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Looper gives us a glimpse at what Marvel films look like without special effects, including stripped down scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Part of the reason Marvel movies work so well is that their visual effects are so seamless that we can rarely tell the difference between...The post What Marvel Films Look Like Without Special Effects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Japanese artist Kensuke Koike has built a unique Rubik’s Cube that can be solved using photos of people’s faces, instead of colors. We previously wrote about Koike when he used a hand cranked pasta machine to duplicate a photo. LEGO Robot Solves Traditional Rubik’s Cube in a Record-Breaking 3.253 SecondsPuzzle Facade, A Building Transformed Into...The post A Unique Rubik’s Cube That Is Solved Using Photos of People’s Faces Instead of Colors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with James Edward Smith Jr., a restoration instructor at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in Texas. Smith spoke compassionately about the extraordinary art of providing facial restoration services to those who may have suffered injury to their face or head in death, particularly to the family of the deceased. Smith...The post The Extraordinary Art of Deceased Facial Restoration For Those Who Suffered Injury to Their Face or Head appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Julien Tabet (@julien.tabet) on Mar 10, 2018 at 11:00am PST French digital artist Julien Tabet has created a wonderful series of pastel colored, imaginative animals in unusual circumstances such as the stripes of a zebra suddenly taking flight, a black bird giving spots to a leopard or a fox with wings....The post Imaginative Animals in Unusual Situations Created From Real Images Manipulated With Photoshop appeared first on Laughing Squid.

McPherson Guitars shared a fascinating factory tour that shows every step involved in a full build of a gorgeous instrument from their Carbon Series. McPherson guitars are known for their creativity, their offset sound hole and their embrace of cutting edge materials, such as carbon fiber. The material is acoustically resonant while also being lightweight,...The post A Fascinating Factory Tour of McPherson Guitars That Shows a Full Build of a Carbon Series Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Footage from 1982 shows an unusual performance by a Tyrolean choir in which all of the members openly flicked their tongues back and forth while performing the wordless a capella version of a song by Austrian composer Franz Mika titled “A Gaudi Muss Sein“. via reddit Lenny Kravitz Hears Street Choir Playing his Song, Joins...The post Members of a Tyrolean Choir Flick Their Tongues Back and Forth While Performing a Wordless Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very creative and helpful Household Hacker put together a list of handy cost-saving ideas that provide creative alternative and can help humans save money while providing a safe, healthy and interactive home for a cat and/or dog. Suggestions such as homemade games and healthy food additions were amongst the shared subjects between the feline...The post Clever Cost Saving Hacks That Provide Creative Alternatives to Expensive Cat and Dog Supplies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Ellen Show to promote their upcoming film The Spy Who Dumped Me, actresses Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon happily succumbed to a game of “Speak Out“. Per the game’s rules, the two donned plastic dental retractors and recited nonsensical phrases such as “I love bean bag popping” and “Patty poked that...The post A Drooling Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis Play a Hilarious Round of ‘Speak Out’ on The Ellen Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While at Nürnberg Castle, visitor Unecht Erfunden and his family poured a pitcher of water into a medieval well that went down 50 meters (164 feet). As it went down, the sound of the water bounced off the walls and then echoed back to them after a short fascinating delay. TheBackyardScientist Pours Seven Different Molten...The post The Fascinating Delayed Sound of Water Being Poured Down a 50 Meter Well at Nürnberg Castle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In support of the Stand Up To Cancer movement, a newly 50 year old Jimmy Kimmel decided this was the year for him to get his first colonoscopy. The nervous host recruited journalist and talk show host Katie Couric to accompany him to the appointment. Couric has been a spokeswoman for colon cancer awareness since...The post Katie Couric Accompanies a Nervous Jimmy Kimmel to His Very First Colonoscopy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cassie, the ostrich-legged bipedal robot by Agility Robotics lab at Oregon State University showed off some slick dance moves during a play date with a four-legged robot. The canine quadruped also had some great moves and made a great dance partner to Cassie. Whenever you take your #robot to visit a Playground, it might make...The post Cassie the Ostrich-Inspired Bipedal Robot Dances With a Robotic Dog During a Play Date appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Santa Cruz del Islote is a tiny artificial within the Archipelago of San Bernardo , that sits two hours off the coast of Colombia. This 200 meter island is home to 1,200 residents, most of whom who are descended from the original settlers, making it four times as dense as the island of Manhattan. Great...The post A Tiny Artificial Island Off the Coast of Colombia That’s Four Times as Dense as Manhattan appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Epic Games, who teamed up with NVIDIA and ILMxLAB at GDC 2018, used characters from Star Wars to publicly demonstrate how they are able to pull off the incredible feat of real-time ray tracing with Unreal Engine 4. During today’s “State of Unreal” opening session at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the three companies presented...The post Epic Games Uses Star Wars to Demonstrate Real-Time Ray Tracing With Unreal Engine 4 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

