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ScreenPrism, film and television analysis platform known for their incredibly insightful video essays, takes a look at Han Solo and his enduring humanity in a world of Jedis, Androids, Wookiees and other characters. This particular feature made him very difficult to categorize, but very easy to like. Throughout the original Star Wars Trilogy, Han Solo’s...

A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Jan 6, 2018 at 9:10am PST In March 2017, we wrote about the Kickstarter Campaign for Vampires vs. Unicorns: Floor War Game, a unique card throwing/tile game created by game designer Jim DuBois and Hi-Fructose co-founder Attaboy with incredible illustration by artists Travis Louie (Vampires) and Travis...

A helpless dog who had fallen through the ice of a small pond caught the attention of a Marshfield, Missouri man, who very carefully went out onto the ice with a rope and a pole. The man tried the rope first. The dog instinctively grabbed it with his teeth and allowed himself to be pulled...

Upon returning home from shopping at a mushroom farm, a grocery and his uncle’s garden, the very talented Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen prepared a lovely meal of sukiyaki with homemade tofu in view of his beloved long haired orange cats Kohaku and Nagi who were happy to just sit back and watch. The two...

In a highly informative episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko enlisted the help of fellow YouTuber Anthony Padilla to explain the physiological and psychological differences between introverts and extroverts. One of the primary differences between the two is not necessarily in sociability, but rather the time needed to recharge from said sociability....

The Reels2Digital Moviemaker and the Reels2Digital Moviemaker Pro by Wolverine Data look like old school film projectors, but are amazing scanners that transform 8mm and Super 8 film to digital files (MP4), which are stored on an SD/SDHC card as well as play back on a television. Introducing the Wolverine Reels2Digital Moviemaker. A very simple...

Chairudo built the world’s largest wooden-style coaster, inspired by El Toro at Six Flags in Jackson, New Jersey, out of LEGO. His gigantic LEGO wooden coaster was made out of around 90,000 bricks, it measures 21 feet long, 4 feet wide, 4.5 feet tall, and sports 85 feet of track. It is currently on display...

In a rather forthright video essay, a visibly bewildered Tom Scott spoke about the ethics of faceswapping software, particularly as it relates to non-consensual video to be used as “algorithmic blackmail” against someone for money or for political gain. All it requires, per Scott “a Windows 10 PC, a powerful Nvidia graphics card, moderate tech...

Your Date Is Here is a suspenseful horror short, created by Todd Spence and Zak White, about a mother and her little daughter (Becca Flinn and Dani Tiernan) who sit down to play grandma’s old Mystery Date-style board game while waiting for pizza to be delivered. Little did they know that the strange game would...

A really, really energetic rescued coyote named Kate jumped all around the living room, flying from couch to couch while her clumsier goat buddy tried to keep up with all the chaotic movement happening, preferring instead to butt the pillows where Kate was momentarily hiding. According to their human Seth Simpson, the two are good...

“Fifty Shades of DeVito” is a hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey parody, created by Funny or Die and Boo Ya Pictures, that features scenes from the erotic romantic drama film and numerous Danny DeVito films and TV shows. Move over Christian Grey, DeVito takes center stage as Anastasia Steele love interest in this tale. A...

For part six of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured 4k slow motion footage of two professional sumo wrestlers engaging in battle. Gruchy also hopped into the ring to challenge one of the amazing wrestlers. The Slow Mo Guys Perform Action Hero Stunts and Hollywood...

Ahead of the highly anticipated test launch of the Falcon Heavy on February 6, 2018 at 1:30 EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SpaceX released a really stunning animation set to the iconic David Bowie song “Life on Mars“. The animation models the expected launch of the world’s most powerful rocket, what happens...

Amazing Timelapse has created a brilliant timelapse video showing a computer keyboard being dipped into a container filled with acetone and slowly melting over the span of 70 hours. The satisfying timelapse featured over 11,000 photos. Fascinating Timelapse Videos of a Cassette Tape and a VHS Tape Melting in Acetone FumesAn Amazing 10 Year Timelapse...

John Stratman created a thrilling animation for Mr. Sunday Movies that reimagines a scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, where an epic fight went down in Supreme Leader Snoke‘s throne room, as a 16-bit video game. It features music by Kenny Mac. Luke Skywalker Battles Kylo Ren in a 16-Bit Animated Video Game Scene...

4096 has created a great animated video that takes a look at the evolution of startup sounds from the Microsoft Windows operating systems, from Windows 95 to Windows 10. The Irritating Buzzer From a Microwave Replaced With the Windows XP Startup Sound‘Do You Want to Build A Snowman?’ From Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Remixed With the Windows...

Brooklyn, New York showrunner and father Keith Haskel does curls using his excited baby son, who is sitting in a Jolly Jumper Exerciser, in a delightful video taken Haskel’s wife. Focused Border Collie Dog Tries to Imitate the Shadow of a Baby Bouncing in a Jolly JumperFather Pulls Out His Son’s Loose Baby Tooth Using...

