I have watched this on a loop an unhealthy amount of times.
It'll be the best 4 seconds you waste today!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Pinhead Reborn for Hellraiser Remake

One of the original "Hellraiser" FX artist, Gary J. Tunnicliffe, redesigned Pinhead for the upcoming remake of the 1987 Clive Barker classic. This is test footage from what Gary has christened “Project Angel: Recreating an Icon.”
Great... now the recurring nightmares I used to have as a kid about Cenobites will return.
Read more about it at Fangoria.
Are Reality Shows Setting Unrealistic Standards For Skanks?
In the Know panelists debate whether TV programs like Rock of Love and The Bad Girls Club depict unattainable levels of skankiness.
Via - The Onion
Via - The Onion
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, The Opera
Robot Chicken once again flaunts its geek cred with this hilarious Italian operatic translation of Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Best. 'Guess Who?' Question. EVAR.

Back in the day, I used to work with kids. The Hasbro game Guess Who? was always a favorite.
Some dude at totalleh.com finally got to ask the question I never could...
The Art of the Foley

A Foley artist on a film crew is the person who creates many of the natural, everyday sound effects in a film, which are recorded during a session with a recording engineer. - wiki
Some sounds are harder to recreate than others...
G-Mail Wants to Send you Free Stuff - Via Snail Mail

Oh the irony.
From the G-mail blog:
Not too long ago, one of the Gmail engineers broke out her vinyl cutter and made some Gmail m-velope stickers. Pretty soon, they were pasted to our desks, stuck on our laptops, and adorning the walls around the office. Then other people started asking us about them -- first it was just other Googlers. But when a guy I was sitting next to on an airplane asked where he could get a Gmail sticker, we realized other people might like them too.
So we designed some more, and printed up a whole bunch.

You can get them by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420
Via - gmailblog.blogspot.com
Why Is My Girlfriend Mad?

Check out this interesting 'Human Art' from the show Kasou Taishou.
Kasou Taishou (Kinchan and Katori Shingo's All Japan Costume Grand Prix) is a semi-annual show on NTV in which various amateur groups (or solo artists) perform short skits, which are rated by a panel of judges. Especially in recent years, many of the skits have revolved around clever methods of "faking" cinematic special effects on a live stage. - wiki
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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