Well it's already a known fact that Valve make awesome games, i've pumped so many hours in Team Fortress 2 and Portal's release provided me with a few sleepless nights of straight science.
So this post is just a collection of the Valve Promotional Clips and some of the lovely fan inspired pieces that followed. Because frankly Portal 2 was that damn good.
The Onion News Network Official Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE Wikipedia Page: HERE
The Onion news network is a popular and well respected News source famous for delivering some of the more interesting, thought provoking and stimulating news stories around... And they're all fake.
Humbling the internet with its far fetched pieces and articles the Onion has tricked many unsuspecting people into believing ridiculous new stories since 1988. Originally a joke newspaper project the Onion is now the biggest satirical news network online and has been in business since 2007. The internet community has welcomed the Onion into its homes with open arms and it will only get bigger and better as the years roll on.
Mortal Kombat Legacy YouTube Playlist: HERE Official Website: HERE
In the 90s there were only two Fighting Games that dominated the Arcades, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. Both have seen countless film and television adaptations and pretty much all of them have been horrendous to say the least. Some of the Better adaptations have come from online submissions from Fans like Street Fighter the Later Years, Street Fighter Legacy and finally for Mortal Kombat was given a great one through Machinima with Mortal Kombat Legacy.
Originally this started as a video pitch to Warner Bros movie studios to reboot the Mortal Kombat franchise in a more gritty realistic tone. Warner Bros wasn't so hot on the idea but did advocate the job to Machinima. Thanks to the immense popularity the series has received online there is talks of a Second Season already in the works which will introduce series favourite Lui Chang and even talks of a DVD and Blu-Ray release.
Avengers Assemble Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
With the upcoming release of The Marvel Comics Avengers movie it seems an appropriate time to mention the small web series kicking around YouTube based on the Avengers Superhero League called 'Avengers Assemble'.
Operating with a modest budget and and a slightly varied cast of Avengers members, I honestly don't think Wolverine was part of the Core Avengers Team this little series portrayed the normal everyday lives of the Avengers as they adjust to modern society. It's a cute little project even if it does leave a lot to be desired.
Shane Dawson YouTube CHannel: HERE Daily Booth Profile: HERE
Egh,,,,Its Shane Dawson, he's really popular on YouTube. He's been making videos for 3 years. He has over 2.5 Million followers on YouTube alone and even has his own Merchandise. You can wear shirts with this guy's face on it... That's just incredible.
I Honestly have nothing positive to say about Shane other than I'm jealous of his success and I wish him all the best, here are some of his more popular videos. Check him out if you... Like him... I guess.... Whatever.
Steve McGranahan YouTube Channel: HERE Official Website: HERE
If Steve McGranahan was a character on King of the Hill he'd be the Star of the damn show, This Power-lifting Giant of a Man has a Heart of pure Gold. Mixed with Humour and good fun Steve makes videos that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Whether it's him creating a new unique form of Kung Fu as he shows us his Mastery of the Beer Can Nun Chucks or his gardening engineering brilliance as he trims his Garden hedges with a Lawnmower on a Stick, It's hard not think anything negative about this man. He's an absolute Legend to put it bluntly and since he's made Partner with YouTube releases a video each and every week where he shows off his Redneck ingenuity mixed with his Adonis like Feats of Strength.
The Adventures of Ledo and Ix Official Site: HERE PATV Page: HERE
Ledo and Ix is a cute little web-series about two Heroes on a Quest, They don't what they're quest for, Fame, Glory, Power, Money, Princesses? No one seems to know, all we know is that they have only each other to rely on.
Created by Emily Carmichael and the rest of the Team from Kid Can Drive this 8 Part series is delightful. Ledo is a strong and closed off Person more focused on the Quest at hand. She is Brave and an Expert with Swords. Ix is a carefree spirit that would rather have Fun then do this tedious quest, He is vibrant yet cautious and is armed with a Bo-Staff. The typical odd couple scenario but they're close friends never the less and they seem to genuinely care for each other.
Steven Tsapelas returns back with his Written and direction little mini series My Future Girlfriend. It's been a long time removed since We Need Girlfriends and we're back in the shoes of another Slacker's shoes named Clark as he chases for love in all the wrong places as he is torn between his dream girl Lisa and his Future Girlfriend Kelly, Oh how the shenanigans ensues in this 5 part gem.
