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X-Files Alum Vince Gilligan Teases His Return to Sci-Fi With Better Call Saul Star

Rhea Seehorn will star in the Breaking Bad creator's new series, which he describes as "mild sci-fi."

Star Trek’s John de Lancie on Bringing Back Classic Characters for Revivals

Season one of Star Trek: Picard is filled with nostalgia and characters Star Trek fans know and love. Season two will continue that legacy by having John de Lancie reprise his role as the high-powered entity Q. While it was a nice surprise to learn last week, in a new interview, the actor talks about…

Science Professor Reportedly Admits to Making MDMA With His Students Because What the Hell

A pharmaceutical science professor in Japan allegedly taught his students how to make the illegal drug MDMA, and claimed it was important for their education. Japan Times reports that on Tuesday, Tatsunori Iwamura, a professor at Matsuyama University in Shikoku, was referred to prosecutors for his unusual curriculum. He reportedly admitted he instructed his students…

Why the End of Breaking Bad Was One of the Best Ever

It’s been three meth-less years since Breaking Bad ended. That’s way too damn long without the good stuff of Heisenberg. So to celebrate the three-year anniversary of the show, Nerdwriter decided to take a closer look at its best episode: Ozymandias, the third to last episode in the series where everything Walter White worked for…

The side-by-side visual similarities of Breaking Bad and Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction basically influences anything that’s good. And Breaking Bad drew influence from a lot of good things before it. But I never realized how similar they were when I was watching and obsessing over Breaking Bad because when you put some scenes side-by-side, you will see shots that clearly pay tribute to the visual…

A Second Star Wars Mythbusters is coming!

Get ready for more geeky fun from Adam and Jaime! The Mythbusters are returning to a Galaxy Far Far Away with another Star Wars themed episode coming in July. According to Cnet, the pair will test out the effectiveness of Stormtroopers and Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber duel: The duo will blow up a boat, make a…

Breaking Bad expertly recreated with GTA V graphics is just fantastic

That’s it. GTA V is such an amazing world that it can be used to create anything. Let’s make movies and full seasons of TV shows using just GTA V graphics because this is just stunning. Here is a Breaking Bad tribute done completely with GTA V and it sums up a decent amount of…

How Better Call Saul is visually similar to Breaking Bad

I enjoyed watching the first season of Better Call Saul because even though it’s a much different show than Breaking Bad and totally good in its own right, it was nice to have some Breaking Bad on television. Characters we loved were back, the feel was similar enough and the visual style matched up. Here’s…

An FBI Profiler Explains The Psychology Of Breaking Bad‘s Walter White

In the latest episode of Vanity Fair’s “Psych of a Psycho” YouTube series (previous subjects include Game of Thrones’ “hideous and vile” juvenile criminal King Joffrey), host Candice DeLong, a former FBI profiler, breaks down the psychology of Breaking Bad’s Walter White. As anyone who’s seen the show can attest, Walter’s evolution from cancer-stricken chemistry…

All The Coolest Toys At Funko’s New York Toy Fair Booth

New York Toy Fair 2015 is in full swing, and although there’s not been much in the way of big announcements, Funko came out swinging with a booth filled with brilliant toys. More Pop vinyls! More ReAction toys! Firefly Action figures! Come gawp at the prettiest toys there. Header Image Credit: Doctor Who Pop! Vinyls,…

This Week’s TV: A Goofy Medieval Musical From Tangled‘s Songwriters

It’s the week that we ring in the new year with endless TV marathons (while resolving only to watch the best TV in 2015). But we’ve also got a new show coming out this week, a musical about true love and revenge from a legendary Disney composer, and his lyricist collaborator on Tangled. Today Breaking…

Watch the new trailer for Breaking Bad’s prequel Better Call Saul

None of the previews for Better Call Saul have done much to convince me to watch the show yet (I’m watching it anyway because anyone who loved Breaking Bad will) but that’s mostly because most of the previews for the show barely had any footage of the show. This latest spot probably shows off the…

Awesome supercut turns Breaking Bad into badass rap song

I can’t imagine the amount of hours Dutch editor Matthijs Vlot spent making this: A fantastic supercut that transforms bits of Breaking Bad dialogue into a cohesive rap song that actually makes sense. Check out Matthijs Vlot’s website to watch more of his neat supercuts. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Walter White Breaks Frozen, Sings “Do You Want To Build A Meth Lab?”

All right, everybody. We’ve done it. We’ve officially mashed-up Frozen with everything, including a show about a science teacher who becomes a ruthless drug empire kingpin (and somehow it works out disturbingly well, I must say). Everyone give yourself a high-five and let’s call it a day, okay?

Toys R Us pulls Breaking Bad figures from sale after angry petition

As the collector’s market for action figures has grown, it’s been unsurprising to see the rise of toys based on ‘adult’ properties – almost everything has action figures these days. But after a Florida mother saw Breaking Bad toys in her local Toys R Us, media attention has seen the figures pulled from shelves. Susan…

NIH Discovers Even More Dangerous Pathogens in Recent Lab Sweep

This past July, we reported that the National Institutes of Health found vials filled with smallpox in a Maryland lab. The potentially disastrous discovery prompted the agency to check on all its labs to make sure no other fatal diseases were lurking about. It turns out there were. NIH. announced on Friday that they’d found…

Breaking Bad Is Now Streaming in 4K on Netflix

What’s better than watching Walter White mix meth and scheme his sinister schemes? Watching Walter White mix meth and scheme his sinister schemes in Ultra HD, that’s what. And now you can, because Netflix is streaming Breaking Bad in 4K starting right now. Obviously, you’re going to need a 4K television to watching Breaking Bad…

Which Character Would Make The Very Worst Travel Buddy?

There’s nothing more exciting than taking a trip to someplace you’ve never been before whether in real or fictional worlds. That is, unless you’re stuck with the wrong traveling buddy. Today we want to know which character would make the very worst of traveling companions? Tell us in the comments which character you’re most loathe…

Tribute video for Breaking Bad makes me want to watch it all again

After seeing this excellent tribute video by Alexandre Gasulla of Walter White, one of the greatest characters ever created, his character’s transformation, one of the greatest stories ever created, and Breaking Bad, one of the greatest TV shows ever created, I want to watch the entire series over again. That might be one of the…

Meet the real-life version of Walter White, a man who transported meth so he could afford treatment for his critically ill son. Unlike the famous Heisenberg from Breaking Bad, this guy has languished in jail for decades. Guernica has a great story about the effort to get him released.