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The Pirate Bay Is Down, Locally.

Yuletide: FAQ, Fandom Eligibility, and Ineligible Fandoms. So far, looks like all the fandoms I’m interested in nominating should be okay.

Anthony Michael Hall will guest star on Psych.

Stan Lee cancels near future appearances, including Wizard World Ohio.

2012 Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Photo Parade, Part 2.

Twelve Fictional Characters With Officially Registered Tartans.

MTV News interviews Nathan Fillion.

Mister Ed will be a live-action/CGI family film.

28 Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows That Started Off As Movies.

The Nostalgia Critic’s review (and commentary) for Reefer Madness.

You can watch the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast reunite for their 25th anniversary here.

Awesome Art Picks: Nightwing, Judge Dredd, Walking Dead, And More.

If you could reverse one death in all of genre fiction, who would it be?

Drew Goddard answered questions over on Reddit.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Pages: Dark Cyclops. There are major spoilers for Avengers vs. X-Men in the full title at Youtube, as well as the video, if you wish to avoid that.

Astounding collection of lost Dark Knight promo images show every detail of The Joker.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Most Underrated Episode.

Movie Issues Podcast: Judge Dredd (1995)

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #143: Convict 762 (1997)

Schlock Treatment 94: Highlander II: The Quickening: Renegade Edition.

Canadian Media Companies Target CBC’s Free Music Site.

Two new posters for The Amazing Spider-Man.

New Dark Shadows comic book collection.

Nine more images from Dark Shadows.

The Great Alan Moore Reread: The Batman Stories.

Wizard signs The Situation to create a superhero. A horrible idea.

Another clip from The Avengers—this time, a scene featuring Nick Fury and a caged Loki. Clip #5: Thor vs. Iron Man. With each clip, I’m actually interested in this movie. Even though I cannot stand a single actor involved, and plan to wait until it airs on something like Encore.

Colin Ferguson: Eureka’s final season will be “as dark as we’ve ever gone.”

Interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: The Unknown Master, Part One.

Everything You Missed From The Cabin In The Woods. Massive spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the film you might want to save this one for later.

Julianne Moore could play Carrie’s mother.

The story behind that Girl In The Fireplace cosplay at PAX East.

The Nerdist interviews Brea Grant.

All five Star Trek captains are due to attend Destination Star Trek London in October.

Sixteen Alex Ross Original Sketch Covers For The Shadow #1.

The tie-in novel for The Dark Knight Rises will be released the same day as the movie.

Brian Azzarello talks Before Watchmen, after the controversy.

Ted Naifeh teases upcoming ‘Ame-Comi Girls’ artwork with early sketches.

The Post-Superhero Era: The Protagonist As Celebrity Or Consultant.

New photo from the set of Star Trek 2.

The first photo of Aaron Eckhart in I, Frankenstein.

New international poster for The Raven.

International Prometheus Trailer.

Nathan Fillion and Robert Downey Jr. do an Avengers/Castle promo.

The teaser for Night Of The Living Dead—Live.

Was 1982 the best ever year for fantasy and and sci-fi movies?

$37,000 for a jewel-encrusted magic mushroom flash drive?

First trailer for Dorothy of Oz shows what happened after the tornado.

The secret lives of avalanche rescue cats.

Check that bought Superman rights sells for $160,000.

Image at 20: The Marvel Exodus, From Marvel’s Perspective.

Titanic 3D pushes the lifetime gross of the film past $2 billion.

TARDIS Lockers At Gallifrey High.

A Dapper TARDIS Suit With Top Hat.

The Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: The Perfect Weapon (1991).

Terror Transmission: Episode 66: Hellraiser.

HTC is deleting all its users’ backups after April 30th.

John Macaluso named CEO of Wizard World.

Joel Kinnaman says the new Robocop will be more human, in addition to having a different look for the visor and suit.

Watch the first footage from James Cameron’s trip to the ocean’s deepest point.

Netflix will not rescue Terra Nova.

Warner Bros. has filed an appeal to reverse earlier rulings in the copyright battle with the creators of Superman, and “put everything out in open court in a trial.”

