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.

Chris Pratt Is A Big Soft Hearted Star Lord

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In an interview with Panzier TV, Chris Pratt of  Guardians Of The Galaxy (which opened with nearly $190million worldwide this past weekend)  admitted to walking away from the production with his Peter Quill-Star Lord costume. The quote from the short video interview (embedded below) shows us that this galactic thief is hooked on a feeling of charity: […]

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Oded Fehr As “Arrow”‘s Ra’s Al Ghul?

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I am still searching for confirmation on this casting story, but here is the official Comic Con shown trailer for season 3 of The CW’s Arrow, showing that the upcoming bigbad for Oliver Queen and his friends to face along with the casting rumor as to who will be donning the high collared jacket and control […]

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“Guardians Of The Galaxy” Go Lego

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We’re hooked on a feeling, not too proud to admit it!  James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy opens this weekend worldwide, and Guardians fever has hit with no perscription, not even cowbell (sorry Christopher Walken). Thanks to youtube user forrestfire101, 30 seconds of pure Lego GoTG awesome:

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SPOILER: GoTG End Credits Scene

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If you don’t want to know what awaits you at the end of James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, TURN BACK NOW. We’re serieous.  We’re going to post what happens in the traditional Marvel “Nick Fury” easteregg scene after the credits have rolled past. Last.  Chance. Ok, so MoviePilot has the scene as going something like […]

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SDCC: “Vikings” Season 3 Trailer, Cast Interviews!

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One of the best scripted action/dramas currently on tv, History’s Vikings continues to get better and better. I was lucky enough to end up in their pressroom again this year, and they gave us drinking horns! My interview with the cast starts with Katheryn Winnick (Lagertha Lothbrook) and Alexander Ludwig (Bjorn Lothbrook): Katheryn:  (to me) Oh, hi!  Nice […]

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Warner Brothers Options “Dragonriders Of Pern”

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Arguably one of the most influential young adult fantasy series aside from Tolkien’s Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings, C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, the 22 novels written by Irish-American Anne McCaffrey have just been optioned by Warner Brothers, Deadline reports. The first of McCaffrey’s Pern stories, “Weyr Search”, was published in 1967. […]

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Benedict Kinda Confirms Simon Pegg in Star Wars: VII

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It looks like he who goes by Sherlock, Smaug, Khan, and Benedict Cumberbatch might have confirmed the addition of Simon Pegg to J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Wars: VII. Over the course of SDCC, rumors always abound about casting, practical jokes, etc.  But this one comes from a direct quote during an interview with MTV: Get More: […]

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