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The Three Point Landing

Posted in Movies, Television, Video Games, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

For those who don’t know what the 3 point landing is, the video should be clear.  But in case you need reassurance before you watch the minute long video, it’s when any character, movie, television, or video game, falls from a certain height and conveniently land on both feet and one hand on the ground.  I’m assuming you require your hand to absorb some of the shock from you body so it doesn’t all have to go directly to your poor ankles, and instead can forcibly break your wrist.  But that’s beside the point.

There are two aspects to the 3 point landing.  Clearly.  The landing itself and the just as cliche head raise to look the enemy in the eye.  Check out the video above and then immediately jump from you bed and perform the landing and head raising yourself for maximum pleasure.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Geek Fantasies that are Actually Experience-able

Posted in Movies, Television, Video Games, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I absolutely love posts that combine the categories, “Movies”, “Television”, and “Video Games”.  Cracked has put together a list of 5 awesome fantasies that should only exist in movies, television, and video games that are actually legitimate parks and programs.  Did you ever want to go to Middle Earth?  How about be a spy?  Check out  the article below to see how you can do these things.

Geek Fantasies that are Actually For Sale Somewhere

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How Television Shows Naturally Progress

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , , on June 21, 2012| 2 Comments »

You don’t need me to explain what this image is. But if it’s too long and didn’t feel like reading, it essentially summarizes how all television shows act. This algorithm applies to both comedies and dramas and maybe even reality shows [eh maybe not, I was tired of Jersey Shore since season 1]. It’s true that most episodes hit their stride in season 3 and 4 because the writers are truly comfortable with their characters. Soon enough they become cash cows to live long enough hit the zombie years. Enough of my garbage, scroll back up and read the image by cracked again. Be sure to visit Cracked.com or Viruscomix.com to support the wit.

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Game of Thrones Mythlore

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , on June 21, 2012| 1 Comment »

This collection of videos seems to be from the Game of Thrones DVD special features. It has a lot of neat background information that are sprinkled in the novels. For any avid fan of the HBO series but haven’t had time to read the books, let these videos burn up an hour of two of your reeducation. I’m serious, if you watch these videos and then go back and watch the series, I guarantee you that you’ll see and hear a lot of references you didn’t catch before.

If you’re interested in more, check out his entire playlist that practically includes ALL of the Game of Thrones DVD and Blue Ray Special Features.

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Community Continues to Blow Minds

Posted in Television on June 19, 2012| 1 Comment »

Dan Harmon was a very clever man.  We’ve heard rumors of about how difficult a man he is, based on some writers coming forward and the whole spat with Chevy Chase, but you have to give him credit where credit is due.  The above video is a compilation of Community for throughout the three seasons it’s been on so far, and you wouldn’t think that something like this was hidden.  Everyone knows the mythlore behind when you say Beetlejuice three times, and if you don’t, I highly suggest you watch the Tim Burton film.  But the idea is that if you say his name three times he appears.  Well, after Beetlejuice is said three times in entirely separate seasons, there’s a small flash of the striped ghost himself.  A testament to Harmon’s dedicated writing if anything be praised.  Check out the very cool video above.

And if you’re not watching Community, then you’re seriously missing out!

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J.K. Rowling vs. George R. R. Martin

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , on June 18, 2012| 3 Comments »

This lovely images portrays to heavyweights in the fantasy fiction genre and their stances on ‘killing off characters’.  In one corner we have J.K. Rowling who’s most famous for the Harry Potter series.  And in the other corner is George R.R. Martin, writer of the Song of Ice and Fire series.  For those who are familiar with both, you don’t really need me to understand the very hilarious joke here.

But to the interested, but uneducated in book culture.  J.K. Rowling is referencing her quote regarding how difficult it is to kill of some ‘major’ characters in her book series like, SPOILERS —————Snape, Sirius, etc. ————————END SPOILERS.  Then we have George R.R. Martin who gives a mocking look because the man LOVES killing off major [see how I don’t use quotes there] characters.

For the curious, I’m having trouble finishing Feast for Crows, I’m currently starting the Soiled Knight’s story arc which is about a third or more in.  It’s moving awfully slow compared to the very hectic and awesome Sword of Storms.  Does it get better?  I’m hoping so…

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Studio Ghibli Meets Adventure Time

Posted in Articles, Movies, Television, tagged , , , , , , , on June 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

In a strange twist of artistic creativity, an artist named David (no source on Kotaku) has meshed together the best of both worlds by utilizing the familiar and iconic Adventure Time art style with the characters from the world of Studio Ghibli. It’s a little odd for me to see some of my favorite characters drawn in such a cartoon like fashion, as I grew up watching movies like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. I’m not one to criticize, especially since I definitely don’t have the ability to draw anything near that well, but the art style just doesn’t really resonate with me. Contrary to popular opinion, I don’t really like Adventure Time, so it figures that I don’t like my favorite fiction characters being transformed into these strange childlike versions of themselves. Anyway, check out the rest of the pictures from the article linked below.

