Making a Difference with Heroic Melon.

Posted on November 5, 2011 by nemmy452

It’s not easy being a hero, but everyone knows that. The real question then, is what would the exact definition of ‘heroic’ be? A self-sacrificing nature is called to mind immediately – but what about his deeds? Does he have to invent a longer lasting lightbulb? Fend off a bear? Make an iPhone without a problem? What about actually saving the world? Does that even matter, anymore?

Buckminster Fuller, one of the most creative minds to ever grace the planet spoke of very holistic values – an idea that has played a part in the dominant fantasy of an ideal utopia – one where humanity has the capacity to work together to end the most prevalent issues of our time: world hunger, global warming, disease, war, racism. The list goes on and on.

In 1951, Fuller claimed that humanity lived on Spaceship Earth, a vehicle where humanity must work with each other, the environment and its limited resources to ensure the survival of our species. We need to make a difference – not just any, but one worth while.

Our latest short, The Purple Hero challenges the viewer to make a real difference. We have the power to create change. Make it count.

Help us help the world. Head on over to thehungersite.com and JUST CLICK on the BIG YELLOW BUTTON at the top of the page – each click will be equal to one bowl of rice, and one more mouth fed. If you ever felt like it took too long to do anything worth while, here’s your chance, and you can do it everyday.

Like this page, and get your friends to check out the video. LET’S REACH 10,000 views.

Save the world, a bowl of rice at a time.

- Les

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Random Antics is BACK FROM THE DEAD

Posted on October 31, 2011 by nemmy452

The Toronto Zombie Walk.

Each October, the citizens of Toronto shamble their way through the downtown core and show off a spectacle of gore, moans, and a zombiefied version of pretty much anything.

Check out our NEWEST Random Antics entry (and 31st, by our count) – ZOMBIE WALK 2011. Enjoy!

It’s Heroic Melon’s third Halloween since we formed, and as per usual, things have been a little crazy on all fronts. Balancing school, work, life and all things Heroic Melon is as fun as it is challenging.

Speaking of challenges, Lester and Alex have braved the streets of Toronto to battle the Undead. And in the spirit of undead, we’re bringing back Random Antics! As lewd, crude, and obtuse as it once was, Random Antics is now returning to form – and boy is it ever. Somewhere along the way, Random Antics stopped being, well, random. And we know. So, hope you’re ready, melonheads, ’cause we’re kickin’ it old school.

Happy Halloween, fellow ghouls and ghosts. What’s YOUR favorite scary movie? Let us know in the comments.

- Les

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New AWKWARD AGAIN, Kev and Ally get lazy, and S2 wins T24 Competition

Posted on June 24, 2011 by nemmy452

AWKWARD AGAIN is back with a BRAND NEW 20 + minute episode.
Backstories are revealed and stakes are increased in this latest addition to the AWKWARD COMPILATION.

Kevin goes out of his way to test Alison's nerves.

SYNOPSIS:
“With Alex and Lester hunting Alex’s apparent stalker, Kevin decides to try his hand at figuring out Alison’s true intentions.”

Just click the video box believe to see AWKWARD AGAIN – episode 04: Turnabout Kevin in HD!

It’s been quite some time since the last Awkward episode has come out – but we assure you that Lester Calleja and Alex Chung are working quite hard to ensure that the quality of these future episodes are the best the series will ever see, as we continue to build the stakes and answer some long-standing questions, in preparation for our series’ finale episode.

Alex and Lester have a heart to heart

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    KEVIN and ALLY get LAZY

Recently, Heroic Melon native, Philbert Lui took part in Kollaboration 2011, helping to launch the musical endeavours of fellow Melon, Kevin Lam, and Awkward-regular, Alison Chan. They were pretty awesome to see live at the show – with unrivaled stage chemistry. Take a look at Kevin and Ally’s collabration with fellow Kollaboration finalist, Patrick Simeon in their rendition of Bruno Mar’s Lazy Song.

In other news, Heroic Melon made another appearance at the Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival’s T24 Challenge, where filmmakers across Toronto and the areas surrounding the GTA to compete to create a short film in only 24 hours! This year, film makers were charged with the challenge to create a story in the city about “Love”. Check out Heroic Melon’s Award-winning entry!

We are quite proud to say Heroic Melon took home the prize, winning the T24 Visual Thesis Award!! Special Thanks to TYSFF’s festival director Henry Wong for spearheading an incredible festival, with enough passionate enthusiasm to fill several tons of gummi bears. And I love gummi bears.

Til next time.

- The Melon Heads

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The AWKWARD Kids Are At It Again

Posted on March 4, 2011 by nemmy452

Finally! A brand new [mini] episode of our flagship series “the Awkward Compilation” is live on our Youtube channel and ready for viewing! Check it out!!

You may have noticed that our Home Page has changed quite substantially – we’re using a slightly revised layout in a blog format that links to our old page, allowing for faster updates, and more regular news from your pals at the Heroic Melon Collective.  The website is now better geared for social networking, so not only can you subscribe to our RSS feeds to be notified immediately for updates, you can also subscribe to our Heroic Melon twitter account and Facebook Fan Page just as easily!

It’s been quite some time since we’ve had an Awkward episode out, and things are about to kick right back into high gear. Admittedly, production has slowed quite a bit with the recent weather and scheduling conflicts, so its been quite difficult as of late to get the cast and crew together on some bigger numbered Awkward entries – not mentioned Kevin Lam and Alison Chan’s involvement in Kollaboration Toronto 2011, where they’ll be performing LIVE on March 12. Check out their latest press [here] .What I CAN promise you is that Season 02 will really pick up the pace with heavy hitting, story packed episodes from here on out. Pre-production of episode 04 and episode 05 is well underway.

Anyway, that’s all for now. You’ll be hearing more from us soon.

Toodles!

- Lestro

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