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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    11:00 AM

    Wired has a great article about Asylum Films which brings us the great mockbusters 'Snakes on a Train', 'Transmorphers', 'The Terminators', and 'The Day the Earth Stopped'. Here are my favorite parts from the article:

    I said, ‘What if we did 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?’ Latt recalls. ‘We’ll call it 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It’s 10,000 more leagues.’

    Toward the end of shooting Snakes on a Train, line producer Anthony Fankhauser received an unusual request from the bosses: Could the movie’s ending be changed to look more like the video box? "The cover was just a giant snake eating a train," Fankhauser says. "So on day 10, we had to cobble together this scene where one of the characters turns into a snake, crashes out the side of the train, and then eats it up.

    The Asylum keepers insist they’re not abandoning the mockbuster, but after Sherlock is released the company plans to follow it up with a meteor film, an airplane-disaster movie, a western, and something called MILF.

    [www.wired.com]

    #tips #asylum
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    12/21/09

    Fun blog entry:

    [blogs.discovermagazine.com]

    #tips
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    MonkeyT was starred MonkeyT was unstarred
    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    12/21/09

    I'm hesitant about sharing this, but Virgin media have spoiled the first half of 'The End of Time."

    I highly advise that you only click on the link if you have a strong constitution and are enough of a fan to watch on Christmas Day anyways, since some of the plot points mentioned sound... well... more than a little retarded.

    Still, you can't tell a movie's plot from a viewmaster reel, and that's essentially what this is. Here's hoping the episode as a whole stands up much better under close scrutiny.

    [www.virginmedia.com]

    #tips #doctorwho
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    12/21/09

    This is an odd bit of Doctor Who filming with Matt Smith from back in October that seems to have passed under the radar. Alas, it's pouring rain, so you can't make out any dialogue, but it does look like a pretty intense scene.

    #tips #doctorwho #mattsmith
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    bluehinter was starred bluehinter was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/19/09

    NASA reveals first-ever photo of liquid on another world
    [edition.cnn.com]

    'Boat' could explore Saturn moon
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    #tips #spaceporn #titan #saturn #science
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    Edited by Roklimber at 12/19/09 1:37 PM Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/19/09

    Apophis asteroid to scrape off the Earth in April 2029 (video simulation)

    Closest approach ever of any known object.

    [www.huffingtonpost.com]

    #tips #spaceporn #asteroids
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    Edited by Roklimber at 12/19/09 1:38 PM Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/18/09

    Deepest volcano caught on Pacific Ocean video
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    #tips #observationdeck #volcano #science #ocean
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    12/18/09

    CNN has a list of the 9 worst tech movies of all time?

    [www.cnn.com]

    #tips
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    12/17/09

    Taliban fighters have apparently hacked into camera feeds from unmanned drones in Afghanistan.

    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    #tips
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/17/09

    In reply to Avatar Won't Make You Go Native
    Roger Ebert's journal entry/personal blog about Avatar
    [blogs.suntimes.com]

    #tips #ebert
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    Edited by Roklimber at 12/17/09 5:37 AM Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/17/09

    Archeologists claim to have found the lost city of Atlantis (video)

    [www.huffingtonpost.com]

    Where's Daniel Jackson when he's needed?

    #tips #archeology #atlantis
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    12/16/09

    Here's the latest trailer for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." It doesn't look too bad, but I'd rather have a Looking Glass Wars adaptation.

    #tips
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    Edited by EdificeComplex at 12/16/09 3:07 PM EdificeComplex was starred EdificeComplex was unstarred
    Image of Mysta Mysta
    12/16/09

    #tips #superearth #yessssssssss #planets
    [www.time.com]
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    Roklimber promoted this comment Mysta was starred Mysta was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/17/09

    @Mysta: Another article on the subject:

    [edition.cnn.com]

    #tips
     Reply
    Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of fraying fraying
    12/16/09

    TIME Magazine has published a special print-on-demand issue featuring behind-the-scenes photos of the cast of Avatar, including James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver.

