DJ Cummerbund made a mashup of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring and "Rasputin" by Boney M. There are also other musicians in here, and cameos from quite a few actors.
Thursday, November 02, 2023
Pretty Fly For Rasputin
If Ken Had a Cat
Barbie is shaping up to be the biggest movie of 2023. How could you improve on that? That's a silly question -just add a cat! Owlkitty doesn't just show up in the movie, she replaces Barbie as Ken's new girlfriend. Barbie's not all that happy about it, but Ken is ecstatic, and obviously head over heels in love. can you blame him?
Tibo Charroppin and his cat Lizzy (stage name Owlkitty) have remade many of Hollywood's biggest films to show us how casting makes all the difference. Lizzy isn't much on dialogue, but she puts her heart into every appearance.
Miss Cellania's Links
Trick-or-Treat Postmortem: Potatoes are a Hit.
Artificial intelligence goes all fictional when you use some holiday keywords. Never trust AI.
Seven Incarnations of Ryan Gosling.
And now back to our regular programming.
What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it. (via Damn Interesting)
An extensive thread of Black women in horror movies. (via Everlasting Blort)
Monsters, although I would have titled it Collateral Damage. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Setting the Record Straight on Medieval Cats and the Black Plague. (via Metafilter)
James Blunt finally wrote a song for his best friend Carrie Fisher. It's called "Dark Thought."
10 Ways to Make Canned Tomato Soup Taste Homemade. And while it's warming up, you'll have time to make a grilled cheese to go with it.
The Force Awakens Trailer Sweded
It is truly amazing what you can do with cardboard and duct tape. On the other hand, there is no substitute for Harrison Ford. Dumb Drum put together this shot-for-shot remake of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on a budget of what looks to be about $40. You can see a side-by-side comparison here. (via Pleated-Jeans)
Tweet of the Day
Right on schedule, it's an ad for Black Friday, which I wouldn't be posting except it's a Mean Girls reunion, twenty years later! (via Digg)From Girl World to Deal World, Wednesdays are where it's at...& we'll (obvi) be the ones wearing pink. #BlackFridayDeals drop next week. https://t.co/l3Cr32GSrG pic.twitter.com/aoVaNZtnK2
— Walmart (@Walmart) November 1, 2023
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Automated Shipping
Automated packaging gone wrong
byu/antisocialdrunk infunny
This clip is from the British TV series Bad Robots. (via reddit)
The Mudskipper's Mating Ritual
Nature can be weird, but wildlife photographers can be weird, too. In the PBS series Nature, they put a robot mudskipper out to mingle with the real fish. During mating season, the robot just isn't up to the competition's level. Probably a lack of motivation. (via Supa Fluffy)
LEGO Fellowship of the Ring
How about a three minute version of The Fellowship of the Ring using LEGO? This is a faithful yet extremely condensed retelling without jokes. It features the massive 6167-piece The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell LEGO set. This production also assumes you know the story, but of course you do, don't you? This labor of love comes from Digital Wizards Studios. Take a look at how the set was built. It only takes two minutes, thanks to Gandalf and his magic.
Take another look behind the scenes and see how the video came together with camera work, lighting, and digital effects in another video. (via Warner Bros.)
Fool
I'm surprised the left bird ever had a second thought. This comic is from Bonus Context. (via reddit)
Why Movie Villains Live In Ultra-Modern Houses
Why do so many movie "supervillains" live in houses with unique modernist architecture? The obvious reason is to show us how fabulously wealthy these guys are. Yeah, a gothic mansion would do for that, but these guys are modern swinging bachelors who can afford to have a new home built to their specifications instead of settling for an inherited estate. That makes it easier to install secret escape routes, torture devices, and underground laboratories. And then there's all that glass. First, it impresses us with a view only available to the ultra-wealthy, then it figures into the plot, either by breaking or by allowing us to witness crimes. But that's just the beginning. Architect Valery Augustin sees plenty of things that modernist architecture tells us about a villain.
Did you know that the Vandamm house in the movie North by Northwest was modeled after Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater? Augustin also looks at the the spaceship-shaped house in Body Double and houses from The Big Lebowski, Goldfinger, and Batman v Superman in this fascinating video essay. Some of these villainous lairs were movie sets, while others are real houses that still stand today. (via Damn Interesting)
The Good of the One: A Spock Tribute
Mr. Spock was always in control, except when he wasn’t. His Vulcan side was often struggling with his human side. It was most illogical, but always fascinating. A supercut with autotune from Melodysheep makes a fitting tribute to our favorite Starfleet science officer. (via Laughing Squid)
Tweet of the Day
(via Buzzfeed)ran out of shot glasses for my jello shots pic.twitter.com/AXLniqCVnv
— messed up foods (@messedupfoods) October 29, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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