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April 21, 2010
www.mostawesomestthingever.com
You really should be participating in the quest to discover The Most Awesomest Thing Ever. Here's where things currently stand at the Top Ten:

1. The Internet
2. Life
3. Oxygen
4. Music
5. A Nap
6. Technology
7. Lasers
8. Physical Intimacy
9. Lightsabers (real)
10. Lightning

Seems about right. Not so sure about those last two, though a lightsaber would be pretty awesome. Ninjas are running 11th, beating out the likes of Cheese, Bruce Lee, and the Industrial Revolution.

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April 8, 2010
Pixels
Spectacular short film written and directed by Patrick Jean of the Paris-based One More Production: (sound not required)



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April 1, 2010
iCade
ThinkGeek.com generally cranks out a couple solid April Fools Day products each year, and 2010 was no exception. The List includes Dharma Alarm Clock and Star Trek's Tribbles 'n' Bits Breakfast Cereal, but the king of the hill this year is the stellar iCade - iPad Arcade Cabinet:


"Beautifully retro styled, handcrafted wooden tabletop arcade cabinet and MAME emulator for your otherwise useless iPad"

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March 17, 2010
It's a Unicorn
"Five directors were each challenged to create short films in different genres using the same dialogue. The five 5 beautifully diverse films are by Greg Fay, Jake Scott, Johnny Hardstaff, Carl Erik Rinsch and animators Hi-Sim and their genres range from drama, animation, action, to sci-fi and thriller."

Scope the trailer. It's possible the whole thing is just a fancy ad for Philips TVs, but still. Clever(ish) concept.

Also, as you can see, at least one of the films features a robot riding a motorcycle. Which. Is. Awesome.

The whole project should be re-tooled:

"Five directors were each challenged to create short films in different genres using the same robot riding a motorcycle."



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March 15, 2010
Forbidden Fruit
This Etsy seller is cranking out some pretty outstanding mac stickers. So many possibilities...







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March 4, 2010
We're going to get you.
Links o' Fun:

Evil Dead done in 60 seconds with CLAY
You can stop waiting for the chainsaw, that was ED 2.

Axe Cop
Written by a 5 year old, and illustrated by his 29 year old brother. Thx, Kev.

Tokyo/Glow

Matchstick Minas Tirith
Nearly half a million matchsticks on that big guy.

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February 16, 2010
Yes, I'm old. Old enough to remember when the MCP was just a chess program.
There's an interesting animated binary timer type deal over at the Tron "viral marketing" website Flynn Lives.com. Apparently it's counting down to February 24th.

This would be in support of the Tron sequel "Tron Legacy", which opens this December. The trailers look flashy, though it's obviously lacking the original's bullet-proof sheath of nostalgia that protects it from the absolutely ridiculous storyline. Those special effects were just insane back in the day, and I'd argue that the lightcycles still hold up. Plus, Tron spawned one of the greatest arcade games of all time.


See also:
Official Tron Legacy website
Tron Coin-op Arcade Game info
Tron-Sector.com fansite
Official Tron Guy website (you are hip to "The Tron Guy", right?)

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February 8, 2010
The Princess is in Another Castle
Behold: 30 artist interpretations of Mario and Luigi.



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February 5, 2010
I want his arm. Cut it off.
New Zealand special effects house Weta (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, etc) has at last announced a line of prop replicas for District 9. They are rolling it out with the incredibly impressive Arc Generator (in white) and a Gas Projector. Each is an edition of 200. Sadly, the price tag accurately reflects my desire to own one - with the NZD exchange, it looks as though these bad boys run nearly $500US. Worth every cent, no doubt about it.




The design of the alien technology (by Mr. Greg Broadmore) was one of the highlights of District 9. Next if we could please get a replica robot Exo Suit to park by my front door, that'd be just swell.

Broadmore on the concept designs:

Guns! I like to design guns. What a sad human being I am. They're pretend guns so that makes ok though eh? Hello?...

These three designs were all based on a phrase or concept that Neill threw out to me: An electric 'lightening' gun (the Arc Generator), a Gas Thrower- something that would project out gas or liquid like a flame thrower, but unlit - perhaps some destructive, corrosive gel or gas (it ended up just blowing sh** up in the film - corroding humans costs a lot of effects budget...) and an Assault Rifle."

So, when we account for the nature of the item (alien rifle, with mounts for displaying proudly on wall above TV) and add in the high cost, the Spouse Approval Factor is as low as these are cool. One really can't expect to have both - I went ahead and crunched the numbers, and somehow my wife just barely edged out the Arc Reactor. Barely.

See Also:
Greg Broadmore blog
District 9 review
i09 Broadmore interview

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February 4, 2010
My condition is irreversible.
Scope out this side-by-side comparison video of Oceanic Flight 815, which puts the first season opener of Lost against Tuesday night's final season opener.

The Tuesday evening multi-hour premiere was a winner - from the beginning we've been fully onboard with all the flash forward/backward/sideways action, which makes the whole deal impossible to predict and a really enjoyable ride.

I'll admit, however, it was a little exasperating to watch Our Heroes stumble upon the Other Others (despite Hiroyuki Sanada). Also, the unrelenting avalanche of commercial interruptions was absolutely brutal.

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February 4, 2010
We slay all suckers who perpetrate, and lay down law from state to state.
This new Adidas Star Wars collection is a bit funky, though there are some winners in there. I am proclaiming the orange X-Wing Pilot high-tops to be "off the hook" and the white X-Wing shoes to be "ill". TIE shoes, also nice. Pricing looks to be about $100/pair.

Me and my Adidas do the illest things...
See Also:
Official Adidas site
Slick SW shoe commercial
KicksonFire.com Adidas Gallery
StarWars.com Adidas Gallery
Shop Adidas
Vintage SW kicks at the Archive

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January 26, 2010
Crediting Sherlock Holmes
Art of the Title.com has an interview with Danny Yount, the "sequence creative director" at Prologue Films, who spearheaded the opening and closing titles for the new Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film. The article includes early samples and test - it's fantastic stuff.

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