Nathan Fillion Is an Oddly Posed Geek God
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?Because Entertainment Weekly said so, that’s why. Actually, I have no problem with the title; in fact, I’m posting the new, Fillion-adorned EW cover for two reasons:
1) I’m running a “Hot Chicks of Buck Rogers” list next week, and I wanted to run some sort of ogle-worthy pic for ladies and gay men. You know I prefer equal opportunity ogling. I understand it’s the two aren’t equivalent, but it’s what I got for the moment., Feel free to email me some additional suggestions.
2) What the fuck is Nathan Fillion doing on the cover? I don’t mean why is he there — I mean, what is he physically doing? Dancing? Jazz hands? Miming that he’s about to step in dog shit? Ladies and gentlemen, I need your potential explanations in the comments, please, as well as any suggested things Fillion might be saying. It’s the only way I’m going to get through this.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.