Jeff of Pickle Pot Studios, one of the fine purveyors of fascinating objects at Arisia.

• Frank Darabont talks Godzilla
• No surprises in Justice League characters
• The Following
• Why is JJ Abrams directing Star Wars VII?
• Kiwanas Club steps in to save Exeter, NH UFO fest
• BBC America heads back in the TARDIS to bring classic Doctor Who to America
• Christopher Eccleston “WILL” return for 50th. Anniversary after all
• Poll:  What’s your fave sci-fi Shakespeare?

Tonight’s guest is Rachel Silber of Arisia, “New England’s largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention.”  She adds a staff point of view to Zombrarian and Kriana’s con wrap-up, and even gives us a sneak peek at the guests of honor for next year! (Arisia was also the debut of this amazing Tardis dress, that’s been floating around the ‘net all week. (Kriana and I got to see it in person!)

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• Follow up from last week – what they stole from the Poe House in Baltimore
• Syfy pulls the plug on Alphas
• Ron Moore’s Helix, for Syfy
• 9 Things We Want to See in Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.
• IBM’s Watson computer has parts of its memory cleared after developing an acute case of potty mouth
• Final Fringe
• Arrow Returns to TV
• Doug Jones joins the film We Are Monsters
• Creator of Flaming Carrot opens his own on-line store!
• Poll: Who is your favorite Superman actor

Tonight’s guest is Mike Dougherty from Big Damn Films, the mastermind who brought us Browncoats: Redemption. Mike is here to give us an update on Z-Con, his new film about a Sci Fi/Comic Convention that suffers a zombie outbreak.

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• Documentary about SF writer Jay Lake seeks crowdfunding
• Medical fundraiser for sf writer Jay Lake
• www.jlake.com
• Lost Girl Season Three begins!
• Star Trek: Renegades
• Fan hopes SCIENCE will prove Wash isn’t dead.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Fast Tracked By ABC
• Star Wars Live Action TV Series?
• Jurassic Park’s one week only IMAX, 3D rerelease dates announced
• Watch out: Someone is trying to scam science fiction authors
• Tina Fey is a Russian prison guard in Muppets 2
• Worst Horror movie title ever
• Poll: Which is your favorite Lincoln?

Tonight’s guest is author Kristi Petersen Schoonover, who is here to discuss her new book Bad Apple. She told us all about the unique writing process she went through with this book. We also discussed Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, horror movie story rights, and old fashioned typewriters!

 

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• Happy 121st birthday, Mr. Tolkien! – Jan 3, 1892
• We saw the Hobbit and had a Tea Party
• Honest Trailer for LOTR
• JJ Abrams says he’s not interested in Star Wars
• Dr. Who Christmas Special
• Our two week poll – What is your favorite Richard Matheson Story/Script?
• RIP Gerry Anderson
• Peter Parker Dies
• Timothy Zahn’s New Star Wars Novel, Scoundrels
• Is Twin Peaks coming back?
• AMC will re-air all 18 Walking Dead episodes in black and white

No guest tonight! Instead, enjoy our in-depth discussion of The Hobbit and all the other cool stuff we liked this week.

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Our Top Movies of 2012:
The Avengers
The Hobbit (2D!)
Hunger Games
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933
The Amazing Spiderman

Fringe series Finale

Tonight’s guest is Miriam Pultro of the web series Mythos: “A character-driven, mythology-based webseries about  mortality, family, love, and fate.” She’s been nominated for Best Actress at the Indie Soap Awards for both Mythos and Casters – The Web Series. She tells us all about how Mythos got started, and about the lessons she learned from the production of the first season, which is available here.

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• Data and Geordi in the mooooorning!
• Geeky Xmas Cards
• Benedict Cumberbatch is NOT Khan
• The Once and Future Wonder Woman
• Fringe: The Emerald City?
• This is the weirdest TARDIS cosplay we’ve ever seen
• 7 Against Chaos

Tonight’s guest is Francis Abbey, writer and executive producer for the fantasy webseries The Broken Continent. We talked about the challenges of working in the fantasy genre (shoes are a big one) and the success of their first Kickstarter campaign. If the trailer for The Broken Continent is any indication, this is going to be a great series. But they need your help with the post-production costs! There’s a new Kickstarter campaign to pay for post production and marketing, so if you’re interested in seeing more, you should go donate!

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• Pan’s Labyrinth on Broadway
• Live, online Spider Robinson lecture on writing science fiction
• TV tries Wonder Woman yet again
• Sea Breeze Recipe
• [Gift Suggestion] Darth Vader continues to be the best father ever in Jeffrey Brown’s Vader’s Little Princess
• SyFy winter programming.
• Poll: Who’s your favorite clone?

Tonight’s guests are Justin Timpane and Daniel Ross of Ninjas vs. Monsters (which is preceded by Ninjas vs Zombies and Ninjas vs Vampires). They tell us the story of how they got started making movies, and give us an inside look at the Ninjas vs series. Justin also told us about his “rival” podcast, which sounds almost as good as SFSN.

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• Neil Patrick Harris “dreams in puppets” in a new web series on the Nerdist Channel!
• SyFy at 20.
• Aussie zombie film to raise money for Red Cross
• Pacific Rim
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Be among the first to see the extended cut of one of Star Trek’s most famous episodes
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Poll: In honor of the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which is your favorite Sci Fi dog?

Tonight’s guest is Jamie Chambers from Signalfire Studios. Jamie told us about several really neat projects including the upcoming e-book, The Very Hungry Cthulupillar. You can hear the first page of the book read as the opening of this week’s podcast, and the plan is to release an audio version soon. We also discussed some of the games available from Signalfire Studios like the card game Building an Elder God and the print-and-play dice game Demon Dice which is available for free. Go play!

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