Also returning with Steven is Patrick Cohen and Brigitte Hagerman who played Tom and Lucy respectively in We Need Girlfriends. So there is a lot of familiar faces and familiar style of humour people grew to love from We Need Girlfriends.
Well if you haven't heard the Internet Smash Hit of the Millennium, Rebecca Black's "Friday" then I'm jealous of you... Or you're a Dirty Liar. Critically panned and generally hated the World over this song has amassed a reputation so Legendary that Rebecca Black's name will live on forever. It was just one of those songs that people showed others because of how offensively bad it was.
The Auto-Tune, the Lyrics, the... Everything. Then the parodies came in, and they rolled in and at one point there was more parodies being made then there were actual original music being made. Here is just a sample of the parodies that over-flooded the internet. All thanks to Rebecca Black, if anything I just hate her more because of the Parodies.
Its hard not to love George Takei, I was never really much of a Star Trek fan but even I can appreciate the Awesomeness of Sulu and his soothing sultry voice. Cultural Icon and Gay Activist you often see George spring in and out of the news every now and again. At 74 George still manages to busy at work guest starring in various shows and even still participating in Broadway plays. Gotta admire the man.
However recently, he's done a series of commercial spots for Social Security done as a Star Trek Spoof with Patty Duke. Now living in Australia I have no real interest in it but it really makes you wonder what George Takei won't sell using his Star Trek fame.
Hatsune Miku Website: HERE Promotional Event: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Well if it wasn't painfully obvious before, Japan is at least a good 20 years ahead of everyone in the field of Technology. This is even more obviously now that they've created a completely artificial Popstar in Hatsume Miku.
Hatsune Miku (初音ミク?) is a singing synthesizer application and its female character, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology.
- Wikipedia
So what if she's a Computer program you say. Well besides the fact that the Hatsume Miku Vocaloid software is available worldwide many of the music generated is created from Fans and have even charted in the Japan Billboard charts. Also that they're able to host concerts of Hatsume Miku. How? WITH HOLOGRAMS!?!
I honestly have no words to describe this absurdness, It's just one of those things you see on the Internet and just have to say... What the Fuck. I'm all for people that like to get their freak on, but when it's there online for everyone to see...
Well that's just exhibitionism.
Seriously I'm done with this Entry, just watch this Madness
I honestly have no damn idea what kind of drugs the Skittles marketing teams take or what kind of idea those in charge of publicity over at Skittles have but lord help them, they make so interesting / memorable advertisements. These advertisements come so far out of left field you just have no idea what to expect next from the Skittles advertising and promotions team.
Some memorable advertisements in the past as just too ridiculous to describe, here are some examples.
The internet is full of a lot of under appreciated and talented people, people that just make internet videos for fun and don't really go out of their way to find internet fame and notoriety. Kartiv2 is one of those special people, she makes cute little music videos and they're so cute and charming its hard not to like her. Plus she's very cute... Which I guess helps.
Well maybe she is trying to make a name for herself (That was very presumptuious of me to say in the first place), it's hard to tell what the internet culture is like over in Israel but its starting to change the way I think about Israeli people in general, I guess thanks to the Internet to you can learn so much about how people of the World aren't so different and that internet culture and music transcends all language and cultural barriers.
5 Second Films Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
5 seconds is all you need to tell as story, at least that's what Brian “Boss Man” Firenzi of 5 Second Films thinks. 2 seconds for an Intro, 5 seconds for the film and 1 second of end titles. Simple rules and has thus been the agenda of 5 Second Films since the Spring of 2005.
Short film makers the world over have submitted and uploaded their 5 second masterpieces onto 5 Second Films database, there are quite a few gems amongst them, admittedly considering the format the selection tend to skew towards Comedy rather then any other genre but then again, its not often you can get across a gripping drama in 5 seconds... Unless you're really talented.
Household Hacker YouTube Channel: HERE Website: HERE
Science isn't about Why, it's about Why Not"
- Cave Johnson
A web-series about making things a little easier in your life, creating mouse gloves and making stain glass windows and water proof sand. Okay on second thought it's not really that easy but at least you can pretend to be a scientist in the safety of your own House.
