tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71275749509485013722024-02-20T09:03:10.170-08:00Death To CGIJohn Mapeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11356336520797676759noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-15836327296356208312013-05-07T09:55:00.000-07:002013-05-07T09:55:09.516-07:00Thank You and Good Night<br />
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Once upon a time, not too long ago, the children's show "Thomas & Friends" was live action. Extremely detailed miniature sets and model trains. The show was a HUGE hit with kids for years. Seeing real models and elaborate villages set kid's imaginations wild with adventure. Flash forward to today...<br />
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Dead and lifeless. My boy, who was a big fan of the show can't watch these. He keeps telling me where the real ones are. and NO I haven't indoctrinated him in any way. These new shows just suck. They're boring to look at. What made the show unique from any other kids show has been wiped clean with CGI.<br />
Originality is dead kids. Thomas killed it, Sorry.John Mapeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11356336520797676759noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-14866318170851477732011-12-28T07:16:00.000-08:002011-12-28T07:36:46.849-08:00Neglecting my duties & matte painted beautiesI apologize for my severe lack of posts. Other priorites have hindered my blogging actions. Please bear with me!<br /><br />In the meantime, To keep you company, head on over to this one: <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />If you're anything like me, the sight of hand painted matte work makes you weep with joy.<br /><br />So start weeping!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G9ZDoAXC8jn0x1-EHrt6Iow5Qxnb8TR3nO7LQkA4TqENY5VQt70bTP2_ueXToNv5pbFGE8m0XZd-UnZrbnDSeVozylcotkb5BUaePKIXYbnU1NDIgo1gd0amwXPLnqGLtiaYz_vc1CuM/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691203122461311122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G9ZDoAXC8jn0x1-EHrt6Iow5Qxnb8TR3nO7LQkA4TqENY5VQt70bTP2_ueXToNv5pbFGE8m0XZd-UnZrbnDSeVozylcotkb5BUaePKIXYbnU1NDIgo1gd0amwXPLnqGLtiaYz_vc1CuM/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a>John Mapeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11356336520797676759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-11770737531077198412011-10-14T12:10:00.000-07:002011-10-14T12:19:27.312-07:00THE THING (2011) thoughts...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4B7cjFiSEI-3GeB12kVLYZXf3K1f1CiUcnESpOC0mIbnhbCI1zy57lUisrqklW-6V6lIG_t7wkbAaFMU3oI-ftjlxLf-ZN-fx-SXIZG9iAdgmEW1bViLCMN-Ho7ZFsMDEfv73zLzfvt2/s1600/TheThing2011flipped-958x339.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4B7cjFiSEI-3GeB12kVLYZXf3K1f1CiUcnESpOC0mIbnhbCI1zy57lUisrqklW-6V6lIG_t7wkbAaFMU3oI-ftjlxLf-ZN-fx-SXIZG9iAdgmEW1bViLCMN-Ho7ZFsMDEfv73zLzfvt2/s400/TheThing2011flipped-958x339.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663427835006186162" /></a><br />For those of you seeing The Thing (2011) which opens today, give me your thoughts in the comments. How were the practical effects? Was CGI used a bit too liberally or excessively? Was it really necessary? Let me know!<br /><br />I'll be in my trailer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGLOBnn3w1IaGXHKwYgoR4_xaAQvRRwTujrx5lUe1uO3wqf0czoYHHlvlfk0GwhLaPwJAjWpEACUUuL1JKIF5Q8NKGxk_DPNX1L8wkgkttNtBoY2Fv7FLu4voXsAIj9H_17wGfZfF31mR/s1600/tumblr_lmco6euoZz1qcv4xpo1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGLOBnn3w1IaGXHKwYgoR4_xaAQvRRwTujrx5lUe1uO3wqf0czoYHHlvlfk0GwhLaPwJAjWpEACUUuL1JKIF5Q8NKGxk_DPNX1L8wkgkttNtBoY2Fv7FLu4voXsAIj9H_17wGfZfF31mR/s400/tumblr_lmco6euoZz1qcv4xpo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663428865160124530" /></a>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-15607350810299439742011-09-21T11:51:00.000-07:002011-09-21T12:04:34.601-07:00Operation Oscar Repo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_Jmwh4UrH3jEcjE9Y9Q8643ylLu3Grth5w0oXRnskiLnY4jZ4kNt7LcxXqMMy8ecEQjC-j-8knKNZLQKl6FCMPzIra5mgaN_t84-X_LYI-ZcH9wR0SwqlvAAKcGbGEmf84RIGPQzduO5/s1600/George-Lucas-1024x768-104kb-media-2946-media-120232-1189108203.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_Jmwh4UrH3jEcjE9Y9Q8643ylLu3Grth5w0oXRnskiLnY4jZ4kNt7LcxXqMMy8ecEQjC-j-8knKNZLQKl6FCMPzIra5mgaN_t84-X_LYI-ZcH9wR0SwqlvAAKcGbGEmf84RIGPQzduO5/s400/George-Lucas-1024x768-104kb-media-2946-media-120232-1189108203.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654888888913478466" /></a><br /><em>This rant is brought to you by a fan. Take it with a grain of salt. I'm someone who grew up with the films and absorbed the Star Wars culture. I was a child of Lucas & Spielberg. I am not an industry insider.</em> <br /> <br />So now I think it’s safe to say that George Lucas will be re-tooling his Star Wars films until the day he dies. Apparently nothing can stop him. He has gone from a visionary director with average directing skill into a Gollum-like state with CGI being his <em>“Precious”</em>. I’m also convinced he will place in his Will, something so profoundly insulting to his fans, that he’ll be laughing from beyond years after his demise.<br /><br />What I’m trying to say is that I give up. You won Mr. Lucas. You have buried the memory of the original trilogy so deep into the digital swamp that it has almost become unrecognizable. We all know it’s not going to stop either. Ten years down the road all of Frank Oz and Stuart Freeborn's work in Empire and Jedi will be scrubbed out as well. Mark my words.<br /><br />Mr. Lucas, all I ask in return for submission and acceptance of your changes is one thing:<br /><br /><strong><em>You must return the Oscars that were won before the changes.