The Smithee Awards Blog

Unlike space missions, there usually isn't an abort button for Origins so as of today it is exactly one week until most of us will be in some state of leaving, having left or going to leave for the sprawling city of Columbus. If you've never gone beyond the conference center, you might want to take an hour or two from the con and pop over to North Market (practically across the street from the games yo! Also? JENI'S ICE CREAM!!!) or maybe hit Schmidts Sausage House and Restaurant (!) on your way in or out and get a cream puff the size of your head. Either way, Columbus is fun to explore.

However, in one week, two days, 10 hours and 20 minutes we'd like it if you came back from wherever it is that you went and hang with us at the Smithee for MegaMeta4. Pleeeeease? We don't want to have to watch the ending to Exterminator City all by ourselves.

Come to think on it, Christmas Evil aint no walk in the park either. Nor is Creepers, Invincible Barbarian or Grave of the Vampire (Arooooooowwwaaaooouuuuu). You can see where we might be feeling the hint of dread here.

-Your Friendly Yet Trepidatious Origins Bound Ninja
JQ

You: vote from Saturday (ish) to Saturday (ish) on which movie I will watch next.
I: break ties in an (apparently) arbitrary fashion.
You: bear in mind that should something go awry with the first choice, I will move on the second choice.
I: tally votes and close the poll.

If you have no livejournal account, feel free to vote anonymously in the comments.

( Under the cut, Head Hunter through The House that Screamed. )

I couldn't find a good link for the article, but here is an editorial in the New York Times pleading that the scientists not publish their results.

( Article under cut for those who cannot click through Omelas. )

I mean ... I have seen this movie, and it never turns out well for the human race.

It's true. In two short, short weeks we'll be running the first of two (two!) Smithee shows at Origins. Friday, June 1st @7pm we'll be rocking the MegaMeta 4 show in Terrace Ballroom 5 (it's the same room off the beer garden (Biergarten?) as we've been in the past two years). Then, not 24 hours later we'll be doing Smithee 21 (June 2, 7pm) in Ballroom D which seems to be on the other side of the hallway from Exhibit Hall D (past the little cafe area). Krazy.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Not Quite Origins Prepped Ninja
JQ

CABRA!

CHUPA!

My Assistant Promotions Ninja (AssPN?) and I found ourselves with some time on our hands and a movie to watch a Monday or two ago, so we did. Let me introduce to you Spiders II: Breeding Ground. As far as I can tell, the only commonality Spiders II has with Spiders is that there are spiders. I looked through iMDB to see if maybe one of the characters survived through to the sequel but other than the Photoshopping of Richard Moll's head onto the cover for the first movie, there's nothing remotely connecting Spiders the second to Spiders the first.

Except, you know...spiders.
( Eight Legged Clicky )

As my AssPN says, "I'd have Alex on my zombie apocalypse survival team as she's deadly with everything from grenades to harpoons."

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Watching Ninja
JQ

You are to vote from Saturday (ish) to Saturday (ish) on which movie I will watch next. I am to break ties in an (apparently) arbitrary fashion.

If you have no livejournal account, feel free to vote anonymously in the comments.

( Under the cut, A Fistful of Yen through Hands of Death. )

[EDIT: Poll Is Closed! Final tally was Gingerdead Man - 3, A Fistful of Yen - 2, and The Flesh Eaters and Golden Temple Amazons with 1 each. All are winners, yet the only true loser is me.]

PENGUICON
Dearborn
1 pm

And so it begins.

It is entirely possible that some of the movies in the icon will actually be showing off their bits this year in Smithee 21. Want to find out? You have two more chances and one of them is right around the corner!

Penguicon Smithees
Saturday, April 28th, 6pm until midnightish
Rolls Royce Theater

Also check out the other fun things happening at Penguicon. Alcoholic Liquid Nitrogen Ice cream? The Smithees are 21...hmmmm!

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Ice Cream Experimenting Ninja
JQ