Bully will be released to theaters unedited and unrated.

caughtincobwebs is hosting a Marvel Friending Meme.

A new trailer for Dark Shadows aired during the Mad Men season premiere.

There will be a screening of House of Dark Shadows in Los Angeles, on Sunday, April 1st, at the Laemmle Royal Theater on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Steampunk Janine.

New tv ad for Prometheus.

Parents built a Narnia wardrobe for their daughter.

Some set photos from the CW’s Arrow pilot.

Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara will play Sulu in a new Star Trek fan film.

Chloe Moretz has been cast as the new Carrie.

A teaser of the trailer for Total Recall.

From barn to bibliothek, a library emerges from history.

Bollywood Avengers Music Video.

The next batch of MST3K titles up for release in Volume XXIV are: Fugitive Alien, Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2, The Sword And The Dragon, and Samson vs. The Vampire Women.

Bed, Bath, And Beyond somehow accidentally gave their customers radioactive tissue holders, so there’s a recall on those. Just spreading the word, in case anyone on my friends list has one of these.

Joss Whedon says Captain America is the focus of The Avengers. whedonesque discusses this here.

What Wizard’s SEC filings reveal about the company’s future.

Here’s the new logo for DC Comics.

A&E is making a Psycho prequel tv series. The AV Club has thankfully pointed out the last time they tried this, with the pilot that failed back in 1987.

Lionsgate officially acquires Summit for $412.5 million.

Syfy has expanded their Warehouse 13 order, bringing the number of episodes up to 20 for the fourth season.

IDW preview for Ghostbusters #5.

New featurette for The Woman In Black.

Jim C. Hines attempts to recreate fantasy novel cover poses, with amusing results.

As a reminder, in case LJ is down for any extended length of time, I’m over on Dreamwidth, under this same username. Just let me know if I haven’t already friended you there, and I’ll do so.

Someday, I need to find out a way to alter the layout coding I have here just enough to get it over to there. Since they don’t use Generator in S1.

The new chairman of Wizard World is Mike Mathews, and he is sending out a letter to all old subscribers of Wizard magazine…offering a $100 credit towards Wizard shows, to make up for never getting the money back. The offer is good until December 31st, 2012. I won’t be accepting that one, since I was never interested in their conventions. Oh, but here’s something I missed seeing last month—Gareb Shamus, pursued across a convention floor, by a man Cosplaying as Lando and trying to find out if anyone will get their money back.

Scroll down the Letters To Santa page until you see Joss Whedon’s. whedonesque discusses it here.

The trailer for Jack the Giant Killer.

Clip from the next episode (The Sword in the Stone Part 1) of Merlin.

Watch Sam Raimi’s original Green Goblin FX test.

Just boosting the signal, in case anyone on my friends list feeds their pet Purina. Although there is no official recall, it does appear to be contaminated, and making pets sick.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Ghost Breakers.

The ABC executive who made the decision to cancel All My Children and One Life To Live is now leaving the network.

Gareb Shamus resigned as Wizard World President, CEO, and Director —and he has deleted his blog, as well.

Promo pics for Doctor Who’s Christmas special.

Nine clips have been released for the new Sherlock Holmes.

More news on the Munsters redux.

Trailer for the next episode (The Hunter’s Heart) of Merlin.

If anyone is interested, my fandom_stocking is here.

The AV Club looks back at The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

fandom_stocking opens soon.

Syfy has ordered a Booster Gold pilot script.

Benedict Cumberbatch discusses his role as Smaug in The Hobbit.

Insanejournal is having a holiday sale.

Extended tv spot for The Woman In Black.

The Adventures of Pete and Pete: The Cast Reunion.

Wizard’s Gareb Shamus is launching a blog and Twitter feed—and shutting down the digital magazine. I never did hear any news along the lines of returning the money of those that still had subscriptions to his magazine, so I assume they’re still ignoring that.

12 holiday gifts for the Doctor Who fan in your life.

The 10 Most Obnoxious Cartoon Theme Songs.

Anne McCaffrey has passed away at the age of 85, after suffering a stroke. May she rest in peace.

How The Dark Knight Should Have Ended.

23 of the World’s Geekiest Sci-Fi And Fantasy Statues.

