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So creepy
Amazing British public service short about the dangers of drowning...as narrated by an embodiment of DEATH...as voiced by the great Donald Pleasance:
New Conspiracy Show on AMC
Rubicon was previewed after the finale of Breaking Bad Season 3, and I just got around to watching it. It's slow-paced, has a '70s conspiracy feel to it, and seemed like the kind of things some folks here (especially Dave and D3) might dig. Check it out if you're so inclined, the first episode is streaming on AMC's website. Show starts in August.
Where it came from...
Having come up in conversation during Left 4 Dead 2 and the recent Fiasco game, I thought it was only right to reveal the source of moustache buddy
From Marvel's recent Strange Tales:
And giving it some context:
And now you know.
From Marvel's recent Strange Tales:
And giving it some context:
And now you know.
The secrets of FRIDAY THE 13's music -- REVEALED!!
Came across this looking up the word leitmotif on Wikipedia. Leitmotifs are musical themes associated with a particular character, place or idea. They're all over classical music, but a modern example everyone knows would be Darth Vader's "Imperial March."
Or the familiar "ch-ch-ch ha-ha-ha" of Jason in Friday the 13th. Now, at last, know its origin...
In the Friday the 13th film series, Harry Manfredini implemented a vocal effect to indicate the presence of the killer. While watching a rough cut of the original Friday the 13th, and while contemplating a leitmotif for the picture, the line "Kill her, mommy", entranced Manfredini. He distilled the line down to "kill mom", and then truncated it even further into "ki" and "ma". He then spoke each syllable a single time into an Echoplex, creating the signature "ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma" motif that went on to be used in each subsequent sequel. Often this is not realised to be ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma, and often people falsely believe it to be ch-ch-ch ha-ha-ha, and reportedly Manfredini responds by saying "Everybody thinks it's cha, cha, cha. I'm like, 'Cha, cha, cha? What are you talking about?"
Lost - The Sitcom!
Not as good as the Lost theme song video, of course, but pretty fun takes on "sitcom style" credits for Lost:
Season One:
Season Two:
Season Three:
Season One:
Season Two:
Season Three:
Drunken Monkey Style
The BBC exposes the drunken and thieving antics of the Velvet Monkey.
Looks like a hard life.
Looks like a hard life.
"The Citizen Kane of Keyboard Cat"
As impossible as it may same, an internet meme snuck by under our noses. It was called Keyboard Cat and in its raw form, looked like this:
Whatever, right? But once said video goes through the internet TALENT MACHINE, it happened: the Citizen Kane of Keyboard Cat...
Whatever, right? But once said video goes through the internet TALENT MACHINE, it happened: the Citizen Kane of Keyboard Cat...
From Uncanny X-Men First Class
Gee, why don't folks take Banshee seriously as a character? Could it be panels like this?
Mega-Shark Just Needs Cuddles
Sharks can be cuddled like dolphins, say scientists
In experiments carried out in the US some varieties of shark allowed themselves to be picked from the water and cuddled.
Keepers at the UK's Sea Life Centres will now use the training techniques in the hope that they will end up with hundreds of trained sharks.
The experts at the aquariums are to begin a period of intensive tuition by using coloured boards and sounds to train the sharks in a similar way to that used by the scientist Ivan Pavlov in training dogs.
It will mean that feeding becomes easier because each shark in a tank will know when it is their turn to feed.
The Sea Life centres have many different types of shark and within just three months the brightest ones should be responding to commands.
Sharks learn the signals then, when they see or hear them, they approach the keeper who holds a "target stick".
The sharks then rub their noses against the stick and wait until they are fed.
No one had attempted to train sharks in this way before, but it could now teach experts a great deal about the creatures.
Carey Duckhouse, of Sea Life, said: "The US team has shown that many varieties of sharks can quickly learn to respond to a combination of audible and visual signals.
"A shark answers its own sound and colour signal by putting its nose on a target-stick held by the trainer, and keeping it there until it receives food.
"Some species, such as zebra sharks, will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted from the water without any kind of struggle.
"The implications for improving shark welfare are enormous. It means when we have to move them we can get the sharks to swim to a certain spot rather than have to chase them around."
In experiments carried out in the US some varieties of shark allowed themselves to be picked from the water and cuddled.
Keepers at the UK's Sea Life Centres will now use the training techniques in the hope that they will end up with hundreds of trained sharks.
The experts at the aquariums are to begin a period of intensive tuition by using coloured boards and sounds to train the sharks in a similar way to that used by the scientist Ivan Pavlov in training dogs.
It will mean that feeding becomes easier because each shark in a tank will know when it is their turn to feed.
The Sea Life centres have many different types of shark and within just three months the brightest ones should be responding to commands.
Sharks learn the signals then, when they see or hear them, they approach the keeper who holds a "target stick".
The sharks then rub their noses against the stick and wait until they are fed.
No one had attempted to train sharks in this way before, but it could now teach experts a great deal about the creatures.
Carey Duckhouse, of Sea Life, said: "The US team has shown that many varieties of sharks can quickly learn to respond to a combination of audible and visual signals.
"A shark answers its own sound and colour signal by putting its nose on a target-stick held by the trainer, and keeping it there until it receives food.
"Some species, such as zebra sharks, will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted from the water without any kind of struggle.
"The implications for improving shark welfare are enormous. It means when we have to move them we can get the sharks to swim to a certain spot rather than have to chase them around."
THE CORPS
Since a number of us took the "Which Lantern Corps Are You?" quiz a few weeks back, I thought I'd provide some follow-up visuals. Here're pin-ups of all the factions, taken from an upcoming Free Comic Book Day special:
(sorry for the biggie post)
THE GREEN LANTERNS - straight up heroes
THE SINESTRO CORPS - the Big Bads
THE RED LANTERNS - Metal!!!!
THE BLUE LANTERNS - pretty much space Obamas
THE STAR SAPPHIRES - space hotties
THE ORANGE LANTERNS - Ebenezer Scrooge if he was orange. And an alien.
THE INDIGO TRIBE - new age gurus
THE BLACK LANTERNS - fuckin' zombies!
(sorry for the biggie post)
THE GREEN LANTERNS - straight up heroes
THE SINESTRO CORPS - the Big Bads
THE RED LANTERNS - Metal!!!!
THE BLUE LANTERNS - pretty much space Obamas
THE STAR SAPPHIRES - space hotties
THE ORANGE LANTERNS - Ebenezer Scrooge if he was orange. And an alien.
THE INDIGO TRIBE - new age gurus
THE BLACK LANTERNS - fuckin' zombies!
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