Andrew Niccol ("The Truman Show", "Gattaca", "S1mOne", "Lord of War") is reportedly developing a new movie called "I'm Mortal" which is set in a near future timescape. Humanity has conquered the aging process and people use time from their lives to pay for goods and services.
MTV has more information.
I'm not sure I would want to live in a world like that. Maybe the movie will show some people become self-sufficient, maybe not. I would certainly prefer self-sufficiency to selling off part of my lifespan.
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Showing posts with label scifi movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scifi movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Friday, December 18, 2009
Schlocky horror films to be updated
Fans of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "The Brood" rejoice (or tremble)! The L.A. Times reports that director Carl Rinsch is taking over responsibility for making the remake a made success.
Does anyone care?
I watched the original movie when I was a kid and very bored late at night when there was nothing else on television. I should have gone to sleep instead.
The premise of the original movie is that the so-called "missing link" is an amphibian humanoid whose descendants bypassed hominidism and evolved into modern humans. At least one lineage of the original fully developed critter survives in the Amazon river, apparently emerging from the depths once each generation to breed with human women.
There you have it: science fiction at its finest. I think I'd rather see a remake of "Ernest Goes To Camp".
I never watched "The Brood".
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Does anyone care?
I watched the original movie when I was a kid and very bored late at night when there was nothing else on television. I should have gone to sleep instead.
The premise of the original movie is that the so-called "missing link" is an amphibian humanoid whose descendants bypassed hominidism and evolved into modern humans. At least one lineage of the original fully developed critter survives in the Amazon river, apparently emerging from the depths once each generation to breed with human women.
There you have it: science fiction at its finest. I think I'd rather see a remake of "Ernest Goes To Camp".
I never watched "The Brood".
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Confusion over fourth Mad Max film
MovieHole recently announced that Tom Hardy and probably not Sam Worthington have been rumored to take over the role of Max in the Mad Max film franchise.
Mel Gibson, who rose to cinematic fame in the original Australian "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior" movies, announced some years ago he had no desire or intention of returning to the role he reprised in "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome".
George Miller will supposedly begin production work on "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" next year. Max is a survivor living in a post-apocalyptic Australia, which presumably survived a nuclear war better than other parts of the Earth. Nonetheless, despite hanging on to some semblance of civilization in "Mad Max", by "The Road Warrior" Australia's outback had become the province of leather-clad, gas-gazzling savages.
In "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" Max undermined the efforts of Tina Turner and her leather-clad barbarians to restore a semblance of civilization in BarterTown. Nonetheless, me managed to lead a ragtag group of orphaned teenagers and a very small genius of a man to the ruins of a coastal city (possibly Melbourne?), where most of them settled and rebooted civilization for real.
Bruce Spence ("Legend of the Seeker") played Max's aviator associate in "The Road Warrior" and "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome". One has to wonder where Miller thinks he can take the franchise now, unless he means to jump on the reboot bandwagon.
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Mel Gibson, who rose to cinematic fame in the original Australian "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior" movies, announced some years ago he had no desire or intention of returning to the role he reprised in "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome".
George Miller will supposedly begin production work on "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" next year. Max is a survivor living in a post-apocalyptic Australia, which presumably survived a nuclear war better than other parts of the Earth. Nonetheless, despite hanging on to some semblance of civilization in "Mad Max", by "The Road Warrior" Australia's outback had become the province of leather-clad, gas-gazzling savages.
In "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" Max undermined the efforts of Tina Turner and her leather-clad barbarians to restore a semblance of civilization in BarterTown. Nonetheless, me managed to lead a ragtag group of orphaned teenagers and a very small genius of a man to the ruins of a coastal city (possibly Melbourne?), where most of them settled and rebooted civilization for real.
Bruce Spence ("Legend of the Seeker") played Max's aviator associate in "The Road Warrior" and "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome". One has to wonder where Miller thinks he can take the franchise now, unless he means to jump on the reboot bandwagon.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Queen Eleanor College students film SciFi movie
Student films often presage the careers of very talented people who find their ways into professional film-making and broadcasting. PeterBorough Today reports that a group of students have completed filming a science fiction project with the help of a professional makeup artist.
The Broadway Cinema in Nottingham had a recent screening of the movie, which I would hope is eventually uploaded to YouTube or a similar service (legally) so that the rest of us can see it.
I'm a big fan of student films.
