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How Ancient Whales Turned Sound Into A Killing Tactic

Say hello to the “Echo Hunter”, a 27 million-year-old toothed whale that’s helping scientists understand how these ancient sea creatures evolved the ability to hear high-frequencies underwater, and then turn that ability into a killing technique.

In a new paper published in Current Biology, researchers from the New York Institute of Technology and the National Museum of National History in France describe a new species of whale, called Echovenator sandersi (meaning “echo hunter”), that’s providing important new clues about the evolution of high-frequency hearing in aquatic mammals. This research pushes the origin of ultrasonic hearing in whales about 10 million years earlier than previous estimates.

E. sandersi was an ancient relative of the dolphin, and it could hear frequencies well above the range of human hearing. A team led by NYIT professor Morgan Churchill came to this conclusion after analysing a 27 million-year-old skull that was discovered in a South Carolina drainage ditch in 2001. Analysis of the bony support structures in its inner ear membranes, along with other measurements of the inner ear, indicate that this ancient sea creature had ultrasonic hearing capabilities.

After analysing the fossilised ear with a CT scanner, the researchers compared it to those of two hippos and 23 known cetaceans. They uncovered several features also found in modern dolphins, which can hear at ultrasonic frequencies. These whales were able to detect high-frequency echoes by sensing vibrations first through the mandible, and then in the inner ear. In fact, these hearing organs were so well defined, and so modern, that the researchers suspect ultrasonic hearing emerged even earlier than 27 million years ago.

As a hunting technique, echolocation requires two things to work. First, an animal — whether it be a bat, a dolphin, or a whale — needs to be able to hear high-frequencies. Secondly, it requires the ability to produce a high frequency sound, and then interpret those reflections to pinpoint the exact location of prey. “Our study suggests that high-frequency hearing may have preceded the emergence of echolocation,” noted Churchill. What’s more, the discovery of E. sandersi suggests both of these capacities existed at least 27 million years ago.

“This was a small, toothed whale that probably used its remarkable sense of hearing to find and pursue fish with echoes only,” noted study co-author Jonathan Geisler in a statement. “This would allow it to hunt at night, but more importantly, it could hunt at great depths in darkness, or in very sediment-choked environments.”

Looking ahead, the researchers would like to study the skull in more detail to figure out which features of the inner ear are required to hear sounds of a given frequency.

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Nike's New Sunglasses Cost $1500

For top runners, like the elite specimens competing in the Olympics, every last thing you wear needs to be engineered for comfort and speed. So Nike and Zeiss took inspiration from human anatomy for a new pair of sunglasses that wrap around an athlete’s head.

The Wing, which Nike refers to as “sun shades” instead of sunglasses so they sound cooler, feature a lightweight but reinforced frame which is apparently inspired by the tendons in your arms and legs. To help reduce stress and fatigue on specific parts of a runner’s head, the Wing features an over-sized sun shield that extends past the temples and transitions into a wraparound silicone strap that helps to evenly distribute its weight. Or what little weight there is since at just 26g you’ll barely feel the Wing on your face.

Other absurdly over-engineered features include a flexible silicone nosepiece, and ventilation to help keep an athlete’s brow cool and dry while reducing fogging. Oh, and a $US1200 ($1574) price tag. Yep, if there was any doubt these shades weren’t designed as merely a fashion accessory just peep that price tag. Thank God for corporate sponsors.

 

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BARRELL BOURBON

When it comes to bourbon, nothing matters more than the juice itself. That's why Barrell Bourbon, while not a traditional distiller, leads the pack amongst the new school whiskey companies. Each batch of Barrell Bourbon is a little different, as they choose from straight bourbon from Kentucky and Tennessee. What doesn't vary is that each batch is bottled at a barrel strength that is typically north of 120 proof. Each one is also quite limited and so far, each has been nothing short of delicious. The latest batch — #7 — was distilled and aged for 5 years in Char #4 American white oak barrels in Tennessee before being bottled at 122.4 proof.

