Archive for February, 2010
Kirsten Dunst in Cosplay….cause its weird
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010A few months ago we posted some pictures of Kirsten Dunst dancing around in a Cosplay outfit somewhere in Japan. Well we now know that she was shooting a music video with her singing the cover of Vapors “Turning Japanese”.
One of my favorite sites, ArrestedMotion.com broke the news in this article. Here’s the video in case you have run out of forks to stab into your ears…oh, its NSFW (not safe for work).
DVD & Blu-Ray releases for 02/23/2010
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010This is a new weekly feature here at Fan Rants. I won’t be listing all movies coming out but typically the features that we would be reporting on here anyway. All prices are listed from the weekly sales circulars and the company websites, but you should reference your local stores just to be sure.
| DVD Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| The Box | $17.99 |
$19.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Cirque Du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant | $17.99 |
$19.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Dead Snow | $17.99 |
$17.99 | $19.19 | $17.86 |
| FlashForward: Season 1 Part 1 | $19.99 |
$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | $12.99 |
$12.99 | $12.99 | $12.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE | $12.99 |
$19.99 | $16.99 | $12.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE (Amaz. Excl.) | $21.99 |
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| The Universe: Season 4 | $20.99 |
$34.99 | $20.86 | |
| Blu-Ray Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| The Box | $24.99 |
$26.99 | $24.99 | $24.86 |
| Cirque Du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant | $24.99 |
$26.99 | $24.99 | $24.86 |
| Dead Snow | $20.49 |
$24.99 | $22.99 | $20.32 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE | $19.99 |
$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE (Amaz. Excl.) | $25.99 |
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| The Universe: Season 4 | $24.99 |
$34.99 | ||
| Special Releases! | ||||
| JL: Crisis Amazon Exclusive – Includes a limited edition lithograph | ||||
| JL: Crisis BluRay and SE DVD – Best Buy includes a limited edition Owlman action figure | ||||
| JL: Crisis DVD and BluRay – Target includes exclusive bonus disc | ||||
| Weekly Specials! | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| District 9 * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
| Family Guy: Something, Something…Darkside * Blu-Ray | $12.99 |
$24.99 | $12.99 | $17.86 |
| Gamer * Blu-Ray | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $29.99 | $17.86 |
| Inglourious Basterds * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $22.86 |
| Smallville Season 8 * DVD | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $44.99 | $16.86 |
| Star Trek (2009) * Blu-Ray | $16.99 | $17.99 | $19.86 | |
| Supernatural Season 4 * DVD | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $51.89 | $16.86 |
| Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
| Up * Blu-Ray | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
Small Press Expo 2010
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010| September 11, 2010 | to | September 12, 2010 |
The press release for this years Small Press Expo came out today!
What: SPX 2010
Where: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
When: Open to the public Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, 2010.
Times:
Saturday: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 6:00 pm
Admission:
One day memberships: $10.00
Weekend memberships: $15.00
Collected at the door the day of the show
Why: If you did not participate in the past, whether as a fan or an exhibitor, you missed a lot—don’t be left out in 2010. 2009 was another terrific year for the show. Attendance was over 3,000 attendees and exhibitors, along with dozens of printers, distributors, retailers, and other industry professionals.
There were over 450 people registered as exhibitors and we sold over 170 exhibitor tables. SPX has a unique format of only selling exhibitor space to independent publishers and not to retailers. This provides a very intimate and friendly atmosphere for our creators and fans to mingle. At the same time, there’s a wide array of programming for all to enjoy.
For more information on how you can register as an exhibitor, go to the Exhibitor Registration page.
About the Show
SPX 2010 will be held the weekend of September 10 and 11, 2010 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD, just one mile outside the nation’s capital, Washington DC. In its fifteenth year SPX now serves as the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comic books and the discovery of new creative talent.
SPX will bring together over 400 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. SPX will be open to the public September 10th from 11am Saturday, and run through 7pm that evening. The celebration continues Sunday from noon to 6pm. In addition, expect great programming all weekend long for you to enjoy!
SPX 2010 marks the fourteenth annual presentation of The Ignatz Awards for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman’s brick-wielding mouse, recognizes outstanding work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an artform and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz is a festival prize, the first such of the United States comic book industry. Winners will be determined by ballot during SPX and presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony.
As with every year profits from SPX will go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, protecting the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals.
SPX is run by the following people:
Jeff Alexander, Executive Director, Executive Committee
Warren Bernard, Assistant Director, Steering Committee
Karon Flage, Exhibitor Coordinator, Executive Committee
Steve Conley, Executive Committee
Greg McElhatton, Ignatz Coordinator, Steering Committee
Greg Bennett, Steering Committee
Charles Brownstein, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Norah Curry, Public Relations, Steering Committee
Bill Kartalopoulos, Programming Coordinator, Steering Committee
Kevin Panetta, Steering Committee
Joel Pollack, Steering Committee
Eric Reynolds, Steering Committee
Michael Thomas, Steering Committee
Mike Zarlenga, Steering Committee
Flash Gordon Movie in the works
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
No, not something based on that terrible SyFy series from a couple years back, or the 1980s movie, or anything else for that matter. According to an interview that director Breck Eisner (from the upcoming “The Crazies” movie) gave SciFiWire, “It’s a movie that is in no way a remake or a re-imagining or a reboot of the ’80s version or the serial version, No Queen [music]. It is not camp in any way.”
So then just what the f*ck is it going to be?? If it’s not going to be a “remake… re-imaging… reboot”, then what? Eisner continues, “We’re going back to the original Alex Raymond [comic strip] scripts and imagining if he were living today, what would those strips be like?”. So it’s a re-makeimagingboot. For those of you who are wondering just who the hell Alex Raymond is (like I was), he’s the guy who did the original comic strip in the “funny papers” back in 1934. According to Wikipedia, ”Debuting on January 7, 1934, Raymond’s first Flash strip introduced the “world-famous polo player”, improbably roped into a space adventure alongside love-interest Dale Arden and scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. Transported by rocket to the planet Mongo, “which was about to collide with Earth”, the trio “immediately became embroiled in the affairs of Mongo’s inhabitants — particularly those of its insidious warlord, Ming the Merciless,who would become Flash Gordon’s arch-nemesis throughout the franchise’s many incarnations”. So basically it’s Flash Gordan. Again. Hopefully it won’t look like sh*t this time.
Speaking of it not looking like sh*t (or maybe more accurately, it looking exactly like a stinky turd of poo), Eisner continues, “It will definitely be in 3-D, unless they come out with 4-D before then”. He’s rumored to be looking into a new German binaural 3-D sound process that supposedly pushes 3-D to a whole new level.
Will this new flash be any good? I hope so. I really loved the old Flash Gordon movie from when I was a kid. The most recent SyFy incarnation started out well enough, but it stunk like hooker taint by the end of the first season. I’m a big fan of the concept, it’s the execution that worries me the most. We’ll see as production gets started, if it ever does.
quotes via SciFiWire
New Dr Who Season Gets Trailer and Release Date
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010BBC America has some new video goodness for us this week. Including the Matt Smith (our new Doctor) teaser trailer that most saw at the end of the End Of Time special, and a trailer for the next season.
The new season starts in England on April 3rd. BBC America has yet to announce when those of us on this side of the pond will be so blessed. I will keep everyone apprised!
Dr. Who New Season Trailer #1:
Spring Teaser Trailer: