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Mel Brooks

What It Says On the Tin

Pollution Is So Bad, One Chinese Entrepreneur Is Selling Canned Air. Yes, Like In Spaceballs.

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:14 pm, February 4th, 2013

Chen Guangbiao’s wealth is valued at upwards of $700 million dollars. I can think of a lot of things I could do with that money but Guangbiao decided to use it to make a point. One that Mel Brooks kinda made in 1987′s Spaceballs. 

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Power Grid

10 Instances In Which History Meets Geekery

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:27 pm, August 1st, 2012

History: It’s chock full of colorful characters and crazy random happenstances. But more often than not, when a historical character makes it to the big screen it’s in the form of a  cookie-cutter biopic. What gives? History is dynamic and exciting! As a history geek, I’d much rather see Napoleon fighting wizards and fairy kings than some boring Oscar bait biopic on the (actually not short!) Emperor. Here are ten examples from TV and film of history geekery done right. Your favorite not make it to the list? There’s a historical character (*coughArthurConanDoylecough*) you really want to show up on Doctor Who? Want to defend Anastasia? Get thee to the comments.

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