tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32208616818020443552024-03-14T02:20:13.747-06:00SFTV BlogMr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-49725425674855161982010-05-31T20:36:00.002-06:002010-05-31T20:45:49.212-06:00What a Year (or more)!This past weekend was the 2010 Phoenix ComiCon, which concluded a pretty crazy year and a half for me. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwow69H148IHPjmvOjgKD4gVQLaFSjn2yHkLX_pMy5tebLpdrXCB09btbot2BEDi7GZ4FRM4_SzcQkGxaVE8NSMhYBvMIAaJKpUA3M1lp8_x22BDM_8aUg2NbsaTIK-N4IGMQNIYLm_3r/s1600/unicornpegasuskitty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwow69H148IHPjmvOjgKD4gVQLaFSjn2yHkLX_pMy5tebLpdrXCB09btbot2BEDi7GZ4FRM4_SzcQkGxaVE8NSMhYBvMIAaJKpUA3M1lp8_x22BDM_8aUg2NbsaTIK-N4IGMQNIYLm_3r/s320/unicornpegasuskitty.jpg" /></a>At the start of 2009 was the 2009 <a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/">Phoenix ComiCon</a> at the end of January, where I helped set up the first ever Wil Wheaton Rock Band event there. I was vice-chair of <a href="http://www.fiestacon.org/">FiestaCon</a>, the 62nd Westercon, which happened over July 4th Weekend and helped rebound <a href="http://www.westercon.org/">Westercon</a> after a low turnout one in Las Vegas in 2008. I chaired the first <a href="http://www.nadwcon.org/">North American Discworld Convention</a> over Labor Day weekend in 2009, for which our main guest (and creator of Discworld), <a href="http://www.terrypratchett.com/">Terry Pratchett</a>, declared it was the best Discworld Convention ever! A couple of weeks ago I chaired <a href="http://www.leprecon.org/lep36">LepreCon 36</a>, which even though we had a dissapointing amount of attendees, those that did come had a great time. This past weekend was the <a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/">2010 Phoenix ComicCon</a>, which moved to the Phoenix convention center after having outgrown the Mesa Convention Center, and it was definitely bigger than any prior ones. I oversaw the SciFi programming tracked, helped put together Wil Wheaton Rock Band again this year (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKf3C07jLz0">which was an awesome event</a> - yes, that is me in my Devo flower pot hat), and helped set up the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNTNgTj7rZA">Super Happy Fun Time</a> panel with Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi which announced a <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/30/fanfic-contest/">special charity project</a> they are organizing. For the first time in quite a while, I do not have a major event in the near future I'm in charge of! However, I am looking forward to <a href="http://www.leprecon.org/lep37">LepreCon 37</a> the first weekend of May in 2011 for which we will be having the first ever <a href="http://www.shadowunit.org/">Shadow Unit</a> mini-con as part of the convention. And, for Phoenix ComiCon 2011, I hope we can make more awesome things happen. I also attended and was on programming for <a href="http://www.gallifreyone.com/">Gallifrey One</a> in 2009 and 2010, <a href="http://www.loscon.org/">LosCon 36</a>, <a href="http://anticipationsf.ca/">Anticipation</a> (WorldCon 2009), and also attended <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/">ComiCon International</a> and the first two <a href="http://www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/">Tucson Festival of Books</a>.</div><br />
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Once I get caught back up on real life, I hope to get caught up with my online life as well.Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-88022509104092566372010-02-07T21:22:00.005-07:002010-02-13T21:19:59.453-07:00Who Are You...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcSxcLoFcKO_0OD0VEk-eok9sfd1iY4k9OmvFrD_B5nQyoIRzniI0DKGSZ7D-rSd3xD8AzsIf8f8G0vaReVzqK2Nzi6W3R6m6FCy0aZ-SHZNC9BpaC2Uextx6YZFO8MxE7jQuIMLKWTFW/s1600-h/pinballwizard45full.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435723569827161250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcSxcLoFcKO_0OD0VEk-eok9sfd1iY4k9OmvFrD_B5nQyoIRzniI0DKGSZ7D-rSd3xD8AzsIf8f8G0vaReVzqK2Nzi6W3R6m6FCy0aZ-SHZNC9BpaC2Uextx6YZFO8MxE7jQuIMLKWTFW/s400/pinballwizard45full.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 297px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 300px;" /></a> No, this is not about Doctor Who, but <a href="http://www.thewho.com/">The Who</a>. Seeing them perfrom live (or what's left of them) at the "The Big Game" brought back some memories of The Who, pretty much my favorite band of all time. <br />
I first really became aware of The Who during the summer of 1969 when Pinball Wizard was getting a lot of airplay on AM radio. I remember sitting in the back of my parents car as we drove across Kansas to visit my grandparents in western Kansas and hearing Pinball Wizard a number of times on the radio going out there and back. Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer was played just as much, but for a 12 year old kid, a song about a "pinball wizard" was a lot more cool. <br />
So, of course, I picked up the 45 of Pinball Wizard, and I quickly became a fan of The Who, getting Tommy, Meaty Big, and Bouncy, and their other LPs. I then found out about all their songs NOT on albums and started tracking down those to get the B sides. Over the years I acquired multiple copies of many of the albums, various greatest hits and rarities collections, and of course, CDs. One time I won a complete set of Who LPs on KY102 in Kansas City when I answered the most questions correctly on a Who trivia contest, missing only one question. However, the station never actually CONTACTED me about it! I found out when a friend of my sister mentioned to her that they'd heard my name mentioned as a winner of a contest on the radio station. Once I finally verified with the station that I had won, I drove over to their offices from Lawrence, KS, to pick up my prize package. It was a complete set of Who LPs (up through The Who by Numbers which had just came out) as well as a nice pair of headphones.<br />
Later that year was my biggest regret related to The Who. I was in my freshman year at the University of Kansas, and The Who were playing Kemper Arena in Kansas City on Dec 1st. I got tickets for it, then later realized it was the same night as my Chemistry 101 final. Now, the class was set up so that for your final grade, you got to throw out the worst test of the semester and the rest would be averaged for your final grade. I had a solid B in the class, but for whatever reason I felt that I had a good chance to do well enough on the final to bring my grade up to an A. So I sold my ticket to someone else, took the test, then did bad enough on it that it was the test that got thrown out. I was upset at the time about it, and several years later, I really had wished I'd gone to the show when Keith Moon passed away. <br />
I did finally get to see the band a couple of times in <a href="http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=gigography&gigography_decade=1980&gigography_item_id=1484">Arizona</a> in the 1980's, (<a href="http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=gigography&gigography_decade=1980&gigography_item_id=1484">1980</a> and <a href="http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=gigography&gigography_decade=1982&gigography_year_id=1982&gigography_item_id=1548">1982</a>) and those were memorable shows. I'm glad I did see them back in those days at least. <br />
One other bit of Who memories:<br />
When I first went to Phoenix for a job interview in late 1979 and stayed the weekend, I ended up catching a double feature at the Valley Art theatre of The Kids are Alright and Rust Never Sleeps.<br />
I still find it somewhat amusing to see that their songs are now mostly known for being used as the theme songs for the CSI shows (which is probably why CBS had them do the halftime show). But it is also fun to play their songs on Rock Band! (Incidentally, they made available a recording of their Super Bowl set on Rock Band right after the game).<br />
