Forum: Arts and Entertainment

Commercials, short films, parodies, music videos, whatever. You find it on YouTube and want to share it? Stick it here. People always toss the links out in chat, but I never save them and there've been some great ones. The Shake Weight: ...

Try to keep spoilers blacked out, since there are some folks who don't know how the war ended. Anyway, if I didn't start this I thought I might EXPLODE or DIE or SOMETHING ELSE DRAMATIC. Because I am so ridiculously psyched for this. I'm trying...

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No, not that kind of wank. I'm talking about those delightful and wonder times when somebody famous does something batshit insane--usually on Twitter--and has a very public, very interactive meltdown. It's one of the most hilarious things to come...

And you may watch it here. Now that I have shared, I shall go watch it myself.

There's been a lot of discussion about the book Sex at Dawn across the internet. It's written by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá who are described as "renegade researchers" in the press release for the book. And what's the book about? It's...

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The people promoting The Last Exorcism decided to use Chatroulette for a viral marketing campaign. The reactions from the guys expecting to see boobage and instead getting a shock are hilarious. CNSaurw6E_Q

Before the fire I had around a few weeks worth of MP3s on my computer, from ABBA to White Zombie and a ton of stuff in between. Figuring out how to rebuild my wardrobe, kitchen, art supplies, linens, etc, etc, is hard enough, so I haven't taken much...

You are tiny and your lips are like two little pieces of bacon. And I don't think I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never find that recipe again. I'm the Cash Money Makaveli, y'all ain't ready, break fast like Tom...

We're continuing these discussions with eleanorigby's blessing. Ah, the Nazi episode. :D The Enterprise discovers the planet Ekos, which has been modeled after Nazi Germany. A meddling cultural observer, John Gill, is apparently responsible...

Kelvans, extragalactic aliens wearing false humanoid forms, hijack the Enterprise in an attempt to take it back to their home, a journey that will last 300 years. Tomar: What is it? Scotty: Well, it's...uh...it's green. I have absolutely no...

Sorry this one is a bit late. I didn't have a chance to watch it yesterday. "A star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive." The Enterprise discovers the...

We're all sorry for the other guy when he loses his job to a machine. When it comes to your job, that's different. And it always will be different. The Enterprise is used to test the M5, a computer that could replace the crew and captain of a...

I just saw someone on Twitter declare that The Next Generation was the best Star Trek series of them all. This is far and away at odds with how I view things, but if I took TOS out of the running which would be the best series? It's a hard...

Story here. She's 93 years old and has cancerous lesions on her leg, with gangrene imminent. She's also been "pretty much confined" to a wheelchair since 2002. She hadn't wanted to undergo the surgery and I can sympathize. It has to be...

I'm not sure what to add. Here's the link. It's a trap!

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I think everybody gets what a "trope" is by this point, but what about things that go beyond even that? There are common things that might show up in TV shows and books, and then there are things that are apparently required to be central to the...

There's a two minute clip from the upcoming film adaptation making the rounds: F7cS2L0iN0s

Suicide bomber vest from 24 Maybe it's just me?

Yay! Man, I was starting to worry she'd never update again.

Go the Fuck to Sleep The cats nestle close to their kittens now. The lambs have laid down with the sheep. You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear Please go the fuck to sleep.

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http://drafthouse.com/ 1L3eeC2lJZs Clearly I need to start watching movies in Texas.

In this corner, weighing in at 118lbs, Michael Cera. This Canadian actor is known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Juno. VERSUS Weighing in at at 120lbs, Jesse Eisenberg. This...

In a way we have come to our homeland’s headtown to call in a draught. When our great folkdom's fathers wrote the haughty words of the Books-of-Rights and the Call for Lonestance, they were underwriting a hight to which every American was to fall...

Since it's been a while since we did this, I figured I'd start it up again. Today I'm putting up "Bloodstained Heart" by Darren Hayes. I've always enjoyed his vocals, but this song really surprised me. The guitar on this track is particularly...

A musical episode is kind of gimmicky, no question, but I've always found them entertaining. Anyone else? One of my favorites right now is the musical episode of Grey's Anatomy, which was done from the perspective of one of the characters who had...

Trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like a person with no arms trying to punch themselves until their hands grow back. This post from Allie both made me laugh and wince. One of the...

Fye5Nwe4qeI Marsilia got me hooked on the Hunger Game series of books and now the first of the movies is coming out this spring. I'm geekily excited about it, because sci-fi with a strong, young female lead isn't exactly a plentiful genre.

Some songs that help put a smile back on your face or some fire in your blood:

I was just pondering restarting the Star Trek TOS discussions we had going on for a while here--possibly starting over at the beginning and doing them in chronological order--and that got me thinking about genre TV in general. I know we've discussed...