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Here is another great girl we met over at the Comikaze Expo. This Texas native turn California girl is a geek from her cosplay right down to her love of dighting games.

We are proud to start the month of December with another great Angry Girl and I am happy to introduce you all to Jennifer Zhang.

Name: Jennifer Zhang
Age: 28

Tell us a bit about yourself.
Well, I suppose in the most basic terms, I’m a filmmaker and a screenwriter. But my good friend and the editor on my recent movie – a horror flick called “Dead Inside” (www.deadinsidemovie.com) – once told me, “You’re the biggest dork I’ve ever met,” so I guess I’m that too. And proud of it! But if we’re getting more granular: I was born in Texas, right outside of Houston, but moved to California when I was still a baby and am fiercely loyal to Los Angeles. I graduated from UCLA where I started a magazine on global cultures that I later turned into a non-profit organization when my staff started raising money for international charities. But in my personal, daily life, I would say my identity is pretty tied in with my interests, which reliably stays in nerd-realm: comic books, video games, science fiction, musicals… and all that jazz. I can sprinkle conversation with nerdy references all day. Seriously, you would want to slap me. And something I’m super proud of: I created a web series called “Street Fighter High” last year that went viral. I spent all my money making it. And I have a very unhealthy obsession with Batman. It’s a problem. They should make a patch for it. And I would NEVER BUY THAT PATCH.

What do you like to do for fun?
My go-to leisure activity these days is gaming on Xbox 360. I’m hardcore into fighting games, specifically. Super Street Fighter IV will always sing a siren’s song to me when I’m in the same room with it. I also frequent comic books shops, although lately it’s been for action figures and maquettes and less for comic books. When I was happier with the direction of DC, I consumed all the Batman titles, up through the “War Games” story arc, then I grew disappointed and fell out (I hope to get back in). So these days… it’s pretty much gaming when I can score any free time, or making fan films for the web. I’m also a pretty notorious karaoke fiend. I rock the mic like a vandal.

What do you want to do for a living?
I used to want to be a novelist, and I ended up editing and ghostwriting a bunch of books and co-authoring a book called The ADD and ADHD Cure with celebrity pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon. But one day, Dr. Gordon took me to meet Sam Raimi on the set of Drag Me to Hell, after he learned that I was a die-hard Evil Dead fan, and Mr. Raimi put me in the diner scene. I geeked out SO HARD. After that, I was inspired to focus on screenwriting and filmmaking. So if I keep on the path I’m currently on, I would say I just want to keep making movies – writing them, producing them, acting in them – just anything cinema or media related. But that goal is really split between wanting to make a ton of commercially viable films, and also wanting to sink loads of my personal money into making fan films. I imagine I’ll always be doing both, alternately. In post production on “Dead Inside,” I had some down time while our awesome editor Danny Daneau was working on the director’s cut, so I worked with my good friends Matthew Hiscox (director), Andrew Ceperley (cinematographer), Joey Rassool (co-producer) and Will Magno Alejandrino (fight choreographer) on a Batman fan film called “Batman: Death Wish.” It was like therapy. I was so focused and ready to jump back into “Dead Inside” after I finished it. In a lot of ways, it restored a purer love of filmmaking for me. To be on a set where everyone is happy to work for free, and grateful for every minute of the experience because they’re united by their geekdom and excited to be paying homage to a property they love… there’s really nothing more inspiring. Anyway, it’s going to be out some time after Thanksgiving.

What type of video games, music, TV shows and movies do you like?
Fighting games are my big weakness: Super Street Fighter IV, Soul Calibur IV (V looks so boss… I can’t wait), Mortal Kombat, Marvel vs. Capcom 3. But most recently, I’ve played L.A. Noire, and of course, Batman: Arkham City, which is blowing my mind to absolute bits right now. My taste in music is eclectic and maybe a little… questionable. I love cheesy girl bands (all of which have now broken up… go fig) – Pussycat Dolls, Girlicious, Spice Girls. But I’m also a huge Michael Jackson fan, and I really dig Kylie Minogue, David Bowie and Michelle Branch. When it comes to TV, I’d say “Firefly,” “X-Files” and “Xena” are some of my favorite shows of all time. Recently, I’ve been into “Madmen” and “Louie.” And as for movies, Serenity was 10 kinds of awesome, The Dark Knight, of course, and I will quote Zoolander and There Will Be Blood ad nauseum.     

