Subservient Chicken and Other Internet Hilarity
August 5, 2005 | 2 Comments
On Alexa today i came across WatchMeChange.com which is dynamic set of 3D models that you can put clothes on and have them dance around. A friend of mine and I thought of a similar idea like this over a year ago, but never got the time and effort into developing such a thing. It is a fun little amusement that I think was put together for Gap.
I was then led to some other work by the same company who made this, the most entertaining of which is SubservientChicken.com. This allows you to type commands at a virtual guy in a chicken suit and have him do whatever you ask. Hugely fun.
Then I checked out SithSense.com which pits you against Lord Vader in a game of 20 questions. Both Sith Sense and Subservient Chicken were made as marketing for Burger King. I hope someone is paying those guys well, because the stuff their putting out right now is hugely entertaining. Have you actually read any of food packaging there lately? (See also Watto Pr0n)
The final project I checked by these guys is an apparently award winning full blown site, CounterfietMini.com. Also very funny.
I found the links to all these projects over on dullneon, which turns out to have some other great links to fun web stuff I didn’t know about. Have you seen Montage-a-google? Or Guess-the-Google? (I scored a 265). This is Google image search on crack.
Tags: chicken, flash, Fun Whatnot, funny, google, google image, lord vader, mini, mini cooper, montage-a-google, sith, star wars, subservient chicken, vader, virtual, virtual models, watch me change
Tom Cruise Kills Oprah!
July 1, 2005 | 4 Comments
The folks over at Waxy.org are running a hilarious video of Tom Cruise turned Emperor Palpatine killing Oprah on the couch. Check it out.
Waxy.org also has those great Star Wars kid videos I’m sure everyone has seen, if not, check those out too.
Tags: emperor, evil, oprah, sith, sith lord, star wars, tom cruise, video
Star Wars Episode III: 2-Way Review
June 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment
On opening night, as expected, I was in line for the midnight showing of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The next day I started reading the novelization by Matthew Stover. Upon completing the novel, I then went for a second showing. My hope was to be able to compare how the movie did standalone, and then how it does when adding in the character insights in the novel, hear is my assessment.
First, I really like the movie. I’m a huge Star Wars fan and did actually like the other two prequel films. Now that we’re past that, I’ll also admit the new trilogy is nowhere near as good as the original, but any additional stories in the Star Wars universe is welcome to me.
Stover adds a pile of thought and characterization to many of those we are interested in. Notable additions include: Dooku, Windu, and Padme. The other huge addition is in his handling of Obi-Wan. Ob-Wan is one of the greatest jedi, yet the film paints him as a bit of a blunderer always needing to be saved by Anakin. Stover makes it clear that Anakin is the most powerful jedi, so in comparison he pales a bit. However, he does fight (and win) two significant lightsaber battles in this story.
Upon watching the film a second time, I felt like many of the pieces fit together nicer than previously. I hadn’t actually noticed any problems on the first viewing, but in the second, innuendoes and intentions were suddenly much more clear.
If you are a Star Wars fan, and want to squeeze just a bit more depth and fullness from this story, I highly recommend the book, I was not at all disappointed.
Tags: book, books, dooku, episode 3, episode III, fan, movie, movies, obi-wan, revenge of the sith, sith, star wars, windu. padme