Forbidden Kingdom Teaser Trailer! (Jackie Chan VS Jet Li!)

The Forbidden Kingdom is where Jackie Chan and Jet Li will duel it out onscreen for the very first time! Expect some awesome ass-kicking! I'm not a big fan of the kid though. He looks a bit too goofy (and out of place) in this action film.

A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Trailer!

The short version from IMBB:

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.

The longer version from IGN:

After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman).

Saving the world is a HELL of a job!



Download HD version at IGN.

Howto: Be a real Jackass and Download Jackass 2.5 from BlockBuster (includes non-US workaround!)

By now, you should have heard that you could (legally) watch Jackass 2.5 in the comfort of your home. Just head over to the Jackass 2.5 site (before 2008!), show some ID and success! Paramount Pictures, buffering, Johnny Knoxville, pause, rinse and repeat. Or not.

Tired of the occasional stuttering and frequent pauses, the jackass side of me kicked into motion and came up with an ingenious scheme to download Jackass 2.5 so that I could actually watch it and not wait for it. After I tasted sweet success in this endeavor however, the better part of me came into play once again, which is why you're reading this guide right now.

Tools of the trade

First things first. Let's get ourselves prepared. You'll need to download and install the following tools/programs.

• Firefox 2.0 and above


• Video DownloadHelper (Firefox Extension)


• Microsoft SilverLight 1.0 (1.1 may not work)


• Hotspot Shield (only necessary if you're outside the US)


• Flashget Classic 1.73 (older versions will also work)

Note: Remember to uncheck the installation of the toolbar for Flashget.

Get me that Jackass!

Once you're sure you've got everything installed, it's time to get into action.

1. If you're outside the US, start HotSpot Shield. Next, right-click on its icon in your system tray and click on Connect. A browser window should popup and show Hotspot Shield connecting to its servers. When its icon looks like this , you're good to go.
   
   
   
   Note: HotSpot Shield has a server that seems to be mis-configured in some way. Specifically DNS lookups will fail so your browser will complain about being unable to find sites. If you can't visit any site after Hotspot Shield's icon turns green, simply disconnect and reconnect. Pray that you don't connect to the same server (1/7 probability, a bit lower than Russian Roulette) as these connections are made randomly. If you know how OpenVPN works, you can also edit the config to avoid this.
   


2. Next, run Firefox and clear out your cookies. This is to remove the evil jackass_geo_check cookie that you get when you first visited the Jackass site.
   
   


3. Surf down to the BlockBuster Jackass site in Firefox.


4. Surrender your email address to them or use temporaryinbox.com to get a disposable one. After confirming the email address, login (by entering your email address) to begin viewing Jackass 2.5.


5. Before it starts however, a short advertisement featuring a spinning globe will get in your way. Ignore it or you could watch it if you really want to. While this advert is playing, click on the arrow beside Download Helper icon (three colored spinning balls) and observe the dropdown menu carefully. You may need to wait a while, but an option called "jackass25_1000k_v1_feature_production.wmv" should appear.
   
   


6. When that option appears in the dropdown menu, click on it and save it as a text file.
   
   
   


7. Open up the text file you'd just saved and copy the mms link (Ctrl+c) inside of it. It should look similar to the one below.
   
   


8. Now close Hotspot Shield, run Flashget and add a new Flashget download by pressing F4 when the Flashget window appears. Flashget is pretty smart as it'll automatically detect the mms link you just copied (to your clipboard) and paste it into the URL box, so you'll just need to configure the rest of the options as seen below.
   
   


9. Begin your download by clicking ok.
   
   


10. Profit!

And here's the Duke Nukem Forever Trailer!

As promised yesterday, 3D Realms has given us a quick glimpse at what Duke Nukem Forever may look like, that is, if it ever appears on the market. It isn't much, but from the looks of it, Duke's been keeping fit all these years. Still, I'd prefer some shots of Duke kicking ass to a couple of aliens screaming at me.

I'm looking for some alien toilet to park my bricks. Who's first?



Download the HD version at FileShack or http://fusker.pl/duke.

The Latest Wall-E Trailer!

