Cannes 2010 movie posters (link roundup)

A few posters for the movies shown at Cannes 2010. See the whole lineup here (NSFW). Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Here's what the new Burger King ribs look like. Kid's meals come with Marmaduke toys now, by the way.

2. Jessica Hickman's sketchbook plus shipping plus sketch of your choice is $10.

3. New Cake Wrecks book tour.

*Previously: The Spanish ribbed newt thrusts its ribs out of its body to use as weapons.

*Buy sketch cards at eBay.

New Threadless and Tee Fury t-shirts

The Beatles on Abbey Road by Alex Solis.



Lava Lamp Cross-Section by Matthijs Smit.



Burger King in the Wild by Santiago Sanchez.




Logos for viruses by Ste7en Lefcourt.

*Buy lava Lamps at Amazon.

Burger King's Singing in the Shower (link roundup)

Burger King has a site that features a woman in a bikini singing in the shower. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Warren Ellis' email list used to be great fun. He'd regularly send out drunken ramblings, even occasionally include a short story. But roughly a year ago, his emails were reduced to linkspam (check out an article I wrote for Wired, please visit my forum, etc). I replied a few months ago, saying that his emails weren't much fun anymore. He promptly replied, suggesting I unsubscribe if I didn't like it. So I did. He's now apparently announced that he's abandoning the emails entirely.

2. And in other weird emails news, Nakatomi sent out an email about a new Masters of the Universe print. Six paragraphs into the email, it says, "DON'T REPORT ON THIS PRINT!"

3. Thundercats movie concept art by Charlie Wen. Via.

*Previously: Tentacle shower head.

*Buy Thundercats action figures and collectibles at eBay.

Soccer goalie does taunting cartwheels (link roundup)

Video of a soccer goalie distracting shooters with cartwheels and other gyrations. The shooters repay him in kind. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Man managed to kill a woman under police protection in Los Angeles.

2. And in other fun Southern California news, "4 of 5 San Jacinto council members indicted in corruption probe."

3. Yes, that $1 double cheeseburger deal at Burger King is incredible. So incredible, franchisees are suing the parent company to try to stop the deal. Via.

*Previously: Premier League soccer player buys lots of his own jerseys to seem more popular.

*Buy Fast Food toys at eBay.

Papercraft Burger King

Download the Burger King paper toy here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Shaun White was the Wendy's mascot for Halloween.

*Buy Fast Food toys at eBay.

Candy Corn traffic cones (link roundup)

Candy corn traffic cones - - more photos in this gallery. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Video of someone trying the Windows 7 Whopper. Via.

2. Penelope Trunk:

The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. So I learned that he had huge commitment issues.

I tried to do the advisable thing to do when you’re with someone who has commitment issues. I tried to fall in love with someone else. But I didn’t. I only missed the farmer more.

So I told myself that it’s okay to be with someone who has commitment issues, as long as I am having fun.

But my kids grew to love the farm, and the farmer, almost as quickly as I did. This makes sense. My oldest son was with me on my first visit to the farm, and if you have ever been on a working farm you know that to kids, it’s like Disney World.

Want to know what she decided to do? Via.

3. Supposedly, U2's latest four months of touring has earned $300 million, which is just enough to cover the cost of the tour. Via.

*Previously: Candy Mountain Massacre the game.

*Buy U2 concert posters at eBay.

Candy Corn traffic cones (link roundup)

Candy corn traffic cones - - more photos in this gallery. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Video of someone trying the Windows 7 Whopper. Via.

2. Penelope Trunk:

The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. So I learned that he had huge commitment issues.

I tried to do the advisable thing to do when you’re with someone who has commitment issues. I tried to fall in love with someone else. But I didn’t. I only missed the farmer more.

So I told myself that it’s okay to be with someone who has commitment issues, as long as I am having fun.

But my kids grew to love the farm, and the farmer, almost as quickly as I did. This makes sense. My oldest son was with me on my first visit to the farm, and if you have ever been on a working farm you know that to kids, it’s like Disney World.

Want to know what she decided to do? Via.

3. Supposedly, U2's latest four months of touring has earned $300 million, which is just enough to cover the cost of the tour. Via.

*Previously: Candy Mountain Massacre the game.

*Buy U2 concert posters at eBay.

Windows 7 Whopper (link roundup)

Microsoft is promoting Windows 7 in Japan with the Windows 7 Whopper at Burger King. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. In case you missed it, wild claims of sexual improprieties by Steve Philips and other ESPN employees.

2. You can now play Bioware's free webgame Dragon Age Journeys. (I lost interest almost immediately.)

3. Corey Lewis' version of Longshot in Strange Tales #3 looks pretty good.

*Previously: Former ESPN anchor Dan Patrick's real last name is...

*Buy X-Men action figures at eBay.

Windows 7 Whopper (link roundup)

Microsoft is promoting Windows 7 in Japan with the Windows 7 Whopper at Burger King. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. In case you missed it, wild claims of sexual improprieties by Steve Philips and other ESPN employees.

