7:00 AM, Friday, January 20th, 2012 - Posted by Brant Fowler
Angie and Chad from the Screen Team take their parody act to Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" in this crazy video. Watch Batman and Catwoman dancing around in public with their take on the popular song. Lyrics can be found below, and here's the video:
Lyrics:
When i press start, Arkham City
I feel like the star, and that's one hot kitty
I'm wearing a cape, alter ego Bruce Wayne.
And i'll save the day.
This city is hell, but i got my
Explosive Gel, Remote Control Batarang
So bring on the gang, you know i can hang.
And Hugo is Strange.
And i fight like this...
Drop a smoke bomb and i'll own you.
Do a Cape Stun and i'll show you
All the moves like Batman, i got the moves like Batman.
I've got the na na na na na na na na moves like Batman.
Call in some bats and they'll swarm you.
I just kicked your ass, but i warned you.
Got the moves like Batman, i got the moves like Batman.
I've got the na na na na na na na na moves like Batman.
Sometimes i Slide, but i love to
Grapnel and Glide, Dive Bomb you.
I throw a Beat Down. Perform a Take Down.
That ass sure is round! (catwoman)
Oh! I got my Batclaw for the Joker.
Phone calls from Zsaaz couldn't be weirder.
I'll fight the Penguin, shove his umbrella in...
I'd **** Harley Quinn
And i fight like this...
Drop a smoke bomb and i'll own you.
Do a Cape Stun and i'll show you
All the moves like Batman, i got the moves like Batman.
I've got the na na na na na na na na moves like Batman.
Call in some bats and they'll swarm you.
I just kicked your ass, but i warned you.
Got the moves like Batman, i got the moves like Batman.
I've got the na na na na na na na na moves like Batman.
11:00 AM, Friday, January 13th, 2012 - Posted by John Wilson
A man disguised in an Incredible Hulk mask robbed a western New York bank this week. according to TV station WIVB.
Hamburg police are searching for the suspect who held up a Northwest Savings branch on Jan. 9 with a handgun rather than a display of rage and superhuman strength favored by the neon green comic book character.
A security camera photo released by cops shows the villain standing at the counter. He's a white man in his 20s wearing a brown jacket with a shearling collar, faded blue jeans and a long gold or silver chain, according to a statement.
The man dressed like Dr. Bruce Banner's radioactive alter ego ran from the bank on foot and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
There's been a spate of robberies recently by thieves masked to look like children's comic book heroes and cartoon characters, such as a man in Spider-man outfit who robbed a Maryland bank. A hooligan in a full-body Gumby costume had less success trying to rob a store, because a clerk didn't believe the thief was serious.
12:00 PM, Saturday, December 31st, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
In a case of life imitating comics, attorneys for Marvel are trying to prove that Mutants aren't humans after all.
The guys at the Radiolab Podcast uncovered this story recently, and it sounds like something ripped right out of an issue of The Uncanny X-Men. However, before you head out and enroll at Xavier's Mutant Academy, understand that the whole Mutant vs. human debate in this story revolves around toys.
No, Marvel lawyers haven't found real Mutants running around in the wild. The truth of the story is slightly more mundane. It turns out that toys manufactured overseas and imported to the US are taxed, but different kinds of toys are taxed in different ways for some reason. One of the distinctions is for "dolls" which are defined as things that represent humans, while toys are non-humans, like robots and animals. Human dolls are taxed at a much higher rate (12%) than "toys" (6.8%). So, Marvel, trying to save some money, is currently in court arguing that its line-up of Mutant action figures aren't really humans and therefore should get the lower tax rate. Not quite as exciting as the thought of Wolverine and Storm taking on an army of Sentinels, eh?
While the legal wrangling has been going on for quite some time, it appears that the Marvel Superheroes RPG put this debate to bed ages ago. From the game's wiki:
"Each character had an origin, which put ceilings on a character's abilities and superpowers. The origins included: Altered Humans (normal people who acquired powers, such as Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four), High-Tech Wonders (normal people whose powers come from devices, e.g., Iron Man), Mutants (persons born with superpowers, such as the X-Men), Robots (created beings such as the Vision and Ultron), and Aliens (a blanket term used to cover non-humans, including extra-dimensional beings such as Thor and Hercules)."