Here's the second Wall-E trailer that isn't even on its official site yet. Like the last Wall-E teaser, there's no dialogue, only wonderful lively background music. The plot goes a bit like this -

On an abandoned Earth where trash has taken over, a robot named WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) accidentally finds the means for humans to return to their planet. Another machine, EVE, leaves to tell humanity the good news, and WALL-E follows her into space. (rottentomatoes.com)

Download the high and ultra high quality versions at IGN.



[via WALL-E Movie Trailer #2 @ SlashFilm]

Lokuloku, the Immortal Toy Pig

Tired of waiting for your tiny teacup pigs to arrive? Or are you still in the six month long line? How about getting lokulokus for the time being? Squash the lokulokus and watch them regain their form. Not enough? Do it over and over again and be amazed as the pigs fatten up for your perverted pleasure. I've always wanted to squeeze the fat out of a pig. :)



Visit the Official lokuloku site.

[via Pig Toy Gets Completely Squashed, Raises Like Terminator T1000 @ Gizmodo]

Hilarious Hancock Teaser Trailer

Will Smith's upcoming film, Hancock, is about him starring as a super-laid-back superhero. How much of a bum is he, you ask. Well, just click play to find out. Don't miss the wicked ending!



After laughing my way through it, I'm sensing that Hancock = the movie version of What if Superman was one of us (song: What if God was One of Us by Joan Osborne).

The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue (6 and a half min preview) + Official HD Trailer

I'm a bit late on this one but here's the crappy 6:30 minutes in-film cam footage of the Dark Knight aka the IMAX Prologue (I'm sure you can guess why). This short clip is all about the Joker and his crew, so fans of the Dark Knight himself may be quite disappointed. Not a problem for me though, although I'd prefer the rest of it as well. :D



As for the official high-res trailer (Death trap), you can also watch and download it at A Taste For The Theatrical.

Watch Full-Length Movies on Hulu as Well!

Ever since I received my Hulu invite 2 weeks back, I haven't really taken much time to browse through the site (mainly because I was under the impression that Hulu = TV shows and after a quick glance I concluded that they haven't got any new shows to offer me). However, this weekend I took some time to look around Hulu and was pleasantly surprised by what I found.

OMG111!!! Movies too‽

Contrary to popular belief (by popular I really mean my own), Hulu does not focus solely on TV. It appears that a very small section of the site is home to full-length streaming movies as well.





And like everything else on Hulu, you can take it and embed it anywhere you want.



If you're in the Hulu beta, check out this link (20th Century Fox) and this link (Universal Pictures) for the 10 movies shown above.

Is There A Need for OPENhulu?

Over at last100, a guest post by Muhammad Saleem (this is a well-known dude on digg, etc) mentions that with Hulu rising in popularity, people were falling over themselves to get an invite. Supposedly, Hulu is a "highly exclusive closed" private beta that is open to only select individuals.

Highly Exclusive? O Rly?

Like several others, I found this mildly amusing and surprising, since I received an invite 2 weeks back. While it's true that Hulu hasn't opened its doors to everyone, it wasn't terribly difficult to gain access. Here's what I did - enter my email address at Hulu and wait patiently for my invite. Was that really so hard?

OPENhulu - Hulu for everyone?

But we live in an era where we're pampered with instant gratification. Hence the post introduces someone named Matt, who came up with the bright idea of embedding Hulu videos on a site he created - you've guessed it - OPENhulu. By embedding the Hulu videos into the site, OPENhulu bypasses one aspect of Hulu's artificial limitations - the invite only requirement.

Nope...

However, that is about the only limitation that OPENhulu circumvents. If you're located outside the US, videos will still refuse to stream for you, leaving you with a nice message that reads "this video is not currently available in your country or region". I'm sure you should know by now that US ≠ world and OPENhulu is sadly only open to US folks.

What about US visitors that haven't gotten the memo? Well, the problem with OPENhulu is that only select TV series have been embedded. And by that, I mean a very small handful. 5 - 10% perhaps. So you can't actually watch everything Hulu has to offer on OPENhulu.

The alternative techniques

When Hulu first launched, I blogged about different methods for bypassing Hulu's closed wall. One of them uses a variation of this embed hack and allows you to watch the videos in full screen. However, these videos have no titles, which is a major inconvenience.

The other workaround is to view them on AOL or MSN. I believe that the full hulu collection is available on these partner sites. Unfortunately, you'll still need to be located in the US to view them.

