A new Buddy Guys is up! “Horoscope”, in which the new Zodiac sign makes Shyam Valera question his entire life.
Enjoy! And please reblog/share the sketch if you like it :)
What is Neill Blomkamp’s Mysterious Teaser All About?
So apparently this mysterious teaser for what seems to be a previously unannounced Neill Blomkamp (director of District 9) project turned up in the latest Wired for iPad.
Two main things give this credibility:
- I was directed to it by Sharlto Copely, the lead in District 9 and childhood friend of Neill, on facebook with a message of “mmm…. wonder what this is about….” If it was a fan-made thing, it probably wouldn’t be in Wired, and Sharlto would’ve likely referred to it as a really really well done D9-type video
- The creature they interact with the video is 100% professionally made. I can’t imagine just anyone having the skill to create something like that in all the stages needed, and that stamp might as well say ‘WETA’ as far as I’m concerned.
So although Neill seemed to suggest that his next project will be totally different than D9 (I even seem to remember QED International saying they were financing it, too), but maybe a new film in the District 9 universe is in order.
What do you think? District 10? A new film? Just an extra for some kind of D9 special edition Blu-Ray?
Google AdSense has gotten insanely good at understanding tone and serving up relevant ads, as exemplified here with /Film’s documentation of Peter Jackson’s horrible trials with getting The Hobbit made (seriously, watch the latest video interview with him, the man is being ripped apart while trying to keep his dream alive and his fellow citizens employed), coupled with a ‘Holocaust Tours’ ad, featuring a tour where you get to see sites and meet survivors in countries where The Hobbit may very well end up shooting exteriors.
This is totally one of those “ohhhh I wish I directed that” videos.
(CAIR: 9/11 Happened to Us All, via ChillYoIslamYo)
There are a lot of things you can say about America, but as long as enough of it’s citizens show gratitude for their freedom by using it for good, will always be hope.
And I’d rephrase this in a more positive light. To frame it in more of a Fox/Republican rhetoric, this is a real Freedom March.
Anti-bigotry protest in NY
This is part of my dock. You will notice I have a much better iTunes icon than you do, that matches the one in iOS. It’s okay, you can have it too. Have a blast.
(once again, this one’s via EsotericSean on Twitter. You might as well just follow the guy, he’s full of cool stuff like this)
Roots is creating a clothing line with author (and visual artist, I guess) Douglas Coupland!
I think this is what comes up on wikipedia when you search for “smart ways to boost sales after losing the olympic bid”. Also see: FIFA 2010 on CBC
P.S. The SomethingInHelvetica x SomethingInaLighterHelvetica thing that they use on RootsxDouglas Coupland — has TEDx seriously made it into modern Canadian fashion? Man, we have some pretty high-brow sources of inspiration up here.
(via engadget alt: “Roots and Douglas Coupland team up for ‘Roots x Douglas Coupland’ collection”)
There is a very fine line between really stupid and kinda brilliant. This errs on the side of the latter.
Kleinfeld.
If you don’t like reading words, you’ll love this description:
Started shooting a new short today. Here is some extra footage.
Peter Jackson sure like his cameos (and I enjoy watching them); there were definitely many in here that’d I’d never seen or heard of. Enjoy!
