I never realized this before today, but there are only two elements I apparently need to enjoy a movie, and G.I. Joe: Retaliation appears to have both of them: 1) Girls with guns 2) The Rock making fun of Channing Tatum Someone call Disney and see if they can get Tatum to make a cameo in Mars Needs Tim Riggins where John Carter gives Tatum a wedgie and makes him cry. Hell, I’d pay for a $65 million opening weekend box office myself. (Via ToyNewsI)
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.