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For Video Games Week, Jimmy Fallon offered a heartfelt tribute to World of Warcraft through a 1980's-style pop anthem. Joining him in celebration of the MMO are some famous people such as Felicia Day, Chris Hardwick, and the viral video star "Leeroy Jenkins." There are also some not-so-famous people, like the guy with the horse mask. As a side note-- you know the Lich King was killed two expansion packs ago, right? Yeah. Just checking. (via Blastr)..

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Whip up some fish fingers and custard with souffle for desert in this Eleventh Doctor apron from Forbidden Planet, or check out the Tenth Doctor version via That's Nerdalicious...

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This amazing photo was taken in broad daylight, and is interesting enough as a fascinating shot of the moon.  But it's doubly exciting because it looks like the Enterprise is drifting over the moon, and George Takei agrees, commenting on his facebook page,"My goodness, from this angle it looks like a certain starship I once flew." Unfortunately, Spock, Kirk, Sulu and company have not traveled back in time to our present day, and the shot in reality shows the International Space Station, photographed by Maximilian Teodorescu, a Romanian photographer.  Still, regardless of whether we're seeing the Enterprise or the ISS, the photograph and the space station photographed are amazing.

(via i09)

Previously in Star Trek..

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Dateline reported today that the character descriptions for the new Star Wars film have already been sent out to agents, and now fans everywhere are speculating about the characters. Who will be stepping up to play the leads for the franchise's seventh entry, directed by J.J. Abrams? Vague, unmarked character descriptions are under the cut, so you have been warned (if you consider those spoilers)...

Details: http://www.themarysue.com/star-wars-casting-guidelines/

Imgur user ytegg gives us Game of Thrones reimagined as other popular TV shows. Might I also add Teen Wolf for Bran and Summer? I'm pretty sure he's only 12, but he can send his consciousness into a wolf, and that has to count for something. Work with me here. OK, fine. The Lannisters with Modern Family? Olenna sassing all her younger relatives with Downton Abbey? Walder Frey with Bridezillas? Sorry, too soon?..

Details: http://www.themarysue.com/game-of-thrones-as-other-shows/

Just a few days ago we were saying to The Amazing-Spider-Man franchise, "Whoah, buddy, slow down! You can't just greenlight two more sequels when you haven't finished your first one yet! Except I guess you can. I mean you just did. Just... stay safe, Amazing Spider-Man. There are people who care about you." Among those people are actress Shailene Woodley, tapped to play Mary Jane Watson in a small role in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but what everybody assumed would be a larger one come TASM 3, after the assumed death of Gwen Stacy. Woodley now says that she won't be appearing in TASM 2 at all. ..

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All of you nerdy bakers out there should try your hand at this easy recipie for Star Trek-themed hamentashen cookies. The three flavors of jelly as the three different uniforms is a nice touch-- sure to please trekkies of all professions (whether they be sciences, command, or redshirts). ..

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Salma Hayek has been working on adapting one of the best selling books of the 20th century, Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, into an animated film, and has now gathered Liam Neeson, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina, and Quvenzhané Wallis to join her in voicing some of the characters from the many stories and poems in the famous work.  The project has also attracted a large group of well-regarded animators to direct specific chapters under the direction of writer and director Roger Allers...

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But it seems to be intentionally bad, so that's... OK? Maybe? I don't know, my brain's still stuck on the fact that someone decided to remake Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space, notoriously (and lovingly) known as "the worst movie ever made." Frankly I don't understand the logic of doing a schlocky, ironically funny version of a movie that was already schlocky and ironically funny to begin with, just... by mistake. It's like writer/director John Johnson is ignoring the first rule of cult films: You can't set out to make one. All might be forgiven if someone spots any metal pie plates on one of the shelves in the background of this scene, though. (via: GeekTyrant) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?..

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I’m a sci-fi geek who has never seen Battlestar Galactica. Yes, I know, I know. 2013 is the year I change that, and I’m blogging as I go. My notes for this week's recap begins with "footage of massacre on Gideon—news report by is that Lucy Lawless?!"..

