blade runner: the making of the hades landscape (and more blade runner documentaries)
The urge of the universe cannot be avoided now, three PD readers sent this over during the past few days (Ripla, Razzor and Sinred, REPLICANT ROCK to all of them!). The Hades Landscape, or How The Very Phenomenal Urban Vista of Blade Runner was actually made. Amazing stuff, unfortunately no YouTube embed as of yet, you can check out the six-min video over here at Douglas Trumbull's. Though while we're at it, here's a whole Blade Runner documentary called Dangerous Days - three and a half hour long, culled from 80 interviews and rare footage - it has bits and pieces out in the public, so go for it - here's one outtake for you, a section from To Hades and Back: Release and Resurrection.
And to pay proper respect to Vangelis for one of the most perfect soundtracks ever created for the future - here's a fan-made music video with the main titles and end credits.
the very first station id for mtv japan (by reznor and tsukamoto)
Made by Tsukamoto Shinya as the first-ever station ID for MTV Japan, this video was called "TOH (Top of the Hour)". It was used from September 1993 til August 1994.
So far, a number of famous film-makers have made the TOH in the US. This time - exclusively for MTV Japan - Nine Inch Nails, who had been asking Tsukamoto to do their promotional video, penned the music. With this familiar melody [sic] by NIN, the video almost feels like a scene from the movie Tetsuo.
The film won the Station/Network ID award at New York Festival 1994. (text via youtube)
damage says: watch these movies (presence, stasis, inter // states)
PRESENCE (trailer): Is the apocalypse in all your head? Bryan Kramer’s debut feature has exploding heads, which is excellent, but really it's more about one man’s journey into paranoia and the lonely night, as he struggles to understand what the deadly pandemic is all about. Forget Scanners and fast pace, think existentialist head trip on the meaning of plague, set to sparse eerie electronic chords, plus historical footage of gas masks and missiles. I would have liked more exploding heads, but perhaps that wasn’t the point, or budget. (via quietearth.us)
STASIS (full short movie): In the future, an Ex-Soldier is placed in virtual exercises to cure his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the simulations, he sees glimpses of a mysterious girl, presumably someone from his past. When a Stranger appears in his facility offering answers, the Soldier finds himself once again asked to kill, this time for her... (via io9)
INTER // STATES (full short movie): Inter // States is the latest Tokyo time-lapse piece by photographer Samuel Cockedey. The soundtrack is "Paradigm Flux (Tokyo Cut)" by Woob, from the new "Paradigm Flux" EP. (via pink tentacle)
Yes. There will be more recommendations. And while you're at it, check out the amazing soundtrack done for the Inter // States movie on bandcamp - Woob's EP is simply amazing. Stream it for free, download it for at least 1 USD.
aronofsky's black swan, trailer
Arrives here a bit later than usual but still - digging back now on materials unposted and I'd bleed my wings out if I ignored this. Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel in one movie? (via io9, image via zimbio)
blackfeatheredcrown: she's in parties
Toronto-area model and psychedelic artist blackfeatheredcrown shows her devotion to Nintendo in a very appealing fashion. Catch the whole set on her Flickr page. (via kotaku)
large helical device: japan creates its own star on planet earth
The good folks in Toki, Japan are busy plugging away at solutions to the energy crisis… with the largest superconducting stellarator ever made. According to Alexander Rose, this means that the Large Helical Device (LHD), "is the beginning of what you need to have your own little star right here on planet earth… without actually making our little blue marble into a star." (via dvice)
fuggy fuggy: ninja, horses and blade rocket launchers
He who struggles and endures will be a ninja. Nuff said. One of the brightest stuff I've seen during the past months, spotted that at Function 2010. (fuggy fuggy at brothersmcleod.co.uk)
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more DIY: Russian Transformers test short film
My new video experiment, based on Michael Bay's Transformers, for you and myself. This short film was shot in 2 hours. Edited in month=) For shooting I used my new camera Canon 550D (+ kit lens 18-55mm + 50mm 1.8) and a little bit my friend's camera Nikon D5000 (+ kit lens 18-55mm). Thanks for Watching. (via teaser-trailer.com, thx to lumi - go and hire the man!)
deus ex human evolution: tgs tokyo game show japanese trailer
The Vangelis Blade Runner Esper edition soundtrack plays in the background while I'm watching this Japanese cut of the new Deus Ex 3 trailer, making me think more about urban environments, architecture and civil unrest in infospace, rather than implants, grey licensed guns and cool mirrorshades. Look at the freeroamer urban games and two broken concepts will reveal themselves instantly: 1, you can only enter interiors that are crucial to storytelling or gameplay mechanisms (quest points or places to refill stats) and 2, cities do not breathe, they do not live. The easiest way to show off quantity would be swarms of people, not a dozen that walks around like they're being pushed around in wheelchairs. Cities need people. People will embrace the city virus.
