An X-Men Crash Course to Prep for "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Rather than binge watch 12 hours of X-Men movies (of which four of those hours are total crap) before you go see "X-Men: Days of Future Past", just watch the two videos below to get fully caught up on what you need to know. There's a serious video here and a funny one below it. ENJOY!

X-Men Days of Future Past' Is One of the Most Influential Comics Stories Ever. | Vulture

Great backstory on when and how the "Days of Future Past" storyline came about. I had no idea it predates both "Back to the Future" and the original "Terminator".

Pixar Movie Easter Eggs

There are a lot of spelling mistakes and typos in the captions but this is a nice, comprehensive list of a lot of the Pixar Easter Eggs across their films.



Pixar released their own shorter video a few weeks ago:



Both videos are a lot of fun to watch!

A Conference Call in Real Life

If you've never seen this funny video it is definitely worth it, especially if you do a lot of conference calls instead of in-person meetings at work.

World's Fair Subway Special - 1964-65 TV commercial for NYCTA

"Part of the fun of the World's Fair, is the Subway Special that takes you there..."

Commercial from 1964, when the 7 train to Flushing cost 15 cents!

Stephen Colbert's "HAIL HYDRA"

Marvel's web site has a great post on Stephen Colbert sneaking in a "HAIL HYDRA" into the opening credits of the April 21st episode of The Colbert Report.  Here's a screen shot of it:



The entire Marvel post is pretty good and worth reading if you're a fan of both, Marvel and Stephen Colbert.

This could be the future of Chicago public transportation

Having recently visited Chicago, this would be a welcome improvement.