Awesome Videos

We’ve already seen Bob Belcher turn up on Archer, but Simon Chong really wanted to see the opposite happen. So he spent months drawing, animating, and carefully selecting dialogue from the shows to make it all come together. You know, that’s how you get ants.

Animator Matthew Darragh’s sweet and playful short film is a sort of lighthearted version of Castaway. But instead of becoming pals with a volleyball, our protagonist falls deeply and madly in love with a tree branch.

Make It Extreme doesn’t like drones spying on them, so they decided to do something about it, and fabricated an anti-aircraft weapon that uses compressed air to launch a net, ensnaring any pesky drones in its webbing. It seems a bit complicated, but it does the job quite nicely.

Mike Boyd is an engineer, but he swears he’s never used a 3D printer until he made this video. It’s heartening to see that you can go from knowing nothing about the technology to making model rockets in just a few hours.

ScreenPrism briefly analyzes Christopher Nolan’s diverse filmography. His movies are often morally ambiguous stories revolving around someone with multiple personas, but it seems he has taken a more positive turn beginning with Interstellar.

BBC Earth show The Hunt captured crisp macro footage of hotrod ants, as they make their way through the scorching 150ºF+ Namib desert, where it’s so hot that they would die if they stopped in the sun for even a few seconds. But the extreme heat isn’t their only foe.

You never know when the DJ will drop a party jam, and your friends will drag you onto the dance floor. ItsMRich and Adrian Van Oyen have you covered with 100 good, bad, and downright cringey moves you can have at the ready for any kind of tune.

National Geographic takes us inside the world of artists Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, who have been creating intricate miniature dioramas together for almost 15 years. The scenes portray a post-apocalyptic future in which buildings and material possessions have been abandoned.

To celebrate his millionth YouTube subscriber, Andrew Rea of Binging with Babish decided to give a tour of his kitchen, then replicated an SNL fan favorite, the 15-layer Taco Town taco we were first introduced to back in 2005. The cook starts at 5:21. Guacamolito sauce ftw!

Back in 1952, London, England was engulfed in a think blanket of smog that was so nasty that it caused the city to come to a halt, and actually ended up killing an estimated 12,000 people. SciShow looks back at this tragic result of industrial development without controls.

While hanging out at a surf spot in Bali, Indonesia, Stab Magazine and a group of Volcom surfers decided to tow a 100ft. plastic dock to the sea. We don’t know if it made their day easier, but it seemed to make surfing more fun. And dangerous.

Fabrice Mathieu mashed up the opening sequence from Raiders of the Lost Ark with footage from Star Wars universe, making the daring archaeologist take on evil Jar-Jars, and all manner of nasties to recover the C-3PO idol. The trash compactor creature was a nice touch.

“If they don’t know who you are or what you want, they can’t know what you plan to do next.” Charisma on Command points out a few of the tricks that Littlefinger uses to slowly work his way to the Iron Throne. Or so he says.

Hear me now and believe me later. Eclectic Method is here to PUMP YOU UP. Fitness fanatics will want to add this remix track to their workout tunes playlists. It’s got a good beat to exercise too, and is comprised of sounds from workout scenes in movies.

The eponymous hero in Portal A’s intentionally D-grade VHS short film must avenge the death of his best friend, who was murdered by an evil fascist android. The nunchuck vs. machine gun scene was awesome, though it could have played out much longer.

Magician and card thrower Rick Smith Jr. teamed up with the guys from Dude Perfect to show off his incredible ability to use the edge of a playing card like the edge of a knife, and do it with an incredible degree of accuracy. That banana trick made us cover our crotches.

The Slow Mo Guys dusted off an old internet classic, but for their version of the destructive experiment, they captured it in front of the lens of their fancy Phantom Flex camera, so we can enjoy the carnage at 2000 frames per second.

We’ve seen Richard Turner put on a show on TV, but trying to pull one – or 13 – on Penn and Teller is a different task. Watch as he turns up the charm and plays a game of Texas Hold ‘Em with the Las Vegas legends.

A woman receives a vinyl record that lets her travel through time. The lesson here is never mess with time. Or at least keep the jumps to a minimum. A critically-acclaimed short film by Job, Joris & Marieke.

(Flashing lights) “So what are you waiting for? You got what you asked for. Did it fix what was wrong with you?” The music video for Nine Inch Nails’ single was made with a modified version of Llamasoft’s PS4 virtual reality shooter Polybius.

A look at the scale model of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, a massive new section that will open at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort in 2019. Visitors will meet many Star Wars characters, check out a Star Destroyer hangar, and even fly the Millenium Falcon. More here.

The idea of riding a bicycle 3400 miles across China is daunting enough, but Ed Pratt did that with one fewer wheel, and carrying his camping gear. In this video, he completes his epic journey as he approaches the Vietnam border. Check out previous episodes from his trip here.

You know how there are an infinite number of Ricks and Mortys in the multiverse? Well it turns out that they can appear in infinite animation styles as well. Director Matt Taylor’s video exposes us to some of the many other looks they’ve experienced. Full list of artists here.