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All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 6, 2011, 1:16 pm
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First, homey don't play that SyFy ****. Asshats.
So Riddick is just going jump start this thread for me.
The 3rd installment is coming to reality. Pre-production is at
least rolling and that's what is happening now with the Vin
Diesel and creator/director David Twohy behind the lens.
[glow=red,2,300]Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking[/glow]
[quote]Riddick franchise star Vin Diesel is back once again with
more from the pre-production world of The Chronicles of Riddick:
Dead Man Stalking, which is to once again be helmed by David
Twohy. While also adding the following storyboard image (and
confirming an R-rating), he also writes:
"While I was working on character, the Director and his team of
artists have been creating the world and style of this picture.
We all know how much I enjoy concept art and storyboards, haha,
I am like a kid in a candy shop.
Seeing the early stage of CGI is always fascinating to me, it is
a element that usually comes together long after the filming
process, so you look forward to seeing it fully realized.
First stop for the Riddick production is Canada, which is where
we shot a large part of Chronicles...
P.s. I am grateful to have Universal in such support of this
complex character's journey... not many studios would back an
"R" rating. Very cool."
Casting is underway although no shoot day is set in
stone.[/quote]
I'm excited. Hope this fully comes about. I didn't care too much
for the direction Chronicles of Riddick took after the fresh
vision of Pitch Black. But from early discussions, it looks like
they learned from their mistakes and will get back to the core
thinking like in Pitch Black.
Check out David Twohy's website
HTML http://www.davidtwohy.com/main.htm.
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: ChipRawks Date: September 6, 2011, 1:46 pm
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I've only seen the first movie which was pretty good. Never got
around to seeing the second film due to poor word of mouth. But
now that the Library is my friend, I may give it a shot
regardless. I will weigh in on what I think about the news of
the third film after watching the second one.
That is all, folks.
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 6, 2011, 2:41 pm
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[quote author=ChipRawks link=topic=282.msg1364#msg1364
date=1315334805]
I've only seen the first movie which was pretty good. Never got
around to seeing the second film due to poor word of mouth. But
now that the Library is my friend, I may give it a shot
regardless. I will weigh in on what I think about the news of
the third film after watching the second one.
That is all, folks.
[/quote]
Naturally I'm going to recommend it. It's not bad... it's just
nothing like Pitch Black.
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 8, 2011, 11:56 am
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Build Your Own Terminator With Free A.I. Course From Stanford
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ngd6zCeUc
[quote]James Cameron might've told us that Judgement Day was on
August 29, 1997 in Terminator 2, but since Stanford University's
School Of Engineering is offering Introduction to Artificial
Intelligence (CS221) as a free online course for everyone this
semester, it could be any day now.
Starting October 10th, the class spans 10 weeks and includes two
video lectures per week on topics like machine learning, Markov
models, robotics and robot motion planning, decision processes
and adversarial planning.
Unless you're enrolled as a student at Stanford, you won't get
college credit but you will get a statement of accomplishment
signed by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig - the two professors
- upon completion. For those who aren't looking for something
too strenuous (well, I should say MORE strenuous), there's a
basic track with includes the lectures and basic quizzes. If
you're looking to really get into it and work on a collegiate
level, try the advance track which includes homework
assignments, tests and deadlines (blah).
Sebastian Thrun is a Research Professor of Computer Science at
Stanford University, a Google Fellow, a member of the National
Academy of Engineering and the German Academy of Sciences. He's
best known for his research in robotics and machine learning,
including his self-driving car which was named one of the 50
best inventions of 2010 by Time Magazine.
Peter Norvig is Director of Research at Google Inc. He is also a
Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence
and the Association for Computing Machinery, and co-authored
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, which is the world's
most popular text book on Artificial Intelligence. He also used
to be the head of the Computational Sciences Division at NASA
Ames Research Center, making him NASA's senior computer
scientist.
There's already over 50,000 people signed up for this course,
which means one of us is destined to create Skynet. [/quote]
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 10, 2011, 5:16 am
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Extraterrestrial
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 14, 2011, 10:05 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Pacific Rim[/glow] - July 12, 2013
Dir: Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo del Toro�s monster movie Pacific Rim has quietly
booked itself into Pinewood Toronto Studios with the working
title Still Seas for a six month shoot through April 2012,
writes THR.
Del Toro's monsters vs mechas action movie from Legendary
Pictures, which is executive produced by Callum Greene, will
start shooting in Toronto on the Pinewood soundstages from
October 31, 2011.
Pacific Rim, which stars Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day and Idris
Elba, is slated for a July 21, 2013 release date by Warner Bros.
[quote]Fantastic. I mean so far, knock on wood, it�s the
greatest experience of my life. I�m having a blast, designing
like crazy. I�m now hiring actors, which is always a good sign,
always a great sign when you�re casting. We�re announcing a
release date� The other thing that we�re heading towards is an
impeding start date the first week in November, so we have 20
weeks to start shooting the biggest giant monster movie ever
made.[/quote]
Del Toro was earlier set to shoot At the Mountains of Madness in
Toronto, but that project has been delayed.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8akj5gTOpk
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Leaked story... maybe spoiler
[spoiler]Since the first attack, the rim has been �spitting out�
a variety of gigantic monsters at an increasing rate, which then
stride out of the ocean and begin destroying sea-bordering
cities, like Tokyo and Los Angeles. In order to combat these
monstrous, otherworldly menaces, the military developed the
�Jaeger� program, which trains teams of two pilots to jointly
operate massive, building-sized mechanized suits of armor and
high-tech weaponry...." Continued inside.
"....Within the first act alone, we are given enough detailed
background on the god-like Jaeger systems, its shared neural
piloting system (called �pons�), and the relentless beasts. But
Beacham is an absolute master at immediately establishing
characters and their conflicts.
The central character is Raleigh Antrobus, 23, a skilled Jaeger
pilot still wrestling emotionally with the loss of his co-pilot
and biological brother, Yance, during a mission a year earlier.
The ordeal has wreaked havoc on his mind spirit, leaving him
with ghostly nightmares of the battle from the shared �pons�
experience. After the initial setup, the damaged hero is
recruited to re-join the task force in Tokyo, where pilots are
in demand, and team with a fellow �leftover,� 22-year-old female
Japanese pilot Mako Mori. Naturally, the language barrier (among
other things) presents an issue for the out-of-sync duo, meaning
an even steeper learning curve for the unprecedented pairing.
Meanwhile, Felicity �Flick� Kincaid, a journalist and Yance�s
former fianc�e, circles the globe (ours) to discover answers
about this mysterious rift and the origins of its intensifying
threat."[/spoiler]
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: September 14, 2011, 10:25 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Red Lights[/glow]
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: October 20, 2011, 9:06 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]Chronicle - [/glow] Feb 2, 2012
This looks interesting.
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: November 12, 2011, 11:54 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Journey 2: Mysterious Island[/glow]
Let's get this straight... this is nothing like one of my all
time favorite classics Mysterious Island with Michael Craig and
Capt Nemo. This is disneyfied sequel to capitalize on 3D. I'm
really on the border with this one. It looks just too kiddie for
me. I'll check it out one day when it comes on DVD, because it
does look like some fun moments. But yea, not plopping down
bucks for this one.
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Re: All Things Sci-Fi...
By: Mac Date: November 12, 2011, 12:02 pm
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Corman's World
Though it's a documentary, it is about Roger Corman. I love
B-movies, especially with sci-fi and Roger is the king. I'm sure
this will be very entertaining.
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