Look who’s a guest at Rose City Comic Con: Noah Hathaway, best known for his role as Atreyu in The Neverending Story! No wonder an entire generation was traumatized by that scene, that music is incredibly manipulative. (Also a horse dies.) September’s Rose City Comic Con bills itself as Portland’s “biggest pop culture convention,” but […]
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Joss Whedon to Direct Avengers 2 AND an ABC TV Show?!? YAY!!!
Check out this press release just issued from Marvel Studios regarding their new deal with geek heartthrob Joss Whedon, which could possibly make you go poopy in your pants. From EW: “Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015. As part of that […]
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Real Life Superheroes Are Getting Arrested
Here’s Bleeding Cool reporting on what could be the first arrest in a new trend: Ex-military policeman Matthew Argintar, 23 from New Jersey, is a Real Life Super Hero. Dressed in a Batman-like face mask, a cape, arm pads and a bulletproof vest. And also a pair of handcuffs. Outside a Home Depot, he began […]
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Superdogs Have Super Needs
As it turns out, taking Krypto the Superdog for a walk is much like taking your own dog for a walk—except… okay, it’s a little different. Check out a side of Krypto you’ve never seen before in this super-cute, and super-funny short flick called, “Superman’s Best Friend” by Brett Underhill!
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1-Up to Happy Knits
Spotted last night in the window of Happy Knits on Hawthorne: Hit the jump for closeups of Mario, Bowser, the Fire Flower, a star, and a Bob-omb. In conclusion, these are great and I want all of them. Especially Bowser.
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NERD RAGE: Mindless List on Internet Riles Up Comics Fans to Extraordinary Degree With Horrendously Wrong Opinions
When last I took the time to publicly respond to the wrongness of a much-disseminated internet list, it was wonderful person Jill Pantozzi’s fun little bit of fancasting for a completely hypothetical Star Trek: The Next Generation reboot. This time, however, the focus of my indignant nerd ire is pointed at comics monolith Newsarama.com, for […]
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Finally, the Doctor Is (Almost) Back
Q: Why do I love Doctor Who? A: Because of Matt Smith saying stuff like, “Dinosaurs! On a spaceship*!” The seventh season of Doctor Who starts… oh, hey, here’s a fun game that’s not frustrating in the slightest. Try to figure out when the seventh season actually premieres. And if you can track that info […]
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There, and Back Again. And Again. And Once More.
Because money, that’s why. Erik posted last week that Peter Jackson was thinking of turning The Hobbit into a trilogy of films. Today, Jackson made it official. His reasoning for taking a kids’ book that runs a little over 300 pages, and stretching it out to fill three films (at two-and-a-half hours apiece) is thus: […]
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There Will Now Be Six Hobbit Movies
“So this script for The Hobbit: Episode XVI—How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombur… well, it could be better. Also, why is this written in Crayon?” As rumored at Comic-Con, Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. are currently “exploring the logistics” of turning the two Hobbit movies into three Hobbit movies. “Exploring the […]
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Let’s Buy Erik a Wookiee Man Purse Messenger Bag
I may do all the writing about fashion, but Film Editor Erik Henriksen apparently spends at least as much time window shopping for accessories as I do, given that he ichats me on a weekly basis to inform me of all the latest developments in comic book-themed sneakers and, like, Lord of the Rings miniskirts […]
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Now NASA’s Thinking with Portals
Valve Via Valve comes the excellent news that “an anonymous tech at NASA” has managed to covertly arrange for Portal 2‘s Space Core to be launched into spaaaaaace. This is my favorite thing that I have learned today.
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This Weekend: Alien Trivia
ALIEN RESURRECTION Never forget. The last time I went to a ShanRock Triviology event it was a Star Wars-themed one, and the Nerd Dream Team team of myself, Bobby Roberts, and Ben Coleman decimated the “competition.” I probably should not be as proud of this as I am, but as it is basically my only […]