Photographer Powned by Eagle

As a photographer and nature lover myself I must say part of me feels god-awful for this poor dude coz I would NOT wanna mess with a freakin' eagle this size. That shit'll fuck you up. BUT it IS a funny damn shot. Pretty much the story of 'Avatar' summed up in a single shot (as noticed by Gizmodo). Ouch!

Avatar (Full Trailer)

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!

Must Have: Canon 1D Mark IV HDDSLR

This short film was shot using the new Canon 1D Mark IV HDDSLR with available light. Fucking amazing!

Every Kramer Seinfeld Entry Ever

Paper Flip Animation

A great new twist of 2D and stop-motion animation techniques.

Blood Trail

OMG! his is possibly the most gruesome animation I've ever seen and it's awesome!

Show Them To Me!

If you love your country, show me your tits!


Show Them to Me - The best bloopers are a click away

How it Should Have Ended

Awesome mash-up of Terminator and Back to the Future. Check out their website for more cool vids howitshouldhaveended.com

Halo 3 ODST

I have no idea what ODST stands for but this commercial is a great example of what a Halo feature film could look like.

Daring Rooftop Escape Game

Check out this addictive and fast-paced rooftop escape game called Canabalt. All you need is 1 button: jump.

http://adamatomic.com/canabalt/

Baidir

Here's the trailer for a gorgeous French animated film, Baidir, about a dystopian world where global warming has reached a dangerous climax.

Atheists. Winning Since 33 A.D.

Intelligent Design Vs Evolution

Case closed.

The Men Who Stare At Ghosts

Apparently based on true stories, this film about Jedi soldiers being trained by the military looks pretty awesome. The cast (George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey) is wicked, though I think I'm officially over Ewan McGrogor. Click the pic to see the trailer.

apple.com/trailers/independent/themenwhostareatgoats

100 Years of Movie Magic in 5 Mins

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Dark Knight Vs Titanic

Awwww, yeah baby! The Dark Knight is the second highest grossing film of all time. Titanic obviously numero uno. I'm just thrilled that a comic book film is the most important film for anyone to see behind possibly the greatest sea disaster of all time. A comic book. Marvelous! And it also essentially puts Batman on top in the superhero race for love. Your love. And yes, Batman, we do love you.

CG Smoke Art

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Tarantino's Top 20

Quentin Tarantino gives us his list of top 20 films released since he himself began directing films in 1992.



Here's his list:

Battle Royale
Anything Else
Audition
The Blade
Boogie Nights
Dazed & Confused
Dogville
Fight Club
Friday
The Host
The Insider
Joint Security Area
Lost In Translation
The Matrix
Memories of Murder
Police Story 3
Shaun of the Dead
Speed
Team America
Unbreakable

African Aid

"One Regular, One Indian"

Our future is safe.

Extreme Pool Jump

A very well planned out jump or simply a lucky guy. Either way he's nuts. But it's cool.


Extreme Pool Jump - These bloopers are hilarious

'The Princess and the Frog' Rough Animation

Lasse Gjertsen

Check out these cool videos by Norwegian animator' Lasse Gjertsen (aka 'lassegg').

Broked

'Nuff said.

yellowBird 360 Camera

Remember the Google street view cams that take almost 360 degree still shots of the world's streets? Well now yellowBird has taken it a step further with full interactive video. Check out a sample below:

Ancient Aliens

I've hypothesised our alien origins since childhood and now it's hitting the mainstream. Check out this great 9 part doco from the History Channel on Ancient Aliens.

Vortex Cannon

I know what I want for xmas. A Vortex Canon. Think of all the wonderful things you could literally blow away.

Tron Legacy

A while back I posted the teaser trialer for Tron 2.0/TR2N (see the post here) which has been given the official title of Tron Legacy. Well now there is a high res version of the teaser so you can actually see what the hell is happening (well, not so much on this tiny Blogger video upload).



So far it's looking awesome. Click HERE for some HD versions of the teaser.

