I haven't gotten to see Logan yet, but I am hearing great reviews of it and GET OUT! Pretty excited. I have, like many of you, finally seen the new Deadpool trailer. Fuck yes. This should be a good year for movies.
As far as TV goes, have you gotten to check out Powerless or Legion yet? No?
Powerless is a cute new show on...well, honestly I keep up with everything on Hulu, so you will have to check your local listings for that. It centers around this quirky young professional woman who gets a job in the big city for a company that basically makes things to keep you safe from superhero/villains. I think it is an interesting different perspective of the superhero world.
Legion...What can I say? Its Marvel. Whenever the show starts getting really good, it ends. The there are about 5 minutes worth of credits. I'm really looking forward to seeing this show progress so I can stop screaming "wait, wtf just happened?!?!"
We'll just leave it there today. Short and sweet. Also, if you are in Memphis, check out 901 Comics in Cooper-Young. They have several of my limited framed #behindthestrip photo prints for sale. When I say limited, I mean I made less that 2 or 3. Maybe. Some of them are the only existing version. So, yeah. Check that out.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Which should come first....?
So, I have given all of you almost a month to finally get around to watching the season finale of Doctor Who, the Christmas special, and Star Wars so I could post without feeling like a dick about spoilers.
I gave you time, dammit.
For the purposes of this post, I will just discuss Doctor Who. I'll be nice and give you stragglers a few more days before talking about all of the rumors and theories running amuck with Star Wars.
So let's talk about that season finale. I watched it in the back of a comic book shop in Collierville, TN with a bunch of people who were basically strangers to me. That said, I laughed my ass off every time he slammed the door in their Gallifreyan faces.
"Yeah MOTHER FUCKER!"
I am trying to figure out WTF they are trying to do with Clara. Her heart is stopped. She will never age until she is returned to that moment, but it is fixed in time so she still has to die, right? Then why did they send her and Me off in the other stolen Tardis? I know it was for laughs since the had some time to kill (snickers). And that Tardis is now stuck as a 1950's themed American roadside diner? How is that going to work out? I have heard they are setting it up for an American spinoff. Maybe I should troll more fansites before I actually post these so I can be better...ish informed. Ok, so he has forgotten Clara....sort of. Surely he realized she was the waitress after her face was plastered on the side of his Tardis.
And there is a NEW SONIC SCREWDRIVER????? Crap! I almost had a complete collection. I can't even find a clear google image of it.
That said, lets jump to the Christmas special. RIVER CAME BACK! It was so adorable how she didn't even recognize him for a good portion of the episode. I adored her response when they stole the Tardis!
"Well, he's never noticed before.."
And he gave her a sonic. The one I've had for a while (which is half broken, *ahem*). Is it the same one she has in the library? I mean, I know their timelines get all jankey, but is THAT how she got it? It makes some sense. But now I feel like I have to rewatch those episodes. I almost cried when he "suggested" for the restaurant be built. It was just for her all of this time. :') So is River coming back? It's not like he has a companion right now, anyway.
There are SO many more things I want to touch on these episodes. Please feel free to add anything in the comment section below. Thanks, again, for reading! Star Wars post is coming soon!
I also have some #behindthestrip prints for sale. Just click here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153333387882986.1073741834.199557687985&type=3
I gave you time, dammit.
For the purposes of this post, I will just discuss Doctor Who. I'll be nice and give you stragglers a few more days before talking about all of the rumors and theories running amuck with Star Wars.
So let's talk about that season finale. I watched it in the back of a comic book shop in Collierville, TN with a bunch of people who were basically strangers to me. That said, I laughed my ass off every time he slammed the door in their Gallifreyan faces.
"Yeah MOTHER FUCKER!"
I am trying to figure out WTF they are trying to do with Clara. Her heart is stopped. She will never age until she is returned to that moment, but it is fixed in time so she still has to die, right? Then why did they send her and Me off in the other stolen Tardis? I know it was for laughs since the had some time to kill (snickers). And that Tardis is now stuck as a 1950's themed American roadside diner? How is that going to work out? I have heard they are setting it up for an American spinoff. Maybe I should troll more fansites before I actually post these so I can be better...ish informed. Ok, so he has forgotten Clara....sort of. Surely he realized she was the waitress after her face was plastered on the side of his Tardis.
And there is a NEW SONIC SCREWDRIVER????? Crap! I almost had a complete collection. I can't even find a clear google image of it.
That said, lets jump to the Christmas special. RIVER CAME BACK! It was so adorable how she didn't even recognize him for a good portion of the episode. I adored her response when they stole the Tardis!
