- Culture
- 07 Jun 13
Ever wonder what Star Trek might resemble if it was re-purposed as a Glee-style high school fandango? Some North Carolina YouTubers have the answer
Caught In The Net – cue Depeche Mode – just can’t get enough of The Mythical Show, a new online series featuring the daft as several brushes talents of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal.
Hailing from North Carolina where they cut their teeth shooting commercials, the duo have amassed over 150 million YouTube views – and a v. healthy bank balance – with their various comedic capers.
Hitting the ‘Tube every Thursday, The Mythical Show’s finest moment to date is its re-imagining of Star Trek as a camper than Mosney high-school musical.
You’ll find it and loads more inspired buffoonery at rhettandlink.com
One of the big winners at the Cannes Film Festival was The Missing Picture, a claymation documentary telling the story of how director Rithy Panh’s family perished under the Khmer Rouge. A deeply affecting piece of work, its bagging of the UN Certain Regard Prize will hopefully see it being screened in this part of the world. Find out more at filmsdistribution.com/fd_film.php?id_film=505
Which just leaves time for quick visits to youtube.com/user/SquashedFoxLtd (the club may be languishing in the second tier, but Venky’s – The Fall Of Blackburn Rovers is a top-flight documentary); alx.co.uk/downloads.htm (the English Defence League come over all funky tabla); artybollocks.com (hours of pretentious chin-stroking fun) and crappapsblog.tumblr.com (impressively rubbish celebrity photos).