December 1, 2009 is the big day for Tolkien fans eagerly looking forward to the release of the fan-made production "Born of Hope".
You should be able to watch the movie at Daily Motion.
We have been discussing the film in several Born of Hope threads at SF-Fandom. Please drop by and let us know what you think when you have seen the movie.
"Born of Hope" is set in late 3rd Age Middle-earth and it follows the developments leading up to the birth of Aragorn. The movie was filmed in the United Kingdom and made by film industry professionals for free.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Sam Worthington agrees to 2 more "Avatar" films
James Cameron's first "Avatar" has not yet hit theaters but Trak.In reports that Sam Worthington has agreed to reprise his role as a paraplegic soldier in 2 sequels.
Cameron is big on starting things, not so big on finishing them. Fans would like to know if Cameron will finish the trilogy, if he'll do it in fans' lifetimes, and if he'll radically re-engineer the whole concept between movies 1 and 2.
Of course, Terminator fans will be thrilled to know that IMDB has listed "Terminator 5" among Cameron's future projects.
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Cameron is big on starting things, not so big on finishing them. Fans would like to know if Cameron will finish the trilogy, if he'll do it in fans' lifetimes, and if he'll radically re-engineer the whole concept between movies 1 and 2.
Of course, Terminator fans will be thrilled to know that IMDB has listed "Terminator 5" among Cameron's future projects.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
SF Fandom announces John Carter of Mars forum
The SF-Fandom moderators got together and decided to create a new John Carter of Mars forum for fans to discuss the upcoming Disney/Pixar and Asylum movies as well as past attempts to create John Carter of Mars movies.
You must be logged in to post comments but registration is free.
We have blocked registrations for Gmail users so please use an alternate email address. However, if you really, really do not have an alternate email address then contact the SF-Fandom administrators and we will try to help you.
If you just intend to drop links in the forum your posts will be deleted and your account banned, so please don't waste our time with cheap SEO link building nonsense. In fact, if that's how you build links, I suggest you check out SEO Theory and Best SEO Blog and learn how to do it right.
In the meantime, if you're a fan of John Carter of Mars, please feel free to join in the discussion. We look forward to meeting you.
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You must be logged in to post comments but registration is free.
We have blocked registrations for Gmail users so please use an alternate email address. However, if you really, really do not have an alternate email address then contact the SF-Fandom administrators and we will try to help you.
If you just intend to drop links in the forum your posts will be deleted and your account banned, so please don't waste our time with cheap SEO link building nonsense. In fact, if that's how you build links, I suggest you check out SEO Theory and Best SEO Blog and learn how to do it right.
In the meantime, if you're a fan of John Carter of Mars, please feel free to join in the discussion. We look forward to meeting you.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
How lies destroy Internet communities
The SF-Fandom forums replaced the Xenite.Org forums that I created in 1998 as a safe haven for people who didn't want to be plagued with flame wars. I have often said there are no winners in flame wars. Certainly the people who do the most attacking in a flame war don't win -- even if they drive off the victims of their abuse.
Some people in Tolkien fandom seem to fondly remember the flame wars that rocked the Tolkien news groups from 1997 to 2001. I do not, as I was the principle victim of the abusive tactics used by Conrad Dunkerson, William Cloud Hicklin, and a few other people to harass me and ruin my reputation. There were probably never more than 5-10 hard-core flamers in the group, hardened liars who repeated the same false allegations time and time again.
But those two "gentlemen" were particularly bad because they (along with perhaps four other people) took their disapproval of me to the general Web, posting disparaging remarks about me in more than one forum. Dunkerson even went to SF-Fandom and under various aliases attempted to sow dissension and discontent (he even posted at least one lie about me on Wikipedia that was never edited).
It cannot be doubted that some people, having no knowledge of the long years of abuse I endured at the hands of these few harassers, left SF-Fandom because I refused to tolerate the abuse in my own forums.
But here it is 2009 and I can say that I have done my best not to dwell in the past for several years. I have not heard from Dunkerson, Hicklin, and others for a very long time. I was therefore saddened to see their lies resurrected by David Gransby, posting as Halfir, on the LoTrPlaza forums only this month.
I don't understand what possesses people to repeat the insults, flames, and derogatory remarks they see written about others with whom they have not interacted. I don't have any memory of Gransby, much less of arguing with him.
I doubt you have the stomache for it but you can read more about David Gransby here.
