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malducin

@malducin@mastodon.social

Tech support gremlin at GAC, #VFX, movies, #80s, traveller, programmer & troublemaker https://linktr.ee/malducin

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malducin, to history
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A stunning reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec Empire capital, by Thomas Kole. Nowadays Mexico City. This should be used in schools and other places.

https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/

A comparison of the reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, with a photo of modern day Mexico City, looking West towards Chapultepec.

malducin, to Astronomy
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I can't believe it. It totally cleared 2 min before totality and all clear through the event. You can even see Venus on the second pic.

Wasn't promising this morning, extremely cloudy. But the best part was witnessing it with my mom

Solar Eclipse 2024 from Dallas, Texas. Venus also visible
Solar Eclipse 2024 from Dallas, Texas
Solar Eclipse 2024 from Dallas, Texas

malducin,
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@vandalsibs Thanks. We had a total one in 1991 and also that time it opened above my house just in time. Just so awesome

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Moontrap, with Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell, was released 35 years ago today.

"NASA finds remains of an ancient humanoid race on the Moon that left behind deadly robots."

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malducin,
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@TheSpaceshipper can't remember if I actually saw it, or just mis-remembering reading the Starlog article a lot. I think I did see part of it, but not all the way through. Will have to find out

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Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 42 years ago today.

With one of the best space battles around.

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malducin,
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@TheSpaceshipper kust seeing the pics make my head fill up with the soundtrack. My favorite Trek by far

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Yo! Stop Your Grinnin' And Drop Your Linen! Happy y'all.

A handful of months before the pandemic hit, was fortunate enough to visit an HR Giger exhibit down here. Wish could've gone back again. It was so awesome, not only for the Alien stuff but actually looking at a ton of his other work

Alien xenomorph head costume part. Because of it's age, it discolored and many plastic/latex parts have fallen off which facilitate viewing the mouth mechanism. Control cables come down where the neck would be
Sculpture of the baby bambi or thumper xenomorph that was proposed for Alien 3. In the back wall you can see some concept sketches done by Giger.
Photo of HR Giger kissing the Alien xenomorph costume mask, not yet fully finished

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As much as I loved Andor and my tv series, I can wait until the strike is satisfactorily over

Showrunner Tony Gilroy Ceases Producing Services on ‘Andor’

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andor-tony-gilroy-scabbing-accusations-strike-1235483978/

malducin, to random
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What a bunch of a-holes. They disappear their own content for tax write-offs and even have disdain for their libraries. Burn down the whole studio and streamer system,

https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/

malducin, to movies
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The ILM website has a short interview with legendary Lawrence Kasdan about his documentary series "Light and Magic" detailing the history of studio Industrial Light + Magic

https://www.ilm.com/lawrence-kasdan-reflects-on-light-magic/

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IEEE has a special issue of celebrating the 50 years of #SIGGRAPH conferences. better yet, it's freely available and downloadable. Tons of recognizable names from #CG and #VFX history, including Jim Blinn, Alvy Ray Smith, Richard Chuang, Ed Catmull, John Hugues, ed Kramer, Terrence Masson, Turner Whited, and many, many more. Tons of neat pictures

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10123378

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Guess strikes are not over but eerily quiet today on the streets. Just have the Swifties boycot LA.

Over 11,000 Los Angeles City Workers Launch 24-Hour Strike—Joining Hollywood And Hotel Workers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/darreonnadavis/2023/08/08/over-11000-los-angeles-city-workers-launch-24-hour-strike-joining-hollywood-and-hotel-workers-heres-what-we-know/

malducin, to Starwars
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Nice little article in the LA Times about the work in . Not very in-depth, but some neat before and after pictures of several environments and locations and how they felt more grounded.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-08-18/emmy-nominated-vfx-help-andor-not-feel-like-a-galaxy-far-far-away

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The Oscars shortlist in the category, has just been announced. The 10 films will be trimmed down after the Bake-Off. Congratulations to all the teams involved:

“The Creator”
“Godzilla Minus One”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Poor Things”
“Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire”
“Society of the Snow”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/2024-oscars-shortlist-barbie-1235843930/

malducin, to movies
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From movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz: Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like Coyote vs Acme Should Be a Crime

https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/coyote-vs-acme-canceled

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Poor Things wins for Best Special Visual Effects. Congratulations to the winners and the hardworking crews

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Spielberg says replacing the guns for walkie talkies in the ET 20th Anniversary edition was a mistake.

Can he, ummm, talk to his buddy George?

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/steven-spielberg-regrets-editing-guns-et-censorship-1235594163/

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movie studios are absolutely loving it that VFX shops are pleading with their local governments to give free money to the movie studios

malducin,
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@tvaziri kinda wild that Cinesite statement. So much groveling

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Your school's reaction to Gaza protests on site tells you quite a lot about the school.

malducin,
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@virtualbri literally fot an email from my alma mater today and I wasn't exactly pleased. Still have to check the local news, but the wording wasn't very reassuring

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I was feeling pretty blue today, and then I read the comments on this video and now I feel much worse.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NAW4qjLYVUY

(pretty much every comment at that URL comes from a place of literal ignorance)

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@tvaziri one reason I don't really watch movie discussions on YT, just as bad at Twiiter movie discourse.

OTOH my mom was one of those that was confused afterwards, as she didn't know Cushing had already passed away. She thought it was him till I mentioned it

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cool how Visual Effects Society just gave Shatner the Award for Creative Excellence, two months ago

William Shatner faces backlash for using AI art cover on new music album
https://venturebeat.com/ai/william-shatner-faces-backlash-for-using-ai-art-cover-on-new-music-album/

malducin,
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@tvaziri that's on brand Shatner which I don't mind much. But yeah, when it was announced, what was the VES thinking? At this point the awards seem to just be an excuse ti see which celebrities and famous people they can bring in

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Harold Faltermeyer

1984: writes the score for "Beverly Hills Cop"
1985: writes the score for "Fletch"
1986: writes the score for "Top Gun"

absolutely epic

malducin,
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@tvaziri too bad he didn't continue doing scores for movies

malducin, to random
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Just voted, along with mom, in probably our biggest election yet

beforesmag, to random
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Just setting up my Mastodon.

malducin,
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@beforesmag about time dude

The Well ... we're waiting meme from Caddyshack

malducin, to random
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Well color me surprised, I didn't think it would happen

malducin, to random
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Blocks from the White House, US students stand steadfast with Gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25/blocks-from-the-white-house-us-students-stand-steadfast-with-gaza

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