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Rik Mayall, the British comedian, writer and actor best known as Rick, the “pompous would-be anarchist” in the offbeat 1980′s sitcom The Young Ones, died at his home in London at the age of 56. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Rest in peace Rik. Your comic genius will be missed.

via BBC News

Host John Oliver explained why he is both excited and extremely conflicted about the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup on a recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Specifically, Oliver refers to the history of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international organization behind the organized sport of soccer.

John Oliver’s excitement for the World Cup is tempered by knowing information about FIFA, the organization that produces it. John details the problems with the upcoming tournament and the staggering allegations of corruption against FIFA.

via http://posneg.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/liberated-infostream-infodump-datawell-datamine/

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Teenage girls are remarkable.

Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones (previously) has purged the membership of Rain City Superheroes, dissolving and reforming the superhero group with new, stringent membership requirements, including the ability to do five pull-ups and 25 sit-ups in two minutes. Read the rest

Film and television critic Ozzy Man has created an alternate “denial” ending for the Game of Thrones episode “The Mountain and the Viper.” Thanks to Ozzy Man’s fancy video editing, it turned out to be an amazing day in Westeros.

We need this.

via Kotaku

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perfect description of dd/lg

little girls are not helpless. but they need a place to recharge & feel safe

Oh god, this is perfect! I swear this is the best way to describe how I feel about being around

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. Remember how I used to say that I feel differently around you, like my battery is charged?

Love this one. Exactly how I felt when I am talking to my Daddy, and especially during the month I was with him. I miss his physical presence in my life. .. I miss him. …

Daddy I need you :’(

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“Dear Kitten” is a cute Friskies ad, presented by BuzzFeed and narrated by the great Ze Frank, about an adult cat welcoming a new kitten to his home. The cat talks to the adorable little kitten about the human larvae that smells like milk, introduces him to wet cat food, and warns him about the evil monster known as “vacoom.”

Cats everywhere are promising big changes for a taste of wet cat food. What will your cat do?

Chile-based photographer Jon Jacobsen creates surreal photographic portraits that he distorts using digital illustration techniques. The works exist both as digital illustrations and animated GIF cinemagraphs.

images by Jon Jacobsen

via Hi-Fructose

KING OF THE MISOGYNISTS. SAVIOUR OF OUR CITY.

Today is the day we Reset the Net! It's been one year since the Edward Snowden disclosures hit the news and the whole world woke up to the scale of mass, indiscriminate Internet surveillance -- a spying campaign that was only possible because our own tools leak our private information in great gouts. Reset the Net provides you with a technical, political, and social toolkit to harden our Internet against the spies; and Boing Boing is proud to be playing a role. Read the rest

Secret Fun Blog has a series of 50 background paintings taken from seasons one and two of the Scooby-Doo Where Are You television show that demonstrate the impressively spooky quality of the art, which was often overshadowed by moving cell animation. The precedent for the backgrounds was set by former Disney artist Walt Peregoy in the show’s early days and continued by the Hanna-Barbera staff after his departure.

images via Secret Fun Blog

via I’ll Just Leave This Here, Super Punch

When the USS Enterprise was hit with an enemy attack, it would rock the entire starship, throwing crew members over equipment and to the floor. Most people know the effect on the old Star Trek television series didn’t have the budget to put the set on a shaker, and the old school movie magic effect was created simply by shaking the camera and have the actors throw themselves around the set as if the room was in sudden movement. Of course, the internet is having fun with this, creating a new reddit subreddit called r/StarTrekStabilized where they put the old television footage through image stabilization software to show you the funny truth behind the filming. Hit the jump to see more Star Trek motion stabilized gif images.

Star Trek Motion Stabilized

Someone compiled a bunch of the image stabilized clips in a music video called “Turn Down for Spock”, which features the song “Turn Down for What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon:

You can see more motion stabilized Star Trek gif images on r/startrekstabilized

Here is a tutorial on how you can join in on the fun and use motion stabilization on your own Star Trek video footage.

via: GammaSquad

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In the history of movies, the list of films with essential, iconic and influential looks is short. Films like Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and 2001: A Space Odyssey all instantly come to mind. On that list, too, is Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. The “future noir” aesthetic it helped pioneer over thirty years ago remains a standard in science fiction to this day.

That legacy makes it an absolutely perfect film to commemorate in an art show, which is exactly what the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, New York is doing this weekend. The Blade Runner art show is called Moments Lost – Music and Art Inspired by Blade Runner and is centered on a brand new album released by Analog Sweden. Fully funded through IndieGogo, the album is full of music inspired by and made with the same equipment Vangelis used to compose the score to the film. Each track also has an accompanying piece of art and those pieces, along with many more, will be on display beginning May 31.

Below, check out some of the gorgeous work in the Blade Runner art show and find out how you can attend.

Moments Lost opens from 7-9 p.m. May 31 at the Bottleneck Gallery, 60 Broadway, Brooklyn NY. It remains on display through June 8 and you can visit www.bottleneckgallery.com for contact info and hours.

Here are just some of the pieces in the Blade Runner art show. Mouse over each for the artist names.

Plus, the first 30 people in line will get this free 12 x 6 inch giclee print by Killian Eng, who also did a few above.

Any art that doesn’t sell out at the show ill go on sale at noon EST June 1 at www.bottleneckgallery.com. You can also grab the Analog Sweden soundtrack there and on their site, Analogsweden.com. To read more about the album, check out the IndieGoGo page or watch the original pitch video below

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Vimeo user Roman Holiday has created a supercut video of rage-induced table flipping in 34 classic films. You can view the full list of movies shown on Vimeo.

music by Georges Bizet – “Carmen Overture”

via Supercut.org, The High Definite

Emmy voters are currently deciding on the best in television over the past year and, all over the streets of Los Angeles, your favorite TV shows are plastered on billboards. The Walking Dead, True Detective and many more are being pushed by their respective networks, hoping voters check them out or at least have their memories jogged about shows that finished a while ago.

Of all the ads emblazoned up and down Sunset Blvd or Highland Ave., the ones for Mad Men really stand out. Which makes sense. A show about advertising should have the best advertising. While the show’s creative team has done a great job with that in the past, these ads take things to another level. Check them out below.

Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter for the images.

Emmy FYC Mad Men Ads

Be sure to click on each of these to read the fine print. They’re really smart but, whether or not it works helping Mad Men (not this season that just ended, last season) get many Emmy nominations, we’ll find out July 18 when the nominations are announced. Read more about the process at this link.

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