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First Look At Russell Crowe In Superman: Heroic Or Intergalactic Street Person?

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (26)

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So, siiiiiiiigh, Apple didn’t announce the iPhone 5 yesterday. *kicks rock* They did however introduce these nifty iPod Nano watches, featuring a couple of adorable Muppet designs. Man, the muppet merchandise machine is in full swing for the upcoming film. Those adorable fuzzy faces are being used to sell everything from nail polish to shoes. Ah, yes, just as Jim Henson intended. (Apple)

Speaking of huggable fuzzy things, check out this fantastic rendition of “Visible Tom Waits.” (Laughing Squid)

What, you don’t find Tom Waits cuddly? Well, how about a bearish Russell Crowe? Here are some fuzzy set photos of him grabbing a smoke in his Jor-El costume. Oh, sure, you can see the faint monochromatic “S” symbol, but there’s something about the way the costume hangs that screams “vagrant.” The cape is much more “soiled and raggedy blanket” than “Kryptonian splendor.” (Daily Mail)

Speaking of Superman, an uber fan has undergone several plastic surgery procedures to turn himself into the Man of Steel. More like “Man of Sillicone,” amirate? Thigh implants, blech. (io9)

I guess he’ll never have to worry about what to wear for Halloween. Speaking of Halloweentimes, THE MONSTER CEREALS ARE BACK! (Badass Digest)

And Unreality has The Ten Best Horror Movies You Haven’t Seen. I have to agree with them on The Ruins (also a great book) and The Crazies. If you haven’t seen the Olyphant and Rahda Mitchell take on a slew of zombie/infected/demented/stabby/ohgodputdownthepitchfork yokels, you haven’t lived. (Unreality)

Another disturbing film, Primer, gets the infographic treatment. This chart attempts to suss out the mind/time-bending twists and turns of this great film. Spoilers, um, obviously. (/Film)

Speaking of horrors, check out this intense photograph of a microscopic copepod. I’m not sure if the colors are enhanced, but that is some creepy alien looking sh*t right there. (Boing Boing)

From micro to macro, check out these nifty looking rugs based on Google Earth images. I would love a crop circle carpet. (GOOD)

Some of those rugs look like they belong in the groovy offices of Sterling Draper Cooper Pryce (and Campbell). I really miss that show. In the meantime, check out these vintage “Man Men” Playboy covers. They’re totally SFW. Well, mostly. (Uproxx)

Speaking of dream girls, Moviefone has rounded up 26 to create a Manic Pixie Dream Girl alphabet. There are some stretches, as you might imagine, but none stretchier than Holly Golightly. That is NOT a MPDG. (Moviefone)

Finally, GOOD has an interesting article on Republican candidate Herman Cain. As the article mentions, Manic Pixie Dream Governor, Mitt Romney, is something of a foregone conclusion for the nomination, but Cain’s presence in this race is worth a look. (GOOD)

I never get tired of these super cuts because of the way they juxtapose so many different genres and styles of films. Here is a truly bizarre subject: staircases. Also, will it ever stop hurting when Heath Ledger pops up on my screen?

Finally, I don’t allege to be a huge Nicki Minaj fan, but this completely ferocious cover done by a wee little British girl totally killed me. a) It brought me back to my juvenile Salt-n-Pepa attempts and b) SHE IS DRESSED LIKE A PRINCESS.









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Comments

Those carpets are super cool. Too cool for me really. I could buy one for a cool neighbour and go visit it of an evening, if his cool friends aren't over and I won't harsh the room with my uncoolness.

Speaking of supercuts, Mr. Julien and I decided that there should be a Sookie supercut featuring that guy from the vampire show yelling her name and Sookie on The Gilmore Girls. Do we have people for that?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 5, 2011 1:31 PM

I want so badly for McClintock! to be in that staircase video.

Posted by: KatSings at October 5, 2011 1:33 PM

The little Brownie girl needs a new blonde back-up dancer though.
Girlfriend is lagging... ;)
Yo. Supah Bass.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at October 5, 2011 1:33 PM

I would cuddle Russell Crowe any day of the week.

Posted by: Samantha at October 5, 2011 1:39 PM

Ah, it's time to stock up on Boo Berry cereal again.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at October 5, 2011 1:43 PM

Seriously, no Scarlett rolling down the steps? Or Jack & Olive Oyl stair scene from The Shining? I dug the song, but the clips were a little wanting. I'd like to see Harry Hanrahan do his version.

Posted by: Sew at October 5, 2011 1:47 PM

So they finally released All The Boys Love Mandy Lane?

Netflix/qwikster...whatever...here I come.

Posted by: John W at October 5, 2011 1:59 PM

Yeesh. That list of the Ten Best Horror Movies You Haven't Seen should be retitled "I Liked These Films from the Past Ten Years and You Should, Too." I hated The Ruins for wasting a beautifully constructed set on so many missed horror opportunities. Midnight Meat Train is the worst Clive Barker Books of Blood adaptations (the best? surprisingly, Book of Blood for actually taking a tiny little story and fleshing it out into a decent little chiller) and the most well-known. With the exceptions of ...Mandy Lane and Triangle, all of those films are well-known and often discussed in horror fandom. Scratch that. Horror fans know ...Mandy Lane. They just haven't seen it if they didn't trade for it/download it.

