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Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark Fan Film From Italy

April 6th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Dan Poole, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Spider-Man, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing, , marvel comics

Spider-Man may live in New York City, but he’s popular everywhere. Case in point? Check out Stefano Morandini’s upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark fan film, produced in Italy. Currently in the editing phase, Morandini’s flick examines what keeps a superhero fighting when he just doesn’t care anymore. Heroes can take a punch and give one [...]

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DAVE School: The CGI Secret of Star Trek: Phase II

February 6th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Homemade Hollywood, James Cawley, Pink Five, Software, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Wars, TV, Video Games,

If you’ve ever watched an episode of the fan film series Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II, there was probably a point where you used any one of Christian Bale’s favorite expletives, followed by “will ya look at those effects?” They’re impressive alright—and often, they’re courtesy of DAVE School: The Digital Animation and Visual Effects School [...]

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September 9th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Comic Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Public Screening, Star Wars, Superheroes,

Way back in the Dark Ages—OK, April—I hosted a panel of some of the brightest stars in the fan film universe at the New York Comic Con. We got nearly 300 people in audience for the event, and despite technical glitches, it went so well that I was inspired to bring this blog back from [...]

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New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Star Wars, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Uncategorized, Writing

This was my third visit to the New York Comic Con, which, gee, is in its third year. As always, it was a blast. All of New York City decided to fly its proverbial freak flag and jam into the Javits Center. I read that they were expecting 60,000 people this weekend, and I think [...]

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BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

April 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing,

Going to New York Comic Con in New York City this coming weekend? Make sure you check out the fan film panel! I set this up a while back and roped in a bunch of folks–it’s a real ‘who’s who’ of the East Coast fan film world. In fact, the only drawback is that halfway [...]

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Gray Areas: The Cult of the Amateur

April 19th, 2007 | Posted in Analysis, Education, Fan Film, Gray Areas, History, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Superheroes,

Over the last few days, I’ve been reading an intriguing book, The Cult of the Amateur, by Andrew Keen (Currency/Doubleday); it doesn’t come out until June, but it’s bound to make a splash in certain circles when it does. The subtitle is “How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture,” and the basic gist is that [...]

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Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark Fan Film From Italy

DAVE School: The CGI Secret of Star Trek: Phase II

New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

Gray Areas: The Cult of the Amateur

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