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Dr. Horrible

July 16, 2008 in Entertainment, Video, Website | No comments

I just finished watching Act 1 of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” and had an absolute blast. Dr. Horrible is one of the latest projects by Joss Whedon, who you may know from Buffy, Angle, and Firefly (one of my favorites).

“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” is a web based mini series starring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible and Nathan Fillion as his arch nemesis Captain Hammer. You can view Act 1 (of 3) now with the others releasing on July 17th and 19th.

So far this is an excellent light hearted series. I hope this sparks some interest so we see more like this in the future.


Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

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Tasting the Wine Library Reserve

June 23, 2008 in Opinion, Review, Video | 1 comment

I will (attempt to) match Gary’s style and review this show as he does wine.

It is important to note that I am talking about the new Wine Library Reserve videos. These are a condensed version of the regular Wine Library TV episodes that roll in around 5 minutes. I am a huge fan of Wine Library TV and here are my thoughts about the new Reserve.

Wine Library Reserve 2008, $0

To begin with, the show is very watered down. In only 5 minutes it is hard to get the full flavor of Gary. The “nose” on this show is really tight and it is hard to get much out of it. We lose one of the most important aspects which is Gary’s unique personality. You get small hints of the flavor, but nothing special that will blow you away.

Additionally, they tried to spice up the show with some new fancy animations. In the end it is way to synthetic and forced. I get these fake flavors in my mouth. It feels like they were placed there after the fact for mere WOW effect. I will admit that some of these can be useful (showing the grape and country) but overall it brings a bad finish.

Like Gary says, trust your palette. This show may not agree with mine but it may be right up your alley. You may like this shorter snazzier version and there is no problem with that. Either way check out both Wine Library TV and the Reserve and make your own judgement. For ZERO bones, either show is worth a taste.

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Youtube Memes From “Pork and Beans”

June 13, 2008 in Entertainment, Video, Website | 1 comment

pork, beans, heather

A couple weeks ago I posted about the new Weezer video Pork and Beans. I really liked the video since it brought back memories related to the various internet memes.

This week I stumbled upon a site that has conveniently gathered most of the YouTube videos that influenced the music video. This is a great chance to see some of these for the first time, or even just re-watch them for old times sake.

Photo by the stella on flickr

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“Pork and Beans”

May 27, 2008 in Entertainment, Music, Video | 1 comment

Weezer posted this great music video for their new song Pork and Beans (iTunes, Amazon).  It has been a long time since I watched a music video, but if more were as well done as this one I might tune in more often.

I am not sure how I feel about recognizing most of these videos.  Apparently I spend way to much time on the Internet.  Oh and putting a face on the gopher really creeps me out.

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A Compliment?

November 18, 2006 in News, Video | 2 comments

I was just reading a Wired article (link) about lonelygirl15, aka. Jessica Rose, when I came across this great paragraph. The best is the very last line.

There’s something about Jessica Rose that the webcam loves. Her distractingly large eyebrows and small round face are bent and stretched by the fish-eye lens into a morsel of beauty that fits perfectly in a pop-up window. That’s not to say she isn’t pretty off camera — she is — but every step she takes closer to the cam multiplies and enhances her looks. It’s a face made for the browser screen.

That last line is kind of interesting, it sounds very similar to the line “she has a face for radio”. Judging by the first part of the paragraph I’m sure that’s not what the author meant, but it is funny none the less.

If you haven’t checked out the lonelygirl15 videos, they can be found on YouTube.

Pool of Non-Newtonian Fluid

November 14, 2006 in General, Video | No comments

I remember playing with this stuff back in 7th grad science class. Now it has appeared in my life again. I’m not going to take the time to explain what it is other than it is a liquid that when has force applied to it it acts like a solid. If you want to know more check out Wikipedia.

Now for the excellent video of a pool of non-newtonian fluid.

Via Make.

Nobody’s Ok, Watching Go?

October 22, 2006 in Music, Video | 1 comment

What happens when funny people make a video and put it on YouTube, well you get a funny video. If you haven’t heard of the band Ok Go or seen their music video for “Here it goes again” then you wouldn’t really understand the video from Nobody’s Watching. So to make it easier for all of you that haven’t seen this great music video I will provide it below so that you can watch it before you watch the next video.

 

Now wasn’t that great. I think it is really unique and fun to watch. I wish I had 8 treadmills so that I could do it. Now lets move onto the next video. This is from Nobody’s Watching. You can visit their site here and watch the video below. Enjoy.

 

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