Awesome Videos

Aaron’s Animals gets all meta on itself, as the very talented Prince Michael the cat decides to make his own YouTube video, and proves along the way that you can’t force something to go viral. Case in point: this clip has less than 10,000 views so far.

If you like piña coladas, and some screaming in pain, this video is for you. Rupert Holmes’ 1979 hit takes a dark turn with the help of YouTuber Wilton Turdley. Though we’re pretty sure that’s Animal on vocals.

Kuma Films showcases 三峽定點陀螺隊, a group of expert spinning top players in Taoyuan, Taiwan. They perform feats of incredible accuracy while making the trick shots look so easy. The tightrope trick is nuts.

Someone insults The Undertaker. Lights dim, he arrives! Chair to the face! Oh look out, it’s that Sweet Chin Music! Going up! Bah gawd! Hardcore pro wrestling fans RackaRacka perfectly sum up the beats and beatdowns of Wrestlemania.

Another fun cover version of Darude’s mesmerizing dance hit, Sandstorm, this time played on marimba – and a wood box, by musician eemikun, who also does a mean remake of the Nyan Cat theme. Yeah, remember Nyan Cat? Never forget.

An injury derailed Devin Williams’ dream of playing high level college hoops, and he ended up in an art university. End of story? Nope. A class assignment unlocked his eye for filmmaking and teaching. Now he’s a YouTube star who has positively impacted many lives.

Man at Arms: Reforged finally takes on one of their fans’ long-requested weapons: Dark Souls’ Greatsword of Artorias. The divine weapon is like a Gothic column, eye-catching in terms of both size and detail. There’s no way a normal man can one-hand or roll with this beast.

Talking, texting, having the back of our chair kicked. Pretty much at least one rude thing in Reverse Cowboys‘ clip happens to us every time we go to the movies. To those of you who think the theater is your living room, buy a big screen, stay home, and annoy your own family.

A city comes to a standstill to watch their neighbors have a horse race from the suburbs to downtown, while soul artist Charles X sings about opportunities and oppression in Parallel’s animated music video for the single from his new album Sounds of the Yesteryear.

It’s a highly imbalanced race between parkour athlete Ronnie Shalvis, a Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and a Traxxas R/C truck. But each one has demonstrates their unique advantages in this fun and action-packed clip from Devin Graham’s Teamsupertramp.

“My records show that I can construct a narrative by keeping the details pretty vague.” Dissolve pokes fun at campaign commercials (and sensationalist media) using its library of stock footage and a healthy dose of postmodern irreverence.

Another day, another video of stuff being smushed by the Hydraulic Press Channel. The Minifig at the beginning made a valiant effort to escape, but in the end, there’s no escaping the destructive power of the mighty hydraulic press.

2016 March Madness lived up to its name with a thrilling Final. #2 Villanova completed the trail of upsets by defeating #1 North Carolina. The last 1:30 of the game was filled with defensive plays, but it ended with a crazy offensive exchange in the game’s final seconds.

It used to be that most airplane wings were straight, but it turns out the design caused instability as flight speeds increased. Real Engineering takes a look at the science behind the swept wing design which is commonplace on today’s planes. Learn more here.

(PG-13: Language) Florence is sick of being holed up in a nursing home. An unlikely opportunity presents itself when the facility accidentally books two Elvis impersonators. Mirrah Foulkes’ short film is as depressing and quirky as it sounds, but it also rings true.

Blizzard’s body of animated work stays afire with another awesome Overwatch short film. The cold-blooded Talon assassin Widowmaker is after a beloved robot diplomat, but Overwatch’s time-traveling ace agent Tracer is on guard.

Gold is the most malleable metal, but it still takes a ton of manual labor to turn it into these silky sheets. This documentary by the Japan Science and Technology Agency shows how Japanese craftsmen painstakingly turn gold bars into gold (alloy) leaves.

“In movies, you don’t photograph the reality. You try and photograph the photograph of the reality.” Channel Criswell breaks down Stanley Kubrick’s brand of fillmmaking: expressing dark and high concepts by creating a surreal world where everything is a symbol.

Silodrome spotted this insane bit of footage from an very unusual motocross race, in which a passenger rides along in a sidecar. There’s just something so surreal watching these unwieldy things go flying through the air. More here.

“If we can’t accept limitations, we’re no better than the bad guys.” MCU Exchange did Marvel a huge solid with this awesome montage of clips from past Marvel movies and TV series that point to the big confrontation in Captain America: Civil War.

Musician Jack Fliegler (aka “ToxicxEternity“) arranged this heavy metal tribute that seriously expands on one of today’s most familiar sounds: a stock iPhone ringtone. Our next request: the classic Nokia ringtone. Oh wait.

A behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming animated adaptation of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s comic book Batman: The Killing Joke. Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong and Mark Hamill return as Batman, Batgirl and the Joker respectively. The movie drops Summer 2016.

Strongman and Game of Thrones’ The Mountain Thor Björnsson reveals his secret to a titanic body. With HeavyBubbles sparkling water, he can implement the ABCs ABLs of bodybuilding: Always Be Lifting. A funny viral ad for SodaStream.