https://www.feanorsworkshop.com/blog/logorss.jpg An online journal... of DOOM! Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:52:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• This scary old bird had a 17-foot wingspan and big, bony teeth. Woah.


• A new trailer for the live-action Space Battleship Yamato. Holy crap does it look (and sound!) corny.


• A collection of insane video clips from ninja and kung fu movies. The most insane feature magic abilities only available to ninja women, and are NSFW.


• A cat version of Neil Gaiman, from a special episode of Arthur.


• Cool paintings of giant animals menacing cities.


• Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are teaming up again, this time for Pax Americana, a 21st century Watchmen using the original Charlton Comics characters. Dude. I'm so there.


• Cat representations of Marvel Comics characters sort of blew up on the internet recently. I believe Super Punch managed to collect all of them into one post.


• I've seen examples of these tiny, real-world, sculpture installations before, and they're always fantastic and beautiful.


• A lovely, evocative, Halloween-inspired piece of art.


• A gallery of impressive, sci-fi LEGO creations. I've seen a lot of these before, but some are new, and all are cool.


• This fall's new crop of TV shows are given more accurate titles by the folks at College Humor. (Via)


• Because they're from Fringe, I feel honor-bound to link to these set pics. But a warning: they are really boring.


• I'm not a huge fan of Terry Pratchett, but I am impressed that he made his own sword out of meteorites.


• A not particularly helpful poster on the subject of removing face-huggers.


• This past weekend was Street Fighter weekend at Springfield Punx.


• A NSFW burlesque battle: Star Trek vs. Star Wars.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Cartoons, Cats, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Craft, Frank Quitely, Fringe, Grant Morrison, Halloween, History, LEGO, Links, Movies, Neil Gaiman, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Science, Star Trek, Star Wars, Street Fighter, Toys, TV, Video, Video games]]> Animals Art Cartoons Cats Celebrities Comedy Comic books Craft Frank Quitely Fringe Grant Morrison Halloween History LEGO Links Movies Neil Gaiman News Photography Recyclotron Science Star Trek Star Wars Street Fighter Toys TV Video Video games Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:29:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Comic Twart is a blog where a bunch of artists get together semi-regularly and all do their own interpretations of a specific character. I came across it a while back, but for some reason never put it on my RSS reader. After finding that they'd recently covered Jonny Quest and Batman, I corrected this mistake.


• It was down for a while now, but it's back up again, at least for the next day or so: stream the new album from The National (via). You can also listen to a fantastic new track from The Dead Weather (via).


• More of those minimalist superhero posters.


• The U.S.S. Enterprise of meat.


• Cool monster art.


• I can't say no to a LEGO roundup.


• Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater made out of cans and bottles.


• OH HI.


• Apparently both the Invaders and the Howling Commandos will appear in the Captain America movie. Awesome.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Captain America, Cats, Comedy, Comic books, Craft, Food, Internet, LEGO, Links, LOLCats, Monsters, Movies, Music, News, Recyclotron, Star Trek, Toys]]> Animals Art Captain America Cats Comedy Comic books Craft Food Internet LEGO Links LOLCats Monsters Movies Music News Recyclotron Star Trek Toys Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:39:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Remember that movie The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, and like everybody else in it? Here's the trailer. Looks like your typical big, dumb action movie. (Via)


• Star Wars pin-ups. (Via)


• The 160 greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes, all collected in one convenient YouTube video. (Via)


• Supposedly Joss Whedon is on the short list to direct the Avengers movie. This is also supposedly not an April Fool's joke. But I find that hard to believe. (Via)


• How about some 8-bit Pink Floyd? (Via)


• io9 gives us 25 reasons to get excited about comics this spring by previewing 25 of the most promising upcoming series. I agree with them on S.H.I.E.L.D., Jason Aaron's Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine (I hadn't even heard about that before), Grant Morrison's The Return of Bruce Wayne, Patton Oswalt's Serenity book, Buzzard, and of course anything having to do with Hellboy. I will most certainly have to try Brightest Day, a few of the new Avengers books, and The Flash, but I don't hold out a lot of hope for them. The rest don't interest me.


