Tweeted this week by Cat Taylor , assistant (or Girl Friday, as she puts it) to Game Of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss (and writer of the show’s production blog): “I don’t know who this dude is, but it has to be the best #Gameofthrones #sdcc costume I HAVE EVER SEEN.”
Security Lapse Of The Week
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In Continuum , the Vancouver police force have some very snazzy see-through boards containing images and notes on all their suspects/cases. But is it wise to place them right in front of a window so anybody in the building opposite can read all that classified information quite happily with the help of a pair of binoculars?
New Olympic Sport Of The Week
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The Sinbad crew get some practice in for the transvestite planking weightlifting competition.
Recruitment Ads Of The Week
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Choose your side! (And remember, Star Wars was little more than a propaganda film for the rebels! There’s no shame in opting for the shiny white armour, though your chances of getting through the selection process may rest on your resemblance to Temuera Morrison). Artist Gattadonna designed these limited-edition prints specially for Star Wars Celebrations over the past six years, with the latest, “The Guns of Endor,” offered for sale at the gala event in Orlando this August. For more details and posters visit Deviant Art .
Plot Twist Of The Week
Ignoring the books completely, the TV writers decide to make Frodo the winner of the Game Of Thrones…
You may notice that the Awards are rather shorter than usual this week. We did have a whole bunch of Dark Knight Rises and Batman-related Awards to present as well, but under the circumstances, laughing at Batman’s expense doesn’t seem at all appropriate, so we respectfully removed them all before posting. We’re pretty sure you understand.
Unlike on Harry Hill’s TV Burp , our TV Moment Of The Week isn’t nabbing the accolade in a smirking, ironic way. Lost Girl truly did deliver the greatest Telafantasy moment of the week, hands down. If you still aren’t watching this ever-improving show, then hopefully this will go some way towards rectifying that situation. And no, we’re not just giving it this award because we’re a bunch of pervy blokes… watch it all the way through. You’ll see why… (Note for wary Lost Girls fans who haven’t seen the episode: it’s not spoilery in an arc plot sense, but you may prefer to watch it in context.)
Cliché Of The Week
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In Fringe this week: living proof that owners look like their dogs.
Crossover Of The Week
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The Mole from Thunderbirds makes a guest appearance in Fringe !
Thinly-Veiled Rock Star Of The Week
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So, who was playing the Queen Of Hearts in this week’s Once Upon A Time ? Sitting behind a veil, only talking via a tube to her servant, never showing her face… it’s Lady Gaga!
Steampunk Star Wars Of The Week
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The Force is strong in artist Bjorn Hurri . And we not talking midi-chlorians, but STEAM! There are more of his works of genius at his website. [via Comics Alliance ]
Alphabet Of The Week
The best way to teach your children how to read ever! We love this, because not only is it great fun, but it’s a practically a quiz as well! Join in the fun.
Office Bonding Exercise Suggestion Of The Week
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Well it sure beats making water rafts out of oil drums. Available from Wish.co.uk .
What If? Of The Week
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To celebrate the release of The Hunger Games , Entertainment Weekly created 16 posters imagining what the film might have been like if other famous directors had adapted it, including (above) David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Roger Corman, Garry Marshall and Pixar. Click on the image of the link to see the others.
The Return Of The Honorary Portal Award Of The Week
A laser playing the music “Still Alive?” from Portal whilst etching the Aperture logo in a sheet of metal. Quite what possessed Chris DePrisco to create and film this is a complete mystery to us, but he’s already got nearly half a million hits out of it, so it’s clearly more popular than our vid of Matt Smith kicking a football.
Worst Shoes Of The Week
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Vans trainers used to be cool. Not any more, thanks to bbee.etsy.com (opens in new tab) and bloody Twilight [via pinterest.com ]
Radical Superhero Makeover Of The Week
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If you weren’t impressed with J M Straczynski’s makeover of Wonder Woman a while back, then how about DC’s latest attempt to woo back fans? No, we jest. This isn’t the new Wonder Woman costume, but an example of the new Spencer Gifts line of officially licensed DC bikinis. Oh, and in the interests of fairness…
Politically Correct Balance Of The Week
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A nearly naked man in some Batman pants, from Diesel (opens in new tab) .
