While we don't condone the smashing of pumpkins until after Halloween, and then only with the owner's consent, it sure is fun to watch a slow motion video full of jack-o-lanterns getting smashed to smithereens!
Hopefully this squash smash video will tide you over until the day after Halloween...
--via HowToGeek
The Australian poster ball craze involved fundraising event attendees adorning their dresses with advertisements for popular products, and sometimes even dressing up as the products themselves.
They became the living symbols of a consumer product boom taking place across the country, and created some funky fashions at the same time.
Take a gander at Carolyn Fraser's article if you'd like to learn more about this uniquely Australian consumer craze.
Humans aren't the only living species that have to deal with the undead problem during a zombie apocalypse, man's best friend has to lend a hand too, so they don't become a furry lunch special.
Play Dead is a short film that focuses on what our dogs go through when the zombies come to town.
This extremely well made horror short stars a bunch of dogs and a gaggle of ghoulish zombies, what's not to like?!
(May be NSFW)
--via i09
My Neighbor Totoro and The Avengers are two movies which are unlikely to ever become the subject of a crossover project, but the idea alone makes for some really cool fan art!
Check out this adorable mashup created by DeviantARTist samoubica, who feels that the cute and cuddly nature of the Hulk has been overlooked. Hulkoro needs a hug!
Link --via Geek Tyrant
Are you a fan of freaky toons like Ren & Stimpy, The Misadventures of Flapjack and Rocko's Modern Life?
Me too, which is why I really enjoyed this animated short by Gary Doodles and Steve Borst called Breadwinners. It's full of frenetic energy, duck billed doofuses and massive bread explosions!
--via Cartoon Brew
Graffiti artist and painter Shaka, aka Marchal Mithouard, enjoys sharing his unique sculptural visions with the world, but is the world ready for Shaka's style?
His imaginative works combine a painting and a sculptured piece that makes the viewer feel llike the subject is coming right out at them.
With all those squiggles everywhere viewing Shaka's works is like looking into the mouth of madness!
(Previously on Neatorama--Shaka's 3d Paintings)
I don't remember Captain Planet being such a badass back in the day, and the Planeteers are all grown up now and looking fierce!
Here's a fan made film that takes a serious look at what a live action Captain Planet movie might look like, complete with sharp visual effects and an updated look for the cartoon eco-hero.
--via Comics Alliance
We've seen other works of literary art, like the carved book works of Guy Laramee and the mystery book sculptures left in libraries across Scotland, but this series of literary sculptures by Oklahoma based artist Kelly Campbell Berry have a lot more character than the competition!
Each sculpted book depicts characters from classic literary works coming to life across the pages, acting out scenes from the book and posing for a fabulous tableau.
Link --via DesignTAXI
Who knew leading an infantry charge would be such an ordeal?
Join Rhys Darby, of Flight of the Conchords fame, as he discovers that leading a phalanx of soldiers into battle isn't as easy as simply yelling "Charge!"
--via Gizmodo
From one of the guys that brought you a little scifi franchise called Star Wars (George Lucas) and one of the guys responsible for the toy-motion bonanza known as Robot Chicken (Seth Green) comes a very new animated series - Star Wars: Detours.
Your favorite wacky space characters are given a shiny new look, big heads and some expanded waistlines, all for the sake of animated comedy!
--via DesignTAXI
An industrious biker/Dark Knight fan built this sweet looking, and fully functional, BatPod motorcycle out of scrap metal and spare parts, so now he gets to ride around his town in Vietnam looking like a boss.
All together this badass Batman bike cost creator Tung Lam a mere $480 bucks to build! I guess you don't need to be a billionaire to ride like Bruce Wayne...
Link --via Obvious Winner
A rare hybrid droid was spotted at the Star Wars Celebration VI in Florida, and the myriad of scifi universes orbiting spinning around inside our minds will never be the same.
Bending unit Bender Bending Rodriguez has been combined with adorable R2 unit R2-D2, and the results are spectacular?
Result of asking Bender-D2 what he's doing at Celebration VI - "Bite my shiny metal beep-boop-beep-bop-bip-boop!"
Even though this may look like a box full of junk, Disney Imagineer Fritz would rather think of it as a case containing pleasant memories and important artifacts from his time working at Disneyland.
Fritz has been sharing his little box of wonders with the world via his blog since 2010, and even though the items don't look like much with a little imagination you can see how they symbolize the crafting magic behind Disneyland.
Link --via Laughing Squid
Enter the futuristic world promised to us by such hit shows as The Jetsons and Lost In Space, without having to board a space ship or battle pesky aliens.
All it takes is a snazzy new space age hairdo and an attitude, at least according to this kooky video from the 1960s that shows how modern women should wear their hair.
Talk about your space age hairdos!
--via BoingBoing