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The film, titled Darwin 200, was shot at Stamford School using the latest high-definition technology, and uses prosthetic make-up and CGI, to tell the story of how a special serum devised in a science class goes wrong, causing strange visitors to appear in the college, including a gorilla and Neanderthals.
The Broadway Cinema in Nottingham had a recent screening of the movie, which I would hope is eventually uploaded to YouTube or a similar service (legally) so that the rest of us can see it.
I'm a big fan of student films.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Trailer for "The Book of Eli"
There is something about post-apocalyptic movies that bugs me: the Earth is always a desert in such movies. Why is that? We now know that even under intense radiation plant and wildlife somehow manage to go on. A thermo-nuclear war would, I am sure, clean most life off the planet but the odds are pretty good that unless we figure out a way to boil the oceans off into space life would continue on Earth.
So I quibble over speculative details. I just wish someone would make a post-apocalyptic movie that doesn't portray the Earth as an inhospitable desert. Oh, wait, Kevin Costner did that in "Waterworld". Never mind.
So Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Beals, and Michael Gambon will lead a rag-tag fugitive cast in search of a good movie concept next January when "The Book of Eli" debuts in theaters. There is an official Website where you can watch the trailer I've embedded below. But there is nothing else, really.
Why do movie studios waste our time with these crappy, no-content sites? I'm not signing up with their Facebook account so I can carry their ads. I want to see interviews with the cast and producers. I want to see production stills. I want to see background material. I want to see a good, old-fashioned, fan-oriented Web site that digs deep into the story and helps me identify with it.
Because, frankly, I'm not sure I'm going to be all buzzed up to see yet another post-apocalyptic movie set in the desert. I'd rather see some imagination go into the movies I watch. The advance promotion suggests that imagination is probably the biggest deficit this film carries with it.
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So I quibble over speculative details. I just wish someone would make a post-apocalyptic movie that doesn't portray the Earth as an inhospitable desert. Oh, wait, Kevin Costner did that in "Waterworld". Never mind.
So Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Beals, and Michael Gambon will lead a rag-tag fugitive cast in search of a good movie concept next January when "The Book of Eli" debuts in theaters. There is an official Website where you can watch the trailer I've embedded below. But there is nothing else, really.
Why do movie studios waste our time with these crappy, no-content sites? I'm not signing up with their Facebook account so I can carry their ads. I want to see interviews with the cast and producers. I want to see production stills. I want to see background material. I want to see a good, old-fashioned, fan-oriented Web site that digs deep into the story and helps me identify with it.
Because, frankly, I'm not sure I'm going to be all buzzed up to see yet another post-apocalyptic movie set in the desert. I'd rather see some imagination go into the movies I watch. The advance promotion suggests that imagination is probably the biggest deficit this film carries with it.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Scifi video - "Quest For Heaven"
This is a pretty amazing and entertaining short film starring two young boys who convert the family SUV, garage, and an aluminum ladder into a starship. There is a Christian message at the very end (John 3:16) but the film is pretty cool. They are looking for heaven but what they find is adventure on the way.
The special effects are cheesy but the execution is pretty good. They use blue/green screen effects and "paint" in some energy weapons.
Don't get caught up in the continuity errors and bloopers -- just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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The special effects are cheesy but the execution is pretty good. They use blue/green screen effects and "paint" in some energy weapons.
Don't get caught up in the continuity errors and bloopers -- just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Trailer for Jessica Slavik's "Spacemare"
I love campy science fiction movies, especially when they are well-done campy science fiction movies that revel in campiness, glorifying the cheap schlocky look that old low-budget science fiction movies established as the standard to be exceeded by the least amount of effort.
Who can forget such classics as "The Giant Claw" and "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers"? Dudes, that was real schlock.
Well apparently Jessica Slavik loves schlock, too. Or, at the very least, she and her friends don't have a whole lot of money.
Still, this trailer for an upcoming low-budget film named "Spacemare" looks very promising. Keep your eyes out for the full-length version. It may not stay in theaters long -- if it makes to the theaters at all!
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Who can forget such classics as "The Giant Claw" and "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers"? Dudes, that was real schlock.
Well apparently Jessica Slavik loves schlock, too. Or, at the very least, she and her friends don't have a whole lot of money.
Still, this trailer for an upcoming low-budget film named "Spacemare" looks very promising. Keep your eyes out for the full-length version. It may not stay in theaters long -- if it makes to the theaters at all!