The Household Hacker releases a video every Tuesday on his Scientific Tuesday Video Blog on Youtube informing you on making something new and exciting, sure it may not be totally practical or useful but at least you'll have something to do rather then spending all your time watching YouTube videos for the next few hours.
Well this Weekly is on time for a change, mainly due to the fact that I have 4 entry drafts waiting to be published and I don't particularly feel like writing them up at the moment. That and the videos I've found this week have been really good, it's been a very bountiful week for potential viral videos this week so let's dive in.
#10 Nic Cage watches the Wicker Man I don't need to explain why this is Hilarious, The Wicker Man was just that bad
#9 Improv Everywhere April Fools Joke - Jar Jar on Subway Car A nice joke from the crew of Improv Everywhere, had they not changed the title or description of the video I would've been fooled. But then again if I saw someone dressed up as Jar Jar Ninks got bashed, I'd say they deserved it.
#8 2011 Toronto Slut Walk Gotta Love Sluts, The 2011 Slut Walk was a public protest that women should be able to wear whatever they want without being Sexually Vilified. Hell I'm for it, in fact I'll be attending in person Next Year...
You know, to show I care
#7 WonderCon 2011 Cosplay Collection Probably the only reason to go to a Convention, meet like minded nerds that spend way too much time cosplaying. Then again some of those Girls are pretty damn hot... Even the ones dressed as Batman.
BBC Comedy - Backspace Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Due to the rising nature and use of modern hand held and computer technology and internet media BackSpace is light hearted spoof on nerd/geek culture shows. Hosted by British Comedians Stuart Ashens and Karen Hayley as they joke about modern technology and it's sub-culture in society.
This straight forward and no nonsense approach to internet culture is very different to usual exuberant and vibrant personalities that host these types of shows. Even though there are only 6 episodes they manage to cram in a great number of jokes at the expensive of pop culture trends, my favourite being the Social network gag about Mums who go online to brag about their babies.
The Professionals Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Only on YouTube would you get such a completely original web-series like The Professionals. IT is a very bland boring, run of the mill sort of profession where you deal with a lot of computer illiterate morons that don't how to properly use a right click function on a mouse. (there really are people out there that don't know) But the twist with this group of IT experts is that it also doubles as a Hitman Agency.
The two main characters Tim and Kevin bumble their way through most jobs as they try to screwing too badly, which seems unavoidable in most case for Kevin, Trouble and misfortune seems to follow him at every time as his emotions and impatience usually get the better of him.
if you need a comparison for the series I'd say it's like Leon the Professional meets the Office, it may not be as refined or as well acted as either but hey it's free low budget internet comedy series, you only get what you put in and frankly it's fantastic entertainment never the less.
The Professionals are currently running on into it's Second season and is supported by various big name YouTube personalities like MeekaKitty and Ray William Johnson who guests stars in Episode 11 of Season 1. Be sure it check it out.
Check out the rest of Season 1 and 2 at their YouTube Channel
That was the Video "Machine Civilisation" Genki Sudo / WORLD ORDER made a week after the Tsunami ravaged Japan to show the Strength of Human Race and remind us that we are stronger as a unit. "We are One"
Genki Sudo made a name for himself as a fearsome and highly unorthodox fighter on the MMA circuit and in the UFC octagon but a quiet retirement was probably the last thing on his mind after the hung up his boots.
Then again this man retired at 28 and probably still has a lot of fight left in him. This guy was a bit of a clown when he fought, danced, used ridiculous stances and moves all in the middle of fights, the man was an entertainer, not to mention his overly elaborate entrances.
This is a guy I would want to be best friends with, Jon knows how to have fun and has a freaking pet parrot named Jacques. Whilst Jon may seem like a pretty normal guy that plays videos games and posts videos about them there is more to it then that. Some videos he posts are serious and well thought out video game lists, others are sharp and intelligent reviews of games and others are just crazy rants about poor games in particular.
And some are just him screwing around and causing all kinds of chaos by drinking way too much then hitting record on his camera. You can clearly see Jon has a great time making videos and that energy translates to his online audience which is why he already has 20,000+ Subscribers in just 6 months.
