Brain Food!: July 2010

Here's an odd one, sounds captured in space from various objects (planets and all that) that produced radio waves. NASA and other space companies sent some stuff up there to capture it, send it back to us and then convert them to audible sound waves. There's all types of them up on YouTube but this guy just made a compilation of all of them.

Sounds like the soundtrack to a demented sci-fi flick, alright!

This is an addictive and interesting game by the Swedish Armed Forces. It's to test how well you can perform with another team by making you and 3 others from around the world perform various puzzles.

If you fail a puzzle then the team-mate next to you loses a bit of his life, if you succeed you can redeem his health. Everyone's health is always counting down so don't take too damn long!

So, get your ass over there and see if you can beat my team score of 5:15:15. It ain't easy, you might be smart enough but if one team member is a bit slow in the head then you're all fucked!

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW STUPID YOU REALLY ARE!!

This film, the first ever adaption of Lewis Carroll's tale, was released in 1903. The novel itself came out 37 years beforehand and this film was released 8 years after the birth of cinema.........so, I'm taking a wild guess that the film wasn't released in IMAX 3D with the latest in CGI or even "typical" camera technology!

The film itself was 12 minutes long but due to the fact that only 1 print exists and it's almost a century old it was in shite condition, with only 8 minutes restored. Heh, 12 minute movie, you say? Well, back then that was the longest produced film in England.

BFI National Archive, who held the last print of the movie, finally restored what they could and released it earlier this year.

Naturally, it's still in iffy condition but it's quite bizzare to see a movie so old. There's something charming and creepy about the film in equal measures!

So, Uganda have to decided to dip their toe into action movies! Throw in some martial arts, guns (Probably real weapons), an Apache Helicopter and some melting skyscrapers and you got "Who Killed Captain Alex".

It's the type of thrash even I'd watch.........if I could understand a word they said.

Sundance Film Festival won't know what hit them!!

This is off a Tokyo train at night with the simple effect of mirroring the top half of the image.

It looks fairly bizzare, kinda like something out of Bladerunner or some futuristic racing game! Though, being that it's Japan this sort of thing wouldn't be too out there.........crazy, technological bastards.

You see some videos where people but in a shit-load of effort to create a result that only lasts a minute or two but this guy takes the biscuit!

Many of these travelling videos are usually time-lapsed at high speeds but this guy looks like he's slowly walking across America at lightning speeds. This must equate to about a 1000 pictures or more, easily!

Really well made and here's the MAP of his journey!

I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be a advertisment actually, possibly for jeans or something................hmmmmmmmmmmm.

What a dick, this guy decides to prank his mate up in the air by pretending to faint at the controls.

Naturally our poor chum holding the camera begins to freak out before the bastard pilot comes back and starts smiling!

I'd punch the fucker in the back of the head................after he's landed the plane, of course!

Now this is where an Eagle Owl flies towards the camera to grab it's prey (Stuart Little, probably.) and it's filmed in Slow-Mo.

That's one evil looking owl when his wings are spread and his claws opening out!

This guy is just videoing another stormy day from the porch of his seaside house when suddenly..............BANG!!

I'd be outta there so fast my clothes would still in the same standing position!

These were finally released on the web the other day on the movie's website. People have been dying to hear what they came up with considering it's been an age since they last released an album.

The music isn't particulary what you'd get from a typical Daft Punk tune, it's seems to be more in line with an actual movie's soundtrack..............very orchestral but with a serious electonic edge..............Daft Punk I guess you could call it then! They were a interesting choice to provide a soundtrack for a film like this and I guess we'll have to wait until the movie comes out to hear what they've been working on for all this time!

Anywho, listen and see what ya think.

We know who Daft Punk is, right? We know that they like to wear funky-looking helmets to conceal themselves, right? So how much would it cost to buy one?..........................probably thousands and thousands.

But in this day and age of tight-arsery for the sake of the current economic river of shit one guy has taken upon himself the task of building his own Daft Punk helmet.

Three words............I want one!

Trailer is fresh on the web from making it's appearance at ComiCon where they showed off some footage of the film. So far people seem to be impressed with what they saw.

