Most dates have certain key elements in common-the fancy restaurant that charges way too much, the dater who only agreed to go out with you for a free meal, the awkward conversation or, even worse, coming face-to-face with the dreaded babbler.

When you meet someone you really like you should hang on tight and play the dating game right, so you can go on that most amazing of all dates- the hung-over bed date!

Comic artist AC Stuart presents the succinctly named strip 5 Dates You'll Go On, which plays out pretty slice-of-life right up until the very end...

If you're wondering what cutting edge stop motion animation looks like you should watch the films made by LAIKA, but if you want to see how each film is made you'll have to watch all of the DVD bonus features.

However, in honor of their 10th anniversary LAIKA has put together this amazing, behind-the-scenes reel that peels back the curtain to give us a glimpse of how stop motion magic is made.

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Here's what LAIKA's President and CEO Travis Knight had to say about the studio's future:

“We are committed to telling stories that are thematically challenging, aesthetically beautiful, emotionally resonant, and a wee bit subversive. By combining stop-motion animation with cutting-edge creative approaches, we’ve embraced the fusion of art and craft and technology, honoring tradition while looking toward the future. But we’re never satisfied. There’s an inherent restlessness at LAIKA. We always want to challenge ourselves.”

Read more about LAIKA here

You can make your very own Star Wars opening crawl, just by typing in what you want to say, or even copying and pasting text from somewhere else. In this one, I used the text from this morning’s feature article. If I had more time, I'd think of something deep and philosophical, but hey. The Star Wars Crawl Creator is at the Star Wars site. You can share your crawl in social media or take a screenshot and share it with us in the comments! -via The Daily Dot

Han Solo had enough trouble from one Mandalorian bounty hunter. Could he survive if eleven were hunting him?

York in the Box and Fat Man Photography took photos of a vast assembly of cosplayers who mashed up Disney princess characters with the Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett. They are:

Mulan: Rian Synnth
Pocahontas: Hendo Art
Ariel: Traci Hinds
Rapunzel: Maid of Midnight
Snow White: Amber Arden
Sleeping Beauty: Panda Cat
Tinkerbell and Peter Pan: Miley Tiny Thunder and Chris Villain
Anna and Elsa: Life of Shel and Ashlynne Dae
Hans: Erbele

-via Cosplay in America

Image manipulation software is used on everything from social media selfies to magazine spreads these days, and some celebs won't allow images of themselves to be released without a Photoshop touch up.

This pursuit of digital perfection leads to unrealistic beauty standards, strange moments when the star isn't recognized without their "makeup", and some delightful Photoshop disasters that make us LOL.

Remember when Kim K posed nude in the desert and her posterior began to swell 'neath the desert sun? Well now ya do!

And what about the dog calendar butthole cover up scandal that made a poor little pug cry and caught the attention of the ASPCA?

Do what you want with Kim K., Photoshoppers, but leave that poor puppy alone!

See the The 10 Worst Photoshopped Pictures Of 2015 here

It may seem impossible for an actor to play a role on camera while having no clue what the movie they're working on is about, but money makes people do funny things.

Actors often receive scripts and don't bother to read the whole thing or ask the producers what their character and scene are all about, which leads to a "WTF am I doing in this movie?!" moment.

Judi Dench was completely lost while playing Aereon in The Chronicles of Riddick, and when she was asked about the film in 2015 she replied ""I've never watched it and I don't think many other people have."

That kind of cavalier attitude is nothing new in Hollywood, and actors have appeared in movies they hate simply for the money from the beginning, even if that hated film is later seen as a classic.

British actor Leslie Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind, a role he despised in a movie he hated so much that he never bothered to watch it in it's entirety.

But Leslie didn't endure that cinematic tripe for the money- he was offered the opportunity to produce another movie if he would just suffer through a "terrible lot of nonsense" called Gone With The Wind.

Read 6 Actors Who Had No Clue What Their Movie Was About here

Those of you who thought the internet's interest in GIFs would have died out by now were dead wrong, because the animated magic is alive and well on the interwebs!

