August 31, 2009
Two Classic Matches from Wrestlemania 6
The Million Dollar Man vs. Jake The Snake
Dino Bravo vs. Hacksaw
Dino Bravo vs. Hacksaw
August 30, 2009
August 29, 2009
Pete Emslie
The humble and talented Mr. Emslie, a Character Design Teacher at Sheridan College, displays his technique on video:

Here's more of Pete's wonderful work: Cartoon Cave

Here's more of Pete's wonderful work: Cartoon Cave
August 28, 2009
August 27, 2009
August 26, 2009
David Carson
Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images. David is the "grunge typographer" whose magazine Ray Gun helped explode the possibilities of text on a page. Watch his talk on TED:

The Making of Your Favorite '80s Movie Besides 'Ghostbusters'
Remember that movie with the kids and pirate boat you liked to watch so much as a kid? The Goony, I believe it was called. Well, now you can see the difficulties director Richard Donner had in working with a cast of children in this 1985 making-of featurette. It looks like this film was probably Donner's most difficult shoot until Maverick, when the white hot chemistry between Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster was surely a distraction to all involved.
Phew, They Missed! No, Wait, I'm Cut to Pieces
No more having to constantly switch out DVDs just to watch a constant string of scenes where someone gets cut apart so precisely that there are several seconds of stunned silence before the person falls apart at the slice lines! If I ever suspect I've been cut to pieces, I'm going to immediately start trying to move around. I'd rather fall apart prematurely than look like I'm the last to know that my torso is no longer connected to my legs. This montage makes indulging that base desire a breeze:
A Kids in the Hall Comedy Murder Mystery
A departure from sketch comedy, "Death Comes to Town" is an eight-part comic murder mystery. When Death gets off the Greyhound bus in small town Shuckton, Ontario, the entire town is drawn in when one of its most distinguished citizens is found murdered. As a suspect is arrested and the trial plays out, the entire town is affected and its dark secrets are unraveled and exposed.Though not the sketch comedy that made the Kids famous around the world, Death Comes to Town will feature the original five Kids in the Hall, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thomson, all playing multiple characters, men and woman, all distinctively quirky, gender-bending, boundary pushing and definitively Kids in the Hall.
Principal photography will continue in North Bay until early October with broadcast scheduled on the CBC for January 2010.
August 25, 2009
August 24, 2009
Your Mind is the Scene of The Crime?
Described as a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind from "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan. Nolan wrote the original screenplay and hopes to shoot the sci-fi action film in the summer for a release during summer 2010.
Directed and written by Christopher Nolan, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine.
Directed and written by Christopher Nolan, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine.
Morning Glory

What causes these long, strange clouds? No one is sure. A rare type of cloud known as a Morning Glory cloud can stretch 1,000 kilometers long and occur at altitudes up to two kilometers high. Although similar roll clouds have been seen at specific places across the world, the ones over Burketown, Queensland Australia occur predictably every spring. Long, horizontal, circulating tubes of air might form when flowing, moist, cooling air encounters an inversion layer, an atmospheric layer where air temperature atypically increases with height. These tubes and surrounding air could cause dangerous turbulence for airplanes when clear. Morning Glory clouds can reportedly achieve an airspeed of 60 kilometers per hour over a surface with little discernible wind. Pictured above, photographer Mick Petroff photographed some Morning Glory clouds from his airplane near the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
August 23, 2009
22 Frames That Always Work
Having trouble writing the shot list for your awesome short film? When in doubt, turn to comics. Wally Wood was a comics artist, writer and publisher who was responsible for tons of iconic images from the 20th century. His quick sketch of "22 Panels That Always Work" is proving to be one of his more enduring legacies. It's getting passed around in new media circles these days and it remains a wonderful go-to resource for visual story-tellers in many mediums.
Ask any working comic book artist who has been in the business for a few years about "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work", and they know of it like it was the bible. So whether you're an aspiring comic book artist, a film student, or trying to get into storyboarding, I'd suggest you print it out and keep it handy when you're composing your shots. Download any of the two hi-res versions here:


Ask any working comic book artist who has been in the business for a few years about "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work", and they know of it like it was the bible. So whether you're an aspiring comic book artist, a film student, or trying to get into storyboarding, I'd suggest you print it out and keep it handy when you're composing your shots. Download any of the two hi-res versions here:


