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Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) [video]
I stopped watching network TV some time ago and haven’t been impressed with what hollywood has been pushing for a long time. They call them re-boots but, except for Battlestar Galactica, they’ve felt more like retreads, showing no respect for the source material. Or once they have a hit they ride that property until whatever […]
MoreANOTHER EARTH Official HD Trailer [video]
Saw this film over this past weekend, this is must see if you care about great story telling and films that make you think. Uploaded by FoxSearchlight on Apr 21, 2011 In ANOTHER EARTH, Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a bright young woman accepted into MIT’s astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, […]
MoreHarry Potter: “Big Beat Repeat” Music Video
I guess this one is better than the mash-up that hints at a special relationship between Harry and Ron. Enjoy.
MoreRollTop Laptop – Answering Yesterday’s Laptop Design Shortcomings
What could we do if we had flexible display materials? As advanced as the tech seems, it still might not fly because the rolled up size still seem too big when one thinks about how small and thin and light-weight the Apple Macbook Air, the Sony Vaio X- and P-series and the various netbooks already […]
MoreAlive in Joberg by Neill Blomkamp Spyfilms (District 9 director)
This is the short film that Peter Jackson saw and signed up the director to do the “Halo” movie. With that movie in the tank, Blomkamp was able to build on ideas from this short to create “District 9.” I can hardly wait for the “behind the scenes” featurettes on the DVD.
MoreShaking Hands with EcceRobot
Seminal Sci-fi author William Gibson retweeted the link to the following video and the comments of @twiliteminotaur: “Creepy-cool in that old Gigerian sense of cyberpunk. Terminator’s in the anatomical details.” Fellow fan and skeptic of all things robotic, Lisa Smith, wondered why they’d go to such lengths to make the robot so human-like in function […]
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