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.

We’re still pretty deep in the unknown when it comes to J.J. Abram’s upcoming Star Wars: VII, but the rumormill surrounding it seems to be growing every day.  (Yes, I know the cover image is of the Vulcan ‘Live Long And Prosper’ symbolic hand gesture.) The big ‘could be’ quote of the day comes from GeekTyrant, […]

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Just when we thought ThinkGeek had cornered the market on every little toy we could possibly want, they come up with something new. This time, it’s Mega Man’s blue arm buster gun.  It isn’t available to purchase yet, but you CAN sign up for the email alert.  They’re saying sometime in December for official release.

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Order a large pizza, settle down with your sensei and the rest of your dojo, because here is a look at the first official trailer for the upcoming documentary on all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, “Turtle Power”! The documentary will available on DIGITAL HD and DVD August 12, 2014.

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By now, hopefully you’re caught up on Game Of Thrones from this past weekend.  If not, go do that now before continuing with this post. Well, thanks to Sawdust Films, apparently Jon Snow knows something: how to fight with a lightsaber.

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It looks like Netflix will be rebooting one of our favorite informational animated series from the 90’s, The Magic Schoolbus. Ms. Frizzle will be back, although she’ll no longer be voiced by Lily Tomlin as far as we know.  And come on, that theme song by Little Richard is STILL awesome. What we know so far […]

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In case you didn’t see this new rumormill post from MoviePilot,  it looks like The CW’s hit show Arrow based on the DC character The Green Arrow, is going to have ANOTHER fellow DC hero join him in Starling City. Nightwing, who Batman fans will instantly recognize, is the name/cowl Robin takes when he gets older. […]

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With Charlie Cox set to play Matt Murdock in the Netflix series from Marvel Daredevil, it was only a matter of time before we found a Kingpin. Looks like the bald criminal nemesis of our red hero will be played by Vincent D’ONofrio.  We’re finally starting to get excited about this show!

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Deadline is reporting Fox and James Cameron have contractually snagged Sigourney Weaver for 3 official Avatar sequels. “Sigourney and I have a long creative history, dating back to 1985 when we made Aliens,” Cameron said. “We’re good friends who’ve always worked well together, so it just feels right that she’s coming back for the Avatar sequels. Her character of […]

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It’s been a long few weeks for fans of Marvel’s shrinkable hero Ant-Man;  waiting to see who’d be replacing original film director Edgar Wright after his parting ways with the comic studio. Looks like Peyton Reed will be officially taking over the production.  Here is the official statement from Marvel’s website: “When Marvel’s Ant-Man hits theaters July […]

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