Taking a look back at the most popular GIFs of 2015 means asking Google for their official results, which shows movie star/madman Shia LaBeouf holds the number one spot with this clip from his bizarre motivational video.

The GIF at the top of this post is entitled Unexpected John Cena and it ranked number two on Google's top ten list, with Drake's Hotline Bling dance in GIF form coming in at number three.

Want to see who else made Google's top ten list? Check out The 10 Most Popular GIFs of 2015 here and let your eyeballs fill up on the year's best!

Who wrecks your halls, Force-stuns your dog, and steals your Christmas presents? It’s Darth Santa, the modern Scrooge who makes the Grinch seem like a minor inconvenience.

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There’s never been any doubt that this would be a Star Wars Christmas, but who who will be the chosen one to save us from Darth Santa? Yeah, I know, both “Darth” and “Santa” are titles, and it really should be Darth Claus or Santa Vader. Let’s not quibble when the Sith Lord is listening. -via Viral Viral Videos

The song "Baby It's Cold Outside" has become a staple of the holiday season, but personally I've always found the lyrics to be a bit creepy.

The guy in the song sounds like he's trying to politely insist that the woman stay with him, and he's practically willing to pretend like there's a snowpocalypse going on outside to keep her at his side.

It's the kind of insistence that often leads to an uncomfortable situation (and sometimes allegations of sexual harassment), but at least it also led to a hilarious video starring Scott Aukerman and Casey Wilson!

-Via Funny Or Die

A group called Galactic Empire plays the main Star Wars theme in a manner you’ve probably not heard before. They give the dark side a real workout here! We have Darth Vader, a Shadow Trooper and an Imperial guard playing guitar, a Stormtrooper on bass, and Boba Fett in drums.  

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How do they play with gloves on? I find your lack of faith disturbing. Do or do not, there is no try. It’s not all music. they stop in the middle to show some silliness. -via Viral Viral Videos  

If you wear high heeled shoes often, then you know how hard it can be to traverse difficult terrain, such as the deserts of Jakku. That's why you need this modification by Instructables member Mike Warren. His BB-8 heels make good use of the droid's spherical locomotion to keep you on the move.

Warren first removed the heels and replaced them with long bolts. Then he shaped wood spheres into our newest favorite droid, making sure that they rotate freely. Warren also decorated the rest of the shoes in BB-8's colors and graphic patterns.

-via Toxel

When Batman leaves Gotham to travel to Tokyo, this is his ideal abode. The Batcave is an apartment available for rent on Airbnb. It costs $75 a night. For that low price, you get a suite that is decorated with Batman paraphernalia, including posters, hundreds of original comics, bedding, and furniture.

It does not come with a butler, though, or batpoles or bat shark repellent. These are serious oversights that probably explain the low price.

People often assume the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series is for kids, since the cartoon series is so watered down, but the TMNT weren't afraid to get their hands dirty in the comics.

After all, Master Splinter did train the boys to be ninjas, so they should know more about chopping heads than sewer surfing, and yet there's very little blood shed in a TMNT film...until now.

(NSFW due to language and violence)

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Ninja Turtles: Veterans of the Night was created by TheMigmeisterPro (Miguel Diaz-Rivera) as his art school thesis project, and it already looks a heck of a lot better than the Michael Bay version!

-Via Polygon

What kind of art does Red Hongyi make? Everything--including media you've never thought of. In the past we've seen a portraits that she with coffee cup stains, socks, chopsticks and a paint-covered basketball dribbled on canvas.

For her most recent project, Hongyi assembled objects that, when silhouetted from the right angle, reveal characters from Star Wars. She used a wide variety of materials, such as leaves for Yoda, circuit boards for R2-D2, and, appropriately, chocolate for Darth Vader.

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-via Geek Tyrant

“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.” Han makes it clear he’s an atheist in the original Star Wars film. He will come to think differently in the next couple of movies. But how did he come to his unbelief in the first place? 

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I guess that’s one more reason to just completely ignore the prequels. There was no reason other than merchandising to include Chewbacca in Revenge of the Sith. -via Geeks Are Sexy