The Forbidden Kingdom: So get this. You’ve got a kid from Boston magically transported to middle-ages alt-China. Kung fu and the whole deal. You’ve got Jackie Chan and Jet Li on board (for the first time in a Hollywood film), and you make this movie? Good lord, someone make sure this scriptwriter isn’t let near a movie studio again (though IMDB suggests he’s about to murder a classic). Stunning visuals and good fight coreography entirely let down by a plot that takes itself much, much too seriously and doesn’t bother to explain its oddities (like 14th Century Chinese emperors speaking English) along the way. ★★★
SSBB
Zero Punctuation reviews Super Smash Brothers Brawl (and the mailbag follow-up). Zero Punctuation is exactly why the net is awesome – potentially offensive to everyone and yet still out there.
The Lady’s Murder
The Lady’s Murder – A short story by Eliza Frye: a new webcomicy thing. Uber stylish.
Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
Radiation Safety Manual 1997 – Answers to Commonly asked Questions*.
(*Questions not included)
Movie Review: The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner: poignant tale of two Afghani kids, one Pashtun, one Hazara. Growing up in Afghanistan before the Russians invade, and then torn apart by the invasion. Based off the book of the same name by Khaled Hosseini, though I’ve yet to read it. Reasonably hard hitting story that manages to have a few light-hearted moments in it, with some excellent acting. ★★★★
Emergency Party Button
The Big Red Emergency Party Button: For those moments when you just have to party. And has a matching t-shirt!
When Galaxies Collide
When Galaxies Collide: These are some astonishing pictures that makes me wish I could go back in time and choose to be an astronomer like I dreamt of when I was 13. Some of the numbers are mindboggling – galaxies 450 million light years away, a 100,000 light years across… and we get to see them from our infinitesimally small spec in the universe. How could we have the hubris that this was created solely for human? Simply amazing.
Jolie at 16
Angelina Jolie, Swimsuit Model, 16 years old. Something about her being 16 in those photos feels a bit sleazy, though that’s not to say it’s not interesting to see the change over the years. (thx, Kelson)
Light-Emitting Wallpaper
Jonas Samson is showing off light-emitting wallpaper. “Cool” and “Want” doesn’t even begin to describe.
Curly chair
WANT.