Posted on Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Don’t have time to watch the new movie trailer for Iron Man 2? Let Human Giant comedian Paul Scheer explain what happens in the trailer in half the time. Video embedded after the jump.
Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Ronie Midfew Arts and DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com are proud to announce the LOST Underground Art Project, an art show at Gallery1988: LA celebrating one of the greatest television programs of all-time. This event, opening December 15th 2009 from 7-10 PM will mark the first time that all 16 prints, released and SOLD OUT over the past 3 months at DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com, will be seen in one room. In addition to the prints, over 20 artists will be creating original LOST-inspired paintings and sculptures (all available for purchase) to commemorate the event. These artists include:
Alex Pardee – Ben Strawn – Carlos Ramos – Chris Ryniak – Dan Lydersen – Dan May – Danielle Buerli – Edwin Ushiro – Eric Fortune – Jeff McMillan – Jeremy Asher Lynch – Julian Callos – Ken Garduno – Kirk Demarais – Lauren Gregg – Leontine Greenberg – Luke Berliner – Mark Bodnar – Mark Brown – Martin Wittfooth – Misha (from the mind of Paul Scheer) – Ralph Cosentino – Scott Campbell – Wade Schin – 64 Colors – Brent Nolasco – Dave Pressler – Jason Limon – Jeremiah Ketner – Jesse Hernandez – Jon Burgerman – KaNo – Leah Palmer – Lunabee – Motorbot – Nathan Spoor – Nemo – Pocketwookie – Reactor 88 – Scribe
This night will also have some surprises, and I’ve been told you might want to line up early for this one. Watch an announcement video from comedian/Lost-inspired velvet painter Paul Scheer, after the jump.
Posted on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Previously on the Lost Viral: Human Giant comedian Paul Scheer presented Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse with a velvet painting and announcing his new website DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com., where he planned to devote his life to making Lost-inspired paintings. Soon after we recieved a FEDEX’d letter from Ronie Midfew Arts, declaring that “Mr. Scheer is creating this LOST-inspired artwork without authorization.” A couple people in the comments figured out that Ronie Midfew Arts is actually an anagram for Widmore Fine Arts. Yes, as in Charles Widmore. Paul broke into the Lost production offices and discovered the title of the first episode of season six.
After harassing phone calls and legal letters, last week Paul was invited by Ronie Midfew Arts to have a meeting at their Beverly Hills art gallery. And it turns out that Ronie Midfew isn’t the evil villain that we had first assumed (or is he?). Paul says that “Ronnie” was very persuasive and convinced Paul to join forces for “The Ultimate Lost Event”. More information after the jump.
Posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Here is a recap: At Comic-Con, Human Giant comedian Paul Scheer made an appearance during the Q&A of the Lost panel, announcing his new website DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com where he would be featuring Lost-inspired artwork. Earlier this week, we recieved a very strange FEDEX’ed letter from Paul, declaring his decision to become the Picasso of Pop Art, and devote his life to making Lost-inspired paintings. The website features a privacy policy from ABC, the network that airs Lost, which leads us to believe this is a viral marketing campaign for the tv show.
This morning I received an e-mail from Paul:
Hey Pete, I don’t know if you have been follow the drama of the last few days on my Lost blog but I’ve been being harassed by this weird art dealer. I plan on trying to go to ABC today and get some answers,video will be coming soon! -P
Paul’s e-mail was quickly followed by a real-life FedEx letter, which I had to sign for, from Ronie Midfew Arts, declaring that “Mr. Scheer is creating this LOST-inspired artwork without” … “authorization.” You can check out the full legal letter after the jump. The website for Ronie Midfew Arts only features the cryptic message “15 Will be lost The 16th Will be Found”. More after the jump.
Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Human Giant comedian Paul Scheer made a surprise appearance during the question and answer session of the Lost panel at Comic-Con, unveiling of a painting featuring Lost showrunners Damon Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse hugging a polar bear and giving a thumbs up. Scheer told everyone they should check out the rest of his masterpieces during the month ahead at DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com. You can watch a clip of his appearance embedded after the jump.
At the time we just assumed that it was probably just Paul being funny… but the website exists. Not only does it exist, but I recieved a fedex today, inside was a limited edition giclee of Scheer’s Damon, Carlton and a Polar Bear print, along with a hand written letter from Paul thanking us for the coverage of his new website.
Over the past couple years, I’ve chatted with Paul though e-mail, we’ve met in person, he’s even made an appearance on the /Filmcast. When I saw him at Comic-Con and mentioned his appearance at the Lost panel, he began acting a bit strange. It seems odd to me that Paul would send me a hand written letter when he could have just picked up the phone and called. His decision to become the Picasso of Pop Art, and devote his life to making Lost-inspired paintings seems like something out of a comedy sketch. But this isn’t a comedy sketch — it’s real life! Something is up. I’m not sure what is going on, but something is going on. If you’re a fan of Lost, you should pay close attention to DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com. The privacy policy on the bottom of the site redirects to ABC’s privacy policy… hmmmmm….
You can read Paul’s hand-written letter and watch a video of his appearance at Comic-Con, after the jump.
Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 by Hunter Stephenson
This summer, /Film considered traveling to the set of Piranha 3-D. Witnessing unlikely co-stars Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd, Adam Scott, and completely naked bimbos battling (or getting devoured by) killer fish at the command of horror director Alex Aja is what the season is all about, no? Alas, it wasn’t meant be to be. The STD-insurance alone in the spring break hotspot of Lake Havasu, Arizona—where the film is shooting and set—is friggin’ outrageous. After informing us that we were not worthy, Piranha 3-D co-star and Human Giant comedian, Paul Scheer, offered up lots of funny, obscene and insane deets about next March’s horror flick. He also sent over this exclusive photo of his morally bankrupt character.
At times, our conversation went off the record into darker territory—a la shark viscera spilling onto a pier—but much is said below about a production that aspires to be the goriest and craziest 3-D movie ever. Paul discussed his role (it required method-acting and method-oogling), the precise amount of blood (a shit ton), Lake Havasu memories, and why Richard Dreyfuss’s sage character will seem, erm, pretty damn familiar. Chomp, chomp, chomp…
Hunter Stephenson: So Paul, I assume you wanted to do a broad family film and then you were offered Piranha 3-D. It was a matter of good timing, serendipitous.
Paul Scheer: [laughs] Yeah, well, I was trying to get Imagine That Too off the ground, where I become Eddie Murphy’s brother, and have my own adventure with my daughter. It was actually crazy, because when I first heard about this movie, it was like, “Elizabeth Shue is in Piranha 3-D, she’s awesome!” And then, you know, the title sounds cool and it sounds campy…
Posted on Friday, April 17th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Is it okay to Twitter during a movie? Is it okay to twitter during a movie if the other 40 people sitting around you are also tweeting?
Last night, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Scott Aukerman gathered at the Burbank AMC Theater with 30 random Twitter users recruited off the internet to live tweet the midnight screening of Crank 2: High Voltage. The idea was to bring a group of random people together and provide funny live commentary during a fun, yet no-thinking-required, action flick.
A fun social networking movie event eventually degraded into an anger-filled shouting match. But strangely enough, no one in the theater itself was upset about cell phone usage. It was the people at home on Twitter who were outraged.
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Posted on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
When Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, one critic live blogged his review from his cell phone in an attempt to be first. Thankfully this form of reviewing hasn’t really caught on (although, I do recall that one of the video blogs live blogging the new Street Fighter movie). The guys from Human Giant are now trying to take this idea to the next possible level… make it interactive.
