… IS, WELL, WHAT YOU SEE Or The Lego Box View of the World of Yore and a…
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… IS, WELL, WHAT YOU SEE
Or The Lego Box View of the World of Yore and a Few Other Considerations
John Howe writes: I’ve been spending a lot of time leafing through old atlases and encyclopedias, both physically and on the net, and have become enamoured of the various and varying views of the world of yore*.
Image trawling is like looking for pieces in a box of Lego. Continue reading “John Howe’s Journal: WHAT YOU SEE…”
Martin writes: Guillermo del Toro is keeping up a pretty damn cool correspondence with the fans over at deltorofilms.com and on the forum of his Hellboy II Website, where he answers fan-questions on an almost daily basis. He also came to talk about the Hobbit a couple of times. Continue reading “Guillermo del Toro Answers Hobbit Questions”
Iain writes: Guillermo del Toro will be interviewed on BBC1’s Film 2008 programme next week. This is scheduled for Tue-18-Mar and the programme runs from 11:15pm – 11:45pm. From the website: “Jonathan Ross reviews The Spiderwick Chronicles, comedy Lars and the Real Girl and welcomes Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro to the studio.” [bbc.co.uk] Continue reading “Guillermo del Toro Interview on BBC”
From Geek.com: If you’ve watched the “Lord of the Rings” films, then you’ve seen Massive Software’s technology in action. The huge battle scenes containing thousands of characters were all thanks to the company’s software, Massive Prime, and the same technology has been used more recently in the film “The Golden Compass.”
The key aspect that makes Massive’s products so popular is the use of intelligent agents that show realistic behavior through their animations. This allows for a battle scene to be created without having to spend hundreds of man-hours animating different attacks, defenses, and movements. Instead, agents are placed down on a scene and told to demonstrate certain behaviors, with the rest being automatic. Massive Software turns talents to architecture and robotics
Rimmoldad writes: Trekmovie.com are reporting Patrick Stewart’s revelation that he spoke to Peter Jackson about taking the role of Gandalf (for the original films) but turned it down because of the script!
Variety columnist Anne Thompson has an excellent article on the longer, bigger picture of New Line Cinema and where “The Lord of the Rings,” films fit into that history. As part of the story she shares a small tidbit about a familiar producer that might be on board and yet another confirmation that Guillermo del Toro is still the likely to direct the two films that will tell the story of Bilbo Baggins and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Thanks to Compa_Mighty for tracking down the news. Read the full story right here.
