Most of us have no doubt heard the argument that most TV shows are actually in the imagination of St Elsewhere’s Tommy Westphall. Well, i09 is using similar logic to try to explain away the plotholes of the Enterprise series with a simple solution: the whole thing was actually a holodeck program…
Thanks to reader Christopher Robert for alerting us to these custom shoes he’s making and selling featuring a combative take on the two iconic characters. Check out his Etsy listing for more details.
For a seriously geeky (and substantial) crochet project, check out these X-Wing starfighter blankets. They aren’t for sale, but you can buy the pattern and make them at home. [Via: Technabob]
Proof that even a futuristic gathering will one day look dated, this video shows a Star Trek convention from Denver in 1976. Appropriately for a fan-led activity of the day, this isn’t a real news report but rather a local man’s creation with a Super 8 camera.
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and […]
With a neat bit of CGI removal, this video imagines a much more peaceful, if duller tourist attraction simply titled Park. It’s also something of an insight into how the actors must have had to use their imagination…
Seth Meyers is “Reasonable Max” in this parody of Mad Max: Fury Road. [Late Night with Seth Meyers]
Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew has been tweeting images of one of the earliest shooting scripts of The Adventures of Luke Starkiller, as taken from the “Journal of the Whills, or as it later became, Star Wars: Episode IV. He’s just posted the page covering that most controversial of scenes. [Via: Gizmodo]
Martin Molin of the band Wintergatan has spent 14 months constructing this hand-operated machine which plays music using around 2,000 marbles. The machine combines a vibraphone (from the same musical family as the xylopohone), a few percussion instruments including a cymbal, and bass guitar neck (though that has to be played by hand.)
Four claimants to the throne, four kings in a pack — it makes perfect sense! We love this custom pack from Etsy user “Joker And The Thief”, particularly the incorporation of the familiar faces into the traditional card style. And in case you’re wondering: King of Spades – Robb Stark, King in the North Queen […]