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2017-08-21 01:56 pm

Four Items Become A Compilation Post

1, Brian Aldiss passed away in his sleep, after celebrating his 92nd birthday. May he rest in peace. He wrote “more than 80 books and was editor of 40 anthologies.”

Unfortunately, I have never read anything of his. I have always meant to read Frankenstein Unbound, since I enjoyed the 1990 adaptation. So I’ll have to try to do that sometime soon. He also wrote Dracula Unbound, which I was never certain about reading, having not heard the best reviews--but it’s on my list, too, now.

2. Today is Fanfic Writers’ Appreciation Day.

3. [personal profile] wyld_dandelyon is doing a tarot card reading, and the first card is free.

4. Whedonesque is shutting down after 15 years. I think I’ve followed that site via feed (first on LJ, and then here on Dreamwidth via [syndicated profile] whedonesque_feed; I’ll unsubscribe to it shortly) for at least a decade, if not longer.

Were it not for the Buffyverse, I never would have ventured into writing, in both fanfic and RPG's (I think Willow was the first character I wrote for in any RPG).
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2013-03-07 01:54 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

New Java malware protection undone by old-school attack

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

Fantagraphics’ Kim Thompson Talks About Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Uncovering Marvel’s lost ’80s cartoon pitches

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

P:R Approved: Bobby Rubio’s Nightwing

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Desperately Seeking Damian.

Green Goblin / Norman Osborn: Where Do I Start?

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

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

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

Mego-style Dark Shadows toys available in May

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

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

Buzzfeed interviews Martin Freeman.

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

Hannibal TV Series Poster

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

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

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

Animation Tests For The Doctor’s First Regeneration

TARDIS Rubik’s Cube

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

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

Nightmare Before Christmas Birthday Cake.

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

Monster of the Week: The Nightmare

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

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

Comic Issues #108: DC Then and Marvel Now.

Out of the Blue, Episode 2: Robert Picardo

Smodcast: Geoff Johns: Shazam, Batman.

Film Bin Podcast: The Secret Garden (1993)

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

Mission Log Podcast #31, Episode 31: Who Mourns For Adonais?
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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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2013-01-30 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: (rosiemoon legend blue box TARDIS)
2013-01-10 03:53 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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.
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2013-01-04 02:47 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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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2012-12-15 01:37 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Syfy pulled last night’s episode of Haven out of respect to the victims of the Newtown Elementary shooting, as it dealt with violence occurring within a school. The date for when it will be aired instead is currently undecided.

Syfy will show the entire first series of K-9 on Christmas Day.

Best Art Ever (This Week): December 14th.

Awesome Art Picks: Psylocke, Catwoman, Colossus and More.

Frozen Concept Art

Concept Art From Unproduced Fourth Live-Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie.

Jian Guo Illuminates Scenes From The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

The Joss Whedon/Bryan Hitch Spider-Man Comic That Never Was.

Geeky Gingerbread Men.

Flux Capacitor Tattoo.

Back To The Future/Oregon Trail Design T-Shirt.

Studio letterhead used during production of Back to the Future in the mid-’80s.

The World’s Greatest Hobbit Cupcakes.

Christmas Hobbit Cake.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Opens To Record $37.5 Million On Friday.

Romulan Ale Energy Drink.

BBC America’s trailer for Doctor Who: The Snowmen.

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Red Dwarf ‘Back To Earth’ Another Chance?

Costume Clues Reveal All In The Cabin In The Woods. Whedonesque discusses it here.

Collector pays $1.2 million for rare posters, including Metropolis.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Good Characters, Bad Decisions.

Worldwide Release Dates For The Wolverine.

From Cracked: The 4 Weirdest Anime DVD Extras (Are Weirder Than You Think).

Jonathan Nolan On Constructing The Dark Knight Rises, Robin, Justice League And What’s Next.

Evolution of the Batman Symbol.

Six canceled comic movies we would love to have seen.

The Shadow knows…

Saturday B Movie Reel #90: Dragon Wasps.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #155: Pray For Death (1985)

Smodcast: The Dini Dossiers, Part 3: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) Commentary. Paul Dini and Kevin Smith are watching the uncut version. Here’s part 1 which discusses two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, and here’s part 2, which discusses Mask of the Phantasm.

