Awesome Videos

An animated short film that will be shown in theaters alongside Big Hero 6. It’s about a dog that has such poor eating habits that he eventually turns into Baymax. Then he goes vegan. At least that’s what we think it’s about.

The College Republican National Committee recently came under fire for creating a series of sexist and totally uninformative campaign ads aimed at women. Ever the GOP’s bro, Stephen Colbert helped the party by pitching his own ad.

In this kinetic art by artist Fabian Oefner, a Ferrari California T was placed in a wind tunnel. Then various colors of ultraviolet paint were splattered onto the car, with the spectacle shot under UV light.

Terrence Malick often uses voice-overs in his movies, but it’s no mere idiosyncrasy. Scott Tobias and Kevin B. Lee show how Malick employs the technique to free his camera, emphasize his themes or help the audience catch up.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the unnecessarily long immigration process of Iraqi and Afghan translators who worked with US military forces, despite them having risked their and their family’s lives for Americans.

Performer Roy Kafri’s quirky beatbox track Mayokero is handily upstaged by director Vania Heymann’s clever music video, in which classic vinyl album covers come to life and sing his track.

This amusing commercial for Finland’s ZYX cough drops uses the gravelly and guttural voice of a death metal vocalist to prove its point. This is so much better than those old Ricola ads.

YouTuber bosnianbill shares this unusual lock and key system that involves a flexible key. The lock has a curved keyway, which the key shaft’s linked parts will slither into when it’s injected into the keyway. More here and here.

(NSFW: Language) “OUT OF NOWHERE! THE RKO!” Similar to Street Troller, YouTuber steveozzi’s RKO clips sees WWE wrestler Randy Orton creeping up on various fail videos and causing accidents with his finishing move.

Sometimes you don’t have the time to wait for your toast to cook in the morning. The guys at PhotonicInduction incrementally increased the power to their toaster, circumventing the wait time. Not coming to an appliance store near you.

Fins, fins everywhere. In this video taken by Donnie Griggs at the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina, a school of over 100 sharks can be seen feeding on blue fish right by the shore, along with a brave colony of seagulls.

Sir Ian McKellen visited the Chew Valley School in Somerset, England as part of its involvement with Stonewall, a charity he co-founded. While there he had a brief message for the kids ogling him. “Study, you fools!”

Key & Peele educate a couple on the subtle variations of cuisine served at two neighboring, but warring restaurants. All we know after watching this is that we’re hungry for some meat kebabs now. Full episode here.

Goosebumps are coming. Cellocyl – a club of cello players in Castilla de Leon, Spain – covers the Game of Thrones opening theme. We’re not sure if this is just a practice run – there are hiccups here and there – but it’s still well done.

During a Formula Offroad event in Iceland, driver Ingólfur Guðvarðarson’s steering wheel decided to quick-release right in the middle of a hill climb. He lost control of the car, but fortunately both he and his sturdy car were okay.

Director Michael Shanks pokes fun at the ridiculous expressions that opponents wear on their faces before a gunfight in westerns, amping up their intense stares to 11 with the help of some VFX magic.

A guy demonstrates his targeting skills by playing The Star-Spangled Banner by firing his rifle at custom-made musical gun targets. Why would you do such a thing? Because MURICA!

The creepy yet mesmerizing music video for I’m Callin’, a throwback upbeat love song from husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, aka Tennis. The song is from the indie pop band’s new album Ritual in Repeat.

Philips shows how long it took for incandescent and fluorescent bulbs to be rendered obsolete by multicolored and programmable LED bulbs such as its Hue series, with the help of what can only be a family of vampires.

YouTuber Christine Sutton was on her motorcycle with her English Bulldog Sweets when another biker passed by and waved at them. Like the polite bear, Sweets knows how to take part in that human custom.

Red Bull Music talks to some of the best Japanese composers, game designers and the musicians they influenced in the amazing miniseries Diggin’ in the Carts. A must watch for video game and music fans. English captions available.

Lifehacker DaveHax shows us a really simple way to draw a perfect circle, using parts of your hand as a sort of drafting compass. The technique doesn’t allow for much size flexibility, but it’s still a neat (and shockingly obvious) trick.

Idea Channel and Extra Credits talk about the dissonance between story (and characterization) and interaction in some video games, e.g. in cutscenes Nathan Drake is a witty everyman, but when you control him he’s a mass murderer.