https://www.feanorsworkshop.com/blog/logorss.jpg An online journal... of DOOM! Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:50:00 +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.

• Daphne from Scooby-Doo. Helloooo nurse!


• Annie Wu draws Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.


• A typically wonderful rendition of Emma Frost by Dan Hipp.


• Chris Samnee slaps down an amazing sketch of Captain America on Comic Twart. You know what that means: Cap is this week's selection! Awesome. (Also check out Samnee's wonderful, old school-style sketch of Dr. Doom and Mr. Fantastic fighting.)


• Arnold's returning to the Terminator franchise. On the one hand, I wouldn't mind having him back for old time's sake. But on the other hand, how do you explain a robot aging? And what else are you going to bring to the table besides Arnold? If there's not a good screenplay and a good director, it doesn't matter much who's in it. I mean, just look at the last Terminator movie. Or, on second thought, don't look at it. It's terrible!


• io9 takes a look at "The unlikely graffiti of Chernobyl."


• A dude who writes Syfy original movies developed a new way to make ice cream.


• The first official, HD trailer for Tarsem Singh's Greek mythology epic, Immortals. Oh my God, it looks so good. I love Singh's other films, and was really looking forward to seeing what he could do with this material and a big budget. Looks like he knocked it out of the park. These are the thrilling, wildly imaginative visuals I've come to expect from this filmmaker. I can't wait to see the complete, final product.


• This io9 article led me to these two interesting pieces: Michael Chabon's appreciation of a wonderful little book I haven't read in ages, The Phantom Toolbooth; and an analysis of why Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark failed.


• A couple of dudes were watching Game of Thrones, got into an argument over which of the characters was going to "win" (by which I guess they meant, take the throne and defeat all other challengers?), and it turned into a physical fight that ended with the police arresting one of them. Heh. That's silly, because clearly Jon and Dany are going to win, and I'll throw you through a window if you say anything different.


• The Beastie Boys are streaming their new album right here. You have to go and listen to it right now because it is fantastic.


• Hey, The Autumn Society is teaming up with Dreamworks Animation! Cool!


• I really enjoy the work of artist Katie Shanahan. Here's her version of Frank Miller's Robin.


• Fed up with toasters that don't give you even heating? Check out this round model!


• Water-ski alone with this skier-controlled tow boat. You know, if you're insane.


• A remote-controlled superhero.


• Oh, lord. A post-apocalyptic Zorro movie is on the way.


• Warner Bros. just added $9 million to the effects budget of Green Lantern, apparently as a last minute attempt to make sure the movie lives up to everyone's constantly rising expectations. I can't say this makes me feel particularly optimistic about this movie. You're trying to fix it by piling more effects on top? Yeah, that always works.


• In case you haven't seen it yet, here's the first official picture from the set of The Avengers, which started production the other day. Woo!


• Replacing the dialog in various scenes from Star Wars with depressing, existential French philosophy is surprisingly hilarious.


• Super Punch presents an illustration roundup and an image roundup.


• I posted these to Twitter the other day, but here they are again because they're awesome: cover art for a new limited series from Marvel called Red Skull.


• I love that we're bringing back the old William Castle theatrics and actually installing movie theater seats that shake you around for Super 8. Of course, they're probably doing this because they're desperate and feel they have to pull out all the stops anymore to get you away from your TV, your computer, and your smart phone and into the movie theater. But still.


• "Bacon-Fat Keyboard Lets Real Birds Tweet." It's about time!


• The art of Dushan Milic.

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

• Dude! Official pics from the set of The Hobbit! It's Bag End!


• Awesome poster for a Lovecraft-inspired exhibition and art book called Dead and Dreaming.


• Let's Be Friends Again unveils the newest member of the Endless.


• Now we know who Joseph Gordon-Levitt is playing in The Dark Knight Rises, and it's not really anybody I would have expected. A very obscure character! But it does fit in very well with the story Nolan has been telling throughout his Batman films, so okay.


• In case you haven't seen it yet, Warren Ellis started another redesign thread on his message board, this one for the cover of Fantastic Four #1. Some pretty great stuff in there.


• Super Punch presents another nice illustration roundup.


• Speaking of Super Punch, here are a couple more entries in the site's X-Men: First Class poster redesign contest.


• Cinematical picked out some fun bits from an interview with Billy Dee Williams, including the hilarious revelation that the guy has an Ewok head in his closet.


• There's going to be an Office Space Printer Smash in Philly on April 26th. Bring your tech rage!


• Voting has begun for the second round of io9's March Movie Madness poll. I am deeply upset that The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is currently losing to District 9. District 9 isn't a terrible movie, but it's not as good as some people say it is, and it's certainly nowhere near as excellent as the original TDtESS. That movie's a classic! C'mon people! Respect!


• What the hell is with all the Peter Pan movies in development?


• Michael Chabon might write Disney's Magic Kingdom. Huh. That movie just became more interesting to me.


• True Lies is a pretty okay movie, excepting a lot of the incredibly creepy first half, in which Arnold is basically torturing and abusing his wife for almost cheating on him after ignoring her for years. But a sequel? No, we do not need that.

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

• Farel Dalrymple draws Magik from the New Mutants and Black Bolt of the Inhumans.


• I'm loving this T-shirt which features Statler and Waldorf as Adama and Tigh. (Via)


• HBO has picked up a pitch for a new TV show by Michael Chabon called Hobgoblin, which is about "a motley group of conmen and magicians who use their skills at deception to battle Hitler and his forces during WWII." That sounds incredibly awesome. Here's hoping it actually ends up on TV some day.


• Blastr dug up some old stories that reveal how pivotal George Lucas' ex-wife was in shaping the plot of Star Wars and even of Raiders of the Lost Ark. This doesn't totally explain why his more recent stuff has sucked so much... but it kind of does.


• Custom action figure of Kane getting his face hugged.


• Truth.


• Link visits his mother. (Via)


• Super Punch highlights some great pieces from a recent art show.


• I was sad I didn't win this new Blade Runner T-shirt from Last Exit to Nowhere.


• I'm pretty depressed at the recent news that Guillermo Del Toro will probably not be making a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness after all. This may go down in history as one of the greatest films never made.


• This summer Philly is supposedly getting a restaurant that will serve coffee, donuts, and fried chicken. I WANT TO GO TO THERE. (Via)


• I don't know what this is, but I like it.


• Here's a great mashup.

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