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.

New DC Game Has Title

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UPDATE!  Here is the game play trailer! Batman: Arkham Knight was one of the domain names registered last year, according to GameInformer‘s list, alongside Arkham Origins. A quick check of the domain on WhoIs.com shows that it was registered by the same agency as the past titles in the series, and that they updated the domain on December […]

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The Suicide Squad from “Arrow”

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As recently teased on The CW’s Arrow, A.R.G.U.S. boss lady Amanda Waller (played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson) is putting together a “squad”.  And no, it’s not the Harley Quinn version.  THANK.  GOODNESS. In the March 19 episode “Suicide Squad,” Arrow costar David Ramsey  in addition to flashing back to a Diggle/Lila/Afghanistan adventure referred to during Season 1, “There’s a bigger […]

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Wonder Woman Won’t Have Pants

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Call me a traditionalist when it comes to my super heroes and their costumes, but I’m really glad the pants thing didn’t work out.  Yes, I was rather disappointed the new TV series about the Amazonian Princess was abandoned, but breathed a sigh of relief when the unwarranted character redesign was nixed.  There was no […]

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Arrow’s “Suicide Squad”

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As recently teased on The CW’s Arrow, A.R.G.U.S. boss lady Amanda Waller (played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson) is putting together a “squad”.  And no, it’s not the Harley Quinn version.  THANK.  GOODNESS. In the March 19 episode “Suicide Squad,” Arrow costar David Ramsey  in addition…

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Happy 110th Birthday Dr. Seuss

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What can someone say about Theodor Seuss Geisel, the man who single handedly influenced almost every school aged child with his books?  He published 46 books, 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series.  During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a […]

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“The Birds” And Michael Bay

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Platinum Dunes (Michael Bay’s company) and Mandalay Pictures are producing a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds for Universal. The 1963 classic starred Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor. The Hollywood Reporter says, “Naomi Watts has been loosely attached to star in the film for years, but her involvement is script-dependent.

 Jonathan Herman penned the most recent version of the screenplay.”   So what, the birds are gonna […]

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Starfleet Mountains On Mars?

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This photo which was taken on December 30th, 2013 by the by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (currently in orbit above Mars) shows what true Trek fans would recognize instantly as the United Federation of Planets Command insignia on the surface of our red neighbor.  The communicator-shapes are actually large sand dunes (furthering […]

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Godzilla vs. Heisenberg

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[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”rq632MtJu32rEcDPW4eVCpqvBwtwO5Zc”] Godzilla vs. Heisenberg to help you with your Breaking Bad with-drawls and quell the IS IT TIME YET Godzilla nerves. Thanks AwesomenessTV!!

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