</em></strong> Simple as that. And by citing Mr. Lucas I mean the whole creative team. (if they were also involved with the retooling)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8tD6rd4PIqsT3u2B-Q3lamqi0X2Q7HOhj_rkAP2Zr2NDEkhdfBWxx8JRm7GkncSk-8rBnnCHpy1635nkBL39RORblRvc74nYi3yzVy5cSZxRPk5IdoZh7mH9cLk5KJk8DN79G0Qo6TqI/s1600/BmYE3VjkNkg095xbjetJzKVQo1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8tD6rd4PIqsT3u2B-Q3lamqi0X2Q7HOhj_rkAP2Zr2NDEkhdfBWxx8JRm7GkncSk-8rBnnCHpy1635nkBL39RORblRvc74nYi3yzVy5cSZxRPk5IdoZh7mH9cLk5KJk8DN79G0Qo6TqI/s400/BmYE3VjkNkg095xbjetJzKVQo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654889001305892594" /></a><br />It may seem a little extreme, but hear me out. <strong>Star Wars (1977)</strong> won six awards. One of them was for best visual effects. They win the highest achievement for their practical effects, just to go back 20 years later and ruin it with sub par CGI. Apparently Lucas feels that the work of Dykstra, Edlund and all of ILM wasn’t worthy of the Academy Award or else he wouldn’t had them cover over it. Same goes with Best Film Editing. You shouldn’t be able to win for editing then ad in new scenes that disrupt the flow.<br /><br />Steven Spielberg almost fell into the same drug induced state with <strong>E.T.</strong> Fortunately he just recently learned the error of his ways and expressed stupidity for wanting to change the past. If only he could have convinced Lucas before the Blu-rays came out.<br /><br />Film is our culture. It’s our history’s culture, good or bad. It is meant to reflect the time in which it was made. To repeatedly go back and alter and distort it is to ignore history. To ignore history that has won six Academy Awards and influenced countless other filmmakers is just simply deranged.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPivGYYw1YP8LzP6Dj8HOlnJX0lcJ76RIWHLR0uevxbzTTvFu8CMFQZ755XOckTC2s8r7xvMSKgfPaIAQy1zu38FqEc7AWre1lMlLeD38VeUyaCYEzOTyC7gZAcJfPHpNvDz2yFuMUO4C3/s1600/george-lucas-death-star.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPivGYYw1YP8LzP6Dj8HOlnJX0lcJ76RIWHLR0uevxbzTTvFu8CMFQZ755XOckTC2s8r7xvMSKgfPaIAQy1zu38FqEc7AWre1lMlLeD38VeUyaCYEzOTyC7gZAcJfPHpNvDz2yFuMUO4C3/s400/george-lucas-death-star.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654889175184683106" /></a>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-90077897136904007172011-08-08T09:07:00.000-07:002011-08-08T09:11:55.764-07:00What if ______ was CGI instead?Cinema is the most important window in which to view our culture. Film preservation is essential. To alter what has already been done is not only a poor artistic decision; it is also a defacing and elimination of a cultural milestone. <em>(*cough* Mr. Lucas *cough*)</em>
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<br />While film preservation is a must, I believe film <strong>prop</strong> preservation is also essential. To be able to see what was used in a film says a lot about the craft. To hold a prop from something that has been a pop culture mainstay to millions would be quite an exhilarating experience.
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<br />Case in point: Giger’s “Alien” head from the 1979 film. This is the actual Carlo Rambaldi mechanical prop.
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<br />Nicely preserved at Giger’s estate in Zurich. Notice the human skull in which the entire head is formed around.
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<br />Now, what if this was CGI instead? What would we have to display? At the very most maybe a small maquette or model that they would have used to scan in into the computer, but nothing that would have actually been seen on camera. This “Alien” head is tangible. We see the wires. We see the remnants of prophylactics on the jaws. We see the tool that was used for a very familiar cultural image… and it is awesome.
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<br />CGI doesn’t offer this.
<br />Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-24734111962869776332011-07-14T12:27:00.000-07:002011-07-14T13:22:54.992-07:00The Thing (2011) Trailer First ImpressionWhat do you guys think?...<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="272" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5KFrrgkRmSI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />It seems to me that "Prequel" is the lazy way of saying, "<em>Let's make the same story in the same locale, give it the same name, but replace Kurt Russell with a 24 year old no nonsense woman and dumb down the terror by over explaining things and make the alien morphing effects CGI even though the original could do it impressively CGI-free 30 years ago</em>."<br /><br />And what was with that sting at the end? It looked horrible!<br /><br />Help us Rob Bottin... You're our only hope.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT2TCjy8BbI08TZ6xzH7bMsJyfVI53W8vHvPBSdkloRLhmWgbvk3dDk-QMiDGCMnYZ1nEbeDGK5CUyLJgnZa1k1umgoRWYYieQyp-HNnn5LQIC7udqawP0wVa5WQqSpT90DlM2L_5TBO5/s1600/botcarppuppet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT2TCjy8BbI08TZ6xzH7bMsJyfVI53W8vHvPBSdkloRLhmWgbvk3dDk-QMiDGCMnYZ1nEbeDGK5CUyLJgnZa1k1umgoRWYYieQyp-HNnn5LQIC7udqawP0wVa5WQqSpT90DlM2L_5TBO5/s400/botcarppuppet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629294783188413954" /></a><br />For contrast:<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ouZkkIsLiNg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-10176844512208368642011-06-29T06:36:00.000-07:002011-06-29T06:39:11.869-07:00Ray Harryhausen turns 91!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t9Ni61zhDy7A8mipKWjq7Uy2NaPkMoakTOJ8saXoEnAEzHwi4e4TPWpZy4keE-1ho7FeUcqUGgbtxN9vKZ_B5A2f0gb7b6AUhUJGQUNHv6kreZZ6r-G0FaYmaAv7D7PS6IwRqXsik6_e/s1600/Ray%252520and%252520Medusa0002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t9Ni61zhDy7A8mipKWjq7Uy2NaPkMoakTOJ8saXoEnAEzHwi4e4TPWpZy4keE-1ho7FeUcqUGgbtxN9vKZ_B5A2f0gb7b6AUhUJGQUNHv6kreZZ6r-G0FaYmaAv7D7PS6IwRqXsik6_e/s400/Ray%252520and%252520Medusa0002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623635761322031906" /></a><br /><br />It’s an honor to share the same birthday as King Ray.<br />Happy Birthday to a great living legend.