Next week, Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block will air a Sword Art Online contest sponsored by Aniplex USA (sorry international viewers). The grand prize is a Sony 3D Personal Viewer that fully immerses you into movies and games just like the fictional Near Gear in the anime series. Hopefully this version won't ... [Read More]

This Wednesday Comedy Central will air what could be the most controversial episode yet. "World War Zimmerman" is a parody of the zombie movie World War Z and the George Zimmerman Trayvon Martin shooting trial. Eric Cartman conflates zombies and black people. He dresses as Brad Pitt's character and hunts down the only black ... [Read More]

In the latest episode of Mickey Mouse Shorts, "Ghoul Friend," Mickey's car breaks down in the middle of a cemetery where he encounters a zombie Goofy! It's surprisingly graphic for a children's cartoon. There are visible flies hovering over its rotting flesh. Like any good slasher movie, no matter how fast Mickey runs he ... [Read More]

Esquire magazine was inundated with cynical reactions to its feature on Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who gave a fanciful account of his own near-death experience in the besting-selling book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife. Alexander described riding on giant butterfly that had its own theme ... [Read More]

Superman is shocked to discover his home planet is intact in the three-part story “Tears for Krypton.”, which concludes Adventures of Superman #24. Superman realizes it's too good to be true. If Krypton had survived, the populace would have followed him into space to become Supermen like him. At the very least, he's ... [Read More]

Ever wonder how Batman managed to pass his driver's test? He didn't, at least not in hilarious parody by the Animation Domination High-Def YouTube channel. Rather than focus on the road, Batman's busy doing movie quotes in his grating voice. After crashing all his land-based vehicles, he flies his batplane into a billboard ... [Read More]

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIV was super freaky. The third and final story "Freaks no Geeks" is a parody of the classic horror movie Freaks (1932), in which strongman Hercules and the beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra trick a circus midget named Hans into a sham marriage for his money. In this version, trapezist ... [Read More]