Many critics and moviegoers alike have laughed at Avatar’s element of value — Unobtanium. For those of you who don’t know, Unobtanium is not a real element, but is a real word used in the world of science. Derived from unobtainable + -ium, Wikipedia says the word is used to refer to “any extremely rare, costly, or physically impossible material needed to fulfill a given design for a given application.” And while it isn’t explained in the film itself, Cameron’s original scriptment explains that the element was given the faux scientific joke term, and it stuck. Anyhow, /Film reader churrs27 pointed me towards this awesome Unobtanium t-shirt on Busted Tees. Printed on Royal Blue Na’vi-colored t-shirt, and available for $20.
We’ve featured a bunch of New Zealand artist Glenn Jones t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff. This week Glennz released a new Back to the Future parody tee. And anyone who has been following the site for more than a week knows that I’m absolutey obsessed with Back to the Future (yes, I do own a hoverboard and a flux capacitor), so it seems like a no-brainer that I’d feature this design in Cool Stuff. The T-shirt design is titled “Stuck in the Past” and is printed on silver American Apparel shirt for $19.95 plus shipping.
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Woot’s T-Shirt of the Day is a funny Star Wars parody featuring Admiral Ackba playing with a finger trap. You guessed it, the t-shirt design is titled “It’s A Trap!” Available for only $10 with free shipping. But buy now as it will only be available today (unless it gets voted one of the best t-shirts of the month, and then it will be available again).
We’ve featured a bunch of New Zealand-based artist Glenn Jones t-shirts in previous editions of Cool Stuff. His latest shirt, Lost & Found, is a parody for the television show LOST.
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We’ve featured some of Dutch Southern’s t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff. Their latest tee is called Shermer, IL and was designed by Evanimal. Film geeks will recognize the name of the town as the fictional suburban location of many of John Hughes’ teen comedies. And you may have guessed it, the t-shirt design is a tribute to John Hughes and some of his characters, printed on a white American Apparel tee.
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/Film reader Ken H alerted me that Shirt Woot’s shirt of the Day is a Back to the Future parody. And anyone who has been following the site for a week or two should probably know, Back tot the Future is my favorite film of all time — so yes, I have to feature it. Tgentry’s 1985 B.C. T-Shirt design puts the classic 1980’s Robert Zemeckis film in hyrogyphic form. Available for $10… but for one day, and one day only. Buy it now on woot.com.
It is pop sulture week over at Teefury (which may explain why you’ll be seeing a bunch of their t-shirts featured on the site). Today’s T-shirt is designed by Monkey X. Shawarma Initiative is a LOST-parody. Shawarma is a middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap containing of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a halal mixture of meats. The artist speculates that Shawarma might be the most favorite dish of Sayid. The Tee also features a reference to Oceanic Airlines. The bad news is that the t-shirt is only being sold for 24 hours, today (Tuesday, January 5th 2010) only. The good news is that the t-shirt is only $9, plus $2 shipping. Check out the full design after the jump.
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Teefury’s T-shirt of the day is designed by Raz. Spock, Paper, Scissors is inspired by the geek version of the famous game Rock, Paper, Scissors — Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, made popular in the mainstream by The Big Bang Theory (embedded after the jump_. The bad news is that the t-shirt is only being sold for 24 hours, today (Monday, January 4th 2010) only. The good news is that the t-shirt is only $9, plus $2 shipping. Check out the full design after the jump.
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Teefuy t-shirt of the day is designed by Sergio37. GandALF is a mash-up of Alf and the wizard Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings series. The bad news is that the t-shirt is only being sold for 24 hours, today (Saturday, January 2nd 2010) only. The good news is that the t-shirt is only $9, plus $2 shipping. Check out the full design after the jump.
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TeeFury’s t-shirt of the day is a Star Wars design by Thomas G. Sullivan. The t-shirt is a parody of J. Howard Miller’s WWII-era call to action piece “We Can Do It!”, an iconic feminist image appeared on magazines, newspapers and posters, and helped increase women’s earning power and acceptance into male-dominated trades. The bad news is that Teefury will be selling the t-shirt for one day, and one day only — Sunday December 27th. The good news is that the t-shirt is on sale for only $9 plus shipping. Check out the full design after the jump.
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