RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the “the changing concept of copyright” directed by Brett Gaylor. I know this is now 2 years old, but somehow I never heard of it, and I love the entire concept.

Created over a period of six years, the documentary film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to the Open Source Cinema website, helping to create the “world’s first open source documentary” as Gaylor put it. Gaylor encourages more people to create their own remixes from this movie, using media available from the Open Source Cinema website, or other websites like YouTube, Flickr, Hulu or MySpace. I was doing some youtube viewing of old Girl Talk shows that I had been too, and this popped up. If you have never seen GT, please go check out a show. The energy is great and you will never have more fun at a show.

Well, they don’t actually float, but they are spectacular looking.  The mountains in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in southeast China have a striking resemblance to the Hallelujah Mountains in Avatar.  In fact, sources say that James Cameron spent time shooting there in 2008.  One mountain in particular has been renamed “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain”.  Previously known as “Southern Sky Column” the 35oo ft peak seen below would seem to have been an inspiration for Cameron.

Formerly "Southern Sky Column" now "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain"

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park mountains

A friend of mine was recently voicing his complaints about his Netflix account.  He is a huge sciFi fan and when searching for his favorite SciFi movies would always find many versions of knock off movies right next to them and in one case had even chosen the wrong movie for delivery.  I did some research and found what I was looking for at scifiwire.com.  I had no idea how many mockbusters were really out there.  Here are some of the best.  Princess of Mars actually takes credit as inspiration for Avatar on the cover.

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A mere nine years after Zoolander opened to mixed reviews and modest box-office Ben Stiller and the gang are re-upping for another adventure in male modeling. Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood is reporting that actor turned writer-director Justin Theroux will direct and co-write the script for Zoolander 2 with Stiller. The two recently collaborated on the screenplay for Tropic Thunder. According to the article, Jonah Hill is currently in negotiations to play the villain. Yay? All the same, let the Zoolander quoting commence! WHAT IS THIS A CENTER FOR ANTS!

A lot of people don’t find Russell Brand funny, I’m not one of them. I’ve been a fan ever since his role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I’m still on the fence about Jonah Hill, but this film seems to bring out the best in both actors. Aaron Greenberg (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. His warning: Turn your back on him at your own peril. British rocker Aldous Snow (Brand) is both a brilliant musician and walking sex. Weary of yes men and piles of money, the former front man is searching for the meaning of life. But that doesn’t mean he cant have a few orgies while he finds it. When he learns his true love is in California, Aldous makes it his quest to win her backright before kick-starting his world domination.

As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but Aaron will get him to the Greek.

Teen Wolf masterbater in the bleachers

The weirdest thing here isn’t the fact that a high school basketball team snuck out a victory with a werewolf as MVP, but that some guy in the bleachers unzipped his pants to masturbate during the game. (Through the wonders of HD, this mistake has become even more obscene.)

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If you are not into martial arts, or the Ong Bak series, you can stop reading our page forever, because you have no taste in movies. Just kidding, dont stop reading ZootPatrol, but honestly, you have no taste in action films. The movie is due out in April of 2010 and of course will star Tony Jaa, the worlds most bad ass martial arts master. Onk Bak 3 will pick up right where Ong Bak 2 left off. The film looks to go out with a bang with some more of the unique fighting stunts fans have come to know and love from the previous films. There’s even a part where Tony Jaa will be fighting uniquely as his character’s arms and legs will be damaged by torture, forcing Jaa to fight as though his body has no bones. I dont know what that could even look like, aside from picturing Jabba the Hut in action.The new trailer came out just this week, so check it out, get stoked, and go try and break some wood in your backyard or knock cheetos off your dogs nose with a round house kick. Just dont blame us when you accidentally shatter your pit bulls jaw, causing him to chew your entire face off.

Fox has just released the trailer for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. This trailer introduces us to the new world that Gordon Gekko is entering, some 23 years after he went to prison at the end of Wall Street. The film’s plot mainly centers around Gekko acting as more of an anti-hero rather than a villain and follows his attempts to help Wall Street before its soon-to-be stock market crash as well as trying to repair his relationship with his daughter Winnie with the help of Jacob, Winnie’s fiance. In return, Gekko helps Jacob get revenge on the man he blames for his mentor’s death. The film will also star Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Ferlito and Frank Langella in supporting roles. Charlie Sheen is also in the movie which is awesome, I just hope LaBeouf doesn’t mess this movie up and go all studdering Transformers mode.

Sometimes movies suck and the best thing about them are the cars that are featured in the film. Here is a collection of cars that will be remembered a lot more than the lead characters in each movie.

1963 Volkswagen Beetle – Herbie
Herbie 53 is a love bug with a mind of his own, which is more than can be said for a vapid, wasted Lindsay Lohan. In reality Lohan never drove the car at all, Herbie drove around the wasted Lohan which saved her from another 7 DUI’s.

“Interceptor” 1974 Ford Falcon – The Road Warrior
Back then the 1974 Ford Falcon was more well known then this Mel Gibson guy who just went to the Mad Max audition with his friend, not really planning to get the part.

1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – Back to the Future
The DeLorean is a terrible car, but Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox made it a cultural trademark with a legacy as long as their acting careers in a “it’s so bad it’s good” kind of way.

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