Welcome to Screen Rant's "Geek Picks," where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web. Today you'll find a video history of Godzilla with Nerdist's Dan Casey; Hitman IRL; Frozen + Starbucks; everything wrong with Cloverfield in 8 minutes or less; learn how to communicate like Jack Bauer; and a Darth Vader/Miley Cyrus mashup. All that and more on this edition of SR's Geek Picks!
To kick things off today, GBPosters has a Godzilla size chart on how Godzilla compares height wise to other movie characters.
If you have any Geek Picks of your own, please send them to srgeekpicks(at)gmail(dot)com and you could be featured in a future post!
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Wrecking Star
Darth Cyrus Or Miley Vader?
$12 at EpicArmor.
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History of GODZILLA (with Dan Casey)
Get schooled on the History of Godzilla with Nerdist News' Professor Dan Casey and see how the legendary kaiju has evolved since his 1954 debut.
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South Park Musical and More! - What to Watch
Looking to get some songs stuck in your head? You're in luck - Mackenzie will serenade you with a list of movie musicals STREAMING NOW!!
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HITMAN in Real Life
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Every RPG Ever
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"Do You Wanna Go To Starbucks?"
Make sure you have enough caffeine for your finals. #doyouwannagotostarbucks
This is a mini-musical parody on Frozen's song "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" originally by Lopez and Lopez by two students from Point Loma Nazarene University.
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Everything Wrong With Cloverfield In 8 Minutes Or Less
Continuing "giant monster" week in honor of Godzilla, CinemaSins decided to take a look at the sins of Cloverfield, a movie that may be remembered more for its marketing campaign than anything else. Well, that and its sins.
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How To Communicate Like Jack Bauer
Jack Bauer knows how to get answers. Repetition.
(Lots of Seasons 1-8 spoilers)
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Bad British MLB Commentary | Words In My Mouth Ep. 2
What happens when a British guy who knows nothing about baseball tries to commentate an MLB game?
The Whistle asked Anthony Richardson from the Exploding Heads to give us his very British take on Oakland Athletics-Houston Astros highlights. As you can imagine, hilarity ensued.
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HOLOGRAMS are the FUTURE
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The Unsung Bacon Story presented by Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon
Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon knows what it's like to grow up in a brother's shadow. That's why we're helping Michael Bacon become the most followed Bacon in his family. Stand up for Unsung Bacon everywhere—follow Michael Bacon on Twitter (@MichaelBacon36) and show the world that the less famous Bacons in the family are Bacons too.
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Best Fails of the Week 2 May 2014
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JohnnyExpress
It's 2150
There are all sorts of Aliens living throughout space.
Johnny is a Space Delivery Man who travels to different planets to deliver packages.
Johnny is lazy and his only desire is to sleep in his autopilot spaceship.
when the spaceship arrives at the destination, all he has to do is simply deliver the box.
However, it never goes as planned. Johnny encounters strange and bizarre planets
and always seems to cause trouble on his delivery route.
Will he be able to finish his mission without trouble?
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Pinnipèdes
The first 3D animated short from Victor Caire.
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The illusion of life
The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren't old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney's desire to use animation to express character and personality.
This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.
Check also the animated gif gallery here.
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That's all for today, folks! Be sure to check back tomorrow for more movie-related geekery.
Today's picks have been brought to you by: EpicArmor, helpcomputa, Shanks FX, CineFix, Public Prank Complition, Nerdist, GBPosters, oscarmayer, The Whistle, CinemaSins, AlfredImageworks, Olivia Mowry, Fail Army, Victor Caire, cento lodigiani and Reddit.