Kill Bill II: A Deleted Scene

The above scene was cut from Kill Bill 2, and while it’s not my favorite it does fetaure a fun fighting scene! Below are two cool posters I overlooked from Kill Bill 2, the Japanese posters always look so cool to me:

And yes I’m still in mourning the poor box office that Grindhouse suffered…

Sakusaku Panda Cookies

What impressed me most about this Kabaya package design (click on the image to see at full size) is the character design of the panda bear which is featured all over the box. I love the primitive joy that the featured character design conveys with a powerful childlike scribble. Sadly the box is a bit too crammed to show off this prized mascot, however the side panel (shown on the far right) is a bit more easy on the eyes. It also always strikes me as odd when we encourage kids (or snack lovers) to save endangered wildlife by eating their chocolate cookie representations.

Upon doing a google search for “Sakusaku Panda” I was also pleasantly surprised to discover I’m not the dweller in Williamsburg Brooklyn who has an interest in Japanese panda cookies:

Panda Face Cookies

The BBC Explores the World of Warcraft

In the above clip he BBC explores the underworld of World of Warcraft currency. They have a great interview with outsourced players in China who earn virtual points and sell them to Brits for real cash.

30 Minutes of the 90s

This fan made video features 30 minutes of opening titles from animated tv shows from the 1990s. It’s funny but looking at the animation from Animaniacs (or even TailSpin) I was quite impressed with the quality of the animation itself, it’s a real cut above what kids animation looked like on tv in the 70s and 80s.

Also it’s refreshing to see good old fashion squish and squash in the animation itself, these days with computer graphic rendered films like Shrek, there’s something very stiff about the animation. It may be a bit early to judge the 90s, but it’s good to recall that there was some good work going on. I also guess now that kids from the 90s will start hitting their young adult years that we’ll start to see more nostalgia from the Clinton era.

Makibishi Comic

Shown above are two shots from an interactive online manga game called Makibishi Comic, which is a promo for Makibishi Inc. (a studio that does some nice Flash work). The term makibishi refers to small spiky objects ninjas used to deter pursuit in ancient Japan. The spines were often hooked and coated in poison for maximum non-pursuitedness. There’s a great little interview with Shinnosuke Kumazawa (one of the creators) here:

In the Flash: Makibishi Comic

Star Wars Cellphone Spoof

This little gem of a promo was shown before a 30th anniversary screening of Star Wars: A New Hope with George Lucas and Crew. Found via GeekSugar.

Transformers Earphones

I guess Transformers is “more than meets the eye”, it’s the ears too:

“Japanese toymaker Tomy Company employee Chie Yamada poses wearing “Transformers Music Label Frenzy & Rumble playing earphone” in Tokyo, April 25, 2007. The earphone can be transformed from into a robot and will go on sale in Japan on July 19, 2007 for 3,950 yen.”

From the Mainichi News, found via Engadget.

Hawking Gets A Taste Of Zero G

Professor Stephen Hawking looks pretty darn happy in that photo. It must be a nice reward to experience a taste of outer space after thinking about it for so many years (something I think every fanboy can empathize with).

To see more photos go to:

gozerog.com

The Science Fiction New Wave of 1975

Shown above is an editorial spread (click to see at full size) from ‘The Science Fiction Book: An Illustrated History’ by Franz Rottensteiner, published in 1975. The book went into great detail on almost every major theme that could be found in science fiction, including the more far out authors of the era like J. G. Ballard and Michael Moorcock.

Seen on the left is a photographic illustration to Gretchen Haapennen’s ‘The Pieces of the Game’ in New Worlds #184. Shown on the right are illustrations by R. Glyn Jones (center) superimposed over an illustration for J. G. Ballard’s ‘The Killing Ground’.

Batman: Defenders of the Night

In this fan made epic Gotham city looks a tad like suburbia, but what this Batman “film”lacks in budget, script, and acting it makes up with good old fashion charm. And if nothing else you’ll enjoy seeing Batman and the Riddler dance scene at the end of the film…

Found via Metafilter.