4:00 PM, Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
Dark Horse Comics and Bruce Campbell want to wish you a Happy Holidays! We have a ton of gifts to giveaway, but we know you're itching to get your hands on Bruce Campbell's Bicycle. So here's how you Enter:
RULES
1. Signup to Dark Horse Comics Newsletter by Dec. 23rd, 2011 - NEWSLETTER SIGNUP (The Bottom Form is the correct Newsletter)
2. Post a Comment below this Blog Saying "Happy Holidays Bruce Campbell!" by Dec. 23rd, 2011
What else is at stake? Well, feast your eyes on this HUGE Holiday gift list of prizes:
1. Bruce Campbell's Bicycle from My Name is Bruce movie & a My Name is Bruce DVD
2. Signed SDCC Exclusive Spider-Man Syrocco-style statue (by Stan Lee)
3. Mass Effect Normandy Ship Statue
4. Manara Library Vol. 1 Book
5. Marvel Hulk Statue x2
6. Donald Duck Statue
7. Bettie Page Pint Glasses
8. Signed Copies of Evelyn Evelyn Book
9. Signed Comics from: Mass Effect, Star Wars Jedi - The Dark Side, The Guild, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 # 1, Beasts of Burden & Hellboy One-Shot
10. 5 Random Grab Bags of Comics from Dark Horse Office Comps
That's Right we have over 25 Prizes to give away. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
5:00 PM, Monday, December 19th, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
More than 15,000 people listed themselves as followers of the Star Wars-inspired faith in a recent census. The biggest proportion of respondants claming the religion live in the country's capital Prague, notes the CzechPosition website.
The fewest number of Czechs believing in "the Force," reside in the central region of Vysocina.
Catholicism is still the country's most prevalent religion with more than 1.08 million followers.
Nearly half of the country's population chose not to identify themselves with any organized religion in the census, but those who did single themselves out as Jedi Knights, did so by writing in their preference.
The Czech statistical office said in a statement, "Many people adhered to the moral values of Jedi knights from the Star Wars saga."
A spokesman for the office remarked, "We included this option (in the census form) despite a fierce debate over whether it's serious or not. But it's not up to the statisticians to say what is or is not a religion."
Twenty-one thousand Canadians affiliated themselves with the Jedi religion in a 2001 census, and more than 53,000 people did the same in New Zealand the same year, though the number dropped significantly in the following census.
4:00 PM, Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
Nearly 10,000 people have paraded in Mexico City dressed as zombies in what organisers claim is the biggest "zombie walk" ever held.
Wearing ghoulish make-up and rags splattered with fake blood, the "undead" shambled and groaned through the heart of the capital.
The current Guinness world record is held by Asbury Park in the US, where 4,093 zombies marched in 2010.
Zombie walks have grown in popularity worldwide in recent years.
The craze for dressing up as the "living dead" has been fuelled by movies, television, video games and literature.
A group in Brisbane in Australia has also laid claim to the record after massing 8,000 zombies last month.
Cultural critics have variously suggested the phenomenon may be linked to economic austerity or a critique of consumerism.
But participants usually say they are doing it for fun.
Correspondents say the craze has particular resonance in Mexico, where the "Day of the Dead" is a national celebration and where brutal killings by drugs gangs dominate the news.
Elsewhere in Latin America, Lima in Peru, Santiago in Chile and Sao Paulo in Brazil have all staged zombie walks this year.
11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer. Born on November 11th 2011. What a legacy.
In February of this year publisher Bethesda said it would offer free games for life to anyone who had a child born on 11.11.11 (Skyrim's release date) and named it Dovahkiin.
Which in the world of Elder Scrolls translates to ';Dragon Born'.
Megan and Eric Kellermeyer were the lucky winners of the free games. Their son is the ';lucky winner' of an exotic name that he won't be able to spell until he's six.
The Kellermeyer's decision to rise to Bethesda's challenge in explained on their blog.
"I am due on 11/11/11. What's so special about that day?" mother Megan wrote prior to the birth. "First off, it has the awesome triple like digits. Second, for all the gamers, it is the release date for the long-awaited Skyrim. Third, if our son does make it out on 11/11/11, we are going to name him Dovahkiin.
"The reason being it is an awesome name... and, yes, it comes with a fantastic prize in Bethesda's baby-naming contest to coincide with the release of Skyrim. Now, my husband didn't know of the contest to start with. We conceived long before hearing of it. But it's been a tough year and I wanted to do something special for my son.
"We've toyed with Dovahkiin and the ramifications of naming a child that name, and that name being based on a video game character (however awesome), and what impact that would have on him.
