Today in Movie Culture: Bill Nye on 'Star Trek' vs. 'Star Wars,' BB-8 Cake Recipe and More

By Christopher Campbell

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Star Wars vs. Star Trek:

Shockingly, not everyone is super excited for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve already heard from Neil deGrasse Tyson on why he favors Star Trek to Star Wars, but now Bill Nye chimes in, as well (via Geek Tyrant):

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Dessert of the Day:

If you are excited about the new Star Wars and want another way to celebrate next week’s opening, here’s how to make a tasty BB-8 droid cake (via Neatorama):

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Movie Mashup of the Day:

We know so little about Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so maybe he actually will turn out to be a folk singer on the side (via Jason Gorber):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato and the Honest Trailers guy offer 30 reasons that Ant-Man is the same movie as Honey I Blew Up the Kid. Not Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Or Iron Man.

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Ang Lee directs Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain, which opened in limited release 10 years ago today.

Documentary Parody of the Day:

Edward Snowden is an elf at the North Pole leaking Santa’s nice and naughty list in this Lego animation Citizenfour parody — or maybe it’s a premature parody of Oliver Stone’s Snowden (via Indiewire):

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Cosplay of the Day:

Gender-swapped cosplay is always interesting, and here’s a female Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy to prove it (via Fashionably Geek):

Filmmaker in Focus:

Here’s a clever short film starring Alfred Hitchcock made with his many cameos in his own films and introductions in their trailers (via One Perfect Shot):

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Meme of the Day:

Feeling confused and way behind on your movie viewing this time of year while everyone else is all excited about awards season? This entry in the Confused John Travolta meme illustrates what you’re going through:

I love this one #VincentVega pic.twitter.com/XufllctTxf

— Phil Edwards (@Live_for_Films) December 9, 2015

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 50th anniversary of the premiere broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Watch the original ad for the CBS animated holiday special below.

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