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There have been over 2,000 nuclear explosions in real life but if we believe the movies, it seems like every other action movie drops one in for added color. And I totally get it. I hope to never see a nuclear bomb go off in person but I wouldn’t mind seeing more explosive mushroom cloud…
Here’s a really neat photo that shows a US Marines CH-53E helicopter during a training exercise at night that makes it look like the blades of the military chopper have been replaced with star-powered flight. It’s like a helicopter of the cosmos that has the ability to create portals into another universe. The US Marines…
If you have a stylish friend he will tell you that sunglasses aren’t just made to protect your eyes from the burning sun. He’ll say that wearing sunglasses makes you look better, cooler. Dick Moby is an Amsterdam-based brand that makes really cool sunglasses and they also put together this cute video to show how…
It takes a lot of hard work, a considerable amount of natural talent and a little bit of luck to be able to eat like Homer Simpson in real life. Caolan McArthur and CinemaRaven managed to accomplish the Herculean feat (with the help of a sped up camera) and basically created a live action version…
National Geographic’s Your Shots features this spectacular picture of a scuba diver swimming under a massive shoal of fish at Cabo Pulmo, in Baja California peninsula, Mexico. The picture, shot by Californian photographer Jeff Hester, shows a colorful ocean full of life but that wasn’t always the case: I believe this is what our oceans…
When I see British designer and calligraphist Seb Lesterwork I picture myself sitting quietly next to him just watching him do his job. I’m sure calligraphy is a very relaxing thing to do, this video—where he skillfully recreates famous logos by hand—proves that it’s also a mesmerizing thing to watch. The first time I’ve learned…
Ethan Jones is back with another interesting visual breakdown of movie logos, this time focusing on DreamWorks. You know that intro sequence, where a fishing line gets dropped into the water from a boy on the moon. Here are all the variations that have popped up in DreamWorks movies since they first started using the…
Mission Chinese Food and Black Seed Bagels teamed up to create the wildest breakfast sandwich in New York: an all black, squid ink bagel with white poppy seeds that has been schmeared with whipped kefir-anchovy butter and made irresistible with Jamón Ibérico. The black bagel bun looks jarring but I’m sure this tastes fantastic. You…
Our favorite TV show characters and movie stars and cartoons are often remembered for how they look. The outfits they wear, the cars they drive, the weapons they use, the swagger they carry and the hairstyle they have. Here’s an infographic showing 65 different famous hairstyles. Some can be recognized instantly, others I’m not so…
Netflix teamed up with David Gelb, the creator of Jiro Dreams of Sushi, to tell the story of six world class chefs and showcase their kitchens and, drool, their food. The trailer plays up the series as something epic (all that music!) but looks like it’s going to reveal an interesting story of see the…
Don’t watch this video if you get queasy by pixel created blood and hyperrealistic video game gore. Because good lord the Fatalities in Mortal Kombat X are downright disgusting to see. If you remember the game, players are supposed to “finish” a character with a brutal Fatality move after a fight and these news ones…
I’ve seen the future and it’s not 3D printing, it’s 3D Easy Cheese printing. That is, an Easy Cheese canister is taken and made to splooge out the golden orange yellow scientific miracle substance that is Easy Cheese like a 3D printer would print out objects. It fails spectacularly and hilariously and satirically but I’ve…
Cars in movies, car chase scenes in action flicks and action flicks about cars and car chase scenes are almost always fun to watch. That’s why cars like the DeLorean and movies like The Fast and the Furious live on forever in our memories. CineFix made an ode to all your favorite car scenes in…
Color me intrigued. Anna Péter, Malackaraj, cooks up another wild dish that I’ve never heard of that sounds and looks pretty gross (I mean, it’s called sour lungs) but also somehow looks pretty tasty after she’s done cooking it through. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten lungs before but I love all offal meats so…
When I saw this video of Swedish skier Erik Sunnerheim zooming over the ice while carving with a chainsaw two thoughts popped into my mind: At first I though it was super fun and wanted to try it right away but then, all the things that could go wrong started to pile up in my…
Watching this cool mashup of 98 famous movie fights totally unleashed my inner teenager. It makes me want to get my old high school friends together for a daylong kung fu movie marathon—in VHS if possible. The only thing that bothered me about the clip is the annoying music. That’s one thing I’ll never miss…
The guys at AtomCentral uploaded this video depicting the failed test of the Atlas missile back in 1961. The footage—scanned to HD from the original film—shows the rocket exploding in an epic and mesmerizing slow motion that would make Michael Bay drool. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Maxime Gaudet’s hyperlapse experiment video of Paris lets you jump all over the city in 3 minutes. The video moves at such a frenetic pace that the feel of the video doesn’t quite match up with the feel of the City of Love but it’s still a lot of fun to watch because it feels…
Though I understand its problems, I still enjoyed the visual ride that was Interstellar. Still, the best thing about the movie might have been the TARS and CASE moving monolith robot machines. Here’s a behind the scenes clip that shows how the practical effects of TARS and CASE were made and how they were controlled…
You’ve done this. I’ve done this. We’ve all done this before. Daniel Koren completely nails the hilarious truth about using the microwave late at night and how our initial goodwill for silence is negated by our stupidity and desire for hot food. We all start out as a do good superhero and end up as…