"But the more I thought of it, the more I settled on Dovahkiin, contest or no. It helps that we told all our friends and family and very few are opposed to the idea. My mom thought it was neat! He will have a perfectly normal and common middle name if the first name becomes too much for him or us or we just want to call him a nickname.
"I've read several posts on the site and most condemn anyone who would dare name their child such a thing, all for capitalism. Well, I really don't play many video games (TB plays an ungodly amount though), and I would never name my child a name I found horrible or even terribly mediocre. I think we're doing a great job with our daughter and will continue to be great parents for our son, too."
Bethesda itself added: "Be it the real world or the game worlds we create, we wish young Dovahkiin the best in all his adventures. And if Alduin ever reaches this realm, we'll be in touch."
6:00 PM, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
A small-time Brisbane clothing retailer has taken on a multimillion-dollar US company over a comic book superhero - and lost.
International comic book company Marvel Characters Inc came out blazing when Gary Charles, who has a clothing store at Eagleby, in the city's south, applied to register the words "Ghost Rider" as a trademark.
Marvel's Ghost Rider comic book character has a flaming skull, its motorcycle is surrounded by flames and it often wields a flaming chain.
In his trademark application, Mr Charles said: "We don't use the flaming skull or the Harley. I just liked the name so I searched IP Australia and it wasn't trademarked so I applied."
Mr Charles provided photos of his men's and women's denim shorts featuring the words Ghost Rider. Some also had an embroidered image of a motorbike rider.
At a hearing, solicitor Fiona Brittain, for Marvel, showed photos of what she claimed were Mr Charles's Ghost Rider jeans and a swing tag that showed a motorcyclist with a flaming head, riding a flaming motorcycle, wielding a flaming chain.
Mr Charles, who first applied for the trademark in May 2009, said when Marvel objected and threatened legal action, he decided to go ahead with his case.
"I thought why should I let them push me around," he said. "But if I'd known the trouble it would be I would have dropped the trademark."
A delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks refused his application on September 14. Mr Charles was last week still trying to offload his remaining Ghost Rider stock.
11:00 AM, Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
Comic fans of a certain age will remember the ads for wacky things like seamonkeys, invisible ink and x-ray specs. This "novelties historian" details his journey to find these "lost treasures."
1:00 PM, Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 - Posted by John Wilson
Anonymous is making Time Warner a ton of money.
The hacker group that has taken on global corporations, the Iranian government and Scientology, is making Time Warner money in the form of licensing fees, the New York Times reports.
During public protests and appearances, members of the group wear masks of 17th century Englishman Guy Fawkes, who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It is the same mask worn by an anarchist challenging an authoritarian regime in V for Vendetta, the 2006 movie from TW's Warner Bros. studio. Since TW owns the rights to the image, it is paid a licensing fee with the sale of each mask, the Times said.
The paper didn't detail the amounts that Time Warner and Warner Bros. may earn. But the sales add to the $28 billion in revenue that TW made last year. The Vendetta mask is the top-selling mask on Amazon.com, beating out masks of Batman, Harry Potter and Darth Vader, the Times said.
"We sell over 100,000 of these masks a year, and it's by far the best-selling mask that we sell," Howard Beige, executive vp of Rubie's Costume, a New York costume company that produces the mask, told the Times. "In comparison, we usually only sell 5,000 or so of our other masks." The mask typically sells for about $6, he added.
A man disguised in an Incredible Hulk mask robbed a western New York bank this week. according to TV station WIVB. 
The guys at the Radiolab Podcast uncovered this story recently, and it sounds like something ripped right out of an issue of The Uncanny X-Men. However, before you head out and enroll at Xavier's Mutant Academy, understand that the whole Mutant vs. human debate in this story revolves around toys.
The fewest number of Czechs believing in "the Force," reside in the central region of Vysocina.
The current Guinness world record is held by Asbury Park in the US, where 4,093 zombies marched in 2010. 
Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer. Born on November 11th 2011. What a legacy.
"We've toyed with Dovahkiin and the ramifications of naming a child that name, and that name being based on a video game character (however awesome), and what impact that would have on him.
International comic book company Marvel Characters Inc came out blazing when Gary Charles, who has a clothing store at Eagleby, in the city's south, applied to register the words "Ghost Rider" as a trademark.
The hacker group that has taken on global corporations, the Iranian government and Scientology, is making Time Warner money in the form of licensing fees, the New York Times reports.
