A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

• Apparently McDonalds franchisees have been complaining about having to advertise for the dollar menu, their point being that it makes little sense to pay extra to publicize something that brings in less revenue. So McDonalds is considering changing things, starting with the double cheeseburger. Specifically, they're thinking about either making it more expensive, or taking the cheese off. If they go with the latter option, we're assuming they'd change the name to the double burger? Hmm. Just doesn't have the same ring to it. (Via Sarah)
• Comics Daily attempts the difficult task of listing how many times Jean Grey actually died, and posts some fun Jean Grey death stats over on our favorite LJ community, scans_daily.
• The Onion points out that what Favre really wants is a time machine. (Via Sarah)
• The first level of Super Mario Bros., in scarf form. Brilliant! (Via Sarah)
• Apparently there's a series of young adult novels about six children genetically engineered to fly who escape from those experimenting on them and are subsequently pursued by a pack of human-wolf hybrids. It's called Maximum Ride, and it's coming to the big screen.
• Looks like the rumor has been confirmed: Brad Pitt has officially signed on to star in Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. He'll play a "Tennessee hillbilly who assembles a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers." Awesome.
• An early script review for V: The Movie has hit the web.
• Check out a totally freaking hilarious alternate theme song for Quantum of Solace.

• Barry Levinson is set to direct an adaptation of Peter Dexter's novel Train, a story set in 1950s Southern California. It's the story of a murder investigation that delves into city politics and racism, and it's said to be "in the style of L.A. Confidential." We're sold!
• The latest Watchmen production journal is online, this time dealing with the design and construction of the Owlship. (Via)
• Sometimes we think Stan Lee needs a handler. Paris Hilton says Lee's putting her in a cartoon for MTV, in which she will portray a superhero. (Via Sarah)
• USA Today has new photos from The Road, which are so accurate to the images in our head after reading the novel that it's almost scary. In fact, it is scary. We're scared now. (Via)
• Check out a rather amusing fake trailer for an NC-17-rated film featuring Megan Fox as Mother Teresa. We're still waiting for that all-nude movie Megan Fox wanted to do. But we're kind of hoping that one won't involve Mother Teresa.
• EA says Godfather 2 will ship for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in February 2009.
• The lead designer of Diablo III reveals that after they've established it as its own game, they'd be willing to look at adding back in classes from the earlier games, such as the Necromancer.
• Check out the hilarious trailer for LAN Party Massacre, which may actually be a real film.
• We have the release date for Fable 2, and the news that Master Chief is making a cameo! Sort of.
• Warner Music's top executive says game companies should pay more to the music industry in order to include licensed songs in their music-based games.
• Another disgusting Japanese drink: Pet Sweat! It appears to be just another brand of bottled water with a really bad name, but... who can say for sure? (Via Sarah)
• Believe it or not, The Pretenders are putting out a new album called Break Up the Concrete on September 23, 2008. XPN has a free download of one of the new tracks. It's really good!
• Sony has signed writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to write the script for its new take on Flash Gordon.
• British actress Rebecca Hall has joined Colin Firth in the cast of the upcoming film version of The Portrait of Dorian Gray.
• Russian action star/bodybuilder/producer/author Alexander Nevsky will star in Hercules: The Beginning, a retelling the classic Greek myth.
• Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Zakk Wylde will appear as playable avatars in Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Ozzy classics "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" will be on the track list.
• The ISB found the greatest origin recap in the history of comics. (Via)
• Warren Ellis explains his simple idea for a teleportation device. It would just be a computer that you could plug some coordinates into, and it would then solve an equation proving to the entire space-time continuum that you are in fact in the other place described by those coordinates. Once that was done, you would suddenly be in that location. Easy!
• Check out a cool new teaser for the upcoming season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In other Terminator news, there's a rumor that Linda Hamilton might reprise her role as Sarah Connor in flashbacks in Terminator Salvation.
• A two-hour Battlestar Galactica "special event", which will air in 2009, after the series' final episodes, has been announced. It'll be set prior to the Cylon attack that started the series and will focus on Cavil, Sam Anders, and Chief Galen Tyrol. Edward James Olmos will direct. Interesting...
• According to LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez, Clone Wars will deliver "the ultimate lightsaber dueling experience." Without the Wii MotionPlus? Hmm... We'll wait and see, thanks.
• Apparently that Ghostbusters video game that keeps appearing and disappearing may still become a reality. Anyway, the boss at the game's development company says it "will be published."
• It's the Top Ten Songs With Sexually Suggestive Food Metaphors! Yummy. (Via Sarah)

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