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more about #comedy more comments → kendra3pointoh: Me to Goldish: I understand. I feel the same way when folks blast their iTunes through their headphones on public transportation. Brilliant. more » MonkeyT: Beautiful. This is the first CGI short I've seen that reminded me of Henson's muppets in a positive way. more » Yamato: wow that was pretty amazing and original, he needs to get his ass in Dreamworks or Pixar and make a full 90min movie of this!! more » Plague: Very Nice. Makes me miss Earthworm Jim. more » FrankenPC: Walkman induced were-fish. There's something you don't see every day. more » tetracycloide: it's no cat piano but it's not a bad way to blow off 7 mins at work. more » aak7268: Brilliant! I love that we live in a time where someone with this kind of creativity has access to the tools needed to make their visions whole, witho... more » Nasdaf: Phenomenal. I don't think I've ever seen the work of a single creative mind displayed in this medium (although i guess you have to factor in the mind... more » allinthefamily: I have none of this talent. Thanks Chris Jones for sharing yours! more » Roklimber: This is awwww-sooooo-me. I loved everything, but for some reason, the way his shoes squeak as he walks just before the dog scares his brains out caug... more » The Squid: ...wow. Give this man a medal and a job. more » twophrasebark: That is creepy. A little too creepy. #theonion more » tande04: The Leonhardt Riefenstahl part was a nice touch. Wonder if people call him Lenny for short? #theonion more » cletar: I don't care what ubersturbanunterfuhrer Ron Moore says, the third season of Battlestar Gleichschaltung stunk. The Robosemites didn't have a plan at ... more » Ghost_in_the_Machine: Now I'm wondering what their version of Stargate shows are like. Stargate: Lebensraum? more » -
#thepassenger
Beware the Goldfish Monster in Animated Short "The Passenger"
Chris Jones spent eight years animating his moody and quirky short The Passenger, and now it's available online. It's a dark and stormy night, and a nervous chap rides a bus with only a spooky goldfish for company. More » -
#bookreview
Can a Plush Bunny Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? You Decide
A choose-your-own-adventure style book is a natural addition to the zombie genre, but Zombocalypse Now is a surprisingly zany entry. Starring a snarky, chainsmoking stuffed bunny, the book pits you against mobsters, toothpaste executives, and zombified zoo animals. More » -
#lost
JJ Abrams' Loose Lips Sink Lost On 30Rock
The perils of introducing your more popular friends to your favorite television shows were laid bare in last night's 30Rock. Now all we have to do is hope that the show's writers didn't have any real inside information. -
#moviereview
Smarmy Writers and Battle Stags Defeat Gentlemen Broncos' Bad Hype
With Gentlemen Broncos taking a beating from the critics, why should you see it? Because it's actually a warm and funny piece of metafiction that celebrates creativity and embracing your weird side. Plus, who could resist Sam Rockwell's battle stag?
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#transylmania
Horror Comedy Reaches New Low With Hunchback Sex And Vampire Kama Sutra [NSFW]
The new "red band" trailer for Transylmania reveals the true depths to which horror comedy will sink. It's sub-Scary Movie hijinks, complete with sexy hunchbacks, the "Codex Eroticon," bad vampire-slayer humor, laptop-penis mangling, and... synchronized swimming? The horror! It's maybe-NSFW. More » -
#afternoonreading
Passive-Aggressive Aliens Want to Steal Your Gravel
In the latest issue of The New Yorker, an alien civilization announces its intentions to visit our planet. But they're not a benevolent race out to share their technology; they're actually quite passive aggressive and have designs on our gravel. More » -
#afternoonreading
Why Supervillains Hate Global Warming
The melting of the polar ice caps has supervillains all in a panic. It's not just that global warming has stolen their thunder (though that doesn't help). The melting ice has also revealed their secret Arctic lairs. [The Onion] -
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#seamonsters
Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant Lobsters
In Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, the literary mayhem doesn't end with the Jane Austen-meets-tentacles plotline. The novel's book group discussion guide asks us such timeless literary questions as: would you rather be devoured by sharks or giant jellyfish? More » -
#suck
The Rock Stars Align for Vampire Comedy "Suck"
Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Moby come out to play in the first trailer for vampire comedy Suck, about a struggling rock band that finds vampirism might be their ticket to the top of the charts. More » -
#zombieland
Survive Zombieland with Skillets, Paper Towels, and the Buddy System
Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg are back with more offbeat tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse. In four new promos, they explain how to take down zombies with household items, the zombie herding instinct, and the importance of paper towels. More » -
#shorts
An Evil Steve Jobs Lords Over Robert Rodriguez's "Shorts"
In seven new clips from Robert Rodriguez's family comedy Shorts, we see the chaos a wish-granting rock can bring: booger monsters, cognitively ascended infants, and super-strong miniature aliens. But they're no match for James Spader as an evil Steve Jobs. More » -
#starwarsstandup
This Place Is Deader Than Alderaan...What, Too Soon?
Genre stand-up is hard - who hasn't endured a friend doing LOTR jokes late at night? But nothing is more brutally painful to watch than a Star Wars stand-up routine. That's why we've rounded up five of them for you. More » -
#1884
Gilliam Animator Brings Puppets to Steampunk
Take one part steampunk, add a dash of spy comedy, mix liberally with puppets and computer animation — and you've got the recipe for 1884: Yesterday's Tomorrow, a film concept by animator and frequent Terry Gilliam collaborator Tim Ollive. More » -
#zombieland
Woody Wields Chainsaws and Banjos in New Zombieland Trailer
The latest trailer for the fast-paced and funny Zombieland shows off Woody Harrelson's zombie-killing chops, and offers clues to what this undead road movie is all about. Plus, we get our first good look at gun-toting, carjacking Emma Stone. More » -
#ghostbusters
Ghostbusters Gets A 1950s Remake
If only time travel were possible, the third Ghostbusters movie could star 1950s comedy greats like Dean Martin, Bob Hope, and Jerry Lewis. Fortunately, one fan has cooked up a trailer for the 1954 Ghostbusters movie that never was. More » -
#tronreboot
Tron Reboots Into Online Sitcom
Can't wait until Comic-Con to get your first taste of brand new Tron? Salvation is at hand with the first episode of Tron Reboot, which may end up being a more true sequel to the original movie than Disney's version. More » -
#supervillainstandup
Dr. Doom's Stand Up Tape: "Take Sue Storm, Please!"
Let's give it up for stand-up comic Doctor Victor von Doom — it should be no surprise that all his jokes are about the Fantastic Four. Not all of his jokes are hits, but the guy's got moxie. NSFW language. -
#captainstargood
The Bizarre History of the 1960s Scifi Puppet Series Too "Twisted" For TV
If you were a fan of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds series, then get ready for your mind to explode. A group of intrepid fans have discovered a marionette-style show from the Anderson era, which TV execs tried to suppress. More » -
#moviereview
"Land of the Lost" Is "Anchorman" With Dinosaurs and Aliens
Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost movie took the original television show in a weird new direction. Ferrell plunked a version of his famous character from Anchorman into a science fiction landscape - and it worked. More »