the atari teenage riot budapest live videos
Három órának tűnik az ATR zajba, dühbe, tesztoszteronba és újrakilencvenes anarkipunkba tekert koncertje a Trafóban, @razZ0r orra vérben úszik, a Speednél valami elpattan, ahogy @_moire végtelen felületek között pattogó pisztolygolyóvá változik, a Revolution Actionnél a moshpit megnyúlik kétszer olyan hosszúra, crowdsurfing van meg amúgy teltház, vetkőzünk és félszemmel Nic Endo rackszekrényét, bár ez félreérthető, de majd mindenki magának. Még nem tudom pontosan visszaelemezni a színpadi dinamikát, jobb-e három emberrel ugyanazt visszaadni, mint amit néggyel és milyen rejtett kulturális (vagy szexuális vagy szexuálkulturális) változásokat okoz egy lány hiánya az eredetileg 2F2M felállásban, mindenesetre Nic Endo hangja szinte frekvenciapontosra követi azt, amit Hanin Elias követett el és a felvételen talán még látszik is az a fejoldalrakapós signature move, ami kicsit easter egg, ugyanakkor öt méterrel közelebb hozza a csapatot a megszokotthoz, CX Kidtronik meg a lelkes outsider, akit nem vettek még be igazán, de majd egyszer csak felnövi magát a szerephez meg Carl Crack utódjának lenni amúgysem kis feladat. Húsba gyolcsolt bontóvas az Atari Teenage Riot, akik tízmásodperces blokkokban emelnek át a digital hardcore fülsüketítő erejéhez junglet, reggaet, a dubstep hiányát viszont hosszabb (másfél percben a világot is el lehet pusztítani egy igével) hardtechnoval orvosolják, annál több pedig már csak tisztító erejű zajzuhanyból érkezhet, amitőltöbb napja nem hallok tökéletesen, a Revolution Actiont bevezető anti-gov beszédnél meg felnevetünk, beköszöntött a boldog atemporalitás aszinkron időszaka, újra boldog nineties, még elkapom, ahogy @honeymooncroon magyaráz a zajról valamint, közben motollában jár a környéken a fuckyeahkru (áldjuk a @d0raa @toyclouds @voodoo_violet @hikarieszter négyest, de valaki ellopta tőlük aznap este a képkészítés különleges képességét, könnycsepp), mi meg tele kézzel kívánjuk, hogy nagyszínpadra az egészet, lőn este, lőn reggel, második nap.
2ne1.. és szöul visszanyal
Eyecandy, earcandy, cockcandy, dailykawaii és hajnal háromkor is vonalzóval lemérem kétszer, elmetszem egyszer, hogy lánnyal bármit mert vagy meg akarod dugni vagy olyan akarsz lenni mint ő (vagy mindkettő), enyhe utcai rím félrecsúszik sallang nélkül. Promózenekarnak indult ez is, CL, Bom, Dara meg Minzy és bár elvből nem veszünk komolyan lányt, aki darának hívja magát, így járt a tibetiek szent istennője, ha éppen dáthás vagy, viszont általános nyolcadikig el kell jutnod, ha le akarod betűzni a nevüket, 2NE1, to-a-ny-one, bármilyen rossz az obviousity, ez a kockacinkelt szöuli valóság, a lányok viszont motoron, sportkocsin és látványpadon tárogatnak, pattognak és szórják maguk körül a kokainnal lacelt rózsaszín powerpuff homokot, a négy örökmotolla vagánypetiteről meg kaptok képet és a legjobb videót, ami pontosan annyira nem cink, mint a japán buttshaker R&B vonalon Lisa (I'm all you), de róla majd egyszer később.
mondo fotózás: behind the scenes, 2010 október
Ugyan csak tegnap került ki a standokra a szeptemberi Mondo, de kaptok némi behind-the-scenes előzetest az októberi számból, hogyan fotózzunk macskával, indiai fűszerekkel egy olyan lakásban, ahol a Foursquare egyetlen venuet dob ki, annak is az a neve, hogy anyád, utána az év legvállalhatatlanabb, de annál jószívűbb gyorshajtása úgy, hogy egyúttal unlockoljuk is a GTA it out in Budapest achievementet, Twitter alá (flutter!) összefoglalva: imádtuk. A modell Juhász Adrienn, a smink Fehérvári Orsi, a fotók Kassai Balázs, ezeket meg nem annyira titokban én. Sikerült végre írnom egy mondatot, amiben nincs igei állítmány, korona van a mai napon. Négy érzéstelenítővel.
