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This X-Men: Days Of Future Past VFX Breakdown Is The Best I’ve Ever Seen

It takes a lot of computers to turn actors into a naked, blue Jennifer Lawrence, as this absolutely stunning VFX breakdown for Digital Domain, who worked on X-Men: Days of Future Past proves. Seriously, if you watch just one of these VFX reels we love posting so much, make it this one. Besides really getting…

All The Different Voices Rocket Raccoon Has Had Through The Years

Just because Marvel only recently started pushing the Guardians of the Galaxy to the forefront of their universe doesn’t mean they haven’t had a lot of iterations. Case in point: YouTuber TheGenerationWest compiled all seven different voices Rocket Raccoon has had over the last four years. If nothing else, that should show you how serious…

Expanded Animaniacs “States & Capitals” Song Includes The Entire World

Remember Wakko’s informative, catchy “50 States and Their Capitals” song from the classic ’90s cartoon Animaniacs? Well, this gentleman named Kylan has remade the song to include both every nation on the planet, and their capitals, too. It’s beyond impressive (and still ridiculously catchy). [Via Uproxx]

Can You Find All The New Villains Teased In This Gotham Season Preview?

Whatever issues the first episode of Gotham had, this newest trailer for the show — one that teases the entire first season — indicates it could very well deliver on the potential seen in the premiere. But if it’s not going to deliver on the potential, it’s definitely going to deliver more Bat-villains. https://gizmodo.com/15-other-ridiculous-ways-we-could-meet-new-batman-chara-1639555355 Obviously,…

​The Strain Is Not Acting Like The Season Finale Is Next Week

Oh, The Strain. You did it again. You wasted most of another episode — the one before the season finale this time — and had me ready to lose my mind at your continued dawdling. But then you redeemed the whole damn thing with the greatest characters of 2014. Again! After last week’s semi-climactic non-battle…

David Fincher Originally Met With Lucasfilm About Star Wars: Episode 7

Before Disney selected J.J. Abrams as the man responsible for ushering in a new era of Star Wars, Gone Girl’s David Fincher met with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy about the possibility of directing Episode VII back in 2012. Whoa. According to /Film, Kennedy wanted Fincher for the job, but Fincher turned it down. But based…

Meet The Doomed New Characters Of The Walking Dead Spinoff

No one’s been cast yet, but now we know the names and personalities of the poor people who will be trying to survive the zombie apocalypse in AMC’s Walking Dead spinoff. Who will die first? Courtesy of TV Line: SEAN CABRERA | A Latino male in his early 40s, Sean is a good man trying…

Daniel Radcliffe Looks Like Hell In These New Horns Stills

No pun intended. But let me assure you you’ve never seen the former Harry Potter looking quite like this. For those who haven’t read Joe Hill’s novel of the same name, some of these pictures may be spoilers, so check them out on your own recognizance, okay? Okay, so that last one isn’t from Horns.…

Marvel And The Jack Kirby Estate Have Reached A Settlement

Days before the Supreme Court went into conference to discuss the rights of Jack “The King of Comics” Kirby’s estate over a significant portion of Marvel Comics most popular superheroes, Marvel and Kirby’s heirs have announced they’ve reached a settlement. This, my friends, is unequivocally good news. The terms of the deal are unknown, but…

15 Other Ridiculous Ways We Could Meet New Batman Characters On Gotham

Poison Ivy as a plant-toting tot? The Riddler as a medical examiner? Gotham’s taken some weird liberties with the Batman mythos in its new TV series, but there are plenty more villains as well as heroes Gotham has yet to give us! Here are our surmises for how Gotham will reimagine these 15 prominent Bat-characters.…

You Won’t Believe How Much Work Went Into This Back To The Future Shot

Whether you’re a fan of film in general or BttF in specific, hearing special effects supervisor Kevin Pike explain how the movie’s lengthy, one-take opening shot was made — and how many people were needed behind the scenes to make it — is fascinating. The work required for the dog food alone… The interview was…

A Compilation Of The Walking Dead‘s Greatest, Grossest Zombie Kills

I fully approve of this supercut of The Walking Dead’s zombie-slaying, although it may occasionally focus on quantity over quality. I do, however, begrudge its use of the “Can-Can” music when it could have used “Yakety Sax” to infinitely greater effect. Everything is better with “Yakety Sax,” people. When will you learn? [Via Warming Glow]

Han Solo, Star-Lord And Captain Mal Discuss The Joy Of Shooting First

What happens when the galaxy’s greatest anti-heroes meet up for a drink? They talk about how dumb it is to wait until bad guys shoot at them before returning fire, naturally. The Brotherhood Workshop has made a lot of fun stop-motion Lego videos over the years, but if they decided to make nothing but Firefly/Star…

New Jupiter Ascending Trailer Finally Merges Scifi Spectacle With Story

The early trailers for the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending have always looked impressive, but they seemed like they wanted to bludgeon people into theaters by assaulting them with an overabundance of chaotic scifi/CG action. But this third trailer is the first one to makes me want to see the movie. Of course, we’ve known the plot…

Michael Moorcock Reveals Why This Elric Comic Is Superior To The Books

Julien Blondel and Robin Recht’s first sumptuous comic adaptation of legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock’s Elric saga is in comic stores now, and no one’s a bigger fan than Moorcock himself. In fact, the author told io9 that he thinks it’s superior to his original stories! We spoke to Moorcock about what makes Elric: The…

The Army Messes With The Wrong Robot Alien In This Great Short Film

Part E.T., part Iron Giant, and part just really good, “Envoy” is an excellent 10-minute short film by David Weinstein, which he hopes will work as a proof-of-concept video for a feature-length movie. It starts a little slow, but keep watching and you’ll be treated to a solid short with some damn fine VFX. I…

Anti-Mutant Propaganda Video Leads Weird-Ass X-Men: DoFP DVD Marketing

Having done such a great job with the viral marketing leading up to X-Men: Days of Future Past, it appears Fox is continuing the job in advance of DoFP’s DVD and Blu-ray release with this mysterious video. But why are they bothering? According to the YouTube description, this is ostensibly a video from an anti-mutant…

Ridley Scott Says Prometheus 2 Is Xenomorph-Free

When Noomi Rapace and the severed head of Michael Fassbeder resume their interstellar adventures in Prometheus 2, they can take comfort in the fact that they won’t be bothered by any more xenomorphs. Ridley Scott says the sequel to his 2012 quasi-prequel to Alien will be completely devoid of Aliens. Yay? Scott told Yahoo Movies…

University of Baltimore Has A Class On The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Are you a student at the University of Baltimore looking for a fun, completely useless class that will likely offer you no true academic benefit whatsoever? Then make sure you look for “Media Genres: Media Marvels” during next spring’s registration, the class that will examine Marvel’s modern movie legacy. It will be taught by UB’s…

DC will release a scratch n’ sniff Harley Quinn comic, because reasons. The HQ Annual #1, due on October 29th, will feature scents based around a story about Harley breaking Poison Ivy out of jail. Supposedly, the U.S. comic’s smells will include “cannabis,” which will be switch for “cut grass” in foreign markets. Weird. [Via…