January 2011

SF/F Commentary

Promo Bits: Gantz (Live Action Film) Premieres on the Jan. 20th,2011!

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I recently received an email about this event and decided that, since I’m planning to go, you all should know about it so you can go too. Here’s the info (after the fold): There are a lot of really sexy people in this movie, by the way… You’ve watched the series, you’ve read the manga and for one night on Thursday, January 20 you can see the GANTZ live-action World Premiere on the big screen. NCM Fathom and NEW PEOPLE invite you to your local movie theatre for the GANTZ LIVE event. Follow characters Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato on their mysterious posthumous mission to eradicate an alien species bent on destroying Earth. On January 20, find out if the players of this ultimate survival game can save the world and revive themselves. What were originally stunning illustrations translate into explosive action delivered in 5.1 surround sound. GANTZ will be English over-dubbed exclusively for this one night event. Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama, the popular Japanese actors who play Kurono and Kato, will participate in an exclusive live interview following the feature. This Q&A is exclusive to GANTZ theatre audiences nationwide. Tickets are on sale now. Check out www.fathomevents.com to learn more about GANTZ, find a list of participating theatres near you and purchase tickets. I haven’t seen all of the animated series, but I do recall the first few episodes being quite good.  You can find out if a theater near you is participating here. So who’s going?

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Top 10 Blog Posts in 2010 and from 2010 (Because They’re Different)

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I’ve been tweeting my top ten most popular posts in 2010 and it occurred to me that maybe I should put that list here, along with a list of the most popular posts written in 2010, since the lists are actually quite different.  So, here goes: Top 10 Blog Posts in 2010 Top 8 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 21st Century Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction Top 10 Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten Fantasy Movies Misconceptions About Star Wars Movie Review:  Star Trek (Why It Sucks and Why Abrams Needs to Stop) Top 10 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 90s What If Dragons Were Real? Top 7 Fiercest Dragons J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek:  An Addendum (to my review) I suspect that a lot of these views have been from old links or images, since a great deal of the posts above are at least a year old.  Still, it’s interesting to see what is getting the most attention this year. Top 10 Blog Post from 2010 (Note:  Google Analytics stopped working at around the time that I updated the blog, so the list below is based on post statistics that I have available to me–half from Google Analytics and half from Blogger’s new Stats feature, which doesn’t let me see deep enough to focus on content written in 2010.  Some of my selections are guesses based on data I have and the number of comments received.) Top 8 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 21st Century Top 10 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 90s J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek:  An Addendum (to my review) Fiction Narratives:  The Forgotten Strand? A Brief Linking to the Manifesto of No-Consequence Why Science Fiction is Important to the Third World (Part One) The Book Habits Meme (Reboot) Movie Review:  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part One) Haiti and Pat Robertson:  Slavery is A-OK Self-Publishing Lies and Myths:  Deception and Unethical Practices The differences between these two lists are pretty obvious.  The former is largely comprised of lists, which seems to prove that such things are traffic producers (which I’ve read is true, but have never done for the purposes of getting traffic, with the exception of #2 in list two).  I don’t know what to make of that.  I only do top # lists because they’re fun, and it’s starting to feel as though I’ve covered most of the topics that are reasonable enough to do.  But maybe new idea will spring up in 2011?  Who knows? Now the big question is this:  what are your favorite posts of 2010?

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