Indiewire has a VERY SPOILERY review of the Adventure Time Season 6 premiere.
Medieval Times Surprise
Farscape Movie on the Way
Apparently a Farscape movie is in the works, dealing with what happens to the next generation, following John and Aeryn’s son D’Argo. With other such projects like Muppets Most Wanted and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, we seem to be in a resurgence of Muppet mania.
http://youtu.be/9JYlC7Xrocs
In Your Eyes Released
In case you missed it while celebrating Easter, in a surprise move Joss Whedon released his latest film, In Your Eyes, directly online.
Prof. Suspended for Game of Thrones T-Shirt
In academia, allowing your daughter to wear Game of Thrones apparel is a sign of dangerous mental illness.
Anyone who finds this situation improbable has never worked in higher education.
In an effort to get myself similarly suspended, here is a picture of my own children cosplaying a few years ago. Note the belligerent nature of their costumes — the Unabomber-like Ludditism of my son’s steampunk attire, and the appearance of my daughter as a masked vigilante (no doubt a sign of Klan sympathies). Also, the sign “WESTin” is prominent in the background — clearly a pro-Western (and therefore a colonialist, anti-other-cardinal-directions) message.
Beautiful Post on Adventure Time
Maria Bustillos has an article on Adventure Time that is beautiful — complete with interviews and clips, she delves into the literary theory that undergirds the show. I may make it required reading next time I teach my “Myth and Folklore” class.
The New Yorker on Adventure Time
The New Yorker has some commentary on Adventure Time, with a very similar take to “Adventure Time and Geek Culture.”
The Time Traveller’s Manual to a Medieval Wedding
Game of Thrones continues to promote an interest in medieval history and culture, and “The Time Traveller’s Manual to a Medieval Wedding” over at History Behind Game of Thrones uses the marriage of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York as the example.
Death of Shadowfax
Blanco, the horse that played Shadowfax in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, died last week.
Academics and Public Engagement
The Guardian Higher Education Network has an article asking, “Can Engaging with the Public Help Your Career in Academia?“Â In other words, is the stuff done by the academics here in any way helpful to their careers? Their answer is that it depends on how you do it.
Although you probably can help your career by writing for something like Professor Awesome’s University, the truth is that the academic world mostly rewards things that are invisible to the public. So, when you see our contributors to Professor Awesome’s University, remember that they’re not getting rich or famous by bringing all this awesome stuff to you … they’re inviting you to geek out about the coolest parts of their academic disciplines with them.