We hate stereotyping, but honestly, most of us nerds are out of shape (except for maybe our thumbs, what with all the button-mashing they do). Is there anything that appeals to our sci-fi love AND will help us gain greater flexibility? It’s not *real* exercise, is it?
No. There is another.
Star Wars Yoga is the brainchild of Matthew Latkiewicz, a McSweeney’s columnist and fan of the holy (original) trilogy. Latkiewicz took photos of himself doing yoga poses that resemble things from the famous George Lucas myth — TIE fighters, speeder bikes and Wookiees, among them — and used those for a fake marketing proposal for Lucas himself. You can see the “exchange” of emails and ideas on Latkiewicz’s site.
Honestly, it looks like these could easily substitute for any boring yoga poses you may (or probably not) already be doing. Tell you what: try out some Star Wars Yoga poses, take pics of yourself doing so (fully clothed, please!), and send them to us. Maybe we’ll do a follow-up show-and-tell post with the best ones.
It’s a bit of old news (his blog posts about Star Wars Yoga are from 2009), but it’s been making the bored-at-work social media rounds again, so it deserves a fresh mention. Check out a few poses below, and then head to Latkiewicz’s site for the rest.
Going into The Avengers panel tonight, its not surprising that more and more news and rumors are coming out about casting in the much hyped movie.
Nathan Fillion, who was long-rumored to play Ant-Man in the Joss Whedon directed picture (even so much that I reported it here), told ComicBookMovie.com that he just simply doesn’t have enough time to do it!
I’m working ten months out of the year doing a television program where I don’t get a lot of opportunities to sneak out after work and do other projects, so I’m kind of locked in. If you just look at the logistics of it, I’m really busy. Even if all of the stars were to align, I wouldn’t have time to do it … if I had my choice, I would probably not pick Ant-Man. Nothing against Mr. Pym. But, no, I would not pick Ant-Man. He would not be my choice.
So, it looks like it may be the end of the line for Nathan Fillion having a major role in The Avengers, but I’m hoping he’ll at least have a small cameo or something. What do you think? Who would you like him to play?
A quick recap for our new and/or stoned readers… A company called Wicked Lasers became an internet sensation with the creation of real working ligtsaber (read about it here). Ol’ George Lucas himself caught wind of this monster and was none to happy, so LucasFilm slapped the boys at Wicked with a cease and desist letter (read about that here). Essentially cockblocking us all. We were so close friends, but in my sadness I digress. Wicked Lasers being the awesome mother fuckers that they are have put up the original cease and desist letter they received from LucasFilm for sale on eBay. Smart boys, got to have some way to pay the lawyers. Last we checked the auction was up to $585 with four days to go.(LINK!) The item description reads;
Up for grabs is the original, authentic Lucasfilm Ltd. Cease & Desist letter sent to Wicked Lasers in response to their new 1W Arctic 445nm laser.
The term “Danderman” is found on the footer of select pages which leads us to conclude that this document is from the desk of David Anderman himself.
Law.com describes David as the “enforcer of Lucasfilm’s worldwide intellectual property.”
While we hope that Lucasfilm reconsiders their position and merit, we are prepared to defend the rights of our customers and those of the laser industry.
Someone PLEASE buy this. We’ll update you in four days and let you know what the final selling price is. If any of our readers ends up the lucky winner contact us, we’ll have a few questions for you! Show your support by becoming a fan of Wicked Lasers as well as the Lasers for Liberty Campaign on Facebook. While you’re over at the book of face don’t forget about your favorite NerdBastards!
We all have suffer Nerd Rage in one form or another. It could have been from a video game, a conversation about comics, or even while watching a movie. Have you stopped and thought what form of Nerd Rage you unleash when you get angry. Well, the folks over at io9 has created this quiz to let you know the wrath of your own Nerd Rage.
You got 13 yes or no questions to answer and who knows, you might find out that you’re a peaceful nerd that doesn’t let things bother you or the quiz could set ya on another rage attack. As for me, I scored a 7, which makes me a “Dangerous Dork.” To find out what that means, take the quiz after the jump and see for yourself. (more…)
Take it in … a Rocket Powered Chainsaw (or RPC for short) courtesy of Unreality Magazine.
The RPC is one of those devices that does exactly what it promises, using rockets to propel a chainsaw out of a launcher to kill zombies. Granted, there are a few problems with it, as it would be incredibly heavy, the ammo would take up a lot of room, and it would be one hell of a bitch to re-load.
But still, it is a thing of beauty that will be on every zombie apocalypse dreading survival nut’s Christmas list this year.
Remember, for all your zombie killing needs – “Shop smart, shop S-Mart.”
