I would, but It looks like someone already took care of you.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Ego Clash: Aleksey Vayner Vs. Brian Atene
As I've been infected by a slight case of blogslack, these two guys slipped through my nerd fingers over the past few weeks. I'm truly stumped by this one. I can't decide which of them has the biggest ego. Maybe you can help me decide. Either way, it's an excuse to post their awesome stories.
Aleksey Vayner
I'm pretty sure this guy comes up in the triple digits when you google the word asshole. At least he should. It's like he's a quigi board channeling the ghost of Douche Bag's past. Here's the basic story: Aleksey was a Yale student that sent around a video resume chock full of ridiculous lies and questionable physical "feats" to a company with the tag line "Impossible Is Nothing." The video was so absurd it became instant viral material. Here are some of Vayner's apparent claims:
He was employed by both the Mafia and the CIA during his childhood.
The Dalai Lama had apparently written his college recommendation.
He has killed two dozen men in Tibetan gladiatorial contests.
He claimed that he "is one of four people in the state of Connecticut qualified to handle nuclear waste".
And the list goes on and on. For more on Vayner go HERE and HERE and HERE. And here my friends is the infamous video. Enjoy.
Brian Atene
He was employed by both the Mafia and the CIA during his childhood.
The Dalai Lama had apparently written his college recommendation.
He has killed two dozen men in Tibetan gladiatorial contests.
He claimed that he "is one of four people in the state of Connecticut qualified to handle nuclear waste".
And the list goes on and on. For more on Vayner go HERE and HERE and HERE. And here my friends is the infamous video. Enjoy.
Brian Atene
"Good day, Mr. Kubrick." And so it begins, the acting tape that caught the attention of the world. But clearly the world wasn't ready for the acting skills of Brian Atene. Mr. Atene sent a video to Stanley Kubrick in 1984 when he was seeking talented young actors for Full Metal Jacket. Suffice it to say, Brian didn't make the cut. But with quotes like "You will find in me the finest actor of the lot, the most beautifully trained, the most capable", it's no wonder he didn't get his chance. In the video he delivers one of the worst performances I've ever seen. His overacting is truly in a category all by itself. Not since Darrel Bluett have I felt so incredibly bad for someone attempting to impress an audience.
Since the video, people have come forward claiming to be Atene, and further complicated the story. For more on Atene, go HERE and HERE. And here is the video that started it all...
Since the video, people have come forward claiming to be Atene, and further complicated the story. For more on Atene, go HERE and HERE. And here is the video that started it all...
So who do you think takes the prize? I'm leaning towards Vayner. But you gotta give some credit to Atene..the guy actually tried to act whereas Vayner pretty much lied about everything in his vid. Man, this is hard!! But I suppose we all win when assholes of this caliber allow us a glimpse into their deluded worlds. What do you think?
The Wilhelm Scream
As soon as I heard it, it I instantly recognized it. Funny how Hollwood cuts corners...from Panopticist:
"In 1951, a sound designer on a Gary Cooper western called Distant Drums needed to overdub a scream onto a scene in which a man is killed by an alligator. He brought a contract actor into his studio and rolled tape as the man did six brief, anguished screams in one take. These screams were then added to the Warner Brothers sound library, and over the next couple of decades they found their way into dozens of Warner Brothers films.
In the mid-'70s, a young sound designer named Ben Burtt gave these sounds a name: "the Wilhelm scream," after a character in one of the earliest films that utilized the sounds. A couple of years later, Burtt was hired to work on a film called Star Wars. As an homage, he overdubbed the scream onto a scene in that film. Then he overdubbed it onto a scene in The Empire Strikes Back. And Return of the Jedi. A fellow Lucasfilm sound designer began using the Wilhelm too, in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, among other movies. And thus a film-geek in-joke was born. In the last 30 years the Wilhelm has been used winkingly in dozens of movies and TV shows, from Reservoir Dogs and The X-Files to Aladdin and Return of the King.."
