Today is April Fool ’s sidereal day , April 1st , that cursed of holidays , bane of blogger and too - online social media addicts everywhere . While I ’ve already highlightedmy personal favoriteApril Fools ’ Day muzzle , there ’s a stack more where that came from . Some of them are n’t half bad , either . So use this post as both a roundup of the handful of April Fools ’ Day jokes we could really suffer here on io9 , and a prick for finding out the truth in the wide worldly concern of superheroes , comic , and various nerdy things .
The Director of Shazam Releases a “Teaser Trailer”
David F. Sandberg , managing director of Shazam and owner of the mythic twitter treat @ponysmasher , share a coup d’oeil of his upcoming cinema . arrive ta admit , that ’s a solid reference .
I ’m just going to leave this here … ⚡ ️pic.twitter.com/xt2KeSJTN2
— David F. Sandberg ( @ponysmasher)April 1 , 2018
Toonami Finally Embrace Subs Over Dubs
Every gum anime nerd worth their saltiness knows that submarine are good than dubs . The Japanese vocalism player just have more dignity , adult male ! Anyway , last night Cartoon connection ’s Toonami finally reward the true statement , not only airing its normal bumpers and promos in Japanese , but premiere , in subtitled Japanese , the first episode of the much - anticipated FLCL revival , calendar month in advance of the overactive mecha anime ’s planned spillage .
WOAH#Toonamipic.twitter.com/3DZ3JChWPJ
— YOUR ANIME GUY ( @youranimeguy)April 1 , 2018
Dang , that ’s really pretty awful .
[ ComicBook.com ]
Tom Holland and Edgar Wright Are Collaborating on a Ferris Bueller Reboot
They ’re not , but I would watch that .
[ Screen Rant ]
Dragon Ball’s Website Becomes a Shrine to Android 17
Recently , Dragon Ball Super came to an oddment , and to celebrate the prescribed Dragon Ball land site in Japan rebranded today in honor of the unlikely panjandrum of the last arc : Android 17 .
It ’s already April 1st in Japan : " In recognition of Android 17 ’s great efforts in the Tournament of Power , from this day onward the Dragon Ball Official Site shall be born-again as the Android 17 prescribed Site"pic.twitter.com/6Q9jzfcGsB
— Todd Blankenship ( @Herms98)March 31 , 2018
ThinkGeek is selling Klingon alphabet magnets for your fridge.
These arepretty full-strength .
Jeff Goldbloom is in The Simpsons Now
Videogame web site Gamespot somehow convinced Jeff Goldblum to read Seymour Skinner ’s part in the infamous ( and infamously memed ) “ Steamed Hams ” number from The Simpsons . They posted the results on Twitter .
https://twitter.com/embed/status/980463548030771201
Ken Jeong is Short Round?!
covert Rantclaims that Ken Jeong has been cast as Short Round in Indiana Jones 5 , which both is n’t true and is genuinely perplexing , as there are only three Indiana Jones motion picture . What ’s that about refrigerator ? Huh ?
Our Sister Nation, Wakanda
San Antonio , TX , a town I lived in for several age in case you were concerned , has announced a young Sister City relationship for the historic urban center , with Wakanda . Cute .
San Antonio is thrilled to herald its new Sister City relationship with the nation of Wakanda !
We look forward to future ethnical , economic , and educational exchange – specifically link to the use of the freshly discovered fabric ‘ Vibranium’!pic.twitter.com / RnCV9pJUdu
— San Antonio Global Engagement Office ( @COSAIRO)April 1 , 2018
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