Rob Bricken, Author at Gizmodo

Making a lightsaber is so much easier than I thought

All you need are raw eggs, a sharp stick, a great deal of repressed trauma relating to Star Wars and baby dolls, and voila! (Warning: This video may not teach you how to make a lightsaber.)

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Constantine’s getting a guardian angel for his TV series… literally

The cast of NBC’s Constantine TV series has expanded, and now we know three new characters who will team up with, be annoyed by and invariably regret knowing the titular magician. And that includes an actual angel played by a former Lost castaway. The new cast members include Harold Perrineau, True Blood’s Lucy Griffiths, and…

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Oliver and Deathstroke go to war in this epic 3-minute Arrow trailer

If you thought Arrow has been pretty good so far this year, get ready to have your mind blown. The show just released this three-minute trailer for the rest of the season, and it looks honestly more exciting than most superhero movies. I mean, besides the creation of the Suicide Squad, the return of the…

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Much like winter, an official Game of Thrones rap album is coming

This Friday, HBO will release Catch the Throne, an official album of 10 rap tracks all about and inspired by the world and characters of Game of Thrones. I have no idea how to feel about this. Honestly, it’s just like a fan-made nerdcore rap album, except it’s in this case the fans are professional…

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Where the hell are all the great female supervillains?

So the other day, I run into this guy in a weird uniform. He tells me he found an abandoned milk truck with a body inside, so he took the clothes, and now he’s masquerading as The Milk Man, and trying to unite the disparate peoples of the post-apocalypse by reminding them of the milk…

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The horror of what Marty Hart saw on the last True Detective revealed

If you’ve been watching True Detective, you know that in this past Sunday’s episode, ex-detective Marty Hart (played by Woody Harrelson) saw a video so upsetting that he completely freaked out. Thanks to Rifftrax’s Conor Lastowka, we can now reveal the horrible truth of what Hart saw.

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David Weber’s best-selling Honor Harrington series comes to comics!

Honor Harrington: Officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy of the 401st century, tactical genius, and star of 13 best-selling scifi/military books by David Weber. Now Honor comes to conquer comics with help from Image and Top Cow. (Read our exclusive interview with Weber.) But Honor’s tale isn’t the only scifi epic in this week’s comics……

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8 Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

America has had plenty of experience in taking awesome Japanese anime and making terrible adaptations of them. But for every Dragonball: Evolution, Japan has also borrowed one of our properties, and desecrated it in much the same fashion. Here are eight American casualties in this cross-pop culture war. 1) Batman: Gotham Knight Released shortly before…

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Here’s who will be playing Li’l Bruce Wayne and Catwoman in Gotham

Warner Bros. has announced David Mazouz and Camren Bicondova will play preteen Bruce Wayne and the 14-year-old cat burglar Selina Kyle in Fox’s Batman-less Batman series Gotham. Try not to think about how their characters will be boning each other on rooftops 10 or so years from now. Here’s the official character description for Bruce…

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Watch all those new Star Trek Into Darkness deleted scenes here

Those Star Trek Into Darkness deleted scenes that were removed from the DVD/Blu-ray release in order to make you buy a second better (or decent) Collector’s Edition release later are now available for your perusal. They fill more than a few of STiD’s plotholes, including why Carol Marcus is suddenly British. Kirk and Pike’s discussion:…

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The heroes of Bitten are also its most horrible villains

Okay. Either Bitten is a very subtle look at how fascists justify their oppression of others, or the show just has no clue that having its secondary protagonist castrating a man to death for choosing love over the law is supremely, supremely fucked. Quick recap: Jeremy is poisoned, Elena searches for Zachary Cain’s human galpal,…

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Satan cackles triumphantly as Hello Kitty teams up with Playboy

Yes, beloved Japanese icon of kid-friendly cute Hello Kitty and legendary magazine of class, culture and nekkid ladies Playboy have teamed up to spawn an unholy merchandise mash-up. Assuming the complete cognitive dissonance hasn’t caused you to pass out, here are a few of the items now available. The Hello Kitty x Playboy line is…

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Making The Hobbit 2‘s barrel escape was its own epic adventure

When Bilbo and the dwarves escaped Thranduil’s kingdom, they did so in empty wine barrels, rushing down the forest river, fighting wood elves and the rapids simultaneously. Their escape was a breeze compared to what director Peter Jackson and the actors went through to make the scene, as this Wired video reveals.