"Well, he's never noticed before.."
And he gave her a sonic. The one I've had for a while (which is half broken, *ahem*). Is it the same one she has in the library? I mean, I know their timelines get all jankey, but is THAT how she got it? It makes some sense. But now I feel like I have to rewatch those episodes. I almost cried when he "suggested" for the restaurant be built. It was just for her all of this time. :') So is River coming back? It's not like he has a companion right now, anyway.
There are SO many more things I want to touch on these episodes. Please feel free to add anything in the comment section below. Thanks, again, for reading! Star Wars post is coming soon!
I also have some #behindthestrip prints for sale. Just click here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153333387882986.1073741834.199557687985&type=3
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
MCFC overview
Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention was this weekend, as you probably gathered from my last post. Even thought it wasn't as profitable as I had hoped, I still had a great time. SOMEHOW I did not take one.single.picture during the entire three days. Ok, maybe one and it was just of my booth as a "hello! Here I am!" reminder. However, a lot of people took pictures of me, so if anyone knows where I can find them, hit a girl up. One guy took close up photos of my photos and ran off. Uhhh, not too happy about that.
Thanks to my friend, Kasey, I met a lot of very awesome people my first night and was greeted with smiles, open arms, and inside jokes for the remainder of the weekend. Also alcohol. Lots of alcohol. Not the "falling down the escalator" amount by any means, but enough to openly take a poll in my panel asking how long anyone thought it would take before someone tried to use that space between the handrails as a slide.
Speaking of, the BBC panel, in my opinion, went great. I learned some things from some of the more technical oriented fans. I also learned that I should never have mentioned the internet rumor that is going around about how Clara may be the Doctor. BIG mistake. I also don't remember Martha and Mickey getting married, as one of the audience members brought it up. Going to have to look up that one. There were only three of us panelists, one of which had lost her voice, the other was only well versed in BBC period pieces. I had to take the reins for the rest. Stated the obvious for a few, especially the two very presumptuous, technical oriented Doctor Who fans, but I think I ultimately earned their respect.
At least, the Jameson made me believe I did. That's all that matters.
I also learned that I have no idea how to control a panel. After about 40-45 minutes, several conversations began happening all at the same time for about 10-15 minutes or so. It was hard to come back from that. Did my best to announce this blog at the end because the other panelists didn't have anything they wanted to advertise. I don't think anyone heard me, but that's ok.
One girl asked about Supernatural early on. I told her that (whatever she asked) was a very good question, though it was not BBC. I saved it with the fact that I love the show and spent a good few minutes explaining it to her and the rest of the room with other SuperWhoLockians happily chiming in.
At the end of it all, I made new friends, became part of a family, and hard a great time.
Then I discovered "Con Crud", or "con funk" as it is alternately referred to as.
I had heard people mention it here and there throughout the weekend. From what I can tell, it refers to anything ranging from a nervous stomach, to straight up flu like symptoms. For me, I woke up Monday morning to get ready for work, and passed out: on my toilet, in a chair in my bathroom, the shower, the floor, and finally my bed. My body was completely exhausted, I couldn't see straight or keep my eyes from crossing and rolling back into my head. I was running late for work and was able to get a text out to my boss just in time before passing out (again) for him to assign someone else my clients for the next few days without skipping a beat. Felt really bad about it, though. Now I'm broke, but I have spent the last three days recuperating. Of course, after the holiday, I am working (at least) a ten-day-straight work "week."
On a side note, I have some side work that I need to catch up on and have a few possible and exciting new ventures coming up in the very near future. I also got some much needed feedback and suggestions on my #behindthestrip project, as well as a few ways to branch it out. Hoping the motivation kicks in.
On another side note, River is coming back for the Doctor Who Christmas Special??? WTF?
Thanks to my friend, Kasey, I met a lot of very awesome people my first night and was greeted with smiles, open arms, and inside jokes for the remainder of the weekend. Also alcohol. Lots of alcohol. Not the "falling down the escalator" amount by any means, but enough to openly take a poll in my panel asking how long anyone thought it would take before someone tried to use that space between the handrails as a slide.
Speaking of, the BBC panel, in my opinion, went great. I learned some things from some of the more technical oriented fans. I also learned that I should never have mentioned the internet rumor that is going around about how Clara may be the Doctor. BIG mistake. I also don't remember Martha and Mickey getting married, as one of the audience members brought it up. Going to have to look up that one. There were only three of us panelists, one of which had lost her voice, the other was only well versed in BBC period pieces. I had to take the reins for the rest. Stated the obvious for a few, especially the two very presumptuous, technical oriented Doctor Who fans, but I think I ultimately earned their respect.
