This charming fan film pays homage to the late Dave Stevens, creator of The Rocketeer, on the 20th anniversary of the movie release.
Check out the video after the break, I’m sure Dave Stevens would have loved it.
This charming fan film pays homage to the late Dave Stevens, creator of The Rocketeer, on the 20th anniversary of the movie release.
Check out the video after the break, I’m sure Dave Stevens would have loved it.
In case you haven’t heard, the 10th Doctor David Tennant is playing vampire killing magician Peter Vincent in the upcoming Fright Night remake.
Here he is in a promotional poster looking badass, but you can check out a glimpse of his character in this trailer.
(via Empire Online)
The first alien invasion story I ever saw was The War of the Worlds. Not the new one with Tom Cruise, but the original 1953 version. I couldn’t have been more than seven when I watched it on TV one sunny Saturday afternoon. Do you know why I’ve never seen the remake? Because the original scared me half to death.
There’s a scene where an alien camera-thing sort of sneaks up behind a woman. It looks like a head with three glowing eyes and it slinks down from the ceiling on a long tube of a neck. When she finally notices this monstrosity she lets out an impressive blood-curdling scream before the hero lops off the offending head with an axe. The neck then zips back up through the ceiling and into the ship hovering above them in the sky. I may have screamed.
And what do these humans do after inflicting bodily harm on the alien camera-head thingy? They grab the head to take back to their lab for study and get the heck out of Dodge because there are giant killer aliens with laser beams in the sky and all the humans have is an axe. See, smart humans. The humans in Falling Skies, however, are from the shallow end of the gene pool since rather than doing smart things, these guys excel at Stupid Human Tricks that surely have the aliens laughing as they destroy the planet. [Spoilers ahead]
The wait is over for LOTR fans to get their hands on the extended edition trilogy in glorious 1080p Blu-ray! And the best part is that it is available for a limited time on sale for $69.99. That’s 42% off the $119.98 original price.
All-in-all, this 15-disc set includes a whopping 26-hours of bonus material.
We’ve been talking about the upcoming ThunderCats reboot on Cartoon Network for a year now, but we will finally be able to watch the show starting on July 29th at 8pm EST with a special two episode premiere event.
Beyond that, single episodes will air each Friday at 8:30 EST. Mark your calendars and set your DVRs.
(via TNI)
Only massive Apple fanboys would be up to spending $160 on a Steve Jobs action figure, but some company is stupid enough to produce it anyway (despite the fact that other Steve Jobs action figures and products have been swiftly addressed by Apple’s lawyers).
At any rate, ToyHaven claims that this figure will actually see the light of day at some point, but we highly doubt that it will be available for long—if at all.
(ToyHaven via CrunchGear)
If your test chamber is as messy as mine, make sure to pick up one of these handy sticker sets to warn others of potential dangers. Seriously, I wouldn’t doubt that someone could be attacked by a turret in my office right now. I’m not really sure what’s lurking in here.
Each sticker is printed on vinyl with water and UV protective laminate, so they should be able to stand up to the elements.
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To celebrate the release of Transformers: Dark of The Moon, Nerd Approved has teamed up with Hasbro to give a lucky reader a giant box stuffed with brand new Transformers toys!
Seriously, this box is absolutely LOADED. The winner will receive an Optimus Prme Cine-Mask with built-in 3-D glasses that can be worn in RealD-equipped theaters, an enormous Sentinel Prime figure with light up eyes and sounds, a Mechtech Sideswipe figure, Cyberverse Optimus Prime and Barricade figures, a Topspin Speed Stars vehicle, IronHide dog tag and a Transformers: Dark of the Moon t-shirt (size large).
To enter, simply “Like” us on Facebook and comment in the contest thread and/or follow us on Twitter and retweet this post with the hashtag #TransformersToys (up to 1x per day). You can also email us at contests@nerdapproved.com with “Hasbro Transformers Contest” in the subject line.
This is one of the best boxes of goodies we have ever given away, so makes sure to get in on it! The last day to enter will be Friday, July 8th. A winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!
Check out more images of the toys after the break.
Is Fett saving the day or simply taking his bounty to the highest bidder? I’m going to go with the latter. The Mandalorian doesn’t look entirely out of place in Mordor. The jet pack might stick out, but it seems like everyone wears armor in Middle Earth. Artist Benjamin Collison (ferret42) felt like the fantasy worlds of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings could be put together. Why not?
More Middle Earth meets the galaxy far, far away after the break.
It takes a very steady hand…don’t touch the sides!
*Boop-beep-boop*
Butterfingers!
The Star Wars R2-D2 edition of Operation is available to pre-order now for a September release.
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