Judging by this 1988 cover for a Commodore 64 magazine, I obviously wasn’t getting the most out of my good old C64.

This video was published by the European Commission for a campaign designed to attract more women to careers in science. The commission said that the video had to “speak their language to get their attention” and that it was intended to be “fun, catchy” and strike a chord with young people. They did not expect the negative reaction they received, and have since taken it down. So do you think this one would encourage women to become interested in science, or does it just do a really bad job of reinforcing stereotypes?

You can’t make this stuff up. Well you could, but that would make you very sad indeed, almost as sad as IMDB user brian_007.

Two days ago Brian, the James Bond wannabe, wrote a rather long post on the IMDB boards (post has since been deleted) for Peter Jackson’s upcoming prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey explaining why he thinks J.R.R. Tolkien TOTALLY ripped off J.K. Rowling.

What a dirty, rotten, plagiarizing git J.R.R. Tolkien was, right folks? Oh, how I weep for the future of humanity.

In case you can’t read the text on the image below, here’s the full text for to make your brain pick an ear to exit via…

Overall, I like Lord of the Rings. However, I do feel that Tolkien kind of rips off Harry Potter in many ways. There are several parallels, such as elves, dwarfs, wizards, goblins, trolls, magic (especially invisibility), etc. Sauron is referred to as “Dark Lord” just like Voldemort is. There is also the elder white-haired bearded wizard who serves as a mentor, Gandalf, who is reminiscent of Dumbledore. Some of the character names are similar, such as Wormtongue as opposed to Wormtail, too. There is even a gigantic spider (Shelob) at the end of “The Two Towers” that reminds one of Aragog from Chamber of Secrets. I even noticed that the plots of both series begin with the protagonists’ birthday. Now I see that Tolkien, this unoriginal bastard, is coming out with The Hobbit in December. This would be fine, but why didn’t he just write this book first to begin with? I still like Lord of the Rings, though–don’t get me wrong–but I wonder if Tolkien has ever said in interviews whether he borrowed elements from Harry Potter. I’ll be watching the extended DVDs later this week and I think he’s featured on the commentary track, so I look forward to that.

It’s well-known that tv shows often recycle props to save money, but many consider it bad taste that the season 1 finale included the head of George W. Bush in a bad wig because it was what they had laying around at the time.

Have a few beers, sit back, relax and prepare to watch the most bizarre version of Spider-Man that you’ll ever see. Andrew Garfield could never compare to this guy.

The one, the only, the Complete and Uncut ITALIAN SPIDERMAN One of the most insanely fun experiences of my life!
One I’ll remember forever, for better or worse.