1. The Internet 2. Life 3. Oxygen 4. Music 5. A Nap 6. Technology 7. Lasers 8. Physical Intimacy 9. Lightsabers (real) 10. Lightning
Seems about right. Not so sure about those last two, though a lightsaber would be pretty awesome. Ninjas are running 11th, beating out the likes of Cheese, Bruce Lee, and the Industrial Revolution.
It's a Unicorn
"Five directors were each challenged to create short films in different genres using the same dialogue. The five 5 beautifully diverse films are by Greg Fay, Jake Scott, Johnny Hardstaff, Carl Erik Rinsch and animators Hi-Sim and their genres range from drama, animation, action, to sci-fi and thriller."
Scope the trailer. It's possible the whole thing is just a fancy ad for Philips TVs, but still. Clever(ish) concept.
Also, as you can see, at least one of the films features a robot riding a motorcycle. Which. Is. Awesome.
The whole project should be re-tooled:
"Five directors were each challenged to create short films in different genres using the same robot riding a motorcycle."
This would be in support of the Tron sequel "Tron Legacy", which opens this December. The trailers look flashy, though it's obviously lacking the original's bullet-proof sheath of nostalgia that protects it from the absolutely ridiculous storyline. Those special effects were just insane back in the day, and I'd argue that the lightcycles still hold up. Plus, Tron spawned one of the greatest arcade games of all time.
I want his arm. Cut it off.
New Zealand special effects house Weta (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, etc) has at last announced a line of prop replicas for District 9. They are rolling it out with the incredibly impressive Arc Generator (in white) and a Gas Projector. Each is an edition of 200. Sadly, the price tag accurately reflects my desire to own one - with the NZD exchange, it looks as though these bad boys run nearly $500US. Worth every cent, no doubt about it.
The design of the alien technology (by Mr. Greg Broadmore) was one of the highlights of District 9. Next if we could please get a replica robot Exo Suit to park by my front door, that'd be just swell.
Broadmore on the concept designs:
Guns! I like to design guns. What a sad human being I am. They're pretend guns so that makes ok though eh? Hello?...
These three designs were all based on a phrase or concept that Neill threw out to me: An electric 'lightening' gun (the Arc Generator), a Gas Thrower- something that would project out gas or liquid like a flame thrower, but unlit - perhaps some destructive, corrosive gel or gas (it ended up just blowing sh** up in the film - corroding humans costs a lot of effects budget...) and an Assault Rifle."
So, when we account for the nature of the item (alien rifle, with mounts for displaying proudly on wall above TV) and add in the high cost, the Spouse Approval Factor is as low as these are cool. One really can't expect to have both - I went ahead and crunched the numbers, and somehow my wife just barely edged out the Arc Reactor. Barely.
The Tuesday evening multi-hour premiere was a winner - from the beginning we've been fully onboard with all the flash forward/backward/sideways action, which makes the whole deal impossible to predict and a really enjoyable ride.
I'll admit, however, it was a little exasperating to watch Our Heroes stumble upon the Other Others (despite Hiroyuki Sanada). Also, the unrelenting avalanche of commercial interruptions was absolutely brutal.
We slay all suckers who perpetrate, and lay down law from state to state.
This new Adidas Star Wars collection is a bit funky, though there are some winners in there. I am proclaiming the orange X-Wing Pilot high-tops to be "off the hook" and the white X-Wing shoes to be "ill". TIE shoes, also nice. Pricing looks to be about $100/pair.
Crediting Sherlock Holmes Art of the Title.com has an interview with Danny Yount, the "sequence creative director" at Prologue Films, who spearheaded the opening and closing titles for the new Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film. The article includes early samples and test - it's fantastic stuff.
