Some people know very little about the Vision character in the Marvel U. This will pretty much fill you in on all you need to know about the weeping android. Consider it a crash course in comics so you understand the character better when you see him (it?) on-screen this summer.
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A studio apartment built to look just like Star Trek’s Voyager is up for sale in the United Kingdom.
The apartment in Hinckley, Leicestershire, is the work of Tony Alleyne. He made the conversion after his wife left him and he no longer had to compromise on interior design tastes. Originally he built it around the design of the USS Enterprise but found the color scheme too dull and instead switched to Voyager, though the transporter control deck remains that of the Next Generation era.
It’s certainly not a home for lovers of natural light: the windows are all blocked up and use multiple layers to create an effect similar to looking out into space.
Alleyne spent around £4,000 (US$6,300) on the materials but saved himself a small fortune by carrying out all the construction work himself.
In 2012, newspapers reported that Alleyne’s wife was seeking to have the apartment sold as part of the divorce settlement. Public records show no sale at that time, but it’s now been listed for sale at £70,000, equivalent to US$110,000.
While it may be the best value Star Trek home, it’s arguably not the best. That may instead be a Boca Raton mansion that includes a home cinema room replicating the bridge of the Enterprise. It also features a dedicated gaming room based around Call of Duty.
BIG Chief Studios is releasing the 1:6 Scale version of the 10th Doctor’s TARDIS, and I have to say, this one looks absolutely perfect! For those interested, the model is currently available for pre-oder for £269.99, or roughly about $420.
Produced in sturdy, heavy weight polystone, the TARDIS has an internal illumination system, a multi-function light-up lantern, an opening door and series 2 to 4 control room backdrops. The rooftop is removable to access the battery compartment.
Estimated shipping – mid-November 2015.
I’m sorry, I can’t really talk right now. I am too busy ordering my Flux Capacitor replica from ThinkGeek. Seriously, that is all I have to say about this awesomeness.
You’ll have to pump in your own 1.21 gigawatts (pronounced and written in the script as “jigowatts,” which was the accepted pronunciation at the time) to actually travel in time – and that’s up to you. Or you can be content to just pop in 3 AAs and use the knob to adjust the lights. Details down to the warning messages from Doc Brown stuck to the front door will awe anyone who sees it. So get one now, put it in your car, and see what happens. Just make sure not to mess around with your parents – or else you may spawn sequels.
Please Note: ThinkGeek is not responsible for any problems created in this or any other time stream. Nor are we responsible if you are pulled over for speeding and try to get out of it by claiming you had to get up to 88 mph.
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Tags: 80s, awesome, back to the future, cosplay, Flux Capacitor, movie, replica
CineFix presents Captain America: The Winter Soldier retold via old-school 8-bit (and a little 16 bit ;) game tech. It’s the action-adventure spy game you wish you had as a kid!
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It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s not a man. It’s Supergirl. In the new drama from the world of DC Comics, Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, embraces her superhuman abilities and becomes the hero she was always meant to be. This Fall on CBS.
Plus, she looks like a huge nerd, which I think is totally awesome! :)
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Ultron Funk: An “Avengers: Age of Ultron”-themed parody of Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk by my pals Chad and Angie from “The Screen Team.”
Top cosplayer Angie Griffin as Black Widow is the master assassin with some fashion! Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk do the Avengers Dance. And you can’t have “Ultron Funk” without Ultron getting funky! Chad takes the stage as Ultron to bust out some sick robot moves! With more surprise characters played by the duo as well.
As part of his final project for his After Effects class, Christopher Haley created this awesome Black Widows movie tile sequence, and even though there’s nothing official about it, it would totally fit with the character.
Cut off one head, two more shall take it’s place. . . For this speculative title sequence of a Black Widow film I decided Black Widow’s villain would be. . . Black Widow. Yelena Belova, to be specific. Belova believes herself to be the superior Black Widow, and in some ways she is right. Swift and ruthless, Belova is the most talented assassin to graduate from the Red Room–and now she is Hydra’s most deadly weapon. At Belova’s side is a super-soldier of her own, Alexi Shostakov–the Red Guardian, who also happens to be Natasha’s former lover. When the new heads of Hydra make a play for the power of the infinity stones it is up to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s top agent to stop them.
