What. The. Hell. Pic from the Upcoming X-Men First Class has me Scratching My Head

Jan 19, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in comics, movies

Well, this leaked today…

Left to right: Michael Fassbinder as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Lucas Till as Havoc, Zoe Kravitz as Angel Salvadore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and James MacAvoy as Charles Xavier.

In what world can this be considered the First Class? I thought we’d be seeing a young Cyclops, Angel, Marvel Girl, Beast and Ice Man, I thought at worst they’d try and throw Jubilee in the mix. They are all over the map here. I think they may have randomly taken some issues of The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and picked whichever paged they opened to.

Why is Emma Frost in there (disclosure: I hate Emma Frost. I am glad that they didn’t try and give her a real costume here since all she wears in the books is underwear.)? And I love Angel from New X-Men but she seems like an odd choice here. How can you have Havoc and not Cyclops? I’m so confused.

Someone please enlighten me: who is Azazel? I don’t feel bad not knowing that, as my dear friend Scott who happens to own my local comic shop was also clueless, though he offered “Maybe he’s somehow related to Gozer the Gozerian”. I’d Google it but I’m feeling lazy and I’m sure one of you has to know.

Merit Badges for Nerds

Jan 18, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in cool stuff

Remember when you were in Boy/Girl Scouts and you got Merit Badges for completing some requirements? Why shouldn’t we get that now? The crap I do as a Geeky Parent is hard, I want some recognition, dammit!

The Homonyms badge. Oh, I see what you did there.

The guys over at Nerd Merit Badges think that we should get that recognition. They are doing their part to recognize the talent and accomplishments of nerds everywhere. Right now they feature different eight different badges that you can purchase* upon completing the requirements. They even sell a sash for your laptop!!! You can earn badges for attaining the elusive empty e-mail inbox, or for providing tech-support to your family members (make your parents/kids/Aunt Sally buy that one for you).

They are super cool and I want them all.

*One of the badges can only be earned by participating in a weight loss challenge on their sister site Loseitloseit.com. This site also looks awesome, and I am thinking about giving it a go.

Seattle Kids: Children’s Film Festival

Jan 18, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in media, movies, seattle

From January 28th – February 6th the Northwest Film Forum is hosting the Children’s Film Festival Seattle. From their website:

Northwest Film Forum is getting ready to roll out the red carpet for Children’s Film Festival Seattle — the largest international festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. This year’s 10-day extravaganza will include more than 125 films from 29 countries — a mind-blowing blend of live performances, animation, features, shorts, historical films and fantastic hands-on workshops, all crafted with care to appeal to the next generation of movie lovers.

I’m pretty excited about this. They are hosting some special events including an opening kick-off party with Parenting Geekly favorite, Caspar Babypants, a viewing of the silent-era Mary Pickford film “The Little Princess” with a live score, a screening of animation from China and a Pancake/short film smorgasboard.

For more information please visit the festival’s website here.