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We’ve found the best Nintendo Baby Room decor to level up your nursery. Whether it’s Pokemon, Super Mario, or Legend of Zelda these adorable decorations will inspire your gamer baby.

Nintendo has been a significant staple in many people’s lives. From the nostalgia of the retro games to the anticipation of the new releases, it’s no wonder Nintendo is incredibly popular to date. We’ve already featured Pokemon baby clothes, Legend of Zelda baby clothes, and Video game baby clothes but a gamer family can’t stop there. With all the fantastic characters and beloved series that can be incorporated into designing and decorating rooms, why not have a special nursery for your newborn dedicated to the world of Nintendo? From Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Kirby, and all the Nintendo consoles there is an endless amount of creativity that can be (incorporated) into a beautiful and nerdy nursery. 

We have curated a perfect list of baby blankets, teethers, nightlights, art prints, and everything else needed to create a darling nursery room full of iconic characters and series to truly bring out the passion of gaming within!

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While Frank Herbert wrote the Dune series, every director that has taken on the project to some degree has had their name attached to the story and its history. For example, in the 1980s there was David Lynch’s Dune (so panned, the director disowned it). In 2021 we experienced Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One.

Before Villeneuve and Lynch, there was another man whose attempt is so infamous that an entire documentary was made out of his vision and (kinda) failure. I’m talking about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune.

One of the very few copies of the storybook detailing Jodorowsky’s Dune is set to go up for auction at Christie’s later this month. Christie’s estimates the book’s worth at about $28,000 – 40,000. This is before accounting for the 25% buyer’s premium to pay for shipping, taxes, processing fees, and more. That’s a whole lot for a book.

So what’s the big deal about this book?

For one, the rarity. Christie’s (a major art dealer company) claims there are 20 or fewer copies in existence. Between Jodorowsky and Lynch’s attempts, for a long time, Dune was dubbed an impossible book to adapt for film. That is until this year’s movie, which has had mostly positive (but not without valid critiques) of Villeneuve’s adaptation, which primarily focuses on the beginning of the original book’s story.

While Jodorowsky’s Dune never happened, the mounting amount of art and creativity from those involved made a lasting impact on science fiction and its subgenres in Hollywood forever. Yes, it is fascinating to know Pink Floyd was attached to the project, as well as a cast that included Salvador Dalí, Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, and more. But the behind-the-scenes talent is one of the reasons the never-made film remains hugely relevant to film history.

Artists like Christopher Foss, Jean Giraud-Moebius, and H.R. Giger worked on the visual elements of Jodorowsky’s Dune that would never come to fruition (at least in a Dune movie). Later, they found success in franchises such as Star Wars, Aliens, and more, sometimes using similar frames and designs.

From the pages shared and animated in the 2014 documentary, Jodorowsky’s Dune alone, this storybook is a treasure trove of information. The plans for costumes, scenes, camera direction, set design, ship design, and much more—all are in this book.

The first many heard of the book (myself included) is when Jodorowsky shared in the 2014 documentary.

Jodorowsky and Moebius

Another fascinating element of this whole saga was the fact that (as the trailer shows) Jodorowsky never read Dune, but adored it conceptually. He also had some sort of a working relationship with Herbert during pre-production, where millions were spent, until the studio eventually nixed the project and later sold it. Jodorowsky loved the story (his development of it, at least) so much he wanted to put together a 14-hour science fiction event. Once you go over 4 hours, we have to call it “an event” at that point.

Even though it seems like Jodorowsky at times is frustrated that his efforts aren’t as well known, he doesn’t seem to harbor any ill will with the creatives that continue to work beyond Dune. For example, over a decade later he released the graphic novel The Incal with Moebius. The graphic novel takes visual and story elements from Jodorowsky’s Dune that I guess were never used because that would put them in a copyright situation possibly? In a way, The Incal may be the closest we can get to the storybook up for auction at Christie’s because it features two of its prominent creatives.

The Incal made news a few days back because it too is getting adapted. This time by none other than our New Zealand fave Taika Waititi. Jodorowsky is calling it “Waititi’s Incal.”

