Pacific Rim - Official Trailer [HD]

Nostalgia Critic: Signs

SFDebris: Alien

Nostalgia Critic: Alien Resurrection

Young Justice: Invasion - Episode 2

Earthlings

Flights of Fanon: Connected Universes

Out of the depths of the Internet, there has arisen a new Rule. Rule 50. This is the rule that, if it exists, it'll crossover something else at some point. Much like how Rule 34 is "if it exists, there's porn of it" (even Casstoons bizarrely), or Rule 63's "if there is a male character, there will be a female version of them existing in fanart or vice versa".

It's not too unusual for crossovers to occur in fiction, and they're normally the result of works having the same creative team or company. So Superman and Batman meet as they're both owned by DC Comics, for example. But there have been cases were little references were dropped that open up new and exciting, albeit confusing in some cases, story options for the fans, which technically can't be explored due to the clash of tones/licencing laws. Actual, proper crossovers will probably never happen... but it would be fun if they did. Here are four examples of unusual shared universes that I have discovered.

Five Lesser Known 90s Cartoons

The Nineties were an odd time for cartoons. For every Batman: the Animated Series which managed to grab a slice of longterm nostalgia, there were at least five other shows that managed to disappear into the gloom, only to emerge later to the horror of innocent viewers later on.

Here are a couple of those such shows. Some good, some bad, some downright bizarre, but all not really that well remembered by people these days. So here goes!

Darkest Hour Trailer

Following on the heels of Battle: Los Angeles and Attack the Block!, it's Moscow-based alien invasion pic Darkest Hour, in which American tourists find themselves trapped in the city during an invasion by mysterious energy beings...

Trailer-pa-looza!

The Howling remakey thing, where they've made it into a tg version of Twilight. Woo.


The Thing prequel, confusingly called the Thing, which I think actually looks good,


And the trailer for the John Carter of Mars movie, which I'm sure will draw Avatar comparisions because people are dumb and don't know which came first.