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Trailer for Gabriel Cowan's "Growth"
I never heard of this movie but Cowan apparently uploaded the trailer to YouTube and there I found it. Looks like a classic parasite-threatens-humanity SciFi/Thriller/Horror flick.
IMDB has this to say about the movie's plot:
I'm not really familiar with any of the people in the fairly extensive cast.
There is a Gabriel C channel at YouTube where you can find more videos.
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IMDB has this to say about the movie's plot:
In 1989, a breakthrough in advanced parasitic research on Cuttyhunk Island, gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising as subjects were experiencing heightened physical and mental strength and awareness. But, something in the experiment went horribly wrong and the island mysteriously lost three quarters of its population. Jamie Akerman fled the outbreak, which took her mothers life, twenty years ago. She now returns with her boyfriend and step brother, to sell the family property. There, they uncover the key to Jamie's disturbing past, and the horrifying secrets long suppressed by the town leader, Larkin. Now, a new strain of parasite has emerged, and threatens the island once again. Jamie struggles to survive and escape the obsessive pursuit of the local islanders who know that she has inherited more than she could ever have imagined. Written by Brandon
I'm not really familiar with any of the people in the fairly extensive cast.
There is a Gabriel C channel at YouTube where you can find more videos.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
"Reflections" - Short SciFi movie
You find all sorts of things on YouTube. I could probably upload quite a few home videos myself, if I took the time to make them. But every now and then I find something that goes a little beyond the quality of your basic home video.
Film students, professionals, semi-professionals, and some very dedicated amateurs can upload pretty interesting stuff. You see different expressions of old ideas. Hollywood didn't burn out all the techniques that could be used.
The supershort movie format, which tells a complete story in less than 10 minutes, can flourish under the right circumstances. I suspect video archiving sites like YouTube will help us find some real artists.
Anyway, here is a supershort film I found the other day that stands at least a head above the usual crowd of homegrown video on YouTube. What do you think of it?
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Film students, professionals, semi-professionals, and some very dedicated amateurs can upload pretty interesting stuff. You see different expressions of old ideas. Hollywood didn't burn out all the techniques that could be used.
The supershort movie format, which tells a complete story in less than 10 minutes, can flourish under the right circumstances. I suspect video archiving sites like YouTube will help us find some real artists.
Anyway, here is a supershort film I found the other day that stands at least a head above the usual crowd of homegrown video on YouTube. What do you think of it?
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
So you want to be in a scifi movie?
I don't really stay on top of film casting announcements because, frankly, I don't act and there are way too many movie projects in production.
Nonetheless, [url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/los-angeles-production-listings-1004003564.story]Backstage[/url] published a few interesting tidbits that I thought I would pass on.
"John Carter of Mars" begins filming in January 2010
Casting: Marcia Ross, Marcia Ross Casting, 500 S. Buena Vista, St. 210-D, Team Disney Bldg., Burbank, CA 91521.
Be prepared to travel to and live in Utah, I would guess (but I don't really know).
Other projects listed include:
"The A-Team"
Directed by Joe Carnahan. Casting: Tricia Wood, Aquila/Wood Casting, 1680 Vine St., Ste. 806, Hollywood, CA 90028. Shoots in late August in Canada.
"Footloose"
Written by Neil Meron. Directed by John Hartmere. Casting: Paramount Pictures Features Casting, Gail Levin, Andrew Brown, and Barbara McCarthy, 5555 Melrose Ave., Bob Hope Bldg., Room 206, Hollywood, CA 90038. Shoots in March 2010.
"MacGruber"
Written by Forte, John Solomon, and Jorma Taccone, who directs. Casting: Sheila Jaffe, 6330 San Vicente Blvd., 5th fl., Los Angeles, CA 900448. Shoots in mid-August.
And there are many more.
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Nonetheless, [url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/los-angeles-production-listings-1004003564.story]Backstage[/url] published a few interesting tidbits that I thought I would pass on.
"John Carter of Mars" begins filming in January 2010
Casting: Marcia Ross, Marcia Ross Casting, 500 S. Buena Vista, St. 210-D, Team Disney Bldg., Burbank, CA 91521.
Be prepared to travel to and live in Utah, I would guess (but I don't really know).
Other projects listed include:
"The A-Team"
Directed by Joe Carnahan. Casting: Tricia Wood, Aquila/Wood Casting, 1680 Vine St., Ste. 806, Hollywood, CA 90028. Shoots in late August in Canada.
