I was just at the mighty Trekcore.com perusing some pics from Star Trek Into Darkness, specifically photos of the new warp core.
The first thing that immediately sprang to my mind was, "Hoisin Sauce Rotator." I have no idea what this wacky piece of "treknobabble" means, but it makes about as much sense as any of the tech spewed on the various shows.
Now I'm seriously hungry for Chinese food.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy from A (Artoo-Detoo) to Z (Zardoz)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013
Ray Harryhausen, the visual effects maestro, passed away today at the age of 92.
Across five decades Mr. Harryhausen worked alone to create true movie magic; today it takes legions of technicians, artists, and craftsmen to do what he did.
SciFi and fantasy movie fans will recall Mr. Harryhausen's work in films such as, Mighty Joe Young (1949), Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), the incomparable Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), and his final film, Clash of the Titans (1981). He is known primarily for his mastery of stop motion animation, but he was often involved in story creation, drawing and designing the various creatures encountered in his movies, and handling many other areas of the special visual effects for his movies.
Mr. Harryhausen's films took us on adventures to all corners of the globe and across the ages. After watching Jason and the Argonauts or his Sinbad movies, who doesn't want to don a loincloth and head out across the sea in search of the unknown?
We will miss you Ray, but thank you for all the incredible films and thrilling adventures you gave us.
Across five decades Mr. Harryhausen worked alone to create true movie magic; today it takes legions of technicians, artists, and craftsmen to do what he did.
SciFi and fantasy movie fans will recall Mr. Harryhausen's work in films such as, Mighty Joe Young (1949), Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), the incomparable Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), and his final film, Clash of the Titans (1981). He is known primarily for his mastery of stop motion animation, but he was often involved in story creation, drawing and designing the various creatures encountered in his movies, and handling many other areas of the special visual effects for his movies.
Mr. Harryhausen's films took us on adventures to all corners of the globe and across the ages. After watching Jason and the Argonauts or his Sinbad movies, who doesn't want to don a loincloth and head out across the sea in search of the unknown?
We will miss you Ray, but thank you for all the incredible films and thrilling adventures you gave us.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
MANBORG. SAY IT LOUD, SAY IT PROUD. MANBORG!
If you ever wondered what would happen if a bunch of goofballs working at a cable access station, with full run of a chroma key backdrop, spliced their shenanigans into someone's Adobe AfterEffects demo reel I imagine that you'd get something along the lines of MANBORG.
You heard me: MANBORG. This MANBORG trailer looks incredibly stupid, but Variety and other blogs say it's good dumb - probably extremely dumb - fun.
Now I know for a fact that the mighty MANDROID from The Eliminators would kick MANBORG'S inferior metal ass like an M-1 tank rolling over a Yugo.
You heard me: MANBORG. This MANBORG trailer looks incredibly stupid, but Variety and other blogs say it's good dumb - probably extremely dumb - fun.
Now I know for a fact that the mighty MANDROID from The Eliminators would kick MANBORG'S inferior metal ass like an M-1 tank rolling over a Yugo.
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