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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Nerd Rage
Fads happen, styles appear, colloquialisms manifest. I’m aware that they’re a cultural and social phenomenon and pissing and moaning about them on my part would be an exercise in uselessness. However, trends also have a tendency to overstay their welcome and I’ve taken it upon myself to address some gems from nerd culture I personally find the most irritating and say “That’s enough.”
That’s enough, “Epic.”
I’m really tired of people using the word “epic” to describe everything even if it doesn’t make fit the situation. Epic literally means: something pertaining to a long poetic composition, something heroic or majestic, or something of unusually great size or extent. Got it, gamers? That’s fucking it. It does not have anything to do with whether something is of high quality nor does it pertain to your opinion of said quality. I asked a friend when “Watchmen” came out what he thought of it and he said “Oh, man, it was epic,” to which I replied, “Oh yeah, did you like it?” and he said “Yeah, man, it was pretty epic.” What does that mean? That you only like long movies? That’s not an acceptable answer. “It was epic” does not mean “Yes, I really enjoyed it.” I don’t care if it’s what people say in gaming circles, it ain’t fucking correct. I’m not saying the word epic doesn’t apply, but for Christ sake get a thesaurus. Not all movies are epic. Not all anything is epic. Unless you’re referring to “The Iliad,” or WWII, let’s just agree to stop using it.
That’s enough, “LOL.”
I could attack text speak in its entirety, like how insipid it is to put numbers in words for abbreviation’s sake (“B4 we go 2 the movie…”), but I will limit my rage to the biggest offender of them all: Laughing out loud. Overused to the point of ridiculousness. No one laughs out loud as much as people claim to via text. In fact, if someone ever actually does laugh out loud, they have to say that explicitly so we know it’s really happening. Just say “haha,” but know they aren’t the same. If something is particularly funny, do not type “lolololololol.” It is not the same as “hahahahaha.” You cannot laugh out loud out loud out loud out loud. There is not an infinite amount of “out-loud” that one can laugh. And for the love of Elrond’s ass, stop using LOL in place of a period. Whether you’re serious or not, if you laugh out loud at the end of your own sentence, you’re a psychopath.
That’s enough, Steve Jobs.
Not everything Apple comes out with warrants a theater full of press and a projection screen the size of Delaware. Stop acting like you’ve cured cancer every few months. You’re making phones. I’m very impressed, it’s a very large interface, now if you could make it so I don’t lose service in a slight breeze I’d start to give a crap. And, by the bye, that smugness app is working like a charm. And turtle necks are lame.
That’s enough, 3D
Not every movie that comes out needs to be in 3D. The last movie I saw in 3D that I actually appreciated for its three-dimensionality was Coraline. Even Avatar, which I will admit had gorgeous 3D effects, grew tiresome halfway through. What’s the draw? Do people really think they’re part of the film and not sitting in a chair with big, uncomfortable, plastic goggles strapped to their mugs? Cuz I’m well aware of it the whole time. Never once have I run screaming from the theater when a giant monster appears, nor do I wonder why giant people are having hair tendril sex in front of me. It’s a Goddamned movie! Even if a shot looks particularly amazing, I still think, “Oh, that’s a nice 3D shot,” thus removing myself from the story. And now it seems every movie that’s coming out is in 3D. Why would you make the last Harry Potter in 3D when none of the previous entries are? Uniformity, please. Don’t they know what happened to Friday the 13th pt 3? Every time a trailer comes out that ends with “in 3D!” it’s like a sign post that says, “Kyle, don’t see this movie!” And what the hell is the deal with those trailers proclaiming, “In 3D, also available in 2D.” Like 2D hasn’t been the standard movie dimension since Melies. I think there are a few to many Ds in Hollywood.
That’s enough, “Save a tree.”
