Something about the silence, colors, harsh lighting and aspect ratio makes it look like some sort of experimental public access show. I think it needs a lynchian industrial hum mixed with static and the woosh woosh sound of a heart and audio of military training videos, preferable about chemical warfare.
Maybe mix in some clips of that rotting fox from that NIN video, clips of a guy eating a steak by played backwards so it looks like he is spitting peices out and re assembling it in the plate, and blood flowing through veins.
That would be pretty sweet. There is this awesome bar in the village that has mixed media shows I could totally show it at. The bartender there is super cute and I can tell she is sorta into me. posted by Ad hominem at 9:26 PM on October 8, 2012 [13 favorites]
Wait, something's wrong, there's no "Call Me Maybe" in this at all. posted by Stoatfarm at 9:34 PM on October 8, 2012
Something about the silence, colors, harsh lighting and aspect ratio makes it look like some sort of experimental public access show. I think it needs a lynchian industrial hum mixed with static and the woosh woosh sound of a heart and audio of military training videos, preferable about chemical warfare.
Actually the best song to mash up science demonstration clips to is this
Throw in Big Dog and some quadcopters and you've got it made. posted by The Whelk at 9:42 PM on October 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
Assume all links NSFW
Something about the silence, colors, harsh lighting and aspect ratio makes it look like some sort of experimental public access show.
Plus some tighter close ups of the goop. That is how you know it is artistic. Maybe a close up of an eye blinking, or skin. Contrast the sinister biomechanical goop, as it relentlessly feeds on magnets, to defenseless flesh. Biomechanics and body horror aren't really Lynch's thing so I guess it is more in line with Videodrome.
If it was Lynch, you would see an alternate main character killing killing his own wife reflected in cube magnet as it was being swallowed by the goop, then the main character would wake up to find he was the wife all along and the husband is dead. The phone would ring and upon picking it up the main character would hear a voice say "hello this is black goo" while a Roy Orbison song played in the background. posted by Ad hominem at 10:17 PM on October 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
Ubbo-Sathla! posted by JHarris at 10:53 PM on October 8, 2012
First they came for the neodymium magnets and I didn't speak out... posted by MuffinMan at 12:23 AM on October 9, 2012
If any of you guys do end up buying this, please don't fuck with it and be super careful around kids. I've been making ferrofluid for a while and nanoparticles of magnetite haven't really been meaningfully tested for long term safety. It doesn't make sense to use gloves or anything, but make sure it doesn't interact with food or anything that could get inside of you. posted by Blasdelb at 12:34 AM on October 9, 2012
That's never going to come off the magnets, is it? posted by cromagnon at 12:50 AM on October 9, 2012
Guess I picked the wrong day to stop watching Naked Lunch. posted by a non e mouse at 2:08 AM on October 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
I. I. ... I started watching it and was thinking "ooooh cool".. but then my brain just started screaming "eeeeewwwwww MAKE IT STOP". Fascinatingly creepy, and erm strangely squick. posted by Faintdreams at 3:00 AM on October 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
This post could consist of nothing but the sentence "There is such a thing as magnetic putty, and you get it from a place called Putty World" and it would still be a great post.
A performance art piece. A man sitting in a chair, magnets hidden in his gloves. He is served a plate of goo. Slowly the goo starts to eat him. (Lynchian music, etc.) posted by dances_with_sneetches at 6:32 AM on October 9, 2012
Magnetic putty was a hit stocking stuffer in my house 2 yrs ago, and it's still being played with today. There's still plenty of time to order before xmas. posted by selfmedicating at 7:11 AM on October 9, 2012
Seconding the strangely squick... posted by hamandcheese at 7:37 AM on October 9, 2012
Awesome! But man, the name is NOT helping the squickness of it. It's as if it's sentient.
Engulfing putty....
Devouring putty....
Thinking putty. posted by Westringia F. at 9:49 AM on October 9, 2012
soft putty made of magnets posted by The Whelk at 9:52 AM on October 9, 2012
The phone would ring and upon picking it up the main character would hear a voice say "hello this is black goo" while a Roy Orbison song played in the background.
(but I prefer the soundtrack on not_on_display's link. That is, NO soundtrack)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:06 PM on October 8, 2012 [1 favorite]