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U9kmjW73-v4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-62832319518251935362011-06-15T09:40:00.000-07:002011-06-15T09:59:05.662-07:00How the Camera Moves Matters Most<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsZs7AT94dd0N8m8mnT-jLA1bI_7kHcWVnkn-vztYVzeuQUdSG-2Cz-2bJ2qGzG3bnfHi9ZLo2ZhearhKOINatf5SvHsP4YtCI55qmV0CNqquBxOPExedtBdErAvlzyllk2PcPEYFiH65/s1600/tumblr_le7eopsnwk1qfti5wo1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsZs7AT94dd0N8m8mnT-jLA1bI_7kHcWVnkn-vztYVzeuQUdSG-2Cz-2bJ2qGzG3bnfHi9ZLo2ZhearhKOINatf5SvHsP4YtCI55qmV0CNqquBxOPExedtBdErAvlzyllk2PcPEYFiH65/s400/tumblr_le7eopsnwk1qfti5wo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618488099850182402" /></a><br />Fighting the good fight can be daunting. We all know CGI is here to stay. There are signs of practical effects resurgence but they are few and far between. I figure at this point, instead of embracing the beast, why not educate the masses on taming it.<br /><br />There are two major factors exposing CGI “fakeness”: Physics and camera placement. The latter can be easily rectified and the former is bound by the limits of the craft. We all know that gravity can spoil the illusion. After all these years and technological advances, they still can’t duplicate the physics behind gravity. Spider-Man is a perfect example. On his feet, your friendly neighborhood web-slinger looks great, but get him swinging through the city, and you get a flat, lifeless CGI cartoon. (The Spidey re-boot is rumored to be rectifying this by using <strong>*GASP*</strong> real stunt work and <strong>*SHUDDER*</strong> wires!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLopQNDQNZr5YLsYNEZvOt4pF9GUj8zLGAdA5KMKKLwqFPY5BTGYpCOfxnBu4RxUxOEEMnXfUVyu1AN3OSKe7m8VhS7jFQjPirz_NR8Do2YoaJ4te90ST8xdd1xOS2m4iVZFdy8HwYwHJ/s1600/spidey.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLopQNDQNZr5YLsYNEZvOt4pF9GUj8zLGAdA5KMKKLwqFPY5BTGYpCOfxnBu4RxUxOEEMnXfUVyu1AN3OSKe7m8VhS7jFQjPirz_NR8Do2YoaJ4te90ST8xdd1xOS2m4iVZFdy8HwYwHJ/s400/spidey.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618488210396407986" /></a><br />With physics out of the question of improvement that leaves us with camera placement. The suspension of disbelief from the movie goer’s eye can only go so far. When you have CGI robuts and monsters or massive armies of extras going into battle, we may forgive digital accompaniment, but it’s in the placement of the camera where the movie magic can be lost for us.<br /><br />We all can grasp the basic function of how movies are made. There is a camera, and people do stuff in front of it. We know the camera is just as physical and real as the actors. If they need a long shot from up high and need it to end it on a close up of something or someone, we know they have to use a crane or dolly. We may not all know what the tools are called, but we all know that SOMETHING has to make the camera move.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhbnuLvBgNaxKFjGJLWV2HMpv7xQS96ic45vt1Jzd5dQCkKP_76bKndXuOgjlW-Io_OD88wN92pb7aSpcD5SEDuJd5pOkDY4MS6aA465kOcRosoU282U3DY5Mh-AAugaKGBA48xwaw5Fc/s1600/shining.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhbnuLvBgNaxKFjGJLWV2HMpv7xQS96ic45vt1Jzd5dQCkKP_76bKndXuOgjlW-Io_OD88wN92pb7aSpcD5SEDuJd5pOkDY4MS6aA465kOcRosoU282U3DY5Mh-AAugaKGBA48xwaw5Fc/s400/shining.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618488401173852050" /></a><br />Now, when you use CGI as camera movement you get the instant “fakeness” result. No matter what is on the screen, none of it is justified. Something tells us that the camera cannot fly through the sky and zoom through objects all in one take. We are pulled out of the experience. We are told, “This shot wasn’t really filmed, but it is in your face!” Now, I’m sure there are plenty of people that love that look, I just happen to despise it. <br /><br />I struggle to find a perfect example on YouTube of what I mean, but this clip from Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of the Ring comes close. Granted, I know it’s a lot of model work but pay attention to the camera and visualize how it could be achieved practically…<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="269" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2SiCpnPJssc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Don’t get me wrong. I love Jackson’s work and I understand his reasoning in using CGI. But seeing this in the theater, that first shot of Isengard swirling around and diving underground took me out of the film a bit. I know it’s nit picking, but that’s why I have this blog. <br /><br />I am a sucker for the elaborate practical shots. The kind that you have to rehearse over and over just to get right. I just wish if a director wants to get really ambitious with a shot, he would take into consideration camera movement. Sometimes it can take the most CGI filled scene and restore a little life back into it if the camera is allowed to be restrained a bit.<br /><br />That’s just my two cents. I know it doesn’t buy much. But what do you want? I’m a whiner.<br /><br />I will leave you with this though. Before he died, Sergio Leone’s next film was going to be about the siege of Leningrad. An interview with Claudio Mancini describes Leone’s intended opening scene:<br /><br /><strong><em>There was a lot of talk about Leningrad. Sergio had a lot of things in his mind, but almost nothing in writing, but he would describe what would have been the opening scene.<br />It showed a theater where an orchestra was rehearsing. The rehearsal finishes and a man puts his instrument back in its case.<br />He leaves the theater, the camera backtracking in front of him, that's important. <br />He starts walking in the street and you can see a devastated city, buildings gutted by bombs etc.<br />A tram passes by and the man catches it. He sees the ruins from the tram which is now moving.<br />All this without a single cut: how Sergio intended to do this, I really don't know.<br />The tram arrives at the end station, the man leaves and walks 100 meters to a small house; he enters and there is a woman.<br />While they embrace, the camera turns and you see a window, then a river and across the river 1.500 German panzers in position.<br />I said: "Sergio, you wouldn't be able to frame 1.500 panzers not even if they were small cardboard models! On screen you could probably frame 150!" But he envisioned 1.500!"</em> </strong> <br /><br />How would this have been pulled off today without CGI? I don’t know. If anyone could make it work though, I bet it would have been Leone.