This has to be the most random entry yet, little is known about the original poster of this content other than they are both a fantastic piano player and a giant star wars nerd / fan. Vader plays for you is a simple idea, dress up as The Dark Sith Lord Vader and play upbeat music on the piano.
It's so crazy the videos have already been passed around the net in short time they've been loaded and has amassed a quarter of a million views. Which is a lot considering its just a guy dressed in a Vader costume playing piano tunes, but you gotta love the little touches here and there. The way songs will flow in and out of familiar Star Wars tunes and of course the lovely picture of Princess Lela on the piano.
Yeah it's late this week, leave me alone. The whole idea of saving a draft and it getting released days afterwards with the date it was originally drafted is broken but I don't care. It looks good in the archives and that's all the matters to me...
Yep, I'm a pretty shallow blogger, what can you do about it? (If you're reading this, congratulations, in between this weekly and the last weekly 4 entries are bound to appear over the next 2 days, draft saving is awesome!)
Anyway, Here's the late Wrap-Up of the best offering on the internet I stumbled across this week:
#10 - Tales of Mere Existence "My favourite artistic advice" Just some handy advice Lev gives his followers about the creative struggle of being an Artist
#9 - HouseholdHacker - Making Breakaway Glass A awesome web-show about creating cool things from household items and ingredients, expect an entry on the show soon.
#8 - Shaun of the Dead Island Recut I don't remember Shaun of the Dead being this sad but it's an excellent recut. Plus that music from the Dead Island trailer is really haunting.
Leo & Satan NewGrounds profile: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
A lot of people had imaginary friends growing up, but not that many found comfort in Satan when they were just a kid. Unlike Leo whose Best Friend is Satan and helps him out in all sorts of situations, like Algebra. Even though at times Satan can lose his temper and morph into a hulking levitation of rage he still manages to be there for Leo when he needs him most.
We Need Girlfriends Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
I absolutely love this series, maybe because it's a reflection of my life situation and would appeal to a shy loser like myself who is completely incapable of sustaining a meaningful conversation with a member of the opposite sex before alienating them with an extremely inappropriate joke or story. (Forever Alone), yeah I relate most to Henry in this series
Anyway We Need Girlfriends is a web-series from 4 years ago about 3 guys fresh out of college, Tom (Ethan Cohen), Henry (Seth Kirschner) and Rod (Evan Bass). That move into an apartment together who simultaneously get dumped by their long time girlfriends on the same day. Confronted with the daunting realising that they are all single for the first time in a long time they realise how socially naked they feel and embark on a mission to get into another long term relationship immediately.
Ugh, I've honestly been dreading this, I'm supposed to stay impartial to all entries but I'm starting to run dry on content and I'd rather get this out of the way first before I start completely panicking and reposting old entries.
Meekakitty aka Star Trek is a popular ex-model turned professional vlogger on YouTube, her energetic and chaotic videos have amassed her a large following online as she vlogs about her interesting life. Originally her vlogs consisted about her talking about her modelling career but now she creates comedic sketches and vlogs.
Another Week another Weekly, I haven't got a clever thing to say today so... Yeah
Shut Up and Watch this stuff:
10 - Soccerball Ownage Starting Simple here, Everyone loves a good fail
9 - Being a Dickhead's Cool - Grand Spectacular Well this song seems to be getting around lately more, even though this is months old it deserves a spot on the Midnight Channel
8 - Ain't Gonna Pee Pee My Bed Tonight - Angelo Kelly I honestly have no idea what would prompt such a performance but I don't really want to find out.
7 - Simon Pegg & Nick Frost's Star Wars A nice little sketch made by the two Stars of Paul, Lots of Nerd love for these two here
Everyone loves a Top 10 list, they make you see what people hold dear and important, They don't always have to be the outright best in the field when making these lists and that's what's the best thing about the ScrewAttack Top 10s. Sometimes its a matter of counting down the most innovative creation, the most emotionally gripping and sometimes it necessary to countdown which video game character has the sweetest beard.
Hosted by Shuttering Craig with occasional help from Handsome Tom this long running web countdown has been running on and off for nearly 5 years now and even though they have a partnership with Gametrailers to share web content the ScrewAttack are usually kept in high regard compared to other video game countdown shows. It's probably got something to do with Craig's soothing voice.
