Welcome back to the Scott Pilgrim Book Club. We’re psyching ourselves up for Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (due out next Tuesday) and the Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World movie (due out August 13) by discussing each volume of the series over the course of six weeks. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan, Mike Williams, …
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Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mar… OMG RUN
This ad for London Dungeon‘s Bloody Mary Tudor exhibit has been banned from tube stations after it sparked complaints for scary the bejeebus out people. During her five-year reign as Queen of England, Mary burnt more than 300 people alive. Think that’s scary? What would a zombie Queen Mary be capable of? Eek.
[via The Daily What]
WTF: C&D Letter Sent to Wicked Lasers From LucasFilm Now on Ebay
This is just silly.
We told you about Wicked Lasers’ S3 Spyder Arctic the other week and now the cease and desist letter that was sent to the Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer is now on the auction block over at eBay. With six days left, the current bid for the authentic letter from David Anderman is $192.50.
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Twilight 4 Promises To Bring The Ick Factor, Minus Just Too Much Ick
In an interview with Popsugar, Twilight: Breaking Dawn screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg elaborated on what to expect during that seriously disturbing vampire baby birthing scene that occurs just before the halfway point of Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn. “The childbirth — all the scenes, I feel — should be on screen,” she told …
13 Thoughts On Warehouse 13 2.2: Mild-Mannered
Freed of the demands of its own mythology, last night’s Warehouse 13 went back to its original formula of “Pete and Myka hunt down the Mysterious Object Of The Week,” and the results were… well, more enjoyable than last week, if nothing else. At least it gave me these 13 thoughts…
1. Reunited And It Feels So Good (1). Okay, so …
Is It Just Us, Or Is Twitter’s First @earlybird Deal Pretty Lame?
Last week Twitter announced @earlybird, a promo stream for the company’s advertising partners. The account will dole out exclusive deals to its followers, as given by said ad partners and deal sites Groupon and Gilt. The first deal was announced this morning and after all the talk, frankly, it was a bit of a let down. The offer, good at …
Syfy Launches Blastr, Annexes New Land For Its Geekdom
Is it just me, or has Syfy been on a roll lately?
Let’s recap some of the more recent triumphs: They have rolled out an array of critically-acclaimed, originally scripted dramas, from Caprica (come back soon!) to Haven to Stargate Universe. They’ve announced an ambitious new slate of reality programming – reality TV shows that I …
Darth Vader and Princess Leia’s First Encounter Reenacted On NYC Subway Car
You see all sorts of things riding on the subways of NYC. Some you likely want to forget as soon as possible. Others you want to brag about to your friends and relatives for all of eternity. This happens to be one of them.
From the folks who brought you “The Tourist Lane” comes “Star Wars Subway Car,” the first encounter between …
Confirmed: Thor, Captain America Will Be 3D
Marvel has confirmed that both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D, and that both will be “upconverted” after being shot traditionally. Directors for both movies, Thor‘s Kenneth Branagh – currently in the middle of post-production – and Cap‘s Joe Johnston, seem excited about the final product, and well …
Zac Efron is Anakin Skywalker?
Zac Efron will lend his voice to Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken yet again to voice Anakin Skywalker for the show’s third installment of its retelling of Star Wars. Efron, who voiced the series’ Billy Joel character for two episodes in 2009, will play Skywalker for a Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode lll special set to air December 12. Also …
Marvel’s Runaways To Shoot Next Year
With the final movies in their deal with Paramount already in various stages of production (Or, in The Avengers’ case, advanced pre-production), Marvel Studios are rumored to be rushing their first Disney-distributed movie towards shooting early next year. That movie? The big-screen version of Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways.
Production …
Review: The Sticky Spiraling Dream World of Inception
Grade: A+
A couple weeks ago, I published my spoiler-free first take on Inception. It was positive. A rave. A bubbly exclamation that was openly questioned out there by other media outlets. But I stand by every word.
In fact, the more I think about it, the richer this tapestry becomes.
I have since spoken to several people about …