Viral Video Round Up: When Harry Met Sally 2, X-Men Fan Opening, Rocky vs. ED-209, Edgar Wright’s Mash-Up, and Priest Prologue Dan Koelsch, April 7, 2011 The Internet is full of videos related to movies, whether they be fan made, studio made, or somewhere inbetween. We regularly bring you the best, most interesting, or just plain weirdest, and today we do it again. Check out the latest viral videos after the break. Funny or Die got Billy Crystal to reprise his role as Harry for a When Harry Met Sally sequel spoof that has a modern twist ending.When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren from Billy Crystal A popular viral video making the rounds in the last day or so is a fan made opening sequence to X-Men: First Class. Since the film is set in the 1960s, video creator Joe D! made the opening credits in the style of those times. In a meeting of two icon 80s franchises, actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz stars in a music video for “Open Your Eyes” by Alex Metric & Steve Angello that has Rocky training for a fight against Robocop‘s ED-209 robot. [via Badass Digest] You may think that video mash-ups are purely from the Internet age, but writer/director Edgar Wright was doing them way back in 1993 with VHS tapes! Check out one of his creations, called “Gun Fetish”, below. [via /Film] There’s been a trend lately of studios making an animated prologues for their films (see: Sucker Punch). Priest continues that trend with a video that can be found on theater standees using a Microsoft Tag Reader. [via Bleeding Cool] That’s it for this edition of Viral Video Round Up. If you have a video that you think we should feature, let us know in the comments below! Fan Made Work Viral News Viral Videos Edgar WrightMicrosoftPriestRobocopRockyViral videoViral Video Round UpWhen Harry Met SallyX-MenX-Men: First Class
Mission Icefly Leads To Survival Code July 1, 2011Yesterday afternoon, Mission Icefly commenced. The activity was part of the Test Subjects Needed ARG from 42 Entertainment, and by all accounts is a marketing campaign for Wrigley’s new flavor of their 5 Gum brand. Those in denial or simply itching for a good ARG to follow participated in the… Read More
New “Battle: Los Angeles” Viral Video and Facebook Game February 17, 2011The theatrical release of Columbia Pictures’ gritty alien invasion film Battle: Los Angeles is less than a month away, so we should start seeing a lot more content from the studio. Such is the case this week, as we have gotten a new video that fits into the viral campaign,… Read More
Fan Made Work Infographic: Bad Movie Physics Report Card December 28, 2010io9 is one of my favorite websites for all things science and science fiction. The gang over there has created a chart that grades space films on their science accuracy, such as sound in space (there is none). It’s been spreading around the film blogs, and it’s definitely worth a… Read More