Our friends at Alliance Films have hooked us up with passes to advanced screenings of PIRANHA 3DD in TORONTO and OTTAWA on May 31, 2012.

SYNOPSIS: “After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of bloodthirsty piranhas are back. This time no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer’s best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park”

Stars include: Katrina Bowden, David Hasselhof, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Gary Busey and many, many more.

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Screening Details:

Toronto

Thursday, May 31, 2012
Show Time: 7:00 PM
AMC Yonge & Dundas 24

Ottawa

Thursday, May 31, 2012
Show Time: 7:00 PM
Coliseum

Contest closes Wednesday May 30 at 5pm est. The winners will be randomly selected and notified that evening.

Good Luck!!!

Let’s talk about DC’s recent announcement that a well-known character will come out as gay this June. This is a very exciting step! I want to see the world I live in reflected in the comics I read, although of course I also want the fantastic, impossible, magical elements that I can only dream about in real life; an important part of my world is the diversity of the people I interact with. Race, age, size, gender, sexuality – these are all sites of difference that can shape who we are and how we interact with others, and when these differences are reflected in the art that we create and consume it enriches both the reader and the art. It’s great to see DC comics embracing that diversity in the characters it portrays, and hopefully this marks the beginning of further diversification in DC’s creators and who they market to as well.

The announcement specifically uses the word “reintroduced”, which suggests that this character has not been active since the relaunch, but they’re also “major” and “iconic”, which rules out lesser known characters. After some in-depth lunchtime discussions with my Bat-fan coworkers, these are my top three picks for who might be the new gay hero, keeping in mind that my first choice (Tim Drake) is disqualified because he’s already been very busy in the DCnU and thus can’t be reintroduced.

1. Alan Scott (Green Lantern, Earth 2). We saw Scott at the end of Earth 2 issue 1, so his reintroduction is happening right now. He’s iconic, having been the very first Green Lantern, but unlike Hal Jordan (Ryan Renolds in the Green Lantern movie) or John Stewart (on the Justice League cartoon show) he hasn’t had much exposure outside of comic books and so there’s less attachment to a certain version of the character. Coming out would probably give this older character a much-needed boost into the modern world.

Earth 2 #1 by James Robinson and Nicola Scott

2. Vic Sage (The Question).  He’s an iconic DC character, in that he’s been around forever and lots of readers know him, but he’s also less popular and has less cultural baggage than someone like Batman or Superman. He appeared very briefly in the Free Comic Book Day issue that DC put out this May, so we know the Question is a part of the relaunched universe, but very little other information was given. Plus, maybe there’s something about the Question mask that carries a certain gayness with it… Renee Montoya, who was The Question prior to the relaunch, was a lesbian.

The New 52 FCBD Edition, by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee

3. The Riddler. It could be a villain, and of any villain, the Riddler is probably the gayest! I know, don’t worry, I’m not saying that the Joker’s straight, but Mister J’s more queer than gay. The Riddler is well known, not specifically written as straight (unlike the Penguin, who’s already had a tragic romance storyline), and hasn’t really done anything since the relaunch. We did get a few glimpses of him with the other inmates of Arkham Asylum in Batman 1.

Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

One problem with my list is that it’s three men, but I didn’t want to include a woman just for the sake of having a lady on the list, and these are the characters that made the most sense to me as possibly the one. Also, it’s often easier or less controversial for a woman to come out as lesbian or bisexual than it is for a man to do the same thing. That’s problematic (to say the least), but this isn’t the right time or place to get into that whole conversation.The point is, the DCnU can use more diversity all over and having a gay man in the scene will help. I’m looking forward to watching this story unfold, and would love to read your comments about these three possibilities and whoever else you think might be getting ready to come out.

Source: Batman-Comics.com

Catwoman is a master thief who can kung-fu kick your ass all over Gotham but, I often wonder, who would win in a fight? Catwoman? Or Marvel’s sexy, shape shifting siren, Mystique?

Did you just get a semi? I did.

Jeri Ellsworth made this impressive bass guitar/keytar for the Bay Area Maker Faire by combining it with an original C-64, even using the C-64′s own built-in sound chip. To be more specific, she commented via Twitter saying it uses the SID chip and is based on an FPGA – a re-implementation of the Commodore-64 computer using reconfigurable logic chips. Yeah, what she said.

With that kind of innovative, modern technology, I’d expect no less than hearing Bruce Lee or Ghosts N Goblins sounds on it… better yet, I better hear her play the Jumpman Game Over song.

Skip to 0:45 to see this thing in action.

Source: Geeks Are Sexy

The site features tips on hosting a successful WGD event in your town, a forum for Goths worldwide to discuss everything; from the Goth Day Awards to the burning question of “Are you a true Goth?”