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Oh, and congrats to Neil Gaiman, who will finally be <a href="http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/gaiman-confirms-he-is-writing-for.html">writing a Doctor Who episode</a>! I figured it was only a matter of time, but he has now officially said he is doing one.Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-48330073490347874212010-01-15T16:55:00.003-07:002010-01-15T16:58:59.266-07:00Congrats to Neil and AmandaNeil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer announced that they are going to tie the not. See the announcement on <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/01/telling-world-official-announcement.html">Neil's blog</a>.<br /><br />In honor of the occasion, here's Amanda singing "I Google You", written by Neil Gaiman, at the San Diego Women's Club benefit for the <a href="http://www.cbldf.org/">CBLDF</a> during ComicCon last July that I got to see.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dVJ9jSikoX0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dVJ9jSikoX0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-77290718872357713782010-01-01T19:45:00.005-07:002010-01-01T23:27:49.633-07:00A New Pos! and a New Doctor!Yes, trying to get back into the habit of posting to this blog hasn't been easy. So, here's a short post to get things rolling...<br /><br />Doctor Who - The End of Time.<br /><br />Right now, BBC America's having obtained first run rights to Doctor Who is really paying off. Their broadcast of The Waters of Mars two weeks ago set ratings records for the channel and I imagine the two part finale will do even better. We're in the middle of 46 hours straight of Doctor Who leading up to the end of David Tennant's run with The End of Time Part 2 on Saturday night, one day after it was aired on the BBC in the UK. Hopefully, this type of lead time will continue when the new series with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPUF8an-XE">Matt Smith </a>debuts in the spring. (Click the link to go to You Tube - the imbedded video is a bit funky on here....)<br /><br /><object height="360" width="580"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnPUF8an-XE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnPUF8an-XE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-39492702493194867342009-09-08T23:07:00.003-06:002009-09-08T23:13:26.058-06:00I Aten't Dead. Just Been Busy with this...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NM3TsAVmyjTg2Z2GSjoG-1TyQl52MUryea_kESk_GMSzYyWbAJQj2qQs5NM3m23LKnr4hyw62IR8CDUVly4whygbtEfYR78UnVgh7gDhEUNklhyphenhyphenwvoD7JVEYDymOYZGPx1KBnGthC7zL/s1600-h/meanterry.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379330167997839138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NM3TsAVmyjTg2Z2GSjoG-1TyQl52MUryea_kESk_GMSzYyWbAJQj2qQs5NM3m23LKnr4hyw62IR8CDUVly4whygbtEfYR78UnVgh7gDhEUNklhyphenhyphenwvoD7JVEYDymOYZGPx1KBnGthC7zL/s320/meanterry.JPG" border="0" /></a> I've gotten way behind on my regular postings at SFTV.org and other websites due in part to being the chair of the <a href="http://www.nadwcon.org/">North American Discworld Convention</a>, held last weekend in Tempe, AZ. Terry Pratchett told the crowd that "The North American Discworld Convention has been the best Discworld convention ever!" That is a very big complement from the man who created the whole thing! Kudos to all my staff and committee who made it a big success.<br /><br />Of course, now I have to go back to work in the real world...Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-68449632901308948752009-04-27T22:51:00.004-06:002009-04-27T23:02:19.109-06:00Still AliveYes, I've not gone underground, just been busy with house hunting, work, convention stuff and way too many things to have much time to actually blog. <br /><br />I am now on Facebook, but tend to ignore any requests that come my way. I use it primarily to keep an eye on friends, associates, and family.<br /><br />Thus, a few short bits to tide you over:<br /><br />SFTV Schedules are almost updated. A mostly updated Season to Date list is up at <a href="http://www.sftv.org/">www.sftv.org</a>.<br /><br />I bought a Subway sandwhich today to help <a href="http://chucktv.net/about-2/chuck-campaign-watchbuyshare/">save Chuck </a>(and it really should not end!)<br /><br />I saw the <a href="http://trekmovie.com/">Star Trek </a>movie last week and really enjoyed it and plan to see it again.<br /><br />The last weekend of <a href="http://www.azscience.org/">Star Trek: The Exhibition </a>in Phoenix is this weekend. Make sure to catch it if you haven't yet.<br /><br />This coming Saturday, May 2nd, is <a href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/">Free Comic Book Day</a>. I've put up a list of comic shops in Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson) over at the <a href="http://azsf.wordpress.com/">AZSF Blog</a>. As far as I've been able to tell, there are no comic shops in Flagstaff (unless there's a new one).<br /><br />LeeMr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-72938516958160566232009-03-05T23:23:00.002-07:002009-03-05T23:26:43.234-07:00Dalek Unearthed in UK Pond!<a href="http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=3588036"><img alt="funny pictures" src="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/3/5/128807439971772559.jpg" /></a><br />moar <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/">funny pictures</a><br /><br />Full details at <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159149/The-Dalek-deep-Doctor-Whos-nemesis-pond.html?ITO=1490">The Daily Mail</a>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-10972706245277627372009-01-25T20:58:00.006-07:002009-02-10T22:02:16.319-07:00Phoenix ComiCon Rock Band with Wil Wheaton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrOePt81QhDH9hJWL6xK89jAdOqEEVWn2o-e9vDG6Iub3bXvdjrl3BXca0Styp3M8jCxtdoA7NomJ9372ebi3Riry_JiDfvYOSzeKQNaMQ5wMTu-EaN2-7An1vO6Pdb03cJubakSPnkK6/s1600-h/wilrockband1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295458890350964562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrOePt81QhDH9hJWL6xK89jAdOqEEVWn2o-e9vDG6Iub3bXvdjrl3BXca0Styp3M8jCxtdoA7NomJ9372ebi3Riry_JiDfvYOSzeKQNaMQ5wMTu-EaN2-7An1vO6Pdb03cJubakSPnkK6/s400/wilrockband1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/01/it-doesnt-make-a-difference-if-we-look-cool-or-not.html">This post </a>on <a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/">Wil Wheaton's </a>'s blog and the comments pretty much gives you a good idea of how much fun people had. Thanks to the help of various Phoenix ComiCon staff members, Harmonix, the Rock Band Blowout with Wil Wheaton was a big success. </div><div></div><div>Check out some of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=wil+wheaton+rock+band&aq=f">videos some of the fans shot on YouTube</a>.</div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>And edited to add this <a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/01/phoenix-comicon-rock-band-video-roundup.html">wrap-up post by Wil</a>...</div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-47469150728061303802009-01-18T22:49:00.004-07:002009-01-18T23:01:04.133-07:00A New Post of SortsBeen keeping busy getting things ready for the <a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/">Phoenix ComiCon </a>next weekend and also trying to keep up with various other things. So here's a few random things to post here...<br /><br />James Moran has posted his <a href="http://jamesmoran.blogspot.com/2009/01/gallifrey-2008-report.html">2008 Gallifrey One Report </a>which is a lot of fun to read. James was a lot of fun to talk to at the con and I enjoyed getting his point of view on it (finally!) Incidentally, the <a href="http://www.gallifreyone.com/">2009 Gallifrey One </a>convention is less than a month away now!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.coraline.com/">Coraline</a>, the movie, based on the <a href="http://neilgaiman.com/">Neil Gamain </a>story is coming out in a couple of weeks. They've been sending out special boxes to bloggers, but so far I haven't seen one. I guess I should have posted more about the movie beyond my 2008 <a href="http://sftvblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/sdcc-coraline-figures.html">San Diego ComicCon</a> post of images of the dolls or my 2007 <a href="http://sftvblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/neilcon-or-neil-gaiman-subset-of.html">Neil Gaiman SD Comicon report </a>which included the screening of Coraline footage. I've been keeping an eye on the <a href="http://evilbuttons.blogspot.com/">Evil Buttons </a>blog about special Coraline stuff being sent out or made available. I've been also trying to get one of the Coraline Keys up on Ebay (since so far that I know of, none have been distributed in Phoenix and so far, none have been provided to the Phoenix ComiCon. I was able to get three of the four <a href="http://www.carlscoolkids.com/">Coraline toys available at Carl's Jr</a>.