Apr292010
Maximillian Hill
Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear, one of the new characters from Pixar’s Toy Story 3, is making the rounds as 1980’s TV ads. The ads look real. They look just like TV you recorded onto VHS ages ago so you wouldn’t miss the new Saved By The Bell or Miami Vice, complete with sound glitches and fuzzy video artifacts. Amazing work Pixar! They’ve released 2 (so far): the 1983 ad for American audiences and another 80’s ad from Japan.
And to complete the illusion, Pixar created a YouTube account and filled it with real vintage TV ads, sprinkling in their fakes.
Brilliant.
Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear will be on the big screen June 18th with Buzz, Woody, and the rest of the Toy Story crew, and in your homes as a plush toy as soon as you click through and buy him for a mere $30. Your kids will thank you.
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Apr152010
Maximillian Hill
Michael Bay, of Transformers, Pearl Harbor, and Armageddon fame, is planning a new reality TV show. It’s kind of a cross between Survivor, The Mole, and The Amazing Race. I’m hoping that he names it Surviving the Amazing Mole. Sadly, it’s going to be called One Way Out, which sounds like a horrible movie that only Michael Bay would write/direct/produce. I’d be surprised if it makes it more than 1 season considering that Pirate Master was buried at sea after it’s first season, despite the pirate-crazed fans that were flocking to the theaters to see Johnny Depp as an effeminate pirate captain.
[via Guardian]
Mar172010
Maximillian Hill
“Five directors were each challenged to create short films in different genres using the same dialogue. The five 5 beautifully diverse films are by Greg Fay, Jake Scott, Johnny Hardstaff, Carl Erik Rinsch and animators Hi-Sim and their genres range from drama, animation, action, to sci-fi and thriller.”
This isn’t the first time Philips (a major TV manufacturer) has done this: they released a cool looping movie that was done as if time had stopped called Carousel which you can watch below.
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Apr282009
Laura McAliley
Chuck Lorre shows are some of my favorite: Grace Under Fire, Dharma & Greg and The Big Bang Theory, arguably one of the wittiest shows on TV today. His smart comedy provides a running commentary of American culture and it’s substrates.
One of the best attributes of Lorre shows is the vanity cards that play at the end of each show. All individually numbered, they read like an essay and are a statement about society, culture, life… Lorre provides us a slightly cynical view of the world without overstatement.
The vanity card that followed last night’s The Big Bang Theory gives great insight into how our culture is shifting. Gone are the days of Murrow and Cronkite. Gone are the days when our news was delivered by calm voices of reason and objectivity. Good job Chuck Lorre – you called it like it is. We live is noisy world where every one yells at us – even the news.
Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear, one of the new characters from Pixar’s Toy Story 3, is making the rounds as 1980’s TV ads. The ads look real. They look just like TV you recorded onto VHS ages ago so you wouldn’t miss the new Saved By The Bell or Miami Vice, complete with sound glitches and fuzzy video artifacts. Amazing work Pixar! They’ve released 2 (so far): the 1983 ad for American audiences and another 80’s ad from Japan.