My point in bringing this all up is that people need to stop and think about what it means to THEM if they repeat lies about someone else.
You can be accountable for your actions. Just because you think it's okay to disparage another person who has done nothing to you in no way means you should.
Gransby apparently wanted to discuss some literary ideas that one of my Tolkien essays touched on. Unfortunately, he used the discussion he started as a forum to post false information about me -- to lie about me. He cannot have any personal knowledge of me that would justify the remarks he made. He can only be repeating lies he believed -- lies I was once told by concerned people I should ignore because if I responded to them things would get out of hand.
Well, they got out of hand. I am sickened by the ease with which liars are able to influence people on the Internet. Few people seem to exercise any discerning judgment about what they read. Worse, those people who do have that kind of wisdom appear immensely reluctant to share it -- perhaps for fear of becoming the next victims of verbal abuse.
Science fiction fandom doesn't do itself any favors to tolerate this kind of rude, impolite commentary in its forums. When David Averil Pence invited me to join his Tolkien forum several years ago I warned him I might be attacked. He indicated he didn't think it would be a problem, and pointed out that his forum was moderated. Unfortunately, one of his moderators intervened to protect the people who attacked and lied about me.
When several forum members sent David angry complaints he promptly blamed me, banned me, and forbade any further mention of my name -- all the while doing nothing to enforce his forum policies or take action against the moderator who had violated forum rules and protected two people who started the problem.
If that had been all that happened, it would have remained buried in the past. But the liars successfully posted more lies about me over the following years.
When forum operators refuse to enforce the policies they espouse, they further subdivide the online fandom community and only make situations worse. If you're going to run a Web forum and one of your own moderators violates policy, you have to take action or you lose credibility with your community.
Perhaps because my work is so well known some people will always disagree with me -- that's to be expected in any field. But what is unreasonable, and what people can do something about, is the constant resurrection of old lies that have nothing to do with my actual work.
You should question the antics of character assassins who drop subtle jabs at third parties who are not involved in discussions. You should ask why it is necessary to mix personal attacks with otherwise informal commentary and discussion. You should do these things because the longer you participate in Internet discussions, the more likely you'll eventually become the victim of lies and verbal abuse.
And as many, many people have learned through the years, once you're the target of the flamers, you will never get out from under the weight of their lies. Those falsehoods will chase you for years regardless of what you do.
The only way we can stop this kind of abuse is to NOT tolerate it in the first place.
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Some people in Tolkien fandom seem to fondly remember the flame wars that rocked the Tolkien news groups from 1997 to 2001. I do not, as I was the principle victim of the abusive tactics used by Conrad Dunkerson, William Cloud Hicklin, and a few other people to harass me and ruin my reputation. There were probably never more than 5-10 hard-core flamers in the group, hardened liars who repeated the same false allegations time and time again.
But those two "gentlemen" were particularly bad because they (along with perhaps four other people) took their disapproval of me to the general Web, posting disparaging remarks about me in more than one forum. Dunkerson even went to SF-Fandom and under various aliases attempted to sow dissension and discontent (he even posted at least one lie about me on Wikipedia that was never edited).
It cannot be doubted that some people, having no knowledge of the long years of abuse I endured at the hands of these few harassers, left SF-Fandom because I refused to tolerate the abuse in my own forums.
But here it is 2009 and I can say that I have done my best not to dwell in the past for several years. I have not heard from Dunkerson, Hicklin, and others for a very long time. I was therefore saddened to see their lies resurrected by David Gransby, posting as Halfir, on the LoTrPlaza forums only this month.
I don't understand what possesses people to repeat the insults, flames, and derogatory remarks they see written about others with whom they have not interacted. I don't have any memory of Gransby, much less of arguing with him.
I doubt you have the stomache for it but you can read more about David Gransby here.
My point in bringing this all up is that people need to stop and think about what it means to THEM if they repeat lies about someone else.
You can be accountable for your actions. Just because you think it's okay to disparage another person who has done nothing to you in no way means you should.
Gransby apparently wanted to discuss some literary ideas that one of my Tolkien essays touched on. Unfortunately, he used the discussion he started as a forum to post false information about me -- to lie about me. He cannot have any personal knowledge of me that would justify the remarks he made. He can only be repeating lies he believed -- lies I was once told by concerned people I should ignore because if I responded to them things would get out of hand.
