https://www.feanorsworkshop.com/blog/logorss.jpg An online journal... of DOOM! Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:37:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Gifs from Bonniegrrl: two sets of Empire Strikes Back gifs, Metropolis, The Young Ones, Sir Giles of Buffy, and... yeah, I don't know what's going on here.


• Speaking of gifs, here are some unspeakably cute ones of a wombat and a cat and his boy.


• A tiny Santa hedgehog. Eeee!


• Awesome photo of awesome dogs.


• I deeply love this hateful cat.


• Scientists are working on a new RNA-based vaccine that could wipe out the flu forever. Amazing stuff!


• The Max Fleischer Superman cartoons are pretty fantastic, and you can now watch them all on YouTube, legally and everything!


• More cuteness for you, straight from the source (Cute Overload).


• Partly as research for my novel, and partly just because I like them, I've been reading tons of fairy tales and folk tales lately. So I was kind of excited to see that a big-screen, Hollywood adaptation of Jack the Giant Slayer was in the works. But I should have figured that in the process of creating such a thing, they would have added all the typical big-screen, Hollywood trappings to the story. Corny catch-phrases, lame love story, overwhelmingly huge action set pieces, bombastic rhyming prophecies, tons of special effects. Oy. This trailer is just gross.


• Homemade cardboard Star Destroyer!


• I particularly love the second piece in this Super Punch art roundup.


• I really love the sweet and funny Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown, so it's pretty cool that he's doing a sequel called Vader's Little Princess. There are even holiday-themed downloads!


• I never got into Lemony Snicket, but I've heard great things, and we do have a book we really like written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, so I'm curious about this book that the two of them are collaborating on, The Dark.


• I'm fascinated by devices like this for some reason: a lamp that tells you the weather by recreating it inside your house. (No, it will not actually make it rain.)


• Andrew W.K. has been named the U.S. cultural ambassador to Bahrain. FYI. So they will be partying hard there soon, I assume. UPDATE: Somebody somewhere apparently realized this was kind of a crazy idea and cancelled the whole thing. The world is a sadder place now.


• Ironically, the most frustrating thing about watching this collection of the craziest fake ads from movies is all the real ads stuck in between.


• Holy crap, you guys. NASA is working on a faster-than-light warp drive.


• How to make a fairy room in your house. Awesome idea.

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Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Hey, so this is cool. It doesn't really seem to signal any major change in policy, and it is coming a bit late, but still: the President said he thinks gay marriage should be legal. It's a step. A nice, big, symbolic step.


• That comedy special that Louis C.K. sold on the internet for five bucks, thus altering the universe, is airing this weekend on FX - in an edited form, of course.


• Kind of an unfortunate time to have a lawsuit going against the Beastie Boys. Apparently the boys will be okay if they have to settle, though, seeing as how their records are selling like hotcakes.


• Speaking of the Beastie Boys, here's a cool mashup of them and the Beatles; it's called the Beastles.


• Argo looks/sounds like a pretty amazing movie. Here's the trailer. It's based on a true story about a CIA plot to sneak some Americans out of Iran disguised as the film crew for a movie that didn't exist. They even brought in Jack Kirby to do some concept art.


• Ron Howard, at least, still thinks there's a future for his Dark Tower movie.


• That's some bad-ass stuff right there.


• Apparently a German art student has hand-illuminated and bound a copy of The Silmarillion. Looks amazing.


• Here's the cover of Warren Ellis' next book, Gun Machine. Looking forward to it.

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Man, it's been a while, huh? Let's fire up the old Recyclotron again for old time's sake and see what comes out.

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Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• I really enjoyed this most recent entry on ANIMALS TALKING IN ALL CAPS. I had a feeling my friend Blue would have reblogged it, and indeed I was right.


• Speaking of Game of Thrones, here's a fun illustration of Sam Tarly. And here's more related pieces.


• Key guns! Awesome.


• Stupid but hilarious Lord of the Rings humor.


• A rather naughty outtake from an Empire Strikes Back publicity photo shoot.


• Amazing poster for Psycho.


• This is pretty much the best picture.


• Here's a great Tumblr where a dude is turning old Library of Congress photos into creepy and funny animated GIFs, borrowing a bit from Terry Gilliam's work from his Monty Python days.


• They're making a third episode in that series of Penny Arcade video games! Some day I should get around to trying the first two...


• Speaking of Penny Arcade, I have a feeling I will have a similar experience some day to the one Gabe is having in the latest comic.


• A great Alice in Wonderland/Star Wars mashup.

