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Posted on 05.22.13 by Widge @ 11:56 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  You want to stare at me like a piece of meat, do you? So...shall we begin? Over the course of the action-explodo-thon of Star Trek Into Darkness, there is a shot of Alice Eve in her underwear. I didn't mind it, partly because it was a brief blip in a film that I was enjoying the momentum of, and partly because I own a penis. But apparently, there has been some kerfuffle about this--and in J.J. Abrams' appearance on Conan (shown after the jump), he explains what his thought process was. And, you know, penis or not (though for the record: there is one), I can see where he could have been going for that and it was a beat that just didn't quite work in that way. But yeah, he would have saved himself a ton of trouble if he had just left the shower scene in. All will be explained: Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 05.15.13 by Widge @ 2:39 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  On the left, Merida-Prime. On the right, the Merida from the New 52. So...many people are complaining that Merida, the heroine from Pixar's Brave, has been given a sparkly makeover that robs her of her awesome hair, her bow and arrow, and her draw (no pun intended) as an animated role model for female children everywhere. I, on the other hand, ask this: why stop there? I see this as an opportunity for Disney to clean house. Many of their character designs are, like Merida, simply not optimized to move product. Since even Pixar appears to be more focused on making money than they were in the past, we'd like to take this opportunity to offer up merely a smattering of the brilliant marking-enhancing-synergy-snorting ideas we can bring to the table. Our rates are reasonable. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 05.14.13 by Widge @ 6:48 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.   So there I was, staring down the barrel of Google killing their perfectly good (IMO anyway) Reader. Alternatives? There are many. A lot that are way too fancy for me--sometimes you just want a boring damn list of stuff, right? But then I ran across Flipboard. There is something oddly satisfying about the notion flipping through feeds like they were a magazine. I find this to be especially so on the iPad version of the app, since you are flipping from left to right and, you know, it's a decent-sized screen for reading things. Especially when you are no-sighted (the ultimate combo of near- and farsighted) like me. It was nifty, sure. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 05.07.13 by Widge @ 12:46 pm
Comments on this: 4 so far. Add your own.  Don't want to use nasty pesticides in your garden? But also, don't want to have pests eating your garden before you get a chance to? Like most things in life, caffeine is here to save your ass. Lifehacker clues us in: insects are like dogs apparently, in that they're not supposed to have caffeine. While humans tend to enjoy the burst of energy that comes from caffeine, insects, particularly aphids, do not. Gather any or all of the following herbs: yarrow, tansy, pennyroyal, thyme, lavender, rue, catnip and artemisia. Mix at least a cup of this herbal mixture with 2 tablespoons used coffee grounds and 2 cups of water. Allow this to marinate for at least 24 hours before straining and placing into a spray bottle. This can keep for several weeks.
So this means that on those occasions where I've come back to my desk to find a dead bug floating in my coffee...they've simply had it with life and wanted to end it? Or is getting a bit of awesome brew worth the cost of their lives? Either way, it's slightly morbid and weird. Again, like most things in life. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 05.06.13 by Wolven @ 8:08 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Hey folks. Other than that AWESOME NEIL GAIMAN ANNOUNCEMENT it's been a while. I was still kind of recovering from Fringe, to be honest. Anywhoddle, as you know, Bob, part of my remit here is that I talk about cyborgs, robots, artificial intelligence, time travel, magic, alternate realities, and human augmentation, and all the ways those things show up in popular culture; and so, with that in mind, if you thought I was going to miss out on seeing Iron Man Three as soon as was inhumanly possible, then you didn't read that last clause back there. Yeah, that one. I've been looking forward to IM3 since it was announced, and since they started talking about what the screenplay was going to be based off of (more on that below)--so when we got to the theater and that theater was mostly empty, I was a little sad. I'd wanted a big crowded experience, and there were literally about twenty people in our showing. But still, I was with friends and I was content to enjoy this highly anticipated film in their company. That, plus the new Thor 2 trailer the manager was gracious enough to splice in for us guaranteed that it was a really fantastic time. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 04.17.13 by Widge @ 12:44 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Surely I can't be the only one who thought of that. Closely followed by "Why does Matt Damon have a digital camera bolted to the back of his head?" Six Million Dollar Back of Head via Lucky Penny Shop.
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Posted on 04.16.13 by Widge @ 11:23 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Rich Hall was, to me anyway, known for Not Necessarily the News. Then he seemingly dropped off the face of the earth. Then a few years back when we started watching British panel shows--boom, there he was again. And he's barely aged. Dude must have a portrait in the attic somewhere. Anyway, the following snippet is from his 2011 BBC Four documentary Continental Drifters, where he discusses road movies as a genre. I don't know that it's available stateside, so...get creative. It's worth watching. So is this. I think Rich makes his point pretty clear. It comes right after the jump. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 04.08.13 by Wolven @ 8:00 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Longtime readers of Need Coffee will know that we are huge fans of The Neil. So when we heard that his US book-signing tour for The Ocean at the End of the Lane was the last one he'd be doing, we were understandably distraught. But we were also determined. Do you want to know a secret? Back in 2010, we embarked on a plan to get an exclusive interview with Neil Gaiman during his book-signing tour for the release of the 10th Anniversary Edition of American Gods (the miniseries of which is still underway and still teaching us exactly how bated a person's breath can get). This plan was tied to forays and efforts made by individuals and entities and forces and, well… Let me put it this way: Do you remember us posting any big exclusive interview with Neil, back in 2011? No. No you don't. Things didn't work out, as things sometimes don't. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 04.05.13 by Widge @ 6:39 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  From the Tropfest Australia short film festival, comes one of their finalists: Cargo--directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke and featuring a mostly wordless performance by Andy Rodoreda. It is, in a word, brilliant. And I have a sneaking suspicion that it, in seven minutes, will both terrify and move you more than the entirety of the upcoming World War Z film will. This is because Ramke & Co. understand that this subgenre is about the people--not the zombies. Especially not the ridiculous CG rubbery kind of zombies. (Sorry, Brad.) "Cargo" comes after the jump. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 03.11.13 by Rob Levy @ 12:15 pm
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own. With the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who approaching in November, Need Coffee Dot Com celebrates the legacy of the show by examining all Eleven Doctors. Every Doctor will be profiled (one each month) as part of the series. At the end of each overview is a recommended list of commercially available DVD titles from that particular Doctor. For the sake of simplicity only complete stories will be considered.  Patrick Troughton, the actor who would make a name for himself as the Second Doctor, was born in Middlesex, England on March 25, 1920. Growing up in North London provided the young Troughton the golden opportunity of indulging his passion for drama. In his teens, he attended Mill Hill School, where his interest in theater led to his first starring role in a production of Bees on the Boat Deck in March of 1937. Categorized as: Stimuli
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