Do you reckon he’s got a beaver side-kick? From cracked.com’s collection of 23 Small But Disastrous Changes to Famous Movies.
Attack of the Batmobiles! [Video]
On Friday evening, March 30th 2012, Warner Bros. shot a bonus feature segment for the “Dark Knight Rises” Blu-Ray. For the feature they gathered all 5 Batmobiles from television and movies.
I shot this footage using a Canon 5D MKII. Enjoy!
Thanks Miuslis!
I’m the One That’s Cool: So Says the Geek to the Jock [Music Video]
I’m the one that’s cool: A new song for the Guild, written and directed by Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon’s brother.
To all the ass-hat jocks who beat me up in school
Now I’m the one that’s cool
I’m the one that’s cool
To all the prom queen bitches thinking they still rule
Now I’m the one that’s cool
I’m the one that’s cool.
Coolest lyrics ever!
YOU SHALL NOT PASS! [Video]
Now that I’ve seen this, everything else I’ll see today will have little meaning. Thank you Internet.
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Pastebin Gets Proactive
The man who runs Pastebin says he is going to crack down on people using the site to post stolen data. Jeroen Vader says he will not only bring in extra staff, but will attempt to proactively monitor the site.
In theory at least, Pastebin (which is the name of a specific site as well as the name of a concept) is meant to be used for posting text that is too long to fit in another medium. Examples can include Twitter users posting lengthy messages that won’t fit in a single tweet, or people discussing coding in a chatroom who don’t want to clog up the chat by posting a long sample of code. One of the beauties of pastebins is that because they only contain text, it’s possible to store a huge number of messages indefinitely without having major worries about server space.
In practice, Pastebin has become hugely popular for “hactivist” groups such as Anonymous or LulzSec, both as a way of posting instructions for taking part in an attack (such as a distributed denial of service) and as a place to post stolen data such as login details or email dumps. At the time of writing, nine of the ten most popular sites appeared to be linked to hacking or other online attacks, mainly as lists of suggested targets.
As well as asking users not to post spam or porn, Pastebin has an acceptable user policy that bans posting of stolen source code, personal information, and email/password/login lists.
In the past the site has used a passive monitoring system under which it investigates reports of breaches: Vader told the BBC he gets around 1,200 such reports a day. In the future, though, the site is going to take on additional staff who will actively seek out potential abuses. Vader says it is “pretty impossible” to catch abuses with automated filters, while the site’s FAQ suggests the monitoring will involve checking any post that receives “unusually high traffic.”
The change in policy could mean a short-term financial hit. As well as having to spend extra on staff, Pastebin will lose banner ad revenue from popular posts that breach the rules.
Vader noted that although Pastebin logs IP addresses for spam prevention purposes, they would only ever be handed over to authorities when there is a valid court order requiring it.
Tony Stark Talks Down Loki [Video]
Is it just me or is it not quite sexy when two men start posturing? Yet another teaser for the upcoming Avengers movie! Can’t wait!
[by Fandango via iGeektrooper]
Total Recall 2012: First Official Trailer [Video]
So, will Colin Farell impersonate Doug Quaid better than Schwarzenegger did? Hmmm, probably not, but who knows?
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Avengers Assemble to Ride the Disney Monorail
The Avengers is right around the corner and while we are getting to the point of media overload, it is clear that Disney/Marvel is pulling out all the stops to advertise the crap out of this film.
Aside from all the trailers, posters and sneak peeks we have seen online, we now get a look at the Disney Monorail completely wrapped in Avengers Artwork to promote the upcoming film.
This is not the first time that Disney has used its popular monorail system to advertise a film. Back when Tron came out they had a “Tronorail” promotion with lightcycles on it.
There seems to be some sort of strange inbreeding conflict going on here as Universal has a deal with Disney that they cannot use any of their licensed product for sale or promotion in any other park. While Universal Islands of Adventure currently has a Marvel Island with tons of Marvel properties, this would exclude Disney from promoting Marvel properties. Not an issue since Disney wasn’t going to be promoting any of the stuff that Universal was using as attractions. But now Disney OWNS Marvel, so those very same properties belong to Disney – a condition that was not present during the Disney/Universal deal. This hurt my brain a little.
I have to assume that since this monorail is coasting in and out of all the connecting parks, that they worked something out. It is a benefit for all involved, so why not let Disney promote their Marvel Property that Universal is also promoting? Someone signed off on it.
Anyways, the train looks great. I wish they would do more of these. The monorail is an impressive part of the parks and they just look so utterly plain and uninspiring.
What do you think about the new Monorail skin?