"Footloose"
Written by Neil Meron. Directed by John Hartmere. Casting: Paramount Pictures Features Casting, Gail Levin, Andrew Brown, and Barbara McCarthy, 5555 Melrose Ave., Bob Hope Bldg., Room 206, Hollywood, CA 90038. Shoots in March 2010.
"MacGruber"
Written by Forte, John Solomon, and Jorma Taccone, who directs. Casting: Sheila Jaffe, 6330 San Vicente Blvd., 5th fl., Los Angeles, CA 900448. Shoots in mid-August.
And there are many more.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
India gets its first SciFi film festival
Screen India is carrying an interesting item about an upcoming science fiction film festival to be held in Mumbai (Bombay) in early 2010.
According to the article, this will be the first science fiction film festival in India. Here's a quick glimpse at the article:
Film festivals offer new film-makers opportunities to make names for themselves, but even well-established film-makers sometimes try out their less mainstream ideas in film festival venues to see if they can generate some major industry interest. Taking the Indian science fiction experience to the next level seems logical (and perhaps a bit late) for a nation that has more college-educated people than the United States.
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According to the article, this will be the first science fiction film festival in India. Here's a quick glimpse at the article:
Talking about the response in Mumbai he says, "It has been an encouraging response. I wasn’t expecting people to ask why, but it was great to see people saying why not? I met several people, including those at Fun Republic, Big Cinemas, NDTV Lumiere, FICCI Frames and Tech Fest, IIT Mumbai. As for the plan to host a festival in January, I don’t know whether we will have six or 60 films. But Tech Fest attracts to claim about 50,000 guests. And even if get 5,000 of these to attend the Mumbai science-fiction film festival screenings, it will be a bigger number than what we attract back in the UK."
Film festivals offer new film-makers opportunities to make names for themselves, but even well-established film-makers sometimes try out their less mainstream ideas in film festival venues to see if they can generate some major industry interest. Taking the Indian science fiction experience to the next level seems logical (and perhaps a bit late) for a nation that has more college-educated people than the United States.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Xenite adds new SciFi merchandise section
Thanks to Google discontinuing its AdSense Video Units, we needed to find another source of revenue to help manage our server costs. We've been participating in the Amazon affiliate program for several years but placing individual products across a large site or aggregating product links onto single pages is too time-consuming to be a worthwhile effort.
Amazon has now set up its AStore program that lets you create a dynamic store populated directly from their catalog. We've accordingly set up a Science Fiction & Fantasy Store for Xenite.Org and SF-Fandom visitors.
Although the main page covers all science fiction and fantasy topics for books, games, and movies, there are several dedicated sub-sections. We'll appreciate your helping out by making occasional purchases through the store. The Xenite.Org network is a non-profit/non-commercial fan site network.
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Amazon has now set up its AStore program that lets you create a dynamic store populated directly from their catalog. We've accordingly set up a Science Fiction & Fantasy Store for Xenite.Org and SF-Fandom visitors.
Although the main page covers all science fiction and fantasy topics for books, games, and movies, there are several dedicated sub-sections. We'll appreciate your helping out by making occasional purchases through the store. The Xenite.Org network is a non-profit/non-commercial fan site network.
- SciFi Store
- Harry Potter Store
- Hobbit Store
- Pulp Science Fiction Store
- Legend of the Seeker Store
- Stargate Store
- Star Trek Store
- Star Wars Store
- Terminator Store
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Custom film studio channels added to Xenite Movie Portal
Xenite.Org operates a Science Fiction Movies Portal to help people find special SciFi movie-related content on our network.
We've now added four custom channels to the site that incorporate video and news feeds from official film studio channels and Yahoo! news.
Please take a look at our:
We haven't yet found many official YouTube channels from major film studios but we're keeping an eye out for them.
You can subscribe to the channels provided on Xenite.Org but you have to log in with a Google or YouTube account. Xenite.Org is not responsible for the content in the channels.
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We've now added four custom channels to the site that incorporate video and news feeds from official film studio channels and Yahoo! news.
Please take a look at our:
We haven't yet found many official YouTube channels from major film studios but we're keeping an eye out for them.
You can subscribe to the channels provided on Xenite.Org but you have to log in with a Google or YouTube account. Xenite.Org is not responsible for the content in the channels.
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