Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
2 weekends ago I participated in the annual 48 Hours Filmmaking Competition. Each team had to make a film containing a character named Sydney, a broken toy, the line "When you look at it that way", and a dolly zoom. Cutting straight to the chase, here is the result:
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of Robocop, the same team has released Aliens:
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Watching this reminds me what a great film Aliens turned out to be and how Avatar (by the same director) pales in comparison. It's not that Avatar was terrible but nobody ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
I own all of the Star Wars DVDs except for one - The Phantom Menace. Even the weakest of the others have a certain charm, but TPM was stupid through and through. Even the title is stupid! I have yet to work out exactly what the titular menace actually was. ...
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
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This guy is incredible, how does he do that?
Also worth watching, from the same guy:
Wolverine in 30 Seconds
Unemployed Hitman
Terminator Salvation in 60 Seconds
StarTrek in 47 Seconds
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
I was about 15 when I first read The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, and it left a pretty big impression on me. Something about Stoll's endearingly rambling tale of ingenuity in the face of what turned out to be a case of major international espionage really opened my eyes, ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
The War of the Worlds(warning, site features music and Richard Burton) stage show is is coming to Auckland at the end of the month. I am of course going, since it combines 4 of my favorite things: analogue synth-cheese, giant alien robots, large string sections and holographs. On ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
Of course you are!
See also the Ray Harryhausen Creature List.
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