Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Arthur Remixed

No explanation. Suck on this, internet.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Two Great Videos, One Great Song

First, watch this video.



Sweet, wasn't it? Now, let the video below pre-load, then hit play, wait about 15 seconds, and hit replay on the video above. The music from the first video (Lightning Bolt - The Faire Folk) goes perfectly with this time-lapse run through Houston's ship channel.



We just made art together. I feel very close to you right now.

This One Time...

Incredibly creative, well-animated, and downright cute animation.

This one time... from nelson boles on Vimeo.

Monday, May 4, 2009

The Hunt For Gollum

The Hunt For Gollum is one of the best fan films I've ever seen. It's well-shot, well-acted, faithful to the source material, and fairly innovative. How do you solve the problem of a featured character who exists on film only as the result of expensive motion capture technology? Easy; stick him in a burlap sack for 90% of his screen time. It's 38 minutes long, but definitely worth the time, so go watch it.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Bollywood's Bruce Li

No, that's not a typo. After Bruce Lee died, there was what was called the "Bruceploitation" movement in martial arts films, with actors named Bruce Li, Le, Lei, Lie, and many other variations all biting on The Dragon's style and making money off his name. The reason I say this is Bollywood's Bruce Li and not Lee is because the fake Bruces were known for creating fight scenes so laughably bad they achieved a kind of tragicomic gloriousness. Like this scene.



Best Moment: At the 3:40 mark, a random bad guy (maybe the main bad guy, not really sure) randomly abducts what is either a child, a midget, Little Superstar, or a Zuni warrior doll.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Auto-Tune the News

God I hope they do more of these. Katie Couric sounds awesome.