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Oct
11
2010
0Oct
8
2010
0Now this is really something I would like to see.
Ridley Scott is going back to the man who gave him one of his greatest movies, Blade Runner. What would the world look like if we’d lost World War II? Scott’s Man in the High Castle miniseries will show us.
According to the Guardian Ridley Scott is producing a four-part BBC miniseries based on Philip K Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle. Howard Brenton, the playwright and Spooks writer, is presently adapting the book. Its a pretty complicated story with handful of story lines that follow a variety of characters, so it’s perfect miniseries fodder. It should be interesting to see if Scott keeps his miniseries set in the same time period as the book, the 1960s — we feel like he may be tempted to update it to the here and now. But either way, we’re really excited to watch the world-building begin on this feature.
http://io9.com/5658586/ridley-scott-goes-back-to-philip-k-dick-for-the-man-in-the-high-castle
Sep
30
2010
0The BBC have published a showreel of their up and coming dramas. Of course Doctor Who features in it but also:
Sep
17
2010
0Looking forward to Fringe series 3
With season 3, Fringe becomes the most daring show on television
Fringe has already proven that it’s willing to take its alternate-universe concept in shocking directions. But the first two episodes of season three have so many mind-blowing, thought-provoking, can’t-believe-they-went-there moments, you’ll have to watch them twice. Here’s our spoiler-free preview.
We were lucky enough to watch the first two episodes of Fringe‘s new season, premiering next week, and we were utterly blown away. And that’s with high expectations to begin with — the first two hours of the season blow past any expectations you might have had. The result is genuinely creepy, funny, weird and awesome. Put together, the first two hours of Fringe season three make for one of the best science fiction movies I’ve seen in a while, and they leave me dying to know what happens next.
The new status quo, as anybody who saw the tail end of season two knows, is that Walter and Olivia have successfully “rescued” Peter from the other universe. But Peter now knows the truth — that Walter originally kidpnapped him from that universe — and he’s seen the havoc it wrought. Plus Peter knows he’s supposed to be the key component in some kind of doomsday machine. Meanwhile, the other Walter, the crafty “Walternate,” substituted his universe’s version of Olivia — and the “real” Olivia is trapped in the other universe while her doppleganger pretends to be her.
The good news is, the new episodes hit the ground running with this new status quo, and waste absolutely no time setting a bunch of developments in motion. There’s none of the parceling out of developments that sometimes happened in season two, where people made decisions very slowly. This time around, things move quickly and you find out a lot in those first two outings. The other good news is, you may think you know where this tale of two Olivias is going, but you’d be wrong. Both Olivias very quickly take off in directions that you would never have predicted, but which actually wind up making a lot of sense. In fact, the whole decision to substitute “Bolivia” for “Olivia” turns out to have a logic behind it that wasn’t immediately apparent.
All of the stuff you loved in the first two seasons is back — Walter is still just as volatile and hilarious as ever, and the second episode includes some new Walter-isms that are already on my personal top ten list. Astrid still has silly nicknames, Peter is still suave and slightly skeevy. And the glimpses of the alternate universe are just as fascinating as ever, including some major revelations about their politics and science. Both episodes end with major shockers, though, and it’s safe to say that in a few weeks, things will be even stranger for our heroes than they already are.
All of the questions raised in season two are dealt with some more, especially the consequences of Walter’s actions and whether Walter should avoid taking crazy risks in the future. (Of course, if Walter never took any crazy risks, we wouldn’t have a show.)
In any case, this looks like the season when Fringe proves once and for all that it belongs up there with Twin Peaks, The Wire and the middle seasons of Star Trek: TNG. If you have friends who’ve wandered away from this show, time to drag them back to it.
Here’s a new cast picture, which just went up over at EW:
And here’s a new featurette about alternate universes, which does contain some spoilers:
Fringe is back a week from tonight.
via io9.com
Sep
12
2010
0Paul Bettany is becoming something of a serial offender when it comes to movies like this. I didn’t mind Legion this looks more or less the same movie with more post-apocalypse.
Sep
12
2010
0Now here’s an M Night Shyamalan movie that I would go to see…
Jun
12
2010
0So really you’d totally pay to go and see this movie right? Or an Entourage-type TV series?
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Jun
11
2010
0Not real footage from a new movie but a concept of how Fame director Kevin Tancharoen might to Mortal Kombat if he were let loose on it. OMFG it looks pretty fantastic. Michael Jai White hams it up a wee bit but when you think that it was filmed over the course of 2 days I think you’ll agree it looks pretty stunning. More details here http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/10/full-details-on-kevin-tancharoens-mortal-kombat-rebirth/
[From Film and TV
Jan
20
2010
0This story about a man that died after going to see Avatar. According to the original story the man’s doctor blames James Cameron’s movie for triggering the stroke. The fact that the poor fellow had a long history of hypertension seems to further buried in the story. I’m even more afraid of going to see this film now.
A 42-year-old Taiwanese man died of a stroke, which his doctor claims was likely triggered by “over-excitement” from watching James Cameron’s Avatar in 3D. According to News.com.au, the man began to feel sick during a screening earlier this month and was taken to hospital.
Nov
12
2009
0Never mind… I can’t be bothered to write anything original so I’m just going to “reimagine” someone else’s article
This just in: he’s probably the only one.
John Travolta is excited about possibly starring in a remake of the classic ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ with buddy Tom Cruise. “Someone came up with a good idea – it was a remake of ‘Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid’ – and there was a rumor that we were gonna do that, and I said to Tom, ‘It’s not a terrible rumor, it’s not a bad idea,’” the ‘Grease’ star said.
The original is one of those untouchable movies, in my opinion. But maybe…MAYBE…ten years ago or so they coulda pulled it off. Now? Who wants to see chubby Travolta in his hairpiece running around in tight Western clothes? And also…
Sigh. I don’t have the energy anymore. Fuck it, let’s just remake everything OK? No more original movies. Cancel the “Star Trek” sequel. Start at the top, with the “Chaplin” movies, and end with the last official 2009 release, whatever that is. If you can’t beat ‘em, join them.
Source: Popeater