Ransom Riggs
Be Amazing … the Movie!
by Ransom Riggs - March 9, 2009 - 10:00 AM

Longtime readers may recall a number of other films I’ve created for mental_floss, including Famous Last Words and Attack of the Parasites! It’s been awhile since I’ve unveiled a new floss movie, and for those rabid fans who’ve been wondering where the next one is (uh … I’m sure there are a few of you), wait no longer! I and a small team of talented animators have been working on a super fun promotional video for Be Amazing! for A YEAR — and we pulled out all the stops. It was created with cutting-edge motion capture technology (which is why it took so darn long), and it dramatizes one of my favorite chapters of the book: “How to Destroy Civilization with Nanotechnology.” So check out the video, buy the book and Be Amazing! (Or, click here to watch it in full HD!)

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Comments (17)

  1. Oh my god. That made my day.

    posted by Andy on 3-9-2009 at 9:45 am

  2. totally worth the wait! congrats on the best one yet! i was wondering how i was going to destroy the world, and now i’ve got a plan. thanks man!

    posted by David K. Israel on 3-9-2009 at 9:46 am

  3. That was incredible. We should re-post this every day.

    Congrats to you and the whole team who worked on the project. Who provided the maniacal cackle?

    posted by Jason English on 3-9-2009 at 12:30 pm

  4. I’ve already commented on Youtube and Facebook, but this film really is AMAZING! I can’t wait to destroy the world.

    posted by Chellis on 3-9-2009 at 3:35 pm

  5. Wow. That’ll only give me nightmares for the rest of my life.

    posted by Iris on 3-10-2009 at 1:17 am

  6. Absolutely brilliant.

    Hobo nanobots are the future.

    posted by Matt on 3-10-2009 at 10:50 am

  7. All viruses are antibiotic resistant. You use antibiotics against bacterial infections.

    posted by Luke on 3-10-2009 at 8:36 pm

  8. Oh my God, that just made my day. Possibly my week. You’ve got a new fan!

    “Be A-Ma-Zing!” :D

    posted by Iiwi on 3-11-2009 at 12:51 am

  9. That was the most entertaining thing I’ve watched in a long time… including all the crap on TV. I hope theres more of these it would Be Amazing! :cP

    posted by David on 3-11-2009 at 7:44 pm

  10. OMG THAT WAS AMAZING. NO PUN INTENDED.

    posted by SuperSpiffy on 3-11-2009 at 10:26 pm

  11. very AMAMAMAMAMAZING!

    posted by 岛上猫 on 3-12-2009 at 9:44 am

  12. very Amamamamamzing!

    posted by islandercat on 3-12-2009 at 9:49 am

  13. THIS SHOULD BE A TV SERIES!

    I would watch this every day. It could be like some of AdultSwim’s programs in a fifteen minute slot…

    posted by Aiden on 3-14-2009 at 3:42 pm

  14. Totally awesome!

    What is the song at 1:34?
    I really like it =(

    posted by Tve on 5-20-2009 at 3:02 pm

  15. I want to purchase some nanobots.

    posted by iamchaossthought on 8-13-2009 at 8:35 pm

  16. Remember, kids: the trouble with destroying the world is that you live there.

    posted by Yanichka on 3-2-2010 at 2:38 pm

  17. oh great let’s just revert back to the stone age if y’all freak out and get paranoid over new technologies!!
    the grey goo theory is ancient and is just as realistic as deep space nine, lost and similar fantasy sci-fi fairy tales…please get educated before you jeopardise our economy with propaganda vids…

    posted by janaP on 4-25-2010 at 3:35 am

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