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fun fact: Sid Caesar was television’s killer app

Sat, Feb 15, 2014
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If you didn’t want to be left out of what everyone else was talking about — like Caesar’s show — you had to have a TV.

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behold the ugliest, most cynical geek glom-on ever

Thu, Feb 13, 2014
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Looks like someone found an original set of Star Wars bedsheets in a thrift shop…

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how many things are wrong with Sports Illustrated’s Barbie swimsuit cover?

Wed, Feb 12, 2014
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The magazine that long ago decided that ogling women in skimpy swimsuits counts as a sport has found a new way to reduce women to objects.

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another reminder of why the original RoboCop was so great: the Nukem ad

Tue, Feb 11, 2014
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“You crossed my line of death!”

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a reminder of why the original RoboCop was so great: the 6000 SUX ad

Tue, Feb 11, 2014
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Remember: Friends don’t let friends see bad reboots.

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this is why I love geeks: because they show us Middle-Earth from space

Sun, Feb 09, 2014
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These give me chills!

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Amsterdam photo of the day: proof that Simon Pegg is a time-traveler

Tue, Feb 04, 2014
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Alternate title: Simon Pegg likes it ruff.

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Tom Hiddleston, if someone were clever enough to cast him as Buckaroo Banzai

Mon, Feb 03, 2014
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It’s long past time for a reboot or a sequel. Let’s do it!

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people who complain about fast edits in modern films need to know this

Sat, Feb 01, 2014
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Ugh. I mean, Hollywood, amirite? Ruining our attention spans and won’t someone think of the children. Except…

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“Arnold Schwarzenegger” as Mr Freeze sings “Let It Go”

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
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It took 17 years, but now we know that there is a good reason for the existence of Batman and Robin.

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