Last week, Alison Hallett blogged about going to the state fair; in said blog entry, she tasked me with reviewing the fair’s various nerd-centric Lego displays. Yes: The Oregon State Fair has a Lego contest. I didn’t know about it either until I looked up and was all, “Oh, hey, Legos. Those don’t smell like […]
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Holy Womb Elephants!
Uh uh. I might have to reconsider my stance on elephant abortion. Jezebel has a whole gorgeous, creepy slideshow of animals in utero, from an upcoming National Geographic Documentary called “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb.” Shark! Chihuahua! Go look.
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Nerdlebrities Weigh in on the Star Wars Blu-rays
As suspected, that Yoda change wasn’t all—after a few days of panicked rumor-swapping in the dweebier corners of the internet, Lucasfilm finally admitted to the New York Times that, in the upcoming Blu-ray version of Return of the Jedi‘s climactic scene, the formerly silent Darth Vader now cries “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” in much the same goofy-ass, repeatedly […]
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BREAKING: George Lucas Makes a Decent Change to a Star Wars Movie
For fuck’s sake, he is LITERALLY CROSS-EYED. When the Star Wars Blu-rays come out next month, god knows how many tweaks will be in ’em (“Of course, every time we watched the movies, George would find something that he wanted to change,” Skywalker Sound’s sound editor Matthew Wood told Home Theater Forum), but at least […]
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Good God, They Put Porkins in the Star Wars XXX Movie
Hello, Porkins. You are the last person I would ever want to see in a porno. Anyway, here’s a (disappointingly) SFW trailer for Star Wars XXX. COME ON CHEWBACCA, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH R2 ALREADY. Via AICN, your source for all things having to do with Leia-related masturbation.
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Snarky Atheists Are Snarky
An Austrian atheist applying for a drivers’ license insisted upon wearing a sieve for his picture, citing a law permitting confessional headgear in official photographs. The seive, representing the atheist’s passionate devotion to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, delayed his license acquisition for three years. BBC writes: A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says […]
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George Lucas Strikes Back
This piece of nerd bait is awesomely dumb. The premise is that the real George Lucas was kidnapped decades ago, and ever since an impostor has been releasing Star Wars prequels and Indiana Jones sequels. The resulting preview had me rolling with shameful laughter. Via.
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Everything Is Horrible
This video from Star Wars Weekends at Disney World is a few days old, and I didn’t have any inclination to post it, because I was taught to keep the things that make me feel sad to myself and deep, deep inside, until they are absorbed into my subconscious, where they disappear like magic. But […]
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Taking Public Transportation in the Star Wars Universe Kind of Sucks
“Yes, yes, you’re correct of course—I was a highly decorated and respected military officer for the Rebel Alliance,” Admiral Ackbar said in a recent interview, speaking to me from his palatial oceanfront villa on Mon Calamari. “But there came a point where I had to ask myself: Where does one go from here? I considered […]
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Something You Are Probably Unaware Of
This image is sort of maybe vaguely related After taking time off MMA competition for marriage and later to recover from an injury, Amanda Lucas, daughter of Star Wars creator George Lucas, will have to wait a little longer for her return to the cage. Lucas, who was scheduled to fight Saturday at Freestyle Cage […]
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A Few Quick Thoughts Re: Lego Clone Wars
DISCLAIMER! I’ve only played through the first couple of levels so far, so it’s probably best to consider this an extended preview more than a full-on review. If my thoughts on the game change significantly as I keep playing, I’ll update this post accordingly. On an unrelated note, how badass is Lego Lando up there? […]
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Hey Blogtownies, OregonLive.com Commenter “wookieloving” Puts All of You to Shame. (NOW UPDATED!) ((SWEET MOTHERFUCKING JESUS, UPDATED AGAIN!!!))
Why yes, I am awesome at photoshop. Original art via. We don’t spend a whole lot of time on OregonLive.com around these parts, but thankfully, Kevin Collier’s great “Get to Know an Internet Commenter” column at McSweeney’s has alerted us to something magical happening over there: commenter “wookieloving” weighing in on all sorts of important […]