• The Hulk, Spider-Man, and other modern pop culture heroes inserted into ancient art.


• Another new Adam WarRock track, this one dealing (at least tangentially) with Flash Gordon.


• A unique, animated entry on Animals with Lightsabers.


• The new, manly way to cook bacon: with a machine gun.


• Paul Greengrass, best known for making a couple of the Bourne movies, has been picked to direct James Cameron's 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage.


• LOLCats trading cards.


• Ah, the Tea Party: a haven for those who truly enjoy experimenting with the English language.


• Leonardo DiCaprio may play J. Edgar Hoover for Clint Eastwood in a biopic.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Avengers, Bacon, Batman, Cats, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Flash, Food, Grant Morrison, Hellboy, Hulk, Jason Aaron, Joss Whedon, Links, LOLCats, Mike Mignola, Movies, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Video, Wolverine]]> Animals Art Avengers Bacon Batman Cats Celebrities Comedy Comic books Flash Food Grant Morrison Hellboy Hulk Jason Aaron Joss Whedon Links LOLCats Mike Mignola Movies News Photography Recyclotron Spider-Man Star Wars Video Wolverine Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Another great entry on Covered: Aaron Renier turns the cover of an issue of the Ewoks comic book into something more realistic, and culturally appropriate.


• Some pretty amazing submissions to March M.O.D.O.K. Madness.


• Rose McGowan has joined the cast of Conan as an evil half human, half witch. Which would seem to suggest she won't be in that Red Sonja movie after all. But you never know.


• A very amusing look at the dark dreams of a cute little kitty.


• The Bill Paxton pinball machine is complete, and it's a thing of beauty. Photo gallery here. (Via)


• This is pretty amazing. George R.R. Martin, in talking about a series of virtual cage match battles between fictional characters taking place on a website, decided to write a short short story about his own character, Jaime Lannister, going up against the Elder God Cthulhu. It's a fun little piece.


• Jay-Z and Jack White have recorded a song together! I must hear it! I must own it! (Via)


• Interesting details from M. Night Shyamalan about his live-action film adaptation of The Last Airbender. Huge bummer: King Bumi will not appear in the film. Kind of understandable, but still disappointing. I'm glad the guy's dedicated to doing multiple films, and that he seems to understand the nature and importance of the relationship between Aang and Appa. Also, looks like Shyamalan himself will appear in a later entry in the series as "a stinky cameo his family picked out for him." Hmm... Finally, this article mentions the question of whether the cabbage guy will appear in the movie, but doesn't reveal the answer! Tease!!


• Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of Vamps as "the vampire Queen." Nice!


• The Hobbit starts shooting in June! Woo hoo!


• A 3D, computer-generated flyby of the surface of Mars created using data gathered from the Mars Orbiter. This is a great way to pick out where you want to set up your biodome when we move to Mars after the inevitable destruction of the Earth.


• The ISS takes a fond look at a great scene from an under-appreciated film.


• I know it's irrelevant, but this irrelephant graphic amused me.


• LEGO CubeDudes are always fun. Here's one of Kuato, that creepy dude from Total Recall.


• A great Killing Joke art piece, and Totoro cookies. (Via)

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Avatar, Batman, Cats, Celebrities, Comic books, Craft, George R.R. Martin, Hayao Miyazaki, LEGO, Links, Lovecraft, Monsters, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Science, Song of Ice and Fire, Space, Star Wars, Tolkien, Toys, Vampires, Video, Video games]]> Animals Art Avatar Batman Cats Celebrities Comic books Craft George R.R. Martin Hayao Miyazaki LEGO Links Lovecraft Monsters Movies Music News Photography Recyclotron Science Song of Ice and Fire Space Star Wars Tolkien Toys Vampires Video Video games Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:26:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Above is OK Go's latest music video, and it just might be the best thing ever. I watched it with my jaw dropped open and chills running up and down my spine. (Via)


• A fantastic image: Darth Vader riding a cat. (Via)


• First, here's some behind-the-scenes stuff on Iron Man 2, plus a clip from the actual movie (albeit in French). Next, here's some analysis of said clip claiming that Thor appears in the background of one shot. This seems unlikely - why would Thor be in a jail in Monaco? - but you never know.


