I know for a fact that I’ve mentioned the character Meathead on this site before.   In fact I know I did in an article about an obscure alien we liked.   Hell I think I’ve even recommended the movie Meatballs II before.   But I never took a step back and recommended the original.

And for anyone who grew up in the late 60s and 70s, they can probably appreciate this movie as one of the classics.    It is an Ivan Reitman film and pretty much got Bill Murray’s film career off the ground.   There’s actually a plot out there that’s only one sentence that I happen to enjoy:  “Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.”   That about sums it up.

Put broadly, it’s a great summer camp movie and really one of the first of its kind.   It explores all that funny crap you see at summer camps like sex, lakes, competition, friends, ridiculous music, pranks, and all that other fun stuff.   It’s a must see.

Trailer after the jump…..

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It’s basically Canada’s version of the San Diego Comic Con.   The Ottawa Comic con is no joke.  It’s a pretty huge event by any standards.   Having just taken place over the weekend, we haven’t really seen much coverage here in the U.S. but we definitely felt that it deserved its due.

I can’t say that the cosplayers there did anything special.   And they certainly couldn’t compete with any of our major anime or comic events, but they still held their own.  And for that we gave them a post on this site.

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“Next Monday, May 21st, marks the end of the eight year run of Fox’s “Sherlock Holmes On Vicodin” drama, “House MD.” And while most of you surely gave up the show awhile ago…perhaps when Olivia Wilde left for good, or Kal Penn senselessly [OBNOXIOUS SPOILER REDACTED] himself or maybe, just maybe, it was the frustrating lack of character development or the umpteenth utterance of “it’s not lupus” that did you in. ”

Go here to see the rest.

Go here to see tiny changes that would have saved bad movies.

“There are plenty great movies that were one tiny mistake away from being great films. Hell, if the shark in Jaws hadn’t been a complete catastrophe, that movie could have been ridiculous. We asked you to show us some other tiny changes that could have turned terrible movies into classics.”

The Countdown

The best Supergirl costume in a while – [GeeksAreSexy]

The good and the bad of Diablo 3 launch day – [Insert Coin]

The 100th SNL digital short – [Smosh]

The Raid: Redemption with cats – [FilmDrunk]

The best gamer gear at the – [UnrealityStore]

Some of the funniest names ever – [theChive]

20 facts about Thor you should know – [Pajiba]

When Iron Man meets Batman – [WWIW]

I swear this is real corn – [Neatorama]

Ride of the MAVs in Battlefield 3 – [GamerToob]

Today’s girl is Eva Longoria – [Maxim]

The 25 best Horatio one-liners – [Guyism]

Five more ridiculous board game movie concepts – [Gunaxin]

The five best Barney Stinson quotes – [Caveman]

For as often as we complain about the video games that are out now (and that’s very often, if you spend any time on the internet), sometimes we need to look back on how far we’ve come.

This gaming magazine (from back when Game Informer didn’t own the entire market) shows what the “cutting edge” looked like in 1995. If we saw her today, we’d laugh her all the way back to the virtual goth-punk hole she crawled out of, but at the time? It really was quite revolutionary.

1995 saw the release of Dark Forces, Command and Conquer, Warcraft II and Mortal Kombat 3. Search your memory and the internet and you’ll find those graphics to be about six notches behind our friend here. In fact, if she had shown up in a game, she probably would have been worshiped by young male players. Keep in mind that Tomb Raider didn’t even come out until 1996, and even in out-of-game promotional art, Lara Croft looked like this.

If it’s Pokemon-related, my interest is piqued, so when some YouTubers claimed they had hunted down a real life Pikachu, I was ready to be amazed.

What they found was a yellow cat, but one that still packs quite a wallop. Clever editing and good finish make this short video worth a look, and I wonder if they’re going to continue the series. I think it would easy enough to strap some cannons onto a turtle’s back for a shoot, don’t you?

I guess they couldn’t CGI a mouse big enough to work. Pika-cat is pretty adorable though, and at least he don’t yap all the time like that damn Meowth. Did they ever explain why he could actually talk in the show? That always bothered me as a kid.

I haven’t played with LEGOs in close a decade now, but that doesn’t mean I don’t recognize a good set when I see one. This Arrested Development LEGO set is currently up for votes over at LEGO CUUSOO. I have no idea what that stands for.

What happens is that fan made sets posted to the site get voted on, and if something reaches 10K, it gets seriously considered by the LEGO people. With only 900 or so votes at the time I’m writing this, I think LEGO Arrested needs our help. Go to the site and cast your ballot. Or have we all just lost our fan spirit now that we’ve won the war and the show is coming back along with a movie?

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Well hey there readers, time for quick chat. As you may have noticed over the past few months, we’ve added a few new writers to our roster. In addition to NattyB and I, the talented TJ, Remy, Zack, Dave and David have been contributing a few articles a week. We’ve really liked how it’s expanded our audience and brought in new voices and perspectives, and we want to continue that by adding a few more folks.

What we’re looking for are people who can commit to writing a piece or two a week (no more than that probably) for the site, and be able to have a set day (or days) where their work is published every week. Posts can be written whenever, so long as they are scheduled to go up on assigned days. We’re looking for articles pertaining to movies, TV, video games and comics that are usually anywhere from 800-2000 words (depending on how verbose you are). They can be columns about certain issues in the industry, a love letter to your favorite overlooked film, or a list. Everyone loves lists.

If this sounds like something that would interest any up and coming writers out there, email me a sample post as a Word doc at paul@unrealitymag.com. If you have any links to other articles you’ve written, that would be great as well. We’re only looking for a couple new people writing one or maybe two posts a week, and it’s great exposure for anyone trying to get their name out there as we do have a relatively large audience.  Social media knowledge is a plus, as we’re trying to figure out an incentive program based on traffic for down the line. I know some of you have already submitted a sample when we had a similar writing contest this winter. Feel free to reapply, either with what you submitted before, or perhaps a new sample article if your skills have evolved. And newcomers are of course welcome.

Looking forward to reading your stuff!

I admit it, guys. Sometimes I can be wrong about this whole movie thing.

No, I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about when I prejudge a movie, assuming it’s going to be somewhere between boring and dreck, and it actually turns out to be something special.

In this age of publicity photos, character posters, trailers, trailers for trailers, internet hype, critic reviews, and everything else that comes before the release of a movie, it’s important to remember that, in the end, the only thing that matters is how you feel when you actually sit down and watch the thing from beginning to end.

Here are five movies that taught me that lesson.

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OK, let’s get right to it: I don’t like spiders. I’m six-foot-three, I eat red, undercooked meat on a regular basis, I can bench-press my own weight (probably), and I’m fairly confident in my relative masculinity.

But goddamnit, I just don’t like spiders.

I don’t like the hairy ones, the spindly-legged ones, the colorful ones, the trap-building ones, the fist-sized ones, the poisonous ones—you get the idea. And there’s nothing masculine about yelping like a drowning poodle when any creature with more than four legs wanders into your peripheral. Now, I can’t be certain where this arachnophobia stems from, exactly, but since this is Unreality, I’m blaming it on movies. Plus I’ve been watching a lot of Community lately, and Britta’s psycho-analyzation skills leave me inspired.

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