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Brad Pitt steps up as ultra confident four-star U.S. general, Dan McMahon, to lead an impossible war in Afghanistan in a new trailer for Netflix‘s upcoming film, War Machine. The movie is inspired by late journalist Michael Hastings’ book The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan. War Machine, directed […]

20th Century Fox released a new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, the third sci-fi film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise that began with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The trailer features Caesar (Andy Serkis) taking the battle to the humans to fight for freedom, family, […]

Frolic ‘N Mae by Ornana Films is a clever short film that combines live action with animation, mirroring the life of an incredibly creative ten year old girl named Mae who feels completely out of place at a sleepover party. After having her gift of an art set tossed away in favor of an iPad, […]

Film buff David Monreal posted the gorgeously mesmerizing background projections that were created by the very talented Ian Emes for Pink Floyd to show during their French summer tour in 1974 and the North American “Wish You Were Here Tour” in 1975. via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsPink Floyd: The Story of Wish You […]

A post shared by John Tompkins (@notdigifabshop) on Mar 29, 2017 at 6:43am PDT In May 2016, Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone established the wonderful site-specific “Seven Magic Mountains“, which consists of seven 30 Foot stacks of boulders painted in bright colors that stand out boldly amongst the natural muted colors of the Mojave Desert, ten […]

Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explain the concepts of logical fallacy, lurking variables, confounding variables and show how correlation doesn’t necessarily prove causation. Just because there is a correlation between two variables doesn’t mean that one causes the other. This assumption is a logical fallacy and yet we’re drawn to headlines like ‘people […]

A post shared by Ege Islekel (@egeislekel) on Jun 21, 2016 at 2:41am PDT Ege Islekel, an interior designer and graphic artist in Milan, Italy, created the superb “Anatomy of a Marble“, a clever photo-manipulation series that depicts classic marble statues as they would appear in medical textbooks, complete with anatomically correct images and definitive […]

America’s Funniest Home Videos shared a hilarious compilation of kids cutting their own hair. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Skarp Laser Razor, A New Advance in Shaving Technology That Burns Hair Rather Than Cutting ItAn Amusing Super Bowl Ad That Puts Out a Call for America to Have Great Hair Over the Next Four YearsKinkajou Glass […]

https://metallifecomic.tumblr.com/post/157358462655/055-metal-clock-headbanging Edgar Camacho, a talented Mexican illustrator and graphic artist who runs “Tiras sin Sentido” (Nonsense Comicstrips), created a spot-on gif that imagines the perfect clock for a head-banging, hardcore heavy metal fan, complete with big hair and the distinctive swinging arm. Metal is time, metal is life. via Neatorama Related Laughing Squid PostsMap of […]

A post shared by pop_pasta (@pop_pasta) on Dec 16, 2016 at 9:38pm PST Pop Pasta is a Brooklyn bakery that specializes in creating truly unique donuts that are made from spaghetti. Getting their inspiration from frittata di spaghetti (spaghetti pie), a traditional Neapolitan leftover pasta dish that’s mixed with eggs and fried, these bake donuts […]

Professional pianist Daniel Beliavsky put on a pair of amazing Tobii Pro tracking glasses that recorded exactly where his eyes went while playing on his Steinway, a piece he knew very well. Student Charlotte Bennett put the glasses on and did the very same thing. Both musicians then reviewed the footage noting a bit of […]

HBO released a chilling new trailer for the upcoming 7th season of Game of Thrones that features Jon Snow in Winterfell, Cersei Lannister in the Red Keep, Daenerys Targaryen in castle Dragonstone, and ends by pulling out through the Night King‘s eye. Episode 1 of season 7 is set to premiere on July 16th, 2017. […]

Catharhome has created Brikawood, ecological and economic interlocking wooden bricks that can be used to easily assemble a home without the use of nails and screws. The brick consists of 4 wooden elements, two lateral flanges and two transverse spacers (spacers), machined in “dovetail” which are assembled together, by interlocking, thus giving a mechanical rigidity […]

Billy Eichner teams up with Cookie Monster to dish out plenty of questions and cookies to Muppets in a special “Billy on the Sesame Street” segment. Billy Eichner is in search of a little kindness and compassion. That’s why he’s come to one of the kindest streets in the world: Sesame Street! Join Billy and […]

British inventor Colin Furze built an incredible 600cc (100bhp) bumper car for The Stig from Top Gear. The Stig set a new Guinness World Record in the tiny, yet powerful car after hitting a speed of 100.336mph. According to Top Gear, the run was conducted at “Bentwaters Airfield in the UK, with Guinness World Records […]

Vampires vs. Unicorns: Floor War Game is a unique card throwing/tile game created by game designer Jim DuBois and Hi-Fructose co-founder Attaboy and features incredible illustration by artists Travis Louie (Vampires) and Travis Lampe (Unicorns). Attaboy is currently raising funds through Kickstarter to bring the game to market. VAMPIRES vs. UNICORNS: Floor War is a […]

