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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Target Commercial Hates on Homemade Halloween Costumes, Internet Hates on Target
Eagle Awards Initiative opens gateway to comic book stardom
With Stan Lee as its patron and a host of top creators on board as judges, the Initiative - an offshoot of the long-established Eagle Awards - is offering untried talent a chance to demonstrate their abilities before a global audience.
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Can't Touch Sith!
I just want to say that if this sequence makes it into the rumored new Star Wars Trilogy, then George - all is forgiven for Episodes I-III.
Otherwise, it's just random Star Wars/M.C. Hammer wackiness for your Saturday evening enjoyment.
Speedy Gonzales sells his soul for UK broadband spokesmouse deal
Update: Lucasfilm Denies New Star Wars Trilogy in the Works
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm to be downloadable at launch
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Super Mario retro room mural
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20 heroic librarians who save the world [Triviagasm]
As Spider Robinson writes in The Callahan Touch, "Mary Kay is one of the hidden masters of the world — a librarian. They control information. Don't ever piss one off." So here are 20 librarians who you shouldn't ever piss off — but who might be a lot of help if you're in a tight corner.
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DC Universe Online gets even more super voice actors
Dwight Schultz, of The A-Team and Star Trek: The Next Generation fame, will add another notch to his voiceover belt by speaking for The Flash. Rounding out the list of actors is Wil Wheaton, who recently voiced the Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave and the Bold -- though, this time around, he'll be doing vox for Robin, who is sometimes called Boy Wonder, but never to his face.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Old vs new Battlestar Galactica helmets
Marvel Studios Slows Down 'Runaways'
Real Life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Van
Battlestar Galactica Exhibit Lands Vipers in Seattle
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Your SyFy Tuesday Part 2 - Caprica
Yesterday I gave you a preview of SyFy's Tuesday programming for next week, in the form of this clip from Stargate Universe.
Ah, but what about SyFy's other big Tuesday show - you know, Caprica?
OK, OK, I'm on it! Geez, don't go all genocidal cyborg on me alright? I do these posts in installments because - duh - I wannna keep ya coming back!
Tell you what - I'll make the wait worth your while. No, not like that, get you're frakkin' mind outta the gutter! What I will do, Caprica fans - is show you three clips from the upcoming episode, “False Labor”.
First, a brief synopsis of the episode, courtesy of SyFy:
A gloomy theme heats up as Graystone Industries provides an opportunity to never lose a loved one thanks to breakthrough technology. Others are staring down the same path as the deceased when held at gunpoint, and even still others are doing the gun-holding against another life-force. What the frak will they do?
OK, I'm hooked. Now, let's make with the clips!
Clip one:
Clip two:
Clip three:
“False Labor” airs Tuesday, October 26 at 10:00 p.m./9:00 p.m. Central on SyFy.
Intriguing details about Torchwood's four new characters revealed
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GET PUBLISHED WITH RADICAL
Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding nearly played Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Best I Yam: Ben Towle’s X-Men/E.C. Segar mash-up
Shoot Nickelback with Mega Man Beams!
Frankly, I find it surprising that music seemingly designed to strip the listener of any emotions whatsoever elicited this strong a response - but hey, it's super-cool, so enjoy.
Your SyFy Tuesday Part 1 - Stargate Universe
SyFy's flagship shows are back on the aiir, and Tuesdays are an especially big night, with the back-to-back block of fan-favorites Stargate Universe and Caprica.
New episodes of both shows are airing this Tuesday (October 26), and I've got previews of both.
First up - Stargate!
On the new episode, "Cloverdale," Lt. Matthew Scott's got issues - and by issues, I mean a nasty alien infection. You ain't in Cloverdale, my friend. You're in sick bay with a nasty organism inside of you. Good luck with that.
Here's a sneak peek:
Yup. So, that's a problem.
"Cloverdale" airs Tuesday, October 26 at 9:00 p.m./8:00 p.m. Central on Syfy.
Ridley Scott's Alien prequel script leaks (Major spoilers!)
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
X-Men legend Chris Claremont to appear at London MCM Expo
The award-winning writer and novelist will appear at the event's ComicVillage, organisers have announced.
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Scribe Enters 'Twilight Zone' For Warner Bros And Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way
Look out, ladies - Kobe's got the Infinity Gauntlet!
This is definitely corporate synergy at its weirdest. Marvel has teamed with the ESPN Magazine for their NBA Preview issue, in stores/on stands October 22.
Marvel describes it thusly:
As part of their NBA Preview issue hitting stores Friday, October 22, ESPN The Magazine has collaborated with the House of Ideas' finest artists and editors to marry basketball's best and brightest with the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe with incomparable illustrated editorial content. Each of the NBA's 30 teams will be featured in their own art-laden preview celebrating and paying tribute to classic characters and storylines while also prognosticating what the 2010-2011 season will bring.
That is, while possibly kinda cool, definitely kinda strange. Look at that, there isn't even a basketball anywhere in that Greg Horn-illustrated picture of Kobe Bryant!
