Things We Saw Today: Thor Admiring Thor

Oh yes, the fantastic set images of Chris Hemsworth have started back up now that Thor: The Dark World is shooting (we posted some great ones of Sif earlier today). Check out one of his other wonderful expressions on Flatbear’s tumblr. 

• A woman named Amanda Abbington has been receiving death threats. Why? Because she doesn’t consider Steven Moffat a misogynist. Hey, human beings, can we please cut this crap out now? (via Carnival of the Random)
• Amy Poehler gives some advice on how to survive freshman year. Starts just before the two minute mark. (via The Frisky)
• Guess what? SNL has added three new castmembers! (via FlavorWire)

The Disney Store is now offering theme park toy sets. I never realized I wanted to own a replica of Disney’s monorail until today. Thank you, Laughing Squid.

• Director of Resident Evil: Retribution, Paul W.S. Anderson, did an interview about the films, the video games, and how they intersect with The Hollywood Reporter.
• Top Shelf Productions are having a huge graphic novel and comics sale through September 28th, take advantage!!
• Writer Troy Brownfield and artist Sarah Vaughn post the last page of Chapter 1 from their web comic Sparkshooter tomorrow. Great time for new readers to jump on and get a good chunk of story to read!

Holy crap! This couple had Huntress and Catman wedding cake toppers! And the bride had comic logos embroidered on her train!! (via Gail Simone)

• Catching Fire has started filming! Catching Fire has started filming! There’s also a sweepstakes going to win a trip to the set! (via Empire)
• Cynthia Nixon is set to play Emily Dickinson in a new biopic called A Quiet Passion. (via Empire)
• Did you know, Looney Tunes posts their fanmail on Facebook? More than 100 have already been published. (via Pop Candy)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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