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Category Archives: Films
The PHD Movie 2 – Behind The Scenes
The PHD Movie 2 is coming out soon(ish)! I love the first PHD Movie, and from the looks of this behind the scenes montage, this will carry on the excellent work. They all look like they’re having such fun filming, … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence In Films
Films have a long history of showing artificial intelligence, but only a few have managed to actually get it right. With the recent release of Ex Machina (an amazing film, go see it), BuzzFeed created a list of “Six films that … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Science
Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, AI, Artificial Intelligence, AVA, Blade Runner, BuzzFeed, Ex Machina, Film4, HAL 9000, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Joshua, Marvin the Paranoid Android, R.U.R, replicant, robots, Rossum's Universal Robots, Tyrell Nexus replicants, War Games
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Throwback Thursday #5
This week’s Throwback Thursday is all about black holes. As a reminder, these posts are not exhaustive by any means, but just contain old posts that I found interesting at the time, but never got round to posting about. “Powerful … Continue reading
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Tagged #5, astronomer, BBC, behemoths, black hole, black holes, cosmic blast, Dan Marrone, Discovery, gas cloud, Interstellar, nature, New Scientist, supermassive, Throwback Thursday
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Visual Guide To Marvel Character Movie Rights
This is a great visual guide by The Geek Twins, showing which studios own which Marvel characters, as it can get quite confusing! It clearly shows why Spider-Man, the X-Men, or the Fantastic Four won’t be part of any future Avengers movies, … Continue reading
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Tagged character rights, characters, Fantastic Four, Marvel, Marvel characters, rights, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, studios, The Avengers, The Geek Twins, visual guide, X-Men
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Science Fiction Ship Replicas Made With Paper
What can you make if you have a talent with folding paper in exceedingly precise ways? A paper aeroplane? Some origami? How about perfect replicas of science fiction ships? That’s just what a Japanese craftsman has done. Using only paper, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apollo 13, Aquarius Lunar Module, Aries, AT-ST, Battlestar Galactica, craftsman, Endurance, Gizmodo, Interstellar, japanese, Orion, paper, replicas, science fiction, Space Station V, Sploid, Star Wars, Tie Interceptor, Viper Mk2, X-Wing fighter
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Throwback Thursday #3
Whereas last week’s Throwback Thursday was about words, today’s is all about films. We start off with Cinemetrics, which “is about measuring and visualising movie data, in order to reveal the characteristics of films and to create a visual “fingerprint” for … Continue reading
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Tagged <3, Cinemetrics, Everything is a Remix, films, Fox Retro, helicarrier, Kirby Ferguson, Punga, remix, S.H.I.E.L.D., Throwback Thursday, Wired
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Avengers: Age Of Ultron – Trailer
Second trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and just like the teaser, it looks epic! I love the music they use in it. Oh boy. Onwards!
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Tagged Age of Ultron, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Joss Whedon, Marvel, The Avengers, Thor, trailer
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