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         <title>Overnight/Weekend Open Thread - Pack Yer Rat</title>
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         Happy Pack Rat Day!



With Doctor Who ending a season this weekend (no spoilers here please), do you want an open thread for any other show, or shall we close that feature temporarily?
      
         
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         <title>Fast Food Review: Breakfast at Taco Bell</title>
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I went looking for the waffle taco. I did not find it. But I did find something worth writing about.

And now, like every annoying independently made comedy movie ever, I shall metaphorically cut to black, and raise the title card that reads, "Seven days earlier..."

Cut to a scene of me checking email, because that's a fascinating visual in and of itself. Count the number in my inbox cluing me in to the fact that Taco Bell has been testing a taco that uses a waffle for a shell. Close in on my frantic, jerking hand movements as I...manipulate a mouse to find out the deal on Taco Bell's official site (you were expecting a more literal self-pleasuring, maybe? Nahh, not during work hours).

      
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         <title>Insanely Shading-Detailed Ultimate Spider-Man Costume</title>
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         Best fake muscles via design subtlety ever!



h/t Kplo via Reddit
      
         
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         <title>Guess Who&apos;s on Kickstarter Now? (It Rhymes With Schmob Schmiefeld)</title>
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Remember Rob Liefeld's comic Brigade? I don't, particularly, but I guess it was a big deal at some point. He's started a crowd-funding campaign because - literally - he can't give them away now.



In a strange sort of logic that escapes me, he's asking you to give him money so he can give you a comic for free. I know the business of comic distribution is convoluted and corrupt, but isn't this just the most tortuous way possible to charge money for a comic like everyone else does?

Liefeld trying to raise funds for a movie, I would get - he keeps optioning stuff and then none of it ever gets made. If he could pull a Zach Braff and demonstrate fan interest, it might secure him a greenlight.

But this? Given the way people respond to his name, I actually have a better idea for fundraising: if he were to sit in a dunk tank at Comic-Con and charge people a buck, he'd get that $17,500 less than halfway through the show, easy.

After the jump, his pitch video which asks, "What would Badrock do?"
      
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This has apparently been one of their favorite things for a while now. It's not exactly "I Don't Know But I've Been Told," and you probably wouldn't want to call a bunch of armed Russians "nerds," but this solidifies a theory I've had for some time - SpongeBob is better with vodka, always.

h/t Edmund Graham
      
         
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         <title>Sleep Better...With a Visor Shooting Green Lights Into Your Eyes?</title>
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This visor thing is the Re-Timer, which supposedly mimics the positive effects of sunlight by, yes, shining green lights into your eyes. How does that work out, exactly? Well, I watched the video below and I'm still not sure.



It was invented by a guy named Leon Lack, so I think whatever else you can say about it, the device is definitely Lacking.

And at $273.90, I'd suggest anyone with odd sleep patterns just try warm milk and/or whiskey instead. That's cheaper still, right?
      
         
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         <title>A Good Day to Die Hard 16-Bit Game</title>
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Not everyone was fond of the movie, but maybe you'd like it better Super Mario style?

I'm not kidding. In this 16-bit game that you can play online for free, you don't get to shoot bad guys or blow up stuff. You jump on their heads and collect coins. It's like how they turned Super Mario Brothers into a more typical action movie, but in reverse.

But you don't play as John McClane - you play as his kid. Which is like getting stuck as Luigi every time.

Also there's this fake Russian promo for the movie. As fake Russians go, this one's pretty decent.


      
         
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         <title>Whoa - David Lynch Made a Duran Duran Movie?</title>
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Never have the lyrics, "I'll tell you something, I know what you're thinking" held less meaning. Because I never, ever saw this one coming. For one thing, Lynch's movies tend towards either very retro, classic tunes ("In Dreams") or cutting edge experimental stuff (Rammstein in Lost Highway). Duran Duran...is neither.

Not that I don't love me some double-D - "A View to a Kill" remains the Bond theme most favored by my aural senses. But that was them years ago - nowadays they're the guys known for a song aptly called "Ordinary World," and a hilariously whitebread cover of Grandmaster Melle Mel's "White Lines." They've become the kind of bland nostalgia that Lynch deftly undercut in Blue Velvet.

Which might make him the perfect fit after all. But..."American Express presents"? Never thought I'd see a corporate sponsor line up behind the maker of Eraserhead.

After the jump, a very different cinematic take on "A View to a Kill."
      
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         <title>WWE&apos; s Insane Pyromaniac Kane Is Thinking of Running for Office</title>
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         The other day, when one of our lists went off-topic and devolved into politics (for which I apologize), a commenter suggested that it was impossible to take Al Franken seriously as a politician after watching Stuart Smalley. Likewise, I responded, many people thought the same about Ronald Reagan after they saw him costar with a chimpanzee.

