Cool Shit 2/6

After reading this rather enjoyable article about the cast of Police Academy and where they are now, I learned of what may be considered the greatest production to come out of Hollywood to date: Lavalantula. I can only hope it comes close to the brilliance of Shatner in Kingdom of the Spiders...



(I hate when science fiction becomes science fact. Also, there is no bad line in that trailer)

Bonus! William Shatner discusses his role in Kingdom of the Spiders! Don't you dare think I didn't watch all 16 minutes of this!)



Ok, I'm back. Those 16 minutes might be the best 16 minutes I've spent all week. Come for the time  Shatner indirectly insults every woman cast in this movie; stay for when he gets into eating rats. I think he also might suggest that there is going to be an evolution of super-intelligent spiders in the near future. Of course I'm bummed the sequel wasn't made, since it sounded batshit insane.

Grammy post for today: who should win/who will win? 

More Serial news, this time from some of the teachers who knew both Adnan, Hae, Jay and Stephanie. Though not revelatory, it is interesting to hear from people who knew the principles involved in the case.

Here's a nice, fun read from a congressperson about the current state of Congress, and just how little we can probably do to fix it. Though the author closes with a sense of optimism, I think that has more to do with the issue that he or she has to be optimistic, since they are so close to the situation, while the general public has already spoken (see approval ratings for Congress).

It has amazed me that of late, I have heard musicians strike out at streaming sites (spotify, Pandora, profit for themselves, as they have done within the industry, since the beginning of the industry.etc.) for not paying them appropriate shares of money; A. I always felt that this system was too new to immediately criticize as not getting it right, and B. let's not forget that record labels are going to manipulate the system as much as possible to turn a profit for themselves.

Hey, remember Beanie Babies? What the hell what were we all thinking?

Thinking about walking across that thinly iced pond? Maybe read this before you do, to be prepared just in case.

Cheesy Movies? Ha!

I really wish Wired did one of two things when creating this list of cheesiest movies (in honor of Piranha 3-D coming out tomorrow), not use the superlative for cheesy, or at least have the decency to speak to me about cheesy movies.

I mean their list is obviously good, but is it definitive? Of course not. Off the top of my head I thought of three they missed...

Prophecy

No, not the 1995 movie with Christopher Walken as the archangel Gabriel. The 1979 movie with no name stars and a mutant bear killing campers.

Kingdom of the Spiders

Why Wired wouldn't immediately go to a movie starring William Shatner as a veterinarian trying to save a small town from a plague of tarantulas...well now you can see why I was so angered by their list.

Night of the Lepus

This might be my favorite trailer of all time. The narrator's affected voice...the gore...the unknown terror...yes it's about giant bunnies terrorizing people. And no, I have no idea what a lepus is.

Links of Interest 2/4

A pro and con look at Twitter.

A look at how conspiracy theories can negatively affect how people think. Or so they would have you believe.

Salt is ok; it's the sodium that will get you.

A new We Are the World gathering for Haiti relief.

I added this review for Kingdom of the Spiders simply because I love this movie.

So what does a military MRE really taste like?

Some of the science in Lost explained. Well, at least an attempt to explain it.

Awesome trick shots in sports.

Just in case you happen to fall out of an airplane.

We like to help people out here at the Popcorn Trick. So, just in case you suddenly come into a large sum of money that you'd like to keep quiet, why not set up an offshore bank account?