Six Weeks Before Star Wars
April 9, 1977. At the Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention, held at the LAX Marriott from April 8-10, the Vice President of Star Wars Corporation, Charles Lippincott, presented a panel on the soon-to-be released feature film, Star Wars. Luckily for us, Barney Evans recorded that panel and uploaded the audio to YouTube […]
A Portrait of Smaug by John Howe
Now THIS is a dragon! Yet another magnificent achievement from the magical fingers of John Howe.
A Spider-Man Workout
Here’s a video circulating on Facebook showing how Spider-Man doing some exercises. Amazing, isn’t he? This guy. Posted by Mud and Adventure on Friday, November 21, 2014
The Iron Giant — Enhanced!
In 1999, Warner Bros. released The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird. The story is about a kid named Hogarth, who befriends a mysterious giant robot, whose landing on the earth damaged his memory of being a weapon of mass destruction. But when an incident triggers the robot’s memory, will he resort to his destructive […]
Mari Iijima Live! Do You Remember Love?
Attendees of the Macross World convention on October 17, 2015 got a real treat: a concert by none other than Mari Iijima, singer and voice actress best known for her role as Lynn Minmei in the Super Dimension Fortress Macross franchise. Ms. Iijima is now a resident of Los Angeles and continues to engage audiences […]
Jane and the Dragon’s Tenth TV Anniversary
Ten years ago, October 15, 2005, Canada’s YTV network premiered one of the greatest children’s TV shows ever: Jane and the Dragon. Among many reasons, what made it great was that it didn’t pander to the audience. Adults could watch without feeling their intelligence going down the drain. The digital animation came from Weta Workshop […]
Wonky Dragons
Here’s some caricatured dragons from the Spanish film, El Corazón del Roble / The Heart of the Oak. This is the third and last of the Dragon Hill series, the earlier ones being hand-drawn efforts. 3D artist Jon Unceta textured, shaped, and rigged the CG versions, more streamlined than the hand-drawn versions. Oddly, the producers […]
Smaug Gets Busted
Over the weekend Weta Workshop’s bust edition of Smaug the Terrible made its premiere appearance at New York Comic Con. Charlie Jane Anders of io9 reported that the supply “sold out in a heartbeat.” But the Workshop has more that can be ordered from their website, here. Behold the detail of the bust, as sculpted […]
Robotech: Macross Updated
What if Super Dimensional Fortress Macross were animated today and integrated into Robotech? Here’s some footage updating scenes from Macross but set to the music from Robotech, as composed by Ulpio Minucchi and orchestrated by Arlen Ober: Compiled and uploaded by Ivan Vallejos, November 22, 2013
From Darth Farmer to Darth Vader
What would Darth Vader sound like if he was voiced by Darth the actor who wore the costume? Listen to this excerpt from the 2004 documentary, Empire of Dreams: Uploaded by Guardstark on June 23, 2007. Visual effects maestro Ken Ralston described it as “hilarious and terrifying at the same time, because we didn’t know […]
