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James Cameron’s 3D Camera Rig – Film & Tech Converge for a Minor Geekgasm

Posted by David McVay on August 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm

This is sweet! James Cameron showed off his tech, the Cameron-Pace 3D Camera Rig, on G4TV’s ‘Attack of the Show’. This is the same camera rig that he used to shoot ‘Avatar’. I am not a huge fan of ‘Attack of the Show’ but I love movie tech and this just tickled that little geek [...]

Space Paranoids Game Now Online!

Posted by David McVay on May 8, 2010 at 11:47 pm

The marketing for ‘Tron Legacy’ is starting to kick into high gear and the film is still months away. If you are at all familiar with the first ‘Tron’ film you will love this new free online game of ‘Space Paranoids’ at spaceparanoidsonline.com. It is a really cool version of the game that is played [...]

Verizon Advertisements from The Podcast

Posted by David McVay on November 19, 2009 at 2:12 pm

I was just listening to the latest episode of Geek Actually and realised that our audio only listeners might be a little baffled by the Verizon vs AT&T ads that we played and talked about. So, for you faithful audio podcast listeners here are the three Verizon ads that we have discussed in the order [...]

Hollywood Remakes – Archived

Posted by David McVay on May 16, 2009 at 1:13 pm

I have discontinued updating the remakes page and have moved it here as a post just for historical reference. The Remake Insanity Filmmakers have been remaking films for years, but over the last few it seems to have reached ridiculous levels. I am not actually against all remakes. I want to make that very clear. [...]

Scientists Use Google Earth to Watch Cows

Posted by David McVay on August 28, 2008 at 4:10 pm

Okay, this is fascinating in a geek kind of way. Scientists have used Google Earth to watch grazing cows and have made an astonishing discovery, cows are basically compasses. News.com.au (Follow the link for the full story) reports that scientists used Google Earth software to study the alignment of 8510 cows in 308 pastures around the world [...]

Who’s That Girl?

Posted by David McVay on August 16, 2008 at 8:56 pm

With the release of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” on DVD only 5 days away, (I visited Blockbuster earlier this evening) it has made me think about this issue again. Who is the girl on the poster? I have included a picture of the poster and a picture of Kristen Bell (that is who it is supposed [...]

Angelina Jolie wants to play Catwoman

Posted by David McVay on July 31, 2008 at 10:49 am

According to news.com.au, Angelina Jolie is said to be in final negotiations to play Catwoman! It is not known at this time whether this is for a new spin off movie (bad idea, can we say Halle Berry anyone) or as a nemesis for Christian Bale in the new franchise (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight). [...]

The Hulk’s CGI Finally Gets Upgraded!

Posted by David McVay on July 13, 2008 at 5:08 pm

Found this article and thought it was interesting. Here is the article as written: I ran across a new TV spot today and noticed some freshly upgraded CGI. Not that this wasn’t expected, but there are some enormous differences between now and two months ago. Care to take a look? read more | digg story