Anywho, this movie is coming out in December and, like Avatar, will actually make the most out of the 3D technology in cinemas unlike most movies this year that "you must see in 3D!". Films like Clash Of The Titans or The Last Airbender weren't filmed for 3D and everything was added in post-production.........that and they were crap movies, anyways. These films got slaughtered in the box-office because of this lazy technique just to grab a few more bucks...........shit like that will actually kill the 3D market. Who wants to pay more to get a fuckin' headache?

As well as that Daft Punk are doing the soundtrack, which can't be a bad thing can it? Plus there's glimpses here of a 35 year old Jeff Bridges (same type of technique they used to de-age Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button)

Looks interesting, lots of neons and blue but will probably be one shitstorm of a CGI-fest!

Well this is oddest thing I've seen in a while, Toto's Africa performed by a choir with no instruments and 1 beatboxer.

Sounds pretty good actually.

It's a slow day so I thought I'd post up some funny adverts from Heinekin. The 1st one is a show I'd actually watch!!

I'm getting this installed in my house!

Or if I can't afford that....

This wee clip made the news today after it appeared on YouTube. It's a bunch of Irish lads pricking about with the car and manage to get it to ramp over a public road into another field.............a Micra, of all cars to be doing ramps over things with.

From IRISH EXAMINER:

The 17-second clip shows a Nissan Micra being driven at speed down a steep field, believed to be in the Clonakilty area of West Cork and leaping over a road before landing in another field.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has also condemned another clip posted on YouTube which showed young drivers in Nenagh hanging out of their cars while driving at speed along country roads.

The latest clip was shot in the general Clonakilty area and was posted on YouTube about a month ago.

A red Nissan Micra is seen driving at speed down a steep hill in a field, then leaping through a raised gap in a ditch, over the public road, and passing through a gap in trees across the road before landing in another field and driving off.

A person standing close to the ditch appears to be keeping watch and jumps out of the way as the car approaches its take-off position.

Onlookers can be heard laughing and calling for the stunt to be repeated.

There are fears the car jumped over a section of the N71 — one of the busiest tourist routes in the region.

Several people have posted comments describing those involved as "legends".

One comment states: "That’s just the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time! Class!"

The clip has been viewed more than 8,600 times.

RSA spokesman Brian Farrell described the stunt as "dangerous and highly irresponsible".

"Those involved put their own lives, and the lives of other road users at risk," he said. "This type of behaviour cannot be condoned. Anyone who comes across this kind of behaviour should report it to gardaí immediately."

Clonakilty-based Garda Superintendent Pat Maher said this particular incident is not the subject of a current Garda investigation, but he said he would be very concerned about such activity. "I would appeal to the public who may be of assistance to us to give us any information they have, in confidence, in order to stamp out this kind of behaviour to prevent possible death. This can only end in tragedy."

Since the film has been "cut" to make for a 15s rating (only 2 seconds was cut out to get this rating) some people are wondering what the level of violence will be like now. It won't be as full-on as Rambo 4, I can assure you, but this screenshot from the movie should give you an idea of what we're dealing with:

Looks like Jamal had to split...

Trust good ol' Sly to keep action movies practical and violent. Nothing like turning a bad guy into red mist.

The Expendables will be released August 13th, can't wait meself.

So, I finally got to see this after seeing the teaser trailer back in May of last year. The teaser gave away nothing other than some very quick glimpses of the big scenes. It gave the feeling that this film would be something big, that Nolan wouldn't disappoint after The Dark Knight! After a summer of "meh" remakes, reboots and sequels a lot of people were banking on this film to save the season....

.....Expectations were through the roof for this one.....

...and I fuckin' loved it! I wasn't disappointed one single bit, the entire film length had me gripped from the Warner Bros. logo right up to the end credits. Whatever about Avatar, this was one hell of a visual and audio feast!! Fùck bigger effects, THIS is how you make a film with practical story-telling and set-pieces. Spoiler: When Leo is explaining to Cillian Murphy why the hotel bar is shifting in gravity Nolan actually built a hydraulic set to show this couple of seconds.............that's what I love about him, he doesn't think CGI will cure everything.

This film is a bit hard to explain it's plot without revealing too many spoilers so I'll try my best. It's about Leo and his team who have the technology to enter people's dreams. From there they extract information and sell it to people, essentially making them robbers. In this film they're asked to do something incredibly difficult, instead of stealing an idea they must plant one in someone's head. It's seems odd but it works, especially since the team have to operate at different levels of consiousness at the same time..................yea, it'll make more sense when you see it.

