Since its existence first came to be known, Clerks, Mallrats, and Dogma director Kevin Smith‘s turn from comedy to horror, Red State, has been a popular topic.

At first, the script for the movie was said to be so incredibly messed up that no studios wanted anything to do with it, but eventually we found out that someone was willing to take a fitting leap of faith on it, and since then Smith has been setting his cast and filing the movie.

Now comes the very first trailer…of sorts. It’s really more of a preview — one step below a teaser trailer — but shows enough to be well worth your time. It’s not an understatement to say you’ll likely be shocked at how the movie looks. This is so insanely far from anything we’ve ever seen Kevin Smith do, you can’t help but want to see more, no matter what your feelings toward his other films may be.

You can see the preview trailer for Red State now by clicking on over to the other side! [...]

Artist Chris Schweizer was commissioned to draw the cast of the NBC comedy Community and decided to draw them as Marvel’s Avengers.

It’s a really great illustration, so if you’d like to download some wallpapers of it, visit Schweizer’s site for the downloadable versions, available in several sizes.

What do you think of this drawing? Which character do you think came out the best? [...]

By The Dude Dean

Last November 17, I saw a storm coming, and I started Save Stargate Universe on Twitter and Facebook. Last Month SyFy moved Caprica and Stargate Universe from Friday night to Tuesday night because Wrestling was more important than Sci-Fi. SyFy really didn’t market this change, but I saw it for what it was. First Caprica got the axe and within one month both shows were canceled so that SyFy Channel would have more programming room for Wrestling.

In the last week the growth of Save SGU has been strong and steady. We are now over 4200 strong. But now, we’ve got to go to the Dark Side of the Force for some help. Two days ago, I came up with the idea to Wish @DarthVader a Merry Sithmas after seeing a tweet from him poking fun at SyFy.

As Christmas draws near, plenty of holiday-related goodies are making their way around.

Today we have for you a brief but very cool little video from the talented folks over at 39 Degrees North, a motion graphics studio from Beijing. The short is a video Christmas card adaptation of the Neil Gaiman poem, Nicholas Was…, and it mixes his dark words with equally dark yet truly beautiful animations.

You can see the video by clicking on over to the other side, and we highly recommend you do just that if you love Mr. Gaiman and fantastic animation work. [...]

A Festivus for the rest of us!

Time to get out the aluminum pole for the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength.

Happy Festivus, everyone! [...]

Members of the Expedition 26 crew sent a little holiday message for all of us here on Earth as they orbit over 200 miles above us at the International Space Station. The message was sent by NASA astronauts Commander Scott Kelly and Catherine Coleman, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.

Watch the video here below.

Also, you can send a digital holiday greeting postcard through NASA to the team aboard the ISS.

This video message really makes you realize that it’s all our turf [...]

It’s nice to see GWAR getting some attention lately. They’re getting some good coverage online, starting with the brilliant Christmas video we posted here the other day.

Following that awesome abuse of Christmas Carols, comes this video filmed by GameInformer who aimed to find out whether GWAR could successfully use the new Kinect system for Xbox 360.

Following their attempts of gaming, and the attempted rape of a Wampa (yes), GWAR tour the GI offices and nobody is free from the abuse they hurl their way. Another epic video from GWAR, let’s hope we see more.

You can check out the video by clicking the image below [...]

The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is The Wire: The Complete Series for only $74.99 (that’s 63% off the list price of $199.98).

Note, this sale is valid only for today (December 23, 2010) until midnight PST while supplies last.

This DVD box set collection contains the entire HBO series (5 seasons) on 23 discs and includes bonus features from all five seasons, including audio commentaries by cast and crew; three prequels explore life before The Wire; and never-before-seen gag reel.

This box set has come up on sale a few times before, but I’ve never seen the price drop this low, so if you’re interested in this series, you should definitely grab it now at this low price [...]

I don’t know much about this photo, like where it originally came from and who made this, but I tinka Jabba the Snowman is inkabunga!

Check out the pic at right of Jabba the Snowman.

The snowman Jabba The Hutt is in someone’s front lawn and it looks so cool. I wonder who the Star Wars fan is who did this. I always seem to ask this, but why can’t I have neighbors like this? [...]

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. The Christmas season is here and with that comes Christmas TV episodes!