Posted by: Robert at October 5, 2011 2:08 PM

I think you're missing the point, Robert. That list isn't FOR horror fans. It's for the more casual viewer. The Crazies was pretty high profile, I think, but other than that, those films didn't get much mainstream notoriety. So, essentially, shut your snobby pie hole.

Posted by: I Need More Allowance at October 5, 2011 2:19 PM

When did Krypton turn into Asgard?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at October 5, 2011 2:25 PM

Book of Blood was a really great little chunk of thriller. If you're more into the ambient horror I'd suggest Pontypool. It didn't get near enough attention.

Posted by: admin at October 5, 2011 2:26 PM

I have a friend whose real last name is Frankenberry. No joke. Blows my mindhole.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at October 5, 2011 2:26 PM

How could the candidacy of someone who believes in banning the construction of mosques and who has pledged that no Muslims would be eligible to serve in his administration be worth a look????

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 5, 2011 2:36 PM

And then there's this (on the Wall Street protests):

"I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration. Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself! It is not someone's fault if they succeeded."

You hear that unemployed Pajibans: it's your own fault.

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 5, 2011 2:37 PM

You forget, PaddyDog, that in Republican primary season those are features, not bugs.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at October 5, 2011 2:49 PM

I had to stop The Crazies ~10 minutes in when it looked like the little boy was going to get mowed down by a thresher, or some awful fate. Having kids does things to you.

Posted by: Chris at October 5, 2011 3:01 PM

"check out these vintage Man Men Playboy covers"

Is that like a double negative? Are they women?

Posted by: sean at October 5, 2011 3:02 PM

I had to stop The Crazies ~10 minutes in when it looked like the little boy was going to get mowed down by a thresher, or some awful fate. Having kids does things to you.

It sure does! I rewound that scene over, and over, and over, and over, and over...

Posted by: admin at October 5, 2011 3:38 PM

SPOILER ALERT!!!! The kid does not get crushed in the thresher machine.

The Crazies was a pretty good movie. It was short, sweet, to the point, and didn't spiral out of control at the end. Also, Olyphant.

Posted by: MM at October 5, 2011 3:52 PM

I've seen a lot of love for Triangle but I think that movie received exactly as much attention as it deserved. Once you figure out what's going on with the timeline, it's easy to figure out what's going on and all the tension was sucked right out of the movie for me. It probably doesn't help that I haaaate Melissa George. Hate.

Posted by: Even Stevens at October 5, 2011 5:04 PM

"How could the candidacy of someone who believes in banning the construction of mosques and who has pledged that no Muslims would be eligible to serve in his administration be worth a look????"

I dunno, but Woodrow Wilson is considered one of the greatest democratic "progressive" presidents ever, and he was a racist tool. Go figure.

Posted by: Some Guy at October 5, 2011 5:24 PM

The first 30 minutes of The Ruins was pretty good but then it just gets ridiculous. I can't think about it now without laughing. I want to quote Mark Wahlberg about another movie but it would be a spoiler.

The Crazies was a big disappointment. You know that horror cliche when the camera pans around and you see someone dangerous standing behind the oblivious protagonist? They used that twice.

Wolf Creek had the dumbest fucking victims in the history of cinema.

On a positive note, I've never heard of Suicide Club. It sounds like fun.

Posted by: Ballymena Bob at October 5, 2011 6:28 PM

How could the candidacy of someone who believes in banning the construction of mosques and who has pledged that no Muslims would be eligible to serve in his administration be worth a look????

I don't know what you are referring to about banning Mosques, @PaddyDog, (Link?) but that's not what the gentlemen said about Muslims in his administration. Spin part of the oft-partially-quoted-&-more-often-referred-to-than-read comment hard enough and you can pretend it comes out that way. Read the whole interview, meaning the actual Q and the whole A, and it says no such thing.

Look it up.

You wanna ding the guy, his talking about conspiracies without evidence is way more damning (and incidentally, you know, accurate.)

Start with his lack of message discipline. As Caesar you can think it's a grand conspiracy, and decide things without evidence, but you never say that. The Kabuki must be maintained. Otherwise it's a gaffe, you know, when a politician accidentally speaks the truth.

Worse, anyone that conspiracy-minded before they get to the presidency will be rattling on about "a vast right-wing conspiracy" in no time. It's not a conspiracy, left or right, but in that job everybody is out to get you, independently and on their own account. They only wish they were that organized, for all values of "they."

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at October 5, 2011 10:42 PM

Oh, Russell Crowe.

I still would. Hard.

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Posted by: Tyson F. Gautreaux at October 6, 2011 5:35 AM

Apple probably didn't announce iphone 5 yesterday cause that would've, you know, been in bad taste. With Steve Jobs dying and all...

Posted by: space oddity at October 6, 2011 10:55 AM