The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The sad news has spread quickly across the internet that co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax has died. A local blogger and former Phillyist read that article we posted yesterday about the decade's most misogynistic films and got so pissed he decided to analyze and deconstruct the entire thing in an impressive rant. Thanks, yagathai! Now we feel good about......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. We have a release date for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, and it is May 22, 2009. Production on the film starts in New Mexico on May 5th of this year. Director Peter Segal says although production on Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam was delayed by the writers' strike, the movie should still happen. The Oscars......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Ain't It Cool News claims to have found the final explanation for how Terry Gilliam will complete his film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus now that the star, Heath Ledger, is dead: apparently Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell will all fill in for Ledger in "a weird sort of I’m Not There-esque tribute to the actor." Huh. Well, that......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Chicagoist has discovered that animals like Obama for president. There's even a Venn diagram explaining it all! (Remember to digg it if you like it.) Exciting news! Warren Ellis announced late yesterday that he's launching a free weekly webcomic starting February 15th at FreakAngels.com. The plot sounds suspiciously like that of Umbrella Chronicles, but whatever. The point is, Warren Ellis webcomic!!!......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cracked offers a horrifying (and hilarious) vision of what next year's Oscar nominees could be like if the writer's strike doesn't end (via). Meanwhile, Taco Bell has launched a contest on its website that offers striking WGA members a chance to win free food for a year (valued at $250) by "injecting fun and fresh bits of wisdom......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. A couple of new photos from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Stallone says there won't be any more Rambo or Rocky movies. Does he promise? In writing? Stallone was thankfully not referring to Son of Rambow, which looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. Check out the poster and the trailer on The Movie Blog. Using......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. A painfully true video about what's really important to voters. It's composed mainly of NSFW language, so remember your headphones! (Via Jill) Basic Instructions discusses something of serious importance: How to Decide Which Star Wars Character You Are Most Like. Cloverfield's impressive opening weekend box office numbers make the possibility of a sequel seem pretty inevitable. Grindhouse is back up on......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. While we were watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles last night (which, btw, was surprisingly good), we saw a cool Dell commercial with a kick-ass soundtrack, and a quick Google search turned up the video, and the important information that the awesome song is a new, original track from Devo! Sweet. Elijah Wood said some interesting things about the upcoming Hobbit......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The perfect Valentine's Day gift for that gamer you have a thing for: Chocolate Miis! (Via Sarah) Comic book fans are so pissed about the recent change Marvel made to Spider-Man - using a deal with the devil to erase Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson - that even USA Today heard about it. For the record, we think it's stupid, too.......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We've still got quite a few year-end lists and awards to get through, so settle in, people! First The Movie Blog points out that a Moviefone poll has selected the worst performances of 2007, with Lindsay Lohan "winning" for her role in I Know Who Killed Me. Meanwhile, Slate has a different kind of top ten list for us: the Bush......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Movie Blog has a pic from the new Death Race movie, and it's actually pretty cool. Some details on the casting and plot of Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, in case you want them for some reason. According to Variety, the writers' strike has reached an interesting milestone: it's now cost writers more money than they were hoping......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. 25 more films are being added to the Library of Congress' national registry, our favorites being Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Oklahoma!, Back to the Future, 12 Angry Men, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Women. (Via Jill) The Movie Blog has a first look at a new Disney animated film called Bolt. It's about a dog who's the star......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Let's round up some Christmas leftovers to enjoy this afternoon, shall we? The Movie Blog posted its All Time Top 10 Christmas Movies, and we agree with... six of them. Meanwhile, XPN had a bunch of free downloads of holiday-appropriate tracks by local Philly bands. Then there's a documentary on the making of Chuck Jones' animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas,......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A Russian online community enjoys coming up with a story/theme and then staging photos based on it. The results are odd but entertaining. (Via Casey G) Could science be on the verge of discovering a real anti-aging drug? And how would such a drug change the way we live and die? Weighty stuff, we know, but interesting. (Via Jill) The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A father went to a lot of trouble to find a copy of Guitar Hero III for his son for Christmas, but when he caught the kid smoking pot, he put the game up for sale on eBay - and made 9,000 dollars. (Via Ross) A couple of inmates in New Jersey's Union County jail pulled their own......