Ray Bradbury 1920-2012
It was a pleasure to burn. –Ray Bradbury, the opening sentence of Fahrenheit 451 For many Americans, the news of Ray Bradbury’s death immediately brought to mind images from his work, imprinted in our minds, often from a young age. His gift for storytelling reshaped our culture and expanded our world. But Ray also understood […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 16
It’s sweet sixteen; Pop Culture Roundup 16, Fam! A brand-spanking-new Prometheus to feed that pulsating hype monster at the header. (image via) Marvel’s The Avengers Featurette – Black Widow: Marvel’s The Avengers – Regal Theaters Preview: Via Wired, Mondo is set to release the final wave of Avengers prints. Last week, we saw entries by Tom Whalen […]
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Taiyuan Theater IV / Yaohua Wang Architecture
Yaohua Wang Architecture: Taiyuan Theater, which is a small scale experimental theater, located at a cross road in Taiyuan Yin Ze District. The theater has two main spaces, stacking vertically. The performance space has been surrounded by sound proof glass, providing a unique view to the city context that creates an interesting relationship between city […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 15
Pop Culture Roundup 15. Get. It. On. Boom. Another creepified, deliciously disturbing viral short (header) for Prometheus featuring Michael Fassbender as android David. Welcome to the eighth generation of cybernetic advancement. The new David 8 has been re-imagined, re-engineered and brought to life with better technological, intellectual, physical and emotional performance than ever before.
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ATLAS / Ben Reubold
ATLAS by Germany’s Ben Reubold is an intriguing CG film that incorporates elements of sci-fi and surrealism. Gorgeous and bizarre motion design. –@teemunny
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Pop Culture Roundup 14
Number 14 coming at you… JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (trailer above at header) is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 12
Let’s jump right into the twelfth edition of the Pop Culture Roundup. We featured a host of Prometheus hype in the previous PCR, here’s some more stuff. Soak in the WonderCon Exclusive at the header. Also, we featured the unlocked high-resolution image of star map control room in PCR 11; clever hackers have uncovered these two […]
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RUIN / OddBall Animation
RUIN is an exciting animated sci-fi short set in a post-apocalyptic universe. It was created by Wes Ball and OddBall Animation, a visual effects, animation, and design company from Los Angeles. Strap in and check out the entertaining eight-and-a-half minute short, it has splendid design, coupled with superb camera work and action. Can hardly wait for the […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 11
It’s a post-Wondercon, post-St.Patty’s Pop Culture Roundup! So, how’s that hangover treating you? Did you get your fill of green beer? Did Erin Go Barf? How was it battling that parade of DUI checkpoints, weekend warriors, d-bags, rookie drinkers and novices that can’t hold their liquor? Seriously, St. Patrick’s Day is right behind NYE when […]
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Remote Control Quadrotor DeLorean / Back to the Future II
Full disclosure: I love anything that is related to Back to the Future II. This do-it-yourself is almost as cool as Mr. Fusion. These clever Russian lads have created a remote control DeLorean time machine using quadrotor technology. Check it out, McFly, it’s cute as a button and completely bitchin’. In addition, check out below, the […]
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Ralph McQuarrie 1929-2012
A very belated post. Another pop culture legend and artist has passed. Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator who designed the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Cocoon (for which he won an Academy Award) died at the age of 82 from complications of Parkinson’s disease at his Berkeley, […]
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Mœbius (Jean Giraud) 1938-2012
Famed French comic artist Jean Giraud passed away on Saturday morning in Paris, France. Most of the world knows him as his alias Mœbius. He died at the age of 73 after battling cancer. He had a great and influential career spanning more than fifty years. Usually annoyed, quasi-resentful and weary when people narcissistically find a way […]
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