An interesting video essay by The Pop Culture Detective Agency exploring how men are routinely sexually demeaned (largely by other men) in movies and TV for the lolz. To wit:
It’s hard to overstate just how common jokes about men being sexually assaulted are in entertainment media. Most popular comedic actors engage in this type of humour. Jokes are typically designed to demean, humiliate, control, or emasculate a male character for being the victim, or potential victim, of sexual violence.
Four M3 amphibious rigs do an impressive thing at a bike festival in Großenwieden, filmed by German YouTuber HD1080ide.
Yes, burning this much diesel to transport bikes across a short stretch of water is ridiculous.
Still.
Pontoon trucks!
A disconcerting flight over the glorious Cornish landscape created with ‘drone-shot images stitched into distorted 360-degree panaromas then brought to life with 2.5D camera projection’ by videographer Parker Paul.
A deft mix of 2D and 3D animation in Blirp Studio’s frantic videogame style tale of space gasman Ed and his mission to defeat the evil Lord Gasidious.
Philosopher, author and brain box Alain De Botton (his words illustrated by animator Yan Dan Wong) explores how most of us exhibit at least one primary trait of addiction in order to distract from addressing our emotions, hopes and fears.
The pills are kicking in. One last pint after this fag and we’re off to buy a new telly.
The billowing iridescent membranes of two female blanket octopi observed by diver Joseph Elayani and his team near Romblon Island in the Philippines.
Musicians Mamie and Patrick Laird perform a poignant instrumental version of the Gary Jules/’Donnie Darko’ cover of Tears For Fear’s ‘Mad World’.
Two (of many) very satisfying time lapse videos by the Rescue And Restore channel showing the deconstruction and rehabilitation of (in this case) a rusted-up Tonka dump truck and military jeep.
Come for the nostalgia, stay for the sandblasting.
An incredibly complex music video for Ed Sheeran’s ‘Cross Me’ directed by Ryan Staake featuring dancer Courtney Scarr, Sheeran and Chance the Rapper in a combination of motion capture, animation, light effects and CGI.