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MONTBLANC WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1597 PEN

Created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Bard's death, the Montblanc William Shakespeare 1597 Pen is an instrument that honors some of the most recognizable writing in the world. In a break with tradition, the pen's resin cap has an octagonal shape that recalls the Globe Theatre, while the combination of red and black on the cap and barrel are a nod to the flags that would indicate whether the play was a historical drama or tragedy. There's also feather-like engraving that harkens back to his quill, and symbols that represent his most famous plays. Limited to 1597 pieces, in reference to the debut of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

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MONTBLANC WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1597 PEN

Created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Bard's death, the Montblanc William Shakespeare 1597 Pen is an instrument that honors some of the most recognizable writing in the world. In a break with tradition, the pen's resin cap has an octagonal shape that recalls the Globe Theatre, while the combination of red and black on the cap and barrel are a nod to the flags that would indicate whether the play was a historical drama or tragedy. There's also feather-like engraving that harkens back to his quill, and symbols that represent his most famous plays. Limited to 1597 pieces, in reference to the debut of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

Yo Rob! How about another FOH pen comp? This one would go nicely with the Mont Blanc Charles Dickens fountain pen I won 5 yrs ago.

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The Man Of Steel Sequel Is Finally In The Works

When Clark Kent joined the Daily Planet at the end of Man of Steel, it was obvious there was more to come. However, that ended up being Batman v Superman followed by Justice League, two team-up movies that have the iconic hero as a supporting player. That will change very soon.

The Wrap reports that Warner Bros. has put a Man of Steel sequel into active development. What that means is executives have begun to brainstorm ideas and consider writers and directors for a Superman-focused solo film to fit into the DC Extended Universe sometimes after the events in Justice League.

While there are already about eight DC films in various stages of development at the moment, there are still a few “untitled” films with release dates: 5 October 2018 and 1 November 2019. At this point, a safe bet would be the 2018 date will end up being Ben Affleck’s Batman film and the 2019 film would be this Superman movie, but that’s pure speculation.

The DC Extended Universe continued this past week with Suicide Squad. From there, things will go into the past next June with Wonder Woman, and then move forward with Justice League next November. That’s when we’ll once again see Superman and, presumably, find out where he’ll might be at when the Man of Steel sequel begins.

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The Cosa Nostra is alive and well, and dozens of alleged members just got busted

The Cosa Nostra mob is alive and well in the northeastern US, and a federal sweep just netted dozens of alleged members.

As part of a far-reaching federal investigation, dozens of alleged mafia bigwigs and members — many with colorful names like "Fish", "Tony the Cripple", "Muscles" and "Tugboat" — were charged this week for their alleged roles in a long-running and elaborate racketeering conspiracy. 39 of the suspects were arrested just this week, and hail from mafia families under the umbrella of Cosa Nostra, ranging in ages from 24 to 74. The suspects were picked up from Miami to the Bronx, including in Springfield Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut.

The indictment, which was unsealed this week, reads like the script of Goodfellas or any other mafia classic, "where extortion, illegal gambling, arson and threats to 'whack' someone are carried out along with some modern-day crimes of credit card skimming," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Diego Rodriguez said in a statement, adding that the arrests show that the mafia still exists beyond the fictional realm of The Sopranos.

The organization, which federal investigators dubbed the "East Coast LCN Enterprise" or more, simply "The Enterprise", sought to enrich its members or through an array of illicit practices, relying on threats of violence or economic harm to pacify and intimidate everyday citizens. LCN is the acronym law enforcement types often employ for "La Cosa Nostra," the Italian for "our thing" — long the name favored by mobsters themselves, who would never get caught saying the word "mafia."

Anthony Zinzi (aka Anthony Boy) and others from the Enterprise ran an illegal gambling establishment called the Yonkers Club. A few times a week, according to the indictment, the Yonkers Club held poker tournaments, dice tournaments and bet on horse races. When a competitor opened up shop around the corner, a club henchman, Mark Maiuzzo (aka "Stymie") poured gasoline on his car and lit it on fire.

The indictment claims that Genovese family capo Pasquale Parrello (aka Patsy) ran a crew out of his and his wife's Bronx restaurant, "Pasquale's Rigoletto Restaurant" – a "neighborhood staple & post-Yankee-game favorite with classic Italian red-sauce dishes" that has four stars on Yelp.

Court documents allege that Parrello asked Zinzi, Ronald "The Beast" Mastrovincenzo and Israel Torres (aka Buddy) to "break" a local panhandler's knees for harassing some female customers in the restaurant parking lot.

