LXD Presents: “Matched”

LXD Presents: “Matched” starring Harry Shum, Jr.

http://youtu.be/piBZ6KmnU2w

The LXD

The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers: In the Internet Age, Dance Evolves...
The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a preview of Jon Chu’s upcoming Web series, this astonishing troupe show off their superpowers.


TED2010, Filmed Feb. 2010

http://www.ted.com/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves.html

The LXD site:
http://thelxd.com/

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.
http://www.ted.com/

What Are Your Doing New Years Eve?

http://youtu.be/aSq1cez_flQ

Immortals

Immortals, [R]
2011 Relativity Media
Directed by Tarsem Singh

Grade: C-
Down-graded from C.

+1: stylish gods battle sequences.
-1: repetitive battle sequences.
par: Slave-to-hero story of Theseus (played by Henry Cavill).
-1: Power hungry King Hyperion (played by Mickey Rourke).
par: Art direction.

Grade C-, adjusted for 3D effects (par).

 [overview on Fandango]

The 12 All-Time Ugliest Christmas Sweaters

From Collectors Weekly
December 5th, 2011 By CollectorsWeekly.com Staff

[link to article]http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-12-all-time-ugliest-christmas-sweaters/

Michael C. Hsiung

Illustrator represented by McDermott Management.

http://www.mcdermottmanagement.com/graphic_design/michael_c_hsiung/

Mele Kalikimaka

Sung by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters (c. 1950).

http://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI

Animated Comic Book Covers

Kerry Callen takes a few comic book covers and turns them into animated GIFs.

http://kerrycallen.blogspot.com/2011/10/animated-comic-covers.html

blog: http://kerrycallen.blogspot.com/

How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular

Media Launch, Aug. 8, 2011. Melbourne, Australia



http://youtu.be/ep5m1tbpsNw

Tom Whelan’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” limited edition created by Tom Whelan screenprint for the folks over at dark hall mansion as a companion piece to my “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" print.

“This is, hands down, my favorite peanuts special. It invokes a quiet tone and humble demeanor that captures the true spirit of Christmas so perfectly. i had this one in rotation early this year as i was working on the poster and not surprisingly, my son is enamored with it. nice to see it captivates generation after generation.” — Tom.

poster specs:
• 10-color screenprint on cougar natural 100# cover stock
• size: 18" x 24"
• regular edition: 450
• variant edition: 100
• steel edition: 50

online sale info:
• thu, dec 1, 2011
• where: emovieposter.com
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• fri, dec 2
• where: dark hall mansion

Site:
http://www.strongstuff.net/

on Deviant Art:
http://strongstuff.deviantart.com/

The Muppets

The Muppets [PG]
2011 Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by James Bobin

Grade: A 
Up-graded from B
+1: Big music numbers move story forward.
+1: Celebrity cameos.
-1: Celebrity cameos squeezed into late telethon sequence.
+1: Chickens singing Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You.”
+1: Gary (played by Jason Segel) as a Muppet, and his Muppet brother Walter as a human.

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Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (short running before “The Muppets”)
2011 Disney/Pixar
Directed by Angus MacLane

Grade: B+ 
Up-graded from B

+1: Mini Buzz.
+1: Quick gags with the fast food toy support group.
-1: Logic - Mom mistakes Mini Buzz for full-sized Buzz Lightyear.
+1: A toy, flashing, belt buckle is funny.
-1: Buzz matter-of-factly shows up back home at the end of the 7-minute short.

[overview on Fandango: http://www.fandango.com/themuppets_138235/movieoverview]

J. Edgar

J. Edgar [R]

2011 Warner Bros.

Directed by Clint Eastwood

Grade: B

Up-graded from B

-1: Makeup effects.

+1: More drama than doc.

par: Leonardo DiCaprio (as J. Edgar Hoover)

+1: Hoover as a sympathetic character.

-1: Actors as famous people (Robert Kennedy, Pres. Richard Nixon, Ginger Rogers, etc.)

