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Mark Hamil Denies Ever Shooting the Missing Scene from Return of the Jedi


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In a brief 2009 interview, Mark Hamil denied ever shooting the long-lost lightsaber scene from Return of the Jedi.

It's a conspiracy!

In the comments, propose elements of and motivations for this plot.

via blastr

A Double Rainbow in 2001: A Space Odyssey


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What is the meaning of a double rainbow, asked Yosemitebear. The greatest minds are still pondering this mystical conundrum. In the meantime, YouTube user Disasteradio remixed the double rainbow video with scenes from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in which Bowman approaches the monolith.

via reddit

Sonic Faces Hard Times



You do what you have to do to pay the bills. Flickr user torakamikaze suggests that Sonic may have to resort to selling off his gold rings.

Link via Super Punch

Opera Version of Final Fantasy VI Theme Music


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The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra once performed an operatic rendition of the theme music and story of Final Fantasy VI. Eliot Hagen integrated it into the video presentation of game, and the result is this amazing video. Full credits are available at the video link.

Link via Geekosystem

Superheroes in College



Power Girl is very popular among both faculty and students. Once again, cartoonist Caldwell Tanner offers a set of funny cartoons, this time depicting Marvel and DC heroes in their college days. Six more at the link.

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1808189 via Nerd Bastards

Previously by Caldwell Tanner: Video Game Characters in College

Batman vs. Superman and Class Warfare

Scottish DC writer Grant Morrison has some interesting observations about the social class differences between Batman and Superman:

Bruce Wayne is a rich man. He's an artistocrat. Superman grew up as Clark Kent on a farm bailing hay, and he's got a boss that shouts at him if he's late to work. He's actually more human; Batman is the fetish fantasy psyche of the aristocrat overlord who can do anything he wants, and that's fascinating. The class difference between the two of them is important.[...]

People often forget Superman is very much a put-upon guy. Bruce has a butler, Clark has a boss


Link via Comics Alliance | Image: DC

Shatner Photobombs Convention Cosplayers



OMG! Shatner was fooling around at a con and decided to photobomb some Trek cosplayers posting for a picture!

Well, possibly. But look at the name in the bottom left corner. It's Rachel McCauley, a professional photograher and photoshop artist.

Be assured that if The Shatner wished to photobomb you, you would be photobombed. Nothing could stop him. But I suspect that this isn't real.

Link via MArooned

The Handi-Cats: A Comic Book about Disabled Cats Who Fight Oil Spills



Marvel has come out with a new webseries. The Handi-Cats is about a blind, flying supercat and a bionically-enhanced disabled cat who try to correct the BP oil spill. It's based on a bestselling memoir by Gwen Cooper about a blind cat who brings meaning into Cooper's life.

http://thehandicats.com/ via Link | Image: Marvel

How It Should Have Ended: Avatar


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"I say that we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." You know, over the years, I've found that there are very few problems for which this is not an appropriate solution.

via reddit

Missing Scene from Return of the Jedi Released


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A long-lost scene from Return of Jedi was displayed at Star Wars Celebration V. It shows Luke tinkering with a lightsaber. Someone secretly recorded it and uploaded it to YouTube. Watch it while it's still available.

via Ace of Spades HQ

Jon Stewart Stormtrooper Action Figure



At Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, George Lucas presented The Daily Show host Jon Stewart with an action figure modeled after him. It comes with an interchangeable head -- one with a goatee and one without. You can view more pictures at the link.

Link via blastr | Photo: Techland

Lord of the Rings Travel Posters



Artist Steve Thomas made three LOTR travel posters in an Art Deco style. I'd love to see one for Mordor.

Link via Super Punch

A Batman Comic Written by Charles Schultz



In one particular set of Peanuts strips by Charles Schultz, Snoopy is writing a novel. In 1981, Len Wein from DC Comics took the script from these strips and turned them into a Batman comic.

For real. Click on the link to view Peanuts original and the resulting Batman comic.

Link via Geekosystem

Stormtroopers Performing "Singin' In the Rain"


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A computer animation studio called Moonlight House created this modern remix of the title song from the musical Singin' in the Rain. This time, Stormtroopers and R2D2 take the place of Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.

via Fanboy

The Sports Betting Scheme in Back to the Future II



In Back to the Future II, Marty McFly purchases a sports almanac providing 50 years of sports statistics in the hope of gambling his way to wealth. He doesn't use it, but in an alternate timeline, Biff Tannen does. An infographic (excerpt above) from NFL Injury argues that the scheme wouldn't be profitable for several reasons.

http://nflinjury.com/the-mcfly-scheme-time-travel-sports-betting.html via Geek Tyrant

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