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.

Fresh off this week’s record numbers for the ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., we have our first look at the concept art for the Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. What is that? Well, here is the press release from Marvel from last week detailing their vision, key points being the partnership of NASA, Marvel, and Discovery Times […]

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I can’t even put into words how amusing these two things put together working as well as they do is.  I never would think in a million years the CLASSIC Jaws (and also Jaws 2) footage with audio from the newest Godzilla (2014) trailer would be…..so perfect. Lizard goes into the water, nuclear waste goes into the water….

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Lionsgate announced today that their take on one of the most beloved tv shows of the 90s, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is going to be a a new movie!  The official quote from the company: The new film franchise will re-envision the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, a group of high school kids who are infused […]

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We’ve reported our fair share of GOTG news, like these awesome high res posters of 5 main characters of the upcoming Marvel film, and a GODDAMN RACCOON WITH A MACHINE GUN.   But here are two new photos of Chris Pratt’s Star Lord from Geek Magazine: Guardians of the Galaxy stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave […]

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“MANKIND WAS BORN ON EARTH.  IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO DIE HERE.” Christopher Nolan has been rather quiet of late, and Interstellar is why.  Not much is known about this upcoming film other than it looks BEAUTIFUL, and also the cast includes Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, and Golden Globe winner Jessica Chastain.   The film is set to […]

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(Editor’s note:  This convention report is from a dear friend and well known cosplayer Tallest Silver.  Silver is awesome, and doesn’t normally travel to conventions outside her native California, so I jumped at the chance to get her perspective on an event in Chicago, especially one as large and well known as C2E2.  Make sure you check […]

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It’s a day that ends in Y, which means more Star Wars VII news/rumors.  This morning Huffington Post reported from a story on Aint It Cool yet ANOTHER “working title” that might possibly be for VII.  Our post about the previous “name” drop and other possible factoids is here. “The Ancient Fear” is the new possible title, and […]

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While I admit, I dropped off on my reviews of this epic historical fantasy from Starz Network (more because it’s con season, and that means less time to watch/review TV shows from hotel rooms), I make sure I watch our Florentine Artista and his buddies adventures every Saturday.  The scope and beauty of Da Vinci’s Demons […]

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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have our first look at upcoming Fox series Gotham (which has already been picked up for a full season).  We’ve reported A LOT of news from casting to first looks of characters on set.  Looks pretty good, actually.

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THIS SOUND RIGHT HERE. You know it means there’s something strange, in your neighborhood.  Who you gonna call?  LEGO GHOSTBUSTERS!   The original design for the set by Brent Waller is shown on the left, the official release ECTO-1 is on the right. The set will go on sale June 1st, 2014 and is available […]

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