Disney and Lucasfilm have released a beautiful collection of character posters for their upcoming Han Solo origin film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, that provide a colorful look at the young cast. Solo: A Star Wars Story is set to land in theaters on May 25th, 2018. The New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Character...

The incredibly talented Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who was named BBC Young Musician of the Year, sat on a simple wooden chair in an empty room and performed a heartbreakingly beautiful cello cover arrangement of the iconic Bob Marley song “No Woman, No Cry” Kanneh-Mason also performed a live version of this arrangement in front of the...

A post shared by Creative Advertising : Havelle (@creative_ads) on Feb 5, 2018 at 11:56am PST Commuters in West Hollywood, California were startled to find a very lifelike mannequin encased in the plastic of the bus stop wall reserved for ad space that appeared to be breathing. Fox 11 spoke with a few commuters, some...

The Blue Marble by the very mechanically talented YouTuber Kaplamino is a brilliantly designed, Rube Goldberg inspired, hand made analog table top pinball game. The game engages a little blue marble in a mesmerizing chain reaction of tiny events, using not one – but two fidget spinners, a plastic fork and a pair of scissors...

While traveling in Italy, videographer OliverKMIA went to get a photo of himself posing in front of the Trevi Fountain, a popular tourist destination in Rome, and found that he couldn’t find a spot to do so due to the throng of people wanting to do the same thing as he. This frustrating situation led...

A talkative little Siberian husky named Xena and a vocal malamute named Lana loudly bickered back and forth when it came to deciding who would get which side of the bed. Lana was pretty settled on where she wanted to be, but the young Xena found that she wanted to be there too. After Lana...

On February 2, 2018, The Olive Garden restaurant chain announced via Twitter, the arrival of their newest dish “Loaded Pasta Chips“. This dish is made with chips of fried pasta dough that are topped with Italian cheeses, a red meat sauce and an “Alfredo drizzle”, presented in a manner that essentially makes them “Italian Nachos”....

Comedian Jason Messina has created a humorous parody that pokes fun at the people in informercials who are shown to be unable to complete the simplest of tasks. Messina zeros in on the commercial version of Occam’s Razor, in which the simplest option is usually the correct option as represented in the simple phrase “Do...

British puzzle maker Tony Fisher, who built the world’s largest and smallest Rubik’s Cube puzzle, is back with a new stunt. This time around, Fisher created a Rubik’s Cube candle, lit some of the wicks on it, and solved the functioning cube while it was still burning. CrazyBad 4x4x6 Fisher Cuboid, A Difficult Adaptation of...

Editor Felipe Pepe spent the last four years creating The CRPG Book Project, a massive 528-page collaborative ebook that takes readers on a trip through the history of over 400 computer role-playing games. The incredible book is available to download in PDF format from the he CRPG Book Project website. Jason Scott has also uploaded...

A singular gannet named Nigel, who heeded the call to return to Mana Island, New Zealand in 2013 and lived completely alone but for the company of his chosen mate, died on February 1, 2018 beside his beloved. Nigel became a bit of a sensation when he began courting a member of a gannet colony...

Moscow filmmaker and visual effects artist Michael Tivikoff (a.k.a. “Mr.TVCow“) created “Super Mario Cat Bros.,” a special effects video where Super Mario Cat teams up with human Luigi and sets out to save the Princess, who is also an adorable feline. Mario and Luigi Try to Save the Princess in a Live-Action Version of Super...

MetaBallStudios created a fantastic visualization that compares the sizes of well-known movie robots like R2-D2 from Star Wars, Megatron from Transformers, and the CyberKing from Doctor Who. Bad Robot Adds ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Effects to Their Action Movie FX iPhone AppJason Voorhees From ‘Friday the 13th’ Takes on Godzilla in a Stop-Motion Animated...

In 2016, a vocal German shepherd named Randell howled during the Zootopia scene in which Gary the Canine Security Guard was goaded into howling by Judy Hopps in order to distract him. Taking the cue, Randell joined in along with Gary. After that, Rodrigo Capuski posted a video of his dog Leica howling along with...

Ghetto Spider, a sixteen-year-old Atlanta talent who dresses up as Spider-Man and knows how to move, threw down an amazing dance to the song “Take On Me” by A-ha while in the middle of a GameStop. They have any more dance videos available to view on YouTube and Instagram. A post shared by The Kid...

On episode 842 of Saturday Night Live, Natalie Portman played Eleven in a hilarious Stranger Things season 3 parody and, alongside a very excited Mike Wheeler, met a new group of weird super kids in a warehouse. Mike couldn’t help but try for another kiss while all of the super kids were showing off their...

In the beautifully shot Season Two Super Bowl trailer for the thought provoking HBO series Westworld, the newly awoken hosts make it very clear that life from this point on will be only be lived on terms that are acceptable to them, even if they have to burn down what came before in order to...

