Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
Above: In anticipation of the return of Game of Thrones, which by the way is this Sunday, HBO is offering you the chance to design your own House Sigil and “join the realm.” It’s really just a neat editor where you can plug in your name, pick an icon, add a motto, and boom, House Sigil. I made a quick one for the honorable House Lebowski as you can see above. A pretty good time waster for Monday morning, if I do say so myself.
03-21-13 • Comics, FilmPosted by Adam A. Donaldson
A lot of people are focused on who’s going to be in front of the camera on the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but what about who’s behind it.
Well one interesting name that’s come up is Brian Muir, and if you don’t know the name you’ve definitely seen his work. Muir is a sculptor who’s been used in several sci-fi and fantasy movies to create props and costumes. Amongst his credits are Darth Vader’s mask and chest plate in the original Star Wars, the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark,and the Space Jockey from Alien. He’s also worked on the Harry Potter films, The Dark Crystal, The Princess Bride and most recently, Snow White and the Huntsman. So this guy knows his $#!%.
Well, Bleeding Cool has learned that Muir has just been signed up to work on the upcoming Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy. Muir was recently working on Thor: The Dark World, and was apparently asked to stick around for Guardians. Considering Muir’s background, Bleeding Cool tried to find out if Muir was working on Star Lord’s mask, but they were “given the run around.” But what they did learn, however was that “there’s something of a Star Wars vibe to the plans for Guardians.”
Well at least they went to the source to accomplish it.
We’re gonna keep our views on the numerous 9/11 conspiracy theories to ourselves….But you gotta admit, when those same theories are applied to the destruction of the first Death Star, as Graham Putnam does in Luke’s Change: An Inside Job (a parody of the 9/11 conspiracy documentary: Loose Change), and when the event is looked at from the perspective of an Imperial citizen (who apparently has access to a LOT of classified information), the whole thing DOES start to look kinda sketchy: A one-man fighter takes out a space station the size of a moon with a single shot, and the pilot just happens to be the son of that station’s commander, who just happens to be the only survivor of the station’s destruction?
It’s food for some very nerdy thought, but I have to admit, I was disappointed by several glaring mistakes you’d think anyone who’s a big enough SW fan to make a vid like this would avoid: Alderaan is mispronounced repeatedly, as is Corellian…Leia didn’t add Solo to her last name until she married Han (an EU storyline), Anakin built Threepio, but not Artoo….and, most annoying of all: the thermal exhaust port on the first Death Star was two METERS wide, not two feet.
I will grant that it’s possible these mistakes were made purposely for nerds like us to nitpick (just as I’m sure the average 9/11 conspiracy theory has more than a few factual errors), but I’ve personally never liked the “I’m Gonna Sound Like An Idiot To Make YOU Look Like A Bigger Idiot” school of comedy.
Anyway, here’s the vid: Watch it, and draw your own conclusions.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com
ABOVE: Lego Picard and Slave Wesley. Someone made it so. [Superpunch]
I know, I know. It’s almost unimaginable that a young man in America could have reached the age of 23 without ever seeing The Empire Strikes Back or at least having the climactic revelation spoiled for them through one of a hundred parodies in pop culture. Honestly, I wonder if this guy was raised as a hermit, or maybe Amish. Seriously, how does one not know Darth Vader is Luke’s father!
Oops, should I have included a spoiler warning?
Watch below as this guy gives you his honest reaction to, “I am your father!” and stay through to the end for what he’d of done if he were Luke.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: Every James Bond actor ever morphed into an image to create one bad-ass Super Bond. “Morphed”? Yeah, right… looks more like someone hit Roger Moore in the face with a shovel. [NerdApproved]
This time on the sound gumbo that is The Bastardcast, Jason and Jeremy learn about feelings and fight about the power of nerd rage and how much Disney should fear it as they possibly consider resurrecting Darth Vader (even though they probably won’t). After that, it’s straight on through to the magical land of Twinkie death and Marvel as they discuss a future seer named Roger who knows… things… things about the upcoming slate of Marvel movies but who didn’t know that America’s favorite snack cake was going to be filled with sad.
Into video games? Hell yeah you are you twinkie munchin mother fffer and this week Jason and Jeremy are goona gush about Halo 4 and Modern Warfare‘s ridonk sales figures and the life replacement system that is GTA V. Oh no Ho Ho, we ain’t done yet, the guys are also talking about the shocking lack of more Firefly, and Jason fills us in on his middling trip to a New Jersey porn convention that smelled like astroglide and sadness. All that and more on the 500 Cl… on The Bastardcast!
Also, they talk about the death of Hostess… you know, in case you didn’t realize.
Aside from a Jar Jar origin story, isn’t this our greatest fear with a Star Wars re-launch? The completely ridiculous resurrection of an iconic character whose death stands as one of the key moments of the trilogy?
That’s right, Darth Vader is returning to sell lunch boxes and force choke us all for the crime of dedication and our new hope that the next trilogy might be better than the last. At least that’s the rumor du jour coming from across the sea via a “production mole” who ratted out the empire to The Daily Express which still prints news on paper… oh those laudable Brits.
Anyway, it might be false, it probably is false, but it’s my job to pontificate on this little bit of tid, so you’ll have to excuse the massive waste of your time and my exceptional skill.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: The only 2013 calender you’ll need; featuring Battlestar Galactica alums Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff. Yeah. It’s exactly as sexy as you are imagining. Imma keep the pervy comments to myself, though. The duo created this calendar for Acting Outlaws, their charity that raises funds for various causes. I can’t be dirty nerdy when charity is involved. [NerdApproved]
Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerd based art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every net based nook and cranny. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly Nerd Art Dumps.
Na na na na na na na na, Batgirls! – Well, one Batgirl and a Robin anyways, but a single Stephanie Brown. We here at Nerd Bastards HQ love the work of Lynne Yoshii, having featured her here several times before, but featuring the former Spoiler turned third Batgirl with her past self is pretty damn cool. When your originally a three-issue deal and you become one of the biggest female characters in comics you know your doing something right. [Comics Alliance]
Hit the jump for Spider-Man, Ginny Weasley and MOAR! (more…)
Advertisement
Like Us
Follow Us