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Apocalypto Trailer Subliminal

Published on 26 Nov 2006 at 2:28 pm. No Comments.
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OK, check out this trailer for Apocalypto.
Now, watch it again. Pause and go frame by frame (arrow keys) right after the guy gets caught in the net. You will see something weird. (If you get to the screaming monkey you’ve gone too far.)
ps: I’m not planning on seeing Apocalypto, but part of me is wondering […]

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Boooo, hissss!

Published on 14 Oct 2005 at 12:52 am. No Comments.
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First Red Eye, then Flight Plan - seems like planes are the new “hot” setting for movies. From the director of Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco - Samuel Jackson is starring in the very aptly-named Snakes on a Plane.
On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing […]

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Serenity, wow!

Published on 7 Oct 2005 at 9:18 pm. No Comments.
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I’m a relative newcomer to the Firefly universe. Well, I did watch it when it was first on TV, but (since the network somehow decided to show the third episode first) I didn’t really get it and I (and millions of others) never watched it again.
I’m not a Buffy fan, and I’ve never watched […]

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Vanishing Point

Published on 30 Sep 2005 at 5:59 pm. No Comments.
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I’ve been wanting to watch Vanishing Point ever since I saw it listed as an inspiration for Activision’s Interstate ‘76, waaay back in ‘97. I finally got around to watching it this week, and I’m still sorting out my feelings about it.
(I’m going to spoil the movie now, so if you don’t want to know […]

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Star Wreck Interview

Published on 24 Sep 2005 at 9:37 am. 3 Comments.
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I was so impressed by what the Star Wreck team had pulled off, I contacted the director, Timo Vuorensola to hear more.

Grumpy Robot: How many people are in the cast? In the crew? On the effects team?
Timo Vuorensola: The movie is made by mainly 5 guys, but the entire crew consists of about 300 individuals. […]

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Finnish Sci-Fi at Its Finest

Published on 23 Sep 2005 at 1:27 pm. 1 Comment.
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For six years, a group of Finnish filmmakers have been working on an independent sci-fi parody film. In that time it has grown from a 15-minute “special-effects clip” to a full length film: Star Wrek: In the Pirkinning.
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on […]

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