Posted by Adam Richardson - November 17, 2008
Despite the vaguely technical title, the latest James Bond installment, Quantum of Solace, is almost completely devoid of gadgets.
Gee-whiz gadgets have been a mainstay of the Bond oeuvre, from car ejection seats to lighters that convert into pistols, from watches with lasers to personal jetpacks. But with the "reboot" of the series starting with the last movie, Casino Royale, the film-makers have dramatically downplayed the use of devices as deus-ex-machina methods of getting Bond out of a jam.
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Posted by Nick de la Mare - November 16, 2008
Chris Foss was (perhaps is) a British sci-fi artist. He’s most famous for his association with an ill-fated attempt to make the first Dune film in 1976. It's a shame the film was never made because it would most likely have been classic 70’s cinematic madness and excess (witness Zardoz starring Sean Connery in diapers for comparison). Set to star Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali, with a Pink Floyd soundtrack and H.R. Giger and Chris Foss on deck to provide the vision and set design, you have to imagine it would have been epic.
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Posted by Tim Leberecht - November 16, 2008
Now that Barack Obama has appointed YouTube as his “Secretary of Video,” as CNET comments, it raises the question what does Generation O’s new transparency mean for businesses?
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Posted by Tim Leberecht - November 15, 2008
Demos, the UK-based “every democracy” think tank, is putting on an interesting event in London this week (November 18): How to make news and influence people: Media and journalism in the network age will discuss "the new politics of images" and "what kinds of news and photo-journalism are emerging to connect people with politics."
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Posted by frogs on the road - November 13, 2008
Associate Creative Director Dave Hoffer has coined a new term: Disruptive Realism. After discussing some examples in this video, he was inspired to elaborate.
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