Blightyvision: “The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff”
Written by Mark Evans Directed by Ben Fuller Starring Robert Webb, Katherine Parkinson, Stephen Fry, and Tim McInnerny I’m pretty sure this blog’s demographic has, overall, read enough of the work of Charles Dickens to see the common threads that run through his stories. That many encounters with nutty names and stark Victorian poverty do […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: based on a radio play, charles dickens, cliffhanger, historical comedy, Katherine Parkinson, parody, robert webb, Stephen Fry, tim mcinnerny
Trailer Watch: The Pig with the Froggy Tattoo
In case the title isn’t obvious? This is another absolutely wonderful parody trailer for The Muppets. Including a fantastic original song. If these trailers are any indication, The Muppets is going to be one of the funniest, most clever films of the year. And they’re certainly building anticipation wonderfully. We’re getting a few glimpses of […]
In: Eyes and Ears, Movies, Trailers · Tagged with: parody, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Muppets, Trailer Watch, Trailers
Trailer Watch: The Muppets, Red Bands for 30 Minutes or Less and Conan the Barbarian and more
The Muppets continues its trailer domination with a clever send-up of Green Lantern. I’m a diehard Muppets fan and if the movie turns out to be half as clever as its marketing, I’ll be seeing this in theaters more than once. Check out the trailer and the synopsis below. On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, […]
In: Eyes and Ears, Movies, Trailers · Tagged with: 30 Minutes or Less, Attack the Block, Conan the Barbarian, Green Lantern, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, humor, parody, The Muppets, Trailer Watch, Trailers
Blightyvision: “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace”
Directed by Richard Ayoade Written by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade Starring Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, and Alice Lowe Back in the 1980s, Channel 4 produced a short-lived paranormal medical drama written by and starring master horror novelist Garth Marenghi. In it, Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. (Marenghi), a tough but caring doctor with […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: 1980s, bbc nepotism, hospital drama, Matt Berry, Matthew Holness, no R1 for you, paranormal, parody, Richard Ayoade
Lincoln’s Video of the Day: The Assassination of Yogi Bear by the coward Boo Boo
Yogi Bear opens on Friday and well….it doesn’t look very good. This short, however, a parody of the film as well as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, is pretty fantastic. Watch it now, as it’s unlikely it will be online for very long before lawyers start crying copyright all over […]
In: Movies · Tagged with: parody, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Yogi Bear
Jill’s Video of the Day: Hey Harry Potter
I accidentally came across the newest best thing ever for me. How appropriate that it’s November 1st, and the new Harry Potter movie comes out in 18 days.
In: Around the Intertubes · Tagged with: Harry Potter, parody, song, Train, video
Trisha’s Link of the Day: Well played, Rob Liefeld
When I was a nascent comics fan in the mid-1990s, one of the most important things I learned about the art was that Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet. Since then, I’ve learned that the former Marvel Comics wunderkind who created X-Force and one of the founding members of Image Comics also can’t draw women, men, […]
In: Around the Intertubes, Comics, Video Games, Webcomics · Tagged with: indie video game studios, parody, Penny Arcade, Rob Liefeld, Xbox Live
Trisha’s Video of the Day: Star Wars on a subway car
Submitted without context: Related Posts: Ghostbusters 3 filming in NYC?
In: Around the Intertubes, Movies · Tagged with: improv everywhere, NYC subway, parody, Star Wars
Lyssa’s Link of the Day: LOL Cat Eclipse
I cannot take credit for finding this. My wonderful friend, Vin, knows of my disdain for Twilight and sent this to me because he thought I would get a kick out of it. I did, and so I share it with you. WARNING: Contains slight spoilers http://www.popsuede.com/2010/07/twilight-saga-eclipse-with-cats.html The evil geniuses over at Pop Suede have found […]
In: Movies · Tagged with: LOLspeak, parody, Thank you Internets, twilight
Short Film of the Day: Iron Baby
I really don’t think this one needs any explanation at all. I’ll let the awesome wash over you. IRON BABY from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo. (With thanks to Charles Johnson of LGF for bringing it to my attention.)
In: Around the Intertubes, Movies · Tagged with: parody, short film