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?

Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring hundreds.

W. Watts Biggers has passed away at the age of 85. May he rest in peace. He was the co-creator of Underdog.

The Pirate Bay: We will sue copycat site for copyright infringement

TV Tango lists 282 Movies, Marathons and Specials on TV for President's Day Weekend 2013

The Hub Airs 8-Hour Animaniacs Marathon On President’s Day.

Today in ‘Hey, this still exists’: The You’ve Got Mail website.

Seven Science Fiction/Fantasy Martyrs Who Give Saint Valentine a Run for His Money

The Best Of Both Worlds In Theaters April 25th.

Exclusive set picture from An Adventure in Space and Time

Doctor Who News: BBC Books Announces April Releases.

18 Bad Guys Who Were Way Too Easy to Defeat

Harrison Ford Will Return As Han Solo In ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

The Battle of Hoth is being fought in this man’s living room.

Fantastic Fangirls: Lupercalia. They’re listing great werewolves in pop culture, including Oz and Rahne Sinclair.

Jason Mamoa has reportedly been offered the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: Upstarts, High-Lords and Armageddon: The artists and the editor took control of the X-Men's destiny.

Abandoned Love: Whatever Happened to Peter and Mary Jane’s Baby?

Felicity Jones officially joins The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but which character will she play?

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Third Printing Gets A New Cover.

Joe Simon - With Great Power Extended Interviews

Peter Dinklage is the Villain of ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ (But Who Will That Be?)

Cast This: Justice League.

Inker Jonathan Glapion exits Batman

Interview: Greg Capullo Talks Batman

Image of the Day: Early History of Dick and Babs #4

Secret Batman Incorporated Storyline Leaks Via Twitter

Favorite DC Couple: The Case For Harley And Ivy.

Alan Moore, Ben Templesmith, And Steve Niles Help Launch Black Mask Comics.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #406.

The Mummy Gets A New Writer, On Track For 2014 Release.

Hannibal gets a premiere date: April 4th.

Oddities of Toy Fair ‘13

From Cracked: 6 Huge Movie Plot Twists That Caused Even Bigger Plot Holes.

Criterion’s Catalog Free on Hulu All Weekend

The AV Club’s Watch This: Death Becomes Her casts Bruce Willis as the helpless rope in a tug-of-war

Some Beautiful Concept Art from Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim

Dynamite Launches D’N'A Battlestar Galactica Series In May

The Sword in the Stone Hand: The Arthurian Trends in Hellboy

5 Great Alien Invasion Movies.

Weekly Sketch Up—February 15th.

Best Art Ever (This Week): February 15th.

Mission Log Podcast #28—Episode 28—The City On The Edge Of Forever.

Smodcast: Grant Morrison: Bat Bard.

Retroist Podcast, Episode 131: Batman The TV Series.

Kat.ph goes down after domain name expires.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Wolf Man.

X-Men: Days of Future Past Casting—Page, Paquin, And Ashmore In, Jones And Byrne Maybe Not.

Deadpool ruins classic works of literature, one book cover at a time.

Doctor Who/Labyrinth Fan Art.

Into The Woods: Fairytales and Childhood Anxiety.

Radiodrome, Episode 106: Video Nasties Episode 107: The Alien Series.

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 6.: The Groovy Ghoulies. They discuss Dracula A.D. 1972, as well as a bit of what they don’t like about the Tim Burton Dark Shadows.

Commentary Track Stars: The Dark Crystal (1982)

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

Schlock Treatment 110: Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Game of Thrones star Wilco Johnson has terminal pancreatic cancer.

Buffy vs. Edward remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate.

It’s official: 2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S.

New Year, New You? 10 Extreme Superhero Makeovers.

What TV shows should others resolve to add in 2013?

All The Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming In 2013

The Dark Knight Trilogy In 3 Minutes.

Justice League Exclusive: Making The Animated Series, Part 1.

Every Significant Superman Logo Infographic.

Warner Bros. wins huge legal decison in Superman case—Updated

Stan Lee's Real Life Radioactive Ooze

Son of Atop The Fourth Wall Live.

A House Shaped Like a Flying Saucer, Perched Atop a Volcano

Revisiting Torchwood: James Moran interview.

Starfleet Academy Class Ring (2009)

Texas Chainsaw 3D Sequel Talk Premature, No Movement Yet

New Line Announces Y: The Last Man Director

Prometheus, ParaNorman, Frankenweenie, Hitchcock Take Oscar Nominations.

