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If you are a popular athlete, have been attractive for most of your life or had a girlfriend in high school, then you probably don’t know that May 4 is Star Wars Day. Star Wars is the seminal piece of work in the nerd universe, and single-handedly created the serial Hollywood science fiction blockbuster.
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'Why Is There Only One Wonder Woman?'
Greetings, my little priority envelopes. I apologize for the spottiness of “Postal Apocalypse” recently, but rest assured I had very good reasons that I’m absolutely not going to tell you about. This week: Whether superheroes truly create their villains, the reason Jurassic World’s dinosaurs didn’t and won’t have…
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Rian Johnson Asked for a Small, Crucial Change to The Force Awakens
When Rey leaves Leia and the Resistance to go find Luke Skywalker, she brings two friends with her: Chewbacca and R2-D2. However, that wasn’t originally the case.
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What Comics Do You Think Should Have Been Nominated for the Eisner Awards?
The nominees for this year’s Eisner awards have been announced and, the contenders represent some of the best writing and illustration in the comics industry. But, as is always the case, there are countless amazing books that didn’t receive a nod.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Will Open in the US on April 22, 2018
We knew this play was coming, but now we have an official opening date.
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Dear Handmaid's Tale: I Can't Believe There's No Butter
I have a few beefs with Hulu’s adaptation of the notable novel that has set many a school girl on a path to feminism and rejection of fuckbois. There’s obviously my disappointment with Serena Joy’s transformation from spackled mess of a Tammy Faye icon to coifed Ivanka Trump twin (mainly because I want to see Yvonne…
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Earn Your Wings With This $38 Camera-Equipped Drone, Today Only
If you’ve caught drone fever, but don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on a DJI Phantom, Amazon will sell you a basic camera-equipped quadcopter today for just $38.
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The Royal Family Unites in the First Look at Marvel's Inhumans TV Show
We’ve seen the casting news, we’ve seen the set pictures—we’ve even seen the poster. But now it’s time to get our first look at the stars of Marvel’s long-in-the-works adaptation of Inhumans. And... well, you can see for yourself.
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Cassini's Second Grand Finale Dive Might Be Outshining the First One
Cassini’s six-month-long Grand Finale mission has become the unofficial nerd Super Bowl: each time the NASA-led spacecraft drops a new batch of raw images, we jump to our computers and frantically scroll through to find the best. (Actually, we never leave our computers, because we are nerds.) But in any case, the raw…
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You Can Now Go On Your Own Doctor Who Adventure, Through the Magic of Skype
Weird interactive chat bots are becoming all the rage these days, but not all of them let you go on an adventure in time and space with Peter Capaldi just by signing on to Skype, do they?
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Today's Best Deals: May The Fourth Sales, Anker PowerCore, Dutch Oven, and More
Star Wars collectibles, your favorite USB battery pack, and a heavy duty dutch oven lead off Thursday’s best deals.
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The Midwest Looks Absolutely Drenched in This New Image From Space
Several states across the American Midwest are experiencing intensive flooding in the wake of unusually vigorous storm system that passed through earlier in the week. Images taken from above and on the ground show the extent of the record-breaking floods, which now threaten areas downstream.
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Star Wars Characters Sing Smash Mouth's 'All Star' and It's Annoyingly Good
You can blame Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show for all those “lol you’ve gotta watch this!” emails from your mom that you constantly have to delete. But we begrudgingly have to admit that aliens, Jedis, droids, and Sith singing Smash Mouth’s “All Star” is shockingly well done.
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This Amazon Sale on Darth Vader Comics Is Impressive. Most Impressive.
If The Hallway Scene rekindled your Darth Vader love affair, all four volumes of his new comic series are on sale on Kindle today. The first three volumes will only set you back $5 each, while the fourth is marked down to $10. Once you purchase, you’ll be able to read them on basically any device via Comixology.
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We Might Know One of the Pivotal General Leia Scenes in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
There’s another new update on the troubled Crow reboot. Get a look at Seth Rogen’s Last Starfighter-esque new comedy for Hulu. The Gears of War movie has a writer. Plus, what’s to come on Lucifer and Gotham, a new snifter of Wonder Woman footage, and another new song from the Once Upon a Time musical episode. Spoilers!
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May the Force Be With You, Always, With Amazon's Star Wars Memorabilia Sale
Never tell me the odds that Amazon would host an incredible sale on signed Star Wars memorabilia to celebrate May the Fourth. Everything from a Kenny Baker/R2D2 photo all the way up to a Dark Horse comics and glossy photos signed by all the big names (Jar Jar Binks, notwithstanding) is there. These prices will set…
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A Mysterious Box Causes Curiosity and Chaos in This Clever Stop-Motion Short
Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry now works at Laika, where he helped make Kubo and the Two Strings and The Boxtrolls. The film that got him the gig: student film The Arctic Circle. Guided by silent movie-style titles, it observes a man whose solitary life takes a sudden turn when he makes a strange discovery.
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See Summer in Zootopia Through the Eyes of the Film's Director
Last year offered several stellar animated films. But in my mind, of all the Oscar-nominated animated films in 2016, the rightful winner took the prize: Zootopia.
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All the Secrets Unlocked by the Dark Tower Trailer
We got the first Dark Tower trailer today and it was a lot. So we, of course, picked it apart to figure out what we could about this seemingly complicated movie.
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