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These pigeons are more fashionable than I am.
(Source: sharshari, via nerdloveandlolz)
Mildly-supported intuition as to what I think Amazon’s doing here. Short version: Acquire material for tie-in books they don’t have to adequately compensate for (as greyduck mentions in the comments—also possibly an idea farm for future TV episodes); prevent another Fifty Shades of Grey scenario where everyone makes out like a bandit except the original inspiration/rights holder; exploit a creative community without understanding how it works.
A comment I just added, as well: I see a majority of fandom writers (and readers?) not being on board, but the writers who do publish through Amazon appealing to non-fandom readers. Which may be all Amazon wants after all—a few potential tie-ins, not the entire conversion of fandom for profit. The real problem would come in if whoever decided to stop any fanfic that wasn’t published for profit through Amazon. That would be like herding cats (and then trying to issue them C&Ds), though.
a male celebrity can literally beat his girlfriend half to death and still enjoy a successful career with millions of adoring fans
a female celebrity can gain a few pounds and she’s shunned, mocked, and ridiculed by thousands of people over many different mediums
do you see the problem with this
a female celebrity JUMPS INTO THE OCEAN TO RESCUE HER CHILD AND NANNY
and is mocked and ridiculed for a wardrobe malfunction
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This may just be an internet rumor, but apparently Mark “Trash” Gregory has been missing since 1989 and all attempts (mostly by Bronx Warriors nutjobs but apparently Enzo as well) to find him have failed. That’s a shame, as in addition to the Bronx films he went head to head against Bo Svenson in the Thunder films. The man must be found! I will personally put TEN DOLLARS AMERICAN into a Bronx Warriors III plan! All I know is he’s probably still in the Bronx even though he was repeatedly informed to LEAVE THE BRONX.
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It turns out that Summit, while being a lot more understanding than one might have expected, wasn’t comfortable with “Twilight” being used when they’re still making money on it. Understandable, and I’m not disappointed (“Twilight” is approaching dead-horse status).
So they’ve gone to “Plan A-1.5, Subsection C:” “Starship Troopers.” Which… eh?
For one thing, this didn’t appear on the Worst list they said they’d be going down if “Twilight” wasn’t workable. Did none of those work out? For another, most Internet film snobs seem to agree that “Starship Troopers” is satirical, which seems to go against the unspoken rule of not making fun of comedies.
This may seem like I’m bitter (as I’ve mentioned before, I was hoping to see “Super Mario Brothers” or “Batman & Robin” done live), but I’m not disappointed. Especially if, as many Kickstarters are asking for, they can bring in Neil Patrick Harris. I’m mostly just confused by the choice. I can understand not wanting to use a recent movie that’s still making money, and I can understand most studios’ reluctance to let a smaller company sell tickets and video files of one of their movies being mocked. But “Starship Troopers” seems like a random choice.
STARSHIP TROOPERS!??!? AAAARRRRGGGHHH I HATE THAT MOVIE
(Source: questionall, via stfuconservatives)
Star Trek Into Darkness takes place in 2259. “Khan” says that he’s 300 years old. 300 years before 2259 is 1959, the same year the chicken-nosed aliens from Krankor tried to invade Beaver Falls, Japan. In Star Trek II, “Khan” describes himself as being a “prince, with power over millions.” In Into Darkness, he defeats an entire platoon of Klingons without a scratch, and Uhura shoots him a half dozen times without managing to stun him. It’s almost like her weapon is useless against him. He wears a cape in Into Darkness, was described as being of Asian descent in Space Seed, and is capable of controlling a spaceship with minimal or no crew on board.
My conclusion?
“Khan” is really Prince of Space!
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"I think before his second term is over, we’re going to see a miracle before our eyes, I believe God is going to answer our prayers and we’ll be freed from the yoke of Obamacare."
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Michele Bachmann decides God will repeal Obamacare. (via think-progress)
Can we make a deal with her that if it’s not repealed by God by 2016, she has to leave politics forever? Ugh, she’d probably just renege on it like Rush Limbaugh did.
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One more from MST3K, except this one’s a Gumby short: Robot Rumpus.
“Oh god, they hung his head! This is worse than Seven!” - Tom Servo
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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Tornado Survivor If She ‘Thanked The Lord’
I love the joy she takes in saying that to him.
“fuck you and your stereotypes of Oklahoma, your bearded slimeball.”
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I’m seriously considering trying out this paid fanfiction thing. I have a sort of morbid curiosity about it. And although the higher pay rate starts at 20,000 words, and my fics are usually 2,000-5,000 words, I might be inspired to try harder and get some discipline if there was compensation.
I think I would have to do it for a fandom I wasn’t in love with, though. I can’t imagine doing that for
