The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Typographic Anachronisms in Film – The Renaissance Anomaly
Do you notice the problems in the screenshot from Da Vinci’s Demons? A particularly interesting set of posts on Mark Simonson’s blog titled Son of Typecasting focuses on fonts used in film. Mark’s post Renaissance Anomaly stood out to me for pointing out the not-so-obvious errors in the image above.
[I]t has often proved true that the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
Martian Electric Spaceship Circa 1962
“This artist’s concept from 1962 show a three hundred-sixty ton spaceship, powered by a forty-megawatt nuclear-electric power plant, transporting a three-man crew to Mars. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center engineers, a five-ship convoy would make the round trip journey in about five hundred days.”
Pixar’s Enrico Casarosa’s short film “La Luna”
I’m an animation geek and have been a fan of Pixar Animation Studio since the Listerine ads from the early 90s– before I knew that there was such a thing…
What Does the Fox Say in the Lyrics to the Ylvis Music Video The Fox
Why is the single The Fox by Norwegian band Ylvis so strange and yet super catchy? Decide for yourself. We’ve got the lyrics.