Victorian Wonder Woman

Three things I noticed when I saw this picture (in order):

1. Victorian-era Wonder Woman (duh)
2. Three Hydra Agents in the background
3. Fat Captain America
4. What appears to be a Donna Troy Wonder Girl cosplay in the background

(via Fashionably Geek)

So there's going to be a live action Rurouni Kenshin movie

And holy crap, Takeru Satoh, looks exactly like him. Nice.

(Anime News Network via Topless Robot)

Vader Got Served

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I would most definitely watch a dance movie if it involved Star Wars. They could call it Star Wars: Episode II - Electric Boogaloo.

(h/t Popped Culture)

Batman by ShinigamiAmon

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Sweet Zombie Jesus, this is gorgeous! It has a similar feel to the Batman mangas they used to do in Japan back in the day. DC needs to hire this guy as a cover artist, stat!

Assassin's Creed Art Nouveau is beautiful

Amazing artwork by silvestris. See the rest here.

(h/t Nerd Approved)

John Barrowman: Hero and classy gent

Fanpop

 This is steadily making its way around the internet and deservedly so. According to The Wales Online, John Barrowman, famous of course for playing Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who and Torchwood, intervened during a robbery at a hotel he's staying at. Two young men broke into another room and were busy ransacking it when the people staying in the room caught them. The boys tried to bolt, but Barrowman managed to tackle and restrain one of them until the police arrived. Now, that might be the end of the tale and he would receive praise for his selfless act of bravery, but this story doesn't end quite yet. After catching the youth, Barrowman offered to give him a backstage job at the show he's currently doing in Glasglow, because he thinks it will help the kid straighten his life out.

There's classy, then there's John Barrowman.

(h/t Topless Robot)

Big Damn Heroes in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

I don't know why, but today I started thinking about Firefly and Star Wars, specifically a Firefly-ized version of Han and the gang. It's a delightful image, really. The problem is that it doesn't quite gel together - for example, I can't think of anyone who could fit as the Tams without leaving a gap elsewhere. What I have in my head so far is interesting nonetheless:

• Han Solo: The Mal Reynolds of the group, obviously. Both have the same personalities and willingness to do what's needed: Mal kicked a guy into the engine of the Serenity and Han, before Lucas' editing, shot Greedo first.
• Lando Calrissian: Jayne Cobb. While Han and Lando might not have the same rough relationship that Mal and Jayne share, it works well enough.
• Mara Jade: Zoe for no other reason than in the Star Wars Expanded Universe she's married to Luke. The obvious problem of course is the lack of a longstanding relationship with Han to mirror Zoe's with Mal.
• Luke Skywalker: Hoban Washburne. This is more bare bones and has to do solely with their respective piloting skills. It goes without saying that Chewie and Luke aren't married.
• Leia Organa: Obvious choice is obvious: Inara Serra. During Firefly's brief run, it was all but stated that Mal and Inara had a history prior to the start of the series. It's not much of a stretch, especially since Han and Leia's relationship mirrored the former two's for much of the Original Trilogy.
• Chewbacca: Kaylee Fyre. A very hairy Kaylee Fyre. I apologize for the resulting mental image.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Book, duh.
• R2-D2 and C-3PO: No.frakking.clue.
• Jacen and Jaina Solo: Han and Leia's children from the EU could work as Simon and River Tam, I suppose.

Like I said, it doesn't quite gel together perfectly, but it is interesting. This is one of those times when I wish I could draw, because this would make for one hell of a picture.

RIP Anne McCaffrey, 1926-2011

She was known for many things, primarily the Dragonriders of Pern series, but she was also the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and later, a Nebula Award. According to Tor.com, she was also the first Science Fiction and Fantasy writer to have a book to hit the New York Times Best-Seller. A great loss to nerdom.

How to become a Jedi or Sith Lord

WikiHow has two articles on how to become either a Jedi or...a Sith. Gee, thanks WikiHow!

I don't mean to alarm anybody, but Neil Gaiman is going to be on The Simpsons tomorrow

Underwire

Normally, I don't watch The Simpsons - nothing against the show, I just keep forgetting - but, I will tomorrow!