If you think that’s nerdy, go here and check out the comment thread. It’s worth it for the discussion as to whether Gandalf and Saruman are mages or warlocks alone. (via i Can Has Cheezburger)

Tags: books, fantasy, Gandalf, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, mages, noog, Peter Jackson, RPG, Saruman, video games, warlocks, wizards, World of Warcraft, WoW
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Hanna (Focus Features) is one of those rare action thrillers that doesn’t require you to check your brain at the door. In fact, I hesitate to classify it as an action film at all, because despite the modern setting and high tech fight sequences, Hanna is more of a dark fairy tale about the perils [...]

Tags: action, Cate Blanchett, Chemical Brothers, Eric Bana, fairy tale, film, Focus Features, Hanna, Joe Wright, movie, Saoirse Ronan, thriller, Tom Hollander
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The Welsh techno group, Hybrid, announced on their Facebook fan page today that they will be working on the film score for Cowboys and Aliens, with composer Harry Gregson-Williams (Chronicles of Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). The film looks like your standard summer action blockbuster, in which Daniel Craig, [...]

Tags: adventure, Cowboys and Aliens, Daniel Craig, electronic, epic, film, film music, film scores, Harrison Ford, Harry Gregson Williams, Hybrid, Jon Favreau, movie, music, Olivia Wilde, science fiction, Steven Spielberg, techno
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As a self-professed sci-fi geek, cartoon freak and child of the 80s, I have a painful confession to make: I could care less that Transformers 3 was being filmed in my hometown of Chicago, and right outside of my office no less. Michael Bay and co. ran around the city for nearly a month pretending [...]

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Yesterday was the 44th anniversary of the original Star Trek series. I’ll admit it, I’ve always come down a bit more on the side of Star Wars, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the original Trek, if only because of the genius of Leonard Nimoy. Both my parents were Star Trek nerds – [...]

Tags: aliens, anniversary, dopplegangers, future, Kirk, Leonard Nimoy, pop culture, sci-fi, science, Spock, Star Trek, Star Wars, technology, tractor beams, tribbles, William Shatner
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I’ll admit it – I’m a sucker for all things Star Wars (and when I say Star Wars, I mean the original trilogy, not George Lucas’ drunken, CGI-driven elephant stomp on my childhood that came later). I’m not as much of a sucker for minimalist art, but in this case, I’ll make an exception. Now, [...]

Tags: art, cool stuff, Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas, minimalism, original trilogy, pop art, pop culture, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, WANT
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