Marvel at the (genius, terror, dumbness?) of a book about William Shatner fighting all his (beloved, reviled, begrudgingly acknowledged?) characters at a convention being held in honor of…William Shatner. Plus, Bruce Campbell is thrown in for good measure. Sounds like the perfect thing to download to your Kindle, along with paid subscriptions to newspapers and blogs you can get for free on the actual internet. But what do you care? You just paid almost $400 for a Kindle. Continue reading Shatnerquake!
Review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Trek (2009)
Vampire Argument By Real Scientists Makes Our Zombie Debate Look Amatuerish
Not to discount our zombie debate, but these guys used math and stuff:
Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate, by virtue of geometric progression, that vampires could not exist, since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply (a.k.a, all of us).
The best part is this argument has been going on since at least 1982 in the form of various scientific papers. See Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist at io9 for the entire article.
Review – Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Awesome Choices, Mr. Cage!
Awesome/Stupid/Pointless: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Awesome:
- Keanu Reeves arrives on earth in a slimy spacesuit that is described as “like a placenta.”
- New York City is nearly completely destroyed by a giant cloud of robot nanobugs.
Continue reading Awesome/Stupid/Pointless: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)