ComicCon wasn't just about mixing it with celebrities and watching movie trailers in packed rooms (though there was a lot of that). It was also about meeting Jokers, Doctors, Steampunks and crazy ass people with cages of rats on their heads.
Presenting to you... the people's ComicCon!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
ComicCon: Joker's Gallery
ComicCon was crawling with cosplaying Jokers, in tribute to you know who. Here were some of my favourites...
The masked Joker, just busted out of Arkham Asylum
The Ledger Effect Joker
The weird kind of Action Figure Joker
The Too Young To Really Be Smoking Joker
The masked Joker, just busted out of Arkham Asylum
The Ledger Effect Joker
The weird kind of Action Figure Joker
The Too Young To Really Be Smoking Joker
Back To You... or maybe not
Kelsey Grammer was a comedy god as Dr Frasier Crane. His new show Back To You, where he plays newsreader Chuck Darling is... okay. Or it was. It's already been axed in the US.
Join the arts blog discussion here. Bang!
Join the arts blog discussion here. Bang!
I Want To Believe... in The X Files
So I started a discussion over the Guardian Arts Blog about whether we world still cares about the adventures of Mulder and Scully. It's been a long old time away for The X Files, and though my spider sense is tingling with paranoid nostalgie, I'm not so sure if the rest of the world givezashit.
You can join the discussion by clicking here.
Or you could just get all nineties and have a listen to the Catatonia song.
You can join the discussion by clicking here.
Or you could just get all nineties and have a listen to the Catatonia song.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
ComicCon: It begins...
Well I never. Here I am in sunny San Diego, and my first ever visit to ComicCon. It's like some kind of Geek Sundance, and everyone who is anyone in the entire worlds of cult film, TV, books, games and, ahem, comics is here, either showcasing or just showing off.
Already we've seen Ghostbusters, Stormtroopers, Batman and Robin, and that was just people dressed-up in the lobby.
In a second I'm off to (surprise surprise) the Doctor Who panel, with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and most excitingly of all, Steven Moffatt talking for the first time in public about taking over the series.
But probably a bigger deal in the States is the Torchwood panel right after - Torchwood being BBC America's biggest show ever. Barrowman, and the actors who play Tosh and Ianto will be there, and so will I. Oh yes.
Already we've seen Ghostbusters, Stormtroopers, Batman and Robin, and that was just people dressed-up in the lobby.
In a second I'm off to (surprise surprise) the Doctor Who panel, with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and most excitingly of all, Steven Moffatt talking for the first time in public about taking over the series.
But probably a bigger deal in the States is the Torchwood panel right after - Torchwood being BBC America's biggest show ever. Barrowman, and the actors who play Tosh and Ianto will be there, and so will I. Oh yes.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I Got Six Correct!
The Mercury nominations came out today. Of the 12 (well, 13), I predicted yesterday, six of them were in there. Have to say I was delighted to be wrong about Elbow, not so delighted to be wrong about Adele, but extremely delighted to be right about Neon Neon.
Here is the full list, with correct predictions in BOLD!
Adele - '19'
British Sea Power - 'Do You Like Rock Music?'
Burial - 'Untrue'
Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
Estelle - 'Shine'
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
Laura Marling - 'Alas I Cannot Swim'
Neon Neon - 'Stainless Style'
Portico Quartet - 'Knee-Deep In The North Sea'
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – 'Raising Sand'
Radiohead - 'In Rainbows'
Rachel Unthank And The Winterset – 'The Bairns'
Here is the full list, with correct predictions in BOLD!
Adele - '19'
British Sea Power - 'Do You Like Rock Music?'
Burial - 'Untrue'
Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
Estelle - 'Shine'
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
Laura Marling - 'Alas I Cannot Swim'
Neon Neon - 'Stainless Style'
Portico Quartet - 'Knee-Deep In The North Sea'
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – 'Raising Sand'
Radiohead - 'In Rainbows'
Rachel Unthank And The Winterset – 'The Bairns'
Monday, July 21, 2008
Mercury Predictions: And a few that won't
These albums will be hot on everyone's tip list, but something just tells me that they won't be. We shall find out tomorrow!
The Pigeon Detectives: Emergency
Okay, so they sell heaps, but surely even the Mercury panel wouldn't be this cynical… would they ?
Adele: 19
Being slightly apparently cooler than Duffy, this might just have edged her if it wasn't for the made-up Brit Award leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth. So the panel will stay well away.
Mystery Jets: 21
To my mind the best indie record of the year so far, but it doesn’t seem to have really crept up to many other people’s radars.
Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
This might've been a shoo-in if it wasn't for the gloom-rock ticket being taken by Radiohead and Portishead for sure.
Lightspeed Champion: Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Six months ago, for sure – but since the Lightspeed thing proved it really didn't have legs, I wouldn't be so sure anymore.
The Enemy: We’ll Live and Die In These Towns
Deserving as it is, The Enemy are a band of the people, which mean most people on the panel will probably reckon them common and not criric-worthy. Shame.
Coldplay: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Sure this might be their best album ever, but something in my waters says that Coldplay are one of those bands destined never to win it/ The same boat as Elbow really.
The Pigeon Detectives: Emergency
Okay, so they sell heaps, but surely even the Mercury panel wouldn't be this cynical… would they ?
Adele: 19
Being slightly apparently cooler than Duffy, this might just have edged her if it wasn't for the made-up Brit Award leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth. So the panel will stay well away.
Mystery Jets: 21
To my mind the best indie record of the year so far, but it doesn’t seem to have really crept up to many other people’s radars.
Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
This might've been a shoo-in if it wasn't for the gloom-rock ticket being taken by Radiohead and Portishead for sure.
Lightspeed Champion: Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Six months ago, for sure – but since the Lightspeed thing proved it really didn't have legs, I wouldn't be so sure anymore.
The Enemy: We’ll Live and Die In These Towns
Deserving as it is, The Enemy are a band of the people, which mean most people on the panel will probably reckon them common and not criric-worthy. Shame.
Coldplay: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Sure this might be their best album ever, but something in my waters says that Coldplay are one of those bands destined never to win it/ The same boat as Elbow really.
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