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Books, Celebrities, Comedy, Craft, Game of Thrones, Links, Mashups, Monty Python, Movies, Obama, Photography, Recyclotron, Song of Ice and Fire, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, Tolkien, TV, Video games, Web comics, Wonderland]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Books Celebrities Comedy Craft Game of Thrones Links Mashups Monty Python Movies Obama Photography Recyclotron Song of Ice and Fire Star Trek Star Wars Technology Tolkien TV Video games Web comics Wonderland Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:06:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Dude, my friends wrote a book! You can buy it! You should buy it. Buy it now!


• One of my favorite of the recent posts on Reproductive Ryan Gosling. My very own poppy is a co-founder and contributor!


• Awww, look at the tiny Avengers! So tiny!


• A little goat! Hopping! On a bed!


• I love Marion, and I love Raiders of the Lost Ark, but... yeah. Baskets. *facepalm*


• Female Holmes and Watson.


• Blue And Bluer celebrates one of the great film classics, Grosse Pointe Blank.


• Some Game of Thrones humor.


• A little Daily Show for you.


• Heh. Poor Michelle.


• SANDWICH POLICE. That is all.


• Now here's something you can base a system of government on!


• Can't remember if I posted this before, but it's worth a repost if I didn't: Elmo and Grover as Street Fighters.


• An old script for an episode of the original Star Trek that was never filmed is going to get turned into a webisode by the New Voyages crew. Nice!


• There are birthday cake Oreos? Where can I get them?!


• Oh hey, it's that time of year again! March M.O.D.O.K. Madness!


• I kind of want this bird nest bed.


• Some pics from, and a new trailer for, Men in Black 3. I want to like this, because the original Men in Black is such a great movie, but... I just don't know.


• Another movie I want to like is John Carter. You can watch ten minutes of it right here. I was hoping to be really impressed by this, but despite some clever moments (and an inspired choice of when to cut short the clip), I could take or leave this movie.


• Some really cool props from Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor are up for auction.


• Cool Star Wars crayons.


• Cute Saruman figurine. All right, maybe cute isn't the right word, but whatever, I like it, is the point.


• Wow. Mike Mignola did a book cover for Heart of Darkness. Two great tastes that taste great together!


• I've mostly soured on the whole Simpson-izing thing, but these Simpsons versions of Scooby and Shaggy are fun.


• Look out! Tiger Batman!

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Avengers, Batman, Books, Captain America, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comedy, Comic books, Craft, Food, Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Links, Mike Mignola, Monty Python, Movies, Muppets, Photography, Politics, Products, Recyclotron, Scooby-Doo, Sherlock Holmes, Simpsons, Song of Ice and Fire, Star Trek, Star Wars, Street Fighter, Thor, Toys, TV, Video]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Avengers Batman Books Captain America Cartoons Celebrities Comedy Comic books Craft Food Game of Thrones Iron Man Links Mike Mignola Monty Python Movies Muppets Photography Politics Products Recyclotron Scooby-Doo Sherlock Holmes Simpsons Song of Ice and Fire Star Trek Star Wars Street Fighter Thor Toys TV Video Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:34:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Fun with lyrics!


• A wonderful animated gif of an amusing moment in one of Mr. Eddie Izzard's stand-up routines.


• A real, solid, scientific explanation of why cats purr.


• Mr. Hipp mashes up Star Wars and Super Mario Bros.


• Ridley Scott explains the connection between Alien and Prometheus. I'm still a little confused, but okay.


• The evolution of "Weird" Al.


• We can print robot dinosaurs now?? Awesome.


• Here's a computer case made to look like Link.


• Amazing, gigantic Lord of the Rings family tree. (Via)


• Tongue-based computer controller!


• Hey, that dude from The Killing might be Robocop.


• A couple of interesting pics of Benedict Cumberbatch on the set of Star Trek 2. Looks like he's getting the ol' neck pinch!


• When I heard they were re-releasing the universally reviled Phantom Menace in theaters in 3D, I was really curious what kind of audience it would have. I mean, everybody says they hate this movie! Why would anyone pay extra to see it again in one more dimension than before? Then again, it's Star Wars. Star Wars has a certain cache. And nerds are famous for paying for things so they can then complain about them endlessly. Plus, there's the kid factor. Kids don't know they're supposed to hate The Phantom Menace. Well, looks like the nerd and kid factors won out, because the 3D version made $73.4 million in less than two weeks and pushed the movie's overall box office total over the billion dollar mark to make it the 11th highest grossing film of all time. Wow.


