By Peter Brauer
The Muppet Studio posted this amazing version of Bohemian Rhapsody 6 days ago. It is up to 7.8 million views as of today. I can’t remember any video that climbed at such a rate. The newly created Muppet Studio channel is the number one most viewed and subscribed channel of the week. Which basically means the Muppets are winning online video…
By Jeremy Kotin
1. EVENT Thanksgiving
Holidays about food are always a great concept. Skirting around the more thorny issues of the day, such as Native American relations, it really has become a day and weekend of giving thanks for the things we all too often don’t stop and think about. Primary among that would be family, for all the insanity that they provide,…
This December we’re rounding up all of our Popten bloggers, and inviting anyone who has an opinion, and churning out Popten’s Top Ten of the Decade. From obvious lists like Top Ten Albums, to the much less obvious, we’re quantifying everything that was worth experiencing in the last ten years.
As we put the finishing touches on our lists, which we’ll…
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
You remember this summer when you took a road trip and all of your friends decided they wanted different fast food. One person wanted Taco Bell, someone else was crying for Burger King, and all you really wanted were Chicken McNuggets. Well, the good people at Eat the Road have made it simpler than you can imagine to make the right…
The number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result any number of things…
“This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”…
A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a version of a foreign film or TV program which has been translated by fans and subtitled into a language other than that of the original. As Tanya stated, fansubbing can be illegal according to copyright laws in various countries. Even so, it doesn’t stop people from doing it for as long as they can.…
Written by Tanya Peacock
Anime, or Japanese animation originated way back in 1917, but it’s only really caught on in the west within the last 20-30 years. The term itself is an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of “animation.” Anime, like its book form counterpart manga (Japanese Comics), has a large audience in Japan with an ever increasing audience in the United…
Not sure I condone his name (though the fifth grader in me had a good chuckle) but this guy does for films what The Avalanches do for music. Which means it’s balls-out brilliant. Most of you have probably seen his Alice video. But he’s been busy since then. And he wasn’t just hangin’ with Ruffio. Some Willy Wonka and other…
By Jeremy Kotin
1. ALBUM Songs from the Bromley House Lucius
Sometimes live performances are so much more exciting and capture the talent of true artists better than any recording can… in the case of Lucius, the recording is completely on par with the thrill and delight of their live performances. Starting strong with the melodic “Dear Tom,” Holly and Jess harmonize gorgeously throughout this…
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common love for Johnnie Walker Black Label, and the second was a penchant for postulating about…
The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago. It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the…
How much does James Cameron ride George Lucas’ dick? Only enough to base an entire movie, Avatar, on the final battle sequence from the last good film in the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi. Each film has its ragtag band of native creatures, each film pits basic bush weaponry against mechanized slaughter machines, each film has exploding trees.…
Come with me, friends, to another time. Let’s say 1998ish. Ross and Rachel rule the airwaves, ER is hailed as the Best Drama Evar. As the sun sets on Seinfeld, critics mourn its passing, proclaiming that we’re not likely to see a show of its brilliance ever again.
I watched an episode of Seinfeld yesterday. It’s still funny, despite the canned…
I sincerely hope I made every attempt to be fair and honest and if I left off a film you love, please know that it was not with malice and there are only ten spots. I even split them into two genres because taking any of these off the list kind of made my heart hurt. Also, feel free to…