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Say what you want, but Calendar Man was one of the weirder and wackier Batman villains from his earlier days that somehow still survived into his new canon as well. For the few of you out there who wish to know more about this mathematical moron, we have the perfect video for you.
Worth watching just for The Brave and the Bold clip. God, we miss that show.
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Though we can all admit we thought the original, white costumed versions of the stormtroopers we saw in the first Star Wars movies were quite intimidating and awesome, many variations have come since. It would also be safe to say not all the versions of stormtroopers were as cool or as necessary as the original.
About Incinerator Troopers, io9 says:
These are just Stormtroopers with Flamethrowers, which seems to be cheating. If you gave a Stormtrooper a rocket launcher you could call him a Rockettrooper, or if you gave him a broom you could call him a Sweeptrooper, but the fact of the matter is he’s just a regular Stormtrooper who was issued something besides the standard blaster. No need to get all fancy with it, guys. That said, the really insane thing about Flametroopers is that they’re all “psychopathic pyromaniacs.” That’s the official description. Like, the Empire seeks out pyromaniacs, gives them flamethrowers, trains them to like burning things even more, and then sends them places. This may be the worst idea in the galaxy.
While they may not seem practical, there is something undeniably cool about a stormtrooper laying waste with a flame thrower. You can’t really even be mad at that. But they make a solid point. Psychopaths running around with flame tanks doesn’t always end well, does it? And how would a flame work in space? Either way, fun list.
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The Federal Aviation Authority has published draft rules to allow the routine commercial use of unmanned drones. But a key restriction means plans for delivery services will have to remain on hold.
The rules would mean that unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds could fly without special permission or licensing. However, the operator would need to be certified and pass an aeronautical knowledge test every two years. The drone itself would have to be registered, but officials would not inspect the plane for airworthiness: that would be the responsibility of the operator.
Flights would only be allowed during daylight hours, with a maximum airspeed of 100 mph and a maximum altitude of 500 feet.
The two big limitations are that the drone must remain within the line of sight of the operator (who must be able to see it without any special equipment such as binoculars), and that it cannot fly over anyone not involved in the operation. The FAA says it isn’t prepared at this stage to allow operators to rely on on-board first-person-view cameras to control the device.
Both of those mean plans by firms such as Amazon and Google to deliver goods by drone would be unworkable. (A Chinese firm has already tested drone deliveries to customers.)
The FAA says it’s open to discussion on the line of sight issue and is inviting feedback on the proposals. One possibility is that it might allow an operator to control the drone without being able to see it, as long as they are in contact with somebody who could. Another possibility is an exemption for drones below 4.4 pounds, though that would severely limit the goods that a delivery drone could carry.
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Did you know that The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad happen in the same fictional universe? Check out this list of interesting facts about The Walking Dead to learn more!
Just the thing we need, a cat that has power over magnetism.
Where are the X-Cats when you need them?
An enlightening video from Minute Earth explaining why some of the poorest places on Earth are actually the richest.
This comic brought me back in time about 2 decades ago, a much simpler time! :)
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As a geek, one cannot undermine the power film had over us at becoming what we are today. From taking us to the far reaches of the universe in vessels we had only dreamed about until that point, to showing us dragons as we always imagined them, film and geekdom go hand-in-hand. And there are certain films that specifically set us all down the path we are on today. Here are eight films that pretty much ensured we would all be geeks for life (and we mean that in a good way!)
Star Wars
As if you could start such a list with anything but Star Wars. Yes, there are movies that go back further, but Star Wars forever changed the way we look at the concept of the ‘space opera’. From the strange way Chewie communicated to the heavy, mechanic breathing of Darth Vader, these are things ingrained in our geek brains because of this amazing series.
Can’t wait to see where Abrams takes it in 2015!
Clash of the Titans
Keep in mind, we have nothing nice to say about the remake. We are talking about the original here. The version with the badass robotic owl. Though we can watch it now and laugh at some of the claymation effects, there is still something undeniably cool about it as well.
It was high fantasy like we had never seen before in film. My very favorite movie through most of my youth, too!
The Goonies
Do you recall the way you felt the first time you saw the Goonies? The way it made you believe that YOU could get into an adventure as outlandish and amazing as the kids in the movie? That movie opened so many of our young minds to the idea of adventure and of being the hero, and that is something true Goonies fans never shook and actually used to help define them.
Also, HEY YOU GUYYYYYSSSS!
Lord of the Rings (Old Animated and New)
Depending on what generation you are from, you may have experienced different Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. For all you millennials, you experienced the AMAZING Peter Jackson movies, which melted your face with their sheer awesome. For those of us a little older, we had the Ralph Bakshi cartoons. And honestly, though they may not stand up to the films, for the time, they were kind of awesome, songs and all.
Included above is a clip from the animated movie to show some of the younger generations the version WE grew up with. Funny side note, the original movie was supposed to be a film and the cast was going to be the Beatles.
Not even kidding a little.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Another one just like the Goonies, Indiana Jones made us truly believe there were jobs like that out there. That maybe, one day, if we were cool enough, we would be wearing a leather jacket and swinging over pits using a whip, too.
Sadly, many went on to learn being an archaeologist involved far less whipping and boulder running than this movie and series led them to believe.
The Last Starfighter
We all know this movie came after Star Wars and was kind of a rip off of that, but the incorporation of video games into the plot was pretty genius, and for those of us who were already gamers and into arcades at the time, it was the perfect mix of both of those worlds. Pretty sure Ender’s Game (which came out in book form a year later) seemed AWFUL SIMILAR to this idea, too. Just saying.
Still wondering why they never made a sequel to this cult movie, to be honest.
War Games
Some of the younger crowd may not have seen this Matthew Broderick movie, but it DEFINITELY had a huge factor in the amount of programmers and hackers you see in the world today.
A movie where a kid almost mistakenly starts world war 3 as the result of some hacking seemed to awaken something in many would-be geeks for years to come. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Little of both, probably.
Harry Potter (series)
This series did SO MUCH for getting kids back into reading, there really aren’t enough good things that can be said about it. And though the movies may not have been as good as the books, they still did a damn fine work of making the magical world of Hogwarts seem real (and also fueling a generation of future nerds who will hopefully be the next great generation of fantasy authors).
So we may look at movies and think of them as simple entertainment or a nice distraction from life, but this list proves they have a far-reaching effect in helping some of us happily define ourselves as geeks.
What other movies would YOU add to this list? Let us know in the comments below!
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