This seems a bit different; the Brainwash Movie Festival in Oakland, a drive-in, bike-in, walk-in kind of outdoor movie event. This also seems different; a movie critic making a rather barbed point about the cost of 3D films; thanks, Chris. Finally, some bozo pulled the fire alarm at Otakon this weekend, and thousands upon thousands of Otakus were dumped onto the streets of Baltimore; it is clear the city, not the fans, will take longer to recover.
Over the last decade I have linked to the Boilerplate website a number of times, since it embraces the Steampunk Robot movement, or even helps lead it. It looks like they are finally getting their just due; according to Heat Vision, JJ Abrams is doing the Boilerplate movie. I have a difficult time imagining what that will be like visually, but I look forward to finding out. On a completely different note, Pink Raygun has a good article and review of the Her Universe booth at Comic-Con. It comes with an online store, and is run for and by female sci-fi fans; great job!
I am sure I will have to add to this when later today actually happens, but I had to mention this now. The wack jobs from the Westboro Baptist Church (the idiots who protest at the funerals of America’s fallen war heroes if they think they might be anything other than hetero) decided to protest at Comic-Con this week, since everyone attending was obviously strange in some fashion (and proud of it!). This definitely tops my What Were They Thinking? list for this month, and possibly this year. I am betting they were not ready for the spontaneous counter protest that immediately broke out, with signs that included All Glory to the Hypno-Toad (and another Futurama reference with a cosplay Bender holding a sign saying Kill All Humans), the Marvelite Odin is God, and the classic When I ride through the Valley of Death I Will Fear No Evil, for the Dark Knight is by my side. The folks at Comics Alliance posted a great photo spread, and many thanks to Space Gypsies for the heads up on this one.
Word is out that Flash Forward might be picked up by Starz, and the series continued! Keeping my fingers crossed. If true, that makes two rescued properties on the Starz network, since they signed a contract with the BBC to do season 6 of Torchwood; glad that network is on my channel lineup.
Meanwhile, the best interview I have yet seen about this event comes from Geek Girls Network, where they talk with a major player who attended almost 20 years ago, and shared some critical perspective. And because I liked that one, I had to go for the Comic Con Gurls, seen below.
And just because I couldn’t resist, the True Blood season 3 trailer…
It just doesn’t stop when Comic-Con is happening. Here is a new Megamind trailer, and a great article about Munnfrom the Post relayed from the Con. Awards handed out at the con include Moto Hagio’s Inkpot Award (very well deserved, in my opinion), and of course all kinds of video blogs are coming out of there, at the rate of a day an hour or so (or so it seems). What a party.
Everyone who normally reads this (and you both know who you are) is either at Comic-Con or watching it online, and that’s what I am doing. Already something exciting from the event; the new Tron trailer!
It is time once more for Comic-Con in San Diego, where advance word will be released on all the good stuff coming out over the next year. Everybody will be covering it, including traditional TV coverage from both G4TV and MTV. They will also be covering them on their websites, of course. A few other websites who have had great coverage of the event in recent years include io9, MSN’s Parallel Universe, the gamer gang from Kotaku, and all the Friends of Ugo, of which there are many. While it would be nice to be there, at least there will be news!