The first trailer for this explosive sci-fi/war blockbuster looked pretty thrilling. Now see some of the back-story that leads up to the great L.A. alien invasion of 2011.

While we’re not sure it’s as fun as The Princess Bride with cats, the chatty duel between Inigo Montoya and Wesley… er… The Dread Pirate Roberts is just a bit more thrilling with lightsabers.

It seems like such a simple concept, but getting a match to stay lit in the rain or wind isn’t easy. These incredible sticks from REI not can hold up to just about anything you can throw at ’em.

These gorgeous playing cards from theory11 offer a rugged, industrial design, complemented by packaging that’s reminiscent of gunmetal. Each deck is printed on a true casino-grade press.

Alan Marsala and Chance McManus combined footage from Halo: Reach with live action – and cheesy acting – to make their short film, You Will Never Get The Power Core.

A crosswalk sign in the city of Spokane, Washington has been spotted flipping the bird instead of just raising a hand. An official says that snow wedged in the sign might be the culprit.

An understated version of Teknine’s bad-ass Munitio 9mm earphones. The BLK earphones’ Suppressor [M]ic Control also lets you use them for phone calls on the iPhone or the Motorola Droid.

The moral of this story is simple. Never leave your dog alone in the car. At least the driver of this truck didn’t leave the engine on, or else the Bichon behind the wheel might have run someone over.

Like the Stones? Sit back and enjoy this awesome elderly street performer in Brussels as he rocks out his own “special” version of the classic (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. Stick around for a bonus medley.

The launch is just a couple of days away! Meanwhile, you can get a glimpse of the new environments that the Cataclysm expansion will bring to the World of Warcraft on this trailer.

Freddie Wong is up to his gun-slinging again – with bullets and blood once again flying across the small screen. Wong claims this 2 minute clip is from a 90 minute film that they lost the first 88 minutes of.

The guys at Team Black Sheep managed to fly a remote-controlled plane through the city’s iconic urban skyline, capturing some incredible aerial shots with a tiny camera mounted on the plane.

If you don’t have the patience to watch Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, watch this slightly shorter story that pretty much covers the same ground. Say, didn’t we see this on an episode of Sealab?

The generally awesome Telltale Games hits 88mph with the first trailer for their episodic adventure game based on Back to The Future. No Michael J. Fox, but at least Christopher Lloyd is Doc Brown.

It’s not as magical as this chair, but Christian Desile’s creations is still a design marvel. When folded, it’s a mere 0.8in thick, meaning you can stack 100 chairs in just 7ft of space.

No animal was harmed to make this video. We don’t think the chicken even noticed the jerks who were messing with her. Nothing they did could take her eyes off whatever she was looking at.

(PG-13: Language) We wet our pants watching this hilarious, profanity-filled review of “the most difficult game ever created”, QWOP, courtesy of Cr1TiKaL. We wish you luck getting the runner to the 100-meter mark.

The giant octopus wasn’t able to take down the high-flying Megalodon. Will the Crocosaurus put up a better – i.e. funnier – fight? We think part 3 should be Mega Shark vs. Sharktopus.

TDK will release two sweet retro-futuristic blasters in 2011. Both speakers have USB, 3.5mm and RCA ports, touch-sensitive buttons and analog knobs. In addition, the three speaker model has a subwoofer.

An expensive homage to the iconic storage format. Designed by Transparent House, the Tape Lamp is made of 100 micro-cassette tapes and laser-cut plexiglass. Three 40-watt bulbs provide the light.

GE Aviation created this amazing video which combines the flight take-off and landing paths of multiple airplanes into a single shot. Hopefully, the FAA won’t start stacking planes this close together.

Moleskine’s Extra Small Planners measure just 2.5″ w x 4″ h, come in daily and weekly formats and are compact enough to throw in a bike bag, or even your pocket with the skinny weekly version.

Google Earth plus Wayback Machine equals Earth Engine. The new technology stores historical and daily satellite imagery and data to allow scientists to observe planetary changes over time.