Michael Bay seems mighty eager to reboot each and every one of our favorite geeky franchises, so it's only a matter of time before he blows up the Star Wars universe.
But will the fans who are still recovering from the wounds caused by the prequels be able to survive the broification?
Hopefully Hollywood will heed this illustrated warning by Is It Canon so we'll never have to find out!
-Via Geeks Are Sexy
Actors often aspire to work in Hollywood thinking all the fame and fortune will make their lives better, but in the end many find the movie star life to be empty and unfulfilling.
These actors seek something more important than fans and money- they want to make a difference in the world, so they walk away from lucrative careers to follow their heart.
Child actors hit this wall of disillusionment even harder than most adult actors, especially if they discover their parents have been spending all of their earnings.
But even actors who don't have bad experiences in Hollywood feel like their lives are missing something, so they give up acting to build a new life far removed from the shallow glitz and glamour of Tinseltown.
See 22 Post-Fame Lives Of Ex-Celebs (That Are Better Than Fame) here
When you visit those Magic Kingdoms Disney built you expect to have a safe, immersive and enjoyable experience in a controlled environment where the worst you'll have to deal with are the long lines.
And aside from the rare incident Disney truly delivers on these expectations, but only because they strictly enforce a laundry list of rules guests are told about at the gates and expected to follow.
Want to bring your own food into the park? They'll allow it as long as your suitcase, cooler or backpack isn't larger than 24X15X18 inches, and as long as you don't have any booze or glass containers larger than baby food containers.
Guests are also forbidden from bringing balloons into the Animal Kingdom park in Orlando, and they can no longer bring selfie sticks into any of the parks, which is a nice addition to the rules.
Not nice is the fact that a visible tattoo or article of clothing deemed inappropriate can get you kicked out of the park, but that just goes along with their no profanity rule in keeping the parks family friendly.
No country on the planet takes gaming as seriously as South Korea, where video game addiction has become so bad the government was forced to institute gaming laws to save the lives of their young gamers.
Gamers in South Korea are dropping out of school to game 18 hours a day, injuring themselves by playing so often they require surgery and some have even gamed themselves to death.
So it's understandable for the South Korean government to step in and institute shutdown laws (no teen gaming between midnight and 6 a.m.) and such, but the laws aren't working because they all want to go pro.
Professional gamers often live in sponsored grid-houses, where rent, food and maid services are covered by their financial backers, and for many making a living playing video games seems like a dream come true.
But the reality is they're putting their health and physical well-being at risk to be part of a corrupt system that doesn't care whether pro players end up permanently damaged by the process.
Read 5 Surprising Realities Of South Korea's Intense Gaming Culture here
Godzilla is the grandfather of all kaiju monsters, and he's been around for so long he's been reimagined for the big and small screen at least a dozen times since 1954.
His latest “evolution” is the Shin Godzilla form, which is 118.5 meters tall, but originally Gojira was half that size and would have looked kind of silly trying to trash modern Tokyo.
もし初代ゴジラ(身長50m)が2016年の東京に現れたら #shingodzilla #godzilla pic.twitter.com/6F3SD2NQMd
— 吉野 忍 (@FUKUBLOG) August 1, 2016
That little red scribble is the 50m tall O.G. Original Godzilla up against Tokyo 2016, and while he's still big enough to gobble people up and smash cars he'd have a hard time bringing those skyscrapers down. I guess that's why he had to grow up too!
-Via io9
Kids who grew up with the Transformers cartoon, toys and animated feature in the 1980s have been unimpressed by all later offerings, especially the over-the-top Michael Bay movies.
So what is a Transformers first gen fan supposed to do if they want to see the Autobots and Decepticons make the leap into live action without becoming unrecognizable?
This "costuming" fan film by Lior Molcho and Danit Sigler of Chisel Pixel should satisfy the craving until Hollywood decides to go with a retro look for the reboot of the reboot.
And for my fellow practical effects fans here's a behind the scenes look at the making of Generation 1 - Hero.
-Via Laughing Squid
There are a lot of stupid trends that take off online these days, so it takes a lot to actually be one of the top ten stupidest ones featured here. A great example is the duck tape challenge, which involves wrapping someone with duct tape and filming them try to escape. It sounds stupid and painful, but it also ended up being surprisingly dangerous when one kid hit his head on a window ledge while trying to escape and suffered traumatic brain damage and went blind in one eye. Not all of the selections are dangerous -some are just idiotic marketing ideas that actually worked, but in one way or another, these internet trends remind us that we live in a planet of dumbasses.
