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By Jeff, on July 7th, 2009 I knew that I knew it from somewhere. It sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place it. Now I know. The Olympics stole their theme song from the opening credits of one of my favorite too-quickly-cancelled shows.
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. had much in common with another favorite western of mine, Wild, Wild West (not to be confused with the unfortunate movie reboot version). Bruce Campbell brought his trademark snarkiness to Brisco and . . . → Read More: What do Bruce Campbell and the Olympics have in common? – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on June 23rd, 2009 Today’s videos harken back to a simpler time when the world was at war and the news of death was constant. Then, as now, the US Army combated morale drops with women entertainers and humor. At that time, Boogie Woogie was popular.
Luckily the Andrews Sisters were around at that time, and we ended up with this (from the 1941 Abbott and Costello film “Buck Privates”):
That’s probably the most well-known Andrews Sisters . . . → Read More: The Andrews Sisters – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on June 16th, 2009 What kind of a movie can you make with $5000 and some talented friends?
If you choose wisely, apparently a pretty good one.
Trailer 2 – The Hunt For Gollum [2] by HuntForGollum
This is the trailer for a fan film based, obviously, on Peter Jackson’s take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It attempts to cover the story just prior to the trilogy, where Aragorn (Strider) and Gandalf the Wizard try . . . → Read More: A return to Middle Earth: The Hunt for Gollum – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on June 9th, 2009 Okay, that may be overstating it slightly, but comic book properties are getting a lot more attention in the last few years. The encouraging thing is that they are usually not being given a campy treatment, but rather are presented in a manner more consistent with the source material.
Mostly this is evident in the movies – Iron Man, Spider-man, Watchmen, X-men, The Spirit, Green Lantern, Superman, and many, many more examples have been trotted . . . → Read More: Graphic novels are all the rage – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on June 2nd, 2009 … you’re probably not alone. But it’s really good! I love hearing songs performed in an unexpected way, especially when it doesn’t diminish the song. Parodies are one thing, but to (somewhat) seriously perform a song in a new setting is always fun to hear.
Peter Ostroushko and the Mando Boys playing Bach’s “Fugue in G-minor” on mandolins:
Along the same lines, here’s the Scott Joplin tune “Solace”:
Love the fez and sunglasses…
. . . → Read More: If you’ve never heard Bach on a mandolin… – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on May 26th, 2009 I’ve posted before about the Green Lantern movie(s) in the works. No cast has been announced, no real information has come to my attention at all about the live action movie, other than it’s still on the books. However, some fan put together a pretty good trailer for what he’d like to see, using Nathan Fillion as the lead character, Hal Jordan. And you know what… it looks pretty good:
First of all, this . . . → Read More: Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern? – Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on May 19th, 2009 Okay, yeah, the day’s almost over, but you know how it is… things got away from me. The dog ate my homework. And then he did this:
So there you have it. Not just a dog on a skateboard… a dog purposefully riding a skateboard. There’s something very calming about that video.
Yeah, it’s been around a long time, but if you haven’t seen it before, it’s new to you…
. . . → Read More: Better late than never (maybe): Tuesday TubeWatch
By Jeff, on May 12th, 2009 That is some seriously well-integrated CGI. I love it.
The Stormtrooper’s “Boo-ya” at the end kills me.
To be a total geek, here, I gotta say that a beam meant to take out a planet would not stop at taking out one ship, though. And what’s the Enterprise doing just sitting there? Fishing? Totally unrealistic.
. . . → Read More: Tuesday TubeWatch: Death Star Trek Wars
By Jeff, on May 5th, 2009 In Minority Report, Tom Cruise’s character was able to interact with a very cool looking computer desktop that he could manipulate with special gloves just by waving his hands around.
Tom Cruise in Minority Report with a super-cool computer interface
Everyone wanted it. Then Microsoft created a table that was remarkably similar. You could move and resize digital pictures directly on the tabletop with just your fingers! The future was here!
But was it . . . → Read More: Tuesday TubeWatch: Minority Report to Sixth Sense to PHUD – Interface Advancement and Integration
By Jeff, on April 28th, 2009 [Note: recent events in my life have conspired to prevent me from putting together the vote scheduled for this week. I'll get back to it. It's not like you all seem to be clamoring for it anyway... but this does give you the chance to continue nominating entries.]
I simply can’t watch this enough times. I have no idea what’s wrong with me, but I love this. What warped genius got the idea to recreate . . . → Read More: Tuesday TubeWatch: MacGyvering Star Wars
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