Ever since Princess Leia first appeared in Return of the Jedi in her slave outfit, Star Wars fans have been putting that iconic costume to use in fan art. Slave Leia cosplayers are thick on the ground at conventions. But some go even further, devising clever mashups with other characters, such as this Elsa from Frozen, who appeared at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. You can see more at Dorkly, including Leia as Jack Sparrow and Harley Quinn.
I just had a brilliant costume idea: Slave Princess Wolverine. I should wear that to a con someday.
All 9 chevrons on this Stargate costume are locked and ready to transport you across the universe. The event horizon--which will kill you if you're standing in its way when activating--forms the body of this beautiful dress worn by Nyima-chan.
It lights up, just like the real thing! Once she gets a friend to dress up as a dial home device, you're ready to continue travelling.
ArtistSalvador Anguiano (who also made a chart featuring 75 years of Batman's cowl) created this chart that includes the incarnations of Spider-Man's mask over a period of fifty-two years. Anguiano's artwork is available in the form of a limited-edition poster, which can be purchased here.-Via i09
When you get a tattoo, it's important to find a shop that not only does good work, but does good work in the style you're looking for. If you're looking for an utterly amazing tattoo, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more qualified shop than Adorned Precision Body Arts of Vancouver, given that they proudly declare themselves to be specialists in tattoos featuring unicorns with sharks for arms -aka, the best tattoos ever created.
Beginning in February 2015, Marvel Comics will feature 20 variant covers drawn by acclaimed artistPhil Noto. The covers, some of which are shown here, are done in a retro style. Announced at New York Comic Con last year, previews of Noto's covers have since been featured in various sites catering to comic readers.
Learn more about and see more examples of Noto's stunning nostalgic Marvel covers hereand here, as well as at his Tumblr.
If you are what you eat then it shouldn't be too surprising that squirrels are all a bit nuts. They're so nuts, in fact, that they don't even mind upgrading themselves into Cybermen just to get a few more tasty treats. Creator Emma Young thought the squirrels in her garden might just be that kooky, which is why she was willing to take hours of her time to dismantle a novelty radio and fill it with peanut butter and nuts. I'd say it was well worth the efforts for this great footage -now she just needs to add a few choice Cybermen sound bites to the footage.
Celebrities rarely start out with famous faces- their faces usually have to ripen into the right shape and become camera ready, so when they’re unfamous teens you can hardly tell them apart from the rest of the unfamous teens.
They could become one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, but if their face isn't ready for fame you'd wouldn't want to worship them just yet
Look at this goofy guy- where in the world will he wind up when he's full grown and famous?
Okay, that one was easy, but figuring out this girl’s future famous face is quite a bit tougher.
Seth Green doesn’t shy away from his geeky side, he embraces it like any good geek should, and part of Seth's embracing of his inner geek means he gives out some amazing handmade presents.
It seems Seth enjoys creating custom action figures, which will come as no surprise to anyone who has seen his Adult Swim stop motion show Robot Chicken, so for Christmas this year Seth gave good friend/director James Gunn a set of custom Guardians of the Galaxy action figures.
The set doesn’t include the Guardians, who already have way too much merch out with their faces on it, but rather features Star-Lord's old crew The Ravagers.
They came complete with custom packaging, and with five proofs of purchase James can bring home Yondu's best friend Von Spears! -Via Nerd Approved
The last time we encountered a TARDIS Murphy bed, four years ago, many of you expressed interest in owning it. Stubbs, the blogger at The Stubby Thumb, wanted a Murphy bed but was aghast at the prices. However, there are kits available, so she figured if she were going to build her own bed anyway, she may as well make it a TARDIS.
Not only is it an awesome bed, but she posted the process with pictures for us to enjoy. While you won’t learn to be a master woodworker from the post, you will enjoy the story of how many things can go wrong on the way to perfection. Now her guest room is bigger on the inside! -via Geeks Are Sexy
If you like video games that allow you to build your own levels using in-game world building toolkits then you probably already know about LittleBigPlanet, the game with the most versatile game creation toolkit ever.
Anybody can build the most amazing levels in LBP and let other players to take a run through their world, and as one contributor proved you can even recreate the world found in your favorite classic video game...in it's epic scale entirety.
Jamie Colliver spent three long years constructing an amazingly faithful recreation of Final Fantasy VIIin its entirety in LittleBigPlanet, and now the Playstation of today has a little bit of the classic PSOne in its memory banks.
He's half horse and half Vulcan. Specifically, Spock is the front end of a Vulcan and the back end of a horse. If he was the front end of a horse and the back end of a Vulcan, he would also be a centaur.
