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The Dace Man
- Sunday, February 23, 2014
The Internet certainly has its set of stars that are world-renowned. Of those stars, we've seen a rise of talented, witty, and beautiful women who have taken the Internet by storm. Join me, Chris "The Dace Man" Dace, over the course of the next few weeks as we crown the 2014 Internet Goddess. This time around we take a look at round one of the tournament and highlight the contestants. In bracket 8, we see Chet Siegel vs. Catie Wayne and Lindsey Stirling vs. Sarah Austin. You have until February 28th to vote for Round 1!
Chet Siegel (YouTube Personality, Comedian)
Host of Guyism Speed Round during the day and improver at night, this beautiful Internet talent took over hosting duties last year. A native of the state of West Virginia and, as you can see from the video below, a Philadelphia Eagles Fan (huge brownie points for me!), Chet is cute, quirky, and full of energy as she brings us news with a comedic twist every week. If you're a native of NYC, you can check her out at Magnet Theater, and you can always catch her on Guyism as well as the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
Catie Wayne (YouTube Personality, Vlogger)
In late 2008 Catie Wayne busted onto the Internet scene with a highly energetic vlog under the character of Boxxy. With high energy and talking about everyday life, Boxxy took the Internet by storm, including the infamous site 4chan. Hers was a character that was so unique it hooked the attention of the Internet audience. Boxxy was one of the original Internet Phenomenons and generated a lot of attention both positive and negative. Without a doubt she has secured a spot on the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
So who takes this round? The relative newcomer Chet? Or the vet, Boxxy?
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Lindsey Stirling (Musician, YouTube Personality)
When it comes to the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament there is a plethora of talents that make their way onto the interwebs. Musicians are one of the categories that are hit or miss, and when it comes to Lindsey Stirling, it is most definitely a hit. The amazingly talented violinist from California has produced her own music and even appeared on America's Got Talent in 2010. Although the evil wench Sharon Osborne might have cut her down, she has most certainly bounced back and proved Sharon wrong. No wonder this talented musician has become a huge hit as well as earned her self a spot on the tournament!
Sarah Austin (YouTube Personality, Producer)
An Arkansas girl with a knack for spotting Internet success, not only was Sarah one of the original life casters on Justin.tv but she also produced several series that would capture the attention of the Internet audience. She went on to produce a show for Bravo network solidifying her eye for entertainment that would capture interests. Producing isn't where she's stopped, though; she's been an on-air personality for many shows such as FOX's X-Factor. It's no surprise that Sarah has earned a spot on the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
So who wins the final match up of Round 1? The Violinist? Or Producer?
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Check back for more brackets and, as always, check back regularly to see what Chris "The Dace Man" Dace is looking at (and no, not just porn) as well as all of the other bloggers here at Fanboys Anonymous. Remember, keyboard warriors: leave your feedback! Until the next time, for the few, the proud, and of course, the Dacetacular, grab a beer—and in this case an Internet browser—and check out what's going on here in the Dace-Sphere. See ya next time!
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Fellonius Munch
Drop your linen and stop your grinnin', fanboys, this year Marvel is bringing a summer crossover event that promises to blow your minds all over the walls!
The truth behind Captain America's history. A "forgotten" Spider-man. These are just a couple of things teased so far in the uncovering of Marvel's Original Sin. This latest storyline is being brought to us by prolific Marvel writer Jason Aaron, who begins his epic tale with the shocking murder of the Watcher—the mysterious alien being that has been monitoring activity on and around Earth for longer than I can remember.
How the story is being pitched so far: As seen above, the Watcher is found dead on Earth's moon. His eyes are gone and nobody quite knows what that means at first. But what it does mean is that whoever has his eyes holds all the secrets to everything the Watcher has ever seen. You know the drama of Marvel heroes behind their public images. This could be catastrophic to some, potentially Captain America above all.
Executive Editor Tom Brevoort cleverly added:
This guy knows where bodies are buried [that] we didn't even know were buried. Captain America will also learn that somebody close to him has tampered with his memories, with his mind. Readers will also learn that somebody else was bitten by the same radioactive spider that led to the origin of Spidey.
So, I'm massively intrigued right now. After the events of Infinity last year, we were left with a sense of foreboding dread. Discovering that the Earth's time was now extremely limited, that the universe itself was on borrowed time, all gives Original Sin the potential to be essential Marvel reading, leaving us wondering if we're headed for some serious heartbreak in the near future.