Marvel released a new TV spot during Super Bowl LII for Avengers: Infinity War, the upcoming superhero film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and a sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). The thrilling trailer finds Marvel superheroes from all over assembling to save the galaxy by putting a stop...

The Cloverfield Paradox, producer J.J. Abrams‘ new sci-fi horror film directed by Julius Onah, became available to stream on Netflix immediately after Super Bowl LII. The third installment of the Cloverfield franchise follows a group of astronauts who are working in space to solve a giant energy crisis on Earth. In the near future, Earth...

Disney and Lucasfilm released a teaser trailer and a TV spot for Solo: A Star Wars Story, the upcoming Han Solo origin film directed by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Ron Howard. The trailer follows young Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) as he embarks on an exciting adventure with Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) onboard the Millennium Falcon, has...

Bad Lip Reading is back a hilarious compilation of bad lip reading at NFL games that took place during the 2017-2018 season. A Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2016-2017 Football SeasonA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2015-2016 Football Season – Part TwoA Hilarious Compilation Bad Lip Reading...

There are 50 eagles, 10 crocodiles, 3 bears, 7 bulls, 1 hunter, 15 wolves, 10,000 rats, 5 gorillas, and 4 lions. The challenge is to select two sets of these animals to protect you from the rest. Choose wisely… via Vice Two Rescued Calves Gleefully Receive an Exuberant Welcome From the Rest of the Big...

In an informationally odiferous episode of the KQED series “Deep Look“, narrator Lauren Sommer takes a high definition look in the life cycle of the rare Titan Arum plant more commonly known as the “Corpse Flower”. It only blooms once a decade and the stench of it can be overwhelming. Sommer explains that the this...

The Boss Katana-Air guitar amplifier is a modern marvel that requires neither cables nor outlets of any kind to play. Its petite size makes it portable and the standby mode makes it ready to go at a moment’s notice. The amp runs on batteries for 12 hours at a time and uses motion sensing transmitters...

German filmmaker Florian Nick traveled to North America to explore the vivid landscapes of Canada, where he traveled over 3,400 miles over the course of six weeks. Nine months and 55,000 photographs later, Nick created the gorgeous timelapse short film “ALIVE | Canada 4K“. With 54.000 single photos shot along the way I created ALIVE...

Barnaby Dixon, the highly creative puppeteer behind MANU the incredible performing warrior finger puppet and a rather playful Raptor puppet, has revealed the newest, latest version of his beloved puppet Dabchick. This new version sports a mechanized tail, a mechanized mouth and a much lighter weight. As he leans forward you see how the tail...

In a fabulous episode of the brilliant series Seder-Masochism by the very talented filmmaker Nina Paley, an animated Moses finds himself confronted with a bevy of ancient goddess serenading him with the classic Pointer Sisters song “You Gotta Believe“, causing him to question decisions being made by the newly installed Patriarchy. In this episode of...

In yet another brilliant stop-motion film by PES, a Nikon camera lens is cleverly pounded down with a wooden mallet into a lens cap without a scratch. Western Spaghetti, Stop-Motion Animation by PESThe Deep, Fantastic Stop Motion Animation by PESA Table of Produce Prepares for Takeoff in the Stop Motion Animation ‘Still Life’ by PES

Billy Idol (Howie Pyro in zebra sweater) by Julia Gorton #billyidol #howiepyro #theblessed #beatitfanzine #punk #punkrock #70snewyork #70smusic #cutandpaste #diy #fanzine #juliagorton #howiepyro @howiepyro #generationx #punkstyle #punkhair #zebraprint #lowereastside #unretouched #unretouchedphoto A post shared by Julia_gorton_nowave (@julia_gorton_nowave) on Nov 15, 2016 at 7:15am PST Julia Gorton, a talented New York City photographer and graphic has...

Riot, the mischievous domestic red fox whose best friend is a German shepherd named Castiel, remarkably allowed himself to be trained by his very patient human. Riot quite obediently followed her directions to sit, shake, spin, lie down, stand, kiss and even was able to successfully leave the yummy treat for which he’d been working...

On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel presented the third NFL edition of pro football players reading savage mean tweets about themselves. Peyton Manning, Rashad Jennings, and Gerald McCoy are only a few of the courageous players who stepped up to get slapped down by people on the internet. NFL Football Players Read...

KIRO Radio station in Seattle captured surveillance footage of a vandal, who seemed to be intoxicated, trying to use the end of a mop to break into a truck in their parking lot on the evening of January 31st, 2018. To spice things up a bit, they had radio host John Curley of The Tom...

A post shared by Kolari Vision (@kolarivision) on Jan 3, 2018 at 7:39am PST Photographer Vladimir Migutin traveled to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to photograph what remained after the catastrophic nuclear plant disaster of 1986. What Migutin found when he arrived, however, was not a barren wasteland, but an amazing example of the power of...