• Robert McCall died recently, and as a tribute to him, io9 has posted a small gallery of his stunning space art.


• The Hobbit could be going 3D, and Tron Legacy might pull a Dark Knight and have five sequences shot exclusively for IMAX.


• Roland Emmerich is trying to calm the worries of fans over his upcoming film adaptation of the Foundation novels, claiming that he wants to "give people exactly what the Foundation trilogy is." He also mentions how disappointing I, Robot was (and yeah, it really, really was - good lord, what a crappy movie) and how he wants to avoid those mistakes. Emmerich also says he wants to use 3D and motion-capture, a la Avatar, to make the movie. After reading these comments, I still don't feel safe, but I feel better. At least Emmerich doesn't think I, Robot was awesome.


• Dude spent three years building Minas Tirith out of matches. It's a thing to behold.


• More Super Punch Tarot cards!


• It's Christopher Nolan Bat-Week at Springfield Punx!


• 30 awesome, rare Star Wars photos. (Via)


• Radio 4 in the UK is airing a radio version of Goldfinger in which Ian McKellen will play the title character. Cool.


• Comics blogger extraordinaire Chris Sims and friends have launched a new web comic called Awesome Hospital. It's taking its time getting started, but I have high hopes.

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Tagged: 3D, Animals, Art, Batman, Books, Cats, Celebrities, Iron Man, James Bond, Links, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Simpsons, Space, Star Wars, Technology, Tolkien, Tron, Video, Web comics]]> 3D Animals Art Batman Books Cats Celebrities Iron Man James Bond Links Movies Music News Photography Recyclotron Simpsons Space Star Wars Technology Tolkien Tron Video Web comics Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:01:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Look, up there! It's the perpetual domino machine! It knocks over dominoes and automatically picks them up again. No fuss, no muss. (Via)


• Apparently a Hong Kong production company made a third Gods Must Be Crazy movie, and it featured a Chinese vampire. That's... odd. Click through for a clip from it.


• I enjoy this entry from Covered. The cover version is definitely the same image, but it's in such a totally different style that it's kind of mind-blowing.


• Lightsaber USB drives.


• An infographic about robots.


• Gotta love this disappearing/reappearing Cheshire cat T-shirt. (Via)


• Speaking of Cheshire cats, here's an encouragingly positive review of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.


• More Mickey Rourke casting news: he might also play King Hyperion in Tarsem Singh's Dawn of War.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Cats, Celebrities, Comic books, Links, Monsters, Movies, News, Products, Recyclotron, Robots, Shirts, Star Wars, Vampires, Video, Wonderland]]> Animals Art Cats Celebrities Comic books Links Monsters Movies News Products Recyclotron Robots Shirts Star Wars Vampires Video Wonderland Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:36:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• In honor of Valentine's Day I present, above, the venerable "Crunchy Frog" sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Enjoy those chocolate assortments, folks! And while we're talking about the holiday, check out some geek (via) and Mr. Freeze-themed Valentines.


• This Nic Cage as Everyone entry is particularly well done, and particularly appropriate: Nic Cage as Mola Ram!


• Trailer for an intriguing-looking YA fantasy movie called Lost for Words.


• A gallery of photos of the toys and games presented by Hasbro at the Toy Fair. I'm particularly amused by the Iron Man 2-themed version of Operation.


• Sounds like Fringe is in danger of being cancelled. There won't be any TV shows left that I look forward to watching regularly if that one goes.


