#August2013
Monday Morning Commute: Post-Con Craze.
Holy smokes.
Boston Comic Con 2013 turned out to be a couple of wonderful, wild, days. In the course of slingin’ t-shirts, debatin’ the message of said shirts, and snappin’ photos with cosplayers, the crew of Spaceship OL had an absolute blast. We got to meet up with some of the ever-faithful OL readers, we met Rich from Toucher and Rich, and at one point our very own Riff Simian started playin’ a goddamn guitar at the booth. Yowza!
I’m sure that in the days to come we’ll have some sort of BCC`13 recap that highlights some of the insanity that we just survived. It’d be lame of us not to give you such an insight. But right now, we have to get through the Monday Morning Commute!
That’s right, the weekend’s officially over and now it’s back to the tasks that put paper in our pockets. But as always, we have the MMC – the spot specifically set aside for sharin’ the strategies that’ll get us into the next weekend! Are you going to watch all of the Friday the 13th movies this week? Or is this finally the moment that you record your acoustic concept album about time-traveling so that you can save a young Michael Jackson from insanity? Oh, I know! Are you going to homebrew some beer and then drink it too early and then swear at the cat?!
How’re you planning to murder ennui?
I’ll get us started, but then hit up the comments section!
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‘DOCTOR WHO’ gets Peter Capaldi as its TWELFTH DOCTOR. What say you?
Leave it to the inconsiderate people at BBC-Whatever to not respect the plans of a fledgling and barely read blog. Didn’t they know we had Boston Comic Con today? Clearly they didn’t, since they announced who the twelfth doctor was going to be. Right smack dab in the middle of our goddamn con. Eh. Anyways. How do you folks feel about the announcement?
‘SHERLOCK’ SERIES 3 TEASER TRAILER: We’ve got Mustache, folks. MUSTACHE.
I don’t really know what *is* and *is not* considered a spoiler regarding the finale of Sherlock’s second series. So Imma step around that. Instead, I’m going to draw your attention to the lovely fucking mustache Watson is pimping in this teaser for the third series.
MILES TELLER is in lead for MR. FANTASTIC role in ‘FANTASTIC FOUR.’
Real talk: I don’t know anything about Miles Teller. Do you? Yes? No? Well regardless, if this casting rumors comes to fruition us geeks will be learning a lot about him in the upcoming months.
BOSTON COMICCON 2013: Prepare for the OMEGA-LEVEL ZOMBIEBOMB!
Hello friends of the OMEGA LEVEL. We’ve been anticipating it for a while, and this weekend we’re finally going to get to rock out in a booth at our hometown comic convention. Boom! August 3-4. We’ve got a few pretty dope things in the work, partnering up with several wonderful lads.
Opinions Vary: THOR IS BETTER THAN THE F**KING FLASH. AND YOU. AND YOU.
HEY GUYS. CAFF HERE. I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO DO AN OPINIONS VARY THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, EDUARDO PLUTO STUBBED HIS FUCKING TOE AND NOW HE’S IN THE ER. I DON’T WANT TO SPEAK TOO SOON, BUT THEY’RE TALKING AMPUTATION. LISTEN. I WASN’T ANTICIPATING WRITING ANYTHING TODAY. THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH IS THE SWEAT LODGE FOR ME. I BUMP A BUNCH OF DIET PILLS DOWN WITH THIRTEEN DIET MOUNTAIN DEWS, THEN I COMMUNE WITH NATURE. AND THE OMNIVERSE. AND THE SPIRIT-LORDS. NEEDLESS TO SAY I’M TWEAKING A BIT AT THE MOMENT.
ANYWAYS.
BLIZZARD’S ‘TITAN’ NO LONGER SUBSCRIPTION-BASED MMO. THEY ARE TAKING SUGGESTIONS AND HUGS.
WELL THEN. It was announced sometime in the recent past (searchable, I’m sure) that Blizzard’s next titanic MMO Titan was going to be seeing a significant restructuring. Now it sounds a lot like the company has no fucking idea what they’re doing with the title, or what the fuck it looks like. Eh, who cares! We got Pandas and shit! NoseriouslythroughBlizzard I want a new MMO from you. Pretty please.
Feelin’ Alive with Dead Pig Collector (Review)
There’s no denyin’ that some creators are only interested in treadin’ water.
Once a successful formula has been stumbled upon – whether it’s a character arc, chord progression, or secret ingredient – it’s relied upon indefinitely. To some minds, there’s simply nothing wrong with rehashin’ the same material over and over and over again. In fact, some creators suggest that to stray too far from the tried and true is to do a great disservice, that the fans’re expectin’ something that resembles the work with which they originally fell in love.
These sorts of creative types grow like weeds in the comic book community. Think of how many careers have been made on the backs of characters created in previous decades. Again, some culpability may rest in the readership, which devours comics more for its comfort-food properties than its potential for innovation. But at the root of this issue is that there’s no shortage of creators who only want to relive past glories.
Fortunately, there’s always Warren Ellis.
Warren Ellis has the reputation of being a mind-pilot who of self-navigates the course of his own career. In addition to penning some of the most aspirational pieces in the comics medium (Planetary is just one example) and presaging scientific innovation (Spider Jerusalem was rockin’ Google Glass back in `97), Ellis has always made a point to explore other media forms. Most notably, Ellis has followed paths that have led to essays, novels, and television projects.
With this week’s release of Dead Pig Collector, Warren Ellis has given zero fucks unrelated to forward-thinking.
WATCH: The EXPANSION OF THE CRAB NEBULA. Mind-Warp ++
I think we all folks around this here parts know of the Crab Nebula. What we may not know (and I didn’t, but that isn’t saying much) is that the said Crab Nebula is expanding quicker than a motherfucker. Photographer and part-time wizard Adam Black has put together a video that underlines this expansion. It’s pretty pretty.
Denzel Washington turns down ‘FAST & FURIOUS 7’ ROLE. YOUR LOSS, DUDE.
This sort of aggression will not stand, mannn. Denzel Washington turned down a role in the sequel to this year’s empirically greatest, most testicle-caressing philosophical adventure. Ya’ll know the one I’m talking about. And this, Denzel. This makes you an uber-jabroni.
