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[bermudianabroad]

Are Birds Actually Government-Issued Drones? So Says a New Conspiracy Theory Making Waves (and Money)

Hatched by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue and scorn on Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter.

Audubon Magazine’s hot take on the ‘birds are really drones’ conspiracy theory, in this latest episode of Things I Never Knew I Needed in My Life Until Now.

My favourite things about this article is the side bar identifying the birds in the story complete with a call sample. For a truly immersive experience.

My other favourite thing is the rage that must have been percolating around the Audubon offices, the tight, clenched fist of all the berd nerds, ‘how very dare they?’ hissed through grit teeth.

This website is now my favourite place on the whole of the internet, in case you were in any doubt.

[dereknochefranca]

WTF Happened to Movie Trailers?

This guy gets it.  It's not that hard to piece together each scene scattered across the trailer.  The Amazing Spider-man 2 is the latest one I have a HUGE issue with.  There is an ABSURD amount of trailers for a film that they only had to show one shot of Spider-man swinging through a city to sell me.  Not only do we have each and every villain and cameo already shown to us, but also a key plot point that will shock fans and only comic book readers will know. This isn't just a rant because I'm a "comic book nerd" or "oh yeah, Derek WOULD complain about that," but that goes for every damn trailer.  Terminator Salvation would have been a HUGE twist if only the trailer didn't already tell us Sam Worthington is a Terminator.  Even the new "Neighbors" trailer with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron has a new TV spot that shows more comedy and gags than I need to know.  This is why you walk in a comedy film and get zero laughs at moments that could have been incredibly delivered if it wasn't for the trailer doing it first.  Disney is really good with their marketing.  All you really have to do is say "New Disney Princess Film" and people come running.  Why can't X-men Days of Future Past do this?  X-men is a franchise with the same amount of weight and recognition as Disney, so why show us every goddamn key moment and release a new still from the movie everyday?  Stop it.  I'm tired of the laziness and money hungry studios in the Movie-Making Industry.  Enough with the action-packed trailers and enough of the recycled Photoshop movie posters.  We need more creative minds.  I'd gladly take the job.