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Hollywood’s Exploding Cars Take Art, Science — and Mortars

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:09:28 +0000

In Hollywood movies, the smallest fender bender can trigger an inferno. But in the real world, a car doesn’t usually explode — even if you drive it off a cliff or shoot the gas tank. Blowing up a vehicle is deceptively difficult.
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Making a Living in Manga: 9 Reasons Why The U.S. Manga-Making Biz is Broken

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:50:04 +0000

In Bakuman, the manga about making manga created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, two teenage boys pursue their dreams to become professional manga creators. Over the course of 20 volumes, the teens become young men who toil over their drawing boards to reach their goal: to get a popular series featured in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine….Read Full Post

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David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis – Clip

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:57:51 +0000

Once upon a time, Cronenberg made really weird movies. Really, really weird movies.Like, making out with a TV in Videodrome …
or killing someone with your armpit penis in Rabid …IMAGE REMOVED BY REQUEST OF COMMON SENSE…
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With Space Program: Mars, Tom Sachs Transforms Armory Into Red Planet

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:37:59 +0000

Step through the doors of New York’s Park Avenue Armory and you’ll join a DIY expedition to Mars that’s part hard science, part Capricorn One. With new installation Space Program: Mars, sculptor Tom Sachs and his team of 13 astro-artists have crafted an otherworldly fantasy out of common materials, assembling the components of a space program out of readily available materials bought at hardware stores or salvaged from the streets.
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[Source: Underwire]

Tags: Park Avenue, space program, tom sachs, s park, installation space

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Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Thinks You Might Be a Hologram

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:52:42 +0000

Characters on Star Trek suffer frequent misadventures on the holodeck, a room that creates advanced holograms indistinguishable from reality. But now theoretical physicists such as Brian Greene, host of the recent PBS special The Fabric of the Cosmos, are starting to wonder if every object in the universe isn’t some sort of hologram. Greene talks physics and science fiction in this week’s episode of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. Hear it, or read the entire transcript, here.
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[Source: Underwire]

Tags: star trek, theoretical physicists, brian greene, guide to the galaxy, theoretical physicist, science fiction

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14 Philosophical Concepts As Basic Shapes

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:48:09 +0000

People love to hate on minimalism, but this is pretty cool. (via mymodernmet.com ). Source: api.ning.com Source: api.ning.com Source: api.ning.com Source: api.ning.com

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‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2′ Snags ‘Contagion’ Writer

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:27:10 +0000

Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) has been tapped to work on the script for the sequel to ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, which could begin production this summer. Read on for additional details.
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[Source: Screen Rant]

Tags: Scott Z. Burns, additional details, planet of the apes, planet of the apes 2

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Weird Logic Abounds in This Week’s Game of Thrones

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:25:52 +0000

In this week’s installment of Game of Thrones, Jaime Lannister gets some company in his prison cell, Theon Greyjoy goes hunting for Bran and Rickon, and Jon Snow tries not to have naughty thoughts about the pretty redhead he’s keeping on a leash. But does the HBO series do the right thing when it strays from George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy novels?
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[Source: Underwire]

Tags: jaime lannister, epic fantasy novels, game of thrones, Jon Snow, prison cell, do the right thing, George R. R. Martin, pretty redhead

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25 Cartoon Characters Whose Real Names You Never Knew

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:31:32 +0000

We know them, and we love them, but what are their actual names? Are you sure you’re ready to know Hey Arnold’s real last name? Check that out and more inside.

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[Source: BuzzFeed - Geek Feed]

Tags: hey arnold, cartoon characters, Sid View, real names

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Hulk cologne + 14 more bizarre sci-fi movie tie-in products

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:53:18 +0000

Hulk cologne + 14 more bizarre sci-fi movie tie-in products
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’30 Rock’ Season 7 To Be Its Last; Extended Series Finale

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:16:33 +0000

After much conjecture, NBC hands down the official word that veteran comedy ’30 Rock’ will conclude after season 7 next year.
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[Source: Screen Rant]

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Obama’s Tech Team Plants An Easter Egg

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:50:16 +0000

An inside joke for geeks. On every page of the Obama campaign website, his coders have inserted this ASCII rendering of the campaign’s logo. Source: barackobama.com

[Source: BuzzFeed - Geek Feed]

Tags: easter egg, campaign website

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Fully Functional Nintendo Controller Coffee Table

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:55:11 +0000

Oh, Etsy , you’ve really outdone yourself this time.

