Geeking Out

It's about damn time somebody figured out this was a good idea. I'm fond of The Simpsons ride at Universal Hollywood, and the way the ride queue is structured like you're in the terribly run depths of Krustyland. But then outside they have "Moe's," and it's just a gift shop. Adding insult to injury, the "Duff" they serve inside is an energy drink, the makers of which can eat my shorts. But an actual Moe's Tavern, with Duff Beer brewed exclusively for the park? Lard Lad donuts? Krusty Burger? Okay, yeah, admittedly, to properly duplicate the show, Krusty Burgers would have to be terrible. And there probably won't be Flaming Moes made with cough syrup, but Universal's flavorsmiths need to figure out some way to duplicate the infernally medicated beverage. Other attractions will include a new Kang and Kodos ride and a Bumblebee Man taco stand. And the gift stores had best not run out of "Bort" license plates. So, can we say "Best Idea Ever"? Or will a simple "Woohoo!" suffice?

I guess this is an Urban Outfitters ad, even though it doesn't really promote the product in any way. Nothing gets your message out like the "comedy" stylings of an Alien-American prone to rambling and spending millions of dollars on a movie that's half out of focus (seriously, if you're not familiar with The Room, take the time to watch this two-and-a-half minute edit which sums it up very well). I can only assume he did not write the script for this, as some of the jokes are self-parody, which requires self-awareness, which almost nobody believes Wiseau actually has (except for those who think he's mob-connected; his refusal to ever answer any question about his background with a direct answer is part of the appeal). Not everyone finds the humor in this, but my holiday weekend is already happier for having seen it. View after the jump. Continue reading "Oh Hai Memorial Day! Tommy Wiseau Has a Wacky Seasonal Message" >

Today Bryan Singer announced on his Twitter that actor Evan Peters will be joining the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past…as Quicksilver. Curious, considering that about a week ago Joss Whedon confirmed that Quicksilver is in the script for the upcoming Avengers 2, along with Scarlet Witch. So how exactly is this going to work? Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch have frequently appeared on the Avengers team during the course of their 49 year run as characters, but when they were first introduced, they were originally members of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Bryan hinted at this association with the X-Men in the tweet in question: Before he was an #Avenger, he was just a REALLY fast kid. Thrilled to say #EvanPeters is joining #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast as #Quicksilver. — Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) May 23, 2013 Singer has not mentioned whether or not there’s a place for Scarlet Witch yet as well, but it stands to reason that she will also appear in the film since the two are brother and sister. Since the movie rights for X-Men characters go to Fox Studios and not Marvel as the Avengers franchise has, one of two scenarios might play out here: Either only one of the two studios will be allowed to use the character in its films (in which case Quicksilver will probably go to the X-Men, as Days of Future Past is much farther along in production than Avengers 2 is), or both studios will be permitted to use different versions of the character. The latter could work — after all, there’s basically an infinite number of versions of every single Marvel character strewn across different multiverses. Who’s to say the Marvel Cinematic Universe Quicksilver (designated in the comics as Earth-199999) isn’t a completely different person from the one Singer is cooking up? Either way, you’re still never going to see Spider-Man in any of the other Marvel movies, because the Spider-Man movie rights go to Sony. Sorry, Parker. No Quinjet rides for you. (via Twitter) Relevant to your interests Bryan Singer is no stranger to announcing casting via Twitter Whedon recently confirmed Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch for Avengers 2 Abrams is bound to confuse Star Trek and Star Wars

New to DVD! Digitally remastered Doctor Who classic The Visitation Special Edition! It's 1666, and medieval England is in the grip of the Great Plague. But when the Doctor and his companions arrive, they discover an even greater threat: the entire planet is in danger. As the Grim Reaper stalks the countryside, the Doctor uncovers an alien menace intent on wiping out humanity and claiming our planet for themselves. The Terileptils have arrived - and only the Doctor can stop them. Read more »

Rapture-palooza is basically a comedic take on the Left Behind books and movies - Anna Kendrick is one of the unfortunates who doesn't disappear up to Heaven, and to add insult to injury, Satan (Craig Robinson) moves in next door. I hadn't given it much thought until today, probably because that poster's kinda terrible - when Machinima released a clip of foul-mouthed crows swearing at Kendrick from a parking lot. Because you just know that if you had Dr. Dolittle's powers of translation, that's exactly what they'd turn out to be doing. No Brandon Lee soul-reviving shtick here; crows are assholes. And these ones are proud of it.

