It Just Popped In There: The Making Of A Stay Puft Costume.

The Sandman Re-Read: Dream Country.

Evil Dead to open a week early.

Title and Plot Revealed for the Muppets sequel.

These Masters of the Universe Plushies Are Powerfully Cuddly.

Roseanne Barr To Play Krang Prime In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

10 episodes that make the argument for SCTV as one of TV’s all-time greats.

How I Met Your Mother officially renewed for final season.

Radiodrome, Episode 108: The Predator Retrospective.

Radiodrome, Episode 109: Adaptations

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #71: American Horror Story: Asylum In Review. Tim Minear joins the panel, along with co-executive producers Jennifer Salt and Jessica Sharzer.

Now Playing Podcast: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Comic Issues #103.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 125.

Junk Food Dinner #145: The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987), Mr. T’s Be Somebody Or Be Somebody’s Fool (1984), and For Safety’s Sake (1986). If you want to skip the interview portion, and go straight to the movie discussion, skip ahead to 1:25:19.
calliopes_pen: (dirkdigital Killer Bank Door MST3K)
2013-01-29 02:06 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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?
calliopes_pen: (from_the_corner DoctorDonna see you)
2013-01-28 04:49 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Yes, that PC cleanup app you saw on cable TV at 3 AM is a scam. Pretty much as you’d expect.

Barnes & Noble to close one-third of retail stores over the next decade.

Cartoon Network Cancels Young Justice And Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Teen Titans Go and Beware the Batman will replace them.

Pilot News—Wonder Woman Amazon on Hold, CW Orders Tomorrow People.

Jonathan Frid featured in SAG awards video.

French Church Goes Cute By Changing Gargoyles to Gremlins

PBS airing superhero-themed Pioneers of Television.

Celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary With Mini David Tennant.

The Doctor and the Ponds finally meet Inspector Spacetime.

David Troughton and Murray Gold Win Audio Drama Awards.

Hollywood’s trash, our treasure: 17 salvageable flops from the late-winter dumping ground.

Toby Whithouse Introduces Being Human Series 5

Damien Molony and Kate Bracken interview: Being Human series 5

Grimm: The Web Series.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Linkara Riffs: The Gossip.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Happy Days #2.

Stan Lee’s Real Life Wolverine Claws.

Captain Marvel DIY Sweater.

Jeffrey Combs - Happy 10th Anniversary to Shout! Factory

New study shows that graphic novels really do help people learn.

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: The New 52.

Newest Oz: The Great And Powerful Poster.

Empire Magazine Man of Steel Cover.

New Man of Steel Images Spotlight Cavill, Shannon and Crowe.

Superman on TV: January 28th-February 3rd

'Death Of Superman Lives' Documentary Hits Kickstarter

Wolverine Puts On A Suit In New Image From The Wolverine.

Bryan Singer Talks X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Saint Revival Promises ‘New Take’ On Simon Templar.

Ghostbusters game from Capcom's Beeline available now

Evil Dead Had Received An NC-17, Cut For R.

Looks Like Suspiria Remake Slashed.

New X-Files Comic Launching From IDW.

P:R Approved: The Rahzzah’s Wonder Woman

Robert Zemeckis Blames Death Of Roger Rabbit Sequel On Regime Change At Disney

Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Zombies DVDs/Blu-rays from Synapse

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked (Death is Not the End) – So Is Europe Just a Codeword for Limbo for Osborns?

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – Lois Lane Meets a Man Who Somehow Has More Issues That Silver Age Lois Lane

Paul Giamatti may play Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

The Wackiest and Most Random Roles the Star Trek: TNG Cast Ever Took On

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): January 28th.

House To Astonish Podcast, Episode 99.

Bloodcast, Episode 27: The Omen and The Shining.

Film Sack Podcast #148: Double Dragon (1994)
calliopes_pen: (brown_betty Bad Bat)
2013-01-24 02:43 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Dutch Court Refuses To Try Self-Confessed Pirate Bay Uploader.

Colin Morgan won the National Television Award for Best Drama Performance for Merlin.

Christian Bale calls a young leukemia patient just to talk about Batman.

Peter Weller on voicing Batman in The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Stan Lee cancels appearance at Amazing Arizona Comic Con

Doctor Who Perpetual Calendar Is A Work Of Art.

Doctor Who: Silver Coins For The Golden Anniversary.

Alison Sweeney lists five favorite episodes of Days Of Our Lives.

Mondo unveils their two newest Lord of the Rings posters.

Hermione Granger: The Brightest Witch Of Her Age T-Shirt.

The 36 Greatest Supervillain Musical Numbers Of All Time.

Doc Brown Cola T-Shirt.

New TV trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer.

A Stop At Twilight Zone 4.0?

Mind Meld: How SFF Influences Your Life.

