Gender-bending episode of Adventure Time

Fionna and Cake preview:

That’s Madeliene Martin as Fionna, Roz Ryan as Cake, Grey DeLisle as the Ice Queen, and Neil Patrick Harris as Prince Gumball. And a very special nod to Natasha Allegri for singing the main title.

And since I don't think I ever posted it, here's Avenger Time:




*Buy Adventure Time toys at eBay.

Cliffdiving in Italy

Video of a Red Bull cliffdiving event in Italy. 35,000 people for the last event!

Overstrike trailer by Blur

Excellent trailer by Blur for Overstrike. Reminds me of The Incredibles.

Will Ferrell outtakes

Will Ferrell outtakes. Hilarious and NSFW. Via.

Trailers, trailers, trailers

Gina Carano as some sort of unstoppable super spy in Haywire.



Tremendous concept for Awake, a new series starring Jason Isaacs. (The same idea was used to great effect in Matt Kindt's Revolver.)



Bryan Singer warns the world of the dangers of being a cyborg in a digital series called H+. (Very similar to the Purity First trailer for Deus Ex: Human revolution.)



Lackluster trailer for Drive that seems to give away far too much of the plot. The previous movie footage was a much better advertisement.

HAL 9000 wins the chess game in 2001 by cheating (and more)

I've been watching a fascinating series of film analyses by Rober Ager. In this first video, he shows that HAL 9000 was based on IBM, and that HAL wins the chess game against the astronaut by cheating in two ways:









This next video is about The Shining and how the Overlook Hotel and hedge maze shift architecturally throughout the movie:




(I've previously linked to as series of posts explaining that the protagonist of The Shining is the hotel.)

There's many more videos in the series, including a look at Aliens (Cameron's take on Vietnam?). Via these sites.

*Buy 2001 posters at eBay.

I just thought you might enjoy this Fabio wallpaper

W+K is now scraping the bottom of the barrel to get attention for Old Spice, casting Fabio in a series of inane commercials. The real irony is that the commercials were probably never remotely as succesfuly as they were claimed to be - - they just happened to coincide with a coupon that was very useful to coupon ninjas.

Nike Addiction

Nike Addiction commercial by F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi.

*Buy the Nike+ Sportwatch at eBay.

Red Bull King Of The Rock trophy

This video shows highlights from several of the qualifying rounds of Red Bull's King Of The Rock. Mildly interesting, but mostly I liked the trophy (the finals are on Alcatraz):




*Buy trophies at eBay.

The results of the Tempest Freerunning Academy

"Frank and Max have been training with Team Tempest for almost a year. Watch as the boys showcase their skills in their first ever gym video at Tempest Freerunning Academy!"

Mother and son rockclimbers

Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou (46) and son Shawn (11) climbing The Turning Point (V9) in 2009. Via.

Giant sand geyser in Saudi Arabia

"Suddenly, a 9-meter Sand fountain (geyser) apparead, in the Al-Ahsae City, Eastern Saudi Arabia." Via.

Parkour in nature

Maybe the coolest freerunning video I've seen:

Red Bull relocated four of the world's top free runners from their urban turf to the place where parkour got its start: the great outdoors.

Obstacles abound as far as the eye can see along the turquoise waters and elephant sized rocks of the Verzasca Valley in Switzerland - making it the perfect parkour playground.

My favorite in the video has to be Yoann "Zephyr" Leroux:

Leopard attack in India

"In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India." More incredible photos at the link.

These videos show a bit of the leopard running through the village:

Red Bull breakdancing contest

Red Bull BC One Qualifier Barcelona 2011:

Teatre Grec hosted one of the most prestigious B-boying international events. More than 1,400 people have attended Red Bull BC One Qualifier and witnessed the victory of the Portuguese Lagaet, who has already ensured his participation in the World Final, where the best 16 B-boys in the world will compete on November 26th in Russia.

Soldier cat

The latest video from Freddie Wong - - Medal of Honor cat:




Here's the making of video:

Parkour by Tempest Freerunning

The latest parkour video from Tempest Freerunning.

Two sides of the video game violence debate

First, Penn and Teller speak against video game violence. They certainly have a point, but I think it might be more about the wisdom of banning football (via):



Jon Stewart had the better view several weeks ago:

The Daily Show - Moral Kombat
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(When I saw the new Mortal Kombat fatalities, I called them snuff films.)

Redbull skydiving competition

Video of the Red Bull Motown Swoop - - skydivers swoop toward the ground as if they're going to crash, and then pull up at the last moment to glide long distances horizontally.

Blenderstein by Zach Bellissimo

Really terrific cartoon by Zach Bellissimo from Cartoon Brew's student festival. (So good, I want to brag that I've been following him for years...)