I'm not sure either had as much of an uphill climb as the one Glen Jacobs may face.



Best known as Kane, Jacobs has been identified since 1997 with a persona who has been portrayed as a pyromaniac, necrophiliac kidnapper who'll gladly set people aflame on a whim, either by dousing them with gasoline or calling on his powers of pyrokinesis. Though recent storylines have mocked his dark persona by sticking him in anger management classes, the constant in his character has been psychosis.

But that's not the worst of it, politically. Jacobs has had other wrestling personas too, including one as an evil dentist named I. Yankem...



...oh yeah, and the ripped-from-the-headlines, bedecked-in-bondage-gear character called, um, UNABOMB.



Yes, this is the guy who's thinking about challenging Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander in the next primary. Though Kane has authored political editorials in the past, this isn't quite like the case of Jesse Ventura, whose "telling it like it is" persona mirrored his campaign for office. Kane's slogan, if he ran in character, would be something like "Vote for me and I won't impregnate your girlfriend and set her on fire."

I imagine you all might be able to think of a better one. So what would you think Kane's political slogan should be - and if he ever needed a running mate, who'd be best suited?
      
         
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         <title>7 Great Works of Classic Literature Turned into Video Games</title>
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         To celebrate the release of The Great Gatsby, Slate posted this cute little Gatsby video game. While their game is tongue in cheek, classic literature is a surprisingly common source of inspiration for developers. Some of the literary games that have been produced over the years are classics in their own right, while others are... well, they tried. Check out one of the following the next time you want to add a touch of sophistication to your gaming session. 

7. The Great Gatsby

Slate actually wasn't the first to make a game based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel. In addition to the incredibly dull Classic Adventures: The Great Gatsby, which features all the raw thrills of poking around for hidden objects and practicing your typing, there's also a brilliant, NES-inspired platformer that's free to play online.



Players control Nick Carraway as he looks for Gatsby and tosses his hat to take out every waiter, partygoer and flapper in his way. It's a clever game with a catchy soundtrack, charming 8-bit graphics and hilarious references to the novel that have been adjusted for the strange world of video games. 



The developer claims it's an obscure unreleased localization of a Japanese game, and while The Atlantic debunked that, the developer made some great NES style manual pages to support his lie, so let's pretend to believe. Keep it in mind the next time you're bored - it's a good way to kill 15 minutes even if you aren't a fan of the novel.
      
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         <title>Photos From Last Night&apos;s TR Meetup in Burbank, CA</title>
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         This was a last-minute thing that evolved from an editor-writer hangout into something more. Fun and beers were had by most.



TR contributors Peter Paras, Natalie Nichols and Melissa Molina.



Peter and Natalie with actor/producer Edwin A. Santos.



Editor and wifeslashboss



Deadline.com reporter Ross Lincoln and the TR crew.



Ross' "sacred heart of Mario" tattoo.



Melissa with regular commenter "Regular_Stormy."

I'll try to have another one of these around E3. It was great to interact with everyone in meatspace.
      
         
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We have three winners, who'll get a Villain X shirt of their chosen design/style/size.

The assignment was to describe the most villainous act your mother ever punished you for...or never found out about. Some people tried WAAAAY too hard to make themselves sound psychotic, but that's okay...I went through that phase too.

I might also add that if you're going to make a Michael Bay/Transformers joke in a contest entry, you really have to try hard, as we've exhausted most of the good ones already.

The best provoked genuine responses in me and Julia, either laughter or horror, or both. But first, the honorable mentions.

chadwicktron brought up some religious nuttery I would never have even though of:
It's not my mom but my aunt whom I lived under. I was playing my soundtrack to "Flash Gordon" (vinyl, of course) and my aunt told me not to play the satanic music in her house. To quote; " They're singing "Flash Gordon, savior of the universe"... but we both know there is only one savior!"
And now we know Canadian.Scott is a CRIMINAL!
This is the story of how I almost got away with the perfect crime.  When I was a younger Canadian Scott, my friends and I decided that because the pool I was working at as a lifeguard was going to be shut down that we should go and break into it and steal the pool rules sign.  We were all excited and in the haste to perform our act of thievery, my friend side swiped my car, scrapping the paint and damaging my driver side mirror.  What was I going to do?  I wasn't going to bring the insurance company in to screw up me and my friend's rate.  So I did what I figured was the best.  Lie and tell them that I was eating in a restaurant and some random person hit me. Even when I told my mom the story I made it dramatic and also explained how upset I was thinking she would think I was irresponsible, making sure to act visually upset.  It was the perfect crime and no one was any wiser.

