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  • But will it explode splatter-style like the heads in Scanners, or more metallic and CGI, like when Robert Patrick's T-1000 takes a magazine's worth of bullets to the skull?

    MIND MELD: Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction? 2009

  • Because I think it might make his head explode, "Scanners"-style.

    SC priest says no communion for Obama voters - Feministing 2008

  • And if you somehow do manage to hold out without having your brain explode "Scanners" - style, you will have the upper nerd-hand in all of your friendships.

    RCR Wireless News Dan Meyer 2010

  • And if you somehow do manage to hold out without having your brain explode "Scanners" - style, you will have the upper nerd-hand in all of your friendships.

    RCR Wireless News Dan Meyer 2010

  • Remember the iconic scene in Scanners, where the guy’s head explodes?

    Think Progress » Schumer recommends Obama nominate first openly gay man for federal court seat. 2010

  • Remember the iconic scene in Scanners, where the guy’s head explodes?

    Think Progress » Schumer recommends Obama nominate first openly gay man for federal court seat. 2010

  • Titled Scanners, after the 1981 David Cronenberg film, the project is essentially a curated bookstore, a subjective read and re-display of quirky selections sourced from flea markets and garage sales and displayed with an eye to snarky juxtaposition and cultural studies camp a gay porn novel knowingly placed atop the Feminine Mystique being one obvious example, yet other sections earnestly included used copies of currently fashionable critical theory and architectural analysis.

    Glen Helfand: Media of the Month Glen Helfand 2011

  • Titled Scanners, after the 1981 David Cronenberg film, the project is essentially a curated bookstore, a subjective read and re-display of quirky selections sourced from flea markets and garage sales and displayed with an eye to snarky juxtaposition and cultural studies camp a gay porn novel knowingly placed atop the Feminine Mystique being one obvious example, yet other sections earnestly included used copies of currently fashionable critical theory and architectural analysis.

    Glen Helfand: Media of the Month Glen Helfand 2011

  • Titled Scanners, after the 1981 David Cronenberg film, the project is essentially a curated bookstore, a subjective read and re-display of quirky selections sourced from flea markets and garage sales and displayed with an eye to snarky juxtaposition and cultural studies camp a gay porn novel knowingly placed atop the Feminine Mystique being one obvious example, yet other sections earnestly included used copies of currently fashionable critical theory and architectural analysis.

    Glen Helfand: Media of the Month Glen Helfand 2011

  • Titled Scanners, after the 1981 David Cronenberg film, the project is essentially a curated bookstore, a subjective read and re-display of quirky selections sourced from flea markets and garage sales and displayed with an eye to snarky juxtaposition and cultural studies camp a gay porn novel knowingly placed atop the Feminine Mystique being one obvious example, yet other sections earnestly included used copies of currently fashionable critical theory and architectural analysis.

    Glen Helfand: Media of the Month Glen Helfand 2011

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