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Amazon Deal of the Day: 59% Off Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] – $48.99 + Free Shipping
“For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition + Digital Copy) on blu-ray for just $48.99 plus free shipping. That’s 59% off the trilogy’s usual retail price of $119.98.”
via [Geeks are Sexy]
Happy Geek Pride Day!
Here’s why May 25th has become Geek Pride Day:
• Towel Day, the day two weeks after Douglas Adams passed in 2001, when hoopy froods keep their towel handy;
• The anniversary of the first Star Wars film, Episode IV: A New Hope, released on May 25, 1977;
• Glorious 25 May, the day in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld when wearing lilac and hard-boiled eggs (and raising awareness around Alzheimer’s research) is appropriate; and
• 5 + 25 + 12 = 42. Which makes this Super Towel Day!
Go ahead get your geek on!
[via thinkgeek.com]
Top 5 Tim Burton Films – coregeek retrospective
Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows opened on Friday. Given the mixed reviews, tepid box office take and general reactions such as this, I’m re-posting this article which I wrote before the release of Burton’s Alice in Wonderland in 2010.
Beetle Juice
Macabre madness in a comedy where the phenomenal Michael Keaton (as Beetlejuice) steals the show from a very talented cast including: Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. Beetle Juice is delicious mix of weirdness and laughs. A true cult classic.
Batman
Face it, comic based movies were a joke before 1989′s Batman. Burton ushered in a whole new wave of what comic based films could aspire to. Keaton proved to the world he was worthy of the cape. Nicholson turned in the performance of his career. Bassinger was gorgeous.
Ed Wood
Probably Burton’s most zany, yet a compelling drama at the same time. Depp and Landau were wonderful together. Is it the truth? Who knows, who cares? It’s a truly a celebration of what made Wood so captivating as the “worst director of all time.”
Edward Scissorhands
Sublimely eccentric fable about a boy with scissors for hands who falls for a girl. Laughs and tears ensue with a heartfelt bittersweet ending. Really? Could anyone else but Burton have made this film?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Okay, okay, yes technically it isn’t a Burton film but he created the characters, wrote the story and served as executive producer. Nevertheless TNBC it quintessential Burton. Filled with quirky, funny and lovable characters (who aren’t always what they seem on the outside), great music and wonderfully designed sets in a world full of scares, charm and even life lessons to be learned. What’s not to love?
Agree? Disagree? Hit me back in the comments.
Avengers Remix. We Have a Hulk! – video
Normally I’m not much of a remix guy but like The Avengers this one is awesome! Plus it reactivates that Avengers high.
