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Family Guy presents: Seth and Alex Kinda Live

2009-11-08T22:20:00.001-05:00

Ok. This show is unbelievably Un PC and I LOOOOOOOOOVVVEEEE it. The fact that Marly Maitlin could come out and make fun of the fact that she's deaf and is ok with it was brilliant. I have to give here all the credit in the world.

The New V......

2009-11-04T21:00:00.001-05:00

I actually enjoyed the pilot. Gone are the Nazi overtones of the original series. Replacing them is the way we idolize celebs and just and religion. Well at least thats what i took from it.

Happy Halloween!!!

2009-10-31T00:33:00.001-04:00

Al Roker + Drunk EWOKS

2009-10-30T16:26:00.001-04:00

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Batman and the FIOS Cable Guy

2009-10-28T14:30:00.001-04:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen How it should have ended.

2009-10-27T21:02:00.002-04:00

Klingon Propaganda Machine

2009-10-26T18:58:00.001-04:00

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009-10-25T15:35:00.000-04:00

I really wanted to love Battlestar Galactica: The Plan but it topped out at "ok" and is kind of a leftover after the wonderful Galactica finale.

We see the series through the eyes of the Cylons, mostly Cavil, but it isn't as interesting as you'd think. We learn a lot more about Simon, and get a halfway OK explanation about why that actor was underused.

There's some actual nudity in a few scenes, and a bona fide sex scene - so it's a little weird and neat to see boobs on the Galactica. There's also one genuinely shocking scene.

Unfortunately the movie abruptly ends. I thought there was like an hour left, and all of a sudden the credits came on.

Not Galactica's finest hour. Available at amazon.com (SyFy isn't going to show it any time soon, and they probably won't show boobs.)

'Star Trek Live' Boldly Goes On-Stage in 2010 - ScifiSquad.com

2009-10-24T15:23:00.001-04:00

Do you think we need a Star Trek stage play? I don't. An emergency forces some rookie cadets into service! How original!

'Star Trek Live' Boldly Goes On-Stage in 2010 - ScifiSquad.com

Whats thats Noise?

2009-10-20T17:25:00.000-04:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Bird Flu: STD?

2009-10-19T20:28:00.000-04:00

From IO9.COM

Avian Flu Is An STD?
Scientists have discovered an unexpected fact about bird flu: It might be a sexually-transmitted disease, at least in ducks. And, just as unexpectedly, the key to transmission may be all about penis size and vagina "complexity."

New Scientist reports on new research carried out by a team at Budapest's Eötvös Loránd University, which crossreferenced the love lives of ducks with outbreaks of bird flu, and found something surprising:

When the researchers compared data on the prevalence of low-pathogenic bird flu strains in different duck species with what is known about the anatomy of duck reproductive parts and mating behaviour, they found that ducks with the smallest penises and tamest sex lives had the highest flu levels.

"This is intriguing and a bit counter-intuitive because a long phallus prolongs copulation, and forced copulations characteristic to species with a large phallus should further promote virus transfer," says [head researcher Gergely] Hegyi.

The reason behind this may come from the evolutionary process of female ducks, according to Hegyi:

Long and elaborate vaginas may hinder unwanted fertilisation but may also make it difficult for viruses acquired during copulation to reach the site of egg formation.

With this new information known, two new questions arise: Will this help scientists track the progress of avian flu, and perhaps more immediately, how quickly will someone come up with a joke about birdfucking?

First evidence that bird flu is spread sexually [New Scientist]

Send an email to Graeme McMillan, the author of this post, at graeme@io9.com.

ZOMBIE BRIDE AND GROOM MOVIE: Surprise at End

2009-10-18T09:35:00.001-04:00

Tina Fey Is In Every Issue Of Entertainment Weekly (Week 2)

2009-10-11T18:43:00.001-04:00

And this week you will find her on page 52. We won't even count the ad on the inside cover. Amazing. I wish I had started this a year ago when I first noticed it.

Tina Fey Is In Every Issue Of Entertainment Weekly (Week 1)

2009-10-08T12:06:00.001-04:00

What's with Entertainment Weekly's crush on Tina Fey?

I wish I had started this feature a year ago....but I didn't so we will make this week Week 1 of tracking the obligatory Tina Fey appearance in every issue. This week she has a large photo on page 35.

Paranormal Activity

2009-10-08T11:33:00.001-04:00

Paranormal Activity Trailer - Watch more Movie Trailers

Is this all Internet Hype? Is it really any good? Or is this the new Blair Witch hype machine?

Death Troopers- Star Wars Zombies?

2009-10-07T22:47:00.001-04:00

Real Or Fake? Seth Green Freaks Out

2009-10-05T19:52:00.000-04:00

The Crazy's

2009-10-05T14:58:00.001-04:00

IGN.COM's Zombieland Review

2009-10-04T11:48:00.001-04:00

Fantastic Fest 09: Zombieland Review
This highly entertaining zombie comedy offers plenty of laughs and scares.
by Jim Vejvoda

September 25, 2009 - The world, as we know it, is over. Zombies have won and humans, what few that remain, must constantly stay on the run if they are to survive. A small band of survivors -- all of whom have lost those dearest to them -- must overcome their differences as they embark on a dangerous journey across a ravaged American landscape. Sounds like a heavy post-apocalyptic drama or a Resident Evil-style shoot 'em-up, right? Well, forget it, Jake. It's Zombieland.

While making his way alone down a highway strewn with car wrecks, a young coward (Jesse Eisenberg) who survived the zombie apocalypse because of his strict adherence to a set of rules -- such as "don't be a hero" and "buckle up" -- encounters a badass Southerner (Woody Harrelson) with an arsenal and an attitude made for zombie killin'. The badass insists that neither of them call each other by their real names so that they don't get too close or friendly; after all, life is short for humans in Zombieland (as they now refer to Earth). They call themselves by their hometowns instead: the badass is Tallahassee and the kid is Columbus.

