I was going to post this as a follow on to a theme that was started over on the Outdoor Forums of ‘people with waaaay too much time on their hands…’
However, Nathan Sawaya, rather than being someone like the NES alarm clock guy, is a professional, and has appeared on Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, various US News shows, and is one of the top LEGO sculptors in the world.
More of his work here.

Well, I went to the first performance of the heavily advertised Eragon today. I cringed as a rushed voice laid out the story so far even before the first actor had a chance to speak…
The film generally is a poor mix of Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings, trying to be spectacular with its wide sweeping camera shots of nice scenary. The baby dragon sequence is good, but short lived, and the film then jumps around, much like if you had read the book and skipped large …

When a criminal plot is in place to take down the entire computer and technological structure that supports the economy of the United States (and the world), it’s up to a decidedly “old school” hero, police detective John McClane (Willis), to take down the conspiracy, aided by a young hacker (Long).read more | digg story

As we move towards Christmas… then passed it, to Jan and the launch of World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, Blizzard have released the The Burning Crusade Cinematic Intro, both in small crappy quality, and in glorious 45Mbs of DivX goodness!

Click here to download the intro.

If ever proof was needed Lucas as a merchandising whore, this is it…

A C-3PO Tape Dispenser… Words can’t express the wrongness of that image…
Some more of the most truly awful Star Wars collectables

Ahh… wikipedia. So its not the most reliable source for a thesis, but if you want some comic book or film history, the wikipedia geeks have got ya back.
A full breakdown of the Back to the Future timeline.
Very geeky, but rather cool