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So F8DR is a "Pass"

My only small consolation is that the Cartoon Network's new "reality TV" programming strategy is completely f-ing retarded. Watch the retarded video here. (Ironically, this was shot in front of my f-ing apartment).

Going Green is Hard — No Impact Man Trailer

Give it up for this guy and his saintly wife. This looks pretty entertaining.

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James Cameron's New Movie is Freaking People the F Out

We wrote about Cameron's crazy 3D technology a while back. The first 24 minutes of the film, Avatar, is beginning to screen, and is apparently living up to the hizzy-ype.

Coming Soon has an insider report from a source who hasn't been hugely impressed by the first wave of the new 3D style films but was gobsmacked by this - "These creatures seem so real, that within minutes you forget you’re watching an enormous and very blue CGI character. Even the eyes are totally convincing. The characters have real personalities and a soul...How the hell is it possible that I never once felt like I’ve been watching a movie where almost everything comes out of a computer"

A source for MarketSaw says "Little fireflies and birds fly through the shots without being there. You just take them as the world, like a dove in Central Park. It's not placed there, it lives there and just happens to be in the shot... There’s a shot of leaves somewhere which is so photorealistic you don’t want to think it’s CGI. You believe this world from the get-go. It’s there, you don’t need to believe it because you will experience it". That site also has some images from the after party you can glimpse below.

UCSNord said on Twitter - "Stunning, literally jawdropping. Amazing visuals unlike any before seen, with incredible detail. CGI was photorealistic, characters look really real. Believe the hype, this movie will be massive."

You can read a description of the footage (?) over at Coming Soon, but I doubt it does it justice.

PIXAR, How They Do It — The Color Script

Anytime folks talk about PIXAR, the question that inevitably arises is ... "how the heck do they do it?" How do they create "magic" every -- single -- time? For a glimmer of insight, we might look to their meticulous planning and plotting. Check out PIXAR artist Lou Romano's "color script", which beautifully illustrates the story arc and emotions of "Up" in simple, wonderful static renderings. We start out with black and white newsreel footage (to establish the time frame)  ... then we go to the vibrant, hope-filled color of love, and a life shared ... then to the bleak monochrome of a life alone ... and finally, to the joyous color of adventure, discovery and rebirth.

This gives us some real insight into the ambition of a shop like PIXAR. They're not just going to take you from point A.to point B. (An old guys house to an exotic South American Jungle). They're going to take you on an emotional voyage. And one of the tools they employ to create this immersive experience, is the color spectrum. Good stuff.

Adam Sandler's Movie Within A Movie, From Funny People

This fake trailer is way funnier than Sandler's last "real" movie, Bedtime Stories.

George Simmons in "Re-Do" from Justin Long

Whiteout Trailer

This is an adaptation of the Greg Rucka graphic novel. The adapted script, by Chad & Carey Hayes (or Erich and Jon Hoeber, depending on who you ask — WTF?!) is a great example of a closed door thriller (takes place in a locked environment, w/out the possibility of escape. Alien is probably the most famous example of this.) Trailer looks pretty good, and I'm a sucker for Kate Beckinsale. She's one of the very few female actresses who can manage to be beautiful and beleivably bad-ass. (Weaver, Jolie and Garner are the only others who immediately come to mind) If this movie is as good as I think it's going to be, the studio is going to have a franchise character on it's hands. Carrie Stetko will be the Clarice Starling of the 21st century. You heard it here first.

Peep the cool book cover / movie poster comparison here.

Fab Four, Beatles Rock Band Animated Trailer

Whether you love it or hate it that Paul sold the Beatles catalog to play on a fucking gaming platform (?!) you've gotta admit that this animated trailer is "the tits". It reminds me of some of Jamie Hewlett's kick-ass Gorillaz animations. BTW - it's way better in high rez.

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