A while back I mentioned the Elysium movie was coming out. There wasn’t a whole lot on it, but I was still looking forward to seeing more. Well that finally happened a couple of days ago when the trailer was released. Ringworld, some power armor, and robots. Yeah. I’m down.
Elysium HD Trailer
Worst Movie Death Scene Ever
This scene is from the 1979 Turkish film Kareteci Kiz. I’m posting it on UPT because sometimes you just have to share the wealth, enjoy!
Lucasfilm and ILM will Change how Movie Special Effects are Made
Kim Libreri of Lucasfilm spoke at the Technology Strategy Board event at BAFTA this week, presenting a demo of their motion-capture stage. They are gathering the actor’s motion captured data and putting their virtual characters in fully rendered environments in real time. They are also manipulating the assets, buildings, weather, landscape on the fly.
German Lasers blowing stuff up
Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Defense recently tested a 50kW, high-energy laser at their proving ground facility in Switzerland.
All we need now is a big, walking robot to mount the guns on and we are set!
Do You Want to Build a Snow Man and Other Horror Stories from Disney’s ‘Frozen’
Sometimes a mistake leads to an amazing new discovery that helps mankind. Sometimes, however, a mistake leads to horrible repercussions.
If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets.
Jon Negroni’s Pixar Theory Timeline
Jon Negroni has put together a dizzying theory on how all Pixar movies fit into one universe. Jon has created a narrative around the idea that major events and characters within every Pixar film are connected by an overarching story about technology. His narrative attempts to explain the anthropomorphized animals in Pixar films and why easter eggs about unrelated films appear throughout the Pixar filmography.
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