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Joss Whedon Talks About... Damned Near Everything

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Photo courtesy of Marvel "I’m never interested in movies where you don’t care about the people you’re watching, and that’s my big...

Bros Before Mari0s

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For those that aren't aware, Mari0 is a combination original Mario Bros . and Portal . Basically, Mario runs around with a portal gun...

HBO Goes Too Far

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HBO has released six new clips from the first episode of Game of Thrones season 2, which if you've been under a rock for the past tw...

[Review] - Dirk Gently Series 1 Episode 2 - "White, Black Eyes, Strangely Erotic"

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Photo courtesy of the BBC Ah, St. Cedd's College, Cambridge. In another world, this was the home of most certainly not a Time Lo...

George R.R. Martin, In Conversation

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A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Game of Thrones Exhibit in Toronto, Ontario. a detailed account of this event can...

Well, This Is Going To Suck

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Photo courtesy of Marvel Marvel has announced the tracks to be included on the Avengers soundtrack. Just... here it is. 1. "...

Adam Savage Makes A Reasonable Argument For Science

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This is the speech given by Mythbuster Adam Savage (he's not a scientist, but plays one on TV) at the Reason Rally held in Washington...

Iron Man 3 Sees Returning Cast, Lacks Gay Perry

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Photo courtesy of Marvel According to the casting sheet for Iron Man 3 , the first post Avengers film from Marvel, shooting will take ...

Weird Al's 30 Rock Theme Song

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One of the simple joys of life is making up words to TV theme songs that don't have. Last Thursday, the master of making up words to s...

An Internet Minute Is Like A New York Minute, But With A Lot More Porn

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Via Intel According to Intel, by 2015, "it would take five years to view all the video content crossing IP networks...

Wolverine Or Batmen? Super Optical Illusion

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What do you see? Two Batmen getting ready to engage in some slash fiction lovin' at sunset, or Wolverine, with a Spanish goatee? I...

Even This Would Have Been Better Than The New 52

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Full disclosure, I've always been a bigger DC fan than a Marvel. I tend to talk more about the Marvel movies because, B...

Joss Whedon Calls Iron Man's Triangle "Ass", Remains King Of Geeks

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Joss Whedon loves symbols. Be they slices of processed cheese, or small, brain damaged girls, his work has shown h...

The Face Of Space

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Quirks and Quarks is a weekly science program on CBC Radio, hosted by Space enthusiast Bob McDonald. This past weekend, his gues...

I'm An Infant Now, Infants Are Cool

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Photo via Digital Spy Meet Valentine, an American 2 year old with just the best parents in the world. They've taken the time and ef...

Someones Been Reading My Christmas List; New Doctor Who Trailer

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Most of the clips from the above trailer are clearly from episode three, the spaghetti western, which is one of only two episodes we know ...

The Deadliest Game Is Powerless Against Such A Mustache

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Honestly, this Media Design School video, from James Cunningham, is truely one of the funniest, geekiest things I've seen in a while, ...

"Community" Creator Dan Harmon Talks About... Damned Near Everything

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Community is probably the most culturally aware show that has ever aired. One of the reasons it's struggled to find a br...

"T-Rex Trying" Succeeds

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Photo courtesy of Hugh Murphy. A couple months ago, I stumbled across Hugh Murphy tumbler page, which at the time featured a couple br...

Pick A Side, We're At War

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Poster courtesy HBO There's just over a week left until season 2 of Game of Thrones begins, and HBO is ramping up it's marke...

Itchy and Scratchy, The Movie?

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At 48 minutes, very nearly.

Kids Want To Use Their Phones During Movies, Are Dumbasses

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The Hollywood Reporter recently hired a firm to survey users of social media, to find out exactly how they are interacting with convention...

[Review] - Dirk Gently Series 1 Episode 1 - "Sometimes It Takes Multiple Attempts To Achieve True Randomness"

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Photo courtesy of the BBC Ever had one of those days that would make even Mother Theresa kick babies? Dirk Gently (Stephen Mangan) has...

CBS Interviews SpaceX CEO, Searches For Possible Nazi Moon Base

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That's ridiculous. Nazi's don't have a moon base, that's Newt Gingrich's thing. I'm a big fan of SpaceX, if only...

Beetlejuice 2 Not A Reboot, Still A Terrible, Terrible Idea

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Beetlejuice easily places in my top ten films. I think it's probably the best expression of Tim Burton's vision and humour, and ...

Before Battlestar Galactica, There Was... Never Mind, SyFy Sucks

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[ Full disclosure: I wrote this piece yesterday, when a pretty cool trailer for the Battlestar prequel series Blood and Chrome was kick...

The Doctor's New Assisstant Announced, Schedule Revealed, Stephen Moffat A Liar

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If I have one complaint about Doctor Who since it's return, it's that, despite all the geekgasmic love over David Tennant, t...

These Otters Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch. That Is All

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There are no words. Red Scharlach , we bow to you. Please, go and give him all the points you have in your many pockets.

Watch Ruin, Understand You're Not As Good As This

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Do yourself a favour. Hit the jump, and watch the fantastic animated film Ruin , by graphic artist Wes Ball. His background is working o...

Lies, Damned Lies, And The MPAA

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My views on piracy tend to reflect Neil Gaiman's, in that most people become a fan of something, or someone, after having it recommend...

Bowser Was A Rapist, Peach Was Into Bestiality, And Mario Was A Terrorist

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Cracked has had a rough go of it. Starting off as a humour magazine trying, grasping, hoping to be half as funny as Mad . That we...

The Muppet Walk Of Fame

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Time was, the Hollywood Walk of Fame acknowledged actual accomplishment. Not really, as any inductee has to pay around 30 grand to ac...

Henson Studios Returns To Television, On Both Sides Of The Pond

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Photo via the Muppet Wiki, courtesy of Disney. If you're a fan of The Muppets, the past twelve months have been a very good yea...

Is It Real Tuesday, Or Movie Tuesday?

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Much has been made of the HD battle, and the victory of blu-ray. Of the mighty HD format, with it's crisp images and extended content....

CSI: Seasme Street? Or, Law & Order: MUP

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The Happytime Murders is moving forward. The deranged concept for a film is a combination of Roger Rabbit , The Muppets and that epis...

[Review] - The Muppets

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Photos courtesy Disney, via The Muppet Wiki . Lets get something straight. The Muppets never went away. Despite what the PR campaign fo...