New ‘G.I. Joe’ Trailer Gives First Look at Cobra Commander.
Classic Cobra Commander
There’s a new Japanese trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra making the rounds, and while it contains most of the same footage included in the previous trailer, this one does give us our first look at Cobra Commander (aka The Doctor), as played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in all his weird masked glory. In the screencap above, The Doctor is standing next to Destro (Christopher Eccleston) and the two are plotting to destroy the world and whatnot.
Perhaps it’s because this Japanese trailer cuts around a lot and doesn’t remain too long on any one scene that I’m digging it more than I did the domestic version. I think Paramount should just cut together a trailer featuring only Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow since those are easily the two coolest-looking characters, and their sword fight will most likely become a highlight of the film. I dunno … maybe this one will surprise us in some ways and let us down in others … but isn’t that what we’ve come to accept from all of these based-on-an-80s-toy-line-or-comic-book movies? G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra hits theaters on August 7.
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My Frys sound funny
Fox has announced that due to a refusal to meet salary demands, the upcoming new episodes of Futurama on Comedy Central will be replacing the entire principal voice cast, having failed to reach agreements with any of the core team of Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, and Tress MacNeil. On the plus side, the lame imitations your friends have been doing for years can now be put to the test in the open casting call for cheaper sound-alikes.
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What do you want, an armed guard to follow your kid around?
Why I won’t be at my high school reunion. A math geek reminisces about the joys of high school. As another who has much-less-than-pleasant memories of those years, this struck a nerve.
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Bunni.
Imagine if Animal Crossing had a long lost mutant sibling that coalesced out of a creative flurry in a mere four months. You’d have Bunni.
Bunni is a super adorable harvest moon/animal crossing flash game thing by Andre Spierings and Daniel Cook (the folks behind fishing girl).
Caveat: saving requires registration and is reportedly buggy.
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Time-lapse sim of Earth’s land mass movement
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Black Lung Rising.
Black Lung Rising. “When coal miners suffering from black lung reach the point where they can no longer dig coal and they meet guidelines such as working the required number of years exposed to coal dust, they become eligible to file a black lung claim to obtain monthly benefits to live on … When the decision is made to award a miner monthly benefits, the coal company has the right to appeal that decision, and often does.”
“Coal miners will tell you that they love their job. They come to terms with the dangers involved. They are loyal to their company and do the work needed to supply the fuel that lights up this country.
Mining Safety
“All they ask in return is that justice be served.”
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Girl Arrested for Swearing on 9-11 call
17 yr old Adrainne Ledesma calls 9-1-1 after her father had a stroke. The recording of 9-1-1 proves that she did swear before the operator picked up the phone. However then the operator started to lecture her on swearing and hung up on her.
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Psychotic Letters from Men.
“I’m dressed as a piece of chocolate because you’re allergic to chocolate. But I’m a piece of chocolate you can have!”
Proving that its not just women who write these stupid things. I already knew, Jenn has an ex who did the same thing, very pathetic. Its really fun to look at letters with your woman and just wet yourself laughing, then have sex0r on the letter because shes all hot for you after realizing what a dork her ex was.
I call it lowered expectations.
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Daddy’s Little Buddy
Daddy’s Little Buddy, originally uploaded by bubblecup.etsy.com.
My boy chilling on my arms, so relaxed. Meanwhile I’m working mentally on a PC while he naps.
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Cats have a specific “manipulative” purr.
Mommy’s Snugglebum, originally uploaded by bubblecup.etsy.com.
From the “I already knew this, but someone did formal research on it” department: Research indicates cats have a “manipulative” purr which differs from normal/pleasure purring. The manipulative purr is specifically used to get food and attention. No shit, really?
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The Back to the Future Timeline (Of Questionable Decisions)
Back to the Future is a story of time travel, moral lessons and a dangerous lunatic who nearly destroys the universe on three separate occasions and nearly kills the underage boy he hangs around with on at least five others.
Just The Facts
- In the first movie, Doc Brown makes a huge deal out of the sanctity of time and the terrible risks of future information. He then spends the next thirty years building a time machine.
- Doc suffers the same genetic disorder as real-life Michael J Fox, making him look exactly the same no matter how old he gets.
- In the third movie he builds a magical steam powered Happy-Ending-Mo-Bile.
Doc Brown: Evil Lunatic
Doc Brown first tested his time machine on his own dog and was visibly surprised when it actually survived. Other highlights include nearly running himself over by remote control, using a date-rape machine on Marty’s girlfriend and accidentally creating an entire dimension of hell.
This is why he was controversially cast as Commander Kruge in Star Trek 3. While most were baffled at the choice of a comedic actor, director Leonard Nimoy recognized an actor who could portray destroying an entire world without giving a rat’s ass.
Via Cracked.com
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Dragon’s Lair
Had you been loitering around arcades back in 1983, you’d have seen an astonishing looking game called Dragon’s Lair. Grabbing some change from the kiosk, you’d immediately rush over to the machine, shovel in all your cash and quickly realise why no one else was playing it… Dragon’s Lair’s incredibly cartoon-like visuals (created by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth) came with a very high price – game-play.
Due to the game using a laser disc instead of the more traditional PCB board, the actual gameplay was incredibly restrictive. Dragon’s Lair consisted of a series of episodes, each of which involved you making a quick decision by pressing the joystick in one of four directions. Make the right choice and you’d watch hero Dirk successfully negotiate his way through a short cartoon; fail and you’d be privy to one of his many different animated death scenes. Sure, you may have been given a fair few lives with which to test out the trial and error game-play, but after seeing Dirk crumble into a pile of bones for what seemed like the hundredth time, you soon realized that Dragon’s Lair was fool’s gold. Still, there were plenty of masochists out there who did enjoy it and, as a result, Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp was released in 1991. Game-play (if you could really call it that) had made no progress whatsoever and even a new version of the original game – that included several missing screens – entitled Dragon’s Lair: Escape From Singe’s Castle, did very little to hide the sheer hollowness you felt when playing this piece of gaming history. Mind you, I do applaud them for this undeniably technically important break-through for videogames, even though I still haven’t finished it yet!
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Who Fucking Cares
Seriously, you’re all thinking it. Who Fucking cares is Michael Jackson is dead. The fucking drugged up, plastic surgery addicted, boy loving pedophile should have died many years ago.
I’ve officially gotten fucking sick of hearing about him. I know we forget all the bad shit a person did when they die, but in some cases, fuck that, he was scum. I hope some of the children he abused get to piss on his grave.
Wacko Jacko Halloween Mask
You’re all thinking it, so don’t fucking flame me with your holier than though shit, he was a bad person, and his karma finally caught up with him. Also, isn’t putting that much plastic in the ground, or even burning it, bad for the environment?
Jackson Without Makeup
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Rocktober 16th.
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Jesus on a Raptor
Beginner’s Bible Coloring Book!, originally uploaded by The Searcher.
Beginner’s Bible Coloring Book!
Dad, did dinosaurs really exist?
Sure they did, son. The Bible says so. They didn’t call them “dinosaurs” back then, but instead they were known as “leviathans” or “behemoths”.
But, my science teacher says dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Is that true?
Of course not, son.
Then how old are they?
Well, let’s see. The Bible tells us [from Adam and Eve’s family tree] that the Universe is only a few thousand years old. So dinosaurs had to have lived within the past few thousand years. That’s simple logic, son.
Oh. So that means they were on Noah’s Ark?
Absolutely! The Bible says two of every animal were brought [by God] to the ark. Dinosaurs were animals. So, using your logic again son, dinosaurs had to be on the ark.
Huh. So how come scientists say they’re older than that? and died way before Jesus?
Well, son, they just make that up. Dinosaur bones don’t have labels on them to tell how old they are. In fact, there is no proof whatsoever that the world and its fossil layers are millions of years old. No scientist saw dinosaurs die-
Dad!
No I’m serious. Scientists only find the bones in the here and now, and because many of them are evolutionists, they try to fit the story of the dinosaurs into their view.
That’s sad. But I thought scientists were smart?
Sure, but they don’t know everything. So they have to make stuff up to fit their beliefs. While you and I, we have the facts, straight from the Bible.
I don’t want to be a scientist!
Ha! That’s ok, son. It’s better to be right, than smart. C’mon, wanna learn how to flip burgers like your Dad?
Yeah!
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Worst Parents Ever
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Stand by Me – Campfire Story
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More on Nikola Tesla
You can thank Nikola Tesla for helping you read this. Before his harnessing of the energy of Niagara Falls, most electricity was transmitted via direct current. Tesla pioneered the use of alternating current that is used in our electric grid. Check into the documentary film excerpted above for more info and links.
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