Week 33 - August 14th to August 20th

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • clionaeilis is looking for other dS/C6D fen to meet up with during the Toronto International Film Festival. See this post for more details.
    
• Archives
  
  • The due Slash archive is in the process of being overhauled and upgraded. Please help the site out by uploading stories and beta testing the archive for problems. While the new site is up and running, the old site will still be available. The due Slash archive welcomes both dS and c6d content. Basically, anything but RPS. Please contact the archivist at dueslash@gmail.com or see the FAQ for further information. [note outside of LJ links]
    
• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on August 23 and will feature Aspen Extreme - The Drinking Game Version, starting at 9 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream or malnpudl for more information. [note outside LJ link]
    
  • vsee is continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information.
    
• Conventions
  
  • CanCon 2008, a slash-oriented fan mini-convention running in parallel to the official RCW139 convention, was held this past weekend and was an astounding success. Check out some of the con pictures, reports and other related stuff [note outside LJ links]:
    brynnmck's here and here.
    j_s_cavalcante's here.
    dragonflymuse's here and here.
    meresy's here.
    
• Communities
  
  • There's a new multi-fandom community : film_by_fandom, where you can revamp your favorite film with your favorite fandoms. Round One is starting up and covers horror/sci-fi movies. Imagine Ray and Fraser in Dawn of the Dead. Rewrite 12 Monkeys with the guys from Hard Core Logo. Or something. Check out the community profile for more information.
    
• Movies
  
  • There was a special screening of Hard Core Logo, along with tribute bands and a Q&A session with BMcD in Toronto on August 14th.
    
  • Some coverage of the Hard Core Logo tribute night [note outside of LJ links]:
    Hard Core Encore
    Hard Core Logo 2 Coming?
    
• Movie Festivals
  
  • The Toronto International Film Festival 2008 has been scheduled for September 4th to September 13th. The current Canadian film line up can be found here. [note outside LJ links]
    Articles about TIFF [note outside LJ links]:
    It's Almost TIFF Time
    Clooney, Pitt, Coens Joint Totonto Festival Lineup
    Stars To Shine On Toronto Film Festival
    Toronto '08 - 249 Features For 33rd TIFF; 61 From First-Timers
    The Horror Section: The Rest Of The Fest
    Comedy And Drama Dominate Toronto
    Toronto Internation Film Festival To Be A Star-Studden Event
    Hot. Hotter. Hottest!
    The TIFF Guest List - Celebrity Buzz
    Six Aussie Films Lined Up For Toronto
    Actors, Directors, And Others Attending
    
  • The Rue Morgue Festival Of Fear genre event will be held in Toronto August 22nd through August 24th. BMcD is slated to appear and talk about Pontypool; HD is scheduled to appear and discuss Durham County. [note outside of LJ links]
    
  • The Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival has been scheduled from September 13th to September 21st. [note outside of LJ link]
    
• Television
  
  • Flashpoint has premiered to excellent reviews and continues to show on both CTV (Canada) and CBS (US), Thursdays at 10pm. It is rerun on Sunday nights (US) (Thanks, akite).
    
  • INK: Alter Egos Exposed will be shown Fridays on the IFC (Independent Film Channel) Canada. It will be rerun Saturday and Sunday mornings and is a must for any comic fans. There are ten episodes planned.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Fanfic
  
  • burning and turning (Kara/Leoben, R) by sionnain.
    
  • hopelessly tangled (Sam/Kara/Leoben, NC17) by sionnain.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • _veronique made some icons.
    
  • starpollo created some icons.
    

BMcD

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • scriggle has posted The Juicebox interview with BMcD, part 2.
    
  • scriggle has also posted a Exclaim TV! interview with BMcD.
    

CKR

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • aaiina made some icons.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • More pictures of CKR from G4 linked, collected and collated by scriggle: here, here, and here.
    
  • Improv clips of CKR from G4 linked, collected and collated by scriggle: here and here.
    
  • Even more pictures of CKR from G4 linked, collected and collated by c_regalis: here.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • bluebelle789 made a movie post about Men With Guns for the_ckr_files.
    

