Awesome Videos

(SPOILERS) YouTuber Alt Shift X talks about one of the most mysterious characters in Game of Thrones and its source books. What does Jaqen H’ghar – whoever he is or they are – want with Arya Stark? What is the Faceless Men’s ultimate goal? Why wasn’t this dude cast as Gambit?

These days, most wallpaper is printed using industrial printing presses. But check out this wild 1960s footage of a British wallpaper factory, who still made the rolls of wall art using hand-carved block printing, and hand-applied flocking.

Very few of us will every get a chance to drive the Nürburgring – especially in a 610 hp Audi R8 V10. For the rest of us mere mortals, enjoy this VR video of pro race driver Tom Kristensen taking that awesome sports car for an abridged lap of the famed Green Hell.

The Warp Zone serves up a box of defrosted Eggos, and performs another one of their instrument-free covers, this time taking on this summer’s breakout Netflix hit dressed in appropriate garb. The Matthew Modine wig is perfect, but we prefer Dustin’s other t-shirt.

We love the juxtaposition of nature and visual effects in director Michał Marczak’s music video for Mark Pritchard’s collaboration with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. Pritchard’s original instrumental is about loss, contrasted with Yorke’s vocals about love and hope.

Gene Wilder’s performance in Young Frankenstein is loaded with dramatic moments, but it was still one of the funniest movies ever. But what if it were actually a drama? Editor Ryan Shukis updated the trailer (and added bits of Van Helsing) to turn it into a real thriller.

(PG-13: Language) “One of the best ways to ensure you’re being romantic instead of creepy is to be above a 7.” Casually Explained checks off the physical cues that may indicate that someone is into you. You Casanova/perv.

Old Spice recently sent us to Colorado’s C Lazy U Ranch for a dose of cowboy living. We hung out with over 200 horses, watched fiery lasso work, shot bows, guns, threw hatchets, and hung out with the Desperado himself, Alberto Cardenas. Oh, and we smelled fantastic.

When he’s not pranking people, YouTuber NosterafuTV assumes his alter ego – Toyo Tahonda, a ninja who pranks people. Watch as he executes his secret techniques to perfection, such as hiding within bushes, hiding behind signs, not hiding…

The members of Korean band 밴드땐싱누들 (aka “Dancing Noodle”) provide us with a brief musical interlude, courtesy of four squeaky chicken toys, played together to create an improv dance beat. We’re not sure what the roll of toilet paper is for, though.

This Japanese robot battle has a decidedly different flavor than Battlebots. Each robot is fully autonomous, and tasked with a single objective – to push the other robot out of the wrestling ring as quickly as possible. In the end, it’s a battle of speed vs. power.

Vox looks at the history and evolution of comic book lettering. The most well known style – all caps, italicized, and with consistent thickness – was developed to make text easier to read on cheap paper. But there are dozens of comic book fonts and lettering styles.

To remove an aging overpass in Nanchang China, a veritable army of Hyundai excavation machines lined up and worked to rapidly demolish the old structure – removing the entire bridge in about 2 days, and reopening to traffic in 56 hours. (Thanks Hubert!)

Back in 2009, astronauts on the International Space Station captured this amazing perspective of Russia’s Sarychev volcano erupting, as a massive plume of ash and smoke ascended towards the heavens above.

Scott Portingale’s stunning short film is an abstract look at the evolution of matter and energy, created using a mix of time-lapse, high-speed, and stop-motion photography. Incredibly, the images were were made with fluids and handmade props, not CGI.

Chef Alton Brown shows us how to create a new kind of deep fried delicacy, which combines biscuit dough with the cooking and glazing process of a doughnut to make a tall and tasty treat. We know what we’re cooking this week.

CoasterForce shares an impressively crisp and immersive 4K video of The Monster, a new roller coaster located at Adventureland Iowa, complete with a crazy 101° vertical drop, crazy banks, and five inversions. The nighttime off-ride footage is worth watching too.

Frank Howarth is back with another awesome build – this time, he’s created a wonderful turned bowl using walnut and maple, with CNC cloud-shaped forms set into the sides. The stop-motion and orbiting time-lapse of the build is just the icing on the cake. (Thanks Victor!)

A fun medley of tunes from Fleetwood Mac’s classic album Rumours, played on ukulele by musician Eat My Uke. While we miss the vocals, we’re reminded just why this is one of the greatest albums of all time, and must go put it on the turntable right now.

(SPOILERS) Barbara clawed her way back to Hawkins to ask one question: why the heck didn’t anyone come for her? It would’ve been more appropriate for her to ask Chief Hopper, but then again it’s fun to see Eleven with her friends again.

Get to know more about the kids of Stranger Things – except Will, because of course he’s not there – in The Tonight Show‘s trivia game. The actors and host Jimmy Fallon took turns reading anecdotes, then sprayed silly string at who they thought it was about.

(PG-13) Did you know that South Park has 1,714 characters? Or that Kenny has died 102 times? What about the fact that the show is 20 freakin’ years old? Learn all that and more unnecessary statistics in this silly retrospective. Season 20 premieres 9/14/16.

(SPOILERS, Gore) CineFix breaks down the first half-hour of the hit action film Sicario, in which the heroine’s team is repeatedly warned of an attack. The long wait, enhanced by great music, gives way to three brief climaxes.