It looks a bit more intense than the first one, but this will be a must-watch for this Sheets family!

Trailer here.

Yesterday as I made a hospital visit I noticed a young boy playing Mario on an old-school Nintendo system – brought back MANY memories of both my first NES and playing Mario in the hospital while my sister was sick, too. (My sister, by the way would’ve turned 28 today!)

I also stumbled upon a pretty incredible link today relating to the “good ‘ol” NES system.

If you didn’t have a Nintendo and you didn’t play the game, “Contra” – don’t worry about clicking on this link here. It’s a guy playing Contra and beating it in about 12-minutes. I played this game for WEEKS before I ever got the congratulatory “credits” screen at the end!

I was sent this video from Uncle David today and had to share it with you all!

It will take a while to download, but it WILL be worth it!

Christmas Lights Video (4.8mb .wmv)

What an idea! (video is a HUGE file – don’t click unless you have high-speed!)

From the Bravia website:

How we did it

In an age when CGI is commonplace, this makes the commercial all the more extraordinary. Every single frame was shot over two days – with the main sequence involving a 23-man camera crew and only one chance to get it right.

An entire block was closed off and special compressed-air cannons shot the balls into the air, while earth moving equipment poured thousands down the street. Not that you’d know it from the finished product, but these balls can do some damage, so all the cars were props and crew members went so far as to having protective shields and crash helmets.

But when you get it right, you get it right. The goal at the beginning was to deliver a “really simple, visual celebration of colour”. We think you’ll agree the results speak for themselves.