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Reading Between the Lines: First Image of James Cameron’s Avatar
Even if acclaimed director James Cameron has been saying that he’ll be open in discussing the making of his latest science fiction 3D animation-powered opus Avatar, there is still not much to chew on while we wait for the movie to air at the end of the year this December. Now, a fully processed image [...]
Continue reading...Beyond 3D Animation: The Space Elevator
Sunday, August 16, 2009
One of the key strengths of 3D animation is that it can envision things which are difficult to actually see or which are physically improbable at all. This is why it has such a strong role in medical animation where hard to find spots are now easily accessible for surgeons to study. Space fiction is [...]
Continue reading...BBC’s Torchwood Returns with Children of Earth
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Aliens are a common topic for science fiction series. Over the years this plot topic has been well discussed and dissected from the early 1960s and well into the 90s and in today’s generation. Men In Black, Star Trek, Star Wars. But sometimes it’s not the topic which makes a sci-fi series rather how it [...]
Continue reading...Alternative Usage of Gundams if They Truly Exist
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
If the life-size likeness of a Gundam being finished in Japan is not enough testimony to how the concept of giant robots with massive firepower and fluid mobility has been scintillating the imagination of people for many years, then I don’t know what will. At one point in time, a person closely exposed to the [...]
Continue reading...Interpretations of Cyborgs in Sci-Fi Films
Thursday, June 4, 2009
One of the more colorful elements of science fiction films in Hollywood is the introduction of robots. However, in trying to take the futuristic appeal to a higher level, most science fiction films portay these robots in a more humanistic manner – through the introduction of cybernetic organisms or more popularly known as cyborgs. Through the [...]
Continue reading...Science Fiction: The Engine behind Summer Blockbusters
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The tradition of anticipating (Western) summertime full-length feature films with the best special effects spectacle from the top 3D animation studios of Hollywood will never establish a deep following if not for the invention of the literature genre science fiction. Sci-fi, as it is more fondly called by movie and literature fans, encompasses a broad [...]
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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