<br /><br />For the <a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/">Phoenix ComiCon</a>, I've been working with <a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/">Wil Wheaton </a>to set up a Rock Band Blowout with Wil, some of the other guests, and fans playing Rock Band together.Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-50449531516934887682008-12-21T14:46:00.004-07:002008-12-21T15:24:48.365-07:00Battlestar Galactica - Catch the Frak UP & New WebisodesThe last half of the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica begins on SciFi on January 16th. You can Catch the Frak Up! with the below embedded video and also catch new webisodes over the next few weeks bridging the two season halves.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/2s5VT8Ewv1z0rUeNI3Fk8g" width="512" height="296" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.scifi.com/rewind/?sid=870861">SciFi.com</a> is releasing new <a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/webisodes/">Battlestar Galactica: Face of the Enemy </a>webisodes as a lead up to the resumption of the 4th and final season of Battlestar Galactica. SciFi is also releasing enhanced webisodes with commentary by writer Jane Espenson. They are also being made available on Hulu.com and I have linked the first three below:<br /><br /><strong>Webisode 1</strong><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/il8TBUWAz4WwVfXVnLR4qQ" width="512" height="296" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><br /><strong>Webisode 2</strong><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/e12o0fMh-rbavGLrmS97lw" width="512" height="296" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><strong>Webisode 3</strong><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/6SHbIkH09rA4rxjFZ7PfnA" width="512" height="296" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-65100456649808884492008-12-08T18:27:00.006-07:002008-12-09T20:49:27.655-07:00Babylon 5 Music Videos Now Available<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsX5cH0G8wxI9VQhDwcARotNYhVv62tz-wVXBzszSADZbGn0_sB11MSN5Mj6O3w5uaaLojZTb2J9EQd3xJWv6EPqhc8ILc_l5lp3V5REhtBEz3nMujt0i-gq8rSx0l7TG89nlGbMtBN_e/s1600-h/zteamlogo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278002948727714818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsX5cH0G8wxI9VQhDwcARotNYhVv62tz-wVXBzszSADZbGn0_sB11MSN5Mj6O3w5uaaLojZTb2J9EQd3xJWv6EPqhc8ILc_l5lp3V5REhtBEz3nMujt0i-gq8rSx0l7TG89nlGbMtBN_e/s400/zteamlogo.JPG" border="0" /></a> Back in the day, whenever J. Michael Straczynski made a convention appearance about Babylon 5, he'd usually open with a music video done by John Hudgens, and his <a href="http://www.zteamproductions.com/">Z Team Productions</a>, Aside from a couple of early ones that ended up on some bootleg tapes, they've never really been available to watch online before. Now, with the permission of jms, John has made available the music videos on You Tube at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ZTeamProductions&view=videos">The Z Team You Tube</a> page.<br /><div></div><br />I've enjoyed seeing them at the cons and its great to be able to see them again!<br /><div></div><div> </div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-50634103087587471942008-12-07T00:20:00.003-07:002008-12-07T00:27:35.876-07:00Catching Up After LosCon, Blood on the Satellite of Love<div>Still catching up a bit following LosCon. Still need to write up a report or two to go with the pictures. I did get the SFTV Schedule lists updated! Lots of changes coming up in the network schedules.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276945902826015922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjavLWvBULwlnhb2V8HN45T5z0DzXXCiTPX9YZTZoHzqwIcSVfQS7jIjP3t2eb6Npkr7YvdrDSIpgKNcX-BCnj62Fih51oIy1BXMGSkdcfmjFQCh7Vo7oIblfxDMDXaWXW5t2Mm6RYp8Nb/s400/mst3k3000anniv.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div></div><br /><div>Typing has been slowed down a bit by a cut index finger that happened when I was opening the tin case for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Science-Theater-3000-Anniversary/dp/B001B73PPS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228634624&sr=8-2">MST3K 20th Anniversary collectors edition</a>. Be careful opening up the back of it to free Tom Servo from his cage! Wow! In putting in the link to Amazon.com, I realized that it is now worth a lot more than what I paid for it at Borders with my 40% off coupon earlier in the week... Maybe I should auction it off complete with blood stains?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-3871188499759285392008-12-02T23:05:00.007-07:002008-12-02T23:24:02.598-07:00<div align="center">LosCon 35 Report is forthcoming. In the meantime, here's some pictures...</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zIcMeLxmZkJXF1uuKdnRUozx4GrITubW7Mkm0Aibc0jqpzFYQ3fD03f6WuxN5m0mW2Ca5mICKD0dItCb5JL3fRrBgYYnHNTiepR4ym_jgQt6au8rJCGhVdBKMIPfqDS88gc2wlaPV4gi/s1600-h/sftvfilmwriters3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275444321798502226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zIcMeLxmZkJXF1uuKdnRUozx4GrITubW7Mkm0Aibc0jqpzFYQ3fD03f6WuxN5m0mW2Ca5mICKD0dItCb5JL3fRrBgYYnHNTiepR4ym_jgQt6au8rJCGhVdBKMIPfqDS88gc2wlaPV4gi/s320/sftvfilmwriters3.JPG" border="0" /></a> Some SF TV & FIlm Writers<br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275444593607140210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8R8vQMPN2xb86bX7dyoCeq20EN7rAI-NnHP4NTV-GEfpMMwnD4hx602IZqB7t0jYVDAkZZk3zxnTzjDBlc3JxJb35dFMyzB6UpWkcVkPCaRm7xEGdTvA3u63O5HJB7Aa5LNwyL-YsBT1m/s320/janee.JPG" border="0" /></p></div><div align="center">Jane Espenson</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ23gvx-_unyr22R2WVM-LFPYJU5fT3p936BzE-YV8yHY_lZMzWxpA4-rJXqX6vgYBU9Xyb-I1lPJKgEp-lvxauWEAE_CXE2G6xM6xjOHw1wMNuNdTojyhraPCAJ-lZlwjsziaO3p_jo-i/s1600-h/johnwillcat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443417408064274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ23gvx-_unyr22R2WVM-LFPYJU5fT3p936BzE-YV8yHY_lZMzWxpA4-rJXqX6vgYBU9Xyb-I1lPJKgEp-lvxauWEAE_CXE2G6xM6xjOHw1wMNuNdTojyhraPCAJ-lZlwjsziaO3p_jo-i/s320/johnwillcat.JPG" border="0" /></a> John Scalzi, Bacon Cat, and Wil Wheaton<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqm4G5xJB_8AkFA4cFloByXV9EtYqLS42LIB8yhldtDTA-C7TeSEWS0IZdJkc8y_f3SgpAunrGdOXppqr_XW1Nbeenlu8C7hZmtcBCCoizB3VfhHmPBkLBPHp8AQptiOACyf0DIkLsaLg/s1600-h/scalzibadge.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443044326728098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqm4G5xJB_8AkFA4cFloByXV9EtYqLS42LIB8yhldtDTA-C7TeSEWS0IZdJkc8y_f3SgpAunrGdOXppqr_XW1Nbeenlu8C7hZmtcBCCoizB3VfhHmPBkLBPHp8AQptiOACyf0DIkLsaLg/s320/scalzibadge.JPG" border="0" /></a>Scalzi's Ribbons<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDLAEThhHPWJFeLfe4t_EtFkZH95IL3WvTh_pgFCeRhJqn7VaCTynyHr0LERHWzZI9vhIJT_ginttcSqRugLCcaXKLhfq7c66z2CWQFH9fCVWXpt6cay4xqrQR0KseGAB4nz_MRC6ctW2/s1600-h/closingceremonies.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275442286179107586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDLAEThhHPWJFeLfe4t_EtFkZH95IL3WvTh_pgFCeRhJqn7VaCTynyHr0LERHWzZI9vhIJT_ginttcSqRugLCcaXKLhfq7c66z2CWQFH9fCVWXpt6cay4xqrQR0KseGAB4nz_MRC6ctW2/s320/closingceremonies.JPG" border="0" /></a>Closing Ceremonies with Double Doubles<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJHrnaJTTBiZmGQTcWRvyWAq9vSvP9rTzTT8VhSZacPjnkXyzXLsQBw5aSxnxgesCi3w9yajhPuakiCGo0xNDHln4dJAO1njWCA16QyiRu6PCwlzRT6c-nniYdF1KqOhEJEj9SPwiF3J9/s1600-h/conjunction2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275441537320270290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJHrnaJTTBiZmGQTcWRvyWAq9vSvP9rTzTT8VhSZacPjnkXyzXLsQBw5aSxnxgesCi3w9yajhPuakiCGo0xNDHln4dJAO1njWCA16QyiRu6PCwlzRT6c-nniYdF1KqOhEJEj9SPwiF3J9/s400/conjunction2.JPG" border="0" /></a>A COnjunction on the trip home.