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Comment by doone on July 29, 2012 at 4:12pm

Star Wars Lego Chess-Set Trilogy

Brandon Griffith hat 2009 ein Schachset aus Star Wars-Lego zu „A New Hope“ gebaut, dann hat er 2010 eins zu „Empire strikes back“ gebaut. Jetzt hat er eins zu „Return of the Jedi“ gebaut und ich liebe den Skinglider-Ewok-Springer. Die Trilogie ist damit komplett und andere Filme gibt es erwiesenermaßen nicht. (via Brothers Brick)

Comment by doone on July 12, 2012 at 8:23pm

Creature from the Black Lagoon: Behind the Scenes-Shots

Retronaut hat ein paar schöne Behind the Scenes-Aufnahmen zu „Creature from the Black Lagoon“ gepostet und über den Via-Link landet man im Monsterkidclassichorrorforum bei einer Liste zu drölftausend alter Production-Stills zu allen möglichen Horrorfilm-Klassikern:The Fly, hier noch mehr Shots zu Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Incredible Shrinking Man oder Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.

Comment by doone on July 12, 2012 at 1:43pm

Bust Down the Door and Eat all of the Chickens by the Writer of The Had Goat Heads

Comment by doone on June 30, 2012 at 5:28pm

SUPER-DREAMS OF AN ALTERNATE WORLD ORDER

Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott discuss the meaning of superhero movies, in the NYT:

MANOHLA DARGIS On one level the allure of comic book movies is obvious, because, among other attractions, they tap into deeply rooted national myths, including that of American Eden (Superman’s Smallville); the Western hero (who’s separate from the world and also its savior); and American exceptionalism (that this country is different from all others because of its mission to make “the world safe for democracy,” as Woodrow Wilson and, I believe, Iron Man, both put it). Both Depression babies, Superman and Batman, were initially hard-boiled types, and it’s worth remembering that the DC in DC Comics was for Detective Comics. Since then the suits have largely remained the same even as the figures wearing them have changed with their times. Every age has the superhero it wants, needs or deserves.

Comic book movies are also fun (except when they’re not) and often easy viewing (except when they make your head hurt). They’re also blunt: A guy in a unitard pummels another guy — pow! — and saves the day, the girl and the studio. I like some comic-book movies very much, dislike others. But as a film lover I am frustrated by how the current system of flooding theaters with the same handful of titles limits my choices. (According to boxofficemojo.com “The Avengers” opened on 4,349 screens in the United States and Canada, close to 1 in 10.) The success of these movies also shores up a false market rationale that’s used to justify blockbusters in general: that is, these movies make money, therefore people like them; people like them, therefore these movies are made.

SCOTT And yet these stories do have some appeal, beyond the familiarity of the characters and the relentlessness of the marketing campaigns. As you suggest, they strike mythic, archetypal chords, and cater to a persistent hunger for large-scale, accessible narratives of good and evil.

It’s telling that Hollywood placed a big bet on superheroes at a time when two of its traditional heroic genres — the western and the war movie — were in eclipse, partly because they seemed ideologically out of kilter with the times.

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Comment by doone on June 27, 2012 at 6:49am

Surreal Illustrations By Igor Morsky

To the world of fantasy and beyond. http://www.buzzfeed.com/willio/surreal-illustrations-by-igor-morsky...

 

 

Comment by doone on June 21, 2012 at 5:50pm

A Wall of Awesome

Jun. 21, 2012

Comment by doone on June 21, 2012 at 5:32pm

Remember, when you go mountain climbing, make sure to always pack essential items. Pants, for example.

Comment by doone on June 16, 2012 at 7:08pm

Comment by doone on June 12, 2012 at 1:23pm

Terrifying Obsolete Technology

Jun. 11, 2012

Comment by doone on June 11, 2012 at 12:31pm

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