The aforementioned awards feted the likes of Sisters of Mercy and Fields of the Nephilim but somehow managed to exclude Goth godfathers, Bauhaus. Neil Gaiman was named “Best Author” by the goths of the internet who took a break from shadowdancing and choosing new coloured contact lenses to vote for their fav’s.

A possible suggestion for next year’s festivities would be to change the name to “World Goth Night” because, c’mon, how often do Goths emerge from their stygian lairs before the rise of the moon? Exactly.

Overall this was a good year for TV geeks. Niche sci-fi show Fringe has been on the bubble it’s entire run was picked up for a fifth(!!!) and final season, Community the critical and cult darling plagued with low ratings got a pick up and despite some cruel rumours, our beloved Parks and Recreation was picked up for a full 22 episode fourth season!!!

I’ve put together a list of what’s coming up next year, what’s new, what’s coming back, and when it’ll probably be on the schedule.  This isn’t a complete list and I’ll be updating it as more announcements are made.

*New shows in italics

Monday

ABC

Castle (season 5)

NBC

Revolution
J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke, dystopian sci-fi. Need more? Watch the trailer:

Fox

Bones (season 8 )

CBS

How I Met Your Mother (season 8 )

Tuesday

ABC

Happy Endings (season 3)

Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23 (Season 2)

FOX

New Girl (season 2)

The Mindy Project

Wednesday

ABC

Suburgatory (season 2)

NBC

Animal Practice

Starring Justin Kirkman (Weeds) this show has adorable animals, for that it deserves at least a trial viewing period.

CW

Thursday

NBC

30 Rock (season 7)

Up All Night (season 2)

The Office (season 9)

Parks and Recreation (season 5)

ABC

Scandal (season 2)
Don’t discount this soapy Whitehouse drama. It might just be the guilty pleasure you’ve been looking for

CBS

The Big Bang Theory (season 6)

Person of Interest (season 2)

Elementary
A modern New York City spin on Sherlock Homes with Jonny Lee Miller in the lead role with Lucy Liu as a female Watson.

CW

The Vampire Diaries (season 4)

Beauty and the Beast
Following in the footsteps of recent fairy tale successes Once Upon a Time and Grimm, this is a modern update of the classic Disney story taking place in New York City.

Friday

NBC

Community (season 4)
Now on a new night and without creator, Dan Harmon we’ll still be watching to see what the fourth season at Greendale looks like.

Grimm (season 2)

FOX

Fringe (season 5) *final season

CW

Nikita (season 3)

Sunday

ABC

Once Upon a Time (season 2)

Revenge (season 2)

666 Park Avenue

FOX

The Simpsons (season 24)

Bob’s Burgers (season 2)

Family Guy (season 11)

American Dad (season

What new series and returning shows are you most looking forward to this fall?

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Now we already know that Marvel is producing sequels to Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Avengers however apparently there’s two more unannounced Marvel movies in the works as well. Marvel President Kevin Feige had this to say:

We want to do two films a year. Avengers is our only film this year, but in a week and a half we begin filming Iron Man 3. By the end of the summer we’ll be working on the next Thor film, early next year the next Captain America film. Those are the three we’ve announced so far; we’ve got two beyond that that we haven’t announced yet, but we’re working on.

So far we know of these:

• May 3rd 2013 – Iron Man 3
• November 15th 2013 – Thor 2
• April 4th 2014 – Captain America 2
• May 16th 2014 – Untitled Marvel Movie #1 (Ant-Man maybe?)

What other movies from the Marvel Universe would YOU like to see?

Source: GeekTyrant

The gang over at KarateMart.com took it upon themselves to whip up these customized plates answering one of life’s most pondered mysteries:

If Street Fighter characters had custom license plates, what would they look like?

Find out below.

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Producers of the show say that this Arrow has no relation to the Green Arrow in Smallville however, so I guess this is more of a fresh take/origins story.

Oh and did I mention that it stars a Canadian actor? Stephen Amell is going to be donning the ol’ bow and arrow while his love interest aka Black Canary will be played by Kate Cassidy.

Have a look at the trailer below. Do you think this will be a hit like Smallville?

This awesome shoot was done by Adam Jay of SuperHero Photography and features Sarah Scott as our favorite Amazonian. They’re even planning a few fan films too (which I can already tell will look cooler than that show!)

Check out the amazing gallery below.

Source: Geek x Girls

Check it out below.

At the very beginning of Firefly’s pilot episode, “Serenity” when we’re introduced to Captain Reynolds at the Battle of Serenity Valley, he jumps behind a giant anti-aircraft cannon to shoot down a ship. Well when he turns it on you’ll notice the all-too-familiar Weyland-Yutani Corporation logo from Prometheus and the Alien franchise at the top of the screen.

From Firefly

From the Alien Franchise

Now I wonder how Reynolds would have fared against those pesky aliens…

Source: Blastr

Shawarma, anyone?