Thursday, May 23, 2013

Space Oddity by Cmdr. Chris Hadfield

Canada's most famous astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield, just returned from a mission on board the International Space Station.  On his last day there, he recorded this cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity which just serves to solidify his incredible badassery.


Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trailer

Here is the promo trailer for the upcoming television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which will air on ABC this Fall on Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern.  Looks pretty promising, really.  The pilot is written, directed, and produced by Joss Whedon which, for us Buffy/Angel/Dr. Horrible/Avengers/Dollhouse/Firefly fans is a fantastic thing indeed.


Lego Casino Royale

Guy re-makes the opening to the 2006 Bond movie, Casino Royale, entirely out of Lego.




And here is a side-to-side comparison of his shots.



Gravity Trailer

Trailer for the movie Gravity which releases October 4, 2013.  Don't know much about the movie outside of what the trailer shows but what I see looks good.


Ender's Game Trailer

November 1, 2013 cannot come soon enough.  This trailer for the upcoming film, Ender's Game, based on the book of the same name, based on the short story of the same name, will cure erectile dysfunction just from watching it.

To be fair, there is a spoiler in the trailer that I won't point out but really wish wasn't in it.


Super Rowboat Man

Fucking.
Awesome.

I'm fairly certain my hernia had a coronary from laughing so damned hard at the ending.


Spock Versus Spock

It's really too bad that this is ultimately an ad for Audi, but this video that pits "old" Spock (Leonard Nimoy) against "new Spock" (Zachary Quinto) is so well done and so worth watching, especially when Nimoy sings... well... just watch.

Pacific Rim Wondercon Footage

Pacific Rim hits US theaters July 12, 2013 and I cannot wait.  This looks absolutely badass.


Steel Panther's Death To All But Metal

The mock-80's hair band, Steel Panther, just played locally about a month ago.  Wish I had seen them.  Check out this video for Death to All But Metal:


Why You SHOULD Drive Recklessly

Thor: The Dark World Trailer

Thor: The Dark World opens in the US on November 8, 2013


Hit Song

So, here's an awesome video that makes fun of today's hit songs:



And here's a video for a popular song (vid has over 22 milllion hits) that is EXACTLY what the previous parody is making fun of. All you need to watch is the first minute or so and you'll realize how on the mark the parody truly is.



And an oldie but a goodie that identifies how popular songs are all just derivations on Pachobel's Canon in D



Make sure you check out The Axis of Awesome's video for 4 Chords (I'm not allowed to embed it).

And here is John Lajoie's take on the subject:



Cat Scores a Soap Opera

If you've ever seen a daytime soap opera, even once, you'll instantly recognize how accurate this guy's cat's score truly is.


Patton Oswalt's Star Wars Filibuster

From Parks and Recreation - done in one take:




Thursday, May 16, 2013

Call Me Scary

Have you heard Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" just one time too many?  Try these alternatives:

Call Me Maybe slowed down by 1,000% and it comes out sounding trance-like and pretty awesome



Call Me Scary - I'm pretty sure you will conjure Yog-Sothoth into being if you play this beginning to end