Syfy August 2012

Continuing from last night, the relevant listings from Syfy's online schedule for August 2012:


FRI., 3 AUG
02:00 AM   
Sanctuary: "Fata Morgana"

WED., 8 AUG
10:00 AM
Ghost Hunters, Season 7: Knights Of The Living Dead

THU., 9 AUG
01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles


SAT., 11 AUG
11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SUN., 12 AUG
02:00 PM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale


MON., 13 AUG
11:00 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale


SUN., 19 AUG
09:00 PM
Movie
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 20 AUG
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


THU., 23 AUG
06:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


FRI., 24 AUG
03:00 PM
Movie: Outlander

Syfy July 2012

More of the same:

Syfy for last July 2012:

Missed 1 and 2 July.


SATURDAY, 7 JULY
09:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


SUNDAY, 8 JULY
06:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


WEDNES., 11 JULY
08:00 AM
Ghost Hunters International: Larnach Castle

10:00 AM
Ghost Hunters International: Castle Of The Damned

02:00 PM
Ghost Hunters International: Dracula's Castle


THURS., 12 JULY

08:00 AM
Movie: Merlin And The War Of The Dragons
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty
12:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Fire And Ice

08:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


FRI., 13 JULY
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale

11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian



SAT., 14 JULY
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SUN., 15 JULY
   
06:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans

11:30 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


SAT., 28 JULY
04:00 PM
Movie: Outlander


SUN., 29 JULY
11:00 AM
Movie: Outlander

Syfy June 2012 Listing

Relevant content airing on Syfy last June 2012:

FRI, 1 JUNE

08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale

06:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

11:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline



SAT., 2 JUNE

03:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


[Missed listing for Sun. 6/3]



TUES., 5 JUNE
08:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline



SAT., 9 JUNE
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Grendel


MON., 11 JUNE
12:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


TUES., 12 JUNE
07:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline


FRI., 15 JUNE

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic

02:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


MON., 18 JUNE
12:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld - Part One
02:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld - Part Two



TUES., 19 JUNE

09:00 AM
Ghost Hunters International: Hamlet's Castle: Denmark

06:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline


FRI., 22 JUNE
09:30 AM
Movie: Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness
11:30 AM
Movie: Bram Stoker's Way Of The Vampire


TUES., 26 JUNE

05:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline

10:00 PM
Hollywood Treasure: Vampires, Swords And The Queen Of The Night


WEDNES., 27 JUNE
12:00 AM
Hollywood Treasure: Vampires, Swords And The Queen Of The Night

Syfy May 2012 Listings

Much belated update:

The following represent the medieval-themed listings from Syfy for last May 2012 (Kalamazoo season):

TUES., 1 MAY
11:00 AM
Ghost Hunters International: Witches Castle   

THURS., 10 MAY
08:30 AM
Movie: Merlin - Part One
10:30 AM
Movie: Merlin - Part Two


FRI., 11 MAY
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


MON., 14 MAY
08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Reign Of The Gargoyles

12:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty


WEDNES., 16 MAY
03:00 PM
Ghost Hunters: Attack Of The Irish Elemental
04:00 PM
Ghost Hunters: Irish Ruins


SAT., 19 MAY
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


SUN., 20 MAY
06:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


WEDNES., 23 MAY
10:00 AM
Ghost Hunters International: The Spirit Of Robin Hood


SUN., 27 MAY
08:00 PM
Movie Marathon: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


MON., 28 MAY
05:00 PM
Movie Marathon: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


TUES., 29 MAY
09:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline
11:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline

Updates?

Dear Readers,

My apologies for the neglected state of the blog. It, unfortunately, has not been on my list of priorities of late, but I will do my best to catch up in the coming months.

Michael Torregrossa

Dragonboy!

Recently came across the following on YouTube:

Dragonboy is a short student film very much in the mode of the Shrek series (with a bit of Camelot thrown in for good measure) in that the princess falls for the unlovable monster and the othered monster proves that right makes might, when he finds the inner strength to challenge and (thanks to the timely aid of his spunky new friend) triumph over the hypermasculine posturing of the prince. Additional details on the making of the film can be found at its official website: http://www.dragonboythemovie.com/index.html.