At least, the Jameson made me believe I did. That's all that matters.
I also learned that I have no idea how to control a panel. After about 40-45 minutes, several conversations began happening all at the same time for about 10-15 minutes or so. It was hard to come back from that. Did my best to announce this blog at the end because the other panelists didn't have anything they wanted to advertise. I don't think anyone heard me, but that's ok.
One girl asked about Supernatural early on. I told her that (whatever she asked) was a very good question, though it was not BBC. I saved it with the fact that I love the show and spent a good few minutes explaining it to her and the rest of the room with other SuperWhoLockians happily chiming in.
At the end of it all, I made new friends, became part of a family, and hard a great time.
Then I discovered "Con Crud", or "con funk" as it is alternately referred to as.
I had heard people mention it here and there throughout the weekend. From what I can tell, it refers to anything ranging from a nervous stomach, to straight up flu like symptoms. For me, I woke up Monday morning to get ready for work, and passed out: on my toilet, in a chair in my bathroom, the shower, the floor, and finally my bed. My body was completely exhausted, I couldn't see straight or keep my eyes from crossing and rolling back into my head. I was running late for work and was able to get a text out to my boss just in time before passing out (again) for him to assign someone else my clients for the next few days without skipping a beat. Felt really bad about it, though. Now I'm broke, but I have spent the last three days recuperating. Of course, after the holiday, I am working (at least) a ten-day-straight work "week."
On a side note, I have some side work that I need to catch up on and have a few possible and exciting new ventures coming up in the very near future. I also got some much needed feedback and suggestions on my #behindthestrip project, as well as a few ways to branch it out. Hoping the motivation kicks in.
On another side note, River is coming back for the Doctor Who Christmas Special??? WTF?
Saturday, November 14, 2015
A fresh start
So I am going through and deleting all of the boring, unnecessary
posts on this blog and am going to do my best to at least keep up
weekly. I've been rolling out posts from my phone that just don't ever
to seem to quite work once I read it later, but that happens.
Coming up next week is the Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention. I'm excited about this because not only will it be my first Con (I'm always having to work), BUT I will also have a booth selling my #behindthestrip prints from the project I have been working on for over a year and a half. I started it in March of 2014 with around 10 action figures. Now my collection exceeds 250, I have no shelf space left in my house, and I have a nice bit of credit card debt. Stupid ebay.
Also, I am (theoretically) going to be on a panel or two. I agreed to a BBC panel, but the girl I spoke with said she hasn't sorted everything out yet. That includes booth numbers. The procrastinator in me has waited until the past few days to finally send in my orders for product, packaging, and up-to-date business cards which contain thisblogisatardis.com and my instagram account (carynloveless).
This is incredibly exciting for me and also very nerve racking. I ordered over $700 in product. This con is either going to make me or break me. I'm hoping to sell out within the first two days and also plan on creating order/suggestion forms today when I am in between clients. If nothing else, I guess I'll have plenty of stock for that etsy store I have never actually put anything in.
Tell me who your favorite superhero is in the comments section below and if I have a figure or him/her, I'll post something on here using it! I love suggestions!
If you have never seen anything from my #behindthestrip photo project, check a few of these out.
Let me know what you think!
Coming up next week is the Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention. I'm excited about this because not only will it be my first Con (I'm always having to work), BUT I will also have a booth selling my #behindthestrip prints from the project I have been working on for over a year and a half. I started it in March of 2014 with around 10 action figures. Now my collection exceeds 250, I have no shelf space left in my house, and I have a nice bit of credit card debt. Stupid ebay.
Also, I am (theoretically) going to be on a panel or two. I agreed to a BBC panel, but the girl I spoke with said she hasn't sorted everything out yet. That includes booth numbers. The procrastinator in me has waited until the past few days to finally send in my orders for product, packaging, and up-to-date business cards which contain thisblogisatardis.com and my instagram account (carynloveless).
This is incredibly exciting for me and also very nerve racking. I ordered over $700 in product. This con is either going to make me or break me. I'm hoping to sell out within the first two days and also plan on creating order/suggestion forms today when I am in between clients. If nothing else, I guess I'll have plenty of stock for that etsy store I have never actually put anything in.
Tell me who your favorite superhero is in the comments section below and if I have a figure or him/her, I'll post something on here using it! I love suggestions!
If you have never seen anything from my #behindthestrip photo project, check a few of these out.
Let me know what you think!
Monday, December 8, 2014
Wow!
