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Felicia Day is Mad, The New Mad Scientist on MST3K That Is – My SDCC Interview

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to the wonderfully talented and creative Felicia Day to discuss her upcoming role in the returning Mystery Science Theater 3000 as the new Mad Scientist, as well as some other nerdy things.

The first thing I wanted to know from Day was whether she was a fan of the show growing up. Day said, “I was a huge fan growing up.” She talked about being home schooled when growing up with her brother but that they weren’t really that close with each other. The lone thing that brought them together was MST3K. Every Saturday it was a ritual to sit down together and watch it. She said, “It’s just a dream come true to be able to work on something that was so formative in my childhood.”

We next discussed how her being on the show came about. She said that she saw Joel Hodgson at the Salt Lake City Comic Con last year and approached him to get a selfie just to rub it in her brother’s face. Joel started talking to her about a possible reboot and a couple months later she got an email from him asking if she wanted to be in it.

I next asked if she was also going to be involved in the writing process, and she told me she has written on four episodes, and she wanted to do more. She said it was a dream come true to be able to write and act on something she is a huge fan of.

The conversation then switched to one of my favorite things, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. I showed Day a picture of the only time I ever cosplayed, me dressed as Dr. Horrible with her at SDCC 2011.

I asked Day if she felt that the mainstream success that Dr. Horrible had helped to change the way that entertainment is presented. She felt that Dr. Horrible was way before its time and digital content is just now being released of the same caliber and level as Dr. Horrible. She said it was kind of ironic that it was so before its time and the web sort of went a different direction with more low budget, unscripted, personality driven content, when in fact Dr. Horrible really proved that digital content can be outside the system and hugely  successful financially and popular with fans. Day said, “I’m hoping more projects like that come forward with financial backing and creative freedom.”

We discussed how SDCC has changed since the first time she came. She said it was her ninth time at SDCC and the first year she went was just as a fan. The second year she was here passing out fliers for her web series, The Guild, when people didn’t know what a web series was. She sees good things at SDCC with people still being able to reach a bigger audience with the things they are doing, but feels the corporate presence is too much and that it may be stifling independent voices being able to get in touch with their fans.

Next, I brought up Day’s work on comic books, her having done The Guild stories as comics in the past and if we would see any other comics written by her in the future. She said she was developing a couple comic books but had no set plans yet. She wasn’t sure if what she was developing would be TV shows or comic books, so she is developing them tangentially as both. I asked her if Marvel or DC Comics had contacted her about writing about one of their superheroes. She said she had conversations with DC about Supergirl, but it never really came together. She thought working in someone else’s sandbox would be a refreshing change.

I asked Day if she was reading any comic books right now and she said she was really enjoying Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang, Black Magic by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott, and Saga by Vaughn and Fiona Staples. She said she tends to not read superhero books, but loved to read a superhero comic that was different, and that Powers by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming is one of her favorites for that very reason.

Day said she is working on many writing projects right now, but can’t talk about any of them yet, but she did some acting on a recent episode of The Librarians that had Sean Astin in it and Jonathan Frakes directing, so it was “a crazy nerd reunion.”

The last thing we discussed was her role as Charlie on Supernatural. I told her that the character’s death had really saddened me. She said it was sad for her, because she felt like she spent four years of her life as part of this family. She felt that young girls were impacted and inspired by that character to be themselves and find an interest in programming, gaming, and hacking. I told her how I always wanted to see an episode showing Charlie’s time in Oz. She said she had tried to pitch that as a little web movie, but the studio did not show interest.

Day was kind enough to take a picture with me and also sign my Charlie Funko Pop:

The brand new Mystery Science Theater 3000 will air on Netflix towards the end of 2016 or the beginning of 2017.

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Felicia Day is Mad, The New Mad Scientist on MST3K That Is – My SDCC Interview

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The Nick Box Unboxing – For $50 What’s In the Box?

On Preview Night of San Diego Comic-Con, we ran this article touring Nickelodeon’s booth and also included a picture of the first The Nick Box, the new quarterly mystery box, similar to Loot Crate or one of the Funko Marvel or Star Wars boxes, from Nickelodeon that includes a variety of items that are related to that quarter’s particular theme. For the first box the theme is Classic Nicktoons.While I showed a picture of the card showing what was in the box, I figured I would share a complete unboxing video of The Nick Box, because for $50, which is higher than the others I previously mentioned, I think everyone should know if it is worth it.

So there it is, now whether it’s worth is up to you to decide.

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The Nick Box Unboxing – For $50 What’s In the Box?

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Conan O’Brien Goes All In On His Takeover Of San Diego Comic Con

Every few years there is something new at San Diego Comic Con that gets people super excited. Last year it was Conan O’Brien doing his TBS show live as part of the Comic Con experience and his professing his absolute love for Funko Pop!, which I understand as I am also a Funko Funatic. But this year Conan and his team from TBS have decided to take the next step and have a booth on the exhibit floor that invites fans to take part of an interactive experience.

Fans have an opportunity to step into a closet sized room and be scanned by an alien from the new TBS series People of Earth , starring Wyatt Cenac, who determines if they are special or not, and they are warned before entering not to be weird. Depending what the scan results are determines what t-shirt you will get. Oh yeah, free t-shirt.

Fans will also have a chance to don a Funko Pop! Conan O’Brien head and take part in a virtual reality experience where they can either visit Conan’s stage or office and have a chance to interact with all four Conan O’Brien Funko Pops! that those lucky enough to attend one of the live shows will receive.

But wait, that’s not all. All fans, upon completing the experience, will have a chance to win that day’s exclusive Conan Funko Pop! Even if you don’t win there are other items being given away. I received a poster of the day’s Conan Superman Pop!, and the pin that can be seen above. So if you are at SDCC, make sure you visit the Conan booth, and if not then watch his show each night during Comic-Con so you can get a little feel for what San Diego Comic-Con is really like, just without the smells and the never ending supply of people who want to introduce their elbow to your kidneys.

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Conan O’Brien Goes All In On His Takeover Of San Diego Comic Con

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Nickelodeon Goes Old School at San Diego Comic Con

The Nickelodeon booth is all setup for a party, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Nickelodeon Animation. There booth is right up the alley for all kids big and small, with a full size Olmec Head from Legends of the Hidden Temple, that was surrounded by characters from classic Nickelodeon shows.

Also on display was the original nose that slime came out of fro Double Dare. Double Dare is big at SDCC this year with host original host Marc Summers back for the first time since 1993 to do two live shows.

And in what I think is probably the best designed retail space so far at SDCC this year, from Rugrats, the head of Chuckie.

Nickelodeon also has a great new product it is selling here at SDCC and is available to anyone, The Nick Box. Much like Loot Crate, or the various Funko mystery boxes, The subscription has a quarterly with the first release being classic Nicktoons, and it is filled with items celebrating such shows as Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, and more. The box is available at the booth, or can be purchased at www.thenickbox.com.

 

Nickelodeon Goes Old School at San Diego Comic Con

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