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3D Artist Challenge: Eternal Ascent

3D Artist Challenge: Eternal Ascent

For his latest 3D challenge, Clinton Jones, aka Pwnisher, asked CG artists to create scenes based on a template of a character climbing a curved staircase. After receiving 2800 entries from around the world, here are the top 100 renders edited together to create a seemingly endless climb, set to music by Feverkin. It’s hard to choose a favorite interpretation.

The Wizard of Oz in Alphabetical Order

The Wizard of Oz in Alphabetical Order

In 2004, editor Matt Bucy chopped up The Wizard of Oz and rearranged every sound and word into alphabetical order. The result is the nonsensical but oddly compelling Of Oz the Wizard, or as commenter Jenny Reiswig put it even better, The Wizard of A to Z. Despite the task’s apparent complexity, he says most of the work only took about 20 hours.

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Breaking Bad, But No One Is Careful

Breaking Bad, But No One Is Careful

Part of why Walter White’s rise to power was so successful was that he was meticulous about covering his tracks. Alternative Cuts imagines what Breaking Bad might have been like if its characters were more cavalier in their attitudes and threw caution to the wind. Man, that Walt Jr. was one cool customer.

Spock Thinks Things Are Fascinating

Spock Thinks Things Are Fascinating

Editor and Star Trek fan John DiMarco is back with another fun compilation video for Trekkies. This time, we get to enjoy Leonard Nimoy’s Spock, uttering his famous catchphrase “Fascinating” as he reacts to new and unknown things, from music to medical mysteries to mysterious materials. ’80s kids might also be familiar with his mention of Pure Energy.

If Leslie Nielsen Was in Star Wars

If Leslie Nielsen Was in Star Wars

Leslie Nielsen appeared in dozens of serious roles before hitting his comedy groove with the Airplane and Naked Gun series. This hilarious edit from Your_Kryptonite7 envisions what might have happened if the slapstick straight man turned up in the Star Wars saga. His brief showdown with Yoda and his speech to the Galactic Senate are our favorite moments.

Ken with a Cat

Ken with a Cat

OwlKitty is back with another laugh-out-loud movie edit. This time around, the photogenic cat is stealing scenes from Barbie and taking her rightful place alongside Ken. This also makes us wonder if there’s a Weird OwlKitty – and we’re not talking about Blissa.

DJ Cummerbund: Thonger

DJ Cummerbund: Thonger

You hear a creature creepin’ up behind; she had dumps like a truck, truck, truck. DJ Cummerbund pulls out all the stops for his sublime Halloween 2023 remix. The unholy offspring of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Sisqó’s Thong Song is not like other songs – and that’s a good thing.

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The Kiffness x Scary Cat: I Need Something

The Kiffness x Scary Cat: I Need Something

The Kiffness has made a career out of turning silly animal sounds into songs. This time, he started with footage of an orange tabby making noises that vaguely sound like a human with a mouth full of gauze. But once The Kiff added his music and vocals, it all makes perfect sense to us.

The Star Wars Christmas Parade

The Star Wars Christmas Parade

If retailers can put their Christmas decorations out before Halloween, we can, too. In this silly holiday edit from Auralnauts, Vader pitches the idea of a Life Day (er, Christmas) parade to Palpatine. Set against the snowy backdrop of Hoth, Santa guides his AT-AT reindeer to deliver a load of gifts to the good little Rebels.

Speed Racer’s Vehicle of Violence

Speed Racer’s Vehicle of Violence

If you watched the 1960s animated series Speed Racer, you might recall that the title character is supposed to be the good guy. But after editor AdventuresofSly got their hands on the series, they chopped it up to make it look like Speed is a deranged killer who uses his race car as a deadly weapon.

James Bond vs. Drink Coasters

James Bond vs. Drink Coasters

Anyone who follows the adventures of James Bond knows that he likes his martinis shaken, not stirred. But now we know that 007 also prefers to put his cocktails on coasters, thanks to this silly sequence of scenes digitally doctored by Dogfoody. He’s got a license to protect coffee tables from condensation.

