Conspiracy Theory Theater: The Wolverine Leak

So we all know that the Wolverine workprint was leaked on the internet more than a month before it's upcoming May release date. Fox Studios has been in a major huff over the leak, waging war on pirates, yanking the print from torrent sites, and swearing revenge on the perpetrators once the FBI catches up with them.

But in this case of big Hollywood business and internet piracy, are things really as they seem? Geekanerd's resident conspiracy theorist has his own ideas about the people responsible, and their motives for the leak.

We've dramatized this theory for your edification and enjoyment. Spread it around. Trust no one.

The Top Ten Movies of 2007...THAT YOU STOLE

Wired has compiled a list of the most downloaded movies over P2P networks like BitTorrent and Gnutella in 2007. It proves, among other things, that pirates are geekanerds. The list:

1. Resident Evil: Extinction
2. Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End
3. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
4. Ratatouille
5. Superbad
6. Beowulf
7. Transformers
8. American Gangster
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10. Stardust

Analysis: The young male demographic loves scantily clad hotties Milla Jovovich and Keira Knightley, and we're they're all too embarrassed to watch Chuck & Larry anywhere but alone in their dark basements. Also of note is the fact that 2007's top two box-office killers Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third are nowhere to be seen.

Hit the jump for the Top Ten Downloaded TV Shows...

1. "Heroes"
2. "Prison Break"
3. "Top Gear"
4. "Smallville"
5. "Desperate Housewives"
6. "House, M.D."
7. "Lost"
8. "Grey's Anatomy"
9. "24"
10. "Dexter"

Weekanerd NYC - Free Hold Steady, Comic Book Pundit Explosion, Pirate Bowling

Monday, September 17, 2007

• The Hold Steady
  
• 5:30 @ 7 World Trade Center, Manhattan
  

Did you know that the Hold Steady produced a comic book that illustrated lyrics from their brilliant 2006 release, The Boys And Girls In America? See them for FREE at this outdoor show, along with The Old 97s and Illinois. Admission on a First-Come basis.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

• Comic Book Club feat. iFanboy
  
• 8pm @ The PIT, 154 W. 29th Street, NYC
  

How much comic book fandom can you handle? This meeting of minds between NYC's hottest trios of comic criticism is likely to create some sort inter-dimensional black hole, or will possibly usher forth some matter of uber-nerd. So you'll want to be there for that.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

• Bowl Like A Pirate
  
• Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rt 73 South, Maple Shade, New Jersey(!)
  

ARR! Any scoundrel with his wits about him knows the 19th o' Sieptembree be International Talk Like A Pirate day. Gather a crew and a stout vessel, for this port lie in the black uncharted waters of Nova Jersii. Fer yer trouble ye get bowling, costume contests, and piratey drink specials at the local tavern. Hail (856) 778-7467 to make sure this actually be happening. Pirates be a notoriously unreliable lot.

Ninjas Are In Your House, Stealing Your Stuff!

Attention New Yorkers- there is a ninja on the loose. I repeat, a ninja on the loose.


Last seen in Staten Island, this home invading thief is described as 6 feet tall, light skinned, medium build, dressed in black with a ski-mask, and is armed with pepper spray and nunchaku.
Would you believe this story gets even more insane? Details on how the hunter is now the hunted after the jump.

Before going on, I would like to stress that this so called ninja is entirely without honor, having used crude pepper spray on one of his burglary victims. He is suspected of perpetrating as many as 14 home invasion robberies over the last several months in the Staten Island area. Who can defend us from such an elemental force of evil?

The answer, citizens, is homeowner Phil Chiolo.

When the masked thief targeted Phil Chiolo's Long Island home, he made a near fatal mistake. Chiclo was home during the robbery, and the ninja attacked with blows to the chest and head. Luckily, Chiolo managed to grab a steak knife from his kitchen, and stab it into the ninja's chest "up to the handle".

Good lord! I think we all know there is only one type of person that can pull that kind of move on a ninja and live to tell the tale...the gold chain is a hint...

PIRATE FOR THE WIN.

Still, ninjas are not always so easily disposed of, and the masked man fled the scene with the knife still in his chest. I certainly hope we're not dealing with some sort of zombie-ninja hybrid here. He was last spotted in the backyard of another Staten Island resident, but hopefully having been stabbed in the chest will eventually cause him to give himself up.

Via monolouge

Weekanerd: Fighting Chocolate Pirates II Turbo

Frankly, if you're a real Geekanerd you should be in your house playing BioShock all weekend. But maybe you don't have an Xbox 360 or high-end PC or maybe you just feel the need to get out of the house. So for you sorry lot, here's some "cool" shit to do in New York this weekend.

Friday, August 24

• Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
  
• Dusk @ Hudson River Park's Pier 46, Manhattan
  

This is the kind of entertainment kids don't get anymore, so it'll be well worth it (FREE!) to go see them all traumatized by the hallucinatory tunnel boatride.

Saturday, August 25

• Jollyship the Whiz-Bang
  
• 10pm @ Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, Manhattan

This "Pyrate Puppet Rock Opera Consortium" is a puppet troupe, rock band, and theater production company that has garnered praise from all over. Their salty show should get you in the spirit for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which will be here before you know it.

Sunday, August 26

• STREET FIGHT! - The Street Fighter II Challenge
  
• 9pm @ Rope Bar, 415 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn
  

Throw down two bucks and flex your World Warriors on the SNES version of the classic fighter. The winner of the tourney gets all the cash and a sweet trophy. The losers get to sit at the bar and feel like E. Honda's butt cheese.