“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan This is the quote designer and director Chris Abbas recalls when discussing CASSINI MISSION, the film he created using stills from the NASA image archives. Abbas’s love for space is evident in his treatment of the footage (isn’t the soundtrack perfect?), but his statement on [...]
This seriously impressive mini-fig scale Star Wars Sandcrawler was built by MarshallBanana and took over 9 months to finish. With three interior decks plus a detailed cockpit, forward and reverse movement, remote steering, a working ramp and crane, and interior lighting, the Sandcrawler is about as faithful a model as LEGO can build. [source] [image]
Happy Friday, Geeks. I give you the All-Leia Car Wash. I guess we can thank Jabba the Hutt for the rest of this post. When these Leias are through with you, your car might not be dirty, but your mind probably will. [source and images]
Starting this fall, visitors to Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort will be able to purchase exclusive Muppet toys in Star Wars costume. The articulated figures will be sold in two-packs, with Beaker as C-3PO and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as R2-D2, Link Hogthrob as Han Solo with Fozzy the Bear as Chewbacca, and Sam the Eagle as Obi-Wan Kenobi [...]
A pretty awesome stormtrooper helmet made entirely out of balloons by twitter user @Ballusionist! [Via @panther_modern - Twitpic]
I don’t know what the thing is with Nerf guns recently, but it seems everyone on youtube is making videos of people using them to kill each other. Anyways, here’s the latest one, featuring Youtube celebrity Jimmy Wong, among others. Enjoy! [Via Buzzfeed]
Written & Directed by Bridge Stuart & Mike Litzenberg, George Lucas Strikes Back tells the story of the real George Lucas as he escapes from prison to confront the impostor being the prequels. Unfortunately, this is all a fantasy, but somehow, I wish it could be true. [Youtube]
In honor of Father’s day, Amazon is offering some pretty awesome deals on over 4000 Blu-ray and DVD titles. Since there are so many, you can sort the list by format, genre, price, and other categories, via the site’s navigation menu located on the left of the page. Alternatively, you can also check out Amazon’s [...]
Yeah, me neither. But someone did! Check out the video above to hear what Gaga’s “Bad Romance” sounds like when mashed up with music from the Flying Battery Zone of the 1994 Sega game Sonic & Knuckles. Apparently this is a whole phenomenon I’m unaware of – there are also mixes of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice [...]
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has all the movies from the original X-Men trilogy, plus X-Men Origins: Wolverine, for just $7.99 each! X-Men (Blu-ray) – $29.99 $7.99 (73% Off) X2: X-Men United (Blu-ray) – $29.99 $7.99 (73% Off) X-Men: The Last Stand (Blu-ray) – $29.99 $7.99 (73% Off) X-Men Origins: Wolverine [...]
“Paper Cuts”, a solo show from Olly Moss, is a huge collection of pop culture references caught in profile. There’s a little bit of everything, from Futurama to Jay and Silent Bob. Below, in order of appearance: Rorschach, Mulder and Scully, Solid Snake and Han Solo. Check out the “Paper Cuts” site for the rest of [...]
Remember last year when we told you guys that Isaiah Mustafa was really interested in playing the role of Luke Cage in a movie featuring the black superhero? Well geeks, a mysterious trailer has just appeared online, and even though it doesn’t look too official, it does show how Mr. Mustafa would look like in [...]