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Dora the Explorer channels Indiana Jones in her live-action parody adventure

When Nick Jr. star Diego seeks out his young cousin, the famed explorer Dora, he finds her in much the same way Indiana Jones found Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark, only sucking down a juice box instead of shots. It’s an auspicious beginning for their parody archaeological adventure, Dora the Explorer and…

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Jason Voorhees enjoys some goofy time off in Saturday the 14th

What do slasher movie villains do during their time off? A hockey-masked fellow enjoys a few mundane moments in Kristjan Lyngmo’s silly animated short Saturday the 14th. Be sure to keep your eyes on the background, especially those fridge magnets. [via The Animation Blog]

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Anti-rape PSA from the Harry Potter Universe warns against the use of love potions

One of the key uncomfortable events of the Harry Potter series comes about thanks to a love potion, and Potter fan Raph addresses the very serious moral and criminal aspects of love potion use with this PSA from the Ministry of Magic. Hopefully, this is covered early on in Hogwarts’ health classes. [Ashtray Boy via…

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Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Man and His Moon

Some people have a special relationship with the moon, one that goes beyond the typical enjoyment of moonlit evenings. What kind of tale can you cook up based on this fantastical photograph? This photo is part of Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov My Private Moon series. Head over to their blog for more magical realist…

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Gates McFadden has way too much fun with her Beverly Crusher action figure

What would you do if you had your very own action figure? Lately, Star Trek: The Next Generation actress Gates McFadden has been photographing her Beverly Crusher doll in all sorts of strange situations, creating a bizarre shrunken Dr. Crusher spinoff. McFadden is currently the artistic director of Ensemble Studio Theater in Los Angeles, and…

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Check out the view from the top of the world’s tallest building

National Geographic photographer Joe McNally climbed to the top of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa so the rest of us don’t have to. He posted this image to his Instagram account, adding, “My old battered shoes climbed the worlds tallest building today. What an amazing structure! Tweeting from 820 meters straight up!” [via Design You Trust]

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You see one South African fly-man that spits worms in his victims’ faces and eats their tears, you’ve seen them all

Well, last night saw one deeply goofy episode of Grimm. I was hoping that the episode’s worst quality would be the head of its Fly-Wesen antagonist, which looked either like bad CG or great CG of a bad rubber fly mask. But despite a few fun moments, “Mr. Sandman” was mostly just… baffling. Let’s start…

Television Rob Bricken

Bartkira is a cyberpunk tale of Neo-Springfield

Bart and Milhouse have grown up as troublemakers in the streets of Neo-Springfield, but the nature of their relationship changes radically when Bart starts manifesting powerful psychic abilities. Artist Ryan Humphrey found a strange and visually compelling mashup with his Bartkira images, and it’s turning into a project to reimagine Ōtomo Katsuhiro’s entire manga classic.…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Why wear Jayne Cobb’s hat when you can dress as Jayne’s hat?

This clever cosplayer puts all of those Jayne hat-wearing Firefly fans to shame with her full-body Jayne hat costume. Pretty cunning, don’t you think? [GeekExchange via Blastr]

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Saturday Webcomic: A roboticist meets his transgender robot doppelgänger in O Human Star

Sixteen years after he died, famed roboticist Alastair Sterling wakes in a robot body to a world he barely recognizes. Artificial beings walk the Earth, many of them based on his own memories and designs. Confused about his resurrection and this brave new world, Al visits his old research partner Brendan to find more surprises…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Brad Pitt travels the zombie-infested world in the latest World War Z trailer

The latest trailer for World War Z does go global, but not in the fascinating and heartbreaking manner of Max Brooks’ original novel. Instead of seeing the political and social consequences of the zombie pandemic, we get Brad Pitt racing around the world, trying to learn the origin of the outbreak while dodging the faceless…

Trailers Lauren Davis

The Doctor gets advice on the playground in the prequel to “The Bells of Saint John”

The Doctor reunites with Clara Oswin Oswald in next week’s Doctor Who episode “The Bells of Saint John,” but in this short episode prequel, he’s still looking for her. And he gets a bit of advice on how to find lost things from a wise young girl on the swing set. [via Bleeding Cool]

