Captain Awesoooome! SLVimeo; 8.12; "Captain Awesome is about to save the day once again, when an upset stomach threatens to ruin it all. A story of a superhero’s race against time to save his image or humanity before it all goes down the drain!" Tip: bonus joke at 5.51.
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posted by bwg
on Jul 15, 2011 -
2 comments
IS TROPICAL - THE GREEKS: Official music video (Vimeo, 3.25); live action combined with animation for real comic-book violence. NSFW owing to boys being shot, blown up, shot, electrocuted, shot, slashed and then shot some more.
posted by bwg
on May 29, 2011 -
45 comments
Hambuster: when your lunch goes berserk. Vimeo; Warning, funny, violent, and gory as Hell, so maybe NSFW. Also available in 3D.
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posted by bwg
on May 21, 2011 -
18 comments
"Canyon Crest K9 Training Center owner, Ron Pace,
saves the life of a boxer with CPR (SLYT; 7.52) during a regular training session. During the session, the dog suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing. Ron immediately applied CPR. Within a few minutes, the dog regained consciousness."
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posted by bwg
on Mar 13, 2011 -
27 comments
Out of Sync: "A man departs his house, only to realize what he leaves behind. By separating sound from visuals, Out of Sync paints a uniquely involving portrait of a marriage at breaking point. Is there still time to save the relationship?"
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posted by bwg
on Feb 22, 2011 -
7 comments
The Saga of Biôrn: Biôrn, an old Viking, is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy. SLVimeo.
posted by bwg
on Feb 18, 2011 -
18 comments
Shot with a Canon 5D MarkII at high shutter speeds, this video of a bassist's hand movements show a frequency that results in amazing
string wobble (Vimeo; 1.11).
posted by bwg
on Feb 13, 2011 -
70 comments
I don't watch American Idol. I'm not even remotely interested. But I did happen across
this clip of barista Chris Medina, who impressed me less with his singing during his audition (which is great) than with his heart (SLYT; 4.55). Excuse me, but I've got something in my eye.
posted by bwg
on Jan 29, 2011 -
85 comments
Badass Lego Guns, a short YouTube video (1.55) showing five working guns built from instructions from the book of the same name by Martin Hudepohl.
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posted by bwg
on Jan 27, 2011 -
18 comments
Want to create a video of a steady stream of divers simultaneously using the 10 and 3-metre platforms at the diving pool? Get a lot of fellows together, or just
Fake It (SLYT; 3.43).
Original site (Japanese).
posted by bwg
on Jan 2, 2011 -
35 comments
"A skirmish between a junior high school principal and one of his students is yet again playing out publicly after a
video of the incident was posted online. Ken Fells, a 15-year employee of the Halifax Regional School Board, was removed from his post at Graham Creighton Junior High School in Cherry Brook, N.S., after an altercation with a student on March 3."
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posted by bwg
on Jun 4, 2010 -
258 comments
Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye, sing to us (auto-tuned in a way that I actually
don't hate), in
We Are All Connected*.
*Possibly NSFW owing to sidebar video links.
Something similar was mentioned here
previously.
posted by bwg
on Oct 28, 2009 -
38 comments
The video of German electrofunkmeister Michael Fakesch's
On the Floor (via Daily Motion) might make getting to sleep difficult.
But it's awesome, and the guy sounds like a younger, angrier Prince.
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posted by bwg
on May 5, 2008 -
9 comments
Italian Spider-Man: homemade costume, cheesy 70's music, mafiosos in wrestling masks ... what more could you ask for?
posted by bwg
on Nov 15, 2007 -
6 comments
The Comeback: I apologise for the single YouTube link, but after watching it, I don't think anyone will care, because Samuel L. Jackson
rules ... the
football field.
posted by bwg
on Sep 3, 2007 -
34 comments