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz6JfgQS87yc4iluw3aJ76oytR2qbu1v9YY7FruleNswzlpYNvhW5-G15RwtWRg59GpkMyc2bF7JJje1FtM6D3Af20QrQ_YEgA6-hir5L8TJ1_07xljvPlY80hksme0mQbdrT8Kh2eAIt/s1600/BTSoncewestbig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz6JfgQS87yc4iluw3aJ76oytR2qbu1v9YY7FruleNswzlpYNvhW5-G15RwtWRg59GpkMyc2bF7JJje1FtM6D3Af20QrQ_YEgA6-hir5L8TJ1_07xljvPlY80hksme0mQbdrT8Kh2eAIt/s400/BTSoncewestbig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618488572390729858" /></a>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-44465080675240628762011-06-13T12:23:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:54:26.642-07:00Kindertrauma Shout Out!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYvIj1hUOHatyI9Iw6rp2_NyNyH3x8Ai-kcLqR2g1KHtwFYjsG-dRFknDwqmZGczOrixPv2W2Bnr93_RkWEtg1zNwNBYIIxN2sqhyj_k0HIh6pJfOFfAbvAnluhEFiDuB6Qd_ZPqChM7T/s1600/about.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617822747770581906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYvIj1hUOHatyI9Iw6rp2_NyNyH3x8Ai-kcLqR2g1KHtwFYjsG-dRFknDwqmZGczOrixPv2W2Bnr93_RkWEtg1zNwNBYIIxN2sqhyj_k0HIh6pJfOFfAbvAnluhEFiDuB6Qd_ZPqChM7T/s400/about.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>BIG THANKS to my new internet extended familiy Aunt John & Uncle Lancifer from <a href="http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=22437">KINDERTRAUMA</a>. They gave me a nice shout out on their page. If you haven't seen it you're missing out. One of the best sites the web can offer. Its depths into childhood nostalgia on a purely tromatic level runs very deep. So deep in fact, that I've been inspired to write a jingle...<br /><br /><strong><em>♫ From the "Trilogy of Terror" Zuni Doll to </em></strong><br /><strong><em>"Little House" Albert's methadone withdrawl. </em></strong><br /><strong><em>Kindertrauma has it all! ♫♪<br /></em></strong><br />and for <a href="http://www.kindertrauma.com/">KINDERTRAUMA</a> vistors stopping by, thank you and welcome!</div>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-23247024106845911082011-06-01T14:17:00.000-07:002011-06-01T14:30:17.676-07:00Squib Haiku<div align="center"><em><strong>Before CGI<br />You made bullet wounds look real<br />But that was before</strong></em></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_VhwDDqZ8_gbGqE1-IyuTAhluXmqp7xcRbcElCBXEr7XTgeKre4eT0yYmLLtXOlnwIyyccSMeOGSSPXYAv4S8OdyWgddA-I9-x4nSNWXzw9yiepqT3HKjHwaDstPNWZHOR8SaTVjlsYF/s1600/untitled1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613366632333629922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 324px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_VhwDDqZ8_gbGqE1-IyuTAhluXmqp7xcRbcElCBXEr7XTgeKre4eT0yYmLLtXOlnwIyyccSMeOGSSPXYAv4S8OdyWgddA-I9-x4nSNWXzw9yiepqT3HKjHwaDstPNWZHOR8SaTVjlsYF/s400/untitled1.bmp" border="0" /></a>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-63764324611533309702011-05-27T06:41:00.000-07:002011-05-27T06:43:05.513-07:00♫ Illusions! Take a closer look! ♪♫As the nauseatingly 80’s song suggests:<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3Et_LsxlX8Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />This featurette has everything this blog could hope to see. Enjoy.Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-87881092793972906512011-05-25T13:42:00.000-07:002011-05-25T13:59:55.247-07:00Great CGI Free Moments in Rock & RollI try to mainly stick to CGI use in film but every so often I come across a related topic. In ad photography, Photoshop dominates. Everyone does it. So, when the average joe comes across an album cover photo such as this, one would immediately assume it was "shopped". <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-btqjCA9OR0NrCF98uVoPr_Z8Tap5kEkwoX0HY-inKkCTYf4bAl6R1YoqaqYHNEeYCeOpKwk_mydRt3R_Jqkiti6uE7Q8aGonH1IcnZvt16EoAPvXP14ScqVz_WQWesM1D5Mzu1Atc9ze/s1600/pink_floyd-wish_you_were_here%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-btqjCA9OR0NrCF98uVoPr_Z8Tap5kEkwoX0HY-inKkCTYf4bAl6R1YoqaqYHNEeYCeOpKwk_mydRt3R_Jqkiti6uE7Q8aGonH1IcnZvt16EoAPvXP14ScqVz_WQWesM1D5Mzu1Atc9ze/s320/pink_floyd-wish_you_were_here%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610760648807548050" /></a><br /> <br />Of course, that's not possible you say, since this was from the 1975 album "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. Maybe it was optical or super-imposed?<br /><br />Nope. This shit is real.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKk2bPWWz2VsilY5U9eNdAkkK6J1lKgIyhc3rVbbAHPoLmDAROa425P6tphvtzOGOp06eFKNW3BDA9WkRDJnSWoprI0YQ6o87GVqYskhqcVcFv_nEuHRZevOhr35GrkodQwPn8DS5Qlqr/s1600/floyd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKk2bPWWz2VsilY5U9eNdAkkK6J1lKgIyhc3rVbbAHPoLmDAROa425P6tphvtzOGOp06eFKNW3BDA9WkRDJnSWoprI0YQ6o87GVqYskhqcVcFv_nEuHRZevOhr35GrkodQwPn8DS5Qlqr/s400/floyd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610761094136517778" /></a><br /><br />Thank you flaming stuntman. you made an awesome album even better.Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-85840513211863650662011-05-23T08:39:00.000-07:002011-05-23T08:46:31.331-07:00UPDATE!<div>I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been so hard at work on my <a href="http://johnmapes.bandcamp.com/">other hobby</a> that I have neglected my CGI bashing duties. Have no fear though, I will be returning soon to whine and bitch about all that CGI has destroyed! </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3l6_VbrKgt3pmr7VOpS47ZbC-vwOC03zIeYI10DO31TYHOKN1PPeul3d9Gq6TYmpYOJ-DlxUXeD-1t-k9dinNQetKoeKoO3qlHzruG5TH-TaSGPgnEFXqa-tU-kttICSwthR_xiHww7TY/s1600/alien.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609938205686266818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3l6_VbrKgt3pmr7VOpS47ZbC-vwOC03zIeYI10DO31TYHOKN1PPeul3d9Gq6TYmpYOJ-DlxUXeD-1t-k9dinNQetKoeKoO3qlHzruG5TH-TaSGPgnEFXqa-tU-kttICSwthR_xiHww7TY/s320/alien.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Stay Tuned! </div>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-18900228371972712332011-01-26T12:17:00.000-08:002011-01-26T13:34:27.463-08:00Logan’s Run Remake? Why the hell not?