</div><div> </div></div></div><br /></div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-51630832580430829982008-11-16T22:52:00.006-07:002008-11-16T23:11:05.686-07:00Star Trek The Exhibition Comes to Phoenix<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYpSZNtgFMY99Rwsrr_k1PrM8WVStitqYVMDlkCb504yb07-bGS9JydhxLaXfM6TfVI_Z2oyd49dceF9W7fdKm7RxMiBQN4AK8zPGXZaDkZT3rj6iVSOlUllBDk3t908jGMBhahxAfvH1/s1600-h/azsciencesignbig.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503476834371650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYpSZNtgFMY99Rwsrr_k1PrM8WVStitqYVMDlkCb504yb07-bGS9JydhxLaXfM6TfVI_Z2oyd49dceF9W7fdKm7RxMiBQN4AK8zPGXZaDkZT3rj6iVSOlUllBDk3t908jGMBhahxAfvH1/s320/azsciencesignbig.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Star Trek: The Exhibiton opened in Phoenix at the Arizona Science Center this past weekend. I've put together a <a href="http://www.sftv.org/ufp/trekexhibit.html"> report</a> on the <a href="http://www.u-f-p.org/">United Federation of Phoenix </a>web site. Also reporting on it is <a href="http://trekmovie.com/2008/11/16/star-trek-the-exhibition-opens-in-phoenix-full-report-w-pictures-video/">Trek Movie Report</a> and <a href="http://nerdvana.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/16/startrekexhibit/2968/">Nerdvana</a>.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-45144834952530182992008-10-27T23:25:00.004-06:002008-10-30T21:19:39.884-06:00I Want to be Elected!<center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wXvACE5Pe9Q&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></center><br /><p align="center"><br />Yes, I have the original CD.</p><br /><p align="center">Somewhere....</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">Then there's this guy named Alice that seems to have also done the song with its own primitive music video....</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><br /><br /><center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jggm7VWqhLs&hl=" fs="1" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></center>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-46762949062564946342008-10-27T22:50:00.008-06:002008-10-27T23:11:09.703-06:00It's Time to Get Political....<div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xmR-5O2fshg&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" fs="1"></embed></div><div align="left"><br /><br />I have that same poster set (but alas, I only have five of the original six).<br /><br /><strong>You want a candidate That's a War Hero?</strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvMaT1G8fHQDo7l5Lq4lMJKYbPBGSO6bU_595EiJPvHL8TRBPEcD7ndc5NWHIpC79hvML9sYi_xgm95CKdR7C99n3KB1P4YQH2xgKT5Uk_S_yC77JaH7JW_WpKrAM-lgu-OpGRMpopycG/s1600-h/snoopyrb.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262065671995357074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvMaT1G8fHQDo7l5Lq4lMJKYbPBGSO6bU_595EiJPvHL8TRBPEcD7ndc5NWHIpC79hvML9sYi_xgm95CKdR7C99n3KB1P4YQH2xgKT5Uk_S_yC77JaH7JW_WpKrAM-lgu-OpGRMpopycG/s320/snoopyrb.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"></p><p><br /> </p><p align="right"><strong>Or Someone who's a re</strong><strong>al team player?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLCSE6vEvdnIo9EmdHy9xzVEP1OZjEobrO8YEBEXx8ygIcAQMtZuih1xV-OKq7OXaF_Mq0p1J4jkOtotAo_duIAl6LrxfEsprxeCy2_R8w31iHAWtaAu47GCROYRf7IF4ECv7uVgDQg_Y/s1600-h/snoopyteam.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262066094052373586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLCSE6vEvdnIo9EmdHy9xzVEP1OZjEobrO8YEBEXx8ygIcAQMtZuih1xV-OKq7OXaF_Mq0p1J4jkOtotAo_duIAl6LrxfEsprxeCy2_R8w31iHAWtaAu47GCROYRf7IF4ECv7uVgDQg_Y/s320/snoopyteam.JPG" border="0" /></a></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><br /><p align="center"><strong>Or a female candidate with some spunk?</strong></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262066308652215250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JIE3e1eHTSY0BaYtbac_DdGW52lbETKKMG8bDRwRWntd5Z4h8sNAYxOVAKZcaF1XJoHVJQ2_OmVJjagUImz1lZj96seS0ePC_nizFfGWD2OGc58OS5Bky7h8Vi4yHJz_mQZzXWjJvN-r/s320/lucysized.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p><strong>Or someone to help you feel secure about the future?</strong></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhiGwxH3PW8meaTgKDNPiWRq5jVZNvTo_5rt5sNKvBbsBJkUM1feQl3GZ-aScQkdk7561BNphPy2eOmE-hrMRoZzOdO0Ge5_UyFj43Y72W1RC72vRULtz-1MDbYmt79Vqw8tss1oVMw7f/s1600-h/linus.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262066528495241122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 162px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhiGwxH3PW8meaTgKDNPiWRq5jVZNvTo_5rt5sNKvBbsBJkUM1feQl3GZ-aScQkdk7561BNphPy2eOmE-hrMRoZzOdO0Ge5_UyFj43Y72W1RC72vRULtz-1MDbYmt79Vqw8tss1oVMw7f/s320/linus.JPG" border="0" /></a> <p></p><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong>Or someone who's experienced with dealing with obstacles?</strong><br /></p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncAIZ522jY3Srt3OFmXuWrH89eu9K1iTZ3XMcv4kcKnY62DPzCYM-gsGp4OFbYK4LJBQFAuAVy9XiHlw65DwGPzxluonf5tvqszVV2yMUA700mK4v07Wliw25j5J0TXsUp43mQp6aM-WN/s1600-h/winwithcb.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262066755661340402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncAIZ522jY3Srt3OFmXuWrH89eu9K1iTZ3XMcv4kcKnY62DPzCYM-gsGp4OFbYK4LJBQFAuAVy9XiHlw65DwGPzxluonf5tvqszVV2yMUA700mK4v07Wliw25j5J0TXsUp43mQp6aM-WN/s320/winwithcb.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p align="center"><strong>The Choice is yours!</strong></p><p></p>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-24758310809748384522008-10-21T23:39:00.007-06:002008-10-22T00:12:45.353-06:00Doctor Who News, Rumors and all sorts of stuff<div><div>OK, there's been lots and lots of Doctor Who related news, rumours and what not in the last few weeks. It's made the usual rounds on the internet and in the British papers. Partick Stewart, Tom Baker, Sean Pertwee, Zygons, Ice Warriors, Neil Gaiman, and Paul McGann have all been mentioned. Some of it is rubbish, some of it may happen, some of it may end up not happening. I have no sources (or those that I have emails for I'm not going to email them and ask what's true or not). </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLzaBIUT6Oa5SnWaLPF4bJos3dHV7cM2bVo0_LDYUgIGUPR0bQHlOHVd0L2RHs3IqF6Y2GmsdMgUbsCAj4xYrQwXLE9PPAoHxcoHTledkrgKbZfZhcLdKhAoJ30K5a-kiJO4TyGWooCPp/s1600-h/neverwhere_14a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259851356906912626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLzaBIUT6Oa5SnWaLPF4bJos3dHV7cM2bVo0_LDYUgIGUPR0bQHlOHVd0L2RHs3IqF6Y2GmsdMgUbsCAj4xYrQwXLE9PPAoHxcoHTledkrgKbZfZhcLdKhAoJ30K5a-kiJO4TyGWooCPp/s320/neverwhere_14a.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Of late, things have focused on who will be the Doctor after David Tennant leaves?</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Even <a href="http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php">The Doctor Who News</a> at Outpost Gallifrey has avoided some of these, but the spoiler threads on the <a href="http://www.doctorwhoforum.com/">Doctor Who Forum </a>have been very active (and likely the fodder for some of the news articles). The <a href="http://edys-blog.blogspot.com/">Thoughts in Time and Space </a>blog by Eddie has broken some of the rumors and also pointed out some that were intentional leaks to help them find out who some of their leaks are.</div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>So, according to some people (Rich Johnston in his <a href="http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18501">Lying in the Gutters </a>column), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430667/">Paterson Joseph</a> as the prime suspect" for the next doctor and Rich has a link to a video clip from Neverwhere that has Paterson pretty much channeling The Doctor in his role as the Marquis in Neverwhere (written by Neil Gaiman and inspired by Hartnell and Pertwee). A <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=61490">SciFi Wire article </a>on the subject also appeared.