For the 25 days leading up til Christmas Day this month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best Christmas-themed episodes from some of Geek culture’s greatest shows. Each day we’ll cover different shows and episodes and encourage you to watch along with us. So come one, come all, to the 25 Days of Geek TV Christmas!

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 – Day 22: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Season 2, Episode 9: “Season’s Greedings”
Directed by: Randall Zisk
Written by: Dean Cain
Starring: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin, Eddie Jones, K Callan, Sherman Hemsley, Dom Irrera, Doug Llewelyn, Jon Menick, Denise Richards, Isabel Sanford, Sharon Thomas, Sandee Van Dyke, and Dick Van Patten
Original Air Date: December 4, 1994

You can also purchase a copy of the episode at Amazon or iTunes [...]

We live in a time where piracy of movies, music, and various other forms of entertainment is oft-occurring problem. But how much does it really affect the success of those it victimizes?

It’s been officially declared that Avatar, director James Cameron‘s epic movie about humans trying to extract valuable elements from an alien planet inhabited a species known as the Na’vi, is the most pirated movie of 2010. The movie has been downloaded an astonishing 16,580,000 times…on BitTorrent alone. The previous record for downloads was 2009′s Star Trek at 10.9 million, if that tells you anything.

What might be even more shocking about this number is the lack of impact it seemed to have on the movie’s box office run. With an estimated budget of around $300 million, it was feared — though it sounds silly now — that the movie might be destined to flop, but it wasn’t long before Avatar was shattering records. Domestically, the movie brought in $760,507,625 (destroying Cameron’s other seemingly untouchable Titanic, which long sat at over $600 million), while overseas box office delivered $2,019,044,242, putting it very close to hitting $3 billion worldwide. [...]

Any sports fan or fan of sports video games has likely heard of the feared Madden Curse. The “curse” comes from the belief that any National Football League athlete who appears on the cover of a Madden NFL video game would be struck with some form of injury or debilitative setback. This hasn’t happened every single year, but it has happened often enough to cause many to become true believers.

Now The Wrap is reporting that the company behind the Madden franchise, Electronic Arts, is taking this phenomena to a new place with the development of a new feature comedy. EA Sports has never believed the curse to be true, but that doesn’t mean they can’t take advantage of its existence in popular culture.

According to the reports, the movie will be about a “former Madden video game champion” (it’s unclear whether this means an ex-football champion or simply a champion of the game itself) who is forced to return to the game just as his face shows up on the cover, which might just open him up to the curse. [...]

In a world permeated by social media and mobile communication, it seems impossible to ignore the persistent thoughts inside your own head long enough to really focus on a concept like gift giving — a single act of generosity tailored to a specific person for the sole purpose of making them ridiculously, tear-inducingly happy.

I’d like to believe most people would enjoy being able to come up with a gift of that caliber on an annual basis for every single person in their lives. Realistically, only those closest to you will be afforded thoughtful presents while the bulk of others will get something for the sake of giving them something. Giving a thoughtful gift to someone you don’t know very well can prove to be a difficult task.

That is, unless you are one of the more than 17,000 Reddit users in 90 different countries who participated in the site’s second Secret Santa gift exchange, which generated over $600,000 (and counting) in purchases and set a new world record, according to a post by Hueypriest on the Reddit blog [...]

Now that the 6-episode first season of AMC’s The Walking Dead has come and gone, we’re in for a long wait with word that a second season won’t hit until some time next fall.

Season 2 will run 13 episodes this time around, which is quite exciting to think about. To help make the wait just a little more bearable, AMC has released a new video with cast and crew talking about their first-season run and where they hope to go in the future.

Among those who speak, you’ll find writer, director, and producer Frank Darabont, comic book creator Robert Kirkman, producers Gale Anne Hurd and Denise Huth, and stars Andrew Lincoln and Sarah Wayne Callies.

You can see the video by clicking on over to the other side now! [...]

Where are all these awesome geek parents and uncles and aunts coming from? Honestly, I never had anyone make something this cool for me: a TARDIS bookcase cupboard. Seriously, how amazing is this concept?

Over at Instructables, user caitlinsdad has put up step-by-step documentation on how he made this incredible TARDIS bookcase, based on the time machine used by everyone’s favorite time lord in Doctor Who. It is a Christmas gift he is preparing for his nephews, so the article is an ongoing development, but you can see the final product over there.

