What happens if you freeze a coconut? The water inside expands, causing it to crack open! What happens if you leave a container of Play-Doh sealed for over a decade? It develops crystals! What happens when you put blue food coloring in white roses’ water? The rose turns blue! These are just a few examples of the weird and interesting questions on this list. Have I ever wondered what develops at the bottom of a maple syrup bottle left in the fridge for years? No! Do I want to know the answer? Ab…

The Marvel Bunch

I would have made a wonderful scientist if I could only do math, understand complex ideas, concentrate for several hours and, in general, just be smarter. This might sound like a joke but I really believe that. I feel like I have a real passion for science, but I lack the actual tools a person needs to be a scientist. It's all nice and well to retain your natural curiosity into your adulthood, which is absolutely one of the requirements for being a scientist, but it's nothing if you cant sit do…

I wonder if the Hobbit trilogy will have the same sort of reception the Star Wars prequels had. Think about it—We have one perfect trilogy that everyone loves; a trilogy that changes cinema and raises an entire generation of fans. Followed by a second trilogy that is much less well received, and even gets a lot of undeserved hate (because everything today has to be the best thing or the worst thing ever). Both are by the same director (who was somewhat unknown during the first trilogy and then…

Nerdiness is a hell of a drug . Once you try one science fiction movie and like it, it's impossible to stop. One of your friends suggests you give Star Wars a try, and a week later, you are binge-watching Battlestar Galactica and buying Star Trek Funko Pops. You read one chapter of Lord of the Rings, and you suddenly find yourself knee-deep in a Dungeons and Dragons session with a bunch of sweaty, role-playing nerds . Also, your very definition of what is cool changes completely. You used to th…

Being kind of an old geezer, I grew up on the original trilogy. I saw " Return of the Jedi " in the cinema when I was 7 and was completely hooked ever since. I made my parents buy the first two movies on VHS (which I wore out from watching on repeat). I also had the illustrated books, the toys, the soundtrack on vinyl, and whatever else Star Wars I could get my hands on. So when the prequels arrived, I was already too old to enjoy them for what they are—fantasy movies for kids, just like the or…

Cosplayers are the lifeblood of geek conventions. Sure, you come for the merch, the panels, the exclusive announcements (and the free swag, of course), but it’s the cosplayers that truly bring these events to life, making you feel like you’ve stepped into a parallel dimension. Cosplay was much simpler when it first began—people would buy pre-made costumes of their favorite characters or cobble together something basic themselves. Today, however, it’s an incredible, well-developed art form . Som…

Everyday is a good day to buy a new book.

Way before the rise of the hipsters there were nerds . Although not as smug and, frankly obnoxious as hipsters, nerds tend to say things that only they, and a small group of other people with the same interests would understand. The are the originators of the "Umm.. actually" phrase, that only exist to differentiate between those who know and those who do not, in fact, know. "Oh, you don't know what Avogadro's number is? No, you probably never heard of it, why would you? Than you will probably…

With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in theaters, I wondered what the most successful Tim Burton movie is. I mean, the guy has made a lot of great films, from Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Edward Scissorhands to Ed Wood , Mars Attacks , and Batman , all the way to Sweeney Todd , Big Fish , and several episodes of Wednesday . His filmography is pretty impressive. But it turns out his biggest movie is one he didn’t actually direct— The Nightmare Before Christmas . Everyone considers it a cla…

On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

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the new movie is... interesting

With the rise of AI-generated art, the “X reimagined in the style of Y” genre has become saturated. Anyone can use ChatGPT or MidJourney to generate images of, say, Star Wars characters in the style of Studio Ghibli or realistic-looking Pokémon , and the results would be… satisfactory. The AI is great at giving exactly what we ask for, but nothing more. Does it look good? Yes. Is it impressive that a computer can do it? Absolutely! But it lacks the “wow factor” that a human artist can deliver.…

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