If Up had been made in 1960

Trailer for the 1960 version of Up. Via.

*Previously: Indiana Jones circa 1951.

A history of Michael Bay

GQ has a very lengthy article about Michael Bay. Here's a bit about Bad Boys:

Klein: There's this scene where Will Smith runs down a street, and at the first test screening in Lakewood, California, women were screaming because Smith's shirt is flying open. That was it. He was a star.

Bay: We had an argument about that shot.

Smith: He was like, "Oh, take your shirt off and run with the gun!" And I was like, "Come on, man. That's just on the edge of corny." But he can take things that you'd think of as corny, and make it supergalactic iconic.

Bay: I was like, "Look at this! You look like a movie star!" And he's like, "Shit, I do!"

Smith: That was the moment for me where I learned how important single images are. That single image took me from a comedic television actor to a potential movie star. The scripts that I started to get offered changed dramatically. It was the first time that I heard women react to me with an audible gasp. There was a transformation from the cute guy next door who could make you laugh to a guy who might be able to handle himself in a bar fight and a bedroom.

And Armageddon:

Klein: Ben [Affleck] was new on the scene. We put him through the Bruckheimer-Bay machine—like, You're no longer chasing Amy. You're going to have to go to the gym, get a tan, get a haircut.

Bay: Jerry had a problem with his teeth. "He's got baby teeth. I fixed Cruise's teeth. We're going to fix his teeth." So Ben got a beautiful set of teeth out of it.

Relatedly, here's a great recut Transformers 3 trailer by Monocular honoring Bay's special brand of movie-making. "Shut up and eat your awesome":



Finally, speaking of Transformers, here's color photos of the Revoltech Optimus Prime available for preorder at the BBTS:




Via these sites.

Indiana Jones circa 1951

A tremendous argument for limited copyright, whoiseyevan created a 1950's-style trailer for Indiana Jones using bits of various films. You can see more modified films in his gallery, including Ghostbusters (from 1954) and Marvel Zombies (from 1966). Via.

*Previously: Han Solo P.I. opening.

*Buy Indiana Jones posters at eBay.

Tom Hanks' "Big" recut as a horror movie (link roundup)

Convincing recut of Big to make it look like a horror movie. I found Big to be extremely depressing.

And a few more links:

1. "Hurricane Chris" honored by the Louisiana State Legislature, given the opportunity to rap, raps profanely.

2. Find restaurant recipes at Top Secret Recipes and Every Last Recipe.

3. Street Fighter-esque ads for Harvey Nichols.

4. Darth Vader vs. Yuri Gagarin.

*Previously: The Lion King recut as a horror movie.

*Buy Street Fighter action figures at eBay.

Vintage robot playground (link roundup)

Vintage robot playground.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently it's expected for employees at video game companies to put in 60-hour workweeks. (I actually feel kind of jealous, it's apparently more cost effective for my employer to "furlough" me, rather than having me work those days.) Via these sites.

2. I never get tired of people saying the internet is not a zero-sum game. Especially, when it's some fool working for the Daily Beast.

3. A slight misunderstanding as to the nature of Twitter:

In order to become a "follower" on Twitter, teens first must flash their high-beam headlights at an oncoming motorist on the highway. Then, if that motorist flashes his or her high-beam headlights back in reply, the teen must kill the motorist in order to be initiated into "following" the online gang.

Read more.

4. Trailer for West Side Story, recut as a horror film.

*Previously: Wyrm slide.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Vintage robot playground (link roundup)

Vintage robot playground.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently it's expected for employees at video game companies to put in 60-hour workweeks. (I actually feel kind of jealous, it's apparently more cost effective for my employer to "furlough" me, rather than having me work those days.) Via these sites.

2. I never get tired of people saying the internet is not a zero-sum game. Especially, when it's some fool working for the Daily Beast.

3. A slight misunderstanding as to the nature of Twitter:

In order to become a "follower" on Twitter, teens first must flash their high-beam headlights at an oncoming motorist on the highway. Then, if that motorist flashes his or her high-beam headlights back in reply, the teen must kill the motorist in order to be initiated into "following" the online gang.

Read more.

4. Trailer for West Side Story, recut as a horror film.

*Previously: Wyrm slide.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.