Mondo Media - Baman & Piderman Alex Butera Website: HERE Mondo Media: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
No this isn't a Typo this is adventures of Baman and Piderman. Mondo Media has produced one of the most hilariously stupid webseries I will probably ever see and I'm not ashamed to admit I love it to pieces.
I hate to describe what makes this so enjoyable, maybe its the sheer magnitude of the stupidity but the idea that Baman gets around by rolling everywhere and Piderman kinda just slinks around on the ground pulling himself along with his web sling is just down right hilarious to me. Their childish innocent voices probably factor in their somewhere too.
Razorfist Reviews/Rants Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
The Internet is built on hate and that is the main fuel driving the Rageaholic, pure unbridled fury on the mediocrity the seems to be draping the entire video game industry like a shadow with by the book First Person Shooters and boring stat building fetch quests. Shortcuts and bad game design litter the mainstream gaming market and Razorfist is the voice of the people.
Whether they know it or not the consumer deserves better, Video Game companies seem to just work off a basic formula of games. They don't care about innovation they just want a safe investment that'll guarantee to make them money. No one is willing to take risks in the gaming industry, so we have people like Razorfist who loudly rebel and reject their offerings.
When you';re an emerging musician and actor on YouTube its hard to live in the shadow of a famous YouTube special effects magician like Freddie Wong but Jimmy seems to be doing fine on his own. Although you wonder how one family can be so talented in a strange field like internet entertainment. Recently finding a much larger audience due to his fantastic musical response to that UCLA Alexandra Wallace - Asians in the Library Rant.
His response song hit all the right chords (Yeah I said it) and sky rocketed his stock as he was featured prominently on the YouTube Homepage and various places around the net for his catchy song. You'd have to be a souless monster not to find this tune infectiously catchy.
Hiimdaisy Persona 4 Comics Fan Dubbed Hiimdaisy LiveJournal: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
If you didn't know by now the Midnight Channel is something I kind of borrowed from the Awesome Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 video game on the PS2. It's a Japanese RPG about these kids finding a new World through Televisions and trying to solve a murder mystery in the sleepy town of Inoba.
The idea of the Midnight Channel is that if you stare into a turned off Television set at the stroke of Midnight on a rainy night your soul mate supposedly appears on the screen.
Webcomic artist Hiimdaisy posts long and thorough webcomics about video games she's played and enjoyed. She's done previous comics on Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 & 3, Legend of Zelda and Phoenix Wright Attorney at Law. These webcomics are greatly acclaimed in the gaming community online and have received millions of views due to the comics being featured on various gaming sites like Joystiq and Destructoid.
Childish Gambino - Donald Glover Actor, Writer, Comedian and Rapper Website: HERE Comedy Central Profile: HERE Childish Gambino Blog: HERE MySpace Music Profile: HERE
You might remember Donald Glover from his internet sketch group Derrick Comedy (Previous Entry HERE) or from the NBC comedy Community where he plays Troy Barnes. However Donald is an exceptionally talented man as he is a Acotr, Writer, Stand-up Comedian and a Rapper, it's almost unfair how talented this one man is.
Well it's a little late on the upload but here is the Wrap-Up for this week. Took my a while to get around to collecting the videos but there was a lot of great stuff on the net this week, So yeah... Enjoy my Top Ten Selection of the week that was.
Previous Entries Wrap-Up 1: HERE Wrap-Up 2: HERE Wrap-Up 3: HERE
#10 - Radiohead Fan Speaks out I feel the same way as this poor man, dealing with this kind of inner turmoil for so long its a relief that others think the same thing.
#9 - UCB Comedy - Fuckin Tea Real Men drink Tea... Then yell about it
#8 - MEGA64 Podcast: Crispy & Garrett This animation from HotDiggityDemon of a conversation on the MEGA64 podcast is ridiculous... and Amazing. It also does beg the question, what would you do for $100?
College Humour - Street Fighter the Later Years Website: HERE
A Blast from the Internet Past. Street Fighter the Later Years was one of College Humor's break through projects that catapulted the site into the notoriety for creating larger than life sketch series and productions. This 9 Part web-series debuted in 2006 and was the first major web-series undertaken by the site at the time.