To be honest, leading up to this film I was worried from bad reviews as they all agreed that this was an emotionless, hard film to follow..............but I had zero problems keeping up and I got stuck sitting to the far left of the cinema so there were times were the music would drown out the dialogue sometimes. But even then I still knew what the characters were on about.

The actors were flawless in this, Leo gave his usual high-grade performance but Tom Hardy was the most enjoyable as "The Forger" (A guy who pretends to represent someone in another's dream) and will probably be the most memorable character from the movie. Remember, this is the same guy who's gonna be the new Mad Max.

The set-pieces were incredible, when the team's job kicks in it doesn't let up as the action set-pieces stretches across different layers of the concious mind, all operating at the same time but at different time speeds. If it sounds a bit brain-melting, it is, but dammit it's enjoyable and bloody well done.

It's not flawless and there are some plot-holes but, really, Nolan out did himself and gave us a smart blockbuster film that actually rewards the brain. Hans Zimmer is also on top-form as usual, that man's head is a bottomless pit for pulling out excellent soundtracks! My biggest gripe with the film is that it ended. You won't find the 2 and 1/2 hours fly by.

If anything, I really need to see this film again to have a proper, detailed judgement on it. It's a hard film to give a final verdict on after one viewing as there's plenty of things you'll be mulling over after you've seen it. But I still think now it's one of the best films this year, a proper smart blockbuster not seen since The Matrix (That's where similarities end with these 2 films)

Do youself a favour and go see this film, it's what the cinema-going experience is all about!

2 fuckin' thumbs up, bro!!

So Transformers 3 has been in production for the past while. Megan Fox has been booted out from this film (Maybe because she can't act and was just there to put here in tight clothes and suggestable positions.............wasn't really the worst thing to look at), out with the racist Transformer twins (though their cars were still spotted on set), and apparently the stupid comedy has been reigned in.

Now, Micheal Bay might not be the most prolific of story-tellers but, dammit, he knows how to blow the fuck out of things! I actually enjoyed Transformers 1 when it came out, it just had the right amount of "summer blockbuster" quality to it and the CGI of that level hadn't been seen before it.

The 2nd film, though, was the biggest pile of shit and couldn't believe how bored I was at watching 200 million dollars blow up in front of my eyes. So everyone involved, including Bay, have noted this and are promising to fix everything that ruined the 2nd film...................they always say that, don't they? Anyways, I thought this was the only interesting bit of the entire 2 and 1/2 hour film:

Anyways, plenty of people have been posting up videos of the different cars that have been brought in (different Transformers and all that) as well as photos from the sets:

Click HERE to see the whole sha-bang that the Chicago Tribune have been following.

Plus here's a preview fom a pretty damn big set-piece that's gonna be used in the film, dunno what the fuck this is gonna be used for..............some sort of collapsing building maybe?:

and here's some more stuff:

Even though this film is going through a major over-haul from the last movie it's hard to say whether it'll be worth it until the trailers come out later this year. It'll still be another fine marketing oppertunity for car companies anyways with all their concept cars.

Good thing this guy had an iPhone with him or these niggas were gonna have some caps popped in their ass!!

Must be a fuckin' relief to have when stuck in traffic, I bet!

So a fan has made a trailer pointing out the fact that on the same day of release a new Julia Roberts slush film (Eat, Pray, Love) will be competing against it. He also points out that don't be a pussy and download this film, it's one for the cinema..........and he's right!

Goddamn, I can't wait to see this movie once I get Inception out of my system this Friday.

Speaking of which, the film isn't actually going to be 18s now.....................hang on, don't worry................2 seconds was removed to secure a 15s rating! So what were the 2 seconds?

Well, it's of one of the main guys sadistically twisting a knife in a bad guy's neck......................boo!! I wanted to see that!

So this post isn't worth much but I thought someone might find this newly released pic of Heath Ledger's Joker interesting.

Never actually thought that bit was green-screened.

There's also plenty of The Joker photo sessions that were used for advertising the movie itself. You can find most of them if you google 'em (I think somebody made a video showing them all on YouTube) but here's a selection of some of them:

So a robber takes a woman hostage over in China with a knife............how do you deal with it?

