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.

Within the last several days, attendees have been fretting over the announcement from the Atlanta Dragon Con convention about the ever popular “Marriott 10th Floor” being closed to cosplayers and photographers.  (This location is actually featured in the second Hunger Games movie as the training center/room for Katniss and Peeta, and the world-famous carpet is well […]

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Io9 and The Nerdist are reporting that Twin Peaks’s Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Maclachlan) will be joining Coulson and The Calvary for season 2 of ABC’s Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! The Nerdist says: According to the site, one of their sources is telling them that the once and eternal Agent Cooper/Mayor of Portland/Muad’dib will […]

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According to TV Wise, during Straczynski’s spotlight panel during SDCC, he announced he would be “sitting down to write the feature film” of Babylon 5.  It seems like this would be the time and sci fi cinematic landscape to do such a thing, with the 5th installment of the Terminator and a new TV series on the horizon […]

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In a move that maybe shows DC/Warner Brothers is FINALLY paying attention, there will no longer be an opening weekend conflict between their forthcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Marvel’s Captain America 3. The Batman V Superman date was originally set for May 6th 2016, the same weekend Marvel picked for their Captain America third installment.  But […]

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If you haven’t seen Guardians Of The Galaxy yet, I’m sorry.  This charming and at times hilarious tale of the misfit outcasts finding each other and protecting the universe from evil should be on your summer “See It” list. One of EVERYONE’S favorite part of the film is a tiny potted sapling of character Groot which dances, […]

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier hits digitally on August 19 and  Blu-ray on September 9,  bringing with it tons of awesome special features and documentaries.   The most interesting of these that Yahoo decided to tease us with is the Russo brothers talking about Steve Rodger’s evolving fighting style.  I didn’t notice the first time through, but […]

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“A Wrinkle In Time” is one of those rare tomes that sticks with you from childhood.  While not as overwhelmingly as popular as “The Chronicles of Narnia”, or “The Dragonriders Of Pern” (which is also getting the movie treatment), Meg Murray’s adventures are a widely beloved story. It looks like Disney is moving forward with […]

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It was announced today by Deadline that the powers that be at Sony are moving ahead with their plan for a female fronted film for 2017. While no real details for this are known yet, we DO know they are eyeballing Spider-Man ladies Black Cat, Silver Sable, Spider Woman, and Firestar for this installment.  Yes, […]

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