Today's featured article
Good Cop Inanimate Cop is a 2013 American/Danish buddy cop film directed by Michael Bay. The film stars Bruce Willis as Jack McLain and the Lego police officer minifig from set #600 as a Lego police officer. McLain and the Lego have been assigned to work to bring down one of the most menacing crime syndicates of New York City, presumably through their coolness and charisma and firearms.
The film was made as Lego were looking to branch out into different types of media. Following the success of Lego Star Wars IV: Yeah We're Going to Just Keep Milking These Games for All They're Worth, Lego decided to market their children's toys more to the 18-25 action film buff demographic. Bruce Willis, in turn, had recently realised that his proposed seventh Die Hard film Those Who Live by the Sword Die Hard by the Sword would never be green-lighted, and was looking for any acting opportunity that involved him being at least pretty swell. (more...)
Yesterday's featured article
Far beyond the Bubblegum Mountains, tucked snugly within Buttercup Valley, lay the Fluffy-Bunny Forest, a magical, happy place, filled with happy little bunnies and all their woodland critter friends. By a quiet stream just outside of Candy-Cane Village, three little rabbit cubs, Cuddles, Blinky and Captain Fuzzybutton, frolicked and played in the late evening sun, while they sang a merry little song. The little birdies tweet-tweeted merrily in the trees nearby.
Cuddles was the youngest of the three friends, but was also the leader of the group. He was a tiny snow-white rabbit, who always liked to get up to mischief and adventures. Blinky was a girl-rabbit, with rusty brown fur and a habit of sneezing uncontrollably. Captain Fuzzybutton, the oldest of the three, was technically a hare, but nobody really knows the difference anyway, so it doesn't matter. (more...)
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Did you know...
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- ...that Francis Winkler is just a poor hapless teacher with homosexuality issues?
- ...that many diseases can be prevented by washing hands before eating, after eating, during eating, and another couple of times just in case?
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In the news
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- AP - it's 0MG, people (Pictured)
- Tiger Woods has lost his mojo
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On this day...
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August 27: The Day After Tomorrow
- 1793 - French counter-revolution. Corian becomes the counter du jour.
- 1883 - Krakatoa explodes, hurling pumice, rubber ducks, loofahs and other bathing accessories over 150 miles.
- 1928 - The Kellogg-Post Pact, renouncing oatmeal as an instrument of foreign policy, was signed by 60 cereal companies.
- 2002 - Armageddon
- 2002.5 - Armageddon Nervous
- 2003 - Armageddon Outta Here
- 2 minutes later - Chuck Norris remembers to close the door of his fridge.
- 2006 - Today is really August 29th.
- 2007 - Today is the day before tomorrow.
- 2009 - Scientists proved the real reason of global warming is increasing group sex rate of eskimos.
- 2101 - All your base are belong to us.
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Colonization of the Week
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For the glory of her majesty Help us clear the ivy of crap, and plant the seeds of humour.
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