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.

Batman V Superman: SDCC And Lex On Set

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With San Diego Comic Con right around the corner, all the big upcoming movie titles are starting to hint at what they may be showing during their time in Hall H or Ballroom 20. Today’s comes from DC and Warner Brothers, with a report of an official ‘teaser’ being shown during their panel.  It would […]

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“Breaking Bad” Spinoff “Better Call Saul” News

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There were scores of fans excited when AMC announced they would be doing a spinoff of their hit show Breaking Bad following character  shady lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) that helped Walter White (Bryan Cranston) so many times. The spinoff series titled Better Call Saul after the billboards used by the character in Breaking Bad was picked up for a 10 […]

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Maybe: Jared Leto As Doctor Strange

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I’m not behind this casting choice, lemme just say that to start with.  There are a ton of other actors who would be wonderful in this role, as either a younger Vincent, or a more matured older Doctor Strange, mentioned in my fancasting post. BUT.  This new picture of Jared MIGHT maybe mean he really […]

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Harrison Ford Broke His Leg, Not Ankle

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The interwebs lit up about a week ago with news that Harrison Ford suffered an injury on the Star Wars VII set when one of the hydrolically powered doors attached to the Millenium Falcon malfunctioned.  Reports varied from “life threatening, critical condition, airlifted” to “he’s fine, nothing happened, it’s just a sprain/flesh wound”. Things even went so […]

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TMNT: New Toys

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Thanks to this post this morning about the new line of toys for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, we have more pictures of what the figures look like. What all do we see?  We have a chart on the back of the packages that shows the “evolution” of the turtles, from tiny mini heroes on the halfshell […]

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Wil Wheaton’s “Brady Bunch Of Thrones”

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Wil Wheaton has a new weekly show on Syfy called The Wil Wheaton Project.  It’s premise is nerdy/geek news delivered with very dry humor, as Wil is wont to do. This week however, this Game Of Thrones/Brady Bunch gem happened.  Possible book one/season spoilers:

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Club Cosplay: Nerd-Safe LA Nightclub

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There is no shortage of themed nightclubs in the Los Angeles area.  On weekends, you can find pretty much any type of club experiences imaginable, and now thanks to Bernie Bergman of Nerds Like Us and his friends/partners, Club Cosplay is happening too. Opening officially on Saturday June 28th, Club Cosplay (at the M15 Concert […]

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Ghostbusters 3: Max Landis Involved

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It seems like Ghostbusters 3 may never happen due to many different things such as Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd both abandoning previously ‘finished’ scripts, the death of Harold Ramis, and the general tone of Hollywood currently with their “why make another sequel when you can REBOOT IT”. But apparently, there IS another script, and Max […]

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