This awesome photo by Wild Hared Designs of a kid cosplayer as Robin beating up Bane while Batman stands in the background his arms folded over his chest is just too precious for words.
Book vending machines? How cool is that. Now if we would just replace all of our junk vending machines with these book ones in America, maybe half of the country wouldn’t be obese and we would raise our literacy rates. The powers that be are doing a wellness program at my work and everyone is upset that they will have to stand on a scale, have their BMI determined, and figure out a wellness program that works for them. Even though our HIPPA rights are still protected and often accountability breeds results, everyone is upset at The Man for wanting them to get healthier. Personally, I would love if everyone got healthier, perhaps our health insurance rates would decrease if we weren’t paying for procedures that wouldn’t happen if preventative health care (and by that I mean exercising and eating right and getting regular check ups) was practiced by everyone. [via RIASS, the book vending machines, not my rant]
A new trailer for the Hobbit with three new shots. Thanks a lot. Though, when I heard The Hobbit would be three films, I wasn’t all that excited for it any more. But honestly, if the world ends the day after my birthday, and I’m sitting in a movie theater watching J.R.R. Tolkien come to life, in whatever form, I will be fine with that. Actually, I just love rewatching this, so pooh pooh on the poohpoohers. ALSO I NEED TO REREAD THE HOBBIT NOW!!! [via Topless Robot]
Though Matt Rhodes has an excellent point when he says: Wizards, if they were real, would be the worst people. Dabbling in all sorts of grim abominations for dubious ends. They’d be the last people you’d ever hire for a quest, and then only in utter desperation.
We are NOT taking the wizard. by MattRhodes.deviantart.com
The book vending machine is awesome!
Totally awesome! Supposedly they are getting those for our El stations eventually. But I’ve yet to see them go up. Instead we have Redbox everywhere.
Oooh, nice. I’d take them over Redbox any day.
I think it will depend on what they decide to stock them with, but yes, I would prefer the books!
I knew the Hobbit, but not the LOTR, when I saw the first LOTR film and was shocked how it just stopped and is infact just one story cut up into three pieces. I was dismayed when they said the Hobbit would be two films… Don’t think I’ll be going. Also I heard there’s an odd choice of film quality which makes it look like a cheap TV movie!
Well, LOTR was three novels, so that I expected. And the way it is written, it each book ends at an inopportune time of course. The Hobbit was one book, but it did have a lot in it, so we’ll see. I’ll probably see it in the theater, to keep up with tradition. :)
I was SO annoyed about the three part split of ‘The Hobbit’ it’s not even that long of a book..it’s so shady and greedy! Grrr…
Totally shady and greedy. I could see it being a two part, but three, come on. Bleh.
I’m a bit worried that if junk food vending machines were replaced with book vending machines, people would end up with a lot of paper cuts from trying to eat them…
The Hobbit as three films things is ridiculous. Greedy buggers.
I just imagine people pulling “candy bars” out of vending machines, unwrapping them, sticking them in their mouths and getting paper cuts from the repurposed books. LOL
Greedy is right.
I had the same reaction to a potential Hobbit trilogy… I don’t think it’s necessary… I thought “seriously? wtf for?” and “meh” – in that order…
Yah, no one is happy about it.