To the future owner of this book

Please, please, if you are reading this, upload a PDF of this book online or donate it to an institution that can navigate opening it to the public. Consider it a gift to science fiction nerds, film historians, archivists, and artists. I’m not sure if what I’m asking for is even legal, but it definitely sounds like a tax write-off. Think of your fellow Dune fans!

(via Gizmodo, image: screenshot from trailer.)

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We’re only two weeks away from the premiere of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Sony has just released the final trailer for the highly anticipated reboot/sequel. However, the spoiler-averse among us ought to avoid watching it, because there are plenty of reveals within the minute-long teaser.

***SPOILER ALERT BELOW***

As many suspected, Afterlife appears to feature the return of the first film’s Big Bad, Gozer the Gozarian. There were hints before that the Sumerian God of Destruction would return (i.e. the Stay Puft Marshmallow mini-men), but this new trailer sees the return of the iconic Terror Dogs, as they chase Paul Rudd through a department store. The Terror Dogs are also known as Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster, who hunt down and possess Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), whose ritual union brings forth the temple of Gozer.

And if that weren’t enough, the trailer opens with Ray Stantz’s voice-over from the original film, where he describes a quote from Revelations, which portends the arrival of Judgement Day. We also see flashbacks of Gozer’s arrival to New York City, as well as an outstretched arm that resembles Gozer’s (Slavitza Jovan) costuming. So yeah, it’s a safe bet to assume that Gozer is back for some revenge.

Gozer was last referenced in an end-credits scene in 2016’s Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, where Patty (Leslie Jones) hears the name “Zuul” while listening to an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) recording. A sequel would have likely brought Gozer back, but due to the film’s mixed ratings and poor reviews, the sequel was cancelled.

It makes sense to bring back such a major villain to the series, but hopefully the film won’t revisit too many plot points from the original. There’s said to be plenty fan service in the film, which could be a blessing or a curse, depending on where you stand.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife premieres in theaters on November 19.

(image: Sony)

• Britney Spears’ conservatorship may end on Friday. (via Yahoo! News)
• Emilio Estevez says he is pro-vaccine, but left The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers over creative differences. (via Deadline)
• Break out the dalgona: Squid Game is returning for a second season. (via Comicbook.com)

• Check out this Batman concept art for a cancelled Arkham Knight sequel. (via EuroGamer)
• A secret audio tape leaked of NRA board members discussing what to do in the wake of Columbine. (via NPR)

Well, I did not expect a duck to run in the #NYCMarathon yesterday but here we are.

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Afronerd Radio can now be heard LIVE courtesy of Apple Music/Itunes

What's up, loyal AFROnerdists! Due to time constraints, let's just get into it.  It's our latest Mid Week in Review episode, courtesy of the Afronerd Radio "steam engine" and broadcasting live on BTalk 100 this Wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern.  The topics to be discussed are: the long-awaited Netflix Black Western film, The Harder They Fall debuted today and we have our first impressions; three phenoms and icons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-Tina Turner, Jay-z and L.L. Cool J.  Perhaps it's been a long time coming but do they all fit the bill for being considered "Rock." (Tina Turner is a true rocker and should have been inducted years ago as a solo artist!); many pop culture enthusiasts are keenly aware of the highly touted Netflix hit from South Korea, The Squid Game but how many knew that there was a cryptocurrency of the same name?  Well, pray that you didn't know about this crypto or invested in it because it turns out that it was a well-orchestrated scam. We will discuss....          

And then there's the Morbius trailer.....again (when is this coming out again?)

And then there were some topics we failed to address during our Grindhouse show (tech problems, folks) such as the Facebook rebranding into "Metaverse"; the Iron Fist "rebranding" of sorts as well; a former "hobbit" (Elijah Wood) gets indirectly caught up in an NFT "racist" scandal and lastly, there were notable US elections that seem to be favorable for the Repubs (Virginia, specifically) based on Critical Race Theory as a red herring misapplied scare tactic.  Again....we'll get into it.