Well, they got out of hand. I am sickened by the ease with which liars are able to influence people on the Internet. Few people seem to exercise any discerning judgment about what they read. Worse, those people who do have that kind of wisdom appear immensely reluctant to share it -- perhaps for fear of becoming the next victims of verbal abuse.
Science fiction fandom doesn't do itself any favors to tolerate this kind of rude, impolite commentary in its forums. When David Averil Pence invited me to join his Tolkien forum several years ago I warned him I might be attacked. He indicated he didn't think it would be a problem, and pointed out that his forum was moderated. Unfortunately, one of his moderators intervened to protect the people who attacked and lied about me.
When several forum members sent David angry complaints he promptly blamed me, banned me, and forbade any further mention of my name -- all the while doing nothing to enforce his forum policies or take action against the moderator who had violated forum rules and protected two people who started the problem.
If that had been all that happened, it would have remained buried in the past. But the liars successfully posted more lies about me over the following years.
When forum operators refuse to enforce the policies they espouse, they further subdivide the online fandom community and only make situations worse. If you're going to run a Web forum and one of your own moderators violates policy, you have to take action or you lose credibility with your community.
Perhaps because my work is so well known some people will always disagree with me -- that's to be expected in any field. But what is unreasonable, and what people can do something about, is the constant resurrection of old lies that have nothing to do with my actual work.
You should question the antics of character assassins who drop subtle jabs at third parties who are not involved in discussions. You should ask why it is necessary to mix personal attacks with otherwise informal commentary and discussion. You should do these things because the longer you participate in Internet discussions, the more likely you'll eventually become the victim of lies and verbal abuse.
And as many, many people have learned through the years, once you're the target of the flamers, you will never get out from under the weight of their lies. Those falsehoods will chase you for years regardless of what you do.
The only way we can stop this kind of abuse is to NOT tolerate it in the first place.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Is Fringe getting edgier or not?
After watching this week's episode of Fringe I was left wondering if J.J. Abrams and company really have a road map in mind for the storyline or if they are just trying to drag out the second season with continual cliff-hangers.
I like the actors -- all of them. John Noble especially dominates virtually every scene he is in unless Joshua Jackson is given the chance to make some of his flippy "my dad is so wigged out I have no clue what he is doing" comments.
But that's the think about this show. Right now it seems to be dragging on and not getting anywhere, and it's only real asset for now seems to be the acting. The directing is not bad but the episodes move around so much the viewing audience doesn't really get a chance to catch its breath. And the storyline just keeps taking twists and turns.
Is this what television entertainment has come down to? We're just supposed to be an audience of muppets who sit politely on our couches, oo and ah in the right places, and then go blog and tweet about what a great show we love?
I note that Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was just cancelled. He just can't seem to get a break. Every show the guy has launched after Buffy the Vampire Slayer has gotten caught in the doldrums. Is the problem that the networks expect shows to be too formulaic or is it that the science fiction TV audience is becoming jaded to the formulas?
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I like the actors -- all of them. John Noble especially dominates virtually every scene he is in unless Joshua Jackson is given the chance to make some of his flippy "my dad is so wigged out I have no clue what he is doing" comments.
But that's the think about this show. Right now it seems to be dragging on and not getting anywhere, and it's only real asset for now seems to be the acting. The directing is not bad but the episodes move around so much the viewing audience doesn't really get a chance to catch its breath. And the storyline just keeps taking twists and turns.
Is this what television entertainment has come down to? We're just supposed to be an audience of muppets who sit politely on our couches, oo and ah in the right places, and then go blog and tweet about what a great show we love?
I note that Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was just cancelled. He just can't seem to get a break. Every show the guy has launched after Buffy the Vampire Slayer has gotten caught in the doldrums. Is the problem that the networks expect shows to be too formulaic or is it that the science fiction TV audience is becoming jaded to the formulas?
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Quick facts about "The Hobbit" movies
Guillermo del Toro finally shared some insights into the upcoming "Hobbit" movies.
Viggo Mortensen has told the press he doesn't know if he'll appear in the second "Hobbit" movie but he is sure he won't be in the first one.
Sir Ian McKellen (who co-stars in SyFy's remake of "The Prisoner" this weekend) has apparently read the script for "The Hobbit" and wants to reprise his role as Gandalf. That would be simply acceptable, totally amazing, and incredibly acceptable.
BTW -- did I mention I want McKellen to play Gandalf again?