Masters of None Podcast: He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985) Audio Commentary.
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2012-12-10 01:27 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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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2012-12-07 02:11 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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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2012-11-30 12:56 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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).
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon sneaky geek)
2012-11-26 02:24 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Marie Wallace is recovering from her October injury.

Merlin officially not returning for Series 6. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

Merlin final series: Colin Morgan, Anthony Stewart Head on show end.

What’s next for Merlin?

Merlin Spin-Off Planned—But Without The Original Creators

Webcomic Gift Ideas For People Who Don’t Read Webcomics.

J. Michael Straczynski: Moloch, Superman, & Digital Speculation

Superman on TV: November 26th-December 2nd.

This Just Happened: A Romance Is Revealed.

Man of Steel Could Be Linked To Justice League, Zack Snyder Hints.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on The Way of the Dragon.

Amazon has the Ghostbusters Blu-Ray for $9.49 today.

Sony and Atari shut down PS3 servers for Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

Air New Zealand Shows Off Hobbit Plane.

Literal: The Hobbit Trailer.

Sherlock season 3 might not air until 2014.

The 5 Best (And 1 Worst) Films of John Carpenter.

From Cracked: 5 Insane Pop Culture Crossovers That Almost Happened.

Atop The Fourth Wall: The Incredible Hulk #1.

Alicia Keys sings the Gummi Bears theme son, and it’s beautiful.

That time Jonathan Frakes cosplayed as Captain America.

December 2012 Schedule Details For Justice League Unlimited On Vortexx.

30 Hilariously Untrue Facts About The Avengers.

Star Trek Fine Art Trio Of Spock, Kirk And McCoy From Iron Gut.

Celebrate Syfy/Sci-Fi Channel’s 20th Anniversary.

Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw.

Universal Horror 1930-1946—Filmography

Captain America—Bad Days—Episode 8.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: The Proposition (2005)

Film Sack Podcast #141: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Commentary Monthly Monday, Episode 301: Galaxy Quest (1999) Commentary

I am still in need of a beta reader for my Yuletide fanfic. If you don’t know anything about the Pushing Daisies fandom, but have the time to look over the story for spelling or punctuation errors, that’s still fine. As mentioned in another post, it’s 7689 words long.
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon is it time end of 10)
2012-11-24 11:04 am

Fannish Items of Interest

Larry Hagman has passed away at the age of 81, following complications stemming from his long battle with cancer. May he rest in peace. He will be best remembered from his roles of J.R. Ewing in Dallas, and Major Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie. The latter I watched on Nick at Nite growing up.

The Complete Guide To Every Single Doctor Who Anniversary Special Ever.

Supervillain Origins: Man-Bat.

30 Second Bunnies: The Cabin In The Woods.

Awesome Art Picks: Batgirl, Deadpool, Black Cat and More.

Will Science Channel Be Airing Terra Nova and Dollhouse Repeats? Whedonesque reacts here.

The Hobbit Video Blog #9.

The Cutest Stay Puft Marshmallow Man You Will Ever See.

Weekend Discussion Thread: A True Turkey Day Marathon For The Sci-Fi Channel Era.

From College Humor: Horror Movie Daycare.

The Dreamer and the Dream: 6 Fictional Science Fiction Authors.

Now Playing Podcast: Skyfall (2012)

Yuletide Progress: The story is done with the first beta reader, and I’ve made what alterations I needed to. My next step is to find someone that is both familiar with the fandom, and willing to beta read a story that is now 7689 words. If I can’t, then one beta reading is good enough.
calliopes_pen: (iconsbycurtana Egyptology Evie)
2012-11-14 03:08 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Lucille Bliss has passed away, at the age of 96. May she rest in peace. She was the voice of Smurfette from 1984-1989 in the Smurfs tv series, as well as all of the 80’s specials. She may also be remembered for doing voicework for one of the stepsisters (never knew they had names, but she was Anastasia) in Cinderella. She also had roles in numerous other Disney and Hanna-Barbera titles.

Margaret Nicholas has passed away, at the age of 82. May she rest in peace. She directed the 80’s Transformers, The Glo Friends, Inhumanoids, Moon Dreamers, Potato Head Kids, Fraggle Rock, My Little Pony n’ Friends, The Addams Family (the 1992 cartoon) as well as many, many other shows. For X-Men fans, she was the animation director for Pryde of the X-Men.

Skype Disables Password Resets After Huge Security Hole Discovered.

Exclusive: Larry Blamire and Cleve Hall To Produce The Lost Skeleton Walks Among Us And More.

