Ginger Bread AT-AT
Here are some awesome ginger bread creations from geeks who add some creativity to the usual holiday tradition.
Gingerbread Daleks
Gingerbread Hogwarts
Gingerbread Nightmare Before Christmas
Gingerbread Pelannor
Gingerbread Serenity
Gingerbread Star Destroyer
Gingerbread Super Heroes
Gingerbread Tardis
Gingerbread Wayne Manor
My Precious
Theme weddings aren’t anything new. And in our geek culture, geek themed weddings aren’t anything new. But here’s one groom who found a ring bearer that was totally unexpected by the guests.
On TLC’s wedding show Four Weddings, a show where four couples compete for a honeymoon, one groom had Gollum, the ring obsessed creature from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, serve as his ring bearer. A choice which shocked the guests at the wedding.
Nonplayer Movie
According to Variety, Warner Bros. has purchased the rights to Nate Simpson’s Image comic book series Nonplayer. Simpson is both writing the story, and creating the incredible artwork for the comic. This year he won the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award as part of the 2011 Eisner Awards held at Comic-Con International inSan Diego. The six issue miniseries started in May, and I believe that so far only the first issue has been released.
Simpson’s synopsis of the comic:
Mid-21st century America doesn’t have much to offer Dana Stevens, but there’s plenty for her to live for inside Warriors of Jarvath, the world’s most popular full-immersion online game. In the real world, she’s a tamale delivery girl who still lives with her mom, but inside the game she’s an elite assassin. When she gets the drop on King Heremoth, a celebrity non-player character, she thinks she’s finally got a shot at fame. But when she slays Queen Fendra, the King’s reaction is disconcertingly realistic. Something’s amiss in Jarvath, and the effects may reverberate well beyond the boundaries of the game.
David Heyman, best known for producing the Harry Potter films, is attached to produce alongside Roy Lee (The Ring, The Departed), with the project being eyed as a potential studio tentpole.
Unadulterated. Absolute. Barbarian. Fiction.
A group of filmmakers have started production on a feature-length documentary called Toy Masters, which chronicles the creation of He-Man, and of how it became a billion dollar franchise, and a cultural phenomenon.
The movie is currently in production, and is filming all over the U.S. Toy Masters will feature interviews with the key creative people behind every version of the best selling toy line, and all incarnations of the Masters of the Universe on television, film, stage, and print. The documentary will follow the inception of the concept, and the ups and downs of bringing the fantasy character to the masses.
Avatar Sequel
Nickelodeon released an awesome trailer and poster for their new animated show, The Legend of Korra. Korra is a sequel to the incredibly popular Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon.
The Legend of Korra takes place 70 years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and follows the adventures of Korra (voice of Janet Varney), the next Avatar after Aang. Korra is a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe. She has the elements of Earth, Water, and Fire under her command, and now seeks to master the final element, Air.
Korra ventures to the center of the modern Avatar world, Republic City, a steampunk metropolis where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive. However, Korra discovers that Republic City is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip the city apart. Under the tutelage of Aang’s son, Tenzin (JK Simmons ), Korra begins her air-bending training while dealing with the dangers at large.
The animation and backgrounds look amazing. And the element bending action looks to be on the same ground with the original Avatar cartoon. I wonder if we’ll ever get any flashback episodes that show us the ending for Aang and his gang? This show has some huge shoes to fill if its going to match the highly regarded Avatar: The Last Airbender, but Korra looks like it will meet the high expectations that will be put on it. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