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Viggo Mortensen has told the press he doesn't know if he'll appear in the second "Hobbit" movie but he is sure he won't be in the first one.
Sir Ian McKellen (who co-stars in SyFy's remake of "The Prisoner" this weekend) has apparently read the script for "The Hobbit" and wants to reprise his role as Gandalf. That would be simply acceptable, totally amazing, and incredibly acceptable.
BTW -- did I mention I want McKellen to play Gandalf again?
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Reviewers debate literary fiction vs genre fiction in Newbery context
Children's literature devotees undoubtedly know about the John Newbery Medal, which the Association for Library Service to Children awards each year to authors of children's literature. Jonathan Hunt, a Newbery judge, has found himself invested in a back-and-forth discussion with other bloggers over how children's genre books should be judged.
Hunt seems to have lit the fire of debate by revealing he had picked The Hunger Games third on his Newbery ballot last year.
He followed up with a discussion of the differences in expectations for genre vs. mainstream fiction. Some of his comments may strike people as a little incendiary, although I don't get the impression that he is looking to make a divisive statement.
Still, Hunt concludes his analysis of literary meritocratic standards by suggesting that women seem to prefer character-driven stories while men seem to prefer plot-driven stories (some exceptions allowed in both generalizations, naturally).
I mostly like spaceships, rayguns, and complex background history. I rarely have a clue about what is going in the plot of any book I'm reading until maybe the 3rd or 4th pass through a book. And if a book cannot compel me to read it a second time the best plot in the world won't help it.
But what got my attention about the debate is the fact that the writers are discussing children's literature. If science fiction and fantasy are not going to be taken seriously because they tend to be plot-driven (not something I necessarily agree with -- Andre Norton, one of my favorite characters, sometimes came close to sacrificing plot for the sake of building interesting characters -- oh, wait, she was a woman -- darn!).
Okay, let me start over. If science fiction and fantasy are not going to be taken seriously in general when compared to literary fiction (I've never understood what that is supposed to be), then imagine how much of a disadvantage children's science fiction and fantasy must struggle with to win recognition.
Frankly, many people have commented to me they were not impressed with the first Harry Potter book. I thought it had all the elements of a great children's story and many elements of a more adult story. But I also point out that J.K. Rowling's writing seems to improve with each book. Her task undoubtedly became easier because the kids in the stories were growing up. She was able to gradually introduce them to more mature themes.
Voldemort and his cronies could become more dangerous, and more people could die, because that is what happens when you grow up. The world becomes more dangerous and more people around you die. I'm not sure if the last Harry Potter book is really a children's book, but if it is then I believe Rowling has demonstrated (as have other authors of children's fiction) that children's science fiction and fantasy can be a force within literature.
And that's really all I wanted to say.
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Hunt seems to have lit the fire of debate by revealing he had picked The Hunger Games third on his Newbery ballot last year.
He followed up with a discussion of the differences in expectations for genre vs. mainstream fiction. Some of his comments may strike people as a little incendiary, although I don't get the impression that he is looking to make a divisive statement.
Still, Hunt concludes his analysis of literary meritocratic standards by suggesting that women seem to prefer character-driven stories while men seem to prefer plot-driven stories (some exceptions allowed in both generalizations, naturally).
I mostly like spaceships, rayguns, and complex background history. I rarely have a clue about what is going in the plot of any book I'm reading until maybe the 3rd or 4th pass through a book. And if a book cannot compel me to read it a second time the best plot in the world won't help it.
But what got my attention about the debate is the fact that the writers are discussing children's literature. If science fiction and fantasy are not going to be taken seriously because they tend to be plot-driven (not something I necessarily agree with -- Andre Norton, one of my favorite characters, sometimes came close to sacrificing plot for the sake of building interesting characters -- oh, wait, she was a woman -- darn!).
Okay, let me start over. If science fiction and fantasy are not going to be taken seriously in general when compared to literary fiction (I've never understood what that is supposed to be), then imagine how much of a disadvantage children's science fiction and fantasy must struggle with to win recognition.
Frankly, many people have commented to me they were not impressed with the first Harry Potter book. I thought it had all the elements of a great children's story and many elements of a more adult story. But I also point out that J.K. Rowling's writing seems to improve with each book. Her task undoubtedly became easier because the kids in the stories were growing up. She was able to gradually introduce them to more mature themes.
