Minority Report is Here Today

Minority Report is here! Well, not the whole future reading police force bit, but the more important "wave your hands about" input model. I still can't really tell if this is actually a good way to interact with your machine for a lot of uses, but I'm sure we'll find out in the future. This presentation is pretty awesome, but it also has a lot of little cheats in it. Just because you have a cool glove doesn't mean you can instantly crop a dump truck out of a moving video and comp it in with some dude. Thats a piece of software that simply doesn't exist yet.

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The Worst Movie Ever? Probably.

Wow, just wow. If the acting and story doesn't make you choke on your own puke, the hardcore theme song and visual effects will end you. I know this is supposed to be a parody but they almost did it too well... I do love the reviews section where they quote an IMDB review though. Nice touch.

Also is this an environmentalist movie in disguise? Like, hidden in a bush in a ghillie suit covered in mud kind of disguise...

THIS IS BIRDEMIC!!

I Think I'm Turning Japanese

Well here's a bizarre remake of a bizarre song, accompanied by a crazy video. I'm not sure why Kirsten Dunst did this production but its certainly amusing to watch. Of course if you took it seriously it could also be offensive, so you know... don't.

Warning: This is NSFW! There are brief flashes of cartoon breasts.

EDIT: Damn, it was too cool for school. Looks like it got taken down off YouTube. Feel free to search around but all the links I've added get taken down shortly there after. You're on your own.

360 Degree VR Action

Calling these stunning images "photographs" almost seems demeaning. They capture some breathtaking moments in a 360 degree panorama that also fully tilts on the vertical axis. Once you manage to close your jaw and wipe the drool off, now think about how they did this.

I mean seriously, how the f*** do you instantaneously capture an image in every direction with no seams, no timing issues (look at the water in the rafting picture), with no sign of a rig holding up the camera, no shadow from the camera, and frequently the camera is apparently floating over virgin snow, rushing water or 20' up.

'Shopped!

T-Shirt War

This is an impressive little stop animation video where two fellows wage war upon each other using the graphics on their t-shirts. Its fun, cute and well executed. The fact most the sound effects are mouth sounds only makes it better.

The Helpdesk is Angry

Considering the shit they get, can you really blame them?

You Know You're a Nerd When...

You know you're a nerd when the first thing you notice about this photo is that scale on those AT-ATs is totally off. They should be towering above those trees and way wider than the street. Clearly 'shopped. You can tell by the pixels and myself having seen quite a few in my day.

Tilt-Shift Photography

Now here's a mind fuck for you. When I first was looking at these photos I thought, "sure, they're pretty good but its not that hard to see that they're actually little models." Oh how embarrassing when I discovered my "obvious" discovery was wrong. Indeed, these are actually real shots with a particular shifted lens and/or depth of field post effect that makes them look like models. Thats right, these are all from real life. Wikipedia it!

PS: Some of the videos at the bottom might help convince you.

Simplified Ratings

Hmmm, I was debating between switching my little rating system to a 5 star one or a simple thumbs up, thumbs down one, but then this lovely YouTube article sold me on the basic solution. Simply put, people don't use the middle stars anyway. If you like a video a lot, you put five stars, if its only decent you don't bother to rate, and if its total garbage you might put one star. So yeah, rate below what you think of my new change =P

Total Number of Ratings at each Star Value

The 50's had Issues

Man, these ads show you how far we've come in the past 60 years. Makes you wonder how today's ads will look in the future. Wooo, go sexism!

Two Takes on our Universe

I don't really need to say much seeing as both of these explain our whole universe... or something?

It Eats Snow and Poops Bricks

Only the Japanese could come up with a cute robot to eat snow, poop ice blocks, and do it all in the name of helping the elderly. That being said, I totally want one. My snow forts would be the most epic in all the land, and no one would dare question of my army of loyal robot minions. Buahahahaha! The future is here!

Girl has Ball Skills

I don't know what skill this is, but she has far too much of it. I'm pretty sure she was created by replacing the soul of a gymnast with that of a basketball player. That can't be natural.

Chromeo - Night by Night Remix

This catchy song has some great sounds and the main dancer in it has some very impressive moves. I don't know though, is he good enough that you'd pay to dance with him in a dingy warehouse? I'll leave that up to you.

Linked To By: Morgan H.

Old Spice for Men

Old Spice didn't want to pay for the Super Bowl ad space, so instead they released these awesome ads online during halftime. Its a shame they didn't shell out for the slots though because these are far funnier than anything I saw. Here are my favorite two.


Ladies:

Men:

Linked To By: Bryn W.

Making Something Out of Nothing

I don't know how many of you out there are sailors, but I think anyone can appreciate this. To put it simply, some sailors said "Fuck you physics, we're going fast" and then accelerated their trimaran to 20 knots in a 2 knot wind. Thats right, these guys got going ten times faster than the wind that was powering them. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Linked To By: Frank V.

Hitler's Battletech Game Goes Awry

This clip from "The Downfall" has been used is a ridiculous amount of parodies, but this particularly nerdy take on it is by far my favorite. The amount you'll laugh is most likely directly proportional to your exposure to gaming culture, so you could think of it as a nerd litmus test. In that regard, I win!

The Bat Bomb

I've seen many articles on the bizarre wonder weapons that Germany created during WWII, but this American project certainly takes the cake on the strangeness factor. Whats even more odd is apparently how well it worked! Well, animal cruelty issues aside... That part is a little disturbing. It is certainly creative though.

Conan O'Brien Kissing

Best kissing reaction ever. Of course, if I'd gotten a kiss from Rebecca Romijn Stamos I'd probably be on the same boat. Full video version here.

Little Worlds

This guy makes some amazing model worlds. The photos on his site aren't photoshopped, they actually all physical scenes with practical effects that he describes below each one. Its rather breathtaking.

Post your favorite in the comments!