Recent Reviews in Speculum

The medieval journal Speculum has recently begun publishing reviews of scholarship on filmic medievalisms. The latest include the following:


Kelly, Kathleen Coyne. Rev. Filming the Middle Ages. By Bettina Bildhauer. Speculum 87.2 (April 2012): 528-29. (web content)


Aronstein, Susan. Rev. Remaking the Middle Ages: The Methods of Cinema and History in Portraying the Medieval World. By Andrew B. R.  Elliott. Speculum 87.3 (July 2012): 867-68. (web content)

Both reviews offer insight into each study and position the author's work within the ever-growing corpus of scholarship on filmic medievalisms and the various practices they employ to (re-)create the medieval.  

Still Getting Medieval on TV Update (At Last)

I am pleased to (finally) announce the details of our session for the 2013 International Congress on Medieval Studies:


Still Getting Medieval on Television: Medieval-Themed Television of the Twenty-first Century and Its Impact on Medieval Studies (Roundtable)
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages

Presider: Suanna Davis, Abilene Christian University

Paper 1: Hybrid Medievalisms in Arthurian Romance and the Historical Evolution of the Genre from Print to Television
Kevin Teo Kia Choong, Nagoya University

Paper 2: When Bows Don't Bow: Sherwood and Camelot in Conflict
Elizabeth Bernhardt, Abilene Christian University

Paper 3: Kaamelott/Camelot on the Small Screen
Tara Foster, Northern Michigan University

Paper 4: Medieval Themes in the Contemporary Newsroom
Charlotte A. T. Wulf, Stevenson University

Paper 5: Medievalism in Television's Popular Series Once Upon a Time
Mikee Delony, Abilene Christian University

Update for Still Getting Medieval on Television

We are still finalizing the details of our roundtable "Still Getting Medieval on Television" for next year's Medieval Congress. Details will be posted in a few days.

Michael Torregrossa

Auger on Lord of the Rings

From a recent issue of Mythlore:

Auger, Emily E. “The Lord of the Rings’ Interlace: The Adaptation to Film.” Mythlore 30.1-2 (Fall/Winter 2011): 143-62.

Recent Reviews from Arthuriana

Still catching up:

Reviews from Arthuriana 22.1 (Spring 2012):


REVIEWS

Bettina Bildhauer, Filming the Middle Ages
Kevin J. Harty 125-27

Andrew B.R. Elliott, Remaking the Middle Ages: The Methods of Cinema and History in Portraying the Medieval World
Kathleen Coyne Kelly 127-28

Kevin J. Harty, ed., The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages
Shaun F.D. Hughes 129-35 [an especially insightful review and commentary]

Medieval Papers at Film & History 2012

The 2012 Film and History Conference meets later this month from 26-30 September 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The complete program can be accessed at http://www.filmandhistory.org/conference/conference2012.php.

The following sessions are of interest:

THURS., 27 SEPT

SESSION 1
PANEL 2716 Myths R Us III: The Sun Never Sets: British Identity in Film and Television
PAPER 2 OF 3: Brave Hearts and Minds: Scottish Politics, Nation-Building and the Myth-Making Power of Braveheart
Cody Neidert, University of Northern Colorado
PAPER 3 OF 3: “Decaying Splendours”: Landscapes of Absence, Loss, and Trauma in the Films of Stephen Weeks
Kevin M. Flanagan, University of Pittsburgh


SESSION 2
PANEL 2723 Medieval Myths II: Magic Beyond the Pale
The Dark Ages in the Cinema: A Case Study on Medieval Witchcraft
Tom Vercruysse, Kotholieke Universiteit Leuven
Father of Anarchy: Robin Hood and the Medieval Outlaw in Contemporary Culture
Melissa Sartore, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Indistinguishable from Magic: Weapons of Mass Destruction in Robin Hood
Leah Larson, Our Lady of the Lake University

PANEL 2726 Mythos II: Goddesses: Armed and Dangerous
PAPER 2 OF 3: Arya, Katniss, and Merida: Three Screen Teen Amazon Archers
Beverly J. Graf, Pepperdine University


SESSION 3
PANEL 2733 Storytelling 101 II: Prominent Historical Figures: Anastasia,
Martin Guerre, Edith Piaf and Cleopatra
PAPER 2 OF 4: The Artful Historian and the Historical Filmmaker: Two Accounts of Martin Guerre
Mike Schraeder, M.F.A