In a fascinating case of fiction meeting real life, the producers of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad announced that they would be opening pop-up Los Pollos Hermanos locations in New York City (April 9th and 10th) and Los Angeles (March 29th and 30th), after performing market research during the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, […]

Art of the Film has created “Star Wars in One Minute: Color,” a visualization of some of the color palettes used in various scenes from the Star Wars film series. Related Laughing Squid PostsWes Anderson Palettes, A Visualization of the Color Schemes That Wes Anderson Uses in His FilmsWes Anderson Film Color Palette ChartAn Analysis […]

The sketch comedy group The Kloons created “SodaPresser,” a clever commercial parody for a soda pressing kit that starts off with a glimmer of hope for all of us, but turns out to be “sodapressing.” Ever wondered what your life is missing? The Soda Pressing Kit is the answer. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Generic Parody […]

Los Angeles video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak (a.k.a. “The Nerdwriter“) has created a new video essay where he explores the brilliant ways Jack Nicholson conveys and uses anger in his movies. Related Laughing Squid PostsLittle-Known Facts About The OscarsAdam Sandler and Jack Nicholson Sing a Death Metal Version of the Song ‘I Feel […]

Scoreback has created a terrifying video compilation of thrillseekers from around the world performing stunts at dangerous heights. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsHow One Stuntman Prepares for Being Set on FireA Group of Dudes Engage in a Dangerous King of the Island Battle With Inflatable Zorb BallsMontage of Stunt Footage Captured by Canon 5D […]

Young Miguel Rivera’s (Anthony Gonzalez) cute and hungry hairless dog, Dante, chases down a runaway bone in Pixar‘s new animated Coco short, “Dante’s Lunch.” The upcoming Coco film will be released in theaters on November 22nd, 2017. Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an […]

Erwin Trummer created a captivating compilation of candy melting and unmelting to classical music. via Tastefully Offensive Related Laughing Squid PostsMelting a Giant Jawbreaker Candy With a BlowtorchA Modern Music Video for a Classical Symphony From 1893 Featuring Korean Dance Team WaveyaHow to Get Kids Into Classical Music

The German robotic company Festo has created the “Octopus Gripper“, a flexible bionic pneumatic arm that can grab ahold of objects in all sorts of shapes and sizes, using the same design used by the eight-armed cephalopod.

The very knowledgable CGP Grey explains the origins, history and uses of the U.S. Social Security Card. Grey made note of the fact that, while the card is often used as a form of official identification, it was never meant to be used as such and so was never made secure. The desire of Americans […]

In the trailer for the fourth season of the HBO series Silicon Valley, a conflicted Richard (Thomas Middleditch) gathers up his courage to let the Pied Piper team know that he’s moving on elsewhere. Little did he know that the team had other plans for him, as revealed to him by Jared (Zach Woods), but […]

In a hilarious commercial by ad agency 72andSunny for Carl’s Jr restaurants, a formidable Carl Hardee Sr. (Charles Esten of Nashville and Whose Line Is It Anyway) returned to his beloved restaurant to see what his son Carl Junior had done to the place. Without breaking his stride, Senior dismantled the very questionable marketing of […]

A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Mar 5, 2017 at 10:24am PST While visiting the wonderful city of Asheville, North Carolina, both Scott and I came across The Buskits, a pair of young musical brothers named Andrew and Kyle Hernandez, who perform popular songs on guitar and keep the beat with percussion at […]

Warner Bros. has released a the first trailer for It, a new adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic horror novel of the same name that is being directed by Andy Muschietti. The horrifying trailer features Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) the child eating clown coming out to terrorize, snatch up, and murder children in the town of Derry, […]

On an animated episode of Tooned Up! by Channel Frederator, host Cade Hiser explains why a majority of cartoon characters only have four fingers. Cartoon characters have had four fingers for as long as we can remember. Sure, some cartoons have five fingers, but the majority of animation shows characters with only four fingers. How […]

While on holiday at Masai Mara National Reserve in June 2015, Swiss photographer DoRaLiWi captured the amazing sight of a bold coalition of young cheetahs as they checked out a safari truck full of curious tourists. Convinced it was safe, each of the young cats found a comfy spot atop the vehicle and relaxed. Luckily […]

Designers Chris Guyot, The Rusted Pixel and John Poon have created the “All The Things” a short colorful animation that brings together unrelated narratives that are inspired from external sources, but appear unify within the style and context of the film. “All The Things” is a collection of individual narratives, unified by a cohesive style. […]

Magali Barbé has created Strange Beasts, a short sci-fi film about an augmented reality video game that allows you to “create and grow your own virtual pet.” Magali shared more about how the film was created on her website. image via Magali Barbé via Vimeo Staff Picks Related Laughing Squid PostsSight, Sci-Fi Short Imagines Future […]

