She has a Ph.D from Oxford?!?!
A Rhodes scholar ?!?!
Wow.
MSNBC's newest talk show host is the talk of the town.
Showing posts with label movies and television and music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies and television and music. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wonders Of Mathematics
Or what mathematicians do when they're bored and obsessed.
Jason Brown, Dalhousie University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics, uncovers the hidden secret of George Harrison's guitar intro of 'A Hard Day's Night'.
Dr. Brown deduced that Beatle's producer, George Martin, may have a ticled the ivories in that recording.
From Slashdot.
Jason Brown, Dalhousie University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics, uncovers the hidden secret of George Harrison's guitar intro of 'A Hard Day's Night'.
Dr. Brown deduced that Beatle's producer, George Martin, may have a ticled the ivories in that recording.
From Slashdot.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Searching For Robert Johsnon
Frank Digiacomo writes in Vanity Fair about Steven Schein's journey to discover the story behind an unseen photo of legendary blues man Robert Jonhson Schein found on Ebay.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
3-D Movies
Since the 2006 release of Beowulf, news about 3-D filmmaking, 3-D display, more 3-D movies have been intruding on my consciousness.
Is today's technology be sufficient for another comeback for 3-D?
Is today's technology be sufficient for another comeback for 3-D?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
George Lucas Yanks Dissy Review Of 'Clone Wars'
It seems George Lucas has developed thin skin this days, removing critical reviews of 'Clone Wars'.
In my opinion, George Lucas did not go into a steep decline after 'Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi", he jumped off form one precipice to another.
Anyone recall 'Howard the Duck'?
In my opinion, George Lucas did not go into a steep decline after 'Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi", he jumped off form one precipice to another.
Anyone recall 'Howard the Duck'?
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Some Technical Details On Batman: The Dark Knight
Film & Video has an interesting article pertaining to using IMAX to film a number of sequence of Batman: The Dark Knight.
That film is just pushed way past the technical boundries of film making (or should I say movie making?).
8K pixel resolution, processed on 900 quad-core processors, processing 200MB per frame, the whole film churned out a total of 100TB of data.
Niiiice...
From Slashdot.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Cartoon Shows I Like
Shaun the Sheep on Disney, for the clay animation. And it is funny.
Hey Arnold! on Nickelodeon for the jazz music. And it is nice.
Hey Arnold! on Nickelodeon for the jazz music. And it is nice.
Friday, July 4, 2008
How They Filmed Wall•E
By mimicking a camera on a dolly and finessing the lens mathematics to make act like the real thing.
Fascinating stuff at Animation World.
From Daring Fireball.
Fascinating stuff at Animation World.
From Daring Fireball.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
George Takei Wedding
Missed this one.
Walter 'Chekov' Koenig will be the Best Man.
Nichelle 'Uhura' Nichols will be the Matron of Honor.
Leonard 'Spock' Nimoy will be a guest.
William 'Sulu Does Not Like Him' Shatner is not mentioned.
Walter 'Chekov' Koenig will be the Best Man.
Nichelle 'Uhura' Nichols will be the Matron of Honor.
Leonard 'Spock' Nimoy will be a guest.
William 'Sulu Does Not Like Him' Shatner is not mentioned.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Philip K. Dick's 'Ubik'
Celluloid Dreams purchased the movie rights to the book.
I just borrowed the book from Dom and read it last December 2007.
So how many Philip K. Dick books have been turned into movies?
Does Jane Austen even compete?
I just borrowed the book from Dom and read it last December 2007.
So how many Philip K. Dick books have been turned into movies?
Does Jane Austen even compete?
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
300
Finally saw '300' on HBO last night, about a year after its release.
When Xerxes made his first appearance it struck me that Yul Brynner would be just a good choice as Rodrigo Santoro.
If he was alive.
And 30 years old, or so.
And yes, I enjoyed the movie.
When Xerxes made his first appearance it struck me that Yul Brynner would be just a good choice as Rodrigo Santoro.
If he was alive.
And 30 years old, or so.
And yes, I enjoyed the movie.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr is fitting for the role.
He can totally relate to Tony Stark's bout with alcoholism and 'personal difficulties'.
No word on wether I want to watch it. I am shying away from movies with nowadays too much CGI... preferring animated features (drawn or stop-motion).
He can totally relate to Tony Stark's bout with alcoholism and 'personal difficulties'.
No word on wether I want to watch it. I am shying away from movies with nowadays too much CGI... preferring animated features (drawn or stop-motion).
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Martin Scorsese "Shine a Light"
For reasons I cannot yet fully articulate, this film will be on my buy list.
I have not purchased DVDs in 2 years.
No. I did not download the movies I want to watch.
I did not watch much movies at all.
It all started with Star Wars Episode 1, then came Star Wars Episode II... I got sick of all the CGI.
I have it said it before: Steven Spielberg tells better stories than George Lucas.
I have not purchased DVDs in 2 years.
No. I did not download the movies I want to watch.
I did not watch much movies at all.
It all started with Star Wars Episode 1, then came Star Wars Episode II... I got sick of all the CGI.
I have it said it before: Steven Spielberg tells better stories than George Lucas.
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