2. You can now play Bioware's free webgame Dragon Age Journeys. (I lost interest almost immediately.)

3. Corey Lewis' version of Longshot in Strange Tales #3 looks pretty good.

*Previously: Former ESPN anchor Dan Patrick's real last name is...

*Buy X-Men action figures at eBay.

New SpongeBob toys from Burger King

Coming next week (I think), new SpongeBob toys at Burger King. I'm actually not a fan of SpongeBob or his show (every episode I've seen seems to feature him as a moron torturing people), but these figures are about as good as the last several sets of vinyl toys released by Kidrobot.

*Previously: Lego Plankton.

*Buy SpongeBob toys at eBay.

New SpongeBob toys from Burger King

Coming next week (I think), new SpongeBob toys at Burger King. I'm actually not a fan of SpongeBob or his show (every episode I've seen seems to feature him as a moron torturing people), but these figures are about as good as the last several sets of vinyl toys released by Kidrobot.

*Previously: Lego Plankton.

*Buy SpongeBob toys at eBay.

Toy design can be complicated

I mentioned yesterday that Burger King kid's meals currently come with toys based on the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs movie. The sailboat made out food will be familiar to anyone who has read the book (I've read the book roughly 100 times myself, although I don't care for the various changes to the text that were made in the revised version):





But hold on a second. The boat in the book was topped by a pennant made of bacon. What's that on top of the Burger King boat? Cucumber?




In fact, the original design featured pepperoni and bacon:



I'm guessing (and only guessing) that the last minute change was made so as not to offend Jews and Muslims who can't eat pork or mix meat and dairy.

*Previously: Toy designer talks about how he designs Transformers.

*Find Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs toys at Buger King

Kid's meals at Burger King now come with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs toys.

*Previously: 3D Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs book.

*Buy fast food toys at eBay.

Dangerous toys at Burger King

Kids meals at Burger King come with toys based on the Dangerous Book for Boys and Daring Book for Girls.

*Previously: Ten dangerous activities photographed at Flickr.

*Buy The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys at Amazon.

Burger King jersey for Getafe

You probably saw photos of this flip-over zombie t-shirt for Resident Evil all over the web a few weeks ago:




Well, Burger King sponsors a Spanish soccer team called Getafe, and the team's jersey features a similar design:




That's right, when a player pulls the jersey over his head, he displays the King:


Relatedly, here's a Burger King/Getafe commercial:


Via.

*Previously: So ugly it's pretty rugby jersey for Stade Francais.

*Buy soccer jerseys at eBay.

G.I. Joe version of Norton antivirus; G.I. Joe toys at Buger King

There's a G.I. Joe-themed minisite for Norton antivirus. Via these sites.

And a G.I. Joe tie in that makes a little more sense, Burger King kid's meal toys:




*Previously: Papercraft robots promoting Norton's antivirus software.

*Buy G.I. Joe toys at eBay.

Charmingly horrendous Devastator toy

The first sentence of Roger Ebert's one-star review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments."

The charmingly horrendous Burger King kid's meal Devastator seems to be a perfect match for the review.

*Previously: Spock/Enterprise Transformer.

*Buy Transformers at eBay.

Old Poolboy (link roundup)

Clever ad by Ogilvy for Viagra.

And a few more links:

1. This line from Roger Ebert's Transformers 2 review deserves highlighting: "There are many great-looking babes in the film, who are made up to a flawless perfection and look just like real women, if you are a junior fanboy whose experience of the gender is limited to lad magazines."

2. New JLU 6-Packs Coming to Target in August include Gentleman Ghost. And Walmart exclusive DC Universe figures will include Robotman (no photos yet).

3. Four Twitter icons. Via.

4. The Burger King painted with ketchup.

*Previously: Video of a professional pool player being served during a match.

*Buy JLU toys at eBay.

Sackboy as the Burger King (link roundup)

Little Big Planet's Sackboy as the Burger King by Alex Barbeau for a contest at GameArtisans (reg reqd).

And a few more links:

1. American Academy of Pediatrics will publish a new official policy statement, recommending that schools work vigorously to prevent bullying. Via.

2. What do you do for a living? Oh, I write "lesbo historical romps." Via.

3. Creepy version of Ronald McDonald.

4. Wolverine goes to the beauty salon.

*Previously: "Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary."

*Buy sackboy toys at eBay.

Sackboy as the Burger King (link roundup)

Little Big Planet's Sackboy as the Burger King by Alex Barbeau for a contest at GameArtisans (reg reqd).

And a few more links:

1. American Academy of Pediatrics will publish a new official policy statement, recommending that schools work vigorously to prevent bullying. Via.

2. What do you do for a living? Oh, I write "lesbo historical romps." Via.

3. Creepy version of Ronald McDonald.

4. Wolverine goes to the beauty salon.

*Previously: "Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary."

*Buy sackboy toys at eBay.