Sunday Links for May 29

This week, we celebrated Geek Pride Day and the 100th Birthday of the New York Public Library.  Even if you haven't been to the NYPL, you still know those iconic lions.  (via [insertgeekhere] and Mental Floss)  

In crazy spoiler news, if you are interested in The Amazing Spider-Man, check out this clip from Stan Lee about his cameo in the newest flick.  Like I said, Villain Spoiler Alert!  (via Bleeding Cool)

My favorite thing about geeks is how enterprising we are.  If we want something that doesn't exist, we do our best to create it.  So this week brought the news of a new con hitting the circuit - Power-Con / Thundercon 2011.  This is a joint con for Masters of the Universe and Thundercats fans.  Hello my childhood!  (via Robot 6)

As San Diego Comic Con gets closer and closer, we get to see how desperate fans get for tickets.  It brings a whole new perspective to the event.  What would you do for SDCC tickets?  (via Bleeding Cool)

If you need a laugh, go and check out Geek to Me's twitter feed because he has started a new hastag about the Most Interesting Geek in the World.  It's some funny stuff.  (via Geek to Me)

Finally, we want to just say thank you to all of the service men and women that have protected our country with their lives.  Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

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Four Questions I want to send out into the Internet Void

As I sit here trying to write about a topic, any topic that would be mildly interesting, I find that I
have too many questions and not enough answers. I ask the Internet Void to answer me.....though I doubt I will get the answers I want.



1 - Why does Syfy make such crappy movies and such great TV shows?

You would think by now that they would be able to do both. If the right people are what it takes, you know that you have them. Just ask them to squeeze out a movie in between shows. Jane Espenson makes some of the best shows on Syfy, just hire her for one more movie. I guarantee you won't regret it.


2 - Why do they continue to destroy my childhood by remaking TV shows into crappy movies?

Yogi Bear is enough but hearing about the Thundercats movie is too much. Just leave them alone and my memories untarnished. Sometimes it is just for the best. If you mess with She-Ra, I will cut you.


3 - Why do they continue to (poorly) reboot movies that are considered classics?


You may think that this comes from the Buffy reboot, but the reboot that angered me the most is Yours, Mine and Ours from 1968. Classic movie that was destroyed in 2005 by a movie that was nothing like the original. They basically took most of the backstory and filled in the rest with stupidity. Just makes me :(


4 - When are Video Game companies just admit they are trying to recreate the holodeck from Star Trek?

C'mon the Wii, Playstation Move, and XBox Kinect are just precursors to Star Trek's holodeck. All of these engineers just need to admit they are fulfilling that fantasy. Yes, it's true they may also have a dark desire to really kill zombies or play in the NBA, but I choose to believe that this stems back to spending their childhood watching them hangout in the Enterprise holodeck.


Do you have any answers, oh Great Void? 'Cause all of these things kinda piss me off.