Saturday, 3 June 2023
quote [ The 1998 Jim Carrey film about a man whose entire life is filmed came to embody a new age of reality television. And, 25 years on, it continues to resonate, writes Emily Maskell. ]
He feels in the Truman show
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023
quote [ What if a gun had a soul? ]
More on great animation in this short feature. Here's another feature on Brad Bird.
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Tuesday, 30 May 2023
quote [ It almost makes me freak out now, just thinking about how many near misses this thing probably had. It was like bowling a strike. You?re like, ?It?s going to make it, it?s going to make it,? and you hit that, and that may never happen again. ]
Loong read. Very interesting, a bit sad at the end, as they closed down the studio. The art director quit shortly afterwards and is a freelance artist since.
full in extended
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quote [ Blobby ]
Oh Mr Blobby, if only you could make us understand
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj85mq/mr-blobby-oral-history-television
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Tuesday, 23 May 2023
quote [ Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British governor in ?RRR,? an Asgardian warrior in the ?Thor? films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO?s ?Rome,? has died. He was 58. ]
This hit me kinda hard. Stevenson's performance in HBO's "Rome" is one of my favorite screen characters ever. I've modeled a lot of FRPG and MMORPG fighters after Titus Pullo.
Val?, brother. XIII in aeternum.
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023
quote [ In 1986, Barbara Lowe Vollick won five games of ?Jeopardy!? in a row. Her episodes were then taken out of circulation. What followed was a nearly 40-year hunt for the missing tapes?and a quest to find out what really happened. ]
I got no questions, no Jeopardy
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Tuesday, 16 May 2023
quote [ the heart of ?The Conversation?s? appeal, then and now, is the way it combines an exceptional character study, a thriller plot and an ability to superbly convey the unease of a society where blanket surveillance is getting to be the norm. ]
Thought of this film today and look-a: it's viewable online.
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Tuesday, 9 May 2023
quote [ whenever some kind of box office record is broken, the loser of the crown, be it a director or studio, publicly pats the victor on the back with a nice message. ]
Didn't know about this ? some nice visuals in here.
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Monday, 8 May 2023
quote [ Emma's wedding day takes a drastic turn when she is awakened by a powerful sorceress, setting off a transformation that leaves her life forever changed. Watc... ]
An interesting animation of sorts.
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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
quote [ The hypersleep capsules from which the team emerge on reaching the planet were expensive to build. Production designer Peter Lamont?s solution was to make just half of them, and place a mirror at the end of the set to double them up. ]
James Cameron doing cheesy budget cuts without anyone noticing.
From the great film blog of Neil Oseman. via Dan Douglas
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