Zach Lipovsky
June 30, 2007 | 1 Comment
The following video is “Die Hardly Working” by budding director Zach Lipovsky who is making his name on the reality show On the Lot. The show is good, but not great. However, it is worth watching to catch a glimpse of what Lipovsky manages to throw together under short time lines. This latest video is definitely my favorite, even though it uses none of his trademark effects wizardry. In this video a few bored coworkers stage a mock fight which is totally over the top and wonderfully entertaining.
If you enjoyed this, you may enjoy some of the other shorts he has done. Below are the other four in the order they debuted on the show.
Entry Video, “Filmmaker attacked by aliens”:
“Time Out”
“Danger Zone”
“Sunshine Girl”
DotA Music Video by Basshunter
June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
I’m not sure what’s more shocking about this video to me. Is it the idea that in Sweden a techno song about could be written about DotA? That the song could go to number 6 on the Swedish music charts? Or that after a night of DotA one would go out clubbing with a large group of super-model hot women all over them? Madness.
Check out some of these lyrics:
We’re sitting here in Ventrilo
playing some DotA.
We push on and we’re owning,
with the opposition we’re toying.
Running around creeping
the opponents we’re sleeping.
This Basshunter guy kinda scares me.
Tags: basshunter, creeping, creeps, defense of the ancients, dota, music, music video, song, ventrilo, video
Transformers Burger King Ad
June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments
Optimus Prime shows up at the Burger King drive through, argues to be allowed to order, transforms as a loophole, and is still denied for having no driver! Awesome. Is this the first time we’ve seen him speak?
Tags: burger king, funny, movie, Optimus Prime, prime, speak, transformers, video
Moldy Snack!
June 25, 2007 | 2 Comments
Looking for your daily dose of disgusting? MoldySnack.com might just have what you are looking for. This site, created by a group of friends and me, centers around the moldy foods you find in and around your world. If you could have eaten and it has turned, it belongs on Moldy Snack.
We happily take community submissions, and we’ll gladly link back to the site of your choice. Highlights so far include “Steak, Cauliflower, and Pasta”, “Red Grapes”, and “Furry Berries”.
Tags: berries, berry, cauliflower, food, foods, grapes, mold, moldy, moldy snack, pasta, snack, steak
Galactus IS a Cloud
June 16, 2007 | 7 Comments
I’m sorry if that was a spoiler for some, but honestly, I think it’s better knowing that going in than expecting the moment us geeks long for. The moment when the big purple dude appears in his massive glory to take down a planet. He is in fact portrayed in Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer as a great big cosmic cloud. I wish he looked like the other image I’ve included here from Marvel Ultimate Alliance. There he looked cool, modern, and fantastic. Here he sucks. I am saddened.
However… This movie otherwise stands up and delivers the fun. We can never expect a comic book movie to match 100% with the comic lore we know and love, this is no exception. There are a number of things fans can take issue with, but in the end, this is a very good Fantastic Four movie.
This movie is better than the first, though I will admit I hesitantly enjoyed the first film. The effects all look good and the Silver Surfer kicks serious ass. I’m hoping he can get a spin-off. This is particularly significant since I don’t really care this character in the books all that much.
After seeing Johnny rip out with all the Four’s powers combined in the end, I’m dying for Fantastic Four 3 to be about the Super Skrull. Maybe following the Kree/Skrull War?
Anyway, if you can get over the Galactus issue, and you go into this movie expecting fun and action, you’ll come away pleasantly surprised. Comparing this to Marvel’s other two films so far this year, it decimated Ghost Rider and is far better than Spider-Man 3.
Swear Jar
June 15, 2007 | 3 Comments
Dee sent along this great video to Al who showed it to me. This Bud Light swear jar is much better than the one my wife keeps trying to enforce in our house!
Fantastic Four 2: Galactus Revealed?
June 13, 2007 | 3 Comments
About 3/4 of the way into the above clip we see a short couple frames of Saturn. Projected onto Saturn is a shadow mysteriously shaped like Galactus. Some have complained that this can’t be true as Galactus is not in fact that big. In conventional mythology, he stands nearly 30 feet tall. Given the proper spacing he could project this large of a shadow, but it seems more likely that they have increased his size for greater theatrical impact.
This is completely against the popular rumor that Galactus will instead be portrayed as a cloud… I can’t imagine anyone would allow something that poor to happen to such a beloved and significant Marvel character.
The one thing this is for sure, Galactus will appear in this film. From director Tim Story’s MySpace page: