There’s a new Conan movie coming out on August 19TH!
Yes, I know it will be terrible. Yes, I’m going to see it anyway. Yes, I will have a 20-sider in my pocket when I do this. Part of my Fathers’ Day present was that I could see this movie in the theaters without the family.
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I don’t plan to be around much today. I have to brainstorm the New Thing and do some reading. Try not to be too interesting while I’m gone.
1) Just in case you’re incapable of expressing emotion on your own…
2) A nice Dresden Files animation. Video. (link updated)
3) Voldemort didn’t go to a better place.
4) The ten worst lines in sf films.
5) Edible Hogwarts.
6) I can’t believe I didn’t think of this. PostSecrets from fictional characters (and pets) Brilliant!
7) “Damn it feels good to be a Lannister.” Video.
1) Weird things customers say in bookshops.
2) “Well, at least it’s not towels!“
3) A Game of Thrones of Muppets
4) Han Solo and Greedo bookends.
5) How to have a well-behaved child.
6) His Girl Friday… with all that wonderful dialog edited out! A feature length movie gets trimmed down to under eight and a half minutes. Video.
(Re yesterday’s post: You guys know I generally don’t reply to hypothetical comments, yes? I don’t want to control or direct those conversations.)
1) A kiddie mecha for real! Video.
2) George Lucas as OLDBOY? Video.
3) Repulsive Soviet monument rebooted.
4) The 100 best first lines of novels.
5) In my non-academic interest in book trailers, I offer this: Video. Graphic novels make it easy to be lazy with a trailer, but these guys did something more.
6) Nathan Fillion, photobomber.
7) A word cloud showing the 500 most common passwords. Those passwords make up 79% of a database of 6 million users. And I can’t believe that one of them is “8675309”. via @RodRamsey
1) Artist buys cheap landscapes at yard sales, then paints monsters into them.
2) Eel Noir, a webcomic by filmmaker Jonathon King.
3) Does anyone else think it’s really odd that people tape themselves watching TV? How is this even a thing? Anyway, the new BREAKING DAWN trailer came out, and this dude edited together a whole bunch of ecstatic reaction videos. Video.
4) Woman gets a tattoo of 152 profile pics of her Facebook friends. Quick note to everyone reading this on Facebook: I don’t care about you enough to get a tattoo of your face.
5) “It’s not a weasel, it’s a marten!”
6) The best of Anti-Joke Chicken. This made me laugh.
1) Negotiating with the British.
2) http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/ I really can’t do better than show that URL.
3) Who shot the serif? If you’re curious about fonts and typography, this is a good place to start learning about them.
5) Autobiography of a vampire (former). This shit is why I’m careful to explain to my son that “non-fiction” doesn’t mean “true.”
6) This is cool: a library in NZ opens a public recording studio.
7) THE LESSER BOOK OF THE VISHANTI: A Companion to the Dr. Strange Comic Books. The spells, artifacts, world-building, and more to the Sorcerer Supreme’s end of the Marvel Universe.
1) If this summer’s movie posters told the truth.
2) Patton Oswalt on the Star Wars prequels. Video (but really just audio).
3) This is so friggin’ funny, and it so perfectly encapsulates the utterly irrational gonzo appeal of comic books. Even if you don’t think you’ll be interested in the subject of this article, give it a look: The Greatest Dinosaurs in Comics.
4) A psychopath walks into a room: Can you tell?
5) Life-size baby T-Rex puppet makes kids scream. Video. This is awesome!
6) Tom Waits Theme for Iron Man 2 (Rejected). Video. Best comment on this video: “Quite obviously fake.”
7) Jonathan Coulter on being a fluke (or not), new business models, connecting with fans, and being compared to the Snuggie. Lots to think about for everyone who creates entertainment in the modern era.
It’s not often that I commit webcomic. Click the image if you have a problem with the size.
1) Better book titles, Strunk and White ed.
3) Why SyFy cancelled SGU, in numbers.
4) Angry comic book fans are good for sales, apparently.
5) U.S. cities where women (childless, between 22-30 years old) earn more than men.
6) Mysterious “Surfing Madonna” mosaic appears in Encinitas, but city mayor calls it “graffiti”.
7) My son calls this the guy-cycle. Video.
2) The first five Harry Potter novels abbreviated in comic form.
3) Since when did diligence become a psychiatric disorder?
4) Japanese TV show pranks a man with a haunted mirror. Video. I’m a bad person for laughing as hard as I did, especially after things got crazy. Be sure to watch the whole thing.
6) “I will tell you a secret to make you stand out.”
7) “Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says” Oh god, for once, read the comments on this “article.” Let’s be CLEAR this is not a VADER victory but a victory of our boys in white, not to mention the leadership of Lord Tyrannus the Count Dooku who started the manhunt in the first place. LOL via Jay Lake
