GE Commercial: Robots on the Move, with Robby, Data, B-9 and KITT

This is a couple months old, but I just happened to see it and thought it was worth posting. General Electric teases the announcement of some “brilliant new machines” by showing a parade of familiar movie and TV robots – including Robby, Data. K.I.T.T., and B-9 (i.e., the robot from LOST IN SPACE). Whatever the …

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE's Armin Shimerman: The CFQ Interview, Ep. 101

It’s not often an actor gets to redeem an entire species, but that’s what Armin Shimerman did when he took on the role of Quark, the amenable but eminently self-interested Ferengi barkeep of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. Having been present for the Ferengi’s ignominious debut on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, when a race …

J.G. Quintel on REGULAR SHOW: Cartoon Interview Podcast

Give REGULAR SHOW creator J.G. Quintel credit for coming up with a title that works in ironic counterpoint to itself. On the one hand, the Cartoon Network series is an examination of young people entering the workforce in modern America, with all the friction, tension, and social and moral quandaries that might ensue. On the …

The Cast of ARROW: Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2012

The shadows continue to spread over the DC Universe, most recently with ARROW, the new reimagining of The Green Arrow as a driven, bow-wielding vigilante for justice, determined to clean up the corruption of his home town of Starling City. With its dark ambiance, its intense, parkour-inspired action sequences, and its LOST-style central mysteries (what, …

Bill Plympton: Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2012

Just because last year saw the publication of a mammoth retrospective of his work, that doesn’t mean cartoonist Bill Plympton is putting away his pencils just yet. He was back at New York Comic Con this year, to promote a new, career-spanning documentary about him and a new book meant to inspire prospective artists with …

RED VS. BLUE'S Matt Hullum & Kathleen Zuelch: Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2012

It’s bright days in Blood Gulch, indeed. RED VS. BLUE, the first machinima (animation created with video games) series to get mainstream attention, is now also the longest-lived, wrapping up its tenth season of playing around in the HALO universe this November. And what started out as a kind of Seinfeldian take on science-fiction warfare …

The Cast of LOST GIRL: Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2012

Seemingly located in a reality that neighbors BUFFY’S — albeit a neighborhood somewhat less affluent in its trappings — the Syfy series LOST GIRL applies a similar degree of wit, sex, drama, and action to the adventures of a conflicted succubus (Anna Silk) and her human companion (Ksenia Solo) as they try to make their …