Michael S. Duffy
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"Re-issue, re-package, re-package"
Tanine, thanks for your fine comment, and just a little addendum of my own on the issue of renaming or rebranding effects methods. As the "Dynamation" clip shows, studios have always been playing a public relations game with this facet of the i ... -
The "Special" in Special Effects
I think this comment could apply equally to both Chuck's and Dan's posts, but to hopefully end the week on a positive but semi-inquisitive note: I have always found most interest in what I would call the complicated (and arguably, under-explored ... -
Performance and Reality
Kimberly-- thanks for bringing this fascinating clip to our attention-- as only a 'casual' fan of Anderson's (or perhaps, someone who has always wanted to become more of a "real" one, pun intended), I have only been tagentially aw ... -
Dynamation to now...
The ' Dynamation' promotional film displayed here qualifies as an interesting 'artifact' in its own right, and reminds us both that special effects featurettes have historically been a significant part of the promotion of major motion ... -
Hybridized Spaces
Thanks for this, Drew (and Bob). The issue of material and composite translation from graphic novel onto screen has indeed become a big focus in recent attempts to adapt some of these famous comic book and 'pulp' narratives into cinema, and not ... -
On trailers
Thanks for this post, Matt. There's definitely an increased trend by studios in the years since The Phantom Menace to make the release of certain 'event' trailers an event in and of themselves; however I don't know if the concept has ... -
A thorough response!
I pretty much figured I wasn't quite the first to notice this trend-- thanks for those links, Matt. Tanine, your assessment of X-Men: First Class is correct, in my opinion-- it's slyly put together in such a way so as to reference both WWII and ... -
Effects and costuming
Thanks, Katheryn. I find it an interesting and daring choice by Warner Bros. to create an entirely digital costume for Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern-- yet somehow, completely logical. It adds yet another layer to the industrial subtext of the narrative ...