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Not too many people saw Hardcore Henry, that action movie shot in a first person view. It’s probably because though that gimmick looks cool as hell in trailers and short clips, an entire movie’s worth of seeing out from the character’s perspective can get tiring. But! It sure looks fun in this super crude animation.…
The early days of first person shooters like Quake and Unreal Tournament gave birth to one of the most unique types of video game AIs: the FPS bot. Within a few years time these mindless enemies became an institution. Then just as quickly as they arrived, they disappeared. For many in the late 90s and…
To help Saab Defence and Security capture some spectacular footage of its Gripen fighter jet, a Swedish-based company called Blue Sky used a custom-built gyro-stabilized camera system that can ride along at speeds of over 345 miles per hour. When paired with a 6K Red Dragon digital cinema camera and a $40,000 Canon camera lens,…
Following up their 100 best one liners made before a kill in movies, Burger Fiction has now done it up with the magically hilarious lines people say right after an on-screen kill. There is so much Arnold in here, it makes me happy. I guess, a lot of James Bond too. And Bruce Willis. Apple…
I really shouldn’t enjoy this as much as I do but you don’t choose what you love, you know? Seeing a mouse trap crack open an egg is so much fun and so perfect that I want to break all my eggs like this every morning. It happens so fast, the trap snaps in place…
Oopsies in movies are the best because they’re so hilariously out of place. Like having a car in the shot of a Braveheart battle sequence or having a camera man inside Hogwarts in Harry Potter or seeing a human arm pat down a velociraptor in Jurassic Park. These little big errors don’t always ruin a…
The story of how zero came to be and the history of math is actually quite fascinating! They should have taught us that instead of actual math in high school, if you ask me. Thankfully, Hannah Fry tells us in the animation story below all we need to know. There’s fascinating bits about how the…
Here’s a 500 watt halogen light bulb vaporizing a ping pong ball. The wimpy plastic ball starts melting and then completely vanishes in seconds, leaving behind no evidence that it ever existed in the first place. It’s like the coolest way to dispose of anything. You can see it in slow motion at the end…
The opening credits for Game of Thrones is such a fantastic sequence in that it lays out the map of the Seven Kingdoms and does so in a board game-esque fashion. You gain a sense of distance and try and understand each location’s importance but it all happens so fast that you don’t really get…
Other than youth and recess and summer vacation and nap time and candy and junk food and energy and fast metabolism and hope and excitement and bubbles and being with your friends every single day and first memories and playgrounds and no worries and probably a million other things, one of the things that you…
Ever wondered what exact scene condescending Willy Wonka came from or what Buzz and Woody were talking about in that Toy Story everywhere meme? Wonder no more. Here are 10 original movie scenes that became memes thanks to the power of the Internet and the curious filtration system it uses to transform ordinary scenes into…
Do you know what you learn when you see totally random objects like a shoe or an airsoft gun or a golf club or a computer speaker get cut in half by a powerful waterjet cutter? That there’s a lot of space in these things. Just big hollow areas next to the parts of the…
Why can’t I look away? Maggots and bugs and creepy crawlers gross me out in every which way and yet I’m so fascinated with seeing how they attack a John Dory and Gunnard fish over a multiple week period. The fish are wiped completely clean, there’s not a single bit of flesh on them after…
With a fantasy series like Game of Thrones, the invisible visual effects that bring the fictional world and creatures to life are just as important to the story as the show’s cast. Actor Ian Whyte plays a giant named Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun who towers over other characters in Westeros. And even though in…
It’s not as scary tall as climbing oversized skyscrapers but climbing churches can be just as frightening because the buildings are so much older and the spire is totally not meant to be climbed. Plus, what if one of those things he stood on just snapped off because, well, they’re old!? But one thing that…
There are a lot of ways to drink coffee but most of us don’t put much thought into it. Here’s a quick burst of different brewing methods, from the common cappuccinos and espressos to the always trendy aeropress and v60 pourovers to the more unique coffee cezve and siphon coffee. It’s a fun look at…
The two rules of amateur music production: 1) Anything can be recorded reasonably well with an SM57. 2) You can never own too many instruments. SquidPhysics proved both those rules (that I absolutely just made up) with his astounding cover of the Futurama theme. He lays down parts for the song on drums, electric guitar,…
These guys may have melted the soles of their shoes a bit, but it was worth it to capture these jaw-dropping tricks in stunning slow motion. Skateboarders Christopher Chann, Mike Davis, Gabe McCoy, Blake Jossi, and Merari Paz teamed up with BeyondSlowMotion, and the first order of business was lighting everything but themselves on fire.…
If you stood this close to a rocket launch, your face would probably look like deep-fried Swiss cheese. Luckily, 360-degree cameras and a VR headset can put you in the action a little more easily. The video below was shot at the launch of a Delta-IV rocket from Vanderberg Air Force Base in California. The…
When you’re looking at movies directed by Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) and Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love) and Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather II), you know you’re watching true masters of their craft at work. Everything matters, every detail is important. Even if you’re not well versed in filmmaking, your eyeballs are being led…
