This is one mean trick to play on an unsuspecting gamer. Darren Brown creates a Zombie first person shooter game, that slowly hypnotizes the player. The player is then carted off with his close pals in tow to a set right next door created to look like the game, chock full of brain hungry undead. He is handed a gun, awakened rudely with an airhorn, and he then finds himself actually physically in the game fighting for his life. It all seems to go off without a hitch in this example and we can only wonder if it is fake, a quick search didn’t reveal anything to prove it was a hoax, and either way it makes for entertaining viewing.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, or perhaps actually working at work you may have missed this one, it’s another oldie but goody. This is the great Terminator vs. Robocop movie mashup. Watch as these two superhero’s of American bloated budget cinema battle it out in this extremely well done and creative bit of editing.

Terminator vs. Robocop:

Wow! check out this very cool short film on perception and first impression. The film won a few awards and is beautifully edited by Chris Grant, written and directed by USC film maker Jon M. Chu, and stars and amazingly talented young man named Antoine Grant. I sure hope we will see more of this kid in the future as he is not only an amazing tap dancer, but quite an impressive natural talent judging from his understated role in this short…The film points out very clearly all the immediate assumptions we make based on appearance, and my only comment might be that when these assumptions are correct, we call it instinct. This film also points out how sometimes a clever thief will use these pre-determined stereotypes to their advantage, and how incorrect our perceptions can occasionally be.

Silent Beats:

Jon Chu: Another small bit of info

This is an oldie, but a goodie. It has to be one of the best mashups out there. They turned cute old classic kids film Mary Poppins into something akin to the Exorcist.

THE ORIGINAL Scary ‘Mary Poppins’ Recut Trailer

Some more horror from mother nature today. The thing that really sells this video is the first above water shot of the lake, which sort of gives it that horror movie, college kids at the cabin feel. I don’t care if they don’t sting…I’m not going in! Check out this video shot in Palau of a lake completely overrun by Jellyfish. Here is the description with some info on the origins of this dastardly jelly infestation.

The jelly fish came to this lake in Palau through a tunnel which connected the sea and the lake long time ago. Now the tunnel have closed, and the jelly fish came to have no poison in an environment where there’s no predator. They live by photosynthesis because they cannot feed on anything in this lake. This lake is such a heaven to them that there are just so many of them living here.

Jelly Fish All Around:

PBS info on: Jellyfish Lake
Crazy People: Scuba diving in the lake

EEYyow this is not a good way to go out. The poor Bullet Ants in this segment of Planet Earth have come under attack from a parasitic fungus. It grows inside them, makes them crazy, and then in true alien fashion it bursts out of their heads after only 3 weeks. DANG. If that’s not bad enough the other ants will immediately carry off any ants infected and leave them to die as it is very contagious, and apparently ant medical practitioners are not having success with any kind of treatment.

Planet Earth Parasitic Fungi Attack: