Endless Bag of Gold

Jumped in Lake Michigan yesterday and became a Polar Bear. Here’s a short video of the good times.

“Wolfman…to scary!”

Aaaaawooooooooo

thedailywhat:

Godspeed You! Black Mesa of the Day: Impressive and haunting mashup of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s “The Dead Flag Blues” and in-game footage from Half-Life 2 that took Michael over 100 hours to compile. 

The goal of this project was to take the song “The Dead Flag Blues” and match it with striking imagery from the Half-Life 2 series to create a unique video that fans can enjoy. Call it a trailer, short, montage, music video, machinima, whatever you want, this my tribute to one the best game series around and everyone’s favorite hero. Oh, the band rules too.

[kotaku.]

Great tribute to a game that still looks and plays better than a lot games out today. 

I really liked Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (especially this shot), but I think in order to really understand whats happening it requires multiple viewings. It had a nice slow pace at the beginning and Oldmans silent treatment throughout the first half of the film gave you the sense that he really was an intelligence badass, ever watchful. But the ending didn’t exactly gel for me and I think they may have tried to crunch it all together to meet a time limitation. All in all a solid spy flick, worth a look see.

I really do enjoy doing these title animations. This one was for a mixed drink with Bacardi called the Sticky Bomb. I always imagine a plasma grenade from the Halo series when I think sticky bomb, so I tried to stick with that idea, without overly indulging it. I may have went particle crazy.

I have to thank Video Copilot’s tutorials for this one rick. They put me on the right track for my plasma orb.

Look for the whole episode later down the line on Pixeldom.com

Pixeldom has done a few short Geek Mixology shows for Bacardi on how to make some geeky cocktails. While editing the show I thought it would be fun to give each drink its owned personalized animation as I listed out the ingredients. This is one of my favorites for a Healing Potion. (Cure for a midnight langover)

Tunes by Torley

Don’t Skip it!

A lot of times when I’m watching a show back to back to back, I tend to skip the opening sequence after the third episode or so, but this is not so with Portlandia. The song Feel it All Around by Washed Out lends itself to the shows laid back themes and if I had to describe the shots cut together underneath the track in one word it would be nice.

Watch the show if you don’t already, before it’s OVER!

Brothers and Sister.

Yesterday I went and saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was great, I loved it, and I’ll see it again. The problem I had was with the three assholes behind me who added commentary the entire time. 3 film nerds who needed to dissect the work right then and there. Let us watch the movie first, take it all in, and then when it comes out on blu-ray, DVD, On-demand (I’m not playing favorites) you can gather round the television and probe it to no end. 

I’ve seen at least one movie a week, every week, for the past year and folks talking during the movie is becoming common place. Just shut the fuck up for two hours. If you have questions about the film, save it for the end. Most likely the person sitting next to you doesn’t have the answers because they’re also seeing the movie for the first time. Take the film in, let it sit for awhile, its probably not that complicated. Most movies these days are popcorn fodder anyway. 

If all else fails we hire new ushers, my vote is the creatures from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode “Hush”, and have them take your voice box until the movie is over. Don’t forget to pick it up on the way out.

Jimmy Soul - If you wanna be happy

“Hey man, I saw your wife the other day and she’s uuuugly”

“Yeah, she’s ugly but she sure can cook baby”