Awesome Leisure

From filmmaker Derik Murray (I Am Chris Farley) comes a documentary about the late actor Heath Ledger. The film features interviews with the actors’ close friends and family as well as footage shot by Ledger himself. Premieres 5/17/17 on Spike. Also coming to Blu-ray.

Streaming speakers with minimal monochrome color schemes and physical controls. Available in two sizes, they can play audio via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, AirPlay, Chromecast and 3.5mm aux. They also have built-in support for Spotify and Internet radio. (Thanks Tomas!)

Puddles Pity Party managed to mash up two unlikely tunes into one, combining the Johnny Cash classic Folsom Prison Blues with The Who’s Pinball Wizard. We’re not sure why it works, but Puddles always does a good job hypnotizing us with his voice.

If you missed the April 1st livestream of season 3, episode 1 of Rick and Morty, (and assuming the lawyers have yanked down any mirrors), trust us when we say it was great. To tide you over, enjoy this trippy 30-second Adult Swim segway done in an awesome pixel art style.

Sideshow Collectibles‘ latest masterpiece is a 35lb, 21.5″-tall statue Infinity Gauntlet’s wielder, Thanos the Mad Titan. The Marvel villain dares his foes to come and get him while sitting on an equally imposing and detailed throne, and the Infinity Gems are lit by LEDs.

Remember that time in school where you said you don’t need to know geometry? Builder John Heisz shows us how wrong we were with the precise diagramming needed to create an awesome throwing star that doubles as a fidget spinner. He also made one out of wood.

Gnarly Racers are 1:38 scale remote-controlled cars that are equipped with front-mounted cameras for first-person racing. They go up to 20mph, last over 15min per charge, have a range of over 250ft and come with a headset and a removable monitor.

A portable, easy to install and adjustable mattress for SUVs, vans, and wagons with foldable rear seats. The Camperbox fits up to two people while still leaving space underneath for other items. You can disassemble it and pack it in its travel bag when not in use.

From Flash Gordon to Spider-Man to Ghostbusters, beatboxer Tom Thum turned in a fantastic, but all too short medley of themes from popular movies and TV series. They’re all great, but that Knight Rider one was epic.

(PG-13) “I blew cool from AC, ayy, Obama just paged me, ayy, I don’t fabricate it, ayy, most of y’all be fakin’, ayy, I stay modest ’bout it, ayy, she elaborate it, ayy” Kendrick Lamar advises listeners and competitors to know their place, sit down and be humble.

This Netflix documentary chronicles the experience of a batch of teenagers at the NASA Space Camp, juxtaposed with interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk and other experts regarding the current state of space travel. Premieres 5/5/17.

“He seems to have manifested some sort of butt. He is the smartest man in the universe.” Adult Swim pulled off a reverse April Fools’ prank by including the first episode of Rick and Morty‘s third season in an all-episode continuous livestream.

Henry is an incredibly precocious 11-year-old who loves to look after his younger brother and their mother. He ends up asking her to use a sniper rifle against their neighbor, the town’s police chief. Wait what? The Book of Henry is certainly an intriguing film. Drops 6/16/17.

“Also, there will be loot!” Destiny 2‘s debut trailer has jack squat to show about the game itself, but it does have more Nathan Fillion. Also, the game’s coming to Windows. Although at this point we’d rather have a Cayde-6 game. Or  TV series.

Lusine’s chill ambient track is complemented perfectly by this minimal video from Michael Reisinger, who used 2300 colorful LED’s to illuminate the face of its subject, as she drifts into another plane listening to her headphones on the bus. From the album Sensorimotor.

Woody Harrelson leads an army of humans hellbent on wiping out the apes, and Caesar must stand up and lead apekind into an epic battle for survival in Matt Reeves’ follow up to his excellent Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Opens 7/14/17. APES! TOGETHER! STRONG!

The Guardians of the Galaxy find an artifact of “unspeakable power.” Unfortunately, Thanos the Mad Titan is after the thingamajig too. Even more unfortunate, our lovable bunch of a-holes each have their own reason to keep the artifact for themselves.

British artist Sampha Sisay has been around. Everyone from SBTRKT to Drake have asked him to be on their tracks because of his uniquely smooth yet passionate style of singing. But he’s more than ready to strike on his own with his debut album, Process.

REI’s first hanging tent aka bridge hammock. It’s a one-person hammock that weighs a little over 3lb, a ripstop nylon body with shockcorded poles, all the cords and clips you need to hang it, as well as a removable bug net and a rainfly.

Domino fanatic FlippyCat placed a 360° camera and binaural microphones in the middle of a room, then stacked a circle of 4,200 dominoes around them. The surround audio as the dominoes drop is just as mesmerizing as watching them all crash around you.

Blizzard is bringing back its original sci-fi RTS. StarCraft: Remastered comes with updated 4K graphics (with the option to switch to the classic view), remastered audio and dialogue, cloud saving and improved multiplayer and social features. Drops Summer 2017.

Luc Besson’s first big sci-fi flick since The Fifth Element is shaping up to be a real visual humdinger, packed with amazing creatures, costumes, locations, vehicles, and effects. We have no idea if it’ll live up to the original graphic novels, but it’ll sure look pretty doing it.

These small plastic building blocks have magnets built inside of them, allowing for quick-snap construction of your own 3D voxel art creations. A companion app will provide ideas for pre-made designs too. Bricks will come in 16 vibrant colors to start.