This is a Team Fortress 2 themed short entitled ‘Sentry Sabotage’. It is LUH-JIT. I tried to find a screenshot that would do it justice but I failed miserably. Not unlike the mandatory drug test I took for a job at Home Depot. Looks like my lifelong dream of working around power tools might finally be out of reach. *eying Superficial Writer * Haha, WTF am I talking about?! Hit the jump for the VERY worthwhile short.

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These are the posters for the ten Oscar nominees for best picture recreated LEGO-style . This is only two here though, so hit the jump to see the other eight. They’re all pretty good. Unless you’re pissed they’re not actually made with LEGO pieces, in which case I’M SORRY. But I do know what’s really on your mind, and no, I never made it out to see a single one of these movies. I was going to go see ‘Inception’, but I realized it was probably more than my feeble brain could handle. And I was actually on the way to see ‘True Grit’ before I discovered there’s a bar by the theater that I’d never been to before. I also discovered just how drunk I can get for the cost of a movie ticket. Not very. THANK GOD I’D BROUGHT MY THEATER FLASK AMIRITE?! Hit the jump for the others. Or don’t, I’m really having trouble caring. I dunno, something about IT BEING FRIIIIIIIIIIDAY!!

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Movie makeup and special effects wizardy is very much a study and exercise in materials science. Since the dawn of film, artists have been been toying with synthetic appliances, pigments, and all kinds of organic matter. Through the years, new materials, digital tools and rendering software, like ZBrush , have boosted efficiency and creativity. Rick Baker , the legendary makeup artist behind films like An American Werewolf in London , Thriller , and those Eddie-Murphy-fat-guy films, isn’t a purist when it comes to adopting new technologies. He’s stated very clearly that he embraces the use of CGI because it can accomplish what’s literally impossible &mdash even for him. And yet, for the upcoming film The Wolfman , starring Benicio Del Toro (pic above), the guru of gore decided to go old school. As an homage to makeup artist Jack Pierce, who created the effects in the original film from 1941, the Academy Award-winning special effects master decided to ditch silicone and other newfangled materials for the stuff of yesteryear &mdash foam rubber, acrylic teeth and yak hair. Yes, yak hair , which Pierce used along with kelp to transform Lon Chaney into the o.g. wolfman. So how does Baker’s wolf compare? Not sure. The film was originally due in April, got bumped to November. Color me curious to see the transformation and F/X, but concerned about everything else. Previously: Horror movie makeup of 1933 - Boing Boing Wiccan teen suspended for wearing make-up - Boing Boing Crazy makeup kits are the ultimate transformer gadgets A Visual History of Cosmetics Gadgetry Free Halloween skin for Shuttle KPC owners - Boing Boing Gadgets

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Fujifilm is supplying The Rentals’ lead singer, Matt Sharp, with black and white Neopan film — yes, film — so that he may document a year-long art project called Songs About Time . From the pitch: The culmination of the project includes 365 limited edition boxed sets, each of which will include one undeveloped roll of film shot by Sharp, giving fans an individualized, one-of-a-kind glimpse into the making of The Rentals latest studio recording. Film: because the digital cameras won’t work long after z-day. Press release [Fujifilm]

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