Kickstarter began as one thing, and has morphed into something… different from that original thing. I don’t know if that’s for the better, or for the worse, but as the combination of high-speed internet and file-sharing democratized the consumption of media, it appears crowdfunding is going to democratize the production of media. And it appears […]
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The Most Antisocial Way to Attend Emerald City Comicon
As Mary Traverse told you yesterday, Emerald City Comicon starts tonight. But if you’re not interested in driving to Seattle—or if you haven’t already bought tickets for Saturday, which is sold out—you should visit Flipon.TV’s Emerald City Comicon page, which is livestreaming certain ECCC panels for free. If you’d like access to all the feeds […]
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Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon Is This Weekend
Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon is HUGE this year, and if you don’t have your tickets you’re probably out of luck. There’s still tickets available online for Friday only, and some retailers may still have tickets available for sale in-store, but there are no tickets at the door. If you ARE heading to the Con this […]
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Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man
Peter Parker had it preeeetty lucky if you ask me. A radioactive spider bites him, and he only gets spider powers that would be convenient to a human? If it REALLY happened things would be preeeeetty different, as demonstrated in this very catchy and informative video entitled, “Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man.” (Audio a touch NSFW.)
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Chocolate for Breakfast (at Tiffanys): Hepburn Returns in Candy Ad
Here is the latest example of a company deciding the best way to sell a product is to use modern technology to resurrect the dead. It stars Audrey Hepburn, making amiable mischief thanks to the amiable mischief fuel that is Galaxy Chocolates. This is not the first time Hepburn has posthumously appeared in an advertisement. […]
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Small Pond, Little Ripples, Last Splash: Wizard World Sum-Up Kicks Rocks at Comics Community
The after-effects of Wizard World’s dropping their pre-packaged big-box con on Portland seemed, by Monday night, to be low-key and generally positive. For a company as practiced at throwing nerd parties as Wizard is, it would have been surprising had they not given the city an entertaining weekend. But then, Monday night, shots were fired […]
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Gif or Jif? The Definitive Answer to One of Life’s Most Important Questions
As we move into the future, we as a people are going to face questions that will have hard answers, because as technology outraces us all, we’ll have no precedents to look back on in some situations. So we’ll have to trust in our judgment, and hope that future generations will benefit from our wisdom, […]
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Portland’s First Tribble-Making Party: Crazy Successful
This summer, Trek in the Park will present the final episode in their “five-year mission” to present live Star Trek episodes in Portland’s parks. They’re closing with the classic episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” which means that they’re in need of a whole lot of furballs before the show opens in August. Last night, the […]
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Meet Your New Favorite Super Hero
Florida Man! Here are but a few of Florida Man’s most recent exploits. For never-ending updates, follow Florida Man on Twitter! Thank you, Metafilter.
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Let’s Help Iron Man Solve This Conundrum
In this 30-second sneak peek of Iron Man 3, Iron Man is facing quite the conundrum! Watch: Okay, so here’s the situation: Air Force One blows up or something and 13 people fall out of the plane. Iron Man asks his internal computer “Jarvis”—which is pretty twee for Iron Man, but let’s ignore that for […]
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“It’s Spock! Do You Care??”
It’s not a difficult task to dislike people who live in Manhattan—but Billy Eichner of the hilarious Fuse show Billy on the Street (Fridays, 10 pm) makes things a lot easier. Check out this hilarious video wherein Billy runs around the block with Star Trek star Zachary “Spock” Quinto asking random people, “It’s Spock! Do […]
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Why Doesn’t Spider-Man’s Webs Stick to His Shooter?: A Blogtown Query
So Spider-Man shoots a web from his web-shooter thingy, grabs on to it and swings through the air, at which point he shoots another web from his other web-shooter thingy and repeats the process. HOWEVER! How does Spider-Man’s web become detached from the web shooter thingy? He certainly doesn’t seem to be yanking it free. […]