Mad Max: Fury Road is basically a feature-length car chase scene (albeit an excellent one). So it only made sense that when Cinefix made it into a retro video game, it would be a side-scrolling chase.
Of course, just like the movie, it has plenty of shoot-em-ups. The game makes Max the central character instead of Furiosa, and I don’t know if I like that or not. -via Boing Boing
The Iron Throne is made of iron for a reason- because whoever sits atop it and thereby rules Westeros must be extremely hardcore.
They'll have no need of lumbar support, extra cushy seats or padded armrests, because they will be king or queen of a fantasy kingdom ruled by might and misery.
But those of us who are sitting on our soft buns waiting for the next season of Game Of Thrones to air need a throne appropriate for our kind of kingdom, with no killing required.
And as the IT Wars raged all around him this noble ruler sat tight, knowing he had the power of Intel inside the computer-iffic throne his royal buns were resting upon.
See 18 'Game Of Thrones' Tribute Thrones Too Comfy For Westeros here
The movie Back to the Future Part Two tried to give us a grim vision of the future -the year 2015. At least that was the goal at the time. Watching the movie now, the movie's future looks quite idealistic.
College Humor updates the scene where Doc and Marty land in the future to make it more true-to-life, but it’s not a pretty picture. It's enough to make one want to go live in the 1880s. Contains NSFW language. -via Tastefully Offensive
'Tis the season to watch your favorite fright filled flicks, and whether you're a fan of the fear, hardcore into gore or like a dark tale to unfold there's bound to be a bunch of great horror movies out there that you haven't seen.
Filmmakers from around the world enjoy terrifying audiences with their unique take on horror, and there are tons of under the radar indie movies out there that are just as good, if not better, than their mainstream horror cousins.
Rolling Stone put together a greal list of the 20 Scariest Horror Movies You Need To See, including better known Japanese horror movie Audition, fairly familiar titles like The Descent and Funny Games, and a slew of new horror flicks sure to tickle your grisly fancy!
Pests like roaches, mice and ants can make your life feel like a nightmare when they invade your home, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be wiped off the face of the planet, now does it?
Bûche Royale is a darkly comedic CGI short by Aline Le Sage , Sarah Amrani and Lucy Vallin showing what it's like to be a human exterminator on a far off world, where the line between population control and genocide is rather blurry. (Contains NSFW language)
-Via io9
In the Marvel comics universe, no one can lift the hammer called Mjolnir but Thor, because no one else is worthy of the power of Thor. That is, unless you are another worthy Norse god, like Odin. YouTube member Sufficiently Advanced built a real-life version hammer that only he can lift. The caveat is that it must be laying on metal for the trick to work.
The hammer is held down by an electromagnet. The creator can lift it by putting his thumb over a sensor that reads his thumbprint and breaks the electric circuit. It’s a hoot to see bystanders try to lift it! One guy notices the sensor and thinks he can beat it, but then it dawns on him that he doesn’t have the correct thumbprint. -via Digg
People tend to remember cartoons they enjoyed watching as a kid, even the ones they saw only a time or two, so if nobody remembers a certain cartoon it's probably because watching that toon has caused mental scarring.
But memory is a tricky thing, and sometimes we repress our show-related memories because that horrendously awful show featured characters we want to continue liking.
The "funky fresh" Hanna-Barbera reboot called Yo, Yogi! is a good example of a show that's best forgotten so we can go on liking those classic 'toons the way they were before the dumbification.
Dorkly has put together an erroneously titled collection of 15 Retro Cartoons That Literally Nobody Remembers, and besides the bad titling the list includes three shows that never really existed. See if you can figure out which ones are fake!
With so much money being made by the Hollywood elite it's no wonder people are constantly looking for ways to strike it rich by filing lawsuits against the bigwigs for beaucoup bucks.
Sometimes the case has a kernel of merit, like the lawsuit filed against Summit Entertainment over the Nic Cage film Knowing, which alleges they infringed upon Global Findability's patent on geocoding technology.
This lawsuit may not have paid out for the plaintiff, but it has raised some interesting legal questions such as- can a coding method actually be patented? and how does including the coding method in the movie violate the patent?
However, many cases brought up against entertainment industry professionals are nothing but frivolous from the very beginning, such as the case of disappointed moviegoer versus Drive.
