Yet more links and some industry news.
Yes I have yet another round of applicable/interesting links:
News on the possible SAG strike: I sincerely hope a strike can be avoided and the issue can be resolved promptly, I of course say that because I’m job hunting and really would like some greenlit productions to start crewing up now.. SAG has updates on their site as well.
Citizen’s take on recent news, via digg
Most disappointing tv cancellations, via digg – No mention of firefly!
Top Five post apocalyptic movies
Michael Moore on Slacker’s uprising and piracy
Huge Compilation of Photoshop tutorials – I play around with Photoshop whenever I can and will be working my way through these as time permits.
Sony is now offering cheap DRM free music – This is a far cry from the rootkit scandal a while back.. Nice to see they’ve moved away from the “hey let’s make it that as soon as the customer puts in one of our cds their computer explodes!”. It also looks between Wal-mart and news like this Digital Rights Management is going to take a bit of a dive.
Honesty in advertising, Humorous.
Weta workshop is selling a limited edition Steampunk raygun, I love steam punk in fact it’s the theme I’m planning on doing my room up in when I can afford the glory that is home depot! I don’t think I’d pay that much for a steam punk raygun it would be far more fun to build one.
Ridley Scott making brave new world! Ridley Scott is my favorite living Director and I can walk into one his films knowing that it will 9 out of 10 times be excellent – Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, KOH, Alien!, and of course Blade Runner!
My Room mate Ryan is a whiz kid when it comes to the game industry, business, and entrepreneurship. A few weeks ago he mentioned Eve Online and how it’s virtual economy was so complex and revolutionary that economists were studying it. Business Week via io9 has a pod cast on Eve and Economy.
IO9 has a short entry on the BBC preparing a massive amount of Science Fiction material for the Radio. After my time at the University of Stirling I’m very enthusiastic about the BBC and its charter to: inform, educate, and entertain.
Basic technology helped Jonathan Liebesman actually land a pretty sweet gig. I’m hoping for a reference or two to X-com as well.
Sons of Anarchy has been picked up for a second season, I’m excited as I like the show. I’m a little weary though as well. The first two episodes were great, and the others have had moments that highlight potential but maybe the time constraint is hurting the show. If it were an hour long perhaps they could squeeze a bit more depth in. I can see what they’re trying to do in each episode but somehow it’s falling a bit short. Great actors, premise, and storyline just seems to be under reaching. Regardless I’m happy to hear there are more episodes in the can. [Edit: Just saw Episode 5 and it was great! Hope that continues]
All for now,
Juard Van Dijkhorst