Sifted music video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dinosau-Derr-Lady

Because it makes you so damn happy! It's a cute little tune that flows over with happy vibes and charmingly naïve life philosophy. The music video is a funny low-budget animation, and underscores the themes of the music in a brilliant way. Besides, it was the first video I ever posted, back in my probie days, and I had a hell of a time trying to get it sifted. I therefore have a special connection to it, and I get a little surprised every time I realize it actually is in my sifted list.

Pqueued shortfilm:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ninjai-The-Little-Ninja-ep1

The flash animation series Ninjai is really a gem on the internet. It pushes boundaries for flash animation as an art form. It is brutal and beatiful at the same time, with both gory action sequences and stunningly gorgeous camera angles. This first episode sets the tone perfectly for the rest of the series.

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Intro for the Kid 'N Play animated series.. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_di_Lammermoor#Trivia, it's been used in;

The "Lucia Sextet" (Chi mi frena in tal momento?) was recorded in 1908 by Enrico Caruso, Marcella Sembrich, Antonio Scotti, Marcel Journet, Barbara Severina, and Francesco Daddi, (Victor single-sided 70036) and released at the price of $7.00, earning it the title of "The Seven-Dollar Sextet". The film The Great Caruso incorporates a scene featuring a performance of this sextet.

The "Lucia Sextet" melody is best known to some from its use by the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges in their short films Micro-Phonies and Squareheads of the Round Table, sung in the latter with the lyrics "Oh, Elaine, can you come out tonight...." But the melody is used most dramatically in Howard Hawks' gangster classic "Scarface": Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) whistles "Chi mi frena?" in the film's opening sequence, as he guns down a ganglord boss he has been assigned to protect.

It has also been used in Warner Brothers cartoons: Long-Haired Hare, sung by the opera singer (Bugs Bunny's antagonist); Book Revue, sung by the wolf antagonist; and in Back Alley Oproar, sung by a choir full of Sylvesters, the cat.

The "Lucia Sextet" melody also figures in two scenes from the 2006 film The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese. In one scene, Jack Nicholson's character is shown at a performance of "Lucia di Lammermoor", and the music on the soundtrack is from the sextet. Later in the film, Nicholson's cell phone ringtone is the sextet melody.

The Sextet is also featured during a scene from the 1986 comedy film, The Money Pit.

In the children's book "The Cricket in Times Square," Chester Cricket chirps the tenor part to the "Lucia Sextet" as the encore to his farewell concert, literally stopping traffic in the process.

An aria from the "mad scene," "Il dolce suono" (from the 3rd Act), was re-popularized when it was featured in the film The Fifth Element in a performance by the alien diva Plavalaguna (voiced by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako and played onscreen by French actress Maïwenn Le Besco). A loose remake of this film version of the song was covered by Russian pop singer Vitas.

The "mad scene" was also used in the first episode of the anime series Gankutsuou (in place of L'Italiana in Algeri which was the opera used in that scene in The Count of Monte Cristo).

The "mad scene" aria, as sung by Inva Mula-Tchako, was used in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent involving the murder of a young violinist by her opera singer mother (who performs the song right after the murder).

The "mad scene" was released as a music video by Russian male soprano Vitas in 2006.

Among other selections from the opera, the "mad scene", "Verranno a te sull'aure", and "Che facesti?" feature prominently in the 1983 Paul Cox film Man of Flowers, especially "Verranno a te sull'aure," which accompanies a striptease in the film's opening scene.

The opera is mentioned in the novels The Count of Monte Cristo, Madame Bovary and Where Angels Fear to Tread and was reputedly one of Tolstoy's favorites.

"Regnava nel silenzio" accompanies the scene in Beetlejuice in which Lydia (Winona Ryder) composes a suicide note.

A portion of the opera is also used in a key scene of the film The Fifth Element, written and directed by Luc Besson.

>> ^campionidelmondo:
It really doesn't sound like his voice. It probably isn't and they only say that to get all the nerds hooked on this children's tv show.
>> ^thepinky:
But he's friggin Mark Hamill so who cares? Mark Hamill is awesome.
>> ^deathcow:
he also did "Muska" in "Castle In The sky" and he was awesome...

Looks like it worked, too.

Actually, I'm so much of a nerd that I loved Avatar even before I knew Mark Hamill was in it. But it is really cool. I think that even if you're not a super nerd like me you would enjoy it.

Mark Hamill really improved as an actor by Return. His looks got worse, his acting got better. It's hard to say which is more desirable.

http://www.avatarchapters.org/book1water.html

Watch it. They start out good and just keep getting better.