When I’m not Nerdisting, I work in a bookstore and like any store in the world, we offer bags to carry home your shit. Now, I don’t care whether or not you want a bag. I’m perfectly happy to not give you a bag, in fact it’s why I asked. I don’t need to know why you don’t want a bag. Stop telling me you’re saving a tree. Plastic does not come from trees. And stop saying, “Save a plastic tree,” that just means you’re a moron. The only reason to tell someone you’re saving a tree is to make them feel bad about asking you (I don’t give two shits) and to make yourself feel better for pretending to save the environment. Good for you, ma’am, you’ve saved a tree. Now you can hold your head up high as you walk in your cow hide leather shoes to your Cadillac Escalade which gets about 13 feet to the gallon and put on your animal-tested makeup. You’re like a one-woman Green Peace.
That’s enough, vampires
You stop being cool when Buffy went off the air. The word “monster” no longer applies to you. Someone with super-coiffed hair who whines about not being able to love and looks unhappy all the time despite their expensive wardrobe is not a monster as I understand the word. In fact, the word that best describes these attributes is “vagina.” The show should be called “The Vagina Diaries” so at least people know what they’re getting. Plus, vampires don’t keep diaries, they rip out throats. And they don’t fucking sparkle. Or use hair gel. In fact, I don’t even know what they do anymore and it’s all you vaginas’ fault. Just go away.That’s enough, Kyle Anderson.
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Totoro version zombie
You know it would be my desktop if it would fit - Totoro version zombie - Yannick Lejeune - Peaceful Creative Technologist
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thunder Busters (AC/DC vs Ghostbusters Mashup) by Wax Audio
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As Jesus Christ Dinosaur Hunter would say - BOOYA -
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Call of Duty: Black Ops - World Premiere Uncut Trailer
This looks cool and the music is sweet as well -
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THE WALKING DEAD "Opening Titles" (by Daniel M. Kanemoto)
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DC Universe Online – Who Do You Trust Director’s Cut «
10 mins long - need to watch this at home, not on slow mo work network speeds...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Heroic Urbanism: 13 Cool Comic Book Cities : WebUrbanist
Heroic Urbanism: 13 Cool Comic Book Cities
By Steph in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban Images, Urbanism
The same dramatic architecture that gleams with the promise of technology and prosperity during the day oozes malice and corruption at night, with many a dark secret hidden in the tallest skyscrapers and deepest underground lairs. Cities and comic books are inextricably linked, and urban environments set the scene for the adventures of everyone from Batman to Mister X. Some are punched-up versions of real-life locations and others are entirely fictional, but all 13 of these comic book cities are as interesting as the characters that call them home.
Batman’s Gotham City
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Perhaps no comic book city is as well-known or fully realized as Gotham, the gritty, crime-ridden home of Batman. Unsurprisingly (if you know anything about comics), the fictional city’s dark history was originally conceived by Alan Moore, mastermind of The Watchmen and V for Vendetta among many more titles. This thinly veiled version of New York City has been portrayed in many styles by various artists but – aside from a brief period of kooky lightheartedness in the 1950s and ’60s – has always retained exaggerated architecture, an air of corruption and an atmosphere that is utterly urban in nature.
Superman’s Metropolis
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Frank Miller once said that “Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City is New York at night.” It’s a fitting setting for the most famous comic book character of all time – who is as hopeful and positive as Batman is dark and brooding. But Metropolis isn’t exactly New York; it was originally inspired by Toronto and has elements of many other cities including Chicago and Los Angeles, and over the decades, its vague location has been moved from the Midwest to the East Coast and even to the West Coast at times.
Birds of Prey’s Platinum Flats
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Platinum Flats, California always seemed like a model city, enriched by the prosperity of its many (tongue-in-cheek) tech companies including “YouSpace” and “Findster”. But once its underworld of corruption was exposed, it attracted Barbara “Oracle” Gordon and her Birds of Prey from their previous home of Metropolis (and before that, Gotham) to kick some Metahuman Mafia ass.
