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.

From the runway to the resurrection ship, statuesque model/actress/activist Tricia Helfer (who most fans will know as Six or Caprica Six), keeps busy when not in front of the camera.  As I said in my previous interview with fellow BSG Alum Katee Sackhoff, Tricia is also an avid humanitarian; spending most of her free time organizing […]

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So you’re telling me Happy from Iron Man is directing an adaptation of The Jungle Book?  And so far, no single outlet seems to be able to agree if it’ll be live action with all people, live action with CGI animals, or animated with live action animals. What they CAN agree on however is that Oscar […]

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What we have here are the first official released set photos from the upcoming film Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow is directing and Derek Connolly is writing the script.  “Jurassic World offers a new sci-fi terror adventure set 22 years after the horrific events of the original Jurassic Park.” The cast as far as has been released is: Chris Pratt, […]

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Boy that’s alotta hashtags, but Nerd Ractor does it again with this fantastic #Cosplay parody of the music video #Selfie.  The video features popular YouTube artist Lindsey Stirling, Grant Imahara, cosplayers Yaya Han, Ani-Mia, Abby Dark-Star, Ivy Doomkitty and many more:

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With very few exceptions, reboots and remakes don’t usually please the masses for film or TV.  Myself, I consider Battlestar Galactica to be one of the few truly successful TV franchises to be rebooted, considering it’s now known life as 5 different series, and is currently in development for a full on film.  The Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles […]

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Reposting DIRECTLY from Battlenet: Steel thyself, O mortal realm of Anaheim! The eighth BlizzCon is coming to your Convention Center this Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, 2014. Prepare for two relentless days of Blizzard gaming and fellowship, including in-depth discussion panels with Blizzard developers, hands-on opportunities with the latest Blizzard games, and intense eSports […]

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This apparently may be an option now.  Jennifer Lawrence is the current leading lady to don the blue paint and red tresses for the X Men film franchise, and now that they’ve got her makeup process down from 6-8 hours to a more manageable 3-4 hours, she’s more likely to say yes for a spinoff flick. Writer […]

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