SESSION 4
PANEL 2747 Medieval Myths I: Magical Medieval Realms in High
Definition
Politics, Magic, and Religion in the Middle Ages as Presented in George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones
Thomas McBryde, Our Lady of the Lake University
To Infinity and Beyond: How Film and Television Have Influenced the Evolution of the Arthurian Legend through BBC’s Merlin
Vanessa Schuchardt McBryde. Our Lady of the Lake University
Arthur and Guinevere 2.0: The BBC’s Merlin and the Reimagining of Arthurian Legend for a Twenty-First Century British Audience
Antoinette Winstead, Our Lady of the Lake University



SAT., 29 SEPT.
SESSION 2
PANEL 2924 Myths of Place
PAPER 3 OF 3: Off to the Highlands: Pixar’s Brave and the Allure of Scotland to the American Imagination
Dorene Koehler


SESSION 3
PANEL 2931B | Medieval Myths III: Varied Visions of Medieval Legends
Beowulf and Grendel
Kris Kobold, York University
Artifice and Misrecognition in Zemeckis’ Beowulf
David Watson, Michigan State University

Elizabeth I on Film CFP

[UPDATE]: Elizabeth I on Film: Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 2013
full name / name of organization:
Queen Elizabeth I Society
contact email:
ariehl@auburn.edu

Our panel in 2013 will focus on representations of Elizabeth I in the classic and more recent film narratives. In the last decade alone, the image of Elizabeth I on film has ranged from Dame Judi Dench's aged but energetic queen to Cate Blanchett's preternaturally youthful 55 year old monarch to the adolescent princess played by Laoise Murray on _The Tudors_. This panel will seek to explore the general trajectories of representing Elizabeth I on screen as well as identify and analyze the developments, continuities, and significance of these representations in the 21st century.

This session is sponsored by Queen Elizabeth I Society.

Please email the abstracts (300 words or less) to Anna Riehl Bertolet, ariehl@auburn.edu, no later than September 15, 2011.

Medieval and Renaissance Drama on Film NeMLA CFP

Filming this Insubstantial Pageant: Medieval and Renaissance Drama on Film (Abstracts due Sept. 30)
full name / name of organization:
Northeast Modern Language Association (conference Mar. 2013)
contact email:
jackiec159@hotmail.com

This panel seeks papers about film adaptations of medieval and Renaissance English drama, both in English-speaking countries and around the world. The NeMLA conference will be held in Boston in March, 2013. Papers might compare different adaptations of the same play, discuss problems associated with the notion of fidelity to text or of relocating a play in a different historical or cultural milieu, or consider the effectiveness for use in scholarly work or in the classroom. We seek investigation of continuities across disciplines: medieval/Renaissance, cinema studies/literature. What is at stake in these adaptations? What do these directors, writers, performers, and audiences bring to the table? This panel should appeal to those interested in film and literary adaptation, world cinema and transnational influences, issues of cultural hegemony and exchange, and Shakespeare on film. Abstracts (250 words) should be emailed in MS format to jackiec159@hotmail.comandmorsed@newschool.edu by Sept. 30.

Corporate Medievalism on Screen

Catching up:

The latest number of Studies in Medievalism, entitled Corporate Medievalism, includes a number of essays devoted to medieval subjects on screen. Complete contents at http://popularcultureandthemiddleages.blogspot.com/2012/09/corporate-medievalism-contents-update.html.

Essays of interest to blog readers include:


2 Lives of Total Dedication? Medieval and Modern Corporate Identity (M. J. Toswell)
3 Reincorporating the Medieval: Morality, Chivalry, and Honor in Post-Financial-Meltdown Corporate Revisionism (Kevin Moberly and Brent Moberly)
4 Medievalism and Representations of Corporate Identity (KellyAnn Fitzpatrick and Jil Hanifan)
5 Knights of the Ownership Society: Economic Inequality and Medievalist Film (Harry Brown)
6 A Corporate neo-Beowulf: Ready or Not, Here We Come (E. L. Risden)

11 The Cinematic Sign of the Grail (J. Rubén Valdés Miyares)
12 Destructive Dominae: Women and Vengeance in Medievalist Film (Felice Lifshitz)
13 Neomedievalism Unplugged (Pamela Clements and Carol L. Robinson)