Alive in Joburg becomes District 9

Alive In Joburg - Neill Blomkamp from Spy Films on Vimeo.

So maybe you've googled "aliens in africa" and maybe you haven't. Either way, I command you to worship at the altar of Neill Blomkamp. Worship!

How many people do you know that made a short film, posted it on YouTube, and then got to make a feature film with Peter Jackson? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Mixed Signals: Creation vs. Evolution

Opposite Day! Creation as technobabble and Evolution as melodramatic sermon... it's not just a brilliant switcharoo, it's also remarkably well done. You can watch them side by side on Vimeo.

Off-topic (but not if you're Pat Robertson):
So you've probably heard about Ida by now, but did you know it's also an impending hurricane? Do you think the World Meteological Organization and The Paleontological Society have a secret rivalry over names? You know, like the Anchorman news team street fight.

Mustaches bristling! Barometer slings launching projectiles into a crowd of prehistoric graverobbers! Picks and chisels bringing down the front lines of the weather soothsayers! Ida-the-hurricane-of-dead-lemurs!

Anyway, that's how I want to imagine it. We now return to your regularly scheduled program...

The Rocketeer Express

One of my favorite videos on Vimeo. But whaddabout DHL, yo?

Star Trek vs. Star Wars

The rivalry between Star Wars fans and Trekkies has been churning for so long that no Force powers or warp drives can escape it. Personally, I've been a fan of Star Wars AND Star Trek for a long time... probably since middle school back in the early 90s. Aside from the fact that Star Wars had much better toys - I've always considered the original, unmolested trilogy to stand head and shoulders above every Trek film. Let's face it, Star Trek was made for the weekly discoveries you shared with the crew of the Enterprise. That's where all of the important character development happened, week in and week out on the boob tube.

That time is over. A new era has arrived with J.J. Abrams. I dare say that I might end up liking a Star Trek film better than the original Star Wars. With the advent of the Star Wars prequels, one can't help but feel that some part of the original trilogy is tainted. Even as I watch my completely "unspecial" edition of Return of the Jedi on VHS, I cringe at the thought of George Lucas editing Hayden Christensen into the final scene. So much nostalgia coupled with so many mixed feelings is bound to make a lot of geeks jump starships.

Somebody must want to dethrone the "benevolent despot" Lucas at this point and prove me wrong. How about you Abrams? Please?

Muslim Demographics or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Laugh at Fearmongers

I love how the video stops just short of announcing a brand new crusade.

"As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents." George Orwell

Genius Ain't Easy

Goodie Bag is easily my favorite channel on YouTube. The videos are posted kind of infrequently, but the monologues are always worth the wait. Here's to you Kirby Ferguson... good luck on your way to 10,000 hours of snark.