Immortals, Arrows and Green Screens

#Immortals

Immortals. No, not the shitty Tony Curtis movie from the mid 90's.
The overproduced visual orgasm squirt that is the new Mickey Rourke film due to air in all three dimensions this November.

From acclaimed director Tarsem Singh..... oh wait, you've never heard of him?
Don't worry, neither has anybody else..... except for his mum.
Actually he's a fairly accomplished TV Commercial director in the USofA, you would have seen some of the ads he shot for Nike & Coca-Cola, but it's now clear that he's trying to make the jump to features.
Zach Braff stated with a little indie film called The Garden State, Peter Jackson Bad Taste, David Lynch Eraserhead and the list goes on, but Singh starts his feature film career rolling with this glutenous pig of a shit storm captured on film.

none the less, despite the fact that if you watch all three trailers, you question just how much of the film you haven't seen yet...The film looks pretty bad ass.


for hi res versions of all the trailers click here.

But i decided to do a bit of digging after seeing "FROM THE PRODUCERS OF 300" flash across my screen more times than i could count, and i laughed at the results.
Apart from 300, what else have the producers of this film churned out?

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)  *SHIT FILM*
Sanctum (2011)  *SHIT FILM*
Piranha 3D (2010)  *SHIT FILM*
Little Fockers (2010)  *SHIT FILM*
Skyline (2010)  *SHIT FILM*
Salt (2010)  *SHIT FILM*
Dear John (2010)  *SHIT FILM*
Nine (2009)  *SHIT FILM*
Twilight (2008)  *SHIT FILM*
Blonde Ambition (2007)  *SHIT FILM*
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)  *SHIT FILM*

but i'll still go see it because i'm an idiot.

Portal: No Escape.

#Portal #Noescape

Portal, for me, was easily one of the best games ever. The game play mechanics and simple but effective story telling/narration was intriguing and extremely well put together. So it's no surprise that people have taken that key concept and created some pretty spectacular short films/CGI demos. Here is one of my favourites, probably the best Portal short film i have seen.

Pencils, Texters and Paint

#CreateMake

One of my favourite artistic websites, and a frequent source of inspiration for me is CreateMake.com
After having drinks last night with a very talented and artistic friend of mine last night, I found these videos a wonderful treat to wake up to this morning.


Tony Riff from itdrewitself on Vimeo.


Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Pencil it In from Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Vimeo.


kid icarus // the screen printing duo from stillmotion on Vimeo.

Duck goes Tron

#Duck #Tron #Tongal

Tongal.com, a website that helps companies outsource their filmmaking requirements to the masses finally seems to be working.

Ryactive won the $5,000 prize as part of the Stuck on Duck competition which involved making a clever advertisement for their product with the intention of going viral.

Here's their ad.

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

@ParadiseLost3 @HBO 


Paradise Lost, a tip of the hat to the John Milton classic - Now the 3rd documentary in the series is scheduled to air on HBO in the coming months.
Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky document the chilling tale of the arrest of three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas and spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released because DNA evidence proved their innocence.





I really hope this film gets picked up and does the festival circuit here in Australia because i'd love to see it.


***** !! HOT OFF THE PRESS !! ****
Castle Awesome has been in contact with the films producers, and it turns out that the film will have it's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of it's HBO premiere.
When asked if the documentary had been scheduled to screen at any Australian film festivals, they replied "Not that we know of at this point."


So this all means that if we're to see this film in Australia before the end of the year, it's all up to the last remaining major film festival of the year - the Brisbane International Film Festival from the 4th to the 14th of November.
But after last years less than impressive line-up, I have little faith that the new management at BIFF can spot a good film even if it was in the Classics section of your local video shop.
Castle Awesome has given them the hot tip, but will they follow it up?

Wafa vs Wolfie - Tom Tom.

@Wafamusic #Wolfie #Tomtom

One of my favourite tracks of all time is Ewid Disco by Wafa. All i can think about when i listen to this is Ewoks dancing.

WAFA - Ewid Disco (Original Mix) by onmygrizzly
in fact, you should turn the sound off on this youtube clip and press play on the song and the video at the same time and enjoy the awesome. (there is probably a better clip to use, if Haynezeeboy or anyone else wants to find it and replace this one.)


So when i see that they have a new track out, along with a video, i get excited. Plus as per my post about Canon earlier, this was filmed on a Canon 7D - 17-50 f/ 2,8 - 50 f/1,4
FCP - Ae

Wafa vs Wolfie - Tom Tom from No Brainer Records on Vimeo.

WAFA vs WOLFIE - 'Tom Tom' (NBR010) incl. Riton, Slap in the Bass and Arcade remixes and a second original track 'Junk Kat' is out on Beatport 26th of August and two weeks later everywhere.

Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf (Gesaffelstein Remix)

#Gesaffelstein #Ducksauce #Bigbadwolf

Is there anything Gesaffelstein can't make sound fucking awesome? the answer is no.

Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf (Gesaffelstein Remix) by Rec Room

Dear Canon.

#canon #vincentlaforet

So this is something.


Here is the Vincent Laforet film in case you are interested, and yes, he does indeed use a helicopter, kinda defeats the purpose of "shot on a budget with no pre-production"

YES! Under the Covers PART 2!

