This is amazing. German design students Felix Meyer and Pascal Monaco gave 35 movies the minimalist treatment and put together a crazy collage of classic film. It’s called “35 Movies in 2 Minutes” or just “35MM.”
I got 21. How many did you get?
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This video is not only stunning, but also facinating (and totally deserving of the Academy Award). Who knew you could be over six and care about Ronald McDonald? Not I.
This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short. In this film there are two pieces of licensed music, in the beginning and in the end. All the other music and sound design are original. The opening track (Dean Martin “Good Morning Life”) and closing track (The Ink Spots “I don’t want to send the world on fire”) songs are licensed pre-existing tracks. All original music and sound is by, human (www.humanworldwide.com)
(Via Gary McGinty)
Good news everyone! Futurama is coming back with brand new episodes on June 24th, starting with a one-hour premier. It’s the first new episode in seven years! HUZZAH!
Comedy Central has just released the first minute and a half of that new episode, so give it a go if you can’t wait (like me).
"Forever Young" - My first article for Splice Today
I’ve begun professionally freelancing for the online pop-culture magazine, Splice Today, founded by publisher Russ Smith. Above is a link for my first article, a peice on Heath Ledger’s actuall last movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Give it a read!
Wrong Way
Oh no, the sequel to Wall Street is being delayed. Now what will I not watch Michael Douglas in?
Fox is holding Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 film about finance titan Gordon Gekko, till September 24. The movie’s original release date was April 23, but Fox thinks the film has a good chance of being included in the Cannes Film Festival, which his begins May 12. Money Never Sleepspicks up 23 years after we last saw Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, who in has just been released from prison. Gekko tries to warn Wall Street of pending economic doom, but no one listens. According to Variety, Fox thinks the film works better in the fall than summer.
(Variety)
No, no, I get it. Because in the summer, people want to be outside, and in the fall, people suddenly want to see terrible sequels. It makes perfect sense to me.
A Comic Life
Can you put a price tag on a hero? Aparently, yes, and if he’s in really good condition, he’s worth a solid mil.
A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold for $1 million on Monday, a new record for a comic book. The 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 was sold by a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom disclosed their names. Previous copies of the book had sold for between $300,000 and $450,000, but this particular copy was in great condition—an 8 out of 10. According to its cover, it originally cost 10 cents.
I don’t know…if the pricetag says 10 cents, then you should only have to pay 10 cents. That’s just logic.
This is pretty neat - it’s a side by side comparison of LOST’s plane scene in the pilot and the final season. Now you can examine all the little differences and wonder what they mean - Like, what’s up with Jack’s hair! WHY IS IT SO LONG IN SEASON SIX!!! (Yes, out of all the things to wonder about, this is what confuses me.)
Uggggggggggggggggghhhhh…
I didn’t want to believe it could happen … and now it happened … and now I am sad.
The giant blue Na’vi lovers have outdone Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Titantic’s historic benchmark fell early Monday, and the 3-D Avatar is Hollywood’s new champion. James Cameron’s latest film overtook its predecessor’s record of $1.242 billion with a total of $1.292 billion worldwide through Sunday. It was the sixth consecutive weekend thatAvatar grossed more than $100 million on the foreign circuit. Key locations included France, Germany, the U.K., South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Spain.Avatar is now the biggest-grossing film of all time in China, Spain, Russia, Hong Kong, and Chile. If you take inflation into account, however, then Gone with the Wind (which grossed at least $6 billion in today’s dollars) is still Hollywood’s king. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Now, I have made it no secret that I didn’t particularly enjoy Avatar. Sure, it was pretty, but, really, nothing more than pretty. (If you removed all dialog from this film, you would have the exact same movie - and if that doesn’t say anything about it’s weak cliche-filled plot, then what does?) At least Titanic had a story - not a story I ever needed to see more than once, mind you, but a story none-the-less. Avatar, you and you 3-Dness can go straight to film hell.
In fact, I’m so annoyed by this, here are Alex’s Top 10 List of Blue Things Better than Avatar:
- Captain Planet - The power? Why, it’s yours!
- The Ocean - It’s like a gigantic aquarium.
- The Sky - It’s like The Ocean, but in reverse.
- The Smurfs - One chick, 800 dudes - I don’t like their odds for survival.
- The iTunes Logo - Yay for music that I promise is not stolen illegally… Super promise.
- Bloo from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends - Someone’s imagery friend was the color Blue. That’s one seriously messed up child.
- Emotions - Like how I felt when I read this article. Saaaaaaaad.
- Jeans - Not genes. Blue genes, come on now, that’s just weird…you’re weird.
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Ok, I can’t think of anymore. That’s how depressed this thing has made me. ARE YOU HAPPY JIM? ARE YOU!
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I’m not happy.
At a New Years party, My friend Jesse brought up the classic ’90s show “Nickarcade.” Basically, it was two teams of kids who answered trivia questions and played video games to win prizes. Sounds awesome? It was, but I’d forgotten all about it. Then, days later (and very strangely), Attack of the Show also mentions it with this hilarious video. At this point, I had to track it down.
And so, I present to you: “Good Games vs. Stupid Children.”
ABC just put out it’s latest version of the LOST recap video - meaning, you can get completely caught up for the last season (starting in February) in just over eight minutes.
Excuse me for a moment, I have to go jump around the room in anticipated joy.
-Alex
*ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!*
