The Sword and Sorcery Precursor to Empire Strikes Back
It’s been a legend on geeky message boards for decades: a beautiful sword-and-sorcery flick made by a key person behind Star Wars. Many distinctly remembered seeing it as children, but no one could...
View ArticleMaking Real Weapons Safe Enough for TV
When Sons of Anarchy begins its sixth season in September, it's a fair bet that the only thing outnumbering dead bodies will be guns: IRA-sourced machine guns that the show's titular biker gang...
View ArticleAwesome New Action Figures for Alien and Other ’80s Classics
ReAction Figures feature '80s classics like <i>Escape From New York</i>, nerd canon fodder like <i>Back to the Future<b></b></i> and <i>The Goonies</i>,...
View ArticleWIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Bob’s Burgers
You can trace the history of television comedy through its families, and the Belchers of <em>Bob's Burgers</em> have stealthily become one of those iconic clans. The post WIRED...
View ArticleSerial’s Transformation of Audio Journalism Is Just Beginning
Whether Sarah Koenig and company bring us closure or just leave us in the lurch <em>Sopranos</em>-style, one storyline is sure to be continued: has <em>Serial</em> changed the...
View ArticleCult Edit of It’s a Wonderful Life Is the Best Holiday Movie You’ve Never Seen
How Upright Citizens Brigade and a future <em>Key & Peele</em> showrunner joined forces to create a crazy postmodern classic. The post Cult Edit of It's a Wonderful Life Is the Best...
View ArticleWIRED Binge-Watching Guide: The Venture Bros.
Binge-watching a show like <em>The Venture Bros.</em>-a dense sci-fi/action cartoon hybrid with a vast universe only rivaled by the depth of its references-may feel like trying to...
View ArticleThe Creators of The Venture Bros. Trust Fans to Sort Out Their Plotlines
By now, fans of <em>The Venture Bros.</em> know that Adult Swim's pop-culture-savvy science and adventure epic turns 12 this year. Yet somehow, the show's new episodes---which started last...
View ArticleThe Derelict Theme Park Where Jurassic Worlds Dinos Roam
Six Flags New Orleans shut down after Katrina, but it's found new life as a filmmaker's perfect blank canvas. The post The Derelict Theme Park Where Jurassic Worlds Dinos Roam appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleQuick! Chug Your Liquor Before It Goes Weird
For distilled spirits, aging doesn't stop once the stuff leaves the barrel. The post Quick! Chug Your Liquor Before It Goes Weird appeared first on WIRED.
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