Star Wars opening title re-imagined as an animated motion picture

If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it “might” look like this… Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a Jewish-American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of animated motion picture title sequences. During his 40-year career Bass worked for …

The 100 Year Starship: My Three Ideas

It’s the end of an era. The space shuttle was retired last month (July 2011) after 30 years and 135 missions. Now NASA becomes a massive data collection organization. Which allows us, as a nation, to pivot and move in a new direction. A worldwide call for ideas is on the table and it sounds …

Irreverent and scary: the other comic con movies

Total Recall Set to come out in 2012 with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel. From Rotten Tomatoes: “Director Len Wiseman (Underworld) jumps into the remake game with this retooling of Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, originally brought to the big screen by Paul Verhoeven in the 1990 …