Awesome Videos

(NSFW, Gore) Sick of her boyfriend’s disgusting habits, a diabolical switch flips in a woman’s mind. Can she ever go back or will she go Walter White’s way? A gripping dark comedy starring Gillian Jacobs (Community).

Depending on your perception of urban life, Louis Morton’s animated short will either depress or delight you. Animation and sound blend into a river of color and noise that’s as restless and relentless as its subject.

A simple but necessary reminder from YouTuber charstarleneTV. We should learn to tell the difference between convenience and compulsion. And sharing a moment should not come before you’ve actually experienced it.

Aardman Animation director Darren Dubicki created this surreal video to promote BBC Radio 2’s tribute to Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon, by playwright Tom Stoppard. Listen to the entire play here (starts at 4:12).

You can almost feel the pavement under your bum in this nailbiting fast speed run done by David Hauser in his Dallara GP2 on the twisty and turny Course de côte de St. Ursanne, at speeds which put Pikes Peak runs to shame.

(NSFW) Dean Norris has been doing his part to hype up Breaking Bad, but he’s got nothing on this masterpiece. YouTuber Sam Barnett made a new video meme featuring Hank and Marie’s stunned expressions. Have at it Internet.

YouTuber arfmoochikncheez figured out a way to make her daughter stop crying that “works 90% of the time.” He doesn’t even need to bribe or threaten her. So what’s this great technique? We call it the “Ask and She Shall Cease.”

Fishermen in the Dominican Republic were attempting to catch, weigh and release a marlin, when it panicked and jumped right into their boat. You really don’t want to be anywhere near a flying 350 pound fish with deadly spear.

(Uh, Spoilers???) Dean Norris already ruined every other show on TV, and now he’s spilled the beans on the finale of Breaking Bad. We’re reasonably sure this isn’t how it will all come to a head. But then again, you never know…

Green Shoe Studio held a singer-songwriter contest. They received an entry from 96-year old Fred Stobaugh. He wrote a song for his wife Lorraine, who recently passed away. Fred and Lorraine were married for 75 years.

“The audience wants the control. They want the freedom.” Kevin Spacey spent part of his lecture at the Edinburgh International Film Festival encouraging his colleagues to embrace digital distribution. Full lecture here. Transcript here.

Here’s Emperor Palpatine in the finale of Return of the Jedi using lines spoken by Mark Hamill as the Joker. Listen closely for the other guest voice. How freaky would it be if Palpatine was actually Luke from another time?

We’ve heard numerous cool and unusual cover versions of Adele’s hit theme to Skyfall. But we’re going out on a limb and guess you’ve never heard it sung by a Russian military choir. Bonus points: Salute when the chorus kicks in.

The guys behind Crysis show off some of the incredible new visual effects their game engine can crank out, along with some of the technical bits that developers will enjoy watching too. The procedural weather system is truly awesome.

Animator Leigh Lahav has gathered the greatest television writers on the planet – Joss Whedon, George R.R. Martin, Dan Harmon and more – to collaborate on the most epic TV show ever – assuming they can agree on anything.

Mustered Courage breathes new life into Seal’s hit track from… ehm… Batman Forever, and puts their own unique spin on it with a country twang, two acoustic guitars and a little banjo and mandolin on the side.

Yo-Yo expert Janos Karancz pulls a series of incredible tricks during the 2013 World Yo-Yo Championship to take top prize. His hands move so fast, you might want to check the slow-mo version – just BYO soundtrack. (Thanks Kyle)

Georgia Tech sophomore Nick Selby welcomes the 2013 freshman class to join the university’s rich legacy of talented engineers and challenges them to reach new heights (and make the Iron Man suit.) Full speech here. (Thanks Ben!)

(SPOILERS, NSFW: Language) Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris wants us to focus on the final episodes of his series, so he’s decided to save us the trouble and spoil all kinds of other things that might have otherwise distracted us.

We dare you not to crack at least a little smile as Nathan Barnatt cranks out some more of his silly dance moves while dressed as everyone’s favorite pixelated plumber. Stick around long enough and he might even get his Princess.

Before shooting big action scenes, directors often commission rough pencil animations to work out the composition and sequencing. Here’s some footage of an epic Iron Man sequence that never made it into The Avengers.

While bees are some of nature’s most helpful stinging insects, wasps are just nasty buggers. Here, one does in a poor bee with the ultimate finishing move – the full body slice. We have a saying around here: “Nature… it’s disgusting.”

Mental Floss lists some of the popular foods that are named after people, although not necessarily after their inventors. Find out the origins of nachos, Eggs Benedict, sandwiches and more. Plus a bonus pun fact.