Why, send in an undercover female who then does a Dirty Harry on his ass! The girl gets away unharmed, luckily enough!

I dunno bout you but I think this might have gone on a bit of an overkill with his bike..............sounds awesome though!

Probably would be better if it could shoot flames out, I'd say the hippies would be delight with this!

Astronauts here showcase how they use a special type of "cup" to be able to drink their coffee in a zero-gravity enviornment..................................what was wrong with a straw? Though, I suppose who drinks coffee like that...............

Looks pretty cool how the liquid comes out and still maintains a consistency in zero gravity. But the coffee looks pretty weak, to be honest! Like sick donkey's piss.

I'd say making a cup of tea would be disasterous up there, what with boiling the kettle and then trying to get that hot water into a cup...........don't even ask me to put sugar in it for ya!..........messy business!

Having a shit day? Need to......"class" it up a bit? Well, then down below are 3 links which you will open in a new tab and have them all play at the same time. A fag and a whiskey should suffice!

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

And within 2 seconds you should be feeling like this guy:

Or maybe even this guy.......Grrrrrreeat!:

Right, so I'm a bit late with this one but because it was so fuckin' miserable last Friday I wasn't in any rush to drown outside my front door.

Anywho here's a review on the new addtion to the Rasta Alien franchise, Predators. The movie is based on a script written by Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City) back in the mid-90s and is directed by a guy called Nimròd Antal (Vacancy.........that thriller with Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale back in 2007?............no?)

So, what poor bastards are going up against the Predators this time round? The plot revolves around a group of people who each wake up falling to the earth with only a parachute on them. They're not exactly the most diverse group of people but they all share a common ground for being together; They're killers (Spec Ops, Yakuza, one big shit-house Russian soldier, Death Row inmate, etc) and Adrien Brody, who buffed up for the role, takes on the role of the reluctant leader of the pack.

It doesn't take long for them to figure out that they're not in any jungle on Earth but on another planet completely, Plan A has been thoroughly screwed, then! If that wasn't bad enough they then realise that they being followed and hunted................Brody's character is pretty much a know-it-all brooding type, he seems to figure everything out pretty damn quickly. What follows then is a race to stay alive from the Predators who have picked them to be hunted. These Predators aren't stupid, either. In fact, they're quite clever in laying traps and putting the group into situations that test them.

Plot-wise this film isn't too far off from the 1st Predator movie and if you know that film well enough then you'll notice all the dialogue and homages that point towards it. Rodriguez said this was neither a prequel or a sequel...............but the thing is it's both! It's the 1st film with some extra bits slapped on. I mean, some of the similarities are pretty damn clear in terms of what some characters do and what some say (Litteraly word-for-word dialogue from the 1st is spoken here)..............there's even a bit where they unleash all hell from their weapons into the jungle. The gattling gun also makes a welcome return!

That being said, this was actually a decent movie and technically the 1st proper Predator movie in 23 years! (Predator 2, AVP & AVP:R were a load of crap!) The acting is solid and the action is pretty tight. There's also none of that poxy "shaky-cam" or OTT CGI fuck-whackery here, in essence it is a true successor to the original film. Most of the action scenes keep the suspense going and there is one specific scene that will stand out with you afterwards. (If I tell you now, you'll think it doesn't sound like it would go well in a Predator movie but it is does, really does!) The new Predators also look pretty damn cool, as well as the original Predator costume from the 1st film making it's 1st appearance in 23 years. The original Predators are like dogs, the new ones are like wolves...............if you catch me drift!

There's also an odd "cameo" here that had the crowd in the cinema screen laughing when he first revealed his face............thinking about it, it was pretty funny though unintentional I'd say!

I enjoyed this film and I'm guessing I'm just glad it didn't piss all over the franchise even more (Terminator Salvation, Die Hard 4, anyone?) but instead wiped some of it off. Adrien Brody has actually surprised people and critics by being pretty good at playing the action hero schtick! Plus Tophar Grace (Eric Foreman from the 70's Show) provides a good side to the film, too.......................though I'd imagine he'd be shitting more of a brick had the cameo been of this guy:

Just shut up, listen, and follow me.....................or you're getting a foot in the ass!

