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Dot-com-pokemontvshowthemes-josephducreux.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 605 pixels) - Scaled (89%) Botw-35.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 656 pixels) - Scaled (82. [LISTEN] THE NATIONAL: ‘The Rains Of Castamere’ from GAME OF THRONES OST » A FISTFUL OF CULTURE. Low Price. ‘The Avengers’ Reimagined As Medieval Knights. It may have been two months since Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ was released worldwide, but the movie is still inspiring many to come up with their own character portrayals of ‘the earth’s mightiest heroes’.

‘The Avengers’ Reimagined As Medieval Knights

Malaysian illustrator and deviantART user, theDURRRRIAN has taken ‘The Avengers’ and reimagined them in a fantasy setting—depicting the Marvel heroes as knights set in medieval times. [via theDURRRRIAN] Receive interesting stories like this one in your inbox. Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived. Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla.

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived

Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life. The drunk history of Tesla is quite awesome, too. History.com has a great article about Edison and how his douchebaggery had a chokehold on American cinema. 6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers. If the insane, explosive popularity if superhero movies is any indication, we are fascinated by people who are insanely better than us at any given thing.

6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers

Probably because, in real life, we're all such a bunch of incompetent boobs that we've been enslaved by blue paint, flashing lights and crying French babies. But it turns out, superpowers are real. And not just the secret ones that everyone has, or even the ones everyone thinks they have -- this Cracked Classic is about a group of people that, in a sane world, would already have multi-colored leather jumpsuits, delightfully mismatched personality traits and a skyscraper shaped like whatever they decide to call themselves.

We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), but the majority of us have to accept the sobering reality that preternatural abilities simply aren't possible. For instance ... #6. As with most superpower discoveries, Xiangang found his by acting like a braying jackass. So What's Going on Here? #5. . #4. Going Viral: The Star Wars That I used to know music video. Star Wars music video hits the web in style Star wars fans have taken Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I used To know’ music video and turned it into a cult classic.

Going Viral: The Star Wars That I used to know music video

We’ve seen our fair share of ridiculous Star Wars parodies, but they don’t quite match the class that this visual splendour has to offer. Produced by Teddie Films, the Star Wars music video encompasses the qualities of Gotye’s video including its own original, and over-the top soundtrack. It also manages to perfectly capture the artistry that made Gotye’s video so interesting to watch. In the video you will find Darth Vader integrated into the arty background getting a complete makeover along with George Lucas who tells him off. The video has been watched more than 170,000 in the past 24 hours. Iconic quotes from the video: “Treat me like a Bantha and I feel so rough”…“What Happened to the Star Wars that I used to know…”“You didn’t have to change it all….”