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They put up Bridesmaids, we went. They put up Pitch Perfect, we went. They put up The Devil Wears Prada, which was in two-thousand-meryl-streeping-oh-six, and we went (and by "we," I do not just mean women; I mean we, the humans), and all of it has led right here, right to this place. Right to the land of zippedy-doo-dah. You can apparently make an endless collection of high-priced action flops and everybody says "win some, lose some" and nobody decides that They Are Poison, but it feels like every "surprise success" about women is an anomaly and every failure is an abject lesson about how we really ought to just leave it all to The Rock. -- Linda Holmes for NPR. I recommend reading the entirety of Linda Holmes' piece, "At The Movies, The Women Are Gone," about how it is currently nearly impossible, in most parts of America, to go to a theater and see a work of fiction that is about a woman. However, I found this paragraph of it to be perhaps the most powerful one, and I have my own caveat to add: After the commercial success of The Hunger Games, Brave, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Prometheus (to pull merely from 2012 alone), and after the increasingly vital and action oriented roles of women in superhero movies like The Avengers and Iron Man 3, not to mention Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises in which the female leads have been praised as some of the best aspects of the film... After that, how long are we expected to pretend that a movie with a female Marvel or DC superhero in the lead is such farfetched idea? Previously in Female Leads in Action Film..

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Katee Sackhoff (of Battlestar Galactica fame) has been filming the new Riddick movie for what feels like forever. Finally we are getting close to its release, and in getting close to its release we are getting more information about the film, the characters, and (most excitingly, in my book at least) about Sackhoff's role. She talked with Collider about her audition experience, her character, her childhood sci-fi heroine, and being one of the most badass women in sci-fi. Some choice quotes under the cut...

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The Gates of Qarth that so ominously barred Daenerys from entering the trade city in the second season of Game of Thrones now serve a much more noble purpose, barring the crew from having to put their paperwork on their laps.  It seems that, after Daenerys moved on from Qarth, the imposing doors became the coolest, most intricate conference table, according to Game of Thrones employee Cat Taylor, who tweeted this picture after asking followers to guess at the table's origins.  Unfortunately, the Iron Throne is not at the head of the table, but the table itself is very impressive.  Take a look at another photo, and the gates in context, after the jump...

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During the press junket for her new indie film Breathe In, actress Felicity Jones was caught off guard when the interviewer straight up asked her whether she's "looking forward to everyone seeing you as [CHARACTER NAME REDACTED]?" in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Wow. Go right for it, interviewer. You can judge for yourself, but Jones' response sure makes it look to me like she is playing that character. Unmarked spoilers behind the cut, be ye warned...

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Don't dress as the Doctor. I mean, not because you'll be exterminated, but because nobody will recognize you. Because Clara deleted everything about him from the Dalek's core... server... data... something...

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In a way this movie also features Marvel's Star-Lord, since Chris Pratt is voicing the lead character. The Lego Movie also features the voice talent of Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie, Will Ferrel, Liam Neeson, and yes, Morgan Freeman. Also did somebody just like, chuck a shark in that council scene? In protest?..

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To say that there is a lot of buzz surrounding the next Hunger Games film is a serious understatement. After the massive success of the first film, the rest of the trilogy has singlehandedly  become the most widely anticipated YA-adaptation out there. So the Youtube channel "REACT" did a "Teens React to Catching Fire" where they showed teenagers the new trailer, filmed their reactions, and asked them questions about how they feel about the movie. The fruit of their labor is this video...

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This 7-inch Stark shield is a Dark Horse Comics San Diego Comic-Con exclusive and will have a limited run of only 1,200 pieces. (via Dark Horse)..

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Mattel has rolled out plenty of new exclusive toys for San Diego Comic Con 2013, but this 1960's Catwoman Barbie, modeled off of Julie Newmar's character in the television series from the 1960's is "purr-fect."  Mattel will be selling the toy for $35 at comic con, and will also have new Man of Steel, Batman, and Battlestar Galactica merchandise up for grabs.  Click on to see more of their SDCC'13 exclusives.

