Interesting Trailer...

Well, at least until I find out more about Lego: The Movie (no, really, Warner Brothers is doing a feature film based on Legos).

Anyhoosits, here's the trailer to the upcoming mini-series "Neverland", which tells about how Peter Pan and Hook came to Neverland. It also has Bob Hoskins once again playing Mr. Smee.



It'll be shown in the States on SyFy on December 4th and 5th, I believe. Not sure when it'll be shown elsewhere around the world. The company that produced this also did the mini's "Tin Man" and "Alice".

Loved the ticking at the end of the trailer, and the "Take my hand, Peter" scene.

Web Comic I Found

Dunno if anyone else had blogged about this, as I don't get around to the blogs too much, but I found this web comic that's pretty interesting.

From Greg Rucka, who's done work on such comics as The Punisher, and Rick Burchett, who's done work on DC's all ages line, such as Batman: The Brave And The Bold, comes Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether

Set in the world known as The Sphere, it's an empty open sky, dotted with lands of different sizes that seem to float in mid air. The story has everything you'd expect in a Steampunk adventure. Fantastical weapons, swordfights, airships, and lots of fun.

Full details are available in the About section of the web comic. So far, they're a few pages into the second part of the story, so it's not too late to read it from the beginning. And just to give you a taste, here's an image, featuring Lady Sabre, Marshal Drake, and his assistant, Drum, along with a few of the floating lands and Lady Sabre's airship.

Another Of Fuzzball's Musical Interludes

For those fans of Doctor Who that loved David Tennant's tenure on the show, this one's for you. David Tennant, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbins, John Barrowman, John Simm, an Ood, a Sontaran, EVERYBODY who worked on the show, and just for good measure......The Proclaimers......No really.

Hey, It's Not Too Late To Head To New York Before Halloween....

You can go to the Steampunk Haunted House. With the theme "Through The Looking Glass". There's no gore involved, but it's been reported as being a very unique experience



Of course, if you're more interested in having the schnitzkins scared out of you, then perhaps you'd go to the other side of the US and head to The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, in Long Beach, California. Three mazes on board the ship, two mazes off shore, 160 monsters, all the special effects you can handle and pyrotechnics that might make Tensai Hilra say, "Wow, that's almost impressive by my standards".

Happy Halloween, Gang.

This.....Actually Sounds Promising

Will Wright, legendary game designer and creator of The Sims, has now joined the Linden Lab board of directors.

It sounds promising for SL's future. Depending, of course, on what the company's direction is. Hopefully, he'll be able to take a hands on approach with the virtual world and give input on what to do to improve it. With the talk of introducing NPC's to the game, I think he's the perfect man for them to seek out and get tips.

Plus, anyone who forms a company called "Stupid Fun Club" is ok in my book.

For further info, check out New World Notes story, here

Also, Will Wright's biography can be found on the Linden Lab site here

Aurora The Film

A nice little Australian Steampunk film. Thirty Three minutes in length, three years in the making, $1800 budget....and yet, it looks more impressive than anything Hollywood churns out.



Enjoy

Well THIS......Was A Very Nice Surprise

I had expected a few awards this year during RFL. The Ebby Awards, in regards to the event boards used to advertise team events (two of those, btw), and I was half expecting the award for "The Hair" that I wore, in the spontaneous fun categories (ironic, since last year, I received one for having a shiny scalp).





Two awards are the highest honors in the Relay For Life of Second Life. Spirit of Relay, both Team and Individual awards. They only give one award for the individual, which went to Passionate Redheads co-captain, and friend of Steelhead's, Daaneth Kivioq. Considering that he had a stroke shortly after kick off this year, and fought his way to recovery in order to return to SL and to RFL, and for awhile having to use voice as he was unable to type, the man deserved it.





The Spirit of Relay Team award, they have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place categories. The description for the award is as follow:





Awarded to the team that embodies the “Spirit of the Relay”. "Spirit of the Relay" includes an overall performance of the team from Kick Off to Relay Day. It is not representative of simply the amount raised. This award takes into consideration the "spirit" of the team, how they embraced Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society Mission, and the enthusiasm displayed. Also considered is the teams participation in Relay activities, as a whole, not only in their own but other team’s events, as well. Did they embody the ‘we’re all one big team’ aspect?



Award Eligibility Dates: Beginning with Kick Off Celebration and ending at Relay Event DayNominations to be submitted by: Relay Team Members and Committee MembersNomination Deadline to be announced via notice in RFL Volunteer GroupJudging to Be Done by Majority Vote. Judges: Awards Chair and Co-Chair, Event Day Chair and Co-Chair, RFL Chair & Co-Chair, ACS Rep, Teams Chair & Co-Chair




So, you see, everyone in the RFL Volunteers group puts their choice on a notecard, and the notecards are tallied up. Team Caledon got third place. Team OD got the first place award. 2nd place went to Steelhead Salmons.





Steelhead showed support in the RFL Volunteer group chat, those of us that were in that group. Some of us attended other team's events, and I'm not talking about within the Steamlands. Some of us helped other team's with their fundraising. And during Relay weekend, we stood at the Steelhead campsite and cheered everyone as they ran, walked, rolled, trotted, lagged on by. Basically, Steelhead was awarded for what Steelhead does best.....minus the explosions, but next year.......anyway.





Hearing the team announced as 2nd place winners was a complete surprise, I'm still in some shock of it all, as are many in Steelhead. Real Life interfered with alot of our plans, and most of what we wanted to do this year never came to light, and yet, we had made an impression on a lot of folks in the Relay group.





I always tell Steelhead that awards aren't everything, that there's a much greater purpose being involved in RFL of SL........but.....I THINK I can be allowed to be selfish, just this once. This is something that I'm very proud of, and something that couldn't be accomplished without all of Steelhead.





Next year's theme is "Time For A Cure". I think we can have fun with that one.