Movies & Outfits / Giulia Villa
Graphic designer Giulia Villa interprets cult movie posters through the leading character’s signature outfits. Some of these characters include James Bond, Borat, characters from Star Wars and Kill Bill and more. Giulia Villa is currently based out of London. –@s_iravani
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Pop Culture Roundup 46
A human is composed of 46 chromosomes. The forty-sixth edition of Pop Culture Roundup is dedicated to your geek and fangirl/fanboy DNA. Here it goes… We stumbled upon this cool video tour at the header. Director Quentin Tarantino has filmed most of his work in his hometown of Los Angeles, California. We are referring to […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 45
Happy New Year, Fanpeeps. Remember when His Airness came back in ’95 and rocked #45 because they had already retired his number 23? This one goes out to the culture of comebacks. Presenting Pop Culture Roundup 45. Paramount just released eleven high resolution images from Star Trek Into Darkness. Set your phasers to fun and scope them out […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 41
It’s the triumphant return of Pop Culture Roundup. The forty-first edition is coming straight at your dome. Captain’s log, stardate 1207.12, the poster (/Film points out a common trend with these posters) and teaser trailer (above) for Star Trek Into Darkness has been released. This is J. J. Abrams‘ second installation of the franchise reboot. It’s what you’d […]
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Tornadoes and Figurescapes / Paintings by John Brosio
John Brosio studied at Art Center College of Design and is a talented and skilled oil painter painter based in South Pasadena. The subjects of his paintings vary; they range from tranquil suburban and rural scapes contrasted by the raging fury of impending tornadoes, to whimsical paintings such as the ones of figures donning Star Wars […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 39
Roundup, Pop Culture Roundup. It’s 39, Double-Ohs! We attended opening night of Skyfall, last Friday, and enjoyed it immensely. The opening was a huge success, raking in $87.8 million in North America, the 007 franchise’s best opening. It’s hard to imagine the production was nearly canceled, along with the series, due to MGM’s financial troubles. […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 37
Do you realize the English bard William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays? The more you know. It’s the 37th edition of the Pop Culture Roundup, Fam. You have been living under a rock or been dealing with more urgent life matters, such as surviving a hurricane, if you haven’t heard Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4 billion. The announcement was made […]
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Tandem Duct Aerial Vehicle / Aerofex
In January 2012, Aerofex presented its recent work at the American Helicopter Society Future Vertical Lift Conference in San Francisco. The technology discussed utilizes ejector dynamics to augment the thrust and control of ducted-fan aircraft. The goal of the effort is to simplify vertical flight, in this case by eliminating the complexity of cyclically-variable rotors. […]
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Pop Culture Roundup 24
Paging Jack Bauer, you are wanted at The Superslice headquarters. It’s Pop Culture Roundup 24, Agents. The DREDD trailer finally dropped and it is over-the-top and entertaining (at header). I like Karl Urban and we’ll probably catch this one as a matinee. But is this franchise doomed like the multiple Punisher and Hulk movies they […]
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The STAR WARS Identities / Bleublancrouge
A captivating exhibition of work by advertising agency Bleublancrouge. The Star Wars Identities explore the rare treasures from the Lucasfilm archives. The exhibition is currently on display in Montreal, Canada. –@s_iravani The STAR WARS™ Identities exhibition will shed new light on the unforgettable Star Wars™ characters by exploring the theme of identity or “the forces that […]
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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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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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