In the run up to New York Comic Con we’re getting teased with some micro-trailers. This is one for the Star Wars Rebels animation set between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The Empire is tightening its grip on the galaxy, tracking down and taking […]
A MMO gamer’s take on Sword Art Online
In this article MMO gamer L. Meridian takes a look at the first series of the anime Sword Art Online. The anime is based on Reki Kawahara’s light novel and published by ASCII Media Works. The series is currently available to stream at Crunchyroll and at Scotland Comic Con it was announced that Manga UK […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Simpsons title sequence
Master film maker Guillermo del Toro features many of the other horror masters in his turn at directing the famous title sequence for The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episode. You can play the game of trying to spot all the references. I did that on my second watch. For my first watch I simple sat […]
Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor teaser
What’s to be said for this video from the BBC? It’s not a Day of the Doctor trailer? It’s a teaser. It tells us to watch the #SaveTheDay hashtag. There’s a strange accent, I think, too. The Day of the Doctor is the 75 minute 50th Anniversary Special for Doctor Who. It’s expected to feature […]
Short film: Batman – Puppet Master
Harvey Dent is dead. Someone has helped Zsasz escape from Arkham Asylum. FBI agent Edward Nigma has arranged a meeting with Scarface, Gotham’s newest crime boss. This fan film was released back in 2012 but is still worth watching, especially if you’ve not seen it before. There’s some strong acting in here and perhaps a […]
Final Kickstarter push for League of S.T.E.A.M. season three
[Back this Campaign] It’s taken me a while to get around to watching the Kickstarter pitch for Season 3 of Adventures of the League of S.T.E.A.M. I’m glad I’ve watched it now but the campaign is in the final week. I’m glad I watched the pitch video because the quality speaks for itself. I really […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation characters in Original Series costume
Redditor deadfraggle put together some clever photoshopped pictures for /r/Treknobabble. They show the Star Trek: The Next Generation characters wearing Original Series costumes. It gets even better the skilful pictures show strong match-ups with roles too. Picard, for example, is not just in the right shirt but is in the captain’s chair as well. What […]
Future Diary at a glimpse
In this article L. Meridian takes a look at the first episode of the anime Future Diary. The manga is written by Sakae Esuno and published, in English, by Tokyopop. The anime comes via the studio Asread with Funimation enjoying the license in the US and Kaze in the UK. At first glance, Future Diary […]
How to pre-order The Day of the Doctor 50th Anniversary Special
The 50th Anniversary Special Doctor Who will be called The Day of the Doctor and run for about 75 minutes. The BBC have just announced you can now pre-order the special on 3D Blu-ray and DVD today. The dics themselves will not be released until the 2nd of December (unless the BBC mess up and […]
Star Trek teleportation stunt
Tesco owned BlinkBox had so much success with their Dragon Skull on the beach stunt to promote their UK streaming rights of Game of Thrones I’m not surprised to see them back for bite two. This time the online TV service is using some illusion magic to grab our attention for Star Trek into Darkness. […]