Muppet Battle

from the Nation Post:



http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/muppets_bracket/index.html

Terry Borders’ Bent Objects

Buy the New Book! ($13 retail in U.S.)

http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/

Triumph Visits Occupy Wall Street

http://teamcoco.com/video/triumph-occupy-wall-st

Pomplamoose - Angry Birds Theme

http://youtu.be/7UCm6uyzNE8

Ben Folds, Nick Hornby, & Pomplamoose VideoSong!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5JaicYuVU&feature=related

Daniela Procopio - Viva la Vida

Daniela Procopio sings Coldplay’s Viva la Vida in Bossa style.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jCaKllVfQ

Chris Delanno - Beat It

Chris Delanno sings Michael Jackson’s Beat It in Bossa style.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH-5I1aLOl8&feature=related

Ben Balistreri: His Top 50 Marvel Chatacters #50- #26

http://benbalistreri.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-top-50-marvel-comics-characters-s-50.html

Ben is currently a storyboard artist and character designer at Dreamworks, where I just finished work on How to Train Your Dragon. He is an Emmy Award winner for my character designs on “Foster”s Home for Imaginary Friends”.

[link: Ben’s Blog: http://www.benbalistreri.blogspot.com/]

Mound by Allison Schulnik

Mound by Allison Schulnik from garaco taco on Vimeo.


http://vimeo.com/31110838

Giraffe Test

There are 4 questions. Don’t miss one. 

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? 

Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down. 

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. 

This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. 

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? 

Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. 

This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.. 

 

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals  attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend? 

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. 

This tests your memory. 

Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities. 

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and  you do not have a boat. How do you manage it? 

Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. 

This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. 

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the  Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.  Send this out to frustrate all of your smart friends..  

PS: Just the fact that I sent it to you should make you feel good.

Femka Hiemstra

 Der Hüter

10.0" x 14.0" ©2009

 Der Zugvogel

5.7" x 8.7" ©2011

The Fortune Cookie Hunter

8.5" x 9.0" ©2008

http://www.femtasia.nl/Home.html

blog:
http://femtasia.blogspot.com/

Kirsten Anderson of Roq la Rue Gallery is my representative for the USA. 

Contact: Roq la Rue Gallery / kirsten@roqlarue.com

Address: 2312 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121, USA. Ph: (206) 374 8977

Erwin Madrid

 Visual Development, Megamind

© Dreamworks

During his last semester of college, Erwin was hired by PDI/DreamWorks Animation where he contributed production illustrations for the animated feature film, Shrek 2. He later became a visual development artist for the ongoing Shrek franchise and the Madagascar sequel.

http://www.erwinmadrid.com/

Anonymous

Anonymous [PG-13]

2011 Sony Pictures

Directed by Roland Emmerich

Grade: A-

Upgraded from B.

+1: Earl of Oxford (played by Rhys Ifans) as a tragic hero with a pen.

+1: William Shakespeare (played by Rafe Spall) as a blackmailing frat boy.

-1: Keeping track of Earls for the uninitiated.

+1: Screenplay full of villains, tragedy and betrayal - just like a Shakespeare play.

par: Entertainment as political commentary to motivate a mob.

[Overview on Fandango]

Real Steel

Real Steel [PG-13]

2011 Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by Shawn Levy

Grade: B+

Upgraded from B

+1: Underdog story.

+1: Robots that aren’t trying to kill people.

Par: Boxing strategies borrowed from Rocky films.

Par: Smart kid, Max (played by Dakota Goyo)

-1: Robot vs. bull as a sport.

[Overview on Fandango]

DesignerLAND

http://disneydesignerland.blogspot.com/

A blog that looks at the designs of the Magic Kingdom assembled by Indianapolis based graphic designer, Richard Terpstra (a.k.a. Retro 71).

Kari Byron: Mythbuster Mom

Kari will be sending GeekMom regular updates on life as a MythBuster Mom.

“Holy crap. I am a mom!”

That is seriously what I was thinking as the dust settled around me from shooting a .50 caliber rifle. On my first experiment back from maternity leave, I found myself perched on a hill in a rock quarry aiming a huge firearm at a remote-controlled SUV covered in phone books. But how come I still felt like me? I figured once you become a mom, you settled down and let the waistline of your jeans slowly creep north.

