Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
How Bruce Lee Changed the World - History Channel
Great documentary which covers Lee's influence from movies to UFC.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Fear of Science Will Kill Us
Really good talk...try to give it an unbiased listen.
Michael Specter is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of "Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens our Lives." TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," hosts talks on many subjects and makes them available through its Web site, http://www.ted.com/
Michael Specter is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of "Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens our Lives." TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," hosts talks on many subjects and makes them available through its Web site, http://www.ted.com/
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
"Paper Man" aka Ryan Reynolds independent superhero movie
A once-successful novelist (Jeff Daniels), constantly attended by the imaginary superhero who has been his pal since he was a kid, struggles to recover what made him great while watching his marriage fail. He derives some inspiration from his platonic friendship with a Cape Cod high-school girl.
This seems like what a indie is supposed to be. A ridiculous circumstance drives X to meet Y, which helps X like Z with Y. Seems simplistic enough but it allows known actors to play in unknown, uncomfortable or out-of-element situations, kinda like practice. I mean really, just listen to the pitch, "Jeff Daniels, you're going to be a once-successful novelist who's only friend is an imaginary superhero who has aged with you since you were little. Oh, and your marriage is failing. GO." I don't know, seems tricky to nail...So I'll probably see it...
This seems like what a indie is supposed to be. A ridiculous circumstance drives X to meet Y, which helps X like Z with Y. Seems simplistic enough but it allows known actors to play in unknown, uncomfortable or out-of-element situations, kinda like practice. I mean really, just listen to the pitch, "Jeff Daniels, you're going to be a once-successful novelist who's only friend is an imaginary superhero who has aged with you since you were little. Oh, and your marriage is failing. GO." I don't know, seems tricky to nail...So I'll probably see it...
"Unthinkable"...WWSLJDO?
So what would Samuel L. Jackson do as a terrorist interrogator? Or really, what wouldn't he do. I can hear "Say what again!" popping up in this movie.
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Next District 9....Erik Carl Rinsch's "The Gift"
The Next 'District 9' May Have Been Found
By: Erik Davis on April 9, 2010 at 2:25PM Comments (22)
Ever since District 9 hit theaters and surprised everyone with its excellent low-budget effects and well-written (read: smart) script, Hollywood has been on watch for the next round of do-it-yourself sci-fi to make itself known online. Remember, District 9 was born from a short film that director Neill Blomkamp put together himself, and now other up-and-coming directors are taking similar routes by producing their own out-of-this-world shorts in an effort to sell Hollywood on their smart, original, unique ideas.
'The Gift'
And it seems to be working, as a bunch of studios are now in a bidding war over a project from director Erik Carl Rinsch that's based on his short film, The Gift. Rinsch is a commercial director who's heavily involved with Ridley Scott's production company and is also said to be dating his daughter. He was also the chosen director for the new Alien movie but Fox decided to go with Ridley Scott instead because of Rinsch's lack of experience. Not for nothing, but his lack of experience certainly doesn't show in this short film.
The short was put online during the week, and shortly after a number of studios began battling for the rights to a feature based on only a few minutes of what looked like a really cool futuristic robot-centric, Bourne-like action movie.
Not long after that, word came down from Slashfilm that the feature film they were all bidding on was actually already written, designed and a lot further along in development than most of us had thought. The site also shared a few concept pieces that feature big robot creatures in snowy regions (the original short takes place in Russia). The feature film is called Small, and it's said to pick up right after the short ends. Since Ridley Scott has a deal with 20th Century Fox, most feel the feature will end up there.
Check out the short below and let us know if you think this has the potential to become the next District 9. There's definitely a similar vibe in the whole human vs. creature thing, and I also feel like there's some fascinating social commentary underneath it all, too. Watch and you'll see what I mean…
By: Erik Davis on April 9, 2010 at 2:25PM Comments (22)
Ever since District 9 hit theaters and surprised everyone with its excellent low-budget effects and well-written (read: smart) script, Hollywood has been on watch for the next round of do-it-yourself sci-fi to make itself known online. Remember, District 9 was born from a short film that director Neill Blomkamp put together himself, and now other up-and-coming directors are taking similar routes by producing their own out-of-this-world shorts in an effort to sell Hollywood on their smart, original, unique ideas.
'The Gift'
And it seems to be working, as a bunch of studios are now in a bidding war over a project from director Erik Carl Rinsch that's based on his short film, The Gift. Rinsch is a commercial director who's heavily involved with Ridley Scott's production company and is also said to be dating his daughter. He was also the chosen director for the new Alien movie but Fox decided to go with Ridley Scott instead because of Rinsch's lack of experience. Not for nothing, but his lack of experience certainly doesn't show in this short film.
The short was put online during the week, and shortly after a number of studios began battling for the rights to a feature based on only a few minutes of what looked like a really cool futuristic robot-centric, Bourne-like action movie.
Not long after that, word came down from Slashfilm that the feature film they were all bidding on was actually already written, designed and a lot further along in development than most of us had thought. The site also shared a few concept pieces that feature big robot creatures in snowy regions (the original short takes place in Russia). The feature film is called Small, and it's said to pick up right after the short ends. Since Ridley Scott has a deal with 20th Century Fox, most feel the feature will end up there.
Check out the short below and let us know if you think this has the potential to become the next District 9. There's definitely a similar vibe in the whole human vs. creature thing, and I also feel like there's some fascinating social commentary underneath it all, too. Watch and you'll see what I mean…
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Finally Arriving..."SPLICE"
Has potential especially with Adrian Brody, but then again he's doing another Predator's movie so....ehhh.
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