Until Tupac Shakur appeared last weekend at Coachella, it would have been hard to think of a hologram as anything but crazy nerdy. Remember "X-Men" villain Genesis, whose mutant power was the ability to project other people's memories in the form of holograms? I didn't think so. One need not go for such a deep cut: we've got Princess "You're My Only Hope" Leia, shimmering "Harry Potter" characters inside Universal Studios' Wizarding World, and too many holodeck-focused "Star Trek" episodes to count.
But now, for better or for worse (and until Biggie Smalls or "Star Trek 2" deliver a more kickass rendering of a 3-D image), Tupac's computer-generated doppelganger reigns as the coolest hologram in pop culture. That's why Hologram Tupac is Splash Page's Hero of the Week.
Though news of Holo-pac's Coachella resurrection leaked days before he appeared at the music festival, no one actually thought it was going to be so damn awesome. And without a doubt, there were legions of stoned concertgoers who thought they'd taken some bad acid when the MC materialized on stage saying, "What up, Coachella?" a full 15 years after he was gunned down in Las Vegas. Whether you knew it was coming or not, the stunt was nothing short of miraculous. It looked just real enough to be, well, real. The swagger was there. The voice was there. Tupac was there.
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Five Reasons Why 'Dark Knight Rises' Will Own 'Avengers'
Posted 3/7/12 1:00 pm EST by Eric Ditzian in Commentary, DC Comics, Marvel
As a kind "Talk Nerdy" viewer suggested last week, the "two nerds on the sides of the set" should quit whining about "The Avengers" before the film has hit theaters. He's not wrong. But as one of the nerds in question, I don't think I'm going to follow that advice.
Like my "Nerdy" colleague Brain Phares, I'm approaching "Avengers" with caution, especially after the latest trailer left me underwhelmed. I'm very excited, but I'm also worried. That's not how I feel about "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie that I only get more jazzed about with each new bit of promo material. In fact, I'm going to call it now: "TDKR" is going to own "Avengers" this summer. Here are five reasons why.
Incepting the Audience
Christopher Nolan made an entire movie in reverse chronological order, and it kicked ass. He's made two "Batman" movies, and they slayed my nerdy soul. He made a movie set in four different dream worlds, and it was one of the best movies of the new millennium. Honestly, how the eff Christopher Nolan plans on topping himself, I have no idea. I'm pumped to find out.
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