Another does of Mirage in the Water, this time with “Is It Real?”
Evidently the movie scenes are from a 1970s Japanese film on transvestites. I doubt that’s going in my to-be-viewed queue anytime soon…
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Shogazer Sunday: Mirage In The Water’s “Is It Real?”
Sunday, May 12th, 2013A Hole In the Water Into Which You Pour Money
Friday, May 10th, 2013I never cared about the America’s Cup, which has always been a race for rich guys to compete against each other. But this article on the crash of Oracle’s radical 13-story, rigid-sail driven ship is fascinating from both engineering and failure analysis perspectives.
Post crash footage:
And here’s Mark 2 of the boat, back on the water and hydroplaning:
Like most Oracle products, the ship seems to need a large number of consultants to keep it operating…
Ray Harryhausen, RIP (And Valley of the Gwangi)
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013Stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen has died at age 92.
I’m pretty sure your average SF movie blogger can offer a more heartfelt and insightful obituary than I can, so instead, here’s a short documentary about how Harryhausen helped created the special effects in the underrated Valley of the Gwangi.
West Explosion: Small Mercies
Thursday, April 18th, 2013When I went to bed, they were estimating 45-60 deaths, but now the estimates are down to 5-15. Which is something.
Video footage of the aftermath:
The explosion evidently registered 2.1 on the Richter scale…
Fertilizer Plant Blows Up in West, Texas
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Crap. Supposedly leveled portions of the town.
I have relatives in West, albeit it ones I haven’t seen in over 30 years.
Very brief video:
Updated: Explosion caught on video (might take a few minutes to load). Holy crap…
Update 2: Now embeddable video of explosion
Japanese Pop Punk Band SpecialThanks
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013While plumbing the depths and breadths of YouTube for suitable Shoegazer Sunday entries, sometimes I stumble across something interesting that doesn’t fit in the Shoegaze label. Today let’s take a look at Japanese band SpecialThanks.
The first 20 seconds of silence is just to mess with you.
So a pop-punk band with a deadly cute female lead who sings in English that sounds like a cross between Blink-182 and [Insert Current Teenage Female Pop Sensation Here]. This is the sort of Japanese cross-cultural pop artifact that Bruce Sterling circa 1992 would have been all over. As it stands, I’m pretty sure some canny American record label would make millions signing them over here…
More Roger Ebert Tidbits
Friday, April 5th, 2013A few more interesting pieces of writing from him:
So I don’t just show them giving pans, here’s a young Ebert and porn-stached Gene Siskel splitting on Taxi Driver:
Reviewing one of my favorite films, This Is Spinal Tap:
And here’s them loving Ed Wood:
Siskel & Ebert Review North
Friday, April 5th, 2013I’m sure you’ve read about Roger Ebert’s death from cancer. I don’t have much to add to the many tributes being offered (though I do want to note that he was a science fiction fan before a movie critic), so instead here’s Ebert and Gene Siskel eviscerating Rob Reiner’s North.
Technology Marches On!
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Is your retroincabulator up to snuff?