Archive for February, 2006

Interview: Allan Caplan, president of Inkworks Cards

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

int_inkworks.jpgRecently I had the opportunity to chat with Allan Caplan, president of Inkworks, the company responsible for the highly regard collectible cards for various popular movies and TV shows like X-Files, The Family Guy, Buffy, Angel, Lost, The Simpsons,  Veronica Mars, The Sopranos, Smallville, and (of course) Serenity.

For some reason I forgot to ask him anything about any of the other shows… 

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Last day for the contest

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Remember, all you have to do is comment anywhere on the site by midnight EST tonight to be entered into a drawing for an autographed Alan Tudyk picture or more great prizes. Here are the details.

Reaverware, Zoeware, and postcards from Inara

Friday, February 24th, 2006

prop_postcard.jpgWelcome to Serenity! Wish you were here!

Now you can own the vidshot Mal was holding in the movie when he was brooding over Inara leaving. It doesn’t move, sadly, but it does have a picture of Inara on it that was later replaced by video.

There’s also a complete Zoe outfit from the bank heist (including jewelry, boots, bullets, knife, and gun) and a Reaver costume (including boots, belt, vesty thing, weapon, and, for some weird reason, a water bottle), all at The Prop Store of London.

Serenity travel mug

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

labe_mug.jpgIf you missed your chance to get a Serenity travel mug from the official Serenity movie site, now’s your chance to get one anyway.

SciFiCollector.com has a very few to offer, so you might want to hurry. And while you’re there you should look around. Collectible cards, Serenity action figures, comics, the role-playing game, and plenty more Firefly goodness. Plus there’s still time to sign up for the autographed movie poster giveaway!

New stuff at Black Market Beagles

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

bmb_kaylee.jpgThe Little Damn Heroes collection now has Kaylee!

And the Miranda and BDH posters are now available.

Zip over to www.blackmarketbeagles.com and check ‘em out!

Download Serenity for free

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Grab a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, download a free rental of Serenity, and have a good morning.

Right now if you pick up the right box of General Mills cereal you’ll get a $5 coupon for a Movielink.com movie rental (such as, say, Serenity, which is currently listed there for $4.50).

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Costumes, luggage, and a dino

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

prop_dino.jpgKaylee’s costume, Simon’s costume, Inara’s suitcase, and a signed Wash dinosaur, all at the Prop Store of London.

By the way, if you haven’t yet you should check out the Prop Store’s archives to see the Serenity bits that came and went faster than I could list them here.

Serenity Zippo lighters now on sale

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

serenity_zippo.jpgThe new Serenity logo Zippo lighters from Dark Horse are out! Perfect for setting signal fires, torching Alliance camps, or lighting candles on protein cakes.

Buy it from Things From Another World, 258 West Authentic

Serenity DVD on sale in Italy

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

dvd_sernityitaly.jpgSerenity is now on sale in Italy! Region 2 disc, dubbed in Italian, subtitles in English, Italian and Croatian.

Extras should be the same as the other R2 discs:

  • Introduction from writer/director Joss Whedon: Joss’ original introduction to screening audiences
  • Audio commentary from Joss Whedon
  • Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary from Joss Whedon
  • Outtakes
  • Future History: the story of the Earth that was!
  • What’s In A Firefly: see how Zoic visual effects studios helped bring Joss’ unique vision to the big screen
  • Re-Lighting The Firefly: the story of how a cancelled television show gained a cult following to become a major film
  • A Filmmaker’s Journey: with Joss, go from script to screen
  • Buy it at Terminal Video Italia.

    A Reaver knife and Zoe’s headset

    Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

    The Prop Store in London just added a bloody Reaver knife (as if there were any other kind) and the headset Zoe was wearing during the bank heist.