Sean Young's Super 8 Dune Docu

Sean Young's You Tube Channel, Pariah features a glimpse behind the making of David Lynch's "Dune". Shot in super 8 voiced over by Sean Young herself we see a rare look behind making "Dune".

Sean Young's Pariah You Tube Channel

Thor Trailer

The first Thor trailer hits the net Chris Hemsworth plays the Thunder God and Anthony Hopkins his father, Odin, Leader of the Norse Gods. Thor cast includes Natalie Portman who plays the love interest, Jane Foster. Amazing scenes of Asgard, the Norse Gods, Thor's costume and Mjolnir are spectacular! Kenneth Brannagh directs the summer blockbuster for 2011. "Thor" opens May 6, 2011.

Thor Superbowl Spot

Thor Movie Official Site

Mars Needs Moms SciFi Trailer

Synopsis
A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.

Directed by     

Simon Wells

Produced by     

Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey

Written by     

Berkeley Breathed (book) 

Screenplay by

Simon Wells, Wendy Wells

Starring     

Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Dan Fogler,Mindy Sterling, Breckin Meyer, Billy Dee Williams

On Location: Captain America First Avenger

Comic Con Trailer

On Location Videos Transformers 3

Transformer 3 - Optimus Prime avoiding explosions!

Michael Bay's T3 will be shooting in Chicago's Michigan Ave. ("The Magnificent Mile") other locations will take place in L.A. (4th Ave. and Main), Milwaukee, Washington DC, Texas, Florida, Africa, Moscow, and China. T3 will also be partly filmed in Russia and  Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
 

"there will be big action sequences shot in Chicago and Moscow". -Michael Bay

New Transformers 

Shockwave - The main villain for T3

Ferrari 458 Italia -Rumored new Autobot?

Sideswipe's New Look - Top Down Corvette Stingray Concept with Bumblebee and Ferrari 458 Italia

Bumble Bee Music Video- a very cool working costume

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley the new Transformers babe!

From IMDB:
Due to the revived interest in 3D technology, talks between Paramount, Industrial Light & Magic and Bay have considered the possibility of the next Transformers film to be filmed in 3D. Bay has said that he's currently working on the process of filming "Transformers 3" in 3D and is currently Testing 3D for Use in Transformers 3.

It has been Confirmed that the movie will be in 3D.

Romancing Star Wars

Romance and love in the Star Wars Universe three love birds bringing heart to a scifi saga!

Padme + Anakin

Anakin

Don't be afraid.

Padme

I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.

Anakin

What are you talking about?

Padme

I love you.

Anakin

You love me? I thought we had decided not to fall in love. That we'd be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives.

Padme

I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. I truly... deeply... love you and before we die I want you to know.

A lovely couple with a tragic end that gives birth to a renewed hope. We wouldn't have the twins, Luke and Leia if it wasn't for their union.

Poor Ani turned to the dark side in his misguided attempts to save Padme. Ani never foresaw in his visions that it was he who kills her not just with the force choke but also with the betrayal of the Republic and the Jedis.

"There is still good in him," Padme's words before death, leaving hope for Ani's redemption and a final balance to the Force.

Leia + Han

The Princess and the Scoundrel meet for the first time during her rescue in the Death Star, their love sparks up after escaping Imperial destroyers attacking the Rebel base on the planet Hoth. The relationship matures when Leia rescues Han from Jabba's Palace. In the novels, Leia and Han eventually marry and have kids.

Princess Leia and Han Solo shared many interesting conversations here's a sample:

(a tremor knocks Leia into Solo's arms)

Princess Leia

Let go.

Han Solo

Shh.

Princess Leia

Let go, please.

Han Solo

Don't get excited.

Princess Leia

Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited.

Han Solo

Sorry sweetheart. I haven't got time for anything else.

Han Solo

Well Princess, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.

Princess Leia

I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.

Han Solo

That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.

Princess Leia

I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.

(Chewbacca laughs)

Han Solo

Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Han Solo

Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help.

Princess Leia

Would you please stop calling me that?

Han Solo

Sure, Leia.

Princess Leia

You make it so difficult sometimes.

Han Solo

I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right.

Princess Leia

Occasionally, maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel.

Han Solo

Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that.

(Han starts to massage Leia's hand)

Princess Leia

Stop that.

Han Solo

Stop what?

Princess Leia

(timidly) Stop that. My hands are dirty.

Han Solo

My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?

Princess Leia

Afraid?

Han Solo

You're trembling.

Princess Leia

I'm not trembling.

(Han moves in closer)

Han Solo

You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.

Princess Leia

I happen to like nice men.

Han Solo

I'm a nice man.

Princess Leia

No, you're not. You're...

(they kiss)

They're in love, they know.