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. LAist has more fun photos from the writers' strike, this time featuring fans and employees of Mutant Enemy Productions (Joss Whedon's production company), who all came together last Friday to support the strikers. Aw, look at Nicholas Brendon in his hat and glasses. And Summer Glau is so cute! Nintendo claims they are surprised by the Greenpeace report which we posted about earlier,......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Sci Fi Wire reveals that Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet and rapper Xzibit will be in X-Files 2, while The Movie Blog tells us who won't be in it: Lance Henriksen. GameSpot has decided to release a more in-depth series of responses to the controversy surrounding their firing of Jeff Gerstmann, and Joystiq has the run-down. Meanwhile, this whole thing has gotten everybody thinking......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Who knew there was an annual symposium for cocktail robotics? Apparently it's called Roboexotica, it's been around for nine years, it just happened again weekend before last, and Wired has the photos. (Via Jill) This past weekend an auction of items formerly belonging to Ozzy Osbourne and his family raked in a lot of cash, with all the proceeds going to......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. MapQuest now has a function for mapping the best gas prices. And perhaps unsurprisingly, all the best prices in the Philadelphia area are in... New Jersey. (Via Allen) Supposedly the new Friday the 13th movie won't be a remake - instead, it'll be a story set between parts two and four (uh... wouldn't that be three?) that features "a leaner, meaner, faster Jason......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. This is one of the most awesome news stories we've ever read: a ring of guerrilla restorers spent a year secretly fixing an antique clock inside the Pantheon, only revealing themselves and their work to officials when they were done. They were cleared on Friday of breaking in. They are totally our heroes now. (Via Mike V.) Wired takes a look......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. It's Rock Band week, people! Game|Life has a glowing review, while Joystiq has put together their usual metareview. Joystiq has also launched a new weekly post highlighting new downloadable content for Rock Band. And they've paid tribute to an intrepid soul who tried to be a one-woman Rock Band. Matt Selman over on Nerd World has written an amusing essay on......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Are you a meanderthal? Not sure? Check the urban dictionary, and beware! Apparently the word could soon be heading to the real dictionary. (Via Jill) Uh oh - looks like the upper ups at Warner Bros. demanded some last minute changes to the ending of I Am Legend. That's rarely good news... Supposedly The Movie Blog got their hands on some......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Apparently it's National Fast Food Day! Is that a bell we hear? Perhaps a... taco bell? (Via Sarah) Rumor is that Tom Cruise will play Hugh Hefner in the upcoming biopic. It's kind of a creepy idea, but it sort of works, too. The secret, true name of Cloverfield is supposedly... Cloverfield. Also, there's a new trailer online, but it's a poor quality......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. They're actually doing a third Underworld movie. Of course, it will be a prequel. It's called Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, and it'll be the directorial debut of Patrick Tatopoulos, who did the creature effects on the first two movies. Apparently director George Miller will be working on Mad Max 4: Fury Road, Happy Feet 2, and Justice League of America,......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. What If? is a venerable Marvel title that is essentially a dumping ground for story ideas that aren't going to be included in the official continuity; it's a chance for writers to take past stories into different directions and see how things would play out that way. It's also a chance to be very, very silly. The Movie Blog has put......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The Movie Blog dug up the filming start dates for a bunch of upcoming high profile movies. Would you like to see the biggest Marvel heroes (plus one villain) get beat up by a bunch of cute little girls? Of course you would. (Via) The full Golden Compass trailer is here (posters, too). It starts a little slow, but by the end it......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Let's get some "old," but still exciting, entertainment news out of the way first: the possibility of a Doctor Who movie, the official confirmation of the rumor that Microsoft and Bungie are breaking up (but they'll still be BFFs), and the official confirmation of the rumor about the cheaper PS3 model - at least in Europe. We were considering getting a......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Hey, guess who has two thumbs and got a geeky tattoo this past weekend? This guy! (Uh, now you're supposed to imagine your humble author pointing at himself with both thumbs. Hmm... that gag doesn't work as well online...) Yes, the tat is in Elvish. It's the name of a guy you've probably never heard of, but it......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Check out this post by a Croatian comic-book artist about his favorite manga. It's as good a way as any to step into the weird and wild world of Japanese comics. Also check out the comments of the Drawn! post that led us to that list, as they contain even more recommendations. (Also, we second the recommendations of Death Note and Uzumaki, which......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Sure, Wikipedia can be unreliable. But just how reliable is the Encyclopedia Britannica? (Via Jill) The word from Jo Rowling is that she's not necessarily done with Harry after all - a Potter encyclopedia could be in our (admittedly distant, because she needs a break) future (via Jen). For a bit more of the interview quoted in that article, click here.......