Whenever we hear about a movie being remade, or a book being turned into a movie that probably should just be left alone, or a TV show that has no business being made into a movie, the next thing we do, after swallow a small amount of bile, is wonder who will be cast in this abomination. Sometimes, you luck out (see: J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek). But sometimes, you cringe at the thought of who might be stepping into a role (see: M. Night Shyamalan’s Avatar: The Last Airbender), or what childhood memories would be crushed next (21 Jump Street).

Since we’re gluttons for punishment, and sometimes stay up all night worrying about these kinds of things, we’re going to share 10 Worst Case Scenario movie adaptations and reboots of how Hollywood could go totally wrong.

We reported on the intense round of harassment leveled at BioWare writer Jennifer Hepler recently, due to a number of quotes that were mostly fake, but, when true (and still half a decade old), were made regarding her opinions on how to improve the inclusivity of games to people outside the demographic of “hardcore gamers.” The fact that Hepler herself has a voice in the games industry but neither identifies as hardcore nor fits the narrow, stereotypical but prevalent stereotype of the hardcore gamer (a relatively young, usually single, usually white, straight male), undoubtedly increased her perceived threat to the strangers who called her home phone and called for her to commit suicide on Twitter. In the wake of it, many called upon BioWare itself to make an official statement denouncing the treatment she’d received from a segment people who claimed to speak for “real gamers.”

Well, BioWare has, with words and money.

The New York Times is hearing from sources at Google that the company is ready to role out special display glasses that will allow wearer to stream information directly in front of their eyes. Wow. That happened a lot sooner than I expected. It’s not even 2015 yet.

We’d like to think that this is the wreckage of a small defected duo of Storm Troopers, fed up with the crushing rules of Imperial Life, decided to break away from the last generation’s totally harsh sense of existence and travel around Naboo or somewhere temperate, just getting high.

On life. Or the Force or something. We’re not picky.

(via Nerd Approved.)

Well, there you go. And Peeta, like… throws a thing? At another thing. Hyup.

Well, you can’t ask everything from baker’s sons. One more television spot for The Hunger Games below:

This 15-minute video proves something really special: Lt. Worf (played by Michael Dorn) was the Rodney Dangerfield of the starship Enterprise. He probably never got the takeout he wanted, he probably never got to watch the TV shows he wanted, and he was never taken up on his brilliant strategies for saving the crew and/or multiverse. Oh, well.

(via io9)

Previously in Star Trek

Dan Harmon just tweeted the good news, and the even better news is that we won’t have too long to wait until Community comes back to NBC: “What you call 8:00, we call home. Community returns to Thursday nights on March 15th.” This homecoming will be so, so sweet.

You’ve seen an Indiana Jones inspired engagement ring. Are you ready to see what a Transformers engagement ring looks like?

In a bizarre comic book alternate universe, Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr. played Lex Luthor in McG’s Superman movie. This almost happened in our reality. Read on to find out the details. 

After suing her high school — and winning — for displaying a religious mural in the auditorium, saying that it was a direct violation of the separation of church and state, 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist of Rhode Island was attacked in the local media and vilified by her community. Basically, for not being religious enough. While she doesn’t identify herself as an atheist, Ahlquist had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the religious displays in her public school as well as the invented “Holiday Tree” controversy happening in her state. And now, because she refused to back down despite being called an “evi little thing” by a state representative, an atheist organization has stood up for her in the most productive and generous way they could think — they gave her a $42,000 scholarship.