Xian's Super Fun Blog of Doom: A Special Effects Giant Passes – Stan Winston
Stan Winston's death (passing) is described in short tribute… the special effects maven will be a loss felt for years to come.
Stan Winston's death (passing) is described in short tribute… the special effects maven will be a loss felt for years to come.
As you’ll have no doubt heard by now, the great special effects man Stan Winston has passed away. The news comes as a shock, as Stan was still working away on a number of projects. Not too long ago, I remember his name being dropped as a claim of legitimacy upon the new Terminator film … Continue reading
Alternate Title: The Work of M. Night Shyamalan, A Critical Examination in Five Minutes Or Less. NOTE: This will not include anything Shyamalan did pre-Sixth Sense, because I haven’t seen any of that stuff. I’m only interested in the Shyamalan of myth, the Shyamalan we have come to know in the … Continue reading
I just got back from a week in Florida hanging out at the beach just south of Tampa. I go every summer, and usually eat at the same restaurants every year. I consume alot of sea food, alot of cuban food and usually, just a lot of food. That’s what vacations are about. Strangely, the … Continue reading
I went yesterday to see “The Happening” and then movie hop to go see “The Strangers”. I had high hopes for both of these films. And they both were very bad. “The Happening” was actually shockingly bad. It started off strong. Mass panic/psychosis is always interesting, but the acting was really really really awful. I … Continue reading
No matter what side or viewpoint it is, a movie should never be made to make a political statement.unless stated so in the trailers and posters. It is one thing to start off by letting the public know the plot before you begin, it is something entirely different to have it be the main … Continue reading
Not sure how many of you have ever had the experience of driving on the wonderful roads we have here in Jersey (I guess that’s NEW Jersey as out-of-staters refer to it), but a few months ago, they dropped the speed limit on a 20-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway from 65 to 55 … Continue reading
I was very excited to read that AMC and ITV were producing a six-episode mini-series based on The Prisoner, according to news posted on Six of One (the series’ “official appreciation site). The 1967 British TV series about a former secret agent who is held prisoner in a surreal seaside village by captors who … Continue reading
People totally misinterpret my movie The Perfect Storm by calling it a tragedy. That really boggles my mind. I don’t see what’s so tragic about it. Listen, if a bunch of guys begging to get killed GET KILLED, it’s not a tragedy. It’s science. The movie takes place in Greenbough, Alabama but through movie magic … Continue reading
As luck would have it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the hard drive on my laptop. There is, however, a huge problem with my video card. Evidently, the video card was causing the system to fail every time it would try and boot to windows. Great. Even better news is that the motherboard … Continue reading