Geek and Fandom Events in BC and Washington State
At least there’s one aspect of the TMNT movie that won’t change. After being turned into aliens and adults, the Ninja Turtles movie has been scheduled to shoot in the summer and fall of 2012 in Vancouver, B.C. exactly like its live-action predecessor. The movie is to be directed by Wrath of the Titans‘ Jonathan Liebesman and written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The probability of your childhood being molested is still likely.
Source: TDW Geeks.
The 7th annual Can’t Stop the Serenity Marathon Screening is returning to the HR Mcmillan Space Center in Vancouver on Saturday June 9th. It will be a six and a half hour celebration of all things Whedon, with screenings of Dr. Horrible, Trivia contests, silent auctions and of course a screening the Firefly movie, Serenity. Tickets are $16 each and proceeds go to Equality Now.
Source: Can’t Stop the Serenity
Quantum Mechanix doesn’t just create badass replicas of Battlestar Galactica’s Vipers and Cylon Raiders! These plush versions of the series’ deadliest fighters go for $19.99 and are perfect for kamikaze attacks on annoying roommates. Get yours here!
Source:TDW Geeks
Fate has taken a turn for the cruel for the fans of The Secret Circle. Warner Brothers has announced that they will not be opting for a Season 1 DVD set. The episodes can still be downloaded on iTunes (and *cough* isohunt), but this is an insult even Firefly fans didn’t have to suffer. With the Geek lobby larger, powerful, and more organized, it sounds TV execs have made teenage YA fans the new marginalized group du jour.
Source: Zap2it.
VanCity Buzz haas posted an interview with the star of Continuum, Jennifer Spence. She talks about some of the challenges shooting the Showcase series and some of her upcoming feature film projects:
Jen: A fun little piece of trivia is we shot outside the CBC building and it doubled as one of the giant corporations in the city. We created a tent ”occupy” city and had a crowd of protestors rioting – it looked like the real deal!
You can check out the rest of the interview here.
Source: Vancity Buzz
According to the EA Canada Job board, they are hiring a lead game designer for an all new AAA action shooter. Details about the project are scant, but they require that the winning candidate have a “proven track record of designing and balancing combat, player controls, and AI for AAA shooters or action games.” If anything this sounds more like a marketing ploy than an actual job posting. They’d probably have a lot more luck just petitioning those kinds of developers directly instead inviting them to force themselves through the sausage tube of HR.
Source: GameSpot.
The Make-a-Wish drive to save The Secret Circle is making some impressive headway with $7,500 donated so far. $5,100 of that take was generated by a single donor! One of the show’s executive producers, Andrew Miller, was moved by this donation to set up a charity auction himself. The series certainly has a lot of staying power for such a short run. Maybe it’s destined to be the fantasy genre’s version of Firefly.
Source: CarterMatt.com
If you feel like your life needs a little more Battlestar Galactica in it, the internet has provided you with more options than ever.
First, there’s this 12-inch scale replica of the eponymous starship modeled by PSEUDOLO. It probably doesn’t come with that sweet paint job, but apparently it’s a really well-built kit.
You can also carry around your data in this USB flash drive from Anovos Productions.
Anovos is also producing these double tank tops, which admittedly made no sense to me in the series.
Sources: DC23 Hobbies, Geekosystem, Fashionably Geek.
A lucky Stargate fan’s girlfriend decided to bake him his favourite cake for his birthday. The rest of the internet benefits!
Source: Reddit
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