This a creepy, gloriously gory and sorta funny quasi-silent film about zombies. The claymation reminds me of the Nickelodeon cartoons I used to watch as a kid or even to a degree Wallace and Gromet.
Though, this claymation cartoon is the kind of thing I would want to watch today or even as a kid. [via]
There are also plenty of other videos made by the artist, which can be viewed here.
This clever video depicts the reality if the incompetent Storm Troopers in Star Wars were replaced with the ruthless Spartans from the videogame Halo. Comedy Alert: Mildly amusing for fans of both the movie and the game.
I find these superhero toy parodies of the PC/Mac commercials fairly odd yet engrossing. It started as a Marvel vs. DC Comics thing. It’s a tiny internet meme, but one who’s appeal seems tapped into a very dry geeky humor. We’re talkin’ champagne dry here.
So Hellboy’s been added to the mix, except he’s with Dark Horse Comics (Milwaukie, OR!). It would have been nice if they made a Hancock toy and he could have shown up all drunk and then it would have featured every superhero from this summer, excluding Wall-E of course. Maybe the creators of this could work on that.
The LA Times has a follow up on the success of Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. We got to watch it early yesterday morning and found it rather charming. Anyway, lots of people ended up wanting to watch it and Whedon didn’t have enough bandwidth to cover the amount of traffic the short generated. Hopefully, before part two they address those issues. “The things that have hit on the Internet have almost all had that quality,” Whedon wrote to me. “From ‘Star Wars’ kid, to ‘The Landlord,’ to 1,500 prisoners doing ‘Thriller.’ Not just the I-made-it-myself aesthetic, but the truly, transcendently goofy. The absurd (which is important to me, as an Absurdist) is part of the Internet’s identity.” And Dr. Horrible is absurdly goofy and def. worth your time.
Finally! Joss Whedon’s internet only musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and some other people (who cares about them right?) has finally gone live. Well, part one anyways. So far we’re enjoying the hell out of it. Look for Part II and III to go live on July 17 and 19, respectively. Head here for part one, you won’t be sorry.
I loved this mockumentary, created for Atom’s Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge. The premise is kinda goofy and it gets off to a rather slow start, but the concept is humorous enough to keep watching. Also, it sorta pokes fun at Star Wars obsessives but pays equally as much homage to them as well.
“Former swordplay trainer to the stars and Star Wars fanatic Jeremy Flynn recently opened “Jedi Gym”, a fitness center in Torrance, CA where members channel characters from the Star Wars film series to work out, meditate, and improve their lives. . . Flynn is frustrated with his students’ lack of commitment and focus, but when a 7-foot man in an incredibly authentic Darth Vader suit arrives at the gym, Flynn thinks he’s found his dream student. Instead, Flynn and his students learn, first hand, about how powerful the Dark Side can be…”
I’m still laughing over the last line about Michael Jordan and Abe Lincoln.
Josh Greenbaum won the 2007 MTVu Award for Best Filmmaker on Campus for his short film “Border Patrol”. Three friends voluntarily guard our border against illegals. This is their story. Ah and it’s the old comedic switcheroo, full of border hijinks and shenanigans.
Say shenanigans one more time! Hey Farva what’s that restaurant you used to eat at? Super Troopers has nothing to do with Josh Greenbaum’s short film, but that was a funny movie. You can watch episodes over at Atom, but you might want to watch the trailer first and judge for yourself if it’s worth your time. Kinda hard to say, but I do love a certain racist, stereotype humor with a political bent.
And honestly, I sort of loath the use of Carmen Burana for comedic purposes. Not because it isn’t funny, but hasn’t it been done to a seventh circle of hell type of death? Calling it overused would be understated how often the song is used to be “funny.”
Hard to believe that David Fincher’s Fight Club is almost a decade old. Watching it now it seems as fresh as ever. JoBlo got their hands on a cut scene of Brad Pitt and Ed Norton singing a song about the male genitalia, which is a spoof of the Frankie Avalon song, “Venus.”
The song was not in the movie but it was a huge hit with the cast and crew while filming occurred. Further it was cut from the DVD because Avalon insisted he would sue if it was included. So yeah, he wasn’t too happy with the parody.
The MTV Movie Awards are pretty much shit. I believe Peter Griffith would call them “shallow and pedantic.” But one thing he wouldn’t call this video is unfunny.
Ben Stiller trying to get Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black on board with creating a viral video for their upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder. I would be sad if this video is funnier than the movie, but let’s be honest anytime you’ve got RDJ hitting Jack Black in the crotch with a a wrench, baseball bat, karate chop and hammer you’ve got comedy gold.
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