• A video anthology of werewolf transformations. Slightly NSFW.


• There's going to be a third Riddick movie. I'm not sure how to feel about this news. I loved the first movie, and although the second one had a lot of problems, it did have some great ideas and a great ending. So I'll remain cautiously optimistic for now.


• Neil Marshall's got a new movie on the way called Centurion, about a small band of survivors of a brutal attack on a Roman legion trying to escape enemy territory and make their way home. Here's the trailer. Eh. Could be all right. Although I'm not a big fan of the Romans being the good guys. (Via)


• The latest Let's Be Friends Again takes my favorite page of Siege #2 and makes it even better. If only this could happen in real life.


• Mike Mignola was brought in for a week to lend a hand on pre-production designs for The Hobbit. Yay!


• Amusing stop-motion animated video made using T-shirts.


• A thorough examination of the Toy Story 3 trailer and all its Easter Eggs. Totoro has a cameo! (Via)


• The official website for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is live. (Via)


• Heh. Concept art for an imaginary McDonalds-themed video game. (Via)


• Posters and other bits of art Photoshopped to give them a Star Trek theme. (Via)


• Leonardo Da Vinci, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Yes, This is a real thing Marvel is doing. I'm vaguely interested. (Via)


• Images and video of a Cabinet of Dr. Caligari puppet show.


• A space cat riding a dinosaur. Now that's a T-shirt!

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Board games, Cartoons, Cats, Celebrities, Clothing, Comedy, Comic books, Dinosaurs, Fringe, Harry Potter, Hayao Miyazaki, Holiday, Indiana Jones, Links, Mike Mignola, Monsters, Monty Python, Movies, News, Photography, Pixar, Politics, Recyclotron, Shirts, Siege, Star Trek, Tolkien, Toys, TV, Video, Web comics]]> Animals Art Board games Cartoons Cats Celebrities Clothing Comedy Comic books Dinosaurs Fringe Harry Potter Hayao Miyazaki Holiday Indiana Jones Links Mike Mignola Monsters Monty Python Movies News Photography Pixar Politics Recyclotron Shirts Siege Star Trek Tolkien Toys TV Video Web comics Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:59:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Custom ED-209 toilet inspired by Robocop.


• First illustration from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh from Picture Book Report. Very nice!


• Amazing cave photos.


• Sounds like the Foundation movies will be 3D motion capture Avatar-style extravaganzas. Uh... those stories are mostly guys standing in rooms talking, aren't they? Roland Emmerich, could you try a little harder not to screw these up? Please?


• Check out the awesome new Toy Story 3 trailer. This one didn't even make me cry!


• Now here's a Valentine's Day post I can get behind: 14 scenes of hearts being ripped out!


• Cat versus robot!


• William Wisher, co-writer of the first two Terminator films, has written up a 24-page treatment for the fifth and sixth Terminator movies that sounds pretty cool.


• Wired explains why TV isn't the way I desperately want it to be - a la carte - and why it isn't likely to be that way anytime soon. Suck.


• A fan used her life savings to make her own Lord of the Rings prequel, and it's getting tons of views online. I'm going to have to watch it myself when I get a chance. (Via)

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Tagged: 3D, Animals, Art, Books, Business, Cartoons, Cats, Comedy, Craft, Holiday, Links, Lists, Movies, News, Photography, Pixar, Recyclotron, Robots, Science, Terminator, Tolkien, Toys, TV, Video]]> 3D Animals Art Books Business Cartoons Cats Comedy Craft Holiday Links Lists Movies News Photography Pixar Recyclotron Robots Science Terminator Tolkien Toys TV Video Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:17:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• I follow Stan Lee on Twitter, but somehow missed these tweets of his that io9 highlighted, wherein he gives a plug to the upcoming Ant-Man movie (directed by Edgar Wright), as well as supposed future Marvel films about Iron Fist, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther.


• A gallery of the weird and fascinating art of David Jien.


