Weekend Nerd Round up

Karen Gillan aka "Amy Pond", Current Doctor Who Companion

So. It was a busy nerdy weekend it seems. Some things funny, somethings not so funny. So I'm going to give you a quick run down of things.

First up :
Karen Gillan the current Doctor who Companion actress it seems got lost after one hell of a party at The Ace Hotel. I'll leave you with the article snip it from Topless Robot :

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan was found naked in a New York hotel corridor after a night of riotous partying.

Miss Gillan, 23, who plays the Time Lord's assistant Amy Pond, was seen 'whimpering' in the nude by guests at 7am before security arrived, wrapped her in a sheet and escorted her to her room.

She and co-stars including Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, had been put up at The Ace, one of Manhattan's trendiest hotels, during a promotional trip.

After fulfilling their duties, the cast and crew enjoyed 'one long party', according to fellow guests. One permanent male guest told the Daily Mail he heard someone trying to open his door at 7am. 

The resident, who later identified the stranger as Miss Gillan, said: 'I went to the peephole and looked out. I saw a man at the lift who was looking back at someone who was attempting to open my door... the next thing I saw was a woman giving this person at my door two towels before getting into the lift and leaving. 

'Then I saw this young woman, completely naked, trying to wrap two towels around her and not having much luck. 'She then started to whimper and knock on my door. Seeing that she wasn't getting anywhere, she lay down with the towels covering her.'

Geekyest way to say Marry me?

 

I found this on Geeksaresexy.net and had to share it. As far as geeky marriage proposals that I've seen or read about this has to be up there. Most tend to be game related. Like the now well know story of the man who hacked his girlfriends Bejeweled game to pop the question. One so clever that Pop Games, the maker of Bejeweled even helped the couple out by paying for their honey moon.

Others have followed suit, hacking games, staging events it seems. With the advent of the internet fame that can come with being sickeningly sweet and geeky each man (or women) is out to over throw the current "Geeky Marriage proposal" couple. Youtube is full of them. Makes you wonder what some of these people would have done twenty years ago when they had to be satisfied with simply retelling the story to friends and family who couldn't be there for the big event.

I can't honestly say one way or another if I would enjoy the attention or would want my significant other to go about asking me to marry them in such a way. I suppose for me as a geek girl it'd have to be done in a rather interesting way.  Mainly being, since I do surf the internet without a guide (MWAHAHA) I do stumble across those proposals as everyone links them, talks about them and re-posts them. I beleive I would be disappointed with the lack of creativity in my partner if they chose to copy someone else idea. Like that whole rose story from ages past that I'm sure millions of guys thought them selves "ever so clever" by copying the idea and replaying it out with the girl they were with (and hoped like hell she didn't know the story!) at the time.   Nothing wrong with it, but when I can Google it and five at least 7 "How to" type sites suggesting this, its time to find something else gents!

Pottermore

Now if your a Harry Potter fan your panties are in a bunch with the movie so close to release. And potentially even more so since Ms. Rowling put Pottermore up a few weeks back leaving everyone guessing as to what it could/would be. I honestly hoped it was a MMORPG (like I NEED another game) as the world of HP is as vast as our own and much of it has yet to be discovered truly. (Like why isn't there any Asian or American wizards?) The books themselves have created a cult following unlike any modern books, and the movies have only furthered that. I'm honestly waiting for the last movie before I pick up the books and begin back tracking.

Yes, this means I've not read them. At the time the series started the few friends I had in to the books actually managed to creep even me out with how obsessed they became. Those people are no longer in my life so its an idea I've considered for some time now. But with the movies almost over, I figured it might be good to finish one and then go to the other. I'm getting off track here though!

Did you really miss me?

Some things never change. And one of those things I can promise you, is that I am a gamer. Its been a year since I last gave anyone a peep to me being alive. I've mainly been living my life and figuring things out. Much has passed, moved on and for lack of anything else, fallen to dust.