Stand By Me is one of those classic movies adults and (slightly older) kids can enjoy watching over and over. But what do you really know about the film? However much you think you know, I'm willing to bet you weren't hip to many of the fun facts in this fun Zimbio article. For example, did you know it's Stephen King's favorite adaptation of any of his works? Or that King actually had a friend of his get hit by a train when he was a kid? It's a fun read that will make you enjoy the film even more.
We all knew it was only a matter of time before Kanye came down off his throne and started working with “common” companies, but I for one was expecting the company to be either fashion or music related.
But apparently Kanye was so inspired by a trip to IKEA that he offered his incredible furniture design skills to the company, who quickly declined the offer during an interview on CNBC.
And just to make sure Kanye got the message IKEA Australia rubbed in the burn with this post:
Which is IKEA's way of trolling Kanye over this sleazy scene in his "Famous" music video:
Unsurprisingly Kanye had no response to IKEA's rejection, but the internet community was happy to pitch in and show IKEA how great a collaboration with the almighty Kanye could have been.
They even included a product or two for Kanye's wife Kim K., so she can sit comfortably for the first time in her life.
Now IKEA execs must be thinking they've made a terrible decision by passing on Kanye's magical design skills, and they'll never now how close they came to capturing the soul of a musical genius.
See IKEA Trolls Kanye West, And Now Everyone Is Trolling Him With Fake Product Designs here
Don't you love it when internet science channels test theories and conduct experiments which help us answer those burning pop culture questions we've argued about since we were kids?
Well, here's another great vid by TheBackyardScientist offering new evidence for arguments about what would happen if you blasted a flamethrower stream with a liquid nitrogen "freeze-ray".
If you've ever played the Superfight! card game you know just how priceless these vids can be when settling an argument of the nerdy kind without burning your house down!
-Via Sploid
The Monty Python crew have created some incredibly memorable characters over the years, complete with silly catchphrases and costumes, but one giant slab of man sticks out more than most- Mr. Creosote from Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life.
Mr. Creosote is an enormous glutton who keeps eating until he literally explodes, and since it was all done with practical effects it took a team of makeup effects artists, an inflatable body and a vomit catapult to complete the effect.
It sounds like Terry had fun playing the role, but that's a hard scene to watch without forever losing your appetite.
-Via Laughing Squid
Before there was online dating there was a horrible train wreck called video dating, where single men and women sat in front of a video camera and recorded a brief statement to entice potential partners.
These videos were then shown to singles who could pick and choose who they wanted to date based on visual impression, allowing them to find their match made in heaven among those video dating stars.
However, people weren't used to being in front of a camera all the time like they are today, so many of these video dating profiles were painfully awkward to watch.
Video dating enthusiast and love fan Jameson Murphy clipped together this montage of prime 80s hunk meat straight from VHS to show us how good daters have it today.
-Via Meme Base
Quitting was a far more private thing before social media made it easy to share stories from our daily lives, so if you choose to quit in spectacular fashion expect to see it posted online.
But what are we to think when some guy named Dan Hopper live tweets his co-worker's epic quitting meltdown even though that co-worker claims none of it ever actually happened?
We're supposed to shake our fists and say “you got me again, ya darn internet hooligan!”, which is probably how people reacted after reading a few of Dan's “live tweets”.
Dan's whole story started to fall apart when he sent this tweet:
Hard to tweet indeed, Twitter is obviously so easy to use any bored office working twit can do it!
See Guy Live Tweets His INSANE Coworker Quitting His Job here (contains NSFW language)
Artists are constantly reimagining pop culture characters in Asian (mostly Japanese) art styles, but there's a great big world full of other styles out there which are constantly being overlooked.
That's why these Mayan art inspired versions of Super Smash Bros. 4 characters by Tucson-based artist Sita Nava are a breath of fresh air, standing out in a sea of ninjas and samurai.
The characters, and their powers, are still easy to identify in the Mayan glyph style, and Sita's inclusion of traditional Mayan fashion and symbols complete each character's Mesoamerican transformation.
-Via Kotaku
Sometimes looking at a bunch of funny little drawings is all it takes to brighten my day, and if you feel the same way about delightful doodles as I do then you'll get a kick out of Randyotter's art.
Randyotter draws lighthearted little scenes with a familiar style that only adds to the charm, and much like the food featured in his pieces you can't eat, or look at, just one.
No, your appetite for absurdity won't be satisfied until you've seen all the funny Randyotter has to offer, and after looking through them all you may find your outlook on life altered by Randyotter's random drawings.
Don't worry, this side effect will soon fade, but the memory of those delightful doodles will last a lifetime.
See Exercise Your Demons: Funny and Delightful Illustrations by Randyotter here