The full schematic details can be found below the jump.
We realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that Art is awesome because you’re only limited by you imagination…blah blah blah. However you should also know that when you put your items on the internet you have just given us the OKAY to LOLZ at you. An unnamed ‘artist’ has ‘created’ and is selling a toilet covered in X-Men comic cut outs. Questions…1.) when did you decide plastering shit (not literal) to a toilet would be a super smart use of time? 2.) who this hell is buying this? 3.) can you poop in it? If you can then we like it a lot more. The ‘Artist’
The seat has been covered with the ads from the various companies that advertised back issues, showing the prices for available issues in 1991. The seat lid features the Magneto cover and assorted images of the Master of Magnetism from all the issues. The back of the seat lid features the “Blast From the Past” centerfold poster, with only X-Men as the background, no bad guys or filler pics. The bottom of the seat is glossy images from the deluxe edition only. It’s shiny and makes a wonderful frame for the lid back when opened…..The credits for the issue, along with the indicia, are intact on the base, along with the author’s name in large letters from an ad featuring his novels. After all the separate images were glued in place, they were coated repeatedly, first with the glue sealant, then with 5-6 coats of polyurethane. The whole process took upwards of 80 hours and a full pint of polyurethane.
If any of you buy it please send us pictures of it in use.
With everyone getting their knickers in a twist over Wonder Woman’s costume redesign, it’s only appropriate that this hit the Interwebz.
Back in ancient times, (around 2005 or thereabouts) nerd god Joss Whedon was set to helm a Wonder Woman movie. Flame wars over casting ensued, and it seemed like that was the only thing that got done before Whedon said he wasn’t doing the project anymore two years later.
Well, cats and kittens, that is the beauty on the Internet: Nothing dies. Costume designer Shawna Trpcic, who has worked with Whedon on a number of projects, shared a few sketches of what Wonder Woman might have looked like had the film gotten made.
While I don’t think there’s any way to make a jacket look like a natural part of Wonder Woman’s costume–that’s the part I dislike the most in the new costume–the designs do keep the general size of her chest emblem big enough to recognize, and with the pants–one part I like in the new costume–she would be able to stretch as far as she needed when rescuing people, lifting cars, etc., without worrying that the shorts aren’t revealing her Wonder Woowoo. Plus, Trpcic’s designs keep the classic boot design, but with a little tweak here and there.
What do you think? Yay, nay, or are you sick and tired of hearing about Wonder Woman’s costume?
Finally. FINALLY there is a trailer we can respect for Nimrod Antal’s Predators, produced by Robert Rodriguez
Skinny bitch, Adrien Brody seems really gritty and cool, and with the release of his new Mathew McConaughey-esque shirtless picture, ushering the new era of Action Hero. As weird as it seems.
Also the absence of Topher Grace leaves me bewildered but at the same time, all I can think, is he has to be the evil company man responsible for dropping the ragtag group of warriors on planet Predator. OR a stranded warrior who has once beaten them, and with much respect let him live on the planet. OK! I need to stop speculating, I’m just happy that finally we have a nice action movie to be a great popcorn summer sci-fi blockbuster!
Now heres a question. How long into the movie do you think it’ll be before an Alien shows up in the film. A trophy, a rogue, a SHIT TON of them!?? I really hope they toss the AVP by the wayside….For now.
Predators stars Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Oleg Taktarov. It opens on July 9
Jaime York tells us all about E3 gaming expo, Toy Story 3 blew all of our minds away and melted faces, Jonah Hex is a total no go, Blue Beetle live action!?, Luke would like to sleuse Adrian Brodies hott abs in Preditors, Marvel and short films, Rock Band 3 will touch you in places you couldnt imagine, Avatar porno in 3d!!! and more more more…
So wish you were at the E3 expo, and watch Andy go away to college!…
Raw, dirty, gritty and nerdy we are the inglorious nerd bastards.
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Nerd Question of the Week:
What is the best nerd pick up line?
The Winner is:
Jess:”Hello. I am female. My IQ is well within the 99th percentile. I have several gaming consoles and a large television. I have strong opinions about the Picard versus Kirk debate. I bring my own dice. I would like to show you my breasts.”
The Narnia saga has done fairly well in the US box office over the years. It never quite makes back what it cost to churn out of the studio, but then it triples it’s take worldwide. (more…)
With everyone getting their knickers in a twist over 
Well, cats and kittens, that is the beauty on the Internet: Nothing dies. Costume designer Shawna Trpcic, who has worked with Whedon on a number of projects, shared a few sketches of what Wonder Woman might have looked like had the film gotten made.
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