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[Source: BuzzFeed - Geek Feed]

Tags: coffee table, time view, nintendo controller

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Whedon ‘torn’ over directing Avengers 2? But—why?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:34:04 +0000

Whedon ‘torn’ over directing Avengers 2? But—why?
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This Video Game Montage Is Strangely Moving

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:50:46 +0000

Why did I get goosebumps watching this? Simply called “Go Right,” here’s a collection of video game characters forever running towards an unnamed and unseen goal. The music starts to swell and you can’t help but root for these little clusters of pixels.

[Source: BuzzFeed - Geek Feed]

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Power-Shifting Supercut Speeds Through Fast and the Furious Flicks

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:56:59 +0000

The whole point of the Fast and the Furious movies is car chases. Well, car chases, some steamy make-out scenes and Vin Diesel looking concerned/menacing/constipated in a sweaty T-shirt. But mostly, it’s about car chases, and over the course of five films, the franchise has amassed quite a bit of footage of people shifting gears. It’s got about one minute and 42 seconds of gear-shifting, to be exact, and new viral video “All 5 of the Fast & Furious Movies – Just the Gear Shifting” collects all of it into one supercut.
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[Source: Underwire]

Tags: vin diesel, t shirt, car chases, fast and the furious movies, shifting gears, viral video

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Alt Text: 4 Scams That Fool the Skeptics

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:14:09 +0000

It’s been said, enough times to fill an olympic-size swimming pool with smugness, that the lottery is a tax on stupid people. I can’t be sure that a $40 sculpture of Wonder Woman that’s a third breasts by weight is a better investment than 40 scratchers, but sure, let’s go with that.
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Derek Haas Talks New NBC Firefighter Drama ‘Chicago Fire’

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:31:08 +0000

Screen Rant interviews Executive Producer Derek Haas to talk about ‘Chicago Fire,’ a new firefighting drama on NBC.
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[Source: Screen Rant]

Tags: Derek Haas, chicago fire, executive producer

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The 13 Funniest Animal Photobombers Of All Time | Animal Photobomb

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:53 +0000

From the Crasher Squirrel to the Bodyguard Cat. Check these 13 Funniest Animal Photobombers Of All Time

Indonesia Is the Next Action-Flick Hot Zone

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:56:30 +0000

The Raid: Redemption is proof that in Indonesia, filmmakers are ready to kick ass the old-fashioned way — and create the action capital of the world.
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Open Discussion – May 16, 2012

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:57 +0000

Here’s your chance to choose the topics in our regularly scheduled open discussion post – May 16, 2012.
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Channing Tatum in Talks for Roland Emmerich’s ‘White House Down’

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:02 +0000

Roland Emmerich has possibly found his new leading man in Channing Tatum, who has entered talks to headline the director’s upcoming ‘White House Down’ – described as ”Die Hard’ in the White House’.
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[Source: Screen Rant]

Tags: white house, leading man, channing tatum, die hard, Roland Emmerich

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R2D2 Has Another Message For The Jedi

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:21:25 +0000

Who knew a rapper was the galaxy’s only hope? Source: youtube.com

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Tom Cruise & Robert Downey Jr. May Team For ‘El Presidente’

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:41 +0000

‘Tropic Thunder’ stars Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. look set to re-team for the action/comedy ‘El Presidente’.
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[Source: Screen Rant]

Tags: robert downey, action comedy, tropic thunder, tom cruise, Robert Downey Jr.

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SoundCloud Hopes Its Slick Redesign Will ‘Unmute the Web’

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:23 +0000

SoundCloud, the online music-streaming platform and de facto music label for independent artists trying to share their tunes efficiently, announced a complete redesign of its service Wednesday, in what the Berlin-based company calls an attempt to “unmute the web.”
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[Source: Underwire]

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