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Geek Gear: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Shirt ‘Our Lady of Sunnydale’
SDCC 2011: ‘Dorothy Of Oz’ Panel With Patrick Stewart & Megan Hilty
SDCC 2011: Watch A 25–Minute Video Of The ‘Supernatural’ Cast Panel Now
Watch Now: ‘The Hobbit’ Production Video #3
SDCC 2011: Tons Of Cosplay Photos From The Convention Floor
Comics Of Doom: Episode 80: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Movie Review

Geek Gear: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Shirt ‘Our Lady of Sunnydale’

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Buffy The Vampire Slayer-themed shirt called "Our Lady of Sunnydale" by artist joebot.

The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

SDCC 2011: ‘Dorothy Of Oz’ Panel With Patrick Stewart & Megan Hilty

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Week of Geek: SDCC 2011 Coverage - San Diego Comic Con

SDCC 2011: Dorothy of Oz panel: Sir Patrick Stewart

By Andrew Sorcini

Dorothy of Oz is a new CGI animated musical from Summertime Entertainment, due out in 2012. The panel began with a clip reel composed of a few finished scenes combined with concept art. The montage showed off some of the impressive voice talent such as Glee's Lea Michele (as Dorothy herself), Wicked's Megan Hilty, Dan Aykroyd, Oliver Platt, Martin Short, Kelsey Grammer, Jim Belushi, Hugh Dancy, and Sir Patrick Stewart.

Panelists included producers Bonne Radford & Ryan Carroll, composer Debra Lurie, writer Roger Baum (grandson of original Oz creator L. Frank Baum) and voice actors Megan Hilty & Sir Patrick Stewart, in his first Comic–Con appearance.

Read more and see some images from the Dorothy of Oz panel below now!

Roger Baum said the creation of the new Oz books had its impetus as a personal bet to continue his grandfather's legacy. Producer Radford just wanted to remain faithful to the Baum legacy. [...]

SDCC 2011: Watch A 25–Minute Video Of The ‘Supernatural’ Cast Panel Now

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:01 PM PDT

The Supernatural cast addressed fan questions and discussed the upcoming season during San Diego Comic Con over the weekend.

The panel consisted of the actors and writers of the upcoming seventh season discussing a wide variety of topics related to the show including a Supernatural anime. Most of the questions were fielded by the lead actors Jared Padalecki (Gilmore Girls) and Jensen Ackles (Days of Our Lives), and they addressed a wide variety of topics, heavily focusing on spoilers for the next season. A lot of the topics dealt with character returns and clues on plot points for the upcoming season. So, if spoilers aren't your thing, then you may want to stay away from the video. There are, however, some great moments in the panel that have absolutely no spoilers whatsoever.

Continue reading for more and to see the Supernatural panel now.

One question is raised to Padalecki about the fights that he's had with his onscreen brother in Ackles, that the moments of them filming bring a new light to the character in the actor's eyes which allow Padalecki to add real growth to his character. [...]

Watch Now: ‘The Hobbit’ Production Video #3

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Director Peter Jackson posted the third in his series of behind-the-scenes production videos from the set of upcoming film The Hobbit to his Facebook page.

This video is equal parts star cameos, interviews, raw footage, and whimsy, apparently starting at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom before transitioning to New Zealand. For stars, we get to see John Rhys-Davies visit his dwarven kin and kith on the set of Bag End. We get brief words from Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, and a nearly unrecognizable bearded and scruffy Second Unit Director Andy Serkis. For interviews, we get to hear from the various new dwarves in the cast about how they are coming together as a group, what it was like to visit the Bag End set, and how they learned to move like their characters. For raw footage, there is also some additional footage of the motion capture of Andy Serkis as Gollum, as well as the particular comment by Mr. Serkis that "it felt like kind of doing an impersonation of the character that I'd played" [...]

SDCC 2011: Tons Of Cosplay Photos From The Convention Floor

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT

After spending three straight days cooped up in the dark expanse of Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con covering all the upcoming movie goodness, I finally was able to hit the convention floor and meet with all the awesome Attendees-in -Tights who made their way to the mega-con Mecca.

Lemme tell you, this is one of my very favorite parts of the Con. I absolutely love walking up and down convention scoping out all the convention goers festooned their super finery and saying 'Hi, do you mind if I take your photo for Geeks of Doom.' The reactions vary anywhere from "Huh? Where? Sure!" and "Cool, I know you guys." to "OMG!OMG!GEEKSOFDOOM!YES!YES!... O M GGGGeee!" Overall, everyone is always so gracious and cool.

I did my best to capture a wide array of the homespun heroes who packed the convention floor. The ingenuity and uninhibitedness of cosplayers never ceases to amaze me. Some of my favorites were the Witch-King from Lord of the Rings, a sweet old-school Cylon, a super low-rent Han Solo in Carbonite, who I met on the footbridge in town, and an awesome lady Loki. Special geek props to the Father/Daughter Jedi (heartwarming) and the Oogie Boogie and Sally (spiffy!) duos.

Ooo, and right as I was heading off the main convention floor for the last time I met a dude dressed in an amazing Hawkman outfit who as it turns out had also recently written and directed a five-minute short Hawkman film which you can find here.

Anyhoo... babes and dudes in leather, latex, cardboard, and shiny-shiny to follow after the jump. Enjoy! [...]

Comics Of Doom: Episode 80: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Movie Review

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Week of Geek: Captain America: The First Avenger

Check out Episode 80 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom. In this episode we review the Joe Johnston-directed Captain America: The First Avenger starring Chris Evans. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window or listen through the player here below.

Listen now! [...]