One of the things I love computers for is how they have democratised the access to things that once were only attainable by a very few. This World War II short film called The German is a perfect example. More »
I watch Boardwalk Empire but it’s not a good show. It’s only fake good. It wears the clothes, has the style and carries the swagger of a good show, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the old dramatic greats. But you know what is great about Boardwalk Empire? The special effects. I had no idea. Watch the magic. More »
Some people complain that there’s too much CGI in movies. Nothing is quote unquote real anymore. I say screw them. Let’s CGI anything possible. Actors posing as furniture! Motion-capturing non-motion! Backgrounds! Guns! Lamps! All CGI everything, baby. More »
I’ve seen a few computer generated graphics of the new World Trade Center in New York City, but all of them were quite bland. Not this one. The level of realism in some of these sequences is truly impressive. More »
I support everything Pixar — well, everything other than Cars. So this early, early footage of a 3D hand from 1972, which was made by Pixar founder Ed Catmull and Fred Parker, is just so, so awesome. More »
Just to be clear: this does not purport to be anything like the iPhone 5. In fact, it almost certainly isn’t. But I can still hope in my secret heart that we’ll be seeing an iPhone like this someday, right? More »
Computer-generated animations have come a long way in a relatively short time span. Starting as a series of rudimentary renders in the late ’70s, it’s amusing to think these animations left people in awe. But they probably did. More »
It was one of Hollywood’s first modern CGI marvels, but it’s taken quite a while for Universal to say the magic word on a Blu-ray release for the Jurassic Park (for now still a) Trilogy. No more – it’s out this October 25th. Nature found a way. More »
