Entries Tagged as 'animation'

Thursday, April 27th, 2017

Rick and Morty and How To Troll Big Studios

Rick and Morty is undoubtedly one of the best shows on TV right not, but it also turns out that it’s of of the biggest trolls too. Because the idea of a crazy scientist going on time-travelling adventures with a young sidekick was initially thought of as a blatant rip-off of Back to the [...]

Thursday, April 6th, 2017

Guy was Paid $500 to Never Tell This Hilarious Story

A story that someone has paid a bribe to never be told is, paradoxically, a story that needs to be told. And that’s what comedian Sean Patton does in this Viceland video about a woman he met after a show, whose house he went back to. Soon things begin to get weird when she starts [...]

Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

Finally! A Chef Recreates Rick and Morty’s Szechuan Dipping Sauce

After the surprise release of the premiere episode of Rick and Morty season 3 was sprung on the world by Adult Swim on April Fools Day, the next unexpected turn of events was the resurgence of McDonald’s long-gone Mulan Szechuan dipping sauce. In the episode Rick says it’s his inspiration for what he does, and [...]

Friday, March 31st, 2017

Watch Strange Beasts, a Dark Short Film About Virtual Reality Pets

Magali Barbe is a director and VFX animator who’s previously applied her skills to big budget Hollywood movies, and now she’s just released a short story that peers into our virtual reality future. It looks at the concept of VR pets and creatures but has a kind of of Black Mirror type vibe .

Friday, March 31st, 2017

Check Out Wacky CGI Animated Short ‘Black Holes’

This animated short by Noodles Studio is a proof of concept for a proposed animated adult series. The series will center around an astronaut named Dave who is headed to Mars. As a mark of the kind of wackiness you can expect from the series, his buddy on this journey is a sentient melon who [...]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

Tom & Jerry Do Drum & Bass in this Eclectic Method Video

Think of the greats of Drum & Bass and you think of names like Goldie, Roni Size, Grooverider, Tom and Jerry…Well, of course that last one being a cartoon cat and mouse isn’t something you would think of in terms of DnB music. But that’s exactly what remix artist Eclectic Method has done in this [...]

Monday, March 20th, 2017

This Film Theory Posits the Cars in the Cars Movie Aren’t Actually Cars

The trailers for Pixar’s Cars 3 have been pretty traumatic considering it’s a kids movie, seeming to suggest the death of Lightning McQueen, who’s been the main character for the films so far. And if you thought that idea was harrowing enough then you’ll be even more upset by the idea put forward in this [...]

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Castlevania is Becoming an Animated Netflix Original Series

Castlevania, the popular video game that features the Belmont family clan of vampire hunters who battle Dracula, is becoming an animated series. For fans this is good news, or it should be because the people involved have some good pedigree. It includes comic book writer Warren Ellis, producer Adi Shankar who directed Judge Dredd, and [...]

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

Will Arnett Prank Calls a Toy Store as Lego Batman

Will Arnett’s Lego Batman was so good he got his own movie and when the actor when on a BBC Radio show to promote the film recently, he was asked by the hosts to do some prank calling. The catch was not only did he have to do the prank call, to a British toy [...]

Friday, January 27th, 2017

A CGI Head is Given Weird Makeovers in Adult Swim’s ‘Face Lift’

Prepare for some weirdness in this Adult Swim animation called Face Lift by Steve Smith and Jerry Paper. It features a cartoonish face that goes through a bunch of strange and unsettling transformations all set to music. From the comical to just the bizarre it’s something that will both unnerve you and cause you to [...]

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Rick and Morty Keep Summer Safe, Nearly Destroy Humanity in the Process

If you’ve never seen Rick and Morty before then this clip from episode six of season two should sell it too you. It involves Rick telling his spacecraft to keep Summer, his grandchild, safe from harm—but when Summer refuses to talk to a paediatrician things quickly escalate out of control.