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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on.
This series deserves a final season that makes sense.
Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!
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Three stories appeared in today’s Montreal Gazette which are of interest to fandom:
Michael E. Uslan was a wideeyed, 28-year-old comics fan when he improbably scooped up the film rights to a character Hollywood had kicked to the curb. Brimming with belief, he bought Batman. Problem was, no one else in town was buying.
It was the late ’70s, the era of The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now, when Uslan, a comics scholar turned aspiring producer, pitched the major studios on his idea for a Bat-project. He was met with rejection after rejection. One industry executive told him Batman was “as dead as the dodo.”
“It can’t be comprehended today,” Uslan says. “There was no respect for superheroes or their creators.”
The film industry, like much of society at large, still viewed comic books as simply kid stuff. But Uslan saw a path forward: “If we do it as a dark and serious movie, it will almost be like a brand new form of entertainment.”
Personally, I think this concept would work better as Christmas tree ornaments than as candles. Check the GoT shop here. –cpl
Game of Thrones may have aired its series finale, but the HBO show’s fandom is still going strong (disgruntled viewers of season 8 notwithstanding). To wit, the network is offering officially licensed Game of Thrones Dragon Egg Candles to keep the fantasy alive.
A set of three unscented candles costs US$26.95 and comes complete with a simulated scaly exterior that resembles the petrified dragon eggs owned by Daenerys Targaryen. Each candle measures about 6 cm x 8.5 cm.
The HBO website also features official mugs, fleece blankets, throw pillows. GoT aprons, cake moulds and ice trays.
And even though it’s summer, holiday ornaments are also for sale, including one depicting Daenerys riding Drogon (US$24.95) and another sculpted like the Night King (US$19.95).
We invite you to submit your films today! Our 2019 call for entries is open now until June 30, 2019, and as always, submissions are free. To do so, simply use our new submission form supported by Zone Festival.
For short film competition details and how to submit your work, visit our website under Submit a film tab.
2. The Throne of Knives, (also forks and spoons): About 300 forks, knives and spoons are separated each day from the food remains of the Uppsala populace, by their local biogas plant. In order to, in a fun way, show how important it is to sort properly, Uppsala water has built a magnificent cutlery throne.
The cutlery throne consists of about 4,000 pieces of cutlery which corresponds to two weeks of cleaning. The cutlery has been washed and then welded together. The throne weighs about120 kg. About 3,5 tons of cutlery is sorted out from the waste every year, which means around 100 000 pieces. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE THRONE
3. Stephen Thorne who acted in Dr Who and is noted for his work on audio books has passed away, aged 84.
Television credits were many and included roles in Z Cars, Crossroads, Sexton Blake, David Copperfield and Last of the Summer Wine. His voice was suited to Radio work where roles included Aslan in The Magicians Nephew, Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings, and Colon in Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!. He has played many characters for Big Finish Audio productions including reprising the roles of Omega and Eldred. READ MORE HERE
4. 2019 Chesley Award Finalists (for 2018 Works): This is the official final nomination list for the 34th annual ASFA awards, the Chesleys. The Chesleys, named for the great astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, started in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year. This year’s awards are for works and achievements in the period from January 1st to December 31st 2018.
Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book, View Album here
Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book/Ebook, View Album here
Best Magazine Illustration, View album here
Best Interior Illustration View album here
Best Gaming Related Illustration, View album here
Best Product Illustration, View album here
Best Color Work – Unpublished, View album here
Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished, View album here
Best Three Dimensional Art , View album here
Best Art Director
Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award
…languages in video games, and many topics in between, including developing a language course to sign languages.
We are delighted to tell you that the keynotes speakers this year will be linguists David J. Peterson, creator among other things of the fictional languages used in the popular TV series, Game of Thrones, and Marc Okrand, known in particular for being the creator of the Klingon language of the famous Star Trek franchise, who will present together during a special night on Friday, August 23rd. They will each present a workshop of the languages they have created over the weekend also.
Other topics discussed at LangFest 2019 will range from minority Francophone communities in Canada to languages in video games, and many topics in between, including developing a language course to sign languages. Language workshops, highly popular during previous instalments, will also be back, allowing participants to get acquainted with South Africa’s Xhosa language, western India’s Gujarati or even Esperanto, among other languages.
We hope you are looking forward to LangFest 2019 as much as we are! Stay tuned, more info will be released on our website.
Tetsu, Joey, and Nicolas
Co-organizers
For tickets, go to:
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Thanks to File 770 for these bits of news
1. Couldn’t go to World Con in Helsinki? Or, like me, couldn’t get into the room? First shock of the con was not being able to watch the opening ceremony because the room only held a couple of hundred! It seems the opening ceremony, the masquerade, and several main event panels are on YouTube. But no Hugo ceremony? How did that get missed? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_U7RhKFr-If4pusZY6g8A/videos
2. I have not yet seen confirmation, but some news sources are reporting that Brad Walsh is the new companion for the Doctor.
3. A street too far?
The developer of Charlemont Rise at Geelong in Victoria said he had been forced to change the name of Lannaster Road because of the link to the incestuous Lannister siblings from Game of Thrones.
“The name was knocked back by the developers next door because of the relationship between the Lannister brother and sister on the show,” said the project manager, Gary Smith. “I even changed the spelling to make it not as obvious.” Lannaster Road will henceforth be known as Precinct Road.
There have been no complaints about the other street names in the estate, more than a dozen of which were inspired by the show, Smith said. Among the names are Stannis, Winterfell, Greyjoy, Baelish and Tywin.
The most popular, however, is Snow Street – named after the fan-favourite Jon Snow. “The only big mistake we’ve made was naming a small street Snow Street. We thought Jon Snow was going to be dead but then he came back to life in the next season,” Smith said. “He’s everybody’s favourite – we should’ve given him a large avenue.”
4. Actor Jay Thomas (1948-2017) died August 24.His genre work included 20 episodes of Mork and Mindy, 6 episodes of Hercules, voicing an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, and The Santa Clause 2 and 3.
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Another batch of YouTube trailers and short vids posted on File 770.
In spite of the title, they are not all about GoT, but you have scroll way down to get there.
http://file770.com/?p=36559
And fans of Howard Lovecraft and GRRM might want to also see:
In which HPL and GRRM talk shop.