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPy9g77o7VLnI7DAl77aPxKDF8zmxmpeI41HV162uKN7GMlf1ssvWZlwGecweo7O5WAcEe-TixwS3y8yyuCaWMnDYKf2BQN-HGpbt3xFTmh4_EHs1t_E5H-ry-M0Yen0hHla_kDSCYl24/s1600/logans_run_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566594803275111314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPy9g77o7VLnI7DAl77aPxKDF8zmxmpeI41HV162uKN7GMlf1ssvWZlwGecweo7O5WAcEe-TixwS3y8yyuCaWMnDYKf2BQN-HGpbt3xFTmh4_EHs1t_E5H-ry-M0Yen0hHla_kDSCYl24/s320/logans_run_001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Many times have I raised my fist in anger over unnecessary remakes. I would often question the existence of creation for letting some douche remake <em>Yellow Submarine</em> or cry in my pillow over the thought of <em>The Thing</em> remake. <em>(Yes, I know it’s a prequel, but you can call a turd anything you want, it will still be a turd)</em> I hated Visionary Director© Zack Snyder’s <em>Dawn of the Dead</em> remake even though it got lavish praise. He took what creeped me out in the original and made it hip and lame and not creepy at all. To sum up, most remakes give me a Natalie Portman face...<br /><br /><a href="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/gwildens/tumblr_lf54dmIIRP1qzh94so1_400.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 275px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/gwildens/tumblr_lf54dmIIRP1qzh94so1_400.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Not all remakes are bad of course. Scorsese’s <em>Cape Fear</em> was excellent as was Savini’s remake of <em>Night of the Living Dead</em>. More recently, <em>True Grit</em> in my opinion surpassed the original. This is pretty much how I feel with a possible Logan’s Run reinvention.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWAiKBeHH3cS0m5kR6-Q3n9d7-dWQMecDdOH1vHJaLL6gBTd4HfQDikLp8RJyWRuOCmnHI057C0KAYmiSTKOiesy7SssOFbD8kyxFv4QR3gfgefK3PCzucc3Il4xdfQ0IBaOQaWV2OhN_/s1600/Logans_Run_560x330_MSDLORU_EC004_H-thumb-560xauto-28683.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566592783317155762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWAiKBeHH3cS0m5kR6-Q3n9d7-dWQMecDdOH1vHJaLL6gBTd4HfQDikLp8RJyWRuOCmnHI057C0KAYmiSTKOiesy7SssOFbD8kyxFv4QR3gfgefK3PCzucc3Il4xdfQ0IBaOQaWV2OhN_/s320/Logans_Run_560x330_MSDLORU_EC004_H-thumb-560xauto-28683.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Logan’s Run is definitely a flawed film. It was birthed in an era that could have cared less about sci-fi films and the effects greatly suffered because of this. Somewhere between <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em> and <em>Star Wars</em> there was a great sci-fi malaise. Hollywood was young and edgy. The public wanted strong social commentary veiled in strained relationships and city streets, not futuristic tube transports and cardboard robots. <em>Logan’s Run</em> did well with the commentary; it was in the execution where it faltered.<br /><br />Personally I enjoy the film, effects and all. It’s a great reminder to a time right before <em>Star Wars</em> where visual effects were new and experimental. The miniatures were blatant, the set design was painfully 70’s and Box… was, um… boxy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbQJbtrEVuZCebnoU64DrRftBBKExBVmMHwhH7LSiGCP1L3x8tM8VpzynB4aPu6tX2ikkzY_LWFkC79nftkcr12_DL8uK20U2mXd-4Nq3vR-JhGdLtkPe4R7yHb18s-Dq_021iqxS3iOx/s1600/logansrun1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566592925458422498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbQJbtrEVuZCebnoU64DrRftBBKExBVmMHwhH7LSiGCP1L3x8tM8VpzynB4aPu6tX2ikkzY_LWFkC79nftkcr12_DL8uK20U2mXd-4Nq3vR-JhGdLtkPe4R7yHb18s-Dq_021iqxS3iOx/s320/logansrun1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So, why a remake? Why not? <em>Logan’s Run</em> is the type of film that sits somewhere between camp, cult and classic but doesn’t adhere to any one of those. It’s not sacred enough to warrant legions of angry Loganites to burn Hollywood to the ground and it’s not horrible enough to poke and laugh at. It would fit nicely into today’s blockbuster action sci-fi fare with dystopian deep political glazing. The actors would have to be young which is what Hollywood would do anyway. Stick Michael York as the Peter Ustinov character and you’d have yourself a nice homage to the original.<br /><br />My only reservation on this idea would be their almost guaranteed overuse of CGI. I prefer to be a hopeless romantic and believe that the practical would outweigh but we all know that thinking is folly! <strong>FOLLY I SAY!</strong><br /><br />As long as they keep Box CGI free, that’s all I can ask for. You gotta pick you battles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBdruVXamClWQzP9zcYbUqM_pxMjdTqrWdcX2nOU17bGMl6FRZoT_PL2fQLuDoOVofBSz5SsrEAiaWfefx7Zd6m_lPkBA4prRfNCpTlSPRuwsC3Ye7B7q409zbv8xP_wPROVYk1ghKwdc/s1600/Logans-Run.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566593263768570562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBdruVXamClWQzP9zcYbUqM_pxMjdTqrWdcX2nOU17bGMl6FRZoT_PL2fQLuDoOVofBSz5SsrEAiaWfefx7Zd6m_lPkBA4prRfNCpTlSPRuwsC3Ye7B7q409zbv8xP_wPROVYk1ghKwdc/s320/Logans-Run.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m late for Carousel.<br /><br /><br /><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n71OiHZ0JNg" frameborder="0" width="425" height="349" type="text/html"></iframe>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-84260896630622117742011-01-07T10:05:00.000-08:002011-01-07T10:34:08.604-08:00Spotlight on: An American Werewolf In London (1981)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBin0zmsvZ1din-sljQD3NE6gS6SvICLy72rX0_rG6QBfcI8qnetCB43Zg8I4GJA0lSf-3BAwiDkIhCz4VYBtcQh53db2mxFhSQ1cJHejmsHFdfnVH8vg8LhGDA4FDDu2H35la1xUGXzr/s1600/title_an_american_werewolf_in_london_blu-ray.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBin0zmsvZ1din-sljQD3NE6gS6SvICLy72rX0_rG6QBfcI8qnetCB43Zg8I4GJA0lSf-3BAwiDkIhCz4VYBtcQh53db2mxFhSQ1cJHejmsHFdfnVH8vg8LhGDA4FDDu2H35la1xUGXzr/s320/title_an_american_werewolf_in_london_blu-ray.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559508011319048338" /></a><br />I try to stay away from this film and The Thing (1982) because, what else is there to say about them? They are the top dogs of the practical effect universe. I won’t go into too much detail about the craft because I have a few rare video clips I found on youtube that I lumped together for all to marvel at. I will however talk about my “first time” watching the film.