The Star Wars/Trek Debate Overtakes a New Generation
Specifically, the Next Generation, represented by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and the Star Wars prequel generation, represented by Qui-Gon Jinn. Sir Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson were on the Graham Norton Show together, when Norton decided to settle the eternal debate of which franchise is better by comparing the two actors’ toys. This video is awesome for two reasons: 1) I had forgotten how ridiculous those old Episode 1 banks looked when they weren’t all paired together. Qui-Gon was supposed to be placed next to an Obi-Wan and a Darth Maul bank, so they could “fight.” Without his partners, Qui-Gon looks like he’s having an episode of the DTs. 2) Stewart actually facepalms. Hell, he headpalms. It’s divine. (Via The Mary Sue)
FYI, the only DVD of note coming out today is Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1, which I only mention for Rifftrax purposes. Hopefully DVD Day will be back next week, assuming next week doesn’t also suck ass.
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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.