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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can also add Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Fanboys to your queue.
Fanboys: A Nerdy Nerd Movie
Let's say you are familiar with Ain't It Cool News, have heard the name Harry Knowles and generally keep up with the navel-gazing world of geekdom. As such, you'll probably find it pretty funny when you watch a longish scene in which an actor playing Knowles gets the crap beat out of him.
However, if you are part of probably the majority of people who have no idea what I'm talking about, that scene will likely be a little bit funny (someone getting the stuffing kicked out of them is often good for a small laugh) but mostly perplexing.
Movie Preview: Fanboys
It was almost a year ago that I was writing about "Darth Weinstein" and the drama surrounding the release of the ultimate fanboy movie, Fanboys.
The movie, starring Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen, follows a group of die-hard Star Wars fans on a road trip across the country to the Lucas Ranch. They run into trouble when they cross paths with another geek tribe: Trekkies.
Buzz In: Who Are Your Favorite Fictional Nerds?
Between Chuck and Flight of the Conchords, The Big Bang Theory and Tina Fey's 30 Rock alter ego Liz Lemon, I'm not sure we needed any more proof that we're in something of a pop culture nerd renaissance right now. But just in case, here's something else: The guy who wrote Fanboys just had another script picked up, this time about "a video game junkie facing a midlife crisis who learns that a young punk had broken a record he set as a teen." The guy sets out to reclaim his position at the top of the gaming throne.
Weekend Box Office: 21 Wins the Pot
Well, it looks like 21, the film about MIT students who take Vegas by storm, was a safe bet as it easily won the top spot at the box office. However, the overall weekend box office total was down 17 percent compared to last year, Variety reports. 21 earned an estimated $23 million, beating Horton Hears a Who and firmly establishing Jim Sturgess as a viable leading man.
Fanboys Battle "Darth Weinstein" Over Fanboys
Fanboys angrily defending Fanboys . . .
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- Steve Jones thinks that Shia LaBeouf is "a total corpse" — theFABlife
- Leona's getting hypnotised to help her nerves — Get Lippy
- Amy Winehouse is "still in love" — Handbag
- Amber Valetta's turning her hand to designing — Elle UK
- Anna looks amazing at the Polo — InStyle UK
- Exclusive chat with ultimate fanboy Jonathan Ross at Comic-Con — BitchBuzz
- LeAnn Rimes splits with her hubby — Hecklerspray
- Pixie Lott has a wardrobe malfunction — Holy Moly
- Nose around Naomi's place! — Grazia
Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia Launching a Geek vs. Geek Web Show
Alright fanboys and fangirls, how much do you know about your chosen obsessions?
Milo Ventimiglia (that's Peter Petrelli from Heroes ICYDK) is going to co-produce and star in a new web show called Ultradome.
The show will pit geeks against other geeks on subjects they're expert at, like Star Wars and Star Trek trivia (we know a bit about that, don't we?), and other awesome geek pop culture.
Flashback: The Superficial Friends
The superhero group The Superficial Friends is made up of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and the Olsen Twins. In this episode, they find themselves lured into the lair of diabolical fanboy Harry Knowles (the awful writer from Ain't It Cool News). First, he threatens to write a bad review of Lindsay's latest film, and then reveals he just wants to turn them into love slaves.
The Worst Commenters on the Internet: Hope I'm Not on There
Sometimes things just hit too close to home — which makes them funny because they're true! I recognized all eight offenders on Cracked's list of the most obnoxious commenters on the Internet.
There are the usual suspects, like the Defender (sometimes also known as "fanboys/girls"), The Ninja, who posts one comment and then mysteriously disappears, and the Macho Man, which is a nicer euphemism for the kind of aggressive guys who freak you out in real life, and can still do so in 2D form.
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