— excerpt from Kari’s first entry.

 

http://www.geekmom.com/author/kari-byron/

The Latino Comedy Project's “TRANSMORFERS”

http://youtu.be/7P6LB8sbeWc

Back to the Start

Chipotle restaurants commercial advertisement.



Coldplay's haunting classic 'The Scientist' is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, "Back to the Start." Download the song now available on iTunes. Label and proceeds benefit The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-scientist-single/id458479961

 The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future. Both the film and the soundtrack were commissioned by Chipotle to emphasize the importance of developing a sustainable food system.

http://youtu.be/aMfSGt6rHos

http://www.youtube.com/user/chipotle?v=aMfSGt6rHos&feature=pyv&ad=9074672466&kw=youtube%20videos%20music

Cartoon Network – Resurrecting Bankrupt Heirlooms Circa 1997

Cartoon Network – Resurrecting Bankrupt Heirlooms Circa 1997
by J. J. Sedelmaier · on Imprint

 

“I’d get yearly mailings from Cartoon Network and they were always smart, fun and clever, but the unsolicited package I received in 1997 was a little bigger this time. I opened it up and inside was a 5” X 9” box with a lid consisting of a collage of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters done in graphic styles that I’d never seen HB characters done in!” — J. J. Sedelmaier

Read the whole article on Imprint

http://imprint.printmag.com/illustration/cartoon-network-%e2%80%93-resurrecting-bankrupt-heirlooms-circa-1997/

Batman: Brave and the Bold - Space Safari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGgXPUpqkSc&feature=youtu.be

The Thing

The Thing [R]
2011 Universal
Directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.

Grade: A- 
Up-graded from B.

+1: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (as Kate Lloyd) channels her inner Ripley (“Alien”).
+1: Creature effects.
-1: Clarity of keeping track of bearded Norwegian researchers.
par: Alien space ship.
+1: Installment in the franchise.

Note: Extra epilogue scenes into the credits, but before the credit roll.

[link: Overview on Fandango]

The Best of Steve Jobs

G4’s “Attack of the Show” top five Steve Jobs Moments.


1983 Apple Key Note- The “1984” Ad Introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiQA6KKyJo


Apple Steve Jobs The Crazy Ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1


MAC vs PC (Viruses)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb_Q8WRL_g&feature=youtu.be


Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford Commencment Address (with introduction by President John Hennessy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM&feature=youtu.be


iPhone Announcement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnLjujMlPxE&feature=youtu.be

[link: G4 Article]

Killer Elite

Killer Elite [R]
2011 Open Road Films
Directed by Gary McKendry

Grade: B- 
Down-graded from B

+1: Danny Bryce (played by Jason Statham) can fight while tied to a chair
-1: Bringing a rookie on the job
 +1: Making it look like an accident with a tile enrobed hammer and radio controlled trucks
-1: Not so twisty plot of who is working for whom
-1: Yvonne Strahovski (as Anne; a.k.a. Sarah from “Chuck”) doesn’t get to hit anybody

[link: Overview on Fandango]

Moneyball

Moneyball [PG-13]
2011 Sony
Directed by Bennett Miller

Grade: C+
Up-graded from C

+1: Underdog story
+1: Application of math
par: Mid-film montage
par: Story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) interspersed with in main story
-1: Better as a one-hour television documentary.

[link: Overview on Fandango]

The Toy Art Gallery is the first gallery of its kind to showcase and consult on high-end art toys and sculptures. Their goal is to showcase exciting, original, and new artists who use figurative sculpture as their primary medium of expression. Toy Art Gallery also focuses on showing, collecting, and producing high end, limited edition, custom, and life-size toy sculptures. Their showroom and gallery is located in Hollywood, California.

http://www.toyartgallery.com/

http://www.toyartgallery.com/blog/

7571 Melrose Ave.
(corner of Melrose & Curson)
Los Angeles, CA, 90046