</div><div><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675730/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259852673515858402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZG5T01tHYmVUlrgs_Lk6vKPEowCxyBS2pI5K0GOQHYCbt1mVpwXRCmU0nwd1ye0MD9iJ0-_44bbf86aWCrfBqkGwtNRSz_ORLuogh0U0SevBZnjBotWqtNQflKydP2O4ccaVkNZ_yZdPv/s320/HOGF_mr_teatime_500x280.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div>However, Eddie is still insisting that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912938/">Marc Warren</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675730/">Sean Pertwee </a>(Jon Pertwee's son) are near the top of the running for the 11th Doctor. Marc Warren most notably was Teatime in the Hogfather movie., and played Dracula in the 2006 TV movie and Elton Pope in the Love and Monsters Doctor Who episode.</div><div><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120210/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259854735518885730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctD_joKJrXhz5mnF-BdAqEoRnaRGAh64DeVDXMrVATjhoRAn6y4-3CATrbfP8SPv6NDe5vx1i9_OMYieFZXsP6CEkAOycGH7f4-GQGqjG2Fkywp3fF2aUSBp84ANqhQYSznmKr4HLVHnH/s320/stiffupperlips.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />Sean Pertwee has been in a lot of stuff over the years, genre and otherwise. In actuality, ten years ago, when we were still reeling from the FOX movie, I saw a movie called Stiff Upper Lips in which Pertwee had a role as George (the dashing young man of sorts) and a pretty silly send up of the Merchant Ivory films (I actually saw it in a theatre in Los Angeles when I was out there for a training session). I could see a bit of his father in that role and thought at the time "too bad the movie tanked, he might make a good Doctor if it ever came back". For a look at a recent picture of Pertwee, this <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article523563.ece">Sun article </a>from November 2007 talks about his desire to play the role. </div><div> </div><div>As indicated in <a href="http://edys-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/moffman-prophecies-or-how-to-catch.html">one of the articles </a>on Eddie's blog, Steven Moffat, as he deftly detailed in Silence in the Library, really doesn't like spoilers. But, we've definitely got a few more episodes with David Tennant, and likely a full season after the set of specials in the next year, so lets maybe get a chance to see those before we find out about what's happening afterwards.<br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-63158522730150398582008-10-13T21:26:00.004-06:002008-10-13T23:03:08.411-06:00Misc SF TV StuffWe're most of the way into the new fall season with a couple of things left to debut. Here's a few notes about the season so far....<br /><br />Heroes - NBC is hoping the ratings will return to former heights. Not sure if the time travel and jumping around is doing much for casual viewers.<br /><br />Chuck - Still good, but not drawing in the numbers. However, NBC is hurting all over the place and already gave the show a full season order.<br /><br />Knight Rider - About as expected. Ratings have been soft but NBC appears to be sticking with it for now.<br /><br />Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not done very well opposite the Dancing with the Stars juggernaut (which also hasn't helped Chuck or Heroes) and if things don't pick up after the baseball pre-emptions, it may get terminated.<br /><br />Life on Mars versus Eleventh Hour - In the battle of the Brit adaptations, both did about the same overall in the ratings with their debuts but Life on Mars held on to much more of its lead-in ratings (77% vs 49%) than Eleventh Hour.<br /><br />Star Wars Clone Wars <a href="http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=10/06/08&id=20081006cartoon01">did very well </a>for Cartoon Network and Sanctuary <a href="http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=10/06/08&id=20081006scifi01">debuted very well </a>for SciFi. Lets see how they hold up on a week to week basis.<br /><br />Returning show The Ghost Whisperer has held up with ratings similar to what it did in the past however ABC's Pushing Daisies is definitely down from its first season (but ABC's entire Wednesday is down across the board).<br /><br />Fringe has done well for FOX and is holding on to most of the House audience (although House is down without American Idol as a lead-in) and The Mentalist has drawn big numbers of viewers for CBS (but Fringe is still beating it in the demos). Also doing well for HBO (and getting a second season order) is True Blood, which has helped to bring all of Charlaine Harris's novels onto the top 20 besteller paperback lists.<br /><br />Over in the UK, the debut of Merlin has done well for the BBC, with the ratings having gone up despite some really tough competition from ITV. Sarah Jane has also returned to Children's BBC and is doing comparable to what it did in the first series.<br /><br />Still to come (as I type this) is My Own Worst Enemy on NBC, the Return of Eli Stone on ABC, and Crusoe on NBC. <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Crusoe/">Crusoe</a> actually looks like it might turn out pretty good. It is being show run by Stephen Gallagher, who created <a href="http://brooligan.blogspot.com/">Eleventh Hour</a>, and also has <a href="http://jamesmoran.blogspot.com/">James Moran </a>(Doctor Who, Torchwood, Law and Order: London) contributing an episode.<br /><br />At the start of November is the debut of <a href="http://www.legend%20oftheseeker.com/">Legend of The Seeker</a>, based on the Terry Goodkind series of novels starting with Wizard's First Rule.<br /><br />I've limited the number of links here since the last time I put a bunch of links into a post, Google blocked my acces so they could determine if it was a spam blog or not, but you can get to official show pages and schedule links via the <a href="http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftvschedules.html">SFTV Schedules </a>page.<br /><br />LeeMr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-44478343428334492262008-10-02T23:48:00.005-06:002008-10-03T00:28:18.605-06:00Books Out Now Worth Getting if You're Young or OldThis week sees the release of two "children's" books by two <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHgTwbsSc5FBsfIX7dfiu4Jne0Qe7Jgv1A3mcxUkYhEq8XbFb8jQo8Y63vsWtOacsljEBxzmRdS_5Nzifhs0pnZYwMuOdSXd5XTKUrGYOgunDhTnpdhC1c65nYvO0j6UbIQb_xGZNk7B8/s1600-h/graveyardbook.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252801977860133170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHgTwbsSc5FBsfIX7dfiu4Jne0Qe7Jgv1A3mcxUkYhEq8XbFb8jQo8Y63vsWtOacsljEBxzmRdS_5Nzifhs0pnZYwMuOdSXd5XTKUrGYOgunDhTnpdhC1c65nYvO0j6UbIQb_xGZNk7B8/s320/graveyardbook.bmp" border="0" /></a>popular SF/F authors, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. You've probably seen more about Neil Gaiman's <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/magratheasftvhom/detail/0060530928">The Graveyard Book </a>than Terry Pratchett's <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/magratheasftvhom/detail/0061433012">Nation</a>. Between Neil's own <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/">online journal</a> and a <a href="http://www.mousecircus.com/bookdetails.aspx?BookID=1&Tour=1#tour">nationwide book tour </a>that started at the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/2008/authors/Gaiman.html">National Book Festival</a> (where you can see video of his talk) and has continued on where he is reading a chapter from the new book at each stop and they are putting the video up the next day on his <a href="http://mousecircus.com/">Mouse Circus</a> website.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZNHFGgFhN9vCJY2aJOFmNvlCOZSGYv5IMMyxSGidlfed6vG6cimmslnzd3ZyjbZ96BXhd8MfUcyubBJl0O-BgN5ntJCfK_YNwk7fHtEW7pfprTqbyp-KcWHfiUoJN7gV2W1Bg1Y0mY7R/s1600-h/terrypratchettnation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252801850434247266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZNHFGgFhN9vCJY2aJOFmNvlCOZSGYv5IMMyxSGidlfed6vG6cimmslnzd3ZyjbZ96BXhd8MfUcyubBJl0O-BgN5ntJCfK_YNwk7fHtEW7pfprTqbyp-KcWHfiUoJN7gV2W1Bg1Y0mY7R/s320/terrypratchettnation.