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Marvel's Original Sin will be released this May with a prologue in April, and more news hopefully to follow before then. So sound off, fanboys! Who's excited for this? Who do you think our Secret Spidey is? Comments below, and thanks for reading.
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Anonymous
- Saturday, February 22, 2014
Does the name Tara Cardinal sound familiar? If not, you may as well familiarize yourself with it. Her rise is inevitable. What does she do? Oh, just film, books, comics, everything we love. This fangirl is an indie everything, and she's quite good at it. Tara Cardinal is an actress, director, martial artist, sword master, and humanitarian. A saddening but also triumphant fact is that her work is based on her own childhood struggles, and her story delivers a strong message about female empowerment. She became one of the first women to write, produce, direct, and star in a fantasy action franchise—and she performs her own stunts. She's an actress actively seeking empowering roles in movies of all genres.
This young lady's first film, The Legend of the Red Reaper, written, directed and played by her, begins with our heroine, the daughter of a demon and a human witch. She's traded to the demon father for nothing more than a bottle of his evil enchanted blood, probably to be used as an aging deterrent. In this demon's care, she is beaten, used, and torn down every day for years until her rescue. Beyond her torment, she is groomed to become the female, medieval, demon version of Blade, the vampire slayer. The prophesying of her witch mother, a family talent, has foretold her future as Red Reaper, deliverer of the humans from the terrible demons. The question is, will she be able to live up to that fantasy? I'd love to divulge the answer, but will do my best not to.
In my opinion, it was mad fun—diabolically fantastic. Whenever I review an indie fantasy/dark fantasy film, I always like to compare it, quality wise, to Earth Sea, a small-budget favorite of mine, because I love the Earth Sea story and the filmmakers did quite well with what they had. My favorite thing about Tara Cardinal's film is that the music never stops, the action rarely stops, and the story never gets boring. If that isn't enough, Tara Cardinal seems like she's pretty skilled with the sword, and the film has, possibly, my favorite ending quote of all time.
That's not the end of it, though. Tara Cardinal is everywhere. Her debut novel, Sword Sisters: A Red Reaper Novel, is a fantastic read, packed with action. The book is set before the film and fills in all the details you might have felt like you were missing. My biggest question was, "What was Aella doing before she set herself on a warpath with the demons who were supposed to be dead?" The book answers that question, and it does it with an impossibly better story than the film offers.
Sword Sisters smacks our heroine between a rock and a hard place, fighting for room to breathe from her klan elders and her foretold responsibility as the last reaper—The Red Reaper—but longing for the freedom to choose. Retaliating against all the pressure and running from her responsibility, the young woman treks into the wilderness in hopes of finding a caring soul who once helped her out, perhaps someone she can trust and someone she might even love.
Instead of the man from her dreams, Aella runs into a young woman with a knack for insulting others and, soon enough you find, a knack for getting into trouble. Set in such an old time, these qualities in young independent women are not something of which local men are fond. However, Aella, being a strong feminist warrior, takes to the young woman, and they kindle a friendship bound in battle. They meet not a moment too soon, because Amelia, the young woman, is to be the village's next virgin sacrifice to the god who supposedly lives in a cavern nearby.
Upon further inspection, they find that someone or something is definitely living in the cave and definitely is not an average human; whether it is a god or not remains to be seen. This read is epic! The book is loaded with beasts and packed with action, and the heroine's inner dialogue is pretty funny and seemingly realistic as far as thoughts go. I give it an instant 5/5 stars.
Generally, at this point, I like to explain my grading and offer my two cents, if it's even worth that to anyone. As a matter of opinion, Tara Cardinal and her cowriter, Alex Bledsoe, should change nothing. I'm told it's difficult to improve upon perfection, and it's few and far between that I find books I wouldn't change for the world. So you must know I'm ecstatic to report that I think Sword Sisters is perfect, and I wouldn't change it for the world. The entire Red Reaper series will be gold, I'm sure, and I can't wait to read the next. Until then, it's on to the comic series. Let me know what you think downstairs!
Indy ComicCreators/Authors/Filmmakers get reviewed HERE.
Make sure you join the Legend of the Red Reaper team for a high-tech streaming event. Anyone that has an internet connection and a computer can watch the movie while it's screening at the Florida Renaissance Festival, join the Q&A via webchat, and participate in the tweetathon on Twitter. This is the last screening before the big DVD release. If you can't wait until April 15th to pick up the DVD and don't want to pay the $15 per movie theater ticket, you can join the screening for only $8 per household and find out what the critics have been raving about—before the movie is released.
