George R. R. Martin prefers Forbidden Planet. Perhaps George should have borrowed from Shakespeare instead of Kurosawa… (Not that Forbidden Planet didn’t inspire a bottomless pit or two.)
The Muppet Show in Ham’s Deep
Indy IV does Connecticut
The new Indiana Jones movie will film some scenes in New Haven. (Could Indy be teaching at Yale?) And we have a time period: Local merchants are being asked to make their storefronts look like the ’50’s.
Movie News: Iron Man, Trek, Mummy, HP
ILM will be doing the visual effects for the upcoming Iron Man movie, with Skywalker Sound in on sound design and mixing. Ben Snow, who was VFX supervisor on AOTC, will head ILM’s team.
Also in film…
Video du jour: Action is his reward
I’m not particularly surprised that Michael Bublé covered the old Spider-man theme song, but a video? Apparently the song ran over the closing credits of Spider-Man 2, a Wikipedia ‘fact’ I am disinclined to personally confirm. Kelly?
The Gold Standard
What’s a list of summer blockbusters without Star Wars? I don’t know, but thankfully we don’t have to find out.
VES recognizes Star Wars
Star Wars is #1 on the Visual Effects Society’s list of the most-influential visual effects films of all time, surprising no one. Blade Runner, 2001, The Matrix, and Jurassic Park round out the top five.
“Guns. Lots of guns.”
Plenty of familiar moments in SF Signal’s seven coolest scenes in science fiction film and television. Including Raiders of the Lost Ark seems to be stretching the limits of ‘science fiction,’ though.
Spidey smashes Pirate, Sith records
The fine art of the sequel
Prompted by the summer movie season’s first big hype, Spider-Man 3*, MSNBC looks at the best and worst movie sequels. Empire Strikes Back makes the best list.
* Interested in Spidey? Pablo reviews the latest installment. (Spoilers!)