Source: Adventure Time / Studio Ghibli

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Zach Galifianakis in His Garage: Between 2 Ferns

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, Television, tagged , , , , , on June 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Very similar to yesterday’s post regarding Mike O’Brien getting famous celebrities to do crazy things in his closet, Zach ‘Alan’ Galifianakis gets famous A-listers to sit down in his garage to talk for a bit.  According to Galifianakis himself, he apparently calls up celebs and asks them to leave their lawyers and guards behind him and sit down with him in a garage to do a short interview.  What happens is that Galifianakis himself becomes a disgusting and awkward host to the unsuspecting celebs which forces them into gleefully uncomfortable situations. Some actors maintain their game face and play along while others get completely upset and storm off.  It’s all staged of course, but that doesn’t take away how awesome both this host and the interviewees are.  I always believed Sean Penn to have a major stick up his ass, but after he did this, I kinda like him a lot better now…even if he did the interview with that persona, you have to admit that agreeing to do this was completely unlike his character.  Check out my favorites below!

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Simpson’s and Hey Arnold! Get a Mix

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2012| 1 Comment »

Here’s your ’90s cartoon dreams crushed’ image of the day.  Taken as one of the popular rage comics memes, the collective internet has essentially put the idea that Marge Simpson and Carl Carlson have essentially done the dirty deed and out popped Gerald Johanssen.  It isn’t clear how he ended up a Johanssen or in a seemingly New York suburb so far from Springfield, but I’m sure the fan fiction is along the lines of: Marge and Carl met up and had an illegitimate child and then selling it for money, or something like that.  Regardless, the image is almost too uncanny…That hair is simply far too distinct to ignore where it genetically and rightfully comes from.

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Character Profile: Walter White

Posted in Character Profiles, Television, tagged , , , , , , on June 12, 2012| 2 Comments »

With Breaking Bad just around the corner, it’s more than ready to start getting ready for it.  I legitimately had to say last year’s season of Breaking Bad simply was the best show of the year, that saying even though I’m a hardcore Game of Thrones fan.  It’s gritty, exciting, violent, and so emotional, that no amount [well maybe some amount] of dragons could beat the legendary game of cat and mouse between Gus and Walter.  So in that honor, I’ve compiled a gallery of Deviant Art’s finest in honor of Walter White.  In all honesty, there is a lot of Jessie Pinkman, so it might as well be the combination of the two.  Breaking Bad’s final season part 1 begins July 15, 2012 on AMC.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Community’s Geekiest Moments

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2012| 3 Comments »

Community is a show for geeks.  No, not in the same way Big Bang Theory is for geeks, where obvious and overplayed stereotypes are the jokes [my dislike for CBS knows no bounds], but in a clever, cool-geek-chic type of way.  They do parodies of gangster films, had an entire episode dedicated to being a video game, and constantly refer to tons of movie and other television culture.  Here’s a list of some of the more geekier moments.

Community’s Geekiest Moments

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Modern Family is Indeed a Comedic Gem

Posted in Reviews, Television on June 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

At the urge of many of our readers here on Banana Feed, I’ve taken the time and effort to catch up on 3 seasons of Modern Family.  Luckily it fell into my rule of ‘anything past 4 seasons might be too much of an undertaking’, so I guiltlessly spent entire weekends powering through nearly 75 episodes following the Dunphy,s Pritchetts, and Tuckers.  I admit, I was wrong to call this show overrated, but not necessarily for the reasons you might think.  Phil Dunphy and Cam Tucker lead in terms of the show’s strong comedic roots, the every household story lines can apply to most families in America, and the curvascious Sofia Vergara all make this show definitely worth the watch.  While undoubtedly being one of the best comedies on television, but it’s not without flaws: predictability, repetition, and cheesy wrap up moments plague the series, but the surprisingly smart writing and delivery more than make up for it…most of the time.

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The Gang Fcks Up

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on June 8, 2012| 1 Comment »

I absolutely love gag reels.  Gag reels show actors how they break character on all the hilarious lines that make it into the final.  As I watch these clips, I try to not break character myself and not laugh, because I find that if I do, it’s much more gratifying.  So I’ve compiled here some of my favorite gag reels from one of the best comedies on air: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.  A college age and above appropriate comedy centers around 5 selfish adults and how far they’ll go to get what they want.  I can’t possibly explain to you how much I love this show in this gag reel compilation, so I’m targeting the already It’s Always Sunny Fans to watch the gag reels from seasons 2-6 I’ve compiled below.

