deviantART user deankotz comes up with a great pairing. But given their temperaments, I see Batman and Donkey Kong as, ultimately, natural allies. Perhaps that'll come in a later issue.
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deviantART user deankotz comes up with a great pairing. But given their temperaments, I see Batman and Donkey Kong as, ultimately, natural allies. Perhaps that'll come in a later issue.
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YouTube user io9er changed the opening credits to Firefly to look like the show had been made in the 1980s, complete with 2D black computer graphing and freeze-frames as each actor appears.
It reminds me of the intro to Airwolf.
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College Humor takes a look at what video games would be like if they had a really, really easy mode. It gets increasingly and deliciously absurd. The Wii Fitness bit is the best.
Kick-Ass is about a teenager who decides to become a superhero. So he makes a costume and goes out on the streets, looking for trouble. In Columbia, Tennessee, one college student took up the path and now calls himself The Viper:
Video at the link. I recently saw Kick-Ass, and OMG it was awesome and terrible at the same time. I mean, I kind of have a problem with a movie that features a twelve-year old girl swearing so profusely. The character and social development of a child was warped in order to make a movie. But that serious misgiving aside, it was fantastic, especially the clever soundtracking (e.g. Elvis singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic") and the amazing action scenes. Have you seen it? Did you like it?
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In a town where they've engraved "justice" and "honor" on the public square, a new word, a new name is the talk of Columbia.
Bike shop owner A.C. Howell says "the Viper, I believe. Isn’t he the Masked Viper?"
Yes, the Viper. He's a man police found patrolling the public square with an arsenal of equipment, including plastic sticks and ninja throwing stars. His goal? Find crime and report it to police. Officers spotted him outside the wheel last week.
Video at the link. I recently saw Kick-Ass, and OMG it was awesome and terrible at the same time. I mean, I kind of have a problem with a movie that features a twelve-year old girl swearing so profusely. The character and social development of a child was warped in order to make a movie. But that serious misgiving aside, it was fantastic, especially the clever soundtracking (e.g. Elvis singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic") and the amazing action scenes. Have you seen it? Did you like it?
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Last month, I posted at Neatorama about a company selling hand held lasers that looked a lot like a lightsaber. Wicked Lasers insisted that any resemblance between its product and that of the Star Wars weapon was purely coincidental:
Steve Liu, CEO of Wicked Lasers, said his 7-year-old company has been selling similar lasers for years and has never compared the product to the Jedi weapon wielded by Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and others in the "Star Wars" franchise.
"Most people feel it's kind of ridiculous ...," he said. "We would never use any comparison like that to 'Star Wars' or a lightsaber or anything like that."
Naturally, this aroused the anger of George Lucas:
Lucasfilm Ltd. has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hong Kong-based Wicked Lasers, threatening legal action if it doesn't change its Pro Arctic Laser series or stop selling it altogether.
"It is apparent from the design of the Pro Arctic Laser that it was intended to resemble the hilts of our lightsaber swords, which are protected by copyright ... ," said the letter, dated last month and provided to CNN by Wicked Lasers.
What do you think? Is it really modeled after a lightsaber?
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Patrick Biovin’s "AT-AT Day Afternoon", about an AT-AT that behaves like a dog, was a hit viral video. It even inspired someone to dress his real dog as an AT-AT and reenact the film.
The above video is a behind-the-scenes look at how Biovin did it. The opening scene is especially adorable: a toddler addresses the AT-AT as a dog and pets it.
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This is the official video for "On and On", a song about Wolverine by geek rock band Kirby Krackle. Here's a selection from the lyrics, which you can read in the notes at the YouTube link.
A stack of lives I hardly know
Look in my mind a window pane blurry
These claws I have unmistakable
I always heal but I never stop hurting
I have no past, no sense of time
No safe place here and no finish line
I've put more loves in to the ground
Than any man can say he's found, here
And questioning everything inside
Has brought me now, to here, this is my life
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In this great clip, clearly from a convention, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner do a comedy routine about when Shatner stole Nimoy's bicycle. Several times. And then chained it to a fire hydrant. Nimoy's point? "This is not a nice guy."
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Of all toys that could be used to represent the TARDIS, the Rubik's Cube is a pretty choice, if you think about it. It was made by deviantART user Kesley Kopecky, who made it with custom stickers. She provides the images, so that you can make your own, too.
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YouTube user sillof is remaking A New Hope using toys and impressive dioramas that he built. He took out the dialogue and left just John Williams' score and the sound effects. So think of it as something like an old silent movie that would be accompanied by a piano. He writes:
This a movie that I made featuring my custom figures and dioramas. It basically uses some rudimentary stop motion and "puppeteering".
It is meant to showcase my dioramas and custom figures. I basically shot it a little at a time after my family went to bed. I will be posting it over the coming weeks in small incriments.
I purposely left out the dialogue, it would have made the project too long. I felt by cutting the dialogue it allowed it to move at a quicker pace. I did use sound effects and music to capture the feeling.
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It's our first caption contest! You could win a free t-shirt from the NeatoShop. Browse through the shirt selection and submit your choice along with your caption. Type in only one caption per comment, but you're welcome to publish as many comments as you'd like.
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AND THE WINNER IS: Augie
This controversial photo is thought to be the root cause of the Great Nerd War of Boise, which lasted 2 days, left 5 geeks dead, 7 others with permanent "atomic wedgies" and made a shambles of the Manga section of the local Boarders Books.
Congratulations, Augie. You win our Come to the Darkside -- We Have Cookies t-shirt!
Now see, we'd all be better off if we just looked at the problems that we face in life through the prism of video games. Nuke the oil leak? No, we just need to get the more durable, versatile Bioshock characters involved.
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This toilet is decorated with the X-Men comics of artist Jim Lee. It's on sale on eBay at a current bid of $495. Presumably it's meant to be a decorative, rather than practical piece. Presumably.
The seat has been covered with the ads from the various companies that advertised back issues, showing the prices for available issues in 1991. The seat lid features the Magneto cover and assorted images of the Master of Magnetism from all the issues. The back of the seat lid features the “Blast From the Past” centerfold poster, with only X-Men as the background, no bad guys or filler pics. The bottom of the seat is glossy images from the deluxe edition only. It’s shiny and makes a wonderful frame for the lid back when opened…..The credits for the issue, along with the indicia, are intact on the base, along with the author’s name in large letters from an ad featuring his novels. After all the separate images were glued in place, they were coated repeatedly, first with the glue sealant, then with 5-6 coats of polyurethane. The whole process took upwards of 80 hours and a full pint of polyurethane.
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Iron Sky is a movie under development which imagines that Nazis fled to the dark side of the moon after the collapse of the Third Reich. Now they're ready to return and conquer the Earth.
Producers scraped up enough money to create teasers for their idea and then used those teasers to drum up investor support. This daring plan was successful, and they were able to attract funding for a full-length movie:
The project has a budget of $8.5 million, which is chump change by Hollywood standards, and the producers have been desperately trying to raise funds.
Well, it worked. Through a combination of investors and fan donations, Iron Sky has 90% of its budget squared away, its casting is near complete, and filming is set to begin in Germany and Australia later this year.
Link | Another Teaser Video | Official Website | -- Thanks, Rich Jordan!
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