Monday, July 28, 2014

Beauty House


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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Agents of SHIELD Bosses Respond to All The Bad Things You’ve Been Saying About Their Show


It’s hard to think of a recent show that was more highly anticipated than Agents of SHIELD. Marvel! Coulson! He lives! Full disclosure: I don’t watch the show. But, being the in the profession I’m in, cultural osmosis has given me what I think is an accurate impression of the general reaction to the show: It’s generic. It’s slow. Coulson’s the only interesting character. There’s potential, but it doesn’t live up to it. Did I come close? Showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have heard your complaints, and in an interview with Comic Book Resources they responded to them. “Overall the response has been positive,” said Whedon, “But there was also a lot of anticipation for this show and inevitably, not everyone got what they wanted.” In response to the criticism that Agents of SHIELD doesn’t feel like a “Marvel” show—which I’m guessing ties in with the complaint that it comes across a generic procedural?—Whedon had this to say: “We are definitely a Marvel show. We double-checked with them just now and they told us so. But as to looking like a Marvel show—there is always room to improve on every front, but I think some of the negativity toward our TV show comes with the fact that it is just that: a TV show. Being held up against the Marvel films, which are the biggest, most exciting movies around. We’re generating more content with a fraction of the budget in a fraction of the time, but each episode still has that Marvel flipbook at the top, and the expectation that comes with it, which is very high. And well-earned.” Tancharoen elaborated, pointing that they have 22 hours of programming to fill compared to a movie’s two, so people whining that Agents of SHIELD is slow need to have patience until we get to the good stuff, dammit. Well, no, she didn’t say that. Her actual answer (“We’ve spent a lot of time in the early part of the season setting things up, laying foundation. As we approach the back half, some of this set up will pay off. This has been the plan from the start.”) was much more polite. But that plan is mutable—”We won’t keep doing things if people don’t respond to them,” noted Whedon, “and we take fan reaction into consideration, of course. However, we’ve always had a plan in place that all involved parties feel is both rewarding to those who already love the show, and to those who feel they are not getting everything they want out of it yet. But you can’t please everyone, and when you don’t, they seem to tweet at you.” That last bit is certainly true. Among the elements people aren’t pleased about is a perceived lack of character development or depth. Tancharoen says to cool your jets on that, too: “Our intent is to create interest in the characters, along with a desire to know more about them, then peel back the layers slowly but surely. It’s amazing how much people hate the word slowly these days. All of our characters are spies—with the exception of Skye, who is fast becoming one—and are trained to play things close to the vest. But yes, as the season and show progresses, we’ll be uncovering more and more about our characters… as well as meeting some new ones.” What do you think? Is “JFC, we’re getting there, calm down” an insufficient excuse for sluggish storytelling and boring characters? Or are people are judging the show based on unfair expectations? After all, Firefly started slow, too. Like I said, I have no horse in this race. But I know a lot of you will be tuning in for the show’s post-holiday return tonight, so maybe you have some things to say on the subject. There is one interview response that everyone should agree with: If you had the opportunity to use any one character from Marvel canon on the show, regardless of studio barriers, who would it be? Tancharoen: Doctor Doom. Whedon: Or Elf With A Gun. Tancharoen: Elf With A Gun, definitely.

Talented Women Join Forces To Help Lady Characters Fight Yetis In Lumberjanes Comic


Comics Alliance has the info and preview pages of Lumberjanes, a new series being written by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis, with art by Brooke Allen for Boom Box! It was created by Ellis and Boom! Senior Editor Shannon Watters. Boom Box! is a relatively new imprint of Boom! Studios focusing on creator-owned titles, and Lumberjanes is set to be its second title. Before we go any further, can I just say I was going to buy this comic book on the name alone? I love it. Comics Alliance tells us Boom’s short sell: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls” but here’s a longer description: According to Boom!, Lumberjanes follows the adventures of five friends spending their summer at a scout camp. Unfortunately for Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley, there are also a whole lot of “supernatural critters” out there trying to ruin their good time, and that’s when I assume the young-women-versus-monster combat starts up. And yes, there are promises of yeti fights. Stevenson, creator of Nimona, is a favorite of The Mary Sue, so we were excited to see she and so many talented women were involved in the project. Although Comics Alliance doesn’t mention everyone, I started slowly seeing other women announcing, or at least hinting at, their involvement on twitter. Illustrator Aimee Fleck tweeted she’s done a cover for the upcoming series, Hannah Nance Partlow wrote she did the logo on the cover, and Kate Leth teased involvement on twitter but didn’t give any further details. However she did say, “It’s gonna be soooo queer.” Stevenson wrote on tumblr the full-color series would be released in April. Pre-order it from your local comic shop like it’s your job.

Disney Characters as Warriors of Azeroth


LiberLibelula‘s redesign of Snow White as if she were a World of Warcraft character would explain why she hung out with all those dwarven men. But there are six other redesigns for you to check out in this gallery. For the rest of Liber’s art, check out her DeviantArt page! …okay, but also, Pocahontas is totally a Night Elf Druid, Stitch is a Goblin, the Beast is a Worgen Warrior, Merida is a Dwarf Hunter, and Ariel is a Human.

Go On An Unexpected Journey In These Hobbit-Themed Shoes


Whether you’re stepping out for a quick walk or trekking across Middle Earth to kick a dragon out of a cave, you need proper footwear. TOMS are a good choice, and they’re even better if they’re painted with scenes from The Hobbit. Twitter user @rachelellenlela’s best friend painted these beauties by hand. You can spot Smaug, Bilbo in the front door of Bag End, and my favorite, the entire company in silhouette. I’d wear these shoes anywhere except Mordor – I wouldn’t want to ruin them on the sharp rocks.

This Tauriel Costume Is On My Dream Cosplay List


As with most movies, The Desolation of Smaug differed from its source material. Besides the fact that The Hobbit is only a single book, Peter Jackson added a new character – Tauriel. She’s a female elf, and the company encounters her in Mirkwood. Cosplayer AngelaBermudez did a wonderful job putting together the character’s outfit – she even has the daggers right! This one is definitely on my dream list of costumes to make.

Pacific Rim Drift Compatible Friendship Necklace


If you want to fight Kaiju inside a Jaeger, you have to be able to connect to your co-pilot. The neural handshake will fail if you aren’t drift compatible. Show someone you love that you’re on the same wavelength with this awesome Pacific Rim drift compatible friendship necklace. The design features the symbol of Gipsy Danger, and if you don’t want to share the controls, you could just wear both halves of the necklace.