Entries Tagged as 'cool'

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017

Captain America: Civil War Trailer Made on a Budget

There’s something about seeing ridiculously expensive Hollywod blockbusters redone on a extremely low budget that is just very satisfying. And it’s a genre that, with the ease of publishing videos online, isn’t going away any time soon. So behold this fun version of the Captain America: Civil War from YouTube channel Budget Videos.

Friday, August 25th, 2017

97-Year-Old Grandfather Goes for First Ride in a Tesla

Zev is a commercial real estate broker who lives in Toronto, Canada and in this video he introduces us to his 97 year-old grandfather and introduces his 97 year-old grandfather to the future of automobiles—or one possibly future anyway. Because he takes him for a spin in a Tesla. And riding in an all-electric car [...]

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

Aaron Numbers – A Tale of Baseball, Number Theory, and Serendipity

Brady Haran’s Numberphile YouTube series, with the help of Carl Pomerance from the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College, takes a look at Aaron Numbers or what’s known as Ruth–Aaron pairs. Which is when two consecutive numbers’, like 714 and 715, prime numbers add up to equal numbers.

Monday, August 21st, 2017

The Employment—A Poignant Short Film About Work Culture

This seven-minute animated short, handpainted with watercolors, is titled El Empleo (“The Employment”) and captures contemporary notions of productivity through the life of one man on his way to work. Directed by Santiago “Bou” Grasso a Santiago, Argentina, film director the piece turns the human form into lamp posts and tables and chairs.

Sunday, August 20th, 2017

Music Video Imagines a World Within a Penny Arcade

A new music video animated by director Uri Lotan for band Jane Bordeaux’s “Ma’agalim” follows a lonely doll in an old penny arcade, who is fated to walk the same old rotating path, peering at the same mechanized people all day long. But soon things change and the doll’s life becomes much more interesting.

Friday, August 18th, 2017

Game of Thrones Loot Train Attack

In a recent episode of Game of Thrones fans got to see Daenerys riding Drogon into battle against the Lannister army, including Jamie Lannister as they were taking their haul from the sacking of Highgarden back to King’s Landing. It was an epic battle with Daenerys’ dragons laying waste to scores of soldiers by turning [...]

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

ElectroBOOM Explains the Science Behind the Railgun—and then Makes One

A railgun like those being researched by the US Navy uses a form of electromagnetic energy to hurl projectiles at speeds exceeding Mach 7. As you can imagine they’re pretty dangerous so the perfect weapon for YouTube channel ElectroBOOM (aka Mehdi Sadaghdar) to make then. After explaining how they work, Sadaghdar sets about building one.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

When Your Pet Kangaroo Is Your Best Friend

In Australia everyone has a pet kangaroo, and Aussie comedian Jackson O’Doherty shows the sorts of enrichment they can bring to people’s lives in this video. Because not only does O’Doherty have a pet kangaroo but his roo, or joey as its a baby and is called Damien, is also his best friend and they [...]

Tuesday, August 15th, 2017

What ‘Key & Peele’ Teaches Us About Comedy

Wisecrack’s Jared Bauer has a look at the awesome writing style of comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. The pair no longer have a show after announcing they were going to pursue solo projects (Jordan Peele found big screen success directing Get Out), but in this video Bauer takes a look at their hugely popular, [...]

Sunday, August 13th, 2017

Free Runner Jason Paul Parkours Through Airport to Catch a Flight

Chances are there’s been some time in your life where you’ve been late for a flight and had to make a mad dash through the airport to get to the departure gate. But you’ve never done it like Jason Paul before, because Paul is a professional free runner and you’ll be in awe as you [...]

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Game of Thrones — How to Evoke Emotion

In this video from Lessons from the Screenplay the channel looks at how Game of Thrones manages to evoke such strong emotional reactions from its audience. In particular it looks at the episode Battle of the Bastards where bastard Jon Snow took on bastard Ramsay Bolton, showing how every scene has a compelling value transition.