Paper Hugs Rock

 

The Rock, Paper, Scissor March For Peace was a great success up until the time came to decide who should lead. Chaos soon followed. (Link via Made With Awesome)

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Iraq, Papa, Siskel
Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others
Rock Beats Scissorhands

Iraq, Papa, Siskel

They all look like great games but making the hand gestures would just kill my fingers. Interesting fact: All it will take to bring regime change to Iraq is Papa Smurf! (Rock, Paper, Scissors from cartoonist John Martz, via Comic Book Junkie)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others
Rock Beats Scissorhands
It's Hard Out There For A Smurf

Rock Beats Scissors

You'd think Edward Scissorhands would know better than to play The Thing in Rock, Paper, Scissors but I guess he's kind of slow. Perhaps he should challenge Flat Stanley. (Link via Luis Angel Oropeza)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Poor Predictable Edward, Always Chooses Scissors
Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others
Rock Paper Scissors - The Documentary

Spock, Paper, Scissors

So does Spock beat scissors? Can paper really cover Spock? Or does everyone just throw Spock all the time, creating never-ending ties? Anyway, I hate learning new rules to a game, but should you want to confound your friends and gawking strangers you can pick up Spock, Paper, Scissors at TeeFurry, but only for a few more hours due to their odd, only-available-for-24-hours selling policy.
(Thanks to @threestorms for the tip)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Poor Predictable Edward, Always Chooses Scissors
Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others
Rock Paper Scissors - The Documentary

Poor Predictable Edward, Always Chooses Scissors

Edward Scissorhands is not the best rock, paper, scissors player. But Edward can just shred the smug little grin off that kid after losing for the fifth time. From Threadless t-shirt designer chippos. You can vote for this below, which I have done after finally joining Threadless after pimping their shirts for months. (Link via Super Punch)



Previously on Popped Culture...
Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others
Rock Paper Scissors - The Documentary
Dancing With Scissors

Some Throws Are More Equal Than Others

Propaganda posters for the World Rock Paper Scissors Society's online museum. I love the Soviet-inspired, worker's paradise style. I first saw these on Friday, at the Toronto premiere of Mike McKeown's documentary Rock Paper Scissors: A Geek Tragedy.

It's a great film, the making of which equals the passion, time and money sunk into the World RPS Society by the film's main subjects, the Walker brothers. The film also has a real love of Toronto rarely seen on the big screen, especially by a Calgarian no less. I know Mike is looking for distribution, which his movie clearly deserves. I will let you all know if I hear anything.

In the meantime, Torontonian Monica Martinez was named the 2008 Rock Paper Scissors World Champion on Saturday, with a final throw of scissors beating paper.

Rock Paper Scissors - The Documentary

"A combination of Halloween, Mardi Gras. Really a Star Trek convention with binge drinking and much better looking women."

This weekend is the 2008 Rock Paper Scissors World Championships here in Toronto (I'm not kidding either, there's $13,000 in prize money). Along with that comes a screening of my friend Mike McKeown's film Rock Paper Scissors - The Documentary.

Mike worked on this for years (as did a couple other friends) and I've been waiting to see it for awhile. Here is the synopsis:

"The Walker brothers wanted to turn a child's game into a good-natured competitive sport, but when Rock Paper Scissors fanatics converge on the World RPS Championships, they're caught between big business, talk show pundits, Playmate mascots, and a battle of good versus evil that asks the question, "Can purity beat commerce?"

Rock Paper Scissors is a verité style documentary that follows the story of the Walker brothers and the evolution of RPS into a legitimate sport of skill and strategy, worthy of training and competition. Starting from humble beginnings with only the love of the game as their motivation, the Walker brothers reach a crossroads during the film as they're approached by corporate sporting giants Fox Sports and ESPN to back the sport with an official world circuit culminating with the annual world championships. The story is a classic Greek tragedy waiting to unfold.

As we navigate our way through outrageous characters, hilarious strategies and heated competition, one thing becomes absolutely clear -- RPS is much more than a game, it's a lifestyle. While it may sound like a mockumentary, these people are definitely real."

Hope to see you there...