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The Luggage Family

Yes, the Luggage Family were all there at NADWCon this year in Baltimore. Daddy Luggage was built for me by my good friend Jenn, and she built herself the purse version Mommy Luggage, slightly smaller on the other side. Offler (her Con name obviously, and too bad you can’t see her Crocodile hat properly in this image) built herself the darling little Child Luggage, complete with the painted toenails as described in the books. If you are one of the few people out there asking yourself what books? at this point, you have a treat in store for you. The books of Sir Terry Pratchett are amazing and hysterical, satirical and more than a bit silly, and very much worth your time to check out.

Luggage Family
Luggage Family

Alma

This short animation was created by Rodrigo Blaas, and it won a bunch of awards when it came out in 2009, including a Goya in 2010. Blaas worked at Pixar for a while, on projects including Wall-E. In 2011 there was a deal in the works to turn this into a feature length film at Dreamworks, with Guillermo del Toro as the producer and Blass directing. Of course, the Dreamworks version wouldn’t be quite this creepy, but I don’t know if they got past the talking stage and actually got the funding to proceed.

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Doctor Who Factoids

Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman shared a few small factoids about Doctor Who at Comic Con this year that are worth being aware of, so here they are. Also, a heads up: The guy who created and wrote Misfits, Howard Overman, has created a new series for the BBC. Atlantis is being made by the producers of Merlin, and will occupy its old time slot on Saturdays. BBC America is co-producing it, and will be carrying it this fall, also on Saturdays.

Something to Do: Movies, 23Aug13

There are a couple of great choices this week. The film Mortal Instruments: City of Bones actually hits the big screen on Wednesday, the 21st. Based on the YA series of urban fantasy novels by Cassandra Clare, Sony is no doubt hoping for the same kind of audience reaction earned by the Twilight and Hunger Games franchises. There are 5 more books already written and ready to turn into films, as well as 3 Steampunk prequels set in the Victorian era, so if this does well expect to see more. Then on Friday, The World’s End completes the Cornetto Trilogy, which started with Shawn Of The Dead and continued in Hot Fuzz.

2nd About Time trailer

It came out at the beginning of last week, so you have probably seen this already. About Time is a comedy about love and time travel, with a stellar cast and some great production team members. And did you notice who wrote it? It should be along come October, I fully intend to see this one on the big screen.