By Adam Pawlus in
Daily Lists, Movies
Friday, Mar. 19 2010 @ 7:57AM
By T.J. Dietsch in
Daily Lists, Nerdery
Thursday, Mar. 18 2010 @ 8:06AM
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By Kevin Guhl in
Daily Lists, Miscellaneous
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 8:00AM
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 8:01AM
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The series has already based levels off classic Disney worlds like Wonderland, Atlantis, and the Beast's Castle, but also oddballs like Tron, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Monstro's gastrointestinal system. So what's next? Surely the series won't end with only two major games (no need to count the many, ridiculously named handheld games), and Square will need some new lands for Sora and crew to explore. Where should the Kingdom Hearts franchise go? We have a few ideas.
By Chris Cummins in
Daily Lists, TV
Monday, Mar. 15 2010 @ 8:00AM
Much fuss has been made over how the British mine comedy from the uncomfortable moments that pepper everyday life. There has been equal attention paid to how the stiff-upper-lippedness commonplace amongst the English after World War II affected their comedic sensibilities. Yet one facet of British comedy that never seems to get enough attention is the role that music plays in some of the country's funniest TV exports. Just as John, Paul, George and Ringo changed music; Monty Python -- frequently dubbed "The Beatles of comedy" -- forever altered their countrymen's approach to getting laughs by frequently mixing their trademark absurdity with music. This is a trait that many subsequent Britcoms have thankfully followed. Obviously, American shows have gotten plenty of laughs from featuring goofy songs too. But somehow it seems more inspired when the Brits do it (you know how calling an umbrella a "parasol" seems classier? Same basic premise). So the time has come to analyze which songs from British comedy shows are the funniest, catchiest and overall best. A quick word: In the name of fairness and because so many Britcoms rely heavily on music, only one song per series was allowed (otherwise there's a good chance this list would have been 75% Python songs). Now, let's see if your favorites made the cut...
Friday, Mar. 12 2010 @ 8:00AM
But not every movie based on a comic or a graphic novel is so clearly defined by its source material. For whatever reason -- maybe the movie's trying to appeal to an artier crowd or the producers want to sell it as a more straightforward thriller--- some comics films don't get promoted as such, and without the colorful characters and themes most people identify with comics, it's not obvious that they're the source material. Like, for instance, these (mostly) recent movies right here.
Matt Wilson is ruler of the website The ISS and author of the new book Hate You Forever: How to Channel Your Rage into Effective Supervillainy. If you're contemplating a life of evil, why not check it out?
Thursday, Mar. 11 2010 @ 8:05AM
The problem is, these guys don't learn from one another. Just because a beloved nerdy TV star in the '60s made an inappropriate and terrible album, they never assume total singing failure will happen to them as well. Indeed, the whole Golden Throats CD collection from Rhino spotlights these misguided warblers The lesson? If you're on a popular nerdy TV series or movie franchise, don't suddenly assume that makes you some kind of a vocalist, people. It doesn't, and here's 10 chilling examples as proof.
By Kevin Mahadeo in
Daily Lists
Wednesday, Mar. 10 2010 @ 8:04AM
Vampires drink blood. Human blood, specifically. They don't get to just drink animal blood, go on their hunky dory way without any type of drawback and then make idiotic jokes about being "vegetarians." Vampires stay out of the sunlight lest they burst into flames. They certainly do not sparkle as though somebody blasted them with a shotgun full of rhinestones. Those are called pixies. And as for vampire baseball... fuck you, Meyer. The vampires on this list certainly do not represent the cream of the crop themselves. However, despite their relative lameness they still kick the shit out of Twilight's sorry excuse for the bloodsucking undead.
By Rob Bricken in
Anime, Daily Lists
Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 12:00PM
Dudes, Final Fantasy XIII comes out today. I could give a shit about today's DVDs releases even if they were good, which they're not. So instead of bothering with the meager DVD offerings today, why not just watch the above video of FFXIII's trailer history?
• Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone
Hey, did you buy the Evangelion 1.01 movie DVD when Funimation released it four fucking months ago? Would you like to buy it again with some of its lighting issues fixed? This isn't double-dipping, this is pure fuckery.
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Vol. 1
This series is noteworthy for two reasons: 1) it's the Universal Century Gundam story in forever, and 2) it's an Amazon exclusive. Apparently Bandai has finally realized that less a thousand Americans like Gundam (besides Gundam Wing) and more or less given up.
• Tremors: The Complete Series
There was a Tremors TV series? Weird.
• Wrath of the Titans
This is a motion comic based on a supposedly Ray Harryhausen-"guided" sequel comic to the original Clash of the Titans movie. That seems... unlikely. However, the company that made the comic is Bluewater Productions, who made that Stephanie Meyer bio comic, so... it's probably even more unlikely.
• Dino Squad: Mutant Mayhem
what
• Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone
Hey, did you buy the Evangelion 1.01 movie DVD when Funimation released it four fucking months ago? Would you like to buy it again with some of its lighting issues fixed? This isn't double-dipping, this is pure fuckery.
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Vol. 1
This series is noteworthy for two reasons: 1) it's the Universal Century Gundam story in forever, and 2) it's an Amazon exclusive. Apparently Bandai has finally realized that less a thousand Americans like Gundam (besides Gundam Wing) and more or less given up.
• Tremors: The Complete Series
There was a Tremors TV series? Weird.
• Wrath of the Titans
This is a motion comic based on a supposedly Ray Harryhausen-"guided" sequel comic to the original Clash of the Titans movie. That seems... unlikely. However, the company that made the comic is Bluewater Productions, who made that Stephanie Meyer bio comic, so... it's probably even more unlikely.
• Dino Squad: Mutant Mayhem
what
By Joel Nelson in
Anime, Daily Lists
Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 8:08AM
Anime fans do love their special vocabulary. "Anime" sounds more exotic than "Japanese cartoons," just as "manga" seems better than "Japanese comics." And it's much more dignified to say "fan service" instead of "naked cartoon women, giant robots, and other nonsense that panders to people who are way too into this stuff." Technically, the term "fan service" can be applied to any frivolous thing that courts hardcore followers, whether it's a sly in-joke or some cameo by an obscure character. But let's not lie: most of the time, anime fan service refers to animated tits and ass.
But what are the worst kinds of fan service? There's certainly no shortage of anime dedicated to showing boobs and underwear and heaven knows what else, and that pool gets even larger and filthier if you explore the anime-porn market. And we'd just as soon not explore that. We maintain that the most damaging fan service comes from non-pornographic anime that goes above and beyond the usual silliness, whether it's an exceptionally shameless display or a bizarre case of slobbery-nerd-bait dragging down an otherwise straight-faced production. Join us if you like, but you probably won't want to do it at work.