• I don't quite follow this article, but it sounds like we can blow up cancer cells from the inside with lasers, which is pretty awesome.


• The first four covers of The Return of Bruce Wayne, featuring Time-Lost Batman.


• Sounds like Warner Bros. is asking Batman guru Christopher Nolan to help reboot Superman, which seems like it could be a good idea. Exactly what part he'll take in any new Superman movie (probably not director, but maybe producer?) is not clear, but somebody needs to fix Superman, that's for sure.


• Danny Glover as Captain Ahab in a film adaptation of Moby Dick where the whales have been replaced by dragons, and which also stars Vinnie Jones? YES!!


• It's a moonbow! A rainbow caused by the moon! Crazy!


• A sausage roll stuffed with a cheesy double beef burrito from Taco Bell! Nice.


• Yesterday I posted hot pics of the star of one sci-fi show I watch, so here are hot pics of the star of another sci-fi show I watch! It's Anna Torv of Fringe! (Via)


• A plush Boba Fett, and the first in a planned series of Star Wars-themed Imperial pin-ups.


• Lost LOLCats.


• H.R. Giger Tarot card deck. (Via)


• New Muppet music video, starring Beaker vs. YouTube commenters!


• In South Korea, robots star in plays! (Via)


• Tom Cruise is coming back for Mission Impossible 4, but it sounds like J.J. Abrams will probably not be back as director. However, writing duo Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec of Alias fame are involved.


• Steven Soderbergh's next movie will be an ensemble action-thriller called Contagion. The idea is that it would be a cross between the Bourne movies (in fact, the script was written by the co-writer of The Bourne Ultimatum) and Traffic, and it'd involve interweaving stories set on four continents during the outbreak of a deadly virus. The cast includes Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Marion Cotillard. Sounds vaguely interesting, except that Traffic was really pretty dumb.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Batman, Books, Cats, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Craft, Food, Fringe, Health, Links, LOLCats, Mashups, Movies, Muppets, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Robots, Science, Star Wars, Superman, TV, Twitter, Video]]> Animals Art Batman Books Cats Celebrities Comedy Comic books Craft Food Fringe Health Links LOLCats Mashups Movies Muppets Music News Photography Recyclotron Robots Science Star Wars Superman TV Twitter Video Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:20:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• They're remaking Mannequin now??? Who thought we needed another Mannequin?


• A free music mix inspired by Caprica. It's called "Music for Our Future." (Via)


• I have to admit, SNL's Laser Cats 5 sketch is pretty funny.


• Pics from the set of Predators.


• Marvel is bringing all of its current Avengers titles to an end, and soon; io9 has the issue numbers. Obviously this does not mean the end of the Avengers, as the team is Marvel's biggest franchise, and they're just about to make a movie about them; I expect it just means the company is preparing to launch a series of brand new Avengers books.


• The trailer for the Tekken movie. It looks pretty much as terrible as you'd expect. Although that picture that accompanies the post... yowza.


• Crabby Cthulhu sculpture.


• Super Punch collects some of the better entries from a Photoshop contest where movie franchises get swapped around.


• Han Solo encased in a chocolate bar.


• "Oceans of liquid diamond, filled with solid diamond icebergs, could be floating on Neptune and Uranus." (Via)


• Mel Gibson is planning to make his Viking film as realistic is possible, with all the Vikings speaking Old Norse and being totally terrifying. Nice.


• I'm considering using Penny Arcade's "a wizard did it" explanation when Griffin gets old enough.

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Tagged: Animals, Art, Avengers, Caprica, Cats, Celebrities, Clothing, Comedy, Comic books, History, Language, Links, Lovecraft, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Predator, Recyclotron, Science, Shirts, Space, Star Wars, TV, Video, Web comics]]> Animals Art Avengers Caprica Cats Celebrities Clothing Comedy Comic books History Language Links Lovecraft Movies Music News Photography Predator Recyclotron Science Shirts Space Star Wars TV Video Web comics