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blade runner revisited >3.6 gigapixels
An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott's legendary film “Blade Runner” (1982). This film was made as a unique picture with a resolution of 60.000 x 60.000 pixels (3.6 gigapixels). It was made with 167,819 frames from 'Blade Runner'. (via dangerousminds.net)
the shadow broker reveals itself in the new mass effect 2 dlc, available today
Liara T'Soni is tracking down the mysterious Shadow Broker, and no one is safe. She'll do anything to recover the man the Broker kidnapped... and the Shadow Broker's agents will do anything to stop her. Team up with Liara and chase clues from the luxurious heights of Illium to the Shadow Broker's own secret lair. Adds the Shadow Broker intel center, new research, and five new achievements – and the chance to continue a relationship with Liara.
After some eight months of feeling all hyped up about the next most amazing space epic, it's time to actually buy a DLC, spank The Shadow Broker and bounce everyone out the airlock just once. It is 800 MS points, it is on and time for me to get offline and actually disappear for a few days to complete those missions as well. Among other things. Yes. Lair of the Shadow Broker will keep us fresh and sober.
angelspit meets twist magazine
The Duke of ROCK, Karl Zoog Learmont of Angelspit is back with another septuplet (yes) of interview videos with Twist magazine, nice ideas about how interview is conducted, lighted, cut and gapped with all the gorgeous filth noise going haywire. I've linked the second part of the interview above, but you can start out with the first one here or check this playlist link for all seven parts.
And while we're at it, pre-order their new remix CD Larva Pupa Tank Coffin from their webstore Black Pill Red Pill 'cause it totally ROCKS.
dj palotai @ burning man festival 2010
Yes. One of Hungary's best and most prominent DJs, DJ Palotai rocking out in Nevada in the heat of the counterculture's shiniest fest, Burning Man. Curious to hear his set he played there, anyone care to share? (via @_moire)
in the dark: the birthday massacre releases new music video
The Birthday Massacre releases their new music video In the Dark off their forthcoming album Pins and Needles, due 17th of September with a slight touch of The Ringu and The Cure's Lullaby. Enjoyable and Chibi & Co. has grown only better with their bittersweet violet-striped-and-polkadotted fairy goth pop.
zola jesus
Zola Jesus is Nika Roza Danilova, an opera-trained caterwauler from Madison, Wisconsin who makes noise music that scrapes and glistens in equal measure. She loves Ian Curtis and Lydia Lunch, and their uncompromising tendencies can be heard throughout her bruising, beautiful recent album, The Spoils. (...) (She's also a member of Former Ghosts, the latest project from This Song Is a Mess But So Am I's Freddy Ruppert, which also involves Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart.) (zola jesus myspace, via pitchfork, image via hplusson)
dose energy drink: look what the kat dragged in
Look what the kat dragged in: our newest find in the shop, [big dose] energy drink, colorharmonizing with the latest cover. And by the way, buy our latest issue for 4 euros and get lots of hints about Parisian (and French) alternative and counterculture, all in gonzo. (www.thedosemag.com)
atari teenage riot activate budapest
Hétfőtizenhárom, újra szívcsúcson csap a berlini/globális anarchialöket, újra összeáll a leghangosabb, legzajosabb, legdühösebb és legstroboszkópfényesebb lázadóexpressz, az ATARI TEENAGE RIOT. A frontember Alec Empiret már sikerült párszor mikrofon mögé szorítani, a legutóbbi pesti etapnál mintha már jóval visszafogottabb és pozitívabb lett volna. Régen még azt vettük le sokan a zenéből, hogy le kell rombolni mindent, hogy újra lehessen építeni, aztán inkább az lett belőle, hogy meg kell változtatni a dolgokat a gyökereiknél, de elvtestvére, Zan Lyons londoni film- és zeneművész összerakta tíz év után az első ATR-videoklipet és egyértelműen látszik belőle, hogy a nemdestroy változtatáshoz is kell az, hogy a mélyládák előtt ketten csapjanak tüdőn könyökkel félfordulatból. Gyönyörű, vegytiszta tisztítótűz lesz a Trafóban. Mi megyünk. (via trafo.hu)
cosplay: subject zero jack from mass effect 2
Jack, resident whackjob of the SSV Normandy, portrayed wonderfully by Jia Crens. There's a level of dedication here that borders on the fanatical. In a good way. See, Jia not only models in the shots here, but also made the costume (it's a flesh-coloured bodysuit, not ink-on-flesh) and, most amazingly, even submitted herself to the barber's clippers, going so far as to have Jack's hair "design" shaved into her scalp. (jiajem.com via kotaku)
aphex twin does interactive augmented reality
At this weekend London Electronic Festival (LED) Aphex Twin used live facial recognition to map the audience and overlay images of his own, trademark distorted face. Mesmerising and disturbing in equal measure! (at nerdcore via dangerous minds)
caprica season 1.5 preview
Caprica will resume the second half of its first season in January 2011, alongside the return of Stargate Universe. The exact premiere dates are to be announced. Following long-established practice, however, a new trailer for Caprica's season 1.5 is already out. It made its debut at Comic-Con to much excitement. (via scifi.about.com)