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Magneto

Questions! Questions That Need Answering

The Best Answers To Come Out Of Ian McKellen Taking Over The Hobbit Twitter Feed Yesterday

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:30 pm, December 7th, 2012

We already love Sir Ian McKellen a great deal but a recent takeover of the official The Hobbit twitter feed reminds us why. The thespian was asked questions by fans via an #AskGandalf hashtag and answered so many, the account hit their maximum for the afternoon. But don’t worry, plenty was said and we’ve documented it here for posterity. Hit the jump to see which were our favorites (the questions are on the right). We’ve ranked them by how many favorites they received from users.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Steampunk Portal Gun

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:30 pm, September 3rd, 2012

Duncan Shirah made a Steampunk Portal gun. Now I want a Steampunk Companion Cube. Make it happen, people. (via Nerd Approved) 

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Do Try This At Home

Cell Phone Baby Pictures Are Cool. So Are Geek Baby Showers.

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:31 pm, December 12th, 2011

The advent of cell phones with cameras worried a lot of people who were all about classic family photo albums and well, crappy cell phone photo apps made things even worse but cute pictures are cute pictures and you can’t deny that these will go down in family history. And while we’re at it, let’s show you how to have a sweet nerd baby shower too.

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The World May Never Know

Sir Ian McKellen Originally Had To Choose Between Magneto And Gandalf

by Jill Pantozzi | 1:56 pm, November 10th, 2011

You’ve heard of “Sophie’s Choice,” right? Well I think we’re going to have to start a new geek phrase – “McKellen’s Choice.” Sir Ian McKellen, actor with an impressive resume but best known to fans as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and Magneto from X-Men, recently revealed that at one point, it was one role or the other, not both.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Baby Magneto

by Jamie Frevele | 5:14 pm, June 15th, 2011

Imagine how crazy The Incredibles would have been if Jack-Jack was really named Magnus … By Victor Hugo Queiroz. (At /Film)

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Mutatis Mutandis

“Born This Way,” X-Men Style

by Alanna Bennett | 5:45 pm, June 8th, 2011

X-Men. Gaga. It was only a matter of time before the two collided. Why? Just look at that helmet! I’m surprised Lady Gaga hasn’t already worn that for her morning coffee run. In any case, both franchises (and yes, I do count Gaga as a “franchise”) spend a great deal of energy touting the worldview that you should accept who you were born as. Equal rights, and all that. And what better way is there to make that connection than with an acoustic guitar, a camera, and the Magneto costume you keep tucked in the back of your closet?

(Blastr via Youtube)

If you liked it then you should have put a Lantern Ring on it

Magneto and Green Lantern Duke It Out [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 5:45 pm, June 3rd, 2011

We wish we knew how to quit you, ItsJustSomeRandomGuy. Start making things that aren’t funny. Yeah. That’ll do it. Stop saying things like “I have a franchise, you have Van Wilder in space,” and then we’ll stop posting your videos.

(YouTube)

i'll just leave this here

Penny Arcade: The Wounds of the Past

by Susana Polo | 2:04 pm, February 18th, 2011

The Penny Arcade guys readily admit that they’re really only into comics insofar as the manufacture of them enables the lifestyle of tremendous gaming excess to which they have become accustomed.

But Mike, at least, had his sights set on illustration from a young age, and he is the one of the two who was into superheroes.  His hunger for Spider-Man, for example, is well known.

This is all a round about way of saying that while Penny Arcade doesn’t make too many comics about superheroes, sometimes they do, and today’s nudges up against everything that we like: exploration of the strange crossover scenarios demanded by the mechanics of a different medium, the idea of genre aware meta-characters who remember all of their appearances, and nods to the thin veneer that is the concept of superhero continuity.

And if you’re into video games, and you are wondering if Magneto ever actually did rip the adamantium out of Wolverine’s living bones, then yes.  Yes it did happen.

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