Six Things Missing From The New Karate Kid
The much-hyped Karate Kid remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan hits theaters today. Although the mini-Fresh Prince is super cute, and Chan is good at kung fu or whatever, we’re still skeptical...
View ArticleGhostbusters III: Will They Or Won’t They?
Who you gonna call when rumors are flying and no one knows what the hell is going on? Ghostbusters III has allegedly been in the works for months, but there’s still no definite greenlight for...
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Childhood Artifacts: School Survival Supplies We Loved
With back to school season just around the corner, Handshake contributor Nick McCrea takes a look at the most-needed school supplies of days gone by. If this doesn’t make you nostalgic for second...
View ArticleLego train destruction
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. It’s true of superheroes and it’s true of Lego builders. The day after your 12th birthday you are a god of Lego. You...
View ArticleMTV commercials from 1994
In a strange, distant past where MTV played music videos and a semi-valid date idea was Taco Bell take-out and a Blockbuster rental, comes this montage video of MTV commercials from 1994. Youtube user...
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Ski-ffy: A collection of old-school sci-fi covers
Jeff from Wales has a huge collection of classic and little-known science-fiction novels. He’s now scanning his collection and putting up their covers one-by-one on his site, Ski-ffy. This includes the...
View ArticleI dream of flux capacitors — the brief return of Marty McFly
In this promo for Spike TV’s Scream awards, Michael J. Fox’s feet and, briefly his face, return for a recreation of the original Back to the Future trailer. It’s a veritable blitz of Back to the Future...
View ArticleLego Sub-Zero finishes Johnny Cage, and the coining of a new word
There should be a word for when someone puts together two objects from your childhood in a way that makes you look fondly back at both, or takes something from our nostalgic collective conscious and...
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