So why do we need OPENhulu?

Is OPENhulu a solution looking for a problem? It sure looks that way especially with Hulu's partner sites providing the full catalog of Hulu videos. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Never Underestimate The Other Guy's Guncon

Reader Don Shellings just sent in 2 funny Time Crisis videos spoofing Scarface and Terminator. Without spoiling them for you, Scarface gets my vote as the better parody of the two.

Scarface

Terminator

Free: University Courses Online, CNET UK Internet TV, Uninstallers

Offtopic: Working on a new Blogger hack soon. ;)

Free university courses online

Fancy taking a course at MIT, Berkeley or Johns Hopkins but don't want to fork out any cash? Now you can browse through any of their open courseware offerings available online for free! With a wide range of courses available and a huge list of participating universities, it's your chance to get a tertiary education without actually attending classes. Although universities won't officially recognize your Physics knowledge gained through their online courses, keep in mind that Einstein started out as a patent clerk (with a Physics degree).

[via How to take a course at MIT free -- at home @ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

(If you remember seeing something like this, Berkeley's lectures were featured here a few months back.)

CNET UK Internet TV

The UK version of CNET TV just launched and is getting pretty good feedback so far. Other than its slick and smooth interface, videos are of better quality and resolution than most Flash videos you see. Besides quality, there's also quantity. Despite its recent launch, it has already been populated with a decent selection of videos to watch, ranging from technology to music. And if you happen to have a widescreen monitor, you're in luck as all the videos are in widescreen format (I think :) ).

Just a tip: I've updated tk Video Search to include CNET's new site. :)

Uninstallers

Installing programs to uninstall programs. Kinda ironic, don't ya think? I, for one, have always relied on Windows Add/Remove to do the dirty work, but if that isn't powerful enough for you, Download Squad's got a few alternatives that might be what you're looking for. Read each of them carefully since some of them do not require installation or provide a standalone version. Personally, I'd go for the ones that need no installation since I'd like to avoid the situation of installing programs to uninstall the uninstaller. :)

So Far So Good For 8 Limbed Girl

Lakshmi Tatma, the 8 limbed girl, currently in surgery

Remember Lakshmi Tatma, the 8 limbed girl, from yesterday? Doesn't ring a bell? Here's a quick video recap of the girl with eight limbs and the surgery to remove her parasitic twin.

Responding well, so far so good

The surgery mentioned in the video is currently ongoing and so far it looks like everything is going well. A hospital spokesman was quoted saying that "it has been so far so good" and that "she's responding well with an 80% chance of survival".

The first hurdle may have been crossed uneventfully, but the major challenges are just up ahead. Surgeons will carry out the first stage of her 40 hour marathon surgery tonight (in Indian time) and continue on with the second stage tomorrow. The most difficult task appears to be reattaching all the tiny blood vessels and veins, since these are currently shared with her parasitic twin.

Edit: Looks like I can't use the Newsroom articles. Oh well, here's the same article, Indian doctors operate on eight-limbed child @ Yahoo News.

Limbs removed, she's ok

Update: CNN reports that the operation took 27 hours and she's now recovering in the intensive care unit. Her condition is stable and sound, and the surgery proceeded without any complications.

Video: Marathon surgery a success @ CNN

An AppSnapp Jailbreaking Video

With the number of updates to iPhone jailbreaking/unlocking apps yesterday, it isn't surprising there aren't any new developments today. Still, this YouTube video of the new AppSnapp 1.1 in action may be of interest to those who aren't too confident of themselves. :)

Made by Mark @ Hack the iPhone, it drags on for almost 6 minutes, but that's because he was demonstrating every step in slow motion. Doing it normally should halve the time to jailbreak your iPhone. A step-by-step walkthrough for AppSnapp 1.1 isn't out yet, but if you can't do it simply by watching the video, maybe jailbreaking your iPhone on your own may not be such a good idea. :P

Free: Lamont - Golden Daze, Posteet

Offtopic: Not much posts from me on weekends. It's normal, unless I happen to be bored. :)

Lamont - Golden Daze

Ok, don't get too worried about seeing the Pirate Bay's logo up there. Lamont's debut album, The Golden Daze, is being distributed for free via bittorrent (MP3/FLAC/OGG) by Lamont themselves. (If you have no faith in me, just visit Lamont's official website. :) )

If you're wondering why you haven't heard of Lamont before, it could be because 1) they're a Swedish band (performing in English) or 2) this is their debut or 3) you don't keep your ears open :P. Here's their Golden Daze music video, just in case you can't decide if you should dedicate some bandwidth to them. (It's worth noting viddler had to add more servers just for this video.)



