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Female superheroes to the rescue! Or not
AFP, Published on 10/07/2015
» SAN DIEGO - There are plenty of female superheroes at Comic-Con, the annual pop culture festival in San Diego -- but they are mostly fans dressed up. Big-screen female icons are still few and far between.
'Hunger Games' trailer unveiled at Comic-Con
AFP, Published on 10/07/2015
» SAN DIEGO - "Hunger Games" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth unveiled a new trailer and poster for the dystopian franchise's finale, due out in November.
Fantasies play out in virtual reality games
AFP, Published on 17/06/2015
» LOS ANGELES - At the Electronic Entertainment Expo players swooped like eagles through Paris, blasted asteroids, and fought in boxing rings as videogame makers dove into worlds of virtual reality.
Bangkok Comic Con's back alley
Life, Adam Kohut, Published on 07/05/2015
» '[As Thais] we only adopt, poorly. We're not creating anything new. But such is the way of the Thai mentality. We don't lead. We follow. We want something we're used to. We like imitations. As content consumers, we like junk food."
Living by the sword
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 07/05/2015
» For Tommy Dunne, the weapons master of Game Of Thrones, fiddling around with Swarovski-encrusted swords, bronze shields, bows and spears is all in a day's work. Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff even roped him into a season four cameo as the blacksmith who reforges Ned Starks's Ice into the iconic swords, Oathkeeper and Widow.
The force is strong with this one
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/05/2015
» In 1997, Atis Ruchirawat translated the script of the original Star Wars trilogy for subbing and dubbing in Thai. He didn't need the script, he said. He could recite the dialogue more or less by heart. He even knows the words Greedo and Jabba the Hutt say in their fictional language, though he does not care to speculate whether Greedo or Han Solo shot first. His scope of interest is boxed in by the film itself — he isn't concerned about the numerous spin-offs of the movies or unsolvable hypotheses.
The dark side does good
Life, Published on 01/05/2015
» May 4 is "Star Wars Day", a play on the film franchise's famous slogan, "May the Force be with you".
One for the (comic) books
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/04/2015
» My friend Stuart is in charge of the upcoming Bangkok Comic Con, a four-day exhibition starting this Thursday at Bitec.
Comic artist: Secrets for a successful career
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/04/2015
» Coming to Thailand this month to meet his fans, well-known Thai-born comic artist Pop Mhan has produced such famous comics as Amazing Spider-Man, Star Wars sequels & now He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe.