Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

It’s no secret that the upcoming  Suicide Squad is going center around DC Comics heroine/villainess/crazypants Harley Quinn, and that scores of fans are unhappy.  Why?  Well, mostly because they don’t want the “Suicide Squad” version of HQ to be the cinematic introduction of the character.  It was announced earlier today that actress Margot Robbie (Wolf […]

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As we get ever closer to the release of Marvel’s Ant-Man, we’re going to see all type of ‘spoilers’ and ‘possible characters’ posted on the internet.  Well, here is the most recent “OH HEY ISN’T THAT-” picture: Many sites have run this image now, Comicbook.com and others reporting, as we also assume, this is most likely […]

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The wait is over, Jedi and Sith alike!  We know what the official title of JJ Abram’s Star Wars VII is going to be! STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS …..not too sure how I feel about that.  I was hoping for something with a little more punch, but hopefully when ‘the crawl’ happens, we’ll all understand […]

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The powers that be in the Captitol have been teasing us with little bits and pieces of the upcoming next chapter in The Hunger Games franchise, Mockingjay Pt. 1.  In this most recent scene, we see Katniss and Gale sitting in a center in what we can only assume is District 13, watching Caesar Flickerman on a […]

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Here we have our first REAL look at Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man, and boy howdy, it doesn’t look horrible! What we see in this short clip is Michael Douglas’ older depiction of the Marvel genius/original Ant-Man and Paul Rudd’s younger, new heir to the suit, Scott Lang. While we’re not given any audible dialogue, it looks like […]

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So far, we’ve been really impressed with how awesome NBC’s Constantine has been.  And we are so incredibly excited to share the first official images of Friday’s episode, “The Devil’s Vinyl”, where we’ll FINALLY meet Papa Midnite as played by Michael James Shaw. Per NBC, the episode description: A DESPERATE WIFE MUST MAKE A DEAL WITH THE […]

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One of our top childhood cartoon series EVER turned 20 years old.  Disney’s Gargoyles was before it’s time in style, story, and casting.  I mean really, 90% of the main cast from Star Trek: The Next Generation voiced characters on this show.  We even had Kate Mulgrew as Queen Titania, before Star Trek: Voyager happened! Well, at Stan […]

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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have our first official looks at the next chapter in the Terminator franchise.  The fifth in the cinematic series, Terminator: Genisys aims to supposedly “restart the timeline”, according to all the other news sites.  We know several insider things about the upcoming film, but we can’t tell you yet!!  Until then, enjoy […]

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