My Candidate for Harry Dresden...Tom Hiddleston... when they finally make the movie.

All right I have gone and done it. I threw my hat into the ring. I am making a stand. You may ask, “What is he standing for and will it come back to harm him? So here it is, when the new Harry Dresden movie is finally made and it will be made in my lifetime …which is getting shorter as I write this blog. Harry Copperfield Dresden should be played by Thomas Hiddleston… you know him as Loki

Will I change my mind? It’s possible but for now he is my pick and will remain it till a better candidate comes along. Why am I so adamant about Hiddleston. I am sold on him because of his impromptu performance at Comic Con. He made a surprise guest appearance at the Marvel Panel  for Thor 2 The Dark World to screaming fans as Loki. He quieted the entire crowd in Hall H. without saying a word. I find that impressive because Hall H holds over 6000 fans. Do not take my word for it, watch this You Tube video. He would bring with him massive numbers of Marvel fans. Now we are talking about serious numbers and in Hollywood it is all about the numbers.

Here are some of the comments after his appearance.

- Loki manages a crowd better than Hitler
-Only Loki can insult humanity and force everyone to say his name,then get cheered
   for it....I,proudly state,that I am one of those who cheered.
-OMG!
-They shouldn't make a movie about Thor... It should be a movie about Loki...
- I was squealing and giggling just as much as the people there...and I'm sitting in my living
   room with my family looking at me like I'm mental
- One of the most evil comic creations. Everybody loves him to pieces.
- Loki: Humanity look how far you've fallen. The Crowd: yahhhhhhhhhhhh

Here is a rare look at Thomas Hiddleston's at Nerd HQ at the San Diego Comic Con answering questions from fans. I thought he was awesome.

A new Star Trek fan series that will make you smile if you are a fan of the original series.

"Open a Channel, Lt Uhura", is the famous line spoken by Captain Kirk in the old Star Trek Television series to communicate with anyone and everyone during the run of the show which now can only be heard in reruns and fan driven productions.

I hope by now everyone (the two of you who read this blog) know I love fan driven projects that are well made. One example is Bat in the Sun’s “Batman…City of Scars and Felicia Day’s Dragon Age: Redemption Series to name a few.  I have been following Star Trek: The Original Series fan projects for many years. I appreciate their vision and hard work. Needless to say, you get accustom to the quality of the work which for the most part is pretty good. I was satisfied with most of the attempts made to bring back the original until now. Holy mackerel, I could not believe my eyes. A new fan based Star Trek: TOS that has the look and feel of the old Star Trek and the cast is pretty good as well. However, do not listen to me, here is Dan Roth’s article on Blastr…the online magazine for SYFY and his opinion on this new fan series.

Side Note: Dan Roth is SYFY’s local expert on funny books and campy, classic sci-fi. He has also had the good fortune to write for Doctor Who and Angel.  In his free time he writes a web comic.  He wrote for Doctor Who...get it...he knows his stuff.

Blastr

This new Star Trek fan series is the closest we've ever seen to the original.

Dan Roth

Friday, July 12, 2013 - 12:37pm

           Lots of people try to make fan versions of Trek. None of them look like this.

To be totally honest, whenever there's another attempt by a fan group to continue the adventures of Kirk, Spock, et al., my eyes instantly glaze over. Maybe I'll give the trailer a look, but I'm usually out in under a minute. Fan efforts just never really approach the campy goodness of the original.

But Star Trek Continues? Friend, its warp nacelles are a cut above the rest. And if you're wondering why it's so good, here's your answer -- pedigree.
Montgomery Scott is played by Christopher Doohan. Name sound familiar? That's original Scotty, Jimmy Doohan's son! How cool is that? And the ship's computer? Why, it's only played by Counselor Deanna Troi, Marina Sirtis, herself!

Then there's the pilot episode, wherein the producers decided, "Hey, let's do a sequel to Who Mourns for Adonais?" Oh, and while we're at it, let's get the actor who played Apollo in that classic episode to come back and reprise the role.

If this sounds like overselling, so be it. But, man, this just feels like Star Trek in a way I've never seen from a fan series before. The only thing? The first episode's a whopping 50 minutes long. So here's what I recommend -- do what I normally do, throw it on for a minute and see how the show strikes you.

And then let us know in the comments if you were as taken with it as I was.

The Best part of Comic Con, Nerd HQ, Operation Smile and Zachary Levi

Comic Con is over and I missed it again. Now you would think that I would be depressed because I missed this awesome convention. I mean one of the greatest reasons for going to any convention besides cosplay characters created by the fans are the panels of celebrities that come to talk about their shows, movies or projects. I definitely missed out on the live panels but thanks to The Nerd Machine and Nerd HQ started by Zachary Levi from Chuck fame, I saw many of my favorite stars on special panels created by Nerd HQ for their fans at the convention and those fans not able to attend Comic Con. They streamed the panels live and then posted them on You Tube and Nerd HQ. It was like being there live.Here is an example from the Dr. Who Panel. Set your video slide bar to 2:32.

Now, I have been following Zachary Levi and his friends from Nerd HQ and The Nerd Machine  for the past two two years but it has been around for three. I missed the first year.

So,… what is Nerd HQ?

For the past three years, Zachary Levi has masterminded Nerd HQ, an epic gathering for fans and celebrities to play games, buy merchandise, recharge their literal and metaphorical batteries and engage in "Conversations for a Cause" during Comic-Con weekend.

The coolest thing about Nerd HQ for fans has always been Conversations for a Cause. This venue offers fans a special kind of intimacy and interaction with their favorite celebrities. This year the event is held at Petco Park, the home baseball stadium of San Diego's Padres, and the bigger venue comes with more opportunities for geek goodness over the course of the weekend.

The venue holds 250 seats at a cost of about $20 which if every seat is filled comes to about $5000. This money goes to Operation Smile an international charity for children, made up of medical professionals and caring hearts who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery and related medical care for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate. The $5000 equates to about 20 surgery’s for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate

Not only do you get an hour long panel with some of your favorite TV and Movie celebrities but your money goes to a great charity to help children. Here are the few panels I've seen so far.