Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Fan Art Round-Up: Wonder Woman
"Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice / Wonder Woman" by France-based GOXIII
A gallery of fan art featuring Wonder Woman.
Sci-Fi Round-Up: May 30, 2017
Interviews
Around The Marvel Universe With Al Ewing
Cinematographer Matthew Jensen Compares the New Film to Donner's Superman
Eating Authors: J. Mulrooney (Campbell Award Nominee)
Gal Gadot On Making 'Wonder Woman:' 'We Left Cynicism Aside'
Jim Hines, The Fantasy Author Using Humor to Get Serious About Disability and Gender
Laini Taylor, author of Strange The Dreamer
Sudbury Writer Nina Nesseth Decodes science behind Orphan Black
Cinematographer Matthew Jensen Compares the New Film to Donner's Superman
Eating Authors: J. Mulrooney (Campbell Award Nominee)
Gal Gadot On Making 'Wonder Woman:' 'We Left Cynicism Aside'
Jim Hines, The Fantasy Author Using Humor to Get Serious About Disability and Gender
Laini Taylor, author of Strange The Dreamer
Sudbury Writer Nina Nesseth Decodes science behind Orphan Black
Link Round-Up: May 30, 2017
"Rogue One" by Canada-based Derek Laufman
Prints available for purchase from the author's website. US$20
The Darth Vader armchair is a custom-made piece by DSDStudio on Etsy and will run you $12,000 (before shipping from Russia). Only 10 will be made.
Forging Wonder Woman’s God Killer Sword in Real Life
Here are13 Amazing Women Who’ve Been Making Comics for Longer Than the Internet Would Have You Believe in honor of Wonder Woman's release
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Gallery: Vanity Fair on Star Wars
"Luke & Leia" by Paul Shipper
(Inspired by the Vanity Fair Photo Shoot)
There's been a growing buzz surrounding the 40th anniversary of Star Wars since the beginning of the year, but today is the day! On May 25th 1977, Star Wars made its debut in theaters. Forty years later, the franchise is going stronger than ever, and fans are more fanatical than ever.
The Star Wars films are pretty much the cornerstone of geek culture, and if you're reading this blog, it's a sure thing that the franchise played a role in your life as well.
Tuesday, Vanity Fair revealed the covers for their Star Wars 40th anniversary issue. Yesterday, they followed the covers up with a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot with the legendary Annie Leibovitz, along with interviews with the cast and crew. The magazine's features are the first in-depth coverage of The Last Jedi, signalling that the summer's marketing train has officially left the station.
Needless to say, the photos of Carrie Fisher stir up the feels in a major way. Seeing her intimately posed with Mark and her daughter raises the spectre of what might have been, especially in light of the recent revelation that Fisher would have led ninth Star Wars movie.
Head on over to Vanity Fair to check out more gorgeous photos and behind-the-scenes stories. It’s a very interesting read, but be warned! Some of the articles are mild spoilers. There's at least one instances in which an actor describes a scene he shot with Fisher that clearly indicates a confrontation between the two actors' characters.
The Star Wars films are pretty much the cornerstone of geek culture, and if you're reading this blog, it's a sure thing that the franchise played a role in your life as well.
Tuesday, Vanity Fair revealed the covers for their Star Wars 40th anniversary issue. Yesterday, they followed the covers up with a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot with the legendary Annie Leibovitz, along with interviews with the cast and crew. The magazine's features are the first in-depth coverage of The Last Jedi, signalling that the summer's marketing train has officially left the station.
Needless to say, the photos of Carrie Fisher stir up the feels in a major way. Seeing her intimately posed with Mark and her daughter raises the spectre of what might have been, especially in light of the recent revelation that Fisher would have led ninth Star Wars movie.
Head on over to Vanity Fair to check out more gorgeous photos and behind-the-scenes stories. It’s a very interesting read, but be warned! Some of the articles are mild spoilers. There's at least one instances in which an actor describes a scene he shot with Fisher that clearly indicates a confrontation between the two actors' characters.
Video Essay: Superhero Movies Get Old
Vlogger Evan Puschak of The Nerdwriter examines the superhero
franchises and how the seemingly permanent infallibility of characters can become tiresome. Puschak compares the satirical humor of Deadpool and the hopeless desolation of Logan.
"In the end Logan makes the final turn into reaffirmation one last act of sacrificial heroics that reaffirms the myth even after exposing it as inadequate. You know it makes me wonder if this is the limit of superhero movies. It’s unclear whether a film that sought to fully demythologize this myth could ever really get made or if the genre itself is even mature enough to handle such a thing"
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