My poor, poor husband.I “Morissetted” him for over a month.But let me ask you this, how the hell could I ever stop? pic.twitter.com/R6UVdjmHuL — Lisa Shmeesa ??? (@LisaRieffel) March 21, 2018 Lisa Rieffel of Los Angeles, California did a fantastic job of teasing her husband, for over a month, by loudly singing various lyrics from...The post Wife Teases Her Husband by Loudly Singing an Alanis Morissette Song at Random Moments appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A determined man in Rostov-on-Don, Russia struggles to walk uphill after the sidewalks all iced over. Thanks to a pole, he was able to complete his slippery journey. Little Pig Slides Slowly Down an Icy Uphill Sidewalk On a Cold Winter’s DayDetermined Dog Deftly Navigates the Sidewalk With a Giant Stick In His Mouth to...The post A Determined Russian Man Struggles to Walk Uphill on Icy Sidewalk appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actor Andy Serkis, best known for his portrayal of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes, teamed up with Epic Games to demonstrate the future of performance capture in gaming. The stunning footage features Serkis tapping into his wide range of facial expressions while reciting William Shakespeare‘s speech...The post Andy Serkis Recites Speech From ‘Macbeth’ to Show Off the Future of Performance Capture in Gaming appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The LAIKA animation studio released a fantastic behind-the-scenes video that gives us a glimpse at how lead armaturist Jeanne McIvor carefully built and repaired the feline puppets for the stop motion animated film, Coraline. Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, New Animated Film by Henry Selick & LaikaThe Other Mother Sent Us A Coraline Button BoxNew Trailer Shows...The post How Armaturist Jeanne McIvor Built and Repaired Cat Puppets for LAIKA’s Animated Film ‘Coraline’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

DUST presents Hybrids, a sci-fi short film written directed by Patrick Kalyn about an ex-special forces soldier and mother who hunts down an alien to avenge her daughter’s brutal death. The original soundtrack, composed by Sam Hulick, is available to purchase from Bandcamp. In the wake of an alien infestation, an ex-special forces soldier’s daughter...The post Hybrids, A Sci-Fi Short About an Ex-Soldier Who Hunts an Alien to Avenge Her Daughter’s Death appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a locus episode of his incredibly informative video essays about music, YouTuber Polyphonic, talked about three different recording studios that were rather unorthodox in their respective natures, but turned out legendary, blockbuster albums. These locations also affected the bands in different ways. The Big Pink in West Saugerties, New York founded The Band; the...The post Unorthodox Recording Studios That Turned Out Legendary Rock Albums appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When Israeli Ran Rosenzweig visited Iceland for the first time, he captured gorgeous 4K drone footage that shows the incredibly unique, fascinatingly otherworldly beauty of the country’s landscape. Included in the footage are the striking black sand beaches, the flowing waterfalls, the long winding roads into the mountains, the steamy geothermal spots, lava fields and...The post Amazing Drone Footage That Captures the Unique Otherworldly Beauty of Iceland From High Above appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a lovely video from 2010, retired engineer Mike Trowler shared how much he cared for a rescued pet fox named Jack, a gentle animal who was quite happy to play a short game of football (soccer) on the front lawn with his human and then get a nice shampoo and blow dry afterwards. The...The post A Day In the Life of a Rescued Fox Named Jack appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the beautiful, short documentary “The Papermaker“, director Daniel Egenolf of Kings and Kongs Film Production, goes inside the Arthouse Bethanian workshop of Gangolf Ulbricht, one of the last European artisans who craft paper completely by hand. Ulbricht demonstrated his process for making paper, one that uses no trees whatsoever, but he will happily recycle...The post A Beautiful Film About One of the Last European Artisans Who Craft Paper Completely by Hand appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a cuddly episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all over the world demonstrated what dogs and cats sound like in their homeland. 70 people from 70 countries demonstrate what cats and dogs sound like in their home country. For...The post People From Around the World Demonstrate What Cats and Dogs Sound Like in Their Countries appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The American Chemical Society series Reactions analyzed the preparation of a traditional Chinese century egg (pidan), noting the fascinating chemical reactions that takes place once the special fermenting preparation permeates the shell of the duck egg over the course of twenty days. These green and black preserved eggs don’t really look like food, but the...The post The Fascinating Chemical Reaction That Takes Place In the Preparation of a Chinese Century Egg appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a crunchy episode of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz spent a creative three days brainstorming how to create a gourmet version of the very popular Cheetos Crunchy Cheese Snack. On the third day, after a number of false starts and ingredient changes, Saffitz successfully came...The post Pastry Chef Spends Three Days Attempting to Create a Gourmet Version of Crunchy Cheetos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Flag