I have fond memories of watching and desperately waiting for the next instalment to be released so I could get back into the troubling life struggle of the Street Fighter characters 10 years after their last World Fighting Tournament. This was a great series, full of nostalgia and nods to the great Street Fighter games and characters. It was in fact the first webseries I had ever watch and truly followed, I was hooked from day 1.
Even though there were long waits in-between episodes it didn't matter to me, I'd re-watch episodes and show all my friends at the time about this amazing series.
Weebl's Stuff - Catface Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE NewGrounds Profile: HERE
Jonathan "Jonti" Picking aka Mr Weebl is a famous internet personality and flash animator. He has created quite a few successful flash shows and videos and even has made 4 albums of music. His wide reach of talent has granted him quite a large internet following from his videos which have featured heavily on NewGrounds, EbaumsWorld and of course YouTube.
Catface is one of Mr Weebl's latest animated web-series to be created. It is about a Levitating Cat that Speaks English in a cynical and dry manner with a French accent and who has a unnaturally large head. It is written by Jonathan's wife Sarah Darling. Ben Smallman took over animating the series after episode 7 but Jonathan still voices Catface.
The Needle Drop Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
The Needle Drop is a daily vlog that reviews a multitude of music from various styles and genres of music. From Rock, Pop, Electronic, Experimental and of course Indie music alike the videos just keep coming. The Needle Drop has been running since late 2007 and have been singing the praises of many artists and musicians since.
Anthony Fantano is the brains behind the operation and of course the Host of the Needle Drop. He constantly updates the Needle Drop with a rigorous update schedule and holds claim to the title of "Internet's Busiest Music Nerd". It's easy to see why as he releases on average 4 to 5 videos a week on his YouTube Channel, this kind of devotion to his cause is admirable.
The Greasy Moose Website: HERE NewGrounds Profile: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE MySpace Music Profile: HERE
Greasy Moose is a emerging flash team from Australia, making wacky and surreal flash movies filled with a variety of strange and unusual characters. Greasy Moose started out as a Web-comic by the creative founder Chris Voigt but due to the short attention span of most of the browsing internet audience against pictures that don't move he pursued a different path down the road to animation.
In 2005 he registered the Greasy moose name and website and also formed a band with his friend Liam Cass, also aptly called Greasy Moose. Now the entire project of Music and Flash animation is a combined collaboration. It seems Greasy moose is a hobby of both men as they pump out content just for their fans and for themselves, It's endearing and quite refreshing to see no big cash grab or shameless pandering to get a bigger audience.
Alright, this entry is a little late on the upload but I was busy. Sidenote: Rango was freaking Brilliant, I implore everyone to go see it.
Anyway, Here's this Week's Weekly Round-up
#10 - McDonalds Commercial - Fruit doesn't Dizz If you ever thought having kids would be fun, McDonald's remind us they're basically Midgets on Speed that will break EVERYTHING
#9 - Old Spice - Fiji Oh Old Spice, another entry in the Weekly but dammit I'm obsessed with your ad campaign, Weekly Updates now? Do you really need more money?
#8 - Misery bear - Comic Relief Not the strongest entry in the Misery Bear Saga but the fact that there is a new Misery Bear episode is news enough for me.
Two up and coming YouTube film makers in Vinny DeGaetano and Aaron Fronk are the founding members of the film production crew called FND films. They've been making little shorts for YouTube since 2005 and have been get some decent exposure on various sites like Newgrounds, CRACKED and EbaumsWorld to name a few.
Their more basic sense of comedy doesn't really appeal to a specific group. They just like to make films about random things. Like their Parlour Kids as they mock the new found wave of popularity Parlour has been getting to This is Art which generally mocks the Art-world for being so deeply self absorbed.
BBC Comedy - Misery bear Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Misery Bear is a series of web shorts from BBC Comedy. These depressing and soul crushing videos of a sad little teddy bear's life are just hauntingly bleak. You can scoff about even feeling sympathetic towards a stuff creature but the people pulling the strings of this lovable guy really know how to tell a simple story of loss and hopelessness.
There really isn't all that much to it, It's just the sad story of a stuffed little bear with very little going for him, the videos are accompanied with fabulous song choices like "Lost Cause" by Beck or "Brick" by Ben Folds, Songs that really set a sombre mood. It seems auto biographical for a number of viewers which is why he seems so human to most. I guess the reoccurring theme through-out Misery Bear is isolation and loneliness.