What is your favorite comic book?
Batman had some pretty epic story arcs. I enjoyed all of “Hush” and the “No Man’s Land” storyline. The early issues of Ed Brubaker’s Catwoman remain some of my favorites. I will always worship him and Darwyn Cooke for revamping Catwoman to be grittier and more utilitarian. I enjoyed “Gotham City Sirens” in concept since I’m a sucker for anything that teams up Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, but I think it fell down a bit in execution. And the Cassandra Cain Batgirl series was awesome. Thank ye gods for Cassie Cain – giving me a way to convincingly cosplay a member of the Bat Family!

Tell us something interesting about yourself.
Interesting? Or embarrassing? Because I can do ya fer both: earlier this year, I released a single with James Tha Deejay called “I Win at Sex.” It’s a song packed full of gaming references that’s an extended metaphor for “doing it”. I’m proud of it, but my daddy was not. It’s available on iTunes. And my amazing and dear friends at the Jace Hall Show wrote an article about it: http://www.jacehallshow.com/music/jennifer-zhang-drops-i-win-at-sex-a-million-fanboy-belt-buckles-hit-the-floor/

Anything else we should know about you?
I think that pretty much covers it for now! You could always stop in at www.jennifer-zhang.com for the latest news on my hare-brained projects.

If you are interested in becoming one of our girls of the week, send 4-5 photos and answer the questions above to Daniel@AngryWeb.net.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have confirmed that the Arkham City Skins Pack is available now in the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points and for Games for Windows for $4.99. The pack is also available in North America in the PlayStation®Network for $4.99.

Contrary to the film “Batman And Robin”, where Bane is a clumsy, steroid injected, freak, the character was actually a very intelligent villain who was capable of defeating Batman both mentally and physically. In the popular story arc, “Knightfall”, Bane had defeated Batman by breaking his back and leaving him as a paraplegic.

In this new photo from the set of “The Dark Knight Rises”, Tom Hardy has a crew member bent over his back similar to the cover of the famous issue, Batman #497.

Will the Dark Knight suffer the same fate? Will the “epic conclusion” of Nolan’s franchise leave Batman broken?

Let us know what you think!

Usually I ignore the ranks of the age gate but this trailer is pretty hardcore. By clicking the link to “see more” below, you agree that you are old enough to view R rated movies in your respective area. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

According to British movie site, Total Film, this is what we can expect from “The Dark Knight Rises” prologue which is set to premiere before IMAX showings of “Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol”.

According to the site’s sources:

Bane and his mercenaries hijack a military plane transporting a dictator of a country which is in unrest (think Saddam Hussein type figure). He successfully kills the leader, but makes some mistakes along the way and is unable to safely land the plane.

Because of the resulting injuries from the accident, he has to undergo complicated surgeries and that is how he winds up with that scar down his neck and the need for the mask to numb the pain.

Also, it appears that Nolan has reimagined Bane’s origin story. This also comes from Total Film’s source:

He is raised by Ra’s al Ghul (Bruce Wayne’s old mentor) and his upbringing mirrors that of Bruce Wayne. It’s a mirror of Bruce, except it’s darker and twisted.

Bane is trained to be an assassin for the League of Shadows. He kills political figures that are deemed unfit by the LOS. So he is a bit of a Che Guevara/Jason Bourne type character.

 

The new Xbox 360 software will also allow users to navigate using voice commands (Kinect required to use this feature). The inclusion of Bing will give users the ability to verbally search for game, music, movies and more.

“With Bing on Xbox, you can use your voice to effortlessly find the games, movies, TV shows and music you want and discover the best offerings on Xbox LIVE, by simply saying what you’re searching for,” the company says. “You say it, Xbox finds it.” The new entertainment service scans not only Microsoft-offered services line Zune Video, but also some partner services, including Netflix, Hulu Plus and Comcast On Demand.

Just under 1 million Xbox 360 units were sold over the Thanksgiving weekend and Microsoft is beginning to realize the importance of a multimedia device rather than a console aimed solely at the gaming community. Competitors like the Sony Playstation 3 have promoted it’s console using the tagline “It Only Does Everything”. They have made sure potential buyers know that it plays games, is a Blu Ray player and can stream media from the most popular services. Microsoft will be following suit with their new update.

Users can begin downloading the update December 6.