Mastrovincenzo and another member, who later became a confidential informant, found the panhandler and beat him. According to a New York State wiretap quoted by the DoJ in their press release, Mastrovincenzo boasted to Zinzi about the severity of the beating. "Remember the old days in the neighborhood when we used to play baseball?" he asked. "A ball game like that was done." All four men worked together to hide the evidence.

The indictment also reveals a litany of other schemes, like selling contraband cigarettes, gun trafficking, loansharking, and health insurance fraud which used "corrupt doctors" to write numerous and unnecessary prescriptions for "Prescription Compound Cream" which were then billed to health insurance providers,

"Today's mafia is fully diversified in its boundless search for illegal profits," Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said. "And as alleged, threatening to assault, maim and kill people who get in the way of their criminal schemes remains the go-to play in the mob's playbook."

"The charges applied today to these 46 individuals deal a significant blow to La Cosa Nostra, which the NYPD is committed to putting out of business," New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton said. "in typical mob fashion, the rackets ran from Springfield to South Florida and left no scheme behind."

 

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John Oliver Explains What You Might Have Missed in the Olympics Opening Ceremony

Besides the widespread corruption, crippling recession, crime, poison water, Zika virus outbreak, and crumbling infrastructure, Rio's Olympic games are off to a fine start.

Okay? I don't know what you've heard about how f***ked Rio is, but that was all forgotten on Friday when the world watched a bunch of dudes roll around on ferris wheels and dance in plant costumes during the opening ceremony. It had everything from "fireworks, to those little scooters from middle school gym class, to people throwing IKEA Flurgan lampshades at each other, to plants forming the Olympic rings before having a full-on plantgasm," John Oliver said Sunday night. But it also had the parade, where "Today show anchors point out everything that's wrong with their countries."

While that was all fun and filled with glistening, muscular Tonga flag carriers, Oliver wasn't going to let us forget about what's really going on in Brazil. The country's acting president, Michel Temer, was at the games and booed by his own country, which, Oliver points out, is because he is "unelected and is planning to push through a number of austerity measures."

Oh, and his shitty poetry.

But, even though there's a ton of garbage surrounding the games, let's not forget what they're intended to represent, Oliver said, "Celebrating the fittest, the bravest, the most beautiful, and, of course, the drunkest of us all."

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Here's Your First Look at Woody Allen's New Amazon Series With Miley Cyrus

It's the 1960s, when the country is in the throes of social turmoil, and Woody Allen is worried about getting his hair cut. That's the story in the first clip from Crisis in Six Scenes, the upcoming Woody Allen Amazon series starring Miley Cyrus. The crisis in this scene is Allen, who plays Sidney Muntzinger, a neurotic writer type who is trying to get his barber to make him look like James Dean.

That's not going to happen, his barber, played by Max Casella, not-so-gently informs him. It's all very typical Allen, who wrote and directed the six-episode series. It doesn't give any look into Cyrus's character, who, I'm guessing, is not a pop diva living a double-life as a typical teenager.

According to the synopsis, Crisis in Six Scenes "is a is a comedy that takes place in the 1960s during turbulent times in the United States and a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household completely upside down." Is this guest Cyrus? Maybe she actually will be a time traveling Hannah Montana. That wouldn't be too shocking, considering Allen has watched more Hannah Montana than he has episodes of Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

As he told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year:

I noticed years ago that my kids would be watching Hannah Montana. And I would say: "Who is that girl? She's got such a good delivery. You know, she snaps those lines off so well. The show is a silly little show, but she's very good at what she does."

You'll find out when the series—which also stars Elaine May, Rachel Brosnahan, John Magaro, Michael Rapaport, Margaret Ladd, David Harbour, Joy Behar, Christine Ebersole, Becky Ann Baker, Lewis Black and Rebecca Schull—premieres on September 30.

 

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ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1958 BMW 507 ROADSTER

A classic car is really only as good as the story that comes with it. The more compelling a vehicle’s history, the more attention – and money – it’ll garner. By that measurement, we’re pretty sure Elvis Presley’s 1958 BMW Roadster could drive a pretty serious price.