Has it really been March since my last update? Boy am I behind! So I still need to catch up on this recent season of Doctor Who as work didn't allow me time off to see anything other than the first three episodes. I really need to catch up before the beloved Christmas special. If any of you care to tell me where I can do so, that would be amazing.
So around March, I started a new photo project called Behind The Strip. It is basically a glimpse into the life of your favorite comic book heroes and such when they are not on the job. I have been working on a rather large, unfortunately expensive, collection this project alone including figures from Marvel, DC, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dark Horse, etc... I'm hoping to get a kickstarter or some crowd source funding going as soon as I figure out how to not sound completely crazy.
Last quick point. So they came out with a new Star Wars trailer. I am probably the only nerd alive that hasn't watched it yet. I'll post my opinion when I do. It looks like the next few days are going to be both busy and light for me work wise. I guess we will just have to see how well the wifi works.
So around March, I started a new photo project called Behind The Strip. It is basically a glimpse into the life of your favorite comic book heroes and such when they are not on the job. I have been working on a rather large, unfortunately expensive, collection this project alone including figures from Marvel, DC, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dark Horse, etc... I'm hoping to get a kickstarter or some crowd source funding going as soon as I figure out how to not sound completely crazy.
Last quick point. So they came out with a new Star Wars trailer. I am probably the only nerd alive that hasn't watched it yet. I'll post my opinion when I do. It looks like the next few days are going to be both busy and light for me work wise. I guess we will just have to see how well the wifi works.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Sherlock season 3 (possible spoilers)
I finally got a chance to watch the new Sherlock episodes a few weeks ago and...just..wow. I love how they integrated fan driven ideas about how he faked his death. Unless you wish to go the consiprancey rout and say that most of those theories were planted through various internet outlets and message boards by the writers themselves just to keep the flame lit. I rather enjoy the thought of them actually paying attention to the fanbase. Now what are we going to talk about until they put out season 4?
Moriarty.
Moriarty, Moriarty, Moriarty.
First off, as a geek girl, I absolutely squeed when he and Sherlock kissed. I immediantly messegeMorisrd several of my fellow nerd girls, all of whom have been biting their toungs raw at this point, just...well...there were no real words to phrase it. One conversation went as this:
Me: Dude. Moriarty. That kiss...
Friend: I know!
Me: !!
Friend: HOW THE HELL HAS IT TAKEN YOU THIS LONG>???
Me: !!!!!
Ok, I'll stop girling out on that. The scenes with Molly, though. Come on. If she was in on it, I find it difficult to believe she would have gotten engaged to someone else, even if he was (or she made him) just like Sherlock. I think Molly probably molded the guy to be like him. Perhaps as a way to deal with the grief of thinking she lost him. I did enjoy seeing her in charge of the relationship for a change. It must hae been a little gratifing to the character to be followed around by an obiediant puppy instead of the reverse.
What almost made be shoot Dr. Pepper through my nose, though, was (can you guess?) Watson's moustash! I absolutely adore how they poked fun at him about it throughout the episode as well. Made my entire day.
Jameson now. More geek later,
Moriarty.
Moriarty, Moriarty, Moriarty.
First off, as a geek girl, I absolutely squeed when he and Sherlock kissed. I immediantly messegeMorisrd several of my fellow nerd girls, all of whom have been biting their toungs raw at this point, just...well...there were no real words to phrase it. One conversation went as this:
Me: Dude. Moriarty. That kiss...
Friend: I know!
Me: !!
Friend: HOW THE HELL HAS IT TAKEN YOU THIS LONG>???
Me: !!!!!
Ok, I'll stop girling out on that. The scenes with Molly, though. Come on. If she was in on it, I find it difficult to believe she would have gotten engaged to someone else, even if he was (or she made him) just like Sherlock. I think Molly probably molded the guy to be like him. Perhaps as a way to deal with the grief of thinking she lost him. I did enjoy seeing her in charge of the relationship for a change. It must hae been a little gratifing to the character to be followed around by an obiediant puppy instead of the reverse.
What almost made be shoot Dr. Pepper through my nose, though, was (can you guess?) Watson's moustash! I absolutely adore how they poked fun at him about it throughout the episode as well. Made my entire day.
Jameson now. More geek later,
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
I am truly terrible at this..
I haven't updated some November and deeply apologize for this. I worte several drafts of updates when I had no internet connection, but never posted any of them. Perhaps I can dredge up some of those unfinished backlogs and scatter them about, confusing all of you. Just pretend I have been traveling with the Doctor and the Tardis wifi router accidently feel in the pool during a rough landing.
I will, however, make a figiting attempt to make up for this lost time.
