Category: Life On The Big Blue Marble (News)

i.e. the world’s greatest action figure

Yeah, but it’s $200.00 buck$…and it’s still a doll.… Read more

The classic rock band’s music will be available at the iTunes Store worldwide

“You
Shook my iPad
All night long?”

Just not the same…… Read more

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by Crystal Dynamics

I could get excited by this, as long as Angelina Jolie ain’t in it.… Read more

Actors Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker are the lucky ones.

Yes, I am excited. Can’t ya tell?… Read more

The Mary Sue

Extra storage space and a swimming pool?… Read more

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When the team first developed a cloaking device back in 2006, one of the biggest problems was the appearance of minor reflections around the edges.

Some would ask, “Why?”
I would ask, “Why not?”… Read more

Michael Arndt, who penned Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3,” has been tapped to write the screenplay for “Stars Wars: Episode VII,”

As long as it doesn’t come out as, “Little Miss Jedi”.… Read more

Nigel Ackland lost half his arm in an accident six years ago. But now he’s got a carbon-fiber prosthetic arm that is strong enough to grip a beer yet gentle enough to clutch an egg.

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Marvel is wasting no time getting S.H.I.E.L.D. to the eyeballs of superhero fans worldwide

I winder who is going to play Nick Fury?… Read more

Japanese grad students have been investigating one of science’s great mysteries

Awww…ooohhh…wook at the widdle….… Read more

Through all the rumors, it looks like there may be a sound candidate for the job

That would be…Kick-Ass! (Sorry)… Read more

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Will air on SyFy…sometime.
Available to watch online via Machinima’s premium YouTube channel, Machinima Prime beginning November 9.… Read more

Not cool, Saul Zaentz Company. Not cool.

Some folks have NO sense of humor.
Unlike me — I’m a load of laughs. Ask anyone. I dare ya.… Read more

The greatest cosplay isn’t just a loving recreation of your favorite character (or item) from science fiction, fantasy, comics and games — it captures something terrific about that character’s personality, mixed with the cosplayer’s own

I have GOT to get offa my butt and do some dress-up!
A naughty Doctor maybe?… Read more

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has pinpointed a real location for the fictional planet of Krypton

I could only hope that means Supergirl would show up.
Better yet, Wonder Woman!… Read more

I regret to inform you guys that this will be my last week as editor of ToplessRobot.com.

From Rob Bricken, who will be missed by many.
Me, too, I guess.

Topless Robot… Read more

The official dictionary of the Swedish Academy, the Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL), defines a nerd as a ‘simple-minded and laughable person’

That definition comes from further back than 2005. I thought Sweden was more progressive?… Read more

Referred to as Orbis, the PS3 successor will support Blu-ray, will not be built in Japan, and will be “very affordable, but no slouch”

“Orbis”? Isn’t that some kind of chewing gum?… Read more

Francis Lawrence

That’ll work just fine. Three fingers to him!… Read more

Disney has acquired Lucasfilm, and with Lucasfilm the Star Wars franchise

Beware though–Goofy is a Sith!

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Doctor Who star Matt Smith has admitted that he is “open” to the idea of a Sherlock crossover

I can just see the one-upmanship happening — might be fun?… Read more

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