Fan Rants

One of my favorite comic creators, Peter Bagge, is seeing another of his creations make it to the small screen an adaptation of his 2006 mini-series entitled Apocalypse Nerd. Last fall we heard that Fox had approached Bagge to develop one of his older properties, The Bradleys into a cartoon series. Not much else has been heard since, but I am still hoping it gets made.

As for Apocalypse Nerd, here is the wikipedia description:

It revolves around two men, Perry and Gordo, attempting to survive in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest after Seattle is destroyed in a North Korean nuclear attack. Perry is a somewhat introverted computer programmer whilst his longtime friend Gordo works in various “self-employed” fields and is also a drug dealer. The story is a masculine character study as the two evolve and adapt to the changes in the post-apocalyptic world. Gordo becomes more amoralistic while Perry learns survival skills. Both have unique personality traits which help them adapt.

The story is, as with most of Bagge’s books, a humorous introspection into the human psyche. And obviously someone paid attention across the pond as it seems the BBC will be making a 6 episode series entitled Fallout for it soon. Today a trailer was released and I am looking forward to the series being ported to BBC America so all my friends can enjoy his humor and story telling.

CBS is running a contest seeking LOST promo’s from the fans. So gear up (you LOST cosplayers know who you are), make a 35 second promo for the last episodes of LOST and head over to the CBS Promo Contest to post your video!

Or, if your not into being in the public eye you should still head over to the contest site as you can vote on all the freaks LOST Fans who have posted videos. Go have fun!

Someone has recreated the Beastie Boys ‘Sabotage’ music video, almost frame by frame, with scenes from Battlestar Galactica. Nice!

In case you hadn’t heard, it’s being reported that John Krasinski from the U.S. version of “The Office” has practically been given the role of Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America. Here’s a comic strip from Gawker that I found funny enough to share:

You can click the above comic strip to be taken to the original.

No funny headline this time. Its just been reported that Corey Haim, best known to me as Sam from The Lost Boys, has passed away at 38 years old.

The NY Daily News is reporting that Corey was found at his home early this morning deceased from an apparent overdose. The Police are currently saying that it appears accidental rather than a suicide.

He had struggled for years with a drug problem and had been in rehab several times dealing with it. Here he is quoted talking to a reporter in 2007:

“I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day – the doctors could not believe I was taking that much,”

Corey is yet another 80’s child actor who had gotten wrapped up in the drug culture of Hollywood and never escaped. Here’s hoping his spirit finds some peace.