• Speaking of Star Wars, here are some rejected Star Wars products. Also, in the upcoming Star Wars game for Kinect, there will be a Slave Leia dance-off.


• Cute Wizard of Oz cupcakes.


• Here's a little boy piloting a mecha suit.


• I love this stamp.

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Tagged: Animals, Animated GIFs, Art, Celebrities, Comedy, Computers, Craft, Dinosaurs, Food, Links, Mario, Mashups, Movies, Music, Oz, Photography, Products, Recyclotron, Robots, Science, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, The Killing, Tolkien, TV, Video, Video games, Zelda]]> Animals Animated GIFs Art Celebrities Comedy Computers Craft Dinosaurs Food Links Mario Mashups Movies Music Oz Photography Products Recyclotron Robots Science Star Trek Star Wars Technology The Killing Tolkien TV Video Video games Zelda Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:04:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• You can stream Sinead O'Connor's new album, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (which is a great title, btw), in its entirety on NPR. I'm not really too familiar with her work, but I enjoyed large portions of this one. Although the last track is crazy overdone and melodramatic. (Via)


• My blue-haired pal is a trusted source for important GIFs.


• A great piece celebrating the messy end of one of the major villains in Raiders of the Lost Ark.


• There's now a book of Donn Kenn's amazing post-it note monster art.


• This news piece about Abraham Lincoln's birthday includes some footage from the upcoming film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (UPDATE: And here's the first official trailer. Pretty silly!)


• It's almost Valentines Day! Who cares! Nobody! Except, Comics Alliance is posting a series of gender-swapped Valentines! Yay!


• Pics of new LEGO sets! Lord of the Rings! Avengers! My poor credit card!


• They're doing a new Ringu film in 3D. That's terrifying!


• Some pretty great geeky custom hockey jerseys.


• Cool Super Mario sneaks.


• Amazingly gigantic Optimus Prime snow sculpture.


• Super Punch highlights some of the more interesting toys at the 2012 Toy Fair.


• Kevin J. Anderson will novelize Rush's new album. That's actually perfect! They're perfect for each other! Not a compliment!


• I'm sure you're already aware of the Ryan Gosling "Hey Girl" Tumblr meme. Here is one that fits my interests, via Sarah.

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Tagged: 3D, Animated GIFs, Art, Avengers, Books, Celebrities, Clothing, Comedy, Craft, Harry Potter, History, Holiday, Indiana Jones, LEGO, Links, Mario, Monty Python, Movies, Music, News, Photography, Recyclotron, Tolkien, Toys, Transformers, Vampires, Video, Video games]]> 3D Animated GIFs Art Avengers Books Celebrities Clothing Comedy Craft Harry Potter History Holiday Indiana Jones LEGO Links Mario Monty Python Movies Music News Photography Recyclotron Tolkien Toys Transformers Vampires Video Video games Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Heh.


• My blues name is apparently Boney Bones Jones. That's pretty bad!


• Check out a featurette for Mirror Mirror, one of the various Snow White movies coming out soon. This is directed by Tarsem Singh, believe it or not. You wouldn't know from this video, except for all the crazy hats.


• Pretty cool redesign of Batman and the Batmobile.


• Fun illustration roundup.


• A 3D, animated poster for The Avengers.


• The surviving Pythons may reunite for a sci-fi farce directed by Terry Jones. It's called Absolutely Anything, and it's about a human being (Robin Williams) who's given absolute power by a group of aliens, just to see what a mess he'll make of everything.

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Hey, remember when I used to post things like this to this here blog?? Thought I'd try it again, just to see how it goes. Enjoy!

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Some fun recent posters on Reelizer: My Neighbor Totoro, Blade Runner, and Seven Samurai.


• Speaking of Blade Runner and My Neighbor Totoro... And here's another amusing mashup.


• Make your own chocolate D&D dice. (Via)


• This bootleg copy of the Dark Knight Rises trailer is crazy exciting. (UPDATE: Here's the official trailer.)


• A holiday-themed Wondermark! And here's one that's far too accurate to my experience.


• Dude! Officially licensed Lord of the Rings LEGO toys?? There goes all my money.


• Commercials are now legally obligated to not be so damn loud, which makes the fist-waving old man inside me very happy.


• The house banners from A Song of Ice and Fire, redone in super-cute, chibi style.


• The trailer for Expendables 2. Just a teaser, really, but how about that cast!


• I was surprised that Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was getting such good reviews until I remembered it's directed by Pixar genius Brad Bird. Yeah, I might have to see that.