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Thesy Surface as Margaret McPoyle is a Visual Stunner

Posted in Character Profiles, Television, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Margaret McPoyle.  You know her from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  She’s the hideous, unibrowed, mute that plagues the gang from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia with her brothers, Liam and Ryan.  She’s not very well known, but she’s definitely known for this character.  But the truth of the matter is, behind this scary, perverted, character is actually portrayed by this beautiful, unique looking actress Thesy Surface.  Two unique names, a distinct facial structure, and a rockin’ bod, it was impossible to not compile this rather gorgeous gallery.

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Walter White Makes Lawn Chair Sitting Badass

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The only salvageable piece of television in the deep summer in my opinion is AMC’s Breaking Bad.  I’m seeing previews for Teen Wolf, White Collar, etc, etc.  But nothing beats the high school chemistry teacher turned meth drug lord drama that has earned best series/actor several years in a row at distinct television award ceremonies.  And as the promos for the season finale [which is broken up into two 8 episode runs in 2012 and 2013] are finally surfacing including this really badass shot of Walter White sitting in a lawn chair in his chemical hazmat suit, with boxes of both money and meth behind him.  He’s gonna make his heads roll this season.  I believe it’s only him and Dexter Morgan who are technically evil people we will gladly root for.

Meanwhile, a Walter White gallery is compiling in my computer.  Wait for it.

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[Old] Batman and Robin Running From Things

Posted in Movies, Television, tagged , , , , , on June 5, 2012| 1 Comment »

Artist Robert Salvador has created some hilariously awesome gifs of classic Adam West Batman and Robin running away from various things.  I might be too young and bold to say this, but I think this is the age of where actors would run on treadmills and various scenes would be projected behind them.  Because clearly those projected scenes have been hilariously converted to this series of gifs.  Check out the rest of gallery below with appearances from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and more!

Source: Comics Alliance

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Game of Thrones Review: Valar Morghulis

Posted in Reviews, Television, tagged , , , , , , , on June 4, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s finally over.  For now.  Last night was the season 2 finale of Game of Thrones and boy was it amazing.  The episode itself was beautiful and the contrast of set pieces provided an amazing adventure as we traveled nearly all around Westeros wrapping up and cliff hanging every major player.  While some resolutions were met, other conflicts continue as we wrapped up the second season.  I’ve said this many times before, HBO’s Game of Thrones delivers the story it needs to very well, but many book readers like myself can do nothing else but compare George R.R. Martin’s masterful writing and execution.  While the show had an excellent representation of the show, there can’t be nothing else but a small sour taste when some of my favorite and most memorable scenes in the books were watered down here.  Read below to get the gist of what happened on the very busy episode of Game of Thrones.

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Morning Banana Oatmeal: Celebrities Who Got Their Break From Judd Apatow

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, Television, tagged , , , , on June 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

People have declared that ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and ‘Undeclared’ helped James Franco, Seth Rogen, and many others get their amazing careers started.  All of these were produced by fairly big comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow.  Warming Glow has compiled 20 actors all ranging from Ben Stiller to David Cross who got their biggest breaks on a Judd Apatow produced show.

Celebrities Who Got Their Break From Judd Apatow

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Avatar Aang Ain’t Got Sh!t on Mendeleev

Posted in Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

This is a really colorful image that pitches Aang, the master of the four elements [as stated in the popular Nickelodeon series Avatar: the Last Airbender] against the master of the periodic table of elements, Dmitri Mendeleev. It’s quite hilarious in the way when science and popular culture clashes. In truth, only nerds, engineers, and geeks will truly understand this. And since I fall under all three of those categories, this tickles me greatly.

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Game of Thrones Review: Blackwater

Posted in Reviews, Television on May 28, 2012| 3 Comments »

For having 8 different story lines, focusing on one or two is pretty bold.  But last night’s episode: Blackwater showed just how expansive this series could be if they were given even more time and money.  Penned by George R.R. Martin himself, there was a clear coherence amongst all the chaos, and it was great that they found a better medium between the books and the series.  There were a number of powerful scenes, intense action, and gore that filled last nights episode.  Actions that will affect next week episodes and the rest of the season to come.  Last night essentially followed two story arcs clashing: Tyrion and Davos/Stannis as they are finally at war with each other.  Click below to get some of the highlights.

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