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Puma Man teaches you a simple mantra to repeat, next time someone tries to control you using your own severed head
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Here’s the most amazing moment from Italian superhero film The Puma Man. It’s already been featured on MST3K, but we had to pay tribute to it ourselves. More »
Goodbye, Vince: Why we’ll miss The Cape
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Last night’s episode may be the last we ever see of The Cape, NBC’s splashy superhero show. And “Razer” was the perfect example of just why we’ll miss this cockamamie show. More »
The Large Hadron Collider may soon prove supersymmetry theory is wrong
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Supersymmetry holds that all the subatomic particles we know have counterparts that are almost exactly the same, only much, much heavier. But the Large Hadron Collider hasn’t found any supersymmetric particles yet, and they’re running out of places to hide. More »
RoboCop remake back on track, but without Darren Aronofsky
It’s been a very good year for Detroit’s crime-fighting cyborg. You’ve seen the RoboCop statue plans and heard Peter Weller address the robo-statue naysayers. More »
The apocalyptic future of Portland, Oregon comes to life in this burning hot teaser trailer
Concept designer David Levy has done design work on games like Assassin’s Creed and Tron Legacy – and now he’s unleashed this mysterious teaser trailer on the world. More »
Why supermassive black holes are too greedy for their own good
The galaxy Markarian 231 is dying, and its own supermassive black hole is ripping it apart. The black hole is absorbing so much material and spewing so much dust and gas back out that star formation has been completely disrupted. More »
Rise of the Neurothriller
Inception is the latest standout example of the mind-manipulation movie, following in the tracks of Memento and classics like George Cukor’s Gaslight. Call them neurothrillers. What makes neurothrillers relevant now? More »
How Axe Cop’s artist took us to Bad Guy Earth to kill villains – and conquered the the internet
If you’ve been on the internet in the last 365 days, chances are you’ve run into Axe Cop, the surrealist action webcomic drawn by 30-year-old Ethan Nicolle and written by his 6-year-old brother Malachi. This Wednesday, the brothers Nicolle publish their first full-length original comic book Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth with Dark Horse Comics. More »
Check out concept art from the upcoming X-Men anime
We saw snippets of these characters in the preview for Madhouse Studio’s new X-Men anime, and now Japanese broadcaster Animax has revealed full character sketches. In addition to this illustration, an official plot synopsis is up at Marvel. More »
New Terra Nova trailer breaks out the hard-core dinosaur drama
The last trailer we saw from Steven Spielberg’s dino drama Terra Nova was a bit blurry at best. But now we’ve got a brand new clip with new dialog and better dinosaurs. More »
Why stupidity can be the smartest survival strategy
Mindlessly copying everything your parents did may seem like a silly thing to do. But from an evolutionary standpoint, not thinking might be the best possible strategy for survival. More »
10 Great Philip K. Dick Stories that Hollywood Hasn’t Filmed Yet
Philip K. Dick is the reigning champion of Hollywood. This Friday’s The Adjustment is just the latest in a long string of Dickian movie adaptations. But some of Dick’s greatest stories have yet to be filmed. More »
New extended look at Game of Thrones slices through the drama, with Valyrian steel swords
This new extended trailer for Game of Thrones actually starts explaining who these characters are, and what sort of awesome will be spewing from their mouths. More »
How to make your own pop rocks
Pop Rocks have their place in everyone’s childhood. Although the myth that they could make your stomach explode was debunked in that great 1990s documentary Urban Legend, kids still have a morbid fascination with them. More »