Of course, Spock is actually half human. So what we're looking at is one quarter human, one quarter Vulcan, and one half horse.
Random thought: Perhaps I should write some fan fiction inspired by the Star Trek episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" in which the crew of the Enterprise encounters a bitterly-divided race of centaurs with varying top and bottom halves.
Marvel is living high on the hog these days, with their movies dominating the superhero genre like never before. This success is good for faithful Marvelites, who get to surround themselves with their favorite superfolk, but success can also breed overconfidence.
The Marvel Experience is the latest example of what happens when a company takes advantage of their fan base, and people are downright disappointed with what they’ve spent their hard earned money to see.
Here’s what fans expected to see at the Marvel Experience:
The World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour is a first-of-its-kind, hyper-reality attraction that covers over two acres and encompasses seven colossal Domes, a life-size Avengers Quinjet, the world’s only 360-degree, 3-D stereoscopic full-Dome attraction and a state-of-the-art 4-D motion ride.
Unfortunately, the real Experience falls hopelessly short of the mark, and seems to have been released before the attractions were prepped, tested and made ready for the public.
After the travelling event debuted in Scottsdale, Arizona, a fellow by the name of Jake Gold left a detailed review of all that is wrong with the Marvel Experience on Yelp, stating:
Let me start by telling you what they got right – the story is good and relies on comic book lore that goes a little deeper than the cinematic universe. There is one moment near the end that genuinely brought a smile to my face which I won’t ruin for you, and the staff seemed like they genuinely wanted to help. However, none of that can make up for the complete disorganization and technical malfunction we experienced.
Will Marvel clean up their act and get the Experience ready before continuing on its nation wide tour, or are they content with milking the popularity of their movies by selling more tickets to this science fiction sideshow?
Playing a video game can have a profound effect on the gamer, and the extremely immersive nature of most modern games make gamers feel like they’re really visiting that virtual world.
Old school games are beloved for their characters, storylines and the overall look of the game, which become symbols of the gaming experience that sticks with the player long after the final boss has been beat.
Matter put together a really neat set of illustrations with which Talented Artists Take On Their Gaming Memories, which really speak to the impact gaming can have on our creative lives.
Celebrities demand big money for their likeness when they're busy starring in movies and TV shows, but when their celebrity star has burned out advertising offers tend to dry up.
Some celebs have integrity and won't sell out for a buck, and then there are those who don't much care what they're endorsing as long as their face is highly visible to their adoring public. Take a trip down the aisle of the famously fallen, where ten strange examples of celebrity endorsement await you.
Okay, I'll admit this one made the list mostly because of its horrible name, and Stallone admittedly knows a thing or two about working out. But imagine Sly in his own voice, the voice of Rocky and Rambo, saying "I love me some high protein pudding!" *shudder*
Apparently chicken is big with country music celebs, and when Dwight Yoakam heard Kenny Rogers was opening his own chicken restaurant he didn't want to get left out of the poultry peddling game, so Dwight Yoakam's frozen food products were born.
There are Chicken Lickin's for those rough ridin' wranglers who like their poultry extra spicy, there are fries that come in regular chicken and pizza flavor, and the gross sounding Macaroni Mouth Poppers.
Steven Seagal used to be an active guy, who got toned for every movie he made, but since his career has fizzled he has let himself go. One of the catalysts behind his rapid weight gain might be these Lightning Bolt energy drinks he's peddling, which are most likely chock full of sugar and "energy giving nutrients", which make it twice as hard to lose the weight.
Never mind the reality behind Seagal's energy drinks, read these amazing Amazon reviews of the product and discover how it can help you live the dream!
Professional athletes are supposed to represent the pinnacle of physical fitness, and they train year round to keep their bodies in perfect form, so they probably aren't scarfing down bags of Oreos on a daily basis.
So why did Apolo Ohno, Eli Manning, Shaq and Venus Williams agree to endorse the Triple Double Oreo, a double decker cookie that's twice as bad for you? Something tells me Nabisco has many green presidential friends who helped sway them...
The iconic bite mask worn by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of The Lambs fits him so well it looks like he brought it from home, but that’s ridiculous because he’s a gentleman and not some mask sporting fetishist, right?
There’s a reason the mask fit him and the Hannibal Lecter character so well, and that reason is trial and error, and lots of test footage,revealed it was the best choice.
Before settling on the suitably psychotic bite mask he wore in the film Hopkins was asked to don what looks like part of a street hockey mask:
Then he was asked to make some funny faces behind mesh, which made him look a bit like a fox in the hen house:
After seeing the film so many times it's hard to imagine Lecter wearing anything but his iconically creepy bite mask, and compared to those other frighteningly bad numbers they really picked a winner!