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You are not ready for The Visitor, Italy’s most insane scifi movie

A young girl with telekinetic powers. A war between good and evil. The fight to give the girl a brother to mate with. And blond Jesus Christ. These are just a few of the elements that make Giulio Paradisi’s 1979 movie The Visitor the “Mount Everest of insane ’70s Italian movies,” coming out this week…

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Bill Nye’s debate was a financial “miracle” for the Creation Museum

There are always consequences when engaging with the enemy. And when Bill Nye “The Science Guy” agreed to debate evolution vs. creationism with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham last month, he was considered to have won the debate, but he also brought a financial windfall to the museum that Ham describes — of course —…

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Zack Snyder explains how he “saved” Watchmen from Terry Gilliam

Last week we reported that when Terry Gilliam was attached to direct the Watchmen movie, he would have radically rewritten the ending to Alan Moore’s graphic novel. In an interview with HuffPo, director Zack Snyder explains why Gilliam was “smoking crack” — and he makes a lot of good points. If you’ll recall, producer Joel…

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On The Walking Dead, it’s time to have a goddamn drink

Can I tell you how much I loved this episode of The Walking Dead? “Still” was a lot like last season’s stand-out episode “Clear,” in that it’s about focusing on just a few characters. It was about learning more of Daryl’s life. But most of all, it was about Beth’s need to have a goddamn…

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The Worf of Starfleet should have won all of the Oscars

Sure, it’s not a real movie, and is technically just a Star Trek: The Next Generation-filled parody of The Wolf of Wall Street trailer, but my god it is awesome. After all, revenge is a dish best served with 10-15 quaaludes a day. [Via The Mary Sue]

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The Wild Hunt is no match for Wesen conservatism on Grimm

Remember this bit from my recap of Grimm’s last episode, the first installment of this two-parter? “I can’t help but feel we’re going to watch the next episode and feel like they both could have been condensed into a really good single episode.” Am… am I psychic? https://gizmodo.com/grimm-reveals-even-wesen-can-be-horrible-racists-1508733380 Because “Revelation” was even slower than “The…

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The awesome Harry Potter ending J.K. Rowling didn’t even know she had

Someone had an idea about how the Harry Potter books should have ended and it’s fantastic. And when I say fantastic I mean this is truly, objectively what Harry Potter’s final fate should have been in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and J.K. Rowling screwed it up. Call your editor, J,K. You have some…

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Rob Bricken

Making a lightsaber is so much easier than I thought

Constantine’s getting a guardian angel for his TV series… literally

Oliver and Deathstroke go to war in this epic 3-minute Arrow trailer

Much like winter, an official Game of Thrones rap album is coming

Where the hell are all the great female supervillains?

The horror of what Marty Hart saw on the last True Detective revealed

​David Weber’s best-selling Honor Harrington series comes to comics!

8 ​Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

Here’s who will be playing Li’l Bruce Wayne and Catwoman in Gotham

Watch all those new Star Trek Into Darkness deleted scenes here

​The heroes of Bitten are also its most horrible villains

Satan cackles triumphantly as Hello Kitty teams up with Playboy

Making The Hobbit 2‘s barrel escape was its own epic adventure

​You are not ready for The Visitor, Italy’s most insane scifi movie

Bill Nye’s debate was a financial “miracle” for the Creation Museum

Zack Snyder explains how he “saved” Watchmen from Terry Gilliam

​On The Walking Dead, it’s time to have a goddamn drink

The Worf of Starfleet should have won all of the Oscars

​The Wild Hunt is no match for Wesen conservatism on Grimm

The awesome Harry Potter ending J.K. Rowling didn’t even know she had

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

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Researchers Discover How to Add Psilocybin, DMT, and Other Psychedelics to Tobacco

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

David Weber’s best-selling Honor Harrington series comes to comics!

8 Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

The heroes of Bitten are also its most horrible villains

You are not ready for The Visitor, Italy’s most insane scifi movie

On The Walking Dead, it’s time to have a goddamn drink

The Wild Hunt is no match for Wesen conservatism on Grimm