@soulwax @2manydjs #radiosoulwax

The sequel to the most exciting radiosoulwax segment yet (Under the Covers) will be out in just a few hours. Be excited, take off your pants and feed your eyes and ears.

How to make money

#codblackops #Rezurrection

So it's pretty straight forward.

1. Create a game, an average one at best, riding on the success of a popular franchise.

2. Release a downloadable map pack for money

3. Buy a small island

If you are very greedy, repeat step 2, 3 more times.

Here is DLC pack número 4, Rezurrection

Shit Post Sunday - Bioware TV

@biofeed #BF3 #ME3

Live from Gamescon in Germany.

Watch live streaming video from biowaretv at livestream.com

Shit Post Sunday - Mass Combat Effect

@biofeed #masseffect3 @TeamXbox
I should probably finish the 2nd one now. This looks like it plays even more gears then the last one which i think is a good thing. And you can now melee with your omni-tool. AWESOME!


Remember this isn't coming out till March so it's still got a heap more development to go.

PRE-ORDER!

 

Shit Post Sunday - The VHS days.

#vhs #ratingsadvice #piracywarning

If you lived in Australia during the 90's you will appreciate this. Let me explain, this was the ratings advise and piracy warning at the start of every VHS tape whilst they were in existence.



I knew people who could recite this word for word. I loved that everyone would fast forward it and you'd be stuck with seeing 'HAVE YOU GOT WHAT YOU PAID FOR' slowly float across the screen.

Trying to recreate this on youtube isn't the same. I miss VHS today, maybe i'll fire up the old machine and put on "The Little Mermaid".


It was also a game to guess all the films in this.

Shit Post Sunday - The first pregnant man

@joan_rivers @billycrystal #manpregnant

Hey Joan I'm pretty sure directors shouldn't appear on the film's poster. 

Was this the first and last time this was done?

This film was directed by Joan Rivers (WTF?) and starred Billy Crystal as the world's first pregnant man (WTF?). Anyways watch the trailer below and it will explain everything for you.


Edit TimmehB - Also, the worlds second pregnant man. The greatest Arnie movie ever made.

Shit Post Sunday - Science is Awesome

@ABCCatalyst @MaryanneDemasi @abcscience

The (Australian) ABC show Catalyst is perhaps the best weekly science show on Earth. It's constantly interesting easily digestible bonerific science awesomeness. Watch this year old segment on living on Mars below and catch all the episodes online here. Watching Catalyst is probably the best way to pass time on public transport (download here for your idevice).

Vulkan Alarm is almost here!!!!

#zzt @ciaotiga @zombienation

We've been hearing this in mixes and youtube videos for months. Now it's here in all it's burning car glory, ZZT's Vulkan Alarm. Coming September 5 with remixes by Jan Driver, Proxy and Perc.

Cover the lower half of your body in soft butter and enjoy the video below.

TURN IT UP! ZZT always make enduring bodacious full sounding beats.



PRE ORDER!


UPDATE

THE ZZT ALBUM 
WILL BE OUT IN NOVEMBER!

Machete Maidens Unleashed.

#notquitehollywood #markhartley #machetemaidens

A few years ago a film about the making of Ozploitation films did the rounds.
It was called "Not Quite Hollywood"



And it was fucking awesome. An interesting look at everything that Australia used to do that put us on the map in the film industry.

The director Mark Hartley is back with a new doco on the Filipino film industry in the 70's and 80's.


Machete Maidens Unleashed! by moviestune

(there is something wrong with the audio sync in this trailer, i can't find another version of the trailer, so you just have to put up with it.)

Goodbye Modern Warfare hello Battlefield.

#BF3 @BF3_News #FPS

Battlefield just looks the tits and to me it's looking a whole lot more exciting than the upcoming Modern Warfare. I just can't wait to grab the controller and see how it feels to play. That's going to be the real test.

I find it hard to find a game that weighs the weapons correctly. I really haven't enjoyed the feeling of playing previous Battlefields but I'm determined to give this upcoming title a chance. I think that's why Modern Warfare is so addictive and popular. MW just feels right to play, the weapons feel weighted and 'there'. A hard thing to get right.

Take off your pants and watch this multiplayer footage to whet your appetite for this upcoming AAA release.





ANNNNNND CO-OP



Edit TimmehB - You can find the Battlefield 3 Press Release HERE which has a list of all the weapons, weapon accessories, solider equipment, solider specializations, vehicles and vehicle specializations. The fact sheet also says there will be 9 multiplayer maps. The only two revealed right now are Caspian Border and Operation Métro.


PRE ORDER!

  

Batman's Batwing

I'm a bit slow on the uptake of this one because it's now all over the interwebzzz, but yesterday MTV published some sweet photo's from the new Batman Film which is still currently in production.
And a couple of the photos just happen to feature the long anticipated Batwing.

...it looks pretty sweet.

Planking is Dead. Vive le Horsemaning!

#Horsemaning has taken over the Planking as the new Internet photo buz.

But WTF is the Horsemaning?! Actually, it's pretty old, it comes from the 20' with this photo :

About 100 years later the idea has travelled and people are using their imagination to make some damn crazy good photos these days!

So now you know what you have to do next time your bored at the office, home, holiday, with your boss, girlfriends or even pets.
An official website is going the be launched in the next weeks : http://www.horsemaning.com/