By Rob Bricken in
Nerdery
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 12:00PM
You may or may not be aware that Los Angeles recently banned people from dressing up like superheroes and loitering on Hollywood Boulevard. Well, this week the heroes fought back -- and when I say fought back, I mean, Darth Vader, Superman, the Hulk and the White Power Ranger went to City Hall and held hand-made signs. Let's just say it wasn't exactly Civil War. My favorite part is the newsguy listing who RSVPed for the protest but didn't come, including Batman and Elmo. Batman, I understand, the Joker probably escaped again or something. But what the fuck was Elmo doing? What an asshole. Thanks to Mordbrand for the tip.
By Rob Bricken in
Tech, Video Games
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 11:20AM
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By Rob Bricken in
Movies
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 10:29AM
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Warner Bros. is talking to Supernatural creator Eric Kripke to run the show.
Wow. Again, I've not seem Supernatural, but from everything I've heard about the show, Kripke sounds like the perfect choice to make a Sandman series. He knows how to make weird material exciting and watchable to modern audiences, without dumbing down the material, and can handle both serialized storylines and overarching plots with panache. If he's any kind of a nerd -- and I'm guessing he is -- I imagine he'd treat the source material with the respect it deserves, too. I don't know that this will actually happen, seeing as Sandman has been stuck in development limbo for a while. But if a TV show is actually going to get made, this seems as auspicious a start as we're going to get.
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 7:58AM
Of course, there have been so many villains straight from the pages of the comic books that they deserve their own list, but one could cobble together a pretty good Justice League Unlimited from the ranks of Smallville guest stars! Warning, though -- many of these videos are fan-made tribute videos with completely ludicrous music choices. You've been warned.
what
I don't even
(deep breath) Okay. It's a bunch of girls doing a Spider-Man-themed dance routine. I was trying to decide whether to make the standard Mephisto/One More Day joke, since this seems some thing the devil would be directly involved with, or a Spider-Man 3 movie/Emo Peter Parker dance routine association, since the two are pretty similarly goofy. But honestly, after watching that, I'm genuinely afraid I ingested some angel dust or something, because it just doesn't seem possible that that really happened. So I'm just going to see a doctor. Have a swell afternoon.
By Rob Bricken in
Comics, Video Games
Wednesday, Sep. 1 2010 @ 4:13PM
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By Rob Bricken in
Nerdery
Wednesday, Sep. 1 2010 @ 3:11PM
By Rob Bricken in
Miscellaneous
Wednesday, Sep. 1 2010 @ 2:00PM
I've shown a lot of depraved and fucked up things in Super Terrific Japanese Thing before, but this... this is likely the worst. There is no call for this item other than to inflict pure evil on the third, to spread pain and misery, and to actively work for the death of hope and goodness. I give you Tropicana Fruit Sweets, a new beverage being offered in Japan. Sound innocent? Of course it does. But check out the flavor.
ORANGE WITH RARE CHEESE FLAVOR.
ORANGE AND CHEESE.
A CHEESE DRINK. WITH ORANGE.
You've gone too far this time, Japan. Even I can't support you now. Mostly because I'll be busy throwing up for the next six months or so. (Via Japanator)
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ORANGE WITH RARE CHEESE FLAVOR.
ORANGE AND CHEESE.
A CHEESE DRINK. WITH ORANGE.
You've gone too far this time, Japan. Even I can't support you now. Mostly because I'll be busy throwing up for the next six months or so. (Via Japanator)