The notion has struck me, that I have the time now - even with going back to school - that I have the time to actually write. The question came do I write for this blog or the other blog. Well, my choice was this one as I am still a 100% gamer. But I've not done anything news worthy in the Model world. And I'm not sure if I will to be honest. But given geeky things happen everyday - why not talk about that?

Apple thought..

Does anyone else find it funny that Steve Jobs won't allow for any progression for the iPhone to support flash when the apple website uses it in ever aspect they can? Oh and that its supposedly a "dying" format of code and everyone will be using HTML5? Someone ask him to look at his company's website before he makes such silly statements. While the man is smart and knows how to get the public's true attention of things worth their time, he seems not to see things as they are now. I understand he's trying to push the boundaries, but till everyone jumps on the apple train and uses HTML5, could to try to support flash, please?

Btw, the video has nothing to do with this blurb. Just a song and video I find appealing right now. That's all.

Nerd..er Note worthy movies..

While there has been a great amount of buzz regarding video game, comic and general nerd movies to be hitting the big screen in 2010, only a few have been making their way out for grubby hands to share and bitch about. Two were reported to get Super Bowl add spots, but alas I only seen one. That one being Prince of Persia. I played the game ages ago and in my thirst for Bioshock ownership, traded it in. Nothing a truly regret, considering I can get it for a decent price now if the urge to play strikes me

Spider-man reboot already?!

Yep. You read right. Spider-man is already (not even 10 yrs old) getting a reboot. I'm baffled. While delighted that the scream worthy rumors I had been hearing are now dead, these new ones make me twitch. I mean, seriously? WITH ALL the movie worthy titles marvel has - they want to reboot Spider-man?

Well given they've done, what, four reboots of the comic in the last two years. Why not add the movie to the list? Makes me very sad. They had something going, three was horrid but that didn't mean four couldn't recover. With Spidy there is a lot of martial to work with, lots of ground you can cover. You can find the link after the jump.

Still alive.. Dealing with Life changes..

So life keeps changing. I'm still playing wow, I now own a Wii, PS3 and I'm looking at hand helds to bring in to my gaming life. Right now I'm taking a break from WoW.. Not by choice. My gaming PC after being upgraded to Windows 7 ( Which is FUCKING AMAZING ) has run in to some issues.

With the help of friends I've trouble-shooted it down to being either the HDD's or maybe even the OS. Rare but it happens. Worst all out scenario is my MB is fucked. I hope not but hey shit happens. We all know this.

I've been consuming my time with Little Big Planet, playing through Bioshock on the PS3 while I wait for Bioshock 2 to be released. VtM: Bloodlines again with the updated unofficial patches. And other things. I'm trying to sort my self out so to speak, so this blog may become a little more personal. For the moment I'm not modeling. Though I'd like to, I'm kinda in hiding just because I'm sorting things out as they come for me.

My Husband joined the army and is in basic right now. My gaming has been what keeps me going. I'm looking to start blogging again just to give me a focus to keep me rolling along since i seem to be getting "stuck". Your welcome to keep following or to get lost, its all fine and dandy by me. Gaming is my hobby and my passion.

But understand I'm Human. I have a life. I'm doing this on the side for fun to share my thoughts on things, I'm not getting paid so from time to time, things are bound to slip through the cracks.

So forgive me if you like, for sake me if you wish, but remember : I AM HUMAN!

Cause its SO win..

I love Questionablecontent.net - if you don't read it, you need to. Especially if you read my blog. For those WoW nerds among you, I port this from the pages of QC.net - copyrighted to its respective owner(s). Go read the past strips to understand the madness, but those of you who play MMORPGS will get it.

Still around..

This past week or so has been crazy. And I know I've been lacking in updates, but when so man cons going on - that many companies feel the need to debue games at, run trailers at and sneak out information its been a lot to digest and consum. So in some attempt to return this information to you my brain has gone to mush.

E3, SDCC and Blizzcon with in the last month (or coming up) and those are just the BIG events. That doesn't include all the smaller events were side line stuff is sneaked out. My brain is about to explode!

