Does the world need another Mortal Kombat movie? No, probably not, but that won’t stop Hollywood from attempting to exploit a license that was last hot in 1994. Word on the street is that Warner Bros. wants to, yes, “reboot” the series. (Note: You cannot reboot a dead computer, so I don’t know if it’s possible to reboot a dead movie franchise.) To that end it has hired Oren Uziel to write the script. You’ve probably never heard of Uziel, but he wrote Shimmer Lake. You’ve probably never heard of that, either.

This is good news for, well, Uziel, who does, to be fair, have quite a bit of lore to work with. Granted, most of that lore is a hodgepodge of flimfam, but I’m sure a long weekend can be spent parsing through Outworld this, thunder god that.

Of course, this is all what horror site Bloody Disgusting was told. If it ends up being false, blame them.

Or, actually, don’t blame anyone, because I’ve been reading about a third Mortal Kombat since a 1997 issue of GamePro magazine.

Clearly we need a YouTube clip to remind us of godawful Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was. (The first movie wasn’t terrible. It can be watched without wanting to jump out a window.)

via Destructiod

By Chris Scott Barr

Lets say you’re in the kitchen, and you’ve decided to heat something up in the microwave. You’ve got two, maybe three minutes to kill, what do you do with the time? Chances are you’ll just stand there staring at your food as it spins round and round. Well wouldn’t it be cool if you could watch a quick YouTube clip to pass the time? Soon you may be able to do that very thing, right from your microwave.

The Castoven is a working prototype microawave which features a built-in 10.4-inch LCD screen in the door, along with a pair of speakers. When put something I to cook, it finds a random YouTube clip (of a similar length of time) and plays it while your food is cooked. It does however, currently require you to have it hooked up to a computer to work. It’s possible that they may be able build one directly into the unit in the future. No word on whether they plan on releasing this to the public for sale, or if it will simply be another concept gadget to tease us. (Video after the jump.)

[ Asiajin ] VIA [ CrunchGear ]

Really? This was it? Some choppy footage and few dudes high-fiving in what we’re pretty sure to be a Kinko’s? This is what it looks like when Man bombs the moon at 5,600mph??

I mean, I’m all for science. ALL for it. Can’t get enough of it. I’d marry it if i could—really—nd I’m married now. So that means I’d need to ruin my life my getting a divorce, then woo science, then drop all the cash on some destination wedding or something while trying to forget about that story science told me regarding the high school football team, vodka and one of those bottles of green ketchup.

But this mission should have been, like, the most ridiculously awesome thing we’ve ever seen. We rammed a whole Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) straight into our closest galactic buddy. And all we got was this stinkin’ YouTube clip without the actual impact. (Even MailOnline is sobbing about it.)

NASA has a press conference later today, during which they’ll share findings from the mission. It’s possible we could get some better media then. And as an entitled taxpayer with a penchant flash and dazzle, I’m certainly hoping so. [LCROSS and YouTube]

Have you every wanted to learn how to download YouTube clips? If so look no further! The process to directly download YouTube videos is very simple. The only tools you will need are a web browser and a.flv video download program. These programs can be purchased in premium versions that run at various pricing levels, or you can find a free.flv player download program on various download websites.

To begin, open your favorite web browser and find the option to view the source code of the page where the YouTube video is located that you wish to download. Many web browsers have this option in the ‘view’ tab. When you view the source code you will see the webpages coding. You will then need to search the document for the following file extension:.flv.

The.flv file extension will be at the end of a long link. You will need to copy this link and place it into your.flv download program and click the ‘download’ button. When you do this the program will download the YouTube clip that you desire to download.

Many of these.flv download programs will then allow you to choose a popular media extension to convert the program into. This will allow you to keep the video and play it any media program that you have and use on your computer.

Other.flv video download programs actually let you simply place the link to the page that contains your desired YouTube video into the program, and it will actually search the coding for you. This cuts out the first step of searching for the.flv extension. Most people prefer this method since it saves time.

Whichever method you choose you will discover that it is easy to learn how to download YouTube clips. In fact, it is so simple that a person with little computer experience can do it easily and effectively.