Joss Whedon’s Firefly ended it’s on air run back in 2002 and Serenity came out in 2005. A mere fourteen TV episodes and one just under two hour long movie spawned a fan community that has exploded in the last five years.
This week we talk with two Browncoat fan groups, one in Seattle and one in Portland, and we interview the creators of two Firefly fan productions, the movie Browncoats: Redemption and the web-series Courage.
Plus we have the weekly geek news, Seattle area geek events and the triumphant return of Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie!
Our Geek Week
- Listened to the audiobook of Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Lost fans really should check out Jorge “Hurley” Garcia‘s podcast Geronimo Jack’s Beard
- Played Diner Dash and Cooking Dash on the iPod Touch
- Read The Prisoner by Carlos J Cortes
- Went to the Close Encounters of the Urban Kind reading at Wayward Coffee
- Went to the Harry Connolly, Mark Henry, Gayle Ann Williams, and Jessa Slade signing at Barnes & Nobel
Browncoat Madness
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
This week’s bad movie was Don’t look in the Basement (1973)
Next week’s bad movie will be Bats: Human Harvest (2007)
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352
Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.
News
- Our inside source at Wizards of the Coast assures us that the Avalon Hill boardgame Betrayal at House on the Hill is going to be re-released later this year!
- Marvel Merchandise at the Disney Store!
- Pirates of the Burning Sea: Power & Prestige sails this summer
- How Supernatural’s web spinoff will take your pants off
- Registration for Steamcon II is now open!
Events
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Conventions
- April 15 – 18, 2010 – Stargate SG-1/Atlantis Convention – Vancouver, BC Canada
- April 24 – 25, 2010 – Stumptown Comics Fest – Portland, OR
- April 16, 2010 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Seattle Geekly Trivia Night. This month join us for swords and sorcery trivia! We’ll be covering all the classic 80s genre movies, Conana, Beastmaster, Red Sonja, Clash of the Titans and more! Plus you’ll have a chance to compete against a team of experts from Dungeons and Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast! Test your knowledge and win prizes!
- April 17, 2010 6pm Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery 1201 South Vale Street, Seattle – James Sturm and Peter Bagge. James Sturm co-founder of The Stranger and creator of the popular Fantagraphics comic Cereal Killings returns to Seattle to sign his recent graphic novel Market Day. Also appearing will be the architect of the alternative comics movement Peter Bagge signing the highly anticipated Hate Annual #8.
- April 18, 2010 10am Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade 511 Northwest Couch Street Portland, OR – Portland Pinbrawl 2010 pinball tournament. On Sunday, April 18th, the finest pinball players in the Pacific Northwest will once again gather in historic Old Town for Portland Pinbrawl 2010, Ground Kontrol’s second annual pinball tournament. Join your fellow Portland ‘ballers to battle the best of the Northwest for the grand prize: a full-sized Williams’ “Johnny Mnemonic” pinball machine. Pre-registration is encouraged.
- April 19, 2010 7:30pm Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Ave, Seattle Paul Davies: Extraterrestrial Communication. Judging from the popularity of District 9 and V, and countless books and blogs that chronicle our quest for alien communication, it appears we are a species craving contact. Why haven’t we gotten a response? Professor Paul Davies, Chairman of the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup, says we’ve spent a lot of time and money searching for E.T.s, but we’re doing it all wrong. Last appearing at Town Hall to discuss 2007’s Cosmic Jackpot, his latest work, The Eerie Silence, asserts that we need to break from the old “radio message for mankind” concept and enlarge our search for signs of alien civilizations. Tickets are $5.
- April 21, 2010 6:50 and 9:10pm Metro Cinemas 4500 9 Ave NE, Seattle – Wednesday Classics: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- April 24, 2010 9pm Blue Moon Tavern 712 Northeast 45th ST, Seattle – Nerdcore Night. Join rappers Death*Star, Billy the Fridge and a guest to be named later for a night of nerdcore at the Blue Moon
- May 7, 2010 7pm Moore Theater 1932 2nd Ave, Seattle w00tstock – 3 Hours of Geeks and Music, a special event for geeks of every stripe. Television host/special-effects artist Adam Savage (“MythBusters”), actor/author/blogger Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Stand By Me”) and music-comedy duo Paul and Storm present a night of songs, readings, comedy, demonstrations, short films, special guests, and other clever widgets born from and dedicated to the enthusiasms, obsessions, trials and joys of geek pride. If you miss the Seattle show (or just want to see it again) w00tstock will also be at the Aladdin Theater in Portland on May 8!
- May 8, 2010 9:30pm High Dive 513 N 36 St, Seattle – MC Frontalot. The godfather of Nerdcore brings his Zero Day tour to Seattle for one night only at the High Dive with special guests Lisa Dank and Billy The Fridge! This is a 21 and over show and advance tickets are highly recommended.
Events
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Contest
Norwescon 33 Swag Bag Giveaway
So you couldn’t make it to Norwescon? Well once again we are passing along a pile of swag we picked up just for you! The bag includes a SIGNED first edition hardback of The Ancient by R.A. Salvatore, a PADD prop from Star Trek Phoenix, a copy of Donna Barr’s comic Bosom Enemies and whatever else we can cram in there, plus we’ll throw in an XL or 2XL Seattle Geekly t-shirt!
This contest runs from April 15 until April 25, with the winner picked April 26. We’ll ship the swag to you via USPS.
“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!
“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
Twin Peaks DVD Giveaway
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Twin Peaks we are pleased to be giving away DVD boxed sets of seasons 1 and 2.
Rarely syndicated, the Twin Peaks television series has lost none of its quirky and queasy power to get under your skin and haunt your dreams. So brew up a pot of some “damn fine coffee,” dig into some cherry pie, and lose yourself in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s murder mystery and soap opera, which unfolds, in one character’s words, “like a beautiful dream and terrible nightmare all at once.”
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This contest runs from April 8 until April 18, with the winner picked April 19. We’ll ship the swag to you via USPS.
“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!
“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
Music
Music this week was selections from the Original Firefly Television Soundtrack by Joss Whedon and Greg Edmonson
Next week’s show will be Episode #59 – Late Spring and Early Summer Movies! We’ll be talking about the big geek movies to watch out for this Summer, plus we’ll have a few (non-movie related) special guests!
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