>> ^thepinky:
^Actually, the car accident occured while they were still filming A New Hope, and the change is indeed apparent. They had to use a double for him in a few scenes. It's too bad because he was a hottie in A New Hope. But he's friggin Mark Hamill so who cares?


I stand corrected. Curses! My reputation as Star Wars Geek will be destroyed!!

And yes, Marky Mark Hamill was a dreamboat in A New Hope

Delicious, delicious Mark Hamill

It really doesn't sound like his voice. It probably isn't and they only say that to get all the nerds hooked on this children's tv show.

>> ^thepinky:
But he's friggin Mark Hamill so who cares? Mark Hamill is awesome.

>> ^deathcow:
he also did "Muska" in "Castle In The sky" and he was awesome...

Looks like it worked, too.

Yaay, one of the most underrated animated series.

>> these are the ones I like: Death Note, Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon and Elfen Lied... Right now I'm watching Cowboy Bebop, and liking it.

Great. Thanks for the recommendations and your review of Death Note. It's actually the first anime series I've ever seen as well, though I've always been interested and been curious to get into anime.

I'll try to figure out which of your recommendations is best and make that next on my currently empty list.

I like Death Note, it was the first anime series to get me interested in anime almost exactly a year ago. I think it's very well written. The story just grabs you and just doesn't let go. After each episode I could hardly wait to see the next one.
The only thing I didn't like about it though was the end. In my opinion it wasn't as good as the rest of the anime, it just left me thinking "this is how they're ending it?" Maybe I was just disappointed it was the last episode.

I've also seen the first movie and I thing it was ok but not really good. What I didn't like about it was that in the anime I was usually on Kira's side but in the movie that was almost impossible, there he was just evil.

As I said I have been into Anime for almost exactly a year now and have watched a few series. I have liked them all except for one. These are the ones I like: Death Note, Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon and Elfen Lied. The one that I didn't like is called Zombie Loan. I have no idea why I watched 11 episodes of that. Probably just because it has "zombie" in the title. Right now I'm watching Cowboy Bebop, and liking it.

(wow, that is unusually much text for me. I hardly ever write anything longer than a couple of sentences)

it was a great series, ill always miss the old DC cartoons. Batman the Animated series, Superman, Justice League, Batman Beyond, etc.

and for what its worth, as awsome as Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are, they cant do a batman voice for crap. the ultimate and only perfect batman voice till now will always be Kevin Conroy from those same cartoons. he was perfect at making a clear distinct difference between bruce wayne and batman without going to far.

For the Bat-fans check out the Batmobile History site. It covers all the Batmobiles from 1941 to now (left side of page under “Main Chronology.” Includes the comics, tv series, animated series, and movies.

Wikipedia:

In 2002, a series of Wonder Twins shorts appeared on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, produced by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, who also produced the Harvey Birdman series. The shorts portrayed the Wonder Twins and Gleek as naïve and ineffectual, usually resulting in a dark-humored outcome. ...

These shorts are parodies of segments during the Super Friends animated series in which the teens acted completely on their own in dealing with minor problems, usually involving some danger encountered in the life of an average teen, such as speeding. Cartoon Network has also made several commercials parodying the Super Friends. One such commercial made fun of the ineffectiveness of Zan's powers wherein he says "I could get beaten by a sponge... it wouldn't even have to be an evil sponge!"

This would never have happened in Batman: The Animated Series.

I always knew that the Justice League just wanted Batman for his money. Goddamn gold diggers.

This and Star Blazers were my introduction to Japanese animation.

My brother and I used to get up at 6AM to watch this on Saturday mornings on NBC when it first ran back in the early 80s. Growing up with American cartoons where no one ever got seriously hurt (think GI JOE), I can remember how shocked we both were when we realized this was a cartoon where people were actually dying. The biggest shock was when Roy Fokker died. We were like "Wait, this is a cartoon. A main character actually died in a cartoon?!?" We both thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was like, finally, they're not treating us like stupid little kids anymore. We can handle serious issues too.

It might not be the greatest animation series ever or anything, but it will always hold a special place in my heart. In a strange "butterfly-effect" sort of way it changed my life. Trying to find similar "serious" cartoons I stumbled on to the then completely unheard of world of anime through a Japanese friend--Gundam, Dragonball, etc. The more I learned about Japan, the more I fell in love with the Japanese language and culture. Eventually I wound up living in Tokyo for a time and later getting my BA in Japanese. Very strange to trace the beginnings of that odyssey to a Saturday morning cartoon.

O clerks the animated series why dont you have more than 6 episodes