Worst Reasons to Come to Comic-Con?

Action Flick Chick | July 22, 2011

ActionChick: What would be a bad, wrong, or DUMB reason to come to Comic-Con? #SDCC
Answers on Facebook
Alexander Wolfe: Meet chicks?
Brian Knox: To save money.
James Wetuski: parking validatuon
John Ferrigno: The wrong reason would be to go to make fun of peope dressed up as their favorite characters
Jon Condit: bad wrong or badong?
Jose H. Sanchez Jr: To [...]

Most Addictive Video Game? And the Most Annoying?

Action Flick Chick | July 3, 2011

ActionChick: Most addictive video game?
5THWDLOGO: All MGS. mainly Metal Gear sons of the patriot
___ notmikestark: Counter Strike… or Everquest (aka EverCRACK)
815k1 815k1: Alex the kid, jenken with me, 1 2 3…
Abwon Uno Abwon: bejeweled
Alden Diaz Strider_Diaz: Mass Effect 2
Allynn Garcia keilbasa_al: angry birds for sure.
Andy Butts AndyButtsin: Angry Birds! It’s like crack, i [...]

Interview: John Wesley Shipp (The Flash) Not in Pajamas

Action Flick Chick | July 1, 2011

At Dallas Comic Con I spoke with John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays who starred in their short-lived TV series with long-lasting popularity, The Flash. Though it ran for only one season, the show remains beloved to this day. When I recently surveyed Facebook fans and an army of twitpals on their picks for “Best [...]

Nerd Torture: Which TV Network Hates You Most?

Action Flick Chick | June 30, 2011

And which Star Wars actor wants to study their evil ways?
I asked twitpals which TV network is meanest to nerds. Today at MTV Geek, I’ll take a good look at the specific network which more of you picked than any other.
Actor Daniel Logan (Boba Fett in Stars Wars: The Clone Wars and Episode 2: Attack [...]

Bad Kids Go to Hell Interview: Bazza and Matt Go to Hollywood – in Texas

Action Flick Chick | June 28, 2011


Bad Kids Go the Hell, the best-selling comic book series, is coming to a theater near you as a horror-comedy motion picture – in production now! During Dallas Comic Con, I spoke with series writers and creators, Barry Wernick and Matt Spradlin. (Today, I’m on the Bad Kids set shooting a scene, but that’s a [...]

Interview: Amanda Pays (The Flash, Max Headroom) on Psych, Social Media, and Husband Corbin Bernsen

Action Flick Chick | June 23, 2011


For a show that only lasted one year, The Flash still gets a lot of love from its fans. A few days ago, I asked readers on Facebook and Twitter what were the best and worst comic book TV shows, and for best, The Flash got named more than any other.  (For worst, Birds of [...]

Miss USA Alyssa Campanella Wins Crown, Forfeits Geekhood

Action Flick Chick | June 21, 2011

Are “hot nerds” bogus birds?
When asked what she enjoys, Miss USA contestant Alyssa Campanella – who went on to win the title – answered that she’s a true “history geek,” obsessed with the Stuart and Tudor era. “I watch Games of Thrones, I watched Camelot – I know those are fantasy but I also watch [...]

Interview: Danielle Nicolet (Syfy’s Red Faction: Origins, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

Action Flick Chick | June 4, 2011


Tonight Syfy premieres the original motion picture Red Faction: Origins, a feature-length television series pilot based on the popular Red Faction video game franchise. The movie stars Brian J. Smith as Jake Mason and Robert Patrick as Alec Mason, the main protagonist of Red Faction: Guerilla. The film takes place between Red Faction: Guerilla and [...]

That Dern Internet! Steve Niles Discusses Social Media at Dallas Comic-Con!

Action Flick Chick | May 31, 2011

Social media is in everyone’s lives these days and has presented several opportunities for people who otherwise might not know about them. So, I wanted to know how social media has affected guests at Dallas Comic-Con. First up I spoke to the talented Mr. Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre).

AFC: How has social [...]

Killer Robots: Terminator vs. Robocop (Robots, Cyborgs…)

Action Flick Chick | May 28, 2011


Monday, Memorial Day, the Science Channel debuts Killer Robots hosted by MythBusters‘ Grant Imahara. More on that soon. First, though, the program inspired this question, and one question leads to another.
ActionChick: Which robots would you like to see fight each other?
cybeam1: @Shadowbat @ActionChick Twiki!!!
David_Hahn: David from A.I. up against a Matrix sentinal. #rockemsockemrobots
edibleeats: hmm johnny [...]

WARNING: Things to Stock Up on Before Skynet Attacks TOMORROW!

Action Flick Chick | April 20, 2011

You have one day before the machines rise. What do you? WHAT DO YOU DO?
Things to stock up on before the machines rise:
(beyond the canned goods, shotguns…you know, the kit you keep on hand for any random apocalypse)
* Refrigerator magnets. Nothing shames a Terminator more than being covered in refrigerator magnets.
* Molten steel/tanks of liquid [...]

Most Boring Movie You Ever Watched Entirely?

Action Flick Chick | April 14, 2011

ActionChick: Most BORING movie you watched entirely? And stayed awake!
Answers on Facebook:
Alexander Wolfe: Thin Red Line. Shouldn’t have gone to the midnight showing of it either…
Brian Knox: Gone With the Wind. Scarlett O’Hara was a self-centered bitch! “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a RAT’S ASS!”
Charles Quevedo: ‎”Gerry” (starring Matt Damon & Casey Affleck). The first [...]

What 1 Question Would YOU Ask the Stars?

Action Flick Chick | March 27, 2011

Action Flick Chick: If you could ask 20 celebs 1 question, the same Q for them all, what would you ask? (Just don’t ask what superpower they’d want. They’re tired of hearing that one.)

Answers from Facebook and twitter:
Astrea Eble Ward: ?”Would you please give me one million dollars?”
BookWyrm69: I would ask: How does living in [...]

Ass-Kicking Action Flick Chicks of 2010! Plus YOUR 2010 Faves and 2011 Picks!

Action Flick Chick | January 7, 2011


special by Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill for Newsarama:
Twenty-five years ago, action movies were filled with extremely muscled good guys fighting extremely muscled bad guys in order to save their helpless wives, girlfriends, or daughters…and in some cases to save the world (which everyone appreciates, by the way.) While those films are awesome, there has been [...]