Admit it. When that harpoon speared Wash in the latter third of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, you felt like your own heart was being staked, didn’t you? Thanks to an upcoming one-shot from comic and actor Patton Oswalt, you’ll soon get a chance to honor Wash’s memory and learn more about him. (more…)

Felicia Day, everyone’s favorite nerdgirl who apparently can do no wrong, has been cast as the lead in an upcoming original movie for the SyFy channel. Cue geekgasms everywhere.

Day, who stars in the web series “The Guild” and has been featured in “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” will star in SyFy’s reimagining of the classic Little Red Riding Hood story. Titled “Red,” the TV movie is scheduled for a 2011 television release. I’m really, really trying not to make dumb puns about Day’s hair, her character and the movie’s title. It’s hard.

Here’s some info from the official release:

In the action-packed Red, Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business – hunting werewolves. He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him. Red also stars Kavan Smith (Stargate Atlantis) and Stephen McHattie (Watchmen).

When I read the release, I had to scrutinize it to make sure that God-Of-All-That-Is-Fantastic Joss Whedon wasn’t attached. The plot point about two very different people-things in love having to make a choice to kill or die sounds a wee bit like the end of “Buffy” season 2, no? Do you selfishly keep your love, or do you murder him for the good of the world?

SyFy has retold a number of classic stories and fairy tales in recent years, and they’ve been pretty good, so I’m sold on “Red.” However, SyFy also produces a number of awesomely awful B-movies such as “Pterodactyl” and “Minotaur.” How do you think “Red” will turn out?

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Well if this isn’t the best way to end a workday, I don’t know what is. Star Wars + Legend of Zelda + accordion – Weird Al hair = win! (more…)

It’s Friday! What does that mean? It’s “Marvel/DC” time! Yeah, I know we’re a little late with it. Screw you. (more…)

“Lost” has been a phenomenon since its first airing in 2004. But what happens when you combine it with the longest-running American sitcom, “The Simpsons?” Some guy in Canada shows us with yummy sketch-and-Photoshop goodness.

Dean (who apparently, like Cher, shuns a last name), owner of the Springfield Punx blog, had created  a number of Simpsonized “Lost” characters since May of last year. Beginning with Hurley, Dean created a new image each day for about a week. Then he did it again in the fall.

Why is all of this timely now? Because another guy named Adam Reynolds (who doesn’t have a blog, from what I can tell) put together a computer wallpaper that includes all of Dean’s Simpsonized “Lost” characters. Below, check out a few of Dean’s individual characters as well as Adam’s wallpaper composite.

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It’s a tale many of us nerds are familiar with from comics, films, tv and video games: the heroic orphan. Some of these kids have no memory of their parents, while some older children watch them get murdered. Some might later find new homes, while others wander the world in isolation.

Orphans in fiction are meant to reflect our own fears and differences from society at large; it’s something to “overcome.” In the cases below, the orphaned children (mostly) overcome the raw deal life has handed them and embark upon a hero’s journey. Below, check out a five fictional orphans who found their mojo and did great things.

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Admittedly, I haven’t posted in a while (Thanks, work), but I had to rant about this. I’m most definitely not a Barbie girl. When someone tries to extol Barbie’s “virtues,” I slap my forehead and think, “Fuck. Me.” Not so for everyone, apparently. (more…)

We’ve got two pieces of Star Wars goodness for you today, and they’ll combine to help you keep those silly New Year’s resolutions in style. Jedi style.

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So! Now that the Spider-Man franchise is going back to Peter Parker’s teenage years and Sam Raimi and friends won’t even get to be part of it, what’s the movie going to be like? (more…)

I’m not a video game renter — when I want something, I just buy it. Maybe it’s because I test out games on friends’ systems before buying them myself, or maybe it’s because I prefer long quest games that are difficult to finish before the rental period is up. But apparently, people still are renting games, and Rentrak has listed the most-rented games of 2009.

Fallout 3 tops the list, with UFC 2009 Undisputed and Call of Duty: World at War taking the second and third spots. The list of top 20 game rentals mostly boasts Xbox 360 titles, but a few Wii games are on there, as well. No Playstation games for any generation are on the list. Check out the full list on Joystiq here.

What about you? Do you rent games, or do you buy them? Why? Does the top 20 list accurately show what you rent and buy?