“I copped to the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our representation of a barely clothed actress. We also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies. Do not want to make light of something that some construe as mysogenistic. What I’m saying is I hear you, I take responsibility and will be more mindful in the future. Also, I need to learn how to spell ‘misogynistic.’” - Star Trek Into Darkness writer Damon Lindelof in a string of four tweets sent out roughly a half hour after we posted his lackluster answer as to why actress Alice Eve was made to strip down in the film for no reason.

It’s nice to see Lindelof comment on the complaints at all, and we hope he really is more mindful of these types of things in the future but we must point out – having half naked actors in a sex scene does not equal the treatment Eve received. Again, it’s all about context and Dr. Carol Marcus was put on display with none. What do you think of Lindelof’s apology?

(via tipster commenter Eric)

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“The commitments to [How I Met Your Mother] don’t affect it. And I can’t really say but there are definite talks about it.” — Cobie Smulders on the possibility of Maria Hill badassing the place up a bit in S.H.I.E.L.D.. Please happen, please happen, please happen…

(via: io9)

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Look, last week NASA got everyone excited when they said they might have found something “earthshaking” on Mars. Then they gave a press conference and told us they found ice…on Mercury. I hereby direct NASA to the above comic strip for all future announcements.

(Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal via The Hight Definite)

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David Rutter, executive producer of the official yearly FIFA video games featuring the exclusive likenesses of professional soccer players and teams from around the world, has said that including any women or women’s teams in the game is something that will happen. Naturally, it won’t be in this year’s FIFA ’13, and he can provide no time table as to when women’s national teams will actually make it into the game, or a game.

Now before you roll your eyes (because I rolled my eyes) and move on, you should hear the rest of what he had to say.

The year 2001 was a big one for both Jennifer Garner and J.J. Abrams. The duo teamed up for the flashy spy drama Alias on ABC and neither could have predicted it would catapult them to stardom. They’d both had a significant amount of work on their resumes already but Alias was the perfect storm. Could it be time to revisit the property? Garner was recently asked just that and didn’t turn her nose up at the idea. On the contrary, she said she’d totally be done…on one condition.

In retrospect, isn’t it a little odd that it took Dana Scully a full seven seasons of The X-Files to become a believer? Especially considering how many times she felt compelled to utter “OMG” in the face of unexplainable. Seriously Scully, none of these moments made you question your belief system?

Here’s a supercut of Gillian Anderson being taken by surprise for all of you X-Philes out there, moments that, as we know, inevitably transformed into a cool, collected skepticism. Well, looks like its time for me to marathon The X-Files again.

(via i09.)

Remember that…M for mature, to say the least, live action Dora The Explorer spoof? In the same spirit of corrupting the childhoods of children everywhere, College Humor has gifted the world with a trailer for the live action thriller  Dora The Explorer: The Search For The Infinity Orb. File this under movies we sort of totally wish were real. Ariel Winter, know as Alex Dunphy on the ABC comedy Modern Family, plays Dora. If only all children’s TV shows were this cool.

(via Laughing Squid.)

Well, this is just delightful. Take this completely unsubstantiated story with a grain of salt, but rumor has it that the producers of the sixth movie in the Fast and Furious franchise, Fast Six — meaning that the seventh movie will be called F7, the eighth will just be 8 or F, and the ninth will turn to the Greek alphabet or be without a title entirely — have their sights set on the 10th Doctor himself, David Tennant, for a role in the Axe-scented car flick. But don’t get too excited — or furious! BWAAHAHAHAHA — because apparently, any talks or negotiations that have taken place are far from official. That will not stop us from finding it amazing, though.

At the surprisingly tiny height of 5’2″, Gillian Anderson was a full 10 inches shorter than her X-Files co-star David Duchovny. So, how did the crew save Anderson from having to jump up and down so she wasn’t having some important, expository conversation with Duchovny’s nipples? The answer is an apple box, a common tool used for a lot of television and film actors whose height doesn’t really jibe with other actors in a scene. Generally, they are 8″x20″x12″, but since the height disparity between the X-Files stars was exceptionally great, Anderson’s slightly higher “Scully Box” was measured at about “an apple and a half.” The actress actually referred to it as the “Gilly Box,” and sometimes she would forget she was on it — and then fall off the box during a serious scene.

You’re thinking about how much you miss The X-Files now, aren’t you? So are we. We are not alone.

(via Mental Floss)

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Unfortunately, we cannot hop onto the TARDIS to find out if 2012 will be a good year. However, we can still have hope. And we, as a staff, have come up with a list of things that might be awesome this year. See if these are the things you’re the most excited about, and please share your hopes for geekdom in 2012!