So, yea, this is a pretty decent flick that can stand up to holding the Predator name. Doesn't feel too short of a film either and I'd reccomend you'd watch it in the cinema as there's plenty of those "GOTCHA!!" moments that'll work good with the screen's surround sound. As for the violence? It's fairly gory but not to the extreme or cartoony point, pretty level to the first film.

HOWEVER....... Highlight the text below if you wanna know what's wrong with this picture, it's nothing plot-revealing but pretty damn irritating.

I know plenty of people are gonna be disappointed with one scene that won many over in the trailer:

THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN, only ONE laser appears on him....................a sign of over-zealous marketing scumness! What was the point of even throwing it into the trailer??? To get people interested!! Shit, it was practically the only bit most people referred to: "Oh shit, did you see all the lasers on yer man? Fuuuuuuuuck!"

Bah, a gripe but don't let that turn you off an otherwise good film.

I'm gonna try and make this a regular thing every month so in the meantime here's the catchup vids of brutal fuck-upperies that are lurking around the web.

Some of these are really fuckin' brutal, especially the skateboarding accidents. The make me squirm when they destroy their balls!

Cream of the genetic crop!

"Meeee Gooooowl!!!"

And on an unrelated note, look what happens to this "hard fucker"

So an Octupus over in Germany has been predicting who's going to win the World Cup............eh...............ok?

From BBC:

An octopus credited with psychic powers has predicted that Spain will defeat the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

The German zoo animal also predicted a win for Germany against Uruguay in the third place match. He has so far correctly forecast every World Cup game involving the national team.

The tip for Spain was his first for a game not involving Germany.

He predicts by choosing a mussel from one of two boxes bearing the flags of the competing nations.

Paella threat

The two-year-old cephalopod has become an international celebrity.

His prognosis of South Africa's World Cup final, made from his tank in the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, has been relayed on satellite TV around the world.

He correctly predicted all of Germany's World Cup games, including a shock defeat by Serbia in the group stages and the ousting by Spain on Wednesday.

After that defeat, there were calls in Germany for Paul to be roasted with lemon juice and olive oil or turned into a plate of paella.

But his owners said on Thursday that he is safe with them.

"If Paul gets it wrong tomorrow, nothing is going to happen to him, to Paul," said Sea Life's Tanja Munzig.

"Paul has proven his mettle so far and there is nothing bad waiting for him round the corner if he gets it wrong. It could happen to anyone. Even an octopus can get it wrong!"

His record is not perfect, anyway, say his owners. Paul got it wrong in about 30% of Germany's games during the 2008 European Championship, including their loss to Spain in the final.

This guy obviously knows the inside track on the results, I wonder where he gets his sources?

Short little video by a guy with too much time on his hands..........still good, though!

Bombing the fuck outta Palestine can be quite a mundane affair, why not add a bit of class to it?

These bunch of smooth-operators were on patrol in the Palestinian town of Hebron when they got that sudden urge to break into dance.

.............and finish with.............JAZZ HANDS!!

Ah, well that was thoughful..........a Twilight movie for guys. I'm sure, like it's counterpart, it'll have no problem against........stiff competition.

Now THIS is the evidence of fine tradesmen, the type who'll work periliously throughout the night to make sure your home looks shit hot.............or just shit.

Is good work. You like, no? No plumber, just plaster.........tools..........bought in Leed-el!

What a scummy piece of shit, this dirty bugger decides that he needs a new bumper for his VW Golf and decides to rob it off another car parked 2 cars up from him.

See how slyly the fucker dodges any suspicion from people...

This small compilation shows tests of Hydrogen bombs sent into space and detonating.

Makes any fireworks I've ever seen seem all pussy and wimpy.

Ah, Italia 90'............granted I was only 5 but I do remember people going sick all around my town. I remember it even better during our World Cup 94' appearance with our green jerseys with Opel in the middle, the inflatable hammers, and the plastic tri-coloured hats.

This video shows a different time for the land where everyone went crazy for our team and showed a type a spirit and care-freeness we used to be known for.

This guy is easily one of the best Tony Soprano impersonators I've ever heard anyways!

A new vid on the web showing some the best insults from Hollywood!

Some great zingers, here!

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