Remember the Darth Vader car commercial from the Super Bowl? Here’s a darker spoof of it.

From Cracked: 6 Terrifying Ways Crows Are Smarter Than You Think.

It would appear that Julia Hoffman will be an alcoholic in the new Dark Shadows. At least, if Helena Bonham Carter’s interview with MTV News on the red carpet is correct.

Rob Samsel has passed away suddenly at the age of 46. May he rest in peace. He was a staff writer and editor for Wizard Magazine back in the 90’s.

Celebrate the late composer John Barry with 9 great sci-fi film scores.

Via robot6: The death of Wizard and Toyfare, from the inside. Still nothing on if anyone will get any refunds.

Sci Fi Wire lists eleven women who could work as Lois Lane. Ellen Page doesn’t really fit. Amy Acker is close. Carey Mulligan, unfortunately, isn’t quite right either. Not listed, but could possibly work: Anna Friel or Charisma Carpenter.

Tor remembers my one favorite episode of Quantum Leap—the one with Stephen King as a boy, and Al as Satan.

And a meme, taken from shiny_glor_chan:

Whatever pops into your head first, write that down as your reply. Suggestion: don't read others' replies before you write down your own. What do you associate me with?

1) Fandom
2) Character
3) Pairing (or threesome)
4) Hobby (A passionate interest that isn't Fandom)
5) Color
6) Flower
7) Tree
8) Food

The worst of the thunderstorms seems to have gone to Arkansas and Louisiana. We ended up with a small amount of rain--tomorrow, it will be 5 degrees with high winds and a chance of snow headed our way as I head out for a doctor's appointment. Good luck to everyone getting the worst of the storms and snow.

Second to last call for the auction at qldfloodauction. The bidding comes to a close tomorrow night, for anyone still wanting to get in one.

Io9 lists The Most Iconic, Stylish, And Just Plain Wacky Opening Credits On Television. Doctor Who, Swamp Thing, X-Men: TAS, Firefly, Buffy, MST3K, Cleopatra 2525, and many others make the list.

It looks like a sequel to Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) is in the works.

Via Robot 6: iFanboy was informed by an anonymous Wizard staff member that Wizard shut down on Sunday, and the staffer was not permitted to return and collect their belongings. Rest in peace, Twisted Toyfare Theater.

madripoor_rose? I’ve been looking around various sites to see if there are any magazines left for comic fans, like I promised. So far, the only one I’ve turned up that hasn’t gone under within the last few years was one called Comic Buyer’s Guide. However, Wikipedia says that their page count was recently reduced, and the price guide scrapped, similar to what Wizard did. Can anyone on my friends list recommend anything else?

A developing story is that Wizard Magazine may be dead. Calls go unanswered, the subscription page of their site returns a 404, their “bullpen website” is down, and numerous other suspicious things are going on. Toyfare may continue being published for now, but I wouldn't count on that lasting too long given the evidence. I had just renewed my subscription to Wizard for another year and they’ve cashed that check, so they owe me--and many other people.

ETA: Good, just checked and I hadn't renewed my subscription to Toyfare yet. Now I won't be doing that.

ETA 2: An update on the developing story. They now say that Toyfare will also be ceasing publication immediately.

Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes? I had a problem with one rather large snake on the front porch (Dad decapitated it with a shovel) which just refused to slither off when I was little, but thousands inside the house? I would have lost it. According to someone in both the Gawker and Jezebel comments, that house was featured on an episode of Animal Planet’s series Infested. If you want to see news footage of the house, head for the Gawker link.

Booster Gold has been cast on Smallville. He will be played by Eric Martsolf, who I know as Brady from Days of Our Lives. And, formerly, Ethan from Passions. He doesn’t really seem right for the role, but he can act.

And now, just spreading a meme from a few on my IJ friends list:

1. Name one of my RP characters and one of yours (or one of someone else's if your really want).
2. Name a destination, anywhere in the known or created universes.
3. I'll write you my character's postcard to the other, from that destination.

There’s two more days for bidding in the auction to help Australia at qldfloodauction, and my thread is here. Bidding was at $10 as of the last I checked.