{"id":5420,"date":"2012-01-22T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T15:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2012-01-22T12:41:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T17:41:37","slug":"talkcast-117-ben-templesmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5420","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 117 &#8211; Ben Templesmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?attachment_id=5421\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5421\" title=\"templesmith logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/templesmith-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/templesmith-logo.png 295w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/templesmith-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sci-Fi-Saturday-Night\/142340463143\">Facebook poll<\/a>:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Raven\">The Raven<\/a><\/em> is our readers&#8217; favorite Poe story.<\/li>\n<li>The CW orders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/cw-nearing-pilot-order-green-arrow-tv-series-arrow\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29\"><em>Green Arrow<\/em> pilot<\/a> and a reboot of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/spinoff.comicbookresources.com\/2011\/09\/16\/the-cw-rebooting-80s-cult-drama-beauty-and-the-beast\/\">Beauty and the Beast<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>SyFy&#8217;s<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scifimafia.com\/2012\/01\/upcoming-syfy-saturday-original-movies-vie-for-most-awesome-title\/\">Swamp Volcano<\/a><\/em> &amp; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/scifimafia.com\/2012\/01\/upcoming-syfy-saturday-original-movies-vie-for-most-awesome-title\/\">Arachnoquake<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2012\/01\/18\/after-red-tails-troubles-george-lucas-wants-to-retire-to-indie-films\/\">George Lucas<\/a> stop making movies?<\/li>\n<li>Spielberg on\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/steven-spielberg-talks-robopocalypse-theme-timeline\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29\">Robopocalypse<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Eight years ago, Paramount lost the rights to<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2012\/01\/18\/watch-now-kerry-conrans-original-test-footage-for-john-carter-of-mars\/\">John Carter of Mars<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Nispel directing\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/marcus-nispel-direct-hackslash\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29\">Hack\/Slash<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>BBC\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/bbc-sherlock-confirmed-season\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29\">Sherlock<\/a><\/em> confirmed for a third season.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/youbentmywookie.com\/entertainment\/red-band-trailer-for-fdr-american-badass-15218\">FDR American Badass<\/a><\/em>, the most recent alternate history film.<\/li>\n<li>MMA Fighter Gina Carano vies to play\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/entertainment\/2012\/01\/mma-fighter-gina-carano-on-haywire-kissing-michael-fassbender-and-playing-wonder-woman.html\">Wonder Woman<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our guest is writer and artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.templesmith.com\/faze3\/\">Ben Templesmith<\/a>. We reminisced about meeting Ben two years ago at Boston Comic Con, and his participation in our Jeanne Robinson fundraiser jam sketches. (Adding color isn&#8217;t cheating Ben!) We examined why\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.30daysofnight.com\/\">30 Days of Night<\/a>\u00a0(<\/em>the book and\/or the movie)\u00a0didn&#8217;t feel like a huge career boost. Ben mentioned that\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idwpublishing.com\/catalog\/series\/50\">Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse<\/a><\/em>\u00a0would definitely be continued, and when asked about his artistic inspiration, didn&#8217;t miss a beat in naming Ralph Steadman.\u00a0Meet Ben in April, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncomiccon.com\/\">Boston Comic Con<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5420-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast117.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast117.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast117.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast117.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast117.mp3&id=5420\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5420\" data-text=\"TalkCast 117 - Ben Templesmith\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5420\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D5420&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Ftemplesmith-logo.png&#038;description=TalkCast%20117%20-%20Ben%20Templesmith\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0This week\u2019s Facebook poll:\u00a0The Raven is our readers&#8217; favorite Poe story. The CW orders Green Arrow pilot and a reboot of Beauty and the Beast. SyFy&#8217;s\u00a0Swamp Volcano &amp; Arachnoquake. Will George Lucas stop making movies? Spielberg on\u00a0Robopocalypse. Eight years ago, Paramount lost the rights to John Carter of Mars. Marcus Nispel directing\u00a0Hack\/Slash. 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