Skyfall, The Hobbit and The Avengers Nominated For Academy Awards. The latter one is for Visual Effects, and Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Different Seasons.

Carrie - Official Teaser (Revised Release Date)

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 8, Flies and Spiders.

Aaron Johnson has been offered the human lead in Godzilla.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 282: The Horror Hall of Fame

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Knightfall, Part 3.

Saturday B Movie Reel #94—The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Mission Log #23—Episode 23—A Taste of Armageddon.

Sean Pultz Commentaries: Ghostbusters (1984) Commentary.

We’re up to Dumpster #11 for Nellie’s house. One of the workers has just been hauling everything daily, even as the others are rotated in and out in shifts...as of today, between pulling things out, he’s just staggering through the rain, looking done in. Which isn’t a surprise, since it’s looking like she had more stuff in there than could possibly fit, and the workers are still not done.

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.

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.

Barnes & Noble Stores Have Credit Card Data Breach.

TV Tango updates their list for Halloween On TV: 915 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials on TV in October 2012.

Halloween: John Carpenter classic returns for theatrical run.

Ginger Snaps Helmer Directing Orphan Black For BBC America.

Know Thy History: Tales From The Crypt.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness—80’s Rerun: Inhumanoids.

Longbox of the Damned: Saga of the Swamp Thing, Volume 1.

Ain’t It Scary Reviews #24: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Geek Gear: Nightmare In Pumpkin Land Shirt.

Io9 Halloween Costume Show Week 3: Sexy Donatello, Retro Kitty Pryde, and Serious Comic Book Cred.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on I Bury The Living.

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 5.

Rare Halloween Videos: 1977: Donny and Marie Osmond’s Halloween Skits.

Unsuspecting UK kids terrorized by Paranormal Activity 4.

Here’s the teaser trailer for Ghostwatch: Behind The Curtains.

New TV Trailer For The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Hobbit Running Time Revealed.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Pages—Comics To Film: The Joker.

Batman: Nightwing short.

Dinner With DC Entertainment’s Jim Lee and Dan DiDio.

Captain America, Batman, Superman and Spidey adorably storm a children’s hospital.

P:R Approved: Ronnie del Carmen’s Magik.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: The all-different X-Men went to Australia and encountered some unresolved mysteries, as well as some unpublished adventures of Longshot.

From Cracked: 5 Famous Monsters That Are Way Scarier In Other Countries.

Alan Tudyk and Gina Torres Q&A at Dallas Comic Con Fan Days. Gina Torres also sang while there.

Lost Girl—New York Comic Con 2012 Panel.

Lo Pan Style.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Bonus Extended Cut: Joe Manganiello.

The Fury of a Time Lord.

10 Wibbly Wobbly Ways Doctor Who Plays With Space/Time.

Learn all about your body with Slim Goodbody. He was on local channels in reruns up through my middle school years.

Evil Fake Wine Bottle Labels.

Earth Station One Podcast, Episode 133: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Revisited

Geekfest Rants Episode 111: Battlestar Galactica.

Now Playing Podcast: The Living Daylights (1987)

The Forgotten Flix Podcast #84: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Junk Food Dinner Podcast #132: The Howling (1981), An American Werewolf In Paris (1997), and Silver Bullet (1985).

For Yuletide, I just did a massive overhaul of my sign-up. I realized that it had been too long since I watched Pushing Daisies, and if I didn’t remember major character moments and/or little quirks I couldn’t possibly do them justice if that were my assignment. So I removed that, and replaced it with Fright Night (2011). I’m fine with writing any character for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), so I moved that to the Bucket List section, and replaced that slot with Justice League Unlimited.

So as of now, my offers look like this: Fright Night (1985), Back to the Future, Fright Night (2011), Ghostbusters, Justice League & Justice League Unlimited (Cartoons), Addams Family (1991). Bucket List: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Anno Dracula Series - Kim Newman, Beetle Juice (1988), Van Helsing (2004), Mannequin (1987), A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004), Soapdish (1991), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1996.

If I watch Mockingbird Lane and enjoy it, I’ll throw that into the pile, too.

Posting this a bit early now, before I head out for a double bill showing of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein at the local Cinemark. That’s about three hours, I do believe. Tomorrow night is Rifftrax Live.