Charles Stross come off worse: “Stross writes like an internet puppy: energetically, egotistically, sometimes amusingly, sometimes affectingly, but always irritatingly.”
But his most biting comments were left for Shari S Tepper’s The Waters Rising: “How can one describe it? For f*ck’s sake, it is a quest saga and it has a talking horse. There are puns on the word ‘neigh’.”
The Ash in Lost Girl takes his first tentative steps into the world of cosplay with a subtle pair of pussycat ears. Next week we expect nothing less than full-on Link costume and a “Free Hugs” sign.
Unexpected (Off-Camera) Guest Star Of The Week
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Seems like Banksy has relocated to Portland, if the latest episode of Grimm is anything to go by. He’s clearly not at his artistic height at the moment, though. Must be jetlagged.
Elvish Porn Of The Week
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Some people take their Legolas and Frodo slash friction just a little too far, as we learned in Dirk Gently this week.
Fantasy Casting Of The Week
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Especially for all those people who still think that Hugh Jackman is too tall to play Wolverine, how’s this for an idea? Game Of Thrones ’ Peter Dinklage as the diminutive mutant. We’re loving the thought, so thanks to Brandon Bird for creating this piece.
Batmobile versus Batmobile. A little bit too much chat, but at least Jeremy Clarkson isn’t in it…
More Spurious Awards on the next page…
Shed Of The Week
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Bring the Shire to your back garden with a Hobbit hole shed. Four to choose from. $3,000 each. Somewhere to keep your flowerpots and spare arrows. [via I09 ]
Collectible Of The Week
Lego has unveiled an official one-third-scale, 2,127-piece R2-D2 set, complete with rotating dome and retractable third leg, but no secret hologram message from Princess Leia, sadly. The Ultimate Collector Series R2-D2 goes on sale in the US in May, priced at $179.99.
Minimalist Art Of The Week
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While we’re on the subject of Lego, can you work out what the above image is supposed to represent? It’s part of a new Lego ad campaign by Hamburg-based agency Jung von Matt featuring minimal Lego brick versions of characters from several popular comics and animated shows. Others include The Simpsons and South Park , but this one is a more SFX related. Click on the link for the answer.
Rubbish Timing Of The Week
Themed Edit Of The Week
All the breaking glass in Total Recall . Why? Erm… dunno. But it’d definitely spurious.
The follow-up to Conan The Musical once again has an Arnie Schwarzenegger character bursting into song and wrapping his Austrian accent round some rhyming couplets. This time it’s Mr Freeze from Batman And Robin , belting out an impressively Danny Elfman-tinged power ballad about “Batman… you son of a bitch.” Low on really ropey ice-related gags, though.
More Spurious Awards on the next page…
Ickiest Publicity Material Of The Week
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Warner Bros is trying to entice us into buying the DVD or Blu-ray of Contagion with a rather queasy video of people sneezing in slow motion. If that’s more likely to put you off buying the film and send you into a Howard Hughes-style fit of self-isolation, then quickly watch much less disturbing publicity video below instead. Ironically, it should be disturbing, but it just ends up looking like that Beastie Boys video…
If you’re caught flicking through Playboy next week, you can use the excuse, “I only bought it for the stories,” and actually mean it. Playboy is teaming up with The Walking Dead to publish a six-page back story showing how Michonne became such a kick-ass brawd. Let’s hope the centrefold isn’t a zombie.
Guideline Of The Week
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Being Human ’s Michael Socha took part in an online Q&A on the show’s official BBC site this week, and the Spurious committee was very amused by point number one in the Rules and Guidelines.
What If Of The Week
Uncle Owen dying in Star Wars was sad and all that, but maybe it was a sacrifice for the greater good. Another small slice of genius from Dorkly .
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