Tallahassee agrees to give Columbus a ride so that he can locate his estranged family. Tallahassee, though, is a loner, a man with a tragic past. All he longs for now is a Twinkie, one last yummy reminder of the good old days. Along the way, these two unlikely cohorts meet up with a pair of young grifter sisters -- Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) -- who continually outwit them. Begrudgingly joining forces, this motley crew sets out for the land where fantasies once came true: Los Angeles.

Check out the trailer to Zombieland.

While Shaun of the Dead will probably always rank as the greatest zombie comedy of all time, Zombieland certainly deserves a spot high up on that not very long list. Equal parts action, horror and comedy, Zombieland is one helluva funny (and fun) movie that suggests big things are ahead for director Ruben Fleischer (who never directed a film of this scope before). The movie finds just the right balance of thrills, scares, and laughs, and no element feels shoe-horned in at the expense of the other.

Unlike Jennifer's Body -- which didn't know whether it was a comedy with horror in it or a horror movie with comedy -- Zombieland is definitely a comedy with horror in it. The zombies aren't necessarily played for laughs; there are some genuine (albeit sometimes stock) shocks that convince you these characters are in grave danger. The humor stems from the heroes' behavior during these dire moments: Columbus' cowardice and OCD, Tallahassee's fearlessness and tactlessness, Wichita and Little Rock's guile. While the script wisely gives each of them enough background to generate some pathos, they are ultimately more types than fully formed characters and are likable more because of the actors playing them than because of the depth of the script.

Harrelson's Tallahassee is not only reminiscent of his character Mickey Knox from Natural Born Killers, but also Evil Dead's Ash Williams. There are even times where he seems like a redneck Crocodile Dundee. He has the showiest role in the movie, and Harrelson clearly relishes it. Eisenberg shines as a sort of classic Woody Allen nebbish (a very Michael Cera-esque role, but he has far more range than Cera). Stone is fine as the straight man to the more outlandish antics of the male leads, and Breslin's work indicates she should survive the adolescent career phase that does in so many other child actors. She's a mature kid here, but thankfully not too precocious.

Zombieland lags a bit near the end of Act Two while the characters take refuge in a seemingly abandoned L.A. mansion (following the film's biggest and most pleasant surprise), but otherwise the movie clips along at a brisk pace and offers filmgoers plenty of humor and horror for their buck. It will also leave 'em jonesing for a Twinkie.

The Astonishing Xmen Trailer

2009-09-30T18:15:00.001-04:00

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Nightmare on Elm Street Remake Trailer

2009-09-28T20:38:00.001-04:00

U2 on SNL

2009-09-27T00:11:00.002-04:00

Holy Shit!!!! What the hell happened to U2...When did they become a horrible sounding band? I can not believe this. Maybe the predictions of 2012 are for real and the world is coming to an end. That 1st song was just horrible. And I just figured this out too. Megan Fox is a fembot from Austin Powers. Damn my head hurts...

ABC"S REMAKE OF V

2009-09-26T17:39:00.001-04:00

The Superhero Squad Show

2009-09-25T10:59:00.001-04:00

The Super Hero Squad Show at IGN.com

Why Should We Study Zombie Attacks?( from i09.com)

2009-09-22T09:36:00.003-04:00

Why Should We Study Zombie Attacks?
By Lauren Davis, 9:30 AM on Tue Sep 15 2009, 29,485 views
Last month, a group of mathematicians grabbed headlines with their mathematical model of the zombie apocalypse. But as one science journalist notes, such studies are more than amusing academic anecdotes; they can actually serve a very legitimate social interest.

Patrick J. Kiger, a journalist and blogger for the Science Channel, has been criticized for focusing on technologies in his column Is This a Good Idea? that currently exist only in the realm of speculative fiction. To answer those critics, Kiger looks at the recent study by mathematicians in Ottawa as to the best response to a zombie outbreak. What good, Kiger asks, is it to study a phenomenon that we know does not actually exist?

Kiger spends some time contemplating whether or not we might actually have to fear attacks from the flesh-eating undead, but ultimately, his point is that the possibility of a literal zombie attack is irrelevant to the value of such studies. Studying zombie attacks is valuable, he argues, precisely because they represent a level of crisis that we do not have any experience with, and our ability to logically respond to such a crisis:

But whether real or imagined, a zombie attack is a potent metaphor. Think of the undead not as klutzy cannibals but as the X factor, the Rumsfeldian "unknown unknown," the totally unexpected menace that suddenly confronts us. (The Canadian researchers' mathematical modeling of zombie attacks maybe seem like an elaborate joke, but in actuality it was led by a mathematician whose expertise is in studying the spread of actual epidemics such as malaria and West Nile Virus, and its underlying purpose was to demonstrate the progression of a rapidly spreading, unfamiliar public health threat.) In recent experience we've been confronted increasingly with such X factors, ranging from AIDS to terrorism to climate change. And time and again, we've been exposed as dangerously unprepared to deal with such paradigm-shattering threats. I'm not talking about stocking up on bottled water and Spam, having a battery-powered radio, a shotgun and the ingredients for Molotov cocktails. I'm talking about our societal tendency to do exactly what most of the characters in the Romero movies do when confronted with a zombie attack - i.e., to become hysterical and fight among themselves for control of the group, which ultimately leads to them squandering resources and opportunities for survival, and undermining each others' efforts. I think we need to find a way to tone down the cable TV news-induced histrionics and learn to cooperate towards a common objective, before some real menace arrives to do us in.