Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
This group on Flickr lets fans share their childhood pics and drawings. Above, the Fleming brothers and friends celebrate Halloween in 1977.
This inspired our latest poll, which you can find under the cut. Continue reading “Growing up Star Wars: 1977-1985″
Meet GraphJam, your new internet timewaster. (See also: Tarkin battle plan, Population of Alderaan, “Use the _____, Luke,” This day, and The Likelihood of Imperial Stormtroopers Hitting Any Given Target.)
I’m not sure I want to think too hard about the fact that Evil Dead: The Musical even exists, but it’s hard to deny these hilarious Broadway poster spoofs!
Weezer’s latest video features a ton of Youtube stars, including a lot of lightsabers. Whoo! (via)
A New York Times article on the Sci-Fi Channel – well, a passage about how the network attracted more women – sent io9’s Annalee Newitz on one mother of a rant:
If there’s something keeping women away from enjoying science fiction, it’s not spaceships. It’s not “aliens on some far-off planet.” It’s the fact that people on our very own planet keep telling us that women aren’t supposed to like science fiction. It’s a self-confirming prophesy, because the more that scifi creators are told this, the more they imagine that their audience is all boys. So they write rich, believable male characters and boring, cookie-cutter lady characters. They organize conventions with panels devoted to shit like “the hottest women of science fiction” and nothing devoted to female heroes — or the kinds of hotties that straight women might want to see (i.e., men).
Can I get an amen, ladies?
This isn’t the best time head out to Tunisia to check out Star Wars shooting locations. Two Austrian tourists were abducted from Matmata last week, and Al Qaeda is claiming responsibility. The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert urging U.S. citizens to “exercise extreme caution.” (via)
Adam Rodgers explores the concept that all geek springs from D&D at the NYT. As a concept it’s hit-or-miss, but the diagram is funny.
Who has played an RPG (Role-Playing Game) in their life? If you’re one of the geek-minded subculture of gamers, then the answer is most of you. Today, the co-creator of the grandfather of all role-playing games, Gary Gygax, died at his home in Lake Geneva, WI, the origin site of GenCon. The article I saw it at is here, as reported by SlashDot.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Gygax. Your contribution to entertainment and leisure time has provided countless hours, days, even months of fun, learning, and opportunities to grow in many lives, for many years.