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Since the music license for David Bowie’s classic “Space Oddity” was only good for a year (and that year is up tonight at midnight), today is the last day to enjoy Commander Chris Hadfield floating far above the world from the ISS:

Yes, you read that title right.  Game Of Thrones intro done as Super Mario Brothers for SNES would look and sound:

Youtube user Bobby Burns gives us Frozen as a horror movie:

The story as we know it follows a rebellious teenage drifter who is given a choice to help save earth from a threatening alien colonization.  Vincent Tran directed the film, and says “The Girl Of Steel isn’t just a superhero, but a freedom fighter inherited in all young women.” ….maybe there’ll be Dubstep alien robots […]

By now you’ve heard of course that Oscar winning director Sophia Coppola is helming the upcoming Little Mermaid liveaction film with script penned by  by Caroline Thompson (writing credits on Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride). So here, from our buddies over at Funny or Die, is their vision of Sophia’s version of The Little Mermaid. The similarities […]

We know it seems like everything is all Star Wars all the time lately, and maybe it is, but here’s another vid pertaining to that galaxy far far away. In honor of yesterday’s May The 4th (Be With You) National Star Wars day, director of Star Wars VII J.J. “Lens Flair” Abrams recorded and posted this greeting:

On May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he commanded Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission.  Here is a fantastic one on one “oral history” interview with Alan from NASA’s archives, and here is the full mission video: (The Right Stuff had Scott Glenn in the role of Shepard.)

Admit it, you thought we were joking with this headline, right?  Well, we’re not! Remember when NASA was taking proposals to design their new generation of space suits?  After almost two months, we have a winner.  With 233,431 votes, the “Technology” option has won NASA’s Z-2 Spacesuit design challenge with just over 63% of the […]

So here we have some fantastic designs from designer Kode Logic of Boss Logic Inc. Don’t forget to check expiration dates, and let’s hope our heros don’t break under pounding pressure.

Every so often, there is a kickstarter you just have to get behind and support.  Mine for the last two months has been The Gathering Storm: A Marauders Fan Film.  It takes place in the Harry Potter world, pre “The Chosen One”. The story follows the Marauders; Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs during their sixth year at Hogwarts and the events leading to their roles in the First […]