Battle Angel River
Mar 18Something occurred to me after seeing Summer Glau splashed all over umpteen katrillion billboards in honor of last weekend’s Wizard World LA: she should totally play Battle Angel Alita. Yes, this is pretty much another iteration of her River/Cameron/CrazyTess on 4400 character, but I am OK with that. She does that powerful young gal thing well and this could be the part where mainstream-type people actually start noticing. Plus, she kind of naturally has that adorably constant lip-pursey thing that is one of Alita/Gally’s facial trademarks.
I’m not sure where, exactly, Cameron’s adaptation is at this point, except I’m guessing it’s back-burnered ’til Avatar comes out. I do know that he apparently wants to make Alita/Gally CG, but it sounds like they’d still need a “real” actress in the role (also, I’d like to momentarily argue against making her all CG, because CG people still look fucking creepy). Cameron must have already witnessed a bit of what Summer can do since she plays a character named after him on the Terminator show…perhaps he will see the obvious potential!
Of course, this is probably a bit like campaigning for Morena Baccarin to play Wonder Woman. Sigh.
Why Not, Like, Sardie?
Mar 04I don’t know what’s more disturbing about this link: the fact that Freddie Highmore maybe, possibly impregnated his Spiderwick Chronicles co-star (who, to add to the ick factor, plays HIS SISTER) or the fact that the fans couldn’t come up with a better couple nickname.
Frarah?
Star Trek: The Tour…Worth Your Latinum?
Feb 06Star Trek has taken so much of my money over the years. Granted, this is mostly my fault — I didn’t really need that shoddy plastic Kira replica with the oddly-sloped shoulders and buggy eyes (she looked nothing like Nana Visitor and almost exactly like a vaguely pissed-off duck with a drinking problem), nor should I have spent my hard-earned pennies on the masses of out-of-focus 8×10 glossies littering the tables at Creation cons. And yet, I still nurse a certain nerdly bitterness regarding the franchise’s fan-bilking ways. After all, if I’m going to dump latinum into Paramount’s overflowing coffers, the least they can do is give me a better show than Enterprise.
Anyway, when I first heard about Star Trek: The Tour, I was skeptical. Admission is $35 (and much more if you want the full VIP Experience!) and for what? What are they going to show me that I haven’t seen before, huh? I envisioned a room full of crappy props connected to an even larger Star Trek shop, the whole thing narrated by a virtual Walter Koenig.
But then my friend John Charles happened to catch a 3 a.m. promo hosted by everyone’s favorite lusty carnival barker, The Shatner, and he got all excited about it. And I decided maybe I was excited about it, too, because another thing Star Trek does really well is, you know, hype. So, with spouses in tow, off we went.
Blind Genre Item: Betty Bitchface
Jan 31What popular recurring gal was spotted on the streets of Park City, Utah (aka Sundance Central) sporting the magical pairing of gigantic sunglasses and major bitchface? In fact, we first noticed her because she looked so, well…stabby. Only after pondering her pissed-off visage for a few moments did we figure out who she was.
Not that we’re blaming Betty for looking so crabby-stabby — after all, Park City is way too cold for the sexy tanks she regularly sported on the show that made her famous, and the strike has brought her much-anticipated new project to a screeching halt.
In fact, we just can’t help but love Betty, bitchface and all. And many fans of that aforementioned geek-cult show feel the same way — so much so that the show’s leading lady was rumored to be more than a little green with envy when Betty was around, stealing the spotlight. We’re putting all of our hope and faith into the strike ending soon, so Betty’s new project — which sounds like a total geekgasm — has a chance to get off the ground. Maybe that will cheer her up.
Alert Nerd 'Zine: Call for Submissions!
Jan 15Dear Gentle Readers,
We are reaching out to you, hoping that you will want to contribute to our latest undertaking…Alert Nerd: The Magazine. We’re putting together a little ‘zine, to be published quarterly. It will be published on this here site as a PDF, which you will be able to print out and tote wherever you so desire. We’re also looking into doing small print runs of each issue — more on that as it develops.
So what will the content of said ‘zine look like? Here’s our basic mission statement: we want an electronic magazine dedicated to sharing stories, examinations, and opinions of geek culture. That means stuff like fun essays, fiction and the like focusing on the nerd experience.
Also, we’re giving each issue a loose, easily expounded upon theme. The first one?
Pon farr.
Come on, you know you can do something with that. (And for the record, it doesn’t have to be specifically Star Trek-y. You can take it wherever you want.)
Here’s a sampling of some of our own story pitches around this theme to give you an idea of what we’re looking for:
Geeky Love: A Short History of Long Shot Convention Affairs
The Top Five Slash Fic Pairings I Never Wanted to Know About
Saavik 1 vs. Saavik 2: Who’s the Hotter Vulcan?
Sleeping with the Enemy: Living with a Non-Geek
Geek Wedding Stories
So what’s next? Well, if you’ve got something you want to write, drop a line to fangirl@earthlink.net. We’ll pool these ideas together and let you know if it’s a go (this is mostly just to make sure we don’t end up with a bunch of same-y articles/stories). Copy deadline is Feb. 15. Our glorious first issue will come out in early March.
As this is an old skool-type ‘zine, we can only pay you in gratitude, Doritos and really old comic books (“Great Lakes Avengers” back issues, anyone?).
So sound off! Let us know if you want to be part of the GREATEST THING TO EVER HIT THE INTERNETS.
