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Do It Yourself Filmmaking
Hollywood continues to make worthless, creatively-bankrupt shit-flicks that rob audiences of intelligence, self-worth, and the will to live. Billions of dollars - money that could be used to change our world for the better - go inexplicably instead to finance cold, bloody cumstains like Norbit and Wild Hogs. Thinking people everywhere might be right to wonder if Hollywood’s modus operandi is to destroy the world.
Fortunately some out there make movies simply for the joy of the process. And thanks to technology, the ability to express their art has been made much simpler and easier.
A group called Mediashed has developed a system for making movies - and it’s entirely free.
No Sign Of Special Effects
As the old Hollywood adage goes: “The best special effects are the ones you never see.”
Of course, we live in an age of total and obvious CGI immersion at the theater. Occasionally an effect astounds, but they almost always reveal themselves easily as illusions.
But with Zodiac, director David Fincher showed that effects can seamlessly and invisibly integrate into a film, making it another useful tool in telling a realistic story. Check out this amazing highlight reel of special effects from the film that you never knew were there:
It’s Saturday Night
Remember when “Saturday Night Live” didn’t suck?
Since it’s Saturday night and SNL sucks, lets look back at when it didn’t.
Tay Zonday Is Living The “Internet Dream”
We got so caught up into the greatness of “Chocolate Rain” here at the Rec, that we missed Tay Zonday’s follow up songs.
Transforming The Right Way
“Transformers” was a bunch of CGI garbage. The movie could have been so much better, If only it had not been CGI. How could they have pulled this off?
When Dreams Come True
In 1999, my greatest childhood dream came true…A NEW Star Wars movie was released. The beginning of a new trilogy. Not just any trilogy. These are the 3 greatest films ever to see the big screen. From BRILLIANT acting, to astounding CGI, the Star Wars prequel trilogy is a literal masterpiece. Read more
Get Well Soon
Legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley has been hospitalized in Gainesville, Florida after suffering a heart attack.
More Will Get “Lost”
The cast of “Lost” keeps getting bigger and bigger for the upcoming 4th season.
Return of the Jedi - The Cinematic Revolution
Boldfaced lies in faulty classroom textbooks insist that historical milestones occurred prior to 1983. But for me, however, that year not only spawned an artistic tsunami in the motion picture industry, but also marks the dawn of human consciousness.
1983: The year George Lucas presented humanity with its most enduring treasure: Return of the Jedi.
While films prior to that legendary date had achieved certain insignificant milestones like sound, color, and, best of all, musicals, the art form had yet to realize its true potential. So Lucas, sensing that the world was ready to receive his vision, crafted a screenplay of undeniable power and placed it in the sure hands of the greatest director a successful trilogy could ever possibly want - Richard Marquand.
With these two pieces put brilliantly in place, Lucas and his eager team of yes-men embarked on an emotional and spiritual journey to not only conclude the story started by the two lesser films in the trilogy; they attempted to heal the world through film. Let’s look at some of the wondrous moments in Return of the Jedi that so profoundly altered the course of film and life itself:
Congratulations Chris!
An early congratulations to our good friend, and brilliant co-creator of The Rec Show, Christopher Daniel. Chris, I love you buddy (mostly sexually), and I’m sure that the night of your honeymoon will be exactly as the following video!…
Drowning In Timberlake
While all of the media rags breathlessly detail every cooch-flash of Britney Spears, the most talented young performer of this generation is building himself a mighty empire.
Justin Timberlake continues to set the pace.
Even though Timberlake looks like a fifty year old man, he has the sex appeal, raw talent, and uncanny instincts to dominate all aspects of multimedia.
Of course, we used to say that about Michael Jackson.
In addition to completely owning (or should I say pwning? Man, I hate that shit) the music industry over the last several years, Timberlake has branched out into film fairly successfully as well. First came well-received turns in Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan. Now he’s being recruited by Mike Myers to save a sinking ship.
Great Live Performance
This is a great performance from the Arsenio Hall Show, 1989.
Studio Fox Remakes In The Ass
Anybody who despises the regurgitant (new word alert) nature of modern Hollywood - i.e. all thinking people - today have a reason to celebrate the future of film.
38 Years And Still Going Strong
Yesterday started the 38th year of the greatest, most influential and longest running children T.V. show ever, “Sesame Street”. The season started with guest star Tina Fey and the usual cast of characters.
Yo Gabba Gabba, Cha-Ching
Are you ready fot the next big thing in your kids life?
Best Song Ever Made.
If you have not yet been blessed with seeing the HBO show, “Flight of the Conchords,” this song will give you a taste of it’s brilliance… Read more
Sinead O’Connor is NOT Dead!
“Well of course she’s not dead K.C.!!” will be the reply from many. But after years of thinking she was a 1 Hit Wonder, I want to know a couple of things… Read more
Outside In A Basement
Back in 2004, one visionary filmmaker named Stephen Van Vuuren imagined making a film on his home computer that could play on IMAX screens. His dream project involved making a Fantasia-esque trip to Saturn, with the film comprised solely of still photographs. Van Vuuren manipulates the photographs through a technique he developed which he calls “2.75-D” … not quite 3-D, but pretty damn close.
Here is the eye-popping trailer for the unfinished film:
YouTube Reforms the Elections
I think we all realize that the political system in the United States has been flushed into a swirling toilet bowl of gridlock, partisanship, greed, and, more recently, downright evil.
In recent times, the common man could not get a straight answer or a beneficial action out of his elected officials if he marched on Washington with an armed militia. Ahhhh … doesn’t THAT sound nice??
Now it appears that the YouTube generation has broken down part of the barrier that separates the ruling class from the peasants. And for once, not with videos of people farting the alphabet.
