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What if Guy Pearce played the Riddler in Nolan’s third Batman film?

Before The Dark Knight Rises started filming, Batman fan MMatt imagined a third Christopher Nolan Batman movie starring Guy Pearce as the Riddler. He created a series of posters casting Pearce as Edward Nygma and giving him his own catchphrase: Who is the Batman? MMatt posted the entire series to the Nolan Fans forums. [via…

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Photographs that make waves look like frozen sculptures

Pierre Carreau employs a variety of high-speed cameras for his AquaViva photo series, giving us an unusual glimpse of watery waves. These images emphasize not only the power and natural elegance of waves, but also the incredibly different shapes waves take as they roll, splash, and curl. Carreau explains on his website that he especially…

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Orphan Black ventures into the craft room of terror

When did Alison and Donnie’s house become the hotspot for all of Orphan Black’s violent interrogations? Somehow Alison decides to confront her husband directly about his possible spy activities right before the neighborhood potluck. Meanwhile, Cosima meets a transhumanist who may know more than he lets on. Spoilers ahead! This episode of Orphan Black planted…

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Crowdfund a fantasy book written by a 4-year-old and drawn by her dad

Four-year-old Regina loves to spin stories about dinosaurs, pirates, and dragons, and her father decided to illustrate the stories. You can help them print their book, fund an Emily the Strange music video, pre-order a neat hydroponic planter, or lend a hand to musicians Anamanaguchi and their video game-inspired music. The Dragon Book and Other…

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Stunning posters celebrate the original six Star Trek movies

In anticipation of Star Trek Into Darkness, culture site Crome Yellow is revisiting the original six Star Trek films to determine what made them great—and not-so great. They’ve teamed up with artist Matt Ferguson, who created a striking set of posters, one to honor each movie. Ferguson is hoping to take these posters to Paramount…

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An incredibly simple horror short to make you afraid of the dark

There is no gore in William Prince’s short film Click, just a group of kids, an abandoned building, an understated soundtrack, and a light switch. But it succeeds in making its only evil force—the darkness—menacing. The short is a finalist in Popcorn Horror’s Blood Games short film competition. It’s amazing to see what it accomplishes…

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Summon Old Ones with these painstakingly crafted HP Lovecraft props

Jason McKittrick crafts elaborate prop sets based on H.P. Lovecraft’s horror stories. Grab yourself a cultist’s kit and you’ll be summoning Cthulhu in no time! McKittrick sells many of his Lovecraft-inspired pieces at Cryptocurium, but his larger sets of faux-relics tend to land in private collections. The one up top is a collection of items…

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Dragon Zach Galifianakis plays Game of Game of Thrones on SNL

Zach Galifianakis graced Saturday Night Live with his manic, bearded hosting skills last night and showed us that it’s not easy being green. Or, more precisely, it’s not easy being dressed as a green dragon while enduring game show humiliation. The Game of Game of Thrones sketch pokes fun at fans’ encyclopedic knowledge of A…

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Michonne channels Beyoncé for a “Single Ladies” dance with the zombies

On this week’s The Line it is Drawn, Comic Book Resources asked artists to place comic book characters in music videos. We’re partial to Marco D’Alfonso‘s Walking Dead/”Single Ladies” mashup, with Michonne’s zombie companions as her backup dancers. There are more characters playing video star at The Line it is Drawn, like Cynthia “Thea” Rodgers‘…

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Do authors ever prefer the movie to their own book?

It’s common to say that the book is always better than the movie, but sometimes that isn’t true. Occasionally, a movie will come along that transforms its source material into something greater than the original. But how often do authors feel that a film adaptation has truly trumped their own work? It’s natural for authors…

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Batman’s foes grace these defaced North Korean dollar bills

German artist Aslan Malik put paint to US dollar bills to create his presidential Justice League series. Now he’s used a similar technique, but a different currency, for some of DC’s villains. His Injustice League of North Korea uses won notes as a canvas for Gotham’s most notorious villains. Aside from the origins of the…

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The humans are biting back in the True Blood Season Six trailer