• The Avengers trailer! You think you've seen it already, but have you seen this version?? It has extra scenes, and it's in German!


• So even though Ridley Scott's Prometheus is essentially a prequel to his Alien film, it will not actually feature the alien, or xenomorph, at all. Huh. Okay then.


• Every year Matthew "defective yeti" Baldwin writes a guide to the best new board games. Always fun! Here's this year's.

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Tagged: Advertising, Aliens, Art, Avengers, Batman, Boardgames, Comedy, Commercials, Craft, Food, Gaming, Holiday, LEGO, Links, Lists, Mashups, Movies, News, Recyclotron, Song of Ice and Fire, Star Wars, Tolkien, Toys, TV, Video, Web comics]]> Advertising Aliens Art Avengers Batman Boardgames Comedy Commercials Craft Food Gaming Holiday LEGO Links Lists Mashups Movies News Recyclotron Song of Ice and Fire Star Wars Tolkien Toys TV Video Web comics Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:26:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Egon 4-evah!


• Yep, been there, done that.


• This styrofoam cup art is pretty awesome.


• Mr. Hipp does it again with a couple of amazing Lord of the Rings pieces.


• A huge timeline infographic reveals what the future will be like, according to films. (Via)


• io9 offers you the chance to vote for the greatest use of pop music in all of sci-fi and fantasy. IIRC, I picked "You Could Be Mine" from T2, "Mad World" from Donnie Darko, "Johnny B. Goode" from Back to the Future, and "Day-O" from Beetlejuice.


• io9 has also collected for you the most amazing space pictures of 2011.


• Doctor Who My Little Ponies!


• What if Darth Vader's infamous "Nooooo!" were edited into other classic movies? In that same vein, here's Star Wars before and after blu-ray-ification.


• The first two episodes of a new Fringe web series.


• The trailer for Luke Cage! (OK, not really. Sorry to disappoint you there.)


• I usually avoid reposting Blastr's top ten lists, because that's all they ever post and it's kind of sad (although I don't have much room to talk...), but this one is rather fun: fake TV shows inside of real TV shows. Itchy & Scratchy is a classic, of course, and All My Circuits is always hilarious.


• Apparently carrots are only orange for political reasons.


• More of Sucklord's fantastic custom action figures.


• Cool piece of art created with tape. Also, Olly Moss' scary/funny Pikachu, and Kate Beaton's more accurate version of the Cheesecake Factory's logo.


• Lovecraftian lollipops! They're unspeakably delicious!


• Huh. Threadless is doing a pretty cool new thing.

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Tagged: Art, Books, Business, Clothes, Comedy, Comic books, Craft, Doctor Who, Food, Fringe, Ghostbusters, Links, Lists, Lovecraft, Movies, Music, Parenthood, Photography, Recyclotron, Shirts, Space, Star Wars, Tolkien, Toys, TV, Video]]> Art Books Business Clothes Comedy Comic books Craft Doctor Who Food Fringe Ghostbusters Links Lists Lovecraft Movies Music Parenthood Photography Recyclotron Shirts Space Star Wars Tolkien Toys TV Video Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:28:00 +0000  by Fëanor

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

• Apparently Nike has finally actually created those self-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II.


• "George Lucas offers a compelling argument against George Lucas."


• Beards and Bellies started updating again!


• A man attempted and failed to rob a 7-11 in San Diego while wearing a Gumby costume. The best part might be the fact that the clerk had never heard of Gumby and described the costume as a green Spongebob Squarepants.


• Warner Bros. has come up with some unique advertising for the movie Contagion: a living billboard that grows the name of the movie out of bacteria and mold.


• They've finally actually started selling .xxx domains. So in case you were waiting for that to happen to start your porn site, now's the time.


• Super Punch highlights the art of Julian Callos, which is pretty impressive.


• A fellow by the name of Matt Rhodes draws his own, cartoony version of Lord of the Rings. His accompanying comments are interesting and bittersweet. (Via)


• The Legend of Zelda album.


• Google became even huger today by buying Zagat.


• The Diablo III closed beta has begun. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!


• Loving this small sampling of the art of Chris Foss. I remember getting a book of spaceship art out of the library when I was a kid, copying the drawings and coming up with my own, and either Foss or somebody imitating him must have drawn that book, because this looks very familiar.


• Watch a deleted scene from Thor here. It's not all that exciting, I'm afraid - just a more detailed introduction of Sif and the Warriors Three - but still. Thor deleted scene! You know you have to watch it.

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