When's the last time you took a long, hard, serious look at anime, and digitally animated movies, not to mention the games that either spin off them or spawn them?
You might not have looked in a while ... I haven't. I just did. I'm fairly speechless here (and for AG that's saying a lot).
What can I tell you? There's going to come a time when human actors are going to be out of work! What they're doing with animation these days is aready enough to blow you away ... you know what this is going to be like in another 10 years?!
Take a squizz at this ... and think of Storm Comstantine's Wraethu while you're squizzing ... because both these characters are guys -- namely Sephiroth and Cloud, villain and hero, from Final Fantasy.
What can you say? Johnny Quest was never like this!
There's a curious little piece running on The Times of India, and it just leaves you shaking your head. I've heard of some dumb things, but this just about takes the cake.
Pitt out of film for his good looks Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is out of upcoming movie State of Play as the director on hindsight felt he was too good-looking to play the role. Pitt was originally to star in the big-screen thriller as a journalist but the actor quit during pre-production, citing concerns with the script, contactmusic.com reports. Gladiator star Russell Crowe was roped in as a late replacement for Brad to star opposite actor Ben Affleck's character of a Congressman in the film. Director Kevin McDonald is convinced that Crowe's rough features are more suited to the role. "In a way, I was lucky it didn't work out with Brad. The relationship between the journalist and the politician was meant to be between somebody who feels inferior, who's a bit of a schlump, who kind of can't get a girlfriend, and somebody he's looking up to and admires his polished politician friend," he said. "That is not the dynamic of a Brad Pitt. He's not looking up to anyone thinking 'Oh, I wish I could have your girlfriend'," he added.
Here's the rub, boys and girls: THE MAN IS AN ACTOR. He isn't actually Achilles. Nor doe she race about machine-gunning people. Nor was born at age 90 and grow younger throughout life. All these parts are ACTING.
And he's not supposed to be able to act the part of someone who looks up to others and envies their girl friends?!
I would venture to say that if Mr. Pitt decided to play the part of a blind leper, he'd do just fine. Being an ACTOR. Professionally. Meaning, "getting paid to do the job and being bloody good at it."
Anyway, Russell Crowe will also be just fine, but -- and Russ, we love you, man! --it's just the principle of the thing, you know?!
Okay, AG: off the soapbox and on with the eye candy. Here we go:
There's a movie you know HAS to be made. It just has to be, since the world in general and the USA in particular made history a few weeks ago.
I'm not having you on, this is not a wind up (nor is it a drill); have a read of this:
Will Smith Ready To Play The Part Of Barack Obama
LONDON, Eng., Jan.23 (TOTI) -- Now that Barack Obama has officially taken Presidential office, it comes as no surprise that there's talk of a Barack Obama movie. Leading man, William Smith, is ready to step up and play the part of the first bi-racial President of the United States.At the London premiere of his latest film, Seven Pounds, Smith said, "If I am ordered by my commander in chief to star in a film about him, I will do my duty as an American." (on Times of the Internet).
This would be cool. I guess. I supposed. I'm not quite sure. Thoughts, anyone?
And while we're here ... you probably haven't seen the pic below, so, uh, enjoy...
(Yep, the art is by Boris: copyright and so on, so forth, all rights observed, all wrongs obverted ... and yes, that IS a word -- look it up!)
Brendan Fraser is back on the big screen in a new fantasy movie -- heavy on the CGI and thick with thrills, chills, spills, one would imagine, with a thumnail sketch like Inkheart: "he plays a book collector with a magical ability to bring famous literary characters to life by merely reading their stories aloud. When his wife disappears into a rare, out-of-print book, he and his daughter (Eliza Hope Bennett) set out to find a copy and bring her back to the real world. (Want more? Go right to The Sunday Paper.)
Now, why couldn't he have gotten himself involved in a Mel Keegan novel?! Well ... maybe not for a family movie, I guess. But you can dream, right? Speaking of which --
There's some serious talent out there in cyberpace, boys and girls, and some of it's dialled in on Brendan, and a swag of it could have popped right out of something Mel Keegan might have written! Got your doubts? Try this one on for size -- and once again, if anyone has a credit and a back link, let me know, I'd be thrilled to post both ... if only to encourage the artists! Grab your hat -- here we go, now:
Now, this what I call art. Fine art. You got a problem with what?
While we're here -- have you seen the Inkheart trailer? It's been circulating for a looong time, but the movie is right around the corner now:
Give this commercial an award. Seriously. Is there a photo-art version of the Oscar, the Emmy, the Bafta? This piece deserves it:
Could be part of a collaction that's been touring cyberspace for a while now, the "mythic gods" collection of semi-photo, semi-art. This gentleman would be Mercury, messenger of the gods ... and do the old eyes deceive or would it be fair to say he bears a more than passing similarity to Brendan Fraser?? Full marks to whoever's behind this one. (If you would like to give me a credit and a back link I would be delighted to post both!) What a beauty shot. And let's stay on the subject of Brendan Fraser for a bit...