System of an Indian Idol

System of an Indian Idol

Singer, engineer, and Indian Idol contestant Nachiket Lele has incredible vocal skills. While his performances aren’t traditional, to begin with, they’re not exactly metal. Musician Andre Antunes amped things up to 11 by adding a System of a Down-inspired guitar track. For comparison, here’s Nachiket’s original, unedited performance.

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Gus Fring Survives

Gus Fring Survives

The scene in Breaking Bad, when Hector Salamanca dispenses with Gus Fring, is one of the most memorable moments in the entire series. Thanks to the power of editing and VFX, Alternative Cuts put together a very different ending to that pivotal scene. Despite the video’s title, we’re pretty certain Gus didn’t make it.

Master of Suspense

Master of Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock loved to inject himself into scenes in his movies. In this cleverly edited black-and-white short film from Fabrice Mathieu, he made it look like the Master of Suspense was the one true killer in his films, making Hitch’s cameos much more ominous.

Breaking Bad: Civil War

Breaking Bad: Civil War

The airport battle in Captain America: Civil War is one of the movie’s best scenes. Do you know what would make the fight even better? A dose of Heisenberg. Editor TortillaDelta13 did a bang-up job adding Walter White’s alter ego, turning Peter Parker into a meth-cooking Jesse Spider-Pinkman, and using pizza as a weapon.

Breaking Bad: 3 Seconds Per Episode

Breaking Bad: 3 Seconds Per Episode

(PG-13: Language) It’s been a while since we rewatched Breaking Bad. For now, this edit from Diamond Box will have to suffice, capturing three of the most dramatic seconds from every episode of the series. While it doesn’t tell the entire story, it demonstrates the dramatic progression of its characters over its five seasons.

An Engaging Star Trek Video

An Engaging Star Trek Video

Every starship commander needs to clearly issue directives to their crew. While every Captain has their own special catchphrase, “Engage” is a Star Trek favorite across the decades. Editor John DiMarco put together this compilation of officers commanding their crews to kick it into high gear from TOS to Enterprise.

Our Favorite Things

Our Favorite Things

“Girls with blue whiskers tied up with noodles… These are a few of my favorite things.” Sound collage artists Negativland’s deranged edit of My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music dates back a decade but was too hilarious to pass up. Their take on There’s No Business Like Show Business is similarly bonkers.

Closing Shots

Closing Shots

When a director does their job well, the final moments of a movie can leave a lasting impression. Editor Casper Langbak of CLS Videos created this montage of some of the best closing shots, set to the chill-inducing track Cloudbusting by Kate Bush. Don’t recognize every movie? He’s posted a list of all 120 on Letterboxd.

Mr. Rogers x The Animals

Mr. Rogers x The Animals

There is a house in this beautywood; they call the rising sun. There I Ruined It proves that there’s no ruining Mr. Rogers with this wonderful, but woefully short mashup of Won’t You Be My Neighbor? with The Animals classic House of the Rising Sun. We wonder what he could do with It’s Such a Good Feeling.

Everybody vs. Lord Beckett

Everybody vs. Lord Beckett

Lord Cutler Beckett was a real jackass in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, so it’s no wonder he got what was coming to him. YouTuber Shrubbery imagines what it might have been like if an entire armada descended on Beckett to put him out of his misery and send his ship to Davy Jones’s locker. (Thanks, Orion!)

The Writing Life with Wes Anderson

The Writing Life with Wes Anderson

(PG-13: Language) Creative writing requires persistence and a willingness to accept failure far more than success. J. Marcelo Borromeo of 101 Things I Learned About Fiction from Film created this video essay on the challenges and rewards of writing, told using footage from the films of Wes Anderson. (Thanks, Rob!)

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu imagines that the Chinese spy balloon actually came from outer space, and it’s not the only one. In fact, an immense inflatable invasion is headed our way. Fabrice used footage from various movies (and music by Danny Elfman) to give his short film a great 1950s sci-fi vibe.

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