Hey, we love anything Mario Kart related. Here’s a cool video of scenes from Death Race with a Mario Kart soundtrack playing in the background and some opportune sound effects. Who knew there were so many similarities between the game and the movie? We think we like this version better than the original.
Presented by Burger King, yeah you read that right, Seth MacFarlane does a Super Mario short Bros in same style that has made Family Guy the wonderfully funny show that it is. I don’t care much for BK, but since this involved video game icon Mario and Seth MacFarlane at the same time, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share it. It’s only two minutes of your time and totally worth it. It certainly gave me a good chuckle.
A very faithful recreation of the Simpsons opening sequence using Lego pieces, a tiny bit of clay, and cheesy animation effects (in a good way) won YouTube user bulc96 $40 in a video contest. How can you animate in Lego? The clip is shot using stop-motion photography. From my calculations, that works out to be a super generous prize of about a nickel per hour of work. Good job!
Warner Brothers executives are claiming a huge win in the war against piracy was instrumental in ‘The Dark Knight’ becoming a huge hit. According to company representatives they spent months ensuring that no copies of the film would disappear, and no one was recording it in Australian theaters in the two days it ran there before its US opening.
“One of the reasons why it’s so important to try to protect the first weekend is that it prevents the pirate supply chain from starting,” said Darcy Antonellis, president of Warner’s distribution and technical operations. “A day or two becomes really, really significant. You’ve delayed disc manufacturing that then delays distribution, which then delays those discs from ending up on street corners for sale.”
The problem with this reasoning is obvious. Tickets for opening day showings across the country were sold out far ahead of time. The record box office results were being predicted weeks in advance. Oh yeah, and people like the movie. It’s entirely possible that might have some sort of impact.
Eric Garland, chief executive of BigChampagne Online Media Measurement, was quoted in the LA Times saying “If the movie’s a stiff, and word gets out too early that it’s a stiff, it’s devastating to the business model.”
Maybe Hollywood should concentrate on the part of that equation where the movies don’t suck, rather than the part where people find out how bad they are.
It looks like the MPAA has come up with a novel approach to getting consumers to stop downloading illegal movies on the internet. Well novel for them anyway. Instead of concentrating on lawsuits like the RIAA they’re apparently developing a website to help consumers find legal ways to watch movies.
According to an anonymous source the MPAA is building a new website where consumers can search for a movie and be presented with options to buy, rent, or view it legally. For example, a search for a movie that’s still in theaters might result in links to online movie ticket sites, while an older release would give you options for buying or renting the DVD, and perhaps others for downloading or streaming it.
Variety was reportedly told that the project was initiated after research showed that consumers often have a hard time distinguishing between legal and illegal sources for movies online.
The very much hyped and well received latest Batman film The Dark Knight broke the opening weekend box office record for any movie raking in over $250 million in three days. The Dark Knight was also a big score for Imax, as $6.2 million was earned from just 94 Imax screens, working out to be $67,000 per theater which is twice the average any Imax movie earns. A few lucky moviegoers were treated to the being able to see the Batmobile in full glory. No word on whether this was actually used in the movie or not, but it’s awesome to see the thing close up. Read more »
Brendan Laroux: a true hero for mankind.
Lost his limbs as a child (hands and legs) but even that doesn’t stop him from his dreams. Inspired me hella a lot
Could the iPhone get any better?
The Founder of Digital Playground, Joone (creator of Pirates and Island Fever) has allied with Apple. He’s planning to create a website just to serve iPhone porn. Read more »
The After Hourse Party at Chucky Cheeses, ….word
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