Waver is a website that allows users to upload any image and watch it wave in the wind as an animated flag. It also allows you to turn off the wind and change the flags orientation on the flag pole. via Boing Boing BATMAN: The Ride, A 4D Free Fly Roller Coaster Premiering at...The post Flag Waver, A Website That Turns Uploaded Images Into an Animated Flag Waving in the Wind appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During a wonderfully humorous segment on The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert joined the incomparable Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her daily workout. The petite 85-year old legend, clad in a fierce purple sweatshirt with the words “Super Diva” emblazoned across the front, moved nimbly about the gym after a false start with...The post Stephen Colbert Works Out With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg While Dressed Like Angus Young of AC/DC appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Zebra Corner has inserted a “Real Person” named Mahk into an infomercial for the Egg Sitter support cushion. Here is the original commercial. A ‘Real Person’ Named Mahk Is Inserted Into a Commercial for the 2017 Buick EnvisionA ‘Real Person’ Named Mahk Is Inserted Into a Commercial for the 2018 Chevy EquinoxA ‘Real Person’ Named...The post A ‘Real Person’ Named Mahk Is Inserted Into an Infomercial for The Egg Sitter Support Cushion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Petsnflats is a brilliantly useful service that pairs vacationers who have animals in their homes with verified pet sitters who will come in and care for the animals. The company is based in Berlin, Germany, however they have just began offering their service internationally. Both hosts and sitters need to sign up. Once approved, they...The post Petsnflats, A Handy Service That Pairs Pet Sitters With Pets Whose Humans Are Going on Vacation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

20th Century Fox released a hilarious new trailer for Deadpool 2, the upcoming superhero film directed by David Leitch based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and a sequel to the 2016 Deadpool film. The trailer follows the wise cracking Wade Wilson as he forms the X-Force to kick some bad guy...The post The X-Force Unites to Kick Some Bad Guy Butt in a Hilarious New Deadpool 2 Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist Wendy Tsao of Child’s Own takes submission of children’s drawings, contacts the families to go over the details of each drawing, and then turns their original art into an awesome three-dimensional plush toys. Tsao also creates toys from kids’ self portraits. She is accepting orders on her Child’s Own website. A post shared by...The post Artist Turns Kids’ Original Drawings Into Plush Toys appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A team from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT have created the “SoFi” of Fiji, a soft robotic fish that collects data about the sea creatures of the coral reefs in Fiji while swimming alongside them. The SoFi is able to move quickly and smoothly due to its undulating tail and a...The post A Robotic Fish With an Undulating Tail That Collects Data by Swimming With the Fish of the Coral Reefs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian and actor Jay Pharoah met up with Vanity Fair to perform twenty quick and amazing impressions of celebrities like Will Smith, Kevin Hart, and Eddie Murphy. CBS & NBC Stars Battle on SNL’s Celebrity Edition of ‘Family Feud’Dana Carvey Nails Quick Celebrity Nano-Impressions of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and OthersJim Meskimen Performs Nano-Impressions of...The post Jay Pharoah Performs Quick Celebrity Impressions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Charlie Corts of RatedRed helped his son, a cute little kindergartner named Carden, make a fantastic video for school that features him giving an amusing weather report for the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Carden’s uplifting weather report was brought to us all by the letter “C” and Pokémon cards! via reddit Reporter Brilliantly Works Ghostbusters...The post Kindergartner Gives an Amusing Weather Report appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an unsurprisingly hilarious clip from Whose Line Is Anyway, comedians Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles acted out a story involving Noah’s Ark with the help of two female audience members who were brought up on stage by host Drew Carey to provide sound effects to the improvised dialogue. While this particular act didn’t always...The post Two Audience Members Assist Colin and Ryan With Noah’s Ark Sound Effects on Whose Line Is Anyway appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Hungry Corpse written by James Pout and animated by Gergely Wootsch is a beautiful tale of a truly unlikely friendship between a cranky old corpse (voiced by Bill Nighy) who is always hungry but can’t eat due to his missing middle and a chatty pigeon with a broken wing (voiced by Stephen Mangan). In...The post A Hungry Corpse Befriends a Lonely Pigeon With a Broken Wing In a Beautifully Animated Tale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a humorous 1967 IBM promotional film, an early, toothy version of Cookie Monster systematically dismantled a talkative computerized coffee machine for his own consumption until it was all gone. Unfortunately for the hungry muppet, the machine had its own explosive line of defense . An IBM promotional film starring an early version of Jim...The post An Early Version of Cookie Monster Systematically Consumes a Talking Computerized Coffee Machine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate 67th anniversary of the first record ever sold in Japan, Panasonic created an ensemble of 30 accomplished DJs collectively known as The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra, who performed Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor using only the tools of their trade – turntables, mixers and vinyl. The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra creates a whole new...The post The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra Performs Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by alana jones-mann (@alanajonesmann) on Jul 15, 2017 at 10:39am PDT Los Angeles baker Alana Jones-Mann designs a number of delectable, eye-catching cakes, particularly her line of cakes that sport a buttercream exterior gorgeously styled to look like colorfully patterned shag rugs. Each of these beautiful desserts are custom made and can...The post Gorgeous Handmade Cakes With Buttercream Icing Styled to Look Like Colorfully Patterned Shag Rugs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very curious and curious tabby named Tobias enjoys playing with his human old computer, particularly the CD ROM drive. The audible motion always captures Tobias’ attention and prompts him to put a striped paw strategically into place and impede the drive’s closure one way or another. My friend Felix and I make music videos...The post A Playful Tabby Cat Repeatedly Impedes the Path of a Closing CD ROM Drive on an Old Computer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Omar Z. Robles (@omarzrobles) on Mar 16, 2018 at 9:00am PDT In early March, 2018, photographer Omar Z. Robles returned to his childhood home of Puerto Rico to witness first hand what the island looked like only five months after Hurricane Maria struck with such brutal force. While much of the...The post Ballet Dancers Pose Gracefully Amidst the Beauty and the Rubble of Post Hurricane Puerto Rico appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artists at Combo Estúdio did an incredible job of illustrating popular characters from the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones, in the style of Disney characters. Their entire collection of drawings are available to view on Facebook, Instagram, and the Combo Estúdio website. via Bored Panda Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister From ‘Game of Thrones’...The post Game of Thrones Characters Wonderfully Illustrated in the Style of Disney Characters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Austrian musician KawauTV remarkably performed a jaunty medieval tune, playing three traditional flutes at the same time. KawauTV refers to himself as a “medieval freak” and often performs these kinds of songs with different instruments from that time. And yes, he does do birthday parties and weddings, depending on the location. Because of the question:...The post Austrian Musician Plays Three Flutes at the Same Time While Performing a Live Medieval Tune appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Teacher Mr. John Hush challenged his students, who are all armed with calculators, to a fun speed math competition back in 2013. Hush, who had a clever math trick up his sleeve, raced his students to see who could solve a math problem first. via reddit ‘Hush’, Smartphone-Enabled, Noise-Masking Earplugs That Create a Soothing Sleep...The post A Teacher Challenges Students Armed With Calculators to Solve a Math Problem First appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with Phil LaMarr, the man of a million voices, to talk about his role on Mad TV, appearance as Marvin in Pulp Fiction, as well as his amazing vocal work in animated series like Futurama, Family Guy, Justice League, and Samurai Jack. Dick Dale’s 1962 Surf Rock Song ‘Misirlou’ (From Pulp...The post Voice Actor Phil LaMarr Talks About His Career in Cartoons, Mad TV, and Appearance in Pulp Fiction appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In anticipation of the premiere of the new Wes Anderson stop motion film Isle of Dogs on March 23rd, Screen Junkies revisited the common themes that make an appearance in every one of the the director’s films and presented it as an “Honest Trailer“. Putting it this format really brought out Anderson’s distinctive style and...The post An Honest Trailer That Revisits the Common Themes That Appear in Every Wes Anderson Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cartoonist Lauren Lorenzo of the monthly series eLL cartoons hilariously animated a rather passionate interaction that took place at the kitchen table between her father, her 97 year grandmother and a less than cooperative Amazon Echo that refused to answer any questions without being called by the proper name. AMAZON ECHO IS RIPPING MY FAMILY...The post Cartoonist Hilariously Animates Her Father and 97 Year Old Grandmother Arguing With Amazon Alexa appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bill Hader is currently starring in HBO‘s new dark comedy series, Barry, which will premiere on March 25th. To celebrate, Hader met up with Vanity Fair to hilariously demonstrate how not to audition for a role. Bill Hader, Melissa McCarthy, Jeff Goldblum, and Other Actors Audition to Play Young Han SoloPopular 1990s Actors Audition for...The post Bill Hader Demonstrates How Not to Audition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate Star Wars: The Last Jedi being released digitally, the creatives at Star Wars created a two-minute stop motion animated LEGO recap of the 2017 sci-fi film. A LEGO Porg From Star Wars: The Last JediA Recap of the Star Wars Saga So FarDaisy Ridley Answers Star Wars Questions While Building a LEGO Millennium...The post Two-Minute LEGO Recap of Star Wars: The Last Jedi appeared first on Laughing Squid.

How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand released part two of his funny video series where he points out even more of the differences between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Father Explains the Amusing Differences Between Australia and New ZealandGorgeous New Zealand Landscape Time-Lapses by Bevan PercivalHow the Desire to Do...The post New Zealand Father Points Out Even More Differences Between Australia and New Zealand appeared first on Laughing Squid.