A post shared by h u s e y i n s a h i n (@art.side) on Mar 21, 2017 at 10:53am PDT Turkish artist Hüseyin Sahin has created an absolutely gorgeous photo collage series that uses saturated color to depict wonderfully surreal scenes that imagine a world a bit more fantastic and absurd […]

The Analog Watch Company of has unveiled The Companion Collection, a remarkable line of customized watches covered with a specially treated wool made from user-submitted fur shed by their pets. While the concept sounds a bit unusual, these unique timepieces are attractive, water-resistant and allows humans to fondly remember their beloved animal at any time […]

Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming Louis C.K. 2017, an upcoming special in which the renowned comedian returns to the stage perform his uniquely plainspoken socially-relevant style of comedy in the nation’s capitol of Washington, D.C. The special premieres on Netflix April 4, 2017. Louis C.K. muses on religion, eternal love, giving dogs […]

In an bizarre episode of Vox Almanac, Vox editor Phil Edwards investigates why fearless knights in shining armor were often shown fighting snails in medieval artwork. Medieval snails and knights — who knew? It turns out that medieval illuminated manuscripts featured a lot of bizarre imagery in the margins, but this pocket of art history […]

The awesome Nancy Cartwright of Spotted Cow Entertainment surprised a 13-year-old boy, who was selling chocolate for his school, after revealing that she is the voice of Bart Simpson. Nancy, who ran into the young man a shopping mall in Sherman Oaks, California, also helped the young man out with his school sales goal by […]

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey has unearthed a VHS tape showing what Snapchap was like in the 1990s. Related Laughing Squid PostsWhat Pinterest Might Have Looked Like If It Was Created In the 1990sWhat Bitcoin Might Have Been Like If It Existed in the 1990sWhat YouTube Might Have Looked Like If it Was Created in the […]

By The Name of Boston is an animated short, by Grant Kolton and Ross Kolton, about a carefree man named William Boston who lives in the desert with his deadly, yet friendly scorpion named Chester. A post shared by Grant Kolton (@grantkoltoons) on Feb 24, 2016 at 10:28am PST A post shared by Grant Kolton […]

Last year, adventurer Tal Oran (a.k.a. “The Traveling Clatt“) spent 17 days on board a cargo ship traveling from Europe back to Miami, Florida and documented the entire experience. A post shared by Tal (@thetravelingclatt) on Aug 4, 2016 at 3:52am PDT A post shared by Tal (@thetravelingclatt) on Aug 9, 2016 at 1:48pm PDT […]

In an amusing episode of the Human Condition series by Great Big Story, they sit down with voice actor and sound effects artist Fred Newman to learn more about all of the magnificent sounds and voices that he did on Nickelodeon‘s classic animated television show, Doug, as well as numerous popular movies. Fred did voice […]

Theo Cook, a master craftsman and woodworking teacher at Robinson House Studio in the UK, produced an incredible piece of wood art when he created a beautiful Japanese dovetail joint. In Theo’s video, he demonstrates how the joint perfectly fits together and taken apart. A post shared by MasterCraftsman,Designer/Maker (@theo__cook) on Nov 25, 2016 at […]

After getting her first taste of sweet fruit, an adorable little baby flying fox named Asha who was rescued by Mega Battie, repeatedly requested more of the same from her very accommodating human attendant, who was very appreciative of Asha’s sweet manner and very big appetite. Little Asha is a 6 month old orphan Black […]

Shortly before his death in 2013, the great Ray Manzarek of The Doors sat in front of his beloved keyboard and told the fascinating musical story of how the iconic “Riders on the Storm” came to be. The song came together rather quickly, although the bass line was a little tricky for bassist Jerry Scheff […]

The Healing Box Project is a truly wonderful program in rural Missouri, that seeks to help injured veterans find purpose, dexterity, and recovery through music, specifically guitar. The program was founded by Dave Dunklee, a musician who decided to use his talent to help others and who, with his wife CJ, found a way to […]

In a wonderfully animated video for the 92nd Street Y series “7 Days of Genius“, socially conscious real estate developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, who is also the author of The Well Tempered City explained how very first city in the world developed itself over 12,000 years ago in Turkey by figuring out what they needed […]

Rob Scallon, the incredibly talented musician who has been experimenting with different types of instruments as of late, rocked out a heavy metal tune on a low ringing berimbau, a Brazilian bow instrument that Scallon explained in a separate video Scallon also teamed up with music producer Andrew Huang to make “dubstep with a gourd […]

Musician YAOG performed a happy piano cover of the classic Tears for Fears song “Mad World” by playing and singing it in a major key, a departure from the song’s original minor key. The original version of the song. The 2001 cover by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews for the cult film Donnie Darko Related […]

Improv Everywhere staged their first ever elevator mission in which unsuspecting hotel guests riding alone found themselves participating in an elevator marathon, surrounded by two runners who entered on different floors and concluded in the hotel lobby. We surprised people in a hotel elevator by putting them in the middle of a marathon. Over the […]