Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Movies category. Noteworthy entries are filed topmost.
McG’s Vision for Terminator Salvation
I do like the look, even if I am still struggling to see the need of another Terminator movie.
Exclusive Images Reveal McG’s Terminator Salvation Vision
The New Target is Robocop
Why is this happening? Is there such a big market for remakes of movies? Are they all out of ideas?
Now We Know: Aronofsky’s Robocop Not Sequel
We’ve asked before to no avail, but finally director Darren Aronofsky has come out and admitted that his new Robocop movie will not be a sequel to the previous three movies, but a ground-up reboot to the mechanical cop franchise.
Big Ideas
Radiohead held an online contest to remix “Nude” from their album – “In Rainbows” This was quite a difficult task for all the electronic musicians that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s near impossible to mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.
So what does this guy do? He remixes the song using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer, and HP Scanjet 3c, and a Hard Drive array. That’s both awesome and incredibly geeky.
Big Ideas (Don’t get any) from 1030 on Vimeo.
Soon To Be Available – Blade Runner: The Final Cut
I have always liked the movie Blade Runner, it has quite the atmosphere and some very nice use of setting the shots. Not to forget some pretty decent acting as well.
Anyhow, I have never gotten around to picking up a copy for my library, and maybe I was right to wait. The review I just stumbled over for the final cut makes me think I know what I want for Christmas 
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A few years later, in 2000, an effort was mounted to produce a legitimate Director’s Cut of the film, and to give it the elaborate DVD special edition treatment its fans had long sought. Some work was begun at this stage, but a variety of business and legal obstacles prevented the project from really gaining momentum. Eventually, however, the Blade Runner Partnership and Warner Bros. were able to come to an agreement that cleared the way for the effort to move ahead, just in time to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary in 2007. An incredible wealth of material related to Blade Runner’s original production was unearthed from the vaults, including some 977 cans of original film negative. Much of this footage was scanned at 4K resolution (some of the 65mm effects footage was even scanned at 8K) and an extensive restoration was begun. Restoration producer Charles de Lauzirika worked closely with Warner and Ridley Scott to assemble the director’s ultimate version of the film. The result is Blade Runner: The Final Cut, which makes its debut this Friday, October 5th, in a limited theatrical run in New York (at the Ziegfeld) and Los Angeles (at the Landmark). It also arrives on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD from Warner Home Video on December 18th (click here for all the details on the various versions that will be available on disc).