Television Lauren Davis

Season 3 of Transformers: Prime begins with Optimus Prime nearly dead

This week in the world of cartoons, we welcome Ultimate Spider-Man and Transformers: Prime back into the fold. Optimus Prime looks pretty banged up, while Spider-Man takes a trip to Boston to fight New England-themed villains. Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Gravity Falls are off this week, but will return. As always – minor spoilers…

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The IRS spent $60,000 making a truly awful Star Trek parody

The Internal Revenue Service will soon be deciding whether to audit your taxes — but be aware, these are the same people who spent thousands of dollars of taxpayer money creating this incredibly clunky Star Trek spoof. Shown at a 2010 training session, this Trek video was created in an IRS studio, using taxpayer dollars.…

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The Cities of Europa Glow in Icy Fissures Beneath Jupiter’s Swirling Face

Flying into Jupiter’s moon Europa is always a breathtaking sight. Cities cling to the reflective moon’s icy crust, while vast farms swirl in the warm seas below the surface. Now that we’ve learned to cultivate the native flora and fauna for food, it’s become the number one destination in the Jovian system. This gorgeous image…

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Here’s how the ancient Egyptians sucked the guts out of their mummies

A group of scientists have just busted a millennia-old myth about how the ancient Egyptians made their mummies. It turns out that nobody had to take burning cedar oil enemas after all. Greek historian Herodotus wrote back in the 5th century BCE that there were class distinctions when it came to mummification. He claimed that…

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Hot Damn! Riddick’s back, and he’s still scarier than a gang of monsters

This new trailer for the third Riddick movie is only 22 seconds long — but if you’re like us, you’re going to watch it over and over. This looks like classic Vin Diesel space-badassery at its finest, with a hostile planet, crazy monsters, knife-throwing, and Diesel’s trademark menacing purr. Check out screencaps below! Riddick hits…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

Holy sh*t, that is one enormous crocodile

This is not an ad for Toyota. It’s a photo of a 4.8-meter crocodile that was shot and killed earlier this week in the small Australian community of Palumpa. The scene was photographed by Jacob Brant, who sent the image to NT News. ABC News then confirmed its authenticity with local Wildlife Ranger Tommy Nichols,…

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Fans of morally gray characters really need to be watching Vampire Diaries. Seriously.

Last night’s episode of The Vampire Diaries revolved around not just one, but two ironic role-reversals, and made it look easy. This is like watching storytelling gymnastics. And now we see why it might be a good thing that everybody on the show’s a monster at this point. Spoilers ahead… We’ve been sort of uneasy…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

How the U.S. Cracked Japan’s ‘Purple Encryption Machine’ at the Dawn of World War II

When one thinks about cryptography or encryption in World War II, the first thing that comes to mind is the Enigma Machine used by the Nazis, whose code was broken by the Allies and used as a secret tactical advantage. But what many people don’t know is that just before World War II, the Japanese…

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Dora the Explorer channels Indiana Jones in her live-action parody adventure

Jason Voorhees enjoys some goofy time off in Saturday the 14th

Anti-rape PSA from the Harry Potter Universe warns against the use of love potions

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Man and His Moon

Gates McFadden has way too much fun with her Beverly Crusher action figure

Check out the view from the top of the world’s tallest building

You see one South African fly-man that spits worms in his victims’ faces and eats their tears, you’ve seen them all

Bartkira is a cyberpunk tale of Neo-Springfield

Why wear Jayne Cobb’s hat when you can dress as Jayne’s hat?

Saturday Webcomic: A roboticist meets his transgender robot doppelgänger in O Human Star

Brad Pitt travels the zombie-infested world in the latest World War Z trailer

The Doctor gets advice on the playground in the prequel to “The Bells of Saint John”

Season 3 of Transformers: Prime begins with Optimus Prime nearly dead

The IRS spent $60,000 making a truly awful Star Trek parody

The Cities of Europa Glow in Icy Fissures Beneath Jupiter’s Swirling Face

Here’s how the ancient Egyptians sucked the guts out of their mummies

Hot Damn! Riddick’s back, and he’s still scarier than a gang of monsters

Holy sh*t, that is one enormous crocodile

Fans of morally gray characters really need to be watching Vampire Diaries. Seriously.

How the U.S. Cracked Japan’s ‘Purple Encryption Machine’ at the Dawn of World War II

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