tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:38:11 +0000Prodding pop culture with pointy things.http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/noreply@blogger.com (standardman)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-7714695452962808084Fri, 09 May 2008 02:25:00 +00002008-05-09T03:33:02.850+01:00wikitruth sam samuel L jackson nick fury snakes wiki wikipedia bad mother fucker george lucas nickfuryhttp://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/05/wikitruth-about-samuel-l-jackson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-3006402983455349555Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:03:00 +00002008-03-16T23:08:40.829Ziceage dawn dinosaurs time greatscott docbrownhttp://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/03/worrysome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-2274628724387500917Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:46:00 +00002008-03-16T23:28:34.519Zwiki wikipedia obama mccain penis clinton hilter spears kardashian oral efron knightrider bipolar naruto clitoris schwarzenegger mardigras atomic ejaculation earth list statistics rankingWikipedia's article traffic statistics and rankings are endlessly entertaining.Most viewed articles from February 1 to February 23, 2008:7 Barack_Obama9 John_McCain43 Penis77 Hillary_Clinton-69 Adolf_Hitler 70 Britney_Spears-113 Kim_Kardashian 114 Oral_sex-188 Zac_Efron 189 Knight_Rider 190 Bipolar_disorder-244 Jesus 245 Emo-250 Naruto_Uzumaki251 Clitoris-259 Arnold_Schwarzenegger 260 Mardi_Gras http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/03/wikipedia-traffic-rankings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-3318426750014248727Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:38:00 +00002008-02-14T19:06:21.433Zneighbours dark side fictional kangaroo television bbc five australian soap writer rack off godsRecently the BBC decided to replace the delightfully awful long-running Australian soap Neighbours with 'Out of the Blue', which it calls 'an ambitious project that we think will break new ground'.While this completely misses the appeal of Neighbours - where someone yelling 'RACK OFF' is extreme drama, this isn't what's troubling me.Five bought the series and have been running an ad, in which http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/02/dark-side-of-neighbours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-7008176386001606487Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:18:00 +00002008-01-31T03:34:44.768Zmark romanek brett ratner hack x-men wolf man jackie chan kicked to death chris tucker hannibal lector juggernaught bitchI just heard that Mark Romanek might be replaced as director of The Wolf Man by Brett Ratner.It would be enough if Ratner just farted out music videos for creatively retarded 'artists' like Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey and a man dumb enough to insist everyone call him 'P Diddy' but somehow smart enough to not get run over every time he crosses the road.Brett Ratner didn't stop there, he had to http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/01/i-want-to-beat-brett-ratner-to-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-8883504385008583377Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:07:00 +00002008-01-15T01:20:13.881Zmiddle east mario large hadron collider sonic global warming olympics christian fundamentalists liesForget the Middle East, Global Warming, the Large Hadron Collider set to fire in May and Christian fundamentalists in Washington hovering over the button - Sonic and Mario at the Olympics is bugging me.Sonic is a super-sonic running hedgehog, his entire thing is that he runs improbably fast, especially for a hedgehog. Mario is a plumber. This is the Olympics. Is Sonic being polite on the 100m http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2008/01/red-vs-blue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-8311187417353352764Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:27:00 +00002007-10-05T23:32:37.506+01:00box mystery mouse keyboard severed headHmm. I got a replacement for my wireless mouse/keyboard set, from my friendly neighborhood pc retailer, after it crapped out mid-Bioshock.Only there's another box. An extra box. An unopened box of mystery. Different name, same address. I'm thinking a severed head.http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/10/whats-in-box-whats-in-box-whats-in-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-996550304934227107Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:58:00 +00002007-08-31T01:06:36.706+01:00spider mortal giant combat bathroom boot coffee hurricane sedatives ultraman tooth brushFor the last hour or so, I've been locked in mortal combat with a spider so big it has established a base in my bathroom. I hit it square on the head with a boot and it was like farting at a hurricane. A hurricane with far too many eyes and legs. I'm pretty sure I just heard it using my tooth brush. On an unrelated note, I drank six pints of coffee in an hour and a half and can't sleep, http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/08/giant-spiders-are-giant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-1961996683281699759Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:10:00 +00002007-08-27T21:21:17.124+01:00Dalek invasion mosi drwho doctor who museum manchester world record sci-fi bbc exterminate fancy dress cosplayThe place I worked at, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MoSI) attempted to break the world record for the most Daleks in one place at the same time. Dalek designer, Raymond Cusick was in attendance