The internets lied to you about Ghostbusters 3
May 22I’ve been running a Ghostbusters fansite for just under 10 years. Initially Ghostbusters was just a nerdy incentive to learn HTML. Then it became a personal challenge – to keep a website running consistantly, while others would come and go. Now it’s just habit. The point is, if they were going to make a third Ghostbusters movie and you wanted to double check the information, who ya gonna call? (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.)
Well, here we are – the net is in an uproar over Ghostbusters 3. But it’s nothing more than bad journalism, amplified by lazy blog paraphrasing, and the desperate desires (both for and against a third film) of fankids.
As Promised…
May 21I finally told the story about My Diva Encounter with Lea Hernandez. No, I won’t make with the shameless pimpage every dang time I post on my other blog, but I figured I should let y’all know that I do keep my promises, even if it takes me a while to do so.
More Geek Chicks
May 20This is so cool, you guys! Ragnell (who you might remember from LarsenGate ’06) has started a new column called Weekly Women’s Geek-Out, featuring links o’ plenty to cool geekgirl bloggers, columnists, comickers, etc. I was thrilled when she announced the feature, as I was sure it would give me lots of new reading material, but I certainly never expected to be mentioned! Thanks, Ragnell! Also mentioned: the awesome Pretty Scary, which Chris linked to a couple of days ago, and a bunch more. Go look!
Good Call, CW
May 19So The CW’s schedule is out, and Veronica Mars is on it, thank you very much. My heart does bleed a little for all the Everwood fans, as their beloved show was displaced for a 50 billionth shitty season of 7th Heaven.
Anyway, scuttlebutt is that a lot of the new netlet’s pilots didn’t turn out so hot and one of the hours they passed on is the proposed Aquaman series, from the folks who brought you Smallville. You can take a look at what might have been, thanks to Comic Book Resources’ story on the leaked Aquaman trailer.
I’m sorry, but this looks DUMB. It reminds me of this so-bad-it’s-awesome Canadian teen series Breaker High, which was basically Saved by the Bell crossed with 90210 on a cruise ship. (It is now notable as being one of the series that gave little Ryan Gosling his start.) Only I think Breaker High kind of knew it was pretty stupid.
Get Weird Al His Star!
May 19We interrupt this regularly-scheduled self-indulgent rant on something geeky to bring you a very special message from the Weird Al Star Fund…
With only two crucial weeks left until the application deadline, your donations have put the Weird Al Star Fund at $11,496.95. Thank you very much!
As you know, our goal is to raise the full $15,000 needed to pay the fee, upon acceptance of his nomination, to put “Weird Al” Yankovic’s name on a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. And thanks to you, we’re almost there! But if we don’t hit our goal the next two weeks, we’ll have to wait another full year to submit the application. We’re so close, we don’t want to let this opportunity pass us by. I know you feel the same way. Your donation now will help us reach that goal this year!
Our mailing address is–
Weird Al Star Fund
P.O. Box 3126
Oceanside, CA 92051-3126
USA
You may also send PayPal donations directly to donations@weirdalstar.com . I can assure you your email and mailing address won’t be used for anything other than contact from the Weird Al Star Fund, and you can remain anonymous if you want. If you are unable to donate at this time, perhaps you can suggest some people we should approach?
Thanks for your time and continued support!
David Rossi
www.weirdalstar.com
www.cafepress.com/weirdalstar