Epic Meal Time Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Whut chu' kno 'bout Food? NOTHING!!!
Epic meal Time is gluttony epitomised, I swear to Christ this Web-show just isn't good for you, period. The monstrosities they create on this show boggle the mind on how anyone could possibly abuse their body in such a way by consuming such unreal creation.
The mad genius behind Epic Meal Time is Harley Morenstein, a 25 year old Canadian Substitute teacher who with a group of friends each Tuesday shows the internet how to make high calorie artery clogging feasts using mostly just meat and alcohol. The show has already amassed a strong following since it's inception in October last year and the crew have already been approached by various networks to bring the show to television.
The Lazer Collection - Dominic Fera Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Ah Filler, yes even this blog contains filler posts like this. There really is no hiding the fact that posting animations based on a Meme from like 4 years ago is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel here. Well for the very few that have no idea what I'm talking about the Lazer collection created by Dominic Fera some 4 years ago is based off the massive internet meme at the time called "Shoop Da Whoop" aka, IMMA FIRIN' MAH LAZER!!!.
Thousand Pounds Fight Team - Street Fighter Ultras Series Facebook: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Alright I'm a huge Street Fighter fan, I'll readily admit that I've been 'Haduken'ing since I was 5, That's 17 years of simulated violence teachings and wisdom. I practically learnt everything I know about defending myself from Fighting Games and Bruce Lee movies.
Of course I've learnt at any stage in a fight the colour gets washed out, I'll unwillingly mutter a catchphrase and unleash a World of Unthinkable pain onto my opponent with a meticulously practised sequence of strikes...
Also known as a Ultra Combo.
The Thousand Pounds fight team have gone to a lot of trouble to choreograph suitable real life Street Fighter IV Ultra combos for fans of the series. Whilst a relatively new and growing film production their Ultra Combo series has turned the heads of the gaming community and has been accepted with high acclaim.
Whilst there are only 3 Ultra combo videos released, each one was expertly produced and executed. A lot of care was taken into reproducing authentic real life Street Fighter combo experience so I hope you all enjoy it..
Italian Spiderman is just one of those things that belongs on the Internet, it just seems specially made for people to just watch and share with friends. This hilarious send up of Spiderman and the Italian movie culture is brilliant. This chain smoking, overweight moustached machismo lady killer re-imagining is outrageously funny. The whole idea was a joke on how foreign countries would misappropriate or misinterpret American Pop Culture.
Italian Spiderman has different powers then the normal Spiderman, for example he can Teleport, Summon Penguins, force chickens to lay eggs or cigarettes on command and has irresistible sex appeal that drives the ladies wild. All this was created with the idea in mind that this was a Long lost Italian film from the 1960s found in the wreckage of a sunken cargo ship.
#10 - Orangina Commercial Mash This should give you awful furry nightmares...
#9 - Behind the Scene with Old Spice Just another reason to love these Old Spice commercials, they're all done in one take... and it's really weird seeing Isaiah in a shirt for once
#8 - RoboCop Talks to Detroit With $50,000 raised online for a RoboCop statue I don't see any reason why not to erect it. I mean Philadelphia has one for Rocky... How could this be a bad thing?
Diggnation Digg Website: HERE Revision 3 Channel: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Digg is one of the most influential websites online today, Ranked #13 on the Alexa.com survey their main purpose to to direct people to the biggest videos, news stories, online trends and issues on the internet each and everyday. Millions of people flock to Digg everyday to share or find what the internet has to offer.
Obviously a big social media site like Digg would have it's own little show showcasing the stories and issues of week on the site.That's where Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht come into play as they host Diggnation.
The Annoying Orange Website: HERE Youtube Channel: HERE
Well I don't like this series, that Orange god damn shits me up the wall. Sure he maybe be THE annoying orange but somehow he manages to work his insufferable magic and make me what to reach through the screen and turn that little bastard into orange juice. Maybe its his weedy grin with his awful yellow teeth or his narrow beady little eyes... ARGH I HATE HIM!!!
The Annoying orange is a very popular web-series on YouTube created by Dane Boedigheimer in 2008. With thousands of Subscribers that quickly amused over time the Annoying Orange is now currently the 8th most subscribed channel on YouTube . (Lord knows why). These videos are crazy popular with most videos reaching a million views within days of posting.