So here's the run down of what I got for you - that I can remember - I'll organize my thoughts and put them all together better.

The nightmare on elm street movie is in production as we speak, without Robert England *cry*, but fear not they are attempting to stay close to the core but reinvent the nightmare just a little different for the actor attempting to fill his shoes. Only time will tell if this is going to crash and burn or breath new life in to Elm Street.

Blizzard has once again announced a full length movie done based on Warcraft - not new news but they actually have a director attached this time around. Many people agree that they really need to just do this them selves with the help of a director. Lord knows they have the skill and technology to wow crowds, but rumors are they want to opt for a live action feature. That makes me sad. There are enough man made elves running about, give us some digital goodness dammnit!

Fox still has a brain - thanks to the fellow at TR for this tid bit that made my day - they worked out contracts with the ORIGINAL Futurama cast rather then replace them like they have been threatening to do these last weeks with casting notices for the key characters of the show. THANK GOD!

Moving on from that thought my heart was broken to hear that while Riddly Scott is returning to direct the new Alien movie - supposed to be a prequel - to the original but apparently its not all that it should be. Trying to go back to the original ship - assuming he means the one that is found empty in the first - and go in to how the aliens were originally made. Really?.. REALLY? I thought you covered that already? I mean didn't this get touched upon Ooooh some where in the second or thrid? How bout those piss poor excuses of movies AvP? Yeah. People make me sad.

I was uber excited about the Blood the Last Vampire movie - but from reports at Bloodydisgusting.com it fails to really do the series justice. I've not had the chance to see it for my self cause while it was released in the states - no theater within driving distance picked it up. So I must wait for the DVD to make a call about this. Most of the reports about the story I expected - slacking and not explaining much. But the original anime didn't explain much either. What worries me is the apparent abusive of CGI blood over realfake blood. Time will only show..

Tron trailer that they slipped us last year was true, rumors was floating it was something just to give people hope but no! It looks like we will be getting some Tron action in the coming months. Disney is evil - but hey aren't all movie companies now?

Iron Man 2 looks to be as good as the first, I am more eager though for Robert Downy Jr.'s role as Sherlock Homes. Supposed to be out with in the next months, I will actually leave you all with the trailer for it if you have not seen it yet. Its worth it. Nice to see how well he is returning to acting seriously and being seen seriously as an actor.

Seriously?...Seriously? Spiderman 4 News..

Okay, so I was reading over Topless Robot today and found something that made me want to punch my monitor. I can't even describe the horrid information I viewed. I feel bad for TR having to write the article about it. For Shame! Spider man 1 & 2 were great - better then expected given Hollywood's comic to movie history. 3 was a bit of a cluster fuck but I know many nerds that got over it and forgave them. Even enjoyed it.

But from what TR has posted, is this the end of good nerd movies? That they would screw up the story of a CLASSIC comic this far in to a franchise? A story that was ONLY mucked up when they did the "One More Day.." Story line that fucking reset things that had been going on for over fifteen years.

Fail.

You can read the article here.

Just random Spam..

So Mt. Dew is doing a WoW Promo. Call me a tool for doing it, but for the chance to get a new PC, trip to Blizcon or one of the other nifty things worth my time. Sure. WHY not.. Something to check out for your self as well kids.. enjoy!

Seriously WHAT THE FUCK?

Girl admits to rosting Kitten as a prank

I'm at a loss for words. I thing the girl should be put in an oven her self to see how well she likes it. Its just beyond inhumane to do something on this level. I get locking the cat in a closet or some place just to irritate the owner as the girl "claimed " she was trying to do. But CRANKING up the oven and putting a defenseless kitten inside? Then leaving cause you didn't want to hear the poor thing beg for its life.

She deserves to be locked in a psych ward for the remainder of her life. She sounds like the type of girl to put out posion laced tuna to kill the neighborhood cats.

Geek Summer Movie news you can use!

