This goes back a bit to right when they opened their retail store in Los Angeles. The Hundreds is huge. The video is about 9 minutes long but an interesting story that Bobby Hundreds tells the camera.

A communication agency made famous around these circles due to their ongoing affiliation with Nike, Wieden + Kennedy’s design prowess can be seen through their work with another societal juggernaut in soft drink makers Coca-Cola. A good showcase of some of the world’s leading creative talents in an every day medium, showing that being at the top of the game never means staying stagnant.

Futura Laboratories, the brand by the artist Futura 2000, has released this really cool Topography tee which features an all over print of a Topographic map. These maps are generally used to tell the elevation of different places like mountains or oceans.

The shirt is available at the Futura Laboratories store in Japan here flshop.exblog.jp

The video has some subpar quailty and we definitly get some close up vision of this guys chest but what are you going to do right? I was just in Japan and I am bummed I missed the opportunity to check out this BBC Ice Cream store so I was bummed. The setup here looks solid and an entertaining store. Next time I am in Japan it is for sure on my list.

The movie is based around this unique focus of eight strangers with eight points of view of one crime. The movie repeats and overlaps some sections of the film which is kind of off pace for a typical American film. Some people got loud in our theater which was annoying but I found the film the best I had seen in 2008. The unique twists in the plot and how the story builds as you see different views is great. The dramatic irony is very well placed for people that enjoy it in a film. My biggest surprise in the film was to find Holt McCallany in the film from CSI Miami. He played a detective for about 11 episodes named John Hagen who had a fling with Cali Ducain. That was my favorite shocker from the cast. The filming was excellent and the explosions and aftermath footage came out flawlessly. The movie definitly touches on some issues in world culture of today including our ally with some Arab nations. It may be a little over the top for Hollywood sake which could bring you some annoyance if you take great pride in the United States. Forest Whitaker killed it in this movie as well. He has like 6 films in post production right now so if you like him you will definitly see enough of him soon.

Overall Rating: A-

To make this review short let me give you the top 5 reasons to see Jumper.
1. Rachel Bilson
2.Rachel Bilson
3.Rachel Bilson
4.Rachel Bilson
5.Samuel L. Jackson with white hair

Other than Rachel Bilson of The OC fame I couldn’t really give you much else to care about in the film. The film wasn’t horrible, I actually enjoyed it for a borderline Sci-Fi comic book thriller. The cast is pretty weak outside of Samuel L. Jackson and Rachel Bilson. I do love Diane Lane (Murder at 1600) but she was hardly in the movie and robbed us of some quality acting perhaps? Hayden Christensen sucks and probably ruined the movie as a whole. The on location filming in Rome and Hong Kong were definitly a nice touch to the film. The movie originally peeked my interest from an article in GQ Magazine about how Rachel wasn’t cast in the film but they snuck her in midway and refilmed the rolls with her. They kept this low key to not arise red flags of a recast. Normally recasting is very bad PR and a take from the public that the movie isn’t going well and it will be a flop.

Overall Rating- C+

Check out the trailer:

Found a little video on myspace of 10 Deep’s photoshoot. I love the TV setup they did, who even knows where they found these things? 10 Deep NYC!

This project didn’t excite me too much until I saw he built a fake working chainsaw to mock the Lancer from the Gears of War video game. Great piece, I really need to go buy that new map pack for this thing to.

Ok so I have been slacking but I am back in the country and in town so here we go with some blogging fury.

King Stampede is dropping more hot items for Spring 2008 already with this Peacemaker Tee. This is another shirt collabing on their phrase of Respect Language and culture and then below it in a big bold font is CODENAME: PEACEMAKER. A phrase below that is “Dine on the power of space and wash it down with atomic cocktails.”  STAMPEDE is then printed backwards with some graphics below it. A solid addition to the King Stampede library.

That is right, the Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas strip is currently on fire.

Source: Los Angeles Times

This has to take you back to 1980 when the MGM Grand burst into flames and killed 19. Are these hotels really just becoming so big that they cannot verify the safety of their patrons? It’s something to think about as you visit Vegas and see cranes in every direction. These cranes are building bigger and bigger casino’s with more rooms and more areas for error. The top few floors were effected and the cause of the fire is yet to be determined. The 3,000-room hotel was evacuated and no injuries, with the exception of a few minor cases of smoke inhalation, were reported in the three-alarm blaze.

Thankfully everyone seems to be ok, just some cases of smoke inhalation. We will keep everyone updated as this story unfolds. CNN reported that their were welders on the roof as the fire broke out.

Here is a user filmed video put up on youtube.com from down the street. It’s like Cloverfield.