Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Interstella 5555: A Mu5ical Anime and 5tory of Fandom

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Imagine for a moment that you are in a band. One of the most successful and artistic disco / house bands on the planet. You have made it big, sold millions of albums. You’re gradually ticking off all of your life to-dos. Next on the list? Work with a childhood hero. French ‘robot’ duo Daft [...]

Joss Whedon’s 2010 Melbourne Writers’ Festival Keynote Speech – Transcript

Joss Whedon at the 2010 Melbourne Writers' Festival

Through the masses of people who wanted to see Joss Whedon’s keynote speech at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, I managed to acquire 4 tickets. The sell-out time for these tickets was amazing – I think they sold out the day before they were set to officially go on sale, when it was made known that [...]

Scott Pilgrim VS The World

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It’s your standard romantic comedy, really. Boy meets Girl. Boy feels alienated by age difference and distances himself from Girl. Boy meets Other Girl. Boy stalks Other Girl, forgetting to break up with Girl. Boy manages, against all odds, to endear himself to Other Girl and is roped into battle with her seven evil exes. [...]

Just Who Is Shepherd Book?

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If you live in the ‘verse you’ve already heard – Serenity’s resident man of gods and many secrets, Derrial ‘Shepherd’ Book, will have his past revealed (finally!) this year. Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale, written by Zack and Joss Whedon, is set to be released on the 24th November 2010. In it, we’re promised answers. “Who [...]

A Horrible Sequel

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So they say the Whedons are making us a sequel, to Billy’s tale of laughter, love and loss. About time. So they say it’s a movie, so fantastic! They’ve…er…signed it..? K. Stopping now! But, a fan’s gotta do what a fan’s gotta do… *is hushed by a terrible death-whinney* Chances are you need no introduction [...]

See you (soon?), Space Cowboy…

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I don’t pretend that I’m an expert when it comes to anime. I just know what I like. Cowboy Bebop, I like. It’s set in the not-so-distant future (2071), focussing on the adventures of a team of bounty hunters, who fly through space and catch contracts for bad guys on the good ship Bebop. With [...]

Can’t Stop The Browncoats in the Fight for Equality

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You don’t get much more dedicated than Firefly fans. With only 12 episodes aired prior to Fox’s fateful cancellation decision in 2002, it must seem insane to many that it still generates so much support and enthusiasm. But it was this devotion, of Firefly‘s fans, creators, and contributors (and massive DVD sales) that enabled Serenity [...]

Adapting to Adaptation

The only thing a fangirl loves more than a pretty boy is mauling him. Because mauling is love, at least in the Horten vocabulary. Unfortunately, pretty boys are scarce in reality. Nobody dare try to tell me otherwise, unless you can provide names and locations to back up such claims. Or at least photos. Pretty, [...]

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