R.I.P. Dennis Hopper

I'll always remember him as the guy who played King Koopa in the Super Mario Bros. movie, but Dennis Hopper has been in everything, including Easy Rider, Speed, Cool Hand Luke, Waterworld, Rebel without a Cause, Blue Velvet and Season 1 of 24

Dennis Hopper
Actor, Director and Easy Rider
May 17, 1936 - May 29, 2010

Dennis Hopper was also in the influential DVD rental, Space Truckers. I think the tagline for that movie was "In space, no one can hear you, good buddy," but I'm not positive. Most recently, he starred in the TV series Crash, but I hated the movie it was based on and I think Starz should avoid making original programming because it just gets in the way when I all I wanna do is watch Step Brothers again.

R.I.P. Gary Coleman

I actually loved me some Diff'rent Strokes, but his '80s cartoon (based on his movie, The Kid with a Broken Halo) just seems extra creepy now.

Gary Coleman
Actor, influence for Webster, 2003 candidate for California governor
February 8, 1968 - May 28, 2010

Also, welcome to the first installment of our "Too Soon?" series of posts.

From Tonight's LOST: The Next Protector of the Island Is Chosen

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The finale of LOST is just around the corner, so I've photographed some iconic scenes re-enacted by Kubrick figures.

The Candidate - Locke finds C4 on the Ajira plane


Everybody Loves Hugo - Desmond runs down Locke in a flash-sideways


Sundown - Sayid tries to stab Locke


I Do - Kate and Sawyer in the cages


Orientation - Locke enters the numbers into the computer


Man of Science, Man of Faith - Locke enters the hatch

Freddy, Steady, Go!

Now in theaters. This is my tribute in toys to this movie season's A Nightmare on Elm Street, the horror reboot starring the scariest pedophile in a Christmas sweater since your creepy uncle.

LEGO Duplo Gallery - LOST Edition

LOST wraps up Sunday, May 23rd, so here's my tribute to the series in LEGO Duplo blocks.

The foot statue

The hatch

Sun's garden

The Dharma barracks

This past Thursday, I got to attend LOST Live: The Final Celebration, a finale gala for the series featuring cast members, creators and composer Michael Giacchino conducting a symphony playing music from the show. We weren't allowed to bring phones or cameras into the venue because we were getting an advanced screening of this Tuesday's episode, so I had to do my tweeting ahead of time...

I Am Iron Man, Too

In theaters Friday.

Twice the armor, twice the men.
Plus, Scarlett Johansson in a skintight catsuit.

Iron Man 2

This should be a good sequel.
This is the one where he teams up with Iron Chef BBQ.

LEGO DUPLO Gallery, Pt. 2

Ronald McDonald


The Jolly Green Giant


A Target employee


A UPS delivery person


Marge Simpson


Snooki from Jersey Shore


Kid 'n Play


Edward Cullen from Twilight


Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba!


SpongeBob SquarePants


Yoda


A ninja


An embarrassed ninja


Mr. Fantastic


The Little Mermaid


Super Mario Bros.


Video game arcade