Mara + Luke

High assassin for the Emperor, as the Emperor's Hand, Mara carried out his orders with skill and efficiency, after Palpatine's death Mara turned to a life of smuggling. She bided her time, plotting to kill Luke for the death of the Emperor but Luke explains to her what happened in the Death Star that it was Vader who killed Palpatine. They bump into each other on numerous adventures in the novels. Forced to team up in tight spots realizing how well they work together, their love blooms and eventually they marry.

Some Mara Jade Quotes from various Star Wars novels:

"Let me tell you something, Skywalker. I've wanted to kill you for a long time. I dreamed about your death every night for most of that first year. Dreamed it, plotted it- I must have run through a thousand scenarios , trying to find exactly the right way to do it. You can call it a cloud on my judgement if you want to: I'm used to it by now. It's the closest thing I've got to a permanent companion."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker


    "The other reason I came in person, is that occasionally - for some unknown reason - I almost look forward to seeing you, Skywalker. Not often....... but there are times."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker


    "For a relationship that started with me trying to kill you, this has become more than I could have imagined. I have never felt more complete than now, knowing we will be together, for eternity."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker

Queen and Padawan, Princess and Scoundrel, Assassin and Paladin their union brought
more than just action and adventure but heart to a SciFi saga.

Star Wars Blogathon 2010

Welcome to the ScifiDrive Star Wars Blogathon! Here's a list of blogs participating with articles on all things Star Wars. Click on the image to visit, leave a comment if you will and 
may the Force be with you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angie and Chantale from CinemaObsessed sent their Star Wars caricature-Vader and Threepio!

33 Years of a Beloved Saga - Star Wars!

My most liked picture is the Star Wars Saga Poster, created in 2007 for the 30th anniversary of A New Hope. In 2015 I can still easily run into that poster anywhere on the net. This picture, also featured in Guinness World Records 2016 Edition, was used to create the world’s largest LEGO mosaic image at an event organized by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, London.

Poster by SimonZ

Singing & Grooving in SciFi Movies

Singing and grooving to the music, here's a look at some SciFi movie scenes with a touch of song and dance.

Metropolis (1927) Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara's House of Sin from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" - a place of illicit activity, beautiful showgirls, and a hangout for the power class. The robot Maria performs a salome style dance and mesmerizes the panting, clubgoers into a lustful frenzy.

The evil robot's seduction triggers a revolt among the workers a portent of things to come at the end of the dance when she sits on a multi-headed dragon/beast, a symbol on the Bible's Revelation' Whore of Babylon. Metropolis' lower levels are flooded to quash the riot leaving the city in destruction.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) Singing in the Rain 
Stanley Kubrick's Dystopian film follows the life of an adolescent boy, Alex DeLarge and his gang, the Droogs. They invade a secluded writer's home beating him and raping his wife while Alex DeLarge belts out his irreverent version of "Singing in the Rain".

Young Frankenstein (1974) Puttin' on the Ritz   
Mel Brooks hilarious satire on the Frankenstein films. Victor Frankenstein played by Gene Wilder trains the Monster (Peter Boyle) for an upcoming press conference- in order to convince the locals that the Monster is "safe". At the conference, they do a song and dance number to the tune of Irving Berlin's, "Puttin' on the Ritz". Dressed in tuxedo and cane mimicking Fred Astaire's "Man about Town", the duo do a tap dance routine and gets a positive response from the audience. The Monster's fear of fire interrupts the act, going on a rampage, destroying Dr. Frankenstein's hopes for the Monster's acceptance by the populace.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) The Time Warp

The longest running film release (thirty-three years) "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is a musical parody of scifi and horror movies. Stuck with a flat tire, Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) seek help from a nearby castle inhabited by strange and outlandish costumed people holding an annual Transylvanian convention. The couple watch as the Transylvanians dance "The Time Warp".

Movie audiences get a blast re-enacting live the scenes from the movie. "The Time Warp" the most popular song, comes with instructions on how to do the dance while watching the scene.

Doing The Time Warp:

It's just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right. With your hands on your hips. You bring your knees in tight. But it's the pelvic thrust That really drives you insane. Let's do the time-warp again.

Turn around and repeat the steps

Xanadu (1980) Whenever You're Away from Me

Musical Fantasy starring Gene Kelly, Michael Beck and Olivia Newton-John. Belonging to a family of muses and goddesses Kira (Olivia Newton-John), the Olympian Muse of Dance, descends to Earth as Gene Kelly's inspiration. Gene Kelly's character, Danny McGuire, a former band leader dreams of opening a night club, Kira inspires Danny in a song and dance "Whenever You're Away from Me".

