Rama Llama Ding Dong

You've likely seen this before, but I'm easily amused. Dali Llama! (Llama Art by Bob Guy; via Neatorama)

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Famous Muppet Auditions

Where have the Muppets been since we last saw them? Trying out for some of the most popular TV and movies of the past few years. Sam the Eagle as Don Draper is perfection. (Steve Murray for National Post)

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Inside The Mind Of James Cameron

It's all Terminator, Titanic and Avatar. Oh yes, and a sea of money. (James Cameron by Z. Xie. Link via Super Punch)

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Titanic Wars

Let's do the Time Warp (Again!)

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Avatar Last Supper

This was, of course, inevitable. I'm only disappointed that the Na'vi Last Supper didn't have James Cameron as Christ and Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow as Judas. Leo'nardo d'a Vin'ci from Avatizer. (Awesomesauce via The Zeray Gazette)

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I'm The King Of The Universe!

I loved Hurt Locker, but this is pretty much how I figure it will go at the Oscars. I barely feel invested in this year's race, but I can't not make a few picks.

Best Picture: Avatar - they can't ignore a film that has made a couple of billion dollars.
Best Director: Kathyrn Bigelow - Hurt Locker's concession to losing Best Picture.
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - I haven't seen Crazy Heart, but Bridges is the only choice anyone is making.
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side's reward for a Best Picture nod.
Best Supporting Actor: Mo'Nique - Like Bridges, the runaway favourite. 
Best Supporting Actress: Christoph Waltz - He owned every scene of Inglourious Basterds he was in and was a thrill to watch.
Best Original Screenplay: I want Inglourious Basterds to win, if just to watch Quentin Tarantino to bring his sweaty, nervous energy to the Oscar podium.
Best Adapted Screenplay: I'm going with District 9 because I enjoyed it, but that's usually the kiss of death for my choices.
Best Animated Film: Up has the only real shot here.

These are hardly out-there picks, so if you want to win your Oscar pool, you'll have to do it in the other 15 categories. I have no idea about these, so you're on your own, but you can pretty much pick Avatar for any technical categories. Oh yeah, and Logorama for Best Animated Short, one I actually posted about.  (Pic via Comixed)

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Meanwhile, In The Parallel Lost Universe...
Titanic Wars

Meanwhile, In The Parallel Lost Universe...

Jack Shepherd is a jerk in whatever time line/parallel universe he's in. (Link via meltinpoint)

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Titanic Wars

When Titanic overtook Star Wars as the all time box office champ, George Lucas took out this ad in Variety (art by Ian McCaig, thanks beatrizm). Now that James Cameron's latest blockbuster Avatar has become the highest-grossing film of all time (yes, yes higher ticket prices, etc.) will he take out an ad re-proclaiming his King of the World status? In any case it is one epic graphic. (reddit via @thehartley)

Update: Here are  the Top 10 movies of all time, by number of tickets sold, via The Hollywood Reporter. Avatar currently comes in at #26 with 76,421,000 tickets sold, at least as of Jan. 26.

1 "Gone With the Wind" (1939) 202,044,600
2 "Star Wars" (1977) 178,119,600
3 "The Sound of Music" (1965) 142,415,400
4 "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 141,854,300
5 "The Ten Commandments" (1956) 131,000,000
6 "Titanic" (1997) 128,345,900
7 "Jaws" (1975) 128,078,800
8 "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) 124,135,500
9 "The Exorcist" (1973) 110,568,700
10 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 109,000,000

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Team Avatar: Pandora Police

Team Avatar: Pandora Police
This mashup of Team America: World Police with the audio from the latest Avatar trailer knocks some of the pomposity out of James Cameron's much-anticipated sc-fi epic. The hype for this film is way out of control, even showing up on Bones (ya I watch it, what of it?) as the height of geek delight. Sure it was just an extended product placement, but still.

Thankfully Trey Parker and Matt Stone are here to help, if only indirectly. (Link via Unreality)

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