Not more than a month after comiXology faced criticism for preemptively removing a installment of the critically acclaimed series Saga from their iOS app to comply with Apple App Store policies, they’ve now rejected 56 other titles, including a few that were revisited and approved last month. To put it lightly, this bums us out real bad. After it was reported that it was comiXology, not Apple, who made the decision to preemptively remove Saga #12 from the App Store due to its sexual content, the Internet made its displeasure very clear. The heads of comiXology changed their minds, Saga went back up, and while we were all pretty skeeved out that it was so easy to censor the content from the App Store, we thought the matter was pretty much settled. Apparently not, because in a statement on the comiXology blog, VP of Marketing Chip Mosher writes, “In order to comply with the Apple App Store guidelines regarding adult or inappropriate content, some new releases were rejected for our iOS app this week. In addition, certain previously released titles that fall outside of these guidelines were also rejected and will be removed from sale.” In the aftermath of the original controversy, comiXology revisited and re-approved a few other Image comic titles, including Black Kiss II, XXXombies, and SEX. However, these titles are now no longer available, as well as 53 others. All the titles in question are still available to download and purchase from the comiXology website, but they will no longer be available on the app. A full list of what’s been removed can be found here – it includes titles like Omaha the Cat Dancer, The Boys: Herogasm, and the Eisner-nominated gay-centric anthology No Straight Lines. The latter certainly won’t do comiXology any favors, since they were accused of rejecting Saga #12 for homophobic reasons in the first place. Sigh. (via Comic Book Resource) Relevant to your interests Self-publish your own comic that won’t make it onto Apple with comiXology’s Submit Playboy’s app only publishes the articles, in case you were curious Vine was forced to change its app rating because people keep using it to make porn

Graduation inspiration from geek leaders (GeekSugar) President Obama’s prom photo from 1979 (Mediaite) 11 shows that wouldn’t exist without Arrested Development (Flavorwire) Cincinnati’s college baseball team is great at photobombs (SportsGrid) Your Twitter account just got a bit more secure (The Daily Dot) Lucy Lawless teases some kind of Xena news (The Mary Sue) 11 awesome summer beers for Memorial Day weekend (Guy Code Blog) (Title pic via Reddit)

Some people may wear their heart on their sleeve but why put yourself out there emotionally when you can wear your food (or beer) addiction on your finger instead (that was kind of a lame juxtaposition but, whatever). And Canadian artist Sofia Molnar is happy to help you in that regard with her line of sweetly constructed rings that celebrate stuff being poured onto or into other things (like the beer one above that will be resting on my finger as soon as it gets shipped to me). Made from plastic, ceramic, metal, glass as well as other items, these totems to gluttony are a sure was to express your love of food and drink to the world (she also has necklaces as well if you'd rather be a bit more discrete) for prices that will make your mouth water (between $10-$19.50). After a break are a few more ring designs to tempt your taste buds and your fashion sense. Read more »

It is the suit, not who's under it, that defines this figure. As a Comic-Con exclusive, Square Enix is releasing this movie Batman figure in special metallic deco. At $65 it isn't cheap, but that's about par for their regular figures so it's actually less of a mark-up than most companies will have. Best of all, you can preorder it now and avoid the long lines. I'm always afraid these figures will break in my hands, but visually the stuff they're doing seems very cool. Any readers collect these? Are they as fragile as they look?

Warner Bros. has tapped a new writer to pen a screenplay based on the book Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, which chronicles the Playtex designers behind the NASA program's spacesuits.