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February 9, 2013
ISSCV MK – Space Above & Beyond
To go along with the escort carrier, a new heavy lift ISSCV capable of transporting heavy armor from a ship in orbit to a planets surface.
Space: Above & Beyond
An original design for an escort carrier, for the SAAB series.
Awolnation Sail
Aside from being a good song, the video is quite cool. Check it out.
Video game movies…it can be done!
So apparently we’re in a strange bizzaro world where JJ Abrams gets to do whatever the hell he wants to…says people who don’t understand how Hollywood works. He makes money, his movies are often entertaining, and he makes money. Did I mention he makes money. It is the movie business after all, and not lets all smoke peyote, dance around a fire, rub paint on our faces and act out this script I wrote. It’s about what a dog feels when he can’t find his bone.
http://kotaku.com/5982227/half+life-portal-movies-are-in-early-development-stage-jj-abrams-says
http://kotaku.com/5982169/gabe-newell-and-jj-abrams-say-they-want-to-make-movies-and-games-together
So Abrams may very well make a Portal or Half-Life movie. Go for it. Despite the steady stream of expletives from the internet about how much it will suck, you’ll never know what it will actually be until you try.
When people see this, I think they miss the point and maybe Abrams does to. I don’t know yet.
I’m of the opinion a video game movie can work, it just hasn’t been done right yet. Think of it this way. Twenty-years ago, how many super hero comic books movies had been made that were of any decent quality. A handful at best and none that I an recall that weren’t called Superman or Batman. It took a new generation of film makers to come along, people who had grown up with those characters and could handle them responsibly, to do them justice. Games are the same way. We’re just now getting into a generation where adaptations of games can be done correctly. Forward Unto Dawn may be one of the best examples so far of a game universe being properly transitioned onto film, though there are also some fan efforts that also deserve credit And that’s because of the way it was handled. In addition to treating the source material with the necessary care and respect, they also didn’t try to recreate any of the games. They took the material that already existed and used it to tell a new story. That is where the future of video game movies, not in trying to recreate the experience of a game on film, but to take the world the game created and to tell a new story story set in that world. If Abrams can do that, then a Half Life and Portal movies could be wildly successful. If not, video games movies will likely continue to suck.
Also, if you haven’t seen Forward Unto Dawn, I highly recommend it. Even if you’re not a video game/Halo fan, it’s worth checking out. It’s a fine piece of military sci-fi in its own right.
February 8, 2013
Gynomite's Reading Room!
God bless, I love Lena Dunham, but she can come off as a bit much in interviews. Also, Terry Richardson, what did you do to her with that photo shoot?
Yesterday I tweeted that I wished gamer dudes would make a sexy calendar of themselves humping consoles so that I could take them more seriously, and lo and behold, they made one.
Funny.
Enterprise-C Pictorial Deluxe
The Enterprise C, in it's guise as the Yamaguchi, awaits it's turn on the motion control rig at Image G in the Valley.
Ever since we laid eyes on this doomed Ambassador class vessel, we have waged unconditional love for it. Like Marilyn, cut down in her prime, the legend has grown to larger than life status. Certainly when we watched…
The Ambassador Class, better known as Enterprise-C. We didn't get to see her much of her during the days of TNG, and even less now. Take a look though at the craftsmanship but into the model, back during a time when sci-fi was still done with physical models.
February 6, 2013
More Star Wars, there will be…
Ready for even more Star Wars films. Great! Because you’re getting them whether you want them or not.
Apparently individual character films, will accompany the next trilogy, sort of like the Wolverine films…or maybe more like the standalone Marvel films that worked up to the Avengers. Either way, [quote]Disney CEO Bob Iger has now confirmed that Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi writer Lawrence Kasdan and Sherlock Holmes and X-Men: Days of Future Past writer Simon Kinberg are indeed working on new Star Wars movies that will stand apart from the trilogy J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt are kicking off with Episode VII. Here’s how Iger explains Kasdan and Kinberg’s brief:
[They're] working on films derived from great Star Wars characters that are not part of the overall saga, so we still plan to make Star Wars VII, VIII and IX roughly over a six year period of time starting in 2015. But there are going to be a few other films released in that period of time, too.
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So what characters would you want to see get films. I think Yoda, Han, and Lando are likely to be among the most popular choices. Though this would also be a great opportunity to bring lesser known characters to the forefront as well.
January 20, 2013
Whose birthday will I be celebrating?
Reblogged from Gunsmoke and Knitting:
Leonard "Bones" McCoy, born January 20, 2227.
STARFLEET HISTORICAL FILE: McCoy, Leonard H.
Mid-level Biography Brief Mode
Final Rank: Admiral, retired
Full Name: Leonard H. McCoy, M.D.
Year of birth: 2227
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. David McCoy
Education: University of Mississippi, 2245-49; medical school, 2249-53
Marital status: Divorced
Children: A daughter, Joanna
Quarters: Original Enterprise: 3F 127
Dammit Jim, It's my birthday, not a funeral.