Caitlinsdad made the basis of the TARDIS bookcase from a cheap $20 bookcase, which is pretty amazing. I mean, my carpentry skills are on par with Homer Simpson — when I look at a bookshelf in a store, my first thought is, “Crap, will I have to assemble this?” Clearly, caitlinsdad, and many of the other fine folks over at Instructables, look at these items and immediately see artistic goals [...]

Right now, Amazon has several limited-time-only deals on Video Games and to help you with your last-minute holiday shopping, the company is currently offering FREE One-Day Shipping on Video Games within the continental U.S., when purchased from Amazon.com. That means you’ll receive your items in time for Christmas!

Visit the Video Games product list to view eligible titles. This offer is limited-time only. Below are a few of the titles eligible for the free one-day shipping:

- Red Dead Redemption
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
- Michael Jackson Experience
- TRON Evolution
- Madden NFL 11
- Call of Duty: Black Ops [For this title, for a limited time, if you buy it for PS3 or Xbox 360, you'll get a $10 Amazon.com Credit. See product page for more details.]

Also, the Buy 2 for $79 deal is still valid. For a limited time, buy any two of the video games listed in the selection for $79 when they are purchased together in the same order. A sample of the selection is Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and Medal of Honor, and more.

There’s also a Buy One, Get One 40% Off video game sale on titles like Mass Effect 2, Beatles Rock Band, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Dead Space, and much more.

At some time today, Mondo, the Alamo Drafthouse’s collectible art boutique, will be offering up a new limited edition True Grit print, based on the new film by the Coen Brothers out in theaters right now starring Jeff Bridges.

This new print, by artist Aaron Horkey, will be available in two versions and goes on sale today (Wednesday, December 22, 2010).

Follow @MondoNews on Twitter for the “on-sale now” announcement. As with all of Mondo’s limited edition prints, these are sure to sell out super-fast.

Click the thumbnail at right for larger full view of both prints.

Both screen prints are 39″x15″; the regular print will have a limited edition of 400, while the variant will have a limited edition of 110 [...]

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. The Christmas season is here and with that comes Christmas TV episodes!

For the 25 days leading up til Christmas Day this month, we’ll be spotlighting some of the best Christmas-themed episodes from some of Geek culture’s greatest shows. Each day we’ll cover different shows and episodes and encourage you to watch along with us. So come one, come all, to the 25 Days of Geek TV Christmas!

Tuesday, December 21th, 2010 – Day 21: The West Wing

Season 3, Episode 10: “Bartlet for America”
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
Written by: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Stockard Channing, Tim Matheson, Joanna Gleason, Mark Feuerstein, Clark Gregg, James Handy, and Steven Gilborn
Original Air Date: December 12, 2001

You can also purchase a copy of the episode at Amazon or iTunes [...]

For those of you who missed last night’s Conan, as well as those of you who don’t watch the show at all, host Conan O’Brien unveiled his newly decorated set for the holiday season.

Instead of going with your traditional Christmas decor, Conan wanted to think a little bit outside of the box and deliver something wild and unique. He enlisted the help of a mad scientist of holiday decorating tactics named Kenny Irwin Jr., and got to work on what may just be the greatest Christmas decoration job we’ve ever seen!

You can click on over to the other side now to see the video of Conan’s hilarious chat with Kenny as they go over his credentials and figure out a plan for the set decoration, followed by a video of the finished job…which might just blow your mind.

Sadly, the Godzilla perished moments after the end of these videos. [...]

Fans of Tommy Wiseau‘s so-bad-it’s-oh-so-good cult classic, The Room, will be thrilled to know that you have not seen the last of the movie’s offerings.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly recently, Wiseau confirmed that he has full intentions of releasing The Room not only on Blu-ray with lots and lots of behind-the-scenes features, but that he also plans on giving the movie a full 3D makeover, complete with a theatrical re-release.

Wiseau spoke about the conversion, saying “The process is very detail-oriented. But we want to do it because I’m obsessed about 3D right now, if you ask me.” He even touched on his own gluteus maximus and its three-dimensional inclusion, adding “My bottom will have to be in 3-D because I’m not changing anything, so you’ll be very close.”

The writer, director, producer, and actor went on to say that the hope is for the Blu-ray release to come before next Christmas, followed by the 3D theatrical re-release in either late 2011 or early 2012. [...]