Link roundup

1. Harry Knowles recommends that men go see the new Twilight movie. Seriously. Hilarious, and NSFW.

2. 100 SciFi movies you can watch online for free, including several fairly recent ones. Via.

3. The character that inspired James Sugrue to become a cartoonist.

*Buy Mighty Mouse toys at eBay.

Twilight, spiked (link roundup)

A one-image review of Twilight by the MIT Science Fiction Society. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win 100 one-color letterpress invitations or Save the Dates (if you're getting married).

2. Bad call cost a pitcher a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning.

3. If you're looking for a short story idea, try this Craigslist ad.

*Previously: Twilight Zone/Twilight mashup.

*Buy baseball bobbleheads at eBay.

Twilight Zone/Twilight mashup (link roundup)

Twilight Zone/Twilight mashup by Casey Weldon for the upcoming Gallery 1988 show I've previously mentioned.

And a few more links:

1. Kawaii food prints.

2. Funny sketch of Colossus of the X-Men (bottom of the page).

3. Adorable white otter pups. Via.

*Previously: Wuthering Heights with new Twilight-inspired covers.

*Buy Heroclix at eBay.

New Moon paper toys (link roundup)

Bella, Edward (just add glitter), and shirtless Jacob paper toys can be downloaded here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. How to move photos and video from Flickr to Picasa. Via.

2. The History Channel is looking for marksmen for a new show: "Looking for anyone with mind-blowing shooting skills and a big personality to take on exciting physical challenges with multiple guns and mystery projectile weapons."

3. Israel is moving to a system to reward and encourage organ donors - - agree to donate your organs and you move up the list to become a recipient.

*Previously: Puppet New Moon.

*Buy Twilight toys at eBay.

Puppet New Moon

New Moon told with puppets:

Bigger sets! Brighter lights! Dumber jokes! The New Moon video follows suddenly single Team Bella's journey as she gets extreme and learns to love her furry friends.

When Team Edward believes Bella has died, he vows to end his emo misery by publicly exposing himself in Italy, forcing the evil Team Volturi to kill him once and for all! Can Bella save her dreamy beau and restore her love life before it's too late?

Here's the official site.

*Previously: The real-life town Twilight fans love to visit.

*Buy Twilight toys at eBay.

Tiny candles (link roundup)

"5-Minute Candle" pack - - $6 for a set of four.

And a few more links:

1. The fact that Obama carried his own umbrella while in China impressed citizens used to seeing officials being served.

2. An explanation for why it's so difficult to translate Beowulf (which was originally written in Old English).

3. Twilight Moms: "If these were 40-year-old men screaming for 17-year-old girls, someone would call the police."

*Previously: Candles that burn green, orange, pink, or purple.

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.

Cucos poster (link roundup)

Poster by Patrico Oliver announcing a Cucos event in Buenos Aires.

And a few more links:

1. Here's what the people from Forks, Washington think about obsessed fans who come to visit the town that stars in the Twilight novels. Via.

2. Dog-like crocodiles and crocodiles with tusks once roamed the Earth. Via.

3. Congratulations on beating that brain tumor.

*Previously: Wuthering Heights with new Twilight-inspired covers.

*Buy Kidrobot toys at eBay.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon as a romantic hero

The Creature from the Black Lagoon gets the Twilight treatment in this image by Tom Rhodes.

*Previously: Wuthering Heights with new Twilight-inspired covers.

*Buy Creature from the Black Lagoon toys at eBay.

Wuthering Heights with new Twilight-inspired covers

Clever, HarperCollins is putting out an edition of Wuthering Heights with Twilight-inspired covers. Above are the UK and USA versions. Via.

*Previously: New book cover for Simon Kernick's Deadline was clearly designed to fool people into thinking it was written by Dan Brown.

*Buy "Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006" at Amazon.

Cobra Commander redesign (link roundup)

Redesigned Cobra Commander by Carlos Villagra. Check out his mounted Thor.

And a few more links:

1. Back on April Fool's Day, I posted Hello Kitty/Gloomy Bears toys and wondered if they were for real. They are.

2. Stephanie Meyer shows 4Chan what true power is. And 4Chan enjoys the joke.

3. Little Red Riding Hood and the (very) Big Bad Wolf.

4. Soul Hackers paper toys.

*Previously: Plush Zartan.

*Buy Gloomy Bear toys at eBay.

Lamb with freaking laser beams

Here's a few of the silly creatures on display at Zejian Shen's blog:


Surprised, portly cat



Dinosaurs fighting (currently being voted on at Design By Humans)



And finally, this lamb with laser beams for eyes is an interpretation of Twilight. I had no idea what that meant, but my wife helpfully explained that Edward is the lion, and Bella is the lamb.

She has various prints available for purchase or trade, so contact her.

*Previously: Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Bobblehead.

*Buy laser guns at eBay.

Toad from Super Mario Bros. cosplay (link roundup)

Toad cosplay, at a big rig race. Here's a large gallery of images from the same race.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly, a tough-looking Easter Bunny goes for a ride on his motorcycle.

2. A handy reminder of how small the Earth is compared to the rest of the solar system (and universe).

3. According to USA Today, Stephanie Meyer's books accounted for 16% of all book sales in the first three months of 2009. Via.

4. Here's how to get buzz for a performance of The Sound of Music - - have a flash mob start performing "Do Re Mi" in a train (?) station in Belgium.

*Previously: The Hills Are Alive With...the sounds of people running from Nazi vampires.

*Buy Mario gashapon at eBay.

Leonidas Sackboy amigurumi (link roundup)

Leonidas Sackboy amigurumi by Maggie Wang, who takes commissions.

And a few more links:

1. The Fast and Furious would be way more interesting if it was based on drift racing in Saudi Arabia. Here's a taste of Robert Worth's fascinating article:

Drifting, which tends to attract poorer, more marginal men, has also been an unlikely nexus between homosexuality, crime and jihadism since it emerged 30 years ago. Homoerotic desire is a constant theme in Saudi songs and poems about drifting, and accomplished drifters are said to have their pick of the prettiest boys among the spectators.

Via.

2. "60 Minutes was, and is, a competitive and combative place . . . . It’s a place where grudges are held for a long time. I remember Ed Bradley, not long before he died, talking about how Mike Wallace had screwed him over on a couple of stories." Read more.

3. Portland Trailblazer Channing Frye points out some weaknesses in the plot of Twilight. And here's another hilarious Twilight review.

4. NY Knick's coach Mike D'Antoni was Kobe Bryant's idol when he was a kid.

*Previously: Leonidas makes a dinner reservation.

*Buy plush vampires at eBay.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer takes on Twilight's Edward

Buffy Staked Edward t-shirt on sale here. Via.

*Previously: Edward Body Shimmer.

*Buy Buffy the Vampire Slayer toys at eBay.

Twilight Edward Body Shimmer

Twilight Edward Body Shimmer: "Add subtle shimmer to your body with this iridescent powder. It includes a small application brush and comes in a clear container with an image of Twilight's Edward."

*Previously: Burger King's body spray.

*Buy "So You Wanna Be a Sexy Bitch: Raise Your Game from Overlooked Nice Girl to Skilled Chick Everyone Wants to Get With" at Amazon.