Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Disoriented in a Most Entertaining Way

Mental health break. This recent TED talk by comedian and musician Reggie Watts is completely out of left field. Watts mixes music, language, comedy, satire and at times plain gibberish to create a 10 minute performance unlike anything I’ve seen before.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

182 Superhero Movie in a 5 Minutes Supercut

When three of the four big superhero blockbusters released last year turned out to be total box office flops, I wondered if perhaps cinema goers had finally tired of the genre. Nearly a year later, with The Avengers already setting records and The Dark Knight Rises practically breaking the Internet every time a new snippet of video surfaces online, I think the ambivalence about the genre was just a natural part of a decades-long popularity cycle — and the fact that we were dealing with some extremely crappy comic book adaptations.
(Ryan Reynolds playing Hal Jordan? Seriously?!)

Need proof that these popcorn flicks differ wildly in their quality? Watch this supercut of 182 different clips from the genre, and make note of which movie moments bring an instant smile to your face, and which ones make you grimace.