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The 80’s are Reborn with “Kung Fury”

The mind boggles with the sheer cheesiness of this short film, an homage to really, really bad 1980’s action flicks. What started out as a trailer and Kickstarter campaign has become, quite possibly, one of the most clever chunks of nostalgia love committed to film. If you have a half-hour to kill, sit back and enjoy.

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We don’t have a look at the science behind the over-the-top halftime show on Sunday. But we do have these:

I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence. If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back
— Father of suspended kid.

We don’t quite have the full story, but it does appear as though a lad in Texas was suspended from school for threatening his classmate with the One Ring. Reports here and here.

Meanwhile, back on (under?) planet earth…

Scientific American has an article on the creatures that swim the lakes beneath Antarctica.

Below, lots of Con and Cosplay video:

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