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November 8, 2016

Watch a Hatchling Marine Iguana Elude Racer Snakes on The Galápagos Islands

Nature can’t be scripted, but if this was a live-action or even animated film, I’d watch it.

If you haven’t seen this footage from the BBC Earth – Planet Earth II, you’ve been under a rock and in this video, as you’ll come to see that’s not where you’d want to be.

Watch as a marine iguana on The Galápagos Islands encounters one racer snake after the next in its quest to stay alive. [Insert The BeeGees track here!]

It feels a lot like losing your way and ending up in a really bad neighbourhood, where you nervously utter the words, “I don’t want any trouble guys….”, after encountering some hoodlums.

Enjoy the unmistakable narration of English broadcaster and naturalist, David Attenborough. He is to nature documentaries what Morgan Freeman is to film.

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July 20, 2016

Casey Neistat Brings Pokémon GO to Life with a Little Help from Pikachu

Casey Neistat (filmmaker and YouTube vlogger) just did it again with this FUN new short film (Pokémon Go IN REAL LIFE)! “Riding” on the popularity of the latest (viral gaming app), Pokémon GO, with a little help from his YouTube collaborator Shonduras.

In the video, we see them execute a well-choreographed chase sequence through the streets of New York City (NYC) with Neistat dressed Ash Ketchum-like and Shonduras as Pikachu. We also get some viewer reactions and everyone (except two NYPD officers) seemed to have gotten a kick out of the whole thing.

Ash Ketchum and the lovable Pikachu

Since starting daily vlogging last April, Casey’s managed to create some pretty viral content including this YouTube video (SNOWBOARDING WITH THE NYPD). He’s also successfully managed to grow his subscribers from just over half a million, to fast approaching 4 million.

Pokémon GO logo and screenshot of the gaming app

I’m sure this new Pokémon GO video will be a hit and will only catapult Casey Neistat into the stratosphere of YouTube vlogging. If this isn’t a great example of guerrilla marketing, I don’t know what is! Pokémon GO will launch in Japan tomorrow (after a little snag) and it makes you wonder if this wasn’t all part of Casey’s plan to tap into that audience.

Keep up the great work, Casey! Enjoy the video. It definitely made my morning and left me laughing.

Posted

January 24, 2016

YouTubers Snowboard through the Streets of NYC

What do you do after your city has faced down one of the worse blizzards on record?! You take to the streets of course! Leave it to Casey Neistat to go snowboarding through the streets of New York City (NYC)!

If you’ve never heard of or seen Casey’s short films and daily vlogs, you can check out the blog I wrote on the super-talented storyteller. I’ll put the link below.

Who wouldn’t want to be out in that “winter wonderland”! I’ll tell you this much, this videos going to go VIRAL. Casey has found another winter…errr winner. Props to his partner in crime and famous YouTuber and Vlogger Jesse Wellens as well for this unforgettable collaboration.

It left me smiling from start to finish. Watch and enjoy!