Film A Remake of ‘The Godfather’ w/ Nintendo Characters; Han Solo Gets Angry at Chewbacca, and A New Avengers Trailer

July 29, 2011 - 10:55 pm

There’s 2 little gems in a big coal mine full of sh*t this week, movie-wise. 1. Here’s a great little game site/comedy troupe called The Game Station, who wonders: what would a Godfather sequel be like if Super Mario played the seminal Marlon Brando role, complete with drooping lower lip and nasally wheeze? Along with Nintendo mainstays Mega Man/Solid Snake/Halo Master Chief Guy among the heads of the families, trying to construct a truce? Here ya go:

Mario has apparently put aside his differences and vendettas to focus on a common enemy: the threat of Angry Birds and other unworthy iPhone games. As the patriarchs of a once-proud lineage, these classic game characters now face the threat of an unremarkable-yet-deadly enemy.

2. If you didn’t see it, Harrison Ford/ Han Solo rejected a particularly whiny Wookie on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Read on for the clip:

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Art All Hands On Decks: The Skateboard Art of Haroshi

May 6, 2011 - 10:53 am

Haroshi Skateboard art

A few years ago, Tokyo-based artist Haroshi, a passionate skater since his early teens, was faced with a common conundrum among his ilk: a growing collection of broken skate decks.

“Purchasing new decks is a never-ending cycle and this was evident by the tower of old decks that were reaching to the ceiling of my room,” he says on his website. “We can’t throw away these decks because they hold sentimental meanings to us. I looked at these unusable decks every day and thought there must be something I can make with these.”

Eight years ago, Haroshi started making sculptures out of the discarded decks — a skull, his limbs, a life-size moose head, a bear, Mario from Donkey Kong — with jaw-dropping results. Now some of his most spectacular works are on display in a solo exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York.

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