Comments on: IMDB's top 250 movies mashed into a 2.5m clip http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 16:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1574055 B E Pratt Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1574055 Wait, wait...isn't that like an illegitimate rape? [edit: sorry, couldn't help myself. Just too obvious] Wait, wait…isn’t that like an illegitimate rape?
[edit: sorry, couldn't help myself. Just too obvious]

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1574053 B E Pratt Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1574053 Actually, the fun part is realizing that you know particular films in just short fractions of a second. There's gotta be a psych experiment here... Actually, the fun part is realizing that you know particular films in just short fractions of a second. There’s gotta be a psych experiment here…

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1574052 B E Pratt Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1574052  eh, I still kinda like 'meh'. 'Teh' I could do without though.  eh, I still kinda like ‘meh’. ‘Teh’ I could do without though.

]]> By: abstract_reg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573853 abstract_reg Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573853 You keep using that word. You keep using that word.

]]> By: JhmL http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573726 JhmL Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573726 It went to number one when The Dark Knight came out. It's fans voted The Godfather (previous holder of the number one spot) a 1, sight unseen, to make room for their false god TDK, which they naturally voted a 10. Shawshank is the least hated film on the list, hence its high placement, I suppose. It went to number one when The Dark Knight came out. It’s fans voted The Godfather (previous holder of the number one spot) a 1, sight unseen, to make room for their false god TDK, which they naturally voted a 10. Shawshank is the least hated film on the list, hence its high placement, I suppose.

]]> By: sburns54 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573695 sburns54 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573695 Thanks! Now I won't have to bother watching the ones I haven't seen. Thanks! Now I won’t have to bother watching the ones I haven’t seen.

]]> By: sburns54 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573694 sburns54 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573694  Pffthffthfthhth. That was aid with a flapping of the lips. And please, would everyone stop using that hackneyed word "meh?" It's so 2010.  Pffthffthfthhth. That was aid with a flapping of the lips. And please, would everyone stop using that hackneyed word “meh?” It’s so 2010.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573687 euansmith Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573687 Cool beans.  Cool beans. 

]]> By: Hell's Donut House http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573624 Hell's Donut House Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573624 Masterful? Meh. Considering how little thematic or rhythmic dialectic there were between the individual clips, a randon edit generator could have done as well.   Masterful? Meh. Considering how little thematic or rhythmic dialectic there were between the individual clips, a randon edit generator could have done as well.  

]]> By: Bitgod http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573590 Bitgod Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573590  Ferris Bueler's Day Off  Ferris Bueler’s Day Off

]]> By: Roy Edward Truax http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573589 Roy Edward Truax Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573589 Most of the pictures on the list are dreck, but the mash-up was fun... Most of the pictures on the list are dreck, but the mash-up was fun…

]]> By: Max Brunner http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573581 Max Brunner Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573581 Can anyone identify which film the marching band in red and white uniforms come from. Can anyone identify which film the marching band in red and white uniforms come from.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573547 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573547 The IMDb lists are becoming increasingly dominated by fanbois. Shichinin no Samurai used to be in the top 10; now it's down to 17 to make room for The Dark Knight. Shawshank Redemption has been number one as long as I've had a computer, though. The IMDb lists are becoming increasingly dominated by fanbois. Shichinin no Samurai used to be in the top 10; now it’s down to 17 to make room for The Dark Knight. Shawshank Redemption has been number one as long as I’ve had a computer, though.

]]> By: perchecreek http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573517 perchecreek Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573517 Culture: Art is Theft. The Professional: Theft is Art. The Corporation: Culture: Art is Theft.
The Professional: Theft is Art.
The Corporation:

]]> By: Rick Adams http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573499 Rick Adams Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573499 Must have taken forever to compile all the copyright permissions and raise the money to buy all the individual movies. Must have taken forever to compile all the copyright permissions and raise the money to buy all the individual movies.

]]> By: Gilgongo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573496 Gilgongo Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573496 See also this compilation - 100 Years of British Films in 6 Minutes, which was put together for the UK/LA Film Festival in 1994 (I was there, my Dad organised it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAV6tG8vwRA See also this compilation – 100 Years of British Films in 6 Minutes, which was put together for the UK/LA Film Festival in 1994 (I was there, my Dad organised it):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAV6tG8vwRA

]]> By: Scott Bartlett http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573479 Scott Bartlett Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573479 Man, if my eyeballs had DRM in them, they would have exploded just now. On another note: awesome! Man, if my eyeballs had DRM in them, they would have exploded just now.

On another note: awesome!

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573463 semiotix Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573463 Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

]]> By: Jesse Torres http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573428 Jesse Torres Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573428 It goes almost too fast to really enjoy. Good idea though. It goes almost too fast to really enjoy. Good idea though.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573395 Itsumishi Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573395 Quite damn cool. How on earth did The Shawshank Redemption ever make it to the number 1 spot though? Quite damn cool. How on earth did The Shawshank Redemption ever make it to the number 1 spot though?

]]> By: 18th PaleDescendents http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573347 18th PaleDescendents Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573347 If you like this video you might also be interested in this movie poster combining still frames from all the best movies - http://filmstudies.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/film-studies-101-desktop-1280x768.jpg Hi-resolution version also available here - http://filmstudies.wordpress.com/. If you like this video you might also be interested in this movie poster combining still frames from all the best movies – http://filmstudies.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/film-studies-101-desktop-1280×768.jpg

Hi-resolution version also available here – http://filmstudies.wordpress.com/.

]]> By: Glen Able http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573342 Glen Able Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573342 The preview freeze-frame I'm seeing at the top of this page is the piano scene from Big (1988), which isn't anywhere near the top 250.  There may be some others too - I think I spotted "When Harry Met Sally". Good fun, though.  I think my eyes are going to fall out now. The preview freeze-frame I’m seeing at the top of this page is the piano scene from Big (1988), which isn’t anywhere near the top 250.  There may be some others too – I think I spotted “When Harry Met Sally”.

Good fun, though.  I think my eyes are going to fall out now.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/03/imdbs-top-250-movies-mashed.html#comment-1573327 bcsizemo Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191964#comment-1573327 Inconceivable! Inconceivable!

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