<br /><br />It was around 1986-1987 when I saw AAWIL. I was around 13/14 years old and knee deep in Fangoria mags. I went weekly to the video store and rented 5 or 6 movies at once. I usually watched them all in a weekend. I loved horror, although I was more into cheesy mainstream horror more than I wanted to admit. (I didn’t discover the Italian masters until much later)<br /><br />I always saw clips of AAWIL mostly from Terror In The Aisles (one of the greatest compilation films never ever to see the light of day again, unless you have the VHS and a working VCR) so when I finally rented it, I was prepared for some gore galore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoQR7dWsyo7zaeEH_13Q_iLIHnQ9-ndvZgGlPzkGMENg_Hv0k7S8fmDr3McZs9Mw4N6622v1-8ROWCP7M2tzVd6BbamtdEnTQ3LT-dNqpeStQ2hbpKCnMcZSTAjzGv0BC17BaNUVVFbnV/s1600/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoQR7dWsyo7zaeEH_13Q_iLIHnQ9-ndvZgGlPzkGMENg_Hv0k7S8fmDr3McZs9Mw4N6622v1-8ROWCP7M2tzVd6BbamtdEnTQ3LT-dNqpeStQ2hbpKCnMcZSTAjzGv0BC17BaNUVVFbnV/s320/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559510049228419586" /></a><br />What I didn’t expect is at first viewing I was a little turned off towards the end. Believe it or not, I felt the finale in Piccadilly Square was a little too dark and relentlessly violent. I don’t know what it was, but at that point I was turned off to gore films. Seeing people getting mauled by the wolf, smashing through windshields, getting ran over, guts and skulls popping under tires, I was a little nauseated. And the depressing ending was just a little too much for me at the time. Not that I was too young, I think I just watched the film at the wrong time. The disgust was short lived obviously because growing up and understanding John Landis’ twisted mind NOW and seeing the comical absurdity of the scene, it’s genius. I’m sure I’ll get shit for being a little pussy at the time, but that was the way I felt. It was weird.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pKz93eQcRztjczswnw94HCUhsFzjB4JOjJgUn6QzodVO8b3E4ilkzeVCc0gZOESj7vkAcehrX2jdkRgqmD8Cj_3zo_UuNlNKvgXT6A5ZiPrfGNnqZDZqozNgqiWHTnIJLEw19gOFJDOY/s1600/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pKz93eQcRztjczswnw94HCUhsFzjB4JOjJgUn6QzodVO8b3E4ilkzeVCc0gZOESj7vkAcehrX2jdkRgqmD8Cj_3zo_UuNlNKvgXT6A5ZiPrfGNnqZDZqozNgqiWHTnIJLEw19gOFJDOY/s320/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559509071762241346" /></a><br />It’s definitely a fulfilling film. It holds up very well by today’s standards, which I think is due mainly because of the humor. It’s a clever film… and Mr. Landis is one clever bastard.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cxHnGeotq2Zs_5nrm8-YuoZd8dYngjGWpvCzmhKfsCRDbceQZ4DVnQzf036VWhh34_3Br1112Mu1yz4l7dk_44IiJhH7fRMdV1tj9KuhnTAkuWMUxsVFjQCrm3fN-mG7LVoqLJV_cqB5/s1600/american-werewolf-in-london-behind-the-scenes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cxHnGeotq2Zs_5nrm8-YuoZd8dYngjGWpvCzmhKfsCRDbceQZ4DVnQzf036VWhh34_3Br1112Mu1yz4l7dk_44IiJhH7fRMdV1tj9KuhnTAkuWMUxsVFjQCrm3fN-mG7LVoqLJV_cqB5/s320/american-werewolf-in-london-behind-the-scenes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559508479720250690" /></a><br />Below are some great video clips of Rick Baker, John Landis & Co. for you to enjoy…<br /><br /><br /><br />I love how Landis fetches coffee for Naughton and really observes Baker working. He is a true fan of movie magic.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kFmw1LQiMoo?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kFmw1LQiMoo?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />This is a great featurette which was produced circa 1981<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GbyUG6tgJjg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GbyUG6tgJjg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />This is fantastic. The actual animatronic mid-transformation wolf head in action!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_yLfDXdtPV8?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_yLfDXdtPV8?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Bumpy back morphing action! God, I love this stuff so.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QmiAXan4HUM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QmiAXan4HUM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Finally here’s the Masters of Horror special which is mainly all about AAWIL.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RzJ795i0noY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RzJ795i0noY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rq2ssr8f-_E?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rq2ssr8f-_E?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Have a great weekend and STAY OFF THE MOORS!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaesF-_Ew44Px63BiXoPQrOIoZvxQLP2750-5UYHG6wS8VTmfs9T1dYTn-7dDtn7ZNjD-dmbHqSyL2sC0kRMzoPwn2dDTu5kWgskTFlSm328OJfURZ4op0_-9GuUfPJ5r4rc-09VZ9z7SB/s1600/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaesF-_Ew44Px63BiXoPQrOIoZvxQLP2750-5UYHG6wS8VTmfs9T1dYTn-7dDtn7ZNjD-dmbHqSyL2sC0kRMzoPwn2dDTu5kWgskTFlSm328OJfURZ4op0_-9GuUfPJ5r4rc-09VZ9z7SB/s320/800_american_werewolf_london_blu-ray_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559511439559981842" /></a>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-30396128417317230262011-01-03T11:53:00.000-08:002011-01-03T12:05:15.862-08:0080's Film DocumentaryApparently there is a documentary in production focusing on the special effect heavy films of the 80's. For people my age who lived their impressionable childhood straight through this highly imaginative era, this film aims to be extremely entertaining.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSXuzg2ceIVbnNUugOvowe_ZAYWoHZBSJXLTgHBEGtAkzKSltDhimB5fhebAitVNk9RLltoUgTXEzynbiDshrD1RZ7gwod0qgg9BT8WJ9hPRb1l9ti27PcmYjIA2Qk5lS1FQPzp19bVSM/s1600/Gremlins%252520BTS3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSXuzg2ceIVbnNUugOvowe_ZAYWoHZBSJXLTgHBEGtAkzKSltDhimB5fhebAitVNk9RLltoUgTXEzynbiDshrD1RZ7gwod0qgg9BT8WJ9hPRb1l9ti27PcmYjIA2Qk5lS1FQPzp19bVSM/s320/Gremlins%252520BTS3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558053136756477154" /></a><br /><br />Also, if anyone who worked on any of the films that are showcased, I’m sure the filmmakers would love to hear from you.