So not many things make me excited. Lots of "Geek" claimed movies - claimed, not earned/known/confirmed. I say this because of movies like G.I.Joe. I despite being a My Little Pony obsessed girl did watch G.I.Joe - it was one of the few cartoons Fox would air in the mornings. But from the posters and the limited amount of trailers out there ( Not too boot the limited amount of AIR TIME they are even giving the movie) makes me wonder if they are even skeptical about their ability to pull the movie off. The international Poster was more of a hack job that is conflicting in the fact it lacked a headlining villain from the series.

But this article is not supposed to bring you down my loyal readers - its meant to highlight movies that should be worth your time and interest in viewing! A few are direct to DVD - but I feel the plot and what I've been able to view thus far make it worthy to note. And most of them may be horror related because - Well I love horror so yeah. So let us begin!


PontyPool ( Limited release)
- Official Website -

What would you do if virus was passed simply by talking? One that turned those you loved in to destructive crazed strangers? Well that's the question posed in Pontypool, in a matter of ways. The day seems like any other day for the radio station till floods of calls start coming in about people doing disturbing things to their friends and neighbors. How can you warn the world about how to deal with it, if it means passing/contracting the virus your self?

This one has me excited if just because this is a direction the Zombie films have not gone. We've seen virus passed by bites and by blood, ones that kill you and those that just transform you. But a virus that passes by simply speaking? Rather original I would say. A key point to the plot is the fact that the movie doesn't (from what I've seen in trailers and clips) shows nothing of the horror going on outside, but centers it's view on a Radio Jock and his staff locked with in the small town radio studio.

This is also a IFC film which adds to my curiosity as I've seen a few flicks that they have pushed out in such a way and been surprised as well as pleased. I've also been watching the station they have on cable and been impressed with the work they are displaying. Here's hopes that Pontypool lives up to my expectations they have set for me.



9
-Official website -

Our world ends, but its just the beginning of the world for something left behind. A creature, a life made by one of our own. But the beasts of our wars - our undoing - is still lurking in the shadows waiting for this new creature.

Okay I am a Tim Burton Geek. I tend to absolutely love anything he does. But this film, when I seen the trailer, I was blown away. It didn't hesitate to suck me in and claim me as it's eager bitch. The choice of just music till the end and it only being one song -"Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria - I nearly wet my self in joy. The few later trailers provide us with more information about the plot but remained relatively simple and gave away no more information then the first. I can not wait for this to hit the big screen.

This one seems to be flying under the radar despite it's all star cast. It's going to be a film I think that will surprise the masses as it plays on the fear of how our world will end and what will happen once we are gone.



I sell the Dead ( Limited Release)
- Official Website -

In the time before donating ones body for the medical field, Doctors and Scientist alike turned to Body Snatchers for body's to test, work and learn from. This is the tail of two body snatchers and the adventures they incurred while digging up the dead to make their living. Body Snatchers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes have pillaged their last grave. With just five hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story to Fr Francis Duffy. It soon becomes clear that Blake and Grimes were no ordinary grave robbers. And through his stories the priest learns that not all corpses are equal. I Sell The Dead is a kaleidoscope of terror that will leave you questioning life, death and what lies between.


This one is labeled a horror, but I see a bit more comedy in the mix then blood guts and gore. I think that's why it has my eye because those that most deem "horror" because of the topic they cover or the lines they travel don't always stay that way. It also features a decently assembled cast for such a under the radar movie. So I'm curious to see exactly what tale the bodies will tell.


Where the Wild things are
- Official website -

No Synapse for this - why? Because if your reading this blog you should have read the book as a child! NO EXCUSES!! Okay okay. The movie follows the tale of Max, who after a fight with his mother runs away from home. Only to find him self in a land where the wild things are.

Yes, that's all you get. Want to know more? GO GET THE BOOK.

I'm excited for this movie because it looks to be very dedicated to the art and style of the book as well as the story. Rather then use tons of CGI to craft the monsters they return to the valiant art of puppetering and suits. I say valiant because its not easy to make something that five people have to operate together and make it look natural/human like. I think its a nice return since EVERYTHING abuses CGI just because its available now. Makes my brain hurt. I get it for the movies that use it in place of things that would have sent them over budget - especially indy stuff. But major flicks do it too, when they could do it for real. Seriously.


