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Futurama‘s Bender Reads Chuck Tingle Porn, Shiny Metal Asses Likely Get Bitten
Bender, the lovable rascal from Futurama, was never shy when it came to adult-only content. He loved going to robot strip clubs, had a string of girlfriends (including a ship), and was even arrested for pimping. But Bender Bending Rodriguez never took off someone’s pants and admired the length of their dick. Until now, thanks … Continued
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There’s Going to Be a Mystery Science Theater 3000 Comic Book
I have no idea how, but Dark Horse is going to somehow make that happen. Dark Horse has announced a new licensing deal with the team behind MST3K today, which will include a variety of products based on the cult classic, and the aforementioned comic book charting the adventures in B-movie commentary of Joel, Mike, … Continued
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Ben Reilly Will Ditch His Creepy New Scarlet Spider Costume After Just One Story Arc
When Marvel announced that the re-revived Ben Reilly would be getting his own series once more as the Scarlet Spider, the company also revealed that Ben would get a brand new suit to swing around in. It… was a bit off. Its creepy little smile defying all sense of comic book spandex weirded us the … Continued
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What Happened to Google Fiber?
For a long time, Google Fiber was the most exciting broadband provider out there. Cities wanted it, tech people drooled over it; and on a loftier level, it even promised to help bridge the “digital divide” between rich and poor. But now, things are looking bleak: Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Google Fiber is being scaled … Continued
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AT&T Launches Unlimited Plan But There’s a Big Catch [Updated]
To no one’s surprise, AT&T will offer a new unlimited data plan for all of its customers starting tomorrow. The move comes approximately 30 seconds after Verizon made a similar move. The only difference: AT&T’s offering is spendy as hell. The new plan will cover talk, text, and data on four lines for the wallet-busting … Continued
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Mark Zuckerberg Posts 6,000-Word Status Update About Nothing
*Mark Zuckerberg takes massive bong rip* From Facebook: To our community, On our journey to connect the world, we often discuss products we’re building and updates on our business. Today I want to focus on the most important question of all: are we building the world we all want? History is the story of how … Continued
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Watch ILM Completely Digitally Create the Planets of Rogue One
The best visual effects are the ones we don’t even see. In Rogue One, we know Tarkin isn’t physically there and that the Death Star doesn’t really exist. So it’s the landscapes that are the true magic: entire worlds created in a computer to build out and expand a little sliver of actual filming, or … Continued
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Sam Raimi Might Take On One of Hollywood’s Three Bermuda Triangle Movies
Just the fact that it’s one of three projects tackling the same idea already suggests a problem. But there are a lot more warning signs that maybe, maybe, this isn’t the best project for Sam Raimi to be tackling. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Raimi is in talks to direct a mystery thriller set in … Continued
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Michael Peña Will Save His Family, and the World, From an Alien Invasion
We’re long overdue for a film where Michael Peña gets to save the world. His upcoming role in C.H.I.P.s might be close, and he does consider Ant-Man a friend, but in his new movie Extinction, he’s going for the whole thing. The film, which was previously announced by Universal just picked up the rights to, … Continued
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For Science, Ants Have to Run on This Never-Ending Treadmill From Hell
Given their size and limited brain power, ants have an uncanny ability to find their way home after lengthy foraging excursions. To figure out how they do it, scientists from Germany have developed an innovative, but surprisingly simple spherical ant treadmill made from styrofoam. Cataglyphis desert ants, who dwell in Saharan salt pans, have it … Continued
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Emma Watson Reveals Why the Villagers Are the Real Monsters in Beauty and the Beast
Belle is one of the coolest and smartest princesses of the Disney Renaissance, but not much is known about her besides her love of books and bestiality. Emma Watson, who’s taken on the role for the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, has shared some details on how Belle’s backstory has been expanded… and how … Continued
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The Anne Hathaway Monster Movie Colossal Now Has an Official Trailer
There is a movie coming out in April where Anne Hathaway becomes a giant, Godzilla-like monster. It’s called Colossal. Maybe you’ve read about it or seen a sneak peak, but now a full trailer is here. Yes, you’ll see a quote from this very author in it. Check it out and don’t worry about spoilers. … Continued
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Madman Manages to Build 20-Foot Tall Fire Tornado Without Burning Down His Entire Country
Colin Furze, the internet’s favorite inventor who always puts awesome first and safety second, has created what certainly looks like the largest man-made fire tornado ever built. Combining two of nature’s most destructive forces seems like a good idea, right? Using an equally dangerous-looking homemade go-kart to spin a 20-foot-tall cage, Furze’s fire tornado generates … Continued
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Does Something Have to Be Canonical to Be Good?
Halloa and well met, people on my post-apocalyptic mail route! Not gonna lie, this week’s group of questions forced me to think extra hard about canon vs. quality, why America doesn’t care about Judge Dredd, if Back to the Future’s Doc Brown is a time-traveling hypocrite, and more. Hopefully it’s worth it! (For you, I … Continued
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Another Gravitational Wave Detector Will Help Revolutionize Astronomy
Last year, the pair of LIGO experiments announced a discovery a hundred years in the making: gravitational waves, tiny ripples in space time from a pair of colliding black holes a billion light years away. You might wonder what scientists will do with two giant gravitational wave detectors now that they’ve fulfilled their primary goal. … Continued
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This Piano-Playing Computer Makes Me Feel Less Lonely But Also Really Weird Inside
Most people, with the exception of those who live beneath the subway grates and Ted Cruz, don’t like to be alone for too long. We need—nay, crave—the attention of others. When that attention comes from an intelligent piano-playing machine, however, shit gets weird. A.I. Duet, a new experiment from Google, does just this. It’s pretty … Continued
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What The Hell is Marvel’s Generations?
Marvel has just released a gorgeous piece of Alex Ross artwork with a simple tagline: “Generations—coming summer 2017.” That’s it. But what the hell is it? It’s time to start speculating. Clearly, it seems to be another big event for Marvel—in an event-crazy year, as we still haven’t even gotten to the impending evil Captain America … Continued
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The Great Wall Is a Historical Fantasy Epic That Is Fantastically and Historically Bad
The costumes in The Great Wall are, like, really beautiful. Think ancient Chinese Power Rangers. Plus, some of the action is innovative and exciting. Beyond that, though, there really isn’t much positive to say about Matt Damon’s very, very bad bilingual monster movie. Directed by Yimou Zhang, The Great Wall stars Matt Damon as a … Continued
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Congressman Compares Trump Administration to Stranger Things, Becomes Legend
“Mr. Speaker, like the main characters in Stranger Things, we are now stuck in the Upside Down.” Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) took to the House floor Thursday to talk about the current crisis in President Donald Trump’s administration. He berated former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s reported ties to Russia, Trump’s Muslim travel ban, and … Continued
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Monopoly Is Being Gentrified, One Token at a Time
On Thursday, Hasbro announced that the humble thimble, Monopoly’s least beloved game piece, would be getting the boot from “an upcoming version of the game.” Cynically, the toy company framed the eviction as a simple reflection of the people’s will, the result of a recent online contest to modernize the board game. “The Thimble [sic] … Continued
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