Scarecrow Video’s VHS Art New Wave Exhibition Revives Video Store Weirdness.

Terry Pratchett Leaves Discworld To His Daughter.

Lost Girl sets its return date, gears up for season 3.

Sandman box set is out.

February Start Planned For The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Asgardian Storm, as drawn by Mike McKone.

‘GIF’ Named America’s Word of the Year.

The Only Fridge That’s Bigger On The Inside.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle house development appeal upheld.

Warner Bros. Launches ‘For Your Consideration’ Awards Campaign For The Dark Knight Rises.

David Tennant interview.

Children In Need: Publicity Photo.

Personality Quiz: Could You Survive As The Doctor’s Companion? Looks like I would survive unscathed.

From Think Geek: Doctor Who Bathrobes.

Hero Complex interviews Bill Willingham about Fables.

P:R Approved: Jason Ho’s Sons Of The Bat.

Full Trailer For Oz: The Great And Powerful.

Joe Biden’s 1993 Cameo on Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego.

The House That Jack Built.

DC Histories: Eclipso.

Michael Uslan’s 1980 choice for Joker up for sale.

Perfectly Gruesome Evil Dead Nike Air Foamposite Pro Sneakers.

Watch Rare Home Movie Footage of Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein In Color.

The Iron Cyberman.

First Look At Thor: The Dark World Villain Malekith and Army of Dark Elves Via Set Photos.

10 Bizarre Death Rituals From Around The World.

A live Twitter chat with Jane Espenson today at 7 PM PDT.

Rick Baker To Be Honored With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

New TV Spot For The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Secret Circle Creator Heads To ABC With Fantasy Drama Saga.

Hitchcock Clip #2.

Hitchcock Clip #3

The Forgotten Flix Podcast: Back To The Future (1985).

Now Playing Podcast: Die Another Day (2002)

Comic Issues Podcast #92: Darth Mickey

Geek Fest Rants, Episode 114: Blade Runner, 30th Anniversary.

Saturday B Movie Reel #86: Ghost Storm (2012).

Weinberg’s House of Horrors: Episode 11: Night of the Living Dead (1968).

The Holiday Wish List meme is going around again. I’ll probably just let it pass, since I can’t think of anything. I’ll just wait until Fandom Stocking opens.
calliopes_pen: (ch_photoshopped mummy Doctor)
2012-11-12 02:22 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Demonoid Is Back, BitTorrent Tracker Is Now Online. While it’s just the tracker for now, I would still be wary of it until the site had actually been back up for a while without incident.

DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers.

Pirate Bay cofounder now suspected of ‘attempted aggravated fraud.’

Youtube Axing 60 Percent Of Its Original Content Channels.

Prompts are up for the World’s Finest Gift Exchange.

Horror Education of the Week: Children of the Corn.

Monster of the Week: C.H.U.D.s

Child’s Play Video Game Officially Canceled.

Four new photos from Oz: The Great And Powerful.

Superman on TV: November 12-18.

Hitchcock Movie Poster (Version #4).

Latest Retro TOS Tees by Juan Ortiz.

The Collectable Art Company: Seventh Doctor design print released

Weeping Angel Barbie.

Bid on the set for Science Channel’s Firefly anniversary special.

Fringe comes to The Science Channel beginning November 20th.

This Liam Neeson/Taken Job Ad Deserves A Huge Audience.

Poltergeist Remake Tone, Script Progress, And More From Screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire.

The first teaser trailer for Dr. Mabuse.

P:R Approved: Erica Henderson’s Starfire.

A Buffy Limerick Episode Episode.

Martin Freeman Exclusive Interview.

The Cabin In The Woods—The Art of the Title interviews Drew Goddard, and Main Title Designers Jarik Van Sluijs and Pamela Green. Whedonesque discusses the interview here.

What scientific breakthrough, and/or demented piece of science daredevilry, would you like to see inside the next five years?

WonderCon Remains In Anaheim For 2013.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week)—November 12th.

Read the original script for Prometheus right now.

Poll: Which Movie Props Would You Honestly Buy For Your Home?

Film Sack Podcast #139: Face/Off (1997)

Nerdist Podcast: Eric Idle, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, and Sophie Winkleman.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 274: Spanish Horror.
calliopes_pen: (camwyn Mad science goggles)
2012-10-31 12:56 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

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.