Did you know: Shark are attracted to the sound of death metal because the music mimics the “low frequencies of struggling fish.” The team trades chum for music, hoping to strike a chord with nearby great whites. Luckily (or not), great whites have an ear for death metal. [Discovery | Via BoingBoing]
Watch as the Floppotron computer hardware orchestra covers Scorpions’ Rock You Like a Hurricane on some floppy drives, scanners, and hard drive. [Paweł Zadrożniak]
From Burger Fiction: The 2019 Oscars are less than a week away! We’ve got a huge new update to our Best Cinematography video, with over 2 minutes of brand new footage. We’ve added last year’s winner, this year’s nominees, and a whole bunch of great updates throughout the video. Enjoy! Here’s the full list in […]
We’ve all seen action stars walk away from ridiculous explosions in movies. Here, Columbia University explosives engineer Rodger Cornell rates 10 movie explosion scenes based on how realistic they are. We look at scenes from action and adventure movies like “Indiana Jones,” “Transformers,” “Django Unchained,” “X-Men,” “The Dark Knight,” “Desperado,” and more. How plausible are […]
Seedling is about humanity’s first contact with aliens, but this first contact is a very strange one. These creatures have nothing in common with the aliens we usually see in movies, and their visit seems to be for a very specific purpose: seed our planet with something unknown. Watch: https://youtu.be/vDQtp7HgpfI A short film by Stevie […]
From Nerdist: We’re taking this SHIP to a whole new level in a galaxy far, far away. When the characters of Star Wars meet the emotional medley of “Shallow” from “A Star is Born” we get a glimpse at a star-crossed romance between two rivals. Sit back, grab an ice cold glass of green milk, […]
“Don’t worry everybody, it’s 100 percent beef! I’m lying.” An amusing clip that is part of a “Spider-Ham” short movie on the upcoming Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse home release. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will be released on Digital on February 26 and on Blu-Ray on March 19. Pre-order links are below. –Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse […]
As you may or may not know, the current season of The Big Bang Theory is the last one, so it stands to reason that tons of famous guest stars will be featured on the show during some of the last episodes, including William Shatner. Here’s a short clip of the actor making an appearance […]
From Beyomd the Guitar: In honor of Breath of the Wild, I wanted to pay tribute to all The Legend of Zelda soundtracks and themes from over the years. This is the ultimate Legend of Zelda guitar medley! [Beyond The Guitar]
Tumblr user and artist Lothlenan inspired himself from several classic paintings and repainted them in his own way, including various characters and elements from pop culture and geeky fandoms. For those interested, prints of the artist’s illustrations are available via his Redbubble store. [Lothlenan on Redbubble]