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The Avengers: A Brief Film Guide for Non-Nerds, Hipster Cineastes, and (Generally Speaking) Women

  • April 30, 2012 1:27 pm

DOMINIC

Dominic Mah is a writer, director, rock musical aficionado, and ex-professional gambler. You can check out his film/video stuff here and his disparate thoughts on pop culture, Robotech, and Los Angeles here. He also tweets nerdcore film critiques at @ThorHulkCritic.

The Avengers movie is coming out this week, which is the greatest thing that has ever happened for a small segment of the population, and will likely cause some confusion to the majority of the world (And by “majority of the world,” I mean a) women and b) those not raised within the isolating sphere of comic books) In the coming month, a lot of people are going to get dragged to this movie on a date, but perhaps lack a reference point for WTF is going on with all these superheroes, and have no way of comprehending the massive warm geek-fuzzy that will be experienced by folks like me. So, in the interest of promoting healthy and robust post-movie conversations everywhere, here is a quickie viewers’ guide to the members of the Avengers.

Now, that’s a promo!

  • April 12, 2012 9:50 am

In the past couple of days, there’s been stuff leaked via tabloids, E! News, you name it about the filming of a “Youtube commercial.” It has been revealed that it’s actually a promo for the launch of the YOMYOMF Network on Youtube, and let me tell ya, it’s going to be epic! Jessica Alba vs. John Morrison? Hell, yes! And believe what I write, that’s just the tip of the iceberg…. The YOMYOMF promo is still in production, so check back in the next month or so, when we finally reveal all the fun and games in store for the Network.

yomyomf pick-me-ups: star wars edition

  • April 4, 2012 12:10 am

Depressed by Star Wars prequels?  Wish it could’ve been better?  Do you have 12 minutes?  Here’s the fix.

Add Your Own Caption: “Luke, I am your Dog Walker” Edition

  • March 16, 2012 9:33 pm

If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you’re missing out on a lot of extras you won’t find here on our blog including updates on various Offender-related projects (like the most recent updates about our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube) and silly, fun things like “Add Your Own Caption.” This is where we post an image we find online or that our readers forward to us and ask you to write an appropriate caption to accompany that image. And we’ll feature some of the captions here.

And the featured caption for this week comes from reader Dc Wolfe:

Imperial Walker

So check out our Facebook page for future editions of “Add Your Own Caption”, write your own caption and/or “like” the ones you think are worthy and we may share them here.

This Commercial is Bloody Brilliant!

  • February 21, 2012 1:50 pm

This has been making the rounds, thanks in part to Community creator Dan Harmon posting this on Twitter and making it go viral. He apparently walked into the writer’s room as everyone was watching this video online. The commercial was created by Australian comedy duo Henry Inglis & Aaron McCann to advertise the Central Institute of Technology, a real West Australian tech college that runs film courses. These guys have been getting a lot of notice in their native Australia, and McCann’s short film, Perished, will premiere at this year’s SXSW. I love this brand of dark comedy, that only the Aussies can pull off. It’s amazing that the school allowed them to advertise them this way. Makes me want to enroll there!YouTube Preview ImageIt kind of reminds me of another darkly funny director from Australia, Nash Edgerton. His short films Spider and Bear have been around the festival circuit and are yes, bloody brilliant and cruelly funny as hell. Oh, and Nash is the brother of Josh Edgerton of Warrior and the upcoming The Great Gatsby.

Giant Hot Dog Eats Batman

  • February 12, 2012 12:01 am

This is a video of a hot dog eating Batman:

Why is the hot dog eating Batman? I have no fucking idea, but maybe it has something to do with an earlier video of Batman eating a hot dog because as they say, “Revenge is a dish best served with mustard”:

Why Japan is Awesome #39: Hello Kitty Hooters

  • February 8, 2012 12:01 am

When I think that the Japanese can’t get any more perverse inventive and awesome than they already are, they’ll do something that surprises even me. Who else would have thought to bring the magic of Hello Kitty and the magic of Hooters together in one bouncy package? Not since Reeses brought together chocolate and peanut butter has there been a more bizarre yet totally logical mash-up.

So this Valentine’s Day, if you are in Japan and one of the first 1,000 customers to show up at Hooters and order parfait, you will get a Hello Kitty Hooters pin.

Why South Korea is Awesome #43: Hulk Takes Shit in Mall

  • February 3, 2012 12:27 pm

Yup, this is allegedly a statue that exists inside a Seoul mall:

Somehow I don’t think I’ll come across anything more awesome today. ‘Nuff said!

Happy weekend!

Hipster Disney Princesses

  • January 31, 2012 1:17 am

Apparently, this is a big internet meme…. fan artwork of Disney hipster princesses. I can dig it. If I were to choose who’s the hottest, I would go for Hipster Snow White. Here’s another lineup with Mulan….

Is Anastacia a Disney princess? I don’t think so… Regardless, you can check out more ironic and sad Disney princesses over at Buzzfeed.

Epic Pic of the Day

  • January 30, 2012 12:12 pm

Nuff said. Happy Monday, everyone!

Finally – a video game with Pokémon and Oda Nobunaga!!

  • January 23, 2012 12:00 am

In hindsight, I suppose this isn’t the most jarring of fits. After all, Pokémon is as much a part of Japanese history as “the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century” (thank you for being back up again, Wikipedia!).

And though this game could probably be seen as another vindication of the belief that originality is now impossible, I’m more focused on the fact that Pokémon Plus Nobunaga’s Ambition is the latest of the country’s efforts to hide their secret past from the world, a secret past full of tamed majestic creatures.

Certainly now, you must think of me as the token raving lunatic amongst the Offenders and yet I beg you to take another moment to reconsider.

My assertion about the game, I mean, not my being a lunatic because – let’s face facts – I’m a little off.

Spock Ears for Those Cold Winter Nights

  • January 11, 2012 12:01 am

Yes, these are crocheted Spock ears.

And yes, I would totally wear them. And not just because I have a thing for Vulcans. After all, these are the logical things to wear to keep your ears warm.

I know nothing about crocheting so I have no idea what the following even means, but if you’d like to make a pair of these Spock ears for yourself, here’s how: