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Steve Barnes

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:24:19 +1200

Here's an example Steve.

Seems I have a filthy mind, I read "grubby" as "adult" and was trying to make a subtle point about sex being treated as worse than violence.
Subtle point 2.
Isn't all good film acting mostly about emotion capture? It would be the "Action" genera that…

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:28:38 +1200

ahem – seems to have survived the experience

Pish. Remember, it's not a showpocalypse until there's an outbreak of situational cannibalism.

Joe Wylie

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:04:11 +1200

. . . can’t really imagine trying to hit a mark on a green screen while wearing a unitard covered in reference markers is every actor’s dream.
Given the degree of subtlety that high-end motion capture seems capable of transferring, I'd imagine that Olivier would have been busting to give…

Sacha

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:16:41 +1200

Fair enough, I guess that's another value of culture threads.

George Darroch

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:09:46 +1200

seems to have survived the experience

Yes, but I'm quite enjoying a thread where I don't hear a word of other such things.

Sacha

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:03:52 +1200

here, because all the other threads are just a little too political.

ahem – seems to have survived the experience

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:28:45 +1200

they regarded motion capture work as the absolute pits.

I could believe that – can’t really imagine trying to hit a mark on a green screen while wearing a unitard covered in reference markers is every actor’s dream. Then again, there’s a simple reason why you tend to have actors…

George Darroch

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:12:13 +1200

Posting this video here, because all the other threads are just a little too political.

Snow, on Cuba St.

Joe Wylie

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:37:14 +1200

Here's an example Steve. Seems they did further episodes after I bailed out. It was a living of sorts. Ancient stuff I know, but motion capture's been around for a while.

Steve Barnes

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:31:38 +1200

a particularly grubby little subgenre of video games eupmemistally described as "interactive movies"

I really can't imagine what entertainment that would give a chap. Whatever next? "Interactive Movies" that involve shooting things or driving badly.
:-<

Joe Wylie

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:35:25 +1200

. . . actors (or more specifically the acting members of MPAAS) get really weird about motion capture.
From my recollection of having storyboarded for a particularly grubby little subgenre of video games eupmemistally described as "interactive movies", while the actors appreciated the clarity of my stuff as a guide…

Craig Ranapia

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:20:14 +1200

+1. It would be a crime if the work of that man over the past 12 years isn't recognised by the academy in some way.

I think Scalzi is right that actors (or more specifically the acting members of MPAAS) get really weird about motion capture. Which is really odd…

Joe Wylie

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:56:18 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S647is8rvvM
Andy Serkis as choreographer John D'Auban in Mike Lee's 1999 Topsy Turvy
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George Darroch

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:09:09 +1200

As for Serkis, I’d argue he’s worthy of a simple nomination in the lead or supporting categories. The Academy is a strange beast however (and I don’t hold much stock in their awards as indicative of anything, outside the technical categories).

(all of which could have been a single post,…

George Darroch

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:48:21 +1200

So glad Love Story http://vimeo.com/27049545(trailer, Vimeo)has gone general release for those of us who inexplicably missed it in Auckland. Now I really have no excuse.

George Darroch

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:38:37 +1200

Saturday linky love: Feist has a new song "How come you never go there?" It starts off sweet, with her delightful vocals, but gets sadder every time I hear it.

Kyle Matthews

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:39:43 +1200

I heartily endorse John Scalzi’s case for an Oscar for Andy Serkis.

+1. It would be a crime if the work of that man over the past 12 years isn't recognised by the academy in some way. King Kong was average, but he was the best character in LOTR, and…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:44:28 +1200

God's approval rating is languishing at 52 percent,
God's problem? He had a child out of wedlock and he is a "gaffe machine," between floods, famine and the lack of aged pinot noir on Air France.

BenWilson

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:46:48 +1200

Saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night, and have to agree. Well done, the best of the Apes films since the first one.

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:14:27 +1200

An arguably NSFW video for a version which gets stuck in my head more than the original.

If Mary Harron’s lawyer calls, I’m not here. M’kay? :)

Meanwhile, safe for work but still utterly terrifying is the trailer for Paolo Sorrentino's English language debut. Sean Penn in Robert Smith drag!…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:12:10 +1200

Paul Lewis and James Harkin
The Guardian,
Who are the rioters?
Three Asian men in their 40s, guarding a newsagent, discussed whether they should also take advantage of the apparent suspension of law.

"If we go for it now, we can get a bike," said one. "Don't do…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:11:24 +1200

Martin Scorsese’s Shine A Light ranks up there too.

Quite possibly, though I'd personally rank it as highly competent and little more as a piece of film-making. Though, to be fair, that's probably influenced by my complete disinterest in The Rolling Stones. Would recommend No Direction Home, his contribution to…

David Ritchie

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:11:11 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G29d6RDSK1c

An arguably NSFW video for a version which gets stuck in my head more than the original.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:25:37 +1200

PARTY AT DAVID'S PLACE! There's a case to be made that Stop Making Sense is the best concert movie ever (though Jonathan Demme's lousy remakes of Charade and The Manchurian Candidate are unforgivable). But while I love the performance of This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) in the film...…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:04:04 +1200

A song that never gets old.

Public Address

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:04:04 +1200

Discussion from blog post.