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The Feel Of An Explosion At His Back Moves J.J. Abrams To Song

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT

The MTV Movie Awards actually managed to make my little black heart laugh with this musical gem. Host Andy Samberg joined a Neil Diamond-clad Will Ferrell, and sang how, "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions." The Joker, Robocop, Iron Man, Wolverine and J.J. Abrams are all there, walking away.

I mean you can't ask for much more from an award show that is basically one big peddler for commercials and self promotion. Well done Samberg — now, go hit on Megan Fox some more.

Can you name them all? Don't forget From Dusk Til Dawn.

Space Olympics: You're A Winner!

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:20:00 PDT

Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg belts out the new Space Olympics theme in this weekend season premiere, which ties in rather awesomely with our recent roundup of the best SNL scifi sketches. This is probably the best use I've ever seen of albino makeup and a wig. I'm game for any song that includes tedious instructions about hotel junior suites.

Monkeys In Wormholes Are Automatically Funny

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PDT

The summer's most anticipated monkey movie, Space Chimps, goes for the really low-hanging fruit (sorry) when it comes to scifi humor. Either the whole movie is full of jokes like this cheesy "Space, the final frontier" routine, or they just packed all those moments into the trailer to reassure the grown-ups they'll have something to giggle at while their kids laugh at the funny monkeys. In any case, chances are you'll enjoy Space Chimps for the kid-reasons — funny slapstick, wormhole rollercoaster — rather than the grown-up" humor. Luckily the kid stuff looks pretty great. Click through for details.

Here's the official plot synopsis:

When a $5 billion NASA probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, the grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer, more interested in in zero gravity hijinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet from an evil dictator.

Space Chimps includes the voices of Andy Samberg, Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines and Patrick Chenoweth. [Space Chimps official site]