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Thursday, April 1st, 2010 • Horrorthon Posts
Any other H’thonners into this show? I never watch reality television but I’ve eagerly devoured all eight episodes of this excellent, Dickensian CBS series. It’s uplifting and troubling at the same time; I think it’s, like, the essential chronicle of these our times. Anyway I’m curious if anyone else from our little corner of the internet is into this.
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 • Horrorthon Posts
Exactly in line with Handsome Stan’s comments about old trailers, here’s my modern trailer for Stanley Kubrick’ 1968 sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. I did this a couple of years ago and added it to my reel; all the typography is new, including some CGI text (see above). Take a look.
ttp://www.jordanorlando.com/2001
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 • Horrorthon Posts
J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie gets its own TBTBT post for honoring this fundamental sci-fi schtick so marvelously. Here’s 23rd-Century Iowa, still clean and untouched, with enormous arcologies on the horizon in every direction (presumably standing on or near the sites of the original population centers). What better way to teach contemporary, disaster-weary Star Trek newcomers that (unlike nearly all popular filmed sci-fi) the whole Trek project is fundamentally optimistic and non-dystopian; i.e. you are encouraged to imagine a future without a ruined Earth for a change. Anyway, That Big Thing Back There, Star Trek style, and a class act it is, courtesy of ILM. (Click for full resolution DVD frames.)
UPDATE: Here’s a better view, from the 1080p HD trailer (click to see full size):