When people talk of a “development hell,” I’m pretty sure they’re envisioning the ninth circle as a private party for the Watchmen film, with buddies Ghostbusters 3 and Halo: The Movie in attendance.



Seeing is believing though, and with the release of Zack Snyder’s kick-ass… Continue

Frank Miller presented some images detailing the development of the film:…

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Is this the new classroom? Sort of...

Pop culture is getting smarter, and so are you. Bear with me for a bit, because I know how crazy that sounds.



Conventional wisdom suggests that television and movies are becoming mired in a cesspool of sex, violence, and absolute idiocy: a perfect storm of lowest-common-denominator entertainment guaranteed only to make you dumber. But do franchise reboots… Continue

The picture above captures the awesome that is Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Joss Whedon's pet project during the writers' strike, Dr. Horrible is a 40-or-so-minute three act musical following aspiring supervillain, Dr. Horrible. It was released exclusively through internet distribution, and although it's been available for a while, I checked it out last night for the first time. The verdict?… Continue

Let’s face it, you could do a whole lot worse than bats.



10) Turkey

The Animal:

Turkeys are widely known for their unparalleled stupidity, inability to fly, and high meat-to-guilt ratio, a measurement that pits the deliciousness of an animal’s meat against how adorable it looks while dying. In fact, Turkeys are one of the few animals that actually decrease in pathetic-ness when you kill them, their lifeless bodies… Continue

I’ve seen a lot of talk recently about which Batman villains wouldn’t work, under any circumstances, in a Christopher Nolan film. I think the far cooler question is: how might some classic Batman villains turn out if that’s just where they happened to show up?



I decided to take a look at four of Batman’s most iconic villains. Though they’ve all appeared in a Batman film before, I’m pretty sure this is the first time that they’ve been “Nolan-ified,” taking a swing at what a… Continue

Christopher Nolan has brought the Joker into the twenty-first century, making him dark, gritty, and psychologically complex. But come on, this is 2008, and just like everyone else you know the modern Joker would be going online. What better way to find victims than through the magic of the internet?



(Click on the image for the clearer, larger size)…

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It had to happen.

Let's just save everyone a little bit of time:

[Edit: Thanks to akumi okada for suggestions regarding a wording edit.]…





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In honor of Verne Troyer’s recently leaked sex tape, I got to thinking about some other celebrities whose amateur porn films would be, shall we say, a little bit strange. Here are some transcripts of how I think they would go:



1) Donald Trump…

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Apparently, Michael Bay wrote an… Continue