Flash forward to the day of my wedding.  In order to get the couple to kiss, we had key words at the table and if you could tell us how they work into my wife and I then we would kiss (beats the glass clinking).  One of the clues was Blue Steel (which for the record is our baseball team).  But my friend who hit me that day, decided to state that Blue Steel was the colour of the paint of his truck that smashed into me when we were goofing around that fateful summer eve.  I looked out from my head table to my mom who sat with her mouth wide open unable to comprehend the information.  As a way to show revenge, my mother used her time during her speech to express the disappointment in me for insurance fraud and how I was so easily able to "turn on the water works" and lie to her.

And every so often, she brings up the story to keep reminding me of the ultimate lie and crime I almost got away with.  God help my daughter if she ever asks grandma for an embarrassing story about dad.

DrAbraxas specified his mother's biggest crime instead.
the most villainous thing my mother ever did was give birth to me :D
FakeAssName submitted multiple crimes, but the ruination of a convention was the standout.
Breaking the elevators at the Hilton Hotel in Denver, when we would stay there on the seasonal Hockey trip, by forcing the doors open hallways between floors .... that was mostly my older brother, but after he and his friends in his division showed me how; I went and showed it to my team.

at the same time I'm sure I played a part in Gen-Con moving out of Denver because they used to hold it in the same Hilton, at the same time, and I would crash it every year; the organizers couldn't really keep me (and the other hockey players I would get to crash it with me) out because there was too much traffic too keep us from getting in, and then they really couldn't figure out how to kick us out because were really were just dumb kids that honestly didn't understand why we were supposed to pay to get in.

damn it, I guess it wasn't Gen-Con 'cause their website says that they were never in Denver, I was thinking that if not Gen-Con then maybe it was Dragon-Con but that seems like a no-go either.

damnit, what was the name of that Con?!?! I honestly looked forward to it more than playing hockey .... would have been something like 90-93 range and was held at the Hilton in Denver (I think it was the one of Quebec street).
Timely-Tardis-Lego weaves a devious web.
Ok, I don't really remember the past, but, when I was little, I was playing with a ball of yarn. Now, at first, you'd think that's harmless. Well Not so much. You see, I was in my aunt's room. She had a few chairs and an ironing table in the room that day. 

I looped a piece of yarn to something, then made what was basically a giant spiderweb that took up the entire floor. When I was done, I was called to eat and forgot. I turned off the light. 15 minutes later, I hear my aunt fell and guess who they were shouting for. Can't really remember what happened after that though.
With rpmarsh, I just liked the phrase, "trying to convert the pastors kids to Zeus."
The neighbors were a strict religious family and their two children were a little younger than me. When they saw me playing they came over and we played until they brought up god. So I brought up Zeus and taught them all about the more fun stories of the Greek Pantheon. The next day my mom grounded me for trying to convert the pastors kids to Zeus and they were banned from playing with me. 
And finally, 10glfan59 the attempted sister-killer...
Me and my younger sister were playing hide and go seek on a rainy day. It was my turn to count and we were in the back part of the house and my mom was at the other side. As I was counting I heard the dryer door shut. When I went by the dryer I could here my sister giggling. So my younger self thought it would be funny to turn it on with my sister in it. After hearing the dryer turned on my mom come running and seen me holding the door shut and heard my sister yelling. So as punishment for "almost killing my sister" my mom made me donate my NES all my games and good sized portion of my toys to Goodwill
Winners after the jump.
      
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         Of course you do.

This one's for all the viewers who are, like, "I still don't get it. What's this movie about again?"



I wonder what could possibly have provoked its release this week...
      
         
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We heard about these back around Toy Fair time, but they've been holding back on at least one: the Ice Warrior. It's also the first time I've seen the new Gaiman-version Cyberman figure.

Toys in the UK cost about twice as much as they do over here, so I'm surprised it's taken this long to reduce the scale of the figures and cut costs. Yes, it means collectors may have the annoyance of starting all over again in a new scale - however, these will be more compatible with the old Dapol line, and you can finally have the Doctor take on Darth Vader if you like.

The whole set can be preordered for $69.99, which puts them at more than $10 a figure. That strikes me as a little steep, but then again back in my day flibbidy blibbidy blah.

If I were one of those kids on new Who, I'd ask to go back in time and buy, like, a Kenner Alien figure while it's still on the shelves. And several Eternia playsets. But nooo, going somewhere that endangers your lives is way more sensible. Dumb kids today.
      
         
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         The ex-Python was never a big one for stealing the spotlight, preferring to direct and animate, yet he did have such memorable small roles as Patsy in Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

Now he's announced via Facebook that he has a "small but vital part (or so I'm told)" in the new sci-fi movie from the Wachowskis, in which Mila Kunis plays a janitor who obviously has a much bigger destiny in store because, y'know, she looks like Mila freakin' Kunis.

Gilliam also shared a new image from the film, which apparently had leaked to other sites over the weekend.:



They sure do love them some crazy-haired people in white, those Wachoswkis.
      
         
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