My experience with the download can be summed up in one word - speedy. Within seconds of starting the torrent, I had already crossed the 100 kilobytes barrier. Can't say much about the album since I'm still not done yet (a few minutes more), but the 10 files look like they're 320kbps MP3s (from their size).

If you feel guilty about being a freeloader, there's an option to buy the CD or a Lamont T-shirt.

Posteet

Programmers/web developers/code junkies normally collect a bunch of coding tricks/tips over the years. But keeping them organized is quite a challenge (not to mention troublesome). This is where Posteet steps in and hands you control over your code.

Other than storing your code, Posteet allows you to tag and share it with others, if you wish. And if you're worried about code that looks like a half-done novel, snippets on Posteet come with syntax-highlighting whenever supported. With such a wide variety of code up on Posteet, I wonder if I can find LOLCODE there. :)


Yeah, what can I say? Freebies are scarce on Sundays. :P

Don't miss: Cute Turtles Washed Ashore, Fire Pigs, Backstreet Cockatoo and Japan's Best Backside Babe

If you haven't already heard, many people are mourning over the loss of TV Links (www.tv-links.co.uk). TV Links was shut down recently and a 26-year-old man from Cheltenham has been arrested in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet, Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) said. However, not everyone agrees with the latter part of the statement.

If you happen to be one of those who miss TV Links, here are some interesting videos to tide you over. In the first video, see cute tiny endangered turtles that have been washed ashore. Rescuers hope to examine each and every one of them and return them to the sea. Not a fun task I'm sure.

Next in the list, bigger cousins of Tetley, the tea cup pig, are playing with fire. Watch four of them hop into rings of fire in order to enjoy a tasty treat.

Third, Snowball, the Backstreet Cockatoo. He really enjoys dancing to the Backstreet Boys' Backstreet's Back.

Lastly, 18-year-old Kaho Watanabe, Japan's best backside babe. Does she have the best bottom in the whole of Japan? Well, the judges seem to think so. Somehow, I doubt everyone agrees.

More iPhone Ads and Meet the SPARTANS trailer!

Apple just released 3 more iPhone ads in addition to the 3 commercials that I posted earlier. It continues along the same theme about how the iPhone helps in the users' everyday lives. But I bet you're more interested in Kristin Sloan (or her official website) or the play, My First Time (may not be work safe).

Bryce “Delay”

Kristin “The Winger”

Ken “My Show”

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Meet the SPARTANS!!!

Despite what others are saying, I would like to see how this all plays out. Just cause I like mindless/brainless movies every once in a while.

[via Meet The Spartans Trailer @ The Movie Blog]

Sony BRAVIA Pyramid Commercial

Remember the BRAVIA Bouncing Bunnies ad? A sequel to that is out though everyone prefers bunnies. Don't you? :P Eager for more? Watch the entire BRAVIA ad series here (courtesy of Digg user Unclickable).

Luciano Pavarotti Birthday Google Logo

Today would have been the late Luciano Pavarotti's birthday if he was still alive. Google remembers the great Luciano Pavarotti with a logo that depicts him doing what he did best - singing opera.

If you've haven't been keeping up with the news, the Italian tenor passed away last month after battling pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death, he was 71 years of age and would have turned 72 today. Nessun dorma is one of his trademark acts and would be a good place to start if you want to enjoy some Pavarotti.

The Golden Compass Theatrical Trailer

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization. - Golden Compass @ IMDB

The first movie based on the bestselling Philip Pullman novels. The "His Dark Materials" trilogy is comprised of "The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass". It revolves around a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the way she encounters shape-shifting creatures, witches, and a variety of otherworldly characters in parallel universes.

Watch it. Be awestruck. It does remind me of The Chronicles of Narnia, rather than Lord of the Rings, except with bears instead of a lion. More breath-taking Golden Compass trailers at MovieWeb.