Because this is the internet and the internet never stops churning like the belly of a foul beast, this is another mashup song from Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously ruined things HERE), this time combining Eminem’s ‘Rap God’ with ‘Dueling Banjos’ from Deliverance. It’s, uh…it’s really something. Something I
Spotted by Instagram user von_keck at DragonCon, this is a brief video of a man’s fantastic soot sprite (Susuwatari, traveling soot) costume, inspired by those seen in Studio Ghibli films Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro. I love those little soot sprites. I mean how couldn’t you? You show me
This is a video of Arnold Schwarzenegger presenting Danny DeVito with a marijuana laced cigar at a table read or something for Triplets (the upcoming sequel to Twins, starring the two and Tracey Morgan). Apparently this was in reference to back when they were filming Twins some 35 years ago
Because supercuts are the best cuts (paper cuts are the worst, especially if you’re cooking with lemon later) these are several videos created by editor Thomas H. Smith featuring side-by-side footage of Disney voice actors and the cartoon scenes to which they lent their talents. And if this happens to
This is a video demonstration of a clever stunt rig used to simulate lower gravity on a person in space. The rig uses a counterweighted rocking arm attached to a stuntperson via a 360-degree rotating belt so they can do flips and all kind of spacey maneuvers. That’s cool. Even
This is a video highlighting the work of foley artists and the incredible difficulty in making just the right footstep sound effects (considered one of the hardest to duplicate) for television and movies. There is a surprising amount of thought, technique, footwear, and materials to step on that go into
This is a video from Thomas Edison’s motion picture studio of the first ever copyrighted film, The Blacksmith Shop, filmed by Edison’s assistant W.K.L. Dickson, and delivered to the Library of Congress for copyrighting in August of 1893. Granted it’s not a particularly exciting film, but historic nonetheless. Ah, August,
This is a short clip from The Pirate, released in 1948, of a man kissing a woman after flipping the cigarette he’s smoking back into his mouth, then flipping it back out after the kiss to cover her face in a cloud of smoke. Or maybe he’s just blowing her