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Beauty Is Embarassing, Wayne White

The Flying Insect Eqivalent of the X-Wing Assault on the Death Star

Swiped over at FilmDrunk. This is incredible and you should definitely click-thru and watch it in hi-def over on You Tube. Thanks to hi-resolution slo-mo, you can actually see bees clinging to the backs of hornets, who then go spinning off into epic death spirals. (SPOILER) When the hornets finally infiltrate the hive, the film crew somehow managed to get macro footage of hornets pulling bee larave out of their cocoons and feasting on the lil' bee babies. Take-away — DO NOT FUCK WITH JAPANESE HORNETS.

 

My Review of "The Big Year"

Some Decent Fall TV Logos

For the most part, television show logos are throwaway crap. I'm always amazed that the networks throw millions of dollars at developing these shows, but can't spend a few more bucks on the wrapper. FX has proven to be one of the exceptions to the rule (HBO generally does a great job too). The eerie gothic/deco influenced logo for the new Ryan Murphy show, American Gothic, is so unexpected and weird, it sets the tone for the show perfectly. And the double "N" slash for The Ringer logo is a clever nod to the show's premise of overlapping twins pretending to be a single person. Both logos communicate ideas. This is what good design does. So everyone else in the newtwork marketing and design departments — your fired.

Steven Soderbergh, 2 Trailers in 1 Month. How Does He Do It?

Isn't this the same guy who said he was retiring last year?

Harry Potter — Critics vs. Audience

Wow. First franchise in film history that got better with each movie?

 

Transformers, Critics vs. Audience

Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer

Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer from IndieGame: The Movie on Vimeo.

Green Lantern Opening — The Power Ring Ain't Gonna Fix 24%

“Even by the standards of the current run of mediocre comic-book movies, this one stands out for its egregious shoddiness.” -Dana Stevens, Slate

“Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad, it’s as bad as it gets — a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders, and cluttered chaos.” -Rex Reed, NY Observer

“Green Lantern is a new primer on how not to make a comicbook movie unless you want to screw sh*t up. Flat FX, smirky acting, clunky writing and clueless direction. WTF?” -Peter Travers, RS

 

Slow Emotion

This Chris Bryan video is the kind of thing that will make you want to go outside and pick flowers, and eat a mango, and ride a bike, and go swimming, and be younger, and have babies, and make love to pretty girls, and well ... you get the idea. Watch it in hi-def on Vimeo. Way cooler. Thanks, Glenn.

Chris Bryan Films Phantom Reel from Chris Bryan on Vimeo.