Entries Tagged as 'animation'

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Speedrun: Bladerunner in 60 seconds

When you get the director’s cut of a movie, it’s often longer than the original as the director inserts missing scenes that got left on the cutting room floor. So count this as a kind of anti-director’s cut where the movie is condensed into only one minute, which means it all happens so fast your [...]

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Scientifically Accurate Ducktales

Say goodbye to any fond memories you had of Uncle Scrooge and his nephews, because they are about to be shattered into a million pieces along with your hopes and dreams with this scientifically accurate version of the Disney cartoon. And it turns out actual ducks aren’t really that nice to each other, in fact [...]

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

One Winter’s Night

Halloween might be a long way off, but that doesn’t mean you can’t indulge yourself in this animated gothic ghost story, which will appeal to fans of Tim Burton movies and anyone who likes their short films to come with a creepy atmosphere. It’s got suspense and everything needed to scare the bejesus out of [...]

Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Attack on Gaben

Gabe Newell, the man behind video game company Valve, and anime Attack on Titan meet at last to show the horror of how quickly your Steam Wallet can go from having dollars in to having absolutely nothing in — and like that, it’s gone down the never-ending money pit that lines the pockets of Newell’s [...]

Saturday, July 13th, 2013

‘Paths of Hate’ by Damian Nenow

Polish animator Damian Nenow creates a tale of dog fighting fighter pilots battling it out in a snowy landscape. And this battle is of epic proportions, even crashing the planes into one another isn’t enough to stop these two from slugging it out–driven by pure hatred for one another they continue to unleash hellish havoc. [...]

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Miniature Car Chase

If you were planning on making the trip to the cinema to see Fast and Furious 6, don’t bother, because this is far better and it won’t cost you anything. It’s an epic chase that involves police patrol cars chasing down a runaway car and involves collisions and crashes using super detailed Tomica models to [...]

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Speedrun: Aliens in 60 seconds (Ep #4)

Aliens is a great action movie, trouble is you don’t always have a couple of hours spare to watch it. But you’ve probably got a spare 60 seconds, even if it does mean being late for that important meeting. Who cares? So sit back and watch the awesomeness of Aliens shortened to a mere minute [...]

Monday, May 13th, 2013

ABE

This is sci-fi done at its best, with CGI used to enhance the story rather than just to look pretty and a narrative that’s both brilliant and terrifying. Meet ABE, he’s a robot with issues. And ABE is a fab character and it follows him after some bad programming gives him too much emotion which [...]

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Star Wars VII – Return Of The Empire

Disney buying Star Wars and the announcement of another three films to be produced by them is the perfect fodder for some internet mashups. And this one is particularly awesome, as characters from both the Disney and Star Wars universes get spliced and diced together. Pluto as Chewy is a highlight and makes you long [...]

Saturday, April 20th, 2013

Ruin

It’s a good thing the world’s got an appetite for animated shorts set in post-apocalyptic landscapes because there sure does seem to be a lot of them. Maybe we’re psychologically readying ourselves for the inevitable doomsday that’s going to sew humanity’s end. This is definitely worth a watch though. Amazing stuff.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Bless You

Godzilla doesn’t just have to be a terrifying monster, he can also be a cute monster and still cause carnage and destruction on a mass scale. Just take a look at this guy, he comes across like a gormless but well meaning pet who just happens to trash an entire city while going about his [...]