Legion of the Lame: The Orb
THE ORB
Real Name: Drake Shannon
Powers: Laser helmet; laser gun
Arch-Enemy: Ghost Rider
First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up #15
The Daily Nerdgasm: Inspector Spacetime Ep.1
If you are a fan of the genius NBC comedy COMMUNITY then you are well aware of the time traveling Inspector Spacetime. if you are not a COMMUNITY fan (and if this is the case I cast all sorts of aspersions in your general direction) then let me break down Inspector Spacetime for ya. On COMMUNITY, two of the characters, Troy and Abed, are gigantic geeks with a love of all things sci-fi. Chief among their sci-fi fan geekery is the longrunning British sci-fi show Inspector Spacetimie, about a long lived alien who travels around through space and time in a red telephone booth (named the D.A.R.S.I.T.) with his human associates. Sound familiar? Whoever could Inspector Spacetime be based on?
Well, the metafictional character has leaped from the COMMUNITY universe to the Interwebs with a live action webisode that is more fun than I expected it to be. Check it out after the cut.
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Whatever Happened To…The Kids From Stephen King’s It?
One of my favorite horror movies (based on the best book Stephen King has ever written in my humble opinion) is the made for TV mini-series IT. While the standout of the movie is the great performance of Tim Curry as Pennywise the evil clown that plagues the town of Derry, Maine, the other big selling point of the film is the portion that is set in the characters past. In this half of the film a group of outcast kids do battle with Pennywise and the kid actors all delivered amazing performances. So it got me to thinking…what the hell have those kids been up to since they all starred in this movie?
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Somewhere
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Written By: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning and Chris Pontius
Studio: Focus Features
Synopsis: Roguish Hollywood star Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) finds his debauched life of excess unexpectedly interrupted when his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) shows up at the Chateau Marmont Hotel for an unscheduled visit. Later, as father and daughter reconnect, Johnny begins to reassess his sordid lifestyle. Writer/director Sofia Coppola teams with brother Roman to produce a film executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and released by Focus Features.
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Short Shrift Theater: Loom
This short film comes from Luke Scott, son of director Ridley Scott, and it focuses on a lab tech (played by Giovanni Ribisi) at an industrial food corporation who seems to be doing some side genetic engineering in his off hours.
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Bachelorette
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Leslye Headland
Written By: Leslye Headland
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson and Lizzy Caplan
Studio: Radius-TWC
Synopsis: On the night before an old friend’s wedding, three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. With lovely Becky (Rebel Wilson) set to marry her handsome sweetheart, Dale (Hayes MacArthur), the remaining members of her high school clique reunite for one last bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. Regan (Kirsten Dunst) is an overachieving, uber-Maid of Honor who’s secretly smarting over the fact that she’s not the first to marry, while Gena (Lizzy Caplan) is a whip-smart sarcastic who’s actually a closet romantic, and Katie (Isla Fisher) is a ditzy beauty who loves the good life. But when Becky insists on keeping the bachelorette party tame, the women proceed with an after-hours celebration of their own.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Expendables 2
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 67% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Directed By: Simon West
Written By: Sylvester Stallone and Richard Wenk
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Studio: Lionsgate
Synopsis: Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
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True Blood Season Five: Save Yourself
So we’ve come to the end of the road…and Lafayette is feeling pretty damn fine.
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True Blood Season Five: Sunset
OK, so we are in the penultimate episode of the season with a multitude of storylines and characters that need to be put in place for the climax of all the doings so far yet this episode only runs 52 minutes. What’s up with that? It’s not like there wasn’t a shitload of stuff that could have been squeezed into that extra 8 minutes especially after the show wasted time on the Herveaux family dynamic for some insane reason. Alan Ball is worse at time management than Andy Reid.
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Bourne Legacy
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 55% (Critics) / 57% (Audience)
Directed By: Tony Gilroy
Written By: Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles.
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The Best And Worst Doctor Who Companions
With a new Companion (the lovely Jenna-Louise Coleman) set to debut in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special and the latest season of Doctor Who set to air this September, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the best and worst of the many people to travel alongside The Doctor in his TARDIS.
Crustula 