The filmmakers behind this documentary short look at what Star Trek means in the modern era, questioning whether people have misunderstood creator Gene Roddenberry’s original vision. They explore what the series has become and what it means to the fans by following the cast and crew of the fan series ‘Star Trek Continues’ and asking [...]

At the beginning of this music video for Namie Amuro’s “Golden Touch,” you’re asked to place your finger on a specific point marked by a dot on your screen—this then becomes the focal point for the video, which gives the illusion that your fingertip is affecting what’s going on. Your finger appears to pop bubblegum [...]

The Shining was creepy enough already, but filmmaker Richard Vezina decided to make it even creepier by imagining what it might be like if it was directed by David Lynch. In Blue Shining he playfully brings elements and Lynchian tropes into Kubrick’s disturbing horror film to create an uncanny, unsettling atmosphere.

The Jurassic Period was great as the premise for a movie about resurrecting dead animals because it had lots of cool dinosaurs which made for an exciting story in Jurassic Park. But if you can resurrect DNA from that geologic period then it follows that any other geologic period in earth’s history would be ripe [...]

Ultron as the Tin-Man? Yes, that has happened because the internet can make anything possible. Darren Wallace has created a parody trailer for a film that doesn’t exist but you’ll wish it did—Avengers of Oz: Age of Tin Man where Wallace mashes up Avengers with the classic movie The Wizard of Oz.

Let’s say you suddenly chanced upon Ryu praciticing his Hadouken on you in the confines of an elevator, would you just shrug it off? Or would you scream for your life and pray for the doors to open? Most people in this video acted like the latter as they were suddenly faced with a guy [...]

Using retro video games graphics and Star Wars, YouTube channel Wisecrack’s 8-Bit Philosophy series looks at the question of whether technology is destroying our creativity—and, because the shows about philosophy, it explores this question with reference to the work of German thinker and writer of Being and Time, Martin Heidegger.

You’re never going to get close to Jennifer Lawrence, it’s just never going to happen. But you can always draw her. At least, you could if you were any good at drawing and not so incapable you can barely muster a stick man. And just to make you feel even more artistically incompetent, here’s Heather [...]

This video doesn’t just have Star Fleet’s finest captain dishing out some pearls of wisdom, it has all that set to the beats of Eclectic Method, meaning not only can you bask in the brilliance for Jean-Luc Picard but you can dance while you do it—what’s not to like about that?

On the 40th anniversary of the movie Jaws, which scared countless kids (and probably some adults) from going into the sea, YouTuber Robert Jones has created this brilliant tribute. In the video he edits down the film, compressing it from its two hour running time into just three minutes, keeping all the key narrative points [...]

To introduce his book to a whole new generation Chuck Palahniuk reads from his kid’s book about “a boy who had no name” who created a “Horsing Around Club” where kids go to, well, to beat the crap out of each other. Even though he tries to remain kid-friendly, Palahniuk can’t help himself as his [...]