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Bleeding edge

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“Get this woman a shield!”

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Now side by side!

Slowly putting the team together!

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If writing utensils could talk

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me listening to sia’s older, calmer emotional songs

me listening to sia’s newer, louder emotional pop bangers

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Mindy Kaling for Improper Bostonian

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Was the comics industry your first career choice? Or even your dream job? Did you ever picture yourself working for Marvel and your work being so highly praised? Not to mention how awesome it must be to see your creations on screen and to be able to consult on blockbuster movies? How do you stay humble through all of this? Thank you for all you do!

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Neil Gaiman: The Julius Schwartz Lecture at MIT

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House on the Rock Day

Soooo many pictures. Too many for the Twitters, so I’m dusting off the ol’ Tumblr.

In anticipation of next season’s American Gods, my girlfriend and I visited the House on the Rock. It’s a little hard to explain, but here’s the short version: an architect/engineer climbed up a rock and built Frank Lloyd Wright’s worst nightmare. It struck Neil Gaiman so deeply he included it as a critical location in American Gods, and it’ll be featured in season 2 of the Starz series.

So we went. Behold.

This was what greeted us when we pulled up: a ¾ full parking lot, and a big one at that. I was a little surprised; Gaiman’s descriptions of the place gave me a seedier, hole-in-the-wall vibe, but this looked like some mid-level theme park entrance. Hmm. 

We started the tour and ventured around … and I was starting to think we came to the wrong place. Sure, the statue in front was kind of iffy, and some of the rooms looked a little retro, maybe gauche … but not the mindfuck I had anticipated.

Then … then we came to the Infinity Room.

… um. Okay. Hey, there’s a glass floor at the midway point, what’s under ther–

What are those, bushes? Wait … treetops?

HOLY FUCK YOU BATMAN IT’S AN UNSUPPORTED ROOM HANGING OUT OVER A FUCKING CLIFF YOU GO JUMP UP AN ASSHOLE

(It also creaks and sways. I thought it was just an old house, not a FUCK YOU CLIFF OF DOOM.)

Once back on solid ground, we found a door.

After that, shit got … weird.

I call this the Impractical Rejected Weapons from Fallout 3 collection.

Including a literal HAND CANNON. What the what?

Um.

This is getting unsettling.

The pooping dog piggy bank’s eyes won’t stop following me.

Ooohhhkay … hey, look!  Another one of them doors!

I wonder what’s behind this–

… well, I would have never guessed “replica American Main Street inside a house.” You win this round.

“I wish I was BIG.”

And because why the hell not, he’s a goddamned carnival pipe organ.

Then we came to this sign.

What? Bullshit. Bullshit you have a whale in this house. I will *shit myself* if you have a whale in th–

OH FUCK YOU MATE.

NO FUCK YOU THAT IS A THREE STORY TALL WHALE.

THAT IS A THREE STORY TALL WHALE FIGHTING A GIANT SQUID IN YOUR HOUSE YOU HAVE TOO MANY DRUGS

YOU PUT A FUCKING MOTORBOAT IN ITS MOUTH WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU

THIS DUDE GETS IT.

“I have seen some shit.”

And after the whale was just menagerie after menagerie of random audacious bullshit.

“Hello, I’ll be waiting in your closet tonight.”

“YOUR SILENCE GIVES CONSENT.”

Okay, this made me smile.

Fun fact: Burma Shave ads were the precursor to WTFIWWY.

Wait, where is that noise coming fro–

Oh yeah! There’s a HUGE assortment of these weird mechanical music machines assembled from real instruments, electronics, pneumatics, and madness.

But it doesn’t stop there.

Then we stumbled on the “Abominations in the Sight of God” section.

And at the very end … this. If you’ve read American Gods, you know *exactly* what this is. If you’re only watching the show, consider this spoilers for season 2.

Then we went outside, and there was a kitty.

I petted the kitty.

The end.

Bonus: Here is a machine that perfectly replicates the sound of Steve Martin falling down a flight of stairs.

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Awesomeness:)

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pablo: *exists* ricky: talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular

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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1912

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Andrew: This is what’s sad, Brendan Fraser’s been replaced by The Rock twice.

Diana: What do you mean?

Andrew: The Rock was in the Mummy 2 as the Scorpion King and then the studio was like, The Rock is the new star, we’re going to make a Scorpion King solo movie and stop making Mummy movies. Brendan Fraser’s next big shot at a blockbuster was Journey to the Center of the Earth, which flopped, and the studio made Journey 2 starring The Rock replacing Brendan Fraser.

Diana: Oh no!

Andrew: Two of his franchises were handed to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Cathryn: If I was Brendan Fraser I’d hate The Rock! He stole all his franchises!

Andrew: Fair. To get back to the movie though, I love it. It feels like it blends action and comedy in the way a classic Jackie Chan movie does.

Diana: Which is so crazy because this director, who is also the writer, has like nothing else on his IMDB. He’s known for all the Mummy movies, the Scorpion King, Van Helsing and, the first GI: Joe.

Cathryn: Was Dwayne Johnson in GI: Joe?

Diana: Not the first one that this guy directed, but he was in the second one. Wait, Brendan Fraser was in the first GI: Joe movie!

Andrew: What? No he wasn’t. What conspiracy theory bullshit is this you’re dropping?

Diana: Yes, it’s on IMDB. He was in the first one.

Cathryn: Wow. The Rock has taken everything from Brendan Fraser.

- The Hosts of Talk From Superheroes on Brendan Fraser and The Rock

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