There’s nothing that’s going to get me to subscribe to Call of Duty: Elite. Right? Well maybe if signing up gets you the Call of Duty DLC deluge for a reduced price. Or. Or. Or if Ridley Scott released something so asshole-quiveringly dope through the service that my fanboy soul needs it. This is somehow, oddly, a distinct possibility now that Scott has signed-up to provide the service with new content.

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While Phil Plait sees a monkey with a gaping hole in its skull when looking at NGC 1929, I see one-half of the Punisher’s symbol. To each his own. Regardless of your psychic disposition when reading this image, NGC 1929 is a rather gorgeous gathering of stars.

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The cast for G.I. Joe 2 is already ridiculous. The Rock. Wonder Woman. That guy from Wu-Tang. All augmenting the cast of a super-cheesy but really fun original movie. Yeah, I enjoyed it. Do something! Now the rumors about Bruce Willis joining the cast are heating up. Let’s get this! Get this done.

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Marvel’s released a third teaser for November’s ‘4’ event which is looking more and more like a commomeration of Fantastic Four #600. I predicted it would be J. Storm-less. Today I’m feeling foolish.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is my current favorite astrophysicist. I don’t know many, but I know him and his smooth voice and his ability to distill the impossibly complex into easily digestible metaphor. His new gig is going to rule.

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First off,  I love that there’s a national jitterbug championship. Fantastic. Secondly, I love swingers  Morgan Day and Emily Wigger. They danced to what  Michael McWherton accurately calls “chippy Mario tunes”. It’s a total dork lovefest, complete with level clear music and actual props.

Dig it.

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Man, I feel like I’m a bit of an irresponsible dude with the amount of caffeine I crush. It’s a general move, designed to keep the demons away, the voices quaint. I have nothing on this kid, who decided that snorting Ritalin would be the most proper way to continue his gaming marathon. Not surprised it didn’t end particularly well.

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I remember when the first Star Wars prequel was being filmed, one of the things Fat Lucas blathered on about was the advent of digital film. I’m sure he made some ludicrous statement like it was going to be everywhere in five years or something (this in 1999), and it was one of many promises not kept. Still though, it has proliferated and is becoming more and more prominent. A testament to this is the announcement by Fox that they’re going entirely digital in Hong Kong next year.

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Every Wednesday I’m granted a brief reprieve from the quiet of my own mind. Every Wednesday in the form of images and words I’m given a myriad of different Universes to momentarily inhabit. Bulging muscles and metaphysical pontifications. Heroics and psychological demons. Every week. What a gift.

This is Variant Covers. Comic book column. The comics I’m snagging on a given week, or stoked upon. What are you reading? I’m interested.

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A lot of the minds behind OL have a serious crush on Ryan Gosling and  director  Nicolas Winding Refn. While the Coops has long since known Refn was legit, Rendar and myself were recently converted via Bronson. So while I don’t make a habit of posting posters for random movies, fuck it. Here’s the French poster for Drive.

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