    [magcloud.com]

    #tips #avatar
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    fraying was starred fraying was unstarred
    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    12/16/09

    <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2009/12/superheroesgl-456.jpg"

    Comics Alliance has clips from a community theater's production of Green Lantern 13 (published in 1962) which chronicles a battle between Flash and Green Lantern.

    [www.comicsalliance.com]

    #tips
    #greenlantern
    #flash
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    Edited by BullfightsOnAcid at 12/16/09 9:17 AM BullfightsOnAcid was starred BullfightsOnAcid was unstarred
    Image of Cribbage Left Cribbage Left
    12/15/09

    I'm not usually a huge fan but this Sunday's "American Dad" Christmas Special had quite an asskicking take on the post-rapture apocalypse.

    It's chock-full of 80s action movie sentiment and it's on hulu right now



    #tips
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment Cribbage Left was starred Cribbage Left was unstarred
    Image of Cribbage Left Cribbage Left
    12/15/09

    @Cribbage Left: Oh yeah here's a link: [www.hulu.com]

    #tips
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment Cribbage Left was starred Cribbage Left was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    Octopus snatches coconut, runs, and uses it as cover (video)
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    #tips
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    Image of a_blackpanther a_blackpanther
    12/16/09

    @Roklimber: That is absolutely amazing. Thanks for posting it.

    #tips
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    Roklimber promoted this comment a_blackpanther was starred a_blackpanther was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/16/09

    @a_blackpanther: You're welcome. io9 did a full article on this some time after I posted the tip. Read the full article here:

    [io9.com]

    #tips
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    Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of a_blackpanther a_blackpanther
    12/16/09

    @Roklimber: Yeah, somehow i skipped the article when it was on the homepage.

    #tips
     Reply
    a_blackpanther was starred a_blackpanther was unstarred
    Image of Log1c Log1c
    12/14/09

    #tips #twilight #buffy
    Caught this on Reddit. I think it speaks for itself.
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    Log1c was starred Log1c was unstarred
    Image of bookwench bookwench
    12/13/09

    Last Minute Geek Holiday Shopping Online.

    [www.thinkgeek.com]
    [www.underground-toys.com]
    [www.bathsheba.com]
    [warehouse23.sjgames.com]
    [scientificsonline.com]
    [www.MerlinsBox.com]
    [www.pillagedvillage.com]
    [www.got-steam.com]

    #observationdeck
    #tips
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    bookwench was starred bookwench was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    12/14/09

    @bookwench: Bless you.

    #observationdeck
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/14/09

    @bookwench: If there are fans of shoes/boots out there, I ran across this today.

    [www.motorcowboy.com]
    Custom boots from Airwolf to Vader.

    #observationdeck
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    Ruthless, If you let me was starred Ruthless, If you let me was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    12/14/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: I have said multiple times that I would kill for a pair of Jedi boots.

    I now find myself being tempted by the Capt. Mal boots.

    And they're "Made to Your Measurements"! I could get them in my size!

    Want so bad . . .

    *edit: . . . but so expensive . . .

    #tips
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    Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! at 12/14/09 9:13 PM RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/14/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Yeah, I should have added a part that says "..and splurge too." I'd do it in a heartbeat for half that price.

    I need to find a long lost rich Aunt or something.

    #observationdeck
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    Ruthless, If you let me was starred Ruthless, If you let me was unstarred
    Image of bookwench bookwench
    12/16/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent:
    Yeah, it's sort of a wish list of places I wish I'd win the lottery for.


    #observationdeck
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    bookwench was starred bookwench was unstarred
    Image of bookwench bookwench
    12/16/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Oh my shiny. Those are wonderful.

    #observationdeck
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    bookwench was starred bookwench was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/12/09

    Roger Ebert gives Avatar 4 stars
    Read his review here:
    [rogerebert.suntimes.com]

    #observationdeck #tips #avatar
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