Rhett & Link Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE 2nd YouTube Channel (Vlog): HERE
Meet Rhett and Link, they're a comedy duo that specialises in what they call Intertainment. You can guess what two words they combined to get that. Rhett and link make comedy sketches and fun music clips on their YouTube account, they['re fortunate enough to also be YouTube partners where they often collaborate with other prominent YouTube partners like Julian Smith, iJustine and Mystery Guitar Man.
In fact their video T-Shirt Wars got them signed to do a commercial for McDoanlds last year with Mystery Guitar Man 'Joe Penna'.
Angry Video Game Nerd Website: HERE ScrewAttack: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
James Rolfe aka The Angry Video Game Nerd is a retro gaming critic, yeah that's a pretty random job indeed but James has been making a name for himself online since 2004 when he posted a review of the NES game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. James had been making many videos reviewing games for many years beforehand growing up in the 90s but that Castlevania review was the first one where he obtained some internet notoriety.
Each classic game review usually pairs James with a notoriously bad video game, usually games movie tie games (Which every gamer knows suck 9 times out of 10) or outrageous gimmicks and gaming peripherals like the infamous Nintendo Power Glove. What follows is Hames torturing himself and suffering slowly as he grits and his teeth and plays through these awful, awful games. Cussing profusely and screaming in agony over how dumb, unfair and poorly designed these games are. These games are just that bad and why anyone in their right mind would expose themselves to it voluntarily is just insane.
FilmCow Animations Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE Video Podcast: HERE
Drugs, so much drugs would need to be taken to come up with the kind of stuff FilmCow constantly pump out. These animated shorts are mind-bendingly idiotic. So ridiculous that millions of people all over the World have fallen in love with animated shorts like Charlie the Unicorn. Honestly you'd have to be tripping major balls to think about talking Unicorns travelling to a Mountain made of Candy.
But Filmcow's creation of Charlie the Unicorn is credit to Jason Steele who also voices Charlie. The original video has gained a status befitting that of the Star Wars kid, the video has been viewed over 60 Million times and still rising over various websites including Newgrounds, YouTube, Google video and various other sources. It was even featured in an Episode of Jeopardy.
Alex Day Read Twilight Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Alex Day is a emerging musician signed to Hank Green's DFTBA record which sponsors up and coming internet artists like Alex Day. While Alex makes sweet and catchy pop rock tunes he also posts daily vlogs with his best friend, room-mate and fellow band member Charlie.
Alex's most watched postings are strangely enough him "reading" Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book to his followers. Alex's sarcastic and begrudging reading of the novel is what attracts many cynics and even fans of the book series to his videos. Alex continually openly states how poorly written the book is while he highlights various plot hokes, absurdities and just down right ridiculous aspects of the Twilight universe.
Smosh Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE/ 2nd YouTube Channel(Vlog): HERE
Smosh is the highly successful comedy project of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, these two are the two biggest sketch comedians on YouTube with a extensive fan base of over 2.2 million subscribers with many of their uploaded videos to garner millions of views in a matter of days.
The Smosh duo have had great success since 2005 when they first joined YouTube, their first big hit came when they uploaded a self made Poke'mon theme parody where they would lip sync and act out crude videos to songs. Of course this was when they were just making videos to amuse themselves and their friends but for some odd reason that video in particular gained a lot of attention and Smosh was born.
How It Should Have Ended Website: HERE YouTube Channel: HERE
Movie endings are possibly the most important part of a movie, it's the ending that ultimately defines most people's opinions of an entire film. Even if the movie was great a sub-par, anticlimactic ending can ruin just about anyone's overall opinion of a Movie. I'd probably go out of my way and say 'Signs' was a good movie with a really poor ending, I mean really... The Aliens were weak to Water? Why the hell try and invade a planet where 70% of the freaking surface is water?
Anyway...
How It Should've Ended is animated web-series that takes the initiative to improve upon major motion picture endings. Not that all these movies needed a better ending but each animated short is a fresh parody take off which humorously points inconsistencies and abnormalities in the existing plot or sometimes coming up with a much easier and less dramatic or dangerous solution to the movie.
