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The Shining

Today in Awesome

Watch Darth Vader Get the Force Beaten Out Of Him By Indiana Jones, Albert Einstein, and The Shining‘s Jack Torrance [VIDEO]

Could Indy actually kill Darth Vader? No. But this itty-bitty short film by Patrick Boivin pleases my geeky, stop motion animation-loving heart to its very core all the same.

Hit the jump to see Vader get schooled by Albert Einstein and Jack Torrance.

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Former The Walking Dead Showrunner Glen Mazzara Is Writing a Prequel to The Shining. Yes, Really.

Glen Mazzara might’ve found himself out of a job when he was canned as The Walking Dead‘s showrunner last December, but he’s gotten back on his feet, having just landed a nice, easy, pressure-free gig.

Oh, I’m sorry, what? He’s in talks to write a prequel to The Shining, one of the most beloved horror movies of all time?

He does like challenges, doesn’t he?

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Makeup Mouse

BitRebels introduced us to this concept design for a makeup compact/computer mouse hybrid. I’m not convinced.

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Almost Totally Excellent

Great, More Things We Want to Own: Awesome Original Poster Art of Some of Our Favorite Movies

Sometimes, the posters for our favorite movies just don’t match the things they make us feel. They’re too glossy, too obviously airbrushed, maybe they feature the faces of the actors a little (or a lot) more prominently than they do any actual idea of the movie. This is precisely what makes this poster art by artist Adam Rabalais so cool. The volume itself is impressive; the quality even more so. Click through the jump to see some of our favorites.

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Today in things that make us scream incoherently

Hollywood Is Trying To Make A Shining Prequel, Cue Elevator Of Blood

Do you ever feel like Hollywood is like your bigger, older brother who makes you punch yourself with your own fist, or is that just me? A prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is in the early stages of development. The who, what, why, and what for after the jump.

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Today in Awesome

Famous Sci-Fi Scenes Painted As 16th Century Ottoman Miniatures

In what amounts to be the coolest thesis project ever, Istanbul artist Murat Palta depicted scenes from popular Western  films using classic motifs from 16th century Ottoman miniatures, including a lot of moments from our  favorite science fiction classics. Hit the jump to marvel at his art/mourn the mediocrity of your thesis in comparison!

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Pixar Illustrator Depicts R-Rated Films As Children’s Books

Story Artist at Pixar Animation Studios, Josh Cooley, has done something seriously twisted. He’s taken some of our favorite, overly violent, R-Rated movies and turn them into pages of a theoretical children’s book. He’s called it, Movies R Fun

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BAD IDEAS FROM SMART PEOPLE

Stephen King Writes A Sequel To The Shining, Makes Us Something, Something

I don’t know how many of you have seen The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode that spoofs Stephen King’s The Shining but this news hit me like a go-crazy-Homer-with-an-ax this morning. King has apparently been working on a sequel to what is probably his most famous book. It’s going to be called Doctor Sleep. Hit the jump to read the synopsis. If you dare. 

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Together At Last

The Mashup You Never Knew You Wanted: Toy Story and The Shining

I’ll bet you had no idea that a new iPad came out today. That was sarcasm. It’s probably really fancy, or has an added feature that doesn’t make sense. But some people can think of wonderful things to do with their iPad, and Kyle Lambert is one of those people. He’s created a series of “paintings,” made on his iPad, that are a mashup of Toy Story and — you probably didn’t guess it — The Shining. After the jump, see more of his paintings and read about the actual Shining reference made in Toy Story.

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Things We Saw Today: Tiny Miss Captain America

Once Upon a Geek‘s Precocious Princess likes to dress up in every costume Walmart has.

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