Dudeism

Finally, after years of waiting I have been officially ordaned a Dudeist Priest. Praise be! Just take a gander at the certificate:

What is Dudeism you ask? Why not head over to the official site (dudeism.com) and read up on it. A little hint; the Big Lebowski.

In Dude we trust.

The Flying Car In Born

That's it! I know what I'm buying when I finally make my millions... a flying car! The fuzz will never be able to catch me as I execute my dastardly, high-flying deeds.

Alice In Wonderland Teaser

Ok, now I'm geting excited about Tim Burton's Alice.

Are You Called To Create?

www.Called2Create.com is a site dedicated to the movement towards creativity, community, awakening and empowerment that we are feel happening all around us. Here's a nice little short about it:

Back To The Future Scene Comparison

Finally someone has cut together a comparitive video to show the differences in the end sequence of Back to the Future and the necessary reshoot in the opening of Back to the Future II.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The Illusion Of Freedom

A highly informative presentation by John Harris on the issue of freedom. Similar in spirit to Zeitgeist.



See more great videos etc at consciousmedianetwork.com

Zecharia Sitchin, Anunnaki and Planet X (Nibiru)

Here's a documentary special discussig Zecharia Sitchin's studies in ancient Sumeria and their writings on human origins. According to Sitchin, the Ancient Sumerians believed humans to be a hybrid genetic creation of a species they called the Anunnaki who inhabit a planet called Nibiru (modern science refers to this as Planet X). Nibiru is a distant planet which orbits our very own sun on a massive eliptical orbit returning every 3,600.

Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang

A wonderful episode about the birth of human consciousness from the PBS documentary series 'Evolution'.



To watch it as a single video file click here.

Jordan Maxwell on End Times and Pre History

An absolutely fascinating lecture on human origins and what's to come. Jordan offers an alternate history in line with Zecharia Sitchin's theory of genetic interference from an ancient alien race. Follow the links to see the entire lecture.

Short Story Advice From Kurt Vonnegut

Frequency Balancing

In need of a boost? Want to clear your mind, connect with your heart, or simply relax? Try these healing audio frequencies which kind of tune up your mind and body like a tuning fork.

Start with this frequency for consciousness expansion:



There's also frequencies to help balance your intuition, cognition, and even heal your DNA.

And Teller

Fun yet creepy short film by Teller of 'Penn and Teller' fame.

Wisdom

Consciousness Drives The Universe

Interesting compilation of interviews with leading thinkers on the nature of consciousness.

Consciousness, Physics and the Pineal Gland

Here's a couple of great videos discussing consciousness and the connection with the pineal gland.

Unknown Lifeform In Sewer

This is either a cool visual effect or the Blob has bubbled to life from the waste in this North Carolina sewer.

Religious Shit

Lost Zombies

The zombie hordes have broken free and begun spreading thru the cities. Grab your camera and capture this event. It may be all that survives of our humanity. We must document our final days!



Check out LostZombies.com and follow our descent into hell

Lost Zombies is a social network whose goal is to create the world’s first community generated zombie documentary.

Awesome! Get to it!

Universal Scale

Click the image below and wonder at our teeny-ness (opens a larger, extended image)

Wet Mars

If mars were still covered by oceans it may look something like this;





Although covered by frozen deserts today, Mars could have been born with more water in proportion to its mass than the Earth, according to new observations from NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft.

Images courtesy of www.spaceref.com

Mary & Max Wins Best Feature At Annecy

Aussie animated feature Mary & Max has tied with Coraline for the Annecy Cristal Award for Best Feature Film. I've not been able to see this film yet but I will always support Adam Elliot's work. He's a friggin' genious and everything he touches turns to gold. Inspiring. Check out the website too: maryandmax.com

Date/Time Sequence

An interesting little tid-bit about an upcoming date. Everybody stop and stare at their digital clocks right at this time;

'Ever' is a bit bold though. What about 2109, 2209 etc?

As a side note, at 11pm on 11/11/11 I will turn 33. Oooooh, crazy cosmic number patterns. It simply must mean that I'll either spontaneously combust or be declared overlord of the puny humans. I predict the latter. I guess time will tell ;)

Mario Bros.

