Awesome Videos

(PG-13: Language) “I am telling you that it’s not as awesome as I keep accidentally making it sound!” Cracked breaks down the main story of Assassin’s Creed and why it’s gone down the drain: because this theoretically cool series should’ve ended long ago. Skip to 1:34.

The Wachowskis copied heavily from Grant Morrison’s comic book series The Invisibles, Nicholas Cage could’ve been Neo, and Samuel L. Jackson could’ve been Morpheus. All that and more in The Film Theorists’ video.

There are lots of projects you could do around your house to make everyday things a little better. Sometimes you just need to man up and DIY. We dusted off our amateur carpentry skills to build a great wall-mounted bottle opener, with a little help from our friends at Lowe’s.

Musician Feanor X turns in an impressive performance of seven pieces from John Williams’ score from the Star Wars saga. While The Light of the Force features a great solo, there’s nothing more appropriate than a metal version of The Imperial March.

Editor Zapatou has outdone himself with this 21-minute supercut of awesome people, places and things. There are over 500 clips of spectacular acts of athleticism, daring, free-spiritedness, humor and talent, each of which helps reaffirm your faith in humanity.

An incredible demonstration of the power of water, as this high pressure cutter slices cleanly through metal like a hot knife through butter. The 5-axis Kimla Streamcut can slice smooth and precise parts from a wide variety of materials, from foams to ceramics and stone.

(PG-13) The NSA interrogates three people who were abducted by aliens. Turns out the extraterrestrials are just like us. There are good ones and there are pervs. Kate McKinnon manages to make a creepy tale hilarious in this Saturday Night Live skit.

A humorous look at the professional life of animal photographer Joel Sartore.  Sartore is currently working on National Geographic’s Photo Ark – he’s trying to photograph the world’s 12,000 captive species to raise awareness about endangered animals.

Filmmakers Flora Lichtman and Katherine Wells look a look at a 100% off-grid community outside of Taos, New Mexico founded by architect Michael Reynolds. What makes these sustainable, solar structures unique is that they’re built from garbage like tires and cans.

A hilarious ’80s style trailer for the upcoming 11th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia featuring the gang and their usual wacky hijinks as they hit the ski slopes, a la Better off Dead. Let’s shred!

It starts out like any ordinary aircraft landing, but this video of a Boeing 777 coming in at Frankfurt Airport in Germany takes an unusual turn about half way through, thanks to the use of some clever VFX. You’ve gotta love the discussions on YouTube whether it’s fake or not.

Watch some of the world’s best musicians, actors, dancers and performance artists up close and for free with Google Cultural Institute’s Performing Arts collection. Each episode consists of multiple 360º videos taken from different angles.

YouTuber John Brown shares this hilarious attack by what appears to be a stray cat. It nags a toddler for some attention, but the kid doesn’t get it. He got a K.O. outta nowhere instead.

(PG-13 Language) Alexander Engel’s amusing short film tells the story of a man who loses the last two digits of a girl’s phone number, and tries to call every permutation of the number in order to find her. Will his persistence pay off, or will his efforts be for naught?

“…I basically forgot to get out of the business.” Great Big Story talks to Tom Persky, owner of Floppydisk.com. Even though no one manufactures floppies anymore, there’s still a small market for them, from collectors to the U.S. government. More here and here.

Founded in 2012, Make School teaches programming and tech entrepreneurship. But it doesn’t have grading systems or tuition fees. If you get in and complete their courses, you’ll pay them only after you’re employed.

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, vocalist Alex Boye and the Genesis Choir’s uplifting African version of the classic tune doesn’t put you in the holiday spirit, nothing will. Download the track on Bandcamp.

The Film Theorists points out potential clues that support a popular guess regarding Luke Skywalker’s allegiance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Did the hero of the original trilogy succumb to the dark side of the Force?

Twitter user Jess says the kids she’s babysitting sent her this video. It seems like the girl is trying to show off a dance move, only for her brother to outshine her acrobatics. But not in the way he thinks.

(Gore) A rich man exacts revenge on the people who betrayed him. Brian Petsos’ short film is ultimately not much more than eye candy, but if Oscar Isaac and Julian Shatkin are the ones fanning their tails, it would be a crime to turn away from the spectacle.

Video editor Matthijs Vlot searched high and low for the necessary clips needed to replicate the lyrics of Adele’s megahit Hello using only dialogue spoken by characters from movies. See if you can name all the flicks.

An old couple turns into a living sculpture in the intimate music video for Hudson Mohawke’s heartbreak anthem Indian Steps, featuring the unique voice of Antony Hegarty. Director Daniel Sannwald says the video was inspired by Rodin’s The Kiss.

While they were waiting to kick off work on a new season of MST3K, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo needed jobs. Naturally, they auditioned for parts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Here’s some of their audition footage.