Things We Saw Today: A Precious Pack of Pikachus

I want to go to there. (via Kotaku)

• Guardians of the Galaxy raked in $94 million domestically this weekend. Not bad for a bunch of a-holes. (via CBR)
• NASA’s working on a Mars rover that includes an instrument capable of converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. Sounds like a breath of fresh air for terraforming proponents. Get it? GET IT? (via Space.com)

That’s a wrap on #FantasticFour! Thanks to my boys @Miles_Teller @michaelb4jordan @1jamiebell for the fun times… pic.twitter.com/7ZdgvlBsP3

— Kate Mara (@_KateMara) August 2, 2014

Thus endeth filming for the Fantastic Four reboot. (via The Escapist)

• Would you like to read a 15-page standalone comic about a nine-year-old girl who uses telekinetic powers to build crime-fighting contraptions? I thought so. (via i09)
• A Redditor by the name of VulcanDeathGrip has a pretty solid theory as to why the Fellowship didn’t just take an eagle to Mount Doom. (via Super Punch)

Artist James Kerr has been animating Renaissance-era paintings, and we’re all better for it. (via Neatorama)

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