Can’t We All Just Get Beyond Thunderdome?
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?(Note: Article title shamelessly stolen for MST3K.) I don’t cover a lot of conventions, admittedly, but when several thousand people drive two hours out of Los Angeles to celebrate the Mad Max movies… well, I probably still wouldn’t have paid attention until I learned some dude brought an actual working gyrocopter to the event. That’s fucking awesome. It’s also pictured above, not flying, but with a Road Warrioress cosplayer inside — I didn’t think you guys would particularly mind. The event was a “con” held overnight in the desert, which is very cool, and included people’s replica Interceptors and a make-shift Thunderdome. Check out pics and more info from TR‘s half-sister blog L.A. Weekly if you’re so inclined.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.