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The Screen Junkies guys previously showed how John McClane would need four lives just to get through the first Die Hard movie, so what about the other four?
Let’s just say that McClane should be grateful the laws of science don’t apply to Hollywood, because otherwise the movies would need to be set inside a hospital (preferably in McClane’s own head), while McClane lies in bed in an induced coma, wrapped in bandages.
Ah, the Oxford Comma, sung about in songs by preppy bands, debated about on Radio Four, and oft misunderstood.
So, are you for it or against? The animated video above features a three-minute TED-Ed lesson which looks at both sides of the argument and clarifies when it should be use. So watch, listen, and get angry.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a drone with a camera, along with some nifty VFX and it’s the work of CorridorDigital.
The visual effects wizzos decided to envision what it might look like if Superman spent a day wearing a GoPro attached to his head, whizzing around Metropolis, fighting bad guys and generally being a superhero with magical flying powers.
NDT always looks like he’s been taking some hits from the bong, and now with a slowed down voice he sounds like it too.
So listen to the great man answer the question “Who’s The Greatest Physicist In History?” and talk about colors and basically act like he’s just had a sesh with Snoop.
From Ferris Bueller giving life advice (“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”) to Tyler Durden giving the audience some home truths about consumerism, characters love breaking the fourth wall.
Meaning, they love crossing that fictional line and addressing the audience head-on because, you know, movies are actually real. And here’s ten of the best moments of that, picked subjectively by a random stranger who you’ll probably disagree with.
LOLCats may’ve been LOL back in 2005, but the internet is a fickle mistress and new memes soon become discarded and oh-so-last week quicker than you can say “Impact Font”.
But why? And just how long is the LOL-cycle of a new meme? Mike Rugnetta from PBS’ Idea Channel takes a fascinating look at why and when memes stop being funny and start being really annoying.
This has got to be the dumbest prank in the history of pranking—just what did they expect to happen?
After pretending to rob someone in broad daylight at an ATM (the “victim” is in on the prank too), many times over, inevitably a hero steps in and dishes out some justice with his fists.
From its classical, upright beginnings playing Bach to the Seinfeld theme tune, Collective Cadenza explore the history of the bass.
And what a versatile instrument it is, used in jazz, rock, pop and funk it helped found many, many genres and musical styles. All hail the bass!