Voldemort and his cronies could become more dangerous, and more people could die, because that is what happens when you grow up. The world becomes more dangerous and more people around you die. I'm not sure if the last Harry Potter book is really a children's book, but if it is then I believe Rowling has demonstrated (as have other authors of children's fiction) that children's science fiction and fantasy can be a force within literature.
And that's really all I wanted to say.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Terminator owners selling rights to franchise
Critics have really been down on the "Terminator" franchise this year, having expressed considerable disappointment with the fourth movie (I thought it was okay). So maybe they'll be happy to see that Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are selling the rights to the franchise to the highest bidder.
Fans of the Sarah O'Connor Chronicles may feel the sale is coming too late or not soon enough. But whether we'll see any more "Terminator" movies is anyone's guess. It seems to me that now they've brought the story full circle, all that's left (really) is to show John Connor being killed (or maybe thwarting the death foretold to him by his converted killer in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines").
All this time travel stuff can get really convoluted anyway. People who watch Star Trek can tell you that. After all, Captain Kirk is dead -- isn't he?
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Fans of the Sarah O'Connor Chronicles may feel the sale is coming too late or not soon enough. But whether we'll see any more "Terminator" movies is anyone's guess. It seems to me that now they've brought the story full circle, all that's left (really) is to show John Connor being killed (or maybe thwarting the death foretold to him by his converted killer in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines").
All this time travel stuff can get really convoluted anyway. People who watch Star Trek can tell you that. After all, Captain Kirk is dead -- isn't he?
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
David Tennant shooting pilot for U.S. TV dramady
United Press International is reporting that David Tennant is filming a pilot episode for a proposed TV series called Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, where his character will be a Chicago attorney who coaches people to represent themselves in court.
Tennant has been one of the more successful Doctor Who actors, in my opinion. I was disappointed when Christopher Eccleston left the Doctor Who show after only one season because, frankly, they're starting to run out of regenerations. But Eccleston was a fantastic Doctor. When Tennant took his place he fit the shoes perfectly and helped the show move forward.
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Tennant has been one of the more successful Doctor Who actors, in my opinion. I was disappointed when Christopher Eccleston left the Doctor Who show after only one season because, frankly, they're starting to run out of regenerations. But Eccleston was a fantastic Doctor. When Tennant took his place he fit the shoes perfectly and helped the show move forward.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Xenite launches John Carter of Mars site
I have been strangely absent from blogging the last couple of days because I've been trying to set aside time to add a new section to Xenite.Org's Science Fiction Movies portal. The SF Movies Portal is, Alas!, but a shade of the site I would like it to be. It takes a lot of time to put together a decent portal section and time is just not something I'm wealthy in. Nonetheless, I figured if I don't get something up soon for "John Carter of Mars" I might as well not doing anything.
That said, I've now set up a John Carter of Mars section on the movie portal. As soon as I can I'll add some content to it but for now it's going to have to get by with a couple of cast lists, some headlines from the other SF-Fandom blog, and a list of fannish Web sites.
One day, assuming Disney makes all the movies it suggests it will make in the series, that John Carter portal should be pretty big -- much like our Harry Potter fan site (which is not actually part of the movies portal -- there has never been any science to how content gets included on Xenite's network).
In any event, I expect I'll have a few more announcements to make concerning "John Carter of Mars" over the next 2-1/2 years so I just figured it would be a good idea to set up a place where all that stuff could be collected.
I hope you feel it was worth the effort.
And, oh yeah -- we also added a John Carter of Mars store to the Xenite store -- just because we can.
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That said, I've now set up a John Carter of Mars section on the movie portal. As soon as I can I'll add some content to it but for now it's going to have to get by with a couple of cast lists, some headlines from the other SF-Fandom blog, and a list of fannish Web sites.
One day, assuming Disney makes all the movies it suggests it will make in the series, that John Carter portal should be pretty big -- much like our Harry Potter fan site (which is not actually part of the movies portal -- there has never been any science to how content gets included on Xenite's network).
In any event, I expect I'll have a few more announcements to make concerning "John Carter of Mars" over the next 2-1/2 years so I just figured it would be a good idea to set up a place where all that stuff could be collected.
I hope you feel it was worth the effort.
And, oh yeah -- we also added a John Carter of Mars store to the Xenite store -- just because we can.
SF-Fandom is a moderated, fan-run community devoted to science fiction, fantasy, history, and mythology. SF-Fandom was founded in 2001 and is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines.
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