Check out the video someone put together of alot of the FX's uses...
"In 1951, a sound designer on a Gary Cooper western called Distant Drums needed to overdub a scream onto a scene in which a man is killed by an alligator. He brought a contract actor into his studio and rolled tape as the man did six brief, anguished screams in one take. These screams were then added to the Warner Brothers sound library, and over the next couple of decades they found their way into dozens of Warner Brothers films.
In the mid-'70s, a young sound designer named Ben Burtt gave these sounds a name: "the Wilhelm scream," after a character in one of the earliest films that utilized the sounds. A couple of years later, Burtt was hired to work on a film called Star Wars. As an homage, he overdubbed the scream onto a scene in that film. Then he overdubbed it onto a scene in The Empire Strikes Back. And Return of the Jedi. A fellow Lucasfilm sound designer began using the Wilhelm too, in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, among other movies. And thus a film-geek in-joke was born. In the last 30 years the Wilhelm has been used winkingly in dozens of movies and TV shows, from Reservoir Dogs and The X-Files to Aladdin and Return of the King.."
Check out the video someone put together of alot of the FX's uses...
Boxed Thoughts
This is a wicked cool idea..think I'll sign up..From the site: " Boxedthoughts is a collective snippet of human thought; a thoughtstream. The thoughtstream represents the flow of thought or thoughts that embodies humanity. All thoughts are anonymous."
Cool? Yes. Uncensored? No. There are "thought police" that make sure people like me don't use it for a scribble space for poo haikus. Fuck it, it's pretty cool nonetheless. Check it out HERE.
(via Neatorama)
Cool? Yes. Uncensored? No. There are "thought police" that make sure people like me don't use it for a scribble space for poo haikus. Fuck it, it's pretty cool nonetheless. Check it out HERE.
(via Neatorama)
What is love? the remixes
Someone spent some serious time scouring YTMND. This is a series of clips of the What is love? guys bobbing their heads remixed and chopped to internet perfection. They even did new versions of the music for each homage..My favorites are the Dschingis Kahn version and of course the Randy Macho Man Savage version...So fucking awesome.
(Click pic for site!)
(via presurfer)
Walkin, Talkin, Macaulay Culkin
Hey there people, sorry for the post drought.. I haven't had much time for my daily nerd exercises, as I just started a new job walking dogs. For those of you who can't read, here's what that might look like..
And here's what it doesn't look like..
And here's what it definitely doesn't look like..
And here's what it definitely doesn't look like..
Got it? good. And if you need a better excuse for my blogsloth, please feel free to choose from this comprehensive list. Now please sit back and enjoy this clip of a subway performer I caught today at 42nd street. 2 words: Midget Michael. Wooo!
Friday, November 24, 2006
Japanese Spiderman Redux
You might remember Japanese Spiderman from the first glorious clip I posted a while back. I was cruising through TV In Japan earlier, and found another clip that inspired me to do a bit of Youtube googling for more Toei goodness. Well seek and ye shall find. In this clip, Tokyo Spidey battles what looks like The Thing from a Turkish knockoff of The Fantastic Four. Suffice it to say, shit gets completely out of hand.
And then it goes from out of hand directly to warp factor stupid.
And then it goes from out of hand directly to warp factor stupid.
Walking Motorbike
This thing is awesome. It reminds me of the shitty Gonk power droid from Star Wars. But that's only because I'm a raging nerd.
(via Neatorama)
(via Neatorama)
Happy Turkey Day!
Hope everyone enjoyed the party.
I got really excited for Turkey.
And stuffed myself to the gills. Mmm. Turkey..
Monday, November 20, 2006
Picture Of The Day
Dear God. Any guesses as to what the music is like on this album? I bet it makes Yoko Ono sound like a chorus of angels.
(via PCL Linkdump)
(via PCL Linkdump)
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