Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web for you. Today you’ll find an amazing Nightmare Before Christmas cake; the rejected pitches for The Birds; find out what the Gosling/Shia/JGL method; and find out where you can buy Optimus Prime and Grimlock hoodies. All that and more on this edition of SR’s Geek Picks!

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Rejected Pitches: The Birds
People being scared by a bunch of birds apparently is not Alfred Hitchcock’s idea of a joke.
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How To Survive As An Adult Actor
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The Next Best Thing To A Swamp Thing Short Film
Wandering a dark forest, a solitary creature encounters something unknown with only curiosity to lead the way.
Gloam is a short film by David Elwell & Gareth Hughes.
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That Avengers game looks like the s***tiest movie game I’ve ever seen
Injured Stormtrooper … best one of the week
injuried stormtooper is very good. Great costumes!
Then there’s the Mega Man hoodie..
http://www.geekologie.com/2012/09/yes-no-mega-man-hoodie-with-integrated-a.php
Poor Bane… stuck in the abyss known as the Friend Zone.
Ugh, such a shame the Avengers get stuck with a cheap Kinect game
And man, I’ve never seen the Ninja Turtles look so bloodthirsty. I like it
Me Grimlock waaaant.