The coral reefs in the ocean are all made of common household items now, too.

:(

If you stack moving video footage in that manner and cut in planes not perpendicular to the stack (or cut in curved surfaces) you get an effect called slit-scanning which produces some very trippy distortions.

According to The Hollywood Reporter and behind the scenes photos posted by director Jon M. Chu, the film, which is based on a 1980s toy collection and cartoon, has already started shooting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/jem-movie-cast_n_5207370.html

That's what that 'M' button on the camera is for :D

I find it works to shave using my reflection in a pool of blood of the innocent.

It's like they're givin' lessons in physics.

It's actually pretty interesting to visit via Google Earth. The statue is a 3D model, and everything.

That spherical light scanning room predates this movie and is a real location:
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/paul-debevec-and-ict-an-fxphd-bkd/

Almost as if Henry Rollins and David Hyde Pierce were simultaneously trying to beam down to the planet during an intense ion storm.

He would make a FANTASTIC Bond villain.

Well that was depressing. Wonder who the father is.

Actually that guy is pretty interesting.

I thought it said '26 FAMOUS ATHEISTS'

Lev Kuleshov might have something to say about these...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_Effect