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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The Flash combines superhero angst with Christmas episode conventions. How does it play for you?

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Barry Allen must gird up his loins and steel his resolve to face a childhood bully who has become a sociopathic supervillain.

The Flash makes his name.

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Warner Bros. and DC released a joint press release:

Based on the popularity of The Lego Movie, and in particular the audience response to the depiction of Batman in that film, all future adaptations of DC works, including the upcoming Justice League film, will feature the iconic DC comics superheroes and villains as Lego characters. As part of this initiative, the next season of the hit WB television series Arrow will be the first to be Lego-ified. DC will also be rolling out a Lego DC Heroes comic line for younger readers.

Warner Brothers has released a proof-of-concept trailer, which can be viewed here.

I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were (53).

Neil Gaiman’s 2013 novel(la) concerns a boy whose world turns fantastic and terrible after the suicide of a lodger.

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The Olympics may be getting most of the sports coverage—but can luge compare with…

Robot Soccer from Japan?

Maybe Back to the Future won’t land too far off the mark

I always feel like this should be bigger news, but it will remain just another Newspace for awhile longer. In any case, scientists at the Nuclear Ignition Facility in California have taken another tiny step towards the fusion reactor.

In a related story, Space Precinct might return

NASA has apparently solved the puzzle of the jelly doughnut rock on Mars.

The other announcement that surprised nobody

Toxic chemicals may be responsible for increased rates of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

The more-publicized announcement, Reject Superheroes, and Cosplay, below.

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This film garnered the prestigious Palme D’Or at Cannes, for both the director and its lead performers, and has taken accolades around the world. Spielberg calls it “magnificent.” Blue is the Warmest Colour also has stirred controversy regarding certain scenes and the actresses’ public statements about them. In short, this is hot topic in cinema, 2013.

And, since it’s based on a graphic novel and even contains special effects, we’re going to review it here.

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Due to my own cartoonish ham-handed-ness in accidentally erasing the site’s content directory and database, I’ve had to restore the site from a backup taken yesterday. Any comments posted since then are probably lost forever, and will be replaced by comments on this post about how silly David is for doing such a thing.