red letter media movie reviews

a few months back i found this great seven-part video review of star wars episode one. if you haven't seen it yet already try and find time for it because it's brilliant. it's more of a piss take review (not difficult) but it still raises some good points while being entertaining and very funny. seven parts is a long review but if you find the time give it a look. i also can confirm it's the "best, weirdest 70-minute review of then phantom menace" - sci fi wire.

find more on the red letter media youtube channel.

anyway the same guy is back for a shorter review on avatar. so chick it oowt innit...


followed by paaaart 2...



the end.

charles trippy's vloggity vlogs?

ok so while browsing youtube i accidentally found one of charles trippy vlog videos (a vlog is a video blog if you hadn't already guessed). this guy has basically decided to keep a kind of video diary for 2 or 3 years, filming and uploading a new video everyday. for most people (including myself) doing this would be insanely boring but i don't know how this guy gets away with seemingly not having a day job (unless this vlog is already paying for itself... or he's just on holiday on the videos i've seen) but after watching a few of his entries i'm a converted fan.

[update: i caught one of his ustream's the other night and turns out he is actually being paid to make youtube videos... pretty sweet gig]

every video of his i've seen so far has always been fun, interesting, cool and funny so i'd say it fits the bill perfectly for something i'd like to post and share on my (primitive in comparison) blog.

here's a preview vid for you to see what you think. in this one he visits the google hq, the empire state building and nintendo world - all in a days "work" for charles trippy which warrants muchos cool points in my book :)

check out and subscribe to his youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CTFxC

or head to his own site at http://charlestrippy.com - he's on pretty much everything: twitter, facebook and even has his own iphone app to keep you updated on his transpirings :)

podcast playlist

well i've managed to add some cool new mp3 player widgets to the sidebar of the blog now. one of them has replaced the flashplayer for the band covers (which i've also added a song to) and i thought i'd use another to share any other cool audio goodness i find online. don't worry i won't have them autoplay when you visit (cos i hate that, yes i'm looking at you myspace!).

i figured i'd start by just sharing some podcasts i listen to, which at the moment mainly consist of adam & joe on 6music.

if you havn't seen or heard any adam & joe (where the HELL have you been for the past 10 years!) give them a listen and see what you think - it's one of my favorite podcasts. if you are already a fan of their current 6music podcast you should definitely listen to their old xfm podcasts still avalible for FREE on itunes if you haven't for whatever reason.

another favorite is the ricky gervais podcast. these are probably the funniest podcasts out there so i can't recommend them enough. the first series is also still free on itunes so give them a listen when you've got time. they've done about 4 more series since, which they started charging money for (but they can be found online elsewhere if you look hard enough).

now a couple for lost fans. first one is kinda obvious: the official lost podcast. the shows executive producers damon lindelof and carlton cuse answer questions sent in from lost geeks. being a pretty big lost fan i'm interested in any extra clues on offer from anyone working on the show so this is all good.

the official podcast is good for most casual lost fans but if you wanna get really hardcore try listening to the o.d.i lost podcast. these are some pretty big lost geeks who will analyze any and everything from the show and also share some interesting theories. if your hardcore you should like, if your casual or just not a lost fan this is probably not recommended :)

that'll do for podcasts for now. try out this weeks adam & joe podcast in the sidebar on the right and keep an eye out for any new stuff i add to the playlist.

what podcasts do you listen to? leave a comment below or @reply me on twitter.

in an unrelated matter, celebrity deaths have been all the rage this week so for no reason here's jeff goldblum, he will be missed:

eastbound and down

i love this show and can't seem to find many people who have seen it. eastbound and down is a comedy that aired earlier this year on u.s tv. it stars danny mcbride as kenny powers a has been professional baseball pitcher trying to make a comeback. will ferrell and craig robinson also make a few guest appearances through the short first season (but a second season has been ordered).

if you like your comedies give this a go. there's only six episodes in the first season and each episode is only about half an hour long but they are very funny.

i've even found some download links so you have no excuse.

aren't you lucky!

episode 1 | episode 2 | episode 3episode 4 | episode 5 | episode 6

cake fails

who doesn't like cake? what's the only thing better than a cake? a cake fail! cake wrecks is a blog dedicated to shared the failed cake love.

when someone misspells, mishears or just generally fucks up it's funny, but to take that mistake and blindly run with it straight to the bakers it escalates to a whole new level of comedy.

you can imagine the phone conversation:

"yeah we want it to say 'best wishes suyanne' and underneath that 'we will miss you', got that?".

oh yeah, bonus fail points for also misspelling underneath ... unless the baker was irish.

or "yeah it's really simple. we just want it to say 'welcome baby' ... in pink".

but some of them are just plain funny.

i mean who wouldn't want a chewbacca cake right?

hmm i need a unique mothers day cake, ooh how about this...

happy mothers day!

and just to finish, how about this guy...

i quite like him. can you image if tom hanks in castaway found this washed up instead of the football.

anyway more cake fails to be found at http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com

cassetteboy vs the bloody apprentice

found this today and thought it was great. so check it out!
presenting... sir alan sugar. sir alan sugar. sir, alan sugar...

2mins of youtube

can't believe i actually spent nearly 2mins watching this...



oh well, it was worth it i guess - but he's no keyboard cat

transforminators trailer

just found this trailer online and thought it was pretty good :)

funny stuff from interweb

i recently came across an article on david pouge's blog titled "the culture of the internet". he basically talks about the most famous internet clips that people have seen and that there's no official log online of stuff that everyone should have seen - which then lead me to www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com (brilliant afternoon killer btw). alot of it i hadn't even seen myself. obviously afro ninja, peanut butter jelly time, numa numa and yatta are all givens - but here's some "new" ones that i just found and liked:


i'm the juggernaut bitch
charlie the unicorn
the pet penguin
drunk jeff goldblum
tranquilized bear hits trampoline

another one i found recently that's not on this site is playhimoffkeyboardcat.com. here's a free sample:


and just one more for now. i found this not so long ago and it makes me laugh everytime. the "best" of tourette's guy: