Oh the nostalgia of DisneyWorld! It’s been exactly a year today since I last went there, and if I could, I’d probably go back again this year, especially since they’re opening the new Star Tours attraction tomorrow. Anyways, enough with my teary-eyed whining now! Here’s the new commercial promoting the revamped attraction. Enjoy!
With the exception of Creationists (which is another post entirely), most people know the Earth took a very long time to coalesce and form the big, wet, spinning rock we call home. How long, however, is not common knowledge… apparently. Watch as a sad sort of misinformed hilarity ensues:
The guy who said “A couple of months, I guess” may be right on a philosophical level, but the answer to “How old is the Earth?” is “About 4.5 billion years.” Please: tell your friends.
A tribute to Jim Henson, who’s already been gone for 21 years now, by DeviantART user Rahzzah.
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Peter Jackson has confirmed that Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) is officially cast in the upcoming LotR prequel, The Hobbit, playing The Master of Laketown. Jackson says of Fry: “In addition to his writing skills, he’s a terrific actor and will create a very memorable Master for us.”
Fry is maybe best known for narrating the games Little Big Planet and Little Big Planet 2 (at least in my house)*. The acclaimed comedian, theater actor, Twitter-scandalist, novelist, poet, playwright, media critic, intellectual, television and radio host, award-winning humanist, and best friend to Hugh Laurie (deep breath) has not yet commented publicly about his role in the film.
Jackson, meanwhile, is live-Facebooking the entire production of The Hobbit on his Facebook page. Today’s announcement also notes that actor Ryan Gage will be playing Alfrid and Conan Stephens is cast as an Orc named Azog.
*Edit: This is a joke. Of course Stephen Fry is not most famous for LBP. His accomplishments are so various and many that to choose one as a superlative is an exercise in futility. Apologies for the seeming disregard for Fry’s canon; I meant no disrespect.
You remember our last post about these Epic Rap Battles of History? Well here’s the latest one! Who do you think would win between the two Napleons?!
[Via Neatorama]