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Terry's novel actually came out earlier in September in the UK where he did <a href="http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/news/">two signings</a>, one in a small bookshop on an island and then another (after a helicopter ride) in the big Waterstones store at Picadilly Circus. Since then he's done TV chat shows, spoke at the <a href="http://www.pjsmprints.com/news/index.html">Tory conference</a>, did an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/09/25/DI2008092502168.html">online chat </a>at the Washington Post (who had a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092503822.html">good review of Nation</a>, and will also make an appearance in <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Elysian%20Isle/148/207/26">Second Life</a> on October 8th.<br /><br /><br />Terry also read from Nation at the UK Discworld convention in August, a snippet of which is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEq9Ym622to">here on Youtube</a>. The best part was at the end of the reading when he read straight through the part of the book where Mau and Daphne have a tea party that ends with both of them almost drowning and Mau defiantly yelling "Does Not Happen!" Yes, it makes sense.<br /><br />Both books are very good books, going beyond what is expected for younger readers (Graveyard book is for 9 and up, while Nation is marketed as for Young Readers). Neil's is obviously written for young readers, using simpler grammer and words, but still doesn't pull any punches in the story (it starts with the murder of a family with the son wandering off into a graveyard). Nation reads much more like an adult novel but also deals with loss, starting with the aftermath of a tsunami that wipes out the entire population of an island and kills everyone on a ship except a young girl.<br /><br />For more information on the various editions of The Graveyard Book, visit this Subterranean Press <a href="http://www.thegraveyardbook.com/">website</a>. Nation had a limited edition of 275 sold only on the day of the two signings. There is also a <a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6413895">Waterstones limited edition </a>still to be shipped. You can also get signed copies of Nation from <a href="http://www.pjsmprints.com/">PJSM Prints</a>, Terry's official merchandise site.Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-17633476335708825912008-09-18T23:25:00.007-06:002008-09-18T23:36:29.162-06:00SFTV Updates and more!Still playing catchup after the Conapalooza at the end of the summer...<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftv.html">SFTV Page</a> has been updated with updates to <a href="http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftvschd.txt">current</a> and <a href="http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftvtitl.txt">season to date</a> lists. I've also updated the individual <a href="http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftvschedules.html">schedule links page </a>listing (which I use in tracking down the various schedules). Also updates to <a href="http://www.conniewillis.net/">Connie Willis.net</a>.<br /><br />Over on the BBC, Merlin starts up this weekend on Saturday night. You can check out most of the content on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin">official page </a>on the BBC website and even more information on the Press Office in the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/01/merlin.shtml">Merlin Press Pack</a>.<br /><br />Starting up on September 29th on the BBC and children's BBC is the second series of the Sarah Jane Adventures. Check out the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sja/">official BBC site </a>as well as a Press Office <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/09/sarahjane1.shtml">Press Pack</a>.<br /><br />Be warned that <a href="http://www.bounceyourspaceballs.com/">Spaceballs: The Animated series </a>debuts on G4 this weekend. It looks pretty low-brow and treading a lot of ground already tread very heavily by others.<br /><br />HBO has picked up True Blood for a second season after liking what they've seen in the ratings so far. <a href="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080917hbo01">Press Release at The Futon Critic</a>.Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-88742349887334218632008-08-27T13:52:00.006-06:002008-08-27T14:08:08.224-06:00One more quick UK update with a couple of pictures...<div align="center"> For the last week I've been in the UK and got to see some of the sights in London, go to the Doctor Who Exhibition at Earls Court, attend the Discworld Convention in Birmingham. Here's a quick picture update...<br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq41wYgSrYoyCxDyR0KU0_E9_ieFy2mp_gfwQYSlHCM5dhs8fjFsvPY7iZGJQgax5TA1jjdZZ-UfKHo0VrMBgKRDJyVfUpji_9hmXzZsZ-eDnNzTjDFAWKOOvN0zmt5RB5RRdaTe1fg3KL/s1600-h/SANY0409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239288498036333810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq41wYgSrYoyCxDyR0KU0_E9_ieFy2mp_gfwQYSlHCM5dhs8fjFsvPY7iZGJQgax5TA1jjdZZ-UfKHo0VrMBgKRDJyVfUpji_9hmXzZsZ-eDnNzTjDFAWKOOvN0zmt5RB5RRdaTe1fg3KL/s320/SANY0409.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Model of Big Ben used for Doctor Who on display at the Doctor Who Exhibition.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239289283093296130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMff0WheJby-z6frfOQ9Yl4Nx_fWqoWMc7MbCFvJrod5MGdhrPH10t0dJKhAteZPIkQVZtvaSMmyb5yWq1dKCXbVRPfcFlV3xV2jLRjPxFnWRfrzgCVKk8TOz0ybhKEktsyZ-0400XDk1Z/s320/SANY0816small.jpg" border="0" />The real Big Ben, still in one piece (with the London Eye - no longer in use by the Nestene) in the background.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239289637040052018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydtIP9_Ymul8z17Qno6KB-swWV7qqRBHFe0UovnxepbUvX7Er1woStewcjrw6IWX0y5q7fqRn3f-qp_3aAh2avvbVTkj4QSp1L4CIZoM6xvSxIVjjQ6pEfftCegxlzcmeOMXg45WozfIc/s320/SANY0512sm.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Daleks exterminating!</p><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239290467053840066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9D60Z0SHgEwA0UNuym1tCuZnGKCctMkjP9GrgU8IVJr0ZNkLFLFOcXYaWdEw1tsQpzhC4kVWdzdwWB_zbWCi_QXmzTC6VFjqrzhHtUgOEFxc8Xu0tpNDSqAVqr1jqCBnbdDvm05reAkF/s400/leetwoflowersm.jpg" border="0" />Me at the Discworld convention with Twoflower's Iconograph and hat from the Colour of Magic miniseries.</p><p align="center">My time is up and I have a plane to catch back to Arizona....</p><p><br /></p>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-64865427742241300622008-08-25T16:02:00.001-06:002008-08-25T16:04:22.147-06:00Discworld UK & WorldConQuick update to the blog.<br /><br />Still in the UK with reports on WorldCon and the UK Discworld coming soon.<br /><br />LeeMr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-47877295442985594832008-08-03T23:57:00.016-06:002008-08-04T00:52:55.707-06:00The Blog that Couldn't be Killed... More Comic Con Photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyrAXTGhvAsypiqX0nfNv2LUetNcez3DHPjTxT9O5d0elyW0Ibd6B19CaD8Hig5XRHmxKFRu4AnPoM2CxvF2GJj645aCSNE7oZsckJgT-7eJQBRaZgEp9jjHeph0_4D-d4yBi2BB7r0Jv/s1600-h/batsww_me.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230538753622128434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyrAXTGhvAsypiqX0nfNv2LUetNcez3DHPjTxT9O5d0elyW0Ibd6B19CaD8Hig5XRHmxKFRu4AnPoM2CxvF2GJj645aCSNE7oZsckJgT-7eJQBRaZgEp9jjHeph0_4D-d4yBi2BB7r0Jv/s400/batsww_me.JPG" border="0" /></a>OK, for whatever reason (maybe all of my links to reports on Comic Con), Blogger decided that my blog might be a spam blog and locked me out from editing it until they had a chance to review it. It appears that I do have control again, but they never sent me any confirmation or apology about it. In any case, here's a few more pictures from Comic Con. I was hoping to get more of an organized report up, but I'm in the process of trying to get ready to go to WorldCon in Denver, <a href="http://www.denvention3.org/">Denvention 3</a>, this coming weekend.<br /><br /><div>I've put up a report about Connie Willis at Comic Con over on the <a href="http://www.conniewillis.blogspot.com/">Connie Willis blog </a>(it wasn't locked out even though it is under the same account). Connie will also be at WorldCon, and is nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novella.