With all those pics of Obama living it up on Richard Branson’s island, many people wondered just what the former POTUS was thinking about the current state of the US. Well, this video sort of gives you that with Jordan Peele reviving his brilliant Obama impression, albeit a drunk Obama on vacation, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
With the 2017 Oscars looming before us, now’s the perfect time to look back at all the Oscar winners for visual effects, from 1927 to 2016. The VFX is an interesting category because it often includes those big budget blockbusters or sci-fi movies that often don’t get a nod in the best picture Oscar category. But it’s a place where pioneering filmmaking is going on.
The trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast remake gets the Weird Trailer treatment from YouTuber Aldo Jones. His previous Weird Trailers have seen all kinds of pop culture figures and craziness invade superhero and action movie trailers. This time though there’s a particular theme, and that theme is Eddie Murphy.
There are spoilers aplenty in this video from YouTube channel Nerdwriter which looks at the alien invasion movie Arrival starring Amy Adams. So if you haven’t seen it, you best look away now or else the film’s ending will be ruined. But for those who have seen it, Nerdwriter gives a great look at how the film takes the type of sci-fi that Hollywood spits out and flips it on its head.
Taken from Louis CK’s 2016 ‘Live at the Comedy Store’ this standup routine shows Louis talking about his kids growing up. One of his daughters is going to be 18-years-old soon while the other is 9. The nine year old has just started tap-dancing lessons, so Louis laments how although he loves watching his daughter tap dance, it also means he has to watch other kids, and adults, dance too.
If you ever wondered how the president gets around and how much it costs to transport him, this video from Wendover Productions explains all—and it’s not just about Air Force One, but about the whole process. The real problem with it is is that when traveling the president is at his most vulnerable to assassination attempts, so it becomes a logistical nightmare.
While reported sightings of Bigfoot or Sasquatch are dubious, there’s no doubting the creature that shows up in the background of this live news report. A reporter out in the field reporting on a snow storm didn’t realise it until she stepped out of show, but a strange form covered in marijuana leaves appeared behind her.
The Marvel superhero Spider-Man is a beloved and iconic character but there are a few things about him that are conveniently different from how a real spider is. And after watching this video by YouTube channel Corridor you’ll see why that is. Because it shows what an anatomically correct Spider-Man would be like, meaning a Spider-Man who shoots webbing out of his butt.
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 store, in his gruff Lego Batman voice, he also had to start each consecutive sentence with the next letter of the alphabet.
Humans are curious creatures, tell us not to do or watch or read something, and we’ll want to do the exact opposite. ASAP Science look at the science behind why we do this. It’s similar to why we click on clickbait, which is essentially because when we click on a question-posing headline that baits us, we get fulfilment when we learn the answer and dopamine is released.
You wouldn’t have thought Obama and Trump would call each other over the phone and, well, they don’t in real life—but they do in Conan’s hilarious sketch series. The latest one sees Trump calling Obama asking for a romantic restaurant where he can take Putin for Valetine’s—he also tells Obama about his tweeting toilets he’s had installed in the White House.
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