Pandorum
- Official Website -

"Official synopsis" - Two crewmen awaken from hyper-sleep aboard a spacecraft. None of their equipment is working, and their memories are incomplete. What was their mission? How much time has passed? Where are they? Who are they? As they try to piece things together, they discover they are not alone, and the ship's new inhabitants - tribal warriors carrying crudely made weapons - are moving among them, intent on killing all aboard. As the space travelers unravel the frightening and deadly secrets the ship harbors, they realize the survival of mankind hinges on their actions. They must regain control of the ship before PANDORUM takes over.

My interpretations from what I've seen in the trailers - A ship traveling in deep space with a full crew and passenger list goes from normal mission to fight for survival. Two crew left in hyper sleep wake to find the ship is empty of those who should have been on board. They struggle to figure out what happened to those who should have been there as well as what happened to the ship. They soon discover they are not the only ones left alive. But they are not entirely alone on the ship either...

Okay space movies screw with my brain. Don't ask me why, that type of stuff can creep me out. Aliens? LOVED IT, but I was scared to hell and back. Event Horizon - yeah, nightmares even though I like it. I don't get it but I think its the thought of what may be waiting for us in space isn't going to be friendly with us. Or may even be something we don't understand or can deal with. I felt the need to share this because it looks rather amazing. And the world has been lacking in good Sci-Fi Horror movies in recent years.



Blood : The Last Vampire
- Official website -

Okay. I saved this for last because this has to be the one I am gunning for above all. I've been watching the anime over and over since I heard about them making a live action. Whats even more impressive is it's not going to stay over seas where I'll have to buy it as an over priced import dvd. If your in to anime or vampires and have yet to see this - I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO SO NOW!! The story is short, but draws you in from start to finish. The anime to some can seem a bit dizzying as they never pause to truly explain anything, but i feel that's the best part. The animation is amazing as well as the attention to detail within it. The manga I believe did a bit more upon the story telling and gave more detail to the who/how/why.

The trailer shows that its going to incorporate the anime shot for shot with many scenes, as well as expand on it so much more. I will play nice and share the trailer as I'm very excited to see this come to the US. The fight scenes will be a bit over the top, as its done by the same guy who did Hero and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. But I think it will put more impact on the fact the man character is not human like she appears to be. Enjoy the trailer!

Legal bits after the jump..


Legal bits:

Much of the information on what the movie is about, was provided by Bloody-Disgusting.Com. A place I highly recommend for horror/thriller/suspense fans of any type. Lots of information, some of it you can only find there.

The images I used, I found on google.com's image search are are Copyrighted by their respective owners. Respect that or die. The opinions here are my own and are in no way meant to reflect or appear to be those of the Major Motion Pictures I've highlighted or the company's that produce and/or back them. Official websites were provided for you to get the direct info on them if you liked.

I am a fan girl, I bite and I'm not looking for a lawsuit. I may do another post like this of movies where I'm curious but unsure. Link all the fun stuff, a few have confusing (over zealous propaganda for the film work mostly) websites so I'll try to link trailers as well if I can.

Epic Geek Fan Made Trailers = WIN

So I've been off playing WoW - trying to get gear and raid like a good little girl. If my guild wasn't full of jackass's I might be better off. But they often ignore me and I don't care anymore.

But more and more the fans seem to have better eyes and visions for how movies should be then how they are getting made. It makes me cry right now that they are REMAKING Alien and Buffy. Not the Buffy TV show - the movie that predates the tv show. WHAT THE FUCK?! Okay okay.. I can see Buffy. It was fairly corny, cheesy and was meant to ride on a special actors 90210 fandom. Fail there.. But Alien? ZOMG FAIL NO. NO.