and the total reached 67.Thanks to Neatorama and BoingBoing for posting this too.Link to my Flickr set of the event.http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/08/dalek-invasion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-5810843189515532682Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:47:00 +00002008-02-16T22:57:28.092Ztrailer national treasure 2 book of helen mirren crashing police car john voight this can't be ed harris england france bruckheimer run harvey keitel crashing police car help someone help wibberleysI just watched the National Treasure 2 trailer and I can't find of crumb sense in it. I'm going to try again.It opens with a montage of miscellaneous ancient Egypt STUFF. This is accompanied by drum beats, where each beat changes the shot. This pretty much happens all the way through with everything from drums, to bangs, to stock fire noises, to wooshes.Why all the wooshing? To distract you http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/08/national-treasure-2-trailermindbomb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-8292313718253636913Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:33:00 +00002007-08-04T18:00:01.624+01:00rotten tomatoes Bratz movie review awful raped myspace jon voight criticsSometimes bad movies actually serve a purpose. I'm not talking about so-bad-it's-good movies or guilty pleasures, I'm talking about wastes of time, money and celluloid that irredeemably awful. I'm talking about Bratz: The Movie.The purpose it serves? Reviews far more entertaining the movie will ever be."Barbies for the Paris Hilton era, Bratz dolls wormed their way into the hearts of preteen http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/08/its-like-totally-vapid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-1396202024063535922Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:22:00 +00002007-07-22T22:28:57.328+01:00dark hair and glasses does not harry potter make you functioning semiliterateDear Universe.I am writing this on behalf of all males who happen to have dark hair and glasses.We have already been told that some people think we look like harry potter. We don't, most of us, and even if you think we do, it's pretty likely someone's pointed it out before.We don't think you're witty, or original and telling someone they look like someone else is never, in any way, a http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/yes-we-wear-glasses-and-have-dark-hair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-7833198828009573492Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:16:00 +00002007-08-04T18:01:34.976+01:00ebay art car godzilla stag weekend head kidsAmazing 'art car' on sale on ebay, designed by kids.To quote the auction:Well, its not something you normally see everyday on e-bay!!!!! This Volvo was used last week for an art project by my wife who is an art teacher....the kids at her school were given a free hand to do whatever they wanted to the car and this was the result......it was even funnier but the rain affected the glue holding all http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/sometimes-stag-weekend-just-needs-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-8085773902493049516Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:51:00 +00002007-07-20T15:42:30.401+01:00Elf machine gun james caan different directions richard gere two minutes chow yun-fat slow motionI can't see James Caan without remembering him being shot by machine guns from two different directions in slow motion for about two minutes.I can't see Richard Gere without wanting him to be shot by machine guns from two different directions in slow motion for about two minutes.I can't see Chow Yun-Fat without remembering him shooting out with machine guns in two different directions in slow http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/i-was-watching-shark-yesterday-and-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-8928036475940008485Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:28:00 +00002007-07-18T22:29:46.183+01:00iPhone overexposed whore paris hilton apple gadget crap parishiltonIt occurred to me recently, while trudging through endless posts about the iPhone coming or the iPhone being released or the iPhone's packaging or the iPhone in someone's hands or the iPhone not in someone's hands, that it's not actually that good.It can't record video, it can't send media messages, it doesn't support 3g, or instant messaging, or third party applications, or hot-swapping forhttp://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/that-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-5542488887938616533Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:21:00 +00002007-08-04T18:00:46.533+01:00movies indy indiana trilogy old bitter alone nazis crocodiles hatDoes this mean Harrison Ford is done with this franchise after this film? Apparently not! He signed a three picture deal, his final stint as the whip wielding adventurer will be a trilogy. This means they better crank out these films pretty quickly before it becomes Indiana Jones and the Hunt for His Prune Juice. He is getting on in years after all.So at this rate we'll have one every twenty http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/does-this-mean-harrison-ford-is-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304689637728582648.post-3944462597646684201Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:32:00 +00002007-07-16T20:33:01.121+01:00Messing around with blogging.Carry on.http://www.unpopularsuperhero.com/2007/07/test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (standardman)0