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

Large Hadron Collider shuts down for two years of upgrades

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)

Sandy’s Impact: State By State.

Old skeleton found in tree uprooted by Sandy.

The Comic Industry Faces Sandy Through Twitter.

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

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.

Post-ACTA Agreement CETA Moving Forward With Similar Provisions.

Yuletide: Tag Set Characters Missing from the Autocomplete. Also another important one: If you signed up very early, with a bucket list in a text field instead of Optional Tags, you will need to redo that portion of your sign-up.

TV Tango has updated their list for Halloween On TV: 377 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials On TV In October 2012.

31 Days of Horror: Jeepers Creepers/Pumpkinhead.

31 Days of Horror: Alien/Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

10 Classic Horrors You Must See This Halloween.

Longbox of the Damned: Worlds Unknown #6 (The Killdozer Comic)

Intricately Carved Superhero/Sci-Fi Pumpkins. That Superman pumpkin is impressive.

Rare Halloween Videos: You Wish (1997)

Io9 Halloween Costume Show Week 2: A Bungee-Jumping Buzz Lightyear, A Handmade Vampire Diaries Dress, And More.

From Cracked: 4 Truly Scary Facts No One Tells You About Halloween.

Deleted scenes from The Amazing Spider-Man reveal the origin story you never saw.

The Absolute Best Cosplay From New York Comic Con 2012.

2012 NYCC—DC Comics Batman The Killing Joke Joker Statue.

The trailer for The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-Ray.

The Curse Of Stephanie Brown Continues.

Bob Goodman On Writing The Two-Part Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Animated Adaptation.

Robocop Delayed Until February 2014.

Cinema’s creepiest towns.

Dark Shadows Complete Series Half-Price DVD Bargain. It’s still horrifically expensive, even with $300 chopped off.

David Lindsay-Abair is indeed writing the Poltergeist remake.

First teaser trailer for the remake of Carrie.

Grifter, Legion Lost, And Blue Beetle Join The DC Cancellations.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #175: What comic book character would you take out on a date, and why?

P:R Redesign: Alex Mitchell’s Omega Red.

Evolution of The Art of Todd McFarlane—Part Two.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #70-66.

Top 5: Worst Justice Leaguers.

Interview with Chris Claremont.

Remembering Forgotten Sequels.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Bless You.

You Have A Week To Return Your Flash Omnibus Volume 3.

When We First Met—Supervillain Henchmen.

Film Sack Podcast #135: The Prophecy II (1998)

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 270: What We’ve Been Watching (International Edition)

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 80: Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Leading ‘Ethical’ TV Show BitTorrent Tracker Shut Down By FACT. The site in question is UKNova.

Rapidshare Goes Down Locally.

Dropbox upgrades security with two-factor authentication.

Karl Kesel, Marvel Comics Writer, Sells Comic Book Collection For Adoption Of Baby With Heroin Exposure.

Fan Expo Canada: Marvel’s X-Men Panel In Art.

Fan Expo Canada: Darwyn Cooke vs. Amanda Conner…To The Death, But Not Really.

Fan Expo: James Marsters and Juliet Landau Look Back On Buffy.

Geoff Johns and David Finch add Stargirl, Catwoman, and more to the brand new Justice League of America.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—So How Many Ice Maidens Are There?

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 239: Detective Comics #610.

When We First Met—The Life Of Roy Harper.

Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain will return.

17 Fictional TV Towns With Personality.

David Hadju reads from The Ten-Cent Plague.

Comics in the classroom: news and resources round-up.

Hobbyist builds working S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier.

5 Horror Movies With Horrible Endings.

Dancing With The Stars: Sabrina Bryan wins viewers’ choice vote.

Deadpool Pie.

Probably Not What Batman Would Carry: Batarang Knives.

Mighty Axes and Beer-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves In Fantasy.

The first five pages of Justice League #12.

The Dark Knight Rises Box Office Update.

Superman on TV: From August 27th, to September 2nd.

Michael Dorn Talks Trek, Kickstarter, and More, Part 1. Part 2.

Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life, Part 1.

A Warm Welcome For Doctor Who In New York.

More Pics of Carrie Before And After Her Blood Drenching.

Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch recreate a scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Steampunk Madam Vader Cosplay.

4 Cool New Posters For American Horror Story: Asylum.

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

Kevin Feige On Why Guardians of the Galaxy Was Greenlit; Seemingly Confirms Thanos.

Perhaps the most disturbing cereal ad ever filmed.

Watching reruns can actually help restore willpower.

Continuum renewed for second season. Now when will the U.S. get it?

Norman Bates’ mother has been cast in A&E’s Psycho tv series: Vera Farmiga.

Jo Blo Podcast Commentary: Jaws (1975)

Film Sack Podcast #128: Wild Wild West.

Weirdly, I was just nominated for the Wicked Awards for a ship_manifesto essay I wrote for Angel/Darla back in 2006. I have until September 1st to accept or reject this nomination. Looking through it now, I see almost all of the links are dead (a couple went to Geocities) and gone, several fanfic sites turned to dust, and at least one journal has been deleted and purged. I’m leaning towards rejecting this nomination due to the fact it wouldn’t be of any practical use to people these days, and is barely an overview.

Are Demonoid Users At Risk?

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

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

Brenda Chapman Leaves Pixar For LucasFilm.

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

More images from Sam Raimi’s The Possession.

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

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

10 Shows That Survived After Their Original Showrunners Left.

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

An interview with Bill Corbett.

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

The Claws of Axos—Special Edition Cover Art.

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

Batgirl: Spoiled—Full Fan Trailer.

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

The Line It Is Drawn #101: Superhero 101.

The differences between Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.

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

An interview with Kim Newman.

Contest: Win Manos The Hands Of Fate Signed Poster.

Alf is getting his own movie.

How to make any room look more science fictional.

Marvel Cancels Defenders With Issue 12.

Cyber Force Kickstarter campaign passes $79,000 goal.

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