The DOCTOR WHO Christmas special. I found it to be lovely, although I do feel like there should have been more. It was hard enough to say goodbye to Matt Smith and I felt it just ended too quickly. Just recently during a conversation about Capaldi's unveiling, someone actually made me feel a bit incompetent. You see, I have never actually watched any of the webisodes. I'm not even sure whether or not I actually knew they existed. This strangers that were bonding with me over Whovian lore and theories were setting my brain ablaze with everything I had assumed (and then some) that have been tearing up the internets. All of these in between shows that apparently pull everything together.
WHY HAS NO ONE MENTIONED THIS TO ME BEFORE?????
Perhaps you have. My ears are usually full of whiskey.
I shared with this lovely couple my theory about how maybe John Hurt was actually the Eighth Doctor, just aged. It makes sense after seeing Eleven as an old man not long before he finally regenerated into Twelve...or is it Thirteen.... or is it One? Capaldi, either way. I thought I had a pretty damn good theory, especially since I remember reading that Moffat didn't originally intend on adding an extra Doctor in there. One of the previous Doctors had turned down a cameo appearance but everything had basically already been drawn out. I may have misread somewhere, or perhaps developed a theory over someone else's theory. Either way, I like my theory better, so pffft.
But what gets me is, after all of this buildup, all of this waiting to see whether Capaldi will stand up to our high standards of how we feel our legendary Doctor should be portrayed, they tell us that there won't be any new episodes until SEPTEMBER? WTF? Capaldi is apparently too busy with other projects he was previously committed to before he decided to accept the role.
Can someone please call him and let him know that there is NOTHING more important than the Doctor. We already waited what felt like FOREVER for the new Sherlock episodes (which I admit I still haven't watched yet but the next few days will be solely devoted to this) and now we have to wait AGAIN? BBC....guys...you are killing me. It is a slow death filled with pinterest and reddit theories, but death nonetheless.
On a side note and completely off topic, I heard that Harrison Ford has signed on for two or three more Indiana Jones movies. Harry, we love you, man, but please, PLEASE keep your shirt on. I want to keep the younger, tight body in my memory. Don't make me replace it. And, Steven Moffat, if you are reading this, please don't direct either of them. I'm not ready for that Dr. Indiana Jones to die yet.
Ok, more later. I promise to try and keep updates coming more often.
I will, however, make a figiting attempt to make up for this lost time.
The DOCTOR WHO Christmas special. I found it to be lovely, although I do feel like there should have been more. It was hard enough to say goodbye to Matt Smith and I felt it just ended too quickly. Just recently during a conversation about Capaldi's unveiling, someone actually made me feel a bit incompetent. You see, I have never actually watched any of the webisodes. I'm not even sure whether or not I actually knew they existed. This strangers that were bonding with me over Whovian lore and theories were setting my brain ablaze with everything I had assumed (and then some) that have been tearing up the internets. All of these in between shows that apparently pull everything together.
WHY HAS NO ONE MENTIONED THIS TO ME BEFORE?????
Perhaps you have. My ears are usually full of whiskey.
I shared with this lovely couple my theory about how maybe John Hurt was actually the Eighth Doctor, just aged. It makes sense after seeing Eleven as an old man not long before he finally regenerated into Twelve...or is it Thirteen.... or is it One? Capaldi, either way. I thought I had a pretty damn good theory, especially since I remember reading that Moffat didn't originally intend on adding an extra Doctor in there. One of the previous Doctors had turned down a cameo appearance but everything had basically already been drawn out. I may have misread somewhere, or perhaps developed a theory over someone else's theory. Either way, I like my theory better, so pffft.
But what gets me is, after all of this buildup, all of this waiting to see whether Capaldi will stand up to our high standards of how we feel our legendary Doctor should be portrayed, they tell us that there won't be any new episodes until SEPTEMBER? WTF? Capaldi is apparently too busy with other projects he was previously committed to before he decided to accept the role.
Can someone please call him and let him know that there is NOTHING more important than the Doctor. We already waited what felt like FOREVER for the new Sherlock episodes (which I admit I still haven't watched yet but the next few days will be solely devoted to this) and now we have to wait AGAIN? BBC....guys...you are killing me. It is a slow death filled with pinterest and reddit theories, but death nonetheless.
On a side note and completely off topic, I heard that Harrison Ford has signed on for two or three more Indiana Jones movies. Harry, we love you, man, but please, PLEASE keep your shirt on. I want to keep the younger, tight body in my memory. Don't make me replace it. And, Steven Moffat, if you are reading this, please don't direct either of them. I'm not ready for that Dr. Indiana Jones to die yet.
Ok, more later. I promise to try and keep updates coming more often.
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