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Apr 22

Princess Leia Falls for Indiana Jones

I always get a kick out of mashups of films that I loved as a kid. I really like this new work from artist James Hance. He has taken Princess Leia complete with her giant hair buns and put her in a picture with Indiana Jones.

It is cool to see the wrong character put with his love interest from the Star Wars movies. The art is said to be a work in progress, but it already looks complete to me. In fact, it looks realistic enough to have been some sort of mistake at a movie poster printing factory.

Hance is the same guy who melded Adventure Time with Doctor Who in the past.

[Facebook via Nerd Approved]

Apr 11

Behold the Ultimate Dalek

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Daleks are pretty ominous creatures to begin with, but this cool ultimate Dalek design is kinda terrifying. To be honest, I’m not sure that the Doctor can take on this thing, let alone an army of them. How are you going to stop it? THIS is how the Daleks should come back. It will surely kill the universe.

This amazing creation comes from DeviantArtist wako88 who really should be working for Doctor Who.

This thing looks like it’s part Iron Man, part Dalek, with a little Cyberman thrown in. It probably assimilated some Samus Aran too. This is the ultimate Dalek weapon. A Dalek Death Star if you will. Basically…run!

[via Dorkly]

Mar 07

Super Mario Wars Episode 4: A New Shirt

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Coolest Star Wars/Super Mario Bros. T-Shirt ever? I think so. This T-Shirt takes the original Star Wars poster and mixes in some Mario fun. Mario is a master plumber with dreams of adventure and he is about to meet his destiny.

This shirt takes place in a galaxy far, far away and features Mario, Peach, Luigi and Toad and of course, the evil Darth Bowser. Mario has never looked so heroic, but our Princess is in another Death Star.

It was designed by Creative Outpouring, but for some reason it has disappeared from their RedBubble page for the moment. Hopefully, it’ll return soon. And stay tuned for the sequel, Bowser Strikes Back.

[via Shirtoid via Fashionably Geek]

Dec 30

Watch this video to see how incredibly awesome people were in 2013

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The end of the year is here and hopefully you did something awesome in 2013. And if you didn’t, that’s okay because you have one more day to get crazy. Actually, you have a brand new year ahead of you to do something memorable. Luc Bergeron compiled 253 YouTube videos that popped up in 2013 and made this incredible mashup video showing humans doing awesome things.

This mashup video of over 100 movie trailers from 2013 is so much fun

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December is the time to catch up on everything you missed out on the year before. Like movies. Maybe you didn’t realize so many watchable movies came out in 2013. Maybe you said you wanted to watch them in theaters. Maybe you said you wanted to watch them when they got out of theaters. Maybe your backlog of movies got too ginormous that the most you can do is watch a mashup video of 2013 movie trailers before the year ends.

Iron Man Lightsaber: The Arc Reactor is Strong With This One

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The Custom Saber Shop forum member Eastern57 made a lightsaber that would be at home in Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars universe. It’s a lightsaber decked in Shellhead’s winning crimson and gold colors. But Eastern57 didn’t stop with the paint job. He also incorporated another Iron Man trademark: the arc reactor.

iron man lightsaber by eastern57

In one of his YouTube videos, Eastern57 said that the lightsaber is based on a toy replica of Galen Marek aka Starkiller’s lightsaber. The arc reactor is mounted in an inner chamber that is revealed by twisting the hilt’s upper half.

The lightsaber also plays back sound bites from the Iron Man movies, as well as some of the songs from its soundtrack.

A lightsaber that plays AC/DC? This ain’t your daddy’s saber. Oh wait. It is your daddy’s lightsaber. Check out Eastern57′s thread on The Custom Saber Shop or his Photobucket gallery for more images of the lightsaber.

[via The Custom Saber Shop via Neatorama]

Apr 21

Portal Shock Infinite: What if Portals and Tears Were Connected?

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I’ve been playing through BioShock: Infinite for the last couple of weeks, and one thought that kept popping into my head was what would happen if Elizabeth’s “tearing” ability let her access other video games? Well, illustrator Nick Minor (aka Radiant Grey) had the same thought, and came up with this Portal/BioShock Infinite mashup…

portal shock infinite

It really would be cool if you could hop through a tear and end up in a test chamber. Or better yet, escape from GLaDoS and Wheatley by jumping through to Columbia. Of course, then you’d have to deal with Mechanical Patriots and the Handyman, which make the enemies of Portal seem pretty tame by comparison.

Pick up an 11×17 print of this brilliant mashup over at Radiant Grey’s Etsy shop for $9.99(USD). Not that it really needs saying, but that version comes without the giant watermark in the middle of Elizabeth’s back.

Apr 12

Slave Padme Action Figure: Leia’s Mother Dresses Like Her Daughter

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Man I hated the prequels, but they had one thing going for them. Padmé Amidala was easy on the eyes – even if we didn’t get to see her in a scantily clad slave outfit like Princess Leia. But thanks to JVcustoms we now know what this would have looked like.

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That’s right, it looks a lot like Leia’s body with Padme’s head. Because that is how this custom action figure was made.

This is all we really needed in the prequels. More of this please, and less Jar Jar. I have needs and one of them is to see sexy women chained to a giant slug. I don’t need to see some whiny kid slammed into his mother’s womb by midi-f-ing-chlorians. Only to crawl out and whine that he’s a slave, then do all kinds of stupid stuff to become the bad guy. There is no way that wimpy ass whiny little turd became Darth Vader. No way. Ok, I’m gonna stop now and just enjoy this figure. Clearly, I’m still working through some issues.

[via Obvious Winner]

Apr 07

Bad Motivator T-Shirt is the Best Star Wars J.J. Abrams Mashup Yet

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Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been a fan of the Star Wars saga – so I was pretty excited to hear that with the Disney LucasFilm acquisition, new movies would be on the way. Of course, with J.J. Abrams behind the camera of Episode VII, the franchise could definitely go in a different direction, with more mysteries and unanswered questions as J.J. has been known for. One thing is for certain, there will be plenty of lens flare.

In celebration of the marriage between J.J. and Star Wars, designer Crackerbox came up with this hilarious mashup…

bad motivator

The design perfectly melds the logo from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company with the little droid that couldn’t, R5-D4, as he peeps out from some tall blades of grass.

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If you want it, you’d better motivate yourself on over to ShirtPunch! today, as the t-shirt only available until 11:59pm Eastern time tonight. The design is also available in hoodies, long sleeve shirts, posters, buttons, magnets, and skins for your gadgets.

[via Shirtoid]

Mar 16

Donkey Kong Remade as Science Fiction & Fantasy Series

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Whenever I get a chance, I like to dust off my arcade emulator and try to see if I can get any further at Donkey Kong than the first couple of levels. Even after all of these years, the game still kicks my ass every time. But if the game were loaded with aliens and villains from science fiction and fantasy, I’m betting it would be even harder to beat then going up against Kong and his stupid flaming barrels.

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That’s exactly what deviantARTist BazNet set out to explore with his series of Donkey Kong levels inspired by classic science fiction and fantasy movies and TV series. I can’t decide which I like the best, but the Alien and Doctor Who ones are among my favorites. I would not want to try and jump over Facehuggers or Daleks. The Adventure Time version is pretty great too, though it needs more Beemo. There are also The Dark Knight Rise, Game of Thrones, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi levels. And while it doesn’t qualify as science fiction or fantasy, Cookie Kong is pretty swell too.