Return of the Jedi (1983)  Lapti Nek + Jedi Rocks

The Max Rebo Band , an eclectic group of alien musicians and singers plays gigs at Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine. "Lapti Nek" was sung by the group in the film's original edition. The band's performance was accompanied by Jabba's two slave Dancers, the Twi'lek Oola and the six-breasted Askajian Yarna d'al' Gargan. The performance is interrupted when Jabba feeds Oola to his pet rancor. In the special edition the song was replaced by "Jedi Rocks" sung by Joh Yowza and Sy Snootles.

Lapti Nek

Jedi Rocks

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Anything Goes

Kate Capshaw's character, Willie Scott performs the film's opening sequence singing Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" in Mandarin.

Together with chorus girls, they do a Busby Berkley-style number with glitter and legs at the Club Obi Wan.

Back to the Future (1985) Johnny Be Goode

Time-travel comedy by Robert Zemeckis . Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays his version of Chuck Berry's "Johnny Be Goode" at a high school dance in 1955. McFly adds some Van Halen and Pete Townshend inspired riffs and moves to the song way before heavy metal rock was born and before Berry wrote the song.

Beetlejuice (1988) Day-O (Banana Boat Song) Dinner Party Scene.

Tim Burton feared the "Day-O" sequence wouldn't go over well, since in his opinion it wasn't very funny. He turned out to be wrong: audiences loved it and think of it as one of the film's most iconic scenes.

Big (1988) Playing the Piano Scene

According to Robert Loggia, on the day they filmed the famous keyboard scene at FAO Schwarz, he and Tom Hanks noticed that doubles dressed like them were on hand just in case the two could not do the dance moves correctly. It became their goal to do the entire keyboard number without the aid of the doubles. They succeeded.

The "Walking Piano" used in the film's trademark scene was created by Italian inventor Remo Saraceni. His many musical inventions grace children's organizations worldwide. As of 2008, his famous Walking Piano was being implemented into a piano instructional game called "Piano Wizard" made by Allegro Multimedia.

The Mask (1994) Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

The Mask drops by the Congo Bongo Club watches Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz) perform a sexy rendition of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" (Susan Boyd dubs).

The Fifth Element (1997) The Diva Dance

Tall and all blue Diva Plavalaguna (Maïwenn Le Besco) performs at the Spaceliner, Fhloston Paradise singing an aria from Gaetano Donizetti's Opera, "Lucia di Lammermoor" (voiced by Inva Mula-Tchako). Later the Diva shifts tempo singing and dancing to a pop beat cutting into another scene with the Fifth Element- Leeloo doing a ballet - choreograph fight scene with the Mangalores.

The Diva's vocalization was electronically altered to achieve the extreme tonal range.

Star Trek Insurrection (1998) A British Tar

Captain Jean Luc Picard attempting to disarm a renegade Data distracts him by singing "A British Tar" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore".

Dark City (1998) Sway

Alex Proyas' SciFi Film-Noir features Jennifer Connelly as Emma Murdoch singing a sultry version of "Sway" in a local night club. "Sway" was dubbed by singer Anita Kelsey.

Mission to Mars (2000) Dance the Night Away

The Mars crew takes a break and do some zero gravity dancing to Van Halen's song, "Dance the Night Away". Woody with no talent for dancing, takes advantage of the zero gravity environment to fulfill his wife Terri's wishes for a dance.

13 Going on 30 (2004) The Thriller Dance 
In "13 Going on 30", Garner’s character Jenna — a teen who is suddenly transported into an adult woman’s body — re-creates the choreography from Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video for "Thriller" at an event for the magazine where she works.

Learn the "Thriller Dance"

Upside Down (2012) Tango Scene
Kirsten Dunst doing the tango in a dance hall with upside down floors.

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Dancing Groot
Groot regrows, dances to Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back”

Battlestar Galactica (1978) The Man with Nine Lives

Acceding requests from his grandchildren to appear on their favorite television show, Fred Astaire asked his agent to get him a role in Battlestar Galactica. Fred Astaire made a guest appearance in the episode, "The Man with Nine Lives" as Chameleon, a con man on the run pretending to be Starbuck's long lost father. One of the memorable episodes of the classic Battlestar Galactica series.

SciFi movies with a touch of song and dance, a musical interlude enhances the film's entertainment value plus a creative advantage for fantastic sceneries. Movie audiences love films (in any genre) spiced up with some singin' and groovin'. It's a beautiful way to liven up the plot or give the audience some side entertainment and becoming the film's memorable moment.

Hope you enjoyed the show and drop by Ferdy on Films, etc for more great posts on the Dance-Movie Blogathon.

Iron Man 2 Review: See Mjolnir at the End Credits

Spoilers ahead but just so you know, Iron Man 2 is Awesome!

It begins where the first film ends, with the press conference, zooming into the city to a small run down Moscow apartment where Tony Stark's press conference is visible on TV. A dying man says his last words, the son cries out, the scene shifts to the walls covered with news clippings from another era including the blueprints of the ARC reactor with two names visible - Howard Stark and Anton Vanko.

Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) builds a chest piece similiar to Tony Stark's - the title sequence runs.

Jon Favreau has done a fantastic job creating a sequel worthy of the first Iron Man film  from setting up Ivan Vanko's reason for destroying Stark to the introduction of new characters, Scarlett Johansson does a beautiful job portraying Nastasha Romanoff including the action, Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury has better visibility, Don Cheadle is just great as Lt. Col. Rhodes. Original cast members Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Jon Favreau replaying Happy Hogan - all great and nice to see them again. Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) gets limited viewing but with a key scene in the end.

Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer isn't as mean and serious as Jeff Bridges'
Obadiah Stane. He comes out more weasel than warlord. Mickey Rourke - great character portrayal as the vengeful Whiplash.

Storyline suffers a bit in the middle when Stark has to confront his imminent death due to toxic blood chemistry caused by his body's reaction to his chest piece. It slows down a little while Stark's re-invents a new chest piece (triangular) plus an alcoholic bout but gets back with a vengeance when Iron Man with War Machine battles Crimson Dynamo/Whiplash and armored drones. Amazing!

Where does it go from here? Its time to reveal the Mandarin and the origin of his ten rings - the starship that crashes to Earth containing the rings that will transform him into Iron Man's deadliest foe - plus an additional villain, Fin Fang Foom one of the ship's occupants. There's a huge potential story for Iron Man 3  director Jon Favreau has done a great job with the franchise, its in good hands Marvel should consider themselves lucky to have his dedication and craft.

RDJ is as usual, fantastic as Tony Stark, nuff said!

 (Spoiler below!) 

Stan Lee Cameo
Stark mistakenly refers to Stan Lee as Larry King.

The legendary Hammer of Thor (Mjolnir)

Martin Scorsese:Early Films

Scorsese born in New York grew up watching films at an early age,developing a love for the cinema. He got in NYU film school, his first production, It's Not Just You Murray! won the 1964 Producer's Guild Award for Best Student Film.

Influenced by Italian cinema's neo-realism, Scorsese early works was a window to his New York childhood a mixture of street life and movies he watched. The early films showed the energy and grit that will evolved in his future films.

Here are two films Scorsese has done as a student filmmaker at NYU. The third, Who's That Knocking at my Door, is his first feature.

 It's Not Just You Murray! (1964)

A short film on the life of a small time hood and his back-stabbing associate, in Murray Scorsese just holds the camera going about New York filming with close ups and zooms. Its well paced, clever, satirical and this is a student film. Scorsese has a natural talent for interpretation - visualizing his ideas to the point, no more no less.

The Big Shave (1967)
A man gradually shaves his hair eventually shaving off his skin. The scene gets graphic and bloody Done as a project for his film class Scorsese depicted the Vietnam war's self destruction in a shave.

 

Who's That Knocking at my Door (1967)
Featuring a young Harvey Keitel in his debut film. The first of the J.R. trilogy clever camera work and the use of rock music as a soundtrack was a first before Easy Rider. But Who's That Knocking at my Door was shown publicly three years later. Scorsese did some experimentation on camera angles, rythmn, etc, an early work that shows the evolution of a master director.

 

 

 

 

 

LAMBS in the Directors Chair Index

Can't Get Enough of Kick Ass? Listen to the Soundtrack!

A collection of You Tube videos from the Kick Ass movie soundtrack!

By now it is clear that Mika is not as other artists are. His surname could just as well be ‘Singular’. Enveloped in an imaginative musical world of his own creation, he is one of the few British male pop stars of his age that doesn’t run with the pack. Classically trained, racially mixed and prone to theatrical physical gesture, he has become a scion of ambitiously delivered self-expression. He says his music can be condensed easily, ‘the basic principals are that it is joyful and empowering and doesn’t cowtow to fashion or convention,’ calling to mind an old and almost forgotten pop notion: individuality. About Mika

Kick-Ass: Music from the Motion Picture

Kick Up a Good Time with Kick Ass!

It's a fun funny movie with incredible action stunts Chloe Moretz is amazing as Hit Girl! The movie does a homage to the 60's Batman TV series and Quentin Tarantino films and yes, the action has a lot of gore giving the movie an R rating.

Kick Ass gives a good blend of funny and reality Aaron Johnson's superhero fantasies are tempered by cold reality when as Kick Ass he gets stabbed, ran over and left for dead. It becomes more fantastic with the introduction of Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) again, tempered by cold reality with their origins.

Once the action starts you begin to feel your in a Tarantino flick (more like Kill Bill) and its an amazing feeling you won't forget!

Planning to watch it again soon. So, go kick up a good time with Kick Ass, Big Daddy and Hit Girl! Can't wait for the next!