» Oscar’s New Math - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com
How the Oscar ballots work this year with 10 nominees. Something to keep in the back of your head for later.
12/09/2009
11/17/2009
“ Oh. My. God. You. Guyz. Last night was the Twilight: New Moon premiere in Hollywood, California. Is anyone else’s head falling off, or is it just me over here? HELP! MY HEAD! The only thing that I would like almost as much but not as much as going to prom with a mythological vampire who is in a surf battle with the magical werewolves over the entrance to my human vagina would be to stand for hours in a mass of strangers screaming in my ears and holding up homemade signs that read like cries for help. Just kidding! That sounds like a nightmare! I will stick with just dreaming about make-believe swamp thing prom, or whatever. But here are some of the people who don’t think that is a nightmare, and who in fact think it is very fun and something that is worth doing even if you are an adult. We should all be so lucky as to find something in this world that makes us happy, even if it happens to be this thing! „
The Twilight: New Moon Premiere: Fun Signs, Guys! - Photo - Videogum
I am so glad I read Videogum now.
10/12/2009
Selections from Theodore Rex (1995). This film stars Whoopi Goldberg, who plays a futuristic cop with a dinosaur for a partner.(Ellen Page mentioned this on Conan last week)
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I mean, wow.
08/07/2009
Cliff Chiang did the only Hughes tribute post I really enjoyed/appreciated.
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You guys, Cliff Chiang is the SHIT.
07/11/2009
A major work of criticism.
Apparently back when it was first available on iTunes, I downloaded that Wes Anderson short Hotel Chevalier and never watched it, since I never click on the “Movies” tab in iTunes. Obviously when I discovered this I watched it.
It was stupid and bad.
The end!
05/20/2009
Best... Fight Scene... EVER
(via Taylor & davereed:zalpz: bikerfish: gifparty)
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Pssst — J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2 is totally Gorn-centric. (If we start the whisper campaign now, he won’t be able to ignore it.)
Seriously though, I want to see that cast fight an entire race of awesome, post-Jurassic Park-SFX dinosaur people. I want to see everybody do that, but I definitely do want to see that cast do it.
05/15/2009
» Stan Bush Tries To Transform “The Touch” Into A Linkin Park Song « Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip
This blew multiple minds at my office today. Nice find, Maura.
05/12/2009
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus trailer (via Idolator)
Starring Debbie Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas. I should probably go pre-order this right now, huh? Who wants to come to the viewing party?
05/11/2009
“ Stop not being sure about Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim. Your being unsure is a bad move. You’ll feel like an idiot next year. „
Twitter / Bryan Lee O’Malley: Stop not being sure about …
Obvs he has a vested interest in keeping excitement high, but y’know, that is promising.
05/06/2009
» Nick Cave's rejected script for 'Gladiator 2' unearthed | News | NME.COM
Somebody send me this, thanks. The upshot:
“Cave’s adaptation was eventually turned down for being too over the top, reports The Guardian.
In Cave’s script, Maximus’ character is reincarnated after a meeting with Roman gods in the afterlife. The script then has him reunite with his son, before being given the power to live forever, adapting to a number of new roles that see him fight - and survive - in World War II and the Vietnam war. In the final scene, set in the present day, the character is seen working in the Pentagon.”
04/30/2009
Roger Rabbit 2?
I just want to be clear, while the nerd in me gets excited about the idea of revisting Roger Rabbit, I hate the idea of Zemeckis relying on motion capture and CGI.
What made the original such an clever, innovative film was how seamlessly they blended gorgeous hand-drawn animation with live action. It looks amazing even two decades later. I would love to see a well-written sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? done in the exact same way. The CGI route is completely stupid. First, as FilmDrunk points out, motion capture and CGI just take live action and turn it into hollow, shitty animation. That’s the exact opposite of the original film. Second, it doesn’t make sense to have the residents of Toon Town be CGI. They were Hollywood actors, but they still were hand drawn cartoons. That seems to unravel the whole plot of the first movie.I totally concur.
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As do I. The only way to make it work would be to add CGI characters to the equation alongside the traditionally-drawn ones, and basically do a WEST SIDE STORY gang war / romance between the two, with the humans caught in the middle. I would love a new ROGER RABBIT movie that really unapologetically planted the flag for traditional cel animation in the modern age.
03/28/2009
» Ramis Talks 'Ghostbusters 3' - Confirms Plot Rumors - Cinematical
(via moderation)
I am not joking when I say that I believe that the world needs Ghostbusters 3.
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Lord knows I certainly do.
03/25/2009
» Apple - Movie Trailers - Where the Wild Things Are
This looks seriously awesome. I teared up a little watching it. In the words of she who I can’t stop talking about lately, “Don’t fuck it up.”
03/03/2009
Movie Trailer of the Day: Brand new trailer for Terminator Salvation.
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I’m always surprised by how often NIN gets used in theatrical trailers, but it’s totally fitting in this instance. This trailer also, if you’re interested, practically ruined the movie for me (i.e., it gives way too much away).
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Maybe it’s just because I love that particular NIN song so much, but this is the first trailer to make me actually want to see this. That said, it does finally give away the movie’s “hook” (hint: it’s something other than “Let’s shoot robots!”), and while it is desperately unoriginal, we can hope they get it right.
02/27/2009
We’re having a Jurassic Park day at the office and on Twitter. Join us, won’t you.