PLUS—you'll be sent a special link where you can JOIN the Q&A and ask your own questions of actress/writer/director/sword guru TARA CARDINAL, legendary comic book artist GEORGE PEREZ, actress/singer/best selling author SHAYNE LEIGHTON, martial artist/exec producer SEAN WYN, and composer/disc jockey JOSHUA PARISH GOMEZ (son of Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas).
PLUS—you can tweet with the cast, crew, and Renaissance Festival audience! #RedReaper #Girlpower or tweet @theredreaper. Send your comments, questions, and opinions!
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Fellonius Munch
Saturday, February 22, in Liverpool, England, local fans of AMC's The Walking Dead were in for a real treat as The Governor himself, actor David Morrisey, dropped into Forbidden Planet to sign books for a charity fundraising event!
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Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Morrissey is a native of our northwestern city, born, raised and finding his dramatic roots in Liverpool. To be a Walking Dead fan from Liverpool is a huge reason to be proud of Morrissey, so fans were keen to make the Guv feel at home.
One such fellow Scouser was local doorman Delroy Naif, who had to attend Forbidden Planet alone, although his girlfriend had been looking forward to meeting her idol. So Del paid to meet Woodbury's finest one-eyed psycho in honor of his lady and found Morrissey to be what we call an absolute legend.
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| Governor David Morrissey with fan Delroy Naif. |
Morrissey was more than obliging to engage in conversation with Del, just as he did with the excited little boy before him, and not because Del's a doorman and knows how to manhandle people. He also took a photo with Del to take home to his lady and engaged in conversation about what exactly brought him back home.
Proving that the man behind the now-deceased Governor, the best thing to happen to The Walking Dead since sliced walkers (nudge-nudge wink-wink), is as far removed from the tyrant as you could imagine, Morrissey is back home on a fundraising mission to provide a minibus for the Friends of the Observatory School, a project dedicated to raising funds for activities to broaden the horizons of children with special needs such as disabilities, social adversities, and emotional and behavioral problems.
Meanwhile (previously on AMC's The Walking Dead), the rest of Woodbury dies on a schoolbus…uncanny! Cue us a song!
Sound off, Fanboys and Fangirls! How awesome was this? Check the link on Friends of the Observatory School. It's a huge deal. What's easier and more fun than meeting your heroes for a small charitable fee? Comments below and thanks for reading.
The Internet certainly has its set of stars that are world-renowned. Of those stars, we've seen a rise of talented, witty, and beautiful women who have taken the Internet by storm. Join me, Chris "The Dace Man" Dace, over the course of the next few weeks as we crown the 2014 Internet Goddess. This time around we take a look at round one of the tournament and highlight the contestants. In bracket 8, we see Chet Siegel vs. Catie Wayne and Lindsey Stirling vs. Sarah Austin. You have until February 28th to vote for Round 1!
Host of Guyism Speed Round during the day and improver at night, this beautiful Internet talent took over hosting duties last year. A native of the state of West Virginia and, as you can see from the video below, a Philadelphia Eagles Fan (huge brownie points for me!), Chet is cute, quirky, and full of energy as she brings us news with a comedic twist every week. If you're a native of NYC, you can check her out at Magnet Theater, and you can always catch her on Guyism as well as the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
In late 2008 Catie Wayne busted onto the Internet scene with a highly energetic vlog under the character of Boxxy. With high energy and talking about everyday life, Boxxy took the Internet by storm, including the infamous site 4chan. Hers was a character that was so unique it hooked the attention of the Internet audience. Boxxy was one of the original Internet Phenomenons and generated a lot of attention both positive and negative. Without a doubt she has secured a spot on the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
When it comes to the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament there is a plethora of talents that make their way onto the interwebs. Musicians are one of the categories that are hit or miss, and when it comes to Lindsey Stirling, it is most definitely a hit. The amazingly talented violinist from California has produced her own music and even appeared on America's Got Talent in 2010. Although the evil wench Sharon Osborne might have cut her down, she has most certainly bounced back and proved Sharon wrong. No wonder this talented musician has become a huge hit as well as earned her self a spot on the tournament!
An Arkansas girl with a knack for spotting Internet success, not only was Sarah one of the original life casters on Justin.tv but she also produced several series that would capture the attention of the Internet audience. She went on to produce a show for Bravo network solidifying her eye for entertainment that would capture interests. Producing isn't where she's stopped, though; she's been an on-air personality for many shows such as FOX's X-Factor. It's no surprise that Sarah has earned a spot on the 2014 Internet Goddess Tournament.
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