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Arrival: Examining an Adaptation

Arrival: Examining an Adaptation

(SPOILERS) “The third version of a movie is always found in the editing.” Lessons from the Screenplay uses Arrival to examine the practical and artistic considerations for rewriting a book – or in this case a short story – to fit the big screen.

Garmin Virb 360

Garmin Virb 360

The Virb 360 action camera shoots true 4K 30fps 360º video, ready to be shared as soon as you stop recording. It can also output 5.7K, 5K and 3K unstitched raw footage. Its apps let you add stabilization and telemetry data. It also comes with a tripod-handgrip.

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What Can You Do with a $20 Laptop?

What Can You Do with a $20 Laptop?

We live in a world where technological obsolescence is an everyday expectation. But is there still value in the old electronics we’d otherwise discard? Modern Classic decided to find out by dusting off a 20-year-old IBM ThinkPad to see if it could still be of use today.

adidas x Porsche Bounce S4 Lux

adidas x Porsche Bounce S4 Lux
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The latest shoe from the adidas x Porsche Design team-up looks like it came from the future. The Bounce S4 Lux has a sculpted 3D mesh upper for comfort, along with a lightweight decoupled heel which isolates your foot from shock via a carbon fiber bridge.

Kobe Bryant: Mamba Mentality

Kobe Bryant: Mamba Mentality

“When the game is on the line, I’m not asking myself to do something that I haven’t done thousands and thousands of times before.” YouTuber basketballprosworkouts extracted clips from Kobe Bryant’s documentary Muse to create a motivational video.

Volkswagen Golf GTI First Decade

Volkswagen Golf GTI First Decade

VW built this very special one-off Golf GTI for the 2017 Wörthersee, Austria car show. The car not only rocks a 404 hp engine under the hood, but has a 12 kW motor out back, making it the first ever all-wheel drive hybrid of its family. The car can operate in FWD, RWD or AWD modes.

E.T. Minus Williams

E.T. Minus Williams

Auralnauts took the classic flying bicycle scene from E.T. and removed John Williams’ familiar score, transforming what was originally a moment of triumph into one that’s just awkward. Be sure to check out Auralnauts other Williams-less scenes too.

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Castlevania (Teaser)

Castlevania (Teaser)

Fans of the vampire hunting video games will be thrilled to see this animated series headed to Netflix. But this is no 8-bit NES game for kiddies. It’s dark, bloody, violent, and R-rated as f**k.” We’re super excited its showrunner is Adi Shankar, of POWER/RANGERS fame.

Casually Explained: Sports

Casually Explained: Sports

(PG-13: Language) Even the spirit animal of life coaches isn’t all-knowing. Casually Explained tried to talk about sports, but instead ended up marveling at the irony of bake sales for starving people, the stark difference between athletes and normal folks, and more.

M.C. Hammie Multipurpose Hammock

M.C. Hammie Multipurpose Hammock

Wildish’s packable outdoor gear turns into a blanket, a tent or a hammock in seconds. It’s made of water-repellent ripstop nylon and has reinforced stitching, ballistic webbing straps and nylon loops. Comes with eight carabiners and ground stakes.

The Illustrated Art of Manliness

The Illustrated Art of Manliness
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Author Brett McKay and illustrator Ted Slampyak present a how-to guide packed with over 100 practical skills for real men. You’ll learn everything from how to fire a gun, to how to shine your shoes, to how to be a good uncle, to how to escape a bear attack.

Thor Ragnarok Trailer Song

Thor Ragnarok Trailer Song

We rather enjoyed the teaser trailer for Thor Ragnarok, but AOK thinks they can do better. They created new song lyrics which describe what’s going on way better than Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song could ever do.

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Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars

Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars

To celebrate 40 years of Star Wars, Cinefamily TV created this epic video mixtape loaded with insane and obscure footage, from interviews, to parodies, to fan tributes, and much more. If you’re not prepared to spend 95 minutes right now, the trailer should convince you.

Apple Ringtone Orchestra

Apple Ringtone Orchestra

The Rainer Hersch Orkestra performs a medley of tunes which will be awfully familiar to those of you with iPhones. Every time that marimba sound goes off we reach for our pocket. They also did something similar for Windows XP a few years back.

Lowball 2: The Pinch

Lowball 2: The Pinch

A truly stunning piece of drinkware unlike any other. Each of Discommon’s Lowball 2 whisky tumblers is CNC machined from a block of aerospace-grade aluminum, and features precision engineered geometry and textures for an optimal grip and to minimize drips.

Cólera

Cólera

We were quickly enthralled by director Aritz Moreno’s technically impressive short film about a village who goes up against a man cast out due to his medical condition. Beyond its taut storyline, the single camera, single take does a brilliant job heightening the tension.

Warhol Invisible Sculpture Diorama

Warhol Invisible Sculpture Diorama
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In 1985, Andy Warhol made a satirical performance artwork by standing briefly on a plinth then walking away, leaving a lit but otherwise empty platform. Kidrobot tips its hat to this commentary on celebrity culture with this light up model.

The Philosophy of One Punch Man

The Philosophy of One Punch Man

(SPOILERS) Wisecrack takes on one of this century’s defining works of art. On the surface, One Punch Man seems like a brainless gag peppered with anime and superhero parodies. But at its heart lies a timely warning: an easy life is a pointless existence.

Logan Lucky (Trailer)

Logan Lucky (Trailer)

Oceans 11, 12, and 13 director Steven Soderbergh returns to the comedy heist genre with this flick about two brothers who orchestrate a robbery during the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race. Stars two of our faves: Adam Driver and Channing Tatum. And yes, that really is Daniel Craig.

Jupiter up Close

Jupiter up Close

As NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, it’s sending back data and imagery that reveals new details about the gas giant. The planet’s poles are awash with constantly swirling cyclones, and its powerful magnetic field is even stronger than scientists had estimated.

Destiny vs Care Bears

Destiny vs Care Bears

A titan from the game Destiny stumbles onto its most horrific adversary yet – cute, cuddly, and deadly Care Bears. Freaking Rad’s video offers up cool weapons, comedy, cosplay, action, and VFX. (Thanks Grey!)

ASUS MB16AC USB-C Monitor

ASUS MB16AC USB-C Monitor

The 15.6″ ASUS ZenScreen MB16AC is the world’s thinnest and lightest portable 1080p monitor, at only 8mm thick and weighing just 1.8lb. It gets power and data via USB-C and can be used in both portrait and landscape modes as either a mirror or a second display.

Spiral Train 2.0

Spiral Train 2.0

After showing off his awesome spiraling model train set, James Risner created a fancier version of the track, which used over 8,000 K’Nex parts to give the train a downward spiral effect. It looks sort of like a coliseum made from trains.

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