If Alli’s not talking about writing, she’s probably talking about something related to pop culture, fandom, and general geekiness. She’s known both in-person and online for her love of Marvel, Stargate, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and many other sci-fi and fantasy movies, television shows, and books.
She is a regular panelist at DragonCon and has also run programming at San Diego Comic Con. She has written about pop culture for the website /Film, and was a co-host of the podcasts Wrong Opinions About Movies and Cinescopers. She is a current panelist on the geek-centered podcast The 42Cast.
Evergreen Interests
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stargate
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Star Wars
Captain America
Lord of the Rings
Firefly
X-Men
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Murderbot
The Umbrella Academy
Young Avengers
time travel
robots & AI
steampunk
vampires
DragonCon Highlights
DragonCon
The magical liminal space of DragonCon draws Alli to Atlanta every Labor Day weekend where you’ll find her gushing about the latest Marvel movies and TV shows, time travel and the multiverse, robots and AI, alternate history, Stargate, and Buffy. She’s been a regular panelist of various tracks since 2005.
Some of Alli’s favorite DragonCon panel memories include:
- talking time travel with two Ph.D. astrophysicists
- a standing-room only panel about Bucky Barnes
- getting an entire room on board with the idea that every ridiculous choice in the MCU can be blamed on Kang
- multiple standing-room only panels about The Umbrella Academy
- five years of coordinating the Stargate Games Night
- talking PTSD in Stargate (and Farscape and Battlestar Galactica and the MCU and with all superheroes)
- finally talking about mutants coming to the MCU!
DragonCon 2024 Schedule
/Film Articles
11 Things That Make Absolutely No Sense In Loki (October 5, 2021)
12 Things To Know About Kate Bishop Before The Disney+ Hawkeye Series (September 30, 2021)
Umbrella Academy Fan Theories That Could Change The Game In Season 3 (September 29, 2021)
The 11 Best Star Wars Droids Ranked By Usefulness (September 10, 2021)
The 42Cast
Alli is a frequent panelist on the 42cast, a podcast devoted to fandom, television, movies, and geek topics. Over her appearances she has become their Marvel expert, but is also known to be down for nearly any geeky topic (especially if it involves time travel).
Episode 216: Square Wan
A discussion far, far away of the Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi
Episode 210: Going Green
A detailed discussion of the comedic, fourth-wall breaking Disney+ series She-Hulk
Episode 208: Powered by the Apocalypse
A discussion of the first 3 (nearly perfect) seasons of The Umbrella Academy
Episode 183: It’s About Time
The good, the bad, and the questionable of time travel in science fiction
Episode 174: Multiversity 101
The multiverse as utilized in fiction and why it holds our interest
Episode 166: Phase of Our Lives
Rampant speculation on Phases 5 & 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Episode 165: Horror Story
A detailed discussion of the movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Episode 156: Rocket Man
A detailed discussion of the Joe Johnston classic The Rocketeer
Episode 155: Genius Loki
A detailed discussion of the first season of the Loki Disney+ series
Episode 124: Widow’s Might
A detailed discussion of the Black Widow movie
Episode 123: Con-Ventional Wisdom
Advice for attending and making the most of conventions