Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

Friday, January 5th, 2018

The Best Cinema Dialogue of All Time

In movies, good dialogue is right up there with the best of entertaining filmmaking, whether it be arguing, bickering, threatening or subtext-filled bantering. In this video from Cinefix they look over what they consider to be the best dialogue of all time. Naturally there had to be a Quentin Tarantino in there, and they pick [...]

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo

As far as images of construction workers goes, the famous black and white photo taking during construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, New York City is probably the most well known. It’s insane to think here was a bunch of workers taking a lunch break on a steel beam 800ft in the air. The [...]

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

How Cars Went from Boxy to Curvy

It’s something most people, even those who don’t drive, have noticed—cars in the 1970s had square, boxy designs while those made in the 1990s are much curvier. Basically something happened to cars in the 1980s where the angled edges gave way to smooth curves, but why did that happen? What prompted it?

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

Terminator 2 as a Toy Commercial

Terminator 2 is pretty much one of the greatest action movies ever, full of iconic scenes and quotable lines of dialogue—but imagine, if you will, that instead of being an action movie for the ages James Cameron’s 1991 movie was instead a toy commercial. And the toy it was for was an actual, and hopefully [...]

Sunday, December 31st, 2017

Guy Photoshops Himself Singing into Stock Photos

Stock photos have really come into their own in the age of photo and video editing software, as it means the straight-laced poses of the models can be used very creatively. And that’s what’s happening in this video by MysteryGuitarMan who has placed himself singing in stock photos, making for very amusing results.

Saturday, December 30th, 2017

A Guide to Commentating on Medical Advice Videos

Comedian Erik Hoffstad’s latest bout of advice from his Internet Comment Etiquette series which humorously looks at how to comment online takes on the tricky and opinion-fuelled area of medical advice. Anywhere which involves discussion of Obamacare is going to make tempers flare, so Erik shows the right way to leave a comment so full [...]

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Drunk Aussies Who Stopped Robbery Give Hilarious Morning TV Interview

A couple of drunk Aussies in swimwear and flip flops stopped a robbery they chanced upon at a gas station by taking the keys out of the robbers’ getaway car and chasing them away. As such they became viral stars and heroes in their homeland. But their fame didn’t end there because they then appeared [...]

Thursday, December 28th, 2017

GoPro Takes a Fascinating Look at Japanese Street Racing

Customizing race cars is a pretty popular hobby for a lot of people in Japan, who take to the streets at night to race around at high speed. GoPro delve into this after-dark culture to meet the unique characters who ride around in some truly insane vehicles.

Sunday, December 24th, 2017

The Many Movies The Simpsons Has Paid Tribute To

The Simpsons is know for its quick-fire, blink-and-you’ll-miss it gags and one industry they love paying tribute to with these is the movies. In this awesome supercut put together by Vimeo user cgmzz, 27 (there are many more) of the films the series has referenced are pointed out, along with the scenes they’re parodying.

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

The History of Japan in 9 Minutes

If you want to brush up on your history of the land of the rising sun, but don’t have the time to read the entire Wikipedia entry on the country, then you could do worse than watch this brilliant condensed version by Bill Wurtz, where he lays down Japan’s past in a very entertaining and [...]

Thursday, December 21st, 2017

We the Internet Ask: Is the University Killing Free Speech and Open Debate?

Universities, being centers of knowledge and education, would be the one place that you would think free speech was protected and allowed to flourish. Not just because of the institution’s histories but also because most people going to universities are going to be more open-minded. But perhaps that’s too simple a view.