<br /><br />You can contact the director via Facebook<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/blastfromthe80s">http://www.facebook.com/blastfromthe80s</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lD3OlaIHlLs?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lD3OlaIHlLs?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-70520034586138953242010-12-20T09:04:00.000-08:002010-12-20T09:05:07.333-08:00HAPPY HOLIDAYS!Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Death To CGI!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HLZ9anveCT4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HLZ9anveCT4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-61029486775980025202010-12-02T14:37:00.000-08:002010-12-02T14:44:22.755-08:00CGI serves no good to no one!There are many reasons to hate CGI. <br /><br />But if you can only have one reason, it's this...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8LqfeKRDx90?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8LqfeKRDx90?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />If it wasn't for CGI, this commercial wouldn't exist!<br /><br />I CANNOT UN-WATCH THIS NOW! <br /><br />What the hell Orangina?<br /><br />(by the way: am I the only one who pronounces it "Orangyna" as in Vagina?)Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-12926786618066702702010-11-15T09:37:00.000-08:002010-11-15T13:33:37.472-08:00The Queen Is DeadI remember back in '88 our school went on a field trip to The Science Museum where they were featuring a Hollywood Monster prop exibit. Of the two that stood out for me were the animatronic wolf head from An American Werewolf In London and the almighty queen alien from Aliens.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPCkl2PpUUUDGZGo3iwWm5k8cd4f4Y8MQ3fPMZ_7nCixAxRyWsmrZZqtjEQyh9wCKF-Nnz5r6Mfviz_hQ1JqqmvLavutKaP1_rubbzo6qV7Hqk9OxOV6Iyi5HDimYviH8X1ZilrsbLPF_/s1600/alien_queen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPCkl2PpUUUDGZGo3iwWm5k8cd4f4Y8MQ3fPMZ_7nCixAxRyWsmrZZqtjEQyh9wCKF-Nnz5r6Mfviz_hQ1JqqmvLavutKaP1_rubbzo6qV7Hqk9OxOV6Iyi5HDimYviH8X1ZilrsbLPF_/s320/alien_queen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539836505488045202" /></a> <br /><br />She was in the center of the museum posed fighting with the powerloader. Her tail was suspended around the whole exibit. I swear to God it was 100 feet long. My 14 year old jaw dropped to the floor. It was other worldly. The only other time I felt like that was witnessing the Pieta in St. Peter's Cathedral at the Vatican.<br /><br />It's a shame kids today can't witness the awe that practical film magic can bring. I doubt the exibit would have been the same with a hard drive that designed the Na'Vi placed in the center for all to marvel at.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yTnMiFVTGcI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yTnMiFVTGcI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-14145598378783579422010-11-08T14:25:00.000-08:002010-11-08T14:33:34.394-08:00KISS MY ASS!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S57W7WBozvc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S57W7WBozvc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />OK, I think I need to clarify something about my last post. I wasn’t wholeheartedly endorsing using CGI for The Walking Dead, I merely stated that amongst the sea of latex and practical zombie appliances and effects, I wasn’t going to fret over the CGI blood used.<br /><br />Yeah, I’m a little biased since I’ve been dying for this to be turned into a show since 2004. It’s a show heavy on story and atmosphere. The fact that they used practical effects at all in this day and age was a bonus. For all intents and purposes, CGI will not be going away, like Katy Perry and Jack Black, it will be forced into our culture to the point where we have to cave a bit. Screw you! I liked Nacho Libre.<br /><br />I also loved Lord of The Rings even though it had CGI infused throughout. I still won’t recant on my previous statement. I believe you have to pick your battles. Let’s all worry less about CGI blood in the Walking Dead and focus more on upcoming abominations like the prequel of THE THING.<br /><br />So, to sum up, kiss my ass!Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-67856747738325361232010-11-01T09:37:00.000-07:002010-11-01T09:40:32.217-07:00THE DEAD WALK! But not without the help of CGI.Prepare yourselves. I am about to say something that may shock and disturb you. Get your vomit bags ready…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEORy7yVOJJSZ_JOmakji9yzqZ3LXqvMd8VXmRFPBVYmb2uDyahfV2QJSFabnD6sc72mripWHvL95ehPKjl8zXEHAd3p385FiX3BwJhRnnrLP4-2qjg1H6EBneJhqOcuU3olGpn32DAtg/s1600/vomitbagwarning.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEORy7yVOJJSZ_JOmakji9yzqZ3LXqvMd8VXmRFPBVYmb2uDyahfV2QJSFabnD6sc72mripWHvL95ehPKjl8zXEHAd3p385FiX3BwJhRnnrLP4-2qjg1H6EBneJhqOcuU3olGpn32DAtg/s320/vomitbagwarning.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534621611467695154" /></a><br /><br /><strong>…I am <em>not</em> going to poop bricks over the CGI blood in the Walking Dead.</strong> I know, start unsubscribing now. It’s true though. In the greater scheme of things, the use of CGI in the show didn’t matter. It was minimal. Granted, squibs would have been a bonus, but what you get in the hour and a half premiere was pure practical effect heavy rotting gore with digital enhancement. Locations and mattes were digital, but hey, it was a TV show. Their budget was more limited. They have an excuse to cut corners. I will take a bit of CGI blood here and there if it means keeping the network from shelving the show due to inflated production costs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgGGLFEMCGvNTuoqUiQ1jtXtR-KDGQBz79hGIEcOwqVXwJd47kzep8YFNH-SgnvlJu0VnW_VZoZmovLFlxXy6ULfnJqSq0-6f6Psv_GjY4kP7dWPXO3bfhU7kGcweR7vRALKla67n_70-/s1600/walkingdead1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgGGLFEMCGvNTuoqUiQ1jtXtR-KDGQBz79hGIEcOwqVXwJd47kzep8YFNH-SgnvlJu0VnW_VZoZmovLFlxXy6ULfnJqSq0-6f6Psv_GjY4kP7dWPXO3bfhU7kGcweR7vRALKla67n_70-/s320/walkingdead1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534621742213261218" /></a> <br /><br />The Walking Dead is everything a zombie TV show premiere should be. I was worried that they would tear through the first six issues of the Robert Kirkman comic, but they really did a hell of a job stretching out the story which in turn stretched out the dread. It gave you the, “what would you do in this situation” feeling that many current films of a similar genre lack. The emotions were layered. There was sympathy for the undead. I think it’s pretty safe for me to say that all my zombie film needs were met. <br /><br />I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of gore that was allowed for an AMC show. I figured this series would have been perfect for HBO or Showtime, but AMC has proven to be a worthy competitor. The amount of prosthetics and guts and brains were completely satisfying. <br /><br />…and the flies… dear God, the flies.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7VHG9BmQnuJQrlUDVgevtOj2YyUCfGT8l64RbAimxmvKLSqahgpdviLNieVAzB8nZk9ZiaiAPRmlaHg7UWd7FIrFCkhNjtJR8NPjIJDZ-_0bGjX_KhDASE1W2uYT9LM2RHHGE2ROytJr/s1600/walking8-570x427.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7VHG9BmQnuJQrlUDVgevtOj2YyUCfGT8l64RbAimxmvKLSqahgpdviLNieVAzB8nZk9ZiaiAPRmlaHg7UWd7FIrFCkhNjtJR8NPjIJDZ-_0bGjX_KhDASE1W2uYT9LM2RHHGE2ROytJr/s320/walking8-570x427.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534621878495097842" /></a> <br /><br />I know where I’ll be every Sunday night. Thank you AMC.Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-74180219034795088912010-10-08T10:23:00.000-07:002010-10-08T10:39:54.636-07:00Slightly Off Topic...Yes, this deviates a bit off the track, but Kurt Russell is a valuable member of the practical effects film canon. He has starred in some of the best non CGI special effects films out there. That is why this post feels justified for this blog.<br /><br />We can all agree that Hollywood is on a remake rampage. One thing that sticks out for me though is the insane amount of remakes of Kurt Russell films. The Thing, Escape From New York, Overboard. Yeah, so far that's only 3, but who's to say that Big Trouble In Little China, Used Cars and Breakdown aren't on the horizon? We Russell fans need to make our voices heard. <strong>We need to let Hollywood know that Kurt Russell is better than them!</strong><br /><br />I have designed this logo in the hope that the word can be spread. Shirts, stickers, posters, whatever! copyright withstanding of course.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDOCHMUwWrmMYUC3yn02XbUGvNOgZvPmiYxMymuzh69r79-u4vxYKQl9EyJqQncnqfAClQVnlHCslWR5-kSxIqw-BgLdOUg5FmJTL1IACYHUYTMg9PqPDBqGw_G4asdrTrphWIOcaZp2i/s1600/kurtrussell-1-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDOCHMUwWrmMYUC3yn02XbUGvNOgZvPmiYxMymuzh69r79-u4vxYKQl9EyJqQncnqfAClQVnlHCslWR5-kSxIqw-BgLdOUg5FmJTL1IACYHUYTMg9PqPDBqGw_G4asdrTrphWIOcaZp2i/s320/kurtrussell-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525730585625066034" /></a><br /><br />We stand with you Kurt. Hollywood will not erase your films from us with their re-imagined garbage.<br /><br />Thank You.<br /><br />Now back to your regular scheduled air bladders.Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-22182713203974478102010-10-06T11:57:00.000-07:002010-10-06T12:02:28.973-07:00The trolls in "Troll 2" looked more convincing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z8hpmKYNo7ceOKyR6CZwUcIZs5JcmmiengoEZ0SKSw8f9Ri9Wxc0l8eKVi1lmeRwwp0OSG2BcjMGukg25wcTQlFdz62E9iqiS4fQDarE38S_m-97STU9Z-zUT6YTI5vO_AhctYl-1YXJ/s1600/TrollHunterStill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z8hpmKYNo7ceOKyR6CZwUcIZs5JcmmiengoEZ0SKSw8f9Ri9Wxc0l8eKVi1lmeRwwp0OSG2BcjMGukg25wcTQlFdz62E9iqiS4fQDarE38S_m-97STU9Z-zUT6YTI5vO_AhctYl-1YXJ/s320/TrollHunterStill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525009499686777202" /></a><br />Why, oh why would you make a film in “Blair Witch” documentary style, and make the monsters absolutely craptastically CGI? I’m talking about SyFy quality. It’s really appalling and insulting to look at. We’re supposed to get into a “documentary” film about trolls when the trolls they show are 2D cartoons?<br /><br /><strong>New “Death To CGI” rule:</strong> If you are making a shaky cam documentary and need to have obscured humanoid shapes appear from time to time, spend time to MAKE THE FLIPPIN’ COSTUMES! I guarantee the audience will laugh less. <br /><br />Dammit Norway! What the hell?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vy2nAOdBUlw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vy2nAOdBUlw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127574950948501372.post-48877190545022698982010-09-30T13:21:00.000-07:002010-09-30T13:46:43.733-07:00Hope for MankindSo, on the Disney Channel they have the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It's an all CGI cartoon that is fun for kids but excruciating for adults to watch. Seriously it's just like Dora the Explorer but without the multi-cultural learning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIwUgUrLAAzsYv5bg52CppDh6XR3VBOEfMfRbFcaDKRr46ThDTEnk8jS-0AsVf2WyzZWIEDTjR9YmC8OCIPb81VF4yoyu-P-13u5eK_K64cE2Fa1pJBSHTRIsYdadWmvgK9_OWcwc762G/s1600/mickeycgi.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIwUgUrLAAzsYv5bg52CppDh6XR3VBOEfMfRbFcaDKRr46ThDTEnk8jS-0AsVf2WyzZWIEDTjR9YmC8OCIPb81VF4yoyu-P-13u5eK_K64cE2Fa1pJBSHTRIsYdadWmvgK9_OWcwc762G/s320/mickeycgi.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522809533719530786" /></a><br /><br />Anyway, the boy was watching it and after the show was done, to fill the few minute gap, they played an old 40's Disney cartoon. My three year old was fixed to the screen. I could not tear him away. So now every time the new CGI show comes on, he asks me, <em>"where is the other Walt Disney show? I want the other show!"</em><br /><br /><br />He makes me so proud. *sob* <br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6hHLWmeQscI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6hHLWmeQscI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Turnidoff Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055022973696826852noreply@blogger.com0