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I'm feeling a little like "bees!" today. #nicholascage #bees #emotions

Stay Hungry was maybe the weirdest late night TV find. An awful film about nothing but it stars Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert England (as Arnold's grease boy) and Scatman Crothers. Somehow it was directed by Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, Head). #stayhungry #arnoldschwarzenegger #robertenglund #jeffbridges #70s #wtfisthis #cinema

#70s #arnoldschwarzenegger #stayhungry #jeffbridges #wtfisthis #cinema #robertenglund

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park, pinball machine illustration by Morgan Weistling

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“I staggered through my career and came out the other end alive. I made some films that meant something to me. In my opinion, they weren’t all great, and they weren’t all successful, but they sure were ‘me’. And this is what I was going through or thinking or feeling as a director at the time, and I’m very proud of them. A lot of great directors just never had the chance to have their work appreciated and celebrated and watched all these years after they were made. So, man, what do you want out of life? It’s great!” – John Carpenter

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Unused posters for Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park

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"First Contact" Series by Nick Runge

Part of the Young Guns Invitational art show, opening January 30th, 2015, at the Hero Complex Gallery / Facebook.

All artwork available online from 1pm EST Saturday, January 31st, HERE.

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"Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death."

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

Cinematography by Leon Shamroy

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Over the weekend I finally got to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and I am so glad I did (yes, I know I’m late to watching it but I was out on vacation). Besides being a great sequel to the 2011 film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, this film really blew me away with its CGI. During the movie I caught myself at times wondering if the creature I was seeing on screen was an actual living breathing ape or if it was simply animated (see: that last frame of the orangutan Maurice which really threw me for a curve).

The technology in the film is called motion capture and it works by using reflective points on the skin to identify and capture an actors body movement and facial expressions (done via a camera that’s attached to a specially designed helmet). These data points are later used to animate a digital character around the actor and, as you can see from the gif set above, the results are very impressive with 100% of the actors emotions translating into the CGI effects.

I find that often times we can be dismissive about the power of visual effects and CGI in films and television because of some very bad examples we’ve seen. Studios pump out the most basic storyline and give the special effects department a shoestring budget to work with and leave audiences complaining about how gimmicky and plastic the film looked.

I’m very glad that a film I had been looking forward to did it right. If you haven’t seen the movie yet I really recommend you do - it’s substantially better than the first and it features apes riding on horses (which should be reason enough to go watch).