December 2009
8 posts
WatchAphex Twin. Hideously beautiful. Ever since Windowlicker I have been strangely attracted to this man’s music and performances. That strange feeling of being repelled and attracted at the same time is astonishing in that famous ending scene at the beach, when Richard D. James sprays champagne over wet-white bikini-clad voluptuousness with Aphex Twin masks.
His videos are not the only...
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WatchGreat visualisation of British, France, Portuguese and Spanish empires literally breaking apart.
Visualizing empires decline on Vimeo
DRM ruins Avatar premiere for hundreds of cinemas... →
Avatar is just too technically complicated for its own good. Besides personal doubts on the heavy use of CGI as a replacement of human acting, and the usage of the 3D gimmick, this adds the failure of DRM. My prediction: none of these three is ever (ever? Yes: ever) going to work.
Why?
1. The mystique of acting and actors is essential to movies;
2. 3D does not add, it only subtracts from the...
Watchjakelodwick:
I’m surprised it’s cheaper, easier to fake such ‘normal’ shots!
Stargate Studios via wedontneedroads.
Pff… movie stars cannot even be bothered to walk outside…
