70 Years of Marvel Comics with Avengers Forever

Tuesday 11th August 2009 is Marvel's 70th anniversary!

There appear to be a number of events scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM EDT that day...

But...

Avengers Forever asks: How about we stage our own celebration by logging in the AF Forum and smashing our previous record of 47 Avengers online at the same time, set on 10/14/2007?

Following the historic moment, join together in the Avengers Forever Chatroom to party and reminisce. Fun for fans, readers and Avengers alike. Join us!

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Time: 9:00 PM EST

Place: http://www.avengersforever.org/chat/

Avengers Assemble!

[REC]

[REC] ~ Take Cloverfield and mix liberally with the original Night of the Living Dead and some good old fashioned reality TV formatting and you’ll have a good idea of what [REC] is all about.

A go-getting spunky reality hostess and her cameraman cover the night shift of a firehouse when a rescue call goes horribly wrong – and they find themselves quarantined in an apartment building with a zombie problem.

It’s worth noting that an American remake of [REC], called Quarantine only did so-so at the box office – however, the original has spawned a sequel due in Spain this October, and probably shortly thereafter for US DVD.

Fans of the genre will find this predictable but that doesn’t tame or invalidate any of the legitimate and terrifying scares in this Spanish horror flick. The night vision ending of this one had me sleeping with the lights on afterward.

All Things Fun! Podcast - Live at the Franklin Institute

The All Things Fun! Podcast is back: "Season 2: Episode #3 LIVE at The Franklin Institute!”

Join Ed Evans, Wes Hitchins Jess Williams and the rest of the All Things Fun! Podcast gang as they broadcast LIVE from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA.

Ed and Wes talk a bit about the Franklin Institute, talk to excited patrons, preview the new game Arcane Legions from Wells Expeditions and review the game Space Alert from Rio Grande Games. Special thanks to the Franklin Institute for hosting the podcast and to our new producer, Jess Williams.

We'll be back next month with our regular show, including the return of comic news with Glenn Walker and Allison Eckel.

All Things Fun! Podcast logo by Rob Kelly.

You can send feedback online at www.allthingsfun.net/bbs or via our feedback voicemail hotline 1 (206) 888-6097.

Show Map:

0:00 Intro
4:49 Why the Franklin?
14:52 Folks at the Franklin (Part 1, Rick from Boston)
15:51 Interview with Troy Collins, Senior VP, The Franklin Institute
22:59 Folks at the Franklin (Part 2, Rob and Beryl usssovereign.com)
26:59 Game Preview, Arcane Legions, Wells Expeditions
36:46 Folks at the Franklin (Part 3, Zack and Rob from Pennsauken NJ)
38:06 Folks at the Franklin (Part 4, Jennifer and Fred from Philadelphia)
39:20 Game Review, Space Alert, Rio Grande Games
47:24 Thanks!
49:16 End Credits
50:43 End

Check it out here!

And visit All Things Fun! here!

Tron Legacy - Sneak Peek

Yeah, baby!

Tron Legacy, the much-anticipated sequel to 1982's Tron, will be released some time in 2010.

John Hughes 1950-2009

John Hughes, the man who revolutionized teen cinema in the 1980s passed away of a heart attack this morning in New York City while on a walk.

His movies Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful and The Breakfast Club not only keyed in on the teenage audience for film, but also made stars of a younger generation of actors - including Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwold, Matthew Broderick and other members of 80s Hollywood's 'brat pack.'

Also in Hughes' cabinet of wonders are the Vacation movies, the Beethoven movies as well as the Home Alone movies. As someone whose movie-going experience began in the 1980s, I gotta say that for me and my friends, a new John Hughes film was an event. We knew it would speak to us, make us laugh, and make us think. One of my favorites was She's Having a Baby, which was not only written and directed by Hughes, but was also an inspiration to me as a writer.

John Hughes will be missed.