But that's Kobe - he may be about to take Thor's hammer to the face, but whatever it is he's reaching for with that bejeweled hand - he's gonna get it.
Stay warm this winter by crocheting your own Yoda hat!

26 Star Wars characters turned into cutest sci-fi alphabet ever
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What would the Venture Bros. look like in real life? 10 artists' recreations [Venture Bros.]
Marvel sees red over green ‘Hulk’ power tools
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Elvira: Not a Witch
Unlike Christine O'Donnell, Elvira is not actually terrifying. Also unlike O'Donnell, she's totally charming and, I suspect, does not share O'Donnell's opinion that masturbation is an affront to Jesus.
At nearly 60, Elvira is infinitelly more youthful, beautiful and likeable than O'Donnell. I suspect that, although it's not a prerequisite for her role as horror-movie hostess, she knows that the Constitution requires separation of church and state. Because you learn that in second grade.
But I digress. Like O'Donnell, Elvira wants you to know she is not a witch. Also, she rules.
Via Boing Boing.
Dollar Tree Recalls 275,000 Super Hero Flashlights For Being Too Damn Hot
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - new pre-launch trailer!
Marvel's latest animated offering, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, premieres tomorrow (Wed. October 20) at 8:30 p.m. ET on Disney XD. It's a new take on Marvel's premiere superteam, and if you haven't already, you can get a brief taste of what's to come from the online Micro-Episodes (four of which are available at iTunes).
All pumped and ready? Good. Just one more thing before you assemble in front of the TV - this here sneak peek series premiere trailer!
Hugh Jackman: Wolverine 2 will be a 'very different' X-Men movie
Jackman made his comments to Vulture, which caught the Australian star just as he was sitting down to dinner. First noting that he was bulking up to play Logan again by eating "six meals a day," Jackman predicted that Wolverine 2 is "hopefully for me, going to be out of the box. It's going to be the best one, I hope. Well, I would say that, but I really do feel that, and I feel this is going to be very different."
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Homer Simpson 'is a true Catholic'
via telegraph.co.uk.![]()
The long-running cartoon series explores issues such as family, community, education and religion in a way that few other popular television programmes can match, according to L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's daily broadsheet.
I would love to be the guy whose job it is to declare which cartoon characters are true members of any given religious sect. How do I get that gig?
Hmmm... on second thought, not a million percent certain that I really want to know.
Castle's daughter is a redshirt!
No, I didn't mean to imply she's going to die anonymously on a peace mission to the Planet of Viral Death-Spores. I just meant that I stumbled upon this pic of actress Molly Quinn - who plays Rick Castle's daughter - rockin' a red Trek-tee on Reddit today. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Tron Variants Transport Marvel Superheroes to Neon World
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Lobo rounds out DC’s Weird Worlds line-up
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Image of the day: every RPG ever made
NBC Picks Up Nine More Episodes for Season 4 of CHUCK
Monday, October 18, 2010
Joystiq remembers the NES
Toy Submarine Recalled After Doing Damage To Little Boys' Private Bits
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Unus: Untouchable Me
The incomparable Evan Dorkin illustrates the untouchable Unus, one of Mighty Marvel's stable of B-list baddies who has somehow managed to maintain a presence, albeit not much of one, decades after his first unremarkable appearance.
Dorkin also speculates on Unus' creative origins, and talks about the little guy's place in the scheme of things.
Bottom line? Evan's not a big Unus fan. But then again, who is?
'Iron Man 3' to Launch Summer 2013
The 6 most awful comic-book toys and action figures EVER
Some toys are just so bizarre, so wrongheaded, so unholy that Winslow Schott wouldn't even play with them drunk. If these toys came to life, we would run screaming from the room, looking for a gun.
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Exotic Visions of Star Wars Inspire Portrait Artists
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Classic comic ad crap: the Star Stik
They still suck, but they'll never suck quite as charmingly as they did in the days of Charles Atlas, Sea Monkeys, and this gem - the amazing Star Stik. Advertised in prominent DC titles like Batman and New Teen Titans in 1982-1983, I can honestly say with first-hand experience that it was even less fun and exciting than it looks.
But damned if the ad's flashy production values didn't manipulate my gelatinous little pre-adolescent mind into buying the awful little thing.
What can I say? We didn't have the Nintendo DS in those days, alright?
Daniel Radcliffe is Incredibly Wealthy
As 'Wolverine 2' Closes, Is Hot Helmer Job 'Pride, Prejudice, Zombies' With Scarlett Johansson And Bradley Cooper?
Tom Feister channels J.C. Leyendecker for GI JOE:Origins cover
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'90s X-Men Poppin' and Lockin'
It's telling of just how jam-packed the 70-odd hours that constituted New York Comic Con really were, that it's a week later and it's still leading the headlines.
Not that this is news, per se. No, this is much better. This is cosplayers decked out in full-on X-Men: Animated Series regalia, floating Prof. X hover-chair and all, rapping and breakdancing. Whatta world.
Via G4.
Karl Urban on 'Red,' 'Dredd' and Picking Movie Roles
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