</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3If810fLsxbMnLnpkSKsLD041kgjSukMfE6UvoIFDk3uqTR0P3ipxcRXPE1GIBX3SkQxHfbNXjoyF3GoApIvqcjJd3pUPUZ2TtIGpPXlycw-ae5r61h498SYuqvh3YC-CLwjxtEnco_b6/s1600-h/batgirlbc1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230539832736721538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3If810fLsxbMnLnpkSKsLD041kgjSukMfE6UvoIFDk3uqTR0P3ipxcRXPE1GIBX3SkQxHfbNXjoyF3GoApIvqcjJd3pUPUZ2TtIGpPXlycw-ae5r61h498SYuqvh3YC-CLwjxtEnco_b6/s320/batgirlbc1.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMVff7MBTxQVoc0tQhHz5whJxSD1ev_uUcwY4wetAWOT6ESPplNINEq0I9Mg-NASdIzQnQr9GQDFiKAvzuSolcu5cAxfK-celBdQHeSRPzrlsNnVdOi2BP2uTwswWn0xoXpUMifkU2n8M/s1600-h/powergirl.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230540142290160242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMVff7MBTxQVoc0tQhHz5whJxSD1ev_uUcwY4wetAWOT6ESPplNINEq0I9Mg-NASdIzQnQr9GQDFiKAvzuSolcu5cAxfK-celBdQHeSRPzrlsNnVdOi2BP2uTwswWn0xoXpUMifkU2n8M/s320/powergirl.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>There were lots and lots and lots of people in costumes, most of which I didn't get pictures of. These three I did manage to catch, though, as well as the Batman and Wonder Woman seen at the top of this entry that were hanging around the Sony DC Online booth.</div><br /><br /><br />There were stormtroopers, ghost busters, jedi knights, all sorts of comic book characters running around all weekend. Some of the costumes were OK, but there were a good number that were very impressive, like this pair below.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230541236028479298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Kel4DrwUmVzmZv5M1NTYFy9gj_y2NIYFY4ryypCNjQ5_P7eeVFemTi-Tw4_BboRadHiqyVp06L-JZrMKBHGXcxIMjamaTsjx0JoV6DP0PyCWNqIRlD6Kn9r-R79D52kpJPArM9bmP-xA/s320/spanishdeath.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mnBQy1WClsDGGJJbmh-WVSxRDoqaRQ5dOq9kkZvCX-p-b2DKrGPUqf1svdRYCU7zThQXNFypeUuYsa53r3DKXJaniynzP9JHgu9mCv8_-AN6NOPcZt8OGXXECdYeQfl5sKR2-ZD-faQ4/s1600-h/rincewind2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230541593387585394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mnBQy1WClsDGGJJbmh-WVSxRDoqaRQ5dOq9kkZvCX-p-b2DKrGPUqf1svdRYCU7zThQXNFypeUuYsa53r3DKXJaniynzP9JHgu9mCv8_-AN6NOPcZt8OGXXECdYeQfl5sKR2-ZD-faQ4/s320/rincewind2.JPG" border="0" /></a>I caught up with a Rincewind and his Luggage from Terry Pratchett's Discworld. This Green Lantern was busy texting or playing a game while waiting for the Masquerade. I also came across a Hal Jordan Green Lantern and a Green Arrow in the lobby where the Green Lantern was conversing with someone (Black Canary? Carol Ferris?) who he was trying to find and had just been told that she was standing in front of a Starbucks. There's only about five or six Starbucks in the convention center alone. Needless to say, GL was a bit frustrated....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvjQ13VnaBVwpNfu5-EbJyRLB45wXHfITjM6aVrCAoeFn7gC7Mw3lfT8xjhCgkyR_rEOAay77jrltLg01vZxvS3P3QV730oaPfLLv5pOLWnh15Mkeqjb2dtLblZn4b6KCntdd-3s-DpgJ/s1600-h/gltexting.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230541880093925234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvjQ13VnaBVwpNfu5-EbJyRLB45wXHfITjM6aVrCAoeFn7gC7Mw3lfT8xjhCgkyR_rEOAay77jrltLg01vZxvS3P3QV730oaPfLLv5pOLWnh15Mkeqjb2dtLblZn4b6KCntdd-3s-DpgJ/s320/gltexting.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />There were also lots of authors and comics writers and artists there. I did catch up with <a href="http://www.john-howe.com/">John Howe</a>, who it was nice to meet him in person<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QgdHcrsmRzhtG5YE7qAidpdkpLi1qPaRfQLu_6SghCUZzMmKJZch43wyupAgGWfGcbm0uhm-Xh6V-KP2nBvOuwufJX0aoevZ5G1hIFZHRXGMgN8gJUIYK9Ix_dVVvRev45lvD2O_0OPh/s1600-h/johnhowe1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230544052429427666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QgdHcrsmRzhtG5YE7qAidpdkpLi1qPaRfQLu_6SghCUZzMmKJZch43wyupAgGWfGcbm0uhm-Xh6V-KP2nBvOuwufJX0aoevZ5G1hIFZHRXGMgN8gJUIYK9Ix_dVVvRev45lvD2O_0OPh/s320/johnhowe1.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>finally (after having exchanged a few emails with him). I also caught <a href="http://www.davemckean.com/">Dave McKean</a> at the <a href="http://www.asfa.biz/">Allen Spiegel Fine Arts</a> booth and had a few things signed, inclding one item that Dave was surprised to see. The original UK edition of Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic, for which Dave did the cover art for when he was just starting out. He wasn't too embarrased, though, since he had to show it to Allen. I also was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Amano signing at the Dark Horse booth and got a couple of things signed. Watching Amano draw a sketch is always a neat thing. I brought a few things for <a href="http://kleinletters.com/">Todd Klein</a> to sign (or letter, since that is how he does his signature, too.) He has some real neat posters available on his website that he was selling at his table that you can also order. He has done most every comic written by Neil Gaiman, Fables, Castle Waiting, and lots of other stuff, and has been a <a href="http://kleinletters.com/Awards1.html">consistent winner </a>of the Eisner Award for Lettering.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ClxnOespFIreD7xLmK8vny2wXHUquRtev-H8QSB_iJLDLPr3NVImU1yoWgflT4AZFh-7bHFxl5FWYsJ95mLuSGq7_fX1QScwf5_g5RIqaHOd4wvRZjYX9F4wrdKWw8J7T3-gI7I2kehs/s1600-h/SANY0281.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230545897593492834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ClxnOespFIreD7xLmK8vny2wXHUquRtev-H8QSB_iJLDLPr3NVImU1yoWgflT4AZFh-7bHFxl5FWYsJ95mLuSGq7_fX1QScwf5_g5RIqaHOd4wvRZjYX9F4wrdKWw8J7T3-gI7I2kehs/s320/SANY0281.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QgdHcrsmRzhtG5YE7qAidpdkpLi1qPaRfQLu_6SghCUZzMmKJZch43wyupAgGWfGcbm0uhm-Xh6V-KP2nBvOuwufJX0aoevZ5G1hIFZHRXGMgN8gJUIYK9Ix_dVVvRev45lvD2O_0OPh/s1600-h/johnhowe1.JPG"></a><br />Down at the <a href="http://www.donatoart.com/">Donato Arts</a> booth, they did several art demos in association with Spectrum and Tor, I caught a bit of the Greg Manchess demo, where he painted an image of Hellboy. Tor.com has an <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=2284">article on the demo </a>as well as a sped up <a href="http://tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=2734">video</a> of him painting the picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_y5k3IBQOqaH6blpaXKijACc4Yjfv5eWUOnlrRKQVlc4bwklgWxbRUdxhghaiWnDQ78hyNymw2dt6auJGB90sjm8LWPkCxxSlclZc6GPsPKPZNtjEKpaYsQ5m8P20h1j2ZldPPAds88n/s1600-h/xfiles1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230547554940504066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_y5k3IBQOqaH6blpaXKijACc4Yjfv5eWUOnlrRKQVlc4bwklgWxbRUdxhghaiWnDQ78hyNymw2dt6auJGB90sjm8LWPkCxxSlclZc6GPsPKPZNtjEKpaYsQ5m8P20h1j2ZldPPAds88n/s320/xfiles1.JPG" border="0" /></a>At the DC booth, I made it to the X-Files signing with Co-Producer Frank Spotnitz and artist Brian Denham. The suprise was that Chris Carter was also there, signing the comic and some promotional photos for the X-Files movie (for the few of you who did see the movie, did you stay all the way through the end credits? Is that the Lost island they are heading for?), Unfortunately Chris decided to lean back as I took my picture, so all you can see is the top of his head behind Frank. It was nice to chat with both Frank and Chris for a bit. Also at the DC booth, I caught up with Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, who were responsible for the original Ambush Bug comics and are working on the new Ambush Bug series, Year None. Get it, you'll be glad you did.<br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, to close out this entry, one of the not-usually-at-comic-con celebrities was singer/songwriter <a href="http://www.toriamos.com/">Tori Amos</a>, promoting the release of <a href="http://www.toriamos.com/main_comic.html">Comic Book Tattoo</a>. Once I have the time, I'll devote an entire blog post to the Odyssey of Comic Book Tattoo at this year's Comic Con...