A field guide to the geeks of Dragon*Con

by Michael Saba, CNN.com

This Labor Day weekend marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dragon*Con – the largest and most well-attended multi-genre convention in North America. Or, put simply, it’s the “mother of all things geek,” as Aaron Douglas (Galen Tyrol) of “Battlestar Galactica” said. For one magical weekend, geeks of every stripe imaginable come together as shiny happy people (who just might hold hands at one of the convention’s legendary after-parties.)

When venturing out into the wooly, untamed wilds of geekdom, it can be difficult to keep all of the different fan genres and sub-genres straight. Fortunately, your friends at Geek Out! are here to help with this handy, dandy field guide to the geeks of Dragon*Con.

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New ‘Return of the Jedi’ Blu-ray has questionable addition: Darth Vader screaming ‘Nooooo!’

by Darren Franich, EW.com

George Lucas has been tweaking the original Star Wars saga for so long now that it almost doesn’t make sense to complain anymore. At this late date, the tweaks have generally become so minor and unimportant (Oooo, now we’ll be bored by a digital Yoda in The Phantom Menace!) that the aging Star Wars fan almost feels the need to defend Lucas’ eternal tinkering: “Hey, so long as Lucas still lets us have our beloved original theatrical versions, with Han shooting first and John Motherfreaking Dykstra in the house, who cares if he turns the Max Rebo band from a badass space-jazz doo-wop band into an obnoxious late-90s swing-rock collective?”

Uh-oh … the script for that Wolverine movie? It’s getting rewritten

By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com

First, the director quit. Then the location for filming had to be changed. Now the script for the new Wolverine movie is getting a rewrite.

Variety reports that Mark Bomback, whose credits include the upcoming Total Recall remake and director Bryan Singer’s fantasy Jack the Giant Killer, has been hired to rewrite the script for The Wolverine that was originally turned in by Christopher McQuarrie way back when Darren Aronofsky was still directing this thing.