Here's a few cool illustrations of Mario and Luigi. Check out more at thedesigninspiration.com

John Carpenter's 'Alf' [And More]

What if David Cronenberg made 'Cabbage Patch Kids', Peter Jackson made 'Smurfs' and John Carpenter made 'Alf'? Watch and see.

Zombieland

Zombieland looks like an entertaining zombie-killing romp. And ya gotta love Woody Harrelson. Me like.

2012

Roland Emmerich sure knows how to make a large scale disaster movie. Check out the trailer for his latest offereing: 2012

Concept Art

Here's some cool concept art by Stjepan Sejic.

Fallen Princesses

Photographer Dina Goldstein has created a series depicting what happened to all those fairytale princesses after the story ended. See them all at jpgmag.com/stories/11918. Here's a sampling:

Homer`s Evolution

Gobelins - Annecy 2009 Promo's

The talent in this French school never cease to melt my brain. Check these out.

Post-It Stop-Mo

Creativity And Play

I think a few of the animation studio big-wigs aught to take note of this video!

SyFy Movie Timeline

Courtesy of danmeth.com

JP Godzilla Vs US Godzilla... In Sydney!

From the film Godzilla: Final Wars (Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X), Sydney plays host to a brief battle between the US Godzilla and the original Japanese Godzilla.

The Can-Aussie Rule Continues

According to The Economist "Cities in Canada and Australia are the most liveable in the world" with each country having 3 cities ranking in the top 10. In the latest report Vancouver ranked #1 and my home city of Melbourne is ranked #3. Seems I've done pretty well so far :)

From Economist.com:

Canadian and Australian cities account for six of the top ten spots in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability ranking. All of the cities in the top ten scored well over 80.0, the threshold below which difficulties are apparent in day-to-day living. Vancouver is still the world’s most liveable city, with a rating of 98.0; Sydney and Zurich, sharing ninth place, achieved a score less than 2% lower than Vancouver’s. The worst-performing locations are in Africa or Asia, where civil instability and poor infrastructure present significant challenges. The unfolding political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe makes Harare the least desirable city in the survey. Locations within Afghanistan and Iraq are not included.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual's lifestyle in 140 cities worldwide. Each city is assigned a score for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. The categories are compiled and weighted to provide an overall rating of 1–100, where 1 is considered intolerable and 100 ideal.

Paint Dancing

Paint dancing is a phenominon that started in Seattle, spread to other US cities and is now heading to Vancouver. It is exactly what the name suggests, painting while dancing. I am totaly curious about this and would love to give it a shot whenever someone organizes one in Vancouver. Below is a video about the Seattle group.

The Mighties

Here's some cool concept art by Robin Joseph

Half-Life - Escape From City 17

Directed by The Purchase Brothers (David and Ian), Escape From City 17 was filmed guerilla style with no crew. The first two episodes were made on a $500 budget. Here's Part One:



Fucking amazing! Part Two is aparently on the way soon.

Partly Cloudy

I don't know how long this will be UP (hehe, punn intended) but here's Pixar's latest short Partly Cloudy, online at least until Pixar realizes.

My one word review; "Meh"

100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds

Not sure I agree with the chosen lines but it's a fun journey anyway.

Bing

Microsoft has just unleashed their new search engine (which they call a decision engine), built to go head-to-head with Google, called Bing. It's an attractive and very user-friendly engine. It has the simple feel of Google with a clean and updated design. I personally like the way the image and video searches work. Images gives you an almost endless scroll of pics to choose from, each with a rollover enlargement and info. Video searches give you a rollover preview of the results which is neat too. I've decided to make the switch for a while and see how it feels over time. Apparently Google still gives more results to searches but Bing is pretty damn close. Try it out at http://www.bing.com/

The Beatles - Rock Band

Check out this gorgeous trailer for the new Beatles Rock Band (with designs by the Gorillaz dude Robert Valley http://robertvalley.blogspot.com/)



Here's the official website: http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/

Safety First w/ Johnny Darrell

GOING POSTAL
My buddy Johnny Darrell has some wise words for all you DIY folks out there. Keep 'em comin' Johhny. The world needs it's safety!

