Where you are going to get “May the Fourth Be With You” from every even slightly geeky friend and acquaintance. Tough it out, guys: It only comes twice a year.
Happy Star Wars Day, regardless of cliche.
Taking the tired old vs. debates to new heights
Wow. A web series that explores which fictional characters would win in a fight. What a shocking and original use of bandwidth. Fanboys. (via)
Etsy scavenger: Things to wear and carry
The Darth Vader garter was the Star Wars hit of #estyday on Twitter. Who knew? [Darth Vader Garter by Kizette, $22.50.]
It’s a bit pricey, but this bracelet is my favorite #etsyday find. [Star Wars Charm Bracelet by Artista Muerta, $48.]
There are an awful lot of t-shirts on Etsy, but I found this one rather charming. [Graf Vader by Workplay, $15.]
No Etsy roundup is complete without a bag! [Flowers for Alderaan Purse by DAME Creations, $22.]
Etsy scavenger: I find your Star Wars bathroom set… Kind of awesome, actually
Of all the things I’ve come to expect on Etsy, a complete bathroom theme set has to be the most surprising… Yet completely natural. The only thing I should really be shocked at is that they haven’t apparently made a liscensed one yet. (Or have they?)
We’ve seen bedroom gear and dishware (The Phantom Menace ones were better) but bathroom products? Suddenly I’m seeing a new use for my Darth Vader pimp cup. [Vintage Star Wars Bath Sets by Greatful Thread, $165.]
(Check back later today for more Etsy gems!)
The catchup: Links from Twitter
Here are some of the things I’ve micro-blogged over @clubjade in the last week or so.
Hollywood hyperbole. Sony’s Amy Pascal thinks that James Cameron’s Avatar could be the next Star Wars. I’m just trying to think of an upcoming genre movie I care less about than Avatar and failing miserably.
Duck and cover, Dallas. Will Texas be able to handle the squee produced by an official Twilight convention? We can only hope the lack of Robert Pattinson gives them a fighting chance.
Space blob approaches! Guys. GUYS. Waru is coming! I repent of all my Twilight mocking. Okay, not really.
But the real question is, who did they ship? Wired’s Scott Brown takes a brief look back at Sherlock Holmes fanfic.
Presented without comment. Guess who wants to write a Wonder Woman novel?
Video: Nostalgia Chick on She-Ra
Speaking of low culture, here’s some righteous mocking of a gem from my own childhood. (You’ll also want to watch her take on Labyrinth.)
Morning news sarcasm: High culture, low culture
High culture, with bunnies. A friend of mine actually went to see this production of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre involving lightsabers, but us uncultured barbarians are probably better off with Chuck Jones and DVDs.
High culture, geek edition. Does the world really need another Tolkien book? Apparently, yes.
It’s on TV! Variety’s Season Pass blog has a great interview with Lost‘s Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. Sorry, no snark here: If you watch the show, this is a must-read.
Video games. Bad reviews make creators sad? Come on guys, you work for LucasArts. Embrace the pain.
Gate Geek – I see interesting things
I really need to do these more often. Lots of news flying, these days.
Prepare to be astounded. Stargate Universe is going to feature an openly gay character for the first time; in addition to being “dark and edgy.” (The cast does not appear to be as dark and edgy, though. If you’re not already following them, cast members David Blue and Brian Jacob Smith have been Twittering up a storm and seem like a lot of fun.)
So this gay thing is not entirely new. It has already been said that at least one of the Atlantis characters was gay, but they never put it on screen. And there may be others.
Maybe they’ll do that in the “some day soon” version of the Atlantis movie? (Joe Mallozzi has been working on the script.) But apparently MGM is being a bit wishy-washy about the timing for this and the next SG1 project.
In spend-some-money news, there is a preview of the Teal’c animated maquette on i09 that is entirely too cute. (Words rarely associated with Teal’c.)
You can also spend your money to have lunch with Richard Dean Anderson to benefit the Waterkeeper Alliance.
And in yet still unrelated news, big, um, congrats to the incredibly talented Christopher Hyerdahl for being cast in the next Twilight movie. May you not be overrun by Twihards.
Starlog won’t kill your trees anymore…
Starlog, a magazine that was my lifeline to geekdom when I was a kid, is ending its print magazine and moving to online only.
Y’see, kids (she says, putting on her best old person voice), back in the day, this was one of the few ways to get any news on the geeky stuff. I can remember my complete shock and utter joy to find Starlog magazine.
These were people who understood me! They covered things I wanted to hear about! I would bore my mother for hours regurgitating everything I’d read in it.
Alas, the advent of the fast reporting of the internet and its increasing costs to publish has taken down this classic. You’ll just need to content yourself by following them online.
Thanks again, Starlog!
Surely Club Jade will get a mention…
A little birdie tells me that the Amazon page for Steve Sansweet‘s latest book has gone live.
Stories about his collection, including the unique fan-made items? I’m sure that some of Club Jade’s more unique contributions will be ridiculed described.