THE SUBGENRE: Cartoon noir. THE HERO(ES): Private eye Eddie Valiant and the eponymous Toon. THE VILLAIN: The mad Judge Doom. THE LOVE INTEREST(S): Loyal “Girl Friday” Dolores and femme fatale Jessica. THE SETTING: An alternate 1940's Hollywood. 1947, Hollywood. It's a familiar setting to any fan of noir. This Hollywood, however, is different in one…
I am Sansa Stark of Winterfell. This is my home. And you can't frighten me. HBO’s Game of Thrones has become one of the best shows to ever grace our screens. Dragons, White Walkers, a fight for the Iron Throne, and merciless violence—this show has got it all. Make sure to get all caught up…
No, they don't mean the usual corporate-speak kind of “execution.” Saudi Arabia is hiring for the real deal. According to RT, the kingdom which executes more criminals than any nation except China and Iran, wants to hire eight new executioners. A surge in executions has been witnessed under new King Salman’s rule. The job description…
The memento mori continues to be updated for our times. This Lego video pierces us with the painful truth behind our entire existence, not just when stepping on one in bare feet. The School of Life is not the first, however, to be inspired by plastic blocks to examinations of transience and inevitable decay. Check…
In a future not so far away, a “non-threatening, huggable” robot is sent to take care of a teenage boy and his family. Soon, he's one of the few things standing in the way of the world and total destruction from a kabuki-wearing villain. In the latest movie from the masterminds behind Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph,…
We’re a couple of days late on this, but that doesn’t make it any less “Wha?”. Adult Swim just launched Mike Tyson Mysteries, a Scooby-Doo-style animated series (if Scooby had a potty mouth) featuring Mike Tyson himself, plus an anthropomorphic pigeon voiced by Norm MacDonald, Mike’s fictional adopted daughter Yung Hee, and the ghost of…
In case Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn't satisfy your Michael Bay craving, we've got you covered in this YouTube video that asks a question you may never have thought of before but are now only realizing you need to know the answer: What if Michael Bay directed Up? The video features some signature Bay moments,…
Why can't we all just have snacks and get along? A man in a Scooby Doo onesie for a fancy dress (read: costume) party was attacked at a pub by a woman (probably Old Man Quigley in disguise). According to Les Brown, the padding in his Doo-sie was substantial enough to protect him from serious…
Obviously, it's a wonderfully-tempered dog, obviously, not everyone has a drone… but enough with the caveats and concerns about pooper-scooping, because finally, thanks to Jeff Myers, something in today's world is actually better than in George Jetson's! We look forward to the attempts to have drones fill in for Rosie the maid, too. A drone…
With the publication of A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle kicked off a Sherlock Holmes phenomenon that has yet to abate. Sherlock and Elementary are just the latest in a long list of “reinventions” of Holmes and Watson. We’re all familiar with the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce movies and Grenada Television’s mostly faithful adaptions of…