August 22, 2009
August 21, 2009
Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies Since 1992
I always find it interesting to hear big-time directors'
opinions of their favorite flicks, watch this clip to see
Tarantino's take on his favs.
Here's the transcribed list:
Battle RoyaleAnything Else
Audition
The Blade
Boogie Nights
Dazed & Confused
Dogville
Fight Club
Friday
The Host
The Insider
Joint Security Area
Lost In Translation
The Matrix
Memories of Murder
Police Story 3
Shaun of the Dead
Speed
Team America
Unbreakable
GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT movie review

Written by long time Superhero Animation God, Alan Burnett - and directed by Lauren Montgomery (SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY and the recent WONDER WOMAN film).
The basic story is that Hal Jordan becomes GL the way we all know. Then Sinestro and his fellow Corps members show up and take him to OA, where the Guardians doubt his abilities. Sinestro takes an

Thus begins Hal's first mission. The results are rather fantastic. What we end up with is an Animated Sci Fi version of TRAINING DAY that gets pretty darn intense. By the



Nice animation, great effects, superb designs, and impressive voice actors. You'll really dig this film if you love Green Lantern - and if you're a kid that has grown up


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Movie Review
The Effect of Style in Design



Alow me an analogy. A young carpenter builds a house. It is a great house and people like it. Soon, others want a house just like it. Different knobs, faucets and tile, but the exact same house. After some time, the carpenter has built hundreds of these houses and has grown very efficient in doing so. He can now build one in half the time as the first one took. So, is he a great carpenter? What if someone approached him to build a completely new house. Could he do it?

Designers need to evolve to survive just like anything else. There is always merit in figuring something out. I think this is what design is all about. The challenge is doing it the first time, not the 10th time. Once you find
With that said, I also wish to take issue with the client side of design. How does style effect client work. It is easy for most designers to do a great site for their own firm.

Most television animation producers want the most refined, consistent, safe,


Study art books that focus on whatever medium you're going for. Pixar's "Art of"


Take a lesson from music. Popular music is trend. But there are artists who surpass this, who stay around over time. Why? Because some artists have been in a perpetual state of reinvention since their first song.


August 20, 2009
August 19, 2009
August 18, 2009
August 17, 2009
'Legion' Trailer: Judgment Day Wears a Trenchcoat
Sure, you've seen that Matrix movie, and you've probably seen a Bible in your local Bible Shoppe, but have you ever seen the two FUSED??? Well, get ready to! In Legion, God is using his Godpower to turn humans into demonic Agent Smiths! But, thankfully, Paul Bettany as the Archangel Neo is there to protect the unborn Christ figure! Now that's some action you can take to church on Sunday, along with your shame!
Trailer:
[Via iwatchstuff]
August 15, 2009
Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky

Cloudy skies over Wuhan, China hid the delicate solar corona during July's total eclipse of the Sun. Still, the Moon's silhouette was highlighted by these glistening diamonds as the total eclipse phase ended. Caused by bright sunlight streaming through dips and valleys in the irregular terrain along the Moon's edge, the effect is known as Baily's Beads, named after Francis Baily who called attention to the phenomenon in 1836. The dramatic appearance of the beads at the beginning or end of a total solar eclipse is also known as the Diamond Ring effect. In this remarkable image, a small, pinkish solar prominence can also be seen along the edge, below the diamonds.
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Iron Giant turns 10 years old!

Writer-director Bird cut his teeth on 'The Simpsons', and his feature debut, which showcased the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr and Vin Diesel as the giant, is witty and endearing without being cute or condescending. The film has genuine atmosphere and texture. If you've never seen, go see it now! Here's a clip:
And here's the awesome trailer:
'Kick-Ass' Kind of Lives Up to Bold Name
Watch this trailer. It appears Kick-Ass, as its name implies, might genuinely be kind of kick-ass. I mean, assuming I'm using the term correctly. It's like a "cool" or a "rad," right? That's a "kick-ass"? Then yes. Oh, and it's recorded illegally from a convention, so don't tell Johnny Law. [Via iwatchstuff]
I mean, it's ridiculous, but also kind of kick-ass. Am I right?
August 13, 2009
Do you have a favorite drunkard?


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