It’s sort of music’s equivalent of the Wilhelm Scream. A specific arrangement of notes performed (mostly at the same speed and duration) in a bunch of different songs that the makers of this video have dubbed, “The Lick.”
Dr. Seuss Published A Book Full Of Naked Ladies
•March 2, 2012 • Leave a CommentMarch 2nd is both Dr. Seuss’ birthday (he would’ve been 108) and the release date of a rather lamentable adaptation of The Lorax which by FoxNews standards is subliminally brainwashing your children.
You’ll be flabbergasted to know as I am that in 1939 Dr. Seuss published an adult picture book with (nipple-less) nudie ladies in it called The Seven Lady Godivas:
The book was a twist on the legend of famed 11th century nudist tax protestor Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom, the fellow who was blinded after sneaking a peek at her birthday suit.
Apparently at the time of its release, it bombed with only 2,500 copies of Godivas being sold out of an initial print run of 10,000 books. This event turned Seuss off catering for adult readers. “I’d rather write for kids,” he later explained. “They’re more appreciative; adults are obsolete children, and the hell with them.”
Today however; I just went on eBay and found original editions of the book going for more than $700! Craziness. Is there a formula depicting what will eventuate into a collector’s item? Well lived sir, thanks for the stories Dr. Seuss and RIP.
STAR WARS: UNCUT!!!
•March 1, 2012 • Leave a CommentWIZARD! The full-blown, not-blown-at-all, no-budget remake of the cult phenomenon sci-fi opera epic STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE is available for your viewing pleasure in all its entirety, online for free!
Here’s the run down – all around the world Star Wars fans were given the opportunity, the power, the privilege to retell and take part in this epic swede-ish project.
A New Hope was broken into 472 clips all 15 seconds in length. Fans/individuals/teams then reserved their moment in Star Wars history and went about recreating their clip however they wanted, be it animation or live action, CGI or miniatures, actors or geometrically shaped inanimate objects, high-production value or crap-house.
The whole thing is a confusing mess (obviously the point to its charm) and breaks every single gosh-darn cinematic rule ever established through history, but it looks fun and certainly comes with a lot of force:
I’m glad to hear the original score was kept; it binds the piece together. Anyone keen for a marathon then?
11-Year-Old Drew An Entire ‘ALIEN’ Comic from 1979
•February 29, 2012 • 1 Comment30 years ago an 11-year-old, John White drew a comic of a film he wasn’t old enough to see. Armed with just some art supplies, the Alan Dean Foster novelization of Alien and a Cracked magazine parody of the movie, he put together “a sci-fi classic of classically sci-fi proportions.”
Now “Alien Age 11″ is being posted as a webcomic, one page at a time:
He also drew a badass Star Wars comic at age 9:
Great, kid! Don’t get cocky. Love your drawings, but your web layout broke my clicking finger bro.
15 minutes of Worf’s ideas getting shot down by everyone on Star Trek: TNG [montage]
•February 25, 2012 • Leave a CommentHahaha, so sad. Why bother keeping Worf around if the crew is just going to crap over him and his suggestions? Riker you killjoy, cant a Klingon get a little MF respect!
This cut kinda makes me feel sympathetic towards the Moro-bar headed son of Mogh!
lol that smirk though.
UMBRA by Malcolm Sutherland [animation]
•February 18, 2012 • Leave a CommentJust finished watching this amazing short about A space traveler who finds himself on a planet filled with tiny suicidal men. It’s brilliant!
I love this hand-drawn style. The title refers to the main shadow created by a blockage of light, and this concept plays a critical role in the plot of the film.
An explorer adventures into an unknown world, yet it seems that he has been there before.
A short animated film directed by Malcolm Sutherland in 2010. With music by Alison Melville and Ben Grossman, and foley by Leon Lo. Sound design / mix by Malcolm Sutherland.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
•February 14, 2012 • Leave a CommentA man is silhouetted as he fills heart shaped balloons with helium while waiting for customers on Valentine’s Day in Islamabad. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
Nero “Me and You” [music video]
•February 7, 2012 • 1 Comment
A music video homage to Sega arcade games of the 1980s. Neat track too; this probably won’t be the last time you hear of Nero, unless you follow them through closed doors…
Short Circuited Rant [F]
•February 5, 2012 • Leave a Comment
I attended a birthday party yesterday and there were a fair few conversations throughout the night on the topic of prequels, remakes and reboots of classic films — mostly science fiction films oddly enough — Blade Runner, Total Recall, Prometheus, et cetera. Nothing heated, just shared opinions about our understanding of why Hollywood has been pretty shit in that department lately.
Whether studios are faithfully trying to recapture the essence of what made such films great and feel good or are just trying to create a new way of looking at the same world/story, Hollywood just seems to fail every time and appear to be in it only for our money. I don’t like the idea of cloning; if something unique exists/existed why exploit that?
I just read an article about “Short Circuit” (1986) and how it will be rewritten for a potential family movie franchise remake by Matt Lieberman. Who is he you ask? Why he’s the genius head writer and story dude behind the 2008 direct-to-video masterpiece ‘Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief’ …Can’t wait. Need Input!
The Warning Signs of Art
•February 5, 2012 • Leave a CommentCreated for the College for Creative Studies in Detroit Michigan, these cleverly spoofed anti-drug PSA’s have definite advertising effectiveness and fun while trying to recruit new students. I laughed, I reminisced and I believe there are some truths in these faked sentiments, adding to their effective charm. I like it.
I want to go to art school now.
🎭 