Sure, the trailer for the sixth season of True Blood features plenty of shirtless dudes (plus Jessica gone school girl), but it also zooms in on a clear plot: plenty of humans are sick and tired of the vampires, and want to eradicate the species once and for all. The last two seasons of True…

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Classic novels visualized according to their color content

Graphic designer Jaz Parkinson‘s Colour Signatures is an interesting way of visualizing books. She pulls out all of the references to color in a single novel or play, tallies them up, and graphs the color scheme for each book. Parkinson explains the ongoing series on her blog: These are my colour signatures, an ongoing collection…

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Glimpse Neil Gaiman’s Cybermen in next week’s Doctor Who trailer

Next week the Cybermen return in the Neil Gaiman-penned episode “Nightmare in Silver.” This promo gives us the Cybermen on the attack and a few quick flashes of Warwick Davis. Via Supergeek on Observation Deck, who also recommends that you read Ursus-Veritas’ recap of the most recent episode.

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Behold handwritten pages from the Empire Strikes Back script

Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan wrote his first script draft for The Empire Strikes Back (though his was certainly not the first draft) by hand, and recently donated those handwritten pages to the Writers Guild Foundation Archive. Slashfilm got a peek at a few of those pages, and how they differ from the final version of the…

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Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Wall of Helmets

In a shadowy corner, lit by a strand of blue and purple lights, sits the wall of heads. Perhaps they are trophies from a long-forgotten war, perhaps helmets that have been retired, perhaps robotic heads waiting for someone to talk to. This piece, by concept artist Eddie Del Rio, was actually made for the film…

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Leonardo Da Vinci shows off his holy hand grenades

Last night’s Da Vinci’s Demons took us away from mad nuns and brought us back to the battle of wits and wills between Leonardo and Count Riorio. Leonardo’s latest move in the defense of Florence involves a pomegranate and some pretty fireworks. As always, spoilers within. Lorenzo Medici is feeling the paranoia after arresting his…

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Watch a falcon kill a duck in mid-air—from the falcon’s perspective

Dora the peregrine falcon wore a camera on her back to capture this incredible and brutal video. Watch as she slams into a flying duck, killing it in the air. [via MetaFilter]

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What if Conan the Barbarian was your spirit guide?

As you walk through modern life, you might need a no-nonsense voice to guide you away from self-pity, doubt, and the secret rites of blood donation volunteers. In By Crom! artist Rachel Kahn imagines that she is in constant consultation with the pulp hero Conan the Cimmerian. Although some of Kahn’s By Crom! comics juxtapose…

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A head-banging musical remix of the Iron Man films with Black Sabbath

There are spoilers for Iron Man 3 in audiovisual producer Mike Relm’s latest remix video, which mashes all three Iron Man movies with Black Sabbath’s classic song “Iron Man.” But if you’ve already seen the film (or don’t mind a few spoilers), it’s mix sure to get your blood pumping. This is by no means…

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What if Guy Pearce played the Riddler in Nolan’s third Batman film?

Photographs that make waves look like frozen sculptures

Orphan Black ventures into the craft room of terror

Crowdfund a fantasy book written by a 4-year-old and drawn by her dad

Stunning posters celebrate the original six Star Trek movies

An incredibly simple horror short to make you afraid of the dark

Summon Old Ones with these painstakingly crafted HP Lovecraft props

Dragon Zach Galifianakis plays Game of Game of Thrones on SNL

Michonne channels Beyoncé for a “Single Ladies” dance with the zombies

Do authors ever prefer the movie to their own book?

Batman’s foes grace these defaced North Korean dollar bills

The humans are biting back in the True Blood Season Six trailer

Classic novels visualized according to their color content

Glimpse Neil Gaiman’s Cybermen in next week’s Doctor Who trailer

Behold handwritten pages from the Empire Strikes Back script

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Wall of Helmets

Leonardo Da Vinci shows off his holy hand grenades

Watch a falcon kill a duck in mid-air—from the falcon’s perspective

What if Conan the Barbarian was your spirit guide?

A head-banging musical remix of the Iron Man films with Black Sabbath

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