What makes me think that fans have better eyes for what should be done? Well thanks to Topless Robot post. I can bring you this :

And I quote from TR :

Fillion himself has seen it and deemed it "awesome," so you know it's good. I swear, I know Warner Bros. probably wants to cast somebody young like Chris Pine or Bradley Cooper in the role of Hal Jordan, but I don't know how you can look at Fillion's square jaw and not think of Hal Jordan.

I WHOLE HEARTILY agree sir. Most whole heartily. More geek fan made goodies after the jump..

These are just proof that Hollywood really needs to listen to the fans. YES, they need to make a movie that everyone can see/understand. But they fail to acknowledge a good portion of those dropping the money opening weekend are the fans they need to please. Cause as the please the nerd friends, they tell non-nerd friends to see it. Who then are drawn to what originally made the film. Least those with a brain and the natural human curiosity still working for them.

And yes.. I know there are HUNDREDS of HUNDREDS of bad fan made trailers. But I still think when Hollywood see's ones like those above.. they need to stand up and pay attention to the makers of them. Seriously.

Something else for sharing.. and caring..

There is this adorably cute woman on Youtube who does parodies of stars and songs. Her tag line reads " The One-woman Show." and she goes by VenetianPrincess. Given she makes all the videos by her self is highly impressive. This is for those of you in reclusion who don't look a youtube much or may have even missed her videos. Which could happen given that EVERYONE is on youtube now. Anyway, the video. Make sure to watch ALL the way through to the end. XD

I love Japan.. I really do. Why? For their commercials naturally..

Foamy Rant says it all : STOP THE FASHION THEFT!

Required disclaimer: Video contains language not meant for children. Some people might even find it offensive. Not Safe for work, unless you wear headphones. Enjoy!

Epic Strawberry Shortcake!

WoW and L4D Update Chatter..

For the moment I have stopped the MMORPG Theater videos. I'm not trolling about Youtube much to find anything worth posting. Kill me for being selective. I'll start it up next month or so when I'm sure there will be new videos to catch my eye. As for the picture above its of my sexy new Harley Quinn figure. I got her last week and she is SEXY! Moving on though!

In the past couple of weeks two events took place in WoW - Noblegarden and Children's Week. Noblegarden was meant for Easter but because it was changed from years previous to make it more worth while and something of a challenge for us it was delayed till last week. I'd have to say I enjoyed the changes, the eggs were larger for one! And it was quite fun for it to be more like an actual Egg hunt. Some of them were obviously placed, some not so obviously placed. You collected chocolate from the eggs and could use the chocolate to buy items from vendors. Bunny ears, a dress and so forth. I believe also all the items had a chance to drop from an Easter Egg as well. So many people ended up with multiple items - I my self have a couple of dresses and pants because of this.

Childrens week began at the end of last week and the end of Noblegarden. You pick up an orphan from the orphanage in a select Major city of your fraction - Storm Wind for Alliance and Orgrimmar for the Horde. As well as Shatt for both fractions. You take the child around to sites they want to see, give them candy and then take them home. In return you get a non-combat pet to remind you of them. As well this year, with the achievements it was a bit..more. To get the title you had to have "Personal Achievements" from battle grounds. Which right now as a healer is a bit difficult to pull off, and even more difficult cause my Battle group has gone in the shitter since Wrath. Why this, I don't know. But I am willing to accept this may not happen till next year once I had duelspec open to me and a decent Enhancement set.

NOW on to Left for Dead!

In the past two weeks a new patch dropped for it as well. Opening up a new single level board as well as Survivor mode. I've been able to observe it and it is intense - but as for playing it life has granted me little time at the shop to shut down and do it. Last week was a big weekend for us so my focus was on Free Comic Book Day. Anyway - the single level board is just for Survivor mode from my understanding. They give you all sorts of goodies to hold of the horde and the objective is to last as long as you can while the game throws wave after wave after wave of Horde and special zombies.

I observed my friend playing and they had managed to last long enough to end up with two tanks smashing the team apart. Good times await me!!

Till next time..