Video Found: Volkswagen Darth Vader Commercial
The single greatest car commercial ever made. Period. See for yourself: Admit it: this commercial is awesome.
Video Found: Lazy Teenage Superheroes
(Thanks to SF Signal for the discovery). Amateur video meets Kick-Ass meets Heroes meets teen comedy. Throw in some fantastic visuals and you end up with a pretty awesome short movie! I’m so jealous… Here’s the video (after the fold): Awesome, no?
Video Found: Kevin Bacon Plays Himself (Tremors References Abound)
My good friend Loopdilou (who I do the Skiffy and Fanty Show with) pointed me to this amusing video of Kevin Bacon playing an obsessed Kevin Bacon fan (who is advertising for the Logitech Revue). What follows is a brilliant and unusual meta-something. Here it is (after the fold): Did you laugh? I sure did!
Video Found: Ghostbusters/Inception Mashup Trailer
What do you get when you take the trailer for the original Ghostbusters and re-cut it with the music from the trailer for Inception? A couple minutes of pure awesome. See for yourself: Awesome, no?
Video Found: Elysium Teaser (Neill Blomkamp)
Rumor has it that the following video is part of the viral marketing campaign for Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming Elysium (a science fiction film). This would be the second teaser to appear in video form in the last two months (unless I’ve missed anything). I’ve included both videos in this post. First, the videos (after the fold): (New) (Old) My initial thoughts boil down to this conversation with myself: Fan Shaun: OMFG! This is the best thing that ever happened to me! Critical Shaun: To us, sir. And of course it’s “OMFG.” It’s freaking Neill Blomkamp. He’s what Michael Bay can’t even dream of being anymore. FS: I know! It’s like science fiction just got a special idea pill delivered on a silver platter of South African awesome. CS: A rectally administered pill. FS: Wait, what? Why would it be rectally administered? CS: Because SF film has had its head so far up its own ass it can taste the chewed food before it reaches the stomach. How else would you explain the atrocious quantity of pointless action films masquerading as science fiction? The pill has to be administered in the most direct way possible to counteract the effects of film stupidity. FS: Come on, they’re not all that bad… CS: No? How about Transformers 2? FS: Okay, but… CS: Star Trek? FS: Yes, but… CS: Avatar? FS: Well, you might have a point there… CS: 2012? FS: Okay, you win… CS: Like I said, it must be administered rectally to have the greatest effect. FS: Okay, but the point of all this is that Elysium is going to be awezum! CS: Yes, I agree, which is why the teaser videos above have forced me to give birth to a tentacled science fiction baby. Long pause… FS: There’s something wrong with you… CS: Probably… Now, I’m sure there’s a very good reason why my fan self and my critical self both sound slightly insane, but it’s definitely not because I’m weird or anything. Point is, Elysium is looking like it might very well be the injection of sensawunda that science fiction film needs these days. We can only hope, right? What about you? Are you looking forward to Blomkamp’s new flick?
Video Found: Neill Blomkamp’s Mysterious Teaser
I don’t know what the brilliant creator of District 9 is up to, but a recent teaser sent to Wired Magazine seems to point to something more human-oriented than his alien-refugee blockbuster (genetic manipulation a la Splice, perhaps?). Whatever it is, I’m looking forward to seeing it–in theaters this time. Here’s the teaser (after the fold): Look interesting to any of you?