I hope you’ll pardon the lack of clarity in this post. I’m halfway through processing a reaction – on my way towards forming a cohesive thesis; All I have right now is a contradiction, that I’m trying to work out.
Here’s the basic setup: I always hated 3D effects – right up until Avatar. And it was there that I found myself …
Today, “news” broke that Twilight actor Robert Pattinson is related to … wait for it … Vlad the impaler.
I hate you, world.
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According to what I’m sure are very “reputable sources,” Pattinson, who plays Twilight‘s very sparkly vampire Edward Cullen, is …
The Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program “recognizes outstanding inventors, encourages sustainable new solutions to real-world problems, and enables and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention.” Several grants are given out every year, …
An auto-tuned Alex Trebek? You don’t say.
On last night’s episode of Jeopardy!, the long-time TV host sang a few lines from traditional tunes that were auto-tuned for a category aptly named, “Alex Meets Auto-Tune.” The results of Trebek’s foray into electronica were entertaining, to say the least. Without a doubt, my favorite is his …
Okay, I tried to write this up in a civil fashion. But then I went all Lewis Black explaining it to a co-worker. So pardon my rage, but here we go:
There are apparently 11 more minutes of Lost. An epilogue of sorts, focusing on Ben and Hurley, which will be available when the complete series is released on DVD and Blu-ray later this …
Like lots of gamers over the years, Jimmy Fallon couldn’t get to E3. He’s got a job he can’t get away from so he just had to kind of watch from afar. But, of course the SNL alum isn’t just any gamer. He’s got his own late-night TV show and, when he couldn’t make it for the annual gamefest in LA, he just brought some of E3’s …
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Are you a fan of The Magicians? You know, the book about wizarding sexpots penned by our very own Lev “I hate the new Xbox 360” Grossman. Well, you’re in luck, friend. There’s an official unofficial Brakebills tee!
So, I guess there’s a guy in Portland (503 4 Life!) that came to Lev’s reading and had this one-off shirt …
So is the real irony of ironies here the fact that Peter Jackson was so successful in making Lord of the Rings that it meant no one else would ever come close to the world of Tolkien?
Just why the hell can’t they find a director for The Hobbit?
After being launched as a movie project to much fanfare and giddiness, The Hobbit has …
Buried – although not deeply enough, it seems – in the press release about DC Comics’ new digital strategy is this quote from co-publisher Jim Lee:
As both a comic book creator and Co-Publisher, it was incredibly important that our plan includes not only creator incentive payments, but also an innovative component that supports comic
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On the evolutionary ladder of human creativity, the internet mash-up rests on a fairly low rung. All the “creator” of the mash-up does is combine two things that someone else came up with. It’s hard to respect the creativity of someone whose only skill is to edit together stuff which already exists.
Pop Culture Thing 1 + Pop Culture …
