It has been a while since this cause to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide has been taken up, but we can never rest from this horror, here are some of the fact that you must know, taken from the Coalition to ban dihydrogen monoxide website.  Check it out, get educated, tell your family, tell your friends!

The Invisible Killer

Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

Dihydrogen monoxide:

• is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
• contributes to the “greenhouse effect.”
• may cause severe burns.
• contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
• accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
• may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
• has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.

Contamination Is Reaching Epidemic Proportions!

Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and recently California.

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

• as an industrial solvent and coolant.
• in nuclear power plants.
• in the production of styrofoam.
• as a fire retardant.
• in many forms of cruel animal research.
• in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
• as an additive in certain “junk-foods” and other food products.

Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!

The Horror Must Be Stopped!

The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its “importance to the economic health of this nation.” In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.

It’s Not Too Late!

Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don’t know can hurt you and others throughout the world.

Just for comparison I was curious to see what Patrick Warburton would look like as Buzz Lightyear, instead of the Tick.

Original can be found at Raoni Nery on CGSociety.

This is a pretty cool image by Raoni Nery over on CGSociety of what Buzz Lightyear would look like is he was real. A friend of mine thinks he should look more like Patrick Warburton.

The work is very similar to that done by pixeloo, (some people have said it is the same person) who has taken cartoon characters and tried to imagine what they would look like if real.

Jessica Rabbit

Mario

Homer Simpson

I have one of these things, I don’t care how good the Germans are, it’s crap!

There is news today of Chris Nolan getting involved with rebooting or restarting the Superman franchise. This is very interesting news to me. I am a bit fan of comics and one of the first I ever read was Frank Millers “Dark Knight Returns“. Written in 1986 it imagines what would happen if Batman got old as til that point we had only ever seen Batman stories with Batman in his late 20s early 30s. The futuristic world that Frank Miller creates is the standard dystopian one with Bruce Wayne retired from the vigilante world for nearly 20 years, all the other super heroes are gone except Superman who is exclusively in the American’s pocket and does what ever he’s told to do. The story was (and still is) very popular, this book and Frank Millers other, Batman: Year One, where largely influential on the time Burton vision for his Batman stories in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I loved Chris Nolan’s first movie, “Batman Begins”, it rebooted the franchise and got away from the camp, neon soaked, toy pushing Joel Shumacher films. There were a lot a features in that movie that also seemed to call back to Frank Millers Batman work in the 80s. I did find it very interesting that he called the second movie, “The Dark Knight”, in the comic book world Batman has been known by this name for years, but the general punters wouldn’t. There is some wishy washy excuse in the movie that Harvey Dent is to be the White Knight to Batman’s Dark Knight. I never bought! Chris Nolan wants to make the move “The Dark Knight Returns”, the name wouldn’t make sense if there was no movie called “Dark Knight” (see Superman and Batman). It would also be nice to move away from the recent Superman emo flick.  While aspects of it looked great it was largely boring.

That’s why the announcement that Chris Nolan is involved in a Superman reboot carries some weight. In “The Dark Knight Returns” Superman features heavily and helps conclude the story when a battle suited 55 year old Batman must face off against Superman and Bruce shows Clark what it is like to be human.

What is not clear to me yet is how long a game Chris Nolan might be playing, is he going to wait until Christain Bale naturally ages enough so that he can plausibly play an older Bruce Wayne/Batman or will he recast, if so who might be the right age and look to play this Batman. My personal choice is … George Cloony, even though Cloony has gone on record and apologised for being the Batman that brought down the franchise. Looking back on the movie he is not the weak point of it, every thing from the script, too many protagonists, antagonists, super sets, super egos got in the way of that move. Clooney however looked like a good Bruce Wayne and I think in 10 years he could look like a good Dark Knight Returns Bruce Wayne, if they forget the nipples he could even look good as Batman.
For those waiting for a “Dark Knight Returns” adaption, be sure to check out the episode called “Legends of the Dark Knight” in the Batman Animated series.  In this episode a few kids tell stories about what they think Batman is like.  One story is Batman’s encounter with the Mutant boss which is lovely lifted whole from the “Dark Knight Returns”.