The King’s old set of wheels were originally purchased at the tail-end of the 1950’s while Elvis was serving in the military. As the story goes, he leased it after seeing the hillclimb champ Hans Stuck race it at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in France. Just like the famous singer himself got a huge amount of love and coverage, his car, too, was featured in magazines and movies – even receiving kisses and numbers written on the body in lipstick. Eventually the car was sold and lost track of until just recently when BMW group got their hands on it. Still retaining the car’s original 3.2 liter V8 engine (which has the ability to get the car up to 127 miles per hour), this car has been fully restored and given its old Feather White coat of paint. The car will makes its first public appearance at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, August 21st.

 

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You Can Now Play Thousands Of Amiga Games For Free

Double Dragon

The Internet Archive is the home of our digital past, and now it’s offering the greatest gift to any kid who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s: Thousands of playable Amiga games.

If you’re unfamiliar with Amiga, the computer system was the technological successor of the Commodore 64, one of the most popular computers ever made. The Amiga 1000 ran on its own operating system (Amiga OS), could display up to 4096 colours and was Commodore’s heavyweight contender against Apple’s Macintosh. It’s still a much-loved machine to this day.

As The Next Web notes, the Amiga system didn’t even have 10,000 games, so the archive could probably use a little housekeeping to get rid of some duplicates. But there is some Double Dragon and Batman: The Movie along with some other titles I’ve never heard of but sound A+.

The Simpsons: Bart vs. The World

Bubble Bobble

Batman: The Movie

Budokan: The Martial Spirit

Um…OK.

Sounds awesome.

Even though Amiga is no longer with us (RIP 1985-1994), nostalgia never dies. Clear your schedule. It’s time for dip back in time.

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Wolverine 3 Is Probably Patrick Stewart's Last X-Men Movie, Too

Wolverine 3 won’t just be the swan song for Hugh Jackman’s take on Wolverine — apparently it will be the last time his co-star Patrick Stewart takes on the Xavier mantle, too.

Speaking to British reporters earlier today about the film, due out next year, Patrick Stewart noted that it will likely be the last time he plays Professor X on the big screen:

I would imagine this is probably the end of this franchise for me. But the thing about science fiction and fantasy is that you can never, ever say it’s the end, it’s over.

Stewart has played Professor X on and off since the very first X-Men movie in 2000, so it’s been a decade and a half of sitting in a wheel chair and pretending to move stuff with his mind. Even with James McAvoy stepping in as the younger Charles, it’s gotten to the point that it’s hard to separate Xavier from Stewart’s portrayal. He was perfect casting then, and has been so for the past 16 years.

Like Stewart says, there’s always a way to come back in sci-fi. In fact, he’s already defied death in the X-Men films once already, so it’s not like there’s no precedent. But regardless of how it turns out, it will be sad to see two of the most iconic portrayals of comic book characters in this influential era of superhero movies bow out in Wolverine 3.

Superhero movies aren’t ending, far from it, but this is a little bit of an end of an era for them if it really is the last time we see Stewart and Jackman as these characters.

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The Resident Evil: Final Chapter Trailer Promises That This Is It, Really

In case the title wasn’t clear. In case writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson’s statements that this would be the last weren’t clear. In case the actors saying it was the last one weren’t clear. In case all of those things were missed, the international trailer has got you covered.

“We’ve played a long game you and I, but now it’s over,” says Dr Alexander Isaacs, who is probably going to be showing up in flashbacks, given what happened to him. “My name is Alice and this is my story. The end of my story,” says our protagonist. And the international title of the movie? Biohazard: The Final. THIS IS IT, THE LAST ONE, GET IT?

The biggest twist would be if Iain Glen actually played two characters in this movie, Dr Isaacs and Jorah Mormont. And that one of them treated the other.

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The First Footage From Arrival Is Here, And It Looks Incredible 

The first trailer from Arrival, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the Ted Chiang short story Story Of Your Life is finally here. It looks like an Oscar contender wrapped in a high-concept blockbuster package, which is a way to say it looks great.

Paramount Pictures is releasing the film, which stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker, on November 10. A full trailer comes out next week but, for now, check this out.

And if you don’t get the premise from the trailer, here’s the official description:

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers — and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

Arrival, formerly Story of Your Life, opens November 10.