Top 10 TV Shows Based On Indie Comics, Pre-Walking Dead.

The 15 Most Nightmare-Inducing Muppets.

Princess Bride T-Shirt Terrifies Qantas Passengers.

The New Leprechaun Movie Will Be More Serious, Like We All Wanted.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Pet Sematary.

Long Lost Script Pages For Deleted The Shining Finale.

David Gordon Green’s Suspiria remake Caught Up In Legal Woes.

Banner For CW’s Forthcoming Series Cult.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 10, A Warm Welcome.

No Emma Frost In X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie?

The Line It Is Drawn #123—Post-Apocalyptic Comic Book Characters.

To Boldly Go Crazy: The Weird Fan Art Adventures of the Starship Enterprise.

Pop My Culture #105: Stephen Tobolowsky

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 284.

The Ice Cream Headache Podcast interviews Kevin Murphy.

Hey Kids Comics Podcast, Volume 2, Episode 4: Farewell, Hellblazer

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 75: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Saturday B Movie Reel #96: Super Cyclone.
calliopes_pen: (taibhrigh Adipose missed a spot)
2013-01-23 03:52 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Cracking tool milks weakness to reveal some Mega passwords.

For those interested, I found the original Michael Eisner intro for Mr. Boogedy, over on Youtube. I remembered him floating away after putting on the cape, but that was the intro for Bride of Boogedy.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Emily ‘Lia’ Briggs (Looker).

DC Histories: Two-Face

Doctor Who returns on March 30th.

Lego Doctor Who: Don’t Blink.

Atari bankruptcy: Remembering the 2600, 7 bestselling games.

The Art of the Title: Murder By Death (1976)

1972 Flame Gun Ad…wait, what?

Kurtzman & Orci’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Goes Into Development For Fox

NBC orders The Sixth Gun Pilot.

Alex Kingston Cast As Laurel Lance’s Mother In Arrow.

Smallville: The DC Connection—From The Archives.

Cassidy Freeman Has A ‘Tiny’ Role In Once Upon A Time.

Man of Steel MPAA Rating Revealed. As expected, it’s PG-13.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Denies 'Man Of Steel' Rumors

P:R Redesign: Marco Antonio Laranjeira’s Supergirl

JLA's Vibe Will Be Guardian of Gateway to the Multiverse

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—Watch The Metal Men Answer Their Critics.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Car Washes

Stan Lee's Real Life Gambit Exploding Cards

Amazing Arizona Comic Con Brings Marvel's Stan Lee and DC Comics' Jim Lee to Phoenix in January

Supernatural Superheroes: 10 Magical Comic Book Characters.

Diamond Drops Marvel UK Titles.

Anatomy of a Cover: Uncanny X-Men Annual #11.

IDW is hiring an editor.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on The Horror Of Frankenstein

Teen Witch Gets A Musical.

Ron Howard Might Take A Trip Through Gaiman’s Graveyard.

Not Your Typical Star Wars Van.

Star Wars R2-D2 Dog Collar.

From Think Geek: Victorian Web Pocket Watch.

5 Actors That Should Be Considered For Skeletor In Jon Chu’s He-Man Movie.

10 Best Gonzo Science Fiction Movies In The Whole Crazy Universe.

Extra terror, hold the gore: 8 truly scary PG-13 movies.

Powerpuff Girls Cake.

Jeff Eastin answers some questions about White Collar.

Classic Penguin paperback covers of the 1970s, by David Pelham

Devil’s Due loses much of its inventory in December warehouse fire.

The Sandman Re-Read: The Doll’s House.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Linkara Riffs: Just A Spark.

Comic Issues #102: Rogues Galleries.

Now Playing Podcast: Die Hard (1988)

Geekfest Rants Podcast, Episode 124: Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) Commentary.

The F This Movie Podcast: The Fifth Element (1997).
calliopes_pen: (kcscribbler men of note Holmes)
2013-01-18 02:54 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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

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

Comic Book Legends Revealed #402.

Adam West in Batman: Turn Off The Dark?

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

DC’s Superman Free Comic Book Day Release Revealed.

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

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

The fading wonder of video rental shops.

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

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

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

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

Ask Chris #137: Aquaman Is Basically Terrible.

First Look At The Poster For The Frankenstein Theory.

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

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

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

Premiere Date Set For Power Rangers Megaforce.

Burnham Busts Up New ‘Ghostbusters’ Ongoing Series

10 Facts About The New Evil Dead.

A Skull Ice Mold Chills Your Drinks To The Bone.

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

With Great Power Extended Interviews: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

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

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

Movie Issues Podcast: The Three Musketeers (2011)

Nerdist Podcast: Amber Benson.

Retroist Podcast—Episode 128—Cloak & Dagger (1984).