Crossovers

• Fanfic
  
  • diabolicalfiend recced Not Going Mad, Gone by KnightAmemait (Tin Man x Due South, RayK/Fraser, RayK/Stella, Zero/Stella, PG).
    

Flashpoint

• Fanfic
  
  • Lifeline (Ed, Jules, R) by akamine_chan.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • citymusings made some icons.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • lamentables took a picture, then uploaded some more pictures of Flashpoint being filmed in Toronto. Please check them out and thank her for sharing.
    
  • meresy also took Flashpoint pictures. Please *smish* her as well.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • troyswann has episodes 1x05 and 1x06 reaction threads.
    
  • china_shop posted some meta about slashing Flashpoint.
    
  • vsee posted a link to an article in TV, eh? about some of the music in Flashpoint.
    
  • Canadian ratings for 1x06.
    
  • American ratings for 1x06.
    
  • scriggle posted two articles about filming locations.
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • The transcript for 1x02 is complete. Ginormous thanks to sageness, belmanoir, _unhurt_, vsee, and china_shop.
    

H20 / The Trojan Horse

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • captainlaura has posted guides ( Part 1 and Part 2) to the politics behind H20 for those of us not lucky enough to be Canadian. Check them out if you've ever been baffled by the idea of the Office of the Privy Council.
    

Hard Core Logo

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • neu111 posted some icons from new-to-fandom pictures that meresy posted.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • meresy posted a picspam of mostly new-to-fandom pics here and here
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • verushka70 has posted some meta about how much an X song feels like Joe/Billy.
    

Multi-Fandom

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • ds_snippets's Challenge # 81 has lovely new prompts: wait, weight, post, welt, advice. Snippets are due by August 24th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 177 is Old Challenges Revisited. Drabbles are due by September 3rd. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • smallfandomflsh's Challenge # 9 is Secret(s). Fics are due August 27th. See this post for further details.
    
  • rounds_of_kink is having Amnesty Round 2 from August 17th to August 27th. This is the time to drag out those unfinished fics from previous rounds and get them done. See this post for more details.
    
  • fandom_quote is a fanfiction challenge community that uses quotes from your favorite fandom as prompts. Information is here. Quote submissions for Game 2 has started and will continue until August 31st. July 1st to August 31st is the claiming and posting period for Game 1. There are three c6d fandoms that were submitted for Game 1 - dS (specific episode - Mountie On The Bounty), season two of Slings & Arrows and HCL. Please feel free to submit quotes for either.
    
  • The Porn Battle VI (The Undiscovered Country) is over and masterlists are being complied. Go check out the excellent porn.
    
  • The schedule for round_of_kink's Round 8: prompting starts September 1st and runs until September 15th. Claiming will start September 19th and posting will be from October 1st through October 16th. See this post for more details.
    this post for more details.
    
  • The Multifandom DVD Commentary Challenge has started. Pick your favorite author's story and write a DVD commentary for it. Go to this post for details.
    

Of Murder And Memory

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • scriggle has posted screencaps from the trailer.
    

RPF/RPS

• Fanfic
  
  • dugrival started a 30's-noir CKR/HD comment fic that has been added to by many talented writers. Go check it out.
    

Tin Man

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • The August prompts been posted to tinman_fic. No rules, no ratings, no time limit.
    
• Fanfic
  
  • Dead Girl Running (the Cains, Zero, PG), You Must Remember This (the Queen, Judge Morris, the Cains, Zero, G), An Offer She Can't Refuse (the Queen, Abrose, DG, Cain, G), Night Of The Eagels (everyone, G), Twilight of the Vipers (Jeb, Wyatt, Ahamo, Azkadellia, DG, G) by diabolicalfiend.
    
  • One Last Chance (Zero/Cain, R) by cullen_princess.
    
  • Striking A Balance - Chapter 10 (DG/Cain, Zero/DG, NC17) by nawag1r.
    
• Vids
  
  • godess_jessie made a Zero/Cain video to I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • godess_jessie created a Zero/Cain colorbar.
    

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