14 Absolutely Crazy Foreign Posters for American Movies – Mental Floss

My latest Mental Floss article. Just try and guess what classic movie this Polish poster is advertising:

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14 Absolutely Crazy Foreign Posters for American Movies

‎Nicolas Cage in The Avengers…as Everyone.

Nicholas Cage “Hulk” is probably my favorite. (Oh, and shield your eyes.)

The Best of April Fools on the Internet

Think Geek has the best April Fools “toys” year after year. So good in fact, they’ve had to actually make the fake products due to popular demand. Remember the tauntaun sleeping bag? That started as a joke on their site. Among this year’s offerings:

Mail Then Vs. Mail Now

Is The Hunger Games Movie Bringing out All the Closet Racists?

Pop by Twitter or Facebook over the past week and you’d be excused if you thought both Internet social networks had been bought up by some multinational conglomerate called “Team Peeta.”

Yes, social media has been taken over by The Hunger Games Horde, legions of fans gushing about the movie online. Fair enough, anything to get teen girls to stop talking about sparkly vampires for 5 seconds is proof God exists. However, a dishearteningly large and growing number of commenters have been complaining about the casting of one particular character: Rue. In the film, Rue is played by actress Amandla Stenberg, who happens to be half-black (her father is Danish).

I won’t single out any Twitter or Facebook user, but the all complaints take the tenor of, “Why did they have to make Rue black? I don’t understand why they had to make Rue black.” Okay, I’ll print ONE of the more disgusting comments, name withheld:

“Sense(sic) when has Rue been a nigger.”

Cue banjo music.

Play MAD MEN as an Old School Nintendo Game

Ever wanted to BE Don Draper. In 8-bit, that is. Some geniuses created an Old School Nintendo, “Choose Your Own Adventure” game out of Mad Men. Get staggeringly drunk, divorce your wife, have sex with your secretary. Do what ever Betty Draper does. It’s all yours.

Keeping Reading to Play…

Star Wars, Harry Potter, Iron Man and More in 8-Bit

A little 8-bit homage in movie poster form. Very Mega Man-y.

Mental Floss – 5 Horror Movies Starring Inanimate Objects

My newest article on Mental Floss in which we discuss the horrors of Man Eating beds and Refrigerators possessed by the DEVILLLLLLLLL! Also, Stephen King was kind of a hack during his coke-binging days (“Coke” is a the street term for cocaine; not everyone is as hip to the newest urban lingo as I)

And Here It Is

How to High Five a Shark

NO ONE is having a better day than this guy.

Cracked Article: 9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs

New article up on Cracked in which we explore “Grief Bacon” and a new breed of Grammar Nazi called a “Comma Fucker.”