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230548408273095922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWA2S1S3y-K6R1O2lusEYvmy9cIUZtaSdGc0njhtMPvKXP0eMA0GhIwWpqUpSGBYZUvvW7ggHu7JafUIPVF_5pTpqXzD7_-XntPoFQp43bsh3FDtHEd1Kdl0zyhbVlJ1xkZK8KZw_7Iu9/s400/tori3.JPG" border="0" />Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-57010808551682509642008-07-30T23:58:00.007-06:002008-11-04T15:40:24.092-07:00SDCC Coraline Figures<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IyePGYpt6bX_qzoIYb_RPS4skGeFan6hQz2SWtqRZnux5pS4cVBE9vlgTP75o_mS-hLwp6_VZXrD2z36Iv4_iNEodoKv4-0RUZvZJGGPTQU6mxyDmbfYExl9bqYd9gHQSj5msyK0xuqN/s1600-h/coralinedisplay3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229054885564344194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IyePGYpt6bX_qzoIYb_RPS4skGeFan6hQz2SWtqRZnux5pS4cVBE9vlgTP75o_mS-hLwp6_VZXrD2z36Iv4_iNEodoKv4-0RUZvZJGGPTQU6mxyDmbfYExl9bqYd9gHQSj5msyK0xuqN/s320/coralinedisplay3.JPG" border="0" /></a>One of the things somewhat hidden at San Diego Comic Con this year was a display at the NECA Booth. <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/07/comic-con-henry.html">This article</a> at the LA Times talks about them a bit, but doesn't really give you a good look at them. The movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline is being done in stop motion by Henry Selick and is scheduled for release next February. <a href="http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/sdcc-08-first-look-coraline-figures">DreadCentral</a> also took a lot of closeups of the figures, but missed the one with the faces.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264935799214878098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM7JV4cY9akhTqUk0oare2VFwvbxai22F0BPwPPwj6Nye1SyF3HFf7d2Bfhtv2JZpND6Zb9ffVcRPIfWYtUKb6wYswZAMGBM6lLYhYPOSfLVXLVxtoJBiYu2qgDsfbYXQVIrclLDGsApt/s320/coralinefaces.JPG" border="0" /><br /> This figure of Coraline with a multitude of faces wasn't in the display to start with but showed up later in the show.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t6E-gKxvOsvxeeeGnl-O7Nxv6zpLsr52GC4845wTPAil-dFrdoPE9E_ffIHRdX2NgH58PLASF4O0b42VLu_CceUX5QtrdxP12EeLvHzmJuBG3lM7QBAfxxOlOmsarDmD9tpNI8sixQcN/s1600-h/coralineothermother1a.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229055870926721778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t6E-gKxvOsvxeeeGnl-O7Nxv6zpLsr52GC4845wTPAil-dFrdoPE9E_ffIHRdX2NgH58PLASF4O0b42VLu_CceUX5QtrdxP12EeLvHzmJuBG3lM7QBAfxxOlOmsarDmD9tpNI8sixQcN/s320/coralineothermother1a.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0zXrrBRiUwaK9I4Vc_DbZjA7bRypSy4_Hl6qbntbqmJu0N4r8Ms0bPUyPPpRN6_971UF5gST5TxLTzlMvPpCF4qEi6M77jyNgPjlCOz9YqFfXbum8gVV25M4UApEhid6Jt3hN9KM62_h/s1600-h/coralineothermother.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229056178415691602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0zXrrBRiUwaK9I4Vc_DbZjA7bRypSy4_Hl6qbntbqmJu0N4r8Ms0bPUyPPpRN6_971UF5gST5TxLTzlMvPpCF4qEi6M77jyNgPjlCOz9YqFfXbum8gVV25M4UApEhid6Jt3hN9KM62_h/s320/coralineothermother.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Other Mother (Teri Hatcher)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXDjaebV_d43VPetdToHtIaD2Og0mX6nq3xfRWDzjJ3rPpbuhd9s1F_mgZoYt2ivSRAkjlIsHDDPYBSalLCQ9LvmsjS4pvB0BPocf-1AUOtSkf6lGbdjZ-ritxT_ghyphenhyphenr8__pxVOm6O-I6/s1600-h/coralinedoll.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229057840558037794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXDjaebV_d43VPetdToHtIaD2Og0mX6nq3xfRWDzjJ3rPpbuhd9s1F_mgZoYt2ivSRAkjlIsHDDPYBSalLCQ9LvmsjS4pvB0BPocf-1AUOtSkf6lGbdjZ-ritxT_ghyphenhyphenr8__pxVOm6O-I6/s320/coralinedoll.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU904gyZ9LkzC8UKhCctmdBH1XdbFpdvYS4yISvNwy8pEiDnjJ1CuH-FXtxq6DkH3e7nORmdohay5qokFeOoUOkzjfBInS1xXJlzeUJZHi4Sl5mK-H4wNm6Ixgg04jXU1UsfVyF8OJHp_/s1600-h/coralinebobinsky.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229058592715316786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU904gyZ9LkzC8UKhCctmdBH1XdbFpdvYS4yISvNwy8pEiDnjJ1CuH-FXtxq6DkH3e7nORmdohay5qokFeOoUOkzjfBInS1xXJlzeUJZHi4Sl5mK-H4wNm6Ixgg04jXU1UsfVyF8OJHp_/s320/coralinebobinsky.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Coraline's Doll & Mr. Bobinsky<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFYDI_mtAjn7G6nJYauj7wBAUe83qsS7UNb_lDUZIYxLYpTZUj4lrCEvRwMeH9fZp8p0SIpb5rVQBSWTieimQiUyFWjyWCu8XgHDhpOL3QEqLlQAZTwXnZj_OttpVLMV6UDL2YTkgcC1b/s1600-h/coralinecoat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229057421911613714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFYDI_mtAjn7G6nJYauj7wBAUe83qsS7UNb_lDUZIYxLYpTZUj4lrCEvRwMeH9fZp8p0SIpb5rVQBSWTieimQiUyFWjyWCu8XgHDhpOL3QEqLlQAZTwXnZj_OttpVLMV6UDL2YTkgcC1b/s320/coralinecoat.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LfoN3ASyzS2mjuegViwpnraUoCEgm6QYX0hyphenhyphen9PrKkHmrHpR2H2P-iHQbUVlbWtjI1CNPgwlb8v34cseyv3BuOhD3ltldR9QTXSER4xJXJZXJ2IZIIvGRBhA2QRAr8cYnWCEm_TTqB5QB/s1600-h/coralinewybie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229056694329114082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LfoN3ASyzS2mjuegViwpnraUoCEgm6QYX0hyphenhyphen9PrKkHmrHpR2H2P-iHQbUVlbWtjI1CNPgwlb8v34cseyv3BuOhD3ltldR9QTXSER4xJXJZXJ2IZIIvGRBhA2QRAr8cYnWCEm_TTqB5QB/s320/coralinewybie.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Coraline and Wybie</div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhafG0Onz2A6JvD1VL1AFTN_zhANjUaAfRgJ7LXRcyiKwoe1IFExxDccmeRZ6xAyivrceoU4wZLKmv_YaAoUkRcqwJRSPoaw8ivNI09iPYz8T201cXj-svaNNuE1QNwkqF4Oq5AIQZWAv/s1600-h/coralineghostLsm.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229596926783723314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhafG0Onz2A6JvD1VL1AFTN_zhANjUaAfRgJ7LXRcyiKwoe1IFExxDccmeRZ6xAyivrceoU4wZLKmv_YaAoUkRcqwJRSPoaw8ivNI09iPYz8T201cXj-svaNNuE1QNwkqF4Oq5AIQZWAv/s320/coralineghostLsm.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229597074419565090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oh6Cxj5Tq8-yMbAm32BpZx9m4i-3qE0VPdJ5iAI1d5oPJMqcJHP06ob5wIjv-uZsad3tB_AyY0ePrkPCagDXp2y-kakGwrwAuCfk5DRyUwp59NNOIpC7VRp401fMLIjujmg4CTOFPKYu/s320/coralineghostmidsm.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GGzK02S2hAt2pj71OmlXpuINBjvlcdhx-xbTtFIrHiJaQaTK_m1tGrNJPYnl7TDUwS0k6XDGOiUAX-vwQ4ViN8_K1mphc2rl0vE7vSpEY4KMpBCpWqWZvQQkCBPyiS6WzAKe5nvK631s/s1600-h/coralineghostRsm.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229597280210855074" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GGzK02S2hAt2pj71OmlXpuINBjvlcdhx-xbTtFIrHiJaQaTK_m1tGrNJPYnl7TDUwS0k6XDGOiUAX-vwQ4ViN8_K1mphc2rl0vE7vSpEY4KMpBCpWqWZvQQkCBPyiS6WzAKe5nvK631s/s320/coralineghostRsm.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Ghost Children<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220861681802044355.post-31519010728865838562008-07-28T23:04:00.000-06:002008-07-28T23:16:03.635-06:00Comic-Con Survival Guide Episode One<strong>Comic Con is over and I survived!</strong><br />Yes, it was a long hectic weekend which I spent running around the exhibit hall tracking down authors, artists, producers, writers of stuff and so forth. I will hopefully have some coherent reports covering a wide variety of subjects ranging from the futile search for an Arc Welder to the Comic Book Tattoo Odyssey.<br /><br />In the meantime, here's some links to sites that covered the convention pretty thoroughly in their areas of expertise:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080724-comiccon-coverage-guide.html">Newsarama ComicCon Index</a><br /><br /><a href="http://comicbookresources.com/?page=event&id=8">Comic Book Resources</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.comicmix.com/">ComicMix</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tor.com/">Tor Books</a>, searching <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?searchword=comic+con&ordering=&searchphrase=all&option=com_search">for Comic Con</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.suvudu.com/">Suvudu.com</a> (Bantam's new SF news website)<br /><br />NBC's <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Comic-Con/index.shtml">Comic Con website</a><br /><br />SciFi's <a href="http://www.scifi.com/comiccon/">Comic Con Website</a><br /><br />BBC America's <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/322/live.jsp">ComicCon Website</a>Mr.SFTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556943392684421842noreply@blogger.com0