Spiral Out: Breaking the Code of Tool's "Lateralus"

It's geeky but I like the thought put into it, accurate or not (Seems like something Maynard James Keenan would do). I already loved the song but now it seems a little cooler.

Dub FX: 'Flow' feat. Woodnote

Dub FX is an Aussie beatbox loop artist living in the UK. This is one of the most amazing beatbox live mixes I've ever heard! Check out his website for CD sales and tour dates etc. http://www.dubfx.net/

Batman 2.0 and the Many Faces of Robin

During the Batman R.I.P. saga a few months ago I did a recap of the various incarnations of Batman over the years. Since the disappearance/death(?) of Bruce Wayne the Battle for the Cowl has been waging in Gotham with the heaviest contenders for the mantle being Nightwing (Dick Grayson/Robin #1), Tim Drake (Robin #3) and Jason Todd (Robin #2/Red Hood/Red Robin).

The final images of the story reveal a mysterious new Batman who is almost certainly Dick Grayson (with a very slight chance of it being Tim Drake, but that's unlikely).

We also get our first glimpse of the new Robin, Damian Wayne.

With this I decided it's time we recap the history of Robin and have a look at who's been wearing the green speedos and elf boots .

Robin #1 - Dick Grayson
After eventually hanging up the Robin costume, Dick went on to become his own vigilante hero Nightwing. After Bruce Wayne died(?) recently he took over the mantle and is currently the new Batman 2.0, and rightly so I say.

Robin #2 - Jason Todd
Jason was a more free spirited and violent Robin and eventually got himself killed by the Joker in the Death in the Family storyline.

In true DC fashion he is resurrected in a bizarre space/time ripple caused by Superman Prime and stumbles his way from the grave to eventually become the troublesome Red Hood and eventually Red Robin. After Batman R.I.P. he crowns himself the new Batman wearing an armoured suit,using guns and killing criminals. After Dick beats the shit out of him he pisses off to become Gotham's new crime lord Black Mask.

Robin #3 - Tim Drake
Tim Drake was the latest Robin up until the Battle for the Cowl story. He retired breifly at his father's request, leaving a gap to be filled by the 4th Robin (below) but returning soon after to continue as Robin. After Bruce's apparent death he briefly donned the Batsuit if only to keep the symbol alive to the Gotham citizens but once Dick officialy became the new Batman, Tim stepped aside to take over the Red Robin role that Jason had previously used.

Robin #4 - Stephanie Brown
Stephanie hit the Gotham scene as a rogue vigilante named Spoiler who pushed to join Batman's team. After Tim retired, Bruce reluctantly brought Stephanie in as the first female Robin. She proved to be uncontrollable and Bruce eventually fired her, offering the role back to Tim. Defiantly she ventured out again as Robin only to be killed in the process. Naturally, however, she manages to return from the grave (apparently her death may have been staged) and continues fighting crime as Spoiler.

Robin #5 - Damian Wayne
After Bruce Wayne's brief love affair with Ra's Al Ghul's daughter Talia, she gives birth to Damian who is raised by Ra's as a member of the Assassin's League. During the recent events Damian battled his way through the Bat team in an attempt to claim his birthright as the new Batman, eventually becoming the latest Robin alongside Grayson's Batman. The new Bat duo is born.

Robin #6 - Carrie Kelly
Carrie becomes the second female Robin in Frank Miller's brilliant story the Dark Knight Returns. As a fan of the original Robins, she makes her own costume and saves the life of the aging Batman (Bruce Wayne) who takes her on as his new Robin. This story is a kind of 'what if' idea and therefore doesn't technically fit into the official storyline of the mythos.

So there you have it, 5 Robins (and a hypothetical 6th) with the current one being Bruce Wayne's son Damian. Whew :)