Remember the the Historic Tale Construction Kit, that helps you build your own panels using images from the Bayeaux Tapestry? Some of the crew at Ars Technica had fun with it over the holidays, and made comics that retell the stories of modern movies, using the embroidered medieval images. Surely you recognize the beginning of a terrifying tale pictured above, and the unforgettable scene below
Enjoy Ye Silence of ye Lambs as well as Commando: the Tale of Sir Jon of Matrix, Evente Horizone, and William and Theodore's Most Excellent Adventure. All are presented in slideshow form here. -via Metafilter