Thursday 28 February 2013

The 11 Most Traumatizing Moments From "Return To Oz"

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In 1985, Disney released an unofficial live-action sequel to the 1939 MGM filmThe Wizard of Oz.

Starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy, the movie was a much darker and creepier interpretation than its 1939 predecessor. The movie's overall dark tone lead to confusion among parents who brought their kids to the theatres expecting to see a lighthearted musical.

In reality,Return to Oz was much more faithful to the Oz books.

Via: fanpop.com

Now let's relive the horror:

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1. A worried Aunt Em takes Dorothy to a creepy insane asylum to get her treated for what she assumes is made-up memories about Oz.

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2. Dorothy is strapped down in a stretcher and taken to receive electroshock therapy.

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3. Dorothy almost drowns in a river during a storm in her attempt to escape the asylum.

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4. Creepy rocks act as spies for the new King of Oz, the Nome King. They watch and report Dorothy's every move.

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5. A dilapidated Emerald City is now protected by guards called Wheelers.

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6. A headless witch named Mombi now rules over the Emerald city.

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7. Dorothy befriend's the creepy Jack Pumpkinhead, who asks her if he can call her mom.

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8. In the most terrifying scene, Dorothy accidentally wakes up a sleeping Mombi while trying to retrieve a magical powder.

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9. The headless Mombi tries to go after Dorothy!

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10. While all the
ifferent heads in Mombi's collection scream around her.

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11. Dorothy comes face-to-face with a giant angry Nome King who tries to eat Jack Pumpkinhead.

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Sweet dreams!

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12 Things You May Have Forgotten About Stick Stickly

1. Stick began hosting "Nick in the Afternoon" in 1995, enjoying a three-year run until he got canned in '98.

He did remarkably well for a popsicle stick with a severe anxiety disorder.

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2. Stick mainly came on during commercial breaks, but in 1995, he had a breakout role in the half-hour special, "Oh Brother."

InOh Brother, Stick travels to New York City to find his long-lost twin, Woodknot, whom he believes he'll find by hanging around the Twin Towers.

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3. Stick was often put in uncomfortable situations, which would elevate his anxiety.

One regular stunt was "Dip Stick," in which he would be lowered into a cup and have to guess its contents. Stick was especially gifted for a piece of wood — he was able to absorb tastes, smells, temperatures, and textures.

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4. He had a crystal ball. It was in fact a marble.

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5. A regular feature of Stick's show was "U Pick."

Which definitely doesn't look like the word f***.

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6. With "U Pick," viewers would "request" shows for Stick to play next.

Sort of like kiddie TRL. Stick had a talent for getting a selection okayed by the network's execs and queued up in record time — usually, in a matter of seconds.

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7. He sometimes hosted from his news bureau.

Which featured such high-tech innovations as wrist-watch clocks.

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8. Stick often had on-screen support from this high-strung lady named Holly, whose beeper was always going off. Haha beepers.

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9. Then there was the "Top 10," a list of 10 definitely-not-random things kids were in to. Like that ILL "Toy Story" CD-ROM.

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Or this sick band.

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Friendship jewelry!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, breathe. Simmer down.

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10. And of course, Stick's famous song.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HfDw619p2Tw.

11. Guess what? Stick returned in 2011 to host Nick's "The '90s Are All That" block (but stopped in 2012).

Look at this fucking hipster with his Keep Calm poster, Red Bull, and MacBook. What do you bet after he wraps up work, he's going to take some salvia and listen to Gotye.

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12. Stick made another update: no more snail mail. YOU HAD TO TWEET HIM.

Feel old much?

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Article author: leonoraepstein

Award-Winning Sports Photo Disqualified For Crappy Photoshopping

This photo taken byThe Washington Post's Tracy Woodward was given an Award of Excellence in the 2013 White House News Photographers Association's 'Eyes of History' photo contest. It's pretty great, right?

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Source: Tracy Woodward/Washington Post

3. There's only one problem. Look how weird the edge of the wrestler's arm looks.

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4. I wonder why his arm has all that weird... IT'S BECAUSE A MAN WAS ERASED FROM HISTORY. (Or at least this photo.)

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Source: Tracy Woodward/Washington Post

Altering photographs for the contest was expressly prohibited. ThePost released the following statement:

Once Post editors saw that it had been altered from what had originally been published in The Post, we withdrew the photo from consideration. The Post's ethics policy prohibits the manipulation of photographs, and we have taken action in accordance with that policy.

No word on how the ref has handled being erased from space and time, nor whether the experience was gradual (like Marty McFly inBack to the Future) or all at once like Lou Bega from our collective consciousness.

H/T DL Cade at Petapixel.

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How To Write ESPN's Ridiculous General Sports Tweets

Say something "everyone does." Like this:

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... especially if you follow ESPN

Source: @espn / via: @espn

Or this:

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Mix in a joke about a popular event

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Look the Oscars are happening please love us.

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...Or, awww, Valentine's Day

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Source: @espn / via: @espn

Day of the week + sports =

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it's friday, friday

Source: @espn / via: @espn

Something utterly incomprehensible and throw in a #hashtag

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220 people apparently do that, orrrrr...?

Source: @espn / via: @espn

Remember high school?

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Source: @espn / via: @espn

Ugh the WORST

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Source: @espn / via: @espn

You're just like sports people!

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Source: @espn / via: @espn

Reading this whole list has gotten me pretty depressed...

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Oh, thanks, ESPN.

(Disclaimer: this is impossible if you're a Mets fan)

Source: @espn / via: @espn

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The NFL Would Welcome A Gay Player, But Its Teams Wouldn't

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Image by Doug Pensinger / Getty Images

Nick Kasa is a 22-year-old tight end from the University of Colorado trying to get drafted into the NFL, and, as far as aspiring professional football players go, he's got a pretty good chance. CBS Sports has him rated as the eigth-best TE and expects him to be taken in the middle rounds. Whether he "likes girls" or not wouldn't seem to play into his appeal to NFL teams, but that's exactly what he was asked by at least one scout this week.

That Kasa's relationship with women was probed at the combine appears to be either a blatant attempt to ascertain his sexual orientation or a psychological ploy. Kasa himself said he thought it was a test, designed to see whether he could handle a stressful situation. After all, regardless of whether he is or is not gay, it's the kind of thing an opponent might say to get in his head.

Meanwhile, NFL analyst Mike Florio claims, teams are awkwardly trying to figure out whether Manti Te'o is gay. As in Kasa's case, this isn't definitive proof of homophobia per se; they might be trying (in a cowardly manner) to avoid having to deal with the media attention of having a gay player in the locker room. But in both Te'o' and Kasa's situations, either explanation for teams' curiosity — 1) a team is afraid of gay players, or 2) a team is worried its players can't handle being around a gay person or being called gay — is bad news for the league.

The NFL as an organization probablywants openly gay players. It's inevitable that there are going to be out gay pro athletes, and whichever sport the first one plays will get a public relations boost. (Major League Baseball is still happy to remind all of us, frequently, about Jackie Robinson.) But what individual teams want is a more loaded question. The media attention surrounding the first openly gay player in the NFL is going to make Tebowmania seem quaint, and we've seen how much coaches and execs like having that kind of distraction involved with their team. (They don't.) These are people who are under a spectacular amount of pressure to win, and they don't want anything, including civil rights, interfering with that goal. It'll be up to the league office — which has said it's investigating Kasa's story — to convince them that the price they'll pay for homophobic behavior outweighs its competitive advantages. But until the league steps in, "do you like girls?" is going to be standard operating procedure.

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