The plaintiff, Sarah Deming, alleges that Drive starring Ryan Gosling was promoted as a film akin to The Fast And The Furious franchise, but when she saw the film she was disappointed by the lack of fastness and furiousness. I wonder if Sarah was similarly disappointed by Mad Max: Fury Road?
Read about 18 of Hollywood's Outrageous Entertainment Lawsuits here
The President of the United States used to be seen as a larger-than-life figure capable of seeing our country through any trouble and smoothing things out for the citizens who voted him into office.
But nowadays it's more important for the Prez to come off as an average guy (or someday gal) and stand by our sides during times of trouble, rather than launching bald eagles and cannon fire from on high.
However, the President still had the power to captivate the imagination of the public back in 1967, and so Super President was born.
Super President was supposed to make the President come off as a cross between Batman and James Bond, but his boring bantering and inability to solve cases on him own makes him a little too much like our real presidents! (You can see more episodes of Super President on the Dandy Deal Media YouTube channel)
-Via Dangerous Minds
Tom Waits is quite a character, with a voice that makes you want to listen intently to every tale he has to tell and a face that tells a whole 'nother story of its own.
When Tom Waits talks he generally has some pretty interesting stuff to say, and one particularly interesting interview by Chris Roberts in 1988 was chosen to receive the Blank On Blank animated treatment.
The PBS series Blank On Blank features animated versions of lost interviews with famous faces such as Hunter S. Thompson, Roger Ebert and Joni Mitchell, just to name a few, so Tom is truly in good company!
-Via Boing Boing
Artist Jay Fosgitt composed this image on commission. The sandbox looks a little dangerous. An unwary tyke could get stuck there, slowly digested for a long time out. At least Han has a way out.
Muppet Babies was a great show. As one commenter points out, a Star Wars Babies show would be fun!
-via Geek Art Gallery
Horror movies center around death, and whether they feature the straightforward slaughtering of people by a slasher, or people being slowly driven to death's door by a haunting, horror flicks are all about the kills.
Since characters drop like flies in horror movies the kills can become extremely repetitive and lose their cringeworthiness, so including creative kills can really make your film stand out. (Video contains NSFW material)
Bloody Disgusting has gathered a gruesome assortment of disturbingly memorable kills from horror flicks, omitting the Final Destination series altogether because they're full of unique kills. It's just the thing to get you in the mood for a Halloween horror movie marathon!
See 10 Of The Most Unique Horror Movie Kills at Bloody Disgusting
According to scientific research we've been pooping all wrong, sitting on the toilet like we're sitting on an easy chair rather than squatting like we're supposed to, which is where the Squatty Potty comes in.
The Squatty Potty is supposed to help us eliminate more solid waste by raising our feet up while we go, and whether their claims are true or not their commercial definitely caught my attention!
I'm really glad my local ice cream parlor doesn't serve rainbow swirl soft serve, or I'd have to switch to frozen yogurt...
-Via Memebase
The X-Men started out as a band of mutant misfits akin to those involved in the counter-culture movements in the 1960s- a disenfranchised group of teen mutants looking for a little acceptance in a world that both feared and hated them.
That's why the fluid nature of the group's lineup makes sense, since there will always be a new batch of teens manifesting powers and looking for a little guidance at Professor Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters.
But it's really hard to keep track of all the changes when various characters have been coming and going for over fifty years.
Illustrator Ed Piskor created this handy visual guide to help us keep track of how the X-Men lineup has changed over the years, with each row representing a decade in X-Men history, starting in the 60s and running through the 90s. Looks like you've got one and a half more to go Ed!
-Via Boing Boing
Our friend and NeatoShop artist extraordinaire Matt Heald (aka Retro Review) is putting some 8-bit awesomeness on this year's Christmas shopping list with his new project The 12 Games Of Christmas.
Matt wants to help you spread that feeling of nostalgia you once had when you unwrapped a classic console game on Christmas morning with his line of old school video game inspired shirts and matching Christmas cards.
With pixel art straight from classic games like Alex Kidd In Miracle World, The Legend Of Zelda, Bubble Bobble and many more, Retro Review has created a great gift package for all the gamers on your list.
And right now you can help Retro Review bring The 12 Games Of Christmas to life by backing his Kickstarter project, which he has put together just in time for the holidays.
These are the gifts for gamers that keep on giving, the t-shirts (or sweatshirts) and matching cards that will make your geeky friends and family members say "Ho ho ho! What a great idea!" when they unwrap them on Christmas day. But don't delay- the 12 Games Of Christmas project ends on November 2nd!
