Goodbye, Tiny Hamster, Hello HamsterZilla

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No more tiny hamster — the li'l guy nibbles on a bit of green ooze and turns into HamsterZilla, taking the town by storm with his absolute non-tininess. The city can only hope to find a suitable competitor to limit HumongoHammy's devastating effects on it. -Via Laughing Squid

Goodbye, Tiny Hamster, Hello HamsterZilla

Los Teñideros--A Chemical Reaction Where Two Rivers Meet

(Photo: José David Leiva)

Two streams in Tenorio Volcano National Park in Costa Rica merge to form the Rio Celeste. One of them has large quantities of sulfur and calcium carbonate, which gives the river a beautiful blue tint. There is a remarkably sharp dividing line when these two streams merge that is known as Los Teñideros, which means "the dyers."

-via The Soul Is Bone

Los Teñideros--A Chemical Reaction Where Two Rivers Meet

Mad Max: Fury Road Before and After Visual Effects Shots and Video

Original plate as Max and crew return to the Citadel

Final shot featuring Iloura crowd simulation

Fxguide's article "A Graphic Tale: The Visual Effects of Mad Max: Fury Road" illustrates through before and after photos and videos the color grading and visual effects that Australian studio Illoura applied to the well-received blockbuster to help make it such a crowd and critic pleaser.

Overall visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson was quoted as saying about the production,

“I’ve been joking recently about how the film has been promoted as being a live action stunt driven film—which it is. But also how there’s so little CGI in the film. The reality is that there’s 2,000 VFX shots in the film. A very large number of those shots are very simple clean-ups and fixes and wire removals and painting out tire tracks from previous shots, but there are a big number of big VFX shots as well.”

Check out this comprehensive write-up linked above to see a number of fascinating still examples as well as several videos.

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Illoura's final shot

Mad Max: Fury Road Before and After Visual Effects Shots and Video

Five of the Most Outrageous Luxury Hotels Yet to Come

Hotel concepts can be as wild and artful as you want, but when you actually break ground, you have to have a viable plan. Still, architects have ways of designing luxury hotels that are bigger, fancier, and more awe-inspiring every year. Take a look at a few that are under construction now, including this spectacular design.

The incredible hotel that will be known as Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental is another spectacular property that is currently being built. Located within a quarry near Shanghai, this hotel will be one of IHG’s flagship properties in China, and you can easily see why. It certainly looks like it’s from the future, and it definitely seems like it will be very luxurious.

See more hotels that are just as amazing at Worthly. Who knows, you may get the chance to stay at one of them sometime!

Five of the Most Outrageous Luxury Hotels Yet to Come

Amazing Flash Gordon Animated Short Created By Disney Artist

Flash Gordon is one of those sci-fi heroes who has yet to make the transition into the 21^st century, and yet those who remember the character fondly from the days of yore are always hopeful he will make a triumphant return to the big screen.

One extremely talented fan in particular by the name of Robb Pratt has taken matters into his own hands, bringing Flash back from the dead with this amazing animated short.

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Pratt has worked on Disney films like Pocahontas and Tarzan so it’s no wonder the short looks so darn good.

But my favorite part of this short is the fact that it’s not a modernized reboot, because can you truly claim to love a character when you completely change who they once were?

-Via io9

Amazing Flash Gordon Animated Short Created By Disney Artist

Tour a Creepy Abandoned Wax Museum

An urban explorer named AD found and photographed a facility filled with mannequins, statues, and accessories in various states of disrepair. They are just stored away, with no visible museum or other business visible.

An extended family of life-size figures call this space home, their faces and bodies disfigured and fragmented by neglect and the passage of time. Discarded limbs from some of these unsettling inhabitants can be seen piled high, seemingly ripped from their torsos, as if victims of a gruesome – albeit bloodless – massacre. A coffin, meanwhile, lies open, perhaps awaiting an unsuspecting occupant.

The photographer won’t give the exact location, because 1. he or she wasn’t supposed to be there, and b. there’s no need to encourage others to trespass. It’s an urbex ethic. However, we are treated to a collection of eerie photographs AD took when he/she had the chance. See them at Scribol.  

Tour a Creepy Abandoned Wax Museum

Cat Has A Strange Reaction To Crinkling Plastic

Ever have one of those cats that react oddly to every kind of stimuli? If you have then you know how funny it is to find a new noise that sets them off, because their little kitty reaction is simply priceless!

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The cat in this video is named Blu, and he has a very strange reaction to the sound of crinkling plastic, such a strange reaction in fact that it almost seems like the furry fellow is about to have a stroke!

-Via KnowYourMeme

Cat Has A Strange Reaction To Crinkling Plastic