Dell, a spinoff 'Star Wars,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

"'Tell them how they'll have to do it today...' The Big Face speaks but his bass words are muffled by the euphonic woodwinds and my own fears.

"If there is a bottom to the moat, I have never seen it. As hard as I try to peer, to gaze, to focus, all I can see is fog below. Dipped into the fog like donuts to steaming hot coffee, a row of rings - 'ancient rings,' the Big Face calls it - hanging by a vine."

"'When Kirk gives the signal...' the five most horrifyingly scary words, six syllables. The Jovial Hosts asks Big Face if he's ready. 'Yessssssss,' he lazily draws out, in a manner that suggests his bloodlust would fit well only among the most sadistic of mortal souls.

"'On your mark, get set,...' I don't hear 'go,' but I do see the splashes. My companion goes first, followed soon by me. As I wait, though, I see a Silver Snake struggle, trapped in a harness of three rings, his arms sifting wildly through the mist. I never saw him make the other ring. In fact, I never saw him again in all the years since the event - though admittedly, I haven't been actively looking to recount my experience or seek painful reminders."

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[mrcomedylover22]

whoever is the graphic designer at the Verge.... BRAVO THIS IS PERHAPS THE BEST LOOKING SITE/VIDEOS/EVERYTHING YOU EVER RELEASE EVER!!!! AWSOME JOB ITS A VISUAL WONDERLAND.. your work is amazing.

[Isaac Davis]

Fuck you Ross is my boy.

[Vishal Ponugoti]

really? I didn't start watching it when he was doing it I guess. :P

[Luke Chambers]

LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN MOONBASE WAT?

[Luke Chambers]

BLUE BARRACUDAS!

[Sonu03785]

thats a young steve wozniaki he came back from a time machine for 90 seconds to show Hobbs SMOKING Torretto

[Gil110802]

hahhaha i thought that my Flash player EXPLOTE! because of that new design of the verge! :P

[Carlil Jean]

#StopTheFastAndTheFuriousSerie­s2013

[Raveesh Bhalla]

I think I'm always going to call JJ Abrahams "Jar Jar" from now on. Oh, how the trekkies would hate me even more because of it.

[Luca Gattoni-Celli]

Nice ad, Verge

[Bryon Letterman]

"Jar Jar Abrams..." I see what you did there.

[Tom McGrath]

Quite like the sound of stand-alone Star Wars films. They could be quite good, allowing th