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This Summer’s Best Water Gun
Gizmodo always delivers on the water gun front every summer, and this year their round up has an interesting winner.

The Great Muppet Road Trip, part 2: Middle America « ToughPigs
I missed Part 1 of this series, but it's very cool if you're a Muppet fan. I can't wait to get down to Atlanta sometime and see the Puppetry museum.

Oni To Debut Limited Edition "Scott Pilgrim" Color Deluxe Packages – Comic Book Resources
I still haven't read the Scott Pilgrim books, even though I'm a huge fan of the movie. This looks like a good place to start.

SDCC Exclusive Shazam! Minifigure
Yet another thing I'm missing out on at SDCC this year.

In this limited edition, extra-long episode of Bubble Pipe Theater secretly spliced together from two separate recording sessions, Tim, Rob, and Tommy talk about the Netflix streaming/DVD split, the PS3 game from Studio Ghibli, Adventure Time toys, Nintendo, Bad and Good Batman news, Scott Pilgrim, and Rob’s experiments playing Dungeons and Dragons on Google+.

2010 was a pretty awesome year for film, and before we start geeking out about 2011 we’re taking a look back at our favorites. This year there were a lot of sequels, remakes, and adaptions, but there were a few original films that made our lists and that’s a big accomplishment these days.

Below you’ll find our picks and any accompanying explanation. We’re dying to know how our lists compare to all of yours, so make sure to sound off in the comments and let us know.

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If there could possibly be anything good about Scott Pilgrim tanking at the box office and having a very short run in theaters, it has to be that we get to have it on Blu-ray in early November. I can’t wait to own this, and I’ll probably watch it 5 times in the first week I get it. Hopefully, all the people who didn’t go see this will buy it on DVD or Blu-ray and help the studio make up its loss.

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Rant

I’ve had several drafts of wordy Scott Pilgrim vs. The World reviews saved, but each one ends up being angrier than the last. Why am I angry? Because this is the type of movie that Hollywood should be making for my generation, but it’s currently drowning at the box office and as a result and we’ll probably end up with more Transformers, GI Joe, and Monopoly movies instead.

I heard it best described as “An Epic for the Nintendo Generation,” and that’s about right. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, quit what you’re doing right now and go to the theater. Don’t wait for it to hit DVD/Blu-ray, don’t illegally download it, go see it. It is brilliant in every way, and chances are, if you read this site much, you’ll love it.

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