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Bad News: TSA Found A 3D-Printed Gun In A Carry On

One of the best accounts to follow on Instagram belongs to the Transport Security Administration. It’s a never-ending list filled with photographic evidence that many people don’t understand basic rules of airline travel. However, over the weekend the TSA documented an atypical and horrifying discovery: A 3D-printed handgun with live rounds.

Because they’re made of plastic or resin, simple metal detectors won’t spot 3D-printed guns. Also, 3D-printed guns can be easily broken apart, reassembled and smuggled onto mass transportation, which the Daily Mail actually demonstrated in 2013. Add in the fact that the TSA hasn’t always scored very high when it comes to security tests, and you can see why some concern might be warranted.

As far as 3D-printed weaponry is concerned, it’s a rare find. But when it comes to firearms in general, the TSA finds a disconcerting number of guns every week. Detailed in a blog post, the agency confiscated 68 guns from July 29 to 4 August 2016. Sixty of them were loaded.

As for this particular firearm, 3Dprint.com reports that no online printing files match this particular gun. It’s possible that this ill-informed traveller designed the gun his or herself. Unfortunately, these types of firearms will only get better and better at avoiding detection.

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Siberian Miners Definitely Didn't Just Find A Demon Baby

Diamond miners in the remote Siberian town of Udachny received quite a shock this week, when instead of pulling shiny rocks from the sand they unearthed a bizarre mummified creature that looks more than a little like the escaped spawn of that three-jawed dog monster in The Thing.

Is anything ever normal in Siberia?

According to the Siberian Times, the animal was found in a diamond-rich sand bed that people have been mining since the 1960s. The miners who unearthed the beast speculate that it could be a previously unknown type of dinosaur, given that the sands were deposited from the early Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period.

Scientists say we shouldn’t jump to conclusions, and that the creature could be something as pedestrian as a wolverine, a sable or a marten. But since these “experts” have yet to furnish us with their boring scientific answer, what do you think? Does this demon baby portend the impending apocalypse? Is it proof that reptilians walk among us today? I personally think its;

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Perfectly Synced Side-by-Side Video Compares 1940s Los Angeles To Today

Keven McAlester’s short film which compares Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill in the 1940s to today using perfectly synced footage is the closest thing we can get to experiencing legitimate time travel.

In 1959, shortly after the black-and-white footage on the left was filmed, Bunker Hill was the focus of an ambitious urban-renewal project, which is why so many of the homes and low-rise structures visible in the 1940s are all gone in the present day video of the city’s downtown core. Was it for the best? LA isn’t known as the country’s prettiest city as a result, but to this day it still remains the dominant urban center on the west coast.

 

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Matthew McConaughey is Wild Turkey’s New Creative Director

Matthew McConaughey is best known for two things.  That chest thumping scene from The Wolf of Wall Street and “alright, alright, alright.” Now, Wild Turkey has added to his repertoire.  Last week, his introductory short film, the first of the new campaign, was published and the results are, well, surprisingly heartfelt.  Both sides are earnest in their desire to share Wild Turkey bourbon and the chemistry between the Russells, the family that owns and operates Wild Turkey, and McConaughey appears genuine.  McConaughey’s voice-over provides interesting information in an engaging way and the short video is shot, if not quite expertly, then at least with artistic care and integrity.  The casks look traditional, the bourbon looks enticing, and the tastings spark a bit of envy.  You can almost smell the angel’s share drifting through the barrel storehouse.  Plus, the way McConaughey says “bourbon” basically sounds like bourbon tastes.

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El Cosmico Hotel

El Cosmico is a unique rural retreat in Texas which features a range of accommodation, guests stay close to the land, experiencing it in their teepees, tents or trailers, a theater, a caravan, a campground, and a hotel. El Cosmico’s philosophy is about finding that special restorative rest that is unique to being in nature, the nomadic hotel and campground’s 18-acre plot offers plenty of eye-candy - vintage trailers, luxurious safari tents and Souix-style teepees, all tricked out to encourage guests to enjoy the magical place and leave the stress of daily life far behind...

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Black Manta Will Be The Villain In The Aquaman Movie, Because Of Course He Will

Seriously. The list of Aquaman villains people are aware of starts with Black Manta, and then promptly ends with it. Who else would it be?

