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Archive for January, 2009
Swearing Weathermen Video
Jan 25th
Weathermen on TV come across as these friendly guys that are always looking out for the audience out there. If it’s too hot, they will tell us to wear sunscreen, drink plenty of water and to stay in the shade. And if it’s too cold, they will warn us about snow blizzards, icy roads and tell us not to forget gloves and a scarf when leaving the house. Plus, they always appear so happy and cheerful. Even at 5.30 in the morning.
But my theory is that it is all just for show. As long as the cameras are rolling everything is fine but as soon as the lights go out they hit the booze and start drowning kittens. Little fluffy kittens. That’s how evil they really are. Weathermen are among the most bitter and hateful people on this planet.
That is because TV weatherman is about the worst job you can have in the TV industry. Remember that movie Weatherman with Nicholas Cage? No, of course you don’t. It was about a weatherman!!! Here’s a cool quote from the movie though which pretty much sumps it all up and saves me a lot of explaining:
I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I’d be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few ever became any qualities that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer. Until finally they got reduced to one, to who I am. And that’s who I am, the weather man.
The following video is a nice selection of outtakes and shows that behind the friendly, smiling face on TV lures a menacing murderer – if we’re lucky.
via yesbutnobutyes
The Germans have taken over the Death Star!
Jan 23rd
Did you know that the Empire is having one PR disaster after another?
Blowing up planets and stuff with a moon-sized superweapon doesn’t exactly make you popular.
The general perception amongst senators is that its run inefficiently by a bunch of self-centered Sith Lords with no clear vision.
This is why the general management decided to hire some experts in efficiency and leadership to fix this situation – cue the Swiss Germans.
This secret video taken from an even more secret meeting about new ways in advertising (probably to avert the next PR disaster) shows just how ruthlessly efficient these Germans can be.
That’s no moon:
Black Dynamite Trailer
Jan 23rd
Good news for all the blaxploitation fans out there pimping it like it’s the 70s: Black Dynamite, sort of a parody on Shaft or something like that is coming to the big screen. And the trailer is looking good.
I’m not a big fan of blaxploitation myself, mainly because I don’t really watch movies from the olden days (pre 80s) except for maybe Star Wars, Jaws and some others. I did get a kick out of I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, a blacksploitation parody from thelate 80s directed by one of the Wayans brothers who also starred in the movie. I watched it because I like the song by Boogie Down Productions. But do you care about that? No, of course not! What happened 20 years ago in my life doesn’t even interest me.
This is the red band trailer and people say that means there’s swearing and nudity and all sorts of stuff that might label it as NSFW. So if you are at work, relaxing with some hard liquor, just wait until the boss goes home and then watch it. It will look like you’re working overtime instead of looking for porn on your colleagues computer. You know the drill.
He’s supercool and he knows kung fu:
via Videogum
Bookmarks for January 23rd 2009
Jan 23rd
Links for January 23rd 2009 from 08:01 to 12:06:
- 13 Insanely Horrible Local TV Ads | Screen Junkies –
- Ridiculous Rocket & Jet-Powered Vehicles | WebUrbanist –
- Another 10 Great Film Soundtracks – The List Universe –
- YouTube – Giant Skateboard –
- Slave Leia Minifig Sculpture on Flickr –
- Teenormous – t-shirt search engine –
- Giant Atari Joystick Lamp –
- CultCase: 20 Creative Ways to Reuse Egg Cartons (in Pictures) –
Crazy Cadbury Commercial – Eyebrow Dance
Jan 23rd
Cadbury’s make chocolate.
And chocolate is awesome.
Cadbury’s also make some crazy viral videos. You might remember the Cadbury Gorilla or the video with the airport trucks.
Well, do ya punk?
So this here is the latest video those Dairy Milk addicted advertising suits came up with.
For a lack of a better word: WTF?!
via Illegal Advertising
Patience you’ll need young Jedi when building Star Wars papercraft
Jan 23rd
OK. I wouldn’t make a good Jedi. That whole patience thing just doesn’t fly with me. So I can understand that Anakin guy – from a certain point of view.
A Jedi needs patience.
Patience.
But for what?
As it turns out it’s not for fighting the Sith or solving interplanetary conflicts but for building awesome Star Wars papercraft. And I’m not talking about your 5-minute-quick-folding stuff. We’re talking Jedi Master level here.
I lack any sort of skill and motivation for this kind of task. Any task, really.
To elaborate, here is a drawing of an AT-AT from me. It took me about 4 hours to get all the fine details done. You can clearly see how much effort I put into this.
He is as clumsy as he is stupid:
And this is how the papercraft looks like that I will never be able to build.
Impressive, most impressive:
As you can see, there is a slight difference in skill here.
So if any of you feel like spending the rest of your lives folding paper, be my guest. And send me one, please!
via Tomopop and Spanky Stokes
Download the Deathstar plans papercraft blueprints here.
oh hay guys! I’m Hell’s Messenger!
Jan 23rd
This is the cool new (ish) trailer for the new Riddick game The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. It looks quite right, don’t it?
I enjoyed the Riddick movies and the games. And although I am a poor man with only a Wii and missing a real men’s console like the 360 or PS3, I am sort of excited.
The short trailer just gives you a little tease of what players can expect.
Because I am so awesome I also give you this 4 minute video of the game’s intro. But, this being the Internet, you probably have seen both videos already. What a sad day this is for all of us. Never forget: Many Bothans died for bringing us this information.
via Destructoid
This is madness! Get in the back of the van!
Jan 23rd
This is madness! That was the first thing that came to mind when I first saw this video a couple of months ago. Which demented brain came up with this crazyness?
Back off right there! My first impression, as usual, failed me. Just like that one time when I bought all that useless Jar Jar Binks merchandise because I thought he was gonna be BIG after Episode 1. Oh well …
What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate total work of utter brilliance and genius! Indeed it is!
Swede Mason, the artist behind this music video, has taken a simple quote from the cult movie Withnail & I (particularly popular amongst British students for its many drinking game possibilities. Just google this, will you?) and put some beats to it and … well. Turns out this is one of the best things on the Internet.
Ever.
For real.
I could (did, and will again) watch this for hours on end.
We’ve gone on holiday by mistake:
visit Swede Mason on MySpace and on his youtube page
The Empire needs your help: Support Our Troops
Jan 22nd
You know, these are dark times for the empire. The deathstar blown up, no emperor and the former Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader being some sort of esoteric blue spirit resembling the powerpill infected ghosts from Pac Man, the empire is only a shadow of its former glorious self.
But you can do your bit. Show your support for the struggling troops in a galaxy far, far away with this awesome messenger bag.
via Fashionably Geek
It’s Bacon Time
Jan 22nd
Oh hey, look! A bacon watch!
For only 25$ you too can be the proud owner of a fashionable bacon watch reminding you that it’s always a good time to eat bacon and clog those arteries. Clog them hard!
Bacon! Bacon!! BACON!!!
via the rather awesome Snackosaurus Rex