Marcus Swayze has passed away, at the age of 99. May he rest in peace. He may be best known for drawing the character of Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics in the early 1940’s, as well as creating Mary Marvel alongside Otto Binder.

Yuletide sign-ups are now open. About Optional Details. You can find a summary of sign-up offers and requests here. Sign-ups will remain open until October 28th. I know exactly what to request, I just need to whittle down what I’m offering. For example—removing The Shadow upon seeing a couple Dear Yuletide letters, since I’ve only seen the film, and not the radio show, serial or comics. I need to find out if Dark Shadows (60’s version—since I know the 90’s version is on Youtube, but it wasn’t nominated), Pushing Daisies, and Real Ghostbusters are available online for viewing, so I can brush up on canon—been a while since I watched those.

TV Tango updates their list for Halloween on TV: 355 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials On TV In October 2012.

31 Days of Horror: The Evil Dead/Re-Animator.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness—80’s Rerun: Troll Trilogy.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: Making Contact (1985)

Longbox of the Damned: Eerie #1.

Rare Halloween Videos: Disney’s Quack Pack—House Of Haunts (1997)

Horror Education of the Week: Prometheus.

First Look At Mondo’s New Poster For Karloff’s The Mummy.

Monster Mash: horrific composite of Universal Monsters’ Big Four.

10 of the Grossest and Most Grotesque Vampires From Folklore.

23 Reasons Why Hocus Pocus Is The Best Halloween Movie Of All Time.

How All Family Films Grow Up To Be Horror Movies.

Hannibal Casts Gina Torres. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

Best New York Comic Con Cosplay Ever.

Jonathan Nolan talks The Dark Knight Rises ending.

NYCC: David Goyer, Geoff Johns To Pen 13-Issue Event For DC Comics.

NYCC 2012: DC Comics—Batman—Death Comes To Gotham panel recap.

NYCC: Deadpool Adds Another X-Men Alumn To His Game.

15th Anniversary Buffy Panel At NYCC 2012.

The Evil Dead Panel at NYCC 2012.

The Carrie Panel at NYCC 2012.

Best New York Comic Con 2012 Cosplay Ever—Sunday.

Superman on TV: October 15-21.

George A. Romero Working On A Zombie Comic For Marvel.

Google Creates Homage To Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo In Slumberland.

How Marvel created the modern blockbuster.

Ant Man Gets Release Date, Thor 2 and Iron Man 3 Get 3D.

The Arrow Sizzle Reel From New York Comic Con.

Comics Alliance Reviews Arrow: Pilot (2012)

Comics, Everybody: The History of Hawkeye.

Brannon Braga Talks Hive, TNG, Cosmos, And More, Part 1. Part 2.

Jar Jar Binks attains sainthood in deranged Star Wars religious art.

Don’t Get These Gremlins Pumpkin Carvings Wet.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—Where Did Cyclops’ Ruby Quartz Glasses Come From?

A press release describing the plot of Mockingbird Lane.

The Cinefiles—Batman Part 1: The Burton/Schumacher Years.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast: Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987)

Film Bin Commentaries Podcast: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Tysto Commentaries: The Invisible Man (1933)

Dear Yuletide Writer Post.

31 Days of Horror: Frankenstein/Frankenweenie.

Tom Holland Opens Horror Memorabilia Collection To Fans.

Victorian Monsters.

Doctor Who Rogues Gallery Round-Up: The Odd Squad.

Justice League Hanna-Barbera Print by Daniel HDR Art for New York Comic Con.

TR Contest: Worst Nerd Shopping Experience.

Awesome Art Picks: X-Men, Jean Grey, Iron Man, and More.

Mezco Reveals Limited Edition Frankenstein Black and White Variant At 2012 NYCC.

Honest Trailers—Prometheus.

Talkin’ Rifftrax: The Guy From Harlem.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Inexplicable Survival and Undeserving Death In MSTed Movies.

From Cracked: 6 TV Shows You Won’t Believe Were Actually Made.

The Midnight Movie Commentaries Podcast: Poltergeist (1982) Commentary

Sofa Dogs Podcast #258: Near Dark (1987)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #145: Aerobicide (1987)

Schlock Treatment 96: C.H.U.D. (1984).

Weinberg’s House of Horrors Podcast: Episode 8: The Fog (1980)