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.

G.I. Joe 3 Poster

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Not much is known about the upcoming G.I. Joe 3 film other than the fact it’s been delayed due to Jon M. Chu’s involvement with the Jem And The Holograms movie. What we HAVE seen from ComingSoon are two photos showing the new poster taken at Licensing Expo:

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First Look: Shredder In Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles

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….let’s be honest.  The only thing Michael Bay is good at is ruining our childhoods.  And explosions.  Granted, his films LOOK lovely from a CGI standpoint, they constantly fall flat on everything else.  Like plot. The good:  He DID have  string of successful enjoyable movies in the 90’s, Bad Boys, The Rock, and Armageddon.  Two of which set […]

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Syfy’s Defiance Minisodes

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Last year, SyFy Channel returned to the world of original science fiction tv series with their adventure show Defiance.  One of the more interesting aspects of the show was it’s timed launch to coincide with an MMO video game.  The initial idea being that actions within the Defiance game would eventually come to influence/be influenced by […]

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No More Resident Evil Films After #6

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In an interview with Resident Evil film franchise director Paul W. S. Anderson, we learned that this upcoming installment of the Anti-Umbrella Corporation zombie killing adventure series will be the last. MoviePilot.com ran a story today stating Anderson was talking about the new movie, which recently acquired the title Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Anderson commented: Resident […]

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DC Stage 1 Confirmed By Fatman-On-Batman (Kevin Smith)

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Kevin Smith is no stranger to the world of comics, one of my favorite podcasts to listen to his is “Fatman-On-Batman”, and also the SmodCast stuff.  But he often is called in for ‘expert’ opinions on things in the comicbook world (even though I highly disagree with his support of Batfleck), stating that DC’s upcoming […]

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Tim Burton’s “Hansel and Gretel”

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This is a short film Tim Burton did in 1982 which aired around Halloween 1983.  It is HIS vision/version of the classic “Hansel and Gretel”. Fear.net says about this video: The story features an all-Japanese cast as the eponymous characters: a poor toymaker, his son and daughter (Hansel and Gretel), and his wicked new wife. […]

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Rings For The Sailor Scout In Your Life

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Thanks to Fashionably Geek for pointing out these lovelies.  Etsy seller PaulMichaelDesign is offering a selection of Sailor Moon inspired rings titled “Sail Me To The Moon” which you can pick up for $295 and up, depending on the precious metals and stones you chose for your piece.

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