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When Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the official repeal of the U.S. Armed Forces' ban on women in combat, it was clear that, though it would come at a measured pace and perhaps wouldn't have the most obvious differences, change would come for the 15% of the U.S. military who are women. Today, senior defense officials told the New York Times that women will be permitted to apply and earn a place among the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and Marine infantry. Probably not all three at the same time. Though, should someone ever achieve this, I'd love to shake her hand...

Details: http://www.themarysue.com/women-army-rangers-seals-marines/

Memes are a modern art form. I don't mean that in the sense of spilled soup cans displayed at the MoMA or Marina Abromovic staring people in the face for hours on end (though if that art is your cup of tea, power to you), but rather I mean it in the sense that it is a medium that is thoroughly linked to the current internet culture.

So it only makes sense that Laura Kaelin would make a Tumblr full of memes rendered as actual works of art-- in full painted-on-canvas glory. Her blog is called Bejameme. Kaelin named her blog for Walter Benjamin: the German author of "The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction", a commentary penned in 1936 about the dawn of photography and how it would affect the art world. Considering the concept of her project, the name could not be more apt.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single story in possession of a good adaptation, must be in want of a murder. Doctor Who star Jenna-Louise Coleman is set to play Lydia Wickham, sister to Elizabeth Darcy, in the upcoming BBC crime drama Death Comes to Pemberley. The three part series is based on the novel of the same name by author P.D. James, and places the familiar characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in a more mysterious, murderous setting...

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While we're anxiously awaiting the final decision on a female minifig set from LEGO, we're happy to report they've decided to make a Mars Curiosity rover for us to play with learn from. Originally designed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's mechanical engineer Stephen Pakbaz, the set was supported by folks on the Lego Cuusoo website and finally approved by LEGO. Unfortunately, Pakbaz's success meant the failure of another LEGO set we were really hoping for - Portal. But they say they are still considering it so don't drop them into the incinerator just yet. (via I Heart Chaos) Previously in LEGO ..

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The word "Geekery" has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, along with the words "Tweet" (the digital kind), "e-reader", and "dad dancing".

Find out how these new entries break rules and redefine culture under the cut.

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In case you were doubting whether the amazing scenery in The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit were real, prepare to be rendered speechless. I know that the video ends with Martin Freeman basically telling me to go to New Zealand, but I don't care that I've fallen for the tourism marketing. I want to go there and back again. (via Blastr) Previously in The Hobbit ..

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Things I've learned from Teen Wolf this week: Teenage wereboys can really rock a scarf. Don't go camping. Work ethic is dangerous. Oh, and apparently virgin sacrifice is still a thing. This week's episode is called "Fireflies," so excuse me while I banish images of Nathan Fillion and Owl City from my brain...

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I must admit, I was very excited to hear Target was going to sell "Justice League" products. Not so much when I arrived in-store to find sippy cups and Wonder Woman donning pink and purple. But they put together a fun animated commercial featuring a mom who joins the League, and that's pretty cool. (via DC Women Kicking Ass) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?..

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We've seen set photos from the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie already, with Gwen Stacy in a frighteningly familiar outfit, but now the two new films to follow the sequel are finally getting official release dates.

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Disney's Frozen, starring Kristen Bell as the voice of adventuring protagonist Anna, is set to come out on November 27 in the United States, and seems to be along the same  lines as Wreck It Ralph and Tangled as another Disney film using 3D computer animation independent of Pixar's involvement.  We previously learned that, in the movie, Anna teams up with a mountain man named Kristoff, as well as the reindeer and snowman featured in the teaser above, to save her kingdom from an enchanted winter. I have to admit, though, the teaser reminds me a bit of Blue Sky's Ice Age movies.  Hopefully that comparison will go away once we see the human characters in action, and get to hear Bell, Jonathan Groff, and Idina Menzel voicing the rest of the main cast. (via Walt Disney Studios UK on Youtube)..

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Is there only one person left working on the Highlander remake now?..

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