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Such an arresting fan illustration by Red Scharlach of a magazine cover for the inimitable Mrs. Hudson from Mark Gatiss’s and Steven Moffat’s Sherlock, played by Una Stubb:
An awesome cover for an awesome character. Kudos!
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It’s six months till (yet another) Spider-Man reboot drops. The first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming has been out for a few weeks, and it’s looking cool:
FIRST OFFICIAL Trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming via Jimmy Kimmel Live
Very MCU! There’s one thing that I very much hope: that Tony Stark will only be making a cameo. I’m so, so thoroughly done with that character already. Instead, I’d love to see other faces get more attention now, kthxbye.
So, I’m still not entirely sure whether I want to see it, because Spidey’s never been that interesting to me and there’s the possibility of Stark overload. I guess it’ll depend on how movie-deprived I’m feeling come July.
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Adding to the first two trailers for The Expanse, season 2, here’s the third:
THE EXPANSE | Season 2: Trailer #3 | Syfy
Looking good! I especially loved the brief glimpse of Bobbie’s dream for a green Mars. Some day.
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Here’s a few of our favorite brilliant and inventive Christmas trees from around the web.
A hilarious Cookie Monster Christmas tree by imgur user enhydralutris45:
An ingenious Star Wars tree by Amy at DIY Candy (with how-to instructions):
Kathryn Burnett’s fantastic Harry Potter tree (from North News via Bored Panda):
And finally, a little less extravagant but no less charming, a small Hunger Games tree from Hunger Games Lessons, with a helpful how-to:
We’re vacationing for a week or so. Until then, Happy Merry!
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The peeps at GameSpot Universe went through Rogue One trailers and combined them into this supercut:
Trailer Supercut: All Rogue One Clips In Chronological Order by GameSpot Universe
Their goal was to put the clips in chronological order, by which I’m guessing the order they will appear in the movie. Looks like a reasonable guess to me!
Two weeks—can’t wait!
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Trailers for the second season of The Expanse are out!
THE EXPANSE | Season 2 Trailer | Syfy
THE EXPANSE | Season 2 Trailer #2 | Syfy
I saw the first season well after it had broadcasted. It’s clear that it merely scraped the surface of the story, but I liked it enough to want more. The writing managed quite well to avoid infodumps while giving us enough to understand any given situation. Most of the cast was new to me, but I enjoyed their performances. Detective Miller was the most boring character of all; I liked the crew of the Rocinante, though, especially Nagata and Burton.
Season 2 will be out February 8, 2017.
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A new Arrival screen ad is out! (Published today, in fact!) In an atypical move, the trailer (if you can call it that) starts with several completely unrelated clips of people in an experimental situation:
Arrival (2016) – “Common Ground” – Paramount Pictures by Paramount Pictures
…except that, of course, the clips aren’t unrelated. They show two strangers with no shared language trying to figure out what they have in common. It’s quite clever; see for yourself.
Two weeks to go till opening night!
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It’s now just over a week until Doctor Strange opens. (Gosh, November is so close!) There are a bunch of trailers on the InterTubes, for instance the official ones by Marvel:
Marvel’s Doctor Strange Teaser Trailer by Marvel Entertainment
Doctor Strange Official Trailer 2 by Marvel Entertainment
The tv spot from the end of September, however, is my favorite:
Doctor Strange TV Spot by Marvel Entertainment
Kaecilius: “Mister…?”
Strange: “Doctor.”
Kaecilius: “Mister Doctor.”
Strange: “It’s Strange.”
Kaecilius: “Maybe. Who am I to judge?”
Harf! 🙂
I have to say I know next to nothing about Doctor Strange. The character was referred to from time to time in the translated X-Men I read in my youth in Finland, but “odd name” and “magic user of some sort” was pretty much what I got out of them.
The cast is something to look forward to. I loved Chiwetel Ejiofor in Serenity and The Martian, and Benedict Cumberbatch should be marvelous (I’d listen to him pretty much just reading a phone book). Mads Mikkelsen looks like the quintessential bad guy. Perhaps too much so; I fear I might find his character too corny, but we’ll see.
Tilda Swinton I’m conflicted over. I’ve enjoyed her past performances. Her character in this movie, The Ancient One, has been gender-swapped, which is really cool. However, apparently the role is whitewashed. I guess we’ll see.
I also know nothing of the director Scott Derrickson; again, we’ll see. It’s been such a slow latter half of the year, movie-wise, that I’m looking forward to Doctor Strange even if I’m not sure whether it’s exactly my cup of tea.
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At some point when I wasn’t looking, it got to two months till Rogue One. The second official trailer is out:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer #2 (Official) by Star Wars
“They are requesting a call sign.”
“It’s a… rogue. Rogue One.”
Whee!
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The anthology Hidden Youth, with Erik’s story “How I Saved Athens from the Stone Monsters”, is expeced in November. We don’t know exactly when yet, but we know that the file has been sent to the printer. It’s very exciting—almost there!
I rounded up some of the artwork commissioned for the collection, but first here’s my headcanon picture for “Stone Monsters.”
In the beginning of “Stone Monsters,” there’s a scene where Mnestra, one of the protagonists who works as a flute girl, uses her veil to try and attract customers. I don’t think it was Erik’s intention, but the scene immediately brought to my mind this amazing, dynamic Greek statue we’d seen years ago at The Met:
Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked female dancer, c. 3rd-2nd century BCE.
When thinking about “Stone Monsters,” this is the image that I connect with the story. Unfortunately the dancer’s veil is drawn so close that we can’t see her face. That’s where the Hidden Youth artists come to the rescue. I just happened to see this sneak peek by Paula Arwen Owen of her papercut illustration for “Stone Monsters” on Twitter:
That’s eggplant and egg, all right, with a herma in the background. 🙂 Love it!
Then I was curious and went looking for Hidden Youth art. Others have also posted glimpses of their work in progress. For example, Ellen Million:
(She’s shared a slightly bigger photo as well.)
Two girls by Veleries / Thio Wina Oktavia:
Kat Weaver’s dormitory(?) sketch:
A sneak peek by A. D’Amico:
A glimpse of Jay Bendt’s piece:
And, finally, Charis Loke’s almost finished illustration:
They all look so great—can’t wait to have the book in my hands!
Images: Bronze statuette by Eppu Jensen (Greece; c. 3rd-2nd century BCE; bronze). Papercutting by Paula Arwen Owens via Twitter. Attic room by Ellen Million via Instagram. Two girls by Thio Wina Oktavia via Twitter. Dormitory by Kat Weaver via Twitter. Street seller by A. D’Amico via Twitter. Leaning girl by Jay Bendt via Tumblr. Under clouds by Charis Loke via Twitter.
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