Star Wars + 60,000 Legos = Nerdgasm
Permalink | Tweet This! | | December 23, 2008 by John in Geekasm, Movies
60,000 Piece LEGO Hoth Battle Diorama (via Geekologie)
Needs Salt
Permalink | Tweet This! | | December 19, 2008 by John in Movies
J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5 and writer on the recent Clint Eastwood/Angelina Jolie movie “Changeling,” recently recounted the “Russian Cab Driver” story:
I use cabs a lot, and one day I had this driver with a thick Russian accent (appropriate since physically he was a thick Russian), and he knew I was a writer, so he said to me, and you must read this with an accent, “I went see new Star Wars film, you’ve seen?”
I allowed as how I had, and asked what he thought.
“It needed salt.”
I waited, figuring some explanation would follow. It didn’t. “More salt…?” I said.
He nodded. “Da. When you cook, salt makes things more what they are. Meat is more meat. Fish is more fish. You taste more the thing. Brings more flavor. No salt, no flavor. Movie needed salt.”
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That is what I’ve been trying to articulate about so many movies lately. “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Max Payne,” “Burn After Reading,” “Mummy 3,” “Hancock,” “Babylon A.D.,” “Wanted,” “Get Smart,” “Don’t Mess with the Zohan,” “10,000 BC,” “Jumper,” “Rambo,” and the list goes one. That’s just this year.
Or, in the words of the immortal Ruby Rhod, “Korben, sweetheart, what was that? IT WAS BAD! It had nothing! NO FIRE! NO ENERGY! NO NOTHING! You know I have a show to run here, you know? Hmm? Hmm? And it must pop, pop, POP!”
Creative Location Titles
Permalink | Tweet This! | | November 20, 2008 by John in Graphic Design, Movies, Television
I love seeing creative solutions to one of the most overlooked aspects of movies and television, the location title text. The first thing that really stood out to me about the new series Fringe was the 3D type composited into the backgrounds at the beginning of each new scene. Here is an example, probably from a commercial, with promotional text rather than location text (I’ll try to find a better example):
One of the nice touches in Quantum of Solace that was not lost on me was the different typefaces used to announce each location, designed by Tomato (via goldenfiddle).
Now if only they would have explained the title of the movie…
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2009 Movie Schedule
Permalink | Tweet This! | | November 19, 2008 by John in Movies
Well, the pushed back Star Trek to May ‘09 so it’s time to get my 2009 Movie Watch List started (2009 Release Schedule)
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Zack and Miri/Religulous
Permalink | Tweet This! | | November 3, 2008 by John in Movies
Saw Religuous (imdb) last Wednesday and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (imdb) yesterday. Both were quite enjoyable.
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Unbearable Existance
Permalink | Tweet This! | | October 28, 2008 by John in Movies
I don’t want to live in a world where NASCAR and professional wrestling are the biggest “sports,” evangelical christians are the majority (in prison, too!) and High School Musical 3 debuts #1 followed by Saw 5 at #2, and Changeling doesn’t crack the top 10 (it didn’t make it to Helena yet either). Don’t even get me started on Beverly Hills Chihuahua. I must kill myself now.
Kevin Smith’s Latest
Permalink | Tweet This! | | September 27, 2008 by John in Movies
In a World Without Don LaFontaine…
Permalink | Tweet This! | | September 2, 2008 by John in Movies
…movie trailers will never be the same…
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The Something of Boris
Permalink | Tweet This! | | August 8, 2008 by John in Humor, Movies
Funny stuff…
Quantum of Solace - Proposed Theme Song
One Line Review of THE LOVE GURU
Permalink | Tweet This! | | July 31, 2008 by John in Humor, Movies
Because THE LOVE GURU Won The Hearts Of Critics And Movie Goers!! Here Comes AUSTIN POWERS 4 - A Dr. Evil Movie??. I don’t really care about a fourth Austin Powers movie, even if centered on Dr. Evil and his son Scott Evil, I just love this line about The Love Guru, which I skipped at the theater:
“The Love Guru” is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again. - A. O. Scott, The New York Times