The Wrap is reporting that Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry will square off against Black Manta — one of his oldest and most regular rivals in the comics — when Aquaman hits theatres in 2018. No further details about the character were revealed, so while confirmation is nice, it’s not exactly surprising.

Black Manta is without a doubt Aquaman’s most recognisable foe, his answer to Superman and Lex Luthor or Batman and the Joker — on a list of such notable villains as “the Fisherman” or “the Human Flying Fish” (sensing a pattern here?). Who else could Aquaman possibly face in his first movie?

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Report: The Ghostbusters Sequel Is Being Shelved In Favour Of An Animated Movie

Ghostbusters has been out for a bit now, and a new story from The Hollywood Reporter says that the movie is going to lose millions. As a result, a sequel has been put on the back burner — but Ghostbusters isn’t quite dead yet.

According to the story, Ghostbusters has to make $US300 million (388 million) to break even. While its current box office is hovering around $US180 million ($233 million). The Hollywood Reporter says the eventual loss could be in $US70 million ($90 million) range — even though Sony argues that the bottom line is nowhere near that big once you include merchandising, product tie-ins, games, et cetera. Either way, it definitely seems like the movie wasn’t the bonafide hit that the studio was hoping for.

Which boils down to everyone being a lot less vocal about a sequel than they used to be. Instead of commenting directly on the sequel, a studio representative told The Hollywood Reporter that Sony was “very proud” of the movie and has resulted in the studio having “many ideas in the works to further exploit the Ghostbusters universe”.

One of which is getting animated show Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, which was announced earlier, out in 2018 and planning an animated movie for 2019. Both are being steered by Ivan Reitman and his Ghostbusters-centred group Ghost Corps.

It makes sense that Sony’s not going to give up on an attempt to turn Ghostbusters into a signature franchise for it going forward. It also makes business sense to funnel resources into the animated format, which has been successful for Ghostbusters before. What absolutely sucks is that there are going to be people who say that the movie failed because it starred four women.

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These Awesome New Books Chronicle The World Of Masters Of The Universe

The world of He-Man and She-Ra has a lot of history, spanning decades of comics, cartoons and toys. But three new books coming from Dark Horse are planning to archive some of that history in stunning style, and we’ve got the first look.

First up, and due early next year, is He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Newspaper Comic Strips, a collection of the rare newspaper strips that continued He-Man’s story beyond the end of the animated series and the start of The New Adventures of He-Man that, until now, have never been reprinted:

That will be closely followed by He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium, providing an encyclopedic look at every character, creature, weapon and location in not just He-Man, but its spinoff series She-Ra, Princess of Power — beyond the shows and into all the other weird and wonderful details added to the universe since.

But that’s not all. If you can’t wait until next year (@Fuzz that's you) for some archival Masters of the Universe goodness, this month sees the release of He-Man and She-Ra: A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures, a retrospective book that catalogues every episode of He-Man and She-Ra — over 220 in total — with details about the plots, behind-the-scenes character art and even the goofy moral included at the end of every episode — and we’ve got a first look inside, with these pages making their debut here.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Newspaper Comic Strips will hit shelves February 2017, while He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium will be out in the following May.

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Watch A Sewage Truck Explode Even Though You Probably Don't Want To

I’ve always thought that as long as no one died, all explosions were cool. Turns out I’m wrong. Very wrong.

A sewage truck exploding on the street is a terrible thing because, well, shit flies everywhere. One second you’re waiting for the light to turn green in a pristine white SUV, and the next, you’re driving a poopmobile on a street that’s quickly filling up with poop water.

This explosion of a roving septic tank apparently happened on a street in Moscow. It’s so gross I can smell it through the video.

 

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Black Manta Will Be The Villain In The Aquaman Movie, Because Of Course He Will

 Who else could Aquaman possibly face in his first movie?

John West.

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These Awesome New Books Chronicle The World Of Masters Of The Universe

 

But that’s not all. If you can’t wait until next year (@Fuzz that's you) for some archival Masters of the Universe goodness, this month sees the release of He-Man and She-Ra: A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures, a retrospective book that catalogues every episode of He-Man and She-Ra — over 220 in total — with details about the plots, behind-the-scenes character art and even the goofy moral included at the end of every episode — and we’ve got a first look inside, with these pages making their debut here.

Lol! You know me too well, Mika! And yes, I will be getting that book!!