Transmetropolitan
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You can’t go wrong with a futuristic Hunter S. Thompson-inspired main character, as in Warren Ellis’ epic Transmetropolitan. ‘Spider Jerusalem’ is a renegade gonzo journalist who had hoped to escape the corruption and chaos of The City, which in the 23rd century is the largest metropolis in the world and may once have been New York City. Of course, no gonzo journalist can stay at home when the city is this exciting.
(Ba)Sin City
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What comic book locale is so relentlessly dreary, so bereft of hope, as Frank Miller’s Sin City? Presented in stark black-and-white with heavy use of silhouettes both in the comics and in the movie adaptation of the same name, Sin City is a frightening urban oasis ringed by even scarier rural and suburban desert settings like the Roark Family Farm and the Santa Yolanda Tar Pits.
Top 10′s Neopolis
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Where could mutants, robots and ‘science heroes’ live in harmony away from everyday people, who aren’t exactly keen to be neighbors with such characters? Neopolis, a U.S. government-created city in Alan Moore’s Top 10. The ‘harmony’ part doesn’t exactly happen, given that the city is attacked by (what else?) vampire gangsters, no matter how much Neopolis police try to fight them off.
Daredevil’s New York
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Ben Affleck movie version aside, ‘Daredevil’ is a beloved series among hardcore comic fans, and its dark, crumbling version of New York City is as much a character as Matt Murdock, Bullseye and Kingpin. It’s New York, but it’s not: every alleyway, street lamp and subway station takes on an ominous tone and shiny futuristic skyscrapers seem to gleam with corruption.
Electropolis
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In 2001, Electropolis looked quite different from other cities of its time – but that’s because it’s 2001 as imagined in 1941 (as imagined in 1999 by creator Dean Motter). The city is a retrofuturistic, film noir-tinged extravaganza with gleaming architecture that looks more like machinery than buildings.
Mister X’s Radiant City
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While New York City stole the scene in many a Daredevil comic, Radiant City is in fact the star of Mister X, another series by Dean Motter. As Dark Horse explains, “It is the basis for the plot, the main driver of action, and the ultimate antagonist. Influenced by Art Deco and German Expressionism, Dean Motter explores ‘psychetecture’ in Mister X, the idea that a city’s architecture has tangible results on the emotions and thought patterns of its residents.”
Starman’s Opal City
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Though it originated as the setting for Starman, Opal City – a waterfront metropolis packed with Art Deco architecture – has been mentioned as the home for many other DC Comics characters since including Black Condor, Phantom Lady and the Elongated Man. Opal City is known for being tainted with dark energy after a strange beginning involving the mass murder of an evil cult.
AKIRA’s Neo-Tokyo
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The manga series AKIRA imagined a re-created Tokyo in 2030 after the previous incarnation of the city was destroyed in World War III in 1992. Neo-Tokyo is actually built an artificial island in Tokyo Bay, but is ultimately destroyed by the title character, becoming an abandoned dystopian ghost town.
Wonder Woman’s Paradise Island
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The first feminist comic book character hails from Paradise Island, a utopian women-only nation where there is no hunger, war or crime. An idyllic village with classic architecture inspired by Ancient Greece, Paradise Island isn’t a gritty urban setting like those of so many other comics, but it’s interesting nonetheless – or, should we say, was.
Judge Dredd’s Mega City One
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There’s no comic book city that’s so futuristic on such a grand scale as Mega-City One, the setting of Judge Dredd. Comic book artist Gary Erskine created this image in an attempt to capture the massive scale of the city, with “more than a passing nod to Blade Runner, Fifth Element and AKIRA.”
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It's a Ad for Tea - Watch it and let me know when the Tea ad kicks in
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i say 8 secs before the end
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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HULK SMASH - Love this picture of the Hulk
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Pacific Sun Cruise liner in very heavy seas. Internal CCTV footage.
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watch the girl hit the post